50kw 140 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 How are things looking so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Cats 472 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Look pretty good I think. VHS will be running something similar to Richlands' offense with offensive coordinator Thad Wells. Most of the offense returns, weak spot will be the defense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jethro 113 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 We are loaded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50kw 140 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 (edited) I don't know about loaded but I see getting some revenge on recent year losses, especially a couple of rivals that are really close by, if you know what I mean. Edited August 11, 2013 by 50kw V-Cats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,742 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 I thought VA High didn't really have a passing game last season, now they are wanting to run shotgun spread(I assume that's what "similar to Richlands" means)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thsvikings2004 15 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 I hope u not talking about getting revenge against Tennessee High. Lol u crazy we are loaded this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_school 78 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Coming from Tazewell, I'm not looking forward to traveling down to play them. Speed, speed, speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundercloud 179 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 I thought VA High didn't really have a passing game last season, now they are wanting to run shotgun spread(I assume that's what "similar to Richlands" means)? Â "Similar to Richlands" It's the new assistant coaches........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87Tiger 62 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) Austin Kiser bailed on Honaker...can't beat 'em, join 'em! Â At least in baseball... Edited August 13, 2013 by 87Tiger change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,742 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 "Similar to Richlands"It's the new assistant coaches........ Â I was wondering what the plan was. Spread to run will work but you have to have some passing game. It sounded like at times last season they really struggled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblank 39 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Look pretty good I think. VHS will be running something similar to Richlands' offense with offensive coordinator Thad Wells. Most of the offense returns, weak spot will be the defense  And yet in the scrimmage versus East, the defense excelled. Plus we have depth this year, over 60 kids out for football.  Per my uncle who was in attendance:  Jay, we looked good for a team that was in shells on Wed.We have a transfer from Honaker, 6'-1" 230. He's playing LB. They're going to use him some in the backfield too. OL averages around 240, athletic and quick. RB's looked good,lots of jet sweeps but also between the tackles.QB was throwing that ball everywhere.Defense was real fast,gang tackling.Only had 2-3 breakdowns all night.So fast they were overshooting in pursuit.East couldn't keep them out of the backfield.Pressure,shooting LBs, press coverage,looked good.East fans didn't know what had hit them.Lots of speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooviter 11 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 If you are speaking of Sullivan East, remember they were 0-10 last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblank 39 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 They also are a school with A LOT more kids than we have and play two levels above us in Tennessee. I'm not confusing them with Dobyns-Bennett, don't get me wrong, but they've been practicing a lot longer so far this year and for us to immediately be that much better, three days into pads, I'm pleased. Not saying we're gonna run the table, we probably won't, but I'm excited about the potential the team has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,742 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Glad VAHigh had a good showing. jblank, youre right about East being a larger school and that making a HUGE difference. School size matters a lot, really good teams can overcome it but it does matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beamerball 566 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) Sullivan East doesn't have that much more than VHS. Enrollment in the upper 800s. Same size as Abingdon. East is a 2A school in TN but their football set up is different and they end up in 4A in football.  http://tssaa.org/Classifications/classification.cfm  http://www.vhsl.org/doc/upload/rr-adm-march-2012-six-classes.pdf Edited August 15, 2013 by Beamerball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,742 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 way to ruin my life with facts Beamerball! I thought East was significantly larger than that, in the 1500 range. Â Â and to jump way off topic here. Bland and Rocky Gap play football together under a special provision from the VHSL, one of the requirements is that the combined enrollment be under 300 students. Their current enrollment is 303. There are ways around it(I think if the enrollment is over 300 all of the schools in their group have to agree to them playing together or something like that), anyone know if they have taken care of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Bland and Rocky Gap play football together under a special provision from the VHSL, one of the requirements is that the combined enrollment be under 300 students. Their current enrollment is 303. There are ways around it(I think if the enrollment is over 300 all of the schools in their group have to agree to them playing together or something like that), anyone know if they have taken care of that? Â That's funny right there!!! My cousin married his long time friend/girlfriend last spring. She lived in Richmond but she moved her family to Rocky Gap this summer. She has three girls who will all be in high school at Rocky Gap...she put them over the limit! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblank 39 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Sullivan East doesn't have that much more than VHS. Enrollment in the upper 800s. Same size as Abingdon. East is a 2A school in TN but their football set up is different and they end up in 4A in football. http://tssaa.org/Classifications/classification.cfm  http://www.vhsl.org/doc/upload/rr-adm-march-2012-six-classes.pdf  Still over 200 more kids than we have. Again, not sayin' they're the '72 Dolphins, but it's a good showing for us considering how long they'd been in pads and practicing, versus how short of a time we'd been practicing and in pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblank 39 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Glad VAHigh had a good showing. jblank, youre right about East being a larger school and that making a HUGE difference. School size matters a lot, really good teams can overcome it but it does matter. Â Thanks, nice post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,742 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 That's funny right there!!! My cousin married his long time friend/girlfriend last spring. She lived in Richmond but she moved her family to Rocky Gap this summer. She has three girls who will all be in high school at Rocky Gap...she put them over the limit! LOL Â hahaha what have they done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thsvikings2004 15 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 I was in attendance and I didnt see 40 on the sidelines for the Cats. So 60 players I didnt see that many Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblank 39 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Ive been told by multiple people that weve got at least 50 so when my uncle gave me that number I didn't think it seemed out of line. Not questioning what you saw, just telling what I have been told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsbunny 12 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I think the Bristol paper today mentioned that Va High had 61 players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblank 39 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 (edited) See, there ya go. Â By the way, when is the Kickoff Edition of the paper? Edited August 16, 2013 by jblank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamacat 11 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 From what I am hearing from one of my good friends who has a son playing at East, they will not have a very good team this year. So I would not put too much stock in a scrimmage with them. I do believe that VHS has an opportunity to have a pretty good team this year. The biggest thing needed at VHS is some stability. They have had 4 head coaches and run 4 different systems in 6 years. They need someone who they can hang their hat on and allow him to build a program. I have heard very positive things about the new head coach, so hopefully he will be able to start building a program that has some staying power. The numbers are up, and they are going to be fielding a JV team for the first time in 3 years, so hopefully things are looking up for some long term success. V-Cats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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