Dookthecook 56 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 You got have state title and region titles Giles and Powell Valley tied atop. Richlands number 2 Appalachia third GW fourth graham fifth . That's my call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokiebird7 1,416 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 1. Powell Valley 2. Giles 3. Appalachia 4. George Wythe 5. Richlands That's my call lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dookthecook 56 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Bout same bird man ... you copy the dook? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW_VA_boy 492 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 The fact that Gate City isn't mentioned yet is damn near criminal. Just sayin... BlueRazor, V-Cats, Bigrhsfan and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokiebird7 1,416 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, SW_VA_boy said: The fact that Gate City isn't mentioned yet is damn near criminal. Just sayin... Yea they could be 4th....but no way they are above PV Giles or Appalachia IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwood78 161 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Duh....clintwood.. we have a few state titles.. SW_VA_boy and V-Cats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokiebird7 1,416 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, cwood78 said: Duh....clintwood.. we have a few state titles.. Better than any already mentioned? I think not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwood78 161 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 19 minutes ago, Hokiebird7 said: Better than any already mentioned? I think not Post said, state title...not titles, just saying... lol. cowboysnskynyrd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW_VA_boy 492 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Actually,now that I've looked at it, I'd take Clintwood's history over Giles. Multiple titles and did it for a hell of a lot longer. Clintwood was known for good football for damn near 50 years before Steve brought Giles up from being a NRD also ran. The Greenwave were having winning season after winning season back when the Red Devils and Cornhuskers were playing each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokiebird7 1,416 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 6 minutes ago, SW_VA_boy said: Actually,now that I've looked at it, I'd take Clintwood's history over Giles. Multiple titles and did it for a hell of a lot longer. Clintwood was known for good football for damn near 50 years before Steve brought Giles up from being a NRD also ran. The Greenwave were having winning season after winning season back when the Red Devils and Cornhuskers were playing each other. And yet you still have ZERO titles unless you want to count the 38 & 39 titles(believe this is right) that you guys "claim" you have As long as you have been alive you have been little brother in the county Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dookthecook 56 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Clintwood can't smell the sweat off any my pics socks. I may have missed on G city though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 7 minutes ago, Hokiebird7 said: And yet you still have ZERO titles unless you want to count the 38 & 39 titles(believe this is right) that you guys "claim" you have As long as you have been alive you have been little brother in the county Clintwood was the greenwave.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokiebird7 1,416 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Just now, EH31 said: Clintwood was the greenwave.. Yea I know that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearDawg 105 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Have a hard time seeing Richlands above Appy. Yes, I'm biased. But Appy has been closed since 2011 and has more state titles than any of the teams listed minus PV as best I remember. But I could be wrong. PV Appy Clintwood GC Richlands Giles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup_rbeast 296 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Clintwood had at least 4 State Titles that I know of...74, 75, 78, 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 19 minutes ago, Hokiebird7 said: Yea I know that And you took a shot at narrows when narrows wasn't even mentioned Ryan4VT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup_rbeast 296 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 16 minutes ago, BearDawg said: Have a hard time seeing Richlands above Appy. Yes, I'm biased. But Appy has been closed since 2011 and has more state titles than any of the teams listed minus PV as best I remember. But I could be wrong. PV Appy Clintwood GC Richlands Giles Flip GC and Clintwood and flip Richlands and Giles and that should be just right. BearDawg, Jason and Union_Fan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwhscoachT 162 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 http://www.vhsl-reference.com/bestprograms.cfm Haven't seen a post condemning vhsl reference but this is a decent gauge on who is where. Thought out the state of course. Sorry if this is not liked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup_rbeast 296 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 14 minutes ago, TwhscoachT said: http://www.vhsl-reference.com/bestprograms.cfm Haven't seen a post condemning vhsl reference but this is a decent gauge on who is where. Thought out the state of course. Sorry if this is not liked Methodology is slightly skewed...it awards points for playoff losses. I can see a point for a playoff berth, and take 1 away for a loss. That way, just going 1 and done would factor in better. But, by the same token, you have teams like the 89-91 Coeburn Blue Knights who would beat nearly any of the present day teams eyes shut, but hardly ever made it past the first round of the playoffs because they usually had to go to Bullitt Park for their opening playoff game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason 299 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 1 hour ago, TwhscoachT said: http://www.vhsl-reference.com/bestprograms.cfm Haven't seen a post condemning vhsl reference but this is a decent gauge on who is where. Thought out the state of course. Sorry if this is not liked Definitely not a good gauge unless you are talking about strictly 2000 to 2016. If going by 1970 to now I am putting Powell Valley, Appalachia, Gate City, Giles, and Clintwood in the top five spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great City 210 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 If you change the time period to 1970 - 2016, the rankings for our area teams go to: #4 Powell Valley #5 Gate City #7 Appalachia #10 Giles #15 Clintwood #22 Richlands #27 Graham #28 JI Burton Some things that pop out to me (since I am a GC fan): Only two teams during that time period have more playoff wins than GC (53 wins).......Hampton (77) and Salem (64). Those same two teams have more playoff appearances than GC's 84 appearances......Hampton (106) and Salem (85). GC's 5 state championships are bested by Hampton (12), Salem (8), Powell Valley (8), Phoebus (7), and Appalachia (6). GC leads the state in playoff losses during that time period with 31 loses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXSW 557 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Great City said: If you change the time period to 1970 - 2016, the rankings for our area teams go to: #4 Powell Valley #5 Gate City #7 Appalachia #10 Giles #15 Clintwood #22 Richlands #27 Graham #28 JI Burton Some things that pop out to me (since I am a GC fan): Only two teams during that time period have more playoff wins than GC (53 wins).......Hampton (77) and Salem (64). Those same two teams have more playoff appearances than GC's 84 appearances......Hampton (106) and Salem (85). GC's 5 state championships are bested by Hampton (12), Salem (8), Powell Valley (8), Phoebus (7), and Appalachia (6). GC leads the state in playoff losses during that time period with 31 loses. I would put Gate City 1974 team against any team, past, present or future. That is the best team in Southwest Virginia history! That team was the total package of offense, defense and special teams, and the second best team was probably the 1970 team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokiebird7 1,416 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 12 hours ago, EH31 said: And you took a shot at narrows when narrows wasn't even mentioned Sorry I don't like narrows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTownTigers 82 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 2 hours ago, SXSW said: I would put Gate City 1974 team against any team, past, present or future. That is the best team in Southwest Virginia history! That team was the total package of offense, defense and special teams, and the second best team was probably the 1970 team. Absolutely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichlandsAlum 678 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 My two cents... Gate City and Powell Valley stand out as the top two in terms of an "all-time" perspective. I give particular weight to the two state titles that they each won in the 1970-1985 time period. Appalachia was consistently good throughout its existence as well, so it's easy for me to identify the Bulldogs as a not-distant #3. I'm oddly ambivalent about including Richlands in this discussion. The current era of high performance (roughly 2000-present) has certainly been a source of pride and joy. But before 2000, the program overall had a W/L record hovering right around .500 (and the 1970's and 1980's were actually very bad in that regard). And I think Graham might be extremely underappreciated in this discussion. With rare exceptions, the G-Men have fielded a competitive product on the gridiron consistently since they started playing back in the 1920's. Graham was the only SW Virginia school to win a state title in football prior to the 1970 reclassification . And if they had actually been participating in Group A (and the subsequent Divisions 1 and 2) instead of playing up for as many years as they did after 1970, it's not hard to imagine that they would have acquired even more state and regional hardware than they already possess. Those are my immediate thoughts with regard to the "all time" discussion. If we want to limit it to the era that began in 1970, I can think of several schools that belong in the discussion. But it wouldn't change my observations in this post very much. barondawg77, Deleted Account and stu_bean 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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