Hokie777 72 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 The date and location of this years game is Dec. 14th at Tenn. High at 1.30pm. East will have Hogo teams with Battle, Castlewood, Richlands, Abingdon and Va High with Northeast Tenn schools such as Science Hill, Tenn High, Cherokee,Davd Crockett Sullivan South and others. West will have Union, Central, Eastside, Gate City, Lee, Rye Cove , TW, Twin Springs, Ridgeview with Tenn schools such as Greenevile, Elizabethton, Dobyns Bennett, Daniel Boone and others. Coaching East All Stars is Cody Baugh of Cherokee. Coaching West All Stars is Shawn Witten of Elizabethton. We are cheering for Coach Witten this Saturday as they play Springfield for a 4A State Championship at 4pm. Been since 1938 Elizabethton has won a State Championship. All Star Seniors and coaches will have a banquet Tuesday , Dec. 10th at Abingdon Higher Ed Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokie777 72 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 Been at Dobyns Bennett last two nights with Coach Witten and coaches and FCA-West All Star senior players. Very impressed by how much can get accomplished in a practice with guys from over 20 high schools on the same field. Elizabethon coaches working with Greeneville , Dobyns Bennett and other coaches having as much fun as the players. Seeing Union , Central and Ridgeview players laughing together and having fun after being fierce rivals in the regular season. Seeing other rival schools practice together has been really good. On the Bristol side at Tenn High the East guys are having great practices too. Should be a tremendous game Sat at Bristol. Hope everyone has fun and makes some great memories. Players are already trading helmet stickers and making new friends. This will be the final day of high school football for some really great young men. I'm sure they have made their parents very proud. Union_Fan and Liam McPoyle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWinners 1,643 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 When was last time West won? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigers_07 72 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 Does anyone know who's on the roster for the East and West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokie777 72 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/13/2019 at 4:35 PM, BigWinners said: When was last time West won? West wins 24-17 yesterday. Makes 4 in a row for West. Twice at the the Stone Castle and once at Dobyns Bennett and once at Emory. Gridiron60 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokie777 72 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Nice article in the Bristol Herald about Matt Hardin of Rye Cove being the Defensive MVP in the 2019 FCA East -West All Star Senior Football Game yesterday at Tenn High. West wins 24-17 over East. Hardin from one of the smallest schools in VHSL had a monster of a game. Great to see a player from a small school stand out on a big stage. Watching the Elizabethton guys play was great too. Coach Shawn Witten of Elizabethton had a talented 15-0 state champion team this year. His WR Zach Hartley had nearly a dozen receptions and a TD and was Offensive MVP. All players on both teams played great. Peter Ebert of Cherokee kicked a 49 yard field goal for the East. Very impressive. Warriors_XO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWinners 1,643 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 I talked to people who were there and a couple who played and they said Hardin was all over the field and was balling. Said he looked like the best defender on the field. Buried away in Rye Cove, not many people saw him but apparently he's a monster. Hokie777 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1inStripes 932 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 10 hours ago, BigWinners said: I talked to people who were there and a couple who played and they said Hardin was all over the field and was balling. Said he looked like the best defender on the field. Buried away in Rye Cove, not many people saw him but apparently he's a monster. Hardnosed ballplayer who leaves it all on the field. Played most of the season with a rib injury. Didnt run the ball a lot this year because he is such a good blocker, while his younger brother took most of the carries. On D he was basically schemed around. I was happy to hear how well he played Saturday. He is the type who could play for anyone around here on either side of the ball. A friend from Elizabethton messaged me Saturday night talking about how impressed they were with him, and how their staff would have loved to had him. Hokie777 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who? 85 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 So.....should a kid like that being at rye cove should have transferred to a bigger school? thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokie777 72 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 11 hours ago, BigWinners said: I talked to people who were there and a couple who played and they said Hardin was all over the field and was balling. Said he looked like the best defender on the field. Buried away in Rye Cove, not many people saw him but apparently he's a monster. We had to slow him down in practice so we could make it to the game. Think he said he busted two helmets playing this year. Sure hope he gets offers to try out somewhere after high school. He goes full speed , all out . Very coachable too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1inStripes 932 Report Share Posted December 17, 2019 I do wish a copy of the game was found somewhere online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokie777 72 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 On 12/16/2019 at 8:54 PM, 1inStripes said: I do wish a copy of the game was found somewhere online. What do you mean by copy of the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1inStripes 932 Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 17 hours ago, Hokie777 said: What do you mean by copy of the game? Copy of the game film posted to YouTube or such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokie777 72 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 4 hours ago, 1inStripes said: Copy of the game film posted to YouTube or such. Not sure anyone posted it on YouTube but I have a friend who videoed the game and sells the dvd at a reasonable price. 1inStripes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#BBN 128 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 On 12/15/2019 at 10:44 PM, BigWinners said: I talked to people who were there and a couple who played and they said Hardin was all over the field and was balling. Said he looked like the best defender on the field. Buried away in Rye Cove, not many people saw him but apparently he's a monster. Matt is a great kid, and a very hard nosed football player. Love watching him this year play the game he loves. He never backed down from a challenge, and showed what he was capable of during this All-Star game. Proud of him for finishing his high school career strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big ugly vol 92 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 On 12/16/2019 at 10:31 AM, who? said: So.....should a kid like that being at rye cove should have transferred to a bigger school? thoughts? The experience of putting on your hometown colors on Friday Night is worth more than anything else can replace. Years ago you might have needed to go somewhere to get noticed, but now almost any kid with a phone can send highlight videos to any coach. EH31 and redtiger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 Hes a fine player but hes not D1 so experience vs top level talent isnt that important imo. UVA-W, E&H, UPike, etc all have seen his Hudl film and probably saw him in the allstar game. Would he have had a more productive high school career at GC or Union, most definitely but thats got nothing to do with playing for his hometown with the guys he grew up with and thats what really matters. CriticalNoise, EH31, big ugly vol and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzia12 0 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Matt is a great kid, and a very hard nosed football playerI talked to people who were there and a couple who played and they said Hardin was all over the field and was balling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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