Lil’ Leonard’s Losers

[Cousin_Hoyt 87]

Well Folks, after reading a lot of the off season and recent comments on this site, Uncle Percy said we definitely need to step in and pick this years Losers and expose the so called  “Mamby Pamby Millennial Experts” who wouldn’t know a cow patty from a horse biscuit. We’ve noticed that VHSL realignment has brought about its usual 4 year craziness and it looks like the Buchanan County teams are about to get the short end of the stick. More on this later on. Could be a crazy year in Russell County, Uncle Percy said he couldn’t ever remember a county having to hire new head football coaches (3) for every county school. Maybe Mr. Researcher might know if this has happened before or of something similar. This could be a crazy year, but Mr. GMan’s Revenuers, The Ridge Pack, probably Sixcat’s Fiddle Players, and Union_Fan’s Bear Cubs (they may start slow but probably finish strong) will more than likely be the “Big Dogs”.  Mr. GMan, thanks and we’ll try to keep Uncle Percy calm, but could he have 2 Mulligans this year.  Let’s pick some losers.

Richlands @ Gate City

This used to be one of the biggest and hardest games of the year and to pick a loser. Some years this game was so tough to pick a loser we would have to sneak and use Grandpa Clovis’ Fightin’ Rooster Ol’ Phantom to pick a loser. Ol’ Phantom always picked the right Loser. The Blue Devils have been on the downs in recent years, however it looks like Ol’ Coach Hosswright may have gotten his Blue Imps headed in the right direction from what little we have heard. Over the last few years, The Big Blue Win Machine has slowly became The Little Blue Losing Machine. Uncle Percy watched The Slate Crik Crawdads crawl all over the Blues last week. One of the experts on this site called The Blues “a work in progress”. Uncle Percy’s definition of that statement - they are bad. Tazewell Co. has band all noise makers at home games this year, however Richlands fans had better take some earplugs to Gate City because they’re going to need them this Friday. Look for Gate City to make a lot of noise this Friday Nite. Uncle Percy was wondering if the Devils still have that big noise maker they used to blow.

Lil’ Leonard’s Loser:

The Little Blue Losing Machine

Graham/Bluefield, WV

Uncle Percy calls this the Game of the Year in SWVA. If you’ve never been, you should go at least once. We’ve been several times. This year, they’ll probably be around 8500 to 9000 fans. Don’t believe us, asked Mr. GMan or Mr. Reseacher.   Both teams are coming off a good year. The Revenuers got to the State Finals and The Flattails got to the State Semifinals. The Revenuers are looking at beating The Flattails in back to back years since 2005 and 2006. Both teams lost good players from last year, but that seldom slows these two teams down when they play each other. This may be this years’ hardest pick and we can’t use Ol’ Phantom to help us (we’ve talked about this game for 2 weeks). We know The Flattails will be coming up from the bottom of the pond with their tails on fire after losing to The Revenuers and Princeton last year. Sorry Mr. Researcher, but unless The Revenuers come in overconfident look for them to make it back-to-back wins since 2006.

Lil’ Leonard’s Loser:

The Flattails

Tazewell @ Virginia High

Last Year the Nascar Cats started their season with a blaze at the Tazewell Dog Pound and blazed their way to one of their best seasons in years surprising a lot of people. This year The Fast Cats will not be a big surprise and may find it a little tougher racing down the sidelines. This year the Bull Pups return one of the better passing duos in the area with several other Bull Pups that know how to play catch. Spider-Man Harris starts this season with a good chance of breaking the VHSL receptions record. This game has the makings for a high scoring affair with the Bull Pups and Nascar Cats chasing each other all over the field. However, when the final flag drops and the dust clears, the Nascar Cats prevail in a close one.

Lil’ Leonard’s Loser:

Tazewell

Lebanon @ Honaker

Things may seem a little strange at Honaker this season. Coach Hubbard has retired after many seasons as the Head Tiger, but the Tigers will adjust quickly. They’ll have to because a bunch of long hunters will be rolling in on Thursday looking to bag a bunch of tiger pelts. Both teams have new Head Coaches and both will be wanting that first win badly. However, the Big A Mountain Tigers will have a couple of new tricks up their sleeves that’ll send the Long Hunters back down the Red Bud Highway licking their wounds.

Lil’ Leonard’s Loser:

Lebanon

On another note, we hear that Ellen & Helen College has moved up to play Division 2. Ouch, they’ve definitely crawled into the wrong nest.

 

 

[Hillbilly 14]

For the record Graham didn’t beat the Beavers back to back in 2005-06.  In 2005 they played twice with Beavers winning the second game.   

[Cousin_Hoyt 87]

33 minutes ago, Hillbilly said:

For the record Graham didn’t beat the Beavers back to back in 2005-06.  In 2005 they played twice with Beavers winning the second game.   

Didn’t know. We just went down the seasons checking the first game.