Scrimmage Results and Thoughts

[Dodgers]

Scrimmages are just that. With that being said does anyone have any results or thoughts from the scrimmages you watched this week?

[SWVAgridiron]

Giles vs Hidden Valley: Giles pretty much dominated on both sides scoring 5 tds to 0 however HV didn’t look that great. Still a good feeling though to take it to a 3A Roanoke school. I liked seeing the new coaching staff trying different things while also sticking with the single wing. Kids seem to be playing a little more physical and enthusiastic. Playing James Monroe next week will be a tougher challenge so we should definitely know more. 
 

 

[UnionGuy2017]

I thought Union starters looked good after a couple personnel adjustments. Wasn’t necessarily thrilled with the lack of effort on a few instances, but the coaches jumped on that immediately. 

[onewarrior2]

Either Lebanon has greatly improved or Central is wayyyy down….may be one or the other, may be both.

Lebanon 7 scores over Central 2

didnt really pay attention to when the teams put in their 2s

jv was scoreless on both ends

[BBHoops_18]

There’s already a thread about scrimmages

[onewarrior2]

36 minutes ago, BBHoops_18 said:

There’s already a thread about scrimmages

“Scrimmage schedules?”

[Dodgers]

1 hour ago, BBHoops_18 said:

There’s already a thread about scrimmages

Scrimmage schedules and Scrimmage results/thoughts are two different threads

[Dodgers]

Has anyone heard how the teams at the Eastside scrimmage looked?

[Unchained]

1 hour ago, onewarrior2 said:

Either Lebanon has greatly improved or Central is wayyyy down….may be one or the other, may be both.

Lebanon 7 scores over Central 2

didnt really pay attention to when the teams put in their 2s

jv was scoreless on both ends

Without Hayes and Horne, the Warriors may finish dead last in the M7.

[Pioneer]

Virginia High was beating Sullivan East 42 to 21 late in the 3rd before JV came in. Not sure of the final. 

[Union_Fan]

https://heraldcourier.com/sports/high-school/football/article_bfbaefb3-035a-403b-a92b-be0eb7529c12.html

 

[BBHoops_18]

10 hours ago, Dodgers said:

Scrimmage schedules and Scrimmage results/thoughts are two different threads

Everyone’s been posting results in there. Read through it.

[appyvol]

10 hours ago, Dodgers said:

Has anyone heard how the teams at the Eastside scrimmage looked?

I might have missed something so take it with a grain of salt. Ones only

Eastside 3 Richlands 2

Volunteer a lot PH a little

Richlands 3 TW 2

Eastside a lot PH a little

Volunteer 3 TW 1

[Dodgers]

1 hour ago, appyvol said:

I might have missed something so take it with a grain of salt. Ones only

Eastside 3 Richlands 2

Volunteer a lot PH a little

Richlands 3 TW 2

Eastside a lot PH a little

Volunteer 3 TW 1

Has PH dropped off that much?

[1inStripes]

They graduated a 4/5th of the OL I think and most of the production outside of Stewart I think.  Stewart is a great back but you have to have blocking to create some gaps and PH had to replace some major parts up front.

[Dodgers]

2 minutes ago, 1inStripes said:

They graduated a 4/5th of the OL I think and most of the production outside of Stewart I think.  Stewart is a great back but you have to have blocking to create some gaps and PH had to replace some major parts up front.

They sure did lose a lot of talent. They have been solid over the last 10 years. Stewart is a great back but I agree you have to be pretty good up front. 

[FBDevotee]

My reporter said Union looked pretty good against Elizabethton; scoring at least three touchdowns during the scrimmage. The sophomore running back will add to the veteran backfield. Union has some really big and experienced linemen.

The senior quarterback seemed really fast. Union has a deep team and plenty of players - 55 on varsity roster.  

[Widespread_Panic]

5 hours ago, Dodgers said:

Has PH dropped off that much?

They lost several good players from last year and a really good head coach. 

[goose111874]

1 hour ago, FBDevotee said:

My reporter said Union looked pretty good against Elizabethton; scoring at least three touchdowns during the scrimmage. The sophomore running back will add to the veteran backfield. Union has some really big and experienced linemen.

The senior quarterback seemed really fast. Union has a deep team and plenty of players - 55 on varsity roster.  

Who was the sophomore RB been hoping they’d add some speed to the backfield 

[UnionGuy2017]

2 minutes ago, goose111874 said:

Who was the sophomore RB been hoping they’d add some speed to the backfield 

Fred, #5. Looks like a night and day difference from a season ago. He should have a great year. 
 

Chandler looks like he has lost a little weight (in a good way) and he was moving EXTREMELY quick. Lomax, #3, ran the ball extremely well too. 

[goose111874]

49 minutes ago, UnionGuy2017 said:

Fred, #5. Looks like a night and day difference from a season ago. He should have a great year. 
 

Chandler looks like he has lost a little weight (in a good way) and he was moving EXTREMELY quick. Lomax, #3, ran the ball extremely well too. 

Polier get any carries 

[UnionGuy2017]

24 minutes ago, goose111874 said:

Polier get any carries 

No, not that I noticed. Seemed to be focused on DE, where I thought he did really well. 

[BigWinners]

Did we hold our own?

[CzarYakov]

On 8/15/2025 at 11:13 PM, Dodgers said:

Has anyone heard how the teams at the Eastside scrimmage looked?

Talking from the point of someone from Richlands who watched all of Eastside and maybe all of the first string against Thomas Walker... Very meh. And very unable to tell you anything player specific because we decided not to wear numbers for some reason. 

Our offensive line is undersized and it shows, they were getting killed and it caused the quarterback to panic a ton. He always checked down to the running back which resulted in multiple interception (3 in a row I believe) and multiple hurries, but I don't believe he got sacked. So, positive maybe? Once they got settled in though, they were able to get some decent plays in, but nothing dazzling.

On defense, gonna need a TON of work in the secondary. Burnt like toast most plays, but the front 7 kept a lot of pressure and made sure we didn't have to relay on them a lot. Overall, I think Richlands wins a game or two that they weren't suppose to, but definitely not post season bound. 

Thing that surprised me was Patrick Henry came out fired up and was holding their own against a much bigger Volunteer crew. But numbers caught up with them. Volunteer had more players than Richlands, Eastside, and Thomas Walker combined, I believe. 

[SwvaOG]

9 minutes ago, CzarYakov said:

Talking from the point of someone from Richlands who watched all of Eastside and maybe all of the first string against Thomas Walker... Very meh. And very unable to tell you anything player specific because we decided not to wear numbers for some reason. 

Our offensive line is undersized and it shows, they were getting killed and it caused the quarterback to panic a ton. He always checked down to the running back which resulted in multiple interception (3 in a row I believe) and multiple hurries, but I don't believe he got sacked. So, positive maybe? Once they got settled in though, they were able to get some decent plays in, but nothing dazzling.

On defense, gonna need a TON of work in the secondary. Burnt like toast most plays, but the front 7 kept a lot of pressure and made sure we didn't have to relay on them a lot. Overall, I think Richlands wins a game or two that they weren't suppose to, but definitely not post season bound. 

Thing that surprised me was Patrick Henry came out fired up and was holding their own against a much bigger Volunteer crew. But numbers caught up with them. Volunteer had more players than Richlands, Eastside, and Thomas Walker combined, I believe. 

I actually thought not wearing numbers was brilliant. They have a regular season game next week against Va High.  Good luck deciphering film.