SW VA TITLE CHANCES????

**fourthn1** · October 26th, 2007, 12:55 AM

DOES ANY TEAM FROM SOUTHWEST VA HAVE A CHANCE AT A STATE TITLE?
DIV I.
BURTON SHOULD MAKE THE FINALS BUT COULD RUN INTO 10TH RANKED WILLIAM CAMPBELL WHO IS VERY UNDERRATED. THEIR LOSS TO GRETNA SHOULD NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE TALENT THIS TEAM HAS AS GRETNA IS STRONG, FAST AND TALENTED.

DIV II
GRETNA VS. ESSEX IN THE A-B SEMI-FINAL WITH GRETNA WINNING BIG.

GILES VS. LEBANON/LEE/POWELL VALLEY OR GATE CITY. I DON'T THINK IT WILL MATTER AS GILES HAS ALREADY THUMPED LEBANON. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY FROM D OR C CAN HANDLE GRETNA. ANY THOUGHTS?

**SWVA-Football** · October 26th, 2007, 01:35 AM

In Div. 1 Burton should get pretty far but I don't see them making it to the state championship this year.

No clue about Div 2 so I won't even comment there.

**NotSoSilentBob** · October 26th, 2007, 01:36 AM

<span style='font-size: 26pt'> I DON'T KNOW BUT WHY THE [censored] ARE YOU YELLING??????</span>

**vikescoach** · October 26th, 2007, 03:51 AM

No Chance. . .

**Glory_Days** · October 26th, 2007, 07:58 AM

there are a lot of burton haters out there

**imported_GC1** · October 26th, 2007, 09:40 AM

Slim to none, and slim just left town.......

**vikescoach** · October 26th, 2007, 01:39 PM

I don't have any problems with Burton, I root for them every year when they get to state...They either choke or get robbed, and I don't see that changing!

**thegardnerkid** · October 26th, 2007, 02:51 PM

yea ok watever

**vikescoach** · October 26th, 2007, 02:59 PM

Seriously, look at the past...they have been blown out up there, or ripped off. I feel like their best chance was last year. I'd love to see it happen for the loyal black and orange fansand those kids after all they have endured, but, realistically, they are not as strong this season. They are an excellent team, but it will be a big surprise to me if they get the monkey off their back and bring back gold to the LPD.

**Unchained** · October 26th, 2007, 03:00 PM

The Raiders may have been short of finishing the deal the last few years, but where have the other LPD teams been? What are the others doing while the Raiders have boarded the bus and hit the road to play for the state campionship? Right here's the answer: Putting some polish on the basketball sneakers [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img] To me, I have to laugh at the haters who instead of pulling for a fellow LPD school, put them down. Jealousy? Win or lose, at least they are geting there. This coming from a Kelly fan with no love for the Raiders (just a bit of respect).

Rest assured so there's no confusion: I am not a closet Raider fan lol. If that were the case, in the 70's when I was a wee lad, and my daddy took me to see Cummins' Crew play for state, I was a closet Wave. In the 90's when I hit the road to pull for PV and APPY, I was a closet Vike/Dawg (even a CAT once).

What I am getting at is that when a team from here goes to state, I pull for them. I don't half-arse say it and mean it. I pull heartily for them as if it were my team. The condescends from other parts of the state have made me this way. Guys, whether you love them or hate them, any team from the LPD and SWVA are OUR people. They need your support. If you are just halfway in it, stay at the damn house. What it is seems to be is something that folks forgot LPD PRIDE. Cummins didn't have them boys slap that on their helmets because he thought it looked photogenic. He knew what it meant, not just to play in the toughest distric in the state, but to live in an area where folks weren't afraid to "do work baby". I can dig and understand that.