Region D Finals

[Bleed Crimson]

We are 2 day's away from the Region D football finals and nobodys talking about it. We have 2 games with the number 1 and number 2 seeds in both. These are 2 huge games here, and the gate city fans are all ready complaning on the Clinch Mountain District forum about the seating for the visitors at Uva. Wise. Here's a write up from a paper i found on their site. By the way Kingsport has all seven panelist picking Burton in a sweep and 4 picked Gate City with 3 picking Powell Valley.


By Allen Godsey
November 21, 2007

GATE CITY, Va. ? Gate City (8-3) and Powell Valley (8-3) will play Saturday afternoon at the UVA College at Wise for the Division 2 Region D Football championship. The game will take place 90 minutes after the conclusion of the Clintwood and J. I. Burton game, which begins at 12:30 .

"We are one of eight schools left in the State of Virginia in our Division, we know our opponent and they know us,"? said Gate City coach Nick Colobro. "We've got to stop their spread offense. Also, we've got to do a lot better job against their defense than we have before.

"We'll stay with what we've been doing for the most part, maybe a wrinkle or two. Healthwise, we've got a few nicks. We are about as healthy as you could expect for this time of the year."?

Gate City should not have any trouble "getting up"? for this game. None of the Gate City team members have ever played in a victory over Powell Valley . The Vikings have defeated Gate City six straight times. The last Gate City win came in 2003. Powell Valley Defeated Gate City 38-14 on Oct. 19 in a regular-season game.

Leading the Gate City offense is senior Tailback Tyler Parks and junior quarterback Tihlee Anderson. Parks has gained 1,380 yards rushing and scored 20-touchdowns. Anderson has accounted for 17 touchdowns -- 11 on the ground and 6 through the air.

Anderson 's targets are tight end Eric Hutchins, end Jesse Broadwater, flanker Logan Byrd, and running back Dustin Jones. Senior running back Peyton Jenkins has come on strong. Jenkins gained 111 yards in the Devils' 31-22 victory over Lebanon. Jenkins had a 63-yard touchdown run in the third quarter that put Gate City ahead to stay.

Gate City has averaged 295 yards a game on offense while giving up 233 yards. The Blue Devils have scored 292 points this season and allowed 179 points.

Powell Valley is led by senior quarterback Cedrick Mitchell. The Viking signal caller has passed for 1250 yards and 11 touchdowns this season. Mitchell is also a special teams threat. He returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown in a 33-28 Powell Valley win over Honaker last Saturday at a crucial time.

"The more things change, the more they stay the same,"? said Powell Valley coach Phil Robbins, "We are not in the same district with Gate City any more but low and behold we are right back playing for the region championship."?

Quarterback Mitchell's primary receivers are Delmas Lawson, who has 33 catches and four touchdowns; Terrell Turner, who has 32 receptions and three scores; and Andrew Meador, who has four touchdown receptions.

Brothers Myron and Malcolm Pinkston are the leading rushers for the Vikings. Myron has run the ball for 962 yards and scored 10 touchdowns.

The gates to the UVA-WISE Complex will open at 10:30 Saturday morning. The admission price for both games is $7.

Gate City 's probable starting line-up:

OFFENSE:
LG 65 Brad Brown 232 Sr
LT 63 Ryan Pope 167 Sr
C 50 Seth Musick 208 Sr
RG 53 Aaron Stokes 265 So
RT 77 Ty Frazier 269 Jr
TE 43 Eric Hutchins 192 Jr
E 21 Jesse Broadwater 157 Sr
QB 12 Tihlee Anderson 152 Sr
HB 4 Peyton Jenkins 166 Sr
TB 20 Tyler Parks 176 Sr
FB 8 Dustin Jones 165 Jr
PK 10 Ked Byrd 143 Jr

DEFENSE:
E 52 Tyler Tiller 193 Jr
E 55 AJ Johnson 224 Jr
T 62 Josh Powers 223 Sr
T 58 Owen Franklin 157 Jr
LB 20 Tyler Parks 176 Sr
LB 71 Jason Begley 210 Jr
LB 15 Dustin Clark 165 Fr
CB 8 Dustin Jones 165 Jr
CB 10 Ked Byrd 143 Jr
S 24 Trey Clark 164 So
S 43 Eric Hutchins 192 Jr
P 8 Dustin Jones 165 Jr

[imported_Counts]

GC was complaining about the location last season and they were not even in the playoffs

[R13]

I dont think they should be complaining too much, they have some of the worst seating around here

[imported_six4three]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bleed Crimson</div><div class="ubbcode-body">We are 2 day's away from the Region D football finals and nobodys talking about it. </div></div>

not a whole lot to be said at this point.

any two of the four teams could come out as winners. i think the fans and players for each team know exactly what they are up against.

[imported_GC1]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: raider13</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I dont think they should be complaining too much, they have some of the worst seating around here </div></div>

Now THAT is funny. I don't recall seeing Burton fans overflowing the stands and standing everywhere. They didn't even fill 1/4 of the stadium.

[R13]

Ummm I was referring to the seating arrangements there....I think pretty much everybody agrees on that one ;]

[imported_Counts]

I think the PV/GC game could be a classic

I THINK that GC has peaked at the right time and MAY be an all around better team HOWEVER GC has a tough time with PVs passing game out of the spread and if Lebanon with there privative passing game was able to move the ball on GC then PV will eat that D up


That being said UVA-Wise is known for being an extreamly windy location and while IMHO the Turf helps out PV more than GC if the weather turns windy and limits the passing game of both teams that is an even bigger advantage for GC

Gate city claims that they alone will bring over 5000 fans I hope that PV can give them a big dose of LPD PRIDE!!!!

[UTVols2]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GC1</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: raider13</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I dont think they should be complaining too much, they have some of the worst seating around here </div></div>

Now THAT is funny. I don't recall seeing Burton fans overflowing the stands and standing everywhere. They didn't even fill 1/4 of the stadium. </div></div>

The game I was at it looked pretty packed to me on both sides and I thought Norton took up their fare share of the stands and then stood a couple hundred strong on the fence line. Maybe I had too much Kool Aid on the way down and couldn't see [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]

[pvfan]

GC is slowy turning back into their old obnoxious selfs. It's quite pathetic to read the CMD Board, they are complaining about the seating. If you were the higher seed they would put you on the home side. Then they complain about coming to Wise, which has really puzzled me to death, they as the lower seed get a break by playing on a neutral field and they complain? I dont think Jesus Christ could please some of their fans. They are still complaining over the refs from the last game, which they lost by 24 points. Now, I'm not saying a ref cant make or break a game but 24 points? Thats pushing it. I've seen PV/GC/Giles play and really if GC wins this game (which they very well can) they stand no chance against Giles in my opinion. PV on the other hand, while being an obvious underdog would stand a much better chance against Giles because they can throw the ball. All in all it should be two great games up there Saturday. Whoever wins between JIB/CW I'm pulling for the rest of the way, and as soon as were out in D2 I'm for Gretna.

Oh, side note to the JIB/CW fans tomorrow night at 7 you can listen to the William Cambpell/Buffalo Gap game on http://www.kdcountry.com if your interested.

[imported_Counts]

I plan on sticking around for the 2nd game and pulling for an all LPD Half-State [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]