Scheduling

[SWVA-Football]

I was in high school then and knew we won pretty easily on both occasions. I didn't think we had played them prior to that but wasn't for sure. That's when we got on that big kick of just playing out of state teams because nobody around here would play us (sigh, the good ole days).

Sorry about that pvfan, deleted then reposted my original post because I'd remembered the Appy footage from 2000 from North and didn't want to seem like I was saying 1998 was the last year they played Appalachia. The 2000 footage between North and Appalachia clearly says otherwise, so those are some scores I'm missing. I swear I seem to recall them playing in 1999 too.

[Rocky]

Sorry about that pvfan, deleted then reposted my original post because I'd remembered the Appy footage from 2000 from North and didn't want to seem like I was saying 1998 was the last year they played Appalachia. The 2000 footage between North and Appalachia clearly says otherwise, so those are some scores I'm missing. I swear I seem to recall them playing in 1999 too.

pretty sure we did, i know we played them my 7th and 8th grade year. we didnt play them my freshman year i dont think.

[Jason]

Its a shame they chickened out of scheduling Gate City. Was looking forward to seeing this series renewed.

[shwalker32]

so other then lee and john battle who has norton picked up to replace tom walker and honaker and pound and appy and abingdon?

[UTVols2]

I remember my sophmore and junior year we played Virginia High, those were two good games. I remember we played against Alex Walls, former UT kicker

[heneedsa]

They didn't chicken out, they really wanted to play GC. Coach Cox said evryone said yes at the same time and they had to make a schedule and didn't want to play five team from Va. so they picked up South. I am GC grad my son plays for North I would have loved to have seen them play. maybe next time

[Jason]

They didn't chicken out, they really wanted to play GC. Coach Cox said evryone said yes at the same time and they had to make a schedule and didn't want to play five team from Va. so they picked up South. I am GC grad my son plays for North I would have loved to have seen them play. maybe next time

From what the coaches told me North backed out with the excuse they could not compete with Gate City. You even said they picked PV over GC because they felt they could compete with PV better than GC.

They said it came down to GC and PV for last game and they thought they could compete better with PV, they also put Sullivan South back on the schedule.

I am sure I am not alone on thinking that the cant compete excuse is the same as being pure chicken. Not saying Norths players are chicken but who decided to back out of negotiations sure is. Now North will be traveling past a quality team that would bring a huge gate not once but 4 times the next two years. The best thing that came out of North sprouting feathers is GC now has Clintwood back on the schedule.