Burton?

Only with a lot more speed. I think every team in that district can fly. I miss those days of the Jones's, the Clark's and Sensabaugh. That was fun to go see on Friday night.

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Originally Posted by Ironlung

Clintwood only has about 50 more kids. I think Burton was around 260 and Clintwood 310.

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According to http://www.vhsl.org/files/pub-directory-sch.pdf J.I. Burton has 242 Students Clintwood has Exactly 340 About 100 More students Which im sure each are Plus or Minus some, depending on when this was updated. (I would guess the begenning of the year) But I think to Be classified as D1 or D2 or AA whatever VHSL has to have an accurate number on how many students you have.

J.J. Kelly 468
Powell Valley 510
Appalachia 241
Pound 240
J.I. Burton 242
Clintwood 340
Coeburn 416

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Originally Posted by heneedsa

None of this made any sense when I first heard this, but after some research it made perfect sense for Burton to try to slide out of the LPD and into the Cumberland District. To start with Burton doesn't have the numbers the rest of LPD will have in the near future and their playoff chances will get dimmer as the consolidation moves forward. Second the LPD as a district is very strong and very physical and a Burton not having numbers they really need to find a way to keep it's players healthy for a whole year, and you can't do that in the tuff LPD even Pound and Appalachia though small will play physical with you. And Third the Cumberland is the 15th rated A district (out of 16) in the Commonwealth, hence all the reasons you need to want to move. Weak district, non-physical teams, easy pickings for a team that needs to keep players healthy for a playoff run, and probably district champions every year regardless of talent, or lack there of from the rest of the district. So on the end what would you rather be 3rd place in the LPD and players hurt or 1st place in CD with healthy players. Oh and by the way the LPD ranked second as the best A district followed closely by the Clinch Mountain.

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woahhh, there's a district worse than the cumberland? ;)

Yes, Virginia there is a District worse than the Cumberland. The Eastern Shore District Nandua won it at 5-5, and was promptly beaten in playoffs by King William 60-12. (sound familiar Coeburn), the other teams were 2-8, 3-7, and 0-2 (I hadn't figured out that yet). It isn't any wonder that Region D can't compete anymore. BDD is 13 out of 16, Hogo is 14 out of 16, and the good old Cumberland is 15 out of 16.

My bad on the Hogo. It is in region C. My fat fingers sometimes get ahead of my mind.

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Originally Posted by Skeletor

According to http://www.vhsl.org/files/pub-directory-sch.pdf J.I. Burton has 242 Students Clintwood has Exactly 340 About 100 More students.

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Everytime you see one of those links for VHSL enrollment #'s they're different. I think the link below is the most up to date/accurate. It's a PDF file that outlines the whole playoff situation next year. Page 19 of 20 has all the enrollments for the D1 schools and that one has Clintwood at 321 and JIB at 253. I think the enrollment numbers for the present year is always from 2 years back as well. I think Clintwood's enollment numbers have gone down every year since I graduated 15 years ago. JIB's seem to be going up every year as well.

http://www.vhsl.org/files/fb-divisio...ower-point.pdf

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Yes, Virginia there is a District worse than the Cumberland. The Eastern Shore District Nandua won it at 5-5, and was promptly beaten in playoffs by King William 60-12. (sound familiar Coeburn), the other teams were 2-8, 3-7, and 0-2 (I hadn't figured out that yet). It isn't any wonder that Region D can't compete anymore. BDD is 13 out of 16, Hogo is 14 out of 16, and the good old Cumberland is 15 out of 16.

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The 0-2 team is Chincoteague and that record was vs. VHSL opponents only. Their schedule is mostly comprised of private schools. And yes, the ESD is terrible in football.

I'm surprised the Pioneer isn't one of the bottom four.

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Originally Posted by hoard

The 0-2 team is Chincoteague and that record was vs. VHSL opponents only. Their schedule is mostly comprised of private schools. And yes, the ESD is terrible in football.

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Exactly right. That is why Gretna at the end of the regular season was 9-0 when they actually were 9-1. Their first game they lost to a private school 31 to 0.