Appalachia, Powell Valley, and Football

[PVVikings2006]

Collegetrumpet.....thank you....and also collegetrumpet.....do you see what I mean? No where ...not once did I say that Appalachia would be coming to PV to become Vikings. I said when the students graduate from ----------------- High School......MEANING. I don't have a clue what the name of the new high school will be...........they should be proud to be graduates of this new school....NOT PV.

The only kids who think they will be graduating from PV if they go to the new named school will be those yellow bellied people whose kids go there (whether they are PV kids or Appy kids). Whose parents are telling them behind closed doors......."hey...you are really going to PV always remember that".....or "hey.....do you realize you will be going to what used to be PV?"

Its a gosh dang building made of stupid brick for christs sake......what makes a school is the POSITiVE and ENTHUSIASTIC hope inside the building which will be our KIDS! Its two TOWNS becoming ONE force together! When everyone takes off your stupid natural tunnel glasses and get all the stupidity out of your sense brains.....only then will you realize exactly how great this can be. Until then Wise County NEVER be what you want it to be. LEE CO is just now starting to figure it out. Let's not be like them and wait 22 years before our kids realize......"hey...you know what? This is a pretty cool thing....all of s coming together like this."

The one word that can bring Wise County to its humble knees and break the egos of all the political in their egotistical mind big wigs......CHANGE.


Before our country became strong....they said let's be together...but stay as 13 separate entities.......that was called the articles of confederation and it failed miserably. If Britain had the resources to attack us then....they would have and won handily. Because everyone would be fighting for their own state instead of ONE nation! Juntil we consolidate for our kids..... we will NOT be as strong as we can be for our kids.

The facts are the facts! Don't read what you want to read or hear what you want to hear. Take off the tunnel vision sized glasses and open up your dense brains and realize that Wise County kids are the most important thing here.......don't have the Al Bundy mentality....being the loser who "scored four touchdowns ina game vs. Pound one year. Who gives a -----) I want to think about my kid who graduates from so and so school and becomes a pharmacist and had a great career as whatever kiind of athlete he wanted to be. Heck we might gain a swimming pool and have a swim team come from this. Think of all the opportunities.....its limitless. You have to dream a lil bit.

[7teen]

I like what was said before. If they shut down the small schools or if they build new ones, I think they need to reflect the history of the former schools. Have a few display cases in the front lobby with old jerseys, helmets, etc...

What to do with some of the former great athletes will be interesting. do you forget them? recognize just the top few?

[PVVikings2006]

Why everyone gets so caught up in acting like they are going to be forgotten is beyond me......everyone asking..... you talk about people forgetting athletes from the schools like they need some sort of special attention for the rest of their lives. The past is over....kaput. There is nothing you can do to change the past. No one will forget the past....I have heard all kinds of stories of the stonega stallion yet when I walk in appalachia high school....I don't see pictures lining the walls of their great individual athletes.....instead I see pictures of great teams....and that's great too. Use a little give and take here.... while students will be going to the old PV high school....take all the pictures of the teams and athletes from Appalachia and PV and put them all in the Appalachia HS building and make it like a community museum/center for the new "community" of students to be able to go through and visit. They gym at Appalachia can be used as a place for the boys and girls to play and the place can become useful for the community. There are so many things you can do....you just have to use some creativity.

[shwalker32]

noone has mentioned some of these kids coming to norton? how would that affect nortons sports??

[1inStripes]

It probably wouldnt do much the first year, but raise their numbers. Unless the kids changed residents, they wouldn't be legal for a year.

[Skeletor]

... Unless the kids changed residents...

So much easier than I think people are realizing this is done yearly by 1 or 2 kids all over the state.. if say, 10 kids from 2 different schools approached JJ Kelly or PV (or whatever they are gonna be called next year) or even J.I. Burton and looked to make a transfer swap and residence change, its as simple as 1, 2, 3.... If they don't CHOOSE to go to what is Currently PV or JJ Kelly they can very easily go anywhere else they want. Wait and see. :2thumbsup:

[shwalker32]

thats what i was thinking also, if they leave after school ends what is the rule for sitting out is it a year? or will it be shorter where the schools will be null and void?i always thought they had to have like 15 practices or something like that

[1inStripes]

So much easier than I think people are realizing this is done yearly by 1 or 2 kids all over the state.. if say, 10 kids from 2 different schools approached JJ Kelly or PV (or whatever they are gonna be called next year) or even J.I. Burton and looked to make a transfer swap and residence change, its as simple as 1, 2, 3.... If they don't CHOOSE to go to what is Currently PV or JJ Kelly they can very easily go anywhere else they want. Wait and see. :2thumbsup:

It is done very easily. I know that, but that doesnt make it right, and doesn't mean someone else might not turn them in over it.

[fortyniner52]

Does anyone have old football pictures of PV and Appy? I also would like a list of all of the all-state players in Appy history! If anyone has this stuff let me know. Or just send or tag it to this page for Union. Powellvalley Appalachia Union-Football | Facebook