Actual football discussion

Castlewood at J.I. Burton

I think this one has the potential to turn ugly. Burton has too much skill and speed for Castlewood. Not to beat the glorious of the LPD here, but especially in the smaller division, it seems like the tougher LPD schedule helps prepare the LPD playoff teams better. Burton by 35.


Honaker at Powell Valley --Unsure about this one. PV seems to have the ability to be really on or really off. Honaker is kind of underappreciated. I look for PV to win it, but to be a closer game than maybe most expect. PV by 10.

Ervinton at Appalachia --Another game where the LPD experience will benefit. Ervinton has some talent and may be able to stay with Appy. The styles of play seem to be a lot alike. Preparing for the playoffs may be a huge factor in this game. I predict Appy by 21 pulling away late.

Clintwood at Haysi --There is a football game between these 2 schools scheduled. Someone will most likely win, someone will most likely lose. Anything else is either being biased or giving bulletin board material [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

JIB 56 CW 0
Too much for anyone in D1 on this side of the state.

Appy 46 EHS 0
This one just delays the rematch that they want for one more week.


PV 35 HHS 14
Honaker has a big physical team. Ball (I think is the kids name) is a very impressive player. They just don't have the experience or speed to keep up.

Haysi 21 CW 13
CW has improved and it seems that Haysi has taken a step back. Until I see CW play a game without giving up double digit turnovers I'm not convinced they'll win a close one. I hope for CJ Phillips they get the win. He and Glyn R. Phillips have been the two players that I've enjoyed watching the most since my playing days ended. I wish we could keep this kid. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

From a spectator standpoint, which do you think will be the best game to watch Saturday?

CW/Haysi

I think so too. If I didn't have kids in school at PV, I would likely go the CW game.

I think both PV/Honaker, and the CW/Haysi game will be good games. The best in the area will probably be Graham @ Tazewell.

I agree with Strips in Region D All 4 Div2 schools are bunched together without a clear Fav in the bunch howeverf I am starting to think that Haysi probably should be based on the records against teams in the Va Playoffs however Honaker has played 3 AA playoff teams and Clintwood the top #2 seeds in both Div1 and Div2

Haysi is 3-0 (Clintwood#4 W, Honaker#3 W, Ervinton#3(Div1) W)
PV is 2-1 (Norton#1(Div1) L, Clintwood#4 W, Appy#2(Div1) W)
Honaker is 1-3 (Haysi#1 L, Richlands#1(Div3) L, Tazwell#2(Div3 L, Va High#4(Div3) W)
Clintwood is 0-4 (Haysi#1 L, Appy#2(Div1) L, PV#2 L, Norton#1(Div1) L)

Clintwood 14, Haysi 13-Clintwood's playing good ball and Haysi will see a different team than the first time around.
Powell Valley 14, Honaker 6-PV ends their drought against the BDD. Come on PV show them what you can do.

Burton 55, Castlewood 0
Appalachia 49, Ervinton 13


I must congratulate Ervinton. I believe Ervinton has gone from 0-10 to 4-6 to 7-3. Either way, that's awesome.

Speaking of Ervinton I had heard that there coach MAY be leaving at the end of this year

I have heard that as well. Of course the grass will not be greener next year at Ervinton, only the players will be since they graduate almost half of the team.

Yea it could be a lean year however sometime success breads success the team may get some kids out that 2 years ago would not have came out for the team plus the guys comming back know how to win and that could be the differance in some games right there.

(That being said I still look for it to be a tough year for them)

They probably lose all but 1 or 2 starters on each side of the ball, so they will have very little experience returning, and I hope their numbers do pick up, but your generally very limited to the amount you pick up with a school of that size when you graduate half your team.

Yep and loseing all there skill positions will be hard to plug others into there spot

Here is an interesting fact. I know this is two different divisions but Ervinton has more power points than Gate City. This is in no way a knock on Gate City. If you were to tell me last year that Ervinton would have more points than GC I would look at you like you'd lost it. I know I'm comparing apples and bananas but still. It's an interesting fact.

I feel kind of funny seeing that 4-6 next to Gate City. I don't see it next to them next year though.

Plug Ervinton into GC's season and see how many points they would have then. That is how Hurley got in last year.

Why would Ervinton play Gate City's schedule? Different division, district, and recruitment area :P

I don't think Trumpet was insulting Gate City, it was odd, but like I said, I wouldn't want to base my survival on Gate City having a bad year too often

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Why would Ervinton play Gate City's schedule? Different division, district, and recruitment area :P


[/ QUOTE ]Plug... nothing to do with playing , talking about getting points for the play-offs. It is an odd year that GC isn't in the post season and if they played a softer non-conference they might have made it anyway. Same as Hurley last year . :P