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Twin Valley is going to be running the Wishbone according the Bristol Herald Courier article. I figured there would be a big change in the offense. Last year they ran T and the Wishbone is practically the same thing. I think they would be better off in an I or Split Backs. They can't win out of the 'Bone.
I agree Huskerfan I think they should go to the I or splitbacks. It would give them a lot more options and I don't think they have the personell to be a power football team.
I'm agreeing with Legend here. Unless they really pumped some iron in the offseason they'll get destroyed if they run out of wishbone
TV will be running the bone only as an option in a multi-set offense. The new offense will feature, the wing T, Pro I, split backs, spread etc. This is being done to utilize the speed and the lack of strength up front. Lineman will be given more angle blocks, dont sweat the wishbone comment. It is only an option in the muti-set offense.
whoooooooooooooooo!
Wing T. Ya'll must be quick to pull that off
That is a lot of different sets. That will be tough to pull off especially since TV hasn't had much variation in their formations in the past.
Dunduin I wouldn't say you have to have speed to run the Wing T.
I heard Wise was going to run the Wing T but decided not to due to lack of speed. Now they're going to go straight up T and run all over people.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 11, 2003 09:25 PM: Message edited by: Dunduin ]</font>
Dunduin are you a moron? J.J. Kelly has ran the T and Wing T for about 4 years. The way they use the Wing T speed isn't a factor. It is misdirection. The Wing T is great because it can give a team with less talent a chance to win because of the misdirection.
what kind of formations does gate city run and how in the world do they execute all of there plays and do you all think they lie about how many students go to there school and i heard this year clintwood hasnt got anything and does anyone know for sure because i would like to know
Only repeating what I was told Husker
Not sure about gate city's formations and who knows about if they lie or not only they know that but I do know that something must go on if they've been AA for so many years and then drops down to A. In my opinion they've ruined the excitement in the regional playoffs. They kill everyone. If I was them i'd WANT to play AA for competition. But there is no doubt they are a good ball team
I heard clintwood was going to be good this year
In SWVA, what does these teams have in common with Gate City?
George Wythe - Wytheville
John S. Battle
Lebanon
Patrick Henry
Grayson County
Narrows
Floyd County
Giles
Radford
These are schools that have had declining enrollments in the past 10-20 years and dropped from Group AA to Single A. Most of these schools dropped down as soon as they became Single A eligible according to attendance. GC petitioned the VHSL each year for 10-15 years to be able to play Group AA. Gate City High School drops down in 2001, and besides the fact that these other schools have also dropped down in the recent past, nothing is made of it. Or did people not want to think coherently and just point fingers at GC proclaiming they lie about enrollment?
There is no industry in Gate City. While quite a few people do work in nearby Tennessee, many decide to leave Scott County and either have moved to Northeast Tennessee (closer to acceptable employment) or even further away from "home". Some families have stayed, but most of the younger set/families have seemed to venture away from the confines of our county. GC's attendance in grades 10-12 (the VHSL's method of determining attendance) is around 450. In 2001 & 2002, GC's first 2 years afer RETURNING TO THE LPD, Powell Valley and J.J. Kelly both had more students in attendance than GC. This upcoming year (2003), GC has about 30 more than PV and about a half dozen or so more than JJK. If you have ever been to Big Stone Gap, Wise and Gate City, it is evident which town is the smaller of the three. Gate City has only two stoplights within the city limits, one new car dealership, few restaurants, no entertainment value to speak of (shopping centers, movie theatres, etc). Does this sound like the metropolis some people make it out to be?
When I was in school at GC more than 15 years ago, there was less than 500 in grades 10-12. My two younger sisters had graduating classes even smaller than my own (one 3 years younger, one 6). GC could have been Single A for quite a number of years if they had decided to do so. Few people realize they were an LPD district team before 1970. It's not like they haven't been a part of the LPD before 2001. Some of us are old enough to either remember those years or remember stories of fathers, uncles, older brothers or men in the area who played in the LPD.
Do some people want GC to go back to Group AA? Most certainly. It's comments like the above (proclaiming something fishy about GC dropping) that makes me want to have GC stay right were they are. It's not like GC did not have success on the AA level. In 30 years of Group AA football, GC won 18 District titles, 12 Regional titles, 2 state runner-up and 3 State titles. There are quite a few people who are glad GC is no longer AA now too.
I just wanted to add my $.02 to the prior posting(s). I hope my post has been informative as well as educational. I don't think it will have most people thinking "Hey, what he posted had factual information, merit and inside knowledge to the GC community." I believe most will keep on making postings such as the ones that I responded to. Good luck to all BDD teams this upcoming year and may all be kept safe from serious injury.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 12, 2003 10:22 PM: Message edited by: I-Catching ]</font>
Man you gate city people are touchy lol But I see your point. I want to know how grundy is AA when they have over a hundred or so less kids than gate city and they have no problem staying AA.
Not just Grundy Dunduin but what about Graham. I hope they stay AA because they might be in the BDD if they dropped down. Gate City is legal they have the right number of students. Do they cut corners?? I'm not sure but they should be single a. Now the comment made about industry in Gate City. I think this guys need to venture down to Haysi or Hurley or Ervinton or Council. These areas don't have any industry. I have been to Gate City and it is a lot better than you think it is as far as industry goes.
No, not touchy in the least but I have learned from past message board experiences that you have to be very concise in your postings to prevent others from raising the "BS Flag" on you. I did not mean to offend anyone with my initial posting, I just wanted to make myself clear and provide factual information on that subject.
Yes, Grundy has a lower enrollment currently than GC, as well as Bluefield Graham. It is/was both schools (school board, AD, et al) decision to stay group AA by petitioning the VHSL annually just as GC had done for many years in the past. They have the right to drop down to Single A just the same as GC did in 2001, which was not a very popular move in many peoples eyes and still isn't for that matter. It does allow GC to compete with schools with like enrollments (not only in football) as well as keeps travel costs significantly lower. The state semis against George Wythe was the first time GC fans did not have to stay overnight in the Lynchburg area (or further up the road) to attend the game. In the recent past, GC has faced Jefferson Forest, John Handley, Brookville, Rustburg and Broadway just to name a few. Most if not all of these schools have attendance figures above 800 (more than 350 students than GC in grades 10-12). Can you really blame the decision makers at GC that decided to drop to Single A instead of continuing to travel those distances, running up huge travel costs and playing schools of that size?
When I played football in the old SWD, several of the schools that I listed in my initial post were part of our district (Lebanon, PH, JSB, may have left one out, not sure). Honestly I never thought we would drop to Single A like those others. I thought we would do the same as Graham and Grundy. I have mixed feelings about the move (just like others), but there is not a dang thing I can do about it. I just support the Blue Devils 100%, no matter where and who they play.
HuskerFan, I am sure that Ervinton, Hurley, Haysi and the surrounding areas don't have much industry either. That is not a question mark in my mind. The bottom line is that no high school in the far corners of SWVA has great numbers (with the exception of Lee High, but look how many high schools combined there) But why would GC be "cutting corners" as you called it, which I consider making accusations of lying about numbers, when they had to petition the VHSL for 10-15 years just to play Group AA ball with Single A numbers? I would have thought that would be clear to most. Oh well, maybe not. GC did not drop to Single A to rain on anyone's parade in the BDD or LPD for that matter. They aren't untouchable, as you seen in basketball season. They won't win the LPD in football every year, trust me.
Just an ending note (I have to get up early), but does anyone realize that during the mid 80's through most of the 90's that Powell Valley had more students in attendance than Gate City? I never heard any negative comments about that fact when PV was running roughshod through Region D all of those years. If it wasn't GC, who would the finger(s) be pointed towards?
I agree Powell Valley did have a lot of kids. Personally in my opinion they need 4 groups. Haysi, Honaker and the Cumberland schools have no chance against teams such as J.J. Kelly, Powell Valley and Gate City. The numbers of those schools are too much.
That doesn't sound bad Husker Fan, but then you would have Honaker and/or Haysi with the large attendance. Honaker defeated Grayson County last season but I never heard anyone having a problem with their enrollment, which is 150+ more students in grades 10-12 than Gate City. Personally, I don't think it is numbers in this case. If GC was 5-5 or 4-6 every year nothing would be said about their program, good or bad (well, maybe bad...I have seen the making light of the decline of Pound's program on this forum). Washington & Lee, the 2001 Division 2 State Champion, has the exact total enrollment that GC happens to have this year. Is there a problem with the current alignment? I think so. Just keep in mind that not so long ago, there were only 3 state champions in football, which made it ever more difficult for the smaller schools to be successful in the post-season. Virginia is a much larger state than Tennessee (which has 5 state champions). Either a 4 or 5 classification system should be put into place and I think it will eventually transpire. Here is a link to a proposed 4 classification system based on enrollment:
http://virginiapreps.rivals.com/show...4&sid=&style=2
In this classification recommendation, both Honaker and Haysi (as well as the rest of the BDD) would still be facing J.J. Kelly, Powell Valley, Lebanon, Giles, Radford and George Wythe with the addition of Bluefield Graham and Grundy Sr. Not only would Graham and Grundy be in this classification facing the current BDD Division 2 teams in the playoffs, but also the current BDD Division 1 teams as well. If you also notice, GC is at the bottom of the 2A classification. If their enrollment was to drop slightly (15-20 students or so), then GC would also be in the 1A classification.
This is based on the VHSL current school enrollment figures mentioned on the link provided by Matt Gilliam, who in turn gathered his information from current VHSL reclassification minutes/notes of meetings being held by the powers that be.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 13, 2003 03:15 PM: Message edited by: I-Catching ]</font>
i found two "Four A" models on the redistricting reclassification page. One just seems to be based on attendance, but it uses 9-12 numbers and not 10-12. How are groups based in the "equal four classification"? Looks like in equal four there could be a fourth district and Region D with Kelly, Graham, Grundy, and PV, shew talk about travel! I'm sure they'd let all the schools decide on districts though.
http://www.vhsl.org/more.htm
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 13, 2003 07:21 PM: Message edited by: Stormy_Waters(the_second) ]</font>
Nevertheless, I was not accusing Powell Valley of so called "cutting corners", lying about enrollment, etc. All I was stating was that their attendance figures that announced by the VHSL more often than not were higher than GC during that period, even though GC remained Group AA while PV stayed Single A. I'm not saying PV wasn't legitimately Single A, only that GC had less students and could have been Single A as well.
Everyone now has a problem with GC dropping down although they have had legitimate Single A enrollment numbers for many years. Then someone in this thread says "Oh no, we don't want to have Graham in the BDD!". Sounds like sour grapes to me.
Maybe the VHSL can fix up a region with the Cumberland District, Sisters of Mercy School for Girls and other weak-kneed competition so that certain people will cease to complain and make unfounded allegations.
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<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 14, 2003 08:43 AM: Message edited by: I-Catching ]</font>
Here is an ok way to do it but I just don't like how there are small numbers in each division. I think 5 classes would be better.
AAAA
Division 8
Robinson, James 2199
Williams, T.C. 2193
Gar-Field 2143
Woodbridge 2064
Lake Braddock 1977
Westfield 1969
Jackson, S. (M) 1883
Chantilly 1877
Manchester 1844
Osbourn Park 1815
Annandale 1813
Forest Park 1794
Herndon 1793
Oakton 1759
Kellam, Floyd 1749
Princess Anne 1742
Hayfield 1741
Ocean Lakes 1726
Washington, George 1707
West Springfield 1705
Hickory 1687
Granby 1657
Franklin County 1620
Tallwood 1597
Hylton, C.D. 1578
Kempsville 1575
Tucker, J. R. 1574
Cox, Frank 1557
Bethel 1556
Gloucester 1537
Fairfax 1534
Godwin, Mills 1532
Deep Creek 1525
West Potomac 1516
Great Bridge 1510
Salem (VB) 1505
Division 7
Clover Hill 1498
Wakefield 1497
Maury 1491
Woodside 1483
Lee, R. E. (Sp) 1479
Centreville 1477
Western Branch 1475
Landstown 1461
First Colonial 1459
Langley 1459
Bayside 1451
Bird, L. C. 1444
Osbourn 1439
Dale, Thomas 1432
Hermitage 1420
Woodson, W.T. 1416
Smith, Oscar 1408
North Stafford 1405
Atlee 1403
Lakeland 1391
Mount Vernon 1390
Kecoughtan 1389
Denbigh 1377
Brooke Point 1376
Green Run 1373
Stone Bridge 1371
Henry, Patrick (R) 1369
Menchville 1368
Heritage (NN) 1353
Massaponax 1352
Culpeper County 1333
Washington-Lee 1327
Yorktown 1322
James River (C) 1308
Halifax County 1300
Prince George 1299
Varina 1297
Edison, Thomas 1287
South Lakes 1283
Cave Spring 1299
AAA
Division 6
Lee-Davis 1282
Indian River 1278
Albemarle 1275
Glass, E.C. 1275
Stafford 1272
Churchland 1264
Jefferson, T. 1250
Madison, James 1249
Potomac Falls 1243
Lake Taylor 1236
Hampton 1231
Midlothian 1227
Freeman, Doug. 1219
Henry, Pat. (A) 1211
Meadowbrook 1210
Monacan 1208
Warwick 1196
Petersburg 1194
Park View (St) 1187
Colonial Forge 1170
Loudoun Valley 1168
Stuart, JEB 1165
Fauquier 1163
Falls Church 1163
McLean 1156
Wood, James 1149
Nans. River 1146
Norview 1145
Chancellor 1142
Pulaski County 1136
Highland Sp. 1124
Warren County 1123
Potomac 1102
Sherando 1086
Amherst 1086
Broad Run 1073
Liberty (Beal) 1071
Division 5
Lafayette 1067
Fleming, Wm. 1065
Spotsylvania 1052
Hanover 1052
Phoebus 1027
Salem (S) 1021
Louisa County 1014
Huguenot 1005
Courtland 1001
Henrico 979
Marshall, G. 975
Washington, B.T. 972
Wilson, W. 968
Dinwiddie 952
Jamestown 943
Heritage (L) 942
Grafton 941
Charlottesville 941
Jefferson-Forest 918
Norcom, I.C. 917
Loudoun County 913
Harrisonburg 909
Orange County 905
Wythe, G. (R) 895
Blacksburg 895
Turner Ashby 884
*Heritage 881
Spotswood 866
Monticello 849
Rockbridge 832
Western Alb. 831
Dominion 830
Tabb 830
Carroll County 826
Hopewell 823
Staunton River 818
Broadway 814
Byrd, William 795
AA
Division 4
Lord Botetourt 793
Smithfield 791
Northside 791
Caroline 785
Powhatan 779
*Matoaca 533
Liberty (Bed) 761
Christiansburg 759
Millbrook 755
Handley 731
King George 725
Marshall, John 725
Abingdon 721
Brookville 720
**Hidden Valley 717
Fort Defiance 705
Fluvanna County 700
Lee 678
Alleghany 669
Southampton 668
York 668
Poquoson 650
Martinsville 648
**Deep Run 636
Rustburg 634
Marion Sr. 633
Brentsville Dist. 632
Colonial Heights 630
Richlands 623
Kennedy, John 620
Jefferson, T. 620
Tunstall 619
Lee, R.E. (St) 612
Waynesboro 607
Greensville Co. 603
Magna Vista 598
Patrick County 590
Prince Ed. Co. 589
Monroe, William 586
New Kent 578
Nottoway 572
Division 3
Appomattox 557
Stuarts Draft 556
Virginia 553
Park View (SH) 552
Northampton 551
Buckingham Co. 550
Bluestone Sr. 548
Armstrong 543
Gretna 543
Nandua 531
Wilson Memorial 530
Brunswick Sr 522
Central (W) 521
Grayson County 516
Nelson Co. 514
Bassett 514
Fieldale-Collinsville 499
Tazewell 493
Madison County 492
Randolph-Henry 487
Chatham 476
Arcadia 475
J. Monroe *** 472
Monroe, James 472
Dan River 462
Central (Lunen) 460
Manassas Park 458
Washington & Lee 453
Gate City 453
Luray 415
Buffalo Gap 450
Floyd County 450
Clarke County 449
A
Division 2
Mason, George 448
J. J. Kelly 441
Walker, M. , Gov. 434
Maggie Walker
Lebanon 432
Goochland 431
Page County 429
Strasburg 421
Grundy Sr. 416
Battle, John 414
Glenvar 409
James River (B) 405
King William 404
Powell Valley 404
Windsor 399
Riverheads 394
Amelia County 392
Giles 387
Fort Chiswell 386
Graham 378
Radford 369
Henry, Patrick (GS) 368
Lancaster 359
Laurel Park 359
Northumberland 348
Wythe, George (W) 348
Altavista 339
Jackson, S. (Q) 337
Mathews 335
Rappahannock 319
Coeburn 319
Chilhowie 315
Middlesex 298
Franklin 292
Campbell, Wm. 291
Sussex Central 287
Honaker 286
Auburn 284
Cumberland 280
Division 1
Rural Retreat 280
Essex 278
Walker, Thomas 273
Rappahannock Co. 269
Galax 268
Surry County 257
Clintwood 254
Haysi 247
Holston 245
McCluer, Parry 236
Appomattox RGS
Eastern Montgomery 227
Covington 223
Charles City 219
Northwood 216
West Point 213
King & Queen 210
Castlewood 206
Bland (Rocky Gap) 201
Chesterfield Comm
Twin Springs 192
Narrows 186
Hurley 181
Rye Cove 180
Pound 180
Twin Valley 176
Bath County 159
Craig County 154
Appalachia 150
J. I. Burton 150
Chincoteague 149
Colonial Beach 146
Ervinton 135
Saint Paul 125
Pocahontas 106
Council
Highland
Mt. Rogers
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 14, 2003 10:31 AM: Message edited by: Husker_Fan ]</font>
That looks like 8 divisions to me. How can you call yourself a state champion in a division like that when there is only 30 or so teams in your division? I agree with you on that point (5 divisions), I think that is the best solution. Based on our number of schools and size of the state of Virginia compared with Tennessee, we should have 5 if not 6 (like it currently happens to be in football) divisions. Tennessee has 5 divisions and has less schools, students and landmass than Virginia. Going to a 4 division system to be would be a mistake.
I like Husker's system. It is very nice. And yes GC is touchy about the AA thing. They go crazy if you say they are AA. We have smaller numbers, blah, blah, blah. I know that you should be AA. You say they wanted to go to AA but VHSL wouldn't let them. Well why not? Grundy is and they have smaller numbers. In my opinion, I think the coaches didn't want to go to AA so they said VHSL wouldn't let them. They wanted to stay A for some odd reason. SO, i will keep complaining about GC killing small teams because they are AA. GC is able to put new people in for different kinds of defense they run. Places like Clintwood and Haysi and Honaker have 8-9 people that start on offense and defense. They are in shape but doing that much takes alot out of a person.
This will be my last post on this topic. It is obvious some are oblivious to factual information provided and want to remain that way so that they can have an excuse when the clock hits 00:00.
GC (as you put it, lumping a whole town/team/school into it) is not touchy about being single A, it is people like you who are touchy...wait...whiners is more like it. If GC had a football program like Grayson County and 600+ students in grades 10-12, nothing would ever be said about it.
Again, Gate City's decision makers requested to play Group AA ball for many years while sporting Single A numbers. The determination was made to cease petitioning the VHSL and play in the Division/Group that the VHSL had placed them into in the first place.
You say you know they (GC) should be Group AA? What do you base that on? You obviously are ignorant to the facts regarding GC and the VHSL. If you believe you know so much and that GC lies about numbers, maybe you should take it up with your school board or contact the VHSL yourself. I'm not being touchy, it's just idiots like yourself who get on internet message boards proclaiming you know so much about a situation that you obviously don't. If I were to say that I know for a fact that your parents are actually brother and sister and really continue to press the issue, you think you would not be offended? That's what I thought.
I never said that GC wanted to go Group AA and the VHSL would not let them. You obviously can not read in a coherent manner. I stated that GC has been petitioning the VHSL to "play up" for many years. The VHSL granted that request. GC's/School Board decision makers decided to cease petitioning, thus dropping GC into Single A status where VHSL enrollment numbers had them listed to be for the past 10-15 years.
Again, I explained that both Grundy and Graham continue to petition to compete in Group AA. They could drop down to Single A just as GC has done if their powers that be decide to. Look at Stormy_Waters link (click on it, just don't look at it) and see where the schools in red are listed as those who are "likely to play up". That is the schools that have or will be petitioning to remain where they are, even though they could play in a lower division. Is it really that hard to understand?
Keep on whining on here about GC, you won't get my ear. By the way, GC has 43 kids out this year. I wonder how many Honaker will field? Looks to me as if it was about the same number last year when the two met.
GC's football program has been strong for many years, it didn't just come about overnight magically when they finally stopped petitioning to play up in Group AA. Those kids work hard year round to be in the shape they are. That is a GC tradition (hard work). They also have discipline, something that one of the Haysi coaches that I know told me that their kids did not have after the 2001 playoff game in Haysi.
Have fun, slander away and good luck to Honaker when they face that SWVA powerhouse Twin Springs on October 17th.
This is my last post (and I know you will be glad) as it seems as if you don't agree with GC bashing and rumors about their program/school, you are in the wrong. I attempted to help clear the air and gave factual information and insight but it seems to me as if I might have as well been pi**ing in the wind for that matter. I just hope Dunduin and Husker_Fan are of the younger set, as maybe they might be able to rebound in the intelligence department before they move their tassle to the other side of their mortarboard and enter the real world.
I-Catching if you think no one complained about PV's numbers back then your dead wrong lol I have friends and family who played back then and PV was the most hated school around. They were good but they also "cut corners" as Husker put it to stay A. I still listen to old players cuss about em
I wouldn't necessarily call it complaining. From reading your posts from last season I'd say it's more like crying. Someone said Honaker doesn't stand a chance against bigger schools, they've won a state championship recently and was the best team we faced last year (GW included). It's not that GC folks are "touchy" about one certain thing, we're "touchy" because people would rather cry about losing instead of hitting the weight room and practice field to make themselves and their team better. I wouldn't call it touchy at all, because since the drop to Group A we've heard everything imaginable. And after a couple of years, it's hysterical as well as pathetic.
Ignore that last reply that was my younger brother getting on here an talking smack like a moron. He's been beatin within an inch of his life for making me, and the rest of haysi, look like an idiot. Good luck to Gate City this year
I-CATCHING,
I COULDNT HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF. YOU ARE ONLY STATING THE FACTS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IF GC HAD A LOSING RECORD EVERY YEAR, NOTHING WOULD EVER BE SAID. I'M SORRY THE COMPETITION ISNT BETTER, BECAUSE IT HURTS US COME PLAYOFF TIME. GC IS GOING THRU A GROUP ATHLETES NOW AND HAS FOR THE LAST 3-4 YEARS, THAT ARE A SPECIAL GROUP. ALL SMALL SCHOOLS GO THRU THIS PHASE. THINGS WILL EVEN OUT IN THE FUTURE. PEOPLE ON HERE NEED TO QUIT CRYING & WORK HARDER TO BECOME BETTER.
Let me play a little note for the crybabies on here. [http://www.angelfire.com/nm2/gilamon...ies/nopity.gif Cry me a river deep and wide. http://www.angelfire.com/nm2/gilamon...lies/dance.gif http://www.angelfire.com/nm2/gilamon...es/coolman.gif http://www.angelfire.com/nm2/gilamon...lies/laugh.gif
wow hunter! and i just thought all of GC's fans were classless rednecks! You sure proved us wrong! [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img]
Yeah really Hunter, I'm disappointed in you. You could've at least offered them a kleenex with the violin playing.
Sorry I proved you wrong Stormy! I,ll try to act with less class next time I hear all this crying. What kind of kleenex should I offer Quincy? [img]biggrin.gif[/img] I think Bounty paper towels is more along the lines of what they need!http://www.angelfire.com/nm2/gilamon...ies/smile6.gif
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 16, 2003 04:44 PM: Message edited by: HUNTER316 ]</font>
ok screw it. Ya'll are just trying to start trouble on here. Like at the game two years ago. Come on who sits on the other teams side?! I mean no disrespect to gate city they have a great ballteam but dont expect us to get down and start kissing your butts like everyone else does. That was one mistake last year ya'll made against honaker. You expected a BDD team to just lie down for ya'll to run over like most people do and instead they stuck it to you. Sure you won the game but almost all of Honakers players went both ways when all of yours go one. But screw it think what you want but please quit coming over here and disrespecting us.
No disrespect here. I think honaker has a good team. And no one was expecting them to lie down either. Also about the fans of GC sitting on the home teams side. Do you know how many GC fans travel with the team? Usually a lot more than most other teams bring to their own home games. The only thing that gets to me is that so many cry because GC is single A again. Truth be told it is actually easier to compete as a AA team. Some of the old power house AA teams went to single A along time ago. Teams like George Wythe,Giles,and Radford to name a few. Good luck to the BDD teams and hopefully we will see you in the post season.
I personally don't want any of you kissing anything of mine because I'm a happily married heterosexual male. One minute you mention Honaker as a team that can't compete with the LPD, yet you brag about how they only lost 21-6 to GC last year. We've posted it a hundred times before, so try to read it right this time. There is no "visitors side" at Gate City. You people complained that you only had one section, when that one section still holds more than one entire side of a few stadiums we've been to. If you can't fill that section up, don't worry about the other half. You people started the cheap shots about GC when nobody from GC was around, and now that someone responds we're classless rednecks. Some of you need to come out from under your rocks and get a clue.
Let's get back on topic here and talk about formations.......PLEASE!!! What's Haysi, Honaker, and Hurley gonna run?
how did Honaker get drug into this whole argument that Gate City lies about their numbers? I don't really know of anyone from Honaker that thinks that. I'm the only person from Honaker that comes to this message board. No one from Honaker ever complained that GC lies. And who said Honaker can't compete against the LPD Quincy? I'd like to know.
posted August 13, 2003 01:13 PM
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I agree Powell Valley did have a lot of kids. Personally in my opinion they need 4 groups. Haysi, Honaker and the Cumberland schools have no chance against teams such as J.J. Kelly, Powell Valley and Gate City. The numbers of those schools are too much.
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Even though I do not like his name, I agree with LPDoverBDD, try and get back on the topic please. This was getting a little out of hand...
this is the LAST thing I'm posting on this. Quincy, no one from Honaker said that, must have been one of the guys from Haysi on here. I believe Gate City is the only LPD school that gives Honaker any trouble. We beat Gate City and Burton's *** in basketball. We beat Kelly's *** in baseball in 5 innings in that tourny at Shupe field last season. We beat Clintwood's *** by like 20 runs in baseball. We could beat Pound in anything they **** , and PV and Appy wouldn't give us any trouble in anything except football. Yes, lets please get back to formations.