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Pick em Week 11

Smithfield @ Tabb
Henrico @ Atlee
Spotsylvania @ Culpeper Co
Midlothian (C5) @ LC Bird (C5)
Menchville (C5) @ Bethel (C5) (Thur)
Colonial Forge (C6) @ N Stafford (C6)
Stafford (C6) @ Mountain View (C6)
York (C3) @ Grafton (C3)
Norview (C5) @ Lake Taylor (C3)
Poquoson (C2) @ Lafayette (C3) (Thur)
Courtland @ Eastern View*
Matoaca @ Dinwiddie*

Sherando @ Handley*
LCA @ Jefferson Forest*
Loudoun Valley
@ Woodgrove
Rustburg @ EC Glass
Millbrook @ James Wood
Battlefield
(C6) @ Patriot (C6)
Northside (C3) @ William Byrd (C3)
Fauquier (C3) @ Meridian (C3)
Turner Ashby (C3) @ Spotswood (C3)
William Monroe (C3) @ Rockbridge Co (C3)
Strasburg (C2) @ Central Woodstock (C2)
Stuart's Draft (C2) @ Wilson Memorial (C2)

G.W. @ Mecklenburg Co. Livestream (CVip Media Solutions)

Chuck we need to call this game the “Battle of Wal Mart” 😂😂

I’m a Tunstall alum. They gotta be the biggest disappointment in VA. Them and JF are probably the highest tax bases in Western VA and Tunstall can’t even put together solid teams (not even baseball anymore). I mean these are some big ole dudes in Western Pittsylvania County with an enrollment of 1000 kids. GW and Tunstall should be one of the better and competitive rivalries in the state.
Aside from possibly a few of Buddy Brown's best teams I am not sure GW/Tunstall has ever been even reasonably competitive. Tunstall hasn't had a squad to match any of those teams since Brown retired.

Predictions Hatfield's Week 11 VHSL Dynamic Dozen Picks (11.8.24)

Hat's Dynamic Dozen Picks from Week 10 - 8-5 (61.5%)
Hat's Dynamic Dozen Selections for 2024 Season - 88-34 (72.1%)

Not a great job of selecting winners by yours truly. Our misses featured Varina over Highland Springs, Hopewell over Thomas Dale, Abingdon over Union, Grayson County over George Wythe and E.C. Glass over Heritage-Lynchburg. That made for a finish just barely over the .500 mark.

Picks in the next post...

G.W. @ Mecklenburg Co. Livestream (CVip Media Solutions)

Chuck we need to call this game the “Battle of Wal Mart” 😂😂

I’m a Tunstall alum. They gotta be the biggest disappointment in VA. Them and JF are probably the highest tax bases in Western VA and Tunstall can’t even put together solid teams (not even baseball anymore). I mean these are some big ole dudes in Western Pittsylvania County with an enrollment of 1000 kids. GW and Tunstall should be one of the better and competitive rivalries in the state.

Top 10 discussion

Last night we continued to update our yearly Top 10 involving teams around Roanoke, Lynchburg, and Danville. The three of us have bickered back and forth and have had to use the 2/3rds vote to place teams. I wanted to see what you all think, if you had to place them yourself. Pound for pound. We had originally kept private schools out, but it was voted for North Cross to be in. I have been a critic of the local news stations and their top 10 as I didn't even think they were watching the games/highlights at times, but its a little harder than I thought. Let me know what yall think!

Top 10
1. LCA
1. William Fleming
3. GW Danville
4. Jefferson Forest
5. Salem
6. North Cross
7. Alleghany
8. Altavista
9. Heritage
10. Magna Vista

Considering: Rustburg, Glenvar, Lord Botetourt, William Byrd
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THE RVA SPORTS BREAKDOWN: VHSL Football Region Standings and Analysis

According to my calculations: If Atlee wins vs. Henrico, Powhatan wins vs. Richmond, and Hanover loses vs. Highland springs:

Atlee: 24.7
Hanover 24.7
Powhatan 24.5

This assumes that Huguenot beats Monacan and Spotsylvania beats Culpepper.

**I think the VHSL has the points incorrect for week 8 for Atlee. They gave them 10 bonus points when Armstrong only has 9 wins. They also gave Hanover 10 points for their win over King William when King William has only 4 wins. My calculations above are using the points that the VHSL has published on their website. Maybe I am missing something?? If you take away 2 bonus points for Hanover and 1 for Atlee then it would be the following:

Atlee: 24.6
Hanover: 24.5
Powhatan 24.5

Should be an interesting week 11!

VHSL did not give them 10 bonus points because of wins. It is written that way because they are in a different class.

So while it looks like 8/10, for Class 4 purposes it is 10/8 (10 for lost, 8 for their number of wins (since the numbers do not reflect games played this week).

Whether a win or a loss, teams get credit for a lower class team as if they are in the same class. So a Class 4 team will never have a lower base point than 22 for win or 10 for a loss. VHSL just decides to put those in as bonus points and not base points.

An example: Dinwiddie week 5, they beat 5-4 Class 3 Hopewell. On VHSL ratings it is down as 20/12. 20 as a Class 3 base, 10 for 5 Hopewell wins, and 2 for the different classification.

Same goes for King William. Currently on the Official ratings, Caroline beat a 3-6 KW. The official ratings show 18/10. That is 18 for Class 2 base points, 6 for the 3 KW wins, and 4 for the Class difference

STICK A FORK IN THEM

The VHSL should have a committee in place to ensure this type of stuff does not happen across the state moving forward.
I think the committee work should be pushed down to the conference or regional level with responsibility falling to the activities directors to verify AND certify eligibility reports and underlying documentation. Then random spot checks/audits from the state level with prescribed and increasing penalties for initial and repeated violations.
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Lafayette 14 Poquoson 6

How was Bruton allowed to do this? That’s where I’m lost. Because the VHSL told Phoebus they could not drop Gloucester and Denbigh from their schedule and even more now since the move to Class 4.

Is Bruton ducking Lafayette?
It was agreed upon by all parties and the BRD due to Bruton’s trouble fielding a football team. They did play all other class 3 BRD teams. That crisis is now considered over snd they are back next year to play all BRD teams. I guess you say they were ducking Lafayette as the games would have been very uncompetitive. Don’t know the detailed specifics with the VHSL but all was approved.
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