1MoreHokie said:

Wholly disagree. There are blowouts across the state that never happened even twenty years ago. Has little to do with all-star teams pounding terrible ones because a William Fleming can beat a Hidden Valley by that much. Things are unraveling, lessening the ability for things to go even more wrong in a game will stem the tide of these 80, 90+ point blowouts and stop the normalizing of them and the worsening of the sport. Posters above are correct, kids pay attention to these, they're not signing up for the team if they think they're gonna lose 90-0 and because those are now an "any given Friday" scenario, that's bad news across the board.

If only all-star teams were doing it that'd be one thing but they're not. Got to shorten the clock to put a stop to it.

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Do you really believe you are treating a condition by crafting rules to keep scores artificially closer or is this just another arm of the everybody gets a trophy philosophy? Seems to me all you are doing is treating a symptom as opposed to getting at the real causes of the problem which are talent and development deficits created by differences in approaches to eligibility rules between individual schools and systems, uneven enforcement of actual rules and the quality of coaching and support operations. It is akin to Spurrier's quote paraphrased, it is not his job not to score but, the defenses job to stop him from scoring. We will just have to agree to disagree.

If keeping it from being demoralizing I would do away with the running clock altogether in football and possibly basketball. When the point differential reaches a certain margin on or after a predetermined point stop the game. That would not only assuage feelings but, reduce the likelihood of injury in a contest long ago decided.

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Final score was 42-0.

BoKnowsSports said:

I was set back by the Martinsville/Patrick County score but Martinsville has a good C2 team and I think they could give Gretna or Glenvar a good game come region time.

This isn’t your typical GW team. People will make light of the Dinwiddie score but GW showed me a lot that night and that carried over to the Glass, Amherst, SR, and Magna Vista games. This is one of the best GW teams we’ve had since 07. We are well coached and the kids just play and hold each other accountable.

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The senior leaders on this year's team are super kids. Never too high...never too low.

MrSalem1000 said:

When you can keep turnovers to a minimum that pays dividends. Games seem to always be won in the trenches and when you have good line play it allows the offense to have success. Best of luck to you all the rest of the way!

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Best of luck to you guys, too!

DinwiddieProud said:

I’m sorry Wikki. You know I root for you each week. I picked Heritage, but I was hoping I was wrong.

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they played well. It could have gone either way. Heritage had to work for that win

DinwiddieProud said:

And another aspect of these all star teams. How unfair it is the homegrown kids on a team that get pushed aside by recruited kids that transfer in.

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This is the part I hate the most.

RVASportsguy said:

I think the winner of the this region will be battle tested and will have a real shot at winning a title.

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I agree bro. I’m not counting out King George either. They’re just as stacked at the skill position as anyone in the region. Just so young.

1MoreHokie said:

Nobody left on the schedule has any ability to stop that offense. Be a bit realistic, folks.

I can't believe people watched that game last night and got nervous, honestly. Yes, awful D but Pulaski only stopped them because of one bad, brief series. Did you guys really think Pulaski was going to win a four quarter shootout? Cmon. Or has nobody paid attention to the second half adjustments on defense the whole season?

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I said vulnerable. Normally those teams would have no chance. But this team is vulnerable because a bad offensive night (turnovers, penalties) and the unthinkable is possible.

Nobody left on the schedule has any ability to stop that offense. Be a bit realistic, folks.

I can't believe people watched that game last night and got nervous, honestly. Yes, awful D but Pulaski only stopped them because of one bad, brief series. Did you guys really think Pulaski was going to win a four quarter shootout? Cmon. Or has nobody paid attention to the second half adjustments on defense the whole season?

years ago I was at a Jamestown v Huguenot game. The Falcons had scored 50 points and knocked the JT quarterback out of the game.
They agreed to stop the game at halftime.

DinwiddieProud said:

I saw on Scorestream Amherst lost to Heritage today. 31-24

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It was hard fought great game. Amherst had the lead in the 4th with a little under 3 minutes left. HHS scored. Amherst was driving to the end zone with seconds left on the clock. Interception in the end zone to run out the clock .

dblplaa said:

You’re right they probably won’t and they are young but every team is young every couple years. 181 points through 7 games for a Salem defense is a concern regardless of age.

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Non factor in playoffs. 1 and done . If they can outscore team in first round then 2 and done.
Considering the losses from graduation , 8-2 regular season, playoff appearance--not a bad year.
However, because of the defensive play, Salem is vulnerable against Christiansburg, Blacksburg, and Cave Spring

cutnjump said:

I don't think the real issue has much, if anything, to do with a final score.

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Wholly disagree. There are blowouts across the state that never happened even twenty years ago. Has little to do with all-star teams pounding terrible ones because a William Fleming can beat a Hidden Valley by that much. Things are unraveling, lessening the ability for things to go even more wrong in a game will stem the tide of these 80, 90+ point blowouts and stop the normalizing of them and the worsening of the sport. Posters above are correct, kids pay attention to these, they're not signing up for the team if they think they're gonna lose 90-0 and because those are now an "any given Friday" scenario, that's bad news across the board.

If only all-star teams were doing it that'd be one thing but they're not. Got to shorten the clock to put a stop to it.

BoKnowsSports said:

I think Huguenot is the most complete team between all 3. All 3 could win the region and win C4.

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I think the winner of the this region will be battle tested and will have a real shot at winning a title.

Jhollan1 said:

Huguenot was impressive against Manchester. Much more physical than last year.

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I agree 100%, I was at the game last year and this year was a night and day difference in the physicality. The offseason weight room was good to a lot of those younger guys from Huguenot that were apart of both year games. Seemed like Manchester came out early with the same gameplan as the year before, to bully the falcons. I was disappointed once they realized they couldn’t do that it seemed like the gameplan didn’t really change. One drive they moved the ball well were inside the 5. 4 straight runs and turned it over on downs.

1MoreHokie said:

Easiest solution is to just alter current rules:

- If a team is down by 49 or more, the running clock applies regardless of what point in the game they're at (current running clock only starts in second half)

- If a team is down by 49 or more in the second half, there is no longer any way to stop the clock. Not for timeouts, injuries, change of possession, referees discussing/calling a penalty, nothing. If it's 49-0 at half, the second half will last literally 24 minutes provided the MOV doesn't drop below 49. Timeouts may still be called and they will stop play but no longer stop the clock. 60 seconds allotted between the 3rd and 4th to change position on the field.

Above rules would likely make games 60-70 point blowouts at the absolute worst.

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I don't think the real issue has much, if anything, to do with a final score.

pizzzzza said:

For me personally, I’m tired of seeing these All-Star stacked high school teams, shellack other high school teams, which consist primarily of local kids who attend the school.

I can’t imagine playing football nowadays, and every now and then, your school has a good crop of athletes.

The only problem is you end up facing teams like Hayfield or Maury (or John Marshall) in boys basketball) and the score ends up being something like last night scores.

To me, it seems unfair, and the playing field is no longer equal.

The fun and the sportsmanship has been lost.

What’s the point of even playing?

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Manor wasn’t going to compete with Maury’s JV they are bad

Jhollan1 said:

Huguenot was impressive against Manchester. Much more physical than last year.

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I think Huguenot is the most complete team between all 3. All 3 could win the region and win C4.

Huguenot was impressive against Manchester. Much more physical than last year.

Essex learned a hard lesson last night. You can’t get to comfortable. You are the target in these parts and teams look forward to knocking you off. I’m pretty sure Jones and staff will get things tighten back up and refocused. Eat your humble pie this weekend and get back to work.

I still say incorporate some pass plays to open up things a bit. On to Northumberland.

Easiest solution is to just alter current rules:

- If a team is down by 49 or more, the running clock applies regardless of what point in the game they're at (current running clock only starts in second half)

- If a team is down by 49 or more in the second half, there is no longer any way to stop the clock. Not for timeouts, injuries, change of possession, referees discussing/calling a penalty, nothing. If it's 49-0 at half, the second half will last literally 24 minutes provided the MOV doesn't drop below 49. Timeouts may still be called and they will stop play but no longer stop the clock. 60 seconds allotted between the 3rd and 4th to change position on the field.

Above rules would likely make games 60-70 point blowouts at the absolute worst.