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What caught my eye, Week 5? Not Much!

Armstrong hanging 90 on Manassas Park.

Amherst not only beating Glass, but shutting them out.

Heritage playing LCA so close.

The kids from Tappahannock have figured out something. 5-0 Rappahannock has outscored their five opponents 270-51. But, the sledding gets tougher this week. They take a little bus ride across the river to play, by far their toughest opponent so far, Essex.

Abingdon absorbing their first loss, and a shut out at that, from the 1 win “Tennessee HS” in Bristol.

Grandy laying 77 on Booker T. Wow, up until last year, Grandy struggled to win one game a season most years.

And even though this outcome is not in the least surprising, Maury beat Lake Taylor 62-0. My, my, the times have changed.

I took note that a dozen or more games have been moved to Monday. And sadly, a couple of them may not be able to be played because of the tragedy that has occurred in SWV. My prayers for those folks.


How about you? What caught your attention this week?
The Rappahannock @ Essex game is next week Oct. 11th. This week Essex host Charles City for Homecoming and Rappahannock has a bye. In 4 games, Essex has scored 172 and allowed 12. As you may know 1 of the 4 games was a forfeit from King & Queen last week that Essex was award 2pts for. That game would have been a blowout as well as the upcoming CC game. Essex starters are usually out after halftime or early 3rd.

With both schools only being 9 or so miles apart, both meeting with 5-0 records (with an Essex win over CC this Friday), 1st place in the NND on the line and being old time rivals…should be a full house.
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What caught my eye, Week 5? Not Much!

Granby is a whole new program and they now have the guy responsible for stacking Maury’s team. Don’t be shocked if they become a force in the 2-3 years. It’ll be interesting to see if the kids start going to Granby over Maury.

Lake Taylor is the odd man out in the Norfolk Big 3 right now with Maury and Granby surging and getting all the talent in Norfolk.

Of course what caught my attention is Phoebus being tied 21-21 at half with Bethel after allowing two huge TDs and another one after fumbling in Bethel’s territory. Luckily it was an effort thing and after one hell of a halftime speech by Coach Blunt things were fixed and we out scored them 35-0 2nd half. This week is Hampton week so it will be interesting to see if the wake up call worked all the way.
I mean with the one coach going over to granby doesn't mean much when maury was already a proven program and had a state championship when he came along. Now I do see granby being a dang good program for the future but as long at the core of that maury staff is there I believe they'll continue to be the top dawg in Norfolk for the future as we see. Now as for the rest of the city norview with hopefully the right coaching change can become competitive. LT idk there as far as a top team idk but can probably make noise in the playoffs here and there just something is off there. And BTW it's just gonna be hard for there for a minute.

Weak Schedules

I know KW in class 2 has played a brutal schedule. They aren't your typical 0-5 team. They've played Stuarts Draft, Clarke County, Class 4 Hanover, Class 4 Caroline, and Strasburg, plus they play Central Woodstock thus upcoming week. At best, they'll finish 5-5, but I guarantee you that they'll be battle tested and not a team someone will want to play in the playoffs

Freedom Woodbridge only playing 6 games this fall

What metrics are you using to come to this conclusion? I’m curious to hear your perspective.
Mostly football and basketball recruiting metrics and rankings. Virginia used to be a solid second tier state, with the state ranked in the 8-10 range and now they appear more in the mid-teen(13-15) range in state rankings. While I haven't run the numbers in a while I believe the decline is further backed with the number of prospects moving on to the NFL and NBA.

The shift likely has some attribution to kids leaving the state for profactory private schools as well as some economic shifts creating population shifts and people/families leaving the state. That is my perception from following high school sports in the Commonwealth for 60 years and with some very limited numerical work.

Bull Run

I've watched both CC and Central live a couple times. I haven't seen Strasburg play. Very interested in the KW Central game this coming Friday. Common opponent for all 3 schools. KW isn't your typical winless team. Having said that I think the district comes down to the CC Strasburg game. Central is okay and probably should have beaten Riverheads. I was at that game. But I don't think their their trenches can hold up. I know Strasburg has Coates back and the kid can fly. What are ppls opinion on these 3 schools?

Pick em Week 6

Dinwiddie @ Thomas Dale (Thur)
Caroline @ Culpeper Co
Chancellor @ James Monroe
King George @ Courtland
Patrick Henry Ash @ Hanover
Monacan @ Manchester
Norview @ Manor
Hampton @ Phoebus
Glen Allen (C6) @ Freeman (C5)
Indian River (C5) @ King's Fork (C5)
Green Run (C5) @ Salem VB (C5)
Prince George (C5) @ Petersburg (C3)
Lake Taylor (C3) @ BT Washington (C3)
Powhatan @ LC Bird (Thur)*
Eastern View @ N Stafford*

GW Danville @ Magna Vista*
Loudoun Co @ Riverside*
James Wood @ Meridian
Woodgrove @ Independence
Franklin Co (C5) @ Brookville (C3)
Riverbend (C5) @ Mountain View (C6)
Briar Woods (C5) @ Fort Hill MD (C2)
Northside (C3) @ Heritage Lyn (C3)
Glenvar (C2) @ Radford (C2)
Riverheads (C2) @ Christiansburg (C3)

*GOW 2 pts each
Dinwiddie
Caroline
Chancellor
King George
Hanover
Manchester
Norview
Phoebus
Glen Allen
Kings Fork
Green Run
Prince George
Lake Taylor
LC Bird
North Stafford

GW Danville
Loudoun County
James Wood
Woodgrove
Franklin County
Mountain View
Fort Hill
Heritage Lynchburg
Glenvar
Riverheads

Freedom Woodbridge only playing 6 games this fall

So right EP. Blaming the VHSL for this, and problems like this is like hiring a bank guard and not give him permission to do anything but stand there. And then blame him when the bank gets robbed.

“Virginia HS Football Fan”, please do yourself a favor and research the charter of the VHSL. The membership, all 315 +- schools make the rules. No one else. The people in the League office are employed by those member schools. The membership, and most directly the Executive Committee of the VHSL, tell the people in the league office what they can and can’t do.

Dr. Haun and his staff are not blind or indifferent to what is going on. But until the League membership empowers them to investigate and punish offenses, they are powerless. Yes, if the violation is brought to the League office following the protocol that the MEMBERSHIP has mandated, then and only then, can the League proceed with determining the facts and enforcing whatever punishment that the MEMBERSHIP has established for the offense. (The problem is that member schools are hesitant, no RELUCTANT is a better term, to come forward and present evidence against other schools for a lot of reasons.)

If you want to criticize someone, then criticize the right someone. THE MEMBERSHIP, and the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE by extension.
The VHSL is Virginia's version of the NCAA. They operate as cover and validation for the member institutions and more specifically the largest and most powerful school districts in the state. When people look behind, or more accurately, beneath the curtain they will find the organization and protocols designed to consolidate power within the few chosen. The Freedom and Hayfield situations, complaints and "investigations" amount to little more than a whitewash of what everybody knows is happening and the reticence of the actual powers, individual school administrations and school boards, to rock the boat. It is not coincidental that Virginia's place in terms of the quality of scholastic sports has declined relative to other states in recent times. It is the situation discussed in this thread coupled with economic and demographic changes that has weakened Virginia substantially.
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