2016 All Star Game
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I believe it is Dec 18 at Darling Stadium in Hampton. I posted on the 3A thread a few weeks ago to inquire about the rosters, but have not been able to find it
Liberty is a 30 min ride for me. Don't think I'm going to travel to Hampton. I guess the right thing to do is move the game around every year to be fair to everyone.
It's not going head back to LU for quite some time I believe too many Northern VA schools especially threatened to protest if championship events were held there after Jerry Jr's comments about concealed carry and Muslims
VHSL should not cave in to political correctness. Put all games back to best venue in the state. Liberty University.
Has nothing to do with PC nor the VHSL nor the facilities at LU-which are state of the art and top notch. Clinic was poorly attended in Lynchburg-which the group which put together the package to get it there to begin with had hoped to avoid. Attendance won't increase significantly in Hampton either IMO. Clinic is dying for a number of reasons-which have been discussed on here ad infinitum. And to me, that's a shame.
There are two other All-Star games this Saturday as well.
The Big River Rivalry which based in the Richmond area and held at Randolph-Macon College. RMC will play host to the North vs. South (of the James River) in Richmond. The game is at 1pm. This all-star game also hosted a combine for all the seniors invited to play in the game last weekend. Goochland is well represented with 3 players playing for the North (C.Mattox - DB, M.Burton - RB, and C.Brooks - DE).
The other game is the I-64 Bowl which will be played at the VA Beach Sports Complex will host players from the 804 vs. 757. I do not have much information about this all-star game.
Ryan4VT
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There's also one in Bristol, Va/Tn this Saturday. Players from SWVA and NETN (Northeast Tennessee) are mixed together and play each other.
I agree. I cannot figure how why coaches did not attend Clinics in Lynchburg. When I first started going t Clinic in Hampton in around 1997 Clinic was packed with coaches every year, from all across the state, and for all sports. Even before clinic was moved to LU, attendance had declined.
I still maintain that Clinic should be mandatory.
With all them All Star games going on, can we actually say either of the games are getting the best athletes?
Ryan4VT
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I know from Richlands, Cody Howie, Landon Lowe, and John-Luke Asbury are headed to Hampton.
Kaleb Begley, De'Quan Booker, Matt Harris, and Dillan Elswick are all playing in the FCA East-West game in Bristol. Collins was supposed to be in that, too. But he played the last 2 months of the season with a groin injury so he's gonna sit it out to heal.
Probably not, but it gives the seniors one more time to play. For the guys in the Richmond area playing in the Big River Rivalry, now they can play along side guys they grew up playing against in youth, middle, and high school. Some of the guys played on the same youth and middle school teams and have since gone on to play at rival high schools. It is a fun way to play one more game.
Ryan4VT
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I think it's good for the seniors who may never get to play again. Send the all-state type guys to Hampton and then let the other deserving seniors play in their local-ish ones so they have one more chance to strap the pads on and maybe one more chance for a D-III school to offer them a spot.
I agree with @Ryan4VT. Each and every team has some headline players, and players that are really good but not great. A chance for these next tier athletes to get a glimpse from any program is well worth it. In addition, there is always a diamond in the rough scenario. A good player that maybe playing on a team that struggled during the season.
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Wow? that is a surprise pick. Glad he getting to play one more time his senior year.
Three from Amherst, Running Back Jerry Page, Wide Receiver /Outside Linebacker Derrick Spencer, and Center Lee Hamilton
Appo's Xavier Morgan, Delonta Kelso and Phillip Fleshman and Coach Smith will be in the VHSL All-Star game over the weekend.
Amherst was the wrong place for the Spencer kid. That kid has speed, size, and had amazing hands. He would be an amazing full back in a I form set up. would have loved to see him play in Dan River's offense.
Easy to say but VHSL is probably just as liberal as anyone in Northern Va. I don't see it ever coming back to LU as I was very surprised to see it come there the first time.
Liberalism has no place in sports. VHSL headquarters is in Charlottesville, I have always thought Charlottesville is one of most liberal places in America.
Great Speed for his size, I mean he is close to 250 lbs. and runs just as fast as some of the running backs, and I would say he has good hands, not great, a few drops her and there. He seemed to always find himself in a place to make that huge play for Amherst, whether it be Brookville two years ago or Salem/Rustburg this year, he made the difference in those games. I feel like in Amherst's offense he just fit better as a Wide out, he even took a couple direct snaps against Appo, I think in college you will see him as a fullback/blocking back kind of guy, just was not in Amherst's offense.
His mother is a Appomattox native so I kept up with this kid throughout the years. I didnt go to the games so I only seen the catches on the highlights and news. I wouldnt know if he dropped any or not unless he did it in an Appo game.
Yeah it seemed if he was a highlight machine at times with the big hits on defense, and some devastating blocks on offense. He seemed to break multiple tackles almost every time he got the ball and the pick sixes against Salem and Rustburg really turned the tides both of those games.
I don't know how players are selected, but Tevarius Brooks from Bluestone should have been on some roster as a QB.
It was good to see Bluestone make playoffs for 1st time in school history. Hope they continue in winning ways.
They sure do a piss poor job of promoting this thing. I go to the website and i dont see nothing on the game. Trying to look for a game time. They cant blame LU for having poor crowd, blame themselves for poor promo. we are 3 days out and there is nothing there. Not even a roster.
Derrick Spencer, Jerry Page and Lee Hamilton from Amherst arrived in Hampton for the All star game on Sunday
Back in the day the VHSCA clinic was somewhat required because we were forced to go for the state rules meeting mandated by VHSL that was hosted at clinic...now that coaches can take care of that requirement on-line...who needs to go to the clinic or the all-star games now...plus the level of competition at the "All-Star" game depleted over the years because of early enrollment for major D-1 talented kids...now hosting game in Dec. you can get more talented kids...now problem is every area of state is hosting their own "all-star" game...love Penn vs Ohio "Big 33" Game..true honor and tons of talent...not to mention state bragging rights
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