How is Radford down this year? Don't they have the big and athletic kid in the middle. If I'm not mistaken, the back court is back..Watch out for my Bulldawgs. If they cut down on the turnovers, they'll be a tough out. Their speed will give a lot of teams trouble going forward.
I believe their three top returning starters all transferred. Cormany I know did as well as at least one other starter. They lost to Carroll County (I believe) by like 50.
I don't think Graham is great, but it just seems like nearly all of the 2D and 2C west is way down. I jist see or Graham or Gate City coming out of the pack
Gate City hasn't looked great either in all honesty. It's just a down year overall for C2. Not that it would have mattered.
JM might be better off not playing Graham because by the time the game is over, Graham will have flipped and recruited 3 of their players and all 3 enrolling in the Graham school system the following day.
I'm kidding of course. Was just making a joke/taking a jab at Graham fans in football.
I agree with this. JM should just opt out of the State Tourney, does more harm then good for them. Their opponents in the state tourney should just forfeit in advance, rather then play them. At least the VHSL would lose out on a little bit of revenue that way.
It was 30, but who is counting. Radford has zero offensive threats this year. Will be interesting watching them grow this year and see how they finish. Radford will not be in the mix at the end.
We know they do no not want to play in 2A. Kids go to JM for national exposure and join the AAU program. They do not go to JM to win 2A VHSL state championships.
Then JM should opt out of the VHSL for basketball. If schools can do it for football (i.e.; Nelson County, Rappahannock Co.), and play a private school schedule, JM can do it for basketball and then compete wherever/whenever they want. BUT they CHOOSE to stay in the VHSL.
Does Gavin have the same (or more) talent than his older brother that played in 2021? Cam I believe.
Gavin is more athletic. Cam is probably a better shooter.
Gavin is playing for Oak Hill red team. Elijah is playing for the Miller School. Both re-classified to a junior .
They think it will help their college recruitment I suppose. The odds are it won't to any great degree and it won't be remembered 10 years from now. What will be remembered is leaving your brothers and community that you have played with since you were young. You can never get those days back and most of us realize that when it's too late. We live so much for ourselves these days we can't see the forest for the trees.
Cam and PJ were a very tough duo to face, when they came to BSG in 2021 they were much tougher than East Rock was in the title game. The winner of the west was gonna win it all, both teams played physical defense and were super composed. That was one of the best HS bball games I’ve ever seen, the final four matchup between Radford and Union in 2021.
From people within the community. Rick said he would never take another team to Richmond to face JM. Whether it’s JM fault or not it’s ruined 2A basketball. Everyone is playing for second. Kelly and Cormany will get an extra year to work on their game and have opportunities at a private school vs a public school. No real scorers are left and it’s a team who’s feeling themselves out. Don’t forget their an excellent quarterback who just won state that came to Radford to play basketball. Coach Fisher has a hill to climb. It’s always tough to replace a legend. Radford will be back it might just be a couple years. Too many athletes in the system. Everyone better these wins, they will disappear soon enough.
When I was coaching in high school, we were told by our AD that we could not coach our own players in the summer. I don’t recall if it was a school policy or VHSL policy. We were also told that we could not help, in anyway, locate sponsors for the team's our players played on outside of school. We were also told that we could not use school facilities outside of the designated seasons. We were also forbidden to talk to players/parents from outside our school zone about anything that could remotely be considered recruiting. Has something changed?
BS…they can opt out of the VHSL for basketball today if they really wanted to. Then they can go play whoever they want whenever they want wherever they want…there is some unknown reason they stay in the VHSL for basketball. Gotta be some advantage.
If Richmond has open enrollment and they chose JM then yes they want to play 2A teams. They could chose to go to a bigger school in Richmond. Same for the coach. I'm not arguing as to what they are doing is right or wrong, just stating that if they don't want to play 2A then chose a bigger school.
John Marshall is a public school and Liberty Christian is private if I'm not mistaken about LC.
