Altavista question

[mike salem]

For those in the know, what are the pre-season expectations for the Colonels this year? After 3 Titles in 6 years, Altavista had a losing record for the first time in a number of years. Losing an amazing player like Juan Thornhill, along with other good players the last couple of years, the fall off wasn't completely unexpected. Who are the players that will step up this year and will they be able to bring Altavista back to the mountain top? They play in the always tough Dogwood district so that only complicates matters. So what do you think for Altavista this year?

 

[HokieTDTech]

Besides Rustburg & Appomattox I see them being in every game . They return a lot of good skill athletes but have to replace a lot of offense and defense Lineman . I don't think there a state team but should be pretty good .

 

[mike salem]

Besides Rustburg & Appomattox I see them being in every game . They return a lot of good skill athletes but have to replace a lot of offense and defense Lineman . I don't think there a state team but should be pretty good .

Thanks Hokie for your answer, I was wondering how they'd look this year. So does Rustburg have something special in store this year, or about like last year?

 

[HokieTDTech]

I don't think Rustburg will be as good as last year . But return there QB he's pretty good . There JV had a really good year .

 

[DanvilleSportsHead]

I don't think Rustburg will be as good as last year . But return there QB he's pretty good . There JV had a really good year .

Hokie what will Gretna look like this year? Do you see them getting back to their winning ways or another lackluster season?

 

[HokieTDTech]

Gretna is the hardest team to predict . I say that because they have the Talent to be successful but you never know if the Coach will put them in the right spots to really take off . Not sure Who's going to be QB they change up all the time . They had pretty good size last year most of them coming back . I'm not sure if they going to run power I or spread u just don't never know lol . There JV team had two good wideouts real good QB so will see what happens . There a hard team to figure out .

 

[DanvilleSportsHead]

The Dogwood should be extremely good this year. Altavista has a good program who is proven to reload, Gretna is iffy but should be competitive, Appo will be loaded, and Dan River will probably have Appo's number as they're going to be real good. DR's Achilles heel has been QB and they haven't had a good one EVER! If they can get a semi good QB to go along with all the speed and size this team has, they'll be in the conversation for the 2A title.

 

[AdvocateOfMany434]

Besides Rustburg & Appomattox I see them being in every game . They return a lot of good skill athletes but have to replace a lot of offense and defense Lineman . I don't think there a state team but should be pretty good .

Oh how you have so changed your position on the Raiders???! This is the same guy that said we would lose in playoffs by the second round, plus Amherst was gonna crush us last year. Thanks for finally giving us credit. You told me you was going to remember my name to boast about your predictions, well the tide turns huh? I bet you will think twice before trash talking a team again on these boards.

 

[AdvocateOfMany434]

The Dogwood should be extremely good this year. Altavista has a good program who is proven to reload, Gretna is iffy but should be competitive, Appo will be loaded, and Dan River will probably have Appo's number as they're going to be real good. DR's Achilles heel has been QB and they haven't had a good one EVER! If they can get a semi good QB to go along with all the speed and size this team has, they'll be in the conversation for the 2A title.

DR will not have our number this year, but the year after, I can see a tough game between the two.

 

[DanvilleSportsHead]

DR will not have our number this year, but the year after, I can see a tough game between the two.

Got it! I was just looking at DR's roster and saw they had a lot of good players coming back especially Jaquan Durant and Zemar Anderson and just was putting 2 and 2 together. They had a nice team this year but QB play is just atrocious at DR. I've never known them to have a half good QB. I wouldn't be surprised to see them and Appo playing each other again in late November/early December.

 

[HokieTDTech]

Advocate you had one good year relax . Lol if it wasn't for Richlands choking y'all wouldn't have won anything .

 

[AdvocateOfMany434]

Advocate you had one good year relax . Lol if it wasn't for Richlands choking y'all wouldn't have won anything .

yeah it was all about them Choking huh? nothing about the D we put on them? What a way to devert...SMH at folk like you.

 

[Hampton Roads 6]

If DR had a good QB and passing game, they would probably have 2 or 3 state championships in recent years. They have turned out a lot of college players for a 2A school, but have never made it to Salem. Tough to figure out why.

Many schools fall short of getting to Salem because of not throwing the ball.

 

[DanvilleSportsHead]

If DR had a good QB and passing game, they would probably have 2 or 3 state championships in recent years. They have turned out a lot of college players for a 2A school, but have never made it to Salem. Tough to figure out why.

Many schools fall short of getting to Salem because of not throwing the ball.

I agree 200%! They've had terrible luck with QBs. Their best QB was Trey Edmunds but I haven't seen them put anything decent at the position since he was moved from QB to RB. It'll be very interesting to see what they do this year. They're going to be very good this year especially the lineman and skill positions as they bring back some very good athletes. We'll see. This could be a very big year for DR, football and basketball.

 

[Hampton Roads 6]

In high school football, you need a good QB if you want to be playing in December. I see teams lose every season because they cannot throw the ball. running ball 45 times a game normally will get a team thru regular season playing weaker teams, but come playoff time, usually opponents can play some defense, and a team needs to spread the defense out. If run happy teams, throwing ball opens up running game.

 

[HokieTDTech]

DR runs a little League Offense very vanilla . Edmunds is a nice guy but he's not a coach .

 

[Hampton Roads 6]

They should develop a QB and run the "no huddle spread".

(In reality I think all teams should run NHS)

 

[swva_havok_fan]

In high school football, you need a good QB if you want to be playing in December. I see teams lose every season because they cannot throw the ball. running ball 45 times a game normally will get a team thru regular season playing weaker teams, but come playoff time, usually opponents can play some defense, and a team needs to spread the defense out. If run happy teams, throwing ball opens up running game.

See 2015 Riverheads Gladiators

even though they made it to the title game, if they had started passing sooner than the final minute, who knows what would've happened.