Football memories
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As a player, my senior year, in the regional semifinals against Northampton, KW went on a typical Roger Brookes drive. Eighteen plays, all runs, and 10 minutes later, we scored with 10 seconds left on the clock.
As a fan, no doubt it was watching KW win the state championship in 2000 over Honaker. Just the pride shared by everyone in the stands that day was something I'll never forget, and when I finally made it to Coach Brooke's and gave him a hug and him saying, where are all the critics of the double wing now. Lol. Another great memory was watching King and Queen win the state championship in 1990 over JI Burton. That was my first state championship game and to watch the county I grew up in celebrate was an amazing feeling. Ever since I was 8 years old, I knew I wanted to be a coach and these 3 games and so many more helped shape that.
As a fan, no doubt it was watching KW win the state championship in 2000 over Honaker. Just the pride shared by everyone in the stands that day was something I'll never forget, and when I finally made it to Coach Brooke's and gave him a hug and him saying, where are all the critics of the double wing now. Lol. Another great memory was watching King and Queen win the state championship in 1990 over JI Burton. That was my first state championship game and to watch the county I grew up in celebrate was an amazing feeling. Ever since I was 8 years old, I knew I wanted to be a coach and these 3 games and so many more helped shape that.
I'll add one more. The Essex vs Haysi game in 2014. I met so many great people from Haysi that day, and I still keep in touch with about 5 of them even to this day. It was the last football game ever played at Haysi and the sportsmanship and respect displayed between the teams and fans was incredible
I agree...that was a special game.
I've watched the videos that Pastor Schools did for Essex and Haysi, numerous times throughout the last 5 years
WP controlled the clock that whole game and Ben Vincent probably had 40 carries.
I’d need to look at those stats, but you’re probably right. Lacy Norman was there running that double-wing and Ben was a load.
I still remember Bucky Hodge on defense having a pass bounce off his helmet and into our receiver’s hands. Those teams couldn’t get past Sussex in the playoffs but that 99 win over KW on their homecoming made the season that year. (Let’s not discuss how that was WP’s last win over KW...)
I still remember Bucky Hodge on defense having a pass bounce off his helmet and into our receiver’s hands. Those teams couldn’t get past Sussex in the playoffs but that 99 win over KW on their homecoming made the season that year. (Let’s not discuss how that was WP’s last win over KW...)
Yeah nobody could beat Sussex back then. I think KW finally got their first win over them in like 97 or 98. My senior year in 95, we had them on the ropes up 12-6 in the 4th and had 1st and goal, but they held us and ended up winning 14-12. We played them again in the regional championship and we came in overconfident from the first meeting and they took us to the wood shed, 30-0.
Watching Ronnie Harvey run for over 400 yds.....watching Mike Antherton throw for over 500yds......Seeing a few of Terry Kirbys games at Tabb high school.....wstching Robert Wilson and Lee Kelley run wild for West Point.....Steven Paige from Charles City....The Four Horsemen(The Roane brothers, Lavonte Brown and Josh Ammons) at West Point run wild.Watching Marcus Temple(KW)Buck Bagby(Middlesex)....lol...i could go on and on!Alot of great memories(i really didn't have any of me!lmao!!)Love high school football!!
Greatest high school football memory that's a tough one...we won a lot of games and lost some.
We had a home and home vs WL. We lost the non district game at home. Later in the season we went there and won 7-6. It was a good old fashioned slobberknocker.
We had a home and home vs WL. We lost the non district game at home. Later in the season we went there and won 7-6. It was a good old fashioned slobberknocker.
With Riverheads and its many playoff memories, the best of those would have to be the state-record-setting game in 2010, won by the Gladiators 63-49 over Eastern Montgomery. You never knew what was going to happen in that one, as Riverheads ran all over the place and EM passed all over the place. Ironically though it was a defensive play that arguably saved the day for the Gladiators. I might have a detail wrong but I think RHS was ahead by two scores late in the second quarter and EM drove down into scoring position. A touchdown would bring them back to within one score heading into the locker room. But Riverheads' defensive back Chris Nelson batted down a pass in the end zone to preserve the two-score lead. As I recall the lead never went below two TDs in the second half.
At the risk of showing my age and also making others jog their memories, there was a regular season game that ranks up there as one of our all-time greatest. It was 1999 and Coach Casto was in his fourth season, building toward our first state title, which would come the next season.
In the regular season finale, we traveled to Luray with a 9-0 record to play the 6-3 Bulldogs. They had a one-man wrecking crew whose name escapes me. Another thing I remember is that it was an unusually warm night for early November.
Anyway, it was a classic back and forth game with many lead changes. The Gladiators were ahead 49-41 with less than a minute to go when the Dogs scored. Everyone of course knew they had to go for two and hope for a tie but Adam Gregory, a big tackle for RHS, stopped the ball carrier short and saved the 49-47 win.
Sadly Strasburg burst our bubble the next week with a 42-35 win at Riverheads, but the Gladiators got the job done the next year with a perfect, still-best-ever 14-0 record.
At the risk of showing my age and also making others jog their memories, there was a regular season game that ranks up there as one of our all-time greatest. It was 1999 and Coach Casto was in his fourth season, building toward our first state title, which would come the next season.
In the regular season finale, we traveled to Luray with a 9-0 record to play the 6-3 Bulldogs. They had a one-man wrecking crew whose name escapes me. Another thing I remember is that it was an unusually warm night for early November.
Anyway, it was a classic back and forth game with many lead changes. The Gladiators were ahead 49-41 with less than a minute to go when the Dogs scored. Everyone of course knew they had to go for two and hope for a tie but Adam Gregory, a big tackle for RHS, stopped the ball carrier short and saved the 49-47 win.
Sadly Strasburg burst our bubble the next week with a 42-35 win at Riverheads, but the Gladiators got the job done the next year with a perfect, still-best-ever 14-0 record.
Yes sir I was a member of Those Tiger Teams. We always respected you guys
If I’m correct I remember knocking your star receiver out of the game, I thank his name was Lipscomb it was a playoff game in Sussex.
Yes. Chris Lipscomb. He's still around KW. The quarterback was Kevin Reid. They were 3 years ahead of me.
It was a different type of ball game when we went to Sussex. I may have been in middle school when Sussex moved from AA to A. I can't remember, but gradually every team in Region A had to up their game after Sussex came in. I was a 10th grader in my second varsity game when we played y'all in 92. It was UGLY! But our team got tougher after that game and it started a rivalry that has gone on until today. In 93 when we beat Sussex at home early in the season we all realized we had a pretty good team.
Our coaches always emphasized how good you guys were, You guys were very gritty and tough. Good times we played real football!
