Will be hard finding someone this time of year. The Varina coaching staff wanted Hayfield on their schedule instead of Freedom when the news broke that Overton had been hired there. It was honorable for Varina for not trying to break the contract with Freedom especially with Varina’s former principal being the current principal at Hayfield (it could’ve easily been done as both sides wanted to play). I wouldn’t be surprised if Varina finds an out of state opponent.
Granville Central NC, near Mecklenburg, called off their season last week.
I think Riverdale Baptist in Maryland is still open on 10/4 which is Varina's current bye week. Would be a decent matchup. Hayfield is playing them a few weeks later.
I am glad you have gotten your bowels worked up. I have been telling you this for two years. Not sure how the VHSL and member schools can sleep at night knowing full well how Freedom and Hayfield are being operated. Oh I forgot they need someone to report it even though it's smacking them dead in the face. The travesty isn't just these two programs.
Hey Gensfan, come see us at the press booth Friday night. 172011, I’m sure I’ll see you on the sideline?
Most of them are freshman and sophomores and predominantly freshman. Only 4 seniors. He’s a new coach and he’s not trying to get those kids hurt. I think it’s a good decision. They are not going to be competitive at all.
someone like the other principals in the region. VHSL is not Big Brother with the Big Hammer. They serve at the pleasure of the regions so your religious indignation is misplaced.
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.
whoa I had zero clue it was this bad. This is just sad. Top of the mountain to not even in eye sight of the mountain.
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.
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.
