Hardest Schedules in Virginia 2025
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It's about time Grimsley played someone out of conference! 704 been carrying that bucket for A WHILE now. RH Northwestern, RH South Pointe, Dutch Fork, Gaffney, Buford, Grayson, Langston Hughes, Benedictine, Prince Avenue Christian, Archbishop Moeller. Over 3 years. That's in addition to playing in the toughest conference in the state. Grimsley played Rolesville. Lol smh
If you're wondering how you get the top seed in the playoffs. I hope they lose too! I don't care. I'm petty like that.
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I don’t care what prospects they have…Phoebus will be the better team this year. Simple fact is there is still no interest in playing them or any other 4A team we could potentially see in playoffs. We had a big game on the table but it just got scratched. Other things are in the works but for whatever reason people behind the scenes are making it difficult.
You just be chatting sometimes dawg 🤣 Phoebus doesn’t have 10 opponents and Huguenot is playing a bulljive team who isn’t even the best private school team in Richmond. Iron sharpens iron. Kind of obvious that Huguenot is its own downfall. Should definitely be playing an elite team in their only non district game.
I’m chatting by telling you how they’re going about planning the schedule?? There is no interest in playing another 4A team…it’s that simple. Yall weird up here sometimes.
I’m not even going back and forth but that logic doesn’t even make any sense! You don’t have a game but you’d turn down a top 6 team in VA (regardless of classification) because “were aren’t playing any C4 teams”. I doubt very seriously that’s Phoebus logic. Guess I’m a weirdo for calling BS 🥸
Then don’t go back and forth. I honestly don’t give a damn. I simply told you what’s happening.
And in your mind they’re a top 6 team in VA but have done nothing to prove that…keep on overrating these teams.
lots of VA school have (all of a sudden) discovered North Carolina and are scheduling them in football and hoops.
Thought Phoebus had a line it up with anyone mentality. Guess not. I think they would beat Huguenot pretty easy and get a ton of power points. So the logic seems absurd to me.
Unpopular opinion, Huguenot would smack Phoebus this year. Phoebus loses a lot from graduation but that program will still be good. Think the biggest difference is Scott will get every snap and they won’t be rotating QBs. Between Varina, Louisa, Huguenot, and Dinwiddie, Region B’s offenses will be must see TV this year.
Who? The Falcons? Didn't they get sat in a corner by Varina last year. You know that no one is counting prospects Big Brother. Let me know when the Falcons keep the lead against the Bethel Bruins at home and go to the title game and get 12 trophies.
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Phoebus has the same number of championships as Huguenot has playoff wins!
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Indeed. My statement is not a diss at Phoebus. I’m just looking at what Huguenot brings back and what Phoebus brings back. Huguenot will be popular the #2 team in Richmond this year after Varina and they’ve lost very little over the past 2 years to graduation. Think Huguenot would beat them during the regular season (especially in an early season matchup where Phoebus is still gelling). Just my opinion and I’ve been wrong before.
It’ll be some great matchups that’s already on the schedule of teams I follow. Personally looking forward to the Salem/Dinwiddie game this fall. I think I speak for @DinwiddieProud, @General172011 and @BleedingNavy when I say that it’s been one of the better rivalries (even though geographically may not count) in Class 4. I’m glad the two programs made it happen.
As far as Dinwiddie/Salem goes, Dinwiddie is the favorite in my mind. They are the home team, IDK what Salem will have on the OL/DL, and if I'm reading things correctly, Coen Logan will be transferring to St Frances.
I'm not saying Salem will have no chance, but replacing Logan's 2 positions (WR/S) will be difficult. For Salem it's next man up. For Coen, I wish him all the best. He's a good kid- good athlete, good student. Assuming he will probably re-class. He will flourish in a program like SFA. An extra year to develop will increase his offers. He just got one from Stony Brook!
Looking forward to the fall!
When your own city doesn’t support you it’s hard to schedule these big games people want see. Play at home then you have to split the gate with 3 other schools who don’t get half the ticket sales combined and play on the road the city won’t help with funding. It all comes down to money. This statement isn’t about the Huguenot game but more about the big game scheduling. The number of out of state teams they’ve had to turn down will surprise you. We had to play Dematha at Va Beach Sportsplex to avoid the gate split and couldn’t afford to travel…that game took forever for the school board to approve. I could go in about stories about school board’s attitude towards program but that’s a private convo.
As far as playing another Class 4 team it’s just something they aren’t interested in. Rather play a Class 5 or 6 team if it’s in state. Call it absurd but it’s their logic. We’ve only played up in out of district games since Blunt took over. Funny thing is I doubt Huguenot would even want to schedule Phoebus if the game was on the table.
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Your AD should reach out to a promoter. Last year, I think it was Benedictine (GA) that backed out of a game against Archbishop Moeller, there was some type of scheduling conflict, or something, point being Moeller didn't have anyone to play, the promoter was on the hook for some money. Mallard Creek took it. Just a one off. I don't know how much they made. But I bet it was more than enough to cover the trip. They also have some type of deal with UA where they get a game like that every year.
They're typically some type of classic/sponsored game, so you get the financial support. Ironton Gridiron Classic, Keep Pounding Classic, etc. The AD should know.
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it’s so bad with school system/decision makers and Phoebus they would block those games too I’m sure. They had a promoter for the Dematha game in 2013 and it was hell getting it approved. But i will definitely put that bug in a coach’s ear and get feedback.
It’s beyond petty what the kids go through. Can’t even play home games on Friday nights anymore and it’s been that way for years now. I see the Springs game is scheduled for Friday 10/3 at Darling but I’m sure it will change due to “crowd control issues”.
It’s beyond petty what the kids go through. Can’t even play home games on Friday nights anymore and it’s been that way for years now. I see the Springs game is scheduled for Friday 10/3 at Darling but I’m sure it will change due to “crowd control issues”.
I don't know what precipitated the decision or how common "crowd control issues" are in the area, but unless I misunderstood your comment I have to respectfully disagree about this being petty. Having to move games for "crowd control issues" is not a reflection on the school system or school admin, it is a reflection on that very small part of the community that initiates the issue. With today's internet-connected, litigious society the school system needs to do all it can to protect the students, people who attend the game, and itself. It is a sad commentary on the current times.
Yes you did misunderstand my comment, but you’re on outside looking in so I get it. Nothing has happened at the games to go with your narrative. Crowd control simply means it’s too many people at the games for them and they claim they want to play these games during the day because more cops are out working in case something does happen. The main thing is nothing has ever happened to bring this about and has been going on for 5+ years now
In fact there were several fights at another school in the city games to the point they made it mandatory to have an adult with the kids to get into the games for that school….and those games still took place on Fridays.
Thank you for clearing that up, and it does seem odd that the administration would not welcome a large crowd for the gate and team support.
Or, the Phoebus AD should reach out to Oscar Smith and ask them for the school's contact with ESPN. ESPN had this affection for OS for a few years it seemed. Almost like OS was the only high school in Virginia. And since everyone seems to know everyone in the industry, it should be an easy phone call to make.
I would contact ESPN's contact to try to get an early season/pre-CFB season game on their air. Even if it's on ESPN+, the network will be looking to add programming especially when nothing else is on.
That way one of the non-district games is already taken care of if you can get a deal done. But this needs to be done early such as the Spring. Too late to do something this time of year.
Maybe if some of the home fans would stop sitting on the side of the visitors during these types of games and talking trash, there would be less "crowd control issues" to worry about.
ESPN was in love with Smith because they were the top program in top classification at the time.
I see you skipped the post where i clearly explained the crowd control issue…I actually enjoy when the opposing team fans sit on our side. Great convos. A couple of Varina fans sat by me at the state game and it was a nice back and forth; especially in that minute span when Varina took the lead and Phoebus took it right back. Actually look forward to running into them again in December hopefully.
Beautiful thing about America is freedom and I’ll never get mad they used their freedom to choose to sit wherever they want to and talk however they want to. At the end of the day it’s just sports.
Just something we’ve had to accept. I know a couple parents work schedules did not allow them to get to many games unfortunately.
ESPN partners with a marketing group for most of those games -- Paragon. They have the high school football kickoff, which is about half of their games, and then some during the regular season. The kickoff typically features teams with a boatload of prospects. Last year, I know they had Grayson and Rabun Gap. That's pretty high profile.
Just was told the schedule will finally have Friday games on it this year. Still no clue who that 10th team will be.
