Hardest Schedules in Virginia 2025
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Lots of young guys but they are absolutely loaded.
They will take a step back this year but still most likely got unbeaten and win state title. I don't know who they play out of conference but they will beat everyone in their district by 35+.
Roanoke County schools are slowly dropping Salem. I would bet Cave Spring and Hidden Valley would drop too if they were not in River Ridge
HSHS opens with Hopewell, Dinwiddie and nationally ranked Hough HS out of NC. We're supposed to play Maury in Norfolk. Not to mention Varina.
What has happened to Roanoke lately?
since I have been paying attention 00 to now,
Seems like from 2000 to 2015 basically all greater Roanoke valley teams you can think of had 3-4 seasons of deep playoff potential.
I started A team as a seventh grader.
You could say I didnt have much of a B team career
That is STOUT! If they can somehow sneak into the playoffs, then people can't say that they weren't battle tested.
I certainly hope that schools choosing to not field teams or schools having the foresight to realize that not fielding a team is plausible have already reached out to schools on their schedules and told them to go ahead and find someone else to take their place.
I know we don't see this really happening in the Class 4 level, but there are schools out there who have to scramble with just a few weeks heads up to try to find opponents.
If we had either a separation of activities from athletics within the VHSL and had athletics people running the athletics side of the house, then maybe we could get a drop-dead date on when schools should declare if they are going to field a team or not.
Some of it has to do with the number of kids playing. Too many distractions unless you're locked in.
Salem is not immune to that either. Last year there were only around 60-65 kids total from JV/Vars that made it through to the season. (A couple even quit well into the season from Vars) I hope that was an anomaly and not the trend for Salem football, but I've seen it as a trend in a lot of the other area schools. ALMS numbers were still pretty good last year so hopefully it was just an anomaly.
You know if that's happening at Salem with the tradition, success, and community support it has, it's probably happening worse at schools who have had a couple down years. I've seen several area teams not be able to field a full season of JV ball.
Along the same lines attendance isn't what it used to be. It's increasingly more difficult to find enough officials. Coaching vacancies are a little more difficult to fill.
Football is generally the cash cow for the athletic budget. If the football program isn't drawing that trickles down to every other sport.
From what I've seen, Brookville opens with Appomattox, then travels to Alleghany, then hosts Halifax. Opens district play with Rustburg
Highland Springs with another gauntlet of an schedule
Week 1. Hopewell
Week 2. Hough (NC Powerhouse)
Week 3. Dinwiddie
Week 4. @ South County
Bye
Week 5. @ Phoebus
Week 6. Henrico
Week 7. Friendship Academy (MD)
Week 8. @ Herm
Week 9. That school on Messer rd.
Week 10. TBD (@Hanover more than likely)
Week 1. Hopewell
Week 2. Hough (NC Powerhouse)
Week 3. Dinwiddie
Week 4. @ South County
Bye
Week 5. @ Phoebus
Week 6. Henrico
Week 7. Friendship Academy (MD)
Week 8. @ Herm
Week 9. That school on Messer rd.
Week 10. TBD (@Hanover more than likely)
GW Danville plays
Reidsville NC
Amherst
Glass
Botty
Fleming
Bassett
Mecklenburg
Halifax
Tunstall
Magna Vista
Reidsville NC
Amherst
Glass
Botty
Fleming
Bassett
Mecklenburg
Halifax
Tunstall
Magna Vista
Hough not gonna be ranked long. They got Rock Hill South Pointe at BOA. That's gonna be a butt whoopin'.
That looks to be a solid schedule, though, have to give credit where credit is due. Should be a good game.
Hough isn’t even the best team in CLT. Dub C is insane. If it wasn’t for my wife’s birthday, I’d be at that Grimsley game at BOA. That’s gonna be part 1 of 2 (they’ll play again in December) in 8A.
Captain got our guys on IBM looking good? Talked to Lutz for a little bit last month in Winston when we lost to North. He’s going to do huge things at West Meck. How about Ant Parks to Mallard Creek?! SHEEESH 🔥🔥 our guys doing big things.
Hough has a decent OL coach. He's kinda scary looking but he's alright! lolol
They got a young buck at WR that's gonna be alright too.
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Not in the loop as much as I used to be But the talent level is way down if I'm being honest. I think it's gonna be a long trek back. I truthfully don't know if we'll ever see the level of talent and coaching we had. We had from '20-'23 Echols, 10, Hollywood and KC. That's two dudes on NFL contracts, a generational tailback and former ACC rook of the year. ALL the position coaches and assistants were on point. Most people don't understand how hard it is to win a ship and how hard it is to stay on top. It's rare you get that level of high end talent and the coaching and have everything align. That's just the way it is.
But, yeah, those two, Lutz and Anthony will continue to good in whatever they do. I know that for sure.
