What Got You Hooked?

[CRF4Dan]

This was a topic I intended to post back around the Superbowl. On one of the many sports radio shows I listen to they were talking about what game got you hooked onto football. So my question to you is what game, what team got you hooked into high school football?

I can recall going to a rainy game my freshman year and I went to a couple here and there but it wasn't till my senior year at Varina that I got hooked. That was the year the Blue Devils upset Thomas Dale and Bird to win the region title. Many of my classmates played on that team that year and I can recall the anticipation surrounding that game, the atmosphere that day. It was a game that was very much in the favor of Varina in the first half but Hylton went ahead late crushing the hearts of Blue Devil fans...

Who knew this would be the first of a few heartbreaks at the hands of CD Hylton. That was the game for me that got me hooked and led me to where I am today covering the Richmond Region. What game got you hooked and why?

 

[phantom]

Interesting question. I'm not sure. We didn't have Pee Wee ball when I was a kid but we played backyard tackle a lot when I was a kid. Don't really know why but I've always loved the game.

 

[springer76]

This was a topic I intended to post back around the Superbowl. On one of the many sports radio shows I listen to they were talking about what game got you hooked onto football. So my question to you is what game, what team got you hooked into high school football?

I can recall going to a rainy game my freshman year and I went to a couple here and there but it wasn't till my senior year at Varina that I got hooked. That was the year the Blue Devils upset Thomas Dale and Bird to win the region title. Many of my classmates played on that team that year and I can recall the anticipation surrounding that game, the atmosphere that day. It was a game that was very much in the favor of Varina in the first half but Hylton went ahead late crushing the hearts of Blue Devil fans...

Who knew this would be the first of a few heartbreaks at the hands of CD Hylton. That was the game for me that got me hooked and led me to where I am today covering the Richmond Region. What game got you hooked and why?

Mine was definitely the 1978 State Championship game between HSHS vs Annandale. Both teams 13-0, Annandale and HS ranked #1 & #2 in Va. Annandale #1 in USA, HSHS #3 in USA! Not only was this the State Championship, it was the National Championship game!!! HS went up 13-0 only to eventually lose in the last minute 13-14. That was the game that hooked me and was when I started going to (nearly all) all Springer Football games. Being a HSHS graduate of 1976, that State title was so close that it hurt!!! BAD!!!.....and there were a few more close calls that ended in dissapointment..... then the 2015 season started and ended with elation, excitement and relief after all these years in search of that elusive State Title!
Go Springers!! 2015 5A State Champions!!! It feels good to finally say that!!!

 

[CRF4Dan]

Mine was definitely the 1978 State Championship game between HSHS vs Annandale. Both teams 13-0, Annandale and HS ranked #1 & #2 in Va. Annandale #1 in USA, HSHS #3 in USA! Not only was this the State Championship, it was the National Championship game!!! HS went up 13-0 only to eventually lose in the last minute 13-14. That was the game that hooked me and was when I started going to (nearly all) all Springer Football games. Being a HSHS graduate of 1976, that State title was so close that it hurt!!! BAD!!!.....and there were a few more close calls that ended in dissapointment..... then the 2015 season started and ended with elation, excitement and relief after all these years in search of that elusive State Title!
Go Springers!! 2015 5A State Champions!!! It feels good to finally say that!!!

Class of 76' huh? You might have gone to school with my mother, she was in the Class of 76 at Highland Springs herself, small world.

As far as that 1978 State Championship, I was a newborn at that time but I've gone back and read newspaper articles on the game and talk about a heartbreaker for you Springers. In fact, the two state title losses for you guys, 1978 and 1989 were close losses but I'm sure 2015 has more than helped erase some of that heartache and surely you guys will be in the mix if not the favorites in 2016.

 

[springer76]

Class of 76' huh? You might have gone to school with my mother, she was in the Class of 76 at Highland Springs herself, small world.

As far as that 1978 State Championship, I was a newborn at that time but I've gone back and read newspaper articles on the game and talk about a heartbreaker for you Springers. In fact, the two state title losses for you guys, 1978 and 1989 were close losses but I'm sure 2015 has more than helped erase some of that heartache and surely you guys will be in the mix if not the favorites in 2016.

Yep, Class of '76.... hence Springer76! Good chance I do know you mom.... Name?
Maiden name? Send me an Email Dan.... moosecat2@verizon.net