Tazewell, VA. – After Coach J’me Harris football team went 3-7 last season, the Bulldogs didn’t wait long to get back to work.
“We took the VHSL required dead period when basketball started,” said head coach J’Me Harris. “We started lifting as soon as the dead period ended.”
Working hard and getting better everyday is a motto that the young Bulldogs are trying to live by. In 2017, they fielded on average five to six freshmen starting on both offense and defense and only lost three seniors to graduation.… Read the rest Pre-Season Glance: Tazewell High School Football
Tazewell, VA. – After Coach J’me Harris football team went 3-7 last season, the Bulldogs didn’t wait long to get back to work.
“We took the VHSL required dead period when basketball started,” said head coach J’Me Harris. “We started lifting as soon as the dead period ended.”
Working hard and getting better everyday is a motto that the young Bulldogs are trying to live by. In 2017, they fielded on average five to six freshmen starting on both offense and defense and only lost three seniors to graduation.… Read the rest Categories:
With the 2018 season right around the corner, we take a look at what are the biggest unanswered questions for the Bears
Is Bailey Turner back to full health?
After the devastating leg injury that limited Turner to two games in 2017, is the three-year quarterback ready to led the Bears on another deep playoff run? His talent was never in question but early reports from practice suggest Turner’s injury is finally behind him.… 
For the next three weeks, we will bring you our preseason polls for each of the districts that our teams play in.
Let’s do some math, shall we?
Okay. There are nine districts and there are three weeks left until opening night…sooooooo…THREE DISTRICTS PER WEEK!
Shew, glad that’s over.
Now, “What is the process?,” you may ask. Well, we will tell ya.
There are eight of us on staff currently at Coalfield Sports (find that in the about section).… 
Welcome back, Bearcat fans! Here is the official Coalfield Sports preview of the 2018 Virginia High Bearcats.
Expectations are high this season for the Bearcats. They are led by a close-knit group of seniors, with a supporting cast of underclassmen. This should make for fun times in Bristol this fall. Here are some key returnees for the Bearcats, who are led by head coach Michael Crist.
SENIORS
AARON ROSE #2 LB/RB/FB….… 
The time is drawing nigh, Wolfpack Nation! It’s the first week in August, and a week from Friday, it will be football time again in Dickenson County! The Wolfpack will scrimmage the Lebanon Pioneers on Rose Ridge, Friday, August 10. As we head into the 2018 season, there are five questions that not only citizens of Wolfpack Nation will be anxiously wanting answered, but also the fans throughout the Mountain 7 District schools and Region 2D.… 
Union Bears
Mountain 7, Region D
Head Coach: Travis Turner (8th season, 140-47 overall)
2017 results: 13-1 (6-0 Mountain 7) 8-1 home, 5-0 away.
Averaged 34 points per game, allowed 11 points per game. Average margin of victory was 23 points per game.
Key losses:
TE/FS James Mitchell (Virginia Tech), LB Bryce Lane, LB Tanner Kennedy, DB/WR Zach Qualls, LB/RB Braxton Zirkle, RB Dakota Owens, DE Luigi Colot, DT Jeb Stidham, DT/OL Preston Walker
Key returning starters:
QB Bailey Turner
RB Avery Jenkins
DE/HB Mason Polier
OT Trevor Wagner
OT Brandon Bunch
OL Nick Cooper
PK Justin Falin
2018 schedule:
Key games:
@ Richlands, @Ridgeview, @ Morristown West, @ John Battle
Outlook:
For most teams, losing double digit starters would result in a rebuilding year.… 
Growing up in southwest Virginia, there are some things people wait for annually.
Bristol race weekend in April and August, when the carnival and the fair come to town, holidays and then, perhaps, what some may argue is the most important.
The beginning of two-a-days in high school football.
I was born and raised in Richlands, where football has never been any less than the king.
No matter what time of year you sit down in the Richlands Barber Shop on the corner of 2nd Street and Elkins Avenue in Richlands, the questions are endless.… 
