Coalfield Sports Pick Em: Week 2

This season, the folks at Coalfield Sports are picking five of the most intriguing matchups in the area to be the games of the week before you the fans select THE game of the week. Each week, Ryan and Brady, the hosts of the SWVASports Podcast will pick the five contests and be joined by a special guest each week. So far, the records are as follows: Ryan: 5-0 Brady: 4-0 Guest: 3-2 Eugene Hilton went 3-2 last week in his debut as the CoalfieldSports guest picker.… Read the rest
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Richlands, Union has became SWVA’s Annual Game to Watch

  No close-proximity tension. No county connection. The two teams aren’t even in the same conference. However, Richlands and Union has become one of, if not the biggest rivalry in southwest Virginia. . Since Union High School opened, the teams have met eight times. Seven times in the regular season with a lone playoff encounter in 2017. In those eight meetings, the largest margin of victory is a nine-point Union victory in last season’s regular season matchup.… Read the rest
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Union, Richlands ready for latest chapter in rivalry

Week Two: Union Bears (1-0) at Richlands Blue Tornado (1-0) at Last meeting: 2017: Regular season: Union def. Richlands 16-7 Playoffs: Union def. Richlands 13-10 Overall series: Union leads 5-3 Another chapter in the Bears-Blue Tornado series unfolds this Friday in what has become Southwest Virginia’s most exciting rivalry. The 2A powerhouses are always near the top of their respective districts and are always in the hunt for the Region D crown.… Read the rest
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Mance, Blues look to return to winning ways in 2018

Richlands Blue Tornado Southwest District, Region D Head Coach: Greg Mance (22ndseason, 191-68). 2017 results: 4-7 (3-2 SWD) Key losses: RB/LB Seth Johnson, RB/DT Greg Griffith, OL/DL Logan McGlothlin, WR/DB Daniel Brown, OL/DL Jason Medley Key returners: QB/LB Race Moir, RB/LB Trey Brown, WR/DB Taylor Horn, P/K Levi Forrest, TE/LB Dylan Atkins, WR/LB Ian Wade, WR/DB Jakob Cole. RICHLANDS, Va., —Things in Richlands last football season were different. There were no district titles that the town has grown accustomed to.… Read the rest
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SWVA: Where high school football is king

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.… Read the rest
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