This week’s game of the week features the two top teams in the Mountain 7. The winner should hold the inside track to a district title and home field advantage come playoff time.
Here are some of the crucial matchups that could determine the game:
Ridgeview Offensive Line v. Union Front Seven
This match up could be the deciding factor Friday. If the Wolfpack offensive line can get push at the line of scrimmage and negate the powerful Union front seven, it will put the Bears on their heels.… Read the rest Key Matchups: Union @ Ridgeview
This week’s game of the week features the two top teams in the Mountain 7. The winner should hold the inside track to a district title and home field advantage come playoff time.
Here are some of the crucial matchups that could determine the game:
Ridgeview Offensive Line v. Union Front Seven
This match up could be the deciding factor Friday. If the Wolfpack offensive line can get push at the line of scrimmage and negate the powerful Union front seven, it will put the Bears on their heels.… Read the rest Categories:
Week Three Preview
Letcher County Central (KY) (0-3) at Union (2-0)
Last week:
Union def. Richlands, 42-28
Hazard (KY) def. Letcher County Central, 43-13
Last Meeting:
Union def. Letcher County Central 55-27
The Union Bears continue their out of conference slate this week as they play host to the visiting Letcher County Cougars. The Bears hope to improve to 3-0 while the Cougars hope to notch their first win of the season in a hostile environment.… 
A score can be deceiving.
The scoreboard at Ernie Hicks Stadium read 42-28 when the dust settled. However, the game was far from a blowout.
The Tornado drove down the field looking to tie the game. However, Bryce Guerrant snagged an errant pass from Richlands quarterback Race Moir and returned it 18 yards for the game sealing touchdown.
While this game broke the tradition of the game being decided by six points or less, there was no shortage of excitement.… 
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.… 
Leave it to the Union Bears to make a benefit game dramatic. The Bears traveled to Bristol to take on the Virginia High Bearcats for a scrimmage, their last preseason test before opening the season against John I. Burton on Aug. 23rd.
While the game does not count towards your record, it came down to a last second Union stop for the Bears to prevail, 24-20.
Coach Travis Turner used the scrimmage as valuable live game preparation for his team.… 
Union High School has had one head coach since its inception in 2011. That coach is Travis Turner, whose name has been a staple in Wise County for decades. Turner, a native of Appalachia, was a star quarterback who won a state title as a signal caller under his dad, legendary coach Tom Turner. The quarterback turned coach was hired in part to smooth over the consolidation of Appalachia and Powell Valley.… 
