The Grayson County football team has overachieved all season. Most pundits expected the Blue Devils to make the playoffs, but to be at the bottom half of the eight seeded teams. After Monday night’s victory over George Wythe, Grayson County finds themselves solidly holding down the two seed in the Class 2, Region D playoff race. The Blue Devils used a relentless ground attack behind backs Levi Jones and Jake Hollingsworth to defeat the Maroons 36-28 Monday night in a game rescheduled after Friday’s rain.… Read the rest Grayson County defeats GW, 36-28 to set up MED showdown at Galax
The Grayson County football team has overachieved all season. Most pundits expected the Blue Devils to make the playoffs, but to be at the bottom half of the eight seeded teams. After Monday night’s victory over George Wythe, Grayson County finds themselves solidly holding down the two seed in the Class 2, Region D playoff race. The Blue Devils used a relentless ground attack behind backs Levi Jones and Jake Hollingsworth to defeat the Maroons 36-28 Monday night in a game rescheduled after Friday’s rain.… Read the rest Categories:
The Ridgeview Wolfpack looked to get back on track Friday night against interstate opponent Pike County Central. On a chilly, rainy and muddy October evening in Pikeville, Kentucky the Pack had no trouble with the Hawks in a resounding 47-14 victory at the Hawk’s Nest.
The Wolfpack did not take long to make their presence known in the contest. 11 seconds after the contest began, the Pack were on the board courtesy of a Matthew Sexton 64-yard sprint right up the gut. … 
The Gate City Blue Devils finished the 2018 football season Thursday night with a disappointing loss to the Wise Central Warriors in overtime. As it turns out, the contest was the last for Chris Akers as the head coach for the Blue Devils. Akers resigned his post officially on Monday, finishing his tenure at the helm of the Devils with a 7-24 record, which includes back to back 1-9 seasons.
The 2016 season was respectable for Gate City with Akers leading the charge. … 
The Gate City Blue Devils and Wise Central Warriors came into Thursday night’s Mountain 7 district contest with similar agendas. The Blue Devils wanted to close out a disappointing season with a victory. The Warriors needed a victory desperately to stay in contention for a playoff spot in Region 2D. Central came from two scores behind to defeat the Devils by the tally of 22-21 in an overtime thriller at Central Warrior Stadium on Thursday night.… 
Ridgeview Wolfpack (7-1)
VS.
Pike County Central Hawks (3-6)
When: Friday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Hawks Nest, Pikeville, Kentucky
Series all time: Ridgeview leads 1-0 (Last meeting Ridgeview defeated Pike County Central 45-21 on October 27, 2017 in Rose Ridge, Va.)
The Ridgeview Wolfpack look to rebound from a potentially devastating loss last Friday night at the hands of the Abingdon Falcons. The 36-30 loss in overtime cost the Wolfpack an outright district title and potentially a top seed in the region and the home field advantage that comes with it.… 
The Ridgeview Wolfpack were on top of the world heading into this past Friday night’s Mountain 7 district game with the John Battle Trojans. The Trojans were looking for a place to belong in the Region 2D playoff hunt. After 36 minutes of football, it was a deadlock on who would come out of Friday night’s contest as the superior team. The Wolfpack took command in the fourth quarter and rattled off 17 unanswered points, taking a 24-7 win to keep their perfect record intact.… 
Ridgeview Wolfpack (6-0, 4-0 M7)
VS.
John Battle Trojans (3-3, 1-1 M7)
When: Friday, October 12 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: The Ridge, Rose Ridge, Va.
Series all time: Ridgeview leads 2-1 (Last meeting Ridgeview defeated John Battle 24-7 on October 13, 2017 in Bristol, Va.)
As the 2018 regular season winds down, some teams are looking to capture the top seed going into the postseason and some teams are looking just to play in the postseason at all. … 
The next several weeks are very crucial for the Twin Valley Panthers in their chase for a spot in the Class 1, Region D playoffs. Coming into this past Friday’s interstate matchup with the East Ridge Warriors, the Panthers were on the outside looking in. 48 minutes of football later, the Panthers achieved a critical win on homecoming night over there 2A opponents by a final score of 48-28.
It did not take long for the Panthers to get the action started as only three minuted into the contest, Brandon Lester took the pigskin in from five yards out. … 
The stage is set for Tazewell County’s biggest rivalry.
Greg Mance. J’Me Harris. Race Moir. Chancellor Harris.
Kelly green. Navy blue.
Ernie Hicks Stadium is where two teams are set to take blows for the James C. Ramey Trophy in the CoalfieldSports.com Game of the Week.
The Tazewell Bulldogs (2-3) will make the short trek down 460 West to battle it out with their archrival Richlands Blue Tornado (2-3).
Richlands is coming off a loss to arguably the best football team in West Virginia.… 
After starting the season 3-0, the Honaker Tigers have hit a two-game losing skid.
The Tigers are indeed into the meat of their schedule and it will not get ant easier when the 3-2 J.I. Burton Raiders travel to Fuller Field for battle.
Honaker is coming off a 41-17 defeat at the hands of the George Wythe Maroons last week at Pendleton Field in Wytheville.
Behind a Cole Simmons and his 166-yard, three-touchdown performance on the ground, the Maroons outgained the Tigers in total offense, 349-218.… 
