CoalfieldSports.com Pick Em: Virginia State Championships

This season, the folks at Coalfield Sports picked five of the most intriguing matchups in the area to be the games of the week before the fans selected THE game of the week.

Each week, Ryan and Brady, the hosts of the SWVASports Podcast picked the five contests and were joined by a special guest each week.

Now that it is playoff time, there is a twist.

Ryan and Brady will still be joined by a guest picker and a trivia question winner throughout the playoffs. However, instead of just five games in the region. We will pick each playoff game in the CoalfieldSports area.

So far, the records are as follows:

Ryan: 76-15

Brady: 73-16

Guest: 73-18 (Eugene Hilton: 3-2, Lloyd Combs: 5-0, Rick Baker: 4-1, Casey Goetz: 3-2, Anthony Stevens: 5-0, Chase Parker: 4-1, Nolan Knight: 4-1, Frank Browning: 3-2, Heather Williams: 4-1, Brian Woodson 4-1, Mark Fought 4-1, Chris Duble 30-6)

Trivia Winner: 35-7 (Dakota Hamilton 5-0, Michael Dotson 4-1, Jeff Atwell 3-2, Trevor Ramsey 3-2, Matthew Ball 4-1, Brian Owens 4-1, Hayley Allison 11-6, Brett Compton 11-0, Cory Alicie 5-0, Rachelle 1-2)

Last week, former Northwood head coach Chris Duble went 3-1 in his fourth round playoff picks. Duble will join us for the pick em until state championship week.

The 28-year-old Centreville, Virginia native spent the last two seasons as the head coach of the Northwood Panthers before stepping down from that position. Duble was 4-14 during his time in Saltville. Before his days in Saltville, Duble played for Centreville High School in northern Virginia before finishing his playing days at Ferrum College. After his playing days, he became a member of Mark Palmer’s staff at Patrick Henry. We are excited to have Chris pick with us this week!

Last week’s trivia question winner, Rachelle, went 1-2 against the experts. Congrats, Rachelle! Thank you for playing!

This week the trivia winner is Josh Hess! Josh was a two-time first team all-state selection as an offensive lineman at Richlands High School in 2010 and 2011. Coming out of Richlands, Hess was rated a three-star prospect by ESPN and 247Sports. He was also rated the 32nd best prospect in Virginia and the third best offensive tackle in the state. Hess committed to the University of Richmond where he played for four seasons. The Spiders were national semifinalists during Hess’s senior campaign. Currently, Hess is a student at George Mason’s Antonin Scalia Law School.

Congratulations, Josh! Best of luck!

This week there are two state championship matchups in Salem that will have our undivided attention. Let’s get to it!

 

VIRGINIA:

 

VHSL Class 2 State Championship:

 

Graham vs. Goochland

 

Brady: Graham

 

Chris: Goochland

 

Ryan: Goochland

Josh: Graham

 

 

 

VHSL Class 1 State Championship

 

Riverheads vs. Chilhowie

 

Brady: Chilhowie

 

Chris: Chilhowie

 

Ryan: Chilhowie

Josh: Chilhowie

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