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.… Read the rest CoalfieldSports Pick Em: Playoffs Week 1
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.… Read the rest Categories:
Pulaski County Cougars (7-3) at George Washington-Danville (8-2)
Date: Friday, November 9, 2018.
Where: J.T. Christopher Stadium—Danville, VA
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Last meeting: 9/22/2000—Pulaski County 42, George Washington 13
All-time record: Series tied at 7-7
Players to watch:
Pulaski County– QB Kade Akers, WR E.J. Horton, RB Gage Mannon
George Washington– RB Wesley Graves, LB Deadrian Towler, DT Bryson Akers
What to watch for:
Pulaski County: The Cougars travel to Danville for the first time in 19 years.… 
Honaker Tigers (5-5) at Patrick Henry Rebels (9-1)
Date: Friday, November 9, 2018.
Where: Fred Selfe Stadium at Nicewonder Field—Emory, VA
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Last meeting: 10/19/2018 Patrick Henry 46– Honaker 15
All-time record: Honaker leads 7-4
Players to watch:
Honaker– QB Levi Miller, RB Trevor Dye, WR Chandler Hubbard
Patrick Henry– RB Cody Smith, RB Zach Brown, FB Landon Smithson
What to watch for:
Honaker: The Tigers are coming off a 58-13 loss to Ridgeview last week.… 
Thomas Walker Pioneers (7-3) at Grundy Golden Wave (6-4)
Date: Friday, November 9, 2018.
Where: Nelson Memorial Field—Grundy, VA
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Last meeting: FIRST MEETING
All-time record: 0-0
Players to watch:
Thomas Walker– QB Zach Kidwell, RB Dawson Lee, LB Jaron Warf
Grundy– RB Gabe Fiser, QB Derrick Endicott, LB Matt McCowan
What to watch for:
Thomas Walker: It will be a homecoming for Thomas Walker head coach Nick Johnson on Friday.… 
Grundy Golden Wave (6-3) at Central Warriors (3-6)
Date: Friday, November 2, 2018.
Where: Central High School—Wise, VA
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Last meeting: 9/1/2017 Central 21 – Grundy14
All-time record: Central leads 2-1
Players to watch:
Grundy– RB Gabe Fiser, QB Derrick Endicott, DL Matt McCowan
Central– RB C.J. Crabtree, QB Ethan Mullins, RB Matthew Boggs
What to watch for:
Grundy: The Golden Wave is coming off a 36-22 win over the Tazewell Bulldogs on senior night.… 
Twin Valley Panthers (4-5) at Hurley Rebels (3-6)
Date: Thursday, November 1, 2018.
Where: Smiley Ratliff Field at The Cliff—Hurley, VA
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Last meeting: 10/27/2017 Hurley 54 – Twin Valley 12
All-time record: Hurley leads 12-5
Players to watch:
Twin Valley– QB Tylor Keen, RB Brandon Lester, RB Xzavier Ward
Hurley– RB Matthew Blankenship, TE/DE Taylor Justus, QB Chad Justice
What to watch for:
Twin Valley: The Panthers are coming off a bye week.… 
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: 41-9
Brady: 36-12
Guest: 39-11 (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)
Trivia Question picker: 19-3 (Dakota Hamilton 5-0, Michael Dotson 4-1, Jeff Atwell 3-2, Trevor Ramsey 3-2, Matthew Ball 4-1)
Bluefield Daily Telegraph sports editor Brian Woodson went 4-1 last week tying with Ryan and trivia picker Matthew Ball.… 
After 19 games, the Chris Duble era at Northwood is over.
The announcement was made on Monday that the 28-year-old Duble had resigned as the head coach of the Northwood Panthers.
In a statement posted on social media, Duble acknowledged that he has been battling depression since September 2017.
“I need to take some time to get better and put time into prioritizing my family, before I can ever coach again,” Duble said.… 
Tazewell (2-6) at Grundy (5-3)
Date: Friday, October 26, 2018.
Where: Nelson Memorial Field—Grundy, VA.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Last meeting: 10/27/2017 Grundy 42 – Tazewell 20
All-time record: Tazewell leads 39-30.
Players to watch:
Tazewell—RB Chancellor Harris, QB/RB/WR Josiah Jordan, QB Jamir Blevins
Grundy– RB Gabe Fiser, QB Derick Endicott, WR/CB Jacob McCoy
What to watch for:
Tazewell:
Another season for Tazewell has brought a similar feeling. Disappointment. The Bulldogs will travel to Grundy riding a three-game losing streak after dropping contests to Richlands, Fort Chiswell and Marion.… 
