Football in Southwest Virginia is full of great rivalries. This opening Friday night one of those long-time rivalries will continue when the Abingdon Falcons and the John Battle Trojans square off at Falcon Stadium in Abingdon, Virginia at 7:00 PM. Abingdon and John Battle have faced 60 times with Abingdon owning the series 42-16-1. As of late the Falcons have dominated with the Trojans only winning two of the last twenty seven meetings.… Read the rest Abingdon Falcons v/s John Battle Trojans
Football in Southwest Virginia is full of great rivalries. This opening Friday night one of those long-time rivalries will continue when the Abingdon Falcons and the John Battle Trojans square off at Falcon Stadium in Abingdon, Virginia at 7:00 PM. Abingdon and John Battle have faced 60 times with Abingdon owning the series 42-16-1. As of late the Falcons have dominated with the Trojans only winning two of the last twenty seven meetings.… Read the rest Categories:
It’s football time on Battle Hill. After another season culminating with a trip to the post-season, the Trojans will enter 2019 trying to make it four in a row; this time under new head coach Bradley Ricker. Previous head coach Brit Stone led the Trojans to three straight playoff appearances. Coach Ricker has no intention of changing things.
“Brit did a great job here at John Battle. He accomplished things that have never been done at this school before.… 
The inaugural football coverage season has come to a close. With the end of the season comes postseason awards—CoalfieldSports.com will recognize the achievements of athletes across the region. During the last month, our staff compiled a list of deserving nominees for a first and second team All CoalfieldSports squad, in addition to an honorable mention. After a list of nominees was finalized, the CoalfieldSports.com staff voted on who made each team.… 
Region D, 2A Quarterfinals
Union-21
John Battle-0
The Union Bears relied on their power run game and a suffocating defense to end the John Battle Trojans’ season Saturday at Bullitt Park. The Bears (9-2) racked up over 300 rushing yards on offense and shut out the visiting Trojans (5-6) for the second straight week to advance to a Region D semi-final matchup with Graham.
Leading the charge for the home team was senior running back Aaron Stidham, who rushed for 117 yards on 16 carries.… 
Region D, 2A opening round
John Battle (5-5, 3-3, 7th seed)
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Union Bears (8-2, 4-2, 2nd seed)
For the second week in a row, the Union Bears and John Battle Trojans will meet on the field with this meeting being the opening round of the Region D, 2A playoffs. The first meeting in the regular season finale saw the Bears defeat the Trojans 12-0 on Battle Hill in Bristol.
Both teams likely played the finale closer to the vest, both due to the rainy conditions and the prospect of the teams meeting in the opener of the playoffs.… 
Friday marked the second consecutive week that Union took the field in a downpour, but this week’s contest ended much more favorably for the Bears. Union relied on a steady dose of Aaron Stidham and a smothering defense to shut out John Battle 12-0 to end the regular season.
It was a low scoring, defensive slugfest in muddy and rainy conditions for both squds. Union (8-2, 4-2) struck first on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Bailey Turner that found Justin Falin in the end zone to get on the board and take a 6-0 lead.… 
Week 11 Preview
Union Bears (7-2, 3-2)
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John Battle Trojans (5-4, 3-2)
Last Week: Abingdon def. Union, 35-17; John Battle def. Lee, 20-14
Last Meeting: Union def. Battle, 57-29. Union leads series 5-0
The final week of the regular season sees the Union Bears, fresh off of a blowout home loss to Abingdon, travel to take on the upset minded John Battle Trojans. Battle held off Lee High last week to move to 3-2 in the Mountain 7 and 5-4 overall.… 
Lee Generals (2-6) at John Battle Trojans (4-4)
Date: Thursday, October 25, 2018.
Where: Battle Hill – Bristol, VA
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Last meeting: 10/27/2017 John S. Battle 40 – Lee 28
All-time record: Lee leads 13-3
Players to watch:
Lee– QB Dwayne Garrett, RB Blake Lewis, WR Devin Goins
John Battle – QB Walker Osborne, RB Juddy Shaffer, RB Dylan Cunningham
Since 1989, these two have met 17 times. John Battle won last season’s matchup 40-28.… 
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.… 
