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I was sitting under the front corner of the press box with the Grundy film guy when that happened and I said
"(pause) are they gonna call that? (pause) Yep."
So I guess the refs and the parents were also in pre-season form; I just wish the PA guy had been, too. That may go over well when there's a full house on the home side, but not for a scrimmage.

The Black Diamond isn't nearly as tough top to bottom as the Lonesome Pine, but that's mainly because the BDD has no middle (8 teams in LPD, 4 in BDD), and there are some exceptions.

Last year, TV was the only BDD school that had a non-district loss, and Haysi made the state semis.

The 2000 Honaker team played in the state finals, and their QB played in the Super Bowl last year.

Grundy was the only SWD team that had more than 1 non-district loss, and Richlands made the state finals.

About 6 wins - it really depends on who you schedule. Last year, Hurley (8-2) played 3 weak WV teams and breezed by them, but BARELY beat TV (2-8).
Grundy was expecting a 6-win season (even playing 3 state semi-finalists : Haysi, Richlands & WV champ Bluefield), but fell way short of expectations due to Aug/Sept. injuries.

I would love to see more match-ups between "good" teams, like Pikeville or Belfry vs.
Grundy or Haysi, instead of seeing SV & BL all the time. But at least Grundy-Paintsville
and Haysi - ER are history.