Category: Football

High school football primarily in SW VA

Scores- Sept. 5 & 6

Sept.6

Holston 48 Narrows 14

Radford 35 Giles 34- 2ot’s

E C Glass 34 Patrick Henry 21

Salem 56 Franklin Co. 30

Wm. Byrd 61 Hidden Valley 0

Abingdon 31 Christiansburg 28

Northside 21 Cave Spring 14

Rural Retreat 41 Eastern Montgomery 0

Bassett 51 Patrick Co. 0

James River 20 Randolph_ Henry 12

Glenvar 50 Liberty 8

Floyd Co. 47 Fort Chiswell 12

Alleghany 47 Fort Defiance 13

Carroll Co. 22 Grayson Co. 18

Bland Co. 36 Jenkins (KY) 12

Altavista 24 Geo. Wythe 0

Chilhowie 34 J I Burton 7

Honaker 49 Castlewood 7

Rye Cove 62 Northwood 0

Lebanon 42 Patrick Henry (GS) 20

Central-Wise 28 Marion 13

Union 53 Richlands 0

Riverheads 52 Tazewell 21

Va. High 35 John Battle 7

Twin Springs 39 Unaka (TN) 20

Montcalm (WV) 52 Twin Valley 0

Eastside 46 Hurley12

Gate City 14 Middlesboro (KY) 13

Ridgeview46 Grundy 0

Lee High 28 Thomas Walker 21

Bath Co. 55 Page Co. 0

Prince Edward 46 Parry McCluer 38

Sept. 5

Graham 52 Galax 0

RSN- Week 2-Football Games & Picks

Last Week – 5-5 , Overall 5-5, Pct. .500

  1. Galax vs Graham – Graham- Won
  2. Salem vs Franklin Co.- Salem
  3. Blacksburg vs Lord Botetourt- Lord Botetourt
  4. Holston vs Narrows – Narrows
  5. Eastern Montgomery vs Rural Retreat- Rural Retreat
  6. Radford vs Giles- Radford
  7. Carroll Co. vs Grayson Co. – Grayson Co.
  8. J I Burton vs Chilhowie – Chilhowie
  9. Northwood vs Rye Cove – Rye Cove
  10. John Battle vs Va. High – Va. High

 

Football Scores- Aug. 29-30& Aug. 31

Aug. 31

Alleghany (NC) 21 Grayson Co. 20- completion from Aug. 30

Aug. 30

Northside 28 Pulaski Co. 21

Rural Retreat 52 Fort Chiswell 7

Geo. Wythe 28 Radford 21

Holston 46 Eastern Montgomery 12

Christianburg 27 Floyd Co. 24

Glenvar 34 Galax 0

Wm. Fleming 90 Hidden Valley 0- Yes 90…

Blacksburg 32 Giles 12

LCA 35 Salem 21

Patrick Henry 42 Brookville 0

Craig Co. 53 Bland Co. 0

Chilhowie 39 Marion 13

Graham 10 Bluefield (WV) 0

Buffalo Gap 41 James River 3

Sherman (WV) 47 Hurley 20

Eastside 22 Central-Wise 21

Abingdon 42 John Battle 6

Patrick Co. 27 Martinsville 6

Alleghany 47 Waynesboro 13

Cave Spring 21 Western Albemarle 14

Rye Cove 62 Hancock (TN) 6

Gate City 20 Richlands 0

Union 47 Lee High 0

Twin Springs 27 Northwood 0

Ridgeview 52 J I Burton 0

Thomas Walker 35 Cumberland Gap (TN) 8

Aug. 29

Lebanon 35 Honaker 16

Carroll Co. 46 Grundy 24

North Greene (TN) 42 Castlewood 6

RSN – High School Football Games and Picks

RSN will once again be making football picks each week-(10 games). Last year’s record was 123-33 for a .788 percentage

Games – Picks

  1. Northside vs Pulaski Co.- Pulaski Co.- Lost
  2. Radford vs Geo. Wythe – Radford-Lost
  3. Rural Retreat vs Fort Chiswell – Fort Chiswell- Lost
  4. Glenvar vs Galax – Glenvar-Won
  5. Holston vs Eastern Montgomery- Holston-Won
  6. Salem vs LCA – LCA-Won
  7. Alleghany (NC) vs Grayson Co.- Grayson Co.- Lost
  8. Lebanon vs Honaker- Honaker- Lost
  9. Richlands vs Gate City – Gate City-Won
  10. Christiansburg vs Floyd Co. – C-burg – Won

 

Pulaski Co. 21 Franklin Co. 20

Benefit Game

Stats

Rushing – Pul. Co. – 26-149 yds.- S. Thompson 10-35- TD, O’Dell 2-32 -TD, Carrasco 3-39, Wilson 1-12-TD,  Hill 4-17, Mace 3-6, Nottingham 1-4, Squires 1-6, M. Thompson 1 -minus (-2)

Rushing – FCo. – 39-220 yds.- Hughey 16-122-2TDS, Davenport- 2-12, Muse 4-12, Angle 2-14, Divers 8-35, Carter 3-5- TD, McElvain 1-7, McGuire 1-4, Gardner 1-1, Witcher-Hinson 1-8

Passing – Pul. Co. – 0-0 -YDS

Passing– FCo.- Davenport- 2-5-0 tds.-0 ints- 9 yds., McElvain – 3-8-0 tds.-0 Ints- 30 yds.

First Downs – Pul. Co. – 9, FCo.- 16

Penalties– Pul. Co. – 6-45 yds., FCo. – 8-55 yds.

Fumb/ lost – Pul. Co. 2/1, FCo. – 1/1

Total Turnovers – Pul. Co. 1, FCo. -1

Punts/ Avg. – Pul. Co. – 3 /34.6,  FCo. – 2/24.5

 Head Coach  Cam Akers of Pul. Co. – “We played lots of people and we need to clean up some things. We playing lot of sophomores and we will get to work for next week.”

Football Scrimmages for Aug. 16-17 & Benefit Games- Thurs. Aug. 22- Fri. Aug. 23

Aug. 16

Jamboree @ Geo. Wythe- 4 pm- Schools playing – Geo. Wythe , Galax, Grayson Co., Graham, Narrows, Floyd Co., Rural Retreat, Holston, Richlands and Mt. Airy NC

Abingdon @ Radford – 6 pm

Pulaski Co.@ Glenvar- vs Glenvar & Wm. Byrd – 5 pm

Fort Chiswell @ Alleghany NC- 6 pm

Tazewell @ Lee High – 7 pm

Letcher Co. (KY) @ Ridgeview – 7 pm

Central-Wise @ Lebanon

Va. High vs Tenn. High

Sat. Aug. 17

Princeton (WV) @ Richlands – 10 am

Randolph-Henry @ Eastern Montgomery- 11 am

Thurs. Aug. 22

Narrows @ Grayson Co.- 5:30 pm

Grundy @ Richlands -7pm

Fri. Aug. 23

Eastern Montgomery @ Bland Co.

John Battle @ Fort Chiswell

Franklin Co. @ Pulaski Co.- 6 pm

Wm. Byrd @ Radford

Tazewell @ Chilhowie

Va. High @ Gate City

Bluefield @ Abingdon

Grundy @ Richlands

Union @ Eastside

 

 

Pioneers hire new coach

Fort Chiswell High School has hired Jacob Underwood as their girls varsity basketball coach.  Underwood had been the varsity girls head coach at Christiansburg High School. He takes over the Pioneer program after Rupert Hill stepped down at the end of the season.

Former coach back coaching

Former  Radford High School head coach Matthew Saunders is back on the sidelines. Saunders has been hired at Glenvar High School as an assistant coach. He will  be the quarterbacks  and linebackers coach for this years Highlander team.

BIG Thank You !

RSN would like to say, Thank You to all the people that helped me for the school year 2023-2024.  It was an exciting year in local sports. The following schools I want to thank for  their access to their sporting events: Radford, Narrows, Pulaski Co., Auburn, Fort Chiswell, and Graham.  Like to also thank, Floyd Co HS, Eastern Montgomery HS, Grayson Co HS,  Carroll Co. HS, Geo. Wythe HS., Christiansburg HS, Blacksburg HS, Salem HS, Giles HS, Rural Retreat HS, Honaker HS, Galax HS, Chilhowie HS, and others. Thank you to all the football, basketball,  baseball coaches, athletic directors that helped me this past seasons, as well as the stat keepers , announcers and clock operators . Thank you to the officials and their friendship. They do have a tough job to perform. The friendships hopefully -both ways- are so ,so very much appreciated.  Thank you to Mike Williams and Matthew Hatfield for letting me cover sports for their publications.  Hopefully the 2024-25 seasons will be just as exciting!!!