The Blue Ridge Bobcats have already topped last year’s points total.
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Tazewell’s Billy Wagner voted into baseball Hall of Fame
He graduated from Ferrum College and went on to play 16 seasons in the Major Leagues.
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Two former teammates meet again in state title game, this time coaching opposite sides
Stephen James and Todd Jones played together at Emory & Henry. On Saturday, they were on opposite sidelines coaching Grayson County and Essex County in the Class 1 state championship game.
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VHSL crowns 6 football champions; here are the box scores
Oscar Smith, Maury, Phoebus, Liberty Christian, Graham and Essex win title games.
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Knee surgery, a broken leg, a broken thumb, a ruptured kidney. One Grayson County player has overcome all those to play in school’s first state championship football game.
The three Goad brothers have led Grayson County. In last week’s semifinal victory, the Goads scored all six touchdowns for the Blue Devils.
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Tony Palmer has turned Graham High School into a powerhouse
On Saturday, the Tazewell County team makes its third trip to the state finals in four years.
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He was adopted from Ghana. Now he’s led Liberty Christian to a state title game.
Gideon Davidson graduates on Friday, plays in a state championship on Saturday, then goes to Clemson on Monday.
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VHSL football championships are Saturday; here are previews of all 6 games
The games will be played in Harrisonburg, Lynchburg and Salem.
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Grayson County advances to first state football title game; Graham and Liberty Christian also make finals
The match-ups for the Virginia HIgh School League’s six state championship games are now set. Here they are.
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VHSL football semi-final previews: Maury, Phoebus and Liberty Christian have been mostly untouchable
Meanwhile, neither Grayson County nor Rye Cove has ever advanced to a state championship game but one of them wil this weekend.
