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2008 Season: Dorothy 36-6
Dorothy had a good one last week: Prediction 27-13, actual score: Holston 28, Castlewood 12.
Way to go Dorothy!...
DorothyNORTHWOOD (0-9, 0-5)
at JOHN S. BATTLE (0-9, 0-4)
Despite power outages and swampy field conditions in Saltville on Friday, the Panthers were unable to muster anything positive against the ‘Roons. The Trojans endured problems of their own last week against Lebanon in a 48-13 mopping. The lone bright spot for each of these teams all season has been seeing each other on the end of the schedule. 1-9 is admittedly better than 0-10 and it is always good to end a season on a positive note. In the past, these two teams have done everything from landing in the record books in highly offensive scoring affairs to being escorted out of each other’s stadium by the police. Hopefully this game avoids the latter. This game will cap the season for these two struggling programs currently in the middle of rebuilding (Northwood) and building (John Battle). Northwood fans travel well to support their Panthers no matter their record. Look for Northwood to avoid the goose-egg in the win column and avenge a loss from last year. Bodie Keesee and company have their work cut out for them; Michael Johnson is a tough one to catch. Northwood leads this old Hogoheegee rivalry 6-4 in the last ten skirmishes.
· 1998: John Battle 30-6
· 1999: Northwood 21-6
· 2000: Northwood 28-0
· 2001: Northwood 32-6
· 2002: John Battle 19-7
· 2003: Northwood 42-7
· 2004: John Battle 33-26
· 2005: Northwood 66-58
· 2006: Northwood 46-31
· 2007: John Battle 43-19
· 2008 Prediction: Dorothy says Northwood 28-26
RURAL RETREAT (2-7, 1-3)
at PATRICK HENRY (3-6, 1-3)
PH is coming off of an open week in their schedule and without any hopes of a Region C, Division 2 playoff berth, they took the opportunity to rest up, become healthy, in preparation to duke it out with the Indians for the number four spot in the district’s final standings. RR, despite an enormous early effort by running-back Adam Evans, was eventually unable to capitalize Friday against Chilhowie. Jake Whalen and Tyler Hash gave a great effort down the stretch and strongly illuminated the amazing strides the team has taken since the first few weeks of play. Coach Quinton Hensley must be awfully proud of his bunch of Indians who looked as though winning a game at all this season could be a challenge. Since the win over Northwood, the Indians have shown that they are a force to be reckoned with against GW and Chilhowie, despite the losing outcomes. Ronnie Groves, Robert Gonzales, and Johnny Thompson are among the senior leaders on the Rebels team looking to end the season and their high school football careers on a positive note. The Indians lead the last ten meetings in this Hogoheegee matchup, 8-2.
· 1998: Rural Retreat 34-22
· 1999: Patrick Henry 27-19
· 2000: Rural Retreat 34-14
· 2001: Rural Retreat 67-22
· 2002: Patrick Henry 28-0
· 2003: Rural Retreat 27-9
· 2004: Rural Retreat 27-21
· 2005: Rural Retreat 41-13
· 2006: Rural Retreat 35-28
· 2007: Rural Retreat 39-13
· 2008 Prediction: Dorothy says Patrick Henry 21-20
GEORGE WYTHE (5-4, 4-0)
at CHILHOWIE (9-0, 4-0)
It was 2001. The Trade Towers of New York had been struck just a month before. The Arizona Diamondbacks were in route to a World Series appearance and eventual win. Not to mention, Paul Walker's Joy Ride had already been in theaters for two weeks. October 19, 2001, the Chilhowie Warriors found out exactly how good they were when they toted a 6-1 record into Wytheville on GW’s homecoming. The Warriors jumped out to a 27-7 lead before the fourth quarter when the Maroons made a surge but fell short 27-20. That was the last time Chilhowie beat the Maroons. Since then, it has been a sad sight for Chilhowie against their district nemesis. Since October 19, 2001, Chilhowie has only scored three touchdowns against GW, only lead once (for the 1st quarter in their meeting in 2002 against GW’s eventual Group A State Championship team), and has only scored 8 points at home against GW in the last ten years. Last season was perhaps the most interesting as the last second heroics of GW’s Seth White put the Maroons on-top with only a few seconds left on the game clock that kept the Warriors in their living rooms for the post-season. This year the records are a little different but the game is the same. Nostradamus must have foreseen this one coming when schedules pitted these two teams against each other at the end of the year. No complaints here, it certainly lends a good amount of suspense before the heavy-weight bout.
Last week Chilhowie put together several offensive strikes after a slow start against RR to score 35 unanswered points before the Indians were able to respond. GW went to Saltville and waxed the Panthers in the dark after a power-outage delayed the game for an agonizing amount of time in the poor weather. The Maroons were the eventual victors in more than convincing fashion, 49-6 with a 42-0 halftime lead.
What’s new? Chilhowie and George Wythe, #1 and #2, entering the ring for another bout certainly isn’t if you consider all of the recent meetings in boys and girls basketball, baseball, and of course football. These squads bring a lot of fans, a lot of heart, and a lot of excitement and the coals have been fueled for this newly endowed rivalry among the district’s best. This certainly will not be the last of highly anticipated matchups between these two schools. The rivalry goes even deeper if you consider that both head coaches were star athletes at Chilhowie and both head coaches eventually went on to be the head coach of George Wythe and each have won district championships at George Wythe. Wow.
GEORGE WYTHE:
PF-PA=222-184
Opponent record=51-33 (not counting Floyd vs Giles)
CHILHOWIE:
PF-PA=268-75
Opponent record=39-51
George Wythe dominates this series for the last ten meetings, 9-1.
· 1998: George Wythe 28-2
· 1999: George Wythe 35-26
· 2000: George Wythe 13-0
· 2001: Chilhowie 27-20
· 2002: George Wythe 45-6
· 2003: George Wythe 42-6
· 2004: George Wythe 39-0
at JOHN S. BATTLE (0-9, 0-4)
Despite power outages and swampy field conditions in Saltville on Friday, the Panthers were unable to muster anything positive against the ‘Roons. The Trojans endured problems of their own last week against Lebanon in a 48-13 mopping. The lone bright spot for each of these teams all season has been seeing each other on the end of the schedule. 1-9 is admittedly better than 0-10 and it is always good to end a season on a positive note. In the past, these two teams have done everything from landing in the record books in highly offensive scoring affairs to being escorted out of each other’s stadium by the police. Hopefully this game avoids the latter. This game will cap the season for these two struggling programs currently in the middle of rebuilding (Northwood) and building (John Battle). Northwood fans travel well to support their Panthers no matter their record. Look for Northwood to avoid the goose-egg in the win column and avenge a loss from last year. Bodie Keesee and company have their work cut out for them; Michael Johnson is a tough one to catch. Northwood leads this old Hogoheegee rivalry 6-4 in the last ten skirmishes.
· 1998: John Battle 30-6
· 1999: Northwood 21-6
· 2000: Northwood 28-0
· 2001: Northwood 32-6
· 2002: John Battle 19-7
· 2003: Northwood 42-7
· 2004: John Battle 33-26
· 2005: Northwood 66-58
· 2006: Northwood 46-31
· 2007: John Battle 43-19
· 2008 Prediction: Dorothy says Northwood 28-26
RURAL RETREAT (2-7, 1-3)
at PATRICK HENRY (3-6, 1-3)
PH is coming off of an open week in their schedule and without any hopes of a Region C, Division 2 playoff berth, they took the opportunity to rest up, become healthy, in preparation to duke it out with the Indians for the number four spot in the district’s final standings. RR, despite an enormous early effort by running-back Adam Evans, was eventually unable to capitalize Friday against Chilhowie. Jake Whalen and Tyler Hash gave a great effort down the stretch and strongly illuminated the amazing strides the team has taken since the first few weeks of play. Coach Quinton Hensley must be awfully proud of his bunch of Indians who looked as though winning a game at all this season could be a challenge. Since the win over Northwood, the Indians have shown that they are a force to be reckoned with against GW and Chilhowie, despite the losing outcomes. Ronnie Groves, Robert Gonzales, and Johnny Thompson are among the senior leaders on the Rebels team looking to end the season and their high school football careers on a positive note. The Indians lead the last ten meetings in this Hogoheegee matchup, 8-2.
· 1998: Rural Retreat 34-22
· 1999: Patrick Henry 27-19
· 2000: Rural Retreat 34-14
· 2001: Rural Retreat 67-22
· 2002: Patrick Henry 28-0
· 2003: Rural Retreat 27-9
· 2004: Rural Retreat 27-21
· 2005: Rural Retreat 41-13
· 2006: Rural Retreat 35-28
· 2007: Rural Retreat 39-13
· 2008 Prediction: Dorothy says Patrick Henry 21-20
GEORGE WYTHE (5-4, 4-0)
at CHILHOWIE (9-0, 4-0)
It was 2001. The Trade Towers of New York had been struck just a month before. The Arizona Diamondbacks were in route to a World Series appearance and eventual win. Not to mention, Paul Walker's Joy Ride had already been in theaters for two weeks. October 19, 2001, the Chilhowie Warriors found out exactly how good they were when they toted a 6-1 record into Wytheville on GW’s homecoming. The Warriors jumped out to a 27-7 lead before the fourth quarter when the Maroons made a surge but fell short 27-20. That was the last time Chilhowie beat the Maroons. Since then, it has been a sad sight for Chilhowie against their district nemesis. Since October 19, 2001, Chilhowie has only scored three touchdowns against GW, only lead once (for the 1st quarter in their meeting in 2002 against GW’s eventual Group A State Championship team), and has only scored 8 points at home against GW in the last ten years. Last season was perhaps the most interesting as the last second heroics of GW’s Seth White put the Maroons on-top with only a few seconds left on the game clock that kept the Warriors in their living rooms for the post-season. This year the records are a little different but the game is the same. Nostradamus must have foreseen this one coming when schedules pitted these two teams against each other at the end of the year. No complaints here, it certainly lends a good amount of suspense before the heavy-weight bout.
Last week Chilhowie put together several offensive strikes after a slow start against RR to score 35 unanswered points before the Indians were able to respond. GW went to Saltville and waxed the Panthers in the dark after a power-outage delayed the game for an agonizing amount of time in the poor weather. The Maroons were the eventual victors in more than convincing fashion, 49-6 with a 42-0 halftime lead.
What’s new? Chilhowie and George Wythe, #1 and #2, entering the ring for another bout certainly isn’t if you consider all of the recent meetings in boys and girls basketball, baseball, and of course football. These squads bring a lot of fans, a lot of heart, and a lot of excitement and the coals have been fueled for this newly endowed rivalry among the district’s best. This certainly will not be the last of highly anticipated matchups between these two schools. The rivalry goes even deeper if you consider that both head coaches were star athletes at Chilhowie and both head coaches eventually went on to be the head coach of George Wythe and each have won district championships at George Wythe. Wow.
GEORGE WYTHE:
PF-PA=222-184
Opponent record=51-33 (not counting Floyd vs Giles)
CHILHOWIE:
PF-PA=268-75
Opponent record=39-51
George Wythe dominates this series for the last ten meetings, 9-1.
· 1998: George Wythe 28-2
· 1999: George Wythe 35-26
· 2000: George Wythe 13-0
· 2001: Chilhowie 27-20
· 2002: George Wythe 45-6
· 2003: George Wythe 42-6
· 2004: George Wythe 39-0
2005: George Wythe 27-0
· 2006: George Wythe 7-0
· 2007: George Wythe 14-7
· 2008 Prediction: Dorothy says Chilhowie 27-14
· 2006: George Wythe 7-0
· 2007: George Wythe 14-7
· 2008 Prediction: Dorothy says Chilhowie 27-14
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