R. Willoughby

Predictions: 1. Friendship 2. Westmoreland 3. Watertown 4. Gordonsville 5. Trousdale Co. Friendship wins it all every year; Westmoreland has better overall talent returning but may be lacking some team chemistry; Watertown needs to come up with more consistency to go along with maybe the best overall player in the district(Ciara Farr); Gordonsville has a lot of good YOUNG talent but needs to develop some bats.

If they couldn't find a seat then they weren't looking very hard. I got there after halftime of the first game and there were plenty of seats. The only time any game was delayed was because the Friendship students were standing and blocking the view of a lot of people and they were forced to move. As for the burgers, I had two on each night and they were quite tasty.

I attended a quarterfinal playoff game in another state over the Thanksgiving holiday and saw something I have never seen at any level. Team A ran a sweep toward the home bench. The ball was down close to a first down so a measurement was required. Rather than leaving the ball where it lied, the officials respotted the ball approximately 20-25 yards closer to where the chains were. Then the chains were brought on to measure. This happened not only once but three times during the game. All three measurements were decided by a football length or less. I asked some of the local fans if this was a common occurence in this particular state and they said it was also the first time they had ever seen the ball moved before a measurement. These officials would literally try to eyeball whether they wanted to measure or not, then one official would mark the spot, throw the ball to another official who would spot it according to the official who make the initial spot. The funniest part was that neither coach said anything at all to the officials. Even funnier was that they didn't do this on every measurement. On one measurement right on the sideline the chain gang brought the chains all the way across the field, while on another measurement they came out to midfield, neither time moving the ball from where it was called down. I never could figure out the reasoning for moving the ball before the measurement. If someone could explain this, I would appreciate it.

Congratulations boys. Sorry I couldn't be there to see it.

Any Score?

GHS 21 - WHS 7. Gordonsville held Vantrease to 58 yards on 32 carries. Gordonsville's Justin Smith rushed for 188 yards on 22 carries and had over 120 yards passing. As for your 2 cents worth: If FCS could have scored 30 on Gordonsville they would have done it. Keep making your "guru" predictions. Between your prediction for this game and the FCS-Trousdale game, you're at ZERO wins and TWO losses.