Gordonsville @ Clay County

[Boarhog]

Does Gordonsville split carries amongst several kids or do they rely heavily on one guy like they did two years ago?

[Govolss]

Gordonsville  has a better receiving core as a whole this year imo... 14 could take the top off last year, but as a whole. I'll take this WR group. This should be a battle.

[TigerTown12]

16 hours ago, Boarhog said:

Does Gordonsville split carries amongst several kids or do they rely heavily on one guy like they did two years ago?

The ball has been spread around this year. Although if everyone is healthy I’d say they prefer to hand it to 32. They could throw it to several different ones but I’d say 15 has the most big plays. 

[Boarhog]

I was blown away when I heard that Gordonsville has 25 seniors.  Is that accurate?   I thought our group of 9 was big for A ball.  With Gordonsville at 365 enrollment and Clay at around 320, you wouldn’t think you’d see that big of a separation in the size of those groups.  Obviously the old saying of “they can just play 11” always applies, but 25 seniors, WOW.

[Jimmycroc]

13 hours ago, Boarhog said:

I was blown away when I heard that Gordonsville has 25 seniors.  Is that accurate?   I thought our group of 9 was big for A ball.  With Gordonsville at 365 enrollment and Clay at around 320, you wouldn’t think you’d see that big of a separation in the size of those groups.  Obviously the old saying of “they can just play 11” always applies, but 25 seniors, WOW.

That seems accurate they had a huge number of senior banners hanging when I watched play Oliver Springs.

[volwalker23]

13 hours ago, Boarhog said:

I was blown away when I heard that Gordonsville has 25 seniors.  Is that accurate?   I thought our group of 9 was big for A ball.  With Gordonsville at 365 enrollment and Clay at around 320, you wouldn’t think you’d see that big of a separation in the size of those groups.  Obviously the old saying of “they can just play 11” always applies, but 25 seniors, WOW.

That is accurate. If I'm not mistaken, they have at least 75 players on the team if not more.

[Southtowner]

@croz6110  yall got 25 seniors on this years squad? 

[TigerTown12]

14 hours ago, Boarhog said:

I was blown away when I heard that Gordonsville has 25 seniors.  Is that accurate?   I thought our group of 9 was big for A ball.  With Gordonsville at 365 enrollment and Clay at around 320, you wouldn’t think you’d see that big of a separation in the size of those groups.  Obviously the old saying of “they can just play 11” always applies, but 25 seniors, WOW.

It’s more like 20 but not all play. There are quite a few underclassmen that play. When everyone is healthy I don’t think any player plays both ways, which is helpful on hot nights but I don’t know if it matters late in the year

[volwalker23]

4 minutes ago, TigerTown12 said:

It’s more like 20 but not all play. There are quite a few underclassmen that play. When everyone is healthy I don’t think any player plays both ways, which is helpful on hot nights but I don’t know if it matters late in the year

I've heard that Gordonsville doesn't have a single player that plays both ways, which is not very common at the 1A level. I've wondered if Coach Jackson might change that when the playoffs roll around and start playing some of his better players on both sides of the ball

[croz6110]

On 10/23/2022 at 4:08 PM, Dog13 said:

Clay scrimmaged several good teams. Watertown, Monterey,&coalfield. They handled those scrimmages with ease. Lost to Dekalb in jamboree but only played starters a quarter at most. I’m going 22-14 Clay for their first ever region title.

We do have 20 seniors and around 70 players overall. Many of the seniors have started since they were freshmen.

Most of our players don't play both ways. Some of the skill players do, but none of the linemen do.

Edited October 26, 2022 by croz6110

[volwalker23]

1 minute ago, croz6110 said:

We do have 20 seniors and around 70 players overall. Many of the seniors have started since they were freshmen.

Most of our players don't play both ways. Some of the skill players do, but none of the linemen do.

Thanks for clearing that up regarding guys playing both ways, I figured there had to be at least a couple

[Pirate2003]

1 hour ago, volwalker23 said:

That is accurate. If I'm not mistaken, they have at least 75 players on the team if not more.

On a class 1A team?  That has to be a record.