I would like to find the picture of Lance Fleming, elementary school football that was in Powhatan paper this week

GREG , WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN GODS EYES, AND THAT IS ALL THAT COUNTS

Roger:

I am already aware of most of those situations and a few others but not Roger Allen’s as he was before my time.

I understand where you are coming from, really I do. I appreciate the efforts that the players put in out on the field and merely want to recognize their successes in a positive manner.

I realize that the system in its current form may be less than ideal.  However, at the end of the day it is still a testament to the players that their ability has afforded them the opportunity to play at a higher level whether that is FBS, FCS, DII, DIII or NAIA.

I try to accentuate the positive with the players because we as adults should always be focused on the kids and what is best for them just as our parents and coaches did for us when we were their age.

Both Deon and Eric are great kids as are most of the other players that I have gotten to know over the past seven years.  It is truly an honor to be able to interact with them, watching them grow and develop from boys to men right before your eyes and see them move on into college and the real world.

In any event, I will be looking forward to that invite.  I could be a long lost cousin, twice removed on my mother’s father’s side, if you like.

HEY GREG, AT THE NEXT FAMILY REUNION WE WILL INVITE YOU, SO YOU CAN HEAR STORIES OF THE PARENTS OF HAKEEM, LAWRENCE,EMMETT AND ERIC, OF WHAT THEY DID TO GET THERE KIDS IN COLLEGE, LETS NOT FORGET ABOUT THE TAPES OF ROGER ALLEN THAT WAS FOUND IN THE TRASH., I CAN GO ON BUT THIS IS 2011 NOT 1950.

Roger:

There is only one player in Powhatan County to play football at a FBS school and that is BSH’s Kyle Jolly.

Deon is playing at FCS school in VMI which is the same division that Deon Watts’ brother Eric (PHS grad) played at when he was on ODU’s team before transferring to Brevard where he he made Honorable Mention this season at TE on Don Hansen’s Football Gazette Division II All-America.

Other Powhatan High players who have gone on to play in college include, Pat Purington, Brandon Dodd and Ryan Harris at VMI, Blake Campbell, Nate Mullins, and Lawrence Harris at Shenandoah.  Taron Hampton went to Virginia State and Emmett Brown is at Elizabeth City State.  Ray Grenke, Mike Schoeffel and Jonathan Marshall all played at CNU as will Josh Ingram while Mauriek Goode was a three year starter at Ferrum.  Then there is Vance Hendren at Randolph-Macon and Hakeem Abdul-Saboor who went to UVA-Wise. Finally, Shawn Minor had offer to play football at JMU but choose to play basketball at Lynchburg instead.

For BSH, there is Mike Allen at JMU and Andrew Maxwell at Ferrum.  Also Kendall Trainum who like Deon split time at PHS and BHS is at Shenandoah.

According to the NCAA, “Approximately 6.0 percent, or less than one in 16 of all high school senior boys playing interscholastic football will go on to play football at a NCAA member institution.”  For so many of Powhatan County’s football players to go on to college is a feat in of itself.

Instead of being critical, try and focus your attention on the positive and that is because of a player’s ability and being able for a college coach to see that ability translate to the college game, several recent Powhatan County (I include BSH as a part of this) high school graduates have been able to continue playing the wonderful game of football in college and receive an education at the same time.

Congrats to Deon for getting the scholarship.  The experience at VMI is one that will last a lifetime.

HOW MANY BALL PLAYERS DID WOODSON PUT IN BIG SCHOOLS, ITS A SHAME DEON HAD TO LEAVE PHS, TO GET A SCHOLAR SHIP.

Welcome to the VMI family.  We really need a few more wins on the field over the next 4 years.
Best of luck in Lexington.