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team should work together to play “better organized football.” “I saw district games that we could have won twice,” he said. “It’s not just our schedule that is the problem.”
Tough times
Panther’s varsity football two year record is 1-19. The Panthers sole win was the result of scheduling an independent game with Chincoteague, a Virginia public high school with an enrollment of 353 students. Chincoteague is an independent school, and is not part of the Virginia High School League (VHSL) district. The Panthers won that game 46-6. “It was like a train was running over a child,” said one player at the time.
For the other nineteen games, however, the Panthers have been the team hit the hardest. Anyone who has gone to the varsity football games winces at the memory of the team pounded with heavy losses. Parents who remember the year prior know it was worse, as players limped off the field with injuries, unable or unwilling to return for the next game.
Last year’s Bull Rim District games were devastating as the Panthers lost to George Mason 36-7, Strasburg 33-0, Madison 43-6, and Manassas Park 47-7. “It’s like going to a gunfight with a knife,” said head coach Kemp Pullen, who repeatedly expressed frustration throughout the season.
Athletic director J.D. Almond explained that although Rappahannock High School is small, it is considered a single A team by the VHSL. “A Single A high school has an enrollment of 0-700 students,” he said. “The problem is that we are a little closer to zero and the others are
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