Is Portsmouth really dropping Burg?

[Paulcrew]

If Portsmouth were in the SOC, where they should be, this would be a non issue. Frankly, I'm glad they are in the OVC.

[Portsmouth98]

We feel personally responsible for their playoff struggles the last few years. It's been nearly impossible to sleep knowing that if we had given them more competition they might have played better.

[callie15]

I FEEL THE SAME WAY, Maybe PHS can pick up Green, N West, Manchester or N DAME , No N Dame would beat them . East instead .

[Mad-Dogg]

Personally I'm glad p-town dropped us

[8332 Granite St]

Personally I'm glad p-town dropped us

Same here.
GO BURG!

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

I hope the ironton/burg series is around every year.

[Mad-Dogg]

I hope the ironton/burg series is around every year.

Me too. Even though it's not what it was i still hope the series with ironton continues

[piratepride86]

Yes, for 2017 season Portsmouth dropped Wheelersburg for River Valley. PHS wants nothing to do with Wheelersburg b/c( according to my Portsmouth sources,) PHS admin is upset with W'burg for recruiting their QB and moving him into W'burg right before the start of the school year.

Yea I guess we offered him all the wendy burgers and Freds Pizza he and his family could eat.....

Anyone else want in.

[85yards]

As it will definitely slow him down, he may not want to eat all that type of food more than once a month!

Hey PHS can believe whatever they want, all that means to me is that week 3 is open. His family moved into the district so there is no harm in that. Not trying to offend anyone, but as a fan of great football, I hope Wburg picks up a team that is more suited to their talent.

[Whodey]

Yes, for 2017 season Portsmouth dropped Wheelersburg for River Valley. PHS wants nothing to do with Wheelersburg b/c( according to my Portsmouth sources,) PHS admin is upset with W'burg for recruiting their QB and moving him into W'burg right before the start of the school year.

Yea I guess we offered him all the wendy burgers and Freds Pizza he and his family could eat.....

Anyone else want in.

I know for a fact a lot more has been offered to get an apartment in Burg

[vladimir]

First of all even when Ironton ruled...Burg held their own and have a great history and tradition of football in Wheelersburg. One day Burg will suck and Minford will be king.....gotcha stay humble
GO BURG!

Well, that's not too far from a fetched idea my friend. With the new Portsmouth bypass highway, restaurant licenses, and property values that have quadrupled in less than a year, I can see Minford's population booming maybe in a decade or so. It's all about where the population wants to live and sends their kids to school. There are some great property investment opportunities in Minford right now.

[JTEK]

Yes, for 2017 season Portsmouth dropped Wheelersburg for River Valley. PHS wants nothing to do with Wheelersburg b/c( according to my Portsmouth sources,) PHS admin is upset with W'burg for recruiting their QB and moving him into W'burg right before the start of the school year.

Yea I guess we offered him all the wendy burgers and Freds Pizza he and his family could eat.....

Anyone else want in.

I know for a fact a lot more has been offered to get an apartment in Burg

No you don't

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

it goes on in every district I spect. when I was there in the mid 70's in ironton. you lived and went to school in ironton, you could play for ironton, all our players were from our schools all along.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

unless a family moved into our area.

[Game day]

I hope what happened to Ironton don't happen to the Burg. No one wanted to play them and they had to travel all over Ohio and Kentucky to find games. There are only I think 5 teams in the SOC II and scheduling could become a problem.

[Oak]

The way they talk down the SOC schools and how they don't prepare them for their postseason, they should ask out of the SOCII.
Then they can schedule what they want. Careful what you ask for, you might get it.

[PTrojan59]

Can't say I really blame Portsmouth, I mean when you get it handed to you by the same team every year and it's not even close there's no need to continue to play them. For Burg they almost have a guaranteed win, but if Portsmouth is bad they won't get many points from them. For Portsmouth it's almost a guaranteed loss. I see benefits for both schools, Burg picks up someone who could get them some points, Portsmouth picks up someone who they could possibly beat (although that doesn't help you from getting blasted in the playoffs sense you wouldn't have played a good Burg team). I dislike that both teams will lose out on a nice gate, Portsmouth fans will not travel to RV like they did to a Burg (some years that didn't even happen lol) nor will RV fans travel to Portsmouth like Burg fans do. My hope is that Portsmouth will continue to build on the improvement of this season and some day be able to play Burg to a competitive game.

[Mad-Dogg]

I've heard from several reasonable sources that the burg is in contact with canton central catholic for a potential wk 3 game next season. They also think ironton might follow after next season

[LetsGoPSU]

Going to miss Burg-Portsmouth week moving forward, but face it, it sure isn't what it used to be,I still believe Portsmouth should be a member of the SOC, but that was never destined to occur

[trojandave]

I am very disappointed in the decision to drop Wheelersburg. I know that the Trojans haven't been competitive for most of the last decade, but that's no reason to run away from the series. GET BETTER!! What do we tell our Trojans now? "Don't ever give up"--Jim Valvano........."Real character shows in adversity".........tough times never last, but tough people do", "those who stay will be champions"--Bo Schembechler, "We shall overcome"--African American spiritual, "It's not how you get knocked down, it's how you get up". Can we look our kids in the face and honestly tell them to embrace these attributes? Remember that there is life after football, and I thought that football helped teach life lessons to those who play.

I will continue to support the Trojans because I WILL NOT take out my displeasure with this decision on the kids. They had nothing to do with this, and they need to see people in the stands supporting them, win or lose, good or bad, first place or last place. I don't want to be a quitter, instead, I'll take the bad and the good and try to make the best of it.

GO TROJANS!!!