In Class 2, the Graham GMen will be fantastic. Young team last year that returns most of the cupboard. They will also likely start out 0 and 1, as they open always with their usual crosstown/cross-state rival, Bluefield High, WV, who lost in the West VA AA title game on basically the last play of the game. Bluefield has a D1, upcoming Junior QB, and returns pretty much the entire team and will be favorites to win the West VA AA title. Graham will be very good and much better, and they will have a shot at beating Bluefield in game 1, but the team Graham plays in week 1 might be the best team it sees through 15 games, if Graham were to get that far. Graham will play Princeton, WV again, (the town of Princeton sets beside Bluefield) and Princeton won the West VA AAA state title last month, but they come to Graham and they lost over 20 seniors. Princeton beat Graham and throttled Bluefield last year in regular season. Next year, both Graham and Bluefield will be favored over Princeton.
The goal and expectations for both Bluefields next year, Bluefield, VA (Graham High), and Bluefield, WV (Bluefield High) are 2 state titles and anything less than that will probably be considered a disappointment locally because both teams, at least locally, are expected to be that good.
