Thomasville lost a lot of community support between Coach Brown and Coach Robertson. Poor play and records, participation down. Behavior issues on and off the field. Throw in COVID, online tickets and the aging of the strong booster group and home attendance fell off significantly.
Add in a long ride and high gas prices. Frigid weather. Many of the Thomasville supporters don’t have a reliable car or money for gas for that trip.
Those aren’t excuses. That’s the dynamic we’re dealing with in Thomasville. The school system has a high poverty rate. The three or four hundred middle class diehards of a decade ago have either died or moved on to other things.
I agree that it’s unfortunate.
Most mountain schools are where Thomasville was ten years ago. The game was the only thing in town. It’s been an eye opener how quickly that can change.