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[ cheering ] ♪ >> robie: this place was a boomin. you couldnt get through this town down there. but its dead now. about eight or ten coal mines shut down at one time. >> coach: lets go! its the same halftime speech every single week. >> quentin: there is so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positive. they see us as ignorant or hillbillies. >> daniel whitt: overdose capital of the east coast. >> quentin: but theres more here than just poverty and i...

Anthony Bourdain digs deep into the proud, often misunderstood culture of West Virginia, as he traverses a 5,000-foot mine, observes the demolition derby-like...

>> coach larry: lord bless everybody thats going to the game, bless these young men and these young women as they cheer and as they play on the field. >> anthony: its friday night. homecoming. the summers county bobcats versus the mount view golden knights. ♪ and for the citizens of welch, and mcdowell county, this is a very big deal indeed. [ laughter ] ♪ >> anthem singer: what so proudly we hailed. >> anthony: everybody knows everybody elses families, ask after their kids by name, mixed co...

Game, bless these young men and these young women as they cheer and as they play on the field. >> anthony: its friday night. homecoming. the summers county bobcats versus the mount view golden knights. ♪ and for the citizens of welch, and mcdowell county, this is a very big deal indeed. [ laughter ] ♪ >> anthem singer: what so proudly we hailed. >> anthony: everybody knows everybody elses families, asks after their kids by name, mixed couples are common. theres an easy familiarity between pe...

>> anthony: its friday night. homecoming. the summers county bobcats versus the mount view golden knights. ♪ and for the citizens of welch, and mcdowell county, this is a very big deal indeed. [ laughter ] ♪ >> anthem singer: what so proudly we hailed. >> anthony: everybody knows everybody elses families, ask after their kids by name, mixed couples are common. theres an easy familiarity between people here. >> coach larry: bang, bang on three. one, two, three. >> team: bang, bang. >> coach l...

>> team: amen. >> anthony: its friday night. homecoming. the summers county bobcats versus the mount view golden knights. ♪ and for the citizens of welch, and mcdowell county, this is a very big deal indeed. [ laughter ] ♪ >> anthem singer: what so proudly we hailed. >> anthony: everybody knows everybody elses families, ask after their kids by name, mixed couples are common. theres an easy familiarity between people here. >> announcer: the 2017 mount view high school homecoming queen is -- [...

Versus the mount view golden knights. ♪ and for the citizens of welch, and mcdowell county, this is a very big deal indeed. [ laughter ] ♪ >> anthem singer: what so proudly we hailed. >> anthony: everybody knows everybody elses families, ask after their kids by name, mixed couples are common. theres an easy familiarity between people here. >> announcer: the 2017 mount view high school homecoming queen is -- [ cheers and applause ] >> coach larry: bang, bang on three. one, two, three. >> team...

And as they play on the field. lord guide us to victory this evening, keep everybody safe, to and from the game. in jesus name i pray, amen. >> team: amen. >> anthony: its friday night. homecoming. the summers county bobcats versus the mount view golden knights. ♪ and for the citizens of welch, and mcdowell county, this is a very big deal indeed. [ laughter ] ♪ >> anthem singer: what so proudly we hailed. >> anthony: everybody knows everybody elses families, ask after their kids by name, mix...

Homecoming. the summers county bobcats versus the mount view golden knights. and for the citizens of welch, and mcdowell county, this is a very big deal indeed. anthem singer: what so proudly we hailed. everybodys knows shall he is elses families. >> anthony: theres an easy familiarity between people here; everybody knows everybody elses families, ask after their kids by name, mixed couples are homecoming queen is coach larry bang, bang on 3. 1, 2, 3. team: bang, bang. coach larry: get that. ton...

Homecoming. the summers county bobcats versus the mount view golden knights. and for the citizens of welch, and mcdowell county, this is a very big deal indeed. anthem singer: what so proudly we hailed. >> anthony: everybody knows everybodys families, their kids by names. mixed couples are common. theres an easy familiarity between people here. >> malt two high school homecoming queen is. >> one, two, three. >> get there! coach larry: get that. tony: so very much west virginia tradition: coal mi...