ThePunisher

I just heard from someone at Heritage that 3 more seniors quit the team yesterday. Where does that put them numbers wise? Based on prior posts, they may now be at or below 30.

According to the schedules on CoachT, the AE Baseball team has only won 13 games in the last 15 years, and 0 games since 2012. Cancelling that sport would be a blessing to AE and all of their opponents.

I will agree with that.

If you truly have the ability to play football beyond high school, playing at Maryville is probably the thing to do. You will get more exposure and look better than you really are, because you will only have to play one way and the better players around you will help you be better. If you stay at Heritage or WB, you will play both ways and most times not get as much help from your teammates. The chance of injury or just getting worn out are much greater. However, over the years many kids that could have been contributors at Heritage or WB have gone to Maryville to get a ring while never playing a down outside of mop-up time. That gives Mayville a big advantage in the depth chart, and kills the depth at the county schools.

Sounds like the South Doyle dad should have been telling his wife to shut up too instead of going after the other guy. No pitcher hits 3 consecutive batters on purpose in an elimination game. For the score to be 23-13, they must have been playing slow-pitch softball, so it couldn't hurt that much.

What has happened to Bearden this year? Their record is terrible, and many of the games are not even close.

I see that Siegel got to play all of its AAA State Tournament games on their home field. Should that really be allowed to happen? Shouldn't they have been moved over to the other bracket?

I saw Pigeon Forge play the other day and noticed that the former South Doyle coach (resigned in December)was in the dugout all decked out in PF gear and his son was playing for PF. What is the deal with that? He still teaches at South Doyle.

I think they did play in varsity competition. TSSAA transfer rules require a move by the kids and parents, and that didn't happen. I don't think what Knox County does has any bearing. I don't know if they were freshman, but that would make a difference. If your maroon and black F avatar has anything to do with Fulton, you should be able to find out.

The statutory rape of the players is not a TSSAA issue. However, I believe they do have jurisdiction when 2 players that live in another school zone in Knoxville move in with a South Doyle Assistant Coach and play for South Doyle.

It will be interesting to see just how much of the real details come out in the Sentinel. If the whole thing comes out, I can't imagine that the TSSAA won't be interested. Then again, if you pull shenanigans and still go 0-10, maybe they won't.

What are the dimensions of the new field? The resolution in this picture isn't high enough to read the distance in CF and I don't see any other distances in this picture. It kind of looks like it says 300, but that can't be right.

Population numbers don't really tell the whole story for the county schools. They lose a lot of kids off the top because athletics is just not an option for them. At WB, several live closer to North Carolina than WB, and sports is off the table. For HHS, the same thing happens because kids have to work the farm or get a job to have any money at all. Therefore, the pool of kids to pick from is more on par with other schools that have about 2/3 the number of students. The county schools have some players that are every bit as good as the city school stars. The difference is their supporting cast, the fact that they have to play both ways and the fact that they are totally worn out or playing hurt for most of the season.

Or it could just be the stars aligning and a group of good athletes came through during that time period with a good coach. The baseball team was good during that time as well. Since then, not so much in either sport. Even George Quarles can't coach up a mule to win the KY Derby.

CoachT has the records back to 2001, so thanks for the data before that. Heritage has been 4-6 twice since 2001, and everything else is below that. I think they had a few decent years between 1978 to 2000, but not many. 15 seasons out of 73 for the 2 schools above .500 including playoff losses is probably a stretch.