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  1. Quick question? Why is waverly playing greenbriar to see who plays Elizabethton in the opening round? Maybe I missed something.
  2. It always starts with your feeder programs as well. Look at Sullivan East. You have Mary Hughes who produces most of their good players and you have a great middle school coach and one of the best teachers in the game Mark Mason. Hampton is another prime example. Small school competes with good aaa and AA schools year in and year out. They always have a very good feeder program that gets their kids ready for high school. I think two of the most important things in basketball till this day is setting a standard for your team and holding them accountable year in and year out to the highest extent. And the second thing is player development. I see so many kids these days who you go watch and they haven't gotten any better skill wise from the time they was a freshman till the time they graduate and a lot of that comes with how much time you put in your game from the time March ends until the time November rolls around. Not pick up a basketball in November and hope that it falls into place. Bottom line is you have very small schools like Cloudland and Hampton who compete with the best year in and year out in this area and to be truthful probably have less talent to chose from than Volunteer does. They just do a good job of taking what they have and make it work.
  3. I don't even follow volunteer basketball but I saw them play twice this year and there was talent there. They just seemed very undisciplined to me.
  4. Hands down Brooke Rhodes from Cloudland.
  5. What are some good things teams are able to do up until official practice day starts just curious?
  6. As far as Unaka goes they lost alot of kids off of last years team. I do know that they lost a pretty good catcher in Mccinturf to Chatt State,Their #2 pitcher Huskins to Milligan College and their # 1 pitcher Anderews who I am not sure if she is playing college ball or not. I know Walter State was looking at her but not sure if it fell through or what happened. But they did lost about 85 to 90 percent of their power at the plate,And some very good defensive weapons as well. University High returns mostly every starter back including their ace,Not sure of her name but when she is on they are a very tough ball club. Almost every starter returns for them as well,Because I know last year they were very young.Cloudland returns every starter from last years team finishing 3rd in the conference behind Unaka and University High,Those will be your top 3 teams out of District 1A.
  7. I dont see why everyone is putting so much stock in Oakdale? You guys got beat by Oneida and got beat by a Kingston team who only beat a horrible Cumberland Gap team by 1 point. the top 2 teams in district 1 and Cosby out of district 2 would beat any team in district 4 by 20 or more guarantee you.
  8. Does anyone have any information on any Junior Varsity tournaments around the Upper East Tennessee area that might be possible to enter?
  9. Fisherman is right. I have played and coached against many of John Dyers teams in the past and I can tell you they will not back down in the paint and they will make you run the floor and play defense. East has always had small teams but they play hard on both ends of the floor. If you remember Sullivan East used to be in the Big 9 conference so its no stranger to them to have to guard bigs inside. Dyer puts alot of emphasis on playing defense so I dont think this will be a big issue. But I do think Elizabethton will be a very tough team to compete with in that conference and do believe they have a little more talent than Sullivan East.
  10. I agree Elizabethton will be good IMO I see them splitting with Sullivan East. But I think in the long run East is just a little bit better than Elizabethton. I think Easts strong non-conference schedule will play a big role on what success they may have and coach Dyer always seems to reload every year and has his kids playing hard for 32 minutes night in and night out. Dont sleep on Unicoi though they will be tough as well.
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    Uknowit2 IMO both Cloudland and Unaka are a year or two away. Both teams are mostly made up of talented Juniors and pretty good Sophmores. I think this is one of those years where you can expect to see two things. 1. I think that any team in the conference can lose 2 games and still share or win the conference. 2.There wont be any team go undefeated. Every team in the conference this year is pretty well balanced. I dont put much stock like some people do on how a jv team finishes prior to the upcoming season. Alot of kids/teams develope a whole lot over the summer and it's hard to tell what's in store for each team until November roles around. Coaches pretty much will tell you and im a firm believer in it but you honestly dont know how good you are going to be until mid december early January which is when you want to start playing your best basketball.But I do believe this is going to be a very exciting year for every team in the conference amd pretty much expect to see a battle every night from each team. But I will give my prediction on how I think the outcome will look for each team. 1.Cloudland- Very athletic with a good Junior and younger class. Very consistent at going to the state tournament. But as usual I think defense will be their biggest focus as it is every year which will help them get back to Murfreesboro. 2.Unaka- They are alot similar to Cloudland.Very good Junior and Sophmore class that plays hard on the defensive end of the floor and has alot of athletes returning. 3.Hampton- This team is pretty much made up of good role players from last years team. Lost a good crop of seniors from last years team but I think this team has the tools to be a good team after Christmas but its one of those processes where it's going to take alot of teaching and developing kids how to get ready at the varsity level. 4.North Greene- They return a very good guard in the Britton kid to go along with good athletes. Ted always puts a good group of kids on the floor that are diciplined and plays hard.North Greene will be one of those type of teams that could upset anybody if you dont show up to play. 5.University High- They return the Crowe kid back and usually had pretty good shooters. You just never know what they are going to have coming in transfer wise prior to the season so it's hard to gage or predict how they are going to be. Feel free to let me know your opinions and good luck to everyone this season it's sneaking up on us fast.
  12. 2md behind Sullivan East.
  13. I am assuming your kid doesn't get alot of minutes. Ryan Arnold is one of the most underrated coaches in this area period. His team plays hard and competes night in and night out and he has a very high knowledge about the game. Why dont you tell me the last time Daniel Boone has played in a Substate game? When was the last time Daniel Boone won 18 games beat Science Hill twice and Dobyns Bennett once all in the same season? Not to mention Tennessee High and Unicoi as well. Look save your crap for someone who cares regardless of your freedom of opinion you are just setting yourself up to look like a complete idiot.
  14. Hampton isn't a bad baseball club. Coach Hardin has did a good job of working hard with their boys and they was close to making it into the regionals last year very much improved.
  15. what do they have this year I know they always bring a crowd which will be good for bristol. I wonder if white station will be attending? It would be nice to see #16 pg in the nation according to rivals Joe Jackson play.
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