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Thursday at Humboldt 3:30 - Humboldt vs. South Side 5:45 - Clarksville-NW vs. South Side 8:00 - Clarksville-NW vs. Fayette Academy at Liberty 5:00 - Westview vs. Madison 7:15 - Liberty vs. Madison at Dyersburg 5:00 - Dyersburg vs. Union City 7:15 - Halls vs. Union City at Milan 5:00 - Milan vs. North Side 7:15 - Milan vs. White House Friday at Humboldt 1:15 - Union City vs. White House 3:30 - Union City vs. North Side 5:45 - Humboldt vs. Clarksville-NW 8:00 - Humboldt vs. Fayette Academy at Dyersburg 1:15 - Dyersburg vs. Liberty 3:30 - Westview vs. Liberty 5:45 - Westview vs. Halls 8:00 - Dyersburg vs. Halls at Milan 11:00 - Milan vs. Madison 1:15 - Milan vs. South Side 3:30 - Fayette Academy vs. South Side 5:45 - White House vs. North Side Saturday Semifinals are at Milan and Humboldt. Other games will be played as well. Championship game is 3:30 at Humboldt.

I am not a member of Humboldt's basketball coaching staff. The numbers I rattled off are easily accessible to anyone on the TSSAA website - just click on the 2009-2013 classification numbers. They do not rank them, so I couldn't tell you a top 10, etc. Manassas is legal for this year, despite their advantage in enrollment. Reclassification happens every four years, while adjustments are made halfway through that period. Manassas' enrollment was likely still in the 400s when both of those things happened, but spiked when a lot of Westside's former students ended up there after closing. It's not an excuse for any class A team, but it is a fact that Manassas has 50% more students than pretty much all other single A teams. But, should they win, they will be champs.

I don't do a lot of posting, but to clear a couple of things up: 1) The TSSAA only allows 24 games on the schedule for boys (and girls for that matter) basketball. Any tournaments count two games toward this 24 (you're allowed two tournaments) and Hall of Champion games are not included. For Humboldt, 18 district games, plus 2 Milan, 2 Gibson Co., and the GC Christmas Tourney = 24 games. Cannot add for this year. The good news is, beginning next year, the district decreases to eight teams which means only 14 district games as opposed to 18, so that frees up four games. 2) Manassas, I believe, received some sort of restriction on this year's schedule because they played too many regular season games. That restriction included being prohibited from Hall of Champion games and (possibly) from regular season tournaments/classics. Not sure on the second part. I notice from their CoachT schedule that they are involved in a couple of classics, so this may not be the case. Curiously enough, of the 30 schools that participate in boys basketball in West Tennessee, 29 turned in a schedule, as required, to the TSSAA. Only one did not (for whatever reason) - Manassas. 3) The truth of the matter about enrollment was stated by another poster. After the closing of Westside, Manassas has a considerably higher enrollment than that of its Class A counterparts. According to the numbers turned in for the reclassification: Humboldt - 447, Union City - 344, Middleton - 403, Manassas - 615. Next year, to get to the state tournament, Manassas will have to be one of the top two teams among: BT Washington, Fairley, Sheffield, Frayser, Kingsbury, M. Northside, Trezevant, Dyersburg, Haywood, Ripley, Bolivar, Fayette-Ware, JCM, Liberty, J. South Side and others. This after the graduation of the deified Mr. Buckner. 4) To respond to a little online banter - Legend did get quiet last year. The day after the championship he couldn't be found for days, weeks, who knows. After months of internet silence, he returned to (again) crown Manassas champions before tournaments even begin. That diabolical plan worked wonders last year - even built them a 17-point third quarter lead in the state championship game. So who are you guys to question!

I've known the Haney family since I was playing T-ball with his grandson. Even with a busy schedule, he followed our baseball days growing up at every turn. God bless Mrs. Peggy and the family during these days. My time in radio was directly influenced by the local voices of Bill Haney and "Diamond" Dave McCulley - I'm sure many have similar stories of how Bill was an influence on their lives.

Jim Cawley was a class act who loved the Union City community and its sports. Every town needs one like him.

The district website is www.ballcharts.com/a14 . You can access a bracket under the handouts link.

The Easter Slam includes sixteen teams and is played at four sites (Dyersburg, Humboldt, Liberty, and Milan). The schedule (barring inclement weather) looks like this: Wednesday at Dyersburg Dyersburg vs. Halls at Humboldt Humboldt vs. Madison Humboldt vs. Obion at Milan Westview vs. Milan North Side vs. Milan at Liberty Liberty vs. Gibson Co. Thursday at Dyersburg Dyersburg vs. Union City Century (IL) vs. Union City Century (IL) vs. Halls at Humboldt South Side vs. Madison South Side vs. Obion at Milan Davidson Academy vs. Westview Davidson Academy vs. North Side at Liberty Liberty vs. Clarksville-Northwest Gibson Co. vs. Clarksville-Northwest Friday at Dyersburg Century (IL) vs. Dyersburg Halls vs. Union City at Humboldt Humboldt vs. South Side Madison vs. Obion at Milan Milan vs. Davidson Academy Westview vs. North Side at Liberty Liberty vs. Clarksville-Northwest The winner of each pool competes in the semifinals then consolation/championship games.

Congrats. Noah could probably go somewhere else and attempt to move up the coaching ranks, but stays at home and invests in the hometown program. Any success for him is well-earned.

Humboldt Football: www.ballcharts.com/humboldtfootball

Congratulations to Chantel Poston of Milan for signing with Purdue University. I knew when this girl was grabbing rebounds by the rim in Jr. High she would be a special player. Good luck to this young lady in the future.

Actually, the unofficial "All-State" teams are put together by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association. Just released their teams this weekend. You can find them here: 2007 All-State

Seymour 9 DC 0 - Great Season PO and the Choctaws.

Wow.

Any updates for those of us without radio access?

How does it delay the game? If the coach is making an official trip to the mound, the ball is thrown in during this time and is off the field before the coach why does it matter? We don't do this, but I can't see getting my panties in a wad because of it.