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Ahh, I was under the impression that they kept two teams from the same section on opposite sides, not just region. Then yeah I guess it’s probably a decent chance they meet again.

Unless one gets upset it is very unlikely though right? The only way they would play at state is in the championship game and that ain’t happening, per Houston. So only one of them losing would see the two meeting again in sub-state.

I need some of that magic popcorn

Oh I didn’t realize that. Well, that answers a lot. Kind of odd they’re not as dominant in boys then.

There is a high school in Germantown, TN called Germantown High School. What am I missing here? Also, we can play hypotheticals all day. I was simply stating that it is impressive as is. BTW, something tells me Rebel’s popcorn eating emoji wasn’t directed at Houston’s dominance as much as it was at Maryville maybe having something to say about my predicted state championship matchup. And they very-well may.

You’re a little late with that post. They were still undefeated coming into this game today vs Houston, but Collierville and Briarcrest scored on them. Also Houston is up 3-0 on Bearden at halftime. Unless Bearden makes a great come back it looks like Houston is in a league of their own once again this year. I really thought Bearden would give them a better game this year (I still think this will be the state championship match-up though). Houston girls soccer is on one of the most dominating runs in Tennessee high school sports history. Pretty impressive.

Or... like a close friend of a local club coach who knows what school a large percentage of the best talent is attending.

To your last sentence - Bearden is. If they’re not this year, they will be in the next year or two. The best that Bearden girls have ever been is coming soon.

I see Alcoa beat GP 3 times last year. How’s Alcoa going to be this year? They lose much from last year?

Second fiddle? This is a joke right? 2-0 loss against Maryville last year for Alcoa was a moral victory. I’m guessing Maryville will probably demolish Alcoa this year. Alcoa is a great single A team (I guess) - but cmon, let’s not compare them to good AA or AAA teams.

Touché. I definitely jumped the gun with this. However, in my defense, they lost to Greeneville 0-3 and Science Hill 0-1 either right before or right after Farragut beat SH 5-0 or 5-1 or something like that. I wish I could see DB play. Apparently they’re really good.

I think it’s safe to say Bearden isn’t very good this year. Rebuilding year I’d say.

By the way, it’s worth pointing out too that the boys can technically have full practice all summer too, until school starts. I know some programs have taken advantage of this in the past. Especially ones with not many club players.

Technically the girls can start the first day after their school year has ended (usually late May or early June). And of course they cannot do anything during the 2 week dead period. The July 23 date only has to do with player eligibility. As for boys, I think they could afford to begin practice a few weeks earlier just because it’s almost guaranteed they’ll miss a significant amount due to the amount of rain and snow we usually get in February and early March.

If (when) Houston and Collierville play in the championship game it will be their 3rd matchup of the season. Why is this not their 4th matchup? Do they not have a district tournament?