2018 State Champions- Make Your Picks!!!

[AllRegion]

Well, it's time again for the offseason...and as much as I love basketball, it's a sad time for me. I'm already looking forward to kickoff of the 2018 football season. Every year, right after the state championship games, I like to see if I can take a crack and predict the next season's state champions. I didn't do great for 2017, but I did manage to correctly call 4 of the 6 Division 1 winners (D-II drug me down, haha). It would be fun if everyone joined in and made their picks with me! If nothing else, it'll be entertaining to look back on this time next year.

As a disclaimer, I mean NO disrespect to any teams via lack of selection. Some of these are based on starters returning, and some are just a wild guess and a hope to luck up and be right. These are also not all teams that I happen to be cheering for  

1A: Greenback

2A: Trousdale County

3A: Alcoa

4A: Greeneville

5A: Knoxville Catholic

6A: Oakland

DII-A: Nashville Christian

DII-AA: Grace Christian Academy (Knoxville)

DII-AAA: Ensworth

[orngnblk]

2 hours ago, AllRegion said:

Well, it's time again for the offseason...and as much as I love basketball, it's a sad time for me. I'm already looking forward to kickoff of the 2018 football season. Every year, right after the state championship games, I like to see if I can take a crack and predict the next season's state champions. I didn't do great for 2017, but I did manage to correctly call 4 of the 6 Division 1 winners (D-II drug me down, haha). It would be fun if everyone joined in and made their picks with me! If nothing else, it'll be entertaining to look back on this time next year.

As a disclaimer, I mean NO disrespect to any teams via lack of selection. Some of these are based on starters returning, and some are just a wild guess and a hope to luck up and be right. These are also not all teams that I happen to be cheering for  

1A: Greenback

2A: Trousdale County

3A: Alcoa

4A: Greeneville

5A: Knoxville Catholic

6A: Oakland

DII-A: Nashville Christian

DII-AA: Grace Christian Academy (Knoxville)

DII-AAA: Ensworth

GCA loses 22 Srs may be hard for them but Bradley finds talent.I dont see a bad pick!!I would still go with Maryville just because!

[AllRegion]

17 minutes ago, orngnblk said:

GCA loses 22 Srs may be hard for them but Bradley finds talent.I dont see a bad pick!!I would still go with Maryville just because!

Well, you may have found a bad pick on my end, LOL. Didn't know that Grace lost so much. I was impressed with what Bradley did in such a short team, but his senior-heavy squad may have aided in the turnaround. 

You're dead-on about Maryville, too. This is the first time I've ever picked against them, and I'm not very confident at all in doing so. I just keep hearing all that Oakland has returning, so I'm reluctantly going with the Patriots. 

Would you like to give it a stab? You always are knowledgeable about the game, and I think you would do well. Probably better than me

[AllRegion]

My dad doesn't have a CoachT account, but I talked to him and he's going to do it this year as well. Here are his picks:

1A: Greenback

2A: Meigs County

3A: Alcoa

4A: Greeneville

5A: Henry County

6A: Oakland

DII-A: Nashville Christian

DII-AA: Grace Christian Academy (Knoxville)

DII-AAA: MBA

[orngnblk]

23 minutes ago, AllRegion said:

Well, you may have found a bad pick on my end, LOL. Didn't know that Grace lost so much. I was impressed with what Bradley did in such a short team, but his senior-heavy squad may have aided in the turnaround. 

You're dead-on about Maryville, too. This is the first time I've ever picked against them, and I'm not very confident at all in doing so. I just keep hearing all that Oakland has returning, so I'm reluctantly going with the Patriots. 

Would you like to give it a stab? You always are knowledgeable about the game, and I think you would do well. Probably better than me

Would like to see what FC (D2 1A)has coming back they were very good,Also Webb.If Oakland returns alot then yes that would also be the right pick.

Your dad may be on to something with Henry County.

I will do some research and revisit.LOL.

[RaisedEmRightNStillPraying]

I only know a little about one division.....DII-AA: Did somebody forget Luzianne has the studs coming back for a 3-peat attempt? CPA has all of their studs coming back too, if Patterson can get healthy....hopeful for him. They'll battle it out in the semis. In the East, ND has most all of their athletes back....just have to replace some big dudes, which they will. I kinda like the popular GCA darkhorse pick. I'll leave the bullseye on the competition.....for now.

1A - GB - lock this one in stone

2A - Union City (sure wish we were still in 2A......we'd have won that gold ball this year!!!)

3A - Alcoa - another lock

4A - Greeneville - Ballard can't be beat

5A - Catholic (they'll "recruit" replacements.....just watch and see!)

6A - Maryville - GQ will be proud of the dynasty continued

DII-A - NCS - guessin' here

DII-AA - ND - you're welcome Booger

DII-AAA - BA - small college program prevails again 

[AllRegion]

14 hours ago, orngnblk said:

Would like to see what FC (D2 1A)has coming back they were very good,Also Webb.If Oakland returns alot then yes that would also be the right pick.

Your dad may be on to something with Henry County.

I will do some research and revisit.LOL.

I think the FC running back is young, so he will be a big part of their success. That's scary because he is strong and fast even as an underclassman. You make a good point about Webb as well...they were young and they return Elijah Howard, plus Meske and his staff are one of the best in East TN. 

5A is one of the most wide-open (IMO), because everyone seems pretty even with the exception of Catholic, and I don't know a ton about what they have waiting in the wings. So he might be 100% right about Henry County...and I'm sure I'll hear about it from if he is, lol.

That sounds like a plan...you have until August, so no rush

[AllRegion]

10 hours ago, RaiseEmRightnPray said:

I only know a little about one division.....DII-AA: Did somebody forget Luzianne has the studs coming back for a 3-peat attempt? CPA has all of their studs coming back too, if Patterson can get healthy....hopeful for him. They'll battle it out in the semis. In the East, ND has most all of their athletes back....just have to replace some big dudes, which they will. I kinda like the popular GCA darkhorse pick. I'll leave the bullseye on the competition.....for now.

1A - GB - lock this one in stone

2A - Union City (sure wish we were still in 2A......we'd have won that gold ball this year!!!)

3A - Alcoa - another lock

4A - Greeneville - Ballard can't be beat

5A - Catholic (they'll "recruit" replacements.....just watch and see!)

6A - Maryville - GQ will be proud of the dynasty continued

DII-A - NCS - guessin' here

DII-AA - ND - you're welcome Booger

DII-AAA - BA - small college program prevails again 

Great picks, thank you for participating!! I must say, I think you might have me beat on a lot of those. It was very hard to go against Union City, BA, and Maryville.

I will admit that Grace is going out on a limb (especially after I saw how many starters you all lose), but I've seen Coach Bradley work magic before. Coach Bradley's system always works, but sometimes it takes a year or so to get everything in place. I was surprised by how quickly it came together at GCA, and I expect him to (pleasantly) surprise everyone in 2018

[RaisedEmRightNStillPraying]

6 hours ago, AllRegion said:

Great picks, thank you for participating!! I must say, I think you might have me beat on a lot of those. It was very hard to go against Union City, BA, and Maryville.

I will admit that Grace is going out on a limb (especially after I saw how many starters you all lose), but I've seen Coach Bradley work magic before. Coach Bradley's system always works, but sometimes it takes a year or so to get everything in place. I was surprised by how quickly it came together at GCA, and I expect him to (pleasantly) surprise everyone in 2018

We don't lose as many as previously reported by the guru down south. We do lose a LOT though. We got better every week after the Webb game because of coaching. This off-season is crucial for our lines and RBs.

We also had some guys most folks didn't know we had. Heck, it took us a handful of games to figure out what we had to work with. They had Booger's boys chasin' em all over the field tryin' to swat down balls (they got their share too.) We just forgot to play sound kicking game that night, and I still, for the life of me, do not understand why we kicked the darn ball to that skeeter 4-star?? Vol de-commit. (Can't blame him either....what a mess we've got in Knoxville right now!)

Webb loses a TON of players like we do. They'll re-load as usual. Should be fun in our region next year.

[orngnblk]

On 12/6/2017 at 4:39 PM, RaiseEmRightnPray said:

We don't lose as many as previously reported by the guru down south. We do lose a LOT though. We got better every week after the Webb game because of coaching. This off-season is crucial for our lines and RBs.

We also had some guys most folks didn't know we had. Heck, it took us a handful of games to figure out what we had to work with. They had Booger's boys chasin' em all over the field tryin' to swat down balls (they got their share too.) We just forgot to play sound kicking game that night, and I still, for the life of me, do not understand why we kicked the darn ball to that skeeter 4-star?? Vol de-commit. (Can't blame him either....what a mess we've got in Knoxville right now!)

Webb loses a TON of players like we do. They'll re-load as usual. Should be fun in our region next year.

I got that information straight from your gurus mouth! I'm not one to report anything unless I'm pretty sure it's pertinent information.

Edited December 8, 2017 by orngnblk

[BoardHater71]

1A:  Greenback

2A:  Union City 

3A:  Alcoa

4A:  Greeneville 

5A:  Knoxville Catholic 

6A:  Oakland

 

DII-A:  Nashville Christian

D-II-AA:  Lausanne

D-II-AAA:  MBA

[FridayMainEvent]

On ‎12‎/‎5‎/‎2017 at 2:42 PM, AllRegion said:

Well, it's time again for the offseason...and as much as I love basketball, it's a sad time for me. I'm already looking forward to kickoff of the 2018 football season. Every year, right after the state championship games, I like to see if I can take a crack and predict the next season's state champions. I didn't do great for 2017, but I did manage to correctly call 4 of the 6 Division 1 winners (D-II drug me down, haha). It would be fun if everyone joined in and made their picks with me! If nothing else, it'll be entertaining to look back on this time next year.

As a disclaimer, I mean NO disrespect to any teams via lack of selection. Some of these are based on starters returning, and some are just a wild guess and a hope to luck up and be right. These are also not all teams that I happen to be cheering for  

1A: Greenback

2A: Trousdale County

3A: Alcoa

4A: Greeneville

5A: Knoxville Catholic

6A: Oakland

DII-A: Nashville Christian

DII-AA: Grace Christian Academy (Knoxville)

DII-AAA: Ensworth

Agree except for 2A.   Biggest question mark for me right now with Meigs, Trousdale, Union City, Peabody, and Waverly all making a legit argument. Oh, and Adamsville.   Definitely the most balanced class in my opinion.