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Pirates can make a run at the dance for sure.

I've always been a football fan first and then if you have a band that's awesome.No question that DB has one of the best bands in the country and the whole region should attend at least one DB game just to see their band. I don't know if Nick Saban could come to Kingsport and build a football program that could match the Dobyns Bennett band's success.That said,as mentioned before, a couple of things would have to change in order for the Tribe to just win a state championship on the field.Besides a program that starts from the peewee teams and goes all the way to J Fred with all coaches and weight training { in time }on the same page. Sometimes it also takes a little luck like the 1998 Vols .There are a lot of great athletes at a lot of big schools around the state and just because you want something doesn't mean your going to build a program like Alcoa has. Yes,start at the bottom and have guys that are quality coaches teaching at every level is 100% the first step. Parents can make it a lot easier by getting their young athletes into an early start with conditioning and weights as well when they are old enough to lift.If your son is a man in the weight room before he gets to DB , then it won't take a "Dobbs" coach to make him competitive against other schools athletes when it comes to strength.

Dyersburg scrimmaged South Gibson last week

A complete cultural change happened at Greeneville and the administration and community opened up their checkbooks. What a lot of people don't know is Ballard was Zeller's OC for many years and stopped coaching for two years because Zeller and Ballard didn't see eye to eye on some things. Zeller lead Greeneville to it's first ever Semi Final appearance in 2000 and lost 28-12 at Maryville and had them in the Quarter Finals in 2002 and 2003. Z was a great coach but lost some control when it came to making workouts mandatory. (He learned from that Mistake and it was at LC when i coached with him.). Z was let go going into my Senior Year and was replaced by Steve McCurry who was the one that turned the program around. Steve had won a 4a state championship at AC Reynolds in Asheville and made the administration completely redo the weight room with new equipment, had a football period at the end of the school day to lift, started devil camp, and brought in coaches like Danny Bentley (Still the OL coach), Ballard as the OC, Cody Baugh (QB coach and still there), and even Spradlen who is Greeneville's head coach now as the DB's Coach. McCurry only coached for two seasons at Greeneville and took a team that had a losing record the year before and finished my Senior Year making it to the Quarters and having a 10-3 record and then followed it up with a Semi Final appearance the next year with an 11-3 record and back to back conference championships. Loved McCurry to death but the recession hit and the story i heard was he was still buying new equipment for the team that the Principal didn't authorize and his response was "I don't answer to you and only to Niswonger and Bewley" (Two huge donors). That was it for him and they Promoted Ballard shortly after that. Greeneville had always been relevant ever since the the late 70's under Coach Fred Sorrell's. Since Sorrell's took over in 1977 Greeneville overall winning percentage is over 76%. The biggest reason people might not have thought Greeneville was "Good" until Ballard was Greeneville always played up Classification wise and could never get over the hump. (When there were 3 classifications we played 3a, when it went to 5 we played 4a). Greeneville is the largest its ever been with 953 students and where playing teams 2 or 3 times there size back in the day (I had a little over 800 kids in the school when i graduated in 2008). Other teams always would know they would be sore after a game but depth took over and never won a Championship until Greeneville played in the classification the TSSAA actually assigned them. You had names like Dustin Moore (1993 Mr Football for 3a and who Phillip Fulmer said was one of the greatest athletes he ever recruited), James "Mud Turtle" Mayes, Brigham Lyons, Byron Gillespie, Frankie Debusk (National Champion Qb at Furman with GQ), Jasmine Lowery, Cody Baugh, The Greenway Brothers, Joe Watson (Furman), etc. Now the cultural is from the Pee Wee league up and you grow up as a young kid wanting to wear the Greene and White. Here is a really good link when it comes to anything Greeneville Football related. https://greenevillefootball.com/ I also don't coach anymore. Z told me i was to smart with how the school systems are ran these days and ended up going into real estate in Knoxville which has been a great decision for my life.

Yes, they will. I'm wondering what kinds of strides Sale Creek will make heading into the second season under Coach Fitz.

No yellow stripes on the rug last night. Biggest crowd I’ve seen at 825 since the alco debacle.

Haha. I believe it.

Any word from the Oak Ridge scrimmage?

Yes Middle school is going to be really good the next few years. They have a terrific youth program in town. I don’t see anyone on Huntingdons middle school schedule that will beat them.

I think you are right. Changed to Friday, Aug 30. Thanks

Let ‘em leave. We’ll be alright. I’d rather not have someone who isn’t dedicated to the school and city anyway, if that be the case.

I heard a rumor about Mr. Thomas the other day that he plans on changing his school once again. Does anyone know if this is true? I hope no other school would be willing to take him up on this.

I heard a rumor about Mr. Thomas the other day that he plans on changing his school once again. Does anyone know if this is true? I hope no other school would be willing to take him up on this.

I heard a rumor about Mr. Thomas the other day that he plans on changing his school once again. Does anyone know if this is true? I hope no other school would be willing to take him up on this.

Who has the best chance of winning the region this year? Harriman returns a lot, Midway returns a lot, Oliver Springs returns a lot, Greenback returns a lot with a second year coach, Rockwood lost a bit, Oakdale lost everyone and Coalfield lost a few, but returns a lot.

Going on over a month now and still nothing, rumor mill or not I think a decision needs to be made. Maybe they don’t have anyone wanting it and maybe rumor mill don’t need it they are taking this long to come to an agreement.

How was the scrimmage ?

I haven’t been there in years. They still hand out the cheese?

Numbers are down everywhere in HS sports. Bradford with a great tradition for sure. Never know with every school about these numbers.

Here's a link to the brochure: 2024 Southern Champs Camp If you're looking for a camp, it'll be tough to find one in the local area with better clinicians. It should be another great camp this year. One wrestler at camp will receive a free home-size wrestling mat complements of Dollamur Sports Surfaces. A t-shirt is included in the cost. Southern Champs Wrestling Camp In partnership with Dollamur Sport Surfaces June 10, 11, 12 9 – 3p held at Montgomery Bell Academy For rising 6th – 12th graders Lead Instructors Phillip Simpson – 3X NCAA DIV I All-American (2005 Runner-up), 2012 Pan American Champion for Team USA, 4X TN State Champion, EIWA Hall of Fame member Mike Hatcher – Former D1 Assistant Coach (UTC, Cal Poly), letterman at University of Iowa under Dan Gable, TN USA Wrestling State Chairman Brandon Brunner– 3X TN State Champion, 1X TN State Runner-up, HS All-American, current head coach for Brentwood Wrestling Club

JCS is his only job?

Jo Byrns was a very solid team last year. Imo, I thought they presented the biggest challenge for us on our path to winning it all last year. I expect them to be in the conversation and one of the final few teams playing in Murfreesboro

Corey Bishop withdraws from Santa Fe job, Santa Fe is back to square one..

I think I hit the top 4 teams in this region. Should be a fun region tournament!

Praying