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When did Oakland and Murfreesboro (The 6th largest city in TN) become "a Large Rural town"? I feel like the rich will get richer but feel like you need to brush up on your geography and what is classified as Rural around here.

Fireworks at a high school football game is just dumb. Not to mention only having stands on one side of the field. AC overrated venue!

Couple points worth mentioning. "Two players are facing criminal prosecution" and "several student's recorded the incident" 1) There is likely enough evidence via affidavit's by witnesses or Video recording to criminally prosecute otherwise it would just be an ongoing investigation. If there is a group of players standing around taping this kind of incident there is a culture issue. I noted last year that Hendersonville used the men's bathroom at Blackman as a makeshift locker room which was not an issue but post scrimmage the restroom was completely destroyed. Many of the parents were upset because they clean the restrooms and it was not like that before the game. I reached out to the HC in a non-accusatory manner and told him about the situation. I said it would be worth a reminder to always show respect for the field and facilities because you represent a school and perception could be misconstrued as reality." I was told our restroom was disgusting and then dismissed. ... Again culture.

Just think how much faster it would grow if we separated it out to small town/medium town/big city! We could have 3 state champs in FS and Greco. Participation would skyrocket.

And again you make yourself look like a moron…

From you "And Powell isn't the first school to win a state championship after getting transfers in who played major roles. Perfect example, Knoxville Central won two after an eventual 2 time all state QB came over from Carter." You can't say you didn't compare Nolan and Fawver when you just compared a Transfer and the Major Roles they were and using Fawver as your example with Nolan. Now if you would have left out the Perfect Example part out then i would agree with you weren't comparing. (And no I never said you compared them by position, talent, etc. but you did compare them on being transfers that played a major role for their new team.)

I agree with him. I probably should’ve replied to HTV.

6-3.42 of the CoachT Operations Manual and Rulebook No Poster with </= 180 days as a member of the house shall on any forum post >/= than 500 words. 6-3.41 of the CoachT Operations Manual and Rulebook No Poster with </= 3 days as a member of the house shall on any forum start a thread, then follow up that in the opening body of that thread with >/= 500 words. Bearden shall be improved, but Booger just sayin

Bored at work today and took inspiration from a thread on the intermat forums. Here is my pick for the TN All Star team. Best of all time. Please tell me how awful some of my picks are. 125- Randy Batten (UTC - 118lb) - 3x NCAA Div 2 national champion before Mocs move to D1 133- Matt Keller (UTC) - Ncaa AA 141- Cody Cleveland (UTC) - Ncaa AA 149- Phillip Simpson (West Point) - 3x AA, 2005 NCAA finalist 157- Jordan Leen (Cornell) - 2008 Ncaa champ 165- Nick Marable (Missouri) - 2x AA 174- open to suggestions... 184- Charles McTorry (Nebraska) - Sr national champ, promising career at UNL but injuries took him out of wrestling 197- Bill Harlow (Oklahoma State -190lb) - 3x ncaa finalist and 1966 NCAA champ 285- Nick Boykin (Ohio State) - Double Fargo champ at Hwt. On the Ohio St roster but primarily wrestles Greco on the World team.

The transfer portal is nothing new. Been happening for decades in Tennessee. Some have just figured out how to maximize its effectiveness in their favor.

Gordonsville and Carthage (Smith Co) game is always a great atmosphere no matter where the game is played

Did Goliath not show up?

After Spring Practice? Greeneville still has 7 days of spring practice left after their 4th practice this morning. Cannon is a starter for the #1 ranked baseball team in 3a and has already been names all tournament for the district so you're making yourself look dumb again when he is still in another sports. Good Luck with that with what Greeneville has coming back up front. Maybe this year you will have more than 64 yards of total offense and more than 4 first downs against us but highly doubt it with 6 of the front 7 returning on D

I guess all that really matters is how they do it in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and California.

Wish he could find some offense at ETSU. Hot seat

Not a bad list, although he did say public only. If I had to swap out the 5 privates on this list for 5 publics, I'd probably go with Ravenwood, West, Powell, Beech, and Elizabethton. Pearl Cohn, Haywood, and my Henry County Patriots would all be solid honorable mentions. Also hard to leave out some of the year-over-year dominant programs from the lower classes. But...limited slots I know.

This is incredible to me. It's not a large amount of money at all, and the benefit to the program is worth far more than the amount being put out, if it is accurate. Be a great opportunity for a business to come through and get their name up somewhere of prominence.

Come on Barney, you're going to have to let some of this go at some point. It's your go-to issue with one coach every. single. year. and he's no longer coaching. Don't you think that after all those years he coached, he knows a bit about Murphy Fair? maybe give it a rest. Promoting kids in a book that basically nobody gets/reads isn't and wasn't the issue or even 'one of the reasons'. Lots of schools promote their kids and they still aren't signing to play after high school nor are they having winning seasons. You know the root of the problems at some of these schools just as well as I do. Money, social media and fancy preview books won't fix everything.

Cooper finally gets on top of the podium at UWW and earns his spot on the U23 World Team! Way to go Coop!

3 years max. He took a team that was loaded with talent and turned them into a middle of the road at best team last season. He left Furman and they went further than they did when he was there. He's lost many key players to the portal. He was a great high school coach but hasn't proven to be able to get it done. ETSU was a team that could have gone been a double digit win team with their roster alone but we wound up dropping games to teams that shouldn't have been able to compete. He came in to a situation(playoff exit to eventual national champs) and roster most coaches would kill to have and he squandered it.

Jesse amd his guys are the best at covering high school sports in this state.

and some people cheat.

you act like those boys had loyalty for Bearden in the first place. Point is, they didn't.

Years ago I had a bad cold and sat in the press box next to our OC on a cold night instead of my usual place on the sidelines. I was surprised to see that he allowed the QB coach to call almost all of the plays on the sidelines, only occasionally offering guidance over the headsets. I do remember him saying late in the 3rd quarter “If you’re going to run that fake punt you’d better call it now.” It went for a TD.

DB has the best and worst stadium. Best on home side, worst on visitor side. They should have moved the baseball stadium years ago.

Jo Byrns. Revving trucks and creative signs about the opposing team. Then there is the food. Concessions never disappoints at a Red Devils game.

I like the rule, but can we please stop acting like high school basketball needs shorter games? It’s 32 minutes of game time which is ridiculous in itself and no games ever last 2 hours.

From PrepXtra: Dickey and Bowers are both on the top DB “watch list” for 2023. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/05/22/tennessee-high-school-football-top-knoxville-high-school-defensive-backs-tssaa-2023/70215132007/

The kid was looking for a new home. Nothing on the recruiting front. Everyone knows Beardan and Powell have joined Maryville in the recruiting wars

I can testify to that!

Heritage is quite awesome facing the mountains in October especially.

My thoughts are part personal and part just an old mans common sense. As a former public school athlete I was never intimidated by wrestling against private or parochial school kids and to be honest I only ever lost one wrestling match to a private school kid and he was better than me. Wrestling, swimming, track & field, golf, tennis, etc… are all individual sports and therefore should only crown one champion. Wrestling in particular is a sport that lends itself more to kids from “Blue Collar” families and kids that are raised on a farm and know the value of hard work which in and of itself are typically public school athletes . Yes, some of the private schools have better coaches and better facilities but so do some of the public schools. Life is never going to be completely fair and the sooner that people realize that fact and move forward the better off everyone will be. Shinny new facilities and uniforms do not win state championships! Wrestling like most things is a people and relationship business and those individuals that work the hardest are normally the ones that are rewarded at the end of the season. The public schools across the nation have done little to help themselves and continue to water down both academics and athletics by passing legislation that keeps them from competing against various school types across the country. Much like when I graduated from a public high school I was forced to compete against private school kids for admission to colleges and jobs with private school graduates. Competition makes everyone better but most people want to spend their time focusing on fairness instead of out working the competition.

Maryville and Alcoa is great because we're both close to the action.

I totally Disagree. Nothing in the world wrong with having classifications.

He did not play as a sophomore on the basketball team at CCS because of an injury. However, he did play football. Therefore, he played freshman basketball at CCS but not sophomore basketball because of an injury. but he did play football. Therefore, he only played freshman year basketball. For football, he played as a freshman, sophomore, and junior at CCS. However, since he didn’t play his sophomore year of basketball at CCS, he was cleared to transfer and play basketball at Brainerd. However, he cannot play football at Brainerd. That’s why he’s transferring to Bradley Central if he does not play basketball in his senior year.

I’ve been fishing with ManOfMillions a few times and caught more slabs than you could ever imagine….

Coaches knew all season when the region tournaments began so it’s completely up to them when to hold their district tournaments being that the TSSAA has nothing to do with those. Gripe at your coach or district coaches, not the TSSAA. This is a much better format than the previous format. I’m a little partial to the old Final Four format where you had to win Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to make the Spring Fling. Seeing teams “celebrate” being the Region Runner up is a microcosm of the participation trophy generation that is here to stay IMO.

I guess we should stop saying "I was on the wrestling team".

HandbookTV hanging on every word bobcat types. That ignore list must not work. What most people don’t know is HandbookTV vouched for John Allen when powell hired him. Just ask the marble city inclusion commissioner.

I don't trust you or know you, so need to pose anything other than a random fan. No need to end the debate, because it happened, they won. My character is one is honesty, if you can't say Joel was running the same scheme then that says more you letting it slide then it does of me calling it out.

I'm guessing he missed the part about how I said Joel was a great coach and a genuinely good guy. And I never said that he did anything wrong. I said he used the system to his advantage, which is what others are doing now. Didn't try to ruin his name in any shape, form, or fashion. Again, an example of that poster not being able to debate using reasonable and rational thought.

Reading comprehension isn't your strength but I really don't believe you have any strength by your posts. Out of everything I said you need to ask who us is, yea you're an idiot. Once a Greene Devil always a Greene Devil

They wrote a whole entire article about the QB's and who QB #1 is in February so you expected them to repeat themselves? The newest article didn't mention anything about the QB's in it just the other Key members of the team and the strengths with what they have coming back. Troll somewhere else dude

Nolan was the best high school player in a generation in Knoxville area. Glad I got to watch him a little. As I think back, maybe Mr Mike Cofer was in the same league, but I dont think he got the attention.

Learn what comparing things are Boomer

He said top coach, not top recruiter.

Let it go sir. He knows everything. Ha ha

In my humble opinion, no, and any Powell fan who is honest with themselves would probably tell you the same.

Griffith is gonna be at Iowa next year too right? Kinda crowds up that spot he wants.. not for nothing, but cody has a massive rep for flaking out on teams. cleveland, then mccallie, then blair, then cleveland, then minn, then iowa, now leaving iowa not a great look

Although OR has dominated the rivalry for years, Clinton/OR has always been a great rivalry. Most years it pits relative against relative and most of the kids know one another due to the closeness of the 2 cities. Back in the 50s or 60s (not sure which) they had to stop playing for about a 10 year period due to brawls between the 2 fanbases. Good stuff.