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Wouldn't be better to be a future "David" rather than a Goliath? Asking for a friend.

I think there is pretty good evidence his sister lives in the same house he moved from still currently which wouldn't be a boneafide move I don't believe. Also, I'm pretty sure he is just staying in his own apt. behind the school.

Whether you like to admit it or not, Oakland High School has been running 6A for the past few years, winning 4 out of the last 5 state championships. There’s always been one team to battle it out with Oakland, and that’s Maryville High School. The only other team that won a state championship in the last five years, however, I think there’s a new giant in 6A, and that’s Bearden High School in Region 2, yes, the same region as Maryville. Bearden High School is on the rise with an outstanding young class. Bearden is a very young team, but it does have some outstanding seniors as well. Purdue commits ATH Jaheim Merriweather in the backfield, along with ATH Sam Tummins, who has received interest from numerous coaches but only holds one offer as of right now from the University of Charlotte, is among many other seniors, including Cody Clough and Mugisha Ironside, who should also have a very big senior season. Moving on to junior third-year quarterback Drew Parrott, who looks to have a breakout season but may have solid competition with Seymour transfer Madden Guffey pulling it to compete for the quarterback battle for the upcoming season, Another junior who is soon to catch a lot of names and eyes is LB/RB. Kai Ironside, who transferred in from McCallie last season, had a big impact on the rushing game. With him switching to linebacker full-time for his junior season, he looks to have a breakout season at linebacker. Another junior who deserves a lot of attention is noseguard Boston Yeager, who stands at an intimidating 6'4 and 285 pounds, will have no problem filling the shoes of a very good defensive line last season and, last but not least, one of the best centers in Knoxville. Isaiah Harvey, who has received interest from multiple colleges and coaches, is another guy to keep an eye out on, moving onto sophomores. That’s where it gets fun talking about Bearden at 6'1 and 160. Chaz Smith , who has already received offers from Michigan, Louisville, Kentucky, Florida, and Arkansas, just to name a few, He is becoming one of the best defensive backs in his class (26). Moving onto the other side of the field as a DB, Keshawn Mills is starting to get a lot of attention from coaches and should be a guy to keep an eye on in the near future. Moving to the defensive line, sophomore Ethan Hill, who played some varsity last season as a freshman, will look to continue this for his sophomore season. He’s a guy to keep an eye on in the near future, moving onto offense. 26’ RB Jayzon Thompson, who has already received offers from the University of Miami, Ohio, and the University of Memphis, as well as interest from many other D1 colleges, He should have no problem running the ball for the next few years before moving on to the man with the key to the offense. Seymour transfer Madden Guffy, who has already received multiple looks from coaches, will look to battle it out with the two-year starter. Drew Parrot moving onto the line. Ton Brazelton, who stands at 6'3 and 315 pounds, should have no problem defending whichever quarterback wins the starting job, moving onto receivers. Tory Beaufort, who already has an offer from eastern Kentucky, may be the smallest player on the field. Standing at 5’8, he sure does play with the biggest heart on the field, and it is hard to bring him down, especially in open space. Another receiver to keep an eye on is Grant Cross, with these two holding already as sophomores by their senior year, they should have no problem leaving the defensive back in the dust. They also have some very good middle school coming in, which should have an immediate impact on varsity, receiver Tyler Thompson will look to live up to his brothers. Great legacy he’s had at Bearden, and Terry Beaufort, brother of 26’ WR Tory Beaufort, will continue his and his brothers' great journey at Bearden High School! So that should give you an idea of why I and many other people think Bearden is the team of the future in 6A. They will still have to get past Oakland, which is no easy component, and play in Region 2 with teams like Bradley Central and Farragut and Maryville. It will be no easy task to make it past any of them but with this roster and second-year coach Josh Jones, who has already proven he means business. The dogs could be the team of the future in 6A.

Yep. There are a few schools in this area, most of them 6A schools, where the coaches are selfish and pretty much threaten their kids with spots on the roster if they choose to play another sport, especially football. I have no respect for coaches who do that. They are kids and only get the opportunity to play high school sports once. Depriving them of that opportunity by pressuring them not to play another sport is a slimeball move.

Just for clarification, you primarily support Powell and Bearden right?

TSSAA is already on the radar. KCS athletic director is also looking into what is going on especially regarding to how many out of zone freshman are enrolling in to BHS to play football. Plus BHS is an already over crowded school. Squeaky wheel gets the grease and right now BHS is more squeaky than Powell, Fulton, Central, or probably any other school ever in the area.

that's funny and true. maybe becoming a "behemoth" or a "juggernaut" would have been better. i'll dig out my thesaurus...

The old Powell apartment trick, love it when they play the hits!

Nice to meet you Coach Jones. You will still get ran by Oakland & Maryville.

I have a strange thought….. shouldn’t we wait till they’re sort of a Goliath, before we declare them a Goliath. Not that they can’t be.

Of all that rambling I just read, I agree with one thing. It’s definitely “business” when it comes to JJ . I’m not discrediting the talent, but I’ll definitely question how some of it got to Bearden. All I’m saying.

Bearden could easily beat Maryville especially this season.

You just wrote a book. I'll say this in just 5 words. You still won't beat Maryville.

East got a lot tougher with the addition of Smith and Fayetteville. Eagleville is a wild card.

List the results of our TN boys here.. before we get into all of this a MASSIVE shout out to Hamm for finishing 3rd in the masters greco div. We all talk a lot of trash on here and a couple months ago a couple coaches even wanted to wrestle for bragging rights. But Hamm actually went out and wrestled. darnit man, kudos.

TSSAA Board of Controls meets May 4th. They will be deciding on the weight classes then.

In my youth teenage boys would fight and someone would get a bloody nose and maybe the occasional broken nose. I stand by my statement that most of todays parents are helicopter parents and the result is kids are not allowed to make mistakes and settle their personal issues with friends while growing up. Hovering adults are truly ruining todays kids.

ER and Smith are right there with Fayetteville in terms of representing the east.

Smith County, East Robertson, and Fayetteville are the teams to watch in the East.

So I went and did the math, since it seems the consensus is the games are so much worse now. I took the average score from all the public school games classes 1-4 over the past 2 years. And then I did classes 1-3 in 2018 and 2019. No tourney in 2020 and then didn’t want not having Memphis and other factors to skew 2021. So the last 2 true years with only 3 classes and this is what I got: 2022: 65.3-51 14.3 differential 2021: 63.5-52 11.5 differential 2019: 68.5-54.3 14.2 differential 2018: 66.8-53.3 13.5 differential So in conclusion, is it really that much worse? Or are we being prisoners of the moment?

Well it’s two traditional powerhouse programs that have made many trips to the tourney. I would say the Fulton has just outplayed Haywood by shooting 70% in the first half.

As far as I am aware, he and his mom moved down to Knoxville, and they were zoned for Bearden High School. It just happened; there’s no real conspiracy theory behind it. His mom had to move because of her job, and where she moved, their house is zoned for Bearden High School. Now, I’m sure Josh Jones played a key role in him not going to a school like Catholic or Webb, but the whole Bearden conspiracy is pretty stupid. He's zoned for the school, has completely moved from his old house, and has been attending Bearden since December.

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