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McMinn Central had a very large crowd at the game...lots of students supporting their team.

CAK 5 USJC 0

CAK 7 Pigeon Forge 1

CAK 9 USJC 0 Greeneville 5 Pigeon Forge 0 Source: Knoxville News Sentinel

Region 2 District 4 Final CAK 7 Kingson/Roane Co. 0

So, what's up with the Knoxville News Sentinel not covering this game? Is there a bigger soccer match in Knoxville this week? Would a game between two quality teams like these be covered in the local Chattanooga or Nashville media?

CAK 4 Harriman 0 CAK played possession of the ball and did not drive to score with starters after the first goal. While not really good soccer to watch, it was good sportsmanship by Coach Estus and CAK.

Sorry G...I missed the final CAK goal...5-2 .

Well, it is over in a lot of ways...last game for Cal... sweet and bitter sweet at the same time! I'll have to say that FRA was a hand full. Very skilled team and well coached. They have a real weapon with the throw-ins in their space. One of my daughters had the chance to speak with the FRA coach at a restaurant after the game and he was very complimentary of the CAK girls team. Great sportsmanship she thought. Coach Pifer has brought the CAK girls program a long way from our freshman year. Good coaching is an amazing thing. We got to see two really well coached teams today. It was nice to come out with the win, but anyone that loves soccer would have loved that game. G - I'm sure we'll find something to talk about...how about those Warriors in the Spring?

G, don't know if you heard this but Tessa Piety was injured last night...a knee. She left the stadium with a large wrap around her knee and really looked discouraged. Too bad...she's a great young player. I haven't heard the extent of the injury, but since she used to play for you, I thought you'd like to know.

CAK 3 Knox Catholic 0

For the record, G doesn't coach the CAK varsity girls. I saw this game and freshman/JV played half of period 1 and all but about 10 minutes of period 2. It appeared to me the Loudon players were not really interested in being on the field. Loudon actually took down the sideline canopy with 20 minues to play in the game. For most of the second half, CAK just moved the ball up and down the field between the 18s and worked on playing the ball back to the keeper. To me, that was more humiliating to Loudon than simply playing the game. Since such lop-sided games are possible in district play, why not end the game early - like a mercy rule that exists in baseball and softball? I'm not really sure why you would ask a freshman that will only get into a few games to avoid trying to score. It would seem better just to stop the game.

CAK will lose 4 seniors. Three started this year. The fourth senior came off the bench.

My Picks: Quarter-Finals CCS vs. CAK - CAK USJ vs. CPA - CPA JCS vs. ND - ND Catholic vs. FRA - FRA Semi's CAK vs. CPA - CAK ND vs. FRA - ND Final CAK vs. ND - CAK I guess DonC and I see the tournament similarly, but I hope I'm right in the final! /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> As defending contest champion, don't I get a few extra points added to my score? Wasn't that something we decided last year? /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

Any update on the Madison - JCS game?

Maybe you don't remember so good! /wacko.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wacko:" border="0" alt="wacko.gif" /> How long did you have to think about a method that would let you win before you posted your plan? Something must be wrong, I'm 4 points behind you!

CAK vs. Pigeon Forge now set for 2:30 EDT at CAK.

Gatlinburg-Pittman 2 Chuckey-Doak 1 (in OT) I think I'm losing already! /mad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":angry:" border="0" alt="mad.gif" />

It's easy to tell that you spend your days with 12 and 13 year olds...it's rubbing off on you G /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> You're getting predictable! /roflol.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflol:" border="0" alt="roflol.gif" />

Imitation (with a few small changes) is a meal best served cold /hungry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":hungry:" border="0" alt="hungry.gif" /> (no, that's not it)...the sincerest form of....

Regional semi's CD v GP - Chuckey Doak PF v E - Elizabethton Sey v. Catholic - Catholic CAK v. Alcoa - CAK Grace v. CCS - CCS ND v. BB - Notre Dame LA v. FC - Livingston SC v York - Station Camp FRA v. Syc - FRA Harp v. CPA - CPA SH v. Rich - Richland CA v. For - Columbia Acad. JCS v. West - JCS Dyer v. USJ - USJ Regional Final Picks CD v. Eliz - Chuckey Doak Catholic v. CAK - CAK CCS v. ND - Notre Dame FC v. SC - Station Camp FRA v. CPA - FRA Rich v. CA - Columbia Acad JCS v. USJ - JCS Madison v. McNairy - Madison Sectional Picks CD v. Catholic - K. Catholic CAK v. Eliz - CAK ND v. Friendship - Notre Dame Station Camp v. CCS - CCS FRA v. Rich - FRA CA v. CPA - CPA JCS v McNairy - JCS Madison v. USJ - USJ Thanks Coniglio...G, you were no help!

The bracket for the Region and Sectional matches is posted on the TSSAA web site: http://www.tssaa.org/2007Champions/StateGS...r/A2ARegion.htm Can't we use the collective knowledge of all you soccer gurus (is that a word?) to fill it out for the start of Regions?

I think I'd be careful using the raw numbers as a way to generate some kind of artifical "strenght of schedule" rating because the raw numbers tell a misleading story, if they tell any story at all. Take BC for example. Seventy (70) of its "opponent's wins" came from 6 teams: Grace, Hixon, McMinn (counted twice on Eurosport), Ooltewah, Soddy-Daisy, and Cleveland. So the other 9 teams on the schedule had a combined total number of wins of 12 or an average of 1.3 wins each. What does that mean? Very little. Or maybe it just means that BC played 6 good teams and 9 that were not very good - on a relative scale.

G, still haven't come to grips with it have you? Take it like a man and get over it! /roflolk.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflolk:" border="0" alt="roflolk.gif" /> Any idea where we can find an accurate bracket? I can't seem to find one other than what's on TSSAA's web site and I certainly don't know the seedings well enough to fill one out to start. Last year, didn't the Chattanooga paper post the bracket on its web site?

Be careful what you wish for...you just might get it....and along with it lots of other things thrown in that you really didn't want. In terms of state TSSAA oversight of soccer, less is more.