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To be fair, technically, they did force Dallas Davis to make a choice between principal and coach.

I'll just say this, both student sections are very passionate and rabid of their schools. I don't know about Cosby or Unaka's gyms because I've not been to either, but the Oliver Springs gym should be called "The Asylum" because that is by far the most intimidating atmosphere I've ever seen and those fans can get pretty wild. I do have a question though for Cosby fans, is there any truth to the story that one time while somebody was shooting a foul shot, someone brought a shotgun in the gym and blew the ball to smithereens in mid-air? Because if that's true, I have to say your fans are hardcore.

Grace has nothing to hang their heads about. They played good ball all year round and they'll get their share of gold balls at some point. So don't let the detractors get to you all. You had a great season.

Nope. It's gonna be the Oliver Springs Lady Bobcats facing off with the Unaka Lady Rangers (or Rangerettes, someone help me out here.) Saturday at 7:00 PM in the land of OS.

I hope they could maybe get Coach Snyder back because she's doing a pretty good job at Clinton plus has had success in some form with a Wartburg school, but I'd say Anderson County pays more than Morgan County ever could so it won't happen.

Oh, I had thought it was a consecutive streak, but I guess not. But still, 3 state tournament appearances (potentially 4) in two different classifications from 2002-2007 is pretty impressive nevertheless.

That district on the girls side is going to be very strong next year. O.S. will still have the team to beat until proven otherwise. Oakdale looks like they're going to be in solid shape. Wartburg and Coalfield both are going to turn some heads because they're both definitely on an upswing. And Oneida is a team you can't count out. Basically, you're going to have 5 GOOD teams in that region next year and what's going to be a shame is one of these teams won't even get out of the district tournament.

Oliver Springs by 10. And can someone clarify this for me, will this make 4 straight state tournament appearances for the Lady 'Cats if they win Saturday?

To me, it seems like a mirror match. Harriman beat Wartburg on their court earlier in the year and Wartburg beat Harriman on their homecourt. D.J. Shannon is going to have to have another 30+ point night and some other Wartburg players have got to step up. Harriman needs Williams and Goins to play the game of their lives as well. There's just something about Wartburg though that gives them a slight edge. It seemed like that loss to Oliver Springs may have been the shot in the mouth they needed to peak at the right time.

What killed Grace more than anything was Wartburg embarrassing them on the boards and D.J. Shannon going through Grace like General Sherman went through Georgia. (Two points to anyone who gets the reference.) You can't let a kid score 46 points and expect to win. I'll give Grace credit, they really overachieved this year and they have a good foundation for what could be a very solid program in the years to come.

What's scary is she's got two more years to terrorize her opponents and I wouldn't be surprised when all is said and done if she hits the 2500 point plateau.

What night would the finals be on? Saturday as well?

I was wondering if anybody had any available brackets and/or results on the tournament at Caton's Chapel (I'm not sure what that region is called or I'd call it by the proper name.)

D.J. Shannon had 36 points for Wartburg. Seemed like no matter where he shot from he would hit it. Tyler Carter had 23 for O.S. and Dan Schultz wasn't far behind with 21 points. I've got a feeling that if you thought round two was a barn-burner, round three will be a shootout between two very solid teams.

I went to the school to cover the game tonight and I heard from someone inside that Stone Memorial had cancelled the game. Can anyone clarify this for me?

Well, Wartburg won from what I was told, but O.S. sure gave them all they could handle.

It sickens me to hear about incidents like this where some kid couldn't keep his temper in check and deliberately injures another player. It's completely uncalled for and bone-headed on the Loudon player's part for pulling that. But what makes this more appalling is the apparent behavior of the Loudon student section throughout the evening and that the administration either couldn't or wouldn't put a stop to it right then and there.

Yeah, it was pretty ugly to say the least. OS basically has a basketball factory over there and Coalfield just can't compete on that level.

Good to see all four foot six of CYJacket still tossing out zingers.