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  1. I don't know about any of that. I think CHS is gunna run train on every person in the district. Also Franklin has a few players that were involved in a fight this past weekend so i don't know how their team chemistry will be in the future. Also some players have been injured doing stupid things like the "stanky leg".....

     

    What? Was at the Franklin v. Indy game on Friday and Franklin looked pretty strong. No major injuries on the soccer field that night and looked like the team was playing with all their starters....please elaborate!

  2. yeah was tied at 1-1 with under two minutes to go and Columbia's keeper made a stupid play that resulted in a red card. Tough fought match for the most part until the very end.

    The play was clean. Ther Independence player stopped and the Columbia goalie came out on a full sprint and couldn't stop. It was a bad call that gave Independence a PK on the back-up goalkeeper. Putting them up 2-1 and Columbia went on full attack and Independence got another, taking advantage of the pressure.

     

     

    Even if it wasn't a straight red card...everyone is forgetting to mention that the goalkeeper had already had a yellow card for kicking the ball away in the first half. It was not a malicious foul, but a hard foul in the penalty area none the less....it would've drawn a card in any match...too bad the goalie was on a yellow. As we all know, many matches have been won and lost in stoppage time. Players play hard, fouls happen, cards are given and teams score goals......Indy won.....MOVE ON!!!!! :thumb:

  3. Franklin v. Indy 1-1

     

    Tough fought battle by both teams. Franklin had clearly more shots on goal, but as with most of the games in the 11-AAA it was played with alot of emotion by both teams. I would say Franklin has one of the best defensive units in 11-AAA with 3 seniors (Caleb Steen, Chad Leake, Ty Rust) and one junior (Omar Djabi) - all of which are quality Division 1 Club players in the area.

     

    Good match....I expect the whole season to be very similar when the 11-AAA teams play each other.

  4. Interesting selection by the Tennessean....what happened to some of the other notables from key schools around the area?? Looks like some schools and players got snubbed!

     

    Father Ryan:

    John Rohlings (Mid/Def) - Univ of Southern Indiana signee

    Kyle Stoney (Mid)

     

    Franklin:

    Caleb Steen (Def) - Trevecca signee

    Garrett Daniels (Mid)

    Omar Djabi (Def)

    Conner Inman (Mid)

     

    Hendersonville:

    Bryce Childers (F/Mid) - 92 ODP

    Ryan Odum (F/Mid)- 93 ODP

     

    Independence:

    Nick Dykes (Def) - ETSU signee, 92 ODP Regional Team (travelling internationally this Spring), 09 All-State

    Blake Farmer (Mid/Def) - Carson Newman signee, 92 ODP

    Landon Foster (GK) - 94 ODP Regional Team (travelled internationally)

     

    Brentwood:

    Alex Blanton (GK) - 92 ODP Regional Pool

    Kenny Ra (F) - 93 ODP

     

    Centennial:

    Tyson Adkinson (Mid) - 91 ODP Regional Pool

     

    Blackman:

    Ryan Zeeck (F)

     

    Clarksville:

    Zack Caracillio (F)

     

    CPA:

    Will Cross (F) - 94 ODP Regional Team (travelled internationally 2 times)

     

    Can't name everybody, but it would've been nice if the Tennessean would've done this as they have in the past and gone school to school in the MidState area and named a couple of notables because there are some great players (as mentioned above) that didn't get a mention. No wonder soccer is so strong in the Middle Tennessee area....we have some great players around us!

  5. An average team is one that only shows up at times. If you look at this season, Farragut has looked great in some games, and others just really didnt care about being there.

    Bearden has shown up for every game and played their game day in day out. They are a team thats knows they have to "out work" most their opponents to win.

     

    Yes, it will be a good game. But following both teams this season, i think that Bearden will put 80 minutes of soccer together. Farragut will not.

     

     

    Lion,

     

    (Also, you talk about Farragut's team as if they have a bunch of players that are really good. The only one that I ever hear about is that Grieco. One guy will not beat Bearden)

     

     

     

    Only one player???? Haven't seen Farragut play yet, but what about all the juniors that play on FC Alliance 92 club team - 92 D1 State Champs & Disney Champs - Matlock, Stinton, Muth, Jordan, Petersen, Eddy, and possibly one or two more. Not to mention any possible players from the '91 Liverpool team. Looks to me like there is easily more than one "really good" player on Farragut's team. I'm sure it will be a great game!

  6. Just like the topic says, is Ravenwood really as good as their rank?

     

     

    Will be interesting to see when they play Brentwood, IHS, and the others from 11 AAA.....does anyone know when those games will occur? Although Brentwood might have lost quite a few players from last year, they still have alot of club and odp players also...should be a good match up!

  7. Yeah agree. Nick Dykes and Brandon Saunders are also ODP. Both excellent players that will bang with you. Very physical. Hearing Saunders is getting lots of looks by some good programs. He has a video out on utube thats pretty good too.

     

     

    Cool! Who's looking at Saunders....it's always great when guys from TN get to go to big schools.

  8. Luke Mishu is a very skilled player for Catholic. I think he is being looked at by Indiana. Also like someone said earlier, Max Herrera and Kosta Nassios are very good players and can play some great soccer.

     

     

    I agree with Max Herrera. Very good player. Haven't heard of Luke Mishu. Is he ODP? I know that IU usually only looks at Regional or National Pool players. Good luck to him.

  9. Didn't Brentwood lose to that Fc Alliance Team 3-0 in the D1 State Championships?

     

     

    Yes. Both teams are strong. Brentwood lost a couple of key players in the championship game due to injury, but FC Alliance was the much stronger team that day. They are good and the Knoxville High School teams should be strong again this year because of the boys coming from this team.

  10. Both teams are playing well right now. Hville has the advantage of a stronger schedule and a home game. Both defenses are strong...will come down to which team clicks on offense. Hendersonville 2-1.

     

     

     

    I know this will be a very close game. I disagree that Hendersonville has had a stronger schedule. Don't forget...Indy has had to make it out of the 11AAA which is a very hard district and have played Centennial 2 times and Brentwood 3 times in the past 3 weeks (each time getting stronger and narrowing the gap).

     

    Independence is peaking at the right time......they will win 2-0.

  11. oak ridge @ sullivan south

     

    science hill @ knox west

     

    blackman @ cleveland

     

    Mcminn Co. @ Riverdale

     

    Independence @ Hendersonville

     

    Lavergne @ Brentwood

     

    Collierville @ ?

     

    ? @ Houston

    that is how tssaa.org has it as of right now

  12. Brentwood beats Independence in 2nd period of Golden Goal with 2 mins to go. Brentwood scored on a Corner Kick. Both teams played hard and with a lot of heart. After 107 mins of soccer, I think both teams left the field looking forward to Saturday's Sectional games.

  13. Indy beats McGavock 2-0

     

    IHS dominated possession and McGavock never really had a shot. Nick Dykes #20 Central Defender carried ball the length of the field and scored Indy's first goal mid first half. Ben Gaines #21 scored again in second half.

     

    Eagles will be playing the winner of BHS v. Glencliff on Thursday for the Regional Championship.

  14. Congrats to Indy on beating Centennial. Not to take anything away from their win, but I wouldn't say that either of their goals were that incredible and due more to defensive mistakes on CHS than good ball handling on the part of Indy. In fact, I believe the first was an "own goal". Indy did play tough defense and deserved the win. And tonite you really needed to win. Nice job.

     

    On the red card to Brad Jacobs, I only hope that he can learn something from this. It really took the wind out of Brentwood's sails and this is going to be a bit of an obstacle playing without him. Nevertheless, I think Brentwood will still come out on top of Indy.

     

     

     

    Regarding the Indy/Centennial game and as it goes for most close fought battles on the field, the team with the fewest mistakes often win.....Indy captialized when they needed to and didn't make too many mistakes of their own. As I said in my earlier post, it was a great game with both teams showing a ton of heart and playing hard.

     

    Indy's playing tough right now.....could be the upset of the century in the making for tonight's final!

  15. Centennial was not better tonight .....

     

    IHS beats CHS 2-0

     

    Tough fought game on both sides. Both teams played with alot of heart....IHS rotated players which kept them from ever getting one dimensional. IHS goalie came up with a couple of great saves and their midfield worked very hard all night.

     

    Any predictions for the final? Brentwood v. IHS?

  16. My predictions.....

     

    IHS beats CHS 2-0

     

    IHS has been beaten up about not having a general on the field and not being able to take command when times get tough. When Hillsboro tied it up 1-1 in the second half of last nights game ...several of the team rose to the occasion to put Hillsboro away and clinch the 4-1 victory. It will be a nail biter against Centennial, but IHS' "team" effort will prevail.

     

     

    Brentwood beats Franklin 3-0

     

    Brentwood has a very talented group on the field that have played in high level games both in club and in high school. Franklin will not be able to contend with the constant pressure Brentwood will apply.

  17. QUOTE(ihavenofriendzz @ Apr 20 2007 - 04:10 PM) 826442012[/snapback]I totally agree that both areas have great players and teams.

     

    Assuming we consider West in West Knoxville they have 1329 students accoring to tssaa.org. That still leaves Williamson Co. with atleast 900 more students not including the private schools. But the main areas I was including in my search yesterday was Farragut, Bearden, and Cedar Bluff. Basically the soccer area. Not Karns or West. Just where the good soccer schools are, because his main point was that all of Williamson Co. has better soccer, per person i guess you could say, than the West Knox area. I assumed he meant Farragut, Bearden, CAK, Catholic, and Webb. Those are the only good teams so. based on the research I did. Williamson Co. had alot more students than those 5 schools. So I'd think that the 5 main West Knox schools have better soccer. We might as well put up the Karns enrollment because I'm sure someone will ask that.. 1735. They took about 200 or so kids from Farragut and i think Bearden. I also was assuming that Rigger meant the 5 main soccer schools as well when he made his comment about it being a better area.

     

    EDIT: alright. I looked back and Rigger said top 6 so I guess he was talking about West also. So we will now go with Williamson Co. has a 900+ student advantage.

     

     

    It has never been about the number of students in one area or county.... The original post was that because 6 of the top 12 teams ranked were "West Knoxville" teams that it meant West Knoxville has the most talented concentration of players. My reply was only to show that Williamson County will never have the concentration of players per school, i.e. 2300+ (Farragut), 2100+(Bearden) because Williamson has so many schools that the talent gets distributed amongst them very equally. The private schools in both Nashville (MBA, BGA, CPA, Father Ryan, etc) and Knoxville (Webb, CAK, Catholic, etc) are very equivalent, so you can even take them out of the mix. Imagine if Brentwood and Ravenwood were combined rather than split...Franklin and Independence also...the fact is that the strong teams in AAA Region 11 have to play each other and by beating and tying one another, I believe it hurts these teams in overall rankings.....but rankings will change from ranker to ranker....what matters is that we give every area of the State respect for the soccer talent it holds!

  18. QUOTE(ihavenofriendzz @ Apr 19 2007 - 09:27 PM) 826441454[/snapback]Well since West Knoxville is where the money is I'd say very large parts of CAK, Catholic, and Webb do come from West Knoxville.

     

    according to tssaa.org.. in 2006

     

    Brentwood had 1311

    Independence had 1523

    Ravenwood had 1379

    Franklin had 1498

    Centennial had 1304

    Page had 813

     

    that comes out to be 7828

     

    Farragut had 2153

    Bearden had 1948

     

    that comes out to be 4101

     

    Webb had 488

    CAK had 373

    Catholic had 548

     

    that comes out to be 1409

     

    so West Knox schools = 5510

    Williamson Co. schools = 7828

     

    my vote stays with West Knoxville. even with the private schools taking people from all over Knox county Williamson Co. still has 2300+ more people. basically they have a "Farragut" size advantage and some.

     

     

    Thanks for the figures. I'm not going to continue to debate the matter. Obviously both areas have very talented players. I think it shows in the rankings. But my vote still goes to Williamson County. We've divided up alot of our talent amongst the different high schools, but even with this division, we have some very good teams.

  19. QUOTE(ihavenofriendzz @ Apr 19 2007 - 09:27 PM) 826441454[/snapback]Well since West Knoxville is where the money is I'd say very large parts of CAK, Catholic, and Webb do come from West Knoxville.

     

    according to tssaa.org.. in 2006

     

    Brentwood had 1311

    Independence had 1523

    Ravenwood had 1379

    Franklin had 1498

    Centennial had 1304

    Page had 813

     

    that comes out to be 7828

     

    Farragut had 2153

    Bearden had 1948

     

    that comes out to be 4101

     

    Webb had 488

    CAK had 373

    Catholic had 548

     

    that comes out to be 1409

     

    so West Knox schools = 5510

    Williamson Co. schools = 7828

     

    my vote stays with West Knoxville. even with the private schools taking people from all over Knox county Williamson Co. still has 2300+ more people. basically they have a "Farragut" size advantage and some.

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