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Powell defeats Rhea County 10 to 1 first game today and defeated Ooltewah 10 to 2 in the second game.

Looks like Powell has a good team this year.The District is shaping up to be very competitive with OakRidge, Powell and Halls the early favorites.

Powell defeated Anderson Co. 7 to 5 at Anderson Co. today. Oak Ridge defeated Carter 7 to 2.

Anderson Co beat OR 3-2 tonight after Powell beat them 7-5. AC threw Farmer and Nick Price while OR threw J Brent. Very good ball game with AC scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th to nip OR. OR left 12 runners on base.

i understand not wanting to use top pitchers and save them for a district game but this tournament started on a thursday and is over on saturday. if the number one guy starts thursday, even if they have a district game on monday, thats three days rest. i agree thats not really enough rest for a complete game, so why not start at least your three guy or maybe even your two guy and let your number one rest for your monday district game. you say they want to be competitive in their other games, how can you do that if you are saving your top four guys for district. its very hard to compete with nothing better than your five guy on the mound unless your a really really good hitting team. last time i checked, there arent many teams that can hit good enough to stay in games with good teams with only there five guy throwing.

I agree with you. I thought OR would throw their #1 or #2 pitcher since SD was throwing Kirkland and their #3 is the closer. I know the Williamson kid throws on Monday and the Brent kid on Wednesday in the District, but what would it hurt throwing them a few innings over the weekend. OR's coach always has coached that way when it comes to late week or weekend games.

Souyh Doyle won, but threw Kirkland their #1 pitcher, OR threw their #5 pitcher. OR will not throw their top 4 pitchers in tournament games but will give younger kids the experience for future years. The coaches number 1 goal is to win the District, but they want to be competitive in other games.

Any scores?

Oak Ridge 6 Karns 1

Oak Ridge 7

Karns 6

Young and inexperience. They start three sophs at 3rd, SS and 2B and possible a soph at 1B sharing it with a senior. The 3 outfielders are seniors but will be pushed by underclassmen. Their catcher is a Carson Newman signee and probably the best ball player on the field for OR. The starting pitching is above average with concern of the relief pitchers. The main concern is who will step up and stroke the baseball and how will the outfield fare as they have struggle during all three scrimmages. We will find out tomorrow as Karns invade Hopkins field.

Talk to several scouts that were watching Matt Ramsey pitch against Oak Ridge in a scrimmage on Sunday and they both agreed ttha the Sonny Gray kid is the best that they seen in Tennessee with Ramsey not to far behind him.

Farragut 12 Oak Ridge 6 in a 13 inning scrimmage.

Matt Ramsey, pitcher for Farragut was as good as advertise throwing a 1 hitter through 4 innings. There were 6 or 7 scouts with radar guns at the scrimmage.

Oak Ridge will start 3 sophmores in the infield. Steven Monger at 3rd, Jordan Woullard at SS and Morgan Guymon at 2nd. Monger started at 3rd last year and Woullard and Guymon started in the outfield as freshmen. Both Woullard and Monger will also toe the mound for Oak Ridge.

Due to the rain, 3 fields are reduce to 1 field and there will scrimmages both Saturday and Sunday. I do not know how many teams will still play but OR will scrimmage Bearden on Sat and Farragut on Sunday.

SouthDoyle beat Oak Ridge 12-10. They scrimmaged for 15 innings. Both teams looked good and bad in certain areas, and pitching was better than the score indicated.

Tough lost for Central, but the season is upon us. Any pre-season scrimmages over the weekend?

He definitely can hit and by the way, who does AC play. Guinn has been recruiting for four years and since he is gone AC has to play with talent from Clinton and Norris after next year. How many of them players started over the last three years. I know they have boys driving from knoxville and the surrounding areas to play. They even pulled Campbell Co's best player.l

The Keys moved to Coalfield because they got kicked off of Clinton baseball team. I heard they wanted to go to Oak Ridge but their coach refused to take them. I heard the Johnson kid got beat out by a freshman last year and would never hit the field except to pitch. If that makes Coalfield the team to beat cause of those three kids, what does that say about the competition in the district.

Need some dates for key district match ups. Season starts March 10th.

The baseball season cranks up on Monday so lets keep abreast with how teams are doing in their pre season scrimmages. Each team should have a feel what their strengths and weakness are. There are some kids that might be a hugh suprise on how they improved over the winter.

Since you watched Farraguts boys play since they were 8 you should know that they are not playing t-ball anymore. Which is just another reason Bearden wins. Faragut just has one real senior pitcher. Bearden has 4 senior aces Hunter, Josh, Taylor and Andy -- as well as the best leader in Dawson who took Bearden to the State Final while Faragut watched on TV. Farragut also loses because its boys are spoiled and think they should win without putting in the work.

 

Lenoir City Beats Farragut at least once because they learn to play infield under tough conditions. A friend from WB told me that last year at districts Faraguts fielders looked like a bunch of overweight bobbleheads -- er, that is, bobblehands. Maybe they coud catch and throw better when they were 8.

 

WB will be tough because they have the players who know how to beat Farragut's pitching like a drum, and they're out to earn their new coach's respect.

 

With great senior leaders Bearden raises its game and Farragut folds again.

What is Bearden record against Farragut over the last 4 years? Who has 2 state championships in the last 3 years? Until Bearden steps up and knocks Farragut from the top, talk is cheap.

Like I said earlter, I know kids from both schools and coached some of those kids and coached against some of those kids also, and I do not think any of them played T-ball cause most of them were playing for the Stars or Dodgers at 8 years old. I have alot of respect for both programs and the kids will settle this on the field. So sit back and enjoy.

The Johnson kid will help Coalfield out for sure. The thing about him is he is limited to a certain postion and that is 3rd base or pitcher. OR will miss his pitching but OR is strong on the infield with 3 sophs starting. They moved so he could start his jr and sr year. I think Coalfield will benefit from that move.

It will be a toss up between Bearden and Farragut. Both have great athletes. I watch alot of those kids from both schools play ball since they were 8 years old and I know baseball means the world to them. I promise you that both teams will be ready to compete this year...count on it.

Good luck to both schools this year.

I know West started a freshman last year and he had a good year...cannot remember his name though.

Also Oak Ridge started 3 freshmen and I believe either Powell or Clinton started a freshman or two.

Cambell County has Blake Potter who is a very good player.

Who are some of the top impact players and returning players to watch this year?

Freshmen.....

Sophs..........

Juniors........

Srs.............

I have not heard from the Halls fans lately....They must be laying low waiting to pounce on the competition. Halls is definite the team to beat, but there are some pretty good teams in that District. Pitching is the key. Their will be someone that can shut down them Devils.....But who.

How many trasfer does Coalfield have and what schools did they transfer from? Did the kids transfer because of school problems or were they not good enough to get playing time at their previous schools and decided to move to Coalfield?

Your correct.

I been following this District for about 10 years and nothing is predictable. I am curious to see the Districe schedules cause the upsets usually comes early.

Like last year, who would have believed that Karns would play 2 in the District tournament and was done.