nashvillebound

#8 is a beast....happy he is moving on the the SEC! ha

Huge congrats to MCallie. They we the superior team last night ... great players and a class act for a coach.

never mind

That is what MUS said.... Big Red 24 - 17 McCallie

The Booger doth protest too much, methinks. I was also at the MBA @ Baylor playoff match...was not our strongest showing, but we had many more fans in the visitor's stands than players.... ....we matched the MUS crowd at the away playoff match last Friday...hope to represent big in Cookeville. Roll Red

QB was the major differential. However, another big change was at place kicker after close losses to BHS and PC after several missed FG attempts.... no missed FG attempts ice the change.

MBA's loss to a very good Baylor team in the monsoon makes a return for a 1st round playoff a worse case scenario for MBA, IMO. If the season ended today MBA would host BA at HOME in the first round....a game they already won a couple of weeks ago. This is the probably outcome (if favorites hold serve) from the upcoming games (CBHS @ MBA and MUS @ BC) this Friday. Hopefully no rain will be forecasted for game.

After the bye week MBA is back healthy (only one sophomore running back out). The defense has grown into a solid unit as the season has progressed. Add the aforementioned multidimensional offense with the freshman, Marcel Reed. at QB and this Big Red team can close out games unlike the beginning of the year.

^ Understandable. MBA has a long row to hoe to return to the upper echelon...West or Middle/East. A good showing in River City adds to the momentum .

I agree with the instructive nature of the match-up, but to be clear MBA is in the '2' position in the West.... CoachT Standing have it wrong... MBA defeated MUS earlier in the season.

Great breakdown. I must admit early on it looked as if the East was stacked and that MBA was smart to choose a slot in the West with the new realignment...even with the 2 trips to Memphis. As the season has progressed the East-West power divide has narrowed. Roll Red

New season for MBA with Freshman QB.

Is there any contact information available for the thssca All-Star game? My sone played last-night in the game and was honored with the MVP award. He will be playing soccer for Sewanee this fall and Coach Pacella has him for a picture receiving the award of the field. I am trying to find the name(s) of anyone taking official pics. Thanks for any help. - Todd

MBA will see both school in a tough 2-week run. The outcome will determine the DII-AA East/Middle seeding and probable State Champion as the West seems down this year.

A bounce away? Unless that bounce would have led to 2 goals they were more that a bounce away from the Championship match. If McCallie is unable to get it done this year they will be in the wilderness for a while...MBA is youngish with only 4 seniors. However, the junior class is ten deep and loaded with three and four year veterans who know how to beat McCallie. We are looking forward to making the McCallie bus trips back to Chattanooga (from Nashville and then from Murfreesboro) long indeed. Roll Red

Way to go CPA! Keep the Trophies in Middle TN. I wish BGA had also won.... then it would have been the year of the 'Academies' (with MBA also winning). ha

ES, You have single-handedly changed my entire attitude towards Ensworth.... until Football Season! ha Thanks for the kind words. Coach Cheevers was really driven this year to get MBA to the championship game.

Montgomery Bell Academy - Your 2015 DII-AA State Champions MBA finished off Christian Brothers 3-0 to earn Coach Cheevers his first state championship. https://flic.kr/p/tnM5fx

BHS won on Kicks over Ravenwood.

I heard that the BGA leading scorer is sitting out a red card received against Webb (BB). Evidently he punched a Webb player? How long is the suspension?

Ha, I will say that soccer is the superior sport but soccer fans can learn a lot on the art of trash talking from football (American) and LAX fans. {A for effort} And this is truly a dispassionate opinion...I do not know anyone associated with either program... I just got a kick from reading the banter. Carry on!

MBA and BGA tied is a great match-up last night @ MBA. It was a very physical game from the whistle with MBA having the lion share of possession and shots until the 7 minute mark in the second half. Then MBA seemed to wear a bit and the mo' began to shift to BGA. Awesome game environment on a Friday night with packed stands and soccer weather.

Sounds good, I fwd your message to Coach Cheevers @ MBA.

I was able to catch the FRHS v Oak Ridge and the CPA v Farragut (1st half) Games on Friday @ Farragut. I was impressed with Oak Ridge and thought they outplayed FRHS despite losing 1-0. Oak Ridge's # 9 and #12 played well. I am not sure how CPA fared as it was 0-0 when we left but it was a physical game and both teams were moving the ball up and down.

Great news for Middle Tennessee soccer. Will Emerson (Junior, CB, TSC) accepted Stanford University's offer and will sign with the Cardinals' soccer program next year. This year MBA's Andrew Conwell signed with the University of Washington. Hopefully this will bring some additional scouting to the area.