RunAndGun

You love to drop names and hide behind yours.

Do you mean you have heard of some transfers that you may get? Didn't think that happened at greenback or any other public school for that matter. Just Saying

Man for someone who knows so much about Grace athletics I am suprised at how little you REALLY know and the false things you say. I will try to clear up you obvious confusion about the GIRL from oak ridge. She played her freshman year at oak ridge and sat out her 10th grade year and played no sports at all and transfered to Grace as a 11th grader. By TSSAA rule she was eligible to play right away. Dude quit trying so hard enjoy life and move on and most of all get your facts right.

Callie Cox From Grace Christian Knoxville has committed to Milligan and will sign next week

Not going to go back and forth because everyone thinks they are right so it is useless. I will state the facts, that they NEVER played together just from the same area. The relationship was with his brother-in-law and parents were attemting to get a job transfer here and in the mean time established thier residence with his uncle. They were looking for a school and knew about Grace so they made an appointment for admission. That Uncle lived more than 20 miles from Grace and that was the violation. parents were back and forth while trying to get transfer and it never went through. He did stay with a friend often and that was also reported to the tssaa and they said that was not the violation and said they cant monoter where every kid actually sleeps but it was a violation because his residence was more than 20 miles from grace. Those are the facts for you to believe or not.

He was at the State tournament and I was with him. He took 5 girls from Graces team and those were the only kids he spoke to while we were there. You really should not use this board to spread gossip that is just not true. What does it accomplish, speading hate? Grace has come from winning 2 games in 4 years to winning 12 two years ago and last season going 20-11 and playing for a district championship. This is a result of hard work by the players and coaches and should applauded not critisized.

This is why people should get facts before they talk bad about someone. I know for a fact that he was not even at the region tournament and was out of town. Please dont just post things to be hateful and spread gossip. But make no mistake Grace girls will be very good for years to come.

Grace and Tellico play tuesday night for the Championship and Rockwood and Greenback Play tuesday for 3 and 4

Grace is 20-10 and playing very well right now beating Greenback by 26 in the semi-final. Grace is very young starting 1 senior 2 soph and 2 freshmen. 6,7,8 are soph,8th grade and freshman. The two games lost to tellico during the year were without 2nd best player and all-district player. Should be a good one with Grace with alot of pressure defence and Tellico with good inside half court offence.

According to TSSAA standards, as deter- mined by the members of TSSAA, some of the eligibility rules are: A student must have made a passing grade during the preceding semester in at least five full unit subjects; A student must be enrolled before the 20th school day of the semester, in regular attendance, and carrying at least five full courses during the present semester; A student is permitted eight semesters of eligibility beginning with the ninth grade. Junior division students are permitted four semesters of eligibility beginning with the eighth grade; A student shall be ineligible in high school if he becomes 19 years of age on or before September 1 or in junior high if he becomes 16 years of age on or before August 1 Athletes must live at home with their parents In order for a transfer student with an athletic record to be eligible at another school there must be a bona fide change of residence by the athlete's parents; All transfer students must be approved by the Executive Director of TSSAA before participating in any game or contest; A student whose name is listed on the school eligibility report cannot participate in an independent game or meet until the season has closed in that particular sport. (This does not include golf or tennis) A registered athlete cannot accept any money for athletic skills in any TSSAA sponsored sport; An athlete may accept a medal, trophy, high school letter, sweater, shirt, jacket, blazer or blanket for athletic participation but nothing else of commercial value, and these awards must carry the school's letter or other appropriate award emblem; All expenses to an athletic camp where specialized instruction is offered must be paid by the athlete or his or her parents; When an athlete is charged tuition to attend a school, it must be paid by the parent or bona fide guardian. If what you say about his residence is true, every game he played in should be a retroactive forfeit, among other penalties[/quot Thats my point so Irishbball I suggest you look at your own school before you bash another one

You gotta love rumers

Please don't short-sell the fans! They take obnoxious to a new level. I haven't just heard this rumor, witnessed it repeatedly. Agreed. Their fans are truly obnoxious. Not only were their fans obnoxious the entire game, at one game last year a parent went after a high school kid because he was excited and jumped up when their team hit a shot to put the game into overtime, which they ended up winning. They are the definition of classless. No you are the definition of classless. How about something new on this board; actually stating facts and not just like "Oh ya in this one game or that game this and that happened" Grace had one overtime game and that was Anderson county and yes it was a very intense game but I was there and dont know what you are talking about. Were you at least at the game?? I guess only your teams fans behave themselves all the time and conduct themselve with nothing but class. By the way who is your team any way.

Please don't short-sell the fans! They take obnoxious to a new level. I haven't just heard this rumor, witnessed it repeatedly. I know who this is and you sir are more obnoxious than Grace could ever be. A wanna be coach. And by the way Catholic talking about anyone else cheating is a joke. I know of a football player whose parents lived in Johnson City and he lived in an apartment by himself in Knoxville and was taken very good care of. Glass houses have a way of cracking.

Great job Harriman and good luck at State. I cant believe the cry babies about the refs. I was there and it was a fairly called game. I am not from Harriman but fellas take you beating like a man and go away.

Its funny how reading this board you would think EVERYONE thinks this way about Grace. Truth be known that most people and schools dont really care. Its just a FEW schools and a FEW people that feel so much hatred for Grace. It has been the SAME people for like 3 years over and over and over again. I can tell you this, it bothers and consumes you guys way too much and your hate runs way too deep. So who really loses in this?? Its the bitter Haters. The truth will come out and if Grace did something wrong they will own up to it and make sure the mistake never happens again.

Game times are: Grace vs Harriman at 5pm Tellico Plains vs O S at 6:30pm Girls Region final at 8pm Games are all played at Wartburg My predictions are Grace over Harriman and O S over Tellico

Doesnt really matter what we say now does it because a bunch of grown men acting like children already know all the answers.

Why let the details get in the way of wild speculation? details as of now:someone turned williams in said his tuition was being paid by the school,well tssaa is in the middle of a huge investigation of more than just this situation,williams grandparents told the truth about the tuition,they were told it was a scholarship(not).I would guess some of the folks there are tired of all the cheating and lying and turned them in and after the allegations the tssaa found out it is not a scolarship fund,the school is actually paying the kids tuition,boy i remember something like this at temple a few years ago,they got slammed.it is so hard to build a competitive basketball or football program much less two at the same time,had to figure something was going on.Two years in a row of cheating;six if you count the wanamaker situation. You act as if you really know whats going on and ONCE AGAIN you do not. Tuition was not paid by the SCHOOL and that is the only thing that is being questioned so dont try and make it sound like there are OTHER things being looked into because there is not. Simply if the parents paid it or not and if it makes him ineligible because only parents or family can do so. Skippy I guess you are not a man of your word because you said you were through bashing Grace and here you go again saying things like you KNOW something and like last time dont have a clue.

Harriman played like a team on a mission last night against Rockwood and won solidly and from watching alot of their games this year i don't think that was their best game! They have a very talented Grace team monday that they split with in the regular season.. I'll go with an upset alert and take Harriman over Grace and even go as far to say that the Green Waves have a shot at knocking off the Bears but all should be action packed games! Well Harriman did split with Grace. The last time at Harriman it wasnt even close. It was 20 at half time and ended up 25 with Grace playing reserves the main part of the second half so I really dont see an upset. Grace and Tellico in the Final

you make a good point a about a simple thread,congrats Grace you all have had a great year,and hoopin,you havnt been around these threads very long,or around district 3 bball,ask any coach who is the best post in the district or region,he's done his work i dont have to pump him up.just givin him some props its been a rough year.good luck to all in 3a. P.S. i thought i have done a pretty good job laying off Grace this year! Sorry Skippy all the coaches voted on this already Inman was MVP and Burdett was second. I dont know where Titlow ended up but it wasnt first. Also I beleive you said you wouldnt say any thing this year about Grace because you were convinced based on your INSIDE INFORMATION that certian players were not going to play and you were wrong. Just a reminder. Good luck in the playoffs GRACE

The school did grow from last year by over 50 kids but no new basketball players. Imagine that kids coming to Grace because they choose to do so and pay tuition and not play sports?? What is this world coming to.

Great Job boys. Not many gave you a chance after loosing all five starters, way to prove them wrong.

confirmation;i posted earlier that williams and burdette will not be playing,both have changed their minds and are now playing,confirmed this morning,with that being said, runandgun i will agree with most of your top four,i think harriman has the most tallent,but they are not coached well,so #1 will be a toss up between grace and harriman,2 thru four looks pretty good, watch out for tellico we play them almost every year,i dont know what they have this year but they have been known to put some good players on the court.Greenback has the best player probably in the region, but how fast can the younger kids help,they also could be a top four team:i do not see midway in the top five. Hoopin:If i said it, i meant it, you have it in black and white!You all should be very strong,they are very fine players. Skippy, feel free to coment on any Grace post you wish, we all make mistakes and I enjoy the debate. I am really looking forward to the new look for Grace but we wont see the true team until December due to the football teams success. The bball team will be waiting on 3-4 very important players that will make a huge difference in the team.

At what age do they see the need for this quality Christian education, Recruiting goes on at alot of schools ,public and private.Its done by players ,coaches and parents. Grace has had an unusual amount of transfers over the past 3 or 4 years. Its just a huge drawing pool. Temple build one of the best 1a teams in the state in a short period of time, guess what, they no longer have a football team. When you get too good, too fast ,people start checking. I don't think you are at that level now,but you sure are improving in a hurry. Another funny thing is, nearly all of your best players have all been transfers. All at once they seen the need for a quality Christian education. Boy, Its nice to know that some things never change. You have made this point over 1000 times we get it !!!!! move on

confirmation;i posted earlier that williams and burdette will not be playing,both have changed their minds and are now playing,confirmed this morning,with that being said, runandgun i will agree with most of your top four,i think harriman has the most tallent,but they are not coached well,so #1 will be a toss up between grace and harriman,2 thru four looks pretty good, watch out for tellico we play them almost every year,i dont know what they have this year but they have been known to put some good players on the court.Greenback has the best player probably in the region, but how fast can the younger kids help,they also could be a top four team:i do not see midway in the top five. I will agree Greenback does have a nice player in Titlow but I believe the best player in the Region is the guard from Oliver Springs, Rather I think is his name. Greenback will def need help from younger players and if they get it they might move up. As far as Midway being in the 5 spot they could go either way, after top 4 its a big drop off