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I think they will be pretty good. Davis has a nact for developing players. Should have a lot of kids out this year with a lot of options. The youth may be a factor, but they definitely have tallent.

I dont think that the area you are from makes a difference, everyone has problems in all schools. It all depends on how you handle those problems. If kids understand that there is "0" tolerance then their behavior will change if they want to participate. You may lose that first kid, but all of the ones that follow will learn to adhere to rules or suffer the same consequenses.

If this is true, then it should give hope to any of the other children that get into any sort of trouble, because I am going to assume that this same sacrifice would be made for any kid. Now they will all have somewhere to go to rehabilitate. We will now see if all the fairness everyone keeps talking about is really there. The very next kid to get into trouble should also move in with brandons father. Heck, he should expand this out to other counties as well. I sure hope he has a big home.

I think they had a total of 8 hits and scored 7 runs. Not to bad consdering the freshman had several of these hits. I think they are going to be OK as the year progesses.

I have been reading these for a couple of days myself, and I dont think that people have been bashing "Kids" I think they are just speaking out about everyone being responsible for their own actions. I am a huge advocate of giving any one a second chance, and I dont even have a problem giving a third chance, as long as you are willing to give that same number of chances to everyone else involved. It just seems that in todays sports the better athletes get more chances, than other members of the team that may not have the same tallent. If this same instance involved a B team player or a freshmen, they would probably be used as an example and everyone would be happy(except that kid). A wise friend of mine always says " Hard work beats tallent, when tallent don't work" this is true in any system that is operated correctly. There are kids on teams that finally get an opportunity to play when another kid is on suspension, then the suspended player comes back and he will most always go right back to his spot, which rolls that kid right back to the bench. Why dont we give that kid(the one that has not been suspended) the same number of chances that we are giving the one that got in trouble? There are many ways to look at every situation. Kids are going to school to get an education and try to become active, productive citizens, athletics is a privelage that they get to enjoy along the way. Very few kids in our local communities are going to ever make a living playing sports, if they are very lucky, they may have athletics help pay for a portion of their college. I for one will never bash a kid, I will however bash a system that does not give everyone the same chance, or maintain focus on the main reason they are there in the first place.

Polk County will be at Bradley tomorrow at 2PM

Jackson was a very good athlete and a key component for the Chargers offense, they will miss him in the lineup next year. There are a lot of good athletes on that team, it will be interesting to see who decides to step up and be a leader for that group. I am proud to see that the punishment fit the crime. This should be a good signal to all the young players out there, that sports is a privelage and not a guarantee.

I would just like to add to Catfans comments. Fans could not have been treated any better than we were at Whitehouse. It is very refreshing to find young men and coaches that still play the game for the right reason and with the right attitude. Whitehouse has a very good, well coached team and I wish them all the best. I also want to thank all the seniors that have been a big part of the success that the cats have enjoyed over the last four years. Our team may be a little smaller than some of our opponents, but they always play with heart and never give up. This can all be attributed to the fine coaching staff, whose main goal is to turn these boys into not only good athletes by good citizens as well. I am so proud to be from Polk County, and for my son to part of this quality football program. Our future is very bright and I look forward to another trip to Whitehouse in the near future.

I agree. It sounds like both regions are very competative. Central has a lot of weapons, and have fought hard to win the region. The apponents they have beat are very worthy, so I am sure they are expecting a dog fight. I think the first round will tell the tell if either region is dominant. I would love to see round 2 of Polk county and Central, so I predict Central by 12.

Sorry Charlie! it did happen, I know all three kids that did it. Regardless if it is just a jovial celebration then I guess that none of the teams should mind if their logo is stomped on. Its not the end of the world, but lets not make excuses and pretend that it didnt happen. I want both of these teams to do well, but I want them to do well with pride and respect for their apponents.

I will always admit a good game, and this really was a great game. So I guess I am going to eat my crow now, you guys have a good football team, and I wish you lots of luck as you move forward. Central and Howard should match up pretty well.

Dont fell to cocky, you all were lucky to get out of polk with a win, If the on side kind had not went bad you guys would not have had the ball on the 47 yard line and we would have won the game, this game could have went either way. Just because you beat us dont mean that you own the world, You still have to beat Howard and go to the playoffs, I am anxious to see how you guys fair against some of the better teams. You have to come back to earth and realize tha this was not the superbpwl and you still have to play football.

Football is a privelage and should be treated as such. A coach can control what happens, by not allowing them to play if their outside activities are not acceptable. A few kids not being able to play because of outside acitivities, the other would take notice. You are correct times have changed, but does that mean that we have to allow our kids to to participate? I dont think so. I really want to see all these teams do well, but I also would like to see them learn some things along the way. You are also correct, things like this happen all the time in big cities, but the average BIG CITY school has 2000-3000 students and inner city problems, I dont think Central would qualify to fall in that category. Since you mentioned grades, I certainly hope that the grades are good, since that is the real reason for going to school.

For the kids at Central I hope you are right. Next year will be a good test as he will be losing some players, so we will see how his coaching ability and discipline pays off.

The first thing would be the English program up there, you need to learn how to spell, oh yea! Coach derrick doesnt teach that. Sorry!

Are you folks missing the point here? Just because Ooltewah chooses to allow thugs to continue should the rest of us?

When you say personel, you must be talking about the janitors because character and coaching wise Polk County is head and shoulders above MC. Discipline is the big key to success, and I think MC is lacking severely in that department. I think it will be a very good game, but discipline will win.