tyme

So if a team double teamed the Long kid, or face guarded him.....no1 else can/will score?

just heard that Summertown has 2 starting Sophomores, both good shooters and ball handlers. True?

I agree Summerton's Wes Long is a really good shooter. i bet he hits it even from half court. I think that Summertown has overall the best well balanced team in the district, ball handlers and shooters.

You cant compare Summer games to scheduled games. In the summer, teams are usually half of what they will be during the season, due to vacations, baseball, work, etc. If he did score 50 points against Summertown in the summer, you can be guaranteed that it wont happen with Summertown's FULL roster.

i stand corrected. Summertown indeed has 4 Seniors. Wes Long, Logan Harville, Frank Campbell, and BJ Scott. Maybe they arent so young after all. LOL, They still only have 1 junior, Briar Pierce. I dont know any of the Sophomores or Freshman.

Summertown, from what I am hearing is young. They have 3 seniors, 1 junior and a handful of sophomores and freshman. They (as usual), have no height, but plenty of speed.

I agree with bisonmom. Whay cant the coaches get together and come up with a flexible schedule that is easy to work with? A schedule that the multi sport atheltes are not penalized for having to choose one sport over the other. Maybe that is something each schools athletic director should look into. If the coahes would consider such a schedule the small schools would have several great teams (with the best athletes), instead of average teams. And I wished that Sunday was DEAD PERIOD every week!!

Well spoken and point taken. But what if the HS basketball Coach called another HS coach and those 2 teams got together in the gym of the HS and charged admission? If the county owned school bus that some of these teams use was in a wreck who would paid that cost?

If the exact same players as on the HS team, the exact same coach as on the HS team, the exact same uniforms as the HS team, ALL from the exact same HS play as a summer team, then yes, that in my opion seems like a HS team. Call it semantics if you want.

They may have been "outside groups". But boy, they sure seemed (HS uniforms, HS coach) like HS teams.

I agree normally a HS coach will not keep books, but maybe they do in the Dead Period. And as far as admission, I paid $2 to watch. Maybe the home team was using this as a fund raiser. Who knows. If you say that this is unusual I will have to take your word for it.

no, but I can assure you its probally happening in more places than 1.

If a weight room, football field or gym is classified as part of the "facility" then why wouldnt a baseball field be the same way? I am a supporter of the Dead period. Why is it so hard for coaches to abide by? Example: As i was driving home after work late yesterday I happened upon a rural High School in middle Tennessee. After all the talk about the dead period the past couple of weeks I couldnt help but notice the baseball field lights on and just had to turn around and check it out (curiosity got the better of me). THere on the High SChool field were 2 teams. Both in High School uniforms, umpired, score board, concession, paid admission, etc. I had to stop and asked a couple of non-direct question..........Q. Is this your High School team or a travel team. A. High school team. Q. Boy yalll look gud, who coaches yall? A. That guy over there on 3rd base, and see that guy keeping the books. The conversation went on for just a couple of minutes, then i left. Coaches are teaching the kids that rules are made to be broken(until your caught).

This same HS is having 2008-2009 baseball tryouts on July 2nd. I think that this school has found a loophole and is willing to use it to the best of their ability. What is the penalty?

Nope, i dont have an issue with coach. I dont even have kids that go to school. But the same county wants to raise the wheel tax to cover school expenses. (And that does affect me.) I dont mind paying extra county money for education but not to fund sports team (including basketball, softball, etc) in the summer months.

I have another couple of questions; 1. With fuel cost at an alltime high, how can this coach also use a county school bus and county gas to transport his "legion" team? 2. How can he also use the electricty on the HS baseball field (lights, scoreboard, etc) to also benefit his "legion" team?

I just read in my local paper the the Coach of our High School has 9 baseball games scheduled during the "dead period". He is calling it "legion ball", but he has 13 of the HS players on this team. Is this leagal?

Summertown beat Hampshire 79-40 Mt. PLeasant beat Perry County 46-45 Collinwood beat Frank Hughes 50-33 Wayne County beat Zion 72-32 ****Credit for the above info goes to www.jim314.com Therefore the following teams have been eliminated from tournnament play: Hampshire, Perry County, Frank Hughes, and Zion. Predictions: 1. Summertown 2. Wayne County 3. Collinwood 4. Mt. PLeasant

didnt summertown hold the Rice kid to only 9 points in their last meeting?

I was looking at CoachT's win/loss rankings and was surprised to see that Summertown (so far) is undefeated in District play with 2 games left. Is it possible that they will win the district with a perfect record? And if so exactly where did this team come from?????