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I'm happy for the boys this did not drag out into the Summer. What's done is done. Time to support Coach Moore and the team. Because Coach Moore is Dr. Campbell's choice, he will be in a good position to succeed.

It has been about a month. Any news on a coach at IHS?

Pride, Dragons, Fury, Glory. At least one other but do not know the name.

What position does she play?

Hey PH. Sorry we did not get the chance to meet. With our coach in place the girls are working and having fun. Camp schedule is done and the team is looking for improvement on last year. Most of the girls are on AAU squads, showing their commitment to get better. If you take in AAU games we may have a chance to meet this Spring. Keep that ball bouncin.

Franklin job is open.

Noticed the job posting is no longer on the TSSAA bulletin board.

[. Now a couple of things I have to get off my chest. First of all, Riverdale has some of the most classless fans I have seen. Yelling things at our coaches and players is very unclassy. I realize this is not all Riverdale fans and only a very few but these few fans bring how you look as a school down. Also, I thought your coach showed her true colors as she definitely tried to run the score up. She was leading by 40 yet refused to pull her starters until there was less than 2 minutes to go in the game and continued to press pretty much to the end of the game. I can see where someone as classless as she appeared to be could definitely do some shady things to get where she is now. Be serious. If the situation was reversed wouldn't you want to spank the team that took your school down? I know any competitive team would want revenge. If you poke the bear there will be consequences. Congratulations to both teams. Blackman girls need to get their heads up. They still have a chance to advance to Regionals. This was just one game, learn and move on.

If they finish in a 3-way tie who wins the crown?

I agree, post players are penalized for playing defense correctly, feet planted and arms straight up. Most refs make bad calls because they are out of position, or have bad angles. I saw a game last week where whistles were prolific. Bad calls both ways, and most of those calls were made by the official out of position, when the official in clear view was allowing the play to continue. I know the officials are trying their best, but some crews simply don't get it. I would be curious to see a supervisor's evaluation of the game I saw last week.

There is an obvious typo in the first sentence of this post. "Transferred" should be changed to "was recruited".

1pm @ Hillwood

Interesting topic. One thing that has not been discussed is team chemistry. Upperclassmen can take offense to having teammates lose playing time to freshmen. Upperclassmen may take some serious ribbing from their peers not on the team. This is a delicate balance a coach must manage. The coaches are still dealing with teenagers, who emotions can change in a heartbeat. Coaches need to understand the maturity of their upperclassmen, and the upperclassmen's abiltiy to accept the freshmen. In the end talent should win out, and the upperclassmen know the score having endured hours of practice that only the coaches and players see. It is the upperclassmen's responsibility to lead, not feel deserving of play time because of seniority.

Beech High, 1pm, Saturday

Thanks PH, they are getting there.

Does anyone have a list of teams and schedule for this tournament?

Youth is the word when describing the Lady Eagles. Good news is they can play much better. We have also been playing without 2 upperclassmen due to injury. A tip for those out there that would like to make a program. All rosters are available on the Tennessean website in the high school section of the sports page. Figured that one out last night! Word Publisher has an easy application with template to make a program. Thanks for the encouraging words PH. Give us 10 games, then come see us play. I'll buy the popcorn.

No, but thanks. The boys were posted on CoachT.

Thanks!

Could someone provide the roster for the Lady Wildcats? Only two players are listed on the CoachT team site. Trying to prepare program for the game vs. Independence on Monday. Thanks in advance.

I agree the referrering in the games I saw in the old gym was awful. Officials did not have control of the games, and it is fortunate someone did not get hurt. Players from our team had welts and bruises after the game, though fouls only were called after things really got out of hand. AAU can be pretty rough, but this was street ball.

RBS lost to Lipscomb, but beat Grundy. This was my first time seeing the RBS ladies play. They are small, but play extremely hard. Good fundamentals around the basket makes up for their lack of size. Their point guard (Lacy) was the best player I saw in any game that day. There should be concerns of wearing her out. I saw them play 2 games, and she never came off the floor. Listening to their coach do his thing is worth the price of admission. Those ladies have some thick skin.

Independence lost to Community, then beat Dekalb and Lincoln Co. All games were close.

Congrats to the Ravenwood team and Coach Rector. Game planning, practice, heart of a lion will win lots of games. Coach Rector has always impressed, and his willingness to roll the dice in pressure situations is amazing. 2pt conversion for the win is one thing, but then the on-side kick was really riverboat gambler call. Coach Rector!!!!! Wow!!!!!!

I thought I read Kenwood got shut out last Friday by a school in the Ft. Campbell area. Something like 34-0.