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Houston beat Germantown 27-25,25-11,25-11 in semi's
Houston beat Collierville in championship match 25-21, 17-25, 25-22, 14-25, 15-9
Houston plays Whitehaven(District 16 -2nd place) next Tuesday. Collierville plays Memphis Central (District 16 winner)
Seigel nightmare
in Trash Can
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The Siegel coaches and parents should be commended for trying the best they could. I have no issue with the parking or the concessions as they were well manned and courteous given the large number of people attending. I agree if its not at MTSU it should be moved around the state. My issue is with the rudeness and unsportsmanlike conduct of the student sections of Independence and Red Bank, including the father on the front row loudly cursing the umpire who was so out of control he had the security guard watching him very closely). I love it when the students are loud and boisterous, it makes for a great atmosphere. But these two groups were out of control, yelling comments directed specifically at the players of the other teams, Independence even yelling hateful, hurtful comments at the other team's girls as the girls first entered the gym. They also had no respect for matches in progress while entering/exiting. For Independence the boy in the white tank top on the front row with a number 5 should have been removed from the gym. Kudos to the Siegel coach for finally standing in front of the Independence group to keep a watchful eye. No player should have to try to serve in an environment where the tens of spectators are 5 ft away with arms outstreched, screaming personal comments in their ear. In the Red Bank/Brentwood match the Red Bank fans were terrible. To have an entire section act, parents included, in that manner (and I for one can hear the difference in BULLSH** vs PUSH IT). These two schools should be forced to have a school representative attend and be placed in the front row of their student section to ensure their students display at least some civility. And what's up with allowing whiteboards for students to share insults ? Seems like a recipe for escalating the situation.