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Anyone have Wilson Central / Lebanon scores from this week?

What's the status on the MJ / Wilson Central series....MJ won last night 3-2 with Hydel pitching. When are they making up their first game?

I think it is really a joke to see Ronnie Carter quoted as saying that we can't treat middle school kids like high school seniors, which in itself is a great statement and I'm ok with that. But when private schools are allowed to invite middle school kids to miss a day of school to come tour their building and then include an all-events pass good for any athletic event, and not all middle school kids seem to end up getting these glossy, color, invitation packets in the mail, only good athletes, that is what makes his statements a joke. At least Riverdale was offering pizza and a coke and not having kids miss a day of school to come over and take a tour! It's really ridiculous that a public school would get "hammered" like this, when so many even shadier things are reported to the TSSAA and nothing is done. And then for him to throw out there that inviting a kid that is zoned for your school who may have parents teaching at MTCS or somewhere else is a violation that is ridiculous. What is also ridiculous is that MTCS can invite any kid from all over Rutherford county to miss a day of school and get into events for free as long as they say they want the kid as much for being a good student as they do a basketball player they can get away with it. You must be able to make connections with your middle school programs, that is how you develop pride and a sense of community. Is it a violation for Davidson Academy to invite their middle school baseball team to a high school game even if there are kids zoned for Hunter's Lane on Davidson's middle school team. No it's not. But it is a violation if Hunter's Lane invites a middle school feeder team to their varsity baseball game if all the kids aren't zoned for Hunter's Lane. Hopefully I've made my point that it is ridiculous to ask a high school program to not invite the whole team of the middle school that primarily feeds them to attend events like this when private schools are allowed to swoop in like vultures and pick and choose which kids to treat like high school seniors!

Anyone know of a makeup date for this game that got postponed last night???

Did Beech and Siegel play last night or did they move the game due to Beech playing football?? Anyone know?

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What did Hendersonville look like...haven't heard much about how they are looking.

Who are the Bison top players coming back next year?? Tough luck losing for them today.

Scores and info from these games tonight anyone????

LaVergne - Wilson Central score from last night anyone???

I think a lot of players will still play this fall in some fashion. You will still see Farragut have their intersquad series, you will have some teams divide up, some schools far away from Nashville will flat out cheat because they don't have to worry about people turning them in or checking on them. AND what I think you will see the most of especially around the west TN and middle TN area is an enormus number of kids going to play in high school fall leagues run by colleges. These can be a joke for the most part as it forces a kid/parents to spend around $200 to play one or two nights a week under the guise of getting "instructed" by college coaching staffs who are basically using the fall leagues to put money in their assistant coaches pockets. These guys should write a big "thank you" note to TSSAA.

Unfortunately Mr. Tribue has forgotten that the school where he is the principal is best known for what sport --- baseball. Mel Brown put McGavock on the map in athletics. For him to say that any sport takes more heart to play than the other is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard come out of such a smart man's mouth. These new rules are designed so that they help a couple of people....football coaches who have run kids off from their sport and lazy people who don't believe in working with their kids to help give them the best chance they can have to compete at the highest level of baseball they can get to without having to go a hitting school or hiring private lessons. While AAU basketball was 'supposedly' a target of the %50 rule it has not been touched. Soccer somehow got a free pass as well. There is a sport where kids quit basketball and football for all the time because they are told that they have to travel all over the country to get a scholarship so they can end up playing at a local university on an academic scholarship. The T$$AA seems to be under the false impression that Tennessee is a football state. How many football teams from this state are playing on National stages like Vanderbilt Baseball, Tennessee Baseball, Cumberland Baseball, Walters State Baseball, Farragut Baseball, Oakland Baseball Women's Basketball, Men's Basketball etc. You can put Tennessee High School baseball up against any state in the United States with our kids. You can probably put Tennessee right behind California, Florida, Texas and about even with Georgia when it comes to prospects and turning out successfull college and pro players. You talk to any high school baseball player and they will tell you that they love playing in the fall. It is a great time of year for the kids, parents and everyone involved. It is an even better time of year for college coaches to come out and see kids that they would never get a chance to see. These same kids will also tell you that if they wanted to be playing another sport they would be playing golf, soccer, football etc. These are kids who love playing, who love playing with each other and love getting better at the greatest game ever invented. The do not feel pressured, they do not feel tired, they LOVE THE GAME. If they wanted to play other sports they would and many do. They do not want to get together with five people from their arch rival school and play in the fall, they want to play with each other. We can only hope that baseball coaches voices will be heard at the next December meeting and these rules will only be in place for one year. I would be willing to bet that if Ronnie Carter would get out of his little box in Nashville and go meet with baseball coaches in this state he would understand why people are so upset. It is sad to see a sport that has garnered so much respect all over the nation for a state being disrespected by an organization that has reaped the benefits of the hard work of players and coaches.

Also missing Mt. Juliet - LaVergne

Anyone have a score from Mt. Juliet / Wilson Central....did they make their game up today?

Anyone know the score of this game??