AdmiralDude

https://www.5starpreps.com/articles/bearden-assistant-coach-kevin-lane-lands-his-first-head-coaching-job-with-central-high-school/

Looks to be official. https://www.5starpreps.com/articles/bearden-assistant-coach-kevin-lane-lands-his-first-head-coaching-job-with-central-high-school/

https://www.5starpreps.com/articles/bearden-assistant-coach-kevin-lane-lands-his-first-head-coaching-job-with-central-high-school/

Friday night was a great high school football game, mistakes and all by both teams. My main question is, what is the status of the big renovation project to Blankenship Field. Have been coming there for years and it seems to be stuck in the 70s except for the visitor side. Took some time before the game on Friday to explore the home stands and my does it need some updating. The field also look like it was in rough condition too. What is the status of the renovation? It is needed badly.

From an outsider's perspective, the long and drawn out nature of this search does not seem to be in Coach Lane's favor. One would think that if he was gonna be the guy, they would go ahead and name him coach. Sure you have to interview anyone you think is suitable candidate, not doing so would be a disservice to the school, but to me, the longer it drags on, the less likely they are to name Coach Lane the head coach. Maybe it is all because Knox County has been out of school, but some mentioned a time frame of last week to this week, which makes me think they are dragging this out because they are searching for some one as opposed to trying to hire Coach Lane. With all the talk in this thread, which I will take as true since i do not know for sure, of Coach Lane being a certified, it seems the school system would need to make a special exception to hire him.

You would have to think that a guy like Nix at Alcoa would apply and some other top assistants around here would apply. A lot of talk about Kevin Lane in the other thread but he didn't get it last time and there must be a reason. Why would that change this time around? Plus the fact he is not a certified teacher really hurts his chances, plus I have heard he isn't even teaching anymore. Don't know the guy but I am sure he is hoping like crazy to get the Clinton job. What other local head coaches around here that apply for it have a legitimate chance of getting it?

Love this win for my school and especially for Coach Eddie Courtney. I also love this win because of how cocky the Indy fans were on here last week. To hear them talk about it, Farragut and Indy should've saved the money spent on travel buses and just mailed the silver ball to Farragut. Sure makes my heart warm when the clowns from middle TN are made to look like idiots on coachT. This game was the embodiment of the 2016 Farragut season. A team that never gave up and never quit believing, what an awesome year it was. Great win for Farragut and hopefully the team will carry this momentum into next season.

That's a great question. I haven't seen Independence play at all this year so the only basis I could go off of is team stats. Those stats seem to show that independence has the better of the two defenses, and like i said, that is all I can base my thoughts on. Offensively though, Farragut seems to have a slight edge if you are just looking at stats, according to mxPreps. You may be right, this game could come do to who has the better defense. I sure hope it is Farragut.

Your numbers are correct according to the Farragut football website. You are also correct that Farragut has never been to a state championship game since beginning football in 1947. I don't know that these stats really play much into the outcome of the game this Friday since Blade is at Independence where the talent level is seemingly higher than when he was at Oak Ridge(at least the last couple of seasons). I hope Farragut can pull this game off.

Great win Friday by Farragut. Now I hope they do not over look South Doyle. It appears South Doyle is playing great football right now. Farragut better not take this game for granted or they will end up sitting at home next week. South Doyle has gotten hot at the right time, which is what makes high school football and the playoffs so much fun. I look forward to a great game Friday and hopefully a great atmosphere.

Looking forward to a great night in Evensville tomorrow night.

After what I heard about him missing the big booster dinner a couple weeks ago, and the conversation i have with one of their boosters. I am surprised they haven't made a change yet. The person I talked him said it was almost unanimous to get rid of him after missing that booster dinner.

I hate that I won't be at this one tonight, should be a good game. Hope I will be able to catch the livestream on the football website. Good luck to the Admirals tonight!

Certainly going to be a tough test for the Ads Friday. I hope they can pull it out. I won't be able to be there due to travel for work so I will be watching from the website. Good luck to the Wildcats as well.

Wow that is crazy. The Admirals better be prepared to make the most of every offensive opportunity seeing that they will be few and far between. This game makes me nervous.

Thank you for the information. Hopefully the Admirals will be able to stop the Wing-T. I know we have major problems last year against Rhea Co. and still almost won the game. The thing I worry about is McMinn controlling the ball like you say. That will be the best defense(to keep the Admirals off the field). I think this is the best match-up in Round 1 statewide.

I had a conversation on Sunday with a big "booster" at West. Some of the thing he told me were going there are just plain crazy. The coach doesn't seem like he wants to be there any longer and i think the administration there may share the same feeling.

This may be the game of the week in 5A, the only other good match-up that I see is Ooltwah vs. Campbell County. I know in the past that McMinn has always been tough. I see that they are now running a Wing-T offense(always a challenge to defend against). The Admirals will have their work cut out for them on Friday night and hopefully the offense will continue to play well as it has since the off week. I don't know much else about McMinn, anyone else know anything?

West is in shambles right now. They are a shell of their former selves. The defense is still very good, but the offense is just plain pitiful. The new head coach had been the defensive guy most of his career and at his previous school, but decides to take over the offense when he arrived at West and it has been a complete disaster(at least from the outside looking in). When we played over there a couple weeks ago, it was almost sad to see the state that program has fallen to in such a short period of time. If the paper is correct, West must win to get in the playoffs. if they lost, I wonder if the powers that be, at West, will consider making a change in leadership of the football team. This is merely an outsider's prospective, so maybe(and probably) there are some things going on within the program that are causing these issues and it is not the coach. That being said, I think Gibbs wins this one by a touchdown. I don't see the Rebels scoring much this week against the Eagles.

How about updated standings for 5A as a whole and Regions 1-4?

If I were in their shoes, I would've done this years ago. The two schools that are actively taking your players, no reason to play them. It is kind of like nobody wanting to play Catholic in this area, although I am not saying those two are as bad as Catholic, but they have still recruited the WB and Heritage kids for years.

This game shouldn't be close if you look at the seasons both teams have had. The Dragons are struggling this year and from what I have heard from several people I know that follow them , they seem to have folded shop and given up. I was told by a parent that your best player, #5, was tossed from the Heritage game. Is he a senior? I know last year he tore us up with Thackerson at QB. if he was tossed, hate that he doesn't get to play in the final game of his career. i have also heard that Josh Kerr and his father may take a job together next year. Any truth to that? As for the Admirals, they seem to be firing on all cylinders offensively with the QB who is playing very good football right now. The defense seems to be playing decent too, but missing #5 in the secondary is killing the pass defense. I did hear at the game Friday he should be ready to roll for the playoff so that is comforting.

This game shouldn't be close. Powell is awful, I am sure they have improved since Week 1, but they are a mess.

How is Campbell County ranked ahead of Farragut? Farragut beat them by 10, has a better SOS and has a better "Power" rating according to your poll. Makes 0 sense to me.

Wow is all I can say about last night. Glad the admirals were able to win, was very concerned after the first couple drives of the game. Hopefully now we will get a little more respect from local media, but with those guys, does it really matter. We need some more Farragut people on here and that travel. Guess the cool weather and trip to Jacksboro was too much to overcome with the game being in tv.