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Not me. Goodpasture wasn't a surprise, but I wouldn't have picked Beech and didn't know enough about Decatur Co. Congrats to all the winners.

I think you're right about this one. My guess it's either Goodpasture or Lexington.

No Riverdale!?! I sure you will catch heck over that pick. National ranked and a national player of the year candidate. I'll trust that you know what you're are talking about, however it wouldn't be my pick, but what does a west TNer know.

The only "mutiny" was from some parents who were upset at lack of playing time for their children. First it was the old coaches were jealousy of the new coaches, now it's parents complaining about their princesses not getting to play. Parents have complained for years that their daughters should be playing, but very few coaches (none that I'm aware of) get fired for this, especially if the team is winning. But for sake of argument let's assume you are right. What guarantee do you have that new coaches would mean more playing time for your baby, none. The fact of the matter is the new coach was doing a great job. By who's standards? Don't get me wrong, winning is important, especially at programs like Beech, Riverdale, and Soddy. Which leads me to believe that the coaching staff did something so wrong that the Beech administration felt it was necessary for them to make the change before season's end. I'm sure that we will know sometime in the future what really happened, until that time I'm through with this thread.

This has got to be the dumbest statement I have read. If this were true then why did Coach Woods leave when Kat and company still had a year to go or why didn't Coach Utley return a few years back when Beech had so many good players that some were on the bench. When pirates of old had a bad captain there was a mutiny. Apparently modern day Buccaneers are no different.

Unfortunately there is not much to talk about. Only two maybe three teams out of the west have been able to consistantly compete with their sisters from the east and middle part of the state, Covington (AA)and Trinty (A). St. Benedict(D2)is the other school that may fall in that catagory. Every now and then another school will gets its hand on a decent pitcher and will make a run. As far as the teams that have already been mentioned I would keep an eye on Martin Westview and Lexington, I think both of these school still have pretty good pitching. Munford and Brighton from what I can tell will be the (AAA)representatives, but they just don't have enough to play with the middle and east.

They finished third last week in a tournament held in Jackson. I think they are still a decent team, but lack the dominant pitching they have had in years past. Losing two studs like Ivy and Ellen Renfroe would hurt any team and I'm not sure that little sister, if she even pitches, is the same caliber. Plus they had a pretty good catcher last year who made have also graduated. I still expect that they will be back at state defending their title, but I don't think they will be the heavy favorites to win it again this year.

The season is less than a week old and you have already ruffled someones feathers. You need to start keeping track of how many you can upset each season. I willing to bet you were close to 100 the past few seasons

I guess Trinity Christian is no good. Collierville lost 1-0. How many other schools has held them to one run? Only 3 others out of 36 games. Do your research before you post. Still will be 2 and done. Sometimes I think MB would rather finish the season 40-5 with an appearence in the state instead of 25-20 with a state title. He got to be getting close to that 1000 win mark

It won't let me pick except for the last 5 games on the list. Anybody else having this problem?

It does seem like it's starting later each year.

No Soddy or Riverdale. That will surely stir things up. My picks are Soddy, Riverdale, Beech, Ravenwood. Although I would love to see Coffee and Lincoln win.

Whitehaven in the AAA!? They will be lucky to get past the regionals. I know that you don't know much about the west, but Whitehaven is a Memphis city school and they are on par with the metro schools. If I had to pick then I would put Brighton in instead. Arlington or Bolton have an outside chance. In the AA I will go with Lexington over Westview.

This might be better in the travel section. When it does get moved I would add the age group and the name of the team looking to the post.

Well the season is about half over and we now can see who are contenders and who are just pretenders. Here's my take on the best teams west of the river. (Since MrNoItAll is counting Camden now as a Mid-State team, I will leave them out.) AAA Brighton is definitely the big school to beat from the west. Although Collierville and its fans might disagree, they are still a step or two behind Brighton. Brighton still will be hard pressed to compete with the likes of Beech, Riverdale, and Soddy at the "Boro" and will probably go two and out at State. Pretender AA Covington looks to be for real with its only loss coming to Trinity. Don't be surprised if they win it all. Contender A Trinity Christian may be the best team in the state in any division. I think the only way they lose is if they they take their competition too lightly like they did a few years back.Contender D2 St. Benedict is probably the best team in the large class. They will make it past the sectional, but then its over for them. Pretender In the small class it looks like FACS and USJ might be the best in the west. I am not sure that either will make it pass sectionals though. Pretender Who knows, in a couple of weeks I may have to change everything.