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Great pic. And against Argentina, no less!

Cookeville and Riverdale should be a good matchup on Tuesday. Ucles vs. Compton in the middle will be fun to watch.

Baylor 0 - Cookeville 0 Baylor was bigger and stronger and had a little bit more of the run of play. Not the prettiest of games.

Details??

Did all of the Murfreesboro high school teams have players affected by the storms?

Saturday: Chattanooga Christian @ Cookeville

I guess those links still take you to the 2008 rankings. I found 'em through the win-loss-tie rankings. I'll post them... AAA 1. Ravenwood 2. Cleveland 3. Farragut 4. Bearden 5. Independence 6. Brentwood 7. Riverdale 8. Blackman 9. Maryville 10. Clarksville 11. Hendersonville A/AA 1. CAK 2. CCS 3. Knox Catholic 4. USJ 5. Alcoa 6. Jackson Christian 7. Notre Dame 8. White House Heritage 9. Station Camp 10. Lexington 11. Jackson Northside D2 1. CBHS 2. Father Ryan 3. McCallie 4. Webb Knoxville 5. MUS 6. JP2 7. Briarcrest 8. MBA

Eurosport's up.

Stone Memorial has a couple of standouts (#10 up top & #8 in the back). Looked like they had the makings of a decent squad when I saw them in preseason, and they have some solid results, including a victory over Livingston Academy.

Cookeville found their scoring touch. Cookeville 8 - Warren County 0

Story of the Cookeville-Oakland game was finishing. Oakland finished the chances they were given, and Cookeville squandered so many.

Oakland 3 - Cookeville 1

45-50 will be there from Cookeville HS. Dozens of students from Tennessee Tech are going.

If a senior wants to play in college (and has the capabilities) but did not play travel ball and is still unsigned at this point...what is the best course of action for them to find a school?

Prediction: White County won't finish last in the district this year. From a sideline perspective, both of the penalties were questionable at best. In White County's case, it made the game a lot closer for awhile. All in all, I thought Cookeville played pretty well considering the field conditions, controlling most of the possession and having some nice combination play, and White County definitely has some skill and smarts. They will turn some heads. Also, I don't think White County's GK should be at fault for the goal off the corner kick; Cookeville's forward absolutely blasted that ball, and unfortunately it caromed into the net. It very easily could have bounced out of play.

Cookeville vs. Warren County has been rescheduled for April 6.

Was the wind a factor? Certainly was in the Cookeville-Lebanon game. Cookeville 1 - Lebanon 0 Goal scored in the last 10 seconds of the game by Roger Ucles. Lebanon's keeper had an excellent game.

That post was in jest :/ I'll include more smileys next time for clarification?

Cookeville won the Franklin County tournament over the weekend. Cookeville 8 Creekwood 1 Cookeville 3 Franklin County 1 Cookeville 3 Lincoln County 0 Cookeville (6-1) is off to their best start since 2001.

If I were the coach of CAK, Farragut, or Catholic, I would let Morristown West win and then take the entire team out for a free lunch at Buddy's on Sunday. /hungry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":hungry:" border="0" alt="hungry.gif" />

Eurosport's rankings generally come out about a month into the season. I bet the first batch will be out on April 6.

Warren County has a very strong incoming freshman class--I'd wager it to be the best they will have ever had. Alan Brownyard has done an excellent job with a group of middle schoolers over the past several years, and if they get the year-round exposure to soccer that is provided by competitive travel teams, they will be a force by the time they are juniors and seniors...or perhaps even sooner. As for Cookeville, the club here is Upper Cumberland United Soccer Club. For awhile, the girls' side of the program was almost completely dormant, and girls from Cookeville would have to travel to Nashville or Knoxville for competitive travel soccer. There are still three girls playing in Knoxville (Kelsey Roberson for FC Alliance and Abby & Janna Yother for Blount County United). However, the UCUSC, in large part due to the galvanizing efforts of Lauren Neal, has refocused its efforts and has, if I'm not mistaken, D2 teams in u-16 and u-14. Lauren has recruited players from all over the Upper Cumberland, something that hasn't really been done save for the UCUSC Chippewas '89 boys squad a couple of years ago who won D2 state. I think the younger Nigro girls are on these squads, and I know that Tony Nigro helps Lauren out some. It's really good that this effort is being made not only for Cookeville, but for the entire Upper Cumberland soccer community, as all the schools who send their players to the club will benefit. With the talent that exists in the area, it's not inconceivable that UCUSC could field a competitive D1 team someday. I can also say that Cookeville will not miss the 2-5 trips per season to Murfreesboro. Not one bit.

Cleveland 1 Cookeville 0 Cleveland's goal came in the 78th minute. Excellent match.

Ravenwood and Cleveland have looked very good. Tomorrow: Cookeville plays Cleveland at 1:00. Not sure about the other games.

Cookeville 2 McMinn Co. 0 Sloppy and physical.