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The reason that kickoff was given back to Brainerd is the kicking team may not catch a kickoff until it has touched the ground or contacted a receiving team player. On that play, Rhea County kicked the ball into the air and then caught it prior to it hitting the ground.

District 4-AAA Boys Tournament (@ William Blount High School) Wednesday, Feb. 16 Game 1 - 6:30 #5 Lenoir City vs. #8 Heritage Game 2 - 8:00 #6 Farragut vs. #7 William Blount Friday, Feb. 18 Game 3 - 8:00 #4 Maryville vs. Game 1 Winner Game 4 - 6:30 #3 Catholic vs. Game 2 Winner Monday, Feb. 21 Game 5 - 8:00 #1 West vs. Game 3 Winner Game 6 - 6:30 #2 Bearden vs. Game 4 Winner Wednesday, Feb. 23 Consolation Game - 6:30 Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 Championship Game - 8:00 Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6

The state offices award playoff games to local associations. Then in turn the supervisors of each association assign the officials for the games. In the early rounds, there is a small chance that an entire crew that has worked together the whole season could go together. However, in my association, individuals are chosen to fill each spot. Hope this helps.

The officials got it right. In that instance, it is a five yard penalty administered from the end of the run and repeat the down. Rule 9-4-3h in the rule book. No penalty, if accepted, against the defensive team, Team B, can cause the down to go to the next one in the series. Therefore, it would be 2nd down again.

I don't understand this mentality that you have to have head coaching experience to be a good hire. At some point in time, every coach has no head coaching experience. That does not mean that they are a bad hire or a bad coach. Give the coach a chance and then make a decision on whether it is a good or bad hire.

West is the only team that challenged them in the distrcict last year they blew everybody else out and they will be 2x better next year Bearden or Melrose will the state next year. You must not count the District Championship game as a District game. Or you are saying that beating a team by 3 points is a blow out. Not sure which one is true. Not saying that LC will be able to do that next year or arguing the point that Bearden should be a really really strong team next year, but I don't think that they are going to be as good as you are speculating. I may be wrong. Again, I am not saying that Bearden won't be good. They very well can win the state tournament, but its gonna be tough getting past the Memphis teams any year.

I can assure you that the Loudon coach knows what he is doing. He is a great young coach in a very very tough district/region. I am sure that Jody Wright and Fulton make a lot of good coaches look like they don't know what they are doing. With the talent that Fulton has, most coaches in Tennessee will look like they don't know what to do to slow them down.

You can say what you want about Bobby McWilliams but at the end of the day, he is one of the best coaches in the Upper Cumberland. He gets far more out of less talent than anyone else in that district. Been to 4 of the last 5 district championship games. However, lost to a team with more talent every time. In my opinion, he is the best coach in the district for what he gets out of his players each year.

That is true, but in a varsity setting, he probably never gets the first one, let alone the other 2. Young coach who made a mistake. I bet he has learned from that mistake and never makes it again.

I was also at the game you are talking about where Kirkland got 3 technicals. From my vantage point, he deserved the first one, but the second one he got while talking to his team in the huddle. Not sure what was said, but knowing the guy, I doubt seriously that it deserved a second T. The third one was while he was on his way to the locker room and I saw the ref say something to Coach Kirkland prior to giving him the 3rd one. Not sure if that one game is a good measuring stick to evaluate him.

CAK is getting an excellent coach. What he has done at Lenoir City and Loudon over the past 4 years are remarkable. He knows the game of basketball and is an extremely good coach. More than that, he is just as good a person as he is a coach. It would be hard to find anyone with the morals and character of Coach Wells. Should be a good fit for CAK. Hate to see him leave LC, but wish him the best of luck.

Does anyone know who won in each classification?

I see both sides. I like the faster pace game and agree with reffin that most possession are less than 30 or 35 seconds for most high school teams. But I also like the idea of giving the weaker teams a chance by letting them "try" to hold the ball. I say try because I also think that a good team can pressure the weaker team into turnovers and force the tempo. I would welcome a shot clock, but it is not something I would necessarily be pushing for at the same time. I am on the fence on this one.

I was at the game last night and if Brainerd plays as poorly as they did last night, it will be an early exit from Murfreesboro.

Do you mean not count ten seconds for the women's game? The men still have 10 seconds in college, correct? I am being serious, not trying to sound stupid. Do the men still have that in college? And I agree, they are not going to make it easier, just wishing they would. I am torn on the idea of a shot clock. I think the shot clock could be a good thing, but on the other hand, the under manned teams that have to slow the game down would be at a disadvantage with a shot clock. So I am up in the air on that one. I see both pros and cons, I guess.