BlitzingBuc

Walker Valley 62

Science Hill 48

Walker Valley played 5-6 teams in this area that was better than Science Hill.

Laken won in class A??...i surely thought Kayla wouldve got it, she had the better year by far i thought and plus her team actually made it to State.

I don't have a dog in this race, and know virtually nothing about either girl, so take what I'm about to say as being from someone who knows how the system works. In order to even be considered, a coach or parent has to neraly hire a PR firm to "push" their respected player's name - through the media, AAU coaches, as well as many others. Now, the best player still may be fortunate enough to win it all on her own merits, but that doesn't always happen. Sometimes the best player doesn't even make it to the final three being considered because her name isn't promoted the way other girls' names are. That's sad, but unfortunately it's how the system works. /blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" />

And just to be clear about the selection in Class A, I have no idea who was the best.

What is the other game you are refering to....

The previous game between Livingston Acadmey and Westview.

GC up 22-12 5:37 to go in 2nd

Heather Butler is putting on a clinic.

Another strange game as far as free-throw opportunities: Gibson 13 chances - South Greene 1 chance.

With a little over two minutes to go in the first half, South Greene is outscoring Gibson County from the field by 3 points.....but trailing the game by 9 points.

6.8 secs left to go....

 

LA on the line for one and one.....

 

LA up 46-44

 

Westview has made two mistakes here in the last 1 minute of the game....

 

1 the turnover on the inbounds and 2 why Sims was shooting out of the last time out with Swaim who had 21 points and Rechis on the court....

 

LA wins 48-44

 

Congrats to Livingston Acd.....

 

Congrats on a great season to the Lady Chargers....

A little closer game than I thought it would be. Seemed to be a huge differential in fouls - especially the first half.

Congrats to Westview for a great season. Nothing to be ashamed of for your young ladies.

Congrats to LA for the victory. You can be assured whoever you play tomorrow for the gold will be good.

i say livingston by atleast 15... it is a shame that livingston and central had to play each other... either team would have rolled over westview or elizabethton... now i am going to say that livingston is going to prove my point agaist westview

After watching the Westview / Elizabethton game Wedneday, several of us Central fans thought if we could just get by Livingston Academy our girls would be in the finals Saturday. Maybe Westview just didn't play a good game against Elizabethton, but they certainly didn't impress me as being a contender. Now, if you Westview fans want to say that McMinn Central didn't impress you either, then I'd agree with you. Our girls played the worst game I've seen them play in two years. But my point is that we got beat playing a bad game, and if Westview plays Livingston Academy anything like they did against Elizabethton, and if LA plays anywhere close to the way they played Wednesday, then Westview will be packing it up and going home after their game today.

But, that's whay they play the game.

Both of these teams had very similar games this morning. They both forced a lot of turnovers and won by similar margins. Gibson County is still the favorite but you can't count South Greene out after seeing how they played against Hume-Fogg. I look forward to a great game on Friday!!

I've only had one wrong pick so far in the AA Bracket. Because that wrong pick was McMinn Central winning it all, that error will continue throughout the entire bracket (yes, I was biased). However, being 75% correct in the first four games qualifies me somewhat. So here goes:

After watching both Westview and obviously Livingston Academy play Wednesday, I think Livinston Academy is the better team between the two.

I didn't get to watch either South Greene or Gibson County play, but I'm going with South Greene merely because I was raised in neighboring Cocke County and I'm familiar with their program and past successes.

Congratulations to the players, coaches, and fans of all four remaining teams.

This made two years in a row for McMinn Central making it to the state tourney, not three. .......La beat them in the roundhouse in 2007. GO HOGEYE

I wasn't at that game in '07 and just assumed it was at state. Apparently that was a sub-state game?

This what not a negative quote but just pure fact the chargerettes are the better team, just didnt have there normal game, had nothing to do with defense had more to do with bad shot selection and playing tight for whatever reason. Im not a sore loser ill give credit where credit is due and LA won the game . Im just saying if LA had met the team that went 34-0 they would not have been able to play with them based on what I seen from LA. this was not the LA team ive seen in the past they may be better than what they showed. any how good luck rest of the week.

Chargerette fan, with all due respect, let it die. It doesn't matter if the UConn Lady Huskies had lost yesterday to LA - a loss is still a loss. Yes, "if" the Central girls had played a good game I believe they would have won - BUT they didn't. Livingston Academy did what they had to do in order to win.....our girls didn't.

And what does it matter what you or I think now? The game is over.....LA is still playing.....and our girls are not. Your insistence that the LA fans see it your way isn't going to work. And had the shoe been on the other foot and the Chargerettes won, I would have taken any comments (such as yours) from an LA fan as being one of sour grapes.

Be happy for the wonderful legacy our Senior girls have left, and how they've raised the bar for future girls wanting to pridefully play for the Chargerettes! Going to the state three years in a row is quite an accomplishment that even many of the best teams in the state can't boast about. Our day will come.

OMG the village idiot comment is hilarious, we have a 5% crowd from LA that just dont know how stupid they look when they act that way. And most of the time every team has one village idiot in the crown and sometimes more. Bad thing is, it is real embarassing for the ones who just love the girls and boys that play and love the game. Most people always hope for an injury free game on both teams. But leave it to the 5% who dont really care about the players, it is really about them at the time, wanting to be the "Village Idiot" in the crowd. The ones that do it like it I guess. It is not OK though. I will have to say most of the LA Fans are absolutely great people with big hearts and support there team to the fullest. I love to see a big crowd at all the games. And LA fans most of the time definately show up.

Fortunately, I wasn't around any idiot fans from either team and I'm glad I wasn't!!!

I was in the Central section and everyone there was just cheering the Chargerettes on and were even very complimentary of the LA players when they made a good play. Speaking of which, is #22 still hitting those 3's??? /blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" />

All of the LA fans I met before the game, and especially at halftime, were nice to talk to and complimentary of the Chargerettes.

Keep in mind, you folks only heard one negative post from us Chargerette fans. Most all of us will give credit where credit is due and I will give a lot of credit to the L A players and coach for a job well done. They showed great effort and heart along with a good game plan against us. Good Luck the rest of the way.

OSC, first I'd like to thank you for letting me ride to the game with you, and even buying my meal after the game. You have a wonderful wife and Granddaughter who had to put up with me, so I thank them also. The city of Etowah, and McMinn Central High School is blessed to have someone like you......and I feel blessed that I can call you a friend.

About the game......well, it was a heartbreaker, mainly because they had one of their worst shooting games over the last couple of years - both from the court and the free-throw line. As much as I hate it for the Central fans, I hate it more for the girls - and especially the Seniors who went 67-4 over the past two years. They got within one game last year of playing for the coveted state championship, losing to the eventual champion, Marshal County by two points. Expectations were high this year that the Chargerettes would get to play in that state championship game, having virtually all of the same girls back. Coach Morgan set the goal high at the beginning of the season. Yesterday ended their run and they fell two games short of playing for it all......so I'd say the girls have been extremely successful in what they've accomplished. The hurt, pain, and tears will soon go away for them.......and they'll eventually see just how high they've raised the bar for the Chargerette program. The Chargerette fans will come out en masse again next year to support a strong program that Coach Morgan has built. On paper, with the loss of some key seniors, next year's team won't be quite as good, but with the returning talent I believe by season's end they'll have enough experience to make it to sub-state, and possibly to the state tournament again.

LA fans.....your team played hard and did what they needed to do in the 3rd quarter to not only wipe out an 8 point halftime deficit, but to have about an 8 point lead by the start of the 4th quarter. #22 was shooting lights out from beyond the arc, and by the time our girls adjusted their defense, that young lady had already sank about 5 in a row. My compliments to the coaching staff and players for LA in seizing the moment. After watching Westview beat Elizabethton prior to our game yesterday, I thought the winner of the Central/LA game would beat Westview.......so get 'r done and go play for that state championship Saturday!!!

Maybe we'll meet up again next year in Murfreesboro!

There is only one session, tickets are $7, and a ticket is good for all day!! You will need to exit the east side and get an armband.

So, people will be allowed to go out and smoke?

I'm trying to figure out who you are. I'll probably see you all together at the game, and then I'll know. Have a safe trip.

Trying to figure out who I am could be humorous. I'm actually more of a Meigs' Lady Tiger follower due to being related by marriage to a couple of their players. My Grandson played 4 years of football (two years of baseball and basketball) for the Tigers. And since my 4 boys played every sport imaginable for the McMinn Co. Cherokees in the late 80's and early 90's, you can see that I'm actually the last person you'd expect to be supporting the Chargers or Chargerettes! /blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" />

I have many friends in the Etowah area, though, and really like the type of ball the Chargerettes play. I'm a friend to some of the girls' parents, too, as well as a friend to your quarterback's parents, and placekicker's parents. And since my 7 year old Granddaughter lives in Englewood and is a good basketball player already, and thrives on being a Chargerette someday.....I figure I might as well get used to actually having someone from my family playing for McMinn Central. I just hope the Lord forgives me for that! /roflol.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflol:" border="0" alt="roflol.gif" />

See you at the 'boro, if OldSchool stays out of the ditches!

I think I know who OldSchoolCharger is. I'm pretty sure I worked with his niece in the weightroom a few times over the last two years. I've never ridden in a car with him, so I can't give you an answer.

OldSchoolCharger is one of the good guys, and if you're around the football program much you know who he is. He told me he knew who you were.

By the way, his lovely spouse is going too, so I guess he and I both will have to be on our best behavior. The babes in Murfreesboro will be safe this time. /blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" />

I might be just a little too close to the situation. /roflol.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflol:" border="0" alt="roflol.gif" />

 

Have a safe trip, 92. We are planning to leave at around noon eastern time. I hope to take in the Westview-Elizabethton game too.

Am I taking my life into my own hands by riding over with OldSchoolCharger? Will my good reputation be tarnished forever by being seen around him? /roflol.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflol:" border="0" alt="roflol.gif" />

The 3 finalists this year are : Lashay Davis, Upperman......... Chassidy Fussell, Obion County...........

Lauren March, Marshall County. I hope Lauren gets it, she is very deserving....Good Luck Lauren!!!!!!

I can't believe Kylie Lambert (McMinn Central) isn't a finalist. She's the best pure basketball player I've seen this year....and could have easily averaged about 30 points a game had she been a selfish player. UT Chattanooga beat out a few SEC and ACC teams to get Kylie's signature to play for the Lady Mocs.

How sweeeeeeeeet it is to beat both Region 4AAA teams!!! /thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" />

WV wins 71 - 70! Maybe it is not a great gym, but the team is great!

According to a friend of mine at the game, Shelbyville's so-called "vaunted defense" was good - but no better than many teams around here that WV played against. Good game between two good teams! On to the 'boro for Coach Williams and his Mustangs!

WV by 6 with 42 secs

GO 'TANGS!!!

She is a good player, and an intense player. But getting T'd up is not like her at all. Im sure there was something, somewhere along the line that got out of control, or she would not have gotten out of control. Not trying to displace the blame, just saying that while the intensity certainly is normal for her, the T is not.

I think the situation of events has been pretty well explained on here. While she may not "normally" lose it, she did in this game......so the blame has to go where it belongs - which it did with the tecnical foul. That doesn't mean she has a problem or she's a bad person, it only means she's human and can make mistakes like all of us can at times. The intensity and pressure of a game like this can cause abnormal situations like this to happen, since you know that by losing, the season is over.

WHO WILL MAKE IT TO THE BORO?

Brainerd has one of the quickest guards I've ever seen - #10. In the three games I watched him play during the district and region, it appears he can be a little bit of a hothead at times, though.

The directions in this story are wrong. Take Exit 33 turn right and the school will be about 3 miles on the LEFT. It may be a small school but I think you will be impressed with how nice it looks.

CORRECTION: The school is about 1 mile from I-75.

For the people driving over from Shelbyville: The only food right at the Charleston exit (#33) you'll be taking, is the Ponderosa Truck Stop and a McDonald's. You have to drive a couple of miles past the school to get to the town of Charleston to find a King's Diner, Sonic, Subway, or Hardee's. If you want a better selection of food, you can take the Cleveland exits - #25 or #27. I'm not sure what they'll be serving at the ballgame.

I have watched that kid walk away from lots of abusive situations, with no calls, all year.

There must have been somthing there, not observered and/or called.

I think throwing the ball and hitting a Central player (I don't it was intentional, just frustration) after the call, then saying a naughty word loud enough for the ref to hear got her the "T".

Im wondering if any other team can match the chargerettes sub-state and first round opponents, if so, i think they will be lying!!!!!! GO CHARGERETTES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who is going to break the ice and give a score prediction?

McMinn Central - 52

Livingston - 43

BlitzingBuc, wow, take you a while to come up with that moniker? LOL Yep, if I go you will be most welcome to ride along. Going to be great seeing you in that Charger Blue!

I had to come up with something yesterday in order to post on here! I didn't think 'OldSchoolCock' would be appropriate! /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

I wouldn't mind driving but I can't use my new truck this week.

Yeah, BD's Mom, Dad, and Sis - plus my kid and his spouse - all said they want a picture of me in that attire. Don't forget to remind BD to send that, or I'd have to wear Tiger stuff (I've outgrown my Tribe stuff). /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Get me a sweatshirt, t-shirt, and a cap if you can......and anything else that's free. I'll need it anyway to come watch some football games. Your QB's Mom is a good friend of ours.