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Where can we get in-game updates? Any of the AAA teams have a twitter account? Any other way?

Overton trailed 3-1 in the 4th, rallied to win 8-3. Overton goes to 31-3, Jordan Humphreys with a complete game goes to 9-0. Allowed just 4 hits, all in the top of the 4th and finished the 5th-7th innings 3 up, 3 down. 4 Bobcat players had multi-hit games, Pat Luken with 3. Brandon Robertson with the loss, and Payne allowed a few more. Overton at Independence Wednesday at 6:30. Mt Juliet and Rossview on the other side.

Nasty weather for these games tonight.

I believe the Overton / Franklin game should be a very exciting game. Probably more of an 8-7 kind of game than a 2-1 game. These teams, frankly, are quite similar in style and make-up. I think the team with fewer errors wins.

Disagree. All in our Region finished district on Wednesday. Substate isn't until next Friday. That is 10 days to finish a 4 team double elim. Easy. If you want to include the substate game, that is a full 12 days. And...we could have easily started the district tournament 2 days earlier as no games were played anyway. Your point about pitching is my point about the team, not just 1-2 top pitchers that you pitch every game.

Well, it's that time of year so I'm bringing this to the forefront again. Occam's Razor posits, generally, that the simplest option is usually the best. I could add to this, the "fairest" option, as well. Why isn't the World Series, or any other baseball playoffs, just a one game deal? Because it is a team game, a series game -- not a one game show. More power to the teams with the #A1 Ace that will beat most anybody with their #1 but in a best of 3 wouldn't? I'll approach this from even a different angle. The way it is set up now, you are putting the burden of the entire season, for EVERY playoff team, on the back of one 17 or 18 year old young man. A burden is more bearable across the backs of an entire team. Win as a team, lose as a team. Region starts Monday. Lose and go home. Substate is next Friday. Lose and go home. But...make it to state and it is no longer a 1 man show. You might have better TEAMS in the state tournament if you amended how teams got there. District tournaments, generally, are finished today. You have up to 12 days to complete a sectional tournament as described in this topic. The representative to the state tournament would be the best team, likely with the best pitching STAFF. It just doesn't make any sense. Alabama is different. At least they play a series of best of 3 rounds. I was checking on a team that my son's team beat in Alabama and they are in the 4th round of best of 3 and the winner of their current series is the state tournament representative. What we have done is to adopt a plan that is not best for the young men, does not demonstrate who the best team is, and -- most of all -- elevates the play of ONE player over the team concept...which is the ENTIRE purpose of high school athletics. Something needs to change, and I can't understand why it is just us baseball junkies that is talking about it. Good luck to all...except our Monday and Friday opponents next week.

Who can give us an update on the conditions of the facilities at these 3 sites? I know I heard of damage at Dickson County and Creekwood. Also, what is the final word on scheduling changes, particularly at Dickson County / Friday and Harpeth / Saturday? I could find nothing online or at Dickson Herald. Doesn't look good for weather on Friday, anyway. Does Dickson County have/use a tarp?

Is there a link to a comprehensive schedule of this tournament?

Did you guys see the end of that bbcor bat shatter in the UT/Ole Miss game on Saturday? End cap went flying and the end of the bat looked like a pigeon exploding.

Not only does Overton have lights, I think it is the best venue for H.S. baseball in Davidson County. However, McGavock does have lights on its own field and I'm pretty sure Ezell Harding now has lights. Per your last comment, Ravenwood had to install the "eyelids" on their lights to comply. This keeps light from going upward, into the sky. If you get a high fly ball, it goes above the lights and becomes VERY difficult to track on the way down.

An Alabama high school was using illegal bats (same situation) vs Overton in the Gulf Shores Tourney last week and umps wouldn't do anything about it. Yes, it was NFHS tourney.

Of course, there is a chance that he doesn't go to college anywhere. And, I don't know what the factor is, but he does have a lot of friends going there, baseball players and longtime friends. He was offered full or substantial scholarships at many schools. Also, he does have the likelihood of starting from day 1.

Overton 7, Father Ryan 3...at Father Ryan.

The same reason a kid that is all tournament in this year's JR Sunbelt didn't make it on that team - Politics and there are a large amount of tallented players in the area. I for one would like to see this go by division so we arn't compairing D1 to D3 stats. Big difference. Also, I'd love to have my sons team play in some other district - the Overton kids were served BP every game. Their numbers show it too. No offense to them but their competion didn't happen until their Regional games. Robbie will be fine at Arkansas if he doesn't sign to go pro. So will the others that were left off the team - xx amount of slots to fill, and xxxxx amount of good players to fill them with! In the regular season, Overton played: -- 13 teams that made the regional round of playoffs -- played Hendersonville and Mt Juliet twice -- played Dyer County -- played Clarksville twice -- played Goodpasture -- played Ravenwood twice -- played Venice and Riverview in Sarasota, FL I bet Mookie Betts and Connor Moore had better numbers in these games than in district games. Regardless of situation or competition...you don't want to face either of them.

Mt Juliet will win their side. I imagine Farragut wins theirs. 2009 redux with Mt Juliet on top this year.