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That was one of the best high school games I have seen in a long time. A back and forth BATTLE that had the 1st half lasting about an Hour and 24 minutes and a 12 to 6 score. Amazing Defenses to watch!!! SC’s linebackers fly to the ball. By not trying to push Sevier Co’s D hard at the end of the half, could have hurt some since SC got the ball coming out of the half. I think we could have pushed them and gotten a shot a field goal going into the half, but that is pure speculation on my part. Excellent coaching job and the team has nothing to be ashamed of. If JeffCo plays with the same level of intensity for the rest of the season that they played with tonight, It could be a very good season. I will say we missed McFall on returns, but every team has injuries and everyone has to focus on every play. Keep working hard Patriots and you will do very good things this season. Peace !!!

We bring Cowbells, which are BAD enough. That dang siren is over the top. My wife first thought there was a bad wreak outside the stadium. Peace

Just asking a question (not trying to pick a fight or looking for a backhanded comment about one of the schools I am a fan of): What was the last year that DB won a Football State Championship? Peace

Way to go on the road to North East TN and get the WIN. GO BIG ORANGE!!!

Sadly JeffCo was dealing with an emotional wave from the deaths of Jean-Luke Lane and Joshua Allen Bullington tonight. Close and "a game" at 20-7 early in the 1st Q, but ending at 61-24 is a bit much to take for any fan. Not sure why ME put #15 and the 1st string O back in with a 30 point cushion and 10min left to play in the 4th Q. Just dumb coaching or rubbing Jeff's noise in it (IMHO). Classless????? or making a statement????? My hat is off to the ME announcer paying tribute to those 2 fine young men. Maybe Jeff can salvage the season, go 5-5 and squeak into the playoffs and draw DB for that crappy road trip. God Bless the families of JLL and JAB. Go Patriots!!! Cowbell, More Cowbell!!!!! Peace

Great Pic!!!! Final: JeffCo 38 TNH 24 NO QUIT IN JEFFCO!!!! TNH smacks us in the mouth early in the 3rd, takes the lead and the Patriots pull the Chin-strap tight and work their way back into the game. Great JOB !!!!!! Now Get Ready for the Smokey Bears and Conference Play Cowbell, More Cowbell......

Jefferson County wins 31 to 7 over Heritage to open the season. Could have been a shutout but for the TD on the kickoff return. Stay in your lanes or just kick the ball out of the endzone. He has the leg to do it. Smiley is a Man and has D-1 potential. Bible has a cannon for an arm, scrambles very well and is making better decisions than last year. 2 dropped balls from having a score of over 40. Trey and the running backs are making good reads and holding into the ball when in traffic and running to daylight on the cutbacks. FINALLY, the O and D Lines are being rotated to be “fresh†late in the game. No one looked gassed after the game. Now, go get better this week. There is plenty of work to do in ALL aspects of the game. Make the adjustments and do not be satisfied. Have a Great trip to Bristol and focus on the Vikings. Take it One Game at a Time. Go Patriots!!!!! Cowbell, More Cowbell!!!!!!!

31- 7 JeffCo Wins Running back is good not great: He did have a fumble and was getting caught in the back field most of the night. QB, Pick 6 = He turned the ball over and the sack he took in the first quarter was bad decision making. But he did have one nice screen play late in the game. The D-line was Big but no real push for the Heritage boys. They only got to Jeff's QB once and that was on a LB blitz from the edge that caused the late game INT. Peace

I will pick DB by 10 over Farragut. Another DB reload this year for a big run.....

Spring Blue and White Game is Monday, May 23rd at 6PM. Go Patriots !!!!!

Looks like Spring practice is going well. I few minor dings here and there. The new coach has the Red, White and Blue much stronger than last year. Lifting matters. Keep pushing hard boys. Go Patriots!!! Cowbell, More Cowbell !!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to Eric Cain and Anthony Goins who signed with Carson Newman last week. I know you will make Jeff Co proud !!!!! Go Eagles, Go Patriots !!!!! Cowbell, More Cowbell !!!!!!!!!!

Some coaches think that the kids will get a BIG EGO if they get letters and it will "HURT THE TEAM". I personally think this is crap. Players are going to work even harder if they think the College Teams are looking at them. Top D1 players have letters running out of their mailboxes and they still play hard. Some ego is good. Football is an emotional game. If a player is out of line, run it out of them, but do not punish them for the hard work they have put in by holding back mail from schools that could be interested in them. Cowbell, More Cowbell......

I think you need to take your personal issues up with the Dr. Walker, like a man. Or write a letter to the Editor of the Banner or go to the School Board with it. Personally, I DO NOT CARE how big his office is. On a Football note, oh yea, that is what this board is for.... Glad to have the new coach on board and look forward to seeing his product on the field. I hope he gets the "buy in" from the middle school/pee-wee league coaches, so he can break through the local politics and get more support. Players, Keep working hard and getting ready for next season. Catch a couple of combines so you can see where you stack up against the other players in the area. Cowbell, More Cowbell......

I think ALL JCHS Fans and Supporters need to give the new coach and his staff 100% SUPPORT. The man has not even been in the job for more than a day and people are ripping him. He brings a good record as a Def Cord and was, from what I am told, Red Bank’s Strength/Conditioning Coach. Also, I DO NOT care how big someone’s office is or is not. Sounds like size envy to me. If you have a personal beef with Dr. Walker, take it up with him like a man. Do I think it is odd that they did the hire in a day or so after starting interviews, YES!! As a person who has interviewed 100’s of professionals, it takes normally longer than a week to hire someone at this level. However, I will support the decision and will give the man a chance. I hope he likes Cowbells. Cowbell, More Cowbell.....

Hope he has a plan. Cow Bell, More Cowbell.....

Honestly, not sure. Just what is was told. No first name, just a last name. It could be wrong, it could be right. But I do trust my source. Cowbell, More Cowbell

Word has it the new Head Coach is Butler. Meet and Greet on Wed at 6:30PM Cowbell, More Cowbell

That is GREAT news for Kountz !!!! I hear Cain is visiting at Emory and Henry this week. Still no news on "interviews" with the new AD. Keep Working Hard Folks!!! It WILL Payoff.... Cowbell, More Cowbell.............

Not sure about him being a puppet. Who is he the puppet of? I do not teach or work at the school, so I do not know. Please enlighten the community. I do not think they need to have that level of bench/squat, but when your newly converted RB who played QB the prior year can out bench your “strongest†linemen, you got problems in the weightroom. Also, EVERY Combine (Except Nike) has the players do 185lbs bench max reps to score strength. We know Justin was a Great Athlete. He is a Good man and sadly had to deal with more politics than he needed to. Sadly that happens in most High School Football Programs. I maybe wrong, but was Meadows not Head Coach at Knox Catholic in ’08 when they won the State and went 15-0? Not sure, just asking. Also, I know of at least 2 D1 players for KC that will be signing on Wednesday. That is 2 more than we will have. Been over it, WAY Over it…. Just asking a legit question and pointing out speed kills, in both a good and bad way….. Cowbell, More Cowbell…………

And thus the need for good plyometrics... The 6'4 280 guy would be about 265 with good conditioning and diet. and then not slow as Christmas. Cowbell, More Cowbell..........

I agree 100%: The weightroom IS the place it ALL begins. EVERY winning program has a GREAT off-season Weight training program for the non-winter sports players. You get them involved on day one after the season ends and get some competition between schools to help motivate inter-team competition. Cowbell, More Cowbell........

Yes, and it proves that Anderson is a very good Wrestling coach. That is GREAT. It still DOES NOT address my questions. I will answer yours: "Now how many linemen or better yet how many players wrestled as well??" 2 linemen/players that I know of: Bradley and Carlson. As for the rest of the "regular" cast of players on the Dline: Talley (not sure) and Massey did off season lifting. As for the "regular" cast of players on the O-line: Jenkins had surgery, Stooksberry worked on the farm, Cain lifted, Leitch lifted and Rich not sure. I hear that Rich did not do anything other than work a some type of regular job. He was no bigger or stronger this year than last year. And Anderson was the Head Football Coach and it did not inspire the majority of football players to be on the wrestling team. Yes SPEED KILLS. So tell me WHY was our fastest lineman on the Team standing on the Sidelines ALL season???? He ran a 4.8 40-yard dash, was at every practice, I am told was one of the hardest working players during practices, and did everything the coaches asked him to do, but I guess he needed to be on the wrestling team to get playing time, but then only 2 of the starters were........ Cowbell, More Cowbell.......

So, where did all that wrestling get us this year or over the last 3 years???? Jeff Co has 3 District Titles in 3 years at Wrestling AND a losing football season in 2008, a 5 and 5 record in 2009 and a 3WAY TIE for the District in 2010 in that same time frame. WOW, what a great showing for all that Wrestling. Leaner and "meaner" got us whipped up on the D/Oline more times than not this year. The Line that WON the "Linemen Challenge" vs Oak Ridge, Heritage and several other teams during preseason did NOT have the lighter/smaller players participating. They took strength, size and speed to the event and WON . You can look at TOP Programs in East TN (ALCOA and MARYVILLE) and they have O/D Lines that weigh an average of 260lbs+. What did we average?? 200, 210, MAYBE 220 and that IS only because Leitch weighs in at 265 or so. 20+ years ago, during the glory days, did we play a smaller line or did we play the HOGS that intimidated and dominated AAA Football? We played the HOGS and kicked the crap out of teams because we were Bigger and Stronger than the other teams. People were scared to play Jefferson County. Give me a player that lifts/eats correctly, stretches and does good plyometrics and I will show you a dominating line. Cowbell, More Cowbell…………

I think it has more to do with who they were willing to play vs the size of players that were standing on the sidelines. I think Cain has the heart of a Lion, but he had NO business being our starting Center. Massey, Ball, Basinger or Talley could have been COACHED to be the Starting Center and let EC be an even better LB than he was. Yep, 100% correct!!! I hope so too. AND that the community will get on board and support the team. Cowbell, More Cowbell.........