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9-AAA @ Smyrna High School Quarterfinals Hendersonville 8 Mt. Juliet 0 White House 9 Wilson Central 1 Smyrna 5 Galltin 1 Beech 4 LaVergne 1 Semifinals @ Smyrna Monday 6:00pm Smyrna - White House 8:00pm Hendersonville - Beech

Hendersonville 8 Mt. Juliet 0

The starters scored 3 goals the reserves scored 14, I did not see anyone from the "ballboys" messing with the keepers since we have only 2 ball handlers and they always run on the side lines not the goal lines. I have never said that the team we played against was that bad, I just said that we were sorry it was 17-0 but to understand that you have to also know that some of their good players were out with a stomach virus, it was a choice that their coach made to set the priority higher for the playoffs than a game that meant nothing to either team, I commend him for that, he did not want the chance to hurt someone before the playoffs. Like i said earlier we are sorry it happened like that but again it happened so we can not change it now. their team had a lot of class and they were cheering after the game, their coach was not mad, from my understanding, and we are now talking about strategy for the playoffs. Our girls played hard as they are taught and walked of the field with their head high. You have to understand our soccer history also we used to get beat-up pretty bad from teams in our district and everyone else but at no time we want to embarass anyone at all. That's all I am going to say about that.

Smyrna 17 Antioch 0 For the ones that think this is running up the score we like everyone to know that it was the other half of the team playing 70 minutes and starters played 10 minutes. We did everything possible but play short to keep the score down but the girls were hungry, we do apologize for the score to Antioch girls and staff. Keep playing hard ladies.

Smyrna 1 Blackman 0

Smyrna 4 LaVergne 0

smyrna 1 Germantown 5

smyrna 9 Wilson central 1

smyrna 4 Mt. Juliet 0

Friday Night Smyrna 7 Cleveland 1 Saturday Smyrna 10 Bradley Central 1

Smyrna 2 Beech 0 excellent job from the two goalies, Melissa and Julie, defense played great once more and Joby you are the best, you were everywhere tonight, such a player, welcome back.

Smyrna 5 Columbia Central 0

Smyrna 5 Oakland 2

Mr. 5944, I want you to know that I am not thinking any less of either of the 2 teams by any comments that have been made on here by the two sides. Who am I to judge? Just another fan of the game, just a coach, just a player and a ref, I love the game and by what I gather on here both of you gentlemen love the game as well. Both teams are well coached and they have a lot of competitive players so i bet it was a great game. We have played against both of the teams several times and we have found out that they are always well prepared to play. I am sorry about my question that appeared rude about what would you do i your daughter said to you" what the crap?", you are right If I knew you i would probably have not asked you that silly question, i apologize, i am sure you are a great father, please accept my apologies for that. As of Mr. Whitey I want to assure you he is not the official of that game, I know the official and I had him for several games before and he does a fantastic job when he is on the field, as the rest of the officials from the association. I do want you to know one thing though, they are extremely understaffed and over-worked. They do have jobs all day then they go and officiate games after that which tranlate to 12 or even 15 hours shift for a regular "Joe". I tell you right now, I could not do it as good as those guys have been doing and I am around half of their age, no offense intended to anyone older, it is very demanding and mind recking. I do ask everyone out there to give a hand to those officials instead of "crap" for their every day sacrifice to go work 15 hours a day every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, something that truly they don't have to do anyway. From me and my parents and my players hats out to all the officials out there on any sport you officiate, Thank you for a job well done. SHS01

You are quite right whitey. I apologize for misunderstanding your comment sir. I should have known better, to even think that. Have a good day and again I am very sorry. [Edited by shs01 on 9-1-02 4:39P]

Whitey, you are right about all the comments you have made besides one. The coach of Warren County has a lot more class that to get his girls fired up and "so called take out Coffee county's girls". I have played against Warren County boy's and girl's and I will tell you right now something that you already know, they are classy people and well coached. I realy was very surprised about the score but just like happens in soccer we have good days and bad days. About the official, I tell you what they guy is a good ref, he knows the game and he calls it as he sees it. I am also an official for USSF not TSSAA and if I had kids talking back to me like that I would have done the same thing as he did. The point is that no matter what happens the officials try to do their best out there, they are also the adults, what would have happen if i let my son question me everytime I say something to him? Mr. 5944 what would you do if your little girl told you "What the crap" when you told her to clean her room? Would you stand by her side or punish her? Think about it and please don't talk about the officials anymore, you are creating more problems that you are trying to fix.

I like for you to think that Smyrna STINKS, we do not care what you like or not like, we don't care if you think we take naps or not. The point here is this; Smyrna is getting better and better, we have a great coach, teacher of the game, but he needs a little more support from the players and parents and he will have this program to where it needs to be, up there with McCallie, Bradley, Father Ryan and Clarksville. Do not at any moment little person think that your comments offended us here at smyrna to the contrary we take critisism well and we thank you for that little comment. we take it and turn it into fuel for this upcoming year, i hope your team can come and wrestle against us to see how much we "should" improve

Smyrna - Shelbyville Central 6-1

Smyrna - Clarksville Academy 8 - 0

Whitey, I am pretty sure abed1999 knows exactly what he is talking about, he is the coach from Warren County. You guys are a great team you just didn't click against Tullahoma, move on and you will be fine, don't get all down because one game, you will play Tullahoma again on the finals.

I have been to all three sides of the field, player, coach, and official. From what you are saying on your arguement I will have to agree with the official and his judgementand here is why; First we need to quit trying to blame the officials for every little thing they do and remember that they are human after all, if they were perfect they won't be out there to make the sport what it is today. Second without them we can not have soccer, we need the players and the coaches and the officials to have a complete game. Third as a coach that received a card last year, from an official that I thought had it out for me, and looking back to that same incident I can not believe that he actually waited that long to give me the card, what patience that guy must had that night, i made a donkey out of myself trying to make him call the game my way, what a fool I was, I should just kept my mouth shut and let the kids play the game instead just like the fans need to do and especially the parents sometimes. They need to go to the game and cheer for their kids but not against an under-paid official that is mainly out there to help the sport grow and not to get rich. As a coach to a pretty successful team I have change my point of view since my incident from last year, my players are not allowed to do anything but come out and play soccer, if they talk to another player from the other team or the official they will be coming out from the game and not play anymore until the following game no matter what the result of the game comes out to be. That makes it a little easier on the officials to call the game the way they see it and again they are human, they have a split second to make the call while all the fans have the "instant replay" right?

Today's game was PPD because of weather. Game will be played at a later time.

Smyrna High School is holding the annual Pre-Season Playday August 10th 2002 at Smyrna Rotary Park. Every year we have top teams involved. We still have 4 spots available, the entree fee is $100, which pays for the officials, if interested please contact Coach Dakis at shssoccercoach@aol.com