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If it gets players more recognition what's wrong with that. If coaches are coaching just to inflate their egos they shouldn't be coaching. It's $40 for a year, the kids get All-Academic Awards if they are juniors and seniors and Carr a 3.5 or above GPA. There are camps and tournaments set up for the players, an All-Star game for the seniors and yeah a chance to be named All-State. And if they are making money, who cares, it only cost you 40 bucks. The girls are the ones who benefit. But most coaches, don't want to put the little bit of extra time to help their players get noticed. College coaches don't have the time to see everyone especially when they don't play in tournaments and even then schools like here in Upper East Tennessee don't usually travel much past Knoxville. The old cliché if you're good enough they will find you, may be true for your superstar athletes but their are plenty more with the ability to play at the next level but never get seen. Anyway to supplement a player's chances to continue doing what they love is Not just a money racket. I have a player profile I email to schools my better players want to go to if anyone wants a copy shoot me an email. Just my two cents....

I have resigned my position as head coach at Happy Valley High to help my wife with our autistic 11 year old daughter. It is time to give her the daddy-time she needs. I wanted to write this to let anyone who may be interested know that I am leaving a team who is on the verge of State contention. A team who finished 27-15 and lost a 2-1 regional game with State Champion Greeneville. I graduated 2 seniors SS Krisley Roberts and CF (LMU signee) Kaylee Street. I return All-State players, P Kalee Johnson (17 wins and 203 K) & C Beth Reece (.557 9 2B, 5 3B, 9 HR and 59 RBI) along with All-District players P/1B Kenzie Davis (.475 and 39 RBI), & LF Sydney Puckett (.453) In addition, Unicoi County lost 8 seniors and Greeneville lost Fortescue. So as you can see a great group of girls are in need of a coach. Contact Bernie Young at Happy Valley High School if interested. Mike Dorsey

Kaylee Street signed with Lincoln Memorial University. She is a 4 year starter in center field for the Happy Valley Lady Warriors in Elizabethton, TN

KAITLIN CAMPBELL - 2nd Baseman - Happy Valley - MILLIGAN COLLEGE

Kalee Johnson P Happy Valley

Allison Williams Happy Valley had 8 legitimate triples.

Jordan Fortel P Greeneville - Throws mid-60's, good variety of pitches - also, an excellent hitter

Kiara Coffey HV threw out Gardner from Unicoi and Cox from Unaka two of the fastest girls in our area,

Brooke Simmons SS, Kiara Coffey C and Allison Williams RF all from Happy Valley

HV 35 GP 17

Anyone know who to contact?

Anyone know these dates? Thanks, Mike

When school starts.

Being a new coach at Happy Valley. I would like contact info for as many tournaments as possible. Post them here or e-mail at coach_dorsey@yahoo.com

Being a new coach at Happy Valley. I would like contact info for as many tournaments as possible. Post them here or e-mail at coach_dorsey@yahoo.com

Plain and simple, OSU got their butts kicked. No excuses, nothing else to be said! Good luck to the area teams. Total Knee Replacement has set me back a bit.

Due to the inability to attend many games, I am going to limit any posts or comments this year. Unless time permits, I will stick with being a father and family man (Yes, I'm whipped), instead of a basketball wanna be guru. That being said, from what I've seen and heard... 1. Elizabethton 2. Unicoi 3. Cloudland 4. Unaka 5. Happy Valley 5. Hampton 7. Johnson Co.

Can't make any comments until I have seen games at HV. AND YES THE OHIO STATE WIN MATTERS!!!! Does Bama even have a bowl chance? Good Luck to "THE GREAT LEON TOLLEY" everyone's HERO!!!

I'm with GLee! It's Baseball time!! Until next year....

All the talk will be how everyone had Hampton & Unaka at the bottom and they ended up on top. It goes to show that Carter County was well represented this year.

Carter County Top 5 !!! Where exactly is Unicoi County located in Carter County!? Sub-states for both Hampton & Unaka. Hampton a state tournament bid.

Lost in a world of Baseball, Childcare & Domestic Chores, I have returned for one final poll. 1. Hampton - Congrats on the last to first place finish. Good Luck in the State!! 2. Unaka - Another bottom to top finisher. Sub-state losers. Played their best game. Congrats to MJ for finally playing like she was capable. 3. Cloudland - Didn't quite meet expectations a great season none the less. Ranked ahead of Betsy for losing to a State participant. 4. Elizabethton - Great season dampened by not making the Sub-State. Don't know if they could have handled A-E's pressure anyway. 5. Happy Valley - Met expectations by reaching the Regionals. Not bad considering up & down guard play.

When I coached basketball, I never gave trophies to the "superstars". None of my trophies were scoring based. Most Charges, Best Defense, Best FT %, Most Rebounds, Most Steals, Most Improved and for example the Lady Ranger Award, that goes to the a person, who is a leader, hustler, team player, etc... None like Best Offense, Best 3-point shooter, etc.. ALL trophies should be earned at all levels!

I know you get the point. Check Sports Edit Post for Soap box preaching from Rev. Brutus.