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the 6th

Congratulations to both teams for making it to the semifinals. I'd never thought I would say this but GO FALCONS!!!! Represent our region, THE BEST IN AAA.

krogers if the clock ran out then the fans and players would not get a technical foul. sounds like the clock keeper hand was not quick enough--but the referees obviously were on top of it.

where is the former star from haywood county

where is the player from d-burg?

the problem with os playing the large school schedule the boys would get crushed most games. not to say oliver springs boys are not good, but year in and year out small division boys cannot even compete with bigger schools. oliver springs,oneida,lake city, wartburg all have 90-100 students in each grade--norris has around 125-130. the large schools like jefferson ,robertsville ,lafollette,clinton ,maynardville, have about 250-300 per grade. calculated out that is about 450-600 more students in middle school. that is a whole lot more players to choose from. some of the time it makes a difference in girls teams but always makes a difference in boys teams. what happens is about every 10 years one of these smaller schools has a team that can compete with the large schools but i do not know a small school team that could win the large school district not to mention the sectionals--- i saw mary blount middle school play a few years ago and they had a 6'4" center and the other four starters were above 6'0". these large schools just want a couple of sacrificial lambs for the first two round of there tourneys and some gimmes in the regular season. basketball everywhere the last twenty years in tennessee has been down by enrollment and should be that way.

does anyone know who the best middle school boys teams are in the upper cumberland and what their records are? I know livingston, york, pickett county, and avery trace are usually good---this year?--records?

I think people forget how hard it is to get to the 'boro. Mickey Mahon(the best coaxh the trojans ever had) only made it twice we the great teams he had. coming out of west tn is tough. of course this does not surprise me because people tried to get rid of mahon also because "he was to hard". Everyone wants coaches to win but not be to hard on the kids. not going to happen unless you coach at haywood.

I think people forget how hard it is to get to the 'boro. Mickey Mahon(the best coaxh the trojans ever had) only made it twice we the great teams he had. coming out of west tn is tough. of course this does not surprise me because people tried to get rid of mahon also because "he was to hard". Everyone wants coaches to win but not be to hard on the kids. not going to happen unless you coach at haywood.

I have heard pickett county has a good middle school boys team---does anyone know anything about them.

anderson county is always going to competative because they are well coached and always play hard. This year they are smaller than usual so they will rely alot on pressure defense and outside shooting. they are young but coachable so watch out come tourney time.