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I am looking for anyone who would like to donate their old pole vaults. I am trying to start a pole vaulting program. I will come and pick them up. Please call Coach Brandon Garner @ 865-850-0040

Wow Govdad you just showed you dont know too much about how to handle adversity or football for that matter. It is people like you that make Blount County football second rate behind the city programs and have let our sports society turn in to a instant results. Everybody in the county wants to have a state championship program but all of the fans and parents seem to have their own way and know how to do it instead of supporting the program and coaches. Take some of your energy and put that into the program, maybe half as much as some of the coaches do. If you cant figure that the season was going to be brutal by the timing of the exit of your former head coach, then not giving a new head coach any assistants he wants, then on top of that kids getting in trouble for bad decisions. It's easy being an arm chair QB, the real people that deserve the thanks are the coaches and the kids that put in the hard work. If you wanted to be a coach you should have went to school and built your resume.

I know for a fact Heritage beat Maryville twice in a row. In 99 they beat them and it was controversial because of a ref's personal foul call. In 2000 Heritage blew em out with a 28-0 whooping, the same year they started 0-4.

Dont worry it will happen soon. You never know here in 10 or 15 years Alcoa fans might be debating whether they should be playing a in county 6A team like WB or Heritage. Things change and programs go through cycles. This is good to debate but there is no need to call any of the county kids cowards. If they had their choice I am sure they would love to play Alcoa every year. For some reason a few chose to make the decision for many. Alcoa fans need to also understand that Heritage and WB probably have the top two toughest schedules in the state right now also. Region 2-5A is very physical and unforgiving. It is very tough to play a 5A schedule...most of you are right that Alcoa could step up to 5A and beat many of those teams WB and Heritage play. But the week in and week out beating woud take a huge toll. After you play Maryville you would turn around and go through Farragut, Oak Ridge, Ooltewah and a much improved Soddy-Daisy and McMinn then have some desert with DB if there are not a ton of injuries by then....you get my point. The bottom line is both administrations have their own ideas on how to make their athletic program better and that is what they have chose to do. I know this rivalry will get back together soon. Everybody needs to try to make it work and get involved and start talking to the right people and quit pointing fingers which is just going to drive a wedge between the county and city programs.

Darren Garner from William Blount. 1600+ yards rushing, 500+ recieving, KOR yards-? as a Junior. Only needs to pack on more pounds to his 170 pound frame....speed is legit with 4.41 40 yard dash. Heard Marshall has their eye on him after recruiting his teammate Whitehead. Anybody else heard anything?

Not any mention of the Garner kid from William Blount. I think he had around 1,600 yards rushing and 500 recieving as a Junior. His size might hurt him though only being 5'10 175 but I know his forty yard dash is at least a 4.4 or lower. Anybody heard if any colleges are looking at him.

I went to the DB-WB and was not impressed with WB and I also attended Ooltewah vs. Whites Creek and was impressed with Ooltewah. Peoples been talking bout WB and how good they are but I they havnt showed me nothing yet. Personally I think Ooltewah is tougher and will out hit the Govs from what Ive seen. WB's O-Line looks big but they are soft and not aggressive.....Ooltewah's D-line should dominate in that aspect #36 is gonna have a hay day. The other thing I noticed was the size of Ooltewahs O-line. I think they should also dominate the Govs front seven. Brian Marshall is gonna carve up WB's lackluster defense. WB has not faced a quality team yet and I dont think they are all theyve been made out to be. I look for the Owls to out-hit and out-run the Govs to a win. 31 Owls 14 WB

I heard their running a new offense this year. is that coming...did they go to the wing-t or what?

He decided to wear black and red because he said he felt no support from WB...thats the sole reason.

I had heard the dad wont be back ever again. I heard the decision was made by the head coach.....must have been hard.

The Govs havnt played anyone yet and Friday they will come to the nest and get dominated. WB's defense is soft and Brian Marshall will have a huge game. WB's offense is also weak, their lineman do not stay on their blocks and Ooltewah swarms to the football. Mentally the Govs are not nearly as tough as the Owls and I look for the Owls to out hit them in every facet of the game. WB will be lucky to keep it close. My prediction is Ooltewah 28 WB 3

Where and What time is the scrimmage tommorrow?

WB will be fine this year....there offense was lacking in the scrimmage and that is expected when you have to bring along some young quarterbacks.....look for this team to improve and be at full stride about the 3rd game of the season. These next couple WB teams have good kids and they will be good for the next couple of years without a doubt. I think kids are finally starting to believe that their head coach will stay longer than two years and the kids that are in the county system that have been transferring to Maryville and other schools are finally starting to stay at home and play. This will be evident in the next couple years.

I think the Carter kid transfered ...anyways...scrimmage was decent ...both teams looked about as good as you can look with one week of practice. WB's offense hasnt come together yet but that is expected when you lose your whole backfield. Once they gel.....look out. This WB will grow leaps and bounds before their first game.

Someone said Maryville is on the bubble to move up to 5A..is there any truth to this