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He is doing good. They released him from the hospital and it appears it was a severe stinger. Thanks for the concern. McKenzie has a very good team and that defense really shut Collinwood down. You didn't get Collinwood's best effort tonight. The game tonight looked a whole lot like the Wayne County game. After #7 got injured it appeared to take the wind out of the Trojan's. Not saying they could have beaten McKenzie but it would have been a little more competitive. It's been a while since Collinwood was in the playoffs and the experience of McKenzie was very evident. Congrats on a big win and good luck next week against Moore County.

Collinwood also lost Ashley Carter to graduation. These 2 players are a big loss, but there are girls ready to step up and fill these positions. Plenty of senior leadership and some talented juniors should make for a very good season. Summertown is still the team to beat. They are the defending district champs, but I like Collinwood's chances this year. Perry Co. should be a better team this year also.

Does any one know who the winner was?

Not much going on here on the softball boards. I haven't heard anything from D12. Collinwood is having a good year. The girls are 15-1 so far this year. They still haven't put a complete game together yet. If all the girls get it together, they will give a good run for the title. We are still very young. They start 1 senior, 2 juniors, 5 soph's, and 1 freshman. Several good players on the bench. Loaded with young talent. It will be tough to make it all the way, but I feel they can do it if things come together. With teams like Trinity Christain, Forrest, Cascade, Summertown (just to name a few), winning the state will be tough. Let's hear from some other teams out there and let all of us know how you feel about your team. Good luck to all of you throughout the remainder of the season.

I think Collinwood could be in the hunt in 1A......Almost the entire team returning this year.....Played Trinity Christian in a tournament last year and lost by a run in extra innings.......We were eliminated by Columbia Acad. last year and they lost Emily.....They will still be a very tough team as usual, but C'Wood started several Freshman last year and now they are experienced and ready for bigger things....Don't know how far we will go, but we are very excited about this still young team....Good luck to all the girls.....I will add that Trinity is definately the team to beat......They have a great team....

It's been a very long time since I've posted anything on CoachT.......I know how hard it is for a rural 1A school to raise money for athletics.....I can assure you, we (Collinwood) don't get tax money for athletics.....All of our booster clubs have to raise money for their programs....Obviously Football is able to raise more money than the others, at least here that is...It takes an awful lot of money to run a football program, whether it is public or private......To all the parents that work so hard, we thank you.....I wish more would participate, but we all know how that is.....I feel so bad for the other programs.....I have a daughter playing softball and it is so difficult for them to raise the money they need.....We had a donor give money this year so we could buy some bleachers.....We are blessed to have a few people that have a little money to share with us and we really appreciate them.....Sorry for ranting on, just wanted to add my 2 cents worth....

What are your predictions for this semi-final game? If Wayne Co continues there team play they can pull this one off. Peabody is a great team and this game should be another great one.

Wayne Co pulled off what most people felt wasn't going to happen. It seems like the only teams given a chance were Temple, Pickett Co and Peabody. Well 2 of those are gone now. I figure most will pick Peabody and Middleton now. It will be interesting to see what discussions will appear now. It should be an interesting semi's. Good luck to Wayne Co and all others. Play hard and clean and may the best team win.....

I don't see the WC/CA score means anything. It doesn't mean the Cats are not that strong. CA gave Collinwood a scare 2 years in a row while the Trojans were going undefeated in region play. One was a 1 point win at home after C'wood intercepted a pass in the endzone to clinch the game. The other was a 4 point win at CA. C'wood trailed the entire game and scored with less than 5 min. to go and then intercepted a pass as CA was driving for the possible winning TD. So, I don't think this score means anything except WC didn't play their best game and CA was able to take advantage of some mistakes. This happens in sports. I look for WC to come back strong and be undefeated when they meet C'wood in the Boro. If C'wood doesn't play better than they did against MP, then we will all see WC meet MP for the region title with both teams undefeated. Good luck to all reg 6A teams, especially the Trojans.

bottomline, Why don't you tell us what classless acts you witnessed Friday in C'wood. All the fans I witnessed were just disgusted that we played so bad and got whipped like we did. None of it was directed at MP. I didn't see anything on the field that was unsportsmanlike. How many penalties were called on C'wood for unsportsman like conduct? MP played a great game and won big. It is some of the MP fans that are showing no class on here after the win. On another thread it was stated at least your starters got to play 3 quarters. Well they played until the 9 minute mark of the 4th quarter. The game was well in hand before then. Why did they need to play that long? It was 2 years ago when C'wood beat MP very bad, but the starters came out after the 1st series in the 3rd quarter. Maybe your coach wanted to run it on up this year. Thats fine and it doesn't bother me. MP was obviously the better team, but I did not see any one from C'wood being classless. If they were, then I will apologize on there behalf right now. Good luck to MP the rest of the season and hopefully some of your fans will learn to win with class.

Congrats to MP Tigers on a big win tonight. The Webster kid looked good. C'Wood didn't play well at all. That was the worst attempt of tackling I've seen in quite some time. They tried to take the Webster kid down by grabbing at his shoulders. He is way too strong to bring down that way. Collinwood looked like they played scared tonight. MP was definately the best team in all aspects of the game tonight. I think we can safely say the region will be decided when the Tigers play the Wildcats. I did see where the Wayne Co./CA game was a lot closer than most thought it would be. CA seems to give WC and C'Wood trouble. Of course I don't know what happened in that game, so I'm just going by the score. Once again, congrats to the Tigers and I wish C'Wood could have given you a better show. Best of luck for the rest of the season...

Justin Bryants family moved to Waynesboro so he could attend Wayne Co. His parents checked with TSSAA and everything was done according to the rules. Talk about someone not knowing the facts. nashprivates you should check yours before you spout off about something you know nothing about. As for the C'Wood/Mt. Pleasant game: I hear the Tigers are up for this game. I hope the Trojans are ready. If they play up to their potential, this will be a very good game. We will see Friday who comes out on top. Good luck Trojans....

I played for Collinwood in that 63-0 loss to lynville. It was the last game in the 1st season ever at Collinwood. They showed no class and ran the score up. All starters were playing until the final horn. Collinwoods coach was very upset and threw the opposing coach off our bus when he tried to explain it was for his seniors. Oh well that was nearly 30 years ago and Collinwood has come a long way. Sometimes no matter what you do, you can't keep the score down. I once heard a well respected coach respond to another coach on the staff that said coach should we take a knee. He said they have 11 kids on the field just like us, If they don't want us to score then they need to stop us. Now this was with all 2nd or 3rd string on the field. I believe you need to let your subs play to their best and what happens happens.....

According to the schedule I have, the games begin on Feb. 6th and continue on the 7th, 13th 14th, 20th and 21st. It appears all the championship games are on the 21st. The games are played in Springfield at SMS and Center. I don't know anything about Springfield but, I'm guessing SMS is Springfield Middle School and I don't know what Center is. I only have the schedule for Class 1A thru 3A.

lions23, I resent the statement that the players didn't want to win at Collinwood last year. I know who you are and one of the players your talking about was Jacob and I can assure you he wanted to win. He gave 100% every night. He never gave up on a play. I know there were several times he was the only playing flying down the court on a break away by the opponent. He was able to prevent a lay-up on several occasions due to his hustle. So don't get on here and knock the kids, especially mine.......... If Justin wanted to go to Waynesboro, that's his business, but don't knock the kids that played last year and the ones that choose to stay in Collinwood and play.

I know Collinwood girls avenged a home loss to lewis Co. on their trip there. They also beat a good Waynesboro team for the 2nd time tonight.

VG, I don't have the answer for you. Like I said, I love playing the private schools, but it's not up to me. I wish I had the solution that would make all parties happy, but I don't. No matter what happens, there will be some very unhappy people. I just hope it doesn't ruin High School Football. It is the greatest sport in the land.......

RealGoEagles, You seem to have a lot of hate built up inside of you. If someone doesn't agree with you, they must be an idiot or should I say public school idiot. I've tried to stay out of this debate, but a few people are really making it difficult. I know there are some public school supporters just as bad as you and VG, but I wonder at what age do we become adults and start acting like one. The kids don't care about publi/private issues. Most of them wouldn't even have a clue of any differences if it weren't for all the adults. I don't have a son in High School any more, but I will have a grandson soon and I would love to see him play where his opportunities are the greatest. I know this would be a private school. Hand picked students, smaller classroom sizes and a more controlled environment. Just to name a few positives. Is this cheating? NO... Is it an Advantage? YES... Do I care? NO.... Most of the old posters know I'm from Collinwood. I have my opinion on things and they may or may not be the same as other folks in Collinwood. Collinwood has a 3-5 record the past 5 yrs against private schools in the playoffs. They could just as easily been 5-3 or even 6-2. In a couple of cases we were out coached on that particular night. In no way does this mean private school coaches are better than public school coaches. I've seen public school coaches beat private schools when they shouldn't. Sometimes your game plan clicks and you look like a genius. The next week you could lose to a weaker team with a coach that was a little better prepared and a team a little more fired up. All this aside, I do feel there are advantages at a private school. I didn't say unfair advantages, but still advantages. If I could have provided my kids a private school education, I would have. I love Collinwood and I'm proud to say I'm from here, but my son could have ended up with a lot more opportunities if he had attended a metro private school. Since I live almost 100 miles from Nashville, it wasn't feasible for him to attend school there. I have 2 daughters and they love it in Collinwood, so moving was not an option. Collinwood has had a great team the past 4 years with only 5 losses. Those losses were to USJ, Ezell, CPA (twice) and Wayne Co. No open enrollment here, no private schools to attend, we play with what we have. Not whining, just stating a fact. Sorry if I've rambled, but had a call and my train of thought was interrupted. I don't know if I've said anything in this post that makes any sense, but maybe I can sum it up in short. I feel private schools in metro areas have an advantage just by hand picking their students. The fact that most of them play in 1A is why so many of the rural schools are against them. I don't know why each school or person wants the private schools out. I enjoy playing teams like CPA, DCA, Ezell, USJ just to name a few. I feel (I know Cloudland will disagree) that Collinwood was the best public school 3 of the last 4 years. So what.....We didn't win State and so we go to work for next year. I'm very proud my son was part of the greatest run by Collinwood football ever. I played on the very 1st team at C'Wood and we've come a long way baby.............. Best of luck to DCA...... Lets keep the gold ball on the West side of the brackets............

If you find anyone to take that bet, let me know. I have some ocean front property in Tennessee to sell them. I think it's pretty much a given seeing that all 4 teams still playing are private schools. I think it's up for grabs this year. If DCA or Boyd look ahead, we could see a couple of teams in the championship that no one would have picked at the beginning of the year. Best of luck to all 4 teams remaining.

Congrats on your win lastnight. I was impressed by the quickness of your line. Coach Pack always has CPA ready to play. Landers looked very good in the backfield. I wish Collinwood could have played a little better, but CPA had something to do with that. It was enjoyable to chat with all the guys from CPA again. I even got to meet a few more including (I hope I get this right) "My2sons". He'll know who I'm talking about. Ya'll sure had some good smelling food coming from that tailgate party. Good luck the rest of the way and I'll pull for ya'll to win unless Wayne Co. is still in it. Sorry Lions, but I've got to support our Reg 6 Wildcats. Hope to see ya'll agin.

I feel the key to this game will be the "O" and "D" line play. Wayne Co. has some very quick linemen and if they can pressure Schlappi and contain Gettis they will win this game. Wayne Co needs to have some long sustained drives and hang on to the the football. Congrtas to Wayne Co. on your win last night, but keep it going and represent Reg. 6 proudly. Wayne Co. 27 Ezell Harding 24

Well I was hoping to get to play CPA again, just not in the 1st round. CPA seems to be playing better than any other 1A team right now. Not to put Cloudland down, because they have a great team also. CPA is beating some very good teams and beating them easily. I think this will be a good game and the talk is like it was 2 years ago. Some reg 5A fans don't feel reg 6A can compete with the teams from Reg 5. I think we split the 1st 4 games and then the next 2, before Ezell beat us and then went on to win the state. These games shuold be very good. I won't predict a score in the CPA/Collinwood game, but I will be rooting very hard for the Trojans. Looking forward to a great team, fans and overall organization visiting Collinwood on Friday. Congrats CPA.

the collinwood 00 team 13-1 lost to usj in semis. They only had 5 seniors but a very talented team, also the 99 raiders and the last two teams at collinwood

I just wanted everybody to know that I didn't make the previous post in this thread. Somebody used my name to do this. I would never get on here and criticize a coach for any reason. I have had plenty of reasons over the last 3-4 years, but I would never do that in a public forum. The one that did this needs to use his own log in.

Well all I can say is that one reason that Colt didnt get the ball was that he had to much press and coach statom doesnt want anyone to have all the glory. Last year JONATHAN should have gotten the ball a lot more then he got it. I dont understand his thought process but, how do you throw the ball 30 times in one game this year and dont last year. Especially when you have a running back like colt or matthew Daniels this year. Maybe he will realize that its all about winning and it doesnt matter who gets the job done as long as they get it done.