Well, its been a while since I've joined the fray, but I can't stay out any longer. Legend's posts have made me knock the dust off my 1982 Apple computer that takes up half my kitchen.
Let me give you the real scoop Legend. Regardless of the talent/schedule/etc, in the parts of West Tennessee that don't include Shelby Co., the opinion of Manassas is this: football doormat. They've probably bought any of the basketball players they have with the money guarantees paid to them for the automatic wins by the likes of Crockett Co. and Milan over the years. Bottom line on this point is - excuse all of us for not bowing down when you have one year in one sport that you actually aren't a joke.
Second, Union City and Humboldt have established a tradition of winning in the tournaments, especially in recent history. Union City has a gold ball as recently as 2006 and Humboldt has been to three consecutive state tournaments, including one in AA in 2005. Excuse us again if we have confidence in our little teams around here, but they have proven worthy of such.
Also, if you think because you've seen Union City enough to rattle off a couple of names, or that you know Humboldt because you saw them play (apparently in Dresden jerseys?) one time, that's hilarious. Both of these teams have surprised me before. I thought Lake Co. had the best overall team in 2006, yet they didn't make it out of the region, while Union City (3rd in the district tournament) wins the gold ball. In 2007, I would've lost a little money on Humboldt beating Union City in the regionals, but there were the Vikings in the Boro while UC had to tell us how good they were and how they would've won state. Bottom line there is - don't expect to beat Union City if you play them because you think you can manhandle them or Humboldt because they lost to Middleton way back in November without two starters and a couple more key reserves (football players).
Finally, the end of my longest post ever, which is to say that Manassas ought to be good, playing in Class A with a high AA enrollment after some lines were re-drawn after Memphis Westside closed. Enjoy this year and next, because then you go back to AA, where you will fade into the crowd.
I will be in Dresden Thursday for a great game!