swanson71

This was not a forfeit, there was a scheduling issue and Hart County had RBS and another school scheduled on the same night.

I've looked over the entire playoff scenarios and this is what I come up with as well.

RBS - Jackson County

That is correct, it should be Region 4 (Districts 7 and 8), or that is how it has always been. Regions 1 and 2 play, 3 and 4 play, 5 and 6 play, and 7 and 8 play in sub-state.

Mike Brown has been named the head coach.

Alright let's move on! Congrats to Pickett and good luck in state!

Randall Cobb

I believe NCS and TC takes the top two spots. The next two playoff spots will be an absolute dog fight. Only PC will be overmatched in the region games they play this year, the other region games will be good ones to watch. I expect a few shockers and surprises this year.

Congrats to JC and Goodpasture for making it to Sub-State...

I'll take Watertown over JC 9-5 and Goodpasture over Clay 11-1! Good luck to all the teams!

Congrats to Coach King and JC. First time I can think of that a team from the losers bracket won the tournament...

First time I've seen a team come from out of the losers bracket to win the tournament...

Jackson County won the district tournament last year which is why I was referring to that. I am glad it has changed then because that is how it should be. A team should be rewarded for finishing 1st in the regular season other than a #1 seed in the throughout tournament. It might be a competitive region tournament this year. Goodpasture dropped their first game of the tournament to Watertown and hasn't really dominated the tournament like the private school in 8a normally does.

Unless thing have changed, the teams in the softball district normally rotate from year to year as who gets to host the tournament. In baseball the winner of the district from the previous year gets to host the tournament the next year. Since JC won it last year they get to host the entirety of the tournament and Clay has no choice but to play this game at JC. Like I said unless it changed this is how it normally goes.

Goodpasture is trying to fight through the losers bracket as well and won the first game of the championship against Watertown. It's an odd season!

I don't remember anytime that a team has made it through the losers bracket and won the district championship.... It would be something if JC could do it...

Well Goodpasture is going to have to battle back to win the district, we'll see just how deep their pitching goes now.

I've played some softball but not a whole lot. I used to be an assistant for the baseball team up until 2010, and I played baseball at RBS from 01-05.

How'd the game against RBS go?

How's this district shaping up? It looks like so far it is Goodpasture at the top, RBS at the bottom, and the rest up for grabs between Trousdale, Watertown, and Gordonsville.

If it were me doing the hiring I would look for a young coach who is going to stay there for a long time. I'm a believer in having stability in the coaching position because you can't build a program when you constantly switch coaches, I think MC's football program is a good example of that. Coach White doesn't have too many more years left to coach, but he is a good coach who'll get more opportunities at Lafayette than what he got at RBS. I believe if he was someone unknown to the area it wouldn't be wise to bring someone like him in, but since he's well known in Macon County I think it was a good move because everyone knows exactly how he's going to coach. His assistant is just graduating from Cumberland University so it could be a possible coaching position for her whenever he does hang it up for good. He's been at it for a long time so I hope he has success in Lafayette.

I think the game between UC and NCS will be a great one to watch. I'm looking forward to be able to watch them play this year...

And his former player from RBS, Laycee Colter, will be an assistant...

This quarterback is going to be a very good player this year and if you couple that with the big WR Clay has, it could make their offense very good. I hope he stays because I would love to see what he does as he develops.

This is why I say getting the #1 seed in the regular season is extremely important because 2 of these 3 teams will meet in the first round of the district tournament while the other gets Monterey in the first round.