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Metro suffers from the fact that the two biggest summer programs in the past -- Shelby Park and Donelson Civitan -- both played slow pitch as late as 2007 and may still be, as far as I know. Gifted athletes that had no idea how to deal with fast pitch. Madison Park had fast pitch, but I don't know if there is even a program there anymore. The Crieve Hall park also used to have a great program. Between 2003-2007, Hume Fogg and Hunters Lane in Metro both went to the state and benefitted from having girls who played in the Hendersonville, Madison and Moss Wright/Goodlettsville leagues. They also played travel ball together for several years and took lessons. However, I don't know if any of these parks have strong programs anymore.

MrNoitAll, I must let you know that you are probably correct about the fact that Hume-Fogg is down; however, it has nothing to do with East Literature having their own team. HFA went to the state in both 2006 and 2007, and at that time, there was one girl that started for the Blue Knights from East. She was a very good player and contributed to the success of those teams, but one player does not a feeder system make. And before anyone wonders, she played third base, not a catcher or a pitcher. Many of the core players on those two HFA teams went to Meigs and played on their club middle school team. As far as I know, the middle school no longer fields a club team, which really was a feeder for the high school. And to clarify the situation with East and HFA -- For years, East had very few students in the high school and were allowed to go play sports at other Metro high schools, because their own school couldn't field a team. I know football players played with Stratford and the softball players played with HFA. As the student population grew and interest for teams grew, East added more sports. And as a parent who has daughters, one graduating from East and one that graduated from Hume-Fogg--I feel fairly confident of these facts. Not a disagreement about your standings, just your reasons behind them.

Did you actually see any games in 9AA last year?? I will be extremely surprised if Ezell is anything but the champion in this district. They were incredible, lost few starters and had great underclassmen in key positions. I saw them several times last year--they could have easily gone to state, if they hadn't had to face Camden in their sub-state game.

My daughter's career concluded last week at the State tournament. We played a tough game against the eventual champion, Goodpasture, and sadly lost, 4-3. Our five seniors drove back into Nashville to graduate, then lost again the next morning to Westview. These seniors have been district champs in 2006, regional winners in 2007, and sectional winners both in '06 and '07. These are HUGE accomplishments for our school. It is hard for other people to understand the sacrifices the players make to attend such a great academic high school AND to be successful on the field. Lots of studying on the way to games, during JV games and even at weekend tournaments was a must, in addition to many very late nights after games. Each of our seniors has won academic awards over her career at HFA and 3 of the 5 were also all-district multiple times. Each has won academic scholarships to further their education and one, Taylor Childress, will continue her playing career at Centre College. I am so proud to have been a part of their lives and know that Brooke, Taylor, Ashley, Diana and Sarah Beth will do great things in life and contribute their communities and the world. I also must thank Mike Caldwell and Bob Hill for coaching and encouraging their successes both on and off the field. May God bless each member of the team in their future endeavors. rlh

Hume-Fogg defeated Sycamore 1-0. Both pitchers (Sam Watts for Sycamore and Brooke Heriges for HFA) threw very well. Ashley Arnold, senior catcher from HFA, hit her first homerun in the bottom of the sixth for the difference in the game. Hard fought on both sides.

Eakes, the shortstop, hit the HR for Ezell.

what's the schedule for May 9?

Congratulations to all of these girls for working hard in the classroom and working hard on the field. I know how much effort it takes to keep those grades up, especially during the season. This is a great achievement and I know all of these ladies will continue to be successful in college and throughout their lives.

hfa defeated loretto 2-1. hfa hosts marshall co. on wednesday.

loser's bracket is as follows: lipscomb vs. cpa -- don't know if this game was completed last night or not winner will face ezell franklin road is waiting for the winner of the ezell/(lipscomb v. cpa) whoever comes out of that will play hfa for the championship on saturday.

Cassie Bollin drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th for Hume-Fogg in their tournament game against Franklin Road tonight. Final score 3-2. HFA advances to the tournament finals, scheduled for Saturday at Trevecca. Congrats to Carly Hill for being named 9-AA Defensive Player of the Year and to Ashley, Taylor, Cassie, Kristina and Brooke who joined Carly on the All District Team and Sarah J. for receiving Honorable Mention. And finally, to Coach Caldwell, who was named coach of the year in the district, thanks for your hard work.

monday 5:00 david lipscomb v. hume-fogg monday 7:00 ezell v. fra tuesday 3:00 mlk v. loser ezell/fra tuesday 5:00 winner lipscomb/hume-fogg v. winner ezell/fra tuesday 7:00 cpa v. loser lipscomb/hume-fogg wednesday 5:00 winner of tuesday 3:00 v winner of tuesday 7:00 wednesday 7:00 loser of tuesday 5:00 v winner of wednesday 5:00 thursday championships all are at trevecca

lipscomb 11, mlk 0. zachsdad, you should really check your cell voice mail...

i think brooke seibel went to northwestern and was big-10 freshman of the year.

3-2 beech in 12 innings.

does anyone have the lists for all district and all tournament?

i don't know this for sure, but i would guess that teal's record of consecutive shutouts right before the end of the season had something to do with her MVP award. and due to rainouts, etc, the district standings totally flipped around in the last week of the regular season. this was probably a difficult decision for the coaches to make--i'm glad i didn't have to vote, because there are 2 or 3 deserving candidates from that district.

does anyone have the list for all-tournament and all-district?

do you have any details about either game?

i think the final was 4-3 beech over wilson central.

does anyone know the score from the championship? all tournament and all district?

lipscomb will actually, along with hume-fogg and mlk, be in the new district 9AA and region 5. also in 9AA--CPA, FRA, pearl-cohn and ezell. 8AA will be greenbrier, portland, DCA, goodpasture, station camp and white house. a whole new world.

pool play: hume-fogg 2 collierville 0 hume-fogg 6 blackman 0 (i think) hume-fogg 9 bledsoe co. 0 elimination: hume-fogg 2 macon co. 0 hume-fogg 6 siegel 2 hume-fogg 2 powell 1 soddy-daisy 5 hume-fogg 0 hfa had a great weekend. carly hill did a good job on the mound all weekend, even with the difficult weather conditions. everyone contributed for hfa--it was a great thing to see everybody do something really great at least once this weekend. particularly, 2 freshmen that don't get a lot of varsity time made big plays in key games--courtney cullen came in and got a big out in the outfield (with a broken finger) and kristina west sprinted home to tie the powell game on a squeeze. i am proud of the seniors, jackie simpkins and candi polk, for being such great leaders and for providing so much comic relief in the dugout these girls don't get a lot of publicity, but will do great things in the world once they graduate. once the sleet (!) started in the semifinals, things went downhill quickly. soddy-daisy was just too much at that point. they played great.

what players did they lose? are they injured?

this game will be finished on the 14th at hume-fogg, before the scheduled game that night.