tnfisher

CA beat Cornersville twice for the championship.

That article is from the local Marshall county newspaper so it is expectedly slanted in Forrest's favor. I believe the author's daughter even plays for Forrest. Don't expect much softball coverage unless its from a local newspaper. The Marshall county newspaper does a really good job giving its local teams(Forrest, Marshall Co, and Cornersville) coverage. Not many rural areas are as lucky. BTW, congrats to Moore County on the great season! I'm not sure that Forrest and Moore County will have a harder time than anyone else at state. I think its WIDE open for just about anyone this year. From what I have observed there is not the dominate pitching that we've seen in years past from the likes of Walker(Grace), Fagan(Cornersville), Stinnett(Forrest), Renfroes(TCA), etc. In years past those who followed closely knew only two or three teams each year had a real shot at the title. I'm not sure you can say that this year. **(Admittedly, I have not seen Decatur Co this year. If they are anywhere close to good as last year they should be the overwhelming favorite.) They came thru some epic battles with Grace and Cornersville last year to win.

There is a bit of a stigma associated with the Region 1 and 2 teams at the state tourney in 1A. Its been awhile since they won a game inspite of several teams coming in with nice records only to be put out quickly by midstate or Chatty area teams. Hold your head up and keep at it. I expect a competitive game today between Coalfield and Houston County. Good luck!

Grace is the HEAVY favorite. Other than Grace its pretty wide open to see who will finish 2nd or 3rd.

Lacye Walker - Chattanooga Grace Lefty is unhittable at times and has a great bat as well. Look for Grace to be the leading candidate to take TCA's customary spot at the top of 1A with her leading them from the circle and in the box.

Cornersville is getting a little short on manpower as well due to injuries to skill position players. I expect this one to be close. Dawgs by one TD or less. Cornersville needs this game b/c other than Richland everything else on their schedule will be very difficult.

Thanks for the good news. I hate that they missed time in the game against CA. If they had been able to play the whole game I think the outcome would have been different. I'm afraid the CA loss may end up hurting C'Ville come playoff time. That's the way it goes though.

Any update on the injuries to Pope and Rogers for Cornersville? If both are out it will significantly hamper the Dogs, especially on offense. While Cornersville is pretty good with everyone healthy, depth is a major concern.

These questions/bashings seem to come up every year when any all-whatever team is announced. Coaches have to join the MTSCA. Then coaches have to submit names for consideration. Then these lists are voted on by all of the other member coaches. Some coaches don't join, some don't submit names-especially the smaller schools. That is why I assume it is called theMTSCA all midstate team not simply-the all midstate team. Everbody knows there are many other good players out there, some coaches just don't bother joining or forget to submit names. The mission of the MTSCA is to promote the sport of high school softball in the midstate. That's what they are trying to do. Encourage your coach to join and participate if you don't like the lists.

It could be that no players from Forrest were even submitted. I feel pretty certain that Stinnett and Curtis would be on there if their names had been submitted.

Not Mr. Noitall but I'll take a wild shot at 1A. Not who will be in the Boro, but top 8 overall. Regions 5 and 6 will be a dogfight as ususual. 1 Trinity - No contest 2 Grace Baptist - Lacey Walker is flying under the radar outside of Chatt 3 Summertown - Will this be the year they break thru 4 Columbia Acad - Solid team has played a tough schedule 5 Forrest - always ready at tourney time and pretty easy road to sectional 6 Cornersville - would have been Trinity's top challenge if Fagan was healthy 7 East Roberstion - must get by Forrest or Summertown/CA 8 Cant pick just 8 so maybe Marion Co, Coalfield, South Fulton, Midway, or Riverside - one of this bunch may surprise just putting them at 8 based on past state tourney results and quick look at schedule strength

Haven't seen them this year but the kids always seemed to play hard for Coach Shaq. Best of luck to him and the team in the future.

Joe George - Marshall County Winningest coach in middle Tennessee history and #2 all time in the state. Three state titles and I believe 4 time runner-up.

Congrats to Hannah. I remember seeing her as a freshman with the two black eyes and battleing thru it. Knew then she'd be tough. She is a good example of someone who took some lumps as young high school pitcher but continued to work hard and get better.

The way I understand it they had to have a "winner". If not, all the games count as individual games and that would put some of the teams over the TSSAA season game limit. By annointing a "winner" it counts just like any other 4 game tourney. From my impression none of the teams involved were too concerned about somebody being the "winner" as I assume most were satisfied with the level of play. There were some really good teams involved.