Welshdragon

Well it looks like you may have been a little off in your assesment of DB, looks like they are doing very well and some would say are the favourites in the NE this season..... South have struggled losing to Central, Science hill and Morristown West last night 3-0 and play Oak Ridge tonight.

I think Centennial will be under rated by a few teams this year and will continue to get good results. That have some very good players, they work hard for each other and have one of the best coaches in the state.

Independence 3-0 over Hillsboro. 0-0 at half.

Brentwood 3-0 over Franklin

Centennial 2-1 over Independence

Independence 1-0 over BGA Franklin 1-1 with MBA

Any further opinions.....

Independence 2-0 over MBA

DB played a warm up game yesterday against Clinton SC, DB wins 10-0.

Independence has high hopes after setting a school record for wins with a 13-6-2 record last season. Goalie Chandler Farmer posted shutouts in the Eagles??™ first four soccer games this season. He??™s getting lots of help from defenders Nick Dykes and James Collings. Coach Josh Phillips calls midfielder Ben Gaines, a skilled ballhandler and playmaker, one of the top soccer players in Middle Tennessee. Independence returns eight starters. Brentwood Brentwood, powered by five college signees, figures to be the team to beat in District 11-AAA. The Bruins return eight starters from last year??™s state semifinalists. Brentwood is a veteran team with eight seniors, but it was sophomore Nick DeSalvatore who led the way with three goals in a season-opening win over Clarksville. Ravenwood Clay Watson, an assistant the past two seasons, succeeds Charlie West as Ravenwood??™s coach. He inherits four returning starters and 12 upperclassmen, including eight juniors, from last year??™s 8-3-3 team. Central defender Max Schnuck and striker Cody Christopherson will lead the way for the Raptors, who hope to surprise some teams by the end of the season. Franklin Franklin has 10 travel-team players on its roster, more than it had last season, and coach Steve Parker hopes that translates into more wins. Goalkeeper John Shaw made a career-high 20 saves in a 1-0 win over Ravenwood in the opener, but the Rebels??™ back line needs to improve after allowing eight goals in the next two games. Co-captains Alex McCubben and Alex Booth will lead the way for Franklin. Centennial Center back Brennan Scott, an East Tennessee State signee, is one of eight returning starters for Centennial. The senior scored the winning goal in a 1-0 upset of Brentwood last year. Left back James Doran, who has committed to Tennessee Wesleyan, is another talented player on the Cougars??™ veteran back line along with Justin Kyle and Grant Scoble. Centennial has two talented sophomore midfielders in Tyson Adkinson and Jerry Orantiz. Adkinson is on Tennessee??™s Olympic development team, and Orantiz is a foreign exchange student from Mexico. Battle Ground Academy Center midfielder Stephen Morrissey, a South Carolina signee, and seven other starters return for Battle Ground Academy, which went 9-5-2 last year. The Wildcats boast a quick lineup, but they only have four seniors. Forward Jackson Ryden, center back Jordan Fraley and goalkeeper Ryan Bristol should play key roles. Brentwood Academy Brentwood Academy probably will miss goalkeeper Turner Reily, who graduated after setting a school record with eight shutouts last season. Forward Zach Langen, who has committed with Lipscomb, and defender John Reagan Moore will lead the way for the Eagles. BA boasts a strong midfield with Andrew Knestrick, Nick Bryson and Jonathan Dresch. The Eagles return seven starters from last year??™s 5-6-5 team. Fairview Jason Loudon, a former goalkeeper at Marietta (Ga.) High School, will try to build a defensive foundation in his first year as coach at Fairview. He put a great emphasis on offseason conditioning for his young team that has only two upperclassmen. Captain Curtis Hand, midfielder Luke Cundari, strikers Caleb Duke and Tyler Emler and goalkeeper Jared Hill should play important roles. Page Page returns 10 starters from last year??™s 6-8-1 team. Second-year coach Nathan Clapp said there was too much infighting in 2007 and hopes to develop better chemistry this season. Tommy Liddell and Taylor Lankford, the team??™s top scorers last spring, will lead the offense. Goalkeeper Steve Brown, defender Joseph Kelly and midfielder Matt Brown will have a lot to say about the team??™s success in District 11-A/AA.

Will Linder - Starting for Ravenwood.

I am not with DB, but I agree that Geno could be one of the best Sophmores in the State. South Defense I am sure will be strong and Josh Wood is a big physical striker. South plays DB toward the end of April so I am sure both teams will be hitting their peak at that time of the season. DB attending the tournament this weekend in SC will really help them, Science Hill playing in Franklin this past weekend will have helped them, playing better, faster teams who put higher pressure all over the field can only get a team better.

DB bat Morriston East 4-0 last night and have some very good players. I think they will win the district or be top two at least. I doubt South or central will challenge either DB or Science Hill.

We have been at the field for about 6 1/2 hours today, rolled and about 200lb of seed has been put on the top field, we should have sand on it in the next day or two. There is no scheduled game on it for about 16 days so we are hopefull. The bottom field is not in that bad a shape now that it has been rolled.

I agree.

Dobyns Bennett will not be weak this year, they have a very good chance of winning their district.

Camp Forest made it out of the initial East Division in the State league into the 2nd round games. They never made it out of the State league to compete in the State tournament.

The game got changed as Science Hill wanted to play earlier as they had a 5 hour drive. Science Hill played Independence (2-0 to Indy) and franklin played Portland (2-0 to Franklin)

I thought the Shelbyville boys played well this weekend at the Independence tournament, I think Joey Jackson plays up top and Dylan reed plays sweeper??? If it is Dylan reed at sweeper I thought he was more effective last season in the midfield.

Franklin 2-0 over Portland Blackman and Ravenwood 0-0 Columbia and Siegal 2-2

Independence 2-0 over Science Hill

Cookeville beat Franklin 3-0 tonight.

Tournament has been hit hard by the couple of inches of rain that we had over the last couple of hours. All games have been rescheduled to a few hours later than original. Hopefully if the weather cooperates all teams will get one game in today and their third game in on Sunday. Saturday Independence over Siegal 4-0 (Game called after 50 minutes due to storms)

Independence 4-0 over Siegel (Game called after 50 minutes due to weather)