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haha well apparently redbaron515 didn't read the previous post before leaving his own post. but Gulleyball is correct in saying that JPII beat BA 5-0. also, he is correct in saying that JPII then had to play DA...with the winner of that game playing Father Ryan on Thursday.

that's an excellent question...what is going on in the D2 region? Has it been played yet?

from what i heard the reason that melissa wasnt playing at the time is bc she couldnt hit the ball. the person taking her spot was hitting around 320. melissa was hitting a buck 42. now i dont know bout yall but the person having the better stats in hitting in my opinion plays. but these girls from mj will bounch back without their best pitcher. i hope susan doesnt regret that she quit the team. but i think she will. in my years of watchign and playing sports if i player had a problem with a coach instead of just quiting and letting their team down wouldnt a player talk to the coach bout their problems they have with their coach. i know one of the girls did but that was ruined by what i hear was an on the field incident with her two parents. i dont konw bout the other two girls but i sure hope they talked to him before they decided to turn their jersey's in if they didnt they must not really have cared about the other 15 or so girls on the team.

yea some important players QUIT the team today. i believe u dont quit on the team. i believe these individuals cared more about themselves then their teammates. These players decided to put their own ambitions in front of the name of the jersey. i believe if any person from any school decides to quit dont blame it on the coaching. the girls that quit today didn't in my opinion play up to their potential. these girls played well enough to stay in the game but they were not dominant like they can be. mj will bounch back this weekend in hoover and will surprise people. Just remember girls all u have to do is believe in yourself as a team and play as one. go ahead and put the incidents of today and past couple of days behind and start a new season.

suckitup, I clearly stated right off the bat in my first post (refer to the first post in this thread) that Stratford was clearly the better team Friday. So I dont see the excuses I'm "making to cover up how bad MJ has been playing", cause they have been playing poorly. I only said that the band was annoying and the PA announcer (fill-in or not) was trying to take over the show himself. Also, it doesnt matter if we had twice as many fans as SHS because we couldnt capitalize on any of the 4738563450345 penalty yards against the SPAHTANS...and yes the H is there on purpose. Anyway, SHS deserved to beat us because like I said on Friday, they ran an offense that we simply didnt have the athletes to stop, plain and simple. So tone down the penalties and you guys have a good shot later on, because good playoff teams will capitalize on your mistakes. This was intended to be a positive post for Stratford so I dont wanna hear any crap about how Im putting them down.

Good Lord, someone please inform Stratford of these rules.

26-13 Stratford

Well, looks like for the second straight week, MJ was outmatched physically. Stratford ran an offense that MJ hasnt seen much of this year and it took a while for the Bears' D to adjust. Stratford has a good but very undisciplined team, I cant even begin to count the amount of penalties they had called tonight. But of course MJ did nothing to benefit themselves. By the way, Stratford's band and PA announcing needs a little toning down. Bands playing during the game constantly AND a PA announcer that does play-by-play. Unacceptable. MJ pulled a fake FG early in the game and as the play started to develop, he gets on and yells "Its a fake!". Not to mention how he was communicating with individual players during the game. "Good escape Jason" (or whatever his name was) he says after elluding a rush and throwing the ball away. Sorry, thats unacceptable to me and I'll end by saying MJ was outskilled tonight. Thank you.

whaaaaaaaaaaat??

As for my opinion, theft is wrong in any way, shape or form. It doesnt matter who does it or what it stolen. I agree with region4fan and toejam because they seem to be the only ones on this board with a sense of discipline.

here's my picks in 6-4A for this week: - MJ over Stratford (much like toejamwarrior, this is a pride pick.....however if Humes and Brown arent on track its Stratford easily) - White House over NW in a close one, NW is a very impressive team, White House is gonna have a handful with Wilkerson (I believe) from NW but I think White House will put up enough points to get it done - Pearl Cohn over Whites Creek in all likelyhood - Northeast over Maplewood - Rossview over Springfield Well once again, this is another huge week for all teams involved. Good luck to all.

Anything can happen these last three weeks of the season. I don't think that anybody needs to be trash talking at this point of the season. This is the time when every game means something and that one loss could eliminate your team from contention.

alright, im getting a little irritated with this whole playoff format question, whether theres group A and B or anything. as of july 1, 2003, tssaa.org states: A.) All teams are required to play all other teams within their region. The teams with the best region records shall be declared the region winner, runner-up, third and fourth place and shall advance to the first round of the football playoff series. im assuming that clearly means 1-4 in the region go. unless theres an exception for 6-4A somewhere in there.

This is going to be the biggest game for MJ in the last 3 years. There is excitement surrounding the Bears again after being the doormat in 5A the last two years. It's going to be interesting to see how MJ reacts to the "pressure" of the game that will do all but end playoff hopes with a loss. Despite it being a Thursday night game, there should be an electric atmosphere at Elzie Patton (as long as students are back from their intercession breaks from year-round school). None of the players on the MJ roster have any big game experience from the 2000 season when they made the playoffs, so we'll see how the Bears react to the big game intensity. Also, watch for Levi Brown and his connection B.B. Bruce.

thank you region4fan. good to see you dont forget about the team that USED to be competitive in 5A.

If Northwest wins, does that put Mount Juliet out of the playoffs, or will they still have a chance?

To try and summarize what both region4fan and toejam have said, I agree no question that Oakland would probably tear MJ a new one. However, I wouldnt relate a team's success based on how well they beat MJ. It's too bad the Bears are in 4A now, I miss the days back when MJ was a 5A team and was in every ballgame from start to finish. We've had 4A enrollment for 3 years now (we've played shorthanded in 5A for the last 2 years) and this is the first season we've played down a class. At least MJ is competing now that they're on an even keel with their opponents, good luck to Oakland in 5A, good luck to the Bears in 4A and hopefully the Bears can have the success in 4A that they used to have against the big boys in 5A.

Well, Lebanon barely escpaed Wilson Central while MJ shut out WC 27-0. Lebanon is traditionally tough so I'm a little quick to jump the gun right now. However, MJ is hot and Lebanon doesnt look to be their normal selves this year. I say 32-18 in favor of the Bears.

in county* rival...i feel dumb

I was very pleased to see MJ deal with Springfield easily last night and now I feel very confident about their chances against in-state rival Lebanon. No question these two teams hate each other and it will be interesting to see if the Bears can keep this run going. And to reply about the "big kid"...yes he's flattening players left and right and has really turned into a good football player as a "converted kicker". Good luck to the Blue Devil who has to line up against him.

I've noticed a couple people talking about the administration at certain schools and so on. But Mt. Juliet (and for that matter) all of Wilson County has the worst-run schools in my opinion. We have basically zero athletic funding (thanks to a lack of it from the county), far from impressive facilities, and an administration that only current MJ students and recent alums would have any idea about. I love Mt. Juliet and miss my expericences there but there are so many things that go on with students there, from the administration, that no student in HS should have to deal with, its rediculous. Its incredible that the school has maintained the fan base that it has, and Ill always support MJ athletics, no matter how good or bad the school is being run.

Yeah, i noticed FHSrebel talking about how the new HS would potentially ruin Franklin sports. I know what you mean, look at Mt. Juliet football, the last year before Wilson Central opened, we were still in 5-A and we knocked off teams like Brentwood and then-undefeated Beech in a late season game before making the state playoffs. Now, 23 games and 3 wins after the school split, look at what it has done to the program. Most sports at MJ remain strong but football has been way down to a point thats basically embarassing. Hopefully for FHS, theyll stay strong through it.

Talk about a false alarm. Wow I actually thought MJ was gonna get a game coming in on Friday. Humes was steady as always, hopefully his injury is okay. And the fact that almost none of the plays were passes didnt seem to hurt anything. Well, the last of the true MJ/WC rivalry between teammates and classmates has now come to an end with the class of '04 moving on after this year, but this will always be a game to look forward to. Until next year....MJ over Central yet again.

Mj59r, you stated that Winfree had no head coaching experience before he came to Mount Juliet. That is an incredibly false accusation. Winfree was head coach at Lawrence County and Gordonsville High, nothing against you, I was just correcting your statement.

central is getting better but i doubt they have the power to beat anyone by 15. much less a mt juliet team who has a lot to lose, not record-wise, but from a pride standpoint. look for the bears to squeak by again and become 3-0 against WC. bears by 2.