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I do not think this is a Heritage thread. The last I looked, it was a WB Coach's thread. My son played for Heritage for 4 years at middlelinebacker. He is now in College playing Baseball. He had a great time during his 4 years there. Coach Rewis is doing a good job there, give him a few more years minus the injuries he had this year. They have a really sound Freshman, sophmore class. In any other district they go 6-4, or 7-3 the last few years. I applaud the Maryville and Alcoa football programs and there great tradition. Most people wouldn't know it, but in 2005 the Heritage football team won the Academic award for the state in having the highest GPA of all football teams. Nothing was ever written in the paper to congratulate them. WB is also on the right path in football as is Heritage if given time. Its hard to compete in County when two teams are state champions. This speaks volumes for the County, city and school systems. I am a fan of any team in Blount County and hope Maryville and Alcoa bring us home two championships this weekend.

Heritage has alot of good players in the pipeline. Remember the name Michael Cermak, he is only a freshman, but was the best back in the County last year. He will make an impack as soon as he gets on the field. He played some at the end of the Seymour game at outside linebacker and did a great job. He will start before the end of the season. Those type of players have to be on the field somewhere. He is young but exciting to watch.

Alcoa's Trio of D-1 prospects under previous Coach no chance to beat Maryville. Alcoa's Trio of D-1 prospects under Coach Rankin Beats Maryille. Alcoa-28 Maryville-24

Heritage has a good team this year as well as last. They play in the toughest Region in the State. Defense will have to step up if they are going to contend in there region. They are no Maryville or Oak Ridge, but Coach Rewis has them wanting to compete every Friday night. I was at the game Friday and they had a sideline full of players. When kids start wanting to play and you have the numbers, then the wins will start to come. Coach Rewis is committed and is also working in the lower programs as well. Given time he will build a winning team at Heritage. I hope they can make a run at the 4th playoff spot in the region. Good luck and have a good season Heritage. Heritage 26 CC 14

From Heritage Catcher-Jamey Davis SS-Aaron Johnson

1-Oak Ridge 2-Owls 3-Farragut 4-Soddy Daisy 5-William Blount 6-Heritage 7-McMinn County 8-Bradley Central

Congrats to Alcoa on the BIG win. Another great performance from Meyers and congratulation to Sam Waltermeyer on the big 2 run HR that helped win the game.

Another good outing for Junior Clinton Helton. In his last two outings he has wins over Farragut and Sevier County. This was another total team effort from the Mountaineers. Coach Bennett has his team ready to play every game. They are young in some positions and will get better the more games they play. Congrats to the team on the District win.

Jamie Davis Heritage has 3.

Jamie Davis Heritage catcher signed with Hiwassee College.

I was at the game. Both teams played good defense and both pitchers threw excellent games. Tough game to hit in with the weather and Heritage coming off a big win against Farragut the night before. Bowers was on his A game tonight on the mound. He hit his spots all night long, need to score more than 1 run in this district to win. Davis and Johnson both hit the ball well tonight. Maryville Pitcher stayed around the plate and managed a good game tonight. Maryville got the big hit when they needed it, and they played good defense. The ball in left was catchable but in the conditions it was a hard play to make. Congrats to both teams on a good game and especially Maryville on the win. Seems like these two teams always play close games.

I was at the game and watched the entire game. Farragut was not as sharp as in the past. They failed to execute and do the little things it takes to win a ballgame. On the other hand Heritage executed and scored when they had the chance. The biggest being the bunt by Young, with Bowers getting the base hit and scoring the 1st run of the game. Clinton Helton pitched a great game, he managed the ballgame better than Cheek and he came away with the win. Davis turned a mistake into three runs and won the ballgame. You might call it a flyball but it was 35 degrees, wind breezing in, I call it a HR. This game was a total team effort, right down to Goodson hitting the ball to the right side to move the runners in scoring position for Davis in the bottom of the 6th. Not many 3 hole hitters would do that for the team. Farragut will have to score more than 1 run if they want to repeat in the district. Farragut should not make excuses, this was a big win for Heritage and they should be congratulated. The more excuses you all make, the more respect you lose.

Heritage 4 Alcoa 0

Heritage beat William Blount 5 to 3.

Jamey Davis Heritage High School, Has some offers in both Baseball and Football but still undecided which he will play. Visited and offered by Hiwasse and Maryville College, Contacted by Cleveland ST, TN Weslyan, Milligan, and TN Tech.