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Why don't they move up in all sports or must they play the smaller schools in order to compete?

Sorry just got back from watching my team in state tournament.Unfortunately they lost in the first round. Now to keep an eye out on all the sports complex tourneys. You never can tell when there might be some recruiting going on at them.Myself I can't wait till the school system goes with one county wide high school. Only bad thing about it is we will be in AAA but the good thing is Eliz. High School will also be.You all need a good dose of the Science Hills and Riverdales.

Boo hoo hoo

This is a new excuse. Before it was because of the coaching.

How much tuition does the county students pay to go to Elizabethton?

Isn't TAD a county wide school?

Time for the crying and recruiting begin. Of course just for summer ball.

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Sparky has to blame everything on Unicoi County.I've lived around Eliz. all my life and I know how they operate. They have always been so jealous of Unicoi County in basketball and softball they had to resort to recruiting to beat them. You know that is why they have boundries is to stop the teams from recruiting. If Eliz. is going to play off of all of Carter County then they should move up in classification. But they can't because they know they can't compete with the larger schools. So they just play their one middle school and stress to the kids how much better off they will be if they keep their team together through high school. I know I've been through it with them and I've heard every excuse in the world not to break up their middle school and aau teams.So there sparky deny that.

CyclonePrider, on 28 February 2013 - 01:34 PM, said: Looked like everyone was healthy in the 15 point loss to the Elizabethton Lady Cyclones last night. Grainier now stands at 32-1. I think those Cyclones are for real. Our freshman team is 172-0 since the 6th grade have never lost a basketball game and they played teams from Science Hill Kingsport and Bristol. Grainier saw the Reazyn why, with the play of the Freshman Twins. Hum, Isn't the Middle school in Elizabethton County wide? 172-0 Now how did they convince all those girls that live all over East Tennessee and all of Carter County to attend an Elizabethton city school. Is that what is called recruiting? Sort of sounds like it doesn't it.

Eliz. was never competitive till they started the recruiting.From the Petrowskis right on down. Didn't they live in the Happy Valley zone? And them playing at home always had the ref advantage as over half the refs were from Carter County. And wasn't Rikki's father over them? So don't say they have never recruited because we all know that is a crock. There are at least 2 players every year that live outside Eliz. school zone.

Home cooking has always helped Eliz. How many state games they won away from home?

Just depends on how many more they can recruit from outside their zone. Always at least 2 from outside their zone on team.

One thing you must remember in here. You are not allowed to discuss Betsy's recruiting or having their county referees call all their home games. How many girls live outside Grainger's boundries?

If the game followed what happens each home game for Betsy. It was like this Eliz. was shooting free throws before they ever had 3 team fouls. Then after a good lead fouls are usually evened up a little. Top 2 players from opposing teams generally gets in foul trouble by early 2nd quarter You see most TSSAA refs are from Carter County.

I'm sure they will take advantage of the trip to South Carolina to see if they can't pick up a recruit or two.

Isn't T.A Dugger mostly a county team? Or will Eliz. continue to recruit them away from their home boundries?

Now if you want to get sparky fired up. Ask her about Elizabethton's recruiting?

Time for Unicoi County among others to try to draw some of the North Carolina talent over the mountain.

I never read anyone of here bashing players or coaches. Only one I remember is the one that accused Elizabethton of recruiting because it seemed they all way have at 2 players from out of zone. When you play 2 or 3 players every year like that what do you expect people to think.

Same by Unicoi County

Hard to reply. If you don't say exactly what coach or sparky wants you get banned.

Queenie, He has no idea. He was at Autozone Park because that is where he is employed. So of course he thinks Memphis is fine. How many teams were at the softball tournaments in Cookeville, Gibbs, Greeneville and Eastman to name a few. A whole lot more than 24. TSSAA isn't going to build a complex it would take $$$$$$$ out of Carter and the rests pocket. What do they care about what people say. They know they could send softball to Iraq and there still would be 24 teams go. Because it is a state tournament. Why does people think there was so many District, Regional and Sectional games this year. Extra gate money and if it isn't turned in to the TSSAA in a week the host schools get fined.