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Bartlett vs Collierville... but with this disclaimer... there isn't a dominate team as we have had with former Farragut teams, so really any 2 of these teams could advance to the championship game

is the station from southern middle tn still in business? they broadcast games from memphis last year... forgot their name

for worth showcase, the teams will be named shortly for tbca all region and all state coaches are sending in nominations as I type - after their team is eliminated - deadline is May 31 for nominations and from there it will take a couple of weeks to get everything sorted out and teams will be named

here are some nuts and bolts throwing can begin on Jan 9 - balls and gloves only first practice - Jan 20 First game - Feb 20 Games are limited to 20 dates (DH everyday = 40 games, if no tourney played) most don't do this however. looking at hoover hs website they had roughly 37 games scheduled before playoffs including tournaments Tournaments - 2 not counted in playing dates NO preseason scrimmages they don't have districts - they have area's, which is the equivalent of our regions there are from 5 to 8 schools in each area - they have 6 classes in spring sports as well. we don't so that is why they have a much different set up. they take the top 2 teams from each area(region) into the playoffs which is 32 teams total- first round game as limbaugh said is single elim gets you to 16 (teams quartfinals) and from these 16 teams they play best 2 of 3 start April 28-29, May5-6, May 12,13 and finals are this weekend May 18-19 i'm not sure how the playoff teams are determined yet - will post when i find out

yeah that may be true, but most of the time it's because of a lack of talent on the player's part -

OK, here is another plan from me, actually two and there is a little control statewide in this one... version 1 you have an 8 week reg season in which you can play a 28 game schedule with a cap maximum of 32 games period. including up to 3 tournaments valued at 3 games each. district tourney - all teams participate; if your district has more than 4 teams the first round is single elimination (play in if you will) no guaranteed byes for reg. season winners; this sets all districts up for a 4 team double elimination tournament the rest of the way Play in game is on Tuesday and the 4 team double starts on Thursday and ends on Saturday(weather permitting) regional tourney - top two teams from two districts ( 9 and 10, etc) play a 4 team double elimination tourney. thur, fri, sat sectional tourney - top two teams from 2 regions (5 and 6, etc) play a 4 team double elim same as above state tourney - final four all sectional winners play a 4 team double elimination tourney version 2 9 week season - max 32 games as above district tourney - same as above region tourney - take 4 districts ( 9,10,11,12) top 2 teams play in a single elim first round, double elim 4 team tourney the rest of the way. combining the region and sectional tourney's essentially state tourney - top two teams from each region play in a single elim first round, double elim 4 team state tourney

i will have all the tryout info on the main page as of Tuesday 25th - and i am putting it on the message board as well.

i was just about to say that casting side arm with a 5 lb sinker and bobber when fishing for brim and blue gill should help him with his motion.... make sure that he casts it as far as it will go. need at least 300 ft. of line... 12 lb test will work fine. he needs to fish everyday he's not playing. if he plays everyday, send him out fishin' after the games at least every other day and i agree on the change - drag the knuckles, much more effective and if your smart could lead to an endorsement from nu-skin or a bandage company

in one word - MATTSCOTT

no you don't get credit for 1.1... no out was recorded on the strike out therefore it doesn't count as 1/3 of an inning... one other thing, in HS baseball there are only whole number innings, 1 pitch = 1 inning to the TSSAA. however, as far as stats are concerned you can keep them per out 1.1, 3.2, etc

it takes a long time to go thru my lists of newspapers and link the stories each night.... while i am not going to comment on lack of coverage, i will say these papers have either continued to provide timely info or this year they have stepped up their game- Daily Papers Kingsport Time News - terrific as usual Johnson City Free Press - as well Tri-Cities Sports - very good online resource Clarksville Leaf Chronicle Maryville Daily Times - they have stepped up this year and improved greatly Cookeville Herald Citizen - not as good as above, but you can count on stories almost every day Shelbyville Times Gazette - have stepped up this year most other daily newspapers will provide stories a couple of times a week... boo to the athens/mcminn online for requiring a subscription - their teams can't get statewide recognition when you can't get info on them the non daily's the gannette mini-papers from dickson, robertson, and sumner do a pretty good job kudos to the lewisburg paper for improving - still not timely- but at least you can find out what's going on the roane county online paper - great, never had stories on these teams before - not exactly timely, but it's a great improvement over the past. tullahoma sports - good site as well i will say this about jackson - while no stories for the most part - the box scores are very informative

we got power back on saturday afternoon and i am updating again

Pratt from D Boone in east tn has 11 as of last night

yeah we'd hate to give coach waggoner any credit at all, he's ony coached there forever. good baseball guy, and does things the right way.

i live 2 miles north of vscc and we just missed as well. however a sunday school couple of ours lives in the neighborhood that got hit, his house only had minor damage as the ones across the street were absolutely demolished. our power is out as well, so updates on tbca.org will begin when i get it back on... thank goodness the inlaws have power. very tough days ahead for many folks in and around sumner co. and tennessee

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We didn't do pre-season polls this year and probably won't ever do them again.... tHE FIRST Poll is put together using coaches predictions for their district and area as well as "history" of the teams, and the first two weeks of play. This year has been extremelly difficult because of the weather. Obviously, things will change, they always do, we won't really know until mid to late April who the best teams are and that doesn't even mean you will get out of the district tournament because anything can happen and usually does. Hopefully, these will give us a starting point based on what we know on paper. Throughout the season I will need information on teams and how they are doing. All help is appreciated, but I try to base these on what happens on the field, not opinions. Also, there are many good teams in the state that don't get ranked and if they prove it on the field they will find themselves in a position to get ranked. However, rankings mean nothing - what happens on the field means everything. Lastly, it is a very time consuming job and thankless as well as I put in a lot of time compiling the info on 4 divisions in a 72 hour period every two weeks - So before you start dogging me out this year, remember, that these polls are worth what i'm getting paid to do them - NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!! ]JD good luck to everyone this spring and keep me posted on your overall and district records.

how did scrimmage with Beech go? any details?

evidently you ain't seen this kid play... throw out all the rules here...... 1.6 pop, his awkward throw across his body style delivers the ball 6 -10" to the right of the bag and he can hit..... i once saw one of his lazers hit in the grass just behind the mound and trickle into no man's land. fast as lightning - ichiro can't keep up with this kid.... 3.9 i think, naa, that's his gpa. maybe it was 3.4.... anyway 3.4, 3.9 to first aint bad either way... E5 has seen him run- the fastest i seen him run was when he robbed the minute mart

while 9aaa is tough, it'd be hard to deny both 7aaa an 8aaa a place in that hunt. if you looked at the state titles - probably 7aaa would be the winner - all three of these are very tough and on a year in and year out basis there probably isn't much difference.

i would suggest a heavy dose of "display" of those qualities as well as get with a few of your leaders either together or seperately and let them know what you want and then when game time is on.... when you need some of this displayed, have a que that you send to them and when they demonstrate these things, maybe the young guys will catch on to what you want.... those things are hard to get an entire squad to do, if you can get 75% on board, you'll be in great shape. remember, kids play this game for many reasons - we probably really loved the game and just wanted to play every chance we could get.... some play because their parents (dad) wants them to, some because they love it, some may play just to get out of doing something else, and their are a miriad of other reasons why..... reasons we as coaches, players, may not understand..... so it is important that you get a core of 5 or 6 guys (guys that play) to be your spokesmen.... then you have a chance. Of my 15 years, I had this about 7 or 8 times...... sometimes you just can't get to the kids.......

it's tough to get those 100 pounders up with less than 2 and a runner on 3rd.... i've got some pictures of guys swingin up, down and sideways....... heck one year we hit two balls in the grass behind the bases!!!!!!!! i used one of them rh mitts turned inside out, nice pocket, good and stiff, can't hardly feel a 85 mph fastball. try extending your bases just one extra base length. nobody can tell and when you go on the road, every throw seems a little shorter.... now in all seriesness, i got some 40-67 pounders gettin ready to hit that bright yeller ball around and u don't even need a glove to snag it.

best lh pop time was under 2, but the kid quit cause they couldn't find him a mitt. i saw a kid that E5 work with bout a buck fifteen hit one at least 340, it's all in the torque, the action figure style is catchin' on all over the world redsman, how do you get the hook out when it's in like this?

What do you think E5? Redsman?

thank goodness they don't have a gateway for those earth science lead-paint chip eaters........man they take it to another level..... congrats on the house, i'll stop by - movin in all day? i stopped by sc after a dentist appointment last wk and you were in class