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ECS is a really good team. We played them in front of 1,600 people and scored early off the momentum.

And DOESN'T have to play Greeneville...

Because of the threat of bad weather today, CPA and Page played last night. CPA 1 Page 0 The other side of the region is White House and White House Heritage.

CPA 5 Fairview 0 Page 4 Montgomery Central 1

From what I heard, they are staying D1 and are possibly trying to "fight it" legally (not really sure what that means).

Well, CAK beat Catholic in PK's last night, so Grace will get Catholic instead of CAK. Should make for a very interesting region semi final on Tuesday.

Actually, no... I don't remember which rule was applied, but the ONLY time that PK shootouts can occur are in district matches (for a tie breaker) or in post season. I believe the districts can vote on whether or not they want to use the shootout (ours just kept them as ties). So, I believe, that for a "record" purpose, any tie in regular season (that ends in PK shoot out) is actually considered a tie. Seems pretty stupid, but I think that is how the state works it.

Just curious... What private school was complaining on playing another private school?

The score I am getting is 2-1 Summit in OT. I will try to get details.

I just got a report that Ravenwood lost to Summit in OT tonight!

I was actually just thinking about that banquet this week. In my "timehop" looking back several years, I had posted something on Twitter congratulating Grace (and coach Larry) for going 15-1! Does Larry still help out? That was a fun night. And Playerscoach's daughter plays at DCA in Nashville (most likely to be a CPA district rival next season)!

Well of course you like the Coach T rankings... they have you at #2 in the "strength and success" poll! Who wouldn't like that? Rankings The same poll that has Houston (who I believe has not lost a game in 2 years) as ranked 5th in AAA. I, myself, have voted for you in my top 10 on the Eurosportscoreboard coaches poll (which is done by coaches across the state each week). Eurosport We look at both strength of schedule, and results, without just number crunching. I personally spend a lot of time looking at the outcomes from the week before I send in my list. I think this will be a good year for your squad. Just make sure you win regions. I would not want to have to face Greeneville in sectionals.

I have heard, however, that Catholic is considering staying in D1.

O.O

I would take you more for a "MySpace" kind of guy...

I saw the initial score and I figured (on this one) it was probably a "entry error"...

Didn't know if you knew this, but it was your girls that approached ours to pray for Ben! We were really moved for that. Meant a great deal to the girls and our school.

That's a good result against an outstanding team.

Most are West (Rivals) or East (Bearden and Pigeon Forge).

After some lengthy discussion, the general consensus is that the "powers that be" want more goals to be scored, and this will certainly allow that.

Cannon, We can holler "play the whistle" until we lose our voices, however players are naturally going to react to a linesman raising a flag for offsides. In the emotion of a game, it's a natural reaction. I saw 4 DIFFERENT incidences of this rule that were NOT called correctly just this weekend alone. Since it didn't cause a goal or cause a goal to be called back, it wasn't a "big deal" however it raises the fact that this rule will be called completely differently each and every game. I COMPLETELY agree with the rule in the interpretation of if a defender purposely plays a bad back pass, or a bad square pass, but to have a deflected header or a ball skimming off a mis-kick should be ruled differently. If a player is offsides at the kick, the player should be called offsides (obviously if they are not involved in the play, they should not). In our situation, the player was on the back side, the cross was to the back side, and my centerback mis hit it and it continued to the girl (who was offsides when the ball was played). So now my players need to decide whether or not to risk playing a ball that they might or might not get to? Because if they don't play it right, then there is a HUGE loss to the consequence of this. Really easy for people to say "well, that's the rule"... well, just wait until it knocks you out of the play offs and then come let me know how you feel about it.

https://www.nfhs.org/articles/offside-rule-revised-in-high-school-soccer/ We were on the "bad" side of this rule tonight. Opposing team played a ball to her teammate who was in an offsides position at the time of the kick. But since my defender made an attempt to play the ball (but didn't clear it properly and it went to the girl who was in an offsides position) the girl was ruled to NOT be in violation of the offsides rule and she went in and scored. Even though the linesman kept his flag up and ALL of my defenders stopped BECAUSE he had his flag up, the center allowed the goal. According to the new updated rule change, the center interpreted it correctly. You all need to be aware of this rule as you move forward. I have a feeling we will not be the only team affected in this situation.

Thanks coach. #19 is a quality player who has some really nice strikes at goal. The one left footer we had was just over the bar. Sorry about the "dumping of the water cooler" after the game. It was win 200 for me and the girls wanted to celebrate. I hope that your team didn't take it in poor taste. Gotta say, your facilities are TOP NOTCH. Would love to have that field here at CPA! Good luck with your season! Do you know where your daughter is headed for post high school?