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thumb I would like to add a few comments here.These Lady Cyclones are very tuff! They completely dominated a good Happy Valley Lady Warrior team. These young ladies are super! See you in the MURF! If only our poor boys could play a 4th qtr for once! It was obvious that once Peters got into foul trouble , our chances were slim.Peters is and has been the leader but can't win by himself.We need to start palying our best 5,NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE !!!!!!!!!!!

and you sir should be earning your pay that the taxpayers afford you!Does your supervisors know you play on taxpayers money and time? The new Director might not be happy! You may want to let waterboy,I mean Iceman post during the day for you,oh maybe he might be busy writing elsewhere. I told you Id check you out! Best of luck to you! the times of all your post are evident that you are not posting only on free time or lunch,so...

Congrats to the Lady Warriors of Happy Valley for a great season,a very good Betsy team beat you on thursday but you should not be ashamed! I love you all! Good Luck Betsy! Go win the State Championship for Carter County!

Hostile comments? Not from me! I have no reason to post hostile comments! My child isn't at EHS and I don't know the new coach! I do, however know some of the players and their parents. Where do you get that I had hostile remarks and I too stand by my opinion, thats right its my opinion,just like you have yours!What makes yours anymore correct than mine? As I said earlier, let's wish the kids the best and move on. Anymore would just hurt the children we should be supporting and that's not my intention.How about you? Enough said! By the way, do you have ESP and know who my coaching comment was intended for? I think not! Next time know before you comment or just ask!

Your hostile comments have led me to seek out who would be so bitter as to use this post which started as ONLY a way to compliment a fine young lady for a job well done and turn it into a way to vent anger over a personal issue. I believe I now see the whole picture! It was not the decision of the players that named a new coach, that decision came directly from the Ath. Director and Principal at EHS, according to the A.D. I dont know the new coach but he must be doing something right, I read that they defeated a very good Happy Valley (my alma mater) and move on to the Regionals as they take the top 2 teams, I believe. The process or decision of who to hire is always a hot topic, especially in small towns like yours, but again, dont let it rain on the kids parade just because of the way you feel. By the way, I understand that Coach Dave Rider has applied for the football position again, I hope the powers that be are smart enough to bring back the man responsible for the the success of Eliz football! Good luck to all our area schools!

Wait just a minute guys, this post was in no way meant to start a turf war or point fingers,it was a way to congratulate a very worthy young lady on a huge accomplishment! Why would you take this opportunity to talk about speed, quickness or any other thing rather that to say "Good job Katie"! My daughter played ball against Katie in middle school and even played on all star squads with her. I do know that basketball was her first love but she has made a very nice transition to softball. Please accept my comments as only words of encouragement to Katie and others like her. Yes, the Betsy girls did have a good year and Im very proud of them also!. Please join me in uplifting our students and not taking cheap shots or trying to hurt their feelings in print! It is fine if adults choose to bicker but let's leave the kids out of it! Good luck Betsy and all other other area schools in all your sports!

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Concerning the Daniel Boone job, I hear that Elizabethton Asst. Eddie Pless and former Cloudland Coach Mike Lunsford may the the early frontrunners.The only thing that worries me there is that Unicoi County passed on Lunsford for reasons only they know and so Boone might want to talk to the Unicoi folks!

I am very sad to hear that Coach Tommy Jenkins health has declined enough to cause him to resign as Betsy Coach. I fully understand and support his decision as his health has to be his main focus right now! I wish him the very best and Godspeed to him! He is a very good man! Elizabethton should and MUST make it a priority to bring back the winningest coach in their history,Dave Rider. Dave Rider is also a very good man and an excellent football coach. He will put Elizabethton football back to where it should be! Jim Hastings return will be huge for the Betsy defense! while we are talking assistant coaches, I wonder if Rider could bring back one of the best assistants that he ever had, Dave Turpin? Turpin is currently girls softball coach and formerly an assistant football coach at Tenn High in Bristol. WOW,it makes cold chills come on me to think of the power houses these guys could bring back. Eliz School System, hurry and hire Rider! Rider,get Hastings and Turpin quickly! This sounds like Coach Joe Gibbs recently assembling his staff to return to Washington, not a bad idea after all!