whatchacallit

This is an excellent, balanced but top heavy region My prediction on order of finish 1. Antioch : ball control + breakaway speed + defense = region champs again 2. Hendersonville : much returning talent, well-coached 3. Hunters Lane : how many of those backs that they had return? 4. Gallatin : lost a great class, rebuilding year 5. Beech : will be better defensively 6. McGavock : depending on new Coach, could be vastly improved 7. Glencliff : will not be the surprise of the year Any of the top 4 teams could advance well into the playoffs The order may be different, but the playoff teams will be those 4. Mark it down.

NEWSFLASH Tribue will name himself head coach! He was on staff (with Wes Elrod) the last time they had a good football team, remember?

Private schools recruit kids for athletic purposes and provide financial aid to some. Public schools recruit kids for athletic purposes and give special transfers to some. What's the difference? Both D1 and D2 schools have some integrity issues among their ranks. Pearl-Cohn would have never made the playoffs if they played only with kids in their zone. Hillsboro wouldn't be able to put 11 on the field if they were restricted to kids living in their zone. BA, MBA, and others have agents of their school, as well as their actual staff memers, who begin recruiting kids in the early grades, and offering incentives to parents and kids alike to attend their schools. I say we need a rigid set of rules, established by leaders from schools of every type (urban, rural, public, private), that reflect the best interests of the honest member schools across the state, and are enforced justly and honestly. No division is needed. Integrity is needed.