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Best game I have seen AC play all year. Very well prepared and very well coached. Pitcher did an outstanding job keeping Kingston batters of balance. Nice shot by McGowen! Sealed the deal. Kingston got out played and out coached. Looked like either Kingston was too confident or just flat. Kingston pitcher didn't have his best night. Looked like the coach switched up his batting order. Why? Who was the kid that played right field and batted #2 in the order? This is the 1st game I have seen him play, except when he has pitched. Why the shake up in a batting order that seemed to work last week for 4 games? Good luck to both teams. Prediction- Loudon & AC to advance. 2 best teams in tournament. Kingston looks like they are ready for summer. AC & Loudon look hungry!

Let's see. Who would have that authority? Umpire. Law enforcement. School administrator. TSSAA offiical. You figure it out. Your right on one point. I shouldn't have used this forum to single her out. Although, she singled herself out at the game. Yes, I could have and probably should have singled her out when I heard her comments. My mistake. It won't happen again. Let's move on. Play Ball!! See you at Loudon. Looking forward to a good game.

Right now, my answer would be Harriman. They are the only team that can beat themselves before they get to Memphis. Coach Adcox has done a great job with this talented group. Stay focused. Don't look ahead and play them one at a time. From here on, every game is the Championship game. Best of luck to all Roane Co. teams!

It's high school baseball; get over it! Your exactly right. I follow hs baseball, partly because it's my job, the other part because I love watching the players play with passion. I don't come to games to hear parents using foul language because they disagreed with an umpires call. There's a line that you don't cross with the language, and too many adults are crossing that line these days. Even have heard some kids getting away with it to umpires and coaches. This should never happen! In my job, I'm looking for athletes that not only have the talent to play at the next level, but also have the morals and attitude to handle the pressures of the next level. Unfortuantely, I'm finding less and less of that these days. Yes, I also look at the parents as well. If you have parents that continueously stay on umpires, players, coaches, etc., typically the kids follow in that same path as far as attitudes. Playing with passion and attitude is not what we are talking about here. We are talking about class and respect. Class to know when enough is enough and respect for those not having a choice but to listen. What about respect for your child? Do you really think he/she is proud of how some of these parents act or the language they are using? I'll close with this. I have watched many kids play the game of baseball. Most at the hs level are aspiring to play at the college level. When a recruiter/scout comes to watch a player or players, do you think they are only watching the players talent and attitude? No. They are also looking at the parents. When you sign a player to a college scholarship, your not just getting the player, your getting the parents too. Oh, one last comment on this issue. I'll never get over it!

Baseballfan9383, as mentioned before, I expected to get some back lash from that statement. So, thats not a problem. 1st let me say, I don't know the red head or any of the other mom's or dad's on AC's team. Towards the end of the game, I do know what I and many others heard. Make no mistake, it was not language that I would want my kids hearing! Luckly, my kids are grown. The reason I brought this up on this forum is simply this, we all get emotional at sporting events, but show some common refrain with the language. I pointed out the red head because I heard most of it from her mouth and did when Kingston played at AC earlier in the year. "out of hand", I disagree with. "out of the ordinary" I believe that. I won't comment about your last sentence. But will say this, if this happens at Loudon next week, and I'm there, I will see that anyone using that kind of language is removed from the park. Will that make you feel better?

Unless my bracket is wrong, AC and Loudon won't meet unless AC beats Scott and Kingston. Of course, Loudon has to beat the winner of OS and LC. Remember, what you expect to happen in tournament play, usually doesn't. Take that to the bank!

I don't think Kingston played like "crap", or AC for that matter. Did either play at the top of their game? No. As usual, Kingston left a pitcher in for at least an inning too long. AC couldn't capitalize on Kingston mistakes and left too many runners stranded. Kingston did capitalize on AC mistakes and got the runners across the plate. Part of baseball and that's what usually happens when 2 good teams meet. Look at the 1st meeting at AC. Kingston didn't play well. AC played good, not great, but good. AC won the game by 1 run. Agree, it would be nice to see both teams playing at the top of their game. Maybe we'll see that Monday. One more thing. I'll get bashed for this, but here it goes anyhow. Leave the whinning Mom's at home! Especially the red head. What a mouth. I didn't know that women in Anderson Co. used that kind of language! Keep it on that side of the county line, or at least on your side of the field. Their are small kids around, if for no other reason.

1 game at LC tonight at 6pm, 2nd game at Kingston Thurs.

Solid team! Should make a run for the title if everyone stays healthy and Eble can pitch. Coach Adcox has done a great job with this group. Unfortunantely, most are seniors. With Hall, Eble, Hampton, etc., leading the way, these guys are having an outstanding year. You could say that Cummings has stepped up big, but what about Thomas? Got to be the surprise of the year! Good luck during tournaments! Go big Blue!!

correct me if i'm wrong, but if a pitcher walks a batter and that batter ends up scoring off a base hit, wouldn't that be an "earned run"? The same with a hit batsman. I believe at least 3 of the 4 runs were "earned" during that game. Could be wrong. Really doesn't matter though, Everett is a good pitcher, but will need to work on his self control to survive at the next level. Saw him show alot of emotion during that game. By the way, a little advice, stop looking at your dad everytime something doesn't go your way.

Why was the OS/Kingston game canceled last night? I know that it rained, but the only spot on the field that needed any work was around 1st base, and that could have been taken care of very easily. Some of these coaches are canceling games way too early in the day. Non-district games, o.k., but you don't cancel district games unless its impossible to play. We all want perfect playing conditions, but it ain't going to happen everyday. Better hope it doesn't rain any next week! What a scheduling mess that will be.

That's great! Now, lets just hope he stays. History doesn't speak well for Rockwood signees. Maybe Harvest can start a new trend. Let's hope so.

my understanding is that the Kingston/AC make-up is scheduled for next Wed., 05/04. If that's the case, LC, AC, & Kingston will all have a pretty tough week! LC/Kingston is Tues. & Thurs., Kingston/AC Wed., AC/LC Monday or Friday. What a week for this district. Everyone got enough pitching to get through these tough district games in the same week?

KYellowJckt, are you sure about those 3? 1 of the 3 is having a decent year. Best of luck to them, if this is true.

so, who won the game?

learn to beat them! You answered your on question. District games! If Everett were to pitch 1 game per district series, that is 5 games for the regular season. If I had a couple other solid pitchers, I wouldn't throw Everett except for district games. District games, regions games, etc. is what matters.

What happened with the game scheduled for Tuesday? Went by the field to watch the game and saw Kingston hitting in the cage, but no game. The field looked in good shape, at the very least, playable. Bruce up to his old tricks? Tournament time is creeping up, you going to wish you got these games in when you could. Any dates been set to reschedule?

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Rescheduled for when?

on the west side of farragut, I'll go with Sam Cummings- Harriman, Kyle Adams- Kingston, Charlie Seivers- Webb. I'm sure I've left someone out, but these guys are gamers and will give you everything they've got. They can go into battle with me anytime! What about some of the Bearden players? I know of a few that haven't been mentioned.

Sounds great. Good luck to him and the team. Looking forward to watching a good performance out of both teams.

rhyno12, aggrivated? Are you speaking of his arm, or his attitude? Just curious.

never got an answer on the Kingston pitcher that pulled himself during the game Tuesday. Is his arm hurt? If it doesn't rain the game out today, should be a good one.

Blue devils are looking tough! Cummings must be shooting for Player of the Year! Saw some good things last night for Harriman. Coach A. has the kids swinging the bats. Best of luck the rest of the year. Hope Eble get's back soon. Rockwood is young this year. Heard some Rockwood faithfuls saying that Coach L. doesn't care anymore, just wants to move on to the college ranks. Give me a break! This Coach has given everything he's got to the Rockwood program. He's not going to create miracles. They will get better. Why? Because of young talent and a Coach that teaches the fundamentals and technique. Look at how many underclassman that are starting on this team. You want to be mad because Coach L. is wanting to move to the next level, fine. Don't blame him for the lack of experience this year. BBALLTN- Where the heck have you been, and what the heck did your last post mean "then we do too"? You've been hanging around Tank too much at HC!

Wasn't at the game but heard a few highlights and lowlights from some kingston fans. Sounded like a good pitching dual through about 5 innings. Heard the pitcher for Kingston had to pull himself out of the game? Did he hurt his arm? Kingston's hitting is still struggling, as is their pitching. I'm a little confussed about the pitching problems. I was under the understanding that the pitching coach had winter workouts and things were looking bright for that postion. On the hitting end, well, simply put, too many bats laying on the shoulder. Swing the bats!! As for some of you AC people that are getting on here, I like what 'jacketman05' said, "play it on the field". I know your coach pretty well and I believe he would tell you the same thing. Remember, nobody remembers what you did during the season, it's where your standing at the end, that people will remember. thumb