Metroman

I seriously doubt a players future status is determined by whether the games are posted. And too be honest, I really like the fact that most of the garbage on these sites hasn't affected region 6-AAA. (I completely get the irony that I am post meaningless drivel about meaningless drivel)

I think everyone in region 6 AAA is hoping Mt Juliet and Clarksville get upset before sectional.

No, the other coaches didn't have a say. The only two sports Hillsboro will be competitive in is football and basketball. All of their other sports are woefully overmatched (just like most Metro teams). There is no way the soccer teams, volleyball, softball, baseball, cross country, track, wrestling, etc will ever compete. It was a very short sited decision by Hillsboro/TSSAA. There is a perceived arrogance from Hillsboro that really annoys most of metro. The perception is they play by different rules and then whine when things don't go well..

That's not a bad loss of Oakland. Overton has lost only one game to Franklin and is one of the better teams in Middle Tennessee.

I can't imagine Crouch being back by the end of the season. I believe she tore her ACL and I haven't heard of many people that have come back from that in 3 to 4 months. Yes, Hillsboro is talented. But there guards are so young, they are going to struggle.

Hillsboro lost three starters and then lost Keisha Crouch (Xavier signee) to a knee injury. They are young and athletic, but still have a long way to go. They're still probably the best team in region 6AAA, but not by much. (6AAA is WAY down)

Although I haven't seen them all, here would be my list. Morristown West, Lawrence Couinty, Riverdale, Blackman, LaVergne (where's Jefferson?), Mt. Juliet, Clarksville, Memphis Central, and Memphis Overton. There are a couple of others that I am interested in but know nothing about-Millington, Jackson Northside, Tennessee High, and Cookeville. I think Mt. Juliet is the best team in the state right now, but they are not invisible by any stretch. They'll probably lose a couple along the way, but barring an upset in the region, they should cruise to the state tournament.

There is no way that Hillsboro will be as good as last year. They have a lot of talent, but are very inexperienced. With Crouch out, they will really struggle to get out of a substate game against a team like Clarksville or Mt. Juliet.

John Overton Christmas Tournament Teams Glencliff vs Harpeth, Oakland vs Lipscomb, Overton vs Rossview, Father Ryan vs Maplewood

Best teams at the Hillsboro playday were Morristown West, Lawrence County, Hillsboro, and Cookville. Lipscomb looked pretty good as well.

Hunters Lane will be the favorite in 12AAA.

They have good athletes, a really good running game, and a good defense. Coaching is good as well. Biggest question is depth. They may make the playoffs and make a decent run.

Technically, no one can "recruit". The difference between D1 and D2 is whether or not the school offers financial aid to athletes. So a school like David Lipscomb here in Nashville can give a student a break on tuition, but that student can't play sports. While a school like Brentwood Academy can let that same student play sports. As for the recruiting, coaches/boosters can't show up to a middle school and offer a kid a scholarship. However, if an athlete comes to them first (at a camp or something), then they can offer a scholarship. It is almost impossible to police and that is why people get so bent out of shape.

I think we have started to see a trend that took over boys basketball a few years ago. Your urban teams are going to start to be the powers in the state. The strength of the suburban/rural schools used to be the youth programs. Now, there are starting to be strong youth programs in Nashville and Memphis so that talent is taught at a young age. In the areas where basketball is king, soccer, volleyball, and softball are taking the limited number of athletes. The only way a rural school can compete is if they get more players to move in. This years AAA state tournament was not a fluke. In the nineties, Nashville only had one public high school go to the state tournament (Glencliff). Since 2000, Overton, Hunters Lane, Antioch, McGavock, and Hillsboro (twice) have all been. Look for that trend to continue.

The school can pay the team fee. Each camper needs to pay the individual fee.

I believe that a coach can not coach a player who will be in his/her program for the following season. So, that would rule out eighth graders.

After all the abuse she has gotten (deserved or not), you can't expect her to show up and take more.

It doesn't solve the problems, it just shifts them around.

This is academic and athletic both. Race is clearly an issue. The reason many of these private schools exist is because of race. But, these issues happens in school system where race isn't as much an issue, as well. Look at the growth of schools like Mt. Juliet Christian or Middle Tennessee Christian.

(Before you read this, let me say that I do not want to take anything away from Hillsboro. It is a great school that has had great success recently. It is different than all other Metro schools. I also don't really want to spend a lot of time responding because I don't think this is a good forum to do so. If people really care, maybe I'll start a blog or something:) I think sometimes people on message boards (Me included) think we are way more important than we are and that people really care when they don't) There are way too many layers to this for a real discussion. Hillsboro didn't "work their behinds off" in order to keep there academic reputation. It just has a better reputation which make people think it's better. Overton and Hillwood (until recently) have the same reputation, but they're not open enrollment. The factor that ties those schools together are Hillsboro is in Green Hills, Overton-Oak Hill, Hillwood-West Meade. Those are three wealthy neighborhoods that 20 years ago had a lot of students in the area attending the school. Now, Overton is the only one that has maintained any sort of neighborhood population. No one in Green Hills goes to Hillsboro. They all go to Lipscomb, FRA, Father Ryan, MBA, Harpeth Hall, St. Ceclia, Brentwood Academy, CPA, MLK, Hume-Fogg, or Ensworth. But Hillsboro hasn't had anything bad happen to make outsiders think it is a crappy school. Hillwood used to be just like them (except for open zone) until they had some big issues about 5 years ago and now people think it's a disaster. Keep in mind that the teachers and the focus of these schools didn't change, just the perception. Once that happened, parents of good students pulled there kids out. Let me give you an example. (I am making these numbers up a little, but they are close) At Overton, 10% of the poplulation that is zoned goes to a magnet school and 35% goes to private schools. That means that if 100 kids went to the school 45 of your top students have been pulled out. Now, some really bright kids remain, but not at the volume. What is going to happen to test scores? Obviously, if you take the top out, things go down. Now when a parent of an eighth grader wants to send their child to a "good" academic school, Overton's test scores look low, so they take there child to another school. That pattern takes its toll after a few decades and has played out at almost every public school in Nashville. What is interesting to me is to see how it is starting to effect surrounding counties now. Twenty years from now, everyone will be talking about what a crappy school Brentwood is turning into. (I imagine that is already happening to Germantown in Memphis) What's the solution? 1. Middle/Upper Socio-economic families have to be committed to staying in public schools, which sounds great until you have a child that age. In other words, that will never happen in high numbers. Too much negative perception to overcome. 2. A MAJOR economic downturn. If people can't afford private schools, guess where they will have to send their children? As these good students come in, public schools will improve.

It is a self-fulfilling prophecy. A good eighth grade athlete can go to their zoned school which may or may not be very good, or they can go to an open enrollment school. Well, they have heard Hillsboro is better academically and athletically, so they go there. Now you have more good students and athletes at Hillsboro than at Maplewood, Stratford, or Whites Creek and that pattern continues the next year. Conversely, a parent of a child who is zoned to one of the other three has heard those schools aren't as good so they send their child to a different school. That becomes one less good student which leads to a worse school. Then that pattern repeats itself. If you remove all of the good students from a school, the school is going to go down. That is what has happened in Metro and is happening to a lot of public schools. Just wait, Murfreesboro is just starting down this path.

In Metro, the open enrollment schools are Hillsboro, Stratford, Whites Creek, and Maplewood. Because Hillsboro has a good academic reputation and the others don't, it is the only one that has really benefitted from open enrollment.

I assume you are kidding. Most of those kids didn't go to feeder schools of Hillsboro (Perry-Oliver, Harrison-Hill, and Crouch-Head (I think)). I know that Pace went to West End, but I don't know about Shelton. I don't know about the kids off the bench. Without open enrollment, Hillsboro would be up and down like the rest of Metro. This is not to take anything away from them. They played within the rules and played well to win the state.

OH. The one in New Orleans isn't D1

Crouch committed to Xavier.