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  1. ITA with this. For the AAA teams, there was no announcements of lineups, much less goals and subs, at any of the games played at Baylor. IMO, if the most rural, under-resourced public schools in TN can pull together the equipment and personnel to announce starting lineups at regular season non-conference games, then certainly Baylor(!!) should be able to offer that as a minimum. I don't expect goal scorers' and subs' names to be announced generally, but it is the state tournament...and if a rationale for keeping the tourney in the Chatt is so that it feels different and more special than a typical travel tournament, announcement of these would further contribute to that differentiation. There was announcement of the starting lineups at GPS for the finals, so that was an improvement. Now the officiating...wow. My concern wasn't that the officials seemed biased in any way-they really didn't. However, the officiating was so very inconsistent. Not only between games but also between the center ref and the linesmen in the same game! There was a particularly poor call in the AAA final that was a real game changer...even the TSSAAnetwork.com announcers seemed fairly horrified by it. Now, to be fair, I realize the refs are a) essentially volunteers doing a very difficult job very likely reffing in addition to their 'real' job that pays an actual living wage, thus not reffing full time and c) doing the best they can with what they have been given from TSSAA - so I am not criticizing the referees themselves. It just appeared as if they were given conflicting instructions, e.g., let all but the most egregious fouls go (in QFs) vs call everything no matter what (finals). And, as has already been pointed out, it doesn't matter if the tourney is in Memphis, Murfreesboro, or Chattanooga, there will always be officiating issues.
  2. Region 4AAA Siegel 1 Blackman 0
  3. Siegel 5 Blackman 0 Next Tuesday Columbia Central comes to Siegel Blackman travels to Shelbyville
  4. District 7AAA Semifinals Siegel 1 Smyrna 0 Blackman 1 Oakland 0
  5. Great upset by Indy - by the sounds of that article, Franklin still had starters in at the 76th minute. However, I didn't realize that the winner of that district is guaranteed a regional spot; in our region (7AAA), the reward for winning the district a bye for the first round of the district tourney...and that is it. The district winner has to play into regionals just like every other team. Knowing you are a guaranteed to move on can sometimes affect a team's play. All that being said, still an impressive win for Indy and a *very* impressive win for Brentwood. BW is certainly gelling at the right time!
  6. Is what I saw on the scoreboard actually true? Did Independence really beat Franklin 1-0? That means Franklin is done, right....? Post season freaks me out...anything can happen. ETA: just to be clear, I think Independence is a good team. I am just shocked that Franklin got beat by anyone after not losing a game for 2 years.
  7. A minor 7AAA surprise tonight - after beating Oakland 1-0 on Tuesday, Blackman loses tonight's game with Smyrna. Smyrna 1 Blackman 0 In the last couple of years there has been a lot more parity in 7AAA than in the past. It certainly makes post season play exciting!
  8. The state tournament draws for all of the brackets are on the TSSAA site now...
  9. I thought God made them for Williamson County's class A/AA schools to beat in soccer...?
  10. Siegel 2-0 over Blackman Great job to both teams! With rain delays and the Smyrna/Oakland game going into OT, the game didn't start until 9:15 which made a long day for all of the girls. The Oakland/Siegel rematch on Thursday should be great.
  11. You're exactly right. I don't know how they did tonight, but before tonight their opponents' combined records were 15-17-0. Soddy and especially Farragut will be good tests for them this weekend.
  12. Siegel wins District 7-AAA Siegel - 1 Oakland - 0
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