BlackHavenSenator

I will weigh in on this as an outsider... I think they should of done everything in their power to keep Coach Flowers (A Whitehaven Alum) as their head man. Once they lost him I believe they lost more than what they (Melrose Boosters and Alumni) knew. Coach Ingram was a great hire for them after Flowers, but he is NOT a High School coach. Ingram will always have a career in college coaching, Coach Flowers on the other hand could have kept that program where the people of Orange Mound wanted it, but they ran him off. In running him off I truly believe they did more damage to their program. Now I believe Melrose needs to do everything in thier power to bring in a Melrose alum to coach their program. Namely Ced Wilson. If not him someone who can instill that pride back into them... heck, they may need to go ahead and call up Coach T,(Tim Thompson) or maybe even Coach D (D.Montgomery at Douglas). Whatever they do they need an electric shock to their program, but honestly they (Melrose) still have a chance to make it to the playoffs, so they aint dead yet. Melrose did beat us last season, so I am unwilling to count those guys out just yet. I look forward to a very tough game Friday night at Da Haven.

Ced Wilson is the OC at Central... He wasn't gonna let them boys be intimidated.

It doesn't apply anymore... If White Station wins and is the #2 team in the district they will be awarded with a first round game at Da Haven.

Mad Props to District 7, but there is a team in District 16 that's about to do something special in these 6A playoffs! [sN] I do believe White Station would be a super tough 8 seed btw... They are still "the defending 6A state Champs." Coach Rutherford knows what he's doin... RESPECT DA HAVEN

It actually ended up being 55-23 Whitehaven

I'll throw my 2 cents in on some Big Games in Memphis, Mainly Class AAA (5A and 6A) with a couple of Div II games in there. G-Town vs. Ridgeway will come down to who is the more disciplined team. Ridgeway gives up nothing on defense, however, G-Town's offense can lull a team to sleep long enough to pop a big one and knock a team off balance. This battle between 2 great Memphis-Shelby Co. Metro Area coaching staffs will determine who will be District 15-AAA champs. I look forward to the outcome of this one!!! MUS vs. CBHS should be a close hard fought game... Now when I say close the score could have a combined score of under 20 points or over 80. This Memphis Area Private school Rivalry is one of the Best in the Mid-South, thus the reason the game will be a part of the Yall vs Us series on TV. Big Time and Bright Lights St. Benedict vs. Briarcrest will be another hard fought Private school contest. I look for a shootout in this one. Well over 60 points between both teams even though Briarcrest will be playing their best receiver as well as a 9th grader at QB... Major Wright is no joke as a Coach... SBA's Wilkins' Brothers are a legit Dynamic Duo! Millington vs. Craigmont: Millington is playing for their Playoff lives... Craigmont has a youth movement going on with their Soph. QB, Sam Craft, leading the way. Because of Craigmont's youth they may not even realize how BIG of a game this is (the Chiefs WILL lock up the District 14 AAA championship with a win) which may play in their favor... If Millington can play their ball control style of football this may be the most intriging finish of a game tonight. Mitchell and Kingsbury will be a showcase of athleticism tonight out at Da Haven... Both teams should be hyped for this one... I'm sure Mitchell is chomping at the bit to get out on the field to redeem themselves for last weeks perfomance, while Kingsbury just wants to prove that they can hang with any AAA school in the city being that they are a AA school and they own a victory over G-Town and only lost by 10 points to Brentwood Academy. Central vs. Melrose: Melrose is trying to position themselves for a possible District 16 AAA Championship Match up vs. Whitehaven next week. If They can hold off BIG Cam Clear and Memphis Central tonight they will be in the mix to make that happen! Southwind vs. Wooddale is a possible loser leave town match up in District 15 AAA. Javon Robinson and Co. would be just about finished if they lose this game tonight out at Oakhaven. I bet he is up for the challenge... We'll see if Southwind's Bend but don't Break Defense will hold up their end enough so that their Junior QB, Darrius Henderson, can make something happen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As for our Game, East has a lot of size! A lot of Great Athlete's as well as A Lot of guys who go both ways! This game will come down to Conditioning. RESPECT DA HAVEN

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That looks like a pretty fair guess, however White Station may just win out. If they do that either Houston or Cordova would not make it. White Station's next 2 games will be Hamilton and Mitchell. They have the coaching staff to win their way in. I truly believe that White Station would be a very dangerous 8 seed. I can certainly see why you have Cordova in instead of Millington. Cordova's last two opponents have a combined record of 2-15 while Millington's opponents have a record of 14-3, plus Cordova has beaten Millington. If Millington doesn't make the playoffs I know that they will be very disappointed. I can hardly wait for these next 2 weeks to pass in the Memphis-Shelby Metro area (Districts 14,15, and 16)!

If a team only has allowed 42 points (really only 30) in 8 games I would just think that team would get just a lil bit more love on coachT, but I guess not! RESPECT DA HAVEN

U said the truth in ur last sentence... The good teams will win out, point blank period... District 7 AAA is the only District with all 6A schools. So what... This is not college football, the best 3 or 4 teams will make it out of that District, however, Only 1 of them can play in the championship game, so it is what it is. It's not unfair. Either Blackman or Oakland or Smyrna or Riverdale will WIN out... It would be more unfair if 2 of those 4 plays in Championship game to me. I'm just sayin RESPECT DA HAVEN

http://www.tssaa.org/footballplayoffs/wildcard.cfm?class=6A I would like to give my Quad 4 projections off of what I see in the above link and off of what I know about Districts 14, 15 and 16... Who's IN: (as far as I can tell) Whitehaven, Arlington, Brighton. Who's on the Bubble:G-Town, Collierville, Wooddale, Houston, White Station, Cordova, Southwind, Millington. District 15 looks like it will go down to the wire... District 14 seems a bit clearer. These next two weeks in the Memphis-Shelby Metro area will be very interesting!

I almost Forgot! RESPECT DA HAVEN

http://www.tssaa.org/footballplayoffs/wildcard.cfm?class=6A If Brighton is to outright win their District they would have home field advantage the first two rounds of the playoffs. Looking at the above link you would see that Brighton could/would be the #1 seed in the 4th Quad... If they win both of their HOME playoff games and have to play say us (Whitehaven) or a Wooddale or a Southwind in the Quarterfinals, I see a long bus ride out to their place... Those longer than normal bus rides on Friday afternoon are always a disadvantage for the road team IMHO... Some folks think Hardin Co. is the cream of the District 13 AAA crop, so IF Brighton wins it should serve notice to all the Memphis-Shelby Metro 6A schools that a possible long bus trip out to Brighton, TN aint no joke! Thus the reason I think this game holds the key in the 6A playoff race to who makes it out of the WEST (Quad 4) to play that Nashville/Davidson Co. Area team (Quad 3) for a chance to go to Cookeville.

Arlington and Craigmont will have massive playoff implications for this side of the 6A State Playoffs seeding! CBHS vs. Briarcrest will come down to who makes the Big Plays. Wooddale and G-town will be a defensive struggle. Will Wooddale stay discipline against G-Town's Option attack? Can G-Town's Defense hold Wooddale's Javon Robinson? Whoever can answer those questions best will win! Ridgeway seems to be on a mission! I have yet to see any real holes in their game but Southwind is not goin to lay down for Ridgeway... This could be a trap game for Ridgeway, but Coach Sutton seems to have his team rolling along. Hardin Co. vs Brighton... The winner of this game could determine who makes it out of the West to the Semifinal game!!! All Eyes in Brighton!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As for Whitehaven Tigers vs. Mitchell Tigers I must say that Mitchell has athletes all over the Field! They have size! They have a very solid Defense! This game will come down to COACHING AND EXCECUTION

Semifinals

LOD and all the other East Tenn and Middle TN bias folks, It doesn't matter how yall feel about Memphis High School football, the playoff games will speak for themselves... I dare say White Station doin what they did last season just maybe the catalyst that Memphis and the Shelby Metro needed to show it's newfound domination in 6A... Just don't be surprised if it's District 16 vs. District 7 in Cookeville on Dec. 4th

District 16 is not to be played with this season

I don't get how u can say that when a school from District 16 is the defending champs of 6A and you still have teams like Whitehaven and Wooddale who could come out of the WEST... I want to give mad props to District 7 and some ofthe other schools you have mentioned, but yall folks must understand that the West (namely Memphis, TN) will be in the thick of this State Championship picture. White Station pulled it off last season, don't be surprised at someone else doin it this season... RESPECT DA HAVEN

I won't say who I think will win the state on here, but I do foresee a District 7 vs District 16 match up in the 6A State Finals! RESPECT DA HAVEN

This game is a Scout's Dream... Wooddale and Ridgeway both have some prime time D-1 prospects goin tonight... I hope I can make out there tonight.

In the Shelby Metro Area it's between these guys in no particular order: Jaylen Walton- Ridgeway High. Jr. He's SUPER FAST!!! Javon Robinson- Wooddale High. Jr. He reminds most people of a Ricky Williams type! Artaves Gibson- Mitchell High Sr. He's a big back with speed and Quickness. lil Marcus Holiday- Fairley High Jr. A Super Talent. Mark Dotson Jr.- Whitehaven High. Soph. He's a Big Play waiting to happen! Brian Kimbrow- Memphis East High. Jr.? He's the # 2 rusher in the area! honorable mention: Julius Lewis-Whitehaven High Sr. Ryan Heaston-Cordova High Sr. I personally think Walton is the best of this bunch. here are last week's stats for the Memphis area. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/sep/30/memphis-area-leaders/

IMHO District 16 and District 7 AAA are the toughest leagues top to bottom in the state! I also think they have the most talented teams. So, whoever makes it out of those gauntlets would have EARNED their way to that Ring.

East Tenn may be wide open, but I would much rather see a West vs. Middle match up in the 6A state title game... Something like District 16 vs. District 7 would be quite interesting in Cookeville aka Cookevegas

The Football State Championship games are in Cookeville, TN home of my Alma Mater Tennessee Technological University, Not Murfreesboro, TN ... Just lettin u know.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Just to play around with the numbers provided for Quad 4 it would be... Whitehaven Wooddale Collierville Southwind Nashville Overton Dickson Co. Brighton Arlington Personally I don't think Dickson Co. or Nash. Overton will realistically be over in the "WEST" but who knows with the TSSAA!?!?!?! All I know is if We (Whitehaven) win, we're in and with the exception of Wooddale none of these teams mentioned would want to come to Da Haven for an away Playoff game... I'm just sayin RESPECT DA HAVEN