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Hey HB83, I thought they taught yall how to count at Baylor. With the Starters on the Field, it was 4-2 but at the end of the scrimmage it was 5-4. Apparently some of you folks don't understand what I am trying to say. It was a win for our program on any level. We are a 2 year old team with 1 year of varisty play under our belts. We have many young and inexperienced players. Some of these kids would never be able to play for other schools because they were previously thought to not be as tough or athletic as many kids who have left the mountain to attend the private schools. Coach Price has taught these kids to believe in themselves and they have become a good team within a short period of time. Perhaps that bothers some of you folks because many on this website seem to have pure hatred for our program and our coach. I don't know why maybe it is jealousy. I thought the object of playing football was to score more than your opponent. Signal Mountain did that. I rest my case.

It doesn't matter what grade the players on the field were. In the end the final score was 5 to 4. We are very proud of our kids, our coach and our football program. Signal Mountain has just completed only it's second full year of ever even having a football team. Baylor's team has been decades in the making. Sure, we may have a few kids who have moved into our community. Others have stayed home from the assortment of Private schools available. What's wrong with that? Baylors team should be much better than our fledgling program. They have kids from all over the country and even the world to choose from we are limited to a small community in which to gain our talent. The Eagles had 7th, 8th and 9th graders on the field as well. There may have been a 10th grader or two on the field at the end of the scrimmage but your Coach had the same opportunity as ours to make necessary adjustments and substitutions. Baylor has some very good and very large players. Your Quarterback is exceptional but we have a very good quaterback as well. You have good running backs but we have good ones too. Some folks on here want to make it seem like Baylor dominated. I was there and did not see it quite the same. I guess perception is in the eye of the beholder. Baylor had a few long plays for touchdowns and so did Signal. I was simply pointing out some of the Signal Highlights for those who care because I did not see many Signal names mentioned in the Free Press Article. It was a very spirited scrimmage and was exciting to watch. I really don't think it was Signal Players starting all of the fights as some have indicated. It takes two to tango. What I did not see was any of our coaches waving towles in the air, hollaring at players or rushing into fights between young football players. That is what the Referees are for and I saw plenty of them there. Keep the Coaches out of the pushing matches and no ones parents will have to rush the field.

The Paper was right, Baylor did look good early and jumped out to a 4 Td's to 1 lead. Signal looked pretty good too and held their own against the Larger Red Raiders (Officiating was horrible as usual). Then there was a little skirmish between some of the players from both sides. Eric Westmorland (an assistant coach for Baylor) attacked and shoved a Signal Player who return the shove with the same scrappy attitude as the rest of the Signal Players. A Signal Parent did rush the field, but from what I saw, it looked like the Ex Pro Football player would have had his hands full if the rather large and very muscle bound individual had gotten to him. EMO should have been been escorted out of the stadium as well, but for some reason (Home Cooking) he was allowed to stay and even remain on the field. I thought that showed very poor etiquette on Baylor's part. After the the malay ended, Signal charged back with a quick touchdown from Quarterback Hogan Whitmire, That was followed be an invigorating 75 yard dash by Mitchell Hall for another touchdown. The Coaches nephew Andrew Price then busted off another long and exciting touchdown run tying the score at 4 TD's each. The scrimmage ended with the last touchdown being scored by a Signal eigth grader, Taylor Harvey, on a short plunge up the middle. Final talley was Signal Mountain Eagles 5 touchdowns to Baylor's 4 touchdowns. I bet the Paper did not tell you those details.

Dear My name is Roy, I think you should do a drive by on Soddy's Practice and ask what they think about those Signal players. I think they are a 5A team with a pretty good tradition and some big boys. Signal is a 2 year old, 2A School, but I think the final score of the scrimmage on Friday was 44-13. Ask some of them if they think Signal's boys were strong enough to compete or if they can hit real hard.

I didn't know to much about Soddy this year. Just knew they usually have some pretty big kids. I was concerned that we mave have a little trouble with their line but it looks like we handled them pretty well considering we spent a lot of time in their backfield. Pretty much complete domination by the Eagle's starters. I think our 7th & 8th graders even saw some playing time. Great Job last night. GO EAGLES !!