Rebs0908

4-2 West

@Red Rebel: They only use District Opponents for the differential.  The way HV and Mville will pan out is that they share the Regular Season District Title, but HV receives higher seed based on their thumping of Farragut.

Each District is allowed to vote on their own rules and District 4 voted to end in ties.

Maryville had three starters out....Reyna Costin, Jade Seery, and Audrey Lovin.  I have heard that Lovin will be back soon but heard the other two are doubtful for rest of season but could be wrong.  All three are huge losses for Maryville moving fwd. 

I also know HV got Emily Whitley back which helps them.

I despise the new rule.  Teams gunning for 9 rather than emptying the bench.  It doesn't get reserves the playing time they need.

New additions...imo

Bogey Akyildiz, West, great keeper

Andrew Jones, West, big physical defender

Second the motion...

Tim Baker, Catholic

Caleb Lucas, Maryville

i think these two are shoe ins anyway though

Congrats to Brentwood...so sorry to bring this up and i'm probably going to get some heat for it, but if Brentwood lost in the district tourney, they didn't deserve to be there. Plain and simple...they never should have gone to states. Are they the best team in AAA? Maybe. But they didn't beat Knox Catholic who, too, was beaten in the district tourney and didn't get a chance to go to state. Had catholic gone to state, I think they would've beaten brentwood. For the first time, no one can say "shoulda, woulda, coulda" because Brentwood got to states based on a strange system and if they say that Catholic should have played well when it counted...well, Brentwood shoulda too. I'm sorry, but Bwood's championship...in my opinion, will have an astericks beside it...an astericks because they didn't beat the best team in the state...Catholic.

Is this Brentwood's fault? No. Is it their district's fault for awarding Brentwood an automatic bid to states? No. Is it TSSAA's fault? ABSOLUTELY!!!! It is flat out nonsense that TSSAA forces districts to make their own rules to figure out who gets to states and it is even worse that TSSAA has a warped playoff system. In Farragut, Bearden, Catholic, Maryville, West, Lenoir City's district, you have six teams that can compete at state EVERY SINGLE YEAR, but you have some districts that allow any team to get through OR even worse only have two teams that make up the district, so each team automatically gets a bid to regions anyway...(some memphis districts have this). The best teams deserve to get there. Why not give each districts 3 bids based on the regular season? If a district only has three teams, however, why not just give them one? Other states do this. Why not TN?!!

Again... congrats to Brentwood. They are state champs. It is not their fault that they couldn't play the best team in the state, and if I were Brentwood, I would be mad and WANT to play a team like Catholic. It is not their fault that many are going to say that they didn't deserve to be there. TSSAA must change or (like college football) we are going to continue to not have the best teams at the state tournament year after year after year and we are going to continue to deny the best teams their right to a championship.

Maryville 3, Catholic 1

Bearden 2, Farragut 1

District Final will be played at Bearden on Friday. What about the other side?

Update for final: Maryville and Bearden both very hot. Bearden bounced back after WB tie, Maryville finding stride with Caleb Lucas healthy and stride. Tied in regular season...look for a photo finish.

Maryville/Catholic game...excellent job for rebels. maryville finished chances and played both sides of ball. hats off to Catholic. Tough way to go down but are a great team. Interested to see where Tim baker is going???

Other side: HVA is hitting stride at right time...beat maryville recently, but game was pretty even...HVA won in final minutes...know nothing about Karns or Central??? Oak Ridge is capable of beating either Bearden or Mville but had fits with Caleb Lucas the first go around. Good luck to all sides...what an unpredictable region.

I think Catholic will come out on top, though the other top 3 will be interesting.

 

While it isn't a district game, the CAK vs. Catholic game on April 2nd will show alot about both teams. Should be the best match so far.

Not that you said this... but I don't think Catholic is a clear cut favorite at all . Catholic struggled massively last year until a crazy tournament run and i think LOTS of other teams look strong in DOD...Farragut, Maryville, Bearden, West...things in the DOD are never easy to predict...and while I do agree that Catholic may be the frontrunner i would bet that things...like last year...will become impossible to predict as the season wears on.

I think Catholic will come out on top, though the other top 3 will be interesting.

 

While it isn't a district game, the CAK vs. Catholic game on April 2nd will show alot about both teams. Should be the best match so far.

Not that you said this... but I don't think Catholic is a clear cut favorite at all . Catholic struggled massively last year until a crazy tournament run and i think LOTS of other teams look strong in DOD...Farragut, Maryville, Bearden, West...things in the DOD are never easy to predict...and while I do agree that Catholic may be the frontrunner i would bet that things...like last year...will become impossible to predict as the season wears on.

Bearden won every loose ball and closed as hard as I've ever seen...they were also much, much faster in transition and very tough in the box. Maryville got caught in transition twice early and it was downhill from there. Difficult to watch Bearden want this one more than Maryville when Maryville has more to prove. Hats off to Coach Turner and the dogs...Maryville had no answer for Bearden's intensity.

I am glad Maryville took all these measures and I commend them for it. I am curious if they will apologize with the same level of intensity to the other schools where a "Knighting" took place. It happened at other places besides Farragut. I do think this type of activity illustrates a negative trend in athletics. Over the past few years we see college and pro teams in other sports trying to make statements on other schools home fields and logos. Some times it is small things and other times it is very in your face. Our society as a whole seems to have lost the idea of dignity and sportsmanship. I personally am glad that there seems to be a backlash where sportsmanship is being pushed again. It is just sad that negative actions have to bring the need for this to the fore front. End of sermon!!

 

AlcoaDad

 

AlcoaDad,

With all due respect you are barking up the wrong tree. I seriously doubt coach Feather will apologize to alcoa because of what happened pre-game during the maryville-alcoa game. If you want me to explain what happened on a public forum...like you explained the "knighting"... i will but i would rather not because it will embarrass alcoa. Fans act crazy sometimes...end of discussion. It is not a coach's responsibility to control or apologize for fans to every team his team beats. I am sure that Maryville is committed to win/lose with class from here on out and that the incident at Farragut was by the fans not the players/team and won't happen again.

Big G, Maryville won 4-0. It was 0-0 at the half. They were able to shift into another gear when the second half started and we were not. I was very impressed with Maryville. We go about 3 deep on the bench, they went 10 deep and just wore us out. They have great skill players all over the field. Caleb Lucus and David Lethco up front are deadly with the diagonal runs. They play great diagonal balls from the middle. Maryville was very, very impressive. My understanding is they have 13 seniors and they rotate players so everyone is always fresh. I would put our first 12 or 13 up against them anytime, but the bench is going to be superior to most teams they play. While I don't like to lose, this will be a good lesson for us to see the level we have to play to be successful against the better teams. We are going to be just fine.

 

Anyone that thinks Maryville is not for real, had better think again. They have the potential to go deep into the playoffs. They are now 9-0 on the season (counting preseason matches).

 

Alcoadad,

Alcoa is a good team but I want to disagree with you on several things. Maryville does not go ten deep...what in the world were you watching? In fact...depth is their weakness. They rotated five players off the bench the entire game...that includes julio who gave caleb a one minute sub in the first half...so it was actually more like four players... come to think of it, they don't even have as many on their ENTIRE ROSTER as you say. Thanks for your compliments but anyone watching the game knows that Alcoa's first 12 or 13 do not match up with Maryvilles first 12 or 13. In order for them to rotate ten off the bench they would have to be throwing in the water girls.

good luck to alcoa the rest of the way. i was very impressed with #15 and their keeper and i think they will go far in AA. So glad to see Austin Pugh end his career on such a good note. What a great player and an even better kid.

I don't have up to date stats on Juhlin but as of the end of the regular season he was completing 73% of his passes, 17 TDs and 1 INT. I think he was at 27 TD and 3 INT before the Riverdale game and still around 72%.

 

Lee Bristol has 9 INTs, 3 for TDs.

 

I agree....these guys have been overlooked. Hopefully, they will both have great games in Cookeville.

This is only half his game. What about his running stats?

I have been viewing CoachT for a long time. Let me start by saying that my kids have long graduated from Maryville High School, so I naturally am not entirely passionate about this argument. However, it is still essential that I report possibly the most preposterous injustice I have ever seen in high school football. Philip Juhlin is not going to win Mr. Football in Tennessee--nor was even on the final ballot. Talking to numerous Maryville faithfuls, Philip is no doubt one of the best (if not the best quarterback) that Maryville has ever had. Many observers would rather field Juhlin (because of his versatility) over previous Mr. Football winner, Brent Burnette.

It is an absolute crime that a player so talented is being denied credit. Maryville is playing in the 6A state championship this weekend, and you don't play in a 6A State Championship without talented players. GQ is an offensive genius, yes, but he has some great kids who deserve credit as well.

Maryville players who deserve to be on the All-Star team:

Philip Juhlin (QB)

Lee Bristol (DB)

Numerous others deserve to be All-State as well.

Can someone please post Philip's stats?