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Not trying to make excuses for some of the foul language used by some of the Baylor Players, but there was a tragedy that happened within the Baylor Community which the team found out about a couple hours before game time. It was most likely a very emotional game for the players (championship game, dealing with a loss, and dealing with some questionable officiating), these are kids that are only 14-18 years of age. Emotions get the best of people sometimes. Overall it was a well played game by both teams, also it was a great atmosphere - lots of fans, lots of noise.

Baylor - 9 Ensworth - 6 Baylor School wins the D2 State Title. In just its 4th year Baylor wins the D2 State Title - Congrats! I heard Nick Russell, Baylor's Goalie had a great game with 19 saves and was named the games Most Outstanding Defensive Player. Austin Cole, Baylor Midfielder, was named the games Most Outstanding Offensive Player. Congratulations! Looks Like Chattanooga is King of Lacrosse in 2010. McCallie D1 Champs Baylor D2 Champs

McCallie plays Farragut tonight at 6:30pm at McCallie. McCallie should win and then they will play Ravenwood on Saturday in the semi's. Could be an interesting game saturday, rumor has it McCallie maybe down a pole. The rubber match between MBA and MUS should be good as well. IN D2 semi-final action Baylor vs. JP2 (3pm at CBHS) and Enswoth vs. Collierville/St. George's winner (1pm at MUS) Collierville and St. Georges play tonight MBA-MUS (6pm at MUS) Ravenwood vs. McCallie/Farragut winner (6pm at CBHS) Good Luck to all

Looks like there were a couple of good games in D2. JP2 edging out Cookeville and Ensworht just getting by Webb-Knoxville. Ensworth will play the winner of the St. George's/Collierville game and JP2 will play Baylor who beat Father Ryan by quite a lot. I heard McCallie will not play Houston until Wednesday any truth to that? When will Farragut/MUS play? I believe Ravenwood/Brentwood play tomorrow.

Playoff Brackets are out. Division 1 1E. McCallie vs. 4W. Houston 2W. Brentwood vs. 3E. Ravenwood 1W. MUS vs. 4E. Farragut 2E. MBA vs. 3W. CBHS McCallie and MUS should win without a lot of trouble. 2 other games should be really good. Maybe slight edge to MBA and Ravenwood. Division 2 1. Baylor vs. 8. Father Ryan 4. JP2 vs. 5. Cookeville 2. Ensworth vs. 7. Webb-Knoxville 3. Collierville vs. 6. St. George's JP2/Cookeville game will probably be a close game (maybe slight edge to JP2 b/c they are at home?). Ensworth looks like they are peeking at he right time. Baylor looks to tough for Father Ryan. Game out west could be a shoot-out, maybe tough for Collierville to win 3 in one year from St. George's. Good Luck to all.

What are everyone's opinion on the upcoming playoffs only 3 weekends away until the quarterfinals. D1 - McCallie and MUs look to be really tough D2 - Baylor, Cookeville, JP2 look really good

Thanks for the update on the Tenn. Players. I think that is awesome that Cahill is doing so well at Gettysburg. Gettysburg is a great school and a great lax team. He will have a better chance at Gburg to win a National Title than he would at Notre Dame or most other D 1 teams. Plus he is contributing at a high level. I have never understood why more Tenn. lax players do not look at D3 schools. There are 100 more D3 varsity programs than D1. I would much rather get to play at a good D3 school than sit the bench at a D1 school. Can someone explain why more Tenn players do not look at D3? Is it the SEC Football factor (what I mean by that is b/c SEC football is so big, do people not realize there are a lot of good D3 schools out there, many much better schools academically speaking). Cyrus Adams great career at F&M Thomas Jennings great career at Hampden-Sydney Go Cahill!

Why would you say Ravenwood is Gay? I don't get that. Brentwood won that is great for them, no need to say things like gay about Ravenwood. I have not seen Brentwood play this year, but I still would question how far they will get in the playoffs. I say that b/c in the past they have been a very undiscliplined team, lots of penalties, very mouthy, etc... Maybe they have changed, I hope they have. It looks like MUS and McCallie are the class of Division 1 again. And in D2 it looks like Baylor is having a good year along with JP2, Cookeville, Webb-Knoxville and St. Georges. Still half the season left, April should be interesting for all involved.

I heard that you guys did a great job, wasn't able to watch the games on the net, but know people that did. I watched the highlights from a Mac and it was good. Keep up the good work and thanks for steaming lacrosse.

Add the following to the D1 list Craig Patterson (Webb Bell Buckle) Navy 1999-2002 Matt Hill (Webb Bell Buckle) VMI 2003-2006

Good Point - this is an interesting topic on so many levels. Right now D2 is more wide open (i.e. parity), however I think TSLA needs to be careful. You don't want D2 to turn into D1 in the sense that D1 for the most part there are 3 teams that dominate the division (not always but most of the time). You don't want that over a long period in D2. You want parity, and you want teams to have success in D2, then they need to move up so other teams can have that same feeling. A few years ago Franklin won 2 D2 titles in a row, if they did not move up they probably would have won 3, that is not what D2 is about. I think the hard part for TSLA is that no one is quite sure what the true vision of D2 is (in the sense of years out and not just the immediate year), and for that matter what the true vision for the sport is in TN. Some of that is b/c coaches are the board, and obviously coaching their team takes precedent over being a TSLA board member. Plus each coach wants what is best for his team, and that sometimes conflicts what is best for all teams in general. Once again just some thoughts.

I have been in this state for a few years and this is how I see it. Lacrosse is growing but it could grow faster if more public and independent schools realized that there are other sports out there than football. Now there are obviosuly other factors that could help the sport grow (more coaches, officials, etc...). I played 3 sports in high school (not in TN) including football. In a lot of states football and lacrosse coaches work together, but TN there is this opposition to lacrosse - I don't get it. Lacrosse is the best thing that football players can do in the spring, it is better than running around in a circle. Look at Highland PArk in Texas. HAted Lax at first now they are Top 25 in Nation and still have great Football. If Texas can do it why can't we. Anyway I digress. Redtwin I think people like you (are you coaching?) knowledgeable people about lacrosse that are not coaching need to help the TSLA (become on the board). It is a lot to be a board member and a coach. I think it is great that lacrosse is not part of the machine (TSSAA) - a worn down rusted machine at that. At times things get wierd in those TSLA meetings. Why was JP2 allowed to stay down in D2? I think that is more of a travesty than Webb-Bell Buckle moving down. If D1 doesn't grow no one will want to stay (i.e. Webb and maybe others in the future). I can see Baylor and Ensworht possibly moving up next year, which would put D1 at 12, but I agree there needs to be some terms. For example if you win D2 or in the D2 final 2 years in a row - move up. Have to stay up 3 years before petitioning to move down. People have to remember that a .500 season in D1 is pretty good. Let's be honet McCallie, MUS, and MBA should win it every year. Will they not always (Ravenwood recently), but those 3 teams should win it. Othe D1 teams need to shoot for making the Final 4, and then let chips fall where they may, look at Farragut last year - great year. Webb (BB) and USN have had some good years. And schools like that should only expect to make a run every 4 years or so. Anyway, I could go on and on but I won't. Sorry for the ramblings and typos