I wouldn't go to far on the Elizabethton wins yet or any wins from any team, for that matter, in scrimmages. When a team hits and plays all their players, anywhere from 15-20 both varsity and jv, I'm not sure that is a good indicator of how well the opposing team does. If both teams played only the top 9 or 10 from each team, that would be a different story.
Don't rule out Unicoi County in AA and University High School in A (everyone back from last year). Not heard much about Seymour but they always seem to be good. Daniel Boone in AAA is young but should be good along with Science Hill.
I don't know anyone on the team but I coach University High and we played them yesterday morning. Both teams stayed in the same hotel and several players from both teams were in the same room the night before the game having a great time together. I wish there was more of this in sports. We had a fun game and wild ending.
I know very little about this district, being from district one. I have one question though, why would East Robertson not pitch their number one or two pitcher? That makes no sense even if the teams they play are not that good. That being said, I'm not saying the other teams aren't good, they may be very good, just don't understand the concept/statement of not pitching your 1 or 2 pitchers.
Anyone know how many starters Chattanooga Grace and Decatur County lost from last year? Depending on who is coming back don't rule out Grace Christian Academy out of Knoxville.
Haley Faulkner is the pitcher at University High. She will be a Junior. I think there are only a couple of seniors so most of the girls will be back for 2013 too.
The sping/fall thing is a dead subject. I've coached a travel team for 6 years. I have no affiliation with any school and no school coach has ever told me who to play and where or how to play. The problem with all this is that, as a team we want to play in the fall. I have a few girls from several different schools but more than 5 from one school. So come August when school starts I get to cut players from that school to be legal. That's fair for those girls (sarcastic). They get cut from a team even though they are good enough in order to protect the school and they are not able to play at all unless they can find another team. This is a stupid rule that's meant to keep school coaches from forcing players to play and ends up making competition weaker in travel ball and is unfair to girls.
Can take a couple more teams. If interested let me know soon.
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Indian Trail, TN
Science Hill, TN
Hampton, TN
Johnson County, TN
Bristol, VA
Happy Valley, TN
Cocke County, TN
Boones Creek, TN
Grandview, TN