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I believe we have as good a shot as anybody to win it again this year. My only question is whether or not our schedule is good enough to get us ready. Alcoa seems like a long time ago and they are a little down this year. Webb was good, but again it was years ago. Bearden, Heritage, Oak Ridge, West? Catholic, WB, LC? Maybe Farragut will be the team to get us ready for the playoff run. Supposedly, they like to pound it, and that was Alcoa's success the last two years. I doubt if Farragut has the talent of last year's alcoa, but you never know. I think we need a good challenging, close game before things get serious - JMO. Is it too early to tell about early round matchups?

Watched the Lil Rebs lose a tough one to Alcoa. Alcoa's #12 was too good. Kid was awesome. Score was 13-12. MMS lost to Sevier County 12-8. MMS lost their 2 top quarterbacks that game. From what I hear the starting QB should be back for Alcoa. Alcoa will be hard to beat from what I hear. MMS has some very good 7th graders in the Porter kid,TD Blackmon and Jack Bristol. The Southerners are loaded this year.

Not sure bout Blackmon and Bristol, but I heard the kid from out toward Porter should actually be attending South Doyle. Instead, he liked his garbage service and is actually a Murvil tuition kid. Great job Stars!

Right on stars. Avoiding the injuries is huge for us. I know it is every year, but when you don't have many holes to be filled, injuries can create those holes. Look at what its done to the best team in the state last year at any classification. It's unbelievable the path they are on right now. I still hope/think they will make alot of noise in November. As for us, let all the 1's and 2's play early, hopefully get a good lead, build for next year, and wind that clock.

I have saw both teams play. I don't think Bearden will be able to keep this one close, Haney is a good looking kid, but I don't think Maryville will have a problem stopping him as Bearden doesn't have enough talent around him to take some of the load, therefore, stop Haney and you stop Bearden. They did have one other back, #3, a sohomore, I think, he looked pretty good, he was pretty big and just a straight ahead runner. Maryville will move the ball at will against Bearden's defense. IMO, another game that Maryville could name their score.

 

Maryville 38

Bearden 7

Agree again jake, except for the score. I'll say murvil: 68, bearden: 6.

Ok, I will take the 14 points. Coach Malone will have the boys ready, I have only seen them embarassed one time before and that was the year that Warren, Tyson and crew were in the 8th grade. This will be a good game, my guess is Alcoa caught Sevier County at the very best time they could catch them and that was the first game of the year. I wish I had seen you all play a little before I make such a big wager, but with the 14 points you are giving me, I believe MMS will cover that spread.

Don't worry jake, that's easy money for you. I meant coke for you. Our murvil pipeline is full all the way to the itty bitty rebs. Sevier County was lucky for the wet conditions. The field was in awful shape and it killed us. The dawgs will roll!

Alcoa has a chance to do what Maryville did in 2000. Maryville started out 0-4 that year. There was an ugly loss to Heritage 28-0. Maryville kids never quit and never gave up. Everyone stuck together. That is what Alcoa needs to do.

Agree RR. Didn't that 0-4 team also have a great athlete at qb those first four games, before moving him to receiver? I may have my years mixed up, Was it wilkes?

Good questions there nation. I will not take alcoa to win another title. Sorry tornado fans. I have no idea who is out there for them, but teams they have beaten in the past in the finals would beat this alcoa team. No idea on wb and T$$AA, but I hope it dies down for the betterment of all the parties involved. I will take murvil middle in the "showdown". Wait, where is the game being played/who paying the refs? LOL! I know how the murvil haters love to grab on that one. As for the peewee game, I would have to agree with gov man, there must be more to the story. That coach you speak of is the classiest guy in that organization.

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Sorry Stars. I don't really think it will go 23 overtimes. I did see the wb/central game. Wb looked good in that one. Too bad they cheated and had to forfeit. Maybe they will keep it going this week after their big win. I haven't seen hairtage play well yet, so it's hard not to talk bad after last friday night. Maybe they got more out of the game and can improve - they do have lots of room. If our mtn neighbors take offense to that, maybe we could talk about how good they would be if we hadn't stole their qb. That's always a popular topic!

Good luck to both teams. I hope everyone stays healthy and it is a good competitive game.

I saw WB against Jeff County and Hairtage against Murvil. I predict the longest game in history. I see a scoreless game with 45 turnovers going 22 overtimes with wb finally forfeiting due to injuries and running out of players. Those were two of the worst teams (in the 2 games I saw) imaginable at the 6A level. Maybe the defenses will score. Advice to their coaches: Don't throw it, a pick six may be the difference!

That's the most points I can recall a GQ team ever scoring.

I was at the game. Why did we score that many? I know it is more embarrassing to be on the losing end, but it was embarrassing to be on the winning side of that one. Is there some real bad blood that caused the murvil coaches to lose their cool? One of the most positive things about our program has been that we are not alcoa - we don't run it up. We were alcoa Friday night. Ouch - that hurts to say. I know hairtage was really bad, but there are many ways not to score 60+. It is hard to be proud of that game, and IMO, it should not have happened.

As great a guy and coach as murvil has (noone should argue that), nobody should believe he is the only coach in town that tries to instill morals and values in young people. He is a football coach. He is not your kid's dad or godfather (with the known exceptions). Although I do not personally know the coaches at the other schools, I would bet my house they they too are trying to instill morals and values in the kids.

Plus, we should not act like murvil does not have dui(s) or moral issues with current or past players/students. I know of at least one and the statute of limitations keeps anyone from coming after me! Kids are kids at every school. Experimenting and pushing the limits occur everywhere and even in almost every family. BULLETIN: Alcohol and drugs are a problem for teenagers - and murvil high is not immune to it. If every kid was kicked out of murvil due to the zero tolerance, I doubt our teams would be very good - but there would be plenty of parking. That goes for nearly every public high school.

No doubt, we are lucky at murvil to have someone who cares. But so is alcoa, heritage, and wb lucky to have people who care. We should ALL hope for the best for ALL of these kids regardless of where they started school, or where they finish school. They are a part of our community whether it is nebo mtn, lower alnwick, gardenvale, or crosscreek.

I wish the kid the best of luck and hope he gets to eventually prove himself right to any of us who doubted him.

Thanks to both redrebel and wb04 for the info. It's a tougher decision than it was 20 yrs ago. Now there are coaches getting jumping around, UA/Nike/Adidas contracts, kids moving in from out of town/state, apartment costs, college prep/honors/advanced honors, and dual enrollment. That doesn't even include the fancy cars, fancy girls, increased dope, and preferential treatment of being an athlete (man, I wish I had some eligibility left!)

I guess it is up to each parent to 'protect" his own kid and not depend on representatives from any school telling you something is ok. That part will likely never change.

I know the 2 choices for a stud football player in blount county. If you had a kid(boy) who was a stud in basketball, where would you send him? What about baseball? What schools will still allow you to play all 3? What schools discourage it?

If it wasn't for the ego's, I would ask which school had the best science/math programs. Then again, we are in East TN! LOL!

Alcoa has 2 qb's that transferred from WB and AE. I know the WB kid played basketball, and I would assume the AE kid played some sport. Were both of these kids forced to move in order to be eligible? Did they have to move into the city of alcoa, or could they just move anywhere and then pay tuition? Can you still live in Knox county and pay tuition at alcoa or murvil?

Questions on eligibility:

 

1) If I live in the county and pay tuition (@ MHS) until my kid is a junior in high school (he did play jv football), can he then transfer the next school year to the school he is actually zoned for (WBHS) and be immediately eligible? Does the jv or varsity participation make a difference? Would I have to move down the street for him to be eligible for the school I live 3/4 of a mile from?

 

2) If I live in the county until my kid is a junior in high school (he did play jv football), can he then transfer the next school year to the county school he is actually zoned for (WBHS) and be immediately eligible? Does the jv or varsity participation make a difference? Would I have to move out of the city for him to be eligible for the county school?

 

3) I won't even ask about Alcoa, where it seems like everyone is eligible after a transfer!

Typo in my previous post. Let me try again:

Questions on eligibility:

1) If I live in the county and pay tuition (@ MHS) until my kid is a junior in high school (he did play jv football), can he then transfer the next school year to the school he is actually zoned for (WBHS) and be immediately eligible? Does the jv or varsity participation make a difference? Would I have to move down the street for him to be eligible for the school I live 3/4 of a mile from?

2) If I live in the city until my kid is a junior in high school (he did play jv football), can he then transfer the next school year to the county school he is actually zoned for (WBHS) and be immediately eligible? Does the jv or varsity participation make a difference? Would I have to move out of the city for him to be eligible for the county school?

3) I won't even ask about Alcoa, where it seems like everyone is eligible after a transfer!

Questions on eligibility:

1) If I live in the county and pay tuition (@ MHS) until my kid is a junior in high school (he did play jv football), can he then transfer the next school year to the school he is actually zoned for (WBHS) and be immediately eligible? Does the jv or varsity participation make a difference? Would I have to move down the street for him to be eligible for the school I live 3/4 of a mile from?

2) If I live in the county until my kid is a junior in high school (he did play jv football), can he then transfer the next school year to the county school he is actually zoned for (WBHS) and be immediately eligible? Does the jv or varsity participation make a difference? Would I have to move out of the city for him to be eligible for the county school?

3) I won't even ask about Alcoa, where it seems like everyone is eligible after a transfer!

Please permit me to clarify my reference to living in the city taking care of the tuition. I did not mean too imply that such a move would save money. Although, looking at my previous post it does leave that impression. What I meant to convey was that living in the city eliminates the potential of not being accepted into the school system.

 

I know most folks don't believe it, but Maryville is accepting less tuition students. The school system is in an overcrowded situation with its current facilities. They are simply having to be much more strict in accepting someone outside the city. Thus, if the family moved to the city, they save the tuition, yes, but more importantly it eliminates any question of his being allowed to attend Maryville High School.

 

Sorry about the confusion caused by my poorly worded previous post. I hope this clarifies things a little.

Thanks for the clarification hick. I had heard stories of potential tuition students being turned away, but I never really believed it. It is too crowded at the school and another school should be built, but that's another string. I hope we are strict enough to keep 3-4 spots open for some stud players.

A bad situation from the start has now gotten worse. It is bad for the kid. Sounds like some adults have showed their clout (a$$).

The post about an apartment in the city to save paying tuition; that does not sound very good for all involved. "Non-reduced" apartments are still more for a year than 2200 bucks. I hope that is only a rumor. Somebody better throw some water on this!

Missed the jamboree, so I am relying on the reports. Congrats to the Govs for the big win. They do have a few players on that team that could play for anybody in the county. It is good to hear of their excitement and success. Hopefully, they can carry it into the season this year. Those 4 or 5 staying healthy will be a key.

I hope the Rebels get it straightened out this week before Webb arrives. Nobody wants to get beat by a bunch of spoiled rich kids (or at least that is what is said about Murvil). I suspect Murvil may be reading each others' clippings too much. It is time to get to work focus on the goals for the upcoming season. None of our past gold balls or college visits mean much to our first two opponents - they have their own. They are likely using all of our publicity as motivation and a tremendous opportunity for their teams. Starting off 0-2 is possible and should not be ignored. From what I hear, we need to quit making excuses about who is playing and focus on doing our job on the field. JMO

I know that Maryville has a great little leauge all the way up to high school. Do you all ever get kids that move there just to win state titles? Talking about durring high school years.

Every once in a while some kids may move in. It is rumored that it is just for the education - and only a coincidence that the kids are also very good in football.

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Stars,

I predict (and hope) it is Fuller at LB. That group has not been as good as one might expect with all the athletes at MHS. This year's team should be very good. I'll go ahead and say it: If they don't win it will be because of coaching. It's never about our little all americans wearing the uniforms!

How long until the opening kickoff? I understand its a doubleheader night so it should be a packed house.

On second thought...I guess FHS doesn't have to hit it. Congratulations Eric on a great job pitching! Huge win for FHS. They have a real shot to win it again!

I hear "Big Red" is throwing for FHS today. He is a very good soph - but still a soph. If they can win that first one today, I think they can piece enough together in the championship game. It will be interesting to see how many more RBI's Delmonico has a chance to get against Collierville. They gotta hit it!

Yep...Maryville just lucky to beat Farragut 3 out of 5 games (2 of the wins again a healthy Pfeiffer) and extremely lucky to get by Science Hill's Norris 8-2. Are you serious???? If so, keep underestimating the REBELS. Congrats to the Maryville boys...they have more than earned the right to be there.

No, I was not being serious, but pretty funny that someone took it that way. And to be honest, I did have to ask a football parent for directions in Murfreesboro! MHS had a good team this year that played with alot of confidence in the district and regional tourneys. But...they played a little starry eyed at the spring fling. They could not make anything happen, get/make a break, or gain any momentum. Both Columbia and Arlington are good teams who appeared very comfortable in the situation. MHS did face 2 good pitchers, but 1 run in 2 games stinks. Therefore, two and done with a trip back to murvil just in time to start the summer workouts for football! There was nothin to be ashamed of, it was a good season for MHS.

Got to watch a couple of games of Farragut. Their games were much more enjoyable without all the usual heckling. Their kids really compete. Yeah, Delmonico is a beast that you DO NOT PITCH TO, but their young players are very competitive. I hope they can win it all for our district. They have a really good shot, especially if the other coaches keep telling themselves that Delmonico isn't that good and believe they can get him out in tough situations. I guess no matter how much experience a coach has, he must see it to believe it.

I have not seen the bracket for the tournament. Is Maryville in the same bracket as SD and Farragut? If anyone has the breakdown, could you post it? I think Maryville would have to be the favorite to win state this year.

Not sure about that one Jake. Murvul was lucky to beat Farragut 3 times this year and extremely lucky to get by Norris and Science Hill. I heard their baseball team had to ask the football team for directions to Murfreesboro. They may just be happy to be staying overnight.

I do wonder who the real favorite would be. Is it the young talented Farragut team? Who has the "shutdown" pitcher now that Pfeiffer and Norris are out? Surely the middle TN teams are very good. Who are some studs to watch play?

I covered the game for WVLT. HD highlights in ten minutes!

 

I was impressed with Farragut's resiliency. They did a nice job battling back when they were down to their last two outs. Maryville's kids showed a lot of heart, but the untimely error by the first baseman doomed them.

 

On another note, I hope somebody gets the Admiral student section under control. Kids will be kids, but calling players on the other team "homos" and chanting individual names on the losing team after the game isn't acceptable. It reflects poorly on what is a fine school with great tradition and nice people.

 

But that did little to blight what was an impressive comeback performance. Best of luck to both teams in substate!

I'm glad someone besides me brought up the student section. Yes, kids will be kids - if you let them. If they don't know how to act, their parents should keep them at home until they don't act like kids in public. They aren't 10 to 12 anymore. Most are driving and getting ready to vote, move out on their own, or (heaven forbid) being sent to the desert to defend our country. By the age of the kids I see at the games showing their ####, they should know how to act by now. Surely, they are not allowed to act that way at home, at school, at church, or anywhere else. If their parents are not there to "control" (bust their butt) them, then the AD's should escort them out. These ideas are not meant just for the FHS student section. I don't care if it's my kids or the governor's kids, they should be representing their family and school in the right way when at a game. It is possible to support your team (while riding both the ump and the other team) without taking away from the game. If a coach or an adult in the stands acted some of these "kids", they would either be escorted away or there would be a fight in the stands. IMO - When anyone in the stands becomes a distraction from the game itself, they should be forced to leave.