BluePride

First of all congrats to Cannon for having a great season but have a question for the Cannon fans. Does it back yall feel better to boo the Central girls when they were walking in a halftime? I can understand high school kids doing it but the parents and fans did it too. Why? Maybe you have begun to up level of play from the kids and coaching to compete in your tough district but Livingston and Upperman can still show you how to act with class in the stands. Another question. While both teams were on the floor in pregame warm ups. The two sisters mom pulled out one of those neon green Event Staff tee shirts, puts it on and goes out on the floor during warms. Is this allowed by the coaching staff? Or does she do what ever she wants? Once she got back to her seat she took it off. Since our guards did not allow either to hit a three I believe she should have stayed in the stands and let Coach Dodgen do the actual coaching.

And no I didn't spell check the prior post.

First of all let me make it clear that the first of this post I'm serious and the second is meant to be fun. Central's success over recent years is due in part to the standard bar set by teams, coaching, such as Livingston Academy. Everyone LA fan and player I encountered Saturday showed class, respect, and sportmanship .From this Central fan thanks for setting the bar high. I wish we could have met in the championshio instead of the sub-state. Neither teams season should have ended this early. I have much more respect for LA basketball than LA soccer. (mainly due THE SOCCER MOM). Anyone that has watched LA soccer know what I'm talking about but that is a totally different post. For anyone that dosen't remember Central also got to end LA's soccer season this year as well. Five of our soccer players are also on the basketball team. Double satisfaction. I have only watched LA play three times this year. I wathed them destroy Smith County in the district tourney, beat and good Upperman team in the region, and of course Saturday. From the three games I watched watch it appeared to be the same players, sames coaches, and level of play on the offensive and defensive end was about the same. The only think I saw that was different was the team they played Saturday was much better than the other two but what do I know. We Central folks all need to assume that HOGEYE knows much more about LA basbetball than us and his rating of "C" is correct. Howwever, I am a avid Central fan and parent and I think I know a little more about Central basketball than HOGEYE. I will use the letter system so we can all be on the same page. We will need to assume an "A" is what we are trying for. Based upon the fact that LA only scored 41 points as a team and the fact that it only took two Central playser Adams and Masingil to outscore them as a team (44 points combined). The fact that our staring point guard, back up point guard, and two guard only shot one three all night when they have been shooting between forty and fifty percent on average I will only have to give our offensive effort a average rating for Saturday and drop them from a "A" to "A-". As far as our defense we typically like to play full court all game but our girls only played half court in the fourth quarter. Will have to drop them from a "A-" to "B+" for this reason. While only leading by thirty something the coaches pull the starters with four minutes to go. Will have to drop again from a "B+" to a solid "B". I will not address the fact that since Thanksgiving Central has lost two starters to season ending knee injuries. I guess they should folded and forfeited the rest of season or maybe we could just make excuses. It seems to work and make some people fill better. Heres the part I need help with. Assuming HOGEYE is correct with a rating of "C" and I'm correct with a rating of "B" it appears to be a 25 point difference between letter grades. If Central would have played an "A" game would LA had to play a "A++" or "A+++" to send it to over time. Its over my head on how to score or grade over time. Can someone call Cannon and ask if we could get our prior game graded on the curve system. If so we may have won and not know it. Fact is we got by beat by Cannon just as LA got it handed to them Saturday. Nothing more, nothing less. Again for all that is sensitive this is meant to be fun.

Class AA Record Pts Prv 1. McMinn Central (11) 24-1 200 2 2. Elizabethton (7) 27-1 183 1 3. Obion County (3) 28-3 178 3 4. Livingston Academy 25-4 135 6 5. Upperman 22-5 104 7 6. Macon County 22-2 100 8 7. Liberty Magnet 23-3 78 4 8. Cannon County 23-6 64 10 9. Dyersburg 23-6 28 5 10. David Lipscomb 21-4 16 9 Others receiving 12 or more points: CPA 13. Gibson County 13.

It was hard to tell how any of the teams truly looked. All used a variety of player combination. Central did win against Livingston, Oak Ridge and Maryville. However, in the Maryville game both teams had three to four projected starters that did not play. It was just a good day to get everyone some court time.