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Cleaner link: http://www.williamsonherald.com/sports/article_5d17fe5c-6556-11e6-8db2-934715503376.html

Other than observing for a decade or two, I don't have a dog in this hunt either. But I must admit I find Mr. Satterfield's position a bit of a difference from past performance in other sports, specifically football where there is a long and distinguished history of coaching in his own family lineage. There seems to be great distress among the TC fans about Goodpasture being in their district, that their teams (other than football) might be at a great disadvantage and, therefore, potentially suffer embarassing losses. If that is the case, consider the facts: For the four season period of 2008-2011, the latest records I can access, TC averaged 9.25 wins in the regular season, winning those games by an average of 35.4 and including scores of: 77-0, 69-21, 60-0, 52-6, 55-8, 68-0, 50-0, 66-12, and 59-6. Twenty-one times in that run the Jackets have posted scores of 45 points or more. It is only an observation, but it would appear that as long as TC can be the big fish in the little pond, pounding on schools around the Plateau, things are good and right. But when the pond expands, it's time to circle the cover or take our fins and go home. As for being the smallest area in the state, I wonder if that really matters to the folks at Pickett County. Playing three times in the four year period TC won all three by a combined 241-0. And it has not yet been pointed out that Goodpasture, as a private institution, has a classification enrollment almost twice its' true enrollment thanks to the 1.8 multiplier. Not that it falls within my personal set of beliefs, but one term comes to mind: Karma. Or the desperate attempt to avoid the perceived potential of facing it.

Uhh...might want to check back a while. "Never" is a terrible qualifier, if you've been around here more than 25 years or so. Since then....they've had their struggles. Ask around about Wes Elrod and Joe Allen...

Having covered both teams at some point during the year, this shapes up, in my mind, as more of a good second rount, quarter-final match-up. Brentwood's versatility on offense (2 qb system) will be the difference I believe. The WC offense vs. B'wood defense should be one great battle. At home, I'd take the Bruins.

Gold Dome...sorry, but I couldn't resist: Wonder how quiet the IHS faithful will be now that they have beat down into reality by RAVENWOOD? Seriously, good luck, but man, your timing was not good on this one......

WilCo and Nashrancher: Amen and Amen.

Actually, Owl, it does refer, technically, to football also. However, within each of the three classifications are a set of two sub classifications (1A and 2A in "A", 3 and 4 A in "AA", etc). If you think that's confusing, wait until you try to figure out the play-off system. Too many "state championship" football trophies...but somebody makes big bucks off of it

And nobody has mentioned Carlton Flatt yet? Or are we dealing with public schools only. Really hate to bring it up, don't want to start the public/private issue, but Flatt did grab more gold balls than anybody else, IRRC. Also, the coach at Germantown for so long...and kick me, my old age is showing because I can't pull the name off the tip of my tongue. Boyce Smith, Jerry Pearson, Calvin Short...great start of mid-state coaches who belong. This list could get long...

Back--one correction to your post. The "phantom coach", as I call him, was not a felon. He had a misdemeanor charge as a youthful offender (senior in HS, but 18 as I recall) that was supposedly expunged when he finished his diversion and community service. It wasn't and the H.R. department at the Central Office found it...he had not disclosed it, sooooo....he was considered to have falsified his app. Bizarre situation all the way around. Again, my only point is that it was a misdemeanor, not a felonly. Big difference...easy mistake....

NCS...I think you are right! But neither school lists the game, making me think (as I recall) it was washed from the "offical" schedule as more of a pre-season, special event kind of game. Pre-season Clinic Bowl maybe...at Vandy as I recall..... Since they only got one half in (more less) and never finished, it was never counted as a decision or game of any kind. I could be corrected...

Hillsboro beat Franklin 28-0 in the 1977 season. Franklin won 35-30 in 1978. The Rebels have won four straight over Hillsboro since reclassification in 2008. The series goes back to at least 1968 (as far as I can find records), with Franklin going 1-4 from 1968-72, (Franklin was 17-33-1 during that stretch, ). The two did not play again until 2008. Franklin was 40-12 during the last four years overall, Hillsboro 24-23, but that includes 2008 when the Burros went 13-2, winning the state championship with losses to Franklin and MBA. Guess that makes them 11-21 over the last three years. Franklin leads the series 6-5.

"Failing administration of chs"? You truly have no earthly idea, do you? Get back to football because either you truly are clueless about administration at the two institutions or you're trying to grind an axe. Come to think of it...just 18 posts...a new screen name...could you have had a different name the past couple of seasons....hmmmm Get back to football.......

Yes, they have good food. Eat at the game, otherwise you may not get a seat or get in!

WD--I think the silence is an indication of two very good coaches keeping their charges on very, very short leashes. Everybody understands what, from at least a pyschological and pride standpoint, this game means. Gonna be a great one. Wish I could be there......

Individually, Franklin High freshman Libby Sugg has 15 dingers (all on fields of 205-220), not counting 3 more she hit in pre-season "play-days". Not sure on the team total. As of Friday, May 4 she was hitting .596 with 15 homers and 52 RBI in 32 games.

Typically I'll keep "unofficial stats" for pre-season, play days, scrimmages, etc., for the coaches. Once the opening scheduled game starts, I keep a separate running set that can be broken into season, district, post-season, etc. At the end of the year I'll let the coach decide if they want to include the "pre-season" stuff. Only had one take me up on it. Of course, this is our fourth new head coach in four years, so......

This is the fith year I have used a "package program" called "Turbo Stats" (hope that doesn't violate any posting rules...). It has made the issue of stats so much easier, but there are several quality programs on the market. I keep the game on a Palm Pilot and when I get home, download and bang! In three minutes I can print a box score, scoresheets and a running play-by-play. Better than that, it keeps all the running stats for the year and I can break it out by preseason, tournament, post season, regular season, district, etc. It is much more indepth than I need; you could keep hundreds of teams and thousands of games if you were running a league. I just don't need that much power, working with one team. Having played with excel, I'll bet you've got one that will work just as well. It's all that programing the macros that drives me nuts.

Maybe you accentuated the wrong point in your original post. You were strong in your statement: "The head coach at Franklin High School is always concerned with playing politics to gain booster support, and now his favoritism is affecting high school kids in different counties." That was followed by: "And that is how two high school athletes from Franklin High were selected over a future SEC football player from Henry County." So was all this just to deflect you're concern about Ramirez or is it the basis of your arguement? I must admit I am confused, especially when my research shows your screen name to be "brand new" and you first three posts were exactly the same on three different threads.

Three quick thoughts: 1) Joe Ramirez is a hoss who can play. He doesn't need any exposure in an all-star game to prove that. Agreed, would have been nice, and I don't understand his exclusion, but all-star games are, by their very nature, politically saturated; 2) As for Page and Cathey and Clayton, it's his job as a head coach to promote his kids. Maybe there is more to it, but if that's the route he took, so be it. Let the Franklin folks handle it; 3) You're from Henry County, right?

Finally, common ground in the last two sentences.

Two notes: 1) "Gang" issue are well documented in every WilCo high school, just ask the SRO's. Most are just more covert rather than overt; 2) See your own parenthial note as in, "...in the past..." So much unnecessary hate....

Ooohhh. Bet not. What year?

Thanks for setting me straight! It's all good. If you're living in Brentwood, you must be pretty proud of the Bruins, too. Hoping Brentwood and Fairview get to take a road trip to Cookeville. Powellbaldeagle: Glad to hear things are getting cleared up quick. Typically it's not kids from the school who do those things, just somebody taking advantage of a situation. Hope it's a safe game this week.

Guess we'll have to agree on one point and respectfully disagree on the other. And the disagreement will come from another with 30+ years in the broadcasting business. I don't get to the East State much, but I will tell you that if the work at Centennial bothered you, you wouldn't want to play every week in Middle Tennessee. There are a few places that use their PA announcer as a true weapon. Some are purely obnoxious, some don't know any better, but all are "homers." Just defending our guy. One other question...with the win the bracket shows LC going to Powell. Since Powell has been at home two stright weeks and you guys definitely have the frequent flier miles, will you still be on the road? Years ago there was a clause that said in that situation, the two-weeks-on-the-road team got to stay at home. Is that no longer the case? And based on media reports, if you do have to go to Powell, you might want the parents to hold a lock box for your players' valuables, lest they suffer the suffer the same fate as Anderson County. Good luck to ya'.

And the Bard was wrong more than once. Just taking up for one of our own.