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I heard a rumor that a bus full of girls and coaches from Bearden drove down today. I guess they're playing the preliminary game. Looking forward to seeing the young lady from Bradley playing in the tournament but I can't pull for them. Still haven't gotten over Steve Sloan and his teammates beating Ron Widby and my other teammates in the 1962 finals.

If Pember is 100%, Bearden is different team. the kid does a lot on both ends. Hope he's healthy and the draw doesn't have Bearden/East on Wednesday. Maybe TSSAA will put their best refs (based on calls instead of mechanics) on this one if it comes to pass.

KNS owned by USA Today is awful. Sports gambling in TN is illegal but the Betting Lines are in the paper daily. It takes an earth quake,hurricane and snow storm to render much change is the world golf rankings but they are listed almost daily. HS sports? No room for those. It's piss poor journalism . My favorite is the way every writer now starts their article with "Five things you should know". Well here's the 5 things they should know about their paper. 1. The local coverage is non-existent; 2. Their proof reader is asleep on the job. This summer 3 players shot 57 (not 67 but 57) in the PGA at Quail Hollow. Heck what's 10 strokes in a golf game. Also just recently" Oak Ridge Girls were No Match for Campbell County" Of course OR won so I guess they were matched up ok. 3. Not many people in Knoxville care enough about curling or cross country sking to read 2-3 full pages on the matter. 4. If you can't get to press with a story about a Vol or Lady Vol BB game that started at 3:00 by the next morning's edition, don't bother with it 2 days later. 5. Could you at least return to the papers original size? It fit in my bird cage easier and that's about the only use I have for it. Sure wish I wasn't paid up for 3 more months.

Sounds like the light bulb has finally come on. This is not about the kids playing the game. This has become about the money and the coaches trying to build a reputation. The more you win, the more you are able to sell the crap that your program is the ticket to a college scholarship. Then the more you can charge. Wow! Sure beats what you make teaching and coaching in most public school systems. Let me see....if I can get a stud from Georgia, maybe another from Kentucky and a third from N.C. , I can travel around the country kicking some butt. The only thing I will need is to convince 8-10 local families to write a nice size check to fund all of this. Maybe I can convince those naivetes that their kid is really our missing ingredient.

Craigmont was hardly mentioned in the discussions of top Memphis teams leading up to the Regionals and State. That leads me to believe they weren't consideredon of the top 4 or 5 teams in Memphis. Watching Memphis HS basketball during the regular season must be the best dollar value a sports fan can find. I get to see the best in E.Tn. and would rather watch HS (boys and girls) than UT. I'm retired so maybe I can figure out a way to spent next season in Memphis. Used to enjoy the State but TSSAA has manage to take the fun out of it. No lunch break, all the best seats saved for those that never show up and pricing students out of it. It's too bad these kids work so hard to play before such pitiful crowds.