MountainAir

I thought I should post something since I'm a Patriot Alum and currently have kids at Signal so here goes nothing. Patriots you better bring your A+ game or it will be a very long ride home. Fans get here early and take a ride along the brow and enjoy the scenery. This will at least provide you with one good memory of your trip You might also want to bring some warm cloths because it gets a little cool up here at night especially if this game goes the way I think it will. Eagles you better come out ready and play hard from the opening kickoff. Never let up because I know they will not lay down and quit. Respect is not given it is earned and Friday is the next opportunity for you to take another step forward. Wishing all safe travels and an injury free game. Lastly I just want to say Go Eagles!

I don’t post often on here but this topic has me interested. Our 20 day enrollment at SM was 714 down 18 from last year. I’m not sure what the cutoff for 3A vs 4A is but I assume we are still small enough to be 3A. I’ll be curious to see if we decide to play 3A since our growth has finally slowed. Also with Red Bank now being at only 728 students will they move to 3A too? As for us moving from 7AA to 6AA I assume that would depend on some other factors. I read on another thread that Marion’s enrollment is way up and might be high enough to push them to 3A. If this is true I could see us moving to 6AA in place of East Hamilton and Marion moving into 7AA in our place. I guess you could argue why not move Notre Dame or CCS into 6AA and my take is no way the principle at Sequatchie would allow that because those teams have historically been easy wins.

Why surprised? East Ridge and Red Bank are bigger than us too.

Yes!

I'm looking forward to a good game tonight. Come on down and join me and the Attorney at our tailgate, we should be out there by 5:30pm. I hope you enjoyed the meal at Pepper Jack's last night.

I think they were posers, because I know our boys play with more intensity than what I saw that night.

Stay downtown it's only 15 minute drive to the mountain from there.

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Don’t post too much on here but I just have to say I’ve seen less dropped balls at a juggler’s convention. Also, it was good seeing the Troll in his construction attire. He is working hard on the new outhouses and if he does as good a job on them as he has done with the fields they will be first class!

Thanks for posting Troll. From what I see it looks like a good team would be better off to lose in pool play to give them an easier time of getting to the Championship game.

Looked at the UTC website and this is all that's posted. Saturday July 14th, 2012 • HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS ONLY * This unique camp will provide your team with an opportunity to develop teamwork, familiarity and to compete against other squads in a major college setting. The 7 on 7 Tournament will cover one day and will guarantee a set amount of games for each team, while determining a champion. * Enrollment is limited to a total of 24 teams. * This is a great opportunity for a team to prepare for the 2012 season and improve its passing game while working with the Chattanooga Mocs Coaching Staff. * Check-in will be between 7:30am and 8:30am at McKenzie Arena. * All games will be played at Finley Stadium, Scrappy Moore Practice Field, UTC Intramural Fields, or the Challenger Practice Field.

And it might be important to note the principle (who she might or might not be related too, the valley is kinda small) is on the T$$AA board of control.

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Apparently that Childress man doesn't get it either!

I agree he is the real deal. I understand he was at MS State this week, I was shown a picture with him in the locker room wearing a #11 jersey. Also know he was headed to Vandy for his visit there and hear he was at KY this week too. Interest keeps growing and should continue to grow as he participates in the summer camps that he's been invited too.

Couldn’t agree more! I was there on day one and three and I can’t wait to see how much improvement is made by next Thursday.

LOL!!! You couldn't be more wrong. You clearly have no clue what disciplinary actions have taken place. The administration will always back the coach unless they feel the coach is in the wrong. Bottom line is SM wrestling will continue and I'm sure will grow and become very successful. Coach Lennon will continue teaching and possibly go on to coach another team. Life moves on and it's time for this thread to die.

Sorry to burst your bubble but I'm not Coach Shelton. And no doing donuts in a parking lot isn't destroying property, unless it was in the grass or if he had run over something. I think from your first post it was pretty clear you support John Lennon. I don't know John Lennon and really don't follow wrestling at all. I do know if he pulled a kids shorts down and exposed him and if he put his hands down a kids pants he was in the wrong. Notice I said if. I can say I've been told by multiple people that these things really happened. Normally I would be the first to support a coach but I just can't support these things.

Seems like you're trying to make excuses for the coach. Clearly there was an issue between the coach and the wrestler. It's also clear the administration didn't think the wrestler did anything bad enough to be kicked off the team. And its very clear that the accusations against the coach have some merit, so much so that another coach quit because she didn't feel it was being handled properly. No question the student has made some mistakes and he was punished by the school administration. Now you want to blame him. I sure didn't see DoctorP blaming anyone for her son's actions, other than having had enough to get into a shouting match with the coach. Also don't think anyone said he destroyed property. Seems like you are sensationalizing in an effort to justify the unjustifiable actions of the coach. Oh, did you know this student has a full academic scholarship to Alabama? I would gladly take that dissapointment as a parent:)

Unfortunately it went way beyond yelling. If it were just yelling and some occasional cursing this thread wouldn't be open and he would still be coaching. Not sure how many on here read this a couple of weeks ago. But I thought some of you might find it relevant. I know I do. Shelton resigns Signal Mountain soccer coach Pam Shelton has resigned from her position after four seasons. "The school administration failed to properly address and rectify a situation concerning a Signal Mountain High School student-athlete's participation on a varsity sports team and the subsequent harassment of the student-athlete by the coach of the varsity sports team," Shelton said via text message. "The incident was brought to the attention of the high school administration over a year ago and on multiple occasions."

I don’t have a kid on the team but I did talk to several of the kids. Of all the ones I talked with none were sad to see Coach Lennon gone. In fact it was just the opposite, they were all glad and said they thought it would be better for the program. Usually if the kids think something was done wrong they will be quick to say so, and this just isn’t the case.

Good luck to Sequatchie tomorrow night against McCallie your going to need it. Maybe they will be a little tired after tonight.

Got to see McCallie again tonight and I say hands down they are the best team in the area and probably the state. Signal kept it close for the 1st quarter only down 4 at the end. But then part way through the 2nd qtr McCallie went on a 20 something to 1 run to go up 58 - 31 at the half. They increased that lead a little in the 2nd half to win by 30 something. Amazing what a $200K team looks like at the high school level.

Heard Cleveland put it to Dade County GA tonight, so I think your right.

Well after last night it's clear it's McCallie and then everyone else. I would say right now the top 4 are McCalie Howard Ooltewah Tyner After this I think it's wide open. Of course I haven't seen Baylor, Brainerd, CCS or Red Bank but I've been told that Red Bank and CCS are down. No doubt that Notre Dame and Sequatchie could beat teams in mtnman's top 10. In a few weeks we will know the real top 10. Question for you Sequatchie guys where did Holland and Hudson play last year? The fun begins tonight!!!