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Tristan Payne is going to be an 8th grader again? I thought he "redshirted" last year like Dixon.

Skidmore is a Sophomore now. He was TSSAA runner up last year as a Freshman.

I know Pigeon Forge has a stellar Freshman class coming in. I'm interested to see where some of last year's 8th graders went. If I had a list of Freshmen from East TN to look for it would include; Braden Ivy (???), Keyveon Roller (CAK), Hunter Mason (???), Kodiak Cannedy (???), Luke Belcher (Bradley), Josh Parton (Pigeon Forge), Jaxon Palm (Heritage), Kyle Cooley (???), Tripp Miller (Science Hill), Christian Underwood (Gibbs), Colby Dalon (Pigeon Forge), Garrett Foreman (Pigeon Forge), Wes Day (Maryville), Peyton Pridemore (Science Hill), Tagen Cagle (Gibbs), Ashton Davis (Cleveland) , Tristan Payne (???), David Dixon (???), Dallas Thacker (Maryville), Eli Rittenhouse (???), Austin McClure (Bradley Central) I know I'm missing a few and not completely sure where some are going to be at, but I'd suspect all of these kids to have a good number of victories in varsity matches.

We're going to host a MS dual tournament the weekend of 12/1 at Maryville. We've had a really good turnout the last few years with 6-8 MS teams showing up and 4-6 ES teams wrestling earlier in the morning. I can possibly get a few more top teams say from Bradley, Cleveland, Science Hill, etc to come up if we got with them now. Some of the top MS teams in the Knoxville area like Pigeon Forge, Heritage, William Blount, Halls, & Gibbs have consistently been there. Having you guys there would definitely make for a good day of competition for our MS teams if we can make it happen.

Cool your jets. I've known many of these kids and to be fair they haven't had as much success as the classes ahead or behind them. They've come a long way since getting blanked by Alcoa a few years back in 8th grade. Things can change and like I said I'm happy they worked hard to get there.

Didn't make it, my daughter had an open house at preschool and we ate at TC's afterwards. We drove by though and I had updates texted to me.

Those Sophomores have worked hard, they haven't played well the previous 2 years and if what you say is true they've really improved. That may be our weakest class talent wise outside of 2 skill players. Glad to hear their hard work has paid off and they're playing with a chip on their shoulder.

It was definitely a big crowd and they're going to be a tough team to beat this year. Good test for both teams.

In my head like the annoying little brother I never had??? Then yes, but don't get your hopes up. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

We're not going back to the stone ages when you went to school, but it validates my point that the whole time that Maryville has been in 6A when they could have been in 5A. Heck, even Fulton decided to move up! But oooohhh no, good ole Gary wants his records so his Rankin 'Rithematic equals 3A all the way.

Our record against Alcoa is 63-23-3, how does that add up? I'll go out on a limb and add +2 to that win total for the Red Rebels over the next 2 years. That's almost a 3 to 1 ratio. Now I know since you're from Rockford that ratios and big numbers might cause your brain to rattle a bit, but I'll also point out that when Farragut competed in 5A two seasons ago their student enrollment was higher than Maryville's. Hopefully that makes some sense, but unfortunately your Rankin 'Rithematic would have you believing you could get a $1 out of 15 cents.

Call me the QAnon of Maryville football (although I'm not that anonymous).

Stupidity? This coming from the guy from Rockford? #MAGA #MaryvilleAlwaysGetsbyAlcoa

Oh little GL, you do like to project!

We weren't a 5A school by population, you realize that right? I mean, that's the argument you guys make now right? As far as credibility, do you think I care what some Rockford hillbilly thinks?

Good one! You think I don't know we were a 4A school? You need to get out of Rockford more often.

Ask your DC if I graduated from there. Played with him and another coach on that staff.

Explain doesn't have an "e".....

That's okay, I have my coaching card. I've noticed you like to roll around and laugh a lot though, are you sure you're not a weeble wobble?

As much fun as it has been running 6A. As to answering your question, it would've helped if you included that 5A comment in your original thread. We don't have any 5A titles because we decided to play the big boys and not the little sisters of the backwoods.

Once a Rebel always a Rebel. Kinda funny though you have ThrowDaSlant as your screen name when Rankin rarely does that.

That seems to be the overwhelming reaction I get from you guys after we paste that L on your schedule. We're a 5A school competing in 6A so no crying here.

We know why.... Let's not pretend!

Just got confirmation it was 5 scores to 3 for Maryville.

I heard Maryville beat Ensworth in the scrimmage at Tech. Anyone have the score?