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well, maybe these guys at work know more than us about whats going on. LOL. They said he's been running with the team for 2-3 weeks but not doing the cutting and side drills. Don't know how Green will use him but what a weapon coming of the bench.

yes this is correct. Wayne is a Big Ohio school that has won their state two years in a row as well as the Arbys classic two years in a row, I think. They are coached by former Michigan state spartan travis Trice, who's sent several players to play at Michigan state, including two of his sons. He preaches Defense, as they hound you in the half court. their probably down a little this year, IMO. Now, they caught OR at a good time, with EJ out and Tee at UNDER ARMOUR game all week. IMO, with Tee there, they don't lose this game , and with both there, they win the Arbys Classic this year. Wayne is very good , well coached team but if they played right now? OR wins by 15.

ill take Oak Ridge by 20 + and Powell by 10+

Ok, I have waited to comment on this thread because I sometimes go on a tangent about refs. But here is a few things that I know, and ill pass it on to you for what its worth. Refs don't get paid more for a AAA game than a single a game. In Knoxville area they get 95.00 for 2 games. Refereeing is a political mess sometimes. Some associations give all the good games to their buddies and it causes desention among the ranks. Now, for the last 3 years the Knox ridge and Knox south associations have been awful!!!! With that said, overall, this is the best reffed season I've seen in a long time !!! some games have been outstanding! Ive seen more Assigners at games this year than in many years. This helps the young officials as they can give them feedback on their performance, sometimes instant feedback, as they will go in at halftime and give them feedback. THIS HELPS ALOT!!!! Im even hearing that they have created an account, something like a Huddle account for football, and coaches can send in clips of calls or situations for the assigners to review and talk to officials, and sometimes explain to coaches, whom a lot don't know the rules themselves. If this is true, it will and can only help, IMO. Now heres whats happening in Knoxville and perhaps all across the state. A lot of officials are doing both high school and small college ball. Each association may have 1-2 guys that are good enough to do NCAA D2 ball. The rest do small ball, Im talking roane state, Johnson University, Walters state, Hiawassii type games. Some NAIA DII stuff too. So, heres what happens, they of course are wanting to do college ball, but theres not enough games at that level so they keep a high school schedule too. Some, when they return to a high school game, say at Wartburg, think their to good to be there, hence conflict with coaches and fans. See, in college u have to let a coach chew u a little on a bad call, in high school they tee them immediately , because, hey, I'm a college ref, and your not going to question me!!! sit down and shut up, basically. Treat the kids the same way too. Im not sure, but Tennessee is the only one that I know of that allows this bouncing back and forth. Its not about the money as these games pay like 140.00, but you may travel quite a way, rather than stay home and make the 95.00. This is purely ego and aspirations. As a result, the good ones go to do a small college game and the assigners have to scramble to get refs to HS games, and WALAH, you have badly called games by guys who aren't awful guys, or have and agenda, Their just not ready for Varsity Ball, thats all. NOBODY wants to do a bad job at anything in life, IMO. Next, It causes some of the worst Mechanics on refs that I have ever seen. They look like airline traffic controllers out there. I mean, IDK if they forget where there at or what? But they are using both HS and College Mechanics and its just a joke. Heres an example of not being ready for HS varsity ball. I went to a game the other night and it was a one point game. Had a couple so so guys with a really good official. Theres 4.5 seconds on clock and losing team knocks ball out of bounds and winning team gets ball under losing teams basket. Losing team calls time out to set up press. They come out of the time out and they are about to get a 5 second call and the guy takes off running the baseline and throws it in. This is a clear violation , and should have been called and given to the losing team under their basket. the losing coach complained the whole time winning team was shooting fts. Its little thing , and they may not have won, but it was a game changer. Well, its a long post but its my two cents. Maybe you'll look at the games different now, Maybe not. LOL

THANK GOD!!!!!!!

Well, I wasn't at the game last night SS, but it went about like I thought. If Green doesn't call off the dogs with 4:30 to go OR wins by the 25 I predicted? These guys can get on here and say what a good job Fulton did holding it to 11 all they want, but that was a 25 point game. Fultons good but I think their path to a state birth will be harder than OR's. At that level, theres a big difference between a good AAA team and a good AA team. Also, don't rag me too much on the CC announcers being homers, your radio guys complained about the refs all night. Said they weren't ready for varsity ball, much less a game like this. just kept crying all night, LOL. we all have homers I guess? Good luck to u guys, I hope I see u play when I go state tourney.

with what UT has over there now, I agree he could play some over there. But I think he'd be a real nice mid-major player. A MTSU, ETSU, UTC, would be missing the boat on him. I personally think he could play for an Ole Miss, Miss st, Vandy type team too. Good luck tonight, it could get ugly. I say OR by 25

yes, congrats to him! He is a fine ball player with a good head on his shoulders! By far the best player in our district and the most consistent . I remember him a few years ago. it goes to show you , if you put the time in, you get results. I've not seen a shooter like him in a while, that hits with a contested hand in his face. Any info on where he might be going?

Well, the regular season is just about over and Oak Ridge with a win tonight vs Halls, will have won their 62nd straight regular season district game. CONGRATS to them. With a Halls loss and a Clinton win over Gibbs, Clinton will be the 5 seed and halls the 6 seed. So I think the tourney will shake out like this? Anyone feel free to correct me if I mess it up, cause I always mess this 9 team, double byes, single byes format up!! 1)Oak- double bye 2)Karns- double bye-------both advance to region 3)Powell- single bye 4)Campbell co. vs 9) Gibbs- winner plays 5vs 8 winner(?) 5)Clinton vs 8) Central- winner plays 4vs 8 winner(?) 6) Halls vs 7) Anderson co. - winner plays 3) Powell(?) Does that look right? Its hard to keep up with all this. I wonder how it'll be next year when 3AAA loses Gibbs?

Oh, I see. sickness in schools. Well, I wanted to see this game but ill have to miss it. Already made work arrangements to go to the ridge on Friday. boyfromsi, said it should be a good one? I don't see it. OR is winning district game by an average of 36 points, and I don't expect much to change. id love to see a good close game, but I think the big picture is to beat Gibbs Friday. To me anyway. Guess ill go to CC Friday then.

tonight? I thought the game was friday ? is this a schedule change?

Yea I think we talked before season started and felt CC might be a third place team this year. It looks like their going to finish in 4th. I also don't think any one thought Powell would be this good. So their probably about where they should be. I feel they can beat any of the 2-9 teams and if they get to regions would be a tough matchup over there, maryville included. They only have two seniors and a couple good sophomores coming off bench. I like the coaching ok. I think sometimes he stays with guys a little too long. He runs pretty good stuff, and it looks good against everybody but you guys , lol. Lost a couple games early they could've won but had football players out on visits. If you had told me at beginning of year they'd win 18-19 games, finish 4th in our district, I'd have taken it. I'm going to try and be at OR when they play. Just tell green to take it easy on them.

Thanks for the info Chill. So it looks like AC and halls could finish 7-9 tie for fifth. Who gets 5th? Clinton and halls could tie for fifth at 7-9. Who gets tie? Does winner of 6-7 game play #3 seed then? I'm with u, I don't like the bye to regions. That really is a big disadvantage for the rest of the teams. Don't mind a bye for your season body of work, but auto to region. Idk.

Great win DT!!!! 5 seed would be a great accomplishment after a bad start. Glad you guys put them away at line. You have a nice bunch of young kids coming up too, so things are looking up in Clinton.

Yea I guess that settles who gets third. Lol. So it looks like seeds 1-4 and 8-9 are settled. AC, Halls and Clinton fighting it out for 5-6-and 7. I kinda agree with u SS, but honestly there's probably only one truly dominant team in our district, and that's OR. Clinton has the athletes to beat 2-9 on any night. So does CC I think. Think about this:In the last couple weeks CC has beat halls, AC, central and Clinton. Had Powell on ropes at Powell and lost by three. Clinton has beat AC, and Powell. Central, our 8 seed took Karns, our 2seed to overtime. Halls beat AC by like 23 the other night. Don't be surprised to see a 5-8 seed in final vs OR. Talking to people at CC game last night and next year should be a fun year in our district. We're losing Gibbs to go back to 8 team district. AC, CC, and Clinton will all be better next season. I'm sure Karns and Powell will be strong too. You never know what u get out of central. Can't wait!!

NO!!!!! Karns isn't playing their best ball at this time of year. My question SS is this. We all know Oak Ridge is the one seed, and it looks like CC is going to be the four seed. So, if Karns loses tonight it looks as though them and Powell tie for second, who gets tie breaker and what is the tie breaker? They split in regular season with Karns by 5, then Powell by 9. Is that the tie breaker?

Lol. I swear when I go to games I try and bring it up on my phone to see what he's saying. Yea he's a homer but he's pretty fun to listen too. SS, CC only has two seniors, one averages about 3 ppg. What you think about next season for them. They have a couple sophomores on the bench that should step right in for those two. Idk?

Hmmm. Well I didn't realize it'd be cocke county or Jefferson county. U are probably right. I didn't think it through to who they'd play after maryville in region finals I guess. As for the CC AC game. I really don't know. I sat with a couple AC friends for first half and they were very happy with first half. Then went up top to see CC football coach and couple friends and kinda thought CC had it in bag. I do know they missed a bunch of point blank layups and missed like 6-7 fts gown stretch. Then AC slung up a three as buzzer went off. Ballgame. I agree that CC will win next one by 20 if they play like they did vs OR. Good game for 3 qtrs. Tee went off in fourth. Had a nice put back dunk in first half too. Crazy talent.

Ok, before I give an unbiased opinion on the state of oak ridge basketball, let me start by saying thanks to the guy who wanted to post how overrated Oak Ridge the night before they were to play CC. Lol. Thanks dude!!! I've not been to as many games as usual due to crazy work schedule but I did go to OR/Karns, CC/AC, OR/CC and a few more games at AC and CC. So overrated? Well, as u can see, if u have to start checking record books to see when the last time u beat OR, that means their pretty good. For the last ten years they have been the dominant team this side of Nashville. Our distriict is the largest in the state with 9 teams, meaning u have to play 16 district games. We usually have two really good teams, two good teams, two average teams, and three mediocre teams. With that said, on any night, 2-9 can beat anyone besides OR. In the last 5-6 years, this district has swept the other district a couple times and went 3-1 a couple times, so 2-4 are good teams, but not OR type teams. It's really a shame that OR has to schedule Blackman, SHILL, DB, FULTON, MARYVILLE, MEMPHIS TEAMS, ARBYS CLASSIC, Bahamas's,and so on, just to get the feel of substate, and state tourney atmosphere. Their average margin of victory the last five years in district is over 30ppg !!! Overrated ? Won 45 straight district games! Overrated ? Won district 10 years in row. Overrated ? Been the #1 seed in regions 8 out of 10 years. Overrated? Been to 4(maybe more) state tourneys. Overrated? I predict undefeated this year in district 16-0. Overrated? I think u get it. If this was a team west of Nashville, we couldn't keep those guys off here bragging about their dynasty team! Lol. Now, here's my opinion on this years team. Although they have enough to win the district and region, I don't think they have enough to make it to state. They all long and athletic, but really no size to speak of. Also, no muscles, lol, their a bunch of skinny guys really, but very talented. If they get EJ back and the right matchup at substate? They are well coached enough to sneak into state, but that's it. And any real OR fan knows this, and are realistic in their expectations. As for next year? They have enough to win district again, but, Powell, AC, CC are real young. They could sneak one out. Karns will be good too. Clinton has a lot of young talent.

Any truth to the rumor your coach is considering another job? Heard it from a reliable source. Just wondering if any of you at AC have heard anything?

They will not ever take another high school job. Their "ambition " is college ball. Honestly, right now there's not a better job in the district for these guys right now. As for pay? Trust me, their getting paid as well as anyone around. Matt Lowe ? Well we could go on and on how the Powell politics turned that program into the new Campbell county or Karns. Bad decision after bad decision.

I don't usually take a lot of stock in scrimmages but that's three pretty good wins SS. I know tees not playing this year but I still see you guys winning the district going away. 15-1 or 16-0 imo. Also, I think tee thought he'd be playing football till thanksgiving , maybe he'll change his mind now that he has a month free. Sometimes when a super player like tee doesn't play, the other guys play well together. You have to admit, sometimes kids get caught up in watching him and waiting for him to do something rather than just reacting and playing. OR has enough talent to go a long way. I just wish Tee would talk 3-4 more into not playing. Lol.

Why would they leave a place that's winning games and they never have to worry about their jobs? Clinton? Are you serious? They'll win more games next year at CC than Clinton will in 4 years. Oak Ridge? No way. They win just as many games per year and go just as far in playoffs as OR. There's a lot to be said for coaching at a place that you've brought to prominence. They could go 1-9 the next five years and still be safe. Just like Gilliam at AC. I think he's had three straight 3-7 seasons. You don't hear of him in trouble do you? Same deal for Justin at CC. As for next season? Your right, they lose a lot this year, but they have Aton of soph and juniors, the qb is back. I'd say they go 6-4 next year. That's pretty good for a rebuild season. If their gonna be really down you'll know it, because AC will call and try and schedule a home and home. If the call is made, CC might be down more than I thought. Lol

Cmon SS, U MUST BE STUCK IN BASKETBALL MODE! AC droped out of big boy football remember?? They would rather play Catholic, Fulton, Scott co, than OR, Farragut and CC. Lol. Just playing around. 18 starters back for CC is going to be pretty strong. Farragut was senior heavy weren't they?