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I see how it is...

And Morgan Barrick is a whole a** dude. He has stepped up big time. So glad he's just a junior.

Munford is solid. They hung tight with a very good Dyersburg team and their only other loss was a blowout against Covington in Week 1. Also had a very similar result against Dyer County as us. I think the Patriots will tame the Cougars but I'm not sleeping on them.

Come on Kevin, this is 5A playoff football. We have to be insanely dramatic with our predictions. It's a rule.

Earlier this season I thought Memphis Central might "quietly" be one of the best teams in 5A. That theory has been squashed the last couple of weeks. Springfield by 2+ scores.

Henry County starting to look like Henry County at the right time of year

I usually agree, but not when they have a D1 QB in the game still throwing TD's when they're up by 90 points. Takes a weak man to do that.

They don't have an automatic mercy rule in CA? This game might change that.

True, but if you include Henry County High's predecessor, E.W. Grove High, I would definitely include the "Paris area" in the top 5. But...I'm not gonna argue against excluding HCHS. There are other West TN programs that have been around much longer and done a lot more.

I've enjoyed participating. Adds some fun to this site.

I thought that post was hilarious. Glad I'm not the only one from HC with a heathen sense of humor.

This season has been a major letdown for sure, but I'm also just getting older and trying to see things as they come. I don't like automatically assuming the worst about the coaches or players. I hope they can right the ship to finish this season and build some positive momentum into next year. I believe they can. But whether or not they do will say a lot.

Agreed. Also agreed the first time he posted it. It's just something I've never understood. Other players on the team notice that kind of thing and it typically does not resonate well, but sometimes old habits die hard, and seniority has always seemed important to these coaches. It doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing (if the players are equal, then sure, being a senior should count for something), but it should never be a detriment to the team, as in a superior player being sidelined just because he's an underclassmen. Granted, I admit I'm not the one working with these kids every day. Sometimes it's a matter of maturity and trust. If I have a crazy talented sophomore but he's a total knucklehead, goofs off in practice, acts up in class, etc. then yeah, I'm probably gonna be more willing to play the senior over him. It's easy for us fans to forget the very human element of high school sports. Yeah, the coaches' jobs are to win games, but they're also in the business of molding young men.

Collierville at Arlington * Whitehaven at Bartlett * Covington at Bolton * Westwood at Booker T. Washington * Germantown at Cordova * Kirby at Craigmont * Northpoint Christian at Lausanne * Fairley at MAHS (Thu) * Ridgeway at Melrose * Munford at Memphis Central * Trezevant at Memphis East (Thu) * Raleigh Egypt at Memphis Overton Brentwood Academy at MUS * Frederick Douglass at Sheffield (Thu) * Brighton at Southwind * Christian Brothers at St. Benedict * ECS at St. George's * Houston at White Station * Fayette Ware at Wooddale *

Unapproved Website has this one going 34-21 in favor of HC (but it assumes a neutral field). The other has 37-14 HC, and it does take HFA into account. Let's see how accurate these are. The prior one did predict a very close SF/HC game, but it was off by a good bit with the score.

He was a hoss for sure. Not often that a player on the losing team wins MVP, but it was well-deserved in his case. The QB (McPhetridge?) was no slouch either.

I hope the folks on S Wilson St. took some notes. It ain't how ya start....

2011 Powell wasn't an all-time great, but they were an awesome team. That championship game was a classic.

Like 6 teams in the history of TNHSFB have made the playoffs with 0 or 1 win. But sure Reitz, THAT’S the problem. This isn’t complicated, nor does it need to be further complicated by the ridiculous z-plan. It’s simple. We have too many classifications (regions are too spread out and it puts ridiculous strain on the playoff field). Again, 5 public, 2 private, and 99% of your problem is solved. Heck, more than 99. I’m not even sure it’s even a 1% problem now.

For whatever reason I distinctly remembered them giving us a pretty good game that year so I went back and looked. That might be one of the few winning seasons they've had in their history.

2009 was the last time they fielded a decent team. Went 7-4 and finished 2nd in the old 10-AAA before falling to Gallatin in the playoffs.

4 would have made sense when they first expanded back in the 90's. It has definitely outgrown that now.

Nope. Simple is good. Leave it as is. And your point about "better playoff fields" is laughable. It was watered down under the z-plan and it is watered down now.

That is incredible after how they started the season. Wow.