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Wow. Southwind officially has my attention. 

7 hours ago, RichyRich said:

Oh okay makes sense was central the black school for yalls area. Ours (mcminn county) was formed  in 1903 but they added schools niota high school joined In the 40s which it was a  rural basketball high school, cook joined in 1967 I believe which was athens black high school, then Calhoun high school which a small rural school joined in 1980. Mcminn central was formed through the combination of Englewood ,Etowah, and East Etowah African American school in 1966. I love learned about the history of stuff like that. Would be cool to see what it would be like to have all the old schools back in today's time(minus the segregated schools)

Yes, Central was the predominantly black high school in Paris prior to integration. I’ve always heard they had a very solid athletic history as well, though I’ve not heard nearly as much about it. 

24 minutes ago, RichyRich said:

Who did Grove consolidate with to make Henry County and what year did that happen?

Henry County High School was formed in 1969 as a consolidation of Grove (Paris), Central (Paris), Puryear, Cottage Grove, Buchanan, Henry, and Springville High Schools. 

The latter 5 were very small rural schools that had basketball but did not have football.  

9 minutes ago, MidTennFootball said:

Kudos to Riverdale, they reached down deep and dominated Oakland in the 2nd half 

QB played out of his mind. Not sure I saw more than 1 or 2 incompletions the entire 2nd half, and they were passing nearly every play. 

However, I still like Oakland in a potential rematch. They lined up and dominated on several drives tonight, Riverdale just seemed to have a little more magic. 

Congrats to Riverdale. Heck of a game. Glad I watched it. 

Wow. 

This is a heck of a game. Amazing drive by Riverdale. 

16 minutes ago, RollRed123 said:

Is there some kind of trophy for this championship? If so where is it kept? 

I don’t even know if they awarded trophies in those days considering the championships were considered “mythical”. All I’ve ever seen is newspaper clippings and stories from old heads lol 

@olddevil might appreciate this trivia, but there's actually some pretty cool history between Memphis Central and Henry County. 

HCHS's predecessor, Grove High, went undefeated in 1949 and had a pretty legendary season with very few close games. They completed their perfect season in a bowl game against Memphis Central, winning 21-20. I believe this was the only state championship the Grove Blue Devils ever claimed back during the era of polls. 

Can't get caught sleeping. Just like most Memphis teams, Central is dangerous and I am sure very athletic. HC better bring it each week to advance. 

Congrats to this team on a fine regular season and a well-earned region championship. They've had a far better season than I and many others predicted back in the spring and summer. And I'm not sure we've had a better single-season performance by an individual player at the QB position since 2008. Caden Marshall is the real deal. 

I look forward to seeing what this team can do in the playoffs. Many quality teams in 5A this year. 

Go Big Red  

15 hours ago, chrisburr said:

Oakland 36, Riverdale 35 - 7 OTs

Semis

Oakland @ Bearden

West Creek @ Stewarts Creek

Finals

Bearden v West Creek

Can’t wait for the battle of the CREEKS!! 

Tonight's results make this the official region championship game. Super glad we have homefield, but I hate that it's on a Thursday. 

I believe it’s region record > overall record > W-L record of opponents (which is further broken down into like 3 different steps) > coin flip. 

9 minutes ago, TheCommissioner said:

Congrats, BIG WIN 

Thanks Commish. Were y’all off this week? 
 

Never mind. I see y’all played Thursday. 

8 minutes ago, olddevil said:

#1 & #66

GO BIG RED

Good players. Somehow I didn’t even notice. Love how they’ve used #1 this season. 
 

Hopefully both are back healthy soon. 

10 hours ago, RollRed123 said:

I’d loooove to see a Brentwood v Germantown matchup. My $$ would go on Gtown

Agree that would be a heck of a game. Not sure I’d put money on it though. For as good as Region 8-6A has become, they’ve still struggled to get over the middle tn hump. 
 

Granted, I could definitely see that changing in the coming years with some of the growth that is about to hit that area. 

Good write up. It’s a lot more than just football. 

44 minutes ago, SEC1rules said:

Hats off to Beech for a great game played. Both teams made great plays and I thought it would be a one score game, didn’t realize it would be one point. HC had a couple of starters out last night and need to get healthy for a playoff run.
 

HC also has several juniors and some sophomores starting. By my count, 6/7 will return on D and the roughly the same on O. Losing our QB will hurt, he’s a calm lead by example type and the team rallies behind him. However, we have a young gun 9th grader I really like. I’ve seen some real potential over the last few years out of him. 

Agreed about the 9th grader if it’s the same one I’m thinking of. He’s been impressive this year in limited varsity snaps.
 

Who were we missing? 

Centennial is a really good team. At this point, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if Brentwood 21-14's its way to the state title game. 

5 minutes ago, MJGOLDENBEARS said:

Watched some south wind footage and was not in the least bit impressed 

Think he means Knox West. 

Holy Goodness what a game. Congrats to both teams. See yall in the quarters. 

3 minutes ago, TheCommissioner said:

I thought this would be more of a defensive game

Same. 

I thought about just keeping this in the 7-5A thread since there's only like 4 of us posting this year between the two sides, but I felt it's too big a game not to have its own thread lol

What do yall think about this one? I feel HC is the better team and comes in a clear favorite, but Beech is no slouch, has homefield advantage, and is coming off a bye. HC has also been pretty sloppy the last couple of weeks despite lopsided victories. They might need a good hit in the mouth at this point of the season.  

5 hours ago, mondo44 said:

I would agree that HC is the favorite to come out of the West.  

I think Centennial is the favorite right now. Their region would host the semifinals this year, and HC has yet to prove they can go to Williamson County and beat a good team.