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Camden and Obion County ended in a 21-21 tie, although I thought Camden was clearly the better team. Their QB (Hudson?) is very fun to watch. Henry County has a lot to work on.

On a brighter note, it was a very entertaining night. Glad that football season is finally BACK!!

Patriots lost 21-13 in tonight's scrimmage. Had a good start as we drove right down the field for a score on the first series. Things went south after that. QB's combined to throw 3 interceptions, and 2 more that probably should have been picked off. Mistakes were the story of the night for us. Between the penalties and turnovers, it was very easy to tell this is a young team. There were positives. The running game looks to be pretty good, not last year good, but solid. For the most part, I thought our young defense played pretty well. All 3 of Milan's scores were off turnovers. We had several stops behind the line of scrimmage or for no gain, but still a lot of improving to do. Over all, I was hoping for a better showing, but it was just a scrimmage. We do need to get the mistakes taken care of pretty quickly, though.

The reality is, if we play like we did tonight, we will lose our first two games.

I also liked how Inman bounced back from getting thrashed by Dresden Middle in the spring. 14-14 tie for them.

Truth. It's hard to make any sort of geographic predictions until you're well into the season. We (Henry Co.) went West last season after going Middle the two years prior. Honestly just depends on which parts of the state are "up" in each class. Makes for a bigger split come playoff time.

I thought Whitehaven should have been MORE conservative against Maryville. Things didn't start unraveling for them until they starting throwing it around the yard, unless my memory is terribly failing me.

Good point. Wasn't really thinking of that when I posted. Outside of Rutherford County, I'm not very familiar with 6A in Middle TN, so it was hard to make that 4th pick. Mt. Juliet could make it back to the semis. Also, if there is any chance of a few of those Rutherford County schools being split between quads 2 and 3 this season, I could see two of them playing in the semis.

My "final fours". In 5A I went with Beech, Henry County, Knox West, and Columbia. In 6A I went with Maryville, Riverdale, Whitehaven, and Arlington.

He was a senior last year. Signed with UT Martin.

That will be the very first match, and it begins at 5 p.m.

What a night this will be. Some awfully good teams on the slate again this year! Paris will be the place to be in West TN Friday night.

Good write up olddevil. I thought we had a pretty solid showing as well. The running game is improving two-fold from what we saw in spring, and that's to be expected. I also like the potential i see in the passing game. The defense will get there. A lot of speed on that side of the ball, and they are already becoming very formidable against the run. Hard to tell how good OC will be, especially since they've been dealing with some health issues as of late. It's a process, but the team is getting better each day. Another week of practice till we square off with Milan, and just 13 days till the opener at Liberty! Also good to hear about the freshmen keeping it going. Should be another awesome season for them as well.

I didn't keep track of the exact score, but according to olddevil, HC won 34-0. I thought OC showed some promise in their passing game. HC won the battle in the trenches with our running game along with some solid passing. I heard OC was missing some kids due to illness? At any rate, best of luck to OC this season.

Well you guys have owned us on the field in the games that have actually mattered through the years . As of our last meeting in '04, we hold an abysmal record of 0-15 against Milan. Yes, zero and fifteen. So these scrimmage "victories" are about as close to payback as we can get at the moment.

That's what I was wondering. Just go ahead and put them in the Sun Belt Conference. Surely to goodness MTSU could give them a game.

Don't let the administration blind your viewpoint, unless a bunch of players have quit or transferred, Northeast will field a good team this season. I expect them to finish in the top 2 or 3 of the district. Dickson should be better, but their QB from last year JeQuan Lewis will not be returning for his senior season to instead focus on basketball. I'm not sure how much that is/will affect them. Springfield has a new coaching staff and could have some problems with depth this season. As of right now, I see it as a 3 team race between HC, DC, and NE, with HC being the favorites until someone knocks us off. I'm also wondering what you meant by that last part. How does the Clarksville Admin "want to tell the rest of us what to do"?

He graduated a year ahead of schedule? Must be a smart kid. Always sucks to lose good athletes, but Milan will be fine, always are. Looking forward to seeing us go at it at the jamboree.

With us coming to your place Friday for a scrimmage, how's Obion looking so far?

For those curious or planning to make the trip, Friday's scrimmage at Obion County will be at 7pm.

That it will! I'm looking forward to that one myself, as Beech is expected to be very good this year. Should be a good early season measuring stick for both teams. I'd just like to get a good look at us first lol.

I think the team has a chance to be very good. We will have a TON of speed, some good strength and size in the trenches; And as I mentioned earlier, we should have some good depth yet again this season. Our numbers are still very strong. We will be inexperienced in several spots, but we should be loaded at the skill positions. We have one of the best athletes in the district at safety, and he will also be one of our quarterbacks. Our backfield will be deep with several players who will compete for playing time, including a good senior and some extremely talented underclassmen. We have plenty of athletes to choose from at WR, DB, and LB with some returning starters in each of those units. At this point, I'm more curious to see how our linemen have progressed than anything. Replacing every starter in the trenches can be a challenge, but we have the players to do it. We might have some growing pains early on, especially with a tough opening schedule, but we will still be favorites to win the district, and we should be a tough out for anyone by the time the playoffs begin.

Thanks for the scrimmage update. As for the team, we are talented and should be deep, but it's hard to tell where we stand right now when everyone has been in shorts and t-shirts. Thankfully the pads come on tomorrow, meaning football season is officially here!

Tandem, what does Beech return in terms of linemen? I know you all have some very good skill players, but I'm curious about the trenches. Could be the deciding factor in our game against you come week 1. At his point, the lines are probably the biggest question mark for Henry County. Good strength and over all size, but a ton of inexperience.

I can't wait for the jamboree to see what Gaddis has cooking up down in Trenton. One thing is for sure, he will get the talent out and he will maximize it. He's in a tough district, but they will make noise soon.