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I think all 3 nominees are good but my vote would be 100% with Elizabeth Masingill. This kid is the real deal. I saw her as a Freshman and Sophmore, the kid was amazing then..I can only imagine what she is this year.

Sometimes the most deserving player doesn't win.

Blitzinbuc, I feel like we have gotten close over the last week and I’m getting a little worried about you. You need me to send that ointment you mailed LA back to you? You had to know that was coming after the crap you gave us.

Seriously, all jokes aside, just go look at the Gold Ball setting in the school trophy case, be proud. McMinn had a great year and won the highest title and I know the icing would have been Adams winning but as you know, you can’t always win everything. Your girl was great too and in your eyes she was most deserving but in our eyes and the deciding votes eyes (whoever they are) Sells was the total package on and off the court.

I would have to go with Macon being there at the end next year. They can move for their size and they work well together. McMinn Central should do pretty well, that Elizabeth Masiongill is a gem and she has a good supporting cast. I’m sure West TN will have some strong teams, as they always do. I don’t think 8AA will be that strong next year, Upperman, LA, Smith & Cannon lose some key players next yr but you never know. It will be interesting to watch to see who is on top in AA.

LA Wildcats have worked hard to get where they are, so happy they have finally settled down with the new coach and they are all just playing ball. These boys are fun to watch when they are working together.GO HOGEYE!!!!!

Best game of the day by far! I'm happy we came down early, we were there for AA Miss Basketball and I will have to say we got our moneys worth with this game. I didn't have anyone playing and I was on the edge of my seat the whole game(even when Wayne was up by 17, NG never slowed down or gave up)! That is how basketball should be. I would have liked to seen North Greene take it but congrats to Wayne C., you both played great. Mariah Britton was such a joy to watch, this kid has that spark! Is she playing college anywhere?

Congrats to Miss Sells! This is a tremendous honor in which you greatly deserved. It has been very enjoyable watching you the last 8 years from Rickman through Livingston Academy. You are a great athlete, student, and young lady. Good luck with the Blue Raiders. Go Hog-Eye!

Just check the banners on the wall at LA. By the way, what losing program did you leave to jump on the Central bandwagon? Most Central fans have class and are use to winning, and are the kind of fans that any team would want to have rooting for them. I've noticed in the past that the only ones who want to continue to 'pour it on' and 'rub salt', as you have on several threads, are fans who come from a program that is not experienced in winning. If you'll check the threads from this district, you'll find that we poke fun at one another and make stupid comments, but when the actions over, we (with the exception of idiotic 'midtnspurtfan') will congratulate one another (as I did the Central team after the win over LA) and move on. My bet would be that most of the good Central fans would like to see you 'can it'. I'll have no more to say on the subject. Go ahead and rant on, just remember: What goes around, comes around!

Your right, he is the equivalent to midtensports fan except he is in East TN. He may not have said much on this board about LA but he did on the LA/McMinn topic. I personally think it is Last Word-ittis, mixed with some Smart A**-ittis, and topped with retirement. I guess we should cut the old timer some slack because this board is probably the highlight of his day.

I misspelled Livingston in the Topic Line. My hands got ahead of themselves.

The LA boys started off a little shaky this year, had a coach change, had adjusting to do, had some on and off nights, but now they have found their groove. LA looked like they were really working together Monday night. Ramsey boys just keep getting better, and McCoin in the 4th really put the moves on, he was really fun to watch. I was always a Richard Melton fan but I am happy LA boys are doing well with Jimmy Miller. GO HOG-EYE!

And no I didn't spell check the prior post.

Lol, I feel you Blue. I know exactly what you are talking about in Soccer and yes that could be a topic all in itself! LA basketball fans are much more representing of the school mannerism. Did you have a run in with Super mom? Sorry, some things you just can't apologize for enough. I'm sure it is an awful story too. Ok, the grading system is pretty funny, I did laugh. Thanks for breaking it down for us. I did say that MC played a great game their play did affect LA but surely no one in their right mind could think that LA had their best game. I didn’t make one excuse I just stated a fact, I wish you could have faced our best effort and that wasn’t our best. It didn’t happen and that is just how it goes. Even if LA played their best game, I would still say MC would have still won, they played great, but it would have been a better game to watch. It's like when MC lost to Cannon, I hear everyone say it wasn't their best game, everyone has games like that. They are a good team I have no problem saying that. I had a good Laugh Blue, Thanks. Oh your right, it does suck that we met this early we should have played in the Boro.

Don't let them get to ya, Livingston Aca isn't even the best team up here by a long shot. That title belongs to Jackson County who beat LA twice this year and the last time wasn't even close. Now McMinn Central vs Jackson County would be worth the price of admission!

Midtensportsfan would fit right in here with Buc, always looking for someone to argue with. I can tell you both LA played their 'A' game against Jackson Co and Jackson Co won twice, Jackson Co. was better than LA this year. That Jaycee Coe is something else and I'm pretty sure she is a freshman. Now for the MC game you did get our 'C' game. I have no problem saying MC is a tough team and deserved to win but I would take JC over MC in a matchup on any given day. You guys think LA and MC live basketball, Jackson Co. is basketball. Come on Buc just let it die, it's like you have last word and smart A syndrome all rolled into one. Like someone said be careful karma could bite you.

I think McMinn Central made LA look much worse than they normally are....so credit should be acknowledged where it's due. Could it be that Livingston's players and/or coach overlooked the Chargerettes? I know that several of LA's fans did.

 

Agree on sophomore Masingale. In my opinion she's Central's MVP.....and I'm not taking anything away from Adams, who's a tremendous player. Plus, the improvement of starting freshman Guardiola over the course of this season, as well as the other quality players returning, and a great group of young ladies coming in next season as freshmen, and you can see that Central should have a few more good years to look forward to.

Ok, in my post I wrote very plain 'Credit to MC in great play too’. I promise you this this isn't LA's first sub state or time playing MC, so you really think at this stage in the game LA with their experience would underestimated any team or player? No is the answer. LA had an awful game away and MC played very well that is what it boiled down to. You saying MC made LA look worse than they normally do, I hope that is just miswording because you make it sound like LA is the worst team ever. I even gave your team and Masingale credit where it is due, so are you really going to be so high on your pedestal that you can’t even accept that LA is a good team and had a bad night? Really? They are still teenagers & we are adults, most of us at least, so we do need to remember that in our posts. This wound for LA you have rubbed salt in over & over because some fan rubbed you the wrong way. You do need to remember this game was 5 seniors last game also, It is a tough enough loss without all of this. Just take Good game and Good Luck to MC and move on.

I hated to see LA seniors last game end like it did last night. I have followed LA for years and I have only missed one game this year and I can tell McMinn Central that you didn't get the full LA experience. What a shame. I'm not saying LA would have won if they had played their game because McMinn has a strong team but the game would have been much closer and worth our money. I still stand behind LA's ability and their A game, last night you got to see their C game if that. Their defense IS as good as everyone said but it was nowhere to be seen last night! Credit to MC in great play too but it is just hard to see your team play that bad on the road. I know everyone has off night but last night was not even in the building.

Someone had made a post about Sells not being the player they thought she would be, yes she had an off night but Makenzie Sells is a player. Think she would be playing at MTSU if she wasn’t? Her shot was off but she still had like 10 points at half time, in a game that was not even close to her best performance. I know when you have 2 girls up for the same accolade you want to praise your own but you don’t do it by trying to make the other look bad. Sells had a bad game no doubt but I would hate to know that Miss Basketball was based off of one game. It is everything rolled into one, play, school, and personality on and off the court. You saw Sells last High School game coming to a bad end and did you see her lose her cool and act out? Not once. That is why Sells is a class act and total player. She wouldn’t have been nominated if she wasn’t.

Good Luck to MC and in my opinion Masiongale girl was the player of the night. We will hear a lot more from her in the next 2 years because that kid is a baller!

Sunday Watson and Tiffany Krantz LOST to WESTVIEW in 1996....WOOOOHOOOO!!!

That was a good game and Westview had a good team but it should have never come down to a whistle at the buzzer. The Refs should have let the girls decide the outcome in OT not a refs whistle at the buzzer. I remember that game like yesterday. Sunday Watson and Tiffany Krantz were both up for AA Miss basketball that year, off the same team. You just don't hear of girls off the same team up for Miss Basketball. Watson took the title and still holds the points record at LA for boys and girls with like 2600 I think. In my opinion Krantz was the unsung hero in the 4 yrs she played and Watson was a great player but who do you think always fed her the ball? Krantz had to of shattered all LA records in assists and still scored like 1700 points herself. She went on to set records at Auburn too. I was a big fan of those two girls. Tiffany is my Vet now. I have no idea where Sunday is now?

I'm thinking it was '08 when Central beat LA in the Round House. Central has been so close many times - losing two state championship games - and has made it to the boro about 5 straight years now......only losing the first round once, to LA in 2009. I dare say that playing LA (as well as Upperman and York) in substate so many times made Coach Morgan and the Chargerette players realize years ago what it took to elevate their programs to play at that level. I wish McMinn Central played a home and away with LA, or one of the stronger programs from your district every year. I guess since the coaches on both sides figure they'll eventually be playing one another in substate, as well as the distance, it won't happen.

That's what it takes to be a good coach and good players, to keep learning and stepping up your game. I would love for Hogeye to play Central during the year.

Central by 15-20. easy

You’re just trying to get people riled up. Anyone with any kind of ball sense knows this game will be good. No one from LA has been disrespectful to McMinn Central, we have given them nothing but props. Our district had 2 top 10 teams in it so if you think LA is not challenged or use to fast play all I can say is sit back and watch. This game will be a toss up and I want LA to win just as much as you want McMinn C to win but the fact of it is, either team could win! It really comes down to that day and who is firing on all cylinders and get in a groove.

It was a very good game. Like they say it is hard to beat a good team 4 times in a season especially a good team like Cannon. This is what basketball is suppose to be, a toss up and you never know who will win. Congrats to Cannon on a big win and to LA your fans are so proud of you win, lose or draw. Time for LA to play some tough ball at the Round House! Go Hogeye!!!!

Of course it will be a barn burner! I mean two of the best teams meeting in Sub State it's almost unfair but like they say 'To be the BEST you have to Beat the BEST'. There will be no coasting to the State for either one of these teams, who ever wins will be well deserving without a doubt.

You must just be an average fan or you would have seen that was a compliment.

Well Jim I am an average fan and that is pretty much what I said in the first sentence of my post. I was a little confused in what the meaning of you post was suppose to be? So, I then asked the question that would try to clear up my confusion. You posted “The average fan don't understand that the level of competition you play should be a huge factor in the selection for this award." And to be honest that could be taken different ways. I see you saying Hope held these girls to pretty much nothing in their game against Jackson County so forgive my confusion if that was a compliment? Maybe the wording is off becasue I still don't see how that is a compliment?

So, was your point since it is clear an average fan of my caliber is fuzzy on your post?

Cannon County has had the tough job of playing against all 3 of the candidates this year (actually handed McMinn its only loss). I would have to go with Sells I think.

Cannon Co has been one tough team this year. Cannon County's Sissom girls are lethal weapons.

I agree about Sells but I am Bias because we watch her every week. It's good to hear from an opposing team who has played all three girls.

Hope Scantland from Jackson County held Kayla Biles to I think 11 points and Makinzee Sells to 4 points this year. The average fan don't understand that the level of competition you play should be a huge factor in the selection for this award.

I'm an average fan and I see the talent in both Makenzie and Kayla. You are talking about one team that plays these 2 girls and that they were held to so many points. Do you really think Makenzie's or Kayla's year is based around Jackson Co. game? When these teams play each other is like playing a sister because you know each other backwards and forwards. It will always be that way between these 3 schools, good tough game. I mean no disrespect to Biles because in her case, she takes on the double teams because she doesn't have as strong supporting cast to pass off to where Sells does. Makenzie Sells is surrounded by a team full of girls who can score at will. We see it every week, when Sells is double teamed she passes the ball of to score for the team not to take it on in and build her numbers. So, back to your comment, do you feel like these 2 girls whole season should be based off of 2 games?

MTSU sees what we see when watching Makenzie, it's not all about her, and she does what's best for the team.

Class AA Miss Basketball Finalists

Jenna Adams, McMinn Central

Kayla Biles, Upperman

Mackenzie Sells, Livingston Academy

Two girls out nominated out of District 8AA. Great job to both of these girls.

I have watched Makenzie Sells for years and she is an all around outstanding player, student, and young lady.

GO HOGEYE!!!

Hog,

 

I think you are attempting to make a point that's not relevant. While JC and Clarkrange might or might not have division 1 players, it's obvious Clarkrage has one of the best rosters of high school basketball players in the state. The depth, high basketball IQ, and coaching of Clarkrange is phenomenal.

It's relevant to Clarkrange. They need to have a fire under them. If I were playing OS after reading that post I would have something to prove. Go Buffaloes!