Catfish03

Merrol Hyde to play Signal Mt. in the finals with Merrol Hyde winning it all.

Why? What is the issue?

800 is way too many for the first split, there are schools out there with less than 250 that would have to compete with schools with 800. They would never do they to football. What is single a split in football?

Will they ever go to 3 divisions for soccer (A, AA, AAA instead of A-AA and AAA)?

The officiating in this tournament has been all over the board. I've seen games where any challenge from behind was called and I've seen players get away with muggings, not consistent at all.

I thought 10 was far worse than 2. 2 looked to me to be the best and it wasn't good. 10 was like playing in the parking lot.

The districts are a mess but they also need to do something about A-AA. It needs to be 3 divisions.

I couldn't have said it any better. I have seen so many parents pay big money to for little Johnnie to play at the highest level of club soccer only to have him get burned out and want to go to some college that doesn't even have a soccer program.

I thought Signal would equalize too but number 10 for Signal had a really time getting past the outside defender for CAK. I've seen him play before and he can usually beat the defender and turn the corner and get into the box but last night he pretty much got shut down. I agree with Knightsfan about the ref. The ref in the Hume Fogg game called it very close but he was very consistant and the one in the Signal game was the exact opposite and CAK pushed the limit, and most of the time it wasn't called.

That has nothing to do with it being a Magnet School, that has to do with location and in the same vane the magnet schools in those locations also have larger public and private schools that take the best club players. Do you think that CPA and Father Ryan do not get players that could go to Hume Fogg or that Hendersonville, Station Camp and JPII don't take players away from Merrol Hyde. Maybe the county schools should concentrate more on coaching up the athletes that they do have.

Anyone who thinks that magnet schools have an advantage by being county wide have never been in one. Kids DO NOT go to a magnet school to play sports. There are some good athletes but they are usually few and far between, especially in the smaller schools like Merrol Hyde who only have 50 in the graduating class.

How do they determine the seeding for the state tournament?

There are several fields in Middle Tennessee that have the same problem. It is called winter kill and as stated in a previous post it looks much worse that it is. If it has a good subsurface it i not a bad pitch to play on, same as playing on brown Bermuda in early April. If the ares are large it will take some significant work to get it back for the girls season.

It wasn't one of my fans, I don't have a dog in the hunt. I'm just a high school soccer fan and watch a lot of Sumner Co. teams. I've seen Station Camp, Hendersonville, White House, W. H. Heritage (Robertson Co.), Gallatin, Merrol Hyde, and Portland all play this year. I've known both Coach Lamberth and Coach Kirby for many years and respect both of them very much as well as both of their assistants who I think are great. I did't get to see the game last night but I was really surprised by the score. Not sure how Sycamore could score 5 against them. I knew White house would have trouble scoring as they have all season but their defense is usually rock solid. Heritage handles Sycamore in the regular season so hopefully you can finish up strong in the tournament. Good luck.

I've seen both White House and W.H.H. play this year and this should be Heritage's best chance to beat White House in several years but I'm not sure they can get it done. White House has trouble scoring but their defense is still really strong and as for the keeper getting a red card, there are not many on this board that would not have gotten one if put in the same position. The Sycamore player knocked him down in the box and then laid on him to keep him from getting up. He threw the Sycamore player off him and the Sycamore player got up and started throwing punches with both fists as fast as he could and got off 8 to 10 before the White House keeper was able to get hold of him and tackle him to the ground basically protecting himself. I've been watching soccer for almost 20 years and I have never seen a player do what the Sycamore player did. It was very disturbing to watch.