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I always enjoy reading the team previews on tricitiessports.com, they have the best NET coverage by far.

Awesome!! Congratulations, that is quite an accomplishment.

Yes, Malcolm was there when my son was also. Malcolm is a great kid and is very talented. Navy had several TN kids sign that year. I remember 3 from the same highschool (Blackman maybe?) and they all left before the year was over and I know Malcolm and the Pittman kid have done well. The experience was not all bad, I just feel that the Naval Academy could do a better job with NAPS.

That's awesome, tell your son thank you for his service. My son is really liking it and seems to be thriving there. He is just finishing up his first round of TEE'S.

You are correct, neither way is an easy route. My youngest is a Plebe at West Point this year (direct admission and not playing football) and my oldest was a USNA prep schooler (football recruit) who decided that route was not for him as did several members of the football team that year so I've seen both sides of the fence. It's not easy but the USNA prep school instructors seemed to carry a grudge against athletes (which makes up a large portion of the prep schooler population). Maybe we just had a bad experience. Either way the service academies are a great education and I applaud this young man for his willingness to serve our country. Good Luck at Navy!!

I don't know this young man but I hope for his sake he can go straight to USNA and not the prep school route. My son was a recent attendee at the USNA prep school (also a football signee) and it was not a good experience. I'm not sure why USNA doesn't have the prep school close or on campus like West Point does but the atmosphere in Newport RI is sub par in relation to the Naval Academy. The football coaches are way below standard and the instructors there are more determined to "weed" kids out then to help them excel. I love the USNA coaches (Coach Niamat and Coach Ingram are great recruiters) but the USNA Prep School is a huge let down.

I'm sorry but I don't think Springfield would even make the playoffs if they were in our conference. I know Greeneville is good but this is ugly. Congrats Greeneville!!!

Two straight losing seasons and the promise of the new Sullivan County high school have thinned the herd. South will put up a fight but won't have the athletes to compete tomorrow night. The QB is a great athlete and the defensive front isn't bad. 56 - 20 is my prediction.

Unfortunately for Central, Greeneville wouldn't have a problem getting to 70 or more. South's starting QB and many other starters only played 2 possessions against the Cougars and we still scored 50.

That is a good possibility, I know GreenEville is the best team around this year and should have a clear path to the title. I was just reminding your fans that it wasn't that long ago that you lost to some "Clowns".

South has been down the last couple of years (last year mainly due to the season ending injuries of something like 9 starters by the time we played the big Greene), but don't forget those "Sullivan County Clowns" sent you guys packin just 3 short years ago.

Agreed 100%, it's comical. I refuse to listen to a DB game on the home station.

I believe the parking behind the visitor stands is handicap only parking so if the person you bring has one of the handicap placards you should be good to park there.

I think South will be very similar to last year, they will be better in some areas due to a lot of underclassmen getting a lot of experience last season but I don't see them getting to .500. If the QB can stay healthy that will definitely help but given the track record of the past 2 seasons and the lack of depth and talent in the backfield with him I'm afraid he will stay beat-up. Especially if the play calling doesn't change.

I wasn't trying to insult SH, I know they have talent and the point I was trying to make was that for the talent at Crockett, Bosken has done a great job of finding those kids that want to play at the next level a place to do that.

Coach 423T stated above that Bosken has helped 13 kids from Crockett sign at the next level. I don't remember too many DB kids signing lately, a few linemen (Norris and another kid from 2 years ago) then of course Foreman, Swafford, Trammell from 5 years ago. Science Hill has a few too but not sure of the number (McGue, White and a few others that I can think of). I know at South we have only had 2 kids sign scholarships at the next level in the last 3 years. So for what he has to work with I think that's pretty impressive. A lot of local coaches don't even make an effort to promote their kids.

From what I could tell Bosken worked harder than any coach in this area on getting his players attention from the next level. Crockett has more kids playing college ball or at least getting attention from colleges than anyone; and it's not because of the overwhelming talent at DC, that comes from a coach busting his tail for his players.

Although Norris would be the best choice from the current Sullivan County stock I think the administration would pick someone without ties to any of the current Sullivan County schools as the head coach and then make up the staff with some current staffers. From what I heard Norris doesn't like the media/spotlight part of being a head coach and with this being a new large school that will be very competitive the social demands of the head coach could be overwhelming.

You are correct, I think everyone close to the program knew that after the class of 2015 graduated there would be a drastic dropoff in overall talent for a few years. This years 2-8 season was not a shocker especially with the talent walking the halls not playing football. As you stated there is a lot of talent/skill in the pipeline whether those kids end up at South, DB or the new consolidated school is yet to be seen. Hilton will be a great head coach too (my opinion anyway).

From what I understand most of the ones that quit were juniors last year and were being overlooked in favor of some athletic sophomores. Since the coaching staff didn't really change any only reorganized I don't see those kids wanting to come back. Maybe the loss of the 4 or 5 seniors would open up a slot or two for those kids but unlikely. I see mostly junior starters next season with some sophomores mixed in and a few of the upcoming seniors like the QB and the only returning RB with varsity experience. I predict another lean year for the Rebs in 2017 with things looking brighter after that (depending on the school consolidation of course).

No shocker there, I wonder who they will tab with Hilton's now vacant DC position and if they will make any changes to the OC?

That would be good but with the Sullivan county school situation changing soon I would say not many outsiders would bite. I think it's Hilton's job if he wants it.

That looks about right to me.

I too would like to see East pull this one off but I just don't see anyway possible for that to happen. Tough first round draw for the Patriots coming off a great season. Fulton by 28

South's numbers were way down to begin with this year. Several juniors jumped ship when sophomores were given the nod over them back in the spring. Add to that the many injured and South is only dressing around 30 kids with the majority of those being freshmen and sophomores. I think only 4 or 5 seniors remain uninjured at this point. I'll be glad when this season is over!!!