Greenecounty

It will be a defensive battle most likely. I hope the Upperman team that played in the Ladies Classic at Christmas is the team that shows up - lol - but I know that they are rolling now and playing much better. Greeneville relies on its defense - and it all starts with the point guard Shaw. Coach Watts has done a heck of a coaching job this year because no one expected this.

What a great coaching job by Greeneville Coach Annette Watts. Lost 4 starters from last year and 96% of the Greeneville offense - and returns to the State Tournament. Not many people outside of the team and coaches saw this happening. She schedule a tough schedule every year and it obviously pays off.

Those Lady Greene Devils get the big win over a very talented David Crockett team. Not many people gave Greeneville much of a chance since they lost 5 Seniors from last year. This years team bought in totally - and Coach Watts did an outstanding coaching job!

Some of the ones listed here have lots of wins - but look at the strength of schedule. Also - great players make coaches look good. Look at what a coach does with average players. Buchanan at NG does a great job. The Grainger coach (Bishop) does a great job. Greeneville’s coach (Watts) is tough but she does a great job and has a tough schedule each year. The retired Jefferson Co. Coach (Sinard) who is now Cocke Co. Assistant is a very good coach. Birchfield at Cloudland does a good job - but I think they need to play a tougher schedule.

Southside looked much better after the first game. They had a really good win over Knox Webb. They played a really tough team in the Championship and lost. Finishing runner up in the Ladies Classic is impressive.

Greeneville girls got a dominant win over SG - beating them by 20. The Adkins girl for Greeneville played really well. If she can continue to play like that, they will win their District and be a challenge in the Region. NG has had a good tournament - Bearden just has too much firepower for them. Schedule doesn’t get any easier for SG as they play Crockett next week. SG will be ok in their District but with Alcoa and GP in their Region - that will be a problem.

CD had a17 point lead and should have won. CD totally outplayed SG. I couldn’t believe what I was watching.

Actually I was wrong. They are not playing Anywhere this week. Their coach was at the gym yesterday watching.

Heard today that David Crockett was invited to this year’s tournament and chose to go to Florida. Obviously Crockett didn’t want to face the tough competition in the Ladies Classic. They had never been invited so I can’t believe they turned it down.

The NG won was huge for them. Oak Ridge looked very slow and had no rhythm on offense. NG played good defense. This was not a typical OR team.

No. I watched them lose to Cocke Co. at the AJ Ladies Bank Classic. Upperman looks nothing like the teams they have had the last 3-4 years. Very young, didn’t shoot well at all from 3. Also, didn’t have a strong point guard like they normally do. They did appear to be very young and o am sure they will improve as the season goes on because they have a great Coach.

David Crockett moves down from 4A to 3A and will be in District 1/Region 1. They were very young this year and will make an impact in 3A in Northeast TN immediately.

Great games on Saturday at the BCAT All Star event. In 4A - the West All Stars beat East All Stars by 2. It was a good game. In 3A - the East All Stars were clicking on all cylinders and defeated the West All Stars by 25. The East Team looked really good. In 2A/1A - the AA All Star team defeated the 1A team in a big way. The AA All Star team also looked really good. I didn't get a chance to see the Private school division games. This was a really great event.

I know a D3 school in GA has offered her. I also think an NAIA offer. I think she could definitely play at the D2 level.

The “throwing 3 refs together” has been terrible. First 2 days have had inconsistent calls by referees. TSSAA needs to go back to bringing “crews” in - refs that have worked together all hear. The Bradley vs Bearden game had almost 25 fouls in the first half. Crazy.

I am not blaming the refs - but there were 2 calls against Bailey where she drew a charge and both were called blocks. Could have made a difference had she not had to sit so much - or it could have been the same. Greeneville didn’t get any calls. Simple as that.

Disagree. These 2 teams are wqual. Any objective observed saw that LA got the whistle ALL DAY

The red told Greeneville players she was standing too straight up on the charge and called a block??!! Terrible call.

Why no West Tennessee refs?

Greeneville had 2 starters go to the bench early in 1st half with 2 fouls and the starting point guard go the bench mid 2d qtr with 2 fouls. Cleveland had some starters with 2 fouls in 1st half and their coach left them in and they picked up 3rd foul - I was shocked he left them in - it was obvious the referees were calling the game tight. The Cleveland fans yelled and complained the entire game about the referees but fouls were being called both ways - and an obvious over the back call on Cleveland was called with 6 seconds remaining & the call was reversed and called on Greeneville. Cleveland is very talented but Greeneville outplayed them as a team.

I have seen York play and Alcoa play. I would take Alcoa. They have 5 starters who could each score 20 any given night. 3 have already signed to play at the next level.

Shot less than 30%. After 3 it was 42-37 and Greeneville scored 3 points in 4th qtr. Just one of those nights when the shots didn’t fall and it impacted Greeneville in other ways. Alcoa is a really good team and Macie Ridge shot the ball well tonight. Alcoas starting 5 is very talented.

Greeneville played terrible against McMinn - and McMinn shot the ball really well that night. Greeneville pulled out the win by 2

McMinn co. played pretty well against Greeneville yesterday but looked awful against Coffee Co. today. McMinn could not stop CC inside game - and then McMinn would kick to the 3 point line and hit a bunch. Bradley Central has all the pieces to have a great season. Greeneville competed well for 3 quarters but could not sustain it. Kimora Fields - a freshman for BC - is a beast and will only get better.

Greeneville will have a big challenge this Saturday when they play At Bradley Central. I hope that the Lady Greene Devils can stay with the Bearettes.