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I bet you don't see any behavior like this from any coaches in Murfreesboro next week.
#1. The referees at state tend to get out of the center circle.
#2. The referees at state have the balls to eject a coach for acting like a fool.
Both actions from the referees tend to cool the coaches down a bit.
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I am 0-2 in scores that I can find.
Jackson North Side takes down Lexington 3-1.
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I am going to miss posts like this. They are fun. We drop to "A" next year and most of the privates will be going to the private division. I don't know if there will be much talk about "A" next Fall and Spring. I have no idea who will be the teams to beat as we have been in A/AA for so long with Catholic and CAK. The unknown will be fun I think. Anyone have any ideas about "A"?
I think Signal Mtn from the Chattanooga area, Smith Co between Nashville and Cookeville, Merrol Hyde Magnet in Hendersonville and the private schools of Columbia Academy and Grace Christian from south of Nashville will all be playing into the Regionals next year. I really don't know much about schools west of the TN River.
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After one game, my predictions are exactly 0% accurate.
Page takes down White House 2-0.
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Pigeon Forge has a different style of play that a lot of teams. The coach has done a good job fitting a system to his talent. If you happen to be a team that does not defend the Pigeon Forge style well, or you have not played someone like them, they will be a handful.
Can you elaborate as to what that style is?
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Merrol Hyde also showed last week that they could surprise some teams by beating Central Magnet (in a game suspended at halftime for lightning) and Chattanooga Christian.
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Who is advancing to State?
Science Hill vs Oak Ridge
Farragut vs Dobyns Bennett
Cleveland vs Oakland
Blackman vs Cookeville
Station Camp vs Antioch
Franklin vs Clarksville
Kingsbury vs Collierville
Houston vs Bartlett
I'll take:
Science Hill
Farragut
Oakland
Blackman
Station Camp
Franklin
Collierville
Houston
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Who do you have going to State?
Greeneville vs Pigeon Forge
CAK vs Unicoi Co
Boyd Buchanan vs Merrol Hyde
Central Magnet vs Loudon
White House vs Page
CPA vs Hume-Fogg
Lexington vs J. North Side
Jackson Christian vs Peabody
I'll take the chalk:
Greeneville
CAK
Boyd Buchanan
Central Magnet
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CPA
Lexington
Jackson Christian
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Greenville vs White House was a fun game to watch. Hard fought through 110 minutes with multiple scoring chances for each team in the OT periods. The drama of the kicks was intense as it went to the 8th kickers. Kudos to both schools and their fans. That sideline was PACKED.
#12 for White House suffered an ugly head injury in OT. He took a hit from the kickoff and immediately went down. I hope he is able to recover quickly from the obvious concussion.
Central Magnet absolutely dominated JCS. The matchup tomorrow between them and CPA will be one to watch.
Notre Dame showed a ton of fight coming back from 3-0 at halftime to make it a game in the second half. I thought they were going to pull off the complete comeback.
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I'd put Houston and Station Camp atop my list. Oakland and Cookeville would be at the bottom. I think the third team is a virtual pick 'em among the remaining four teams.
Therefore, none of the "top" teams match up in the opening round.
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Brackets are posted and set up for the most of the top teams to avoid each other until the semis.
Houston vs Oakland
Ravenwood vs Dobyns-Bennett
Collierville vs Bearden
Station Camp vs Cookeville
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It's an early morning at Lebanon Pike, brackets are posted.
Notre Dame vs CAK
White House vs Greeneville
Murfreesboro Central vs Jackson Christian
CPA vs Lexington
Predictions:
Notre Dame vs CAK--CAK
White House vs Greeneville--Greenville
Murfreesboro Central vs Jackson Christian--Central Magnet
CPA vs Lexington--CPA
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The fields at Siegel Park have certainly come a long way from two years ago's nightmare.
One of the reporters from the Murfreesboro newspaper who was covering last night's 7-AAA final posted a picture from the championship field press box. I have no idea how to post the picture itself, but here is the link.
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Eurosport Top Ten District Results
9. Oakland Plays Siegal in championship Friday Night (I think).
The second ten faired much better.
I guess the moral to the story is that it is tough to be the favorite.
Oakland did indeed advance to the 7-AAA final tonight thanks to three quick goals in the first 10 minutes of their semi-final matchup against Blackman. The game ended 4-1.
But Siegel fell to district "newcomer" Stewarts Creek on kicks, 5-4. Siegel didn't give up a single goal in district play all season and Wed night's semi ended 0-0 after 110 minutes of soccer. This is the first time in 10 or 11 years that Siegel has not advanced to the District final and by extension Region play. But give credit to Stewarts Creek. They came to play and threatened all game long. Multiple shots hit the frame.
It promises to be a fun final tonight between two teams who love to attack.
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I watched the Ravenwood vs. Cookeville game. The first half was back and forth with Ravenwood starting to possess more towards the end. However, Cookeville had several opportunities to score. The half ended with Ravenwood scoring with what must have been .02 seconds left. Ball rolls over just prior to the horn. It was close.
Ravenwood possesses and attacks more in the second half, getting two goals later in the half. Still Cookeville had some opportunities, but could not finish.
Did you see the Ravenwood fans dressed as refs? I didn't see them but I heard plenty about them and saw a picture. Pretty funny idea.
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It really is a moot point now, but I can only guess that much like waiting until the next appropriate stoppage to go back and issue a card or warning to a player for an action in the previous run of play, the official felt obligated to wait until the player was eligible to receive a card (back on the field of play) in order to administer the discipline. It is my understanding that the official cannot give a card to a player not in the game, only to the coach. I do not know how this aligns with the rule book, but it seems to me this had to be his logic.
No. Any bench player can be given a yellow or red card. If the referee is not able to determine the offending bench player, the coach is to receive the card. So in the above situation, the referee could have given a second yellow to the player on the bench.
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Thanks pal.....i don't know why, suddenly, these refs seem so touchy....I got called down last year and it was just ridiculous...Some of our parents that are also b-ball fans and football fans are just STUNNED at how soccer refs seem to be determined to inter-act with fans....I am not always a "class act": but thank you for that. I get fired up like all fans....! hahahahaha! It is a beautiful game and my throat ALWAYS gets parched from participating and letting refs know that they did not do what I THOUGHT they should do....haahahahaha!
If you guys are talking about events out west, I think the blame squarely rests on the fans. I have seen videos and heard far too many accounts of teams/coaches/fans in the west behaving like complete idiots. Every region has some problem schools (ask CCS about their trip to DeKalb County a couple of years ago). But the west consistently takes the cake.
I wish more fans behaved like the ones at the Coffee County - Oakland match from Tuesday night in the Region Semifinals. In an elimination match, the players played, the coaches coached and the fans cheered for their teams. Oakland had several close/questionable offside calls go against them including a goal pulled back. Coffee County had a goal stand against them after the AR had signaled for offside in the second OT. Yet nobody in that stadium needed to be asked to leave or even calm down. The coaches didn't cause a scene. And the players showed great sportsmanship. It was truly an enjoyable evening of soccer.
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Do you think the posibility of bad weather was a part of the decision or was it travel for teams to return home?
Well, the Div II championships start at 4:00 and 6:30. I don't know why the Div 1 should be any different.
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Not a double-bicycle, but maybe the best free kick I've ever seen (Nick Zalewski, Cookeville vs. Station Camp):
Two things (actually three):
- I wish they had gotten a couple more seconds leading up to the kick.
- HOLD THE DANG PHONE HORIZONTALLY!!!
Anyway, that was a heck of a shot. I love how he knew it was in before it ever went over the keeper's hands.
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In a wild 7-AAA season, parity was the name of the game. And the district tournament was no different.
In the six games:
- Five games decided by one goal. The only exception was Siegel over Blackman when Siegel scored an empty net breakaway with 30 seconds left to go up 3-1.
- Four OT games.
Oakland topped Siegel 1-0 to win the district title.
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I am disappointed to see the A-AA and AAA finals are scheduled for 1:30 and 4:00 respectively for the second year in a row. This makes it difficult for high school soccer fans to attend. This seems like it would hurt attendance. The Division II games are at 4:00 and 6:30.
Yeah. You get one year with thunderstorms that push the championship game to a late night start and you swing the pendulum so far in the other direction...
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I had not viewed the championship field until this week. While most of the field is in very good condition there are two rough spots. The quarterfinal and semifinal fields are in very good shape. Huge difference from last year.
Yeah. Saw the District 7-AAA semis Tuesday night. Those two spots are bad. They are unlikely to have any signigicant impact on a game, but boy do they stand out against the rest of the field.
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The bill will go to a conference committee next week where state legislators will try to revise the language to clarify that guns will NOT be allowed in parks when local schools are using the parks for sporting events. So no guns will be allowed in any of the parks during Spring Fling.
The fields at Siegel Park are in MUCH better shape this spring. While it will still be another full year before they are back to premier shape, there shouldn't be any "complaints" about the field conditions this year.
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Four state titles, a #1 "national" ranking and a national Coach of the Year award (from 2013!) apparently weren't enough for the fine folks at Franklin High School. Franklin Athletic Director Toby Ruth decided it was "time to take the program in another direction."
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As Cobra touched on, the District 8 coaches chose to award the regular season champion an automatic bid to Region play in the event they did not advance to the district tournament final.
The tournament champion advances to Region play as the District 8 champion. The District 8 runner up is EITHER the regular season champion or, if the regular season champion also won the tournament championship, the tournament runner up.