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6 hours ago, warmachine7954 said:

Communism? Got it.

For perspective the county school I’m associated and graduated from only has 7,600 people in the entire county with a median age of roughly 47. That’s not very many 14-18 year olds to choose from. I think the football team had 25-28 kids or around there. 
On the other hand Shelby County has 916,000+ with a median age of 36. This isn’t just about Shelby county, but all the big ones with huge economic advantages! 

An urban/rural split would benefit tons of smaller schools that have to compete with counties with 120x the amount of people. Especially the ones who can pick and choose their players from a pool like that!
 

I also agree with Pujo about charter and magnets and they will eventually be phased into the private divisions because it is obviously an advantage plus all the funding! Add that county schools can’t go recruit outside of their county like charters and magnets! 

Prep going back to back

just to be put in with the private schools after next year! 

Chatt Prep just wears you down with their hand picked kids, what a performance by Slaughter tho they couldn’t stop him.  Congrats to Santa Fe on an amazing run, I expect them to be back next year Auden is just a Jr. 

Good thing Chatt Prep has plenty of depth, even got 8th graders out there contributing! At the pace they are calling fouls in this game, Slaughter may  get to 35+ free throws attempted. 

9 hours ago, crow6424 said:

I wonder if any of these refs are from the Tullahoma region?

Not that it’s connected to anything, but fwiw I have noticed it’s the only box score results posted without the officials names listed on the tssaa page. It’s the only game to not have them in the entire tournament so far. I just thought that was interesting to say the least. Whose decision was that? I know you have no clue like myself.  I’m just generally curious as to why. Maybe someone can answer it….

10 hours ago, UCSportsFan said:

Well the school was closed down and part of it was because they got caught cheating by the TSSAA so they had to forfeit all of their football championships. I don’t know what they did about basketball, but they should’ve had to forfeit them as well because it was the same group of kids, same group of parents that we’re doing it.  I don’t blame the kids at all. I blame the parents and the administration because they knew exactly what they were doing. This school is built in that same mold.  They are doing the exact same things that Temple was doing.  They are recruiting from all over Chattanooga, Hamilton county even Georgia and anywhere else they can get kids in and then they are playing against division 1 schools. it’s not gonna happen this year probably not next year, but eventually it will come out, and the same thing will happen to this school.  It’s an unfair advantage, and that is why they have separate classifications. One for privates and one for public schools. This school is pretending to be a public school but they are operating as a private school when it comes to sports. This coaching carousel they have with the brothers switching places,the personal trainer thing going on, is shady. If it walks like a duck …

It’s going to be an incredibly bad look if (when imo they seem to be the best team left in A) they do win a championship before the school even has graduated a true senior class! I hope this opens some eyes and charters will be in D2 after this next reclassification period. 
 

33 minutes ago, pioneer42 said:

What a season it has been and Micah Hart just won Miss Basketball. So very thankful and blessed. All 3 are ballers that were nominated. Very thankful. So proud of her and all the team. So thankful and blessed. 

Congrats Pioneer it’s been a long time coming for GC girls basketball to be back on top! To get a miss basketball as well as another gold ball is a heck of a year, enjoy it and congratulations to Hart she’s got a bright future! 

8 minutes ago, 1983 said:

Neither team shot the ball well that’s for sure.  Games like this can go either way.  You need a few things to go in your favor to win gold balls.  Congrats to York on a great Season, you will be the heavy favorite next season.  Good luck to Gibson Co today it’s gonna be another good one in AA.  It’s been a great AA tourney.

Exactly, it takes more than just playing the right defense, it takes some luck, a lot of skill, good coaching, and players making plays in pressure situations! GC got more of that in the second half and won! You can’t tell me they won because they strictly played a 1-3-1 zone! GC made more shots when It mattered and York went cold! 

3 minutes ago, westtnsportsfan said:

I haven’t said anything about shutting her down, you can’t shut her down. You can make it tough on her. The zone makes them shoot jump shots and they didn’t hit them, that’s facts. 35 pts the entire game she had 31 alone vs McMinn playing man.

You can too shut her down multiple teams have held her under or around 10 points! 

1 minute ago, GlassHouseBound said:

So you are saying Wilkins made adjustments to take Beaty out of the game and it worked?   Saying a team got lucky is typical sore loser mentality.  Get over yourself.  Better luck next year.  You’ll still have I deal with these pesky district 14 teams.  They might get “lucky” again next year.  

Sir I picked GC to win the game, I believe they win it all today! Just letting you guys  know  that the zone didn’t work in the first 20 minutes of game time. When they missed their open shots it did work but they had good looks all day just like GC it was two good teams that could have went either way if one or two calls are different!

10 minutes ago, westtnsportsfan said:

If you call a team scoring 17 in a half not working I guess you are right…

Your are acting like they shut her down, she got wherever and whatever she wanted the first like 20 game minutes, GC got lucky and York missed open shots!! the defense wasn’t really causing, most the shots were good and open because they were shading to Beatys side as they should have earlier! 

37 minutes ago, westtnsportsfan said:

The zone looked pretty good to me, Wilkins found a way! Reeves was huge for GC 

Luckily Beaty cooled off or that zone wasn’t working honestly lol idk what first half you watched. But she outscored the zone by herself. Honestly don’t know why Beaty stopped shooting as much?
I picked GC to win if you go back and look . 
I’ll put big money on York bringing the gold ball back to the UC next year barring a major injury to Beaty. 

14 minutes ago, pioneer42 said:

We have played them twice in the last two years, once this past summer. Hard to guard her man to man. McMinn Central couldn't guard her man to man and they can play defense. Will be interesting for sure. Westview done a great job guarding them the last two years. 

I would do what Smith county did on her and just throw the kitchen sink at her! They had a good shot to beat them by keeping the pace slow and keeping the score low. They made the younger girls from York , Cooper and Werner beat them. Its definitely the blueprint i would go by. I doubt they shoot over 60 percent today on GC, but I saw York win a lot of games this year when they weren’t shooting the best! Scary thing for 2a is they will be even better next year! 

34 minutes ago, westtnsportsfan said:

GC should play zone, Beaty can’t be guarded 1 on 1, Beaty will guard Hart and do a good job at it. This one will be tight 

If York shoots over 60% again, a zone will be the end of GC! I would go man and trap/double Beaty everytime she gets anywhere near the 3 point line. GC is definitely the more athletic team! Make someone else beat ya! She can get into the paint easier against a zone by just good ball movement. If Gibson Co can keep Beaty out of the paint area they will have a good chance to advance! I’ll take GC by 4, I still believe York is a year away from taking the gold ball back to Jamestown! 

9 minutes ago, GlassHouseBound said:

That was unacceptable to be going on at the state tournament.   Not sure what all was going on but the game was stopped multiple times to meet with the book keepers. Scores being corrected.  Foul numbers were wrong.  Can’t blame McNeil for being irritated.  And when he was Td up the ref that did it was completely across the floor. Just a terrible situation.  

I agree unacceptable to lose control of the game like that. We had a discussion on a different thread a while back about bookkeeping and the effects it possibly has. My question is why doesn’t T$$AA put someone down there with a ref shirt to keep the book from Sectionals on? Put the younger refs and pay them! Maybe they will learn something while there!  I never understood that while someone is keeping up with the stats already on the big screens. No doubt it messed the flow up in that game, not saying SS would have won, but those techs were tough to overcome. 

The trend/theme of the day seems to be get down by double digits and battle back. This should be a killer finish too! 

4 minutes ago, Swipes said:

Couldn't agree more!  Don't know if this is Cocke County's year but know they return a ton next year with how young they are and starting 1 senior.  Doesn't hurt when Carmichael (Freshman Starting Post) Dad was a Mr. Football Winner for Greeneville and will only get better!

She made some tough plays,  very talented Freshman! Good experience for them for sure!  I was impressed they held their composure and battled back against a very solid Heritage team! 

Good day of basketball so far. Lots of parity in 2a as we knew going in and 3a has started off well with this Cocke Co/Heritage game! 

2 minutes ago, charger05 said:

Don't know that I would say outcoached. York had the hot hand and Central didnt.

From what I saw York made adjustments and McMinn kept doing what they did in the first half, gotta credit York for making plays too! 

1 minute ago, charger05 said:

Don't know that I would say outcoached. York had the hot hand and Central didnt.

Yeah then you don’t force the pace they played right into Yorks hands! 

21 minutes ago, WestviewAlumni said:

Score?

York with a ferocious comeback, to take the lead on Central and get the win in OT. Central got out coached imo,  McMinn was the more talented team and were up 10! Congrats to Coach Green and the Lady Dragonettes! 

I’ll take Pickett by 3 in a dogfight. Baugus was on a mission tonight, but so was Emmy Lowe and the Lady Bobcats .
 

Who does everybody else have winning? 

26 minutes ago, GreeneDevil2020 said:

Britton his the best player in 1A and was subbed of a Mr. Basketball spot because they played a hard schedule against bigger schools and didnt have a good overall record. North Greene makes a real run for the state title next week for sure  

They could definitely beat Santa Fe if Britton can outplay Slaughter. Unfortunately that will be the last tourney game they will have a shot to win this year. 

2 hours ago, baldeagle22 said:

North Greene doesn’t need schultz when they have Britton who is way better lmao. 

He is a good player and you guys may win against Santa Fe and I picked y’all to win on the road the other night, good luck with the winner of that other game though you guys are going to need it! I honestly expected Harriman to be better than they were, that Mccullom kid was about all they had! 

11 minutes ago, 87vikingalumni said:

I think Union City will win, they have the best player in Class A & plays great team ball!!

I think Chatt Prep and UC will be for the championship whoever escapes round 1 is set up to win it all I  believe. I wish Humboldt would have made it sounds like you guys ran outta steam in OT!