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Maplewood 43 - Heritage 37 Refs allowed Maplewood to be physical. Game. Set. Match. Maplewood couldn’t hit a jumper, make a FT, or a layup. They dominated the boards and played bully ball. Heritage had 5 coaches on the bench, not one had a whiteboard or a clue. You read that right... 5 coaches. Every time they get the win the coaches get all the credit and every time they lose the coaches blame the kids....not tonight! Coaches were trash. They earned that L.

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Need this weather to allow for a few games to be played... It’ll give us something else to talk about. You guys sound like you used to date the same girl and are comparing stories. Good luck to the rest of 9AA

Game being re-scheduled will hurt the fan support at home for Heritage. The girls play their Region Semifinal at Greenbrier - - same time as the Boys at home vs. Maplewood. Where do the cheerleaders show up? Its gonna be like going to a practice for the boys game.

Heritage v Maplewood moved to Monday 2/25 sounds like the same for everyone else?

Interesting take when you consider that they re-did the gym, brought in a new coach, have had countless transfers into the program in just the last 3-4yrs. I believe that they also broadcast the games live online, and their website has good reporting and pics. I can only compare your program to Heritage. You guys seem wayyyyyyyyyy more buttoned up on the BBall front (admin, alumni, etc) but I think that everyone's expectations are misplaced. WH has played in the district 'Ship game in 3 of the last 4 yrs. Nothing wrong with that.

I only brought it up as those are the common wins. I mentioned East too... Does that mean nothing either?

^ I agree with everything above I have to imagine that Sycamore 'should' be battle tested after playing East 2x this yr. I didn't see Pearl play this yr. They lost to East 2x too. They both have wins over common opponents: University School of Nashville & Whites Creek

Dalton - Good call. Both of my boys have won District with Petrone. The run at the end of this yr still has my jaw on the floor. Side note... Been on my soapbox saying this for at least 4-5yrs now. WH does not play defense. New coach - same strategy to try and outscore everyone. To your point B52, Heritage does not start their 2 best ball handlers for some unknown reason. Even still, it was good enough to win tonight, go figure. Maplewood could have had their whole team at the game tonight. They weren't there to scout Heritage, they were there for WH. They already played Heritage earlier this yr and won by 7. No predictions but the game earlier in the season could have gone either way. Add that Heritage's leading scorer didn't play in that game and I'm optimistic. Could really care less though, as they don't have the horses to go far anyway. Feels good to win District though. Good luck to everyone in Region!!

B52: The same can be said over the past 2+ yrs with #5 has had the green light. Don't act like the other kids loved it either. Now that the focus is on #4... it sounds like sour grapes on your part. Enjoy the success/ wins bro... regardless of who the glory is going to. WH wins when Arnold balls out. It's that simple. He made his 1st 4- 3's and the game was over in the 1st Q. Finished with 28pts. The best 3rd option in the district, by far had 6pts. Beamerball: I agree with the potential sweep... Maplewood beat WHH during the Christmas tournament by 7. I think that they can be had, but the brackets are totally messed up now.

#1 team gets the MVP, I get that. I stand by my original post. WH-Arnold #4 is the best player in the district. He's turned #5 into the 3rd best player on the team. That says a lot when you consider the press clippings for #5 over the last 3yrs. Semis WHH 44 - Sycamore 40 WH 73 - Harpeth 52 All WH Final next week.

A better question for those that know is what happened to them this yr? Weren't their best players back this yr? Coach T has them at 8-13 with a few unreported scores. They made the Ste Semi's last yr.

I watched him all summer (practices & games). When he told us he was going to WH, I knew he'd wind up being the best player in the District. How he'd be used and if the WH new coach would give him the keys, was TBD. I've seen 5 WH games - until they commit to playing defense it won't matter who they have out there scoring.

Sycamore is the class of the District. Congrats! They play @ East Nashville on Friday. They played East earlier in the yr and lost by 13. They'll be battle tested come District/ Region play. The same kid at WH that struggled at Heritage last week (only gm under 10pts all yr), also went for like 34 against Heritage earlier in the yr. They go as he goes, period. Of their 24 games, he's played in 16 of them. They're 11-5 with him. 4-4 without him. One week left - we'll see how the seeding shakes out. #2 spot is still up for grabs.

Sycamore looks like the team to beat. Big man is improved, good team defense, and they can make 3's. The WH transfer is a monster (Best player in district by far), but has only played in 8/15 games so far. Not sure what's the story there. CCHS/ Greenbrier/ Heritage/ Harpeth will battle for 3-6. No clue if any of them are any good. And then there's Westmoreland...

Watertown - 59 Cheatham County - 52 Murfreesboro Central Magnet - 57 Greenbrier - 41 Creek Wood - 59 Sycamore - 62 Jackson County - 48 Westmoreland - 33 White House Heritage - 51 University School Nashville - 47 Harpeth - 55 Father Ryan - 50

Last February, I’d have gone with Sycamore. Lot of size, experience and shooting. Pretty sure WH now, since the lead guard (sr) that was at Gallatin transferred to WH. Good kid... realllly good player. My pick for District MVP. Cheatham? No clue, my guess is they fight for 3rd. Heritage lost 3 sr’s that played heavy minutes the last 2-3yrs. They’ll be tall/ long, but inexperienced. Greenbrier/ Harpeth both lose 6+ rotation sr’s. Hard to put a positive spin on that. Westmoreland played well in the district tourney last yr, so there’s that.

Game Link 12-3 Springfield in the 1st Q ....errr 19-3

That's way down there - not familiar with teams in that area

What City?

Well aware of the diff between 9AA and 10AA. We’ve played with and against all of these Nashville kids over the years during summer travel ball. I went to the Whites creek/ Greenbrier game and would have loved to play this Whites Creek team vs playing Last yrs Whites Creek team and losing to them by 10 in the 2nd rd of Region last yr. Timing is everything I guess.

This is the 1st yr in the last 4 that the 9AA 1-seed lost its 1st rd game vs 10AA. It’s been since 2014 that Cheatham Co won 2 games in region. Before that, the districts weren’t lined up the way they are now. How often do they re-align the districts? We might be due!! lol

Lol... yeah guess Harpeth wasn’t ready

So much for Greenbrier. Whites creek snatched their hearts in the 1st Q. Coasted to the finish. 60-40

Harpeth at Stratford Whites Creek at Greenbrier Both of these could be good games. Might have to check one of them out. Would not be shocked to see either of those 9AA teams advance.