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It will be interesting to see how things change when HV Middle School opens up in a couple of years. Certainly they will redraw the district lines, and that could make a huge difference. Of course, Knox County athletics is like the wild west when it comes to transfers, and "living situations." What are the current feeder schools for HVA?

That is always the great neutralizer when a coach/team have the forethought and patience to slow the game way down to try and counteract a more talented team.

District 3 swept the night Saturday. -OR wins in a steel cage match against Farragut. Don't need to say any more than it ended being a street fight due to loose officiating. -Central gets by a streaking Heritage. Heritage peaked at the right time, but Central had too much for them Saturday. -Powell upends Bearden, which was the biggest surprise of the evening IMO. (Did I hear correctly that Blevins resigned after the game? -Karns comes back against Maryville. Karns was close to even (maybe minus 1 or 2) on the offensive glass against a much more physical Maryville team. Still sticking with OR over Karns in the region championship.

I'll take all the home teams... -Wartburg by 7 over Harriman -Grace by 10 over Coalfield -Meigs by (name the score) over Jellico -Oakdale by 25+ over Rockwood

Karns always seems to have a solid home court advantage. I think it was maybe '13 that they lost a region game at home to Powell I believe. Other than that, they are usually 7-10 points better at home.

Agreed with the "level playing field" part. I think home court will play a huge role in the first games, and then just banking on the fact that Karns probably is just a tad better overall than Heritage. Plus, Karns only lost to OR by 4 or so early in the season.

There's a huge difference rebounding against OR compared to Heritage.

Winners in the quarters: OR, Karns, Bearden, Heritage. OR beats Karns for the championship.

Not a lot of love for East Tennessee teams, specifically 3A & 4A, is there? What about Oakdale, Meigs, or GCA?

Apparently he must be used to seeing rosters loaded with "recruited" (cough cough) players.

With the retirement of Snow at Oakdale, does anyone have any insight on who his replacement will be? He has been there for what seems like forever.

I agree that the refs need to be more "on their game" at this time of year, and especially late in games. My rant comes not just from comments on here, and at high schools and middle schools across the area, but I was at a little league basketball game this past weekend and heard a coach telling his team that they lost because of the refs. Certainly it wasn't because he made several questionable decisions coaching-wise (that I saw waiting for the next game to start that I was there for), or the fact that the other team was better. I was just really appalled by the fact that even at the elementary age there are idiots out there blaming a loss on officials. Teach the kids to play the right way, with solid fundamentals, and with good sportsmanship, and then let the love of the game carry them through those tough loses.

So what are the thoughts on tomorrow night in 4A? Consolation- Coalfield by 11+ over Jellico Championship- Oakdale by 20+ over Wartburg All but Oakdale lose in the first round of the region. Oakdale loses in Semis.

With all this whining about referees some things to think about: 1) Are the refs human? YES 2) Do humans make mistakes? YES 3) Did all of the players finish the game perfectly with no mistakes (turnovers, missed shots, fouls, missed defensive assignments, etc)? 99.9% NO So if we are not going to crucify the players for making a turnover, or missing a "good" shot, then why should we do the same to a human ref? It all evens out in the end. I'm sure there were calls that were questionable/judgement calls that went both teams ways earlier in the game. Get over it and just applaud the young men for giving their all, and if you want to jump on the refs, talk to the TSSAA, buy a whistle, put on the stripes, and go out and do it better. Otherwise, pay your money, buy some popcorn, and hope your team makes just enough plays to play another game.

Just read the article, and what a d-bag. If the kid wants to finish, let him finish. The disqualified young man learned much more (albeit, in a much more unfortunate way) than the Smyrna coach has apparently ever learned.

Congrats!!!

No matter what level of basketball, that is a tremendous accomplishment!!! Congrats!!!!!

I believe so

Combine that with the boys not making the region, and can you think when was the last time neither the boys or girls from OS were in the region?

So actually, Oneida and Oakdale haven't won the tourney title at Wartburg. Oakdale should win it this year no problem. It will be in the region where Oakdale gets tested, and we will see if that murderous early season schedule pays off. Or have they been hampered by less than stellar competition all season compared to what they will see in the region?

What exactly happened?

Is the district location ever put to a vote? And if so, does it really matter, the Morgan County Schools have the 4-3 advantage, and can always win the vote...correct?

I wonder with the many close games CF has had lately if they are peaking now, or peaked already this year, and others have closed the gap.

Wow...both OS teams lose and fail to advance to the region. Anybody know the last team OS was shut out of the region on both the boys and girls sides? Should be Oakdale and Wartburg in the championship. Neither team wants to lose in the semis, as that would most likely be a bad first round region matchup. Would want o save playing Grace or Meigs until the region semis or finals.

When's the last time OS didn't make it to the region? Has to have been a while...