Dadof2

On 2/21/2024 at 11:25 AM, UCSportsFan said:

I’m thinking that Alcoa just figured out that not only can they play with Gatlinburg Pittman they can actually beat them. With the region tournament in Alcoa, they have to be the favorites to win the region tournament.  No one wants to go to Central for a substate game.  Been there done that did not end well.

Been there several times over the years, won some and lost some but definitely a hard plaice to get a win. I haven’t seen GP this year but they have to be really good to get a win there. Central has two weakness that I’ve seen, first is size but they rebound well as a team and they put so much pressure on the ball it’s hard to take advantage if you can’t get it down the court. Second is depth, they have 6 players and then it’s a big drop off, foul trouble could cost them, especially if it’s one of their two scorers, and I can see that happening because both are really aggressive on defense.  
 

On 2/14/2024 at 1:57 PM, chill said:

Knox Area

AAAA

1) Maryville 

2) Oak Ridge

3) West 

4) William Blount

5) Bearden

AAA

1) Fulton

2) Anderson County

3) Union County 

4) Carter 

5) Gibbs/Scott/Nview/Clinton

AA

1) Alcoa

2) AE 

3) GP  

4) Kingston

5) Oneida

A

1) Harriman

2) Cosby

3) Jellico

4) Oliver Springs 

5) Rockwood 

 

 

 

2A has some good teams but I think people are forgetting about Tyner. I think they win the region against Kingston and host a sub state game.

2 hours ago, blitzinbuc said:

I have a feeling that Alcoa only awakened a sleeping giant. 

Possibly or created some doubt knowing they have to go back to Alcoa. I guess we will see how it turns out.

Big upset last night Alcoa over GP, that makes things interesting. The region in at Alcoa, and those two should play again in the championship, if Alcoa can do it again, that would more than likely send GP to Central and Meigs to Alcoa. Tournament time can be crazy.

I’ll take Hampton big over Austin East, they are just bad. And I will take South Greene over Oneida comfortably. But both will lose big against GP and Alcoa.

in one A Cloudland and NG will be in the glass house, region 2 teams are way down.

6 hours ago, maddams said:

My 3A state tournament predictions as of right now.

David Crockett

Northview Academy

Heritage

White Co

South Side

Sycamore

Dyersburg

Crockett Co

I wouldn’t be surprised if district 7 gets two teams in. Heritage plays in the weakest region in the state this year.

5 hours ago, THE KING said:

Everyone knows I'm about real talk. I'm a Cloudland lady highlander parent.  I believe our lady landers could beat any team in the Murphy center this year but Pickett and Wayne would and should be favored.  We lost a key player for the season or we'd have a fighters chance to win it all.  I still think we'll make the big dance and if we could win one game,  it'll be something we've never done.  

King I trust your opinion but I have my doubts, you guys struggled against a really bad Coalfield team that lost by 20 to a bad Wartburg team. A meddle of the pack AA Meigs team went to Wartburg and won by 50 and could’ve won by 100 if they wanted to, that’s why I think A is way down in the east this year but I could be wrong.

9 hours ago, HawkGuy06 said:

That’s who I was going to say Bradley Central would have gave us all that wanted. Not saying we beat them but that’s the only team I seen playing with us last year. AAA is definitely down this year! AA is deep deep 

AAA still has some good teams at the top, and AA is loaded but in the East it’s two teams Central and GP then a big gap between the others, and in one A I think we are starting to see the affects of 4 classifications. In the east one A is as bad as I can remember.

On 2/11/2024 at 5:21 PM, UCSportsFan said:

They are better this year than last year. This team would beat last years team by 15+

If they are better than last year I’m very surprised the game was that close.

2 hours ago, LadyCavsFan said:

Two very good teams.  Hope we see that matchup again in the glass house. 

Agree, but hopefully not in the first round.

Gatlinburg Pittman over MiMinn Central last night 76-75 at Central. That’s a impressive win.

On 2/11/2024 at 5:21 PM, UCSportsFan said:

They are better this year than last year. This team would beat last years team by 15+

Then the game will be over quickly 

On 2/8/2024 at 9:41 PM, Nontypical said:

Should be a good one friday night at the roy!

No it won’t, SM benefits from a very weak schedule, if WC is anything like last year this game will be over by halftime.

Never mind, I see they had a distinct makeup game 

Why did Clinton forfeit to Oak Ridge tonight?

On 1/12/2024 at 2:03 PM, LadyCavsFan said:

You have to ignore these posts.  It’s every week on the football boards.  They make no sense.  Don’t feed the guru…maybe it will go back over to the football boards. 

I made that mistake one time lol

Just now, VolsUntilIDie said:

You can pretty much judge from the youth programs whether these small town HS teams are going to be good. The next few years Meigs is gonna be hot garbage. Very bad. But again, sweetwater won’t be much either. They have a great running back and a few linemen. That’s it

To be honest the hole region will probably be down beside Tyner. I think Sweetwater will finish 2nd or 3rd but I could be wrong.

On 1/9/2024 at 8:51 AM, Raider1234 said:

My understanding is they will beat MC lol it is why he left lol

I actually think Sweetwater will be battling Tyner for the region this season, everyone else lost a lot.

3 hours ago, Yeti said:

Something has happened behind the scenes at Meigs. Youre not going to be an assistant for as long as he was, and finally get the head coaching job like he did, and have a 12-1 season your first year to give it up to go to a dumpster fire like Sweetwater is. Everyone knows what happened at Sweetwater and how the previous coach was treated. Im sure i could find out what happened, but honestly I just dont care. It has to be bad to choose Sweetwater over what he had despite a talent level drop. That's just my opinion and assumption honestly. Nothing more. Again I wish him well. It will be funny though if we Continue the streak against Sweetwater next year. 

That being said I'm pretty sure we pay the head coach for football pretty good at Meigs. Ive heard the figure not that its entirely  accurate, but considering the amount we should be able to to afford a proven individual if one is available. Ofcourse we could get someone on staff again you never know.

I was told Friday night at the BB game that no one had any idea, not even the assistants, supposedly he dropped it on them Thursday. He definitely burned some bridges the way he went about this, if it doesn’t work out at Sweetwater, I don’t see him coming back to Meigs.

15 hours ago, Blue222 said:

One came to Central back before Christmas. 

Good player. He was benched the second half of the Giles game and got mad and transferred 

29 minutes ago, H2Oman said:

From what I’ve read it seems that he is a homegrown Meigs County guy who not only coached there for 12 years, but graduated from there as well.

 

Its interesting to me that he not only left MC but went to someone within there own region.

 

Are there internal issues at Meigs County?

I would say more money and the talent level will be way down for the next few years at Meigs from what I’ve heard.

3 hours ago, ball21 said:

It’s a great chance 3 gold balls will come back to west tn this year 

Maybe 1 or 2 but the favorites in 2A has to be McMinn Central They are loaded, in 4A Bradley Central in the favorite again, in 3A Heritage out of Knoxville is really good, in 1A the East is really weak this year out side of Cloudland and I’m not sure how good they are because of their schedule but they seem to be pretty good, so I would think there’s a really good chance that 2 or 3 gold balls would come from the East this year IMO. 

38 minutes ago, 1983 said:

1A is as weak as I have seen it in a long time.  I have seen Wayne Co, McKenzie, Greenfield, South Fulton and Moore County play.  Wayne Co would be the favorite with McKenzie and Moore Co a toss up game.  South Fulton just below those two.  Greenfield is not very good even when healthy.  Normally I wouldnt think two players could win the state but since 1A is weak I would say Mckenzie has a good shot.  Davis is as good as I have seen come through West TN.   I believe only two of Wayne Co, Mck and Moore County can get to the state since they go through each other.

I will have to agree, out side of Cloudland and maybe NG it’s as weak as I can remember in east TN

2 hours ago, CYJACKETT said:

Sunbright Tigers girls team looks almost unbeatable. 

Sunbright has played two decent teams all year and lost both games, they will be the underdog in substate against probably NG or Cloudland.

1 hour ago, Greenecounty said:

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.

I agree, I think a lot of it is some districts and regions are really bad except for maybe a couple teams, and it makes those coaches look better than they are, that’s why it’s important to play some good holiday tournaments and schedule some better competition if you can, sometimes you can’t because of the driving factor.