maiseyvol

Pretty dominating run by Cleveland! Just saw they they didn’t lose a set, or call a timeout the entire tournament. Well deserved! 

1 hour ago, TeeterTot2 said:

Brentwood/Collierville rematch coming up.  Who would Cleveland prefer to play tomorrow in the championship game? 

Seeing as Cleveland just beat Collierville pretty easily, my guess is they’d prefer Collierville. 

Based on the bracket pairings my prediction is final four of Houston, Maryville, Nolensville and Cleveland… Final prediction Maryville over Nolensville. In all honesty I haven’t seen Nolensville play this season, just know how strong Maryville is at nearly every position. Will be fun to watch!

On 10/8/2021 at 8:46 PM, bratman said:

Nolansville is the team to beat.  I think they would have been in the AAA finals last year, and could have won.  I don’t see anyone beating them, but with Brentwood out I think teams will be more excited than normal!

Maybe they are the team to beat from mid TN… some really strong teams in the East this year. I’ll say it again - Maryville & Cleveland. 

Maryville and Cleveland very strong in the East. Maryville especially will likely be hard to beat. They have 2 players who were on the 15 Open team that took 2nd at AAU Nationals this year (so does Cleveland). Both teams have strong Open level club kids playing at every position. 

Knox Catholic very strong this year. Baylor lost strong seniors last year. Concord Christian has a strong team as well in D2a

After seeing teams play at the Sunsphere tourney… my bets are easily on Maryville or Cleveland this year. 

I think they need to win the title first. 

With how Goodpasture has been playing I am surprised they were the 3 seed from their region. They’ve been playing great!

I think McMurray on AC stronger in my opinion (than Fulton) after watching both.

2 hours ago, maiseyvol said:

My prediction Kings will win the title fairly easily. They play 6 players, all strong, and 5 strong seniors. I have seen all teams play except BGA, who it looks like ND is currently winning, and Kings beat ND very easily. Goodpasture beat Concord in 3 but it wasn’t a blowout by any means. The first round game between Kings and Goodpasture will be telling.

I stand corrected!! 

My prediction Kings will win the title fairly easily. They play 6 players, all strong, and 5 strong seniors. I have seen all teams play except BGA, who it looks like ND is currently winning, and Kings beat ND very easily. Goodpasture beat Concord in 3 but it wasn’t a blowout by any means. The first round game between Kings and Goodpasture will be telling.

Yes, congrats to Maryville. My child doesn’t play for them but a great group of girls. Science Hill defeats Farragut in 4. 

Maryville over DB 3-0. Maryville advances to State tourney.

15 hours ago, TeeterTot2 said:

Does Maryville have a quality win or two over better or similar talent?  I'm not as familiar with the teams in the east as much as I am middle and west TN is the reason I ask.

Maryville has several quality wins, they lost a couple close ones early in the season but have dominated over similar talent getting even stronger late in the season. There are a lot of strong teams in the east and they play each other a lot but of course only a couple advance. I think Farragut/Science Hill will be hard to  predict. Farragut’s defense is their strongest weapon in my opinion.

4 hours ago, SWVAHavokFan said:

Not sure what the rest of the state looks like in AAA, but in far east Tennessee, the sectional matches on Thursday are D-B at Maryville and Farragut at Science Hill.  Anyone have an idea how these two matches will go and who may advance to the Boro?

My money would be on Maryville over DB, no question. Maryville is playing very strong ball right now. A lot of talent at all positions and with Chris Hames coaching this team will go far. Farragut and Science Hill is harder to predict. Farragut is playing strong ball late in the season and Science Hill has been strong all year. 

Maryville is expected to be very strong this year in the East. New Coach... Chris Hames, 2 new very strong transfers from California, and a very strong core group of talent.

“Sunsphere” has been relocated to Gatlinburg this year and will be played at Rocky Top Sports World. It is now a 1 day instead of 2 day tourney on Aug. 22nd.

I will pick Farragut over Daniel Boone. They are playing very well. The coach (finally) made some much needed changes in the line up and rotation. Their defense is very strong right now and finally playing their best front row.

Maryville won District 3 in the East. They beat Farragut in the final 3-0. 

Yes, Knox Catholic is D2 this year... also Farragut beat Anderson County 2-0 last night.

On 9/30/2019 at 11:23 AM, ADM4 said:

They were moved up to AAA for 8 years and we had some great teams at Farragut and Harden Valley and Heritage were also loaded and while they gave us all that we wanted they couldn’t get past the Region.  They would win there District most years but truthfully we were lucky two years when we made the finals losing to Brentwood to get past AC.  They have beaten us all 3 times we have played them this year and we get them again Thursday for senior night!

Anderson County is the best team in East TN in any classification with the possible exception of Catholic.  You don’t want to hit them early.  They are big and a great defensive team.  They are young, no seniors, but if I had to pick an early favorite to win, if they stay healthy, it would be them.

I disagree... they are a strong team but would definitely not say the best in East TN. I think the Heritage win was big for them, but I could see that going the other way on another day (went to 5 sets). Their schedule really hasn’t been too difficult. Farragut and Webb are not good this year. AC lost to Concord Christian, Maryville and King’s Academy as well. Catholic is without a doubt the strongest team in the East this year in my opinion (not a KCHS fan, but they are strong!!) would have liked to see AC play Hardin Valley this year. I am sure they will beat Farragut again tonight.

Interesting convo. My daughter plays at K2, her team (13-1’s) finished 10th in Open. We’ve always been told K2 only enters their 1’s teams in Open level, regardless of finish, as this is where they will get exposure, and throughout the year get better. And I would agree. It was interesting seeing teams that beat us during the season enter Premier for Nationals, I don’t get it. I know it doesn’t matter as much when they are younger, however you just aren’t going to get the exposure as they get older in the lower divisions, or as one coach called them the “plastic divisions”.

Why is AAA played at Siegel HS? Too bad they can’t have them play 1st round at MTSU and have AA played at Siegel so as not to potentially give Siegel a home court advantage.

10 minutes ago, Osage said:

Wasn't Nicklin Hames the setter for that K2 team? 

The big Station Camp kid committed to Ole Miss not long ago. Congrats to them, and good luck to all teams headed to Murfreesboro next week!

Nicklin was 2 years ago, she didn't play club last season. Kailey set for that team last year and will this year again (most likely).