GroundandPound

What is the early spread on the sp/whitwell game next yr? 

On 12/7/2018 at 12:54 PM, SCPRIDE30 said:

No clue. I don’t even know the schedule for 2019. 

Out of region games are S Pitt, Marion, Bledsoe, Hixson, and East Ridge

1 hour ago, Southtowner said:

You can tell right away if a kid can play and eventually do well if they stay with it and put in the necessary work.  But to say which 8th grader is gonna help out the varsity team those type players are rare.  Those you mentioned will be some to watch.  The Condra boy from Jasper stood out to me.

Welcome to the T.

How often does a group of kids that had success in sequatchie youth league winning and playing for harvest bowls carry over to success in high school. I know the 16 seq co and this yr whitwell team are perfect examples

25 minutes ago, TheAmbassador said:

That’s your opinion.. We didn’t make that statement at that time because with perennial powers moving up to 2A we didn’t really know who to expect to be good besides Huntingdon.  However, now we have a much clearer picture on the current 1A landscape. Cornersville had a good group of sophomores when they came to SP in 2016. We knew they would much improved, but you are correct I didn’t think they would improve by that much. Both years I figured they were done in the quarterfinals. As for Whitwell, most have said for two years if they were going to ever win it, they better do it.  The teams I mentioned above are the senior loaded teams and I stand by this statement. SP, Greenback, Lake County, Huntingdon. Two of those four will be in Cookeville in 2019. 

You are right about those 4 teams and the are the favorites for sure to be in the finals. The freedom prep school Lakecounty1968 talked about could be a school like cornersville. A lot of sophomores coming back with some success and meaningful playing time. And Coach Rice can never be counted out. I played for him and I know how he can get the most out of his players. 

10 hours ago, TheAmbassador said:

There is no other team with a shot at winning a gold ball the next two years accept those four teams. 

If you would have said the same thing two years ago you would have been dead wrong because no one saw cornersville making b2b finals and whitwell winning this yr. 

2 hours ago, TN225 said:

I agree I mean Whitwell won 15. But this coming year a couple of opponents are the same. East Ridge, Bledsoe, Grundy, Pitt. 

Who did sequatchie drop if they are playing east ridge 

56 minutes ago, Gbnation said:

I think Coalfield will be good. They return most of there team from this year. 

Not to familiar with them. What about out west?

3 hours ago, TN225 said:

Whitwell will be a top 7 team next year, don’t see them beating Pitt but has the line to stay relevant next year. Pitt is the favorite in the east but if Greenback borrows Roy’s goat again they could definitely have a say. 

Whitwell will lose all their skill players on offense and on defense the whole secondary and linebacker group. Top 7 is a bit of a reach imo. I could see 6-4 maybe 7-3 depending on who is on their schedule 

Who are some of the teams other than s Pitt, lake co, Huntington, and greenback that could make a run at the title next year. Who could be the next to duplicate  c’ville and whitwell last two yrs.

6 hours ago, TigerfootballFan said:

Not allowed to play... Per administration... Both staffs would have got that scheduled. SC will field a good team as usual. 

That’s crazy. 

2 hours ago, twopairsofgloves said:

Region teams, then everyone in the valley not in our region.

Whitwell didn’t schedule them

Has anyone heard or seen what the schedule is. 

9 hours ago, WARBOSS said:

Coach has been there a while a has been very successful. Small towns like that the little kids can't wait to grow old enough to play for Coach Rice.

Very true. I played for him and you couldn’t ask for a better coach. Coach Rice and Coach Crews will adjust their offense to compliment what the kids do best that’s why they have been so successful. Been over in the Seq valley for a while now so it has been interesting to see good football played on both sides of the state over the years.

On 11/30/2018 at 3:37 PM, SCPRIDE30 said:

Indians lose a lot of seniors this year, but return some players that started. Jv team was really impressive. Hopefully can have another winning season 

Who is going to be qb and power back if they keep the same offense