Stonewall

Uhh...O.K.-whatever you say. Football/don't even go there....Basketball/the shine is off the ball; no good teams in Upper East TN this year, but 2 out of the last 3 State Tournament appearances for D-B; no Region title in hoops for the Hill in 4 years. Baseball/After a long thrashing, baseball enjoyed a brief revival for Science Hill, but the last couple of years have leaned heavily back in D-B's favor. As for "other" sports, if you've got to get jacked up about swimming, soccer, or golf..........you've defined the school (accurately I might add).

Nice try illpete, but perhaps you don't understand the hatred in this rivalry. No one need try to mamby pamby it as something different, the two schools really dislike one another. Science Hill has a massive D-B complex based on their general inferiority versus them in sports as the years go by. Yes, they win occasionally (as they did tonight), but by the by, it's D-B that holds the major records, D-B that generally beats them, and D-B that they can't get out of their minds. No one probably appreciates just how bad Science Hill's self image is due to the set-your-clock butt kicking they get every year in football to start the whole school year. Conversely, D-B can be a moody bunch, and when their kids get pi$$y, they gag it up and perpetuate the "choker" label. Mark my words, the biggest game next week for D-B is the 1st one. A re-match with Science Hill for the Region title will be a blood letting. Why? Because the D-B kids will have had time to get over their PMS fits they occasionally throw, they will have gotten a win, and that old November like-it's time to kill 'em in football-mentality will take over.

Absolutely not. For that matter, the Riverdale's, Maryville's, and Alcoa's would be beaten routinely in the worlds of Florida, Georgia, Texas, etc. The competition they face cannot get them ready to play at that level.

No arguing the past successes on the Hill. (3 State Titles in the 90's). However, there have been no Region Titles, and no trips to the State Tourney in what will amount to 4 years for the Toppers. The locals seem to be content to talk about umpteen straight district titles. Those and 75 cents will get me Fritos in the lobby. High School Basketball is decided at tournament time. Head to head, the Toppers resume reads: D-B loss, Greeneville loss, D-B loss, Clinton loss, Tennesse High loss in the last three years.