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There is not a single kid on Station Camp's roster that has a college offer, at any level

lol what arkansas commit?

It’s comical you are comparing West Creek to Station Camp. The Gallatin coaches, players, and community had that Station Camp game circled on their calendar for the past 365 days. There was no “playing down to their level” when Station Camp has surpassed the level that Gallatin was. Station Camp was running the ball all over Gallatin and besides two terrible thrown penalties it would’ve been 21-0 in the first half. Coaching is horrendous and kids don’t care anymore and don’t even know what they are doing. If that Gallatin team couldn’t come together to beat Station Camp who humiliated them on their field last year, then I don’t know how many more teams they will beat this year.

Oh my bad Warren County whose even worse than Wilson Central. And I’m not a fan of white county in the slightest but MJ fans always talk their crap until they take some loss and their season goes away like every year. The kid rushed for 400 against you all last year and y’all have a worse defense this year than last especially since Abner left. Congratulations y’all were on a 6 game losing streak and finally beat Hunters Lane and Warren County. Win something important first.

I don’t know why you’re so confident after beating a terrible Wilson Central team. If I remember right Dowell rushed for close to 400 on y’all last year. And this year you let Gallatin’s bowling ball rush for 200 on you. Dowell has 1100 yards in 4 games this year, lol you’re only hope is out scoring him cause you ain’t going to stop him

Should be an interesting region match up this Friday night. Both teams coming in at 2-0 and both are going to want to run the football. White County has the state rushing leader Dowell in the back field and Station Camp seems to have a three headed monster running the ball in Ellis, Dickens, and Abner. Who y'all got?

Well he's already been at the collegiate and professional level sooo I think he already has

Opening up the season with MJ and Blackman back to back will be the test for Gallatin. Previous years they’ve had plenty of talent but always seem to shutdown after a bad loss. Last year it was SC and the year before it was MJ. Interested to see how they respond with two of the years biggest tests to start out the season.

Can only guess at this point. I think Gallatin is going to be very good if they can make all the right pieces fit. Offensively if they just pound the ball I do not know who can stop them that they play. I think defense will be the question. Out of the in county games I think Gallatin vs SC will be a closer game than Gallatin vs HHS and Beech. I predict Gallatin will have their way with them two.

I think it is going to be an interesting year for Sumner County football. Beech - Projected record 6-4. I see them losing to Farragut, Henry County, Gallatin, and Brentwood. Key losses in both starting QBs from last year and envision Beech going back fully to the Power I. I think they like their young QB but with no experience on Friday nights I see them using JP Courtney a lot at QB. Gallatin - Projected record 7-3. I see them losing to Mt. Juliet, Station Camp, and Lebanon. The two coaches they lost were big, however they have kids returning that could be studs. I see them coming out on top of there region beating both Beech and Hendersonville. To be successful they need to put run the ball effectively. I think they can can be able to run the ball on anyone this year as long as they do not get cute. I think the biggest question mark surrounding them is their defense. Lots of changes and during spring ball the defense looked rough besides the DBs. Hendersonville - Projected record 4-6. I see them losing to Oakland, South Warren, Beech, Gallatin, Ravenwood, and Baylor. I believe they will open the year on a 5 game losing streak. Not a usual thing for HHS football. Up front they are going to struggle only return Kyle Duvall. Big question mark surrounding their front 7 on defense as well. Not many great linebackers. Mason Baker is back and posed to be the starting QB but hearing rumors that the upcoming sophomore Sams is giving him a run for his money. Interested to see what HHS does. Station Camp - Projected record 7-3 or 8-2. I see them losing to Mt. Juliet, Green Hills, and the toss up being Portland. However, I also have question marks on how MJ and GH are going to be. I think Station Camp is the big question mark for the year. I think talent wise they are better than last year, but returning only one starter on the offensive line. Both Dickens and Ellis going into there junior years are going to be the major playmakers. If they keep the ball on the ground I think they could make a run this year with the depth they have. Portland - Projected record 8-2 or 7-3. I see them losing to Springfield and Henry County with the tossup being SC. Portland returns their entire backfield but is replacing their entire line. However, they did get ex Beech and Friendship Christian lineman Bryson Reeves who is a beast. Teams will really have to game plan for him. Liberty Creek - Projected record 0-10. I just threw them in for fun. I think it is going to be a tough year for the Wolves. Have no idea what schemes they are running on either side of the ball, however being there first year I vision them running some sort of Wing-T on offense. The team has around 50-60 players with majority of them being freshman. Interested to see who they put out there with young players and which ones are ineligible to play. This year starts the build for them, but with a schedule like the one they have I fear for players health and safety.

Lol parenting is not in my bag of tricks so I can say that’s not true. You were right that Beech doesn’t have kids leave every year, however JP2 is starting to make a bigger impact on the athletes you get that ever before.

Crabtree is a fantastic coach, but is also the reason players and coaches are wanting to leave. Time will tell but I believe Gallatin will be winning that region this year. HHS lost everyone. Beech will have about 4 true starters back from last year. Lost both starting QBs and most skill guys. Looks like Beech will be back to running power all season

The director did want a turf field for LC, but they had to choose between the field house or a turf field. Beech raises the same amount of money every year as every other school in the county and all these other schools aren't even close to affording a turf field. Beech's field came from the church down the road and Kevin Long and if you think differently go ask anyone in that Beech program. You don't go from making $60k a year in fundraising to having a turf field overnight. Especially with the amount of money they have put in stadium renovations the past years. The community did what they did for stadium renovations, new jerseys, etc.. but that turf field came from 2-3 big donors and that's it.

Beech’s turf field didn’t come from winning. It came from a church and an ex NFL players son being on the team. The “community” didn’t do anything.

Sumner County tried to completely copy Green Hills and it just didn't work. Kids don't want to go there. They have already cancelled their JV schedule because they will not have enough kids for JV. How they will be able to play a full schedule, I have no idea. A lot of their players will be ineligible due to being out of zone. Ask any coach at Beech, Gallatin, or Station Camp. They know exactly the players they are losing, meaning they know exactly what Liberty Creek will look like. That Oakland game will be a bloodbath, heck the Portland game will be too. The county has pissed off a lot of coaches and teachers by what they have done. Ex: How much money is the county giving a team from NJ to come down just for another home game?

Don't know much about the softball coach, but I do like the baseball hire.

Not exactly sure how they are "actively seeking." They had 50 spots per grade for out of zone kids and if they had more apply they would have a lottery thinking it would be just like Green Hills. That was until not even 50 kids in the whole county applied for out of zone, in all four grades. And some of these coaching hires were not the "home run" most people were thinking. Some of the hires are making kids not want to apply out of zone even more.

Liberty Creek applied to be in 3A with the TSSAA. However, looking like they are going to be pushing 1A. Beech is losing only 80 students and Station Camp is only losing 50. Looks like Sumner County's vision of being the next Green Hills is not paying off for them.

Also, Wilson Central and Mt. Juliet athletes could go out of zone to Green Hills if they chose. Liberty Creek is the only school in Sumner Co allowing out of zones and it's only 50 per grade. All the neighborhoods zoned for Liberty Creek are brand new neighborhoods with little kids, not high schoolers. The Sumner Co Board of Education is really screwing this one up.

Yeah because Stratford and York Institute are the same as Oakland and Brentwood Academy. Green Hills first year also got manhandled by Goodpasture 42-0 and I'm hearing Liberty Creek has already scheduled Goodpasture

Portland apparently bought out East Hamilton and will play Liberty Creek. But like he said, it’s not that easy in a between year. Only people looking for games are ones with openings

I think it's a terrible idea to play a full varsity schedule their first year, but director of sumner schools is apparently demanding it and only open schedules are the big boys in the state. Not only will Liberty Creek get killed in these games, I worry more about player safety. Almost all the starters they will have will have never started on a Friday night before.

If they bring in an out of state coach and increase his salary above other Sumner Co head coaches it ain't going to go well. Especially with how little Sumner Co invests in athletics.

You joke now, but Oakland and some large private schools have been in conversations already. Exactly why some coaches are pulling their names out. I think they're looking for local teams to buy out an opponent and want to schedule them first, but I don't think that's going to happen a lot.

The county is purchasing football equipment and scheduling opponents for the school when candidates were told they would have the opportunity to do that. No head coach wants their county ordering equipment for their program or scheduling opponents for them.