MaxusHRKing

I agree There are at least 3 players on East that will unlikely get a shcolarship in football but if they work on baseball and improve there defense stand agood chance of a shcolarship. If they dont I dont see it happening in either sport. They will need to choose baseball and work all year to develop. Unlike others I believe defense skills are developed not born with. Otherwise there will be more than one incoming freshman starting ov varsity next year.

No way SD's bats will destroy Halls. Both have good teams , I just like SD's power hitters better.

This was my post to DAFAN(Jeff fan) and his comments above, but I say ditto to you BiMed(east fan). Look above for DAFAN's excellent comment about the IMAC coaches style of baseball. How many times did you see a bunt, a steal, a hit and run and how about the base running. That is one of the areas that good coaches earn there living on. DAFAN obviously knows something.....Here is my post to his above comments on what he describes as HILLBILLY BASEBALL. Great post. I am sure that is what all the hoopla is about. Some of the parents who probably know something about baseball may have questioned some coach's decisions. I am sure part of the reason for Hillbilly Baseball as you call it , has to do with the fact that most of the coaches never played and/or studied the game outside of the IMAC. To limit coaching to teachers only also dilutes out the "pool" of potential knowledgeable people. No wonder and the result is predictable. Most of these coaches act like dictators and go ballistic if anyone questions their judgement. Instead they should be thankful that someone cares to voice their concern or knowledge of the game. They don't see it that way however. They see it as " I guess those parents etc think they know more than us". Maybe they do or maybe they don't? Hence why the IMAC continues to play what you have appropriately called HILLBILLY BASEBALL. I have noticed that people that think they know it all, no matter what area of life, are the one's who never advance or learn to live life outside of their little "box". Maybe some will wake up and see the LIGHT. And hopefully some of these kids will get out of here and learn real baseball. You are one who knows the truth and is not afraid to speak it. I applaud you for your efforts. Keep it up. Most are running scared and would dare not rock the IMAC boat

Great post. I am sure that is what all the hoopla is about. Some of the parents who probably know something about baseball may have questioned some coach's decisions. I am sure part of the reason for Hillbilly Baseball as you call it , has to do with the fact that most of the coaches never played and/or studied the game outside of the IMAC. To limit coaching to teachers only also dilutes out the "pool" of potential knowledgeable people. No wonder and the result is predictable. Most of these coaches act like dictators and go ballistic if anyone questions their judgement. Instead they should be thankful that someone cares to voice their concern or knowledge of the game. They don't see it that way however. They see it as " I guess those parents etc think they know more than us". Maybe they do or maybe they don't? Hence why the IMAC continues to play what you have appropriately called HILLBILLY BASEBALL. I have noticed that people that think they know it all, no matter what area of life, are the one's who never advance or learn to live life outside of their little "box". Maybe some will wake up and see the LIGHT. And hopefully some of these kids will get out of here and learn real baseball. You are one who knows the truth and is not afraid to speak it. I applaud you for your efforts. Keep it up. Most are running scared and would dare not rock the IMAC boat.

My advise to Coach Froning is don't resign. An honest mistake was made that Hall's coach could have ignored. Seems he knew the rule and was just waiting to apply the protest since he knew he could not win legitimatelym

Depew is the best in the IMAC this year despite his loss against East. He has led his team better than any other player. The emphasis should be that of "a leader" of his team. How many times have you seen an opposing team walk a player with the bases loaded. East obviously respects his ability as they walked him rather than pitch to him with the bases loaded. Venerable is a closer second than Bowlin at this point in time. There is more than just hitting and homeruns. Basile is the future big time player of the IMAC . Who wins the tournament may carry some weight as well.These guys are all deserving of all district and regional honors. But we shall see how the tournament and politics sort them out. Lets not forget Depew just because his team could not make it any further in the tournament. Here is what Depew's sports writer and coach had to say. May 8, 2005 The Newport Plain Talk News Article Big Red’s season ends in District Tournament ©2005 NPT PHOTO BY SETH BUTLER Cocke County senior Jack Depew hit a home run in his final game as a Fighting ######, as well as recieveing the nod from head coach Casey Taylor to be the team’s starting pitcher in the IMAC District Tournament at Jefferson County High School on Friday. By: SETH BUTLER NPT Sports Writer Source: The Newport Plain Talk 05-07-2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By SETH BUTLER NPT Sports Writer DANDRIDGE—Silence, hanging heads, and even a few drops of tears was the post-game scene for the Cocke County High School Fighting Cocks following Friday’s Inter Mountain Athletic Conference tournament opener. It wasn’t supposed to end like this, but every team with the exception of the State Champion has their season end with a loss. But those hanging heads seemed just a little out of place for a valiant effort put forth by the Cocke County squad. The Fighting Cocks (13-20) trailed 10-2 with the final three outs of the season looming. This eight-run deficit was not enough to scare off a Big Red squad chock full of character. But in fact the eight-run deficit was too much to overcome, however, as the Morristown East High Hurricanes (9-16-1) took a 10-8 decision to advance into the double elimination portion of the Inter Mountain Athletic Conference tournament. “It was just too little, too late,” remarked Cocke County third-year head coach Casey Taylor. “But tip your cap to Morristown East; they did the things they had to do to win tonight.” And more specifically those tipped caps should be in the direction of the Hurricanes’ Kent Basile. Before Cocke County made their noise in the top of the seventh, it was Basile making the noise with a career night. Basile drove in seven runs highlighted by two home runs, a three-run shot in the first and a two-run homer in the sixth, to go along with a two-run double in the fifth. “He (Basile) just lit us up tonight,” said Taylor. “He’s got a bright future ahead of him.” And looking at the future, Basile may make a push for the Conference Player of the Year award. However, in the present, one of Cocke County’s own was doing his best to make his own push for that prestigious Player of the Year honor. Although Depew did not have his best stuff on the mound in the start for Cocke County, the 6-2 senior earned some respect in the batters box. After Depew slammed a Derek Marshall pitch over the left field fence and in the vicinity of the Jefferson County softball complex in the first inning for a two-run home run, Depew’s IMAC leading 13th of the season, in the top of the first Depew did not receive another pitch to hit in the remainder of the game. The Big Red Player of the Year candidate was intentionally walked three consecutive times, including with the bases loaded in the seventh inning, in a crafty, yet unfamiliar move by wily Morristown East head coach Carliss Altzier. Altzier did the same in intentionally walking Jefferson County standout and University of Tennessee signee Drew Bowlin in the seventh inning in a match-up between the Hurricanes and Patriots last week. “I was surprised four weeks ago when it didn’t happen earlier,” said Taylor of Depew’s three intentional passes. “Jack’s had a monster year and it’s just surprising it didn’t happen more often.” “From a coaching perspective that’s a great strategy. It takes the bat out of his hands and let’s someone else try and beat you and Jack’s shown he can beat teams this year.” “I definitely think he [Depew] is the best player in our conference, and when every team sizes each other up and looks for their best player, its easy to see that Jack is our best player,” said Taylor, noting Depew’s stature for only a 17-year-old. But even with Depew’s outing on the mound, that saw the senior surrender 10 runs, five of which were earned, on 11 hits in 113 pitches, there wasn’t much thought of going elsewhere in a do-or-die game for the Fighting Cocks. “Although I had a couple of late nights on my part debating on who to throw, Jack was the guy that got us here and we were going to put him out there,” said Taylor. “There wasn’t a lot of thought to it, Jack’s our guy.” And besides the two mistakes to Basile, Depew was in relative command, allowing—yet stranding base runners. After surrendering the first inning blast to Basile, Depew threw three scoreless innings before his defense failed him. With one out and one on in the fifth, Josh Greene hit a routine ball to third that appeared to be an easy double play for the Big Red, however a throwing error squandered that opportunity, extending the inning which culminated in the two-run double by Basile. Basile later came in to score on Tyler Dalton’s two-out single to extend the East lead to 7-3. In the sixth, Depew was a strike away from getting out of the inning with only one run allowed, but a walk issued to Greene set the table for Basile’s second home run of the game. But with an eight-run hole to dig out of the Big Red attempted to do so in a courageous manner. T.J. Knight began things with a lead off single, and later scored score as a result of a wild pitch and throwing error while Austin Graham followed two batters later by drawing a walk. Two consecutive singles by Nick Glenn and Lucas Graham loaded the bases for Depew, who picked up an RBI as a result of an intentional walk, which drew the ire of an abundant Cocke County faithful in attendance. Two batters later, Big Red senior Jake Wylie flirted with etching his name into Cocke County baseball lore. Wylie, sporting a fresh new mohawk hair cut, sent the first pitch from Marshall towering over the left field fence but just several feet foul. The second pitch of the at bat from Marshall was again a towering drive over the left field fence but inches foul. With the Big Red fans in a fury with two potential home runs that would have brought Cocke County to within two runs, Wylie then beat out a slow chopper back to the mound which scored Glenn, trimming the deficit to 10-5. Fellow Cocke County senior Logan Lloyd followed Wylie with a two-run single back up the box, bringing the Big Red to within three, before the rally fell short. But even so, the hopes are that the Big Red can expand and build off of this productive season. “I think we did a lot of things this year to prove some people wrong,” said Taylor. “But we hope we can get some more numbers out [next year]. When you have 14 guys in your program you can very easily fold the program in general.” “We have a lot of freshman and something I just told the guys [in the post-game team meeting], is to look at Logan [Lloyd] and Jake [Wylie]. These guys didn’t play very much as sophomores [during the 2003 season] but they eventually got their chance and the same thing can happen to them.” Depew fell to 2-6 in taking the season ending loss for Cocke County. Depew surrendered 10 runs, five earned, on 11 hits, while walking three and striking out one. Marshall improved to 4-3 for the Hurricanes pitching a complete game, giving up seven runs, six earned, on 10 hits, while walking four and striking out four. In other IMAC action on Friday, Jefferson County played long-ball, as the Patriots belted four home runs in a 13-3 win over Cherokee. IMAC tournament action continues on Monday with winner’s bracket and loser’s bracket action. The loser’s bracket semifinal game begins at 5 p.m. between the Greeneville/Morristown East and Morristown West/Jefferson County losers. At 7:30 p.m. the winners of those two contests face-off in the winners bracket final. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments about our site © 2005 East Tennessee Network - R.A.I.D. (Regionalized Access Internet Database). All rights reserved.

Venerable Greeneville 52 K's

Agree with you on that one. Basile may be the best center fielder in high school and only a sophomore? Does he play football? Great speed for a big guy. That catch by Basile at the end of the game was incredible.

Saw Greeneville play Morristown East tonight and have to agree Greeneville will be hard to beat. Have not seen Jeff but hear they are loaded too.. East had some strong players to.

Greenback has an awesome 8th grader on the middle school team that they should bring up to varsity.....Jake Rhynes.....One of the best up and coming infielders and hitters in 8th grade.