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Good luck to all teams in district 8AAA - Whoever goes to regions will have their hands full with the other district. I doubt district 8 will have a team in the championship game. Good luck just the same.

GONE!

To engage any of you guys in a factual conversation is pointless. FACTS ARE FACTS regardless of opinions or heresay. FACT:Your SRO was out of line! FACT:Your Cheerleader did get run over , unintentionally! FACT: Don Embry was not talking trash to your fans! He ignored a lot of profanity and obscene gestures toward him. I probably would be in jail had I been in his shoes. I realize this website is operated from Lawrence County. I think that speaks for itself to the biased approach to everything being said about this issue.

I heard most everything he said. Most of which was....."clear the gym"...."everyone needs to leave"..etc.... - Now if you would like to continue running him down, that is up to you. I was standing right there and heard it with my own ears. So, if you would like to keep spreading lies about this....i would suggest you be prepared for the consequences.

I will make sure Don is aware of the accusations and i'm sure he will address those issues. I have known him for a long time and I know for a fact he and Whit taylor were on the spot to break up the chaos. I saw it with my own eyes and would testify under oath if necessary. Don is a class act. For anyone to say otherwise is slander.

Coach T- I have saved this last post. I'm sure Don will find it amusing.

Coach- Don Embry and Whit Taylor go to most all of the away games for the express purpose of controlling their student section. This has been a standard practice for years among high school programs in the area. I'm sure that if Don and Whit had have gone to the student section and held them back off the floor we would be talking about a different controversy today. As far as fans taking responsibility.....I can't figure that out.. I don't have a dog in the fight other than witnessing a fiasco and the aftermath. Kids are being punished for a lack of adult leadership. No further comments are necessary because I know what is happening here. Congratulations to Lawrence County for the best year they have had in a long time. Second place is a great accomplishment.

Coach T, I'm sorry to disagree with you..but you need to ask this SRO officer for yourself. He was Standing in front of the LC student section taunting the shelbyville players as they tried to get off the floor instead of trying to control the student section from rushing the floor. So, apparently he was "OFF DUTY. Then he had the audacity to pin Kevin Thomas to the wall as he was trying to get the players through the crowd. The officer admitted that he did not think Coach Thomas intentionally ran over the cheerleader. The facts are...this is ugly...and with the proper administration it could have been avoided. Unfortunately, the NCAA...oops i mean the TSSAA is flexing their muscles and punishing kids instead of dealing with the adults(or lack thereof).

No one has mentioned the off duty officer that provoked alot of the altercations. What has been done about him? He should be setting an example rather than provoking violence and making threats to coaches. Its seems like the TSSAA is trying to act like the NCAA. Its called Extortion! I'm sure nothing will be done about the two referees that caused a lot of the tense atmosphere. I'm sure there will be nothing done about the lack of administration from Lawrence County. I think Shelbyville should just bow out of the tournament at this point and let everyone else have their fun. No reason to continue to be the whipping post.

This was a total embarassment for Shelbyville! Giles Co. was well coached, well prepared and had the best quarterback in middle TN. but, there is no way Shelbyville should have been destroyed like this. Shelbyville has talent and doesn't seem to know how to use it at this point. They have looked unprepared in every game so far this year. When a team has difficulty getting 11 men on the field and can't line up properly , Talent cannot over come that. Maybe this coaching staff can get this straightened out soon. IF not we won't win many games left on our schedule. We are lucky to be 3-1 at this point. Hopefully, we will see a team prepared to play when they roll into Columbia next week.

I thought the officiating was fine on both ends of the floor. The officials didn't change the outcome of the game and thats a good thing. Good Luck!

It seems that all of the newer schools are going to a small gym size for some reason. I can think of several new gyms I've been in recently that are way too small for the school. For Instance: Franklin Co., Blackman., Wilson Central., all of these have small gyms for the size school they are and have fairly new buildings. The older gyms like Shelbyville, Columbia, Tullahoma, Lincoln Co. etc..... hold way more people and have a lot of room for a crowd. I think its just a sign of the times.

Don't under estimate your younger guys. Its amazing how some of these kids grow in a year. You will be surprised. Good Luck

Thanks for the dialogue on this thread, maybe we can do it again next year. Good Luck

Typically the shelbyville girls and boys draw the same number. Starting in the early 80s until now the girls have taken huge crowds all over the country. I remember one year in the late 80s we traveled to Altoona, PA for a holiday tournament and out numbered the home team and that was 650 miles away. I'm not sure of the game you are talking about.