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Won 4 games in 2005 with some great kids and a rough schedule. Didn't feel like the Super Bowl, but it was a good step. The woman AD referred to was not only a fine AD who worked and supported everything and everyone, but also one of the best human beings around. That said, hope Coach Hammontree does well and turns the corner soon. Heritage will always be my favorite of the Blount County teams.

From the hills of eastern KY, keep rolling Hickman.

"CHS will probabbly be terrible this year like usual. They always have a few athletes but never any discipline and seems like chs athletics just dont even no how to win and be succesful yet seems like at least in bball and football they always have the athletes and talent to be decent but always under acheive. But maybe with the new coach he can get them on track" Does that include 2008, when they went 8-4? The previous coach did a good job with what was there. The new coach and his staff will do a good job with what is there.

I'm not from Lenoir City, but I think I can answer your question. Holding spring practice early serves three purposes: 1. Avoiding the crush of spring sports - get it done before track, baseball, soccer and tennis start and pull off key players. 2. Getting rid of the "wanna-be's" - there will always be new kids who want to come out and do the weightlifting and enjoy all the camraderie of the weightroom and then quit after one or two days of actual practice. Having spring practice early allows a coach to find out which of the new kids really wants to play football, instead of just being "iron groupies". That way, you don't waste 5 months training, conditioning and working with a kid who is just going to quit on you. 3. Ironing out any new offensive/defensive system changes - tweaks, or sometimes wholesale new installments of schemes need to be tested early to see if they fit the talent or if indeed they are worth pursuing. There is nothing worse than working 5 months on a scheme/technique that turns out doesn't work on the field. Several schools in the area hold spring practice relatively early, most notably Maryville. Seems to work for them. Just my two cents.

I think it's cute when they let little kids post on here. Heritage freshmen are 6-2, having beaten Seymour, Sequoyah JV, Oak Ridge, Lenoir City and Karns. There was another team they beat ... can't remember the name but they were wearing red and black, mascot started with an "R" and ended in a "ebel". I'll think of it in a minute. Only two losses have been to Farragut and Loudon JV. Can't imagine why they'd blame Maryville for that. Maryville kids play for Maryville, Heritage kids play for Heritage. Remaining games are against Gatlinburg JV and William Blount. Keep rolling freshmen.

It was assuredly cancelled as we got our registration money back with a note saying it was cancelled due to lack of participation.

Are fruity picks allowed?

School looking for a passing tournament to enter in June, east or middle Tennessee. Please post any that you might know of.

School looking for a passing tournament to enter in June, east or middle Tennessee. Please post any that you might know of.

Very true. Bart Hicks did a great job and was certainly overlooked by colleges. I mentioned HHS in response to an ALCOA fan who seemed to imply that the reason Maryville beat Alcoa every year was that MHS pulled more county kids than Alcoa (read post #17 in this thread). In a way, I was kind of defending Maryville by simply saying that was no longer true.

Actually, don't factor that in. I don't know about WBHS, but I don't believe HHS has lost any football kids to Maryville in the last 3 years. The time is approaching when the city schools will have to start winning without county players, and I think that will suit everyone in Blount county just fine.

Fairview will crush Harpeth. The only thing that might keep it close is the officiating at Harpeth.

I think CoachT should close this topic before it sets any more fruity picks.

I hope all 6-AA teams believe that 5-AA teams cannot compete. I remember a 9-1 Huntington team in 2002, ranked #3 in the state, who believed it so much that they kicked an extra point in the first half when they were down by 2. Turns out, the "big, slow" Fairview team beat them 16-15 at Huntington. Mr. Bertier made the game-winning interception, I think. So rock on 6-AA - you guys are great! BTW - congratulations Fairview on your region title! No one deserves it more than you. Not too long ago, Fairvew players were laughed at and made fun of in the hallways. Don't hear that too much anymore. People like Bertier and db33 and bigjoe paved the way and this year's Jackets made it happen. Congrats again to the players and coaches in Fairview. CoachT

Amen - please, coaches at other schools - stop weight training. It's bad for the kids.