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Rechis is one of the best and if the view can shoot better as a team it will be a battle. Go Westview

Yeah. And once I saw him almost close one eye. And once he was a little taller than I thought he was. And once his chair was crooked. And once I'm pretty sure his shoe was untied and he sat down and quit to tie it. Really? Has anyone in Carthage TN ever noticed how that girls coach acts????? Slinging his fists, jumping up and down, choking himself with his tie.... and even he sits down sometimes, and according to you, quits. Melton may bring it on himself for sure but he will find a place where people will allow him to push kids to excellence. Yes. Terrible decision for all involved, but probably a really good one for the few whiners who can't stand the heat... at least for now.

Upperman and Smith County played at Watertown yesterday. Both played Pickett County. Upperman beat PC in a close game, and Smith lost to Pickett in 2 OT after Smith led the entire second half and missed several foul shots and Pickett hit a halfcourt shot to force OT. I think Upperman is missing a couple of footballplayers and SC is missing 5 including a couple of starters. 8AA may be more even than people are expecting.

I think this will be the most balanced year in recent memory. Here are my picks for the regular season (5-1 could swap in several ways). I'll be surprised if there are not some upsets then in the District Tournament: 8. Central Magnet 7. York 6. Dekalb 5. Macon 4. Livingston 3. Cannon 2. Smith 1. Upperman

John Michael Ferrell - Pickett County Camron Huff - Smith County Colton Blevins - York

I agree again on the talent department. Maybe the difference in enrollments at SC and LA has something to do with that, or it could be that football seems to be predominant in Carthage.

Keep it up Bobcats!

You make some good points, but when Richard Melton took over at LA it had won one district tournament in the previous six years, and hadn't been to the substate in nine years. In the mid to late 90s LA has a couple of seasons with 1 or 2 wins, with the exception of the 92 and 97 state tournament appearances. Looking at the records here on coacht in 2002 LA lost in the first round of the District at 7-20, in 2003 exited the first round of region at 18-13, 2004 lost in region semis at 16-18, and in 05 lost in first round of region at home with a good record of 24-8. LA may have had some pretty decent teams before Melton but they weren't at this level.

I'm not going to worry about any of it. Players who don't want to play shouldn't and you didn't address my whining question. Pickett County's past success was due to Overton County help? Are you serious? There have been a few players I guess from Overton County who played at Pickett, but do you really want to compare those to the Pickett County players who were from Byrdstown? And why is that any player who played at Pickett from Overton County would have done so?

Has anyone else noticed how often Livingston fans think officials are unfair? If there was contact then it wasn't a no call. However that call had gone, someone would have been unhappy. Give Livingston credit, they are good, but if theire game isn't easy then some of their fans go crazy on the refs. How classy is booing refs out of the gym two years in a row? Maybe LA's coach should have used those other four fouls while Dekalb was holding the ball so that putting them in the bonus might have been possible in case the refs cost them the game on a blown charge. So many little things could change the outcome of games. Maybe Livingston should focus on those and save themselves the embarrassment of coming unglued on the refs. I mean the last few years Livingston has had the biggest team in maybe the midstate and are also the most picked on by the officials? Theres a lot of ball to be played but outside of a few last second shots in the last couple of years, LA seems to have lost its district dominance. Good luck to both teams and maybe refs won't cost LA any more games.

And you call people on here names. I don't think anyone doubts that Livingston is really good. McCoin, Hayes, and company deserve the credit they get and are very good. However, I'm not sure that anyone deserves as much praise as you give your quarterback. You're making Livingston and McCoin out to be world beaters. They'll have to win the state or they'll never live up to your talk. I'm not saying anything negative about you or Livingston or any other person or school, but what makes you such an authority figure on everything? What gives you the right, whether or not someone is right on or way off, to call people on coacht fools?

King21. You seem to know an unbelievable amount about every sport at Livingston. You've said you played football there. I'm sure you have lots of pride in your alma mater, but how is it that you know so much about so many players from not only Livingston but other schools too. And you also said you know people in Smith County. I think you even named the classy ones there. I think most of the classy ones you named happen to be from Livingston. You know so many people. Practically all the district coaches in football and basketball. I'm just wondering how it is that you became such good friends with so many people in so many different towns. I'm not doubting your knowledge, but how did you get so connected?

DCTIGERFAN is probably close. I'd say any of the top four teams could steal a win from each other. Dekalb should be the most experienced. LA had better get it done this year but they'll miss some lost to graduation. Upperman will be deep and better than last year but did lose leading scorer. Look for Smith to keep improving. Cannon and York should be better than last year. As for wins per team, it all depends on strength of schedule. Some coaches will pad the schedule for easy wins and some in this district will make theirs as tough as they can in the name of improvement.

wow thought itd be a better game than this. stone in control entire game. as for the fouls they were about even. ramsey fouled outta a lot of games this year so dont blame it on the refs on a make up call. wasnt for either team but good luck to Stone in the semis

im going with stone on this one. theyve got a really good coach and a very well disciplined team. stone in a close one

go hogeye

an 8th grader cant go to JC and win

as an outsider.... how many gold balls does LA hold? has grundy ever played at central?

im picking smith co to beat sequatchie. tougher season will win on the road

i feel sorry for other region except for the monterey game

anyone getting sec or big 12 attention has to be good. aaa girls loaded in tn. whos the next big thing in a or aa?

now im very interested whos gonna make the elite 8 in the boro. no talking smack whos gonna step up in this region.

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