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I have no comment on the game at this time. As many of the JCM faithful know, longtime supporters Mike and Pam McCarty lost their daughter, Morgan, this past weekend in Knoxville where she was a student at UT. She was the victim of a hit-and-run accident. My family and the McCarty's are old friends, Pam taught 2 of my kids at Pope. Morgan was a cheerleader at JCM and her brother, Kirk, played in the late 90's and early 00's. Morgan's funeral will be on Friday @ 3:00 at 1st Methodist Church. Please give me a couple of days and I may feel like getting back into the football scene. May God be with the McCarty family at this time.

True, but they are now 4 - 1....GO INDIANS!!!!!!!

I agree, Humboldt didn't loose focus. They relied on just two players and got beat by a total TEAM effort.

Evan Johnsey has not started all year, I don't even think he has taken a snap due to a back injury. The guy who is QB for Liberty has been starting all year - so he has been gaining experience. Johnsey was also their kicker and punter, so look to exploit their special teams. Does the weather change HC's game plan in any way? I think it may give Liberty some advantage because I don't think they have much of a passing game. New QB is supposively quick and a scrambler. But I don't think they can beat you regardless.

In honor of the YANKER's father, I will predict JCM...even though my head tell me otherwise also. I hope your father gets better soon. For the HC faithful...I don't think many Liberty fans are posting these days. I hope that doesn't mean they are turning their backs on football and turning into a boys basketball school only, they don't need to turn away from their football program. I just helped my youngest strap his pads on for practice. I'm graduating one Indian, but I have a future one still in the house.

I heard Redbones was a great place to eat, but kinda expensive. It may not be the thing to do on a Friday night if you don't leave yourself enough time...sometimes its hard to get out of a restaurant thats just opened on time. So get there early HC fans, enjoy, and leave your tax $$$ in Jackson.

I know, I started the band post because I just wanted to know if it is still a rule and I get yelled at and called a baby. I really thought that by now that post would be buried on page 2 or 3, but it keeps coming up.

Are schools changing classifications every 2 years now instead of 4?

This is true. So if we return to the topic this would cause the HC - Liberty game to be a indication of the future, since Liberty may be joining the region.

The opening of Liberty caused problems for both JCM and North Side. JCM's program was much better at absorbing this than ours. I think that the majority of the seniors Liberty graduated from their team last year were previously in North Side's zone. We had a great freshman class one year and the next year about half or more had been zoned for Liberty. Evan Johnsey also lives in what used to be North Side zone. Just think what kind of team J-MC schools would have if we had one county high school like HC does...not only with the powerful team but also with the fan and community support. Evan Johnsey, the QB and kicker for Liberty is a senior and has been hurt. To my knowledge he has not taken a snap yet in a game and I don't think he is expected to. He has had major back problems and many days cannot even stand up straight according to a Liberty player friend of my sons. This has caused much of their decline - having to replace the QB position right before the start of the season. But they did have a good showing against Huntingdon, so I would not take them lightly.

The reason I started this post was to enable me to better educate the fans at our ballgames. This was addressed in a booster club meeting in the past with the coach who said he believes it is no longer a rule. Plus, he added that it should be a nonfactor in the game, which I agree with. But since, we have fans who still want to complain about this situation. Our PA announcer has even asked the visiting band not to play while the ball is in play, stating that it is a TSSAA rule. I was just trying to find out if it is infact still a rule and the penalty so we could be better informed. Thank you.

This is a rules post...you did not address the point of the post. Plus, I didn't say that the bigger schools were the only one with good bands...if you comprehended what you read you would realize this.

Thanks VG, but I was not going to respond to this one because I was hoping Humboldt would look past us.

If this is the case, enforcing the rule would make the ref look biased and so basically it is a 'non-rule'. I just thought there was a rule that dealt with band playing specificly, but I guess not. To be honest, in some places the PA announcer is worses than the band.

How bad will the injury to #66 hurt the hawks?

My son had this injury years ago and I know the mending of the bones can be a long process if they are not able to insert a rod, which can shorten the process. Is this player a senior?

You know, I thought this would be a quick post with an answer right away. I guess I was wrong. We all seem to agree it at least used to be a rule.

South Side wins this one. And sorry JCM fans, but I don't think it will even be a close game

My apologies to the almighty VG - I understood the post to read that he "heard" this, so I didn't know if it was rumored or confirmed. I will not question your Lil Bro again.

It's not home field advantage. Any band can do it, we have had it done by the visiting band. When you are playing 4A and 5A ball, you can be talking about some pretty big bands that can make an impact. But yes, I also know that Union City and other smaller schools have large bands also.

No argument here about it being bad sportsmanship or the fact that the offensive players should be focused and play through it. But the question still is...is it still a rule or not? Our coach thinks the TSSAA removed the rule, but isn't sure. How can I find out? If this is still the rule, can and should TSSAA officials direst the umpires to call the penalty? Do they have any authority over this?

No doubt that Munford played a great game and congrats on a big win. Sounds like a good game plan to me that kept the JCM linebackers at bay. Did #27 pull a hamstring or get injured that you saw?

He very well could be one of the best of the state, but he is not JCM's only linebacker - unless they are playing some new defense I don't know about. If he indeed pulled a hamstring then tuff luck, but showed lots of character trying to keep going. I was asking about the whole linebacking crew for JCM, which is suppose to be one of the best in the state. What schools are looking at Hogsett?

True...but I was asking about a TSSAA ruling