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15 U player looking for a summer travel team around Nashville, Frankin area. Currently on High School JV team. Pitches, middle infield, overall utility player.

Watched a good game Friday night Spring Hill vs Page. Both pitchers did an outstanding job. Garrett fought hard and the young Page team made some outstanding plays to back him up. Nice stop by the 1st baseman probably saved a run. Good luck to both teams and all of the boys going on to play college ball.

Your right that Indy has a solid group of 8th graders coming up. Their win loss record for the season is either 19-2 or 20-2. Indy will only have some of those 8th graders for one year and then a lot of the talent will be zoned to the new high school.

Indy won in OT. Indy fans were loud, chanting against Coach Henrie and Chad Farbman. Chad sunk a 3 at the end of regulation to put them into OT. Both teams fought hard. It was a good game.

Garrett Gross, Page Middle, had either 16 or 17 against East Hickman. No walks, one hit, no runs scored.

Centennial/Independence beat Baylor this weekend at Baylor in OT 9-8. It was a hard fought matchup with Baylor scoring with less than 15 seconds left to tie and send it into OT. Great effort by both teams.

Isn't Josh Lee only a junior? He can't be signed with Vandy yet. That is what I meant by being premature. Just seems to put a lot of pressure on the kid when everytime his name is mentioned the Vandy Commitment thing is also mentioned. It would make more sense if he was a senior.

Kind of feel sorry for the kid they way the VANDY COMMITMENT thing has been smeared all over everything you read about Independence. Isn't it a little bit premature?

Just came from the Page vs East Hickman game. The final score was 5-0 Page wins. Garrett Gross had 16 strikeouts, no walks, one hit. Garrett threw a great game. The kid from East Hickman did a good job on the mound also.

Centennial beat Franklin tonight 11-10.

Centennial/Independence have gotten better and the players showed a lot of class and it comes from the coach on down.

Dickson County wins in OT. Think the score was 42-35.

Everyone should stop responding to this poster. I was rolling my eyes and shaking my head as I typed this because that is what I do every time I read one of your posts. Let's quit wasting our time on hsfbfan1.

Yes, just talked to a parent that was there. It was a high scoring game with Centennial winning in the final seconds.

Father Ryan and Centennial both easily won their first games of the day. Father Ryan beat Centennial in the final game. Not sure of the score.

Page won Tuesday night. 13-3. Garrett Gross was the winning pitcher.

Page won last night. Heard the game tonight is rescheduled from 6:00 to 4:00 due to weather.

They picked up a strong pitcher who transferred from Independence, Garrett Gross. He is just a sophmore. If he stays injury free, he will be one to watch for the next couple of years.

On the topic of player meltdowns, I am going to venture a guess that there are coaches and adults in the players life that have contributed to allowing this behavior. I'm not excusing it, just think that coaches and leaders of these kids need to step up as well. The kid was thinking much more of himself than the team. More than likely he has learned that from coaches who have put winning the big games over taking the time to discipline this kind of behavior. So, many times these kids are being selfish, just as there coaches are being selfish by not helping the kids by making them accountable for their actions. Who was the woman trying to comfort him while he was throwing his tantrums? That was embarrassing to watch. I know nothing of either teams but was watching the game with my younger son who plays middle school ball. He commented that the kid should have been in the huddle with his team encouraging them after he fouled out. He was not a team player.

LAST WEEK'S CANCELED GAMES AGAINST FATHER RYAN: The JV and Varsity game has been rescheduled for FRIDAY, 3/14, at CHS Soccer Field. The JV game is at 4:00 and the Varsity game is at 6:00.

Anyone else from Independence get their car keyed last night? We were parked in a SECURE parking lot and paid $5 to park. Check your vehicles.

Millington had some of the fastest RB's I have ever seen in high school football. They were a legit team and deserve to be at State. This was not an easy game for Independence.

I have watched most of the games this year. What I see now that wasn't there earlier is Independence playing as a team. Alex Heckman plays with a lot of confidence and seems to have gained tremendous respect from the older players. Good luck Friday, Eagles. As for Coach Eubanks, keep up the good work. You are a good coach and a quality individual. Not many like you out there.

Congrats to Coach Eubanks and the Independence Eagles. What a fantastic game.