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7-0 Maryville. TD on first series. That was quick.

First string still in the game?

Any of the starters for Maryville out or not 100% tonight?

So, can anyone tell me why the Maryville Daily Times has not posted an article on its website about this game?

I'm an MHS grad and have nephews there now. Nobody's happier with the school's football success than I am. However, I have to agree that sending teenagers hundreds of miles to play hyped interstate or cross-state games is misplacing priorities. Football always was and, from what I hear, still is the center of the world at MHS (and, I'm sure, lots of other schools). That's understandable when you're a kid. The adults -- parents, teachers, administrators, and coaches -- need to keep the focus where it's supposed to be: learning and preparing for life after school. Sports have a part in that preparation. For some, it's an important part, but it shouldn't be primary. I live in South Florida and read the newspaper interviews with the kids (and adults) at Northwestern High when they were heading out to Texas to play Southlake-Carroll. It was clear where the priorities lay, and it wasn't with getting an education. In my opinon, the kids should play for fun, for the benefits that the discipline and camaraderie can give them, and, for a select few, for later opporunities in sports. Somewhere way down the list is entertainment for adults -- which, I think, is the main reason anybody would want these interstate or even cross-state games to happen. MHS is keeping to these priorities, at least to the extent it resists scheduling games of this type.

20-19

Radio says WB was playing dirty and some in the crowd were nasty. True?

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I think this is Maryville's 10th since the playoffs began, plus one more before playoffs started. 35-10, Maryville, Final. Go Rebels!

MHS just threw a pick, got a face-mask penalty too. HHS still struggling on offense. 4th down, 4:50 left in game. MHS takes over on downs on its own 49.

28-10, Maryville, early 4th quarter. Barring something exceptional, this should be over.

I asked my sister, who played in the MHS band and graduated in '74, what was the history. All she could offer was that even then it had been played by MHS at football games "for 100 years." It was a given, unquestioned, unremarked-upon. Some, but not much, Catholic population in Maryville or Blount County, historically.

Radio announcer said David Cutcliffe is in the press box scouting.

Luckily, doesn't sound like much defensive adjustment was needed at halftime for the Rebels, since Gaylor's not there. First series by Hillsboro doesn't sound like they've solved the MHS defense.

Maryville TD with 5 seconds left in half. Maryville 21-3 at half.