Jump to content
Reporting Scores to CoachT ×
How to edit games

A/AA Regions

BigG

By BigG
in Girls Soccer

 Share

Recommended Posts

BigG Most Valuable Player

BigG

Posted
Posted

Since we aren't putting opinions in the pinned topic, I thought we might start a seperate one for that.

 

Coniglio, I saw that CCS is going to play Sweetwater. It is a shame that one of them has to be knocked off this early. Do you think that Sweetwater has a chance? They have had a pretty good run this year.

 

Also, is the Chattanoogan going to fill out any of the brackets? That would really help in our contest.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 33
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

chasanooga Competitor

chasanooga

Posted
Posted

Since we aren't putting opinions in the pinned topic, I thought we might start a seperate one for that.

 

Coniglio, I saw that CCS is going to play Sweetwater. It is a shame that one of them has to be knocked off this early. Do you think that Sweetwater has a chance? They have had a pretty good run this year.

 

Also, is the Chattanoogan going to fill out any of the brackets? That would really help in our contest.

 

 

I think that Sweetwater will have an edge vs CCS. Sweetwater has come off a convincing win vs Grace (5-2) and they will host CCS who has had trouble scoring this year vs good teams. Both teams have talent but playing at home I thing will make the difference. Should be a good game!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
ABSSOCCER Member

ABSSOCCER

Posted
Posted

:D

Since we aren't putting opinions in the pinned topic, I thought we might start a seperate one for that.

 

Coniglio, I saw that CCS is going to play Sweetwater. It is a shame that one of them has to be knocked off this early. Do you think that Sweetwater has a chance? They have had a pretty good run this year.

 

Also, is the Chattanoogan going to fill out any of the brackets? That would really help in our contest.

SWEETWATER IS PLAYING STRONGER NOW AS A TEAM, AND WITH MANY PLAYERS BEING ABLE TO PUT IT IN THE NET THERE GOING TO BE HARD TO BEAT.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
flashgordon Competitor

flashgordon

Posted
Posted

Im gonna have to go with FRA PULLING off another one. Notre Dame beat them earlier in preseason, but coach McDonald is one of the best coaches in the state and didnt go down there to win, but to see what the teams down there got, and for experience with the yunger girls

I'd love to see a 3 way double elimination with FRA, ND, and CAK! I'm sure there are some dark horses out there...and 1 might slip into a championship, but I think these 3 are separated from the others right now!

 

That would be a fun weekend tournament to watch!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
hamlet7478 Competitor

hamlet7478

Posted
Posted

I'd love to see a 3 way double elimination with FRA, ND, and CAK! I'm sure there are some dark horses out there...and 1 might slip into a championship, but I think these 3 are separated from the others right now!

 

That would be a fun weekend tournament to watch!

 

 

FRA, ND, and CAK. All private schools. This will undoubtably be the 5th straight year for a private school to win A/AA.

 

Small public schools are shut out of the possibility of an A/AA State championship due to the concentration of good soccer players in the private schools, relative to size.

 

Good players concentrate in the private schools because of the socioeconomics of competitive soccer.

 

Large public schools in urban areas can compete with these privates based on shear numbers, but not the smaller schools. Not any more. And of course the large publics do not play the privates in the State tourney due to absolute size requirements for classification.

 

Smaller publics can have 1 or 2 really outstanding players (e.g. Sweetwater with Morgan Gruenfelder and Melissa Morris who, along with Laura Novacoff might be the best A/AA players in the State) but not as deep a supporting cast.

 

Food for thought. Is this fair or right? Is this good for TN soccer?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
BigG Most Valuable Player

BigG

Posted
  • Author
Posted

FRA, ND, and CAK. All private schools. This will undoubtably be the 5th straight year for a private school to win A/AA.

 

Small public schools are shut out of the possibility of an A/AA State championship due to the concentration of good soccer players in the private schools, relative to size.

 

Good players concentrate in the private schools because of the socioeconomics of competitive soccer.

 

Large public schools in urban areas can compete with these privates based on shear numbers, but not the smaller schools. Not any more. And of course the large publics do not play the privates in the State tourney due to absolute size requirements for classification.

 

Smaller publics can have 1 or 2 really outstanding players (e.g. Sweetwater with Morgan Gruenfelder and Melissa Morris who, along with Laura Novacoff might be the best A/AA players in the State) but not as deep a supporting cast.

 

Food for thought. Is this fair or right? Is this good for TN soccer?

 

While this is a great topic, and I think fun to debate, it will probably be moved to the public/private debate forum if it continues. You might want to start a thread there (although most of those are referring to football, it would be nice to have one about soccer!)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
carlym Advanced Member

carlym

Posted
Posted

 

Good players concentrate in the private schools because of the socioeconomics of competitive soccer.

 

 

i understand where you are coming from. but some smaller private schools have feeder middle schools that "feed" them students. some teams have players that have been going to school together for a very long time; some since kindergarten and pre-school. most students that go to a feeder middle school generally choose the high school that most of their friends are going to. sometimes it is a luck of the draw if an incoming class has alot of talent.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recent Posts

    • oridgecat
      Bearden Bulldogs 2024

      By oridgecat · Posted

      Yeah, I read about their spring blue/gray scrimmage after I typed that.   Sounds like a real mess over there.  I just hate that for 'em.  Haw
    • Dawgz4life
      Bearden Bulldogs 2024

      By Dawgz4life · Posted

      Maybe OR will be, but Farragut, nah, I don’t think anybody realizes how much of a bad situation that program is in currently. I’m sure they will build out of it, but the next 3 to 4 years are going to be a long climb up.
    • FootballismyVice
      Region 2 1A

      By FootballismyVice · Posted

      Thats one of the problems of having an 8-team region. A team could make it in any other region, but the numbers work against them in this one. 
    • ThinkFastRunFast
      2024 Mr.Baseball predictions

      By ThinkFastRunFast · Posted

      1A: Brayden Baker - Eagleville Rylan Collins - Lookout Valley Luke Treece - Coalfield   2A: Carter Daniel - Loretto Gray Eubanks - Huntingdon Trevan Myers - Pigeon Forge   3A: Gabe Eddington - Montgomery Central Carson Parrott - Livingston Academy Jaxon Walker - Loudon   4A: Eli Evans - Farragut Andrew Hill - Central  Brady Scott - Sevier County   Division II-A: Wesley Alig - CAK Cooper Jones - Boyd Buchanan Gunner Skelton - Columbia Academy   Division II-AA Brock Beddingfield - CPA Dominic Monaco - Brentwood Academy Tomas Valincius - Baylor
    • sportslover88
      West TN Head coach jobs

      By sportslover88 · Posted

      MTD (Stanley Black and Decker) and UTM are the only thing keeping Westview's numbers up. Are school enrollments dropping in those listed schools too or just athletic rosters?
×
×
  • Create New...