Cookeville vs. Blackman

[underrated27]

This has got to be one of the biggest rivalrys I've seen through high school soccer in a while, 0-0 in the past season meeting, are there any predictions or comments on the game tonight and can anyone tell me what time the game starts I know it's at Oakland.

[OnThePitch]

Blackman is a good team and well coached, But Cookeville has the edge in desire this year.

 

Cookeville 2-1

[CoachKimbo]

QUOTE(OnThePitch @ May 10 2007 - 01:07 PM) 826456538[/snapback]Blackman is a good team and well coached, But Cookeville has the edge in desire this year.

 

Cookeville 2-1

 

Desire can only take you so far. Blackman is an incredibly talented team and will show that tonight. I have no doubt it will be a well played game but look for the Blaze to finally show up to play.

[thenextjatoree]

lets remember the facts....last time blackman showed up to play...oh yeah haha cookeville beat them and ended their season

[shoehp]

Blackman 2 Cookville 0

[ETSU_BucSoccerFan]

QUOTE(thenextjatoree @ May 10 2007 - 06:18 PM) 826456689[/snapback]lets remember the facts....last time blackman showed up to play...oh yeah haha cookeville beat them and ended their season

 

Blackman 1 - Cookeville 0,

 

Great Game. Hoepfully both teams will meet in district, then maybe the finals at state, and that will show what a tough district it is. Hopefully the two teams won't beat each other up like the SEC does, so they can continue thier great play through the region and state. This rivalry is definitely making both teams better. Great sportsmanship thoughout the game, even though both teams were physical.

[mr ronnie]

QUOTE(BlackmanSoccerDad @ May 10 2007 - 10:42 PM) 826456963[/snapback]Blackman 1 - Cookeville 0,

 

Great Game. Hoepfully both teams will meet in district, then maybe the finals at state, and that will show what a tough district it is. Hopefully the two teams won't beat each other up like the SEC does, so they can continue thier great play through the region and state. This rivalry is definitely making both teams better. Great sportsmanship thoughout the game, even though both teams were physical.

 

 

 

agreed. good game. did it seem like the game ended about 4 minutes too soon, though? i did not keep time with my watch this game.

[CoachKimbo]

QUOTE(mr ronnie @ May 10 2007 - 11:04 PM) 826456994[/snapback]agreed. good game. did it seem like the game ended about 4 minutes too soon, though? i did not keep time with my watch this game.

 

I kept running time (no stops on my watch). 4 and half minutes were added.

[nick27]

QUOTE(CoachKimbo @ May 10 2007 - 11:41 PM) 826457023[/snapback]I kept running time (no stops on my watch). 4 and half minutes were added.

 

Soccer needs to change.. start...stop. It is over. We do not need subjectivity from the yellow shirts.

[barcelona]

Normally I would let bygones be bygones, but in this game there was a rather egregious display of poor sportsmanship/lack of class on the part of Blackman's #11, whose name, if i'm not mistaken, is Justin Cronin. Shortly before halftime, Cronin let fly with some ethnic slurs directed at Cookeville's #34, a Bosnian refugee; minus a few choice words, "Go back to Bosnia." Sure, trash talking exists in the sport. But what took place is uncalled for--even FIFA had players recite anti-racism manifestoes prior to World Cup matches last summer. Some sort of action to discourage this sort of behavior in the future would be nice; had the perpetrator been a Cookeville player, well, he would have been booted from the team.

 

What was classy was the meeting of the two teams' captains at the half to resolve the manner through calm discussion and good sportsmanship.

 

Blackman played well, and they won the game by winning 50/50 balls. Hopefully the two squads will face off again in the Region final.

[ETSU_BucSoccerFan]

QUOTE(mr ronnie @ May 10 2007 - 11:04 PM) 826456994[/snapback]agreed. good game. did it seem like the game ended about 4 minutes too soon, though? i did not keep time with my watch this game.

 

They actually stopped the clock twice up on the unofficial score board, so they were pretty close. Actually, the blackman parents had to tell them to restart the clock, because they didn't restart it on one of the injuries. That's why he made the announcment that the official time is being kept on the field, which is why he/she should have never stopped the clock in the first place, which would have drove the Blackman parents crazy if it went down to 2 minutes, and added time was around 4. So, it actually worked out well. My watch ended and according to my watch he added was 4 min 25 secs. I think the time was done correctly.

[ETSU_BucSoccerFan]

QUOTE(barcelona @ May 11 2007 - 12:12 AM) 826457038[/snapback]Normally I would let bygones be bygones, but in this game there was a rather egregious display of poor sportsmanship/lack of class on the part of Blackman's #11, whose name, if i'm not mistaken, is Justin Cronin. Shortly before halftime, Cronin let fly with some ethnic slurs directed at Cookeville's #34, a Bosnian refugee; minus a few choice words, "Go back to Bosnia." Sure, trash talking exists in the sport. But what took place is uncalled for--even FIFA had players recite anti-racism manifestoes prior to World Cup matches last summer. Some sort of action to discourage this sort of behavior in the future would be nice; had the perpetrator been a Cookeville player, well, he would have been booted from the team.

 

What was classy was the meeting of the two teams' captains at the half to resolve the manner through calm discussion and good sportsmanship.

 

Blackman played well, and they won the game by winning 50/50 balls. Hopefully the two squads will face off again in the Region final.

 

If this happened, I can tell you on behalf of Blackman Parents and Players that is not we are about, and I appologize on behalf of all of us. The past two years have not been the best of sportsmanship by our players, but those players have gone and not only have the players for Blackman this year worked very hard in the off season, during the season, they have strived themselves to show a lot of respect on the pitch this year and I believe they have accomplished this. Again, if he said anything of that nature, we appologize. I am sure this post will get back to Coach Vice and he will address the player.