#4 Soddy Daisy BEATS #1 Red Bank in OT in District Tourny

[StillGotIt]

#4 Soddy Daisy upsets #1 Red Bank in the District 6AAA Tournament tonight. Game went into overtime after #23 for Red Bank sinks a 3 to go into OT. It's hard not to say Soddy's Craig Smith (27 points) isn't the best player in this region. Red Bank had beaten Soddy in both regular season meetings only to have Soddy upset them at their place tonight. Nick Ross led Red Bank with 22.

 

 

College coaches and scouts, you definitely need to take a look at Craig Smith. The kid is D-1 material and if he had been on any team other then Soddy around here, he would be a household name on these boards.

[MidTennFootball]

#4 Soddy Daisy upsets #1 Red Bank in the District 6AAA Tournament tonight. Game went into overtime after #23 for Red Bank sinks a 3 to go into OT. It's hard not to say Soddy's Craig Smith (27 points) isn't the best player in this region. Red Bank had beaten Soddy in both regular season meetings only to have Soddy upset them at their place tonight. Nick Ross led Red Bank with 22.

 

 

College coaches and scouts, you definitely need to take a look at Craig Smith. The kid is D-1 material and if he had been on any team other then Soddy around here, he would be a household name on these boards.

 

 

How good it must feel for Red Bank to lose your first game of the postseason right out of the gates, yet have no worries about making the region tournament /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

[StillGotIt]

Yea no joke... It would've been nice to end their season, yet with a 4-team district they live to see another day.

[doc_6]

#4 Soddy Daisy upsets #1 Red Bank in the District 6AAA Tournament tonight. Game went into overtime after #23 for Red Bank sinks a 3 to go into OT. It's hard not to say Soddy's Craig Smith (27 points) isn't the best player in this region. Red Bank had beaten Soddy in both regular season meetings only to have Soddy upset them at their place tonight. Nick Ross led Red Bank with 22.

 

 

College coaches and scouts, you definitely need to take a look at Craig Smith. The kid is D-1 material and if he had been on any team other then Soddy around here, he would be a household name on these boards.

 

What's his classification?

[Indian]

How good it must feel for Red Bank to lose your first game of the postseason right out of the gates, yet have no worries about making the region tournament /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

 

 

 

It does put them against the 1 or 2 from the District 5 so I'm sure they're not happy about it. Next year they will be in a tougher district even though they drop to AA-Howard, Brainerd, Tyner, Hixson, East Ridge and Central will be in it with them, compared to just Central, Ooltewah and Soddy right now.

[StillGotIt]

What's his classification?

 

 

Smith is a PG/Wing that was a Mr.Do-Everything for Soddy this year. Could easily have been putting up 30+ ppg but instead had to facilitate the offense and get all the younger role players involved. Smith led the team in points, steals, assists, 3pt, FG and FT%, as well as blocks ironically. He was also 2nd in rebounds. His style of play is similar to Baron Davis of the LA Clippers (real physical point guard). Most nights, opposing teams would run a Box-and-1 on Smith as he is Soddy's only real threat. Yet, he was still able to put up 20 points along with getting everyone else involved. His court vision is incredible. He gets players that have no business being on the court easy baskets with his passes. I've heard coaches say his talent is right up there with Temple's Mr. Basketball nominee Jeremy Sexton as the tops in this area.

[Objectivity]

Smith is a PG/Wing that was a Mr.Do-Everything for Soddy this year. Could easily have been putting up 30+ ppg but instead had to facilitate the offense and get all the younger role players involved. Smith led the team in points, steals, assists, 3pt, FG and FT%, as well as blocks ironically. He was also 2nd in rebounds. His style of play is similar to Baron Davis of the LA Clippers (real physical point guard). Most nights, opposing teams would run a Box-and-1 on Smith as he is Soddy's only real threat. Yet, he was still able to put up 20 points along with getting everyone else involved. His court vision is incredible. He gets players that have no business being on the court easy baskets with his passes. I've heard coaches say his talent is right up there with Temple's Mr. Basketball nominee Jeremy Sexton as the tops in this area.

 

 

That's a great win for Soddy after some of the tough things they have had to go through this year. Craig Smith is one heck of a player. Kevin Templeton continues to work miracles. Nobody's teams play harder.

[MidTennFootball]

It does put them against the 1 or 2 from the District 5 so I'm sure they're not happy about it. Next year they will be in a tougher district even though they drop to AA-Howard, Brainerd, Tyner, Hixson, East Ridge and Central will be in it with them, compared to just Central, Ooltewah and Soddy right now.

 

 

Maybe so, but compared to virtually every other district in the state, they would be sitting home right now. It seems like I go through this rant every year, but they could lose 3 games and still make it to the district tourney. I know this is the last year of this district, but the road to state is a heckuva lot easier when you realistically only have a few teams to go through as opposed to other districts.

[MVM]

Maybe so, but compared to virtually every other district in the state, they would be sitting home right now. It seems like I go through this rant every year, but they could lose 3 games and still make it to the district tourney. I know this is the last year of this district, but the road to state is a heckuva lot easier when you realistically only have a few teams to go through as opposed to other districts.

 

Yes..Yes...Yes, We hear that rant every year in every sport. And yes it is a valid rant. But not the schools fault, we play who were suppose to set forth by TSSAA...so thank you for not ranting this year. /flower.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":flower:" border="0" alt="flower.gif" />

 

Oh almost forgot.....Great Job Trojans /blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" />

[Indian]

You can blame Red Bank's four-team district on the Hamilton County school system. Tyner, East Ridge, Howard, Hixson and Brainerd were all formerly AAA schools and Red Bank, Central drop to AA next season. Instead of shifting zones to prevent schools from being underused (Tyner, Hixson), or overpopulated (Ooltewah) they built a pair of new schools for Signal Mountain and East Brainerd and now they're countless millions in the hole.

[Objectivity]

You can blame Red Bank's four-team district on the Hamilton County school system. Tyner, East Ridge, Howard, Hixson and Brainerd were all formerly AAA schools and Red Bank, Central drop to AA next season. Instead of shifting zones to prevent schools from being underused (Tyner, Hixson), or overpopulated (Ooltewah) they built a pair of new schools for Signal Mountain and East Brainerd and now they're countless millions in the hole.

 

 

Well said!

[StillGotIt]

Soddy vs. Ooltewah for the District Championship Friday night. Red Bank vs. Central in the consolation game.