Bearden at Farragut RD2

[TomJoad]

Good Luck Maryville from Oak Ridge!!!

Good luck Farragut from Anderson County.

 

(Equal time there tnchad1980).

[ErikG]

First, the refs will not determine the outcome of the MAryville/Farragut game. I fully expect that the best prepared team will win. With that said, I don't understand how the refs are chosen for these games. The crew at Farragut last night was the same inept crew that called the Farragut/Maryville game earlier this year. It doesn't appear that the TSSAA has a rule to rotate the crews for teh playoffs.

 

Because it was 2 Knox Co. teams the officials were also from Knox.

[Cletus]

Congratulations to Bearden on a really fine season. That's the kind of game I expect when Farragut and Bearden play one another. I'm sure the Farragut fans prefer the blowouts, but those have been pretty few and usually far apart. Bearden finished strong this year in one of the state's toughest districts. After those lop-sided, back-to-back losses in weeks 6 and 7 Bearden went back to work and got better -- and healthier. To see the way the team responded after playing its toughest competition makes me think Bearden would benefit from playing some tougher non-district opponents earlier in the season, but there's no denying that less-than-tough road assured the Bulldogs a wildcard spot in the playoffs. Some would say District 4 is tough enough, but I'd like to see Bearden play a D-B, Sevier Co., or McMinn Co. early in the season. Had this team gone 7-3 rather than 8-2 in the regular season it would have still been a wildcard qualifier.

 

Congratulations also to Farragut. It may not have been a win that racked up style points, but it had plenty of defensive grit. Good luck to the Admirals.

[murfbound]

Cletus, thanks for that last message. Too much trash and too little credit is given to such great West Knox programs. Thanks for the kind words.