Sweetwater @ Sequoyah

[Wildcat53]

Sequoyah plays harder schools cause their a much bigger school compared to sweetwater. sweetwater has 600 students compared to sequoyahs 1000som students yet sequoyah tends to still lose tos weetwater year after year. This years sweetwaters seniors want a winning season bad. they havnt had a winning season n 4 yrs. and especially after tying the worst season sweetwater has ever had at 2-8 last yr. SWEETWATER 24-12. GO CATS!

[dumdum]

Looking for packed house for this game, Monroe County Championship on the line, automatic playoff spot on the line! Wildcats and Chiefs looking to rip each other apart. In the past 6 seasons, this may be the most evenly match teams. Wildcats leaning on history on their side, Chiefs looking to break the curse. Its not CAK vs Alcoa, but this will be a awesome game. Chiefs 35, Wildcats 21. GO CHIEFS!!!

[eggman]

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Edited October 26, 2010 by eggman

[eggman]

thts the only tough theams they play. look at their 1st few games...cakewalks. Sequoyahs schedule is filled with mostly easy schools with a few big tough schools. sweetwater plays a few easy schools with a few tough big schools and the rest decent teams. anyways...if sweetwater wasnt better they wudnt hav won 2 more games than sequoyah anyways

Ok yes sequoyah wins have been cake walks but all the other teams they have played they are all pretty much ranked in top 10. they really played all those teams well except for polk. Our wins are Tellico 34-0 Meigs 26-0 and central 35-7, yes cakewalks but sweetwater had trouble with all those teams. Tellico 28-12,Meigs 26-23 in double overtime, and central who hasnt won a game 20-6. sweetwater has won more games but sequoyah plays as a team. They play with one heart beat which is what they say before every game, you can here them in stands saying that. Too much of Bell and Mccane and peels dominating on the line. Sequoyah 35 sweetwater 7

[tigh66]

Sequoyah is the better team. Compare the other division games this season it becomes obvious, with Sequoyah only letting one touchdown score in three division games. Sweetwater had double overtime with Meigs at home, Sequoyah shut them out at Meigs!

 

However, historically, Sweetwater has beat Sequoyah even when Sequoyah were the favorites to win. As long as Sequoyah doesn't choke, they should be fine. I predict Sequoyah 24, Sweetwater 7

[Wildcat53]

the only reasson those games were close is caus of our turnovers....in my opinion....sweetwater is better. explain y a school with 1000som students cant beat a school with 600 students, im not tryn 2 offend any1 but.....SWEETWATER IS BETTER!

[eggman]

the only reasson those games were close is caus of our turnovers....in my opinion....sweetwater is better. explain y a school with 1000som students cant beat a school with 600 students, im not tryn 2 offend any1 but.....SWEETWATER IS BETTER!

doesnt matter if you have 1000 or 50 kids at the school. matters who the best 11 are on the field. and sequoyah is gonna show that thursday night.

[bigclittleh]

the only reasson those games were close is caus of our turnovers....in my opinion....sweetwater is better. explain y a school with 1000som students cant beat a school with 600 students, im not tryn 2 offend any1 but.....SWEETWATER IS BETTER!

Last time I checked turnovers are part of the game! The Chiefs could say that if we did not turn the ball over we would have won more games also. No Way SWEETWATER is better than the CHIEFS! CHIEFS will be ready to play and will win!!!!!! Chiefs 27 Wildcats 7

[dumdum]

Ok, Sweetwater had some bad games, it happens. So how is the game going to go in your opinion? Will the Wildcats throw or run the ball? or maybe both? Just curious about something, you wouldn't happen to be a player would you?

the only reasson those games were close is caus of our turnovers....in my opinion....sweetwater is better. explain y a school with 1000som students cant beat a school with 600 students, im not tryn 2 offend any1 but.....SWEETWATER IS BETTER!

[monroecountyfan9]

the only reasson those games were close is caus of our turnovers....in my opinion....sweetwater is better. explain y a school with 1000som students cant beat a school with 600 students, im not tryn 2 offend any1 but.....SWEETWATER IS BETTER!

 

 

 

TRADITION.

You know I've heard this constantly since Madisonville and Vonore combined to make Sequoyah-"Sequoyah has 1000 students they should be better..." or "Sequoyah has twice the number students as Sweetwater and Sweetwater is still better..." or "..why isn't Seuoyah better?" I'd like to give my opinion on that. Its tradition.

 

It all starts with TRADITION.

 

Bad Teams

Kids don't want to play for bad teams and go a whole season and not win a game or only one or two. The talent is there, I promise you that. its a matter of getting them to play football year in and year out and its always been a problem at Madisonville-can't really speak for Vonore but since they combined its still a problem.

 

I've not been in school in quite some time but when I went to Madisonville High school we were pathetic. But it was easy to see why. Our best football players-prolly our top say 7 or 8 "talented" guys all played basketball and nothing else. They all grew up playing football and winning championships too. Beating everybody year in and year out and taking trips to Florida,etc to play against teams from all over. That was Youth football. When they got to HS they quit playing football. And then our overall numbers were very low too. I'm not 100% positive of this in any given year but from year to year its true. Even though Sweetwater is a smaller school, year in and year out (not counting this year cause i think we are actually starting to create something but heck might even be this year too) Sweetwater and I know for a fact other "smaller" schools have more kids go out for football than Sequoyah does. Even though we have had a lot of talented guys come through any coach i think would tell you its about your overall numbers and raising the depth and the ability of your others players and even 2nd string etc.

 

Once, while in high school(late 80s-early 90s), I was hanging around the gym after lunch with my friends(about 6-7 guys all of which shoulda played football-though not extremely talentd they were all very strong, decent sized guys all 6 foot 210-230 types) the head football coach came up to this group of kids and tried to encourage them to come out for football-which none of them did. After he left people made jokes about if they played they would get their butt kicked and not even win a game. This was the way it was for a long time in Madisonville.

 

Same Team

We've seen what happens when we get all the kids to buy in and come out for football-special things! But it takes very special people-both coaches and students-to change an environment that was as bad as it was here at one point. I will say it has been better since Sequoyah was formed but then you have a whole new set of problems. Anytime you take two rivals and force them to be together its gonna take time for people to forget their now "one heartbeat" and not two. Generations may even have to pass before that happens. As one who is involved in youth sports I've seen countless times in the last ten years the amount of resentment on both sides. They forget we (Vonore and Madisonville) are both feeder systems for Sequoyah and even refuse at times to work together for the children-as usual-adults getting in the way of kids for its a rare occasion that i've seen a kid cause these problems.

 

 

Other Problems

Sequoyah has had other things come up of course that have held us down a bit-usually again having to do with adults. And I beleive the kids on the team now really should be applauded for coming through what they have in the past few years. Also, of course they have been a great many of players that have gone to Sweetwaer over the years that were "Madisonville" kids. Kids that played here in youth(parents didnt move)but in high school went to Sweetwater. I can't say I blame their parents. I used to. But everyone wants whats best for their kids and over the years well...Madisonville has just had its problems. However,they were years these kids would've made a differnce. Even this year there is still players(very good players)that had the option to go to Sequoyah. But hey its their decision.( I am in no way accusing anyone of cheating here-There are situations where kids DO have options of where they attend.)

 

I think in the end it just comes down to the tradition though and I don't think Sweetwater folk will ever be able to comprehend that til the walk in those shoes. And I don't mean a few bad or off years. I mean an extended amount of years,which hopefully for them will never happen.

 

 

But,there is a bright side for us Chief fans. I beleive we have many great people now in place that are willing to work hard and get us going in the right direction. Also,the booster club is a great thing well. I really hope we can get this program right because I beleive we all deserve it. The towns,the people,former players and coaches,all the volunteers thru the years, and of course the kids.

 

I'm sorry this turned out to be much longer than I intended when I started. Again, this is my opinion. I in no way meant to hurt anyone's feelings and admire all the players and coaches that Sequoyah(Madisonville and Vonore) have had through the years that have had the gumption to go out there and compete. Good luck to us this week and to both in the future.

 

Sequoyah 33

Sweetwater 18

Edited October 28, 2010 by monroecountyfan9

[akphilips]

thats a goodin

Sequoyah is the better team. Compare the other division games this season it becomes obvious, with Sequoyah only letting one touchdown score in three division games. Sweetwater had double overtime with Meigs at home, Sequoyah shut them out at Meigs!

 

However, historically, Sweetwater has beat Sequoyah even when Sequoyah were the favorites to win. As long as Sequoyah doesn't choke, they should be fine. I predict Sequoyah 24, Sweetwater 7

[akphilips]

Augh what game/games would you could you have won????

Last time I checked turnovers are part of the game! The Chiefs could say that if we did not turn the ball over we would have won more games also. No Way SWEETWATER is better than the CHIEFS! CHIEFS will be ready to play and will win!!!!!! Chiefs 27 Wildcats 7