District 6A

[Tbolt]

Have you seen any of these games tbolt? Anyone impress/surprise you- good or bad?

I've only seen Sale Creek, Lookout Valley, and Signal Mtn play. Of the ones that I have seen, Signal Mtn looks to be the strongest. I saw them before and after the football players were there. What a difference those guys made. You can tell that they don't have their basketball legs yet and made some mistakes out of fatigue. By the end of the season they should be hitting on all cylinders. I still think they win the championship. Lookout Valley is athletic and if they lost anyone it doesn't show. I only saw them one time so I don't know how accurate my judgement can be but it looks like they are more out of control than last year. They also seemed to play less as a team this year. Coach Galloway will find a way to correct that I'm sure and they could still make a run at that #2 spot. Sale Creek has been more than dissappointing to me. They certainly have not been playing as good as we saw them play in the summer and as good as we know they can. Not sure what is going on with them. Maybe Helton can figure it out after Christmas.

 

Another team that has suprised me although I haven't seen them is Van Buren. Didn't expect them to start off so strong but then they have only beaten Sale Creek, Whitwell and Richard Hardy. Hard to tell exactly what they have until they get into a tougher part of their schedule.

[mjca00]

What are the standings now? Who's hot? Who's struggling? I saw the van buren - lookout valley score and could not believe my eyes. Valley must have had an off night because when I watched van buren they were not impressive at all. Is it safe to say that signal mtn is the clear cut favorite?

[grammar]

I don't know mjca, I think you are being a little hard on van buren. I could see them finishing as high as 3rd in the district race, and MAYBE even slipping inside of south pitt for 2nd. No one is going to compete with Signal Mtn tho - did you the see the job they did on SP last night - WOW! No one in the district can touch them. My predictions at this point would be:

1. SM

2. SP

3. LV

4. VB

5. SC

6. WHS

7. MC

8. RH

[8Abball]

I don't how everyone is over on that side of the district and region, but you better hope someone like Signal is good enough to represent the region with CSAS. Our side knows that whoever gets CSAS in the substate has their work cut out for them, but if someone like Van Buren is representing you then it will get ugly. I saw them against watertown and they looked - well let's just say they left much to be desired. They were not impressive at all. So I hope for your region's sake that Signal is far and away the next best team behind CSAS because I think we would all prefer to see competitive contests.

[THELEGEND]

I don't how everyone is over on that side of the district and region, but you better hope someone like Signal is good enough to represent the region with CSAS. Our side knows that whoever gets CSAS in the substate has their work cut out for them, but if someone like Van Buren is representing you then it will get ugly. I saw them against watertown and they looked - well let's just say they left much to be desired. They were not impressive at all. So I hope for your region's sake that Signal is far and away the next best team behind CSAS because I think we would all prefer to see competitive contests.

My prediction is whoever comes to CSAS will lose and whoever goes up there from 3-A will lose.

[global98]

I don't how everyone is over on that side of the district and region, but you better hope someone like Signal is good enough to represent the region with CSAS. Our side knows that whoever gets CSAS in the substate has their work cut out for them, but if someone like Van Buren is representing you then it will get ugly. I saw them against watertown and they looked - well let's just say they left much to be desired. They were not impressive at all. So I hope for your region's sake that Signal is far and away the next best team behind CSAS because I think we would all prefer to see competitive contests.

 

CSAS would be the favorite whether at home or on the road in a substate game. How other teams from 3-A perform is still up in the air. Grace, Signal Mtn., maybe someone else will end up getting good enough to compete.

[smeagle1]

I don't how everyone is over on that side of the district and region, but you better hope someone like Signal is good enough to represent the region with CSAS. Our side knows that whoever gets CSAS in the substate has their work cut out for them, but if someone like Van Buren is representing you then it will get ugly. I saw them against watertown and they looked - well let's just say they left much to be desired. They were not impressive at all. So I hope for your region's sake that Signal is far and away the next best team behind CSAS because I think we would all prefer to see competitive contests.

 

So how did Watertown look in this game. I looked at Van Buren's schedule and it shows this game as a 2 point lose. I haven't seen Van Buren play but from your post I was expecting to see the game was a blowout.

 

I will say Signal continues to improve now that their football players are getting their basketball legs.

[smeagle1]

I don't how everyone is over on that side of the district and region, but you better hope someone like Signal is good enough to represent the region with CSAS. Our side knows that whoever gets CSAS in the substate has their work cut out for them, but if someone like Van Buren is representing you then it will get ugly. I saw them against watertown and they looked - well let's just say they left much to be desired. They were not impressive at all. So I hope for your region's sake that Signal is far and away the next best team behind CSAS because I think we would all prefer to see competitive contests.

 

So how did Watertown look in this game. I looked at Van Buren's schedule and it shows this game as a 2 point lose. I haven't seen Van Buren play but from your post I was expecting to see the game was a blowout.

 

I will say Signal continues to improve now that their football players are getting their basketball legs.

[global98]

So how did Watertown look in this game. I looked at Van Buren's schedule and it shows this game as a 2 point lose. I haven't seen Van Buren play but from your post I was expecting to see the game was a blowout.

 

I will say Signal continues to improve now that their football players are getting their basketball legs.

 

So what are the chances that Signal Mtn. will make it to the Region Championship? I know the game will be played at Signal. How has your support been this year? Who has come from football that is expected to be a difference maker?

[8Abball]

So how did Watertown look in this game. I looked at Van Buren's schedule and it shows this game as a 2 point lose. I haven't seen Van Buren play but from your post I was expecting to see the game was a blowout.

 

I will say Signal continues to improve now that their football players are getting their basketball legs.

 

Yes, it was a close game, but my point was that Watertown is rebuilding. They are a middle of the pack team over here in our district and not one of the favorites to advance from our region (that would be jackson, fcs, rbs, and clay). After watching the game I'm just hoping there is another strong team to complement CSAS from your region. If your boys at Signal are coming together as you say and are a contender I can't imagine Van Buren putting up much resistance. Who else might contend besides Signal and CSAS over there? Grace? Anyone else - or is it just a 3 team race?

[smeagle1]

So what are the chances that Signal Mtn. will make it to the Region Championship? I know the game will be played at Signal. How has your support been this year? Who has come from football that is expected to be a difference maker?

 

Well I guess as good as anyones at this point. Still a lot of basketball to be played before the region championship.

 

Support has been okay for home games but could be better and I expect it will get better. Three of the starters are football players plus a couple of key reserves and all are difference makers.

[global98]

Yes, it was a close game, but my point was that Watertown is rebuilding. They are a middle of the pack team over here in our district and not one of the favorites to advance from our region (that would be jackson, fcs, rbs, and clay). After watching the game I'm just hoping there is another strong team to complement CSAS from your region. If your boys at Signal are coming together as you say and are a contender I can't imagine Van Buren putting up much resistance. Who else might contend besides Signal and CSAS over there? Grace? Anyone else - or is it just a 3 team race?

 

I don't think it is a three team race, unless you are talking about who finishes behind CSAS. There might be 4 or 5 teams that make it to the region finals opposite CSAS. Who do you think is the best from your region? How would you rank the 4 teams you mentioned. Is that how you think it will end up? Are RBS and Clay still playing this Friday?