Sullivan South 2015

[wingman10]

mark your calendars people....october 9th in death valley!! havent seen GHS' schedule yet, but i heard we're trying to get science hill and alcoa along with Mo West on the nonC slate

don't think ya are playing Alcoa

[sshsfan]

Congrats to Jacob Strickler and Dylan Wieger for All State Honors, both had great careers and broke many records at South.  Good luck in the future!!

[SECPowerHouse]

Dylan Wieger has committed to ETSU to play football in the fall, he has all the making to be the starter, and be the first Buc QB since the program has been reborn.

[EHSTrack06]

That's super exciting!

[Pudding]

East TN next year will be repped in the playoffs by Science Hill, DB, Maryville, West, Tennessee, Greeneville, South, Fulton, Catholic, Elizabethton, Alcoa, CAK. That's my guess that the 6A-3A champs will come from those teams, 5A is my biggest question mark but 6A and 3-4A I'd feel safe putting money on these teams. I don't know much about 2A-1A but I figure Hampton and Cloudland will play into it somehow.

 

Not this year for the Rebels.  Their pendulum is swinging the other direction a couple years, IMO. 

[EHSTrack06]

Really? Are you all dropping off that badly this next season? How man you all losing?

[RebRaider85]

Not this year for the Rebels. Their pendulum is swinging the other direction a couple years, IMO.

It will definitely be a different look for the Rebels but I think you are way off in saying "not this year" (that they won't be represented in the playoffs). I am confident that they will finish somewhere from in the #2 to #4 in the new conference and make the playoffs. I thought the Freshman QB that they brought up to varsity late in the year got some good game experience and will be another good one for the Rebels. There are several good linemen coming up and I thought the young RB's and LB's that saw a fair amount of playing time in the 2nd half of most games showed much promise for the future.

[sshsfan]

It will definitely be a different look for the Rebels but I think you are way off in saying "not this year" (that they won't be represented in the playoffs). I am confident that they will finish somewhere from in the #2 to #4 in the new conference and make the playoffs. I thought the Freshman QB that they brought up to varsity late in the year got some good game experience and will be another good one for the Rebels. There are several good linemen coming up and I thought the young RB's and LB's that saw a fair amount of playing time in the 2nd half of most games showed much promise for the future.

I think South will be ok this year also, the o and d line will return several starters, Haren and Ward return at linebackers and most everyone else returning saw significant playing time during the 2nd half of several games this season.  I think if the offense is changed to play to our strengths we will have success.  It does hurt losing all those seniors though. 

 

On that note, congratulations to Linebacker Jacob Strickler for signing with the Naval Academy yesterday and QB Dylan Wieger for signing with ETSU.  Big things are in store for the future of these 2 young men.

[ScottR77]

Sullivan South has been a scary team the past 2 years. I hate to hear they might have a dropoff.

[Pudding]

It will definitely be a different look for the Rebels but I think you are way off in saying "not this year" (that they won't be represented in the playoffs). I am confident that they will finish somewhere from in the #2 to #4 in the new conference and make the playoffs. I thought the Freshman QB that they brought up to varsity late in the year got some good game experience and will be another good one for the Rebels. There are several good linemen coming up and I thought the young RB's and LB's that saw a fair amount of playing time in the 2nd half of most games showed much promise for the future.

 

I wish you and your Rebels well in 2015...its going to be a challenging season.  I hope you do have a great year and get into the playoffs.  You're a classy bunch and I've always been treated well when I've attended on Friday nights.  I just think its going to be a tough season.  I've heard good things about some of the returners and also some of the underclassmen.  I'd be careful not to put too much on a rising sophomore qb however.  He's going to be another great South qb, but he's young. 

You guys certaing have developed some great qbs and wrs through the years though (and a couple fantastic backs), so I won't count you out.  I just think the Rebel pendulum will start swinging back towards the great team mark in a few.

[RebRaider85]

I wish you and your Rebels well in 2015...its going to be a challenging season. I hope you do have a great year and get into the playoffs. You're a classy bunch and I've always been treated well when I've attended on Friday nights. I just think its going to be a tough season. I've heard good things about some of the returners and also some of the underclassmen. I'd be careful not to put too much on a rising sophomore qb however. He's going to be another great South qb, but he's young.

You guys certaing have developed some great qbs and wrs through the years though (and a couple fantastic backs), so I won't count you out. I just think the Rebel pendulum will start swinging back towards the great team mark in a few.

"A few" years might be all we have left depending upon how the school consolidation effort goes!

[SECPowerHouse]

"A few" years might be all we have left depending upon how the school consolidation effort goes!

from what I heard a South might be the only county school safe, north is most defining closing and going to be added to south's population. Central and east might be building new schools.

http://www.timesnews.net/article/9085601/two-of-three-sullivan-schools-facilities-options-would-close-north

This is all the county options as of right now.

I think south might be down from last year but last year was a top 5 in south's history so it will be hard to compare to that but they are still a playoff team and in a few years the upcoming freshmen will start making some noise.