2015-2016 District 3 & 4 class A

[TheMan2015]

Coalfield lost by three at Tellico last night. Only had the football players for one day so things will get better. Will be interesting to see how quick they get into the basketball swing of things.

[CAH09]

Coalfield lost by three at Tellico last night. Only had the football players for one day so things will get better. Will be interesting to see how quick they get into the basketball swing of things.

Yea, they were OK considering five of top 8 or 9 were football players  and hadn't practiced but about once, if that. Sloppy early... Ok as the  game wore on. Not sure where points will come from after Mckinney though. He'll need to be more aggressive to the basket... cause they need 20 + every night from him to be successful against the better teams. They'd probably beat TP by 15+ with a couple weeks of practice in.

[12thmanGCA]

Grace GCA had to play without 4-5 football players vs Oak Ridge last night. They lost 87-67 but had 4 players in double figures. Arnold's line was 21pts, 11rbs, and 6 assist. Walker (12) Ledford (13) Gettlefinger (15) and Peters (6). Benjie Connor didn't score but he is new to basketball at GCA HS and played very well in the 5 spot. Tall and lanky but tough as nails and battles. Good pickup to this roster. 

 

Oak Ridge on the other hand....wow.....12 players scored in the game and they hit 10 3pointers. It was really game of 6A vs 2A. Grace has some good kids but without the football players we had little to no shot to win. But I was very happy with what I saw and even though Higgins and the Big  Guy didn't play, Oak Ridge has enough horses I'm not sure the score would have been much different. You can only play 5 at a time and they have 10 better than most teams Best 3. GCA could have played better and defended way better. But.....it could have been way worse too. 

 

Farragut comes to GCA Thursday Night. That should be a closer indicator but again, no football players so......who knows. 

 

Go Rams 

[RdBallFan]

With 5 of 7 District 4 teams with a game under their belts their was some surprising results.

 

Oakdale looses to Monterey by 7 at home. Most feel Oakdale would compete for a Region title. Monterey is not expected to even be in top of their District.

 

Coalfield looses to Tellico Plains by 3 at Tellico. Coalfield ended Tellico Plains season last year in Region.

 

Oliver Springs looses to Clarkrange by 24 at home. The margin is a surprise.

 

Wartburg beats Northview Academy by 16 at home, for the only win in District 4. Some believe Northview will compete for title in District 2. This is a good win and a strong margin.

 

Sunbright looses to Scott High this is not a surprise as Scott is much bigger school.

 

Should know more this week as more games to come.

[CAH09]

With 5 of 7 District 4 teams with a game under their belts their was some surprising results.

 

Oakdale looses to Monterey by 7 at home. Most feel Oakdale would compete for a Region title. Monterey is not expected to even be in top of their District.

 

Coalfield looses to Tellico Plains by 3 at Tellico. Coalfield ended Tellico Plains season last year in Region.

 

Oliver Springs looses to Clarkrange by 24 at home. The margin is a surprise.

 

Wartburg beats Northview Academy by 16 at home, for the only win in District 4. Some believe Northview will compete for title in District 2. This is a good win and a strong margin.

 

Sunbright looses to Scott High this is not a surprise as Scott is much bigger school.

 

Should know more this week as more games to come.

The Oakdale score was a bit of a surprise...although Monterey won 20+ games last yr (and beat OAK then as well) Coalfield was not really unexpected...Majority of the kids that play were FB players and had barely been on a bball court before the game... and Northview won just 7 games last year... so Wburg winning at home not a shocker....the Carroll kid (right name?)is a really a good player. OS  is not very good... .500 would be a good yr for them.

[LilGoose10]

Didn't expect this out of Oakdale. They only hit one three Tuesday. Hoping this was just a fluke. Oakdale won't have another game with only one made 3 all year. (Even with one three made, they still scored 73). I just hope that they didn't spend all summer listening to how good they are. Last year, they had something to prove.

[RdBallFan]

The Oakdale score was a bit of a surprise...although Monterey won 20+ games last yr (and beat OAK then as well) Coalfield was not really unexpected...Majority of the kids that play were FB players and had barely been on a bball court before the game... and Northview won just 7 games last year... so Wburg winning at home not a shocker....the Carroll kid (right name?)is a really a good player. OS  is not very good... .500 would be a good yr for them.

 

Oakdale split with Monterey last year, and Monterey lost their leading scorer to graduation. Oakdale had no seniors last year. Do you think Abernathy (a starter and captain last year) not playing this year may affect them this year. I thought this was the most sure win in district Tuesday.

 

I agree Coalfield would win this game in a week once football players get some court time. Tellico is not a easy place to start your season.

 

Wartburg beat a Northview team that went 7-9 last year that had no seniors, and will be in hunt for District 2 title. Winning by 16 was most impressive start in District 4.

 

I think Oakdale, Coalfield and Wartburg should be tops in District, how they finish its to early to tell. District 4 will have a Morgan Co. flavor this year'

[Galilee]

GCA should do well. Arnold is the real deal. He gave us fits last year. I hope both teams can advance to state again.

[SportsnetWriter2]

With 5 of 7 District 4 teams with a game under their belts their was some surprising results.

 

Oakdale looses to Monterey by 7 at home. Most feel Oakdale would compete for a Region title. Monterey is not expected to even be in top of their District.

 

Coalfield looses to Tellico Plains by 3 at Tellico. Coalfield ended Tellico Plains season last year in Region.

 

Oliver Springs looses to Clarkrange by 24 at home. The margin is a surprise.

 

Wartburg beats Northview Academy by 16 at home, for the only win in District 4. Some believe Northview will compete for title in District 2. This is a good win and a strong margin.

 

Sunbright looses to Scott High this is not a surprise as Scott is much bigger school.

 

Should know more this week as more games to come.

Clearly last year was a good year for Oakdale, but in the past they have definitely underachieved in some years. There have been some years where the talent to compete and win was there and they just couldn't out it together for some reason. I hope that this is not the case this year for the Eagles. They have to much talent to be blowing games to teams like Monterey. I think they get things going in the right direction, but Monterey is a loss that shouldn't have happened whatsoever.

[OLDSCHOOL44]

Wartburg beat Kingston by 9 what does Kingston have this year

[RdBallFan]

Coalfield beats Union Co at home by 5. Football players looking more comfortable. Good win over AA school.

 

Oliver Springs beats Tellico Plains at home by 2.  Good win over District 3 team.

 

Jellico looses to Hampton at home in overtime. Hampton does not have their football players.

 

Wartburg goes on road and beats Kingston by 9. Good win on road over AA team.

 

Oneida looses to Hampton at Jellico. Hampton does not have their football players.

[RdBallFan]

Kingston beat AAA Anderson Co by 5 to open season.

 

Makes Wartburg win over Kingston on road look more impressive.