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2019 State Baseball Poll Rankings (Poll #2)(4-14-19)


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Class A Favorites:

Region 1: Greenback or University High (sleeper Sullivan North)

Region 2: Rockwood or Lookout Valley (sleeper Midway)

Region 3: Gordonsville or Monterey (sleeper Whitwell)

Region 4: Cornersville or Eagleville (sleeper none)

Region 5: Columbia Academy or East Robertson (sleeper none)

Region 6: Loretto or Summertown (sleeper Huntingdon)

Region 7: Trinity Christian or Gibson County (sleeper Union City & Halls)

Region 8: Middle College or KIPP-Memphis (sleeper Oakhaven)

My actual picks for the state tourney from each Region:

Region 1: Greenback
Region 2: Rockwood
Region 3: Gordonsville
Region 4: Cornersville
Region 5: Columbia Academy
Region 6: Summertown
Region 7: Trinity Christian
Region 8: Middle College

My pick for the state champs: Trinity Christian (sleeper Gordonsville & Cornersville)

What's so interesting about my state title pick is that Gibson County could actually play spoiler on me & knock out Trinity Christian. They are certainty capable of doing it. If that was to happen then I just might have to say Gibson County would eventually be state champs. LOL!

Union City & Halls from that same Region are definitely sleepers in my mind. Halls has played a really tough schedule. Union City was in the state tourney last season. Those 4 teams are ALL from Region 7 & might be 4 of the best 8 teams in Class A but only 1 can advance to the state. Rockwood is another team that is playing really well. They too have a solid team that could make some noise.    

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20 hours ago, tonybologna said:

Class A Favorites:

Region 1: Greenback or University High (sleeper Sullivan North)

Region 2: Rockwood or Lookout Valley (sleeper Midway)

Region 3: Gordonsville or Monterey (sleeper Whitwell)

Region 4: Cornersville or Eagleville (sleeper none)

Region 5: Columbia Academy or East Robertson (sleeper none)

Region 6: Loretto or Summertown (sleeper Huntingdon)

Region 7: Trinity Christian or Gibson County (sleeper Union City & Halls)

Region 8: Middle College or KIPP-Memphis (sleeper Oakhaven)

My actual picks for the state tourney from each Region:

Region 1: Greenback
Region 2: Rockwood
Region 3: Gordonsville
Region 4: Cornersville
Region 5: Columbia Academy
Region 6: Summertown
Region 7: Trinity Christian
Region 8: Middle College

My pick for the state champs: Trinity Christian (sleeper Gordonsville & Cornersville)

What's so interesting about my state title pick is that Gibson County could actually play spoiler on me & knock out Trinity Christian. They are certainty capable of doing it. If that was to happen then I just might have to say Gibson County would eventually be state champs. LOL!

Union City & Halls from that same Region are definitely sleepers in my mind. Halls has played a really tough schedule. Union City was in the state tourney last season. Those 4 teams are ALL from Region 7 & might be 4 of the best 8 teams in Class A but only 1 can advance to the state. Rockwood is another team that is playing really well. They too have a solid team that could make some noise.    

Two teams from Region 7 will make it to State. No team from Region 8 will beat them in Substate.

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5 hours ago, TwoSix said:

you can take Midway off the board......

Yep. Saw that. It only takes 1 game & you're gone in most cases. So, in reality any of the favorites could be gone with just 1 BAD game.

2 hours ago, LetMeHearYA said:

Two teams from Region 7 will make it to State. No team from Region 8 will beat them in Substate.

I could see that happening.

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Gibson County just defeated TCA 4-3 in the District 14-A Tournament. That means TCA now has the longer road back to get to the District Championship Game. They must make the championship game in order to advance to the Regionals. I thought Gibson County was a strong possibility to get in their way or even knock them out.

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3 hours ago, tonybologna said:

Gibson County just defeated TCA 4-3 in the District 14-A Tournament. That means TCA now has the longer road back to get to the District Championship Game. They must make the championship game in order to advance to the Regionals. I thought Gibson County was a strong possibility to get in their way or even knock them out.

TCA plays winner of Halls/Trenton tomorrow with winner advancing to district championship against Gibson Co

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3 hours ago, LetMeHearYA said:

TCA plays winner of Halls/Trenton tomorrow with winner advancing to district championship against Gibson Co

I'm picking Halls over Peabody. So, then it will be TCA against Halls in my opinion for the right to play Gibson County in the District 14-A Championship. I think Halls has the better chance of beating TCA over Peabody anyhow. Halls has a pretty good club plus their schedule has prepared them well for the postseason. However, I think for either Halls or Peabody to beat TCA either team would have to play their best plus TCA have an off game. So, I am picking TCA over either one of these teams to play Gibson County again.

It was only 1 run difference the other day (4-3 Gibson County) so I would pick TCA next time if they were to meet again for the Championship. Both teams would of course advance to the Regionals though. Anything other than the Regionals for TCA or Gibson County would be a failure for both teams. These 2 teams were expected to make it to at least the Regionals & TCA or Gibson County were picked by a lot of media to make the state tourney in Class A.

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8 hours ago, tonybologna said:

I'm picking Halls over Peabody. So, then it will be TCA against Halls in my opinion for the right to play Gibson County in the District 14-A Championship. I think Halls has the better chance of beating TCA over Peabody anyhow. Halls has a pretty good club plus their schedule has prepared them well for the postseason. However, I think for either Halls or Peabody to beat TCA either team would have to play their best plus TCA have an off game. So, I am picking TCA over either one of these teams to play Gibson County again.

It was only 1 run difference the other day (4-3 Gibson County) so I would pick TCA next time if they were to meet again for the Championship. Both teams would of course advance to the Regionals though. Anything other than the Regionals for TCA or Gibson County would be a failure for both teams. These 2 teams were expected to make it to at least the Regionals & TCA or Gibson County were picked by a lot of media to make the state tourney in Class A.

Gibson will have to have been beaten twice in order for someone else to win the district championship.

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On ‎5‎/‎4‎/‎2019 at 2:09 PM, tonybologna said:

Yep. Saw that. It only takes 1 game & you're gone in most cases. So, in reality any of the favorites could be gone with just 1 BAD game.

I could see that happening.

Region 8 will not have anyone make it past the Sectional in baseball.  They do not match up very well in that sport. While anything could happen, it would be the most epic upset of all upsets. Single A baseball in inner city Memphis just historically isn't very strong.

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3 hours ago, GCPioneer said:

Gibson will have to have been beaten twice in order for someone else to win the district championship.

I can't keep up with which Districts are double elimination these days. I know quite a few Districts have double elimination but not all of them & I never can keep them straight. It's going to be really difficult to beat Gibson County twice. I don't care which team they face in the finals whether it be TCA, Halls, or Peabody. TCA certainly to me would have the best shot but I wouldn't rule out Halls being there with a chance. 
 

3 hours ago, bd4vols said:

Region 8 will not have anyone make it past the Sectional in baseball.  They do not match up very well in that sport. While anything could happen, it would be the most epic upset of all upsets. Single A baseball in inner city Memphis just historically isn't very strong.

You can tell that inner city Memphis baseball isn't very good in Class A just by looking at team's records. Middle College is really the only team from Class A that is any good at all even with their double-digit losses. The rest of the Region 8 Class A teams are bad in record & playing on the diamond. You're right! I listed Middle College as the pick from Region 8 but they probably aren't good enough to make the state tourney.

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58 minutes ago, tonybologna said:

I can't keep up with which Districts are double elimination these days. I know quite a few Districts have double elimination but not all of them & I never can keep them straight. It's going to be really difficult to beat Gibson County twice. I don't care which team they face in the finals whether it be TCA, Halls, or Peabody. TCA certainly to me would have the best shot but I wouldn't rule out Halls being there with a chance. 
 

I would say the only team that maybe has enough pitching left to be able to beat Gibson twice is TCA, and even then I don't see that happening with Gibson's ace not having pitched since Friday's game against Peabody, and TCA using their ace in yesterday's loss to Gibson. Regardless, I think this district will send two teams to the state tournament.

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