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2 hours ago, BarneySox2007 said:

Eagleton can be a good high school team if they can keep the boys that would have normally went to Alcoa in the past. For a 1A or 2A school they will have the tools to compete. For a school only playing some JV games this year I was very impressed with the number I seen out there.

Will be going to watch Eagleton jv play Mcminn central. I think Eagleton will fare better than the other two county schools. Unfortunately I feel like they'll be region 1 In 1a and maybe region 2 in 2a

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It seems that The Daily Times in Blount County didn't mention hide nor hair about the new Eagleton team even though they are going to be playing a JV schedule this year in the yearly football section they put out. They took the time to run up to Seymour to cover TKA which no one in Blount County would give a hoot about but not a mention a thing about the new program coming up under their nose. The newspapers haven't been worth nothing here the past few years other than cleaning windows or lining a bird cage.

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On 7/27/2022 at 11:57 AM, crazzyness said:

I've gone my whole live thinking Greenback was in Blount County :roflol:

 

I always thought the Little Tennessee was the boundary between Blount and Loudon Counties. Silly me.

The area used to be in Blount County. I think this was before Greenback was a train stop and we still called it Morganton. The Greenback zip code (37742) is in Loudon and Blount. 

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5 hours ago, Red Rebels said:

The area used to be in Blount County. I think this was before Greenback was a train stop and we still called it Morganton. The Greenback zip code (37742) is in Loudon and Blount. 

The rabbit hole gets deeper...

 

But really. I stand by what I said. If they're AA, they'd almost by default have to come to Region 1, right?

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On 8/11/2022 at 8:07 AM, BarneySox2007 said:

It seems that The Daily Times in Blount County didn't mention hide nor hair about the new Eagleton team even though they are going to be playing a JV schedule this year in the yearly football section they put out. They took the time to run up to Seymour to cover TKA which no one in Blount County would give a hoot about but not a mention a thing about the new program coming up under their nose. The newspapers haven't been worth nothing here the past few years other than cleaning windows or lining a bird cage.

You learn to live without them. Jackson Sun used to have an entire section that began well before season and spotlighted most teams within a 40 mile radius leading up to week zero, then covered weekly scores and highlighted top matchups throughout the season and playoffs. Now 5-6 game scores in season and not much else...worthless.

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On 8/8/2022 at 9:56 PM, RichyRich said:

Will be going to watch Eagleton jv play Mcminn central. I think Eagleton will fare better than the other two county schools. Unfortunately I feel like they'll be region 1 In 1a and maybe region 2 in 2a

If they are 2A they will more likely go to Region 1 because there only 4 teams currently 

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