Who are the top teams in East Tennessee?

[Rebelyell10]

I hear Dobyns Bennet scrimmaged Cherokee last week?  Anyone hear how that went!?

[QSouth89]

On 11/6/2023 at 2:00 PM, ClaboCrazy1961 said:

They may have some talent, but that does not always translate into wins.  They had the same talent last year and did nothing with it.  Do you trust the coaching staff at West?  I know I have not been impressed with what West has done since they got a new coach a few years ago.  It will be a dogfight every night in District 4 though.  West has to deal with my Ads, Bearden, William Blount, Hardin Valley, and Maryville.  Any one of those teams could win the league.   

 

Oak Ridge will continue their domination in District 3 with no challengers in sight, especially since the kid from Greenback "moved" there.

Is McCullum back at Harriman?  He may be good enough in A to get them to state

I was told that Catholic beat Oak Ridge in a scrimmage last night. I’m sure both teams were missing players due to the football playoffs. 

[ClaboCrazy1961]

13 hours ago, ipb7 said:

They had an unbelievable freshman class a few seasons back. Those kids are juniors now if they stuck together.

Unbelievable?  Did they even win the Knox County Freshmen tournament?

[QSouth89]

1 hour ago, ClaboCrazy1961 said:

Unbelievable?  Did they even win the Knox County Freshmen tournament?

Not sure about the Freshman tournament from two years ago, but they won the JV tournament last year.  Beat Catholic in the championship.

[ClaboCrazy1961]

9 minutes ago, QSouth89 said:

Not sure about the Freshman tournament from two years ago, but they won the JV tournament last year.  Beat Catholic in the championship.

You seem to know a lot about Catholic.  You coach over there?

[QSouth89]

1 minute ago, ClaboCrazy1961 said:

You seem to know a lot about Catholic.  You coach over there?

I use too, but not anymore, I coach out of state now, but still follow the Irish.

[ipb7]

On 11/8/2023 at 6:35 AM, QSouth89 said:

I was told that Catholic beat Oak Ridge in a scrimmage last night. I’m sure both teams were missing players due to the football playoffs. 

OR is missing 2 guys, but, neither starters. If Catholic beat OR, they're probably just better than us.

[Jhooper24]

Maryville will be a problem. They have good size (6'8 and 6'9 down low). I think they are starting 4 sophomores. They'll be scary for the next 3 years.

[Turtle]

On 11/6/2023 at 9:45 AM, QSouth89 said:

The West Rebels might surprise some teams this year. I've heard they got some talent on Sutherland.

They have a good JR Class, they should make some noise if they can stay healthy 

[IrishBBall]

On 11/9/2023 at 3:17 PM, ipb7 said:

OR is missing 2 guys, but, neither starters. If Catholic beat OR, they're probably just better than us.

Per Aaron they were missing another due to injury and the point guard went out in the 4th quarter after diving for a loose ball. Catholic won pretty easily but my concern would be their depth. 

[IrishBBall]

On 11/8/2023 at 6:35 AM, QSouth89 said:

I was told that Catholic beat Oak Ridge in a scrimmage last night. I’m sure both teams were missing players due to the football playoffs. 

Don’t know that the Irish were missing much.

[Dridge1025]

On 10/31/2023 at 12:32 PM, ClaboCrazy1961 said:

4A- Sevier County, Oak Ridge, Walker Valley, Bradley Central

3A- Fulton and Greeneville

2A- Alcoa,  Austin-East, and Gatlinburg-Pittman

1A- ?

Thoughts?

Doesn’t Sevierville return 4 starters ?