Chattanooga Area Top 10

[ChattSportsWriter11]

Well, Another good week of Basketball. Many great games were played this week, but no one besides Bradley emerged from the crowd. Chattanooga Christian and Bradley were the only ones that took care of all their opponents this week. Therefore, you will see that most teams remain in a similar spot as they did last week.

 

Rank (Last Weeks Rank)-Comments (Record)

 

1. (1) Bradley Central- Had a tough week of basketball but beat both Rhea and Cleveland by double figures. (19-1)

2. (4) Chattanooga Christian- Stayed on their winning ways with wins over Dalton and Temple. (14-3)

3. (2) Brainerd- Beat good Ooltewah and Howard teams, but split with Central on the season in their loss on Tuesday. (19-3)

4. (3) Chattanooga Central- Falls to a inconsistent Cleveland team, but evens up the season series with Brainerd with a win. (12-3)??

5. (5) Rhea County- Loss to the Bears of Bradley but beat Cumberland County. (19-6)

6. (6) Ooltewah- Beat Grace and Red Bank but loss to a good Brainerd team. (14-4)

7. (7) Cleveland- Played tough opponents this week. Did a good job to escape 1 and 1. Win over Central and tough loss to Bradley. (10-8)

8. (8) East Ridge- Beat Grundy and loss to CSAS. (13-2)

9. (NR) Walker Valley- Beat Sequoyah and Meigs County. Big game versus Ooltewah this week. (12-8)

10. (9) Temple- Loss to Chattanooga Christian but came out with a win over Lookout Valley. (13-6)

 

Another good week of basketball coming up this week as always. It will be interesting to see who stays towards the top of the Polls. Next weeks Top 10 will come out around Saturday. Any comments or questions welcome…

Edited January 26, 2004 by ChattSportsWriter11

[GradfromtheNest]

I think you've got a pretty good top 10 there. I think since the season is getting more and more behind us, it's getting clearer who this top 10 should be. But with that said, anything can still happen!

[will87]

Great rankings all around! Your top five picks are right on the money. Keep it up.

[DeepBall]

Chattsportswriter11: What do you know/think about the situation at Soddy-Daisy?

[GradfromtheNest]

Surely he couldn't know anymore than you DeepBall. Actually, it seems like EVERYONE is beginning to know the actual details of the situation. You'd think something should be about to happen.

 

Oh, and I was looking at the Hamilton County Schools budget breakdown. IT looks as if Smith is the highest paid county high school principal around 86,000. Second is Ooltewah and a couple other larger schools around 76,000. That was just the latest figures published so who knows if they're right. If I was him I wouldn't want to get fired either!

Edited January 26, 2004 by GradfromtheNest

[GradfromtheNest]

SD has the second largest budget around 4.6 million.

Ooltewah is first with 4.7 million.

 

So he's got some responsibility. Makes you wonder if you really want him there.

 

So yeah, this thread's probably going to be locked!

[BattleBornVolunteer]

Good Top 10.

[ChattSportsWriter11]

Deepball….I know that if someone doesn’t take care of the problems at Soddy Daisy around the basketball programs then there is going to end up being some real problems. I think someone needs to make Tom Weathers, your new AD aware of the problem and its seriousness. I was at the Soddy Daisy-Hixson game, and I witnessed problems first hand there that night. I know that there I witnessed Coach Wood say something toward the Hixson Coaching staff that one coach doesn’t say to another in the middle of a game. As well did I witness the fans reaction to her as she was pegged by a little plastic ball in the head and head to be escorted out of the gym. Then I heard that a few others quit after that game but I don’t know the truth behind that. I think if someone doesn’t step up and take care of the problem, you will see a lot more continue to happen than what has already.

[OldSchoolBalla33]

Brainerd, Central, and Ooltewah could all handle Chattanooga Christian with no problem. How can you have a team that plays such little comp like CCS with 14 wins ranked ahead of Brainerd, who has 19 wins vrs. much tougher comp., and Ooltewah who has 14 wins as well, and plays all the toughest teams, unlike the CCS team.

[GradfromtheNest]

Although I think Ooltewah, Brainerd, and Central should all beat CCS, I don't tihnk it would be easy by any stretch of the imagination. I mean it could be a blowout, but you can't count on that. CCS is good.

[OldSchoolBalla33]

I disagree Gradfromthenest, Strength of schedule should count for somthing, and I think if any of those three teams named played that schedule, that they would be 17-0 no questions asked.

[InDepthInsider]

I think you're Top 10 looks pretty good. Chatt Christian is a good team. I am not exactly sure how good though. I think that it is hard to place teams coming off a week like last week with some many teams winning one and losing one. Overall I think it looks pretty good.