5A West TN and 5A Middle TN

[matt912]

I may be wrong but I cant think of a private school near Riverdale- Murfeesboro that could have a chance of getting an athlete to leave Riverdale and go to their school. As for 5A teams in Memphis, such as Germantown and Houston, they have players leave for schools such as Briarcrest (Div. II AA State Champs), ECS(Div. II AA State Runner Ups), Memphis University School (Div. II AAA State Champs), and Christian Brothers. I know that at least 5 people who started for Houston in either their middle school program or freshman program all left and won state championships at either Briarcrest or MUS. If these schools were not around, or there werent so many, I can guarantee that the West would by far be the best.

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I may be wrong but I cant think of a private school near Riverdale- Murfeesboro that could have a chance of getting an athlete to leave Riverdale and go to their school.  As for 5A teams in Memphis, such as Germantown and Houston, they have players leave for schools such as Briarcrest (Div. II AA State Champs), ECS(Div. II AA State Runner Ups), Memphis University School (Div. II AAA State Champs), and Christian Brothers.  I know that at least 5 people who started for Houston in either their middle school program or freshman program all left and won state championships at either Briarcrest or MUS.  If these schools were not around, or there werent so many, I can guarantee that the West would by far be the best.

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5A in Middle Tennessee is more than just Riverdale High School.

 

Brentwood High and Franklin High could make the same argument about Brentwood Academy and BGA. There are also plenty of 5A Nashville schools near privates (Antioch and Ezell Harding are close to each other, for example).

 

Keep in mind, the Nashville-area 5As would be stronger as well.

Edited December 12, 2004 by rollredroll

[bhsOL]

There was a guy named Mikki Allen who used to play for UT back in the 1990's who lived in Murfreesboro but went to Brentwood Academy for high school.

[PHIL_ROY_WRATH]

Franklin Road Academy is right down the road from riverdale, but they do not have a football team.

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Franklin Road Academy is right down the road from riverdale, but they do not have a football team.

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There's a Franklin Road Academy in Nashville too, but they do have a football team.

[Lost Old Dad]

There are currently TWO schools in Nashville that really 'like' R'dale players. BA and MBA. Trick is that there are some parents that like their children living at home and do NOT let their children go there.

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There are currently TWO schools in Nashville that really 'like' R'dale players.  BA and MBA.  Trick is that there are some parents that like their children living at home and do NOT let their children go there.

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Name the MBA players for me.

 

Check this post before you answer: Where MBA Kids Reside (2003)

 

I did this research in 2003 but will let it stand for any year before or after. There may be a Murfeesboro kid here and there (although I don't ever recall any), yet I will bet you a lifetime of Plus Memberships that you cannot show any pattern of flow of kids from Murfreesboro to MBA (at least two new kids per year from Murfreesboro for, say, ten years in a row). I don't even think you can show one new kid per year for five consecutive years. Care to bet?

 

With all due respect, put up or shut up (responding, "I'm not going to name names on here" doesn't cut it any more to those of us who actually fight our arguments with hard data). I'm sick and tired of the bullcrap.

Edited December 13, 2004 by rollredroll

[Lost Old Dad]

Name the MBA players for me.

 

Check this post before you answer: Where MBA Kids Reside (2003)

 

I did this research in 2003 but will let it stand for any year before or after.  There may be a Murfeesboro kid here and there (although I don't ever recall any), yet I will bet you a lifetime of Plus Memberships that you cannot show any pattern of flow of kids from Murfreesboro to MBA (at least two new kids per year from Murfreesboro for, say, ten years in a row).  I don't even think you can show one new kid per year for five consecutive years.  Care to bet?

 

With all due respect, put up or shut up (responding, "I'm not going to name names on here" doesn't cut it any more to those of us who actually fight our arguments with hard data).  I'm sick and tired of the bullcrap.

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Not going to bet because I do NOT bet on anything. Only thing I 'KNOW' is that I got a phone call from an alum from one of the two schools I mentioned that 'if' my son wanted to go to that school his tuition would be taken care of. If you read my post carefully you will see I said they'liked' some kids at R'dale and NOT that they got them. My son stayed at Riverdale because of the respect I have for one of the coaches there. Heck the tuition at BOTH schools are a third of what I make a year as a cop.

 

If this hurts your feelings or whatever I am sorry, but it IS the TRUTH!

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Only thing I 'KNOW' is that I got a phone call from an alum from one of the two schools I mentioned that 'if' my son wanted to go to that school his tuition would be taken care of.  If you read my post carefully you will see I said they'liked' some kids at R'dale and NOT that they got them.  My son stayed at Riverdale because of the respect I have for one of the coaches there.  Heck the tuition at BOTH schools are a third of what I make a year as a cop.

 

If this hurts your feelings or whatever I am sorry, but it IS the TRUTH!

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Why does an alleged phone call from an alum of one of the schools mean that both schools "like" Riverdale kids? You're not selling me on this one.

 

My feelings aren't hurt. I know what the hard data says. I put no stock in hearsay. Sorry.

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I only know of ONE guy from Murfreesboro who went to either MBA or BA in the last 10 years.

[Lost Old Dad]

Why does an alleged phone call from an alum of one of the schools mean that both schools "like" Riverdale kids?  You're not selling me on this one.

 

My feelings aren't hurt.  I know what the hard data says.  I put no stock in hearsay.  Sorry.

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Because by saying 'one' will keep me from having to say 'which' one did it either under oath or on a witness stand.

 

Just because I carry a badge and a gun for a living don't automatically make me stupid.

 

Now I have a question for you. What would YOUR reaction be if I had said that BOTH schools had made the same offer?

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Lost Old Dad, I thought you had to be pretty darn smart to carry a badge and a gun for a living?