89Falcon

Is there anything wrong with a "money grab" or "creating a launch pad for your son"?

2-8 or 1-9

Should be a good match between a "3 seed" and a "4 seed".

LOL

Hearing it will be from within.

Perhaps parents are pulling their kids out of public schools?

Any word on the locations?

However, if Jasper somehow could get a win on Tuesday it would definitely shake up the order.

I wouldn't disagree. I have seen a few "#1s" that are his equal but not many "#2s".

I think they just rank them on how good they think the team is. Example: Rusk are the District Champions despite the W/L record. All of the teams in the district that have better W/L records finished behind Rusk in the standings and are "in actuality" not as good of a team as Rusk. Also, the "rankers" believe that Rusk is likely to make a decent run in the playoffs despite their W/L record. They believe that "when it counts" (such as district) Rusk will be among the better teams.

I definitely expect the "Thursday" team to show up against JD on Tuesday. Will be interesting to see how they fare against Circle but he is no easy pass either.

Agreed on what Rusk "cares about". Now that Rusk is going to win the district we can definitely see why Rusk has been "ranked". There have been many throughout the year that have questioned "why Rusk was ranked" and that "Carthage, Hudson or Jasper deserved to be ranked but not Rusk". The rank voters knew all along that Rusk is a different team with/without JD Thompson. The district also understands this clearly now and that Rusk is the best team in the district.

Rusk is definitely better than Hudson. Looking like the "rankings" may have been accurate all along.

Rusk can "nearly" clinch a share of 1st with a win. We can assume they will win with JD pitching on Tuesday.

Upset the balance with this one. Center 3 Jasper 2. Great win for Center.

Saw Palestine Head Baseball open. Nice set up for someone. They have awesome facilities for baseball once everything is completed.

Still shocked about the first meeting.

"JD game" in the bag. Now we will see what they can do on Friday. A win will likely secure a share of first place in the district.

He will pitch in two of those games. He has been pitching on Tuesdays. Circle is who I have seen pitch on Fridays. Thompson usually plays CF when not pitching.

Understood. And "right now", Rusk is ahead of Carthage and in 1st place in the District which actually "means something" and is "not opinion". May be different in a week but at this moment Rusk is in 1st place.

In the case of Rusk, it is because JD Thompson P (Vanderbilt) was out for the first part of the season.

Agreed. No one would have chosen Carthage to win the District at the beginning of the year. They are in position to do so now. I can easily see a "3-way" tie for first as well.

Will be interesting to see how this one shakes out. Top 4 could come in any order.

I suspect Circle pitched in this one. We will see if they can make the playoffs. Will be interesting.

Late night!