Friday Scenic City Sports Update

High School Football

I'm going to rant about Chattanooga high school football later in the afternoon. The game on tonight's schedule that is most intriguing is Red Bank at Boyd Buchanan. It would be shocking to see the Bucs win here, but many seem to think they will give the Lions trouble. It will also be interesting to see if Ooltewah can recover from the beating it took at William Blount last Friday. The fight at Ridgeland may haunt this team for the rest of the year. I might venture over to Hixson to see the Soddy-Daisy game just because it is so close to my home. Many of the other areas teams (McCallie, Baylor, Brainerd) are playing out of town tonight.

Tennessee Vols

The JV Vols played a game in Neyland Stadium last night, defeating Hargrave Military Academy 37-20 in front of 500 rabid fans. How empty must Neyland Stadium feel with only 500 people in it? Honestly, I did not know Tennessee had a JV team. Honestly, I don't know why Tennessee has a JV team.

In more relevant news, Montario Hardesty looks like he will be ready for the Georgia game next Saturday, calling himself "90%" at this point. Sounds good to me - beating UGA will really lift the spirits of what has been a disappointing season to date.

Pat Summitt fired back at UConn coach Geno Auriemma after his comments about why she cancelled the UT/UConn series, saying she told him privately the reasons as soon as the decision was made. Both coaches are hurting themselves and their girls with this feud. Summitt looks wimpy for avoiding UConn and Auriemma looks like a grand stander for calling her out. These games are the highlights of the women's college basketball season, so not playing them over a coaching feud is disappointing.

Atlanta Braves

What might have been. The Braves lost two of the three in Philadelphia and have been eliminated from the playoffs. The NY Mets have done everything in their power to let the Braves take the N.L. East, but Atlanta couldn't get a win with Tim Hudson and John Smoltz pitching back-to-back days.

Next game - doesn't matter.