SPORTS FORUM

I don't understand what all the disgust and anger is about here. Nobody has trashed or insulted the football players in any way. Facts are simply being discussed about the football wesite and about Portland's win/loss record this football season. I don't know where you have been but the latter issue has been talked about in this town since dirt was born. Obviously you have never been in the Panther Den on Monday morning?!

As far as the website, if you were paying attention all season, it has been at least a week behind in updating scores etc.... This time period that you are discussing it not being updated was just after the fall break which could possibly explain the 3 week delay.
For goodness sakes folks, these are kids that are playing their heart out and still showing up, despite all of you fair weather fans! Maybe we should look at these kids when our life gets tough. As adults we tend to spend so much time complaining, being angry, and resentful and throw up our hands in defeat. Not these kids! These boys show up every morning and every evening regardless of what you or anyone else thinks. The boys of Portland High School Football have my support and respect. Never give up!

I find it totally disgusting that you find it humorous to post about these high school football players in this manner, yet nobody has stood up for them, oh but wait, we're not talking about trashy portland here, just our children. enough said!!

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Whoever runs the Portland Panther Football website is just wrong. Under news and current news story it says this

"The Panthers started the game with a failed onside kick, however, the stopped Mt. Juliet on 3 and out. The Panthers then took it down inside the red zone, but an interception off of a Panthers WR ended up giving Mt. Juliet a 7-0 lead. The game was 14-6 in the 2nd quarter. The Panthers let Mt. Juliet continue to pick up 3rd & long situations on stupid penalties. The score then became 21-6 and the Panthers could not dig themselves out of the grave they built for themselves"

Thats hardcore. These are just kids throwing a football and this clown is acting like this is some life or death activity. Thanks for the encouragement web master.

www.portlandpantherfootball.com

I was wondering what Portland's football record is this season. Website was fired up and ready to go but has stopped updating after 0-5:/ Have they won any games this year. I fear they are now out classed with all those A's.

Justice in *Nashville, TN* (AP) - A seven-year old boy was at the center of a Williamson County courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree possible. The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him.After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references and confer with the child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Tennessee Titans Football Team, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.

This football junk is exactly why I didn't want to live in Portland. I hope my son never asks to play football, because I won't let him.

This EAST/WEST rivalry is ridiculous. We're making it sound like the East football team and the West football team aren't from the SAME CITY. Hello, people!!! If either team does good the city should be proud.

My child will be at PEMS someday. I will encourage academics over sports anytime. I will not let him play football. We will talk about other sports (unless I can convince my husband to move before then).

I don't think people should be judged on how well them play football. It's what's inside. If East players are showing up at West games in the other teams colors, then that is so sad & disappointing for this town.

OK, I'm going to have to ask that the name calling and accusations in this thread stop.

Please be respectful and chillllllll!!

I guess the STACKING of the teams caused West to win or tie all 3 of it's 7th grade games vs East too.

If a child is attending an out of zone school they have to have direct permission from Mr. Bills, permission from the principal of the school where they want to attend, and permission from the principal of the school where they are supposed to attend. So Mr. Butler is in on the STACKING conspiracy as well. Maybe we should burn all of them at the stake. HA

Both Coach Combs and Coach Lane are working to make their teams better. For goodness sake they both coached together for three years and always seemed to agree upon what they thought was best for the Portland Middle Program. Now that the schools are split one is teaching virtue and the other is teaching corruption. Come on, grow up adults. Both of them are good men, both of them are doing all they can do to make PORTLAND football better.

Just one more time, I would like to state that I too was trying to give a compliment on my specific experience. My son has benefited from this football program! He HAS learned some valuable lessons from this team/coach. I was not knocking ANY other team, just talking about our experience as a family. How this has turned into an East/West thing is beyond me! I was not attacking anyone or anything. For goodness sakes I didnt even mention a win/loss record or stats or star players...if this is all you got from my post "parenting101"(HA) then you might need to take a serious look at your own agenda here! How about instead of throwing slurs my way, why not spend that time encouraging or complimenting your coaching staff..just a thought

As far as the stacking of the school goes, I think only the eighth graders this year were given the choice of which schools to attend. If that is the case, then if there was some stacking involved it should resolve itself next year when those eighth graders move on to the high school.

What amazes me is that people think these kids are getting paid!!! Its high school!!!!! They are still learning the fundamentals of the game for pete's sake. Not to mention that every year there are NOT going to be kids 6 foot tall and 220 lbs!!!

"We must win". Montgni, I sure hope you do not have a child on this team and I hope the parents who do have kids on this team do not put as much pressure on them to win as this community does.

we must win!!

I would just like to take a moment to comment on middle school football here in Portland. My son has had the opportunity to play for the new Portland West Middle School football team. He is not a starter, but he is a member of the team. I am so proud of the boys on this team. They have exhibited great class, sportsmanship, and respect this year. As many of you know, these boys spend 10 months a year practicing for 8 games. They spend more hours with their teammates and coaches than any other outside influence during this time. By God's grace, my son has spent that time with a coach that has taught him so much, so much that doesn't have anything to do with football. He has instilled drive, determination, respect, humility, and most of all, class in his players. The coach that I am referring to is Coach Kyle Lane. All throughout the year, Coach Lane expects and won't accept anything less than our teams best, in and out of school. Respect is always first. This respect has not gone unnoticed. Academics are a close second, my son, because of his respect for his coach, has improved to honor roll status. He has brought out potential in my son the he didn't know that he had until this year. The last that I am going to mention is a sense of belonging. In the beginning of the year (January) Coach stated that by the end of the season, our sons would be family. My son had a hard time believing that this would happen with all the different personalities, this however became fact. These boys are family. Coach Lane, thank you for being a part of our boys life. They will be better men for knowing you!

I would just like to take a moment to comment on middle school football here in Portland. My son has had the opportunity to play for the new Portland West Middle School football team. He is not a starter, but he is a member of the team. I am so proud of the boys on this team. They have exhibited great class, sportsmanship, and respect this year. As many of you know, these boys spend 10 months a year practicing for 8 games. They spend more hours with their teammates and coaches than any other outside influence during this time. By God's grace, my son has spent that time with a coach that has taught him so much, so much that doesn't have anything to do with football. He has instilled drive, determination, respect, humility, and most of all, class in his players. The coach that I am referring to is Coach Kyle Lane. All throughout the year, Coach Lane expects and won't accept anything less than our teams best, in and out of school. Respect is always first. This respect has not gone unnoticed. Academics are a close second, my son, because of his respect for his coach, has improved to honor roll status. He has brought out potential in my son the he didn't know that he had until this year. The last that I am going to mention is a sense of belonging. In the beginning of the year (January) Coach stated that by the end of the season, our sons would be family. My son had a hard time believing that this would happen with all the different personalities, this however became fact. These boys are family. Coach Lane, thank you for being a part of our boys life. They will be better men for knowing you!

What's funny is that you guys point out school enrollment as an excuse for losing in football. Why do we defeat these schools in other sports? Our volleyball and girls soccer teams appear to be defeating schools of larger enrollments. Once again, Portland lifers doing what they do best, blaming everyone and everything else for their lack of performance on the football field.

By the way, how is Perry doing at Mt. Juliet?

It must have been coaching last year, since this season is going so well. I can honestly say that I don't see a win this season. I'm not sure that it gets a lot better better next year, as so many teams you are playing are young and actually rebuilding...

BUT, hey at least you got some new coaches! Right...

Very exciting game Friday night. Portland should have won but they turned the ball over several times and had a 90 yard touchdown called back. Portland is 5A and Lebanon is 6A. Portland has 1050 students and Lebanon has almost 2000 students. On paper Lebanon should have beat Portland by 30+ Those kids gave it their all Friday night. Portland has come along way since the 1st game. Can't wait to see how they will do next.

Portland will not win a game this year.

It's Homecoming week for Portland High School. Everyone come out and support the Panthers this Friday night as we play region foe Lebanon. Go Panthers!

Great game tonight Panthers! It was awesome to see some fire on the field. Hang in there, keep your heads up, put the loss behind you and get ready for the Lebanon Blue Devils next week! Fans, keep supporting our guys!

I believe that on any given day, the #1 team in any division can be beaten. There can be a number of reasons for it. Just be supportive of those kids who have to keep up their grades, plus practice, plus (possibly) have jobs. It can't be easy for them. I personally think it's human nature to want to blame someone or something else when you lose, but you just have to decide if the "blame game" is really worth it in the end.

P.S. Go Panthers Beat Bobcats!!

Big Purple, you are exactly right. How is officiating to blame when you lose by 30 or more points? I could see a questionable call having an effect if the game was 17-16. You are also right about the excuses. They are getting ridiculous. Station Camp, like you said lost pretty much ALL of their starters, especially on offense, and White House lost 16 of 22 starters. As far as taunting, I saw the big Portland flag make its way over to the WH, side, and that is just kids being kids. Now, if I saw a group of 50 year old men, doing that, we'd have something to say about that, but it was KIDS doing the taunting. Kids will be kids. Portland, from the announcers, to the writers, need to suck it up, and quit blaming everyone else, and quit making excuses for the poor play of the Panthers on the field. Geez!

I have to agree that the excuses are getting ridiculous. I don't know anything about blaming crazy fans but I did read that the refs were partially blamed for the WH loss. Gimme a break! I can see that if it were a tight game, but 30 points difference the ref's fault? Then I heard the radio announcers claiming that Station Camp was an experienced team while we are not. That is simply not true. SC lost all their starters on offense. We have several starters returning on both sides of the ball. WH is also a younger team in a rebuilding phase. Then I hear from some of the fans that we just can't be expected to compete in 5A. Hate to burst anyone's bubble, but WH is 4A and SC just stepped into 5A from 3A, so that won't fly either. The Panthers have been outscored by their opponents by about 100 points this year. We play another 4A team this Friday night. Hopefully it will turn out better. If we get outplayed and outcoached, let's just admit it, move on, and get ready for the next week! C'mon Panthers, I'm still behind you! Get after those Bobcats!

We stink.

Well, Portland suffers yet another blowout. Wonder how the Portland Newspapers will blame THIS one on questionable calls and the other teams enthusiastic and passionate fans? It's funny how local writers and fans questioned WH's sportsmanship and class when we are just ONE year removed from many Portland (mostly adult)fans wearing "WHITE HOUSE SUCKS" T-shirts at last year's game here.

Well, Portland will have their first region game against Station Camp this Friday night. Could this be the week they turn things around? I understand SC lost a lot of their starters from last year. Hopefully that will translate into a win for the Panthers. Good luck guys!

Well, at least the Devils were generous enough to give the Panthers 2 whole points this week by snapping the ball over the punters head in their own end zone. If WH had executed ALL of their plays, this game would have been much worse. Still the Panthers lose to the White House Blue Devils 32-2. Another long season is on the way.

Panthers - Good luck against the Blue Devils Friday night! Beat down the BDP! Go Big P! C'mon Panther fans, let's get some support going for our guys!

How about that Red Boiling Springs high school football team!! They got their first win in over "6 Years" Friday night!! WTG!! What a fantastic night that must of been for those players. One of the news stations reported that when the team was ahead at half time, which I guess from how it sounded was a rarity, that the small crowd that was there must of started calling everyone and by the time half time was over the team could hardly get back out on the field because the crowd had grown so large. How Cool!!

Nothing like reliving a 43-0 butt kicking in detail and color!

This was obviously a tuff, tuff loss. In doing a little research on Greenwood HS in KY they appear to be on their way to the top of their division. Next week's another week Panthers, stay focused & good luck!

Greenwood, KY 43
Portland 0

FINAL

2009 Portland Panthers Varsity Schedule

Day Date Time Opponent Location Result
Friday Aug. 21 7:00 PM Greenwood, KY Home -
Friday Aug. 28 7:30 PM White House Away -
Friday Sep. 4 7:00 PM Station Camp Away -
Friday Sep. 11 7:00 PM Greenbrier Home -
Friday Sep. 18 7:00 PM Lebanon Home -
Friday Sep. 25 7:00 PM OPEN Home -
Friday Oct. 2 7:00 PM Beech Away -
Friday Oct. 9 7:00 PM Gallatin Away -
Friday Oct. 16 7:00 PM Hendersonville Home -
Friday Oct. 23 7:00 PM Mt. Juliet Home -
Friday Oct. 30 7:00 PM Wilson Central Away -
Friday Nov. 6 7:00 PM 1st Round TSSAA Playoffs Away -

CONGRATS to the Panthers for winning their scrimmage game! GREAT Job!

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DARREN HAMILTON#40 replied to comment from judy | May 7, 2009 6:24 PM | Reply
i know im just tired of the lack of respect that we receive every year but we'll be ok.the team is looking great and they put alot of effort into practice each and every day,we also have some really great coaches with experience and they believe in every single player..we have a scrimmage against CENNTINIAL ON EITHER WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT EDGAR JOHNSON STADIUM. please come out and support us- DARREN HAMILTON
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judy replied to comment from Darren Hamilton#40 | May 6, 2009 10:45 PM | Reply
Darren - Welcome to the blog
I understand your frustration, please understand that many here are true panther fans. They've been just as frustrated as you and your team members have been over the past few years. This town is Panther Football proud and I'm sure many wish you all the best of luck this upcoming season. Please come back and let us know how things are going with the team. Oh... one more thing be careful with your words, great post though!
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Darren Hamilton#40 | May 6, 2009 9:43 PM | Reply
I read every single one of these comments and frankly im disgusted with the support of the so called "PANTHER FANS" so i see you dont think we have talent huh well theres been ALOT! of talented players in the past but all we have is one"STATE CHAMPIONSHIP" that everyone boasts about like its an everyday accomplishment.......
i see everyones scared because we are in 5A..HA im the one on the field and im not one bit scared. HELL,i wish there was a 10A id play one of those teams in a heartbeat. i have more faith in my teammates than i will ever have in my life because each and everyone works hard to contribute to the football team... and if u think we're scared and cant play cause we are supposedly "UNTALENTED"!!!!! u can meet me on the practice field at any time...oh by the the adress to the field is (600 college street)

Now Matt, I just got Daniel to shutup about my bad... er I mean MAD golf skills. I don't need you tuning up now.

Tim you should know how kenny feels...you get that feeling everytime we play!!! lol!! Just Kidding!!! I feel bad for Kenny too. This is the second playoff loss in a major. They said in the tv coverage that it took him 3 years to get over the first loss! I hope he doesnt do that again. He should be proud on the way he played the tournment overall cause who really was pick him to win or even be in the top ten!!! Hats off to the way he took defeat and the way he applauded Angel. Good Luck to Kenny in the future!!!

I like Kenny, and he was an absolute professional in a disappointing loss. I watched all but the last two holes (I really thought he had it sown up when Cabrera had two bogeys.

I don't know, but over the whole 18 holes, I felt like Kenny was playing not to lose, rather than playing to win. You might compare it to playing the prevent defense too early in football. I think just kept getting par, after par, after par (which I shouldn't complain since I wish I could do that). But I felt like he thought one or two under would win the tournament and he was not as aggressive as he was earlier in the week.

Ultimately, his strategy might have worked, if he could have just put that putt in the hole. I feel for him. But with the purse second place gets in the Masters, I'm sure he isn't hurting too bad.

It was an awesome match. Too bad he choked in the end. We were all really pulling for him, too. Perhaps next year?

Hats off to Kenny Perry of Franklin KY for his second place finish yesterday at the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, too bad it came down to a 3 man sudden death playoff, but a Fantastic accomplishment none the less! Way to go!