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By DOUG DYER

For The Gallatin NewsTe goals have been specic

or Gallatin ootball this spring:better leadership and betterteam chemistry.

Ater multiple practices andthree scrimmages, coach MarkWilliams is pleased with theprogress.

Te kids are doing a greatjob o being coachable, he said.Teyre not making a ton o mis-takes, and the ones they are mak-ing are correctable. Teyre giv-ing great eort, and that makesthings easier as a coach.

For Clay Carnes, the spring

has been about making up orlost time.

Te rising senior quarterback

missed all o the 2012 seasonwith shoulder issues causedrom Toracic outlet syndrome,which aected the nerves in hisneck, shoulder and elbow.

Now its about working othe rust and getting back intothe groove o being a leader orthe Green Wave on the eld.

Te toughest thing has justbeen getting the rust o, hesaid. Te system is the same,but Im just trying to get back

into a groove. Getting back in

CLARKSVILLE Guess who did itagain?

Gallatin sophomore Brett Neelly hasramped up his game as the track postsea-son gets into gear. He won both the dis-cus throw (169-8) and shot put (55-2.5)at last weeks SSAA Section 3 NorthSub-sectional meet at Kenwood, break-ing his own school record in the discus again.

It is the third time he has broke hisown discus record in the last month,and the best hes thrown the shot sinceMarchs 51-1.5

Tose were just two o the 12 wins

posted by athletes rom Beech, Gallatin,Hendersonville and Station Camp.

Tose qualiying or sectionals returnto Kenwood this week or a Wednesday-Tursday meet to see who reaches nextweeks SSAA Class AAA Spring Flingin Murreesboro. Te top our nishersadvance rom each sectional across thestate.

Station Camps Josh Malone scored32.5 points as he won the high jump (6-2), 100- and 200-meter dashes (10.88

and 22.12). He was also on the winning800-meter relay team (1:33.10).

Bison teammate Drake Watson col-

By CORBY A. YARBROUGHSports Editor

HENDERSONVILLE sali Franklin walked o thetennis court one last timeMonday with no regrets.

Te Gallatin senior had al-ready reached her goal o qual-iying or the Region 5-AAAournament. So she was play-ing with house money or hernal two prep matches, and itpaid out evenly.

Im satised. I got to re-gionals, Franklin said. Iwasnt expecting to get tostate. I just dont take tennisthat serious. Its just stu that

I go out and do with my mom.My mom, I have to thank

her; shes the only reason Imout here. She taught me every-thing I know or the most part.Its just a un thing betweenmy amily and my riends.

Franklin scored a 6-1, 6-1win against Dickson Countysophomore Sheridan Grayin the region seminalsMonday morning at Memo-rial Park. She returned to thecourts in the aternoon anddropped a 6-2, 6-2 decisionto Hendersonville sophomoreSarah Hall a now two-time

region champion.I played her better at dis-

tricts than I did at regionals,Franklin said o a rematchwith Hall ater the two metin the District 9-AAA ourna-ment nals on April 30 a6-2, 7-6 (6-4) win or Hall, whois undeeated in two years indistrict play.

She plays about the sameevery time. I she can keep herhead shes a good player.

By Joe Biddle

Reach Joe Biddle at joebiddle11@gmail.com

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Former ennessee quarterback

yler Bray came to Knoxville with thesize and arm strength that college and

NFL scouts drool about.

He is 6-oot-6, a lean 215 pounds,

has a rocket arm and brought Vols

ans to their eet with his ability to

put deep downeld passes right on

target.

His physical attributes bring to

mind two Vols quarterbacks that pre-

ceded Bray Peyton Manning and

Heath Shuler.

My question is, will yler Bray be-

come Manning, or Shuler?

Only Bray can answer that ques-

tion, but unless he has a signicant

liestyle and mental makeover, mymoney says he will be more like Shuler

and I dont mean to iner Bray will

become a U.S. Senator.

I Bray is to succeed in the NFL, he

has landed in the right camp with the

right coach.

Tere is nowhere but up to go as a

Kansas City Chie under the riendli-

est o riendly quarterback mentors in

Coach Andy Reid.

Does Bray have what it takes to

become a starting NFL quarterback?

Te answer is all between his ears,

just as it was with Manning and Shul-

er. Manning was the epitome o being

a student o the game masteringthe mental part o the most dicult

position to play in the sport.

Unlike Manning and Shuler, Bray

did not have the coaching at ennes-

see that they proted rom. He had

Derek Dooley.

Shuler was the third player picked

in the 1994 NFL Drat. He was tagged

quarterback o the uture or the

Washington Redskins. However,

when he held out in training camp to

acquire a $19.25 million contract, he

ell out o avor with some veterans.

More importantly, he lagged behind

in learning the playbook, a more di-

cult playbook than he had at en-

nessee.

In his third season, Shuler lost

his job to Gus Frerotte, was traded

to New Orleans, where he suered a

serious oot injury that he never re-

covered rom.

In 1997, Football Outsiders made

Shuler its least valuable NFL quar-

terback that year.

As everyone knows, Manning has

won just about everything you can

win in the NFL.

Bray comes in with ar ewer expec-

tations. He had three losing seasons

at ennessee and came out early. He

was ignored in the recent NFL drat

and signed as an undrated ree agent

with the Chies.

As a junior Bray threw or 3,612

yards and 34 touchdowns. He benet-

ted rom having wide receivers Cor-

darrelle Patterson and Justin Hunter.

Patterson was drated by Minnesota

with the 29th pick. Hunter quickly

ollowed, grabbed by the itans in

the second round, who moved up six

spots to drat him.

It wasnt Brays physical ability that

prevented NFL teams rom taking

him. He had too many red fag is-

sues. He would sulk on the eld whenthings didnt go his way. He made bad

decisions in the passing game. O the

eld, his lack o maturity and judg-

ment became a black mark against

him. Whether it was throwing beer

bottles o an apartment balcony onto

parked cars below, or other bone-

headed incidents, Brays NFL stock

dropped o the chart.

I made a lot o mistakes at en-

nessee, a lot o o-the-eld issues,

Bray told ESPN.com. Tat had a lot to

do with it. Tey were just stupid mis-

takes. Im here now, Im a ree agent

and thats OK with me.

Manning, or Shuler? Its all be-tween the ears or yler Bray.

Franklinadvancesto regiontitle match

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

See FRANKLIN l Page A6

Station Camps Nathan Watson takes the baton rom Michael Walters

during a relay race at last weeks Section 3 North Sub-sectional meet

at Kenwood. Photo by Terri Rizor l SUBMITTED

By CORBY A. YARBROUGHSports Editor

NASHVILLE For 29 plays, the Station Camp de-ense was rock solid against host Hillsboro during theirMay 9 scrimmage.

Ten the next 15 plays or so happened. It resultedin the Burros scoring three touchdowns and racking upmultiple big-yardage gains over the next 10-15 plays. Ithe teams were keeping score in the Bisons rst o twospring scrimmages, it was Hillsboro 3, Station Camp 0.

Weve just got to keep the momentum up, ullnack/linebacker Ryker ope said. Everyone was getting tiredout there. We just stopped playing. Weve got to come outhere with a re, with a passion; thats what we didnt do.

For the rst 29 plays, the Bison deense bent on the

opening series beore the drive was stalling in Station

Camp territory. Te visitors came back out the secondseries and recorded three sacks and a tackle or loss. Andor nine plays on the third series, the Burros were notgetting anything accomplished.

Ten a 60-yard pass got Hillsboro to the 10, where itollowed with a 10-yard quarterback keeper or a scoreon the next play. Te Burros returned on the next serieswith three straight 15-yard runs, a 15-yard pass and a

Halfway there

See SECTIONAL l Page A7

Bison, Wave earn 13 sectional spots

Gallatins Kerry Barr gets ready to haul in a

pass during the Green Waves spring scrimmageagainst visiting Clarksville on May 9.Photo by Phil Stauder l THE GALLATIN NEWS

Gallatin ofense gets into gear

See OFFENSE l Page A7

For a photo gallery from Gallatins spring

scrimmage against Clarksville, log on to

GallatinNews.com/Sports .

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Track and feld athletes

one meet away fromTSSAA Spring Fling

Tsali Franklin advanced to the

Region 5-AAA inals Monday inHendersonville, the frst Gallatin

player to do so since 2011.Photo by Phil Stauder l THE GALLATIN NEWS

See HALFWAY l Page A6

For a photo gallery from the Sub-sectional meet and full

results, go to GallatinNews.com/Sports .

ONLINE

Station Camp deense solid or frst part o Hillsboro scrimmage

Station Camps Sherman Dunlap works to get past two Hillsboro deenders and to the Burros quarterback during their spring

scrimmage May 9 at Hillsboro. Photo by Corby A. Yarbrough l THE GALLATIN NEWS

For a photo gallery from Station Camps spring scrimmage against host Hillsboro,

log on to GallatinNews.com/Sports .

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