From the Sidelines Kids go 'pro' at early age these days By CAROL STUART Brentwood Home Page sports columnist For the past several years I’ve been railing about what I call “the professionalization” of children. It seems children must decide at around age 8 or 9 or 10 or so what they want to do the rest of their lives. Whether it’s music, dance, soccer, martial arts, basketball, gymnastics, chess, academics or whatever, more and more these days we parents, coaches, teachers – our culture – want our kids to pick something at an early age and become a "professional" at it. There’s this pressure to do everything at an advanced level – play on a travel team in such-and-such sport, study dance, be in a robotics club, get your black belt, take vocal or instrumental lessons for years, run your own volunteer organization, be an Eagle Scout, etc. When did we stop letting kids be kids?  Read More >> HS Sports Schedules BA Varsity Golf Schedule Read More >> BA Varsity Boys & Girls Track Schedule 2012 Read More >> BA Varsity Boys & Girls Tennis Schedule 2012 Read More >> BA Varsity Softball Schedule 2012 Read More >> BA Varsity Baseball Schedule 2012 Read More >> BA Varsity Boys Soccer Schedule 2012 Read More >> SIGNING UPDATE: Raptors' Brown headed to UT Read More >> BHS Varsity Boys & Girls Rugby Schedule 2012 Read More >> BHS Varsity Boys & Girls Lacrosse Schedule 2012 Read More >> BHS Varsity Boys & Girls Tennis Schedule 2012 Read More >> BHS Varsity Boys & Girls Track Schedule 2012 Read More >> BHS Varsity Boys Soccer Schedule 2012 Read More >> BHS Varsity Softball Schedule 2012 Read More >> BHS Varsity Baseball Schedule 2012 Read More >> RHS Varsity Boys & Girls Rugby Schedule 2012 Read More >> RHS Varsity Boys & Girls Lacrosse Schedule 2012 Read More >> RHS Varsity Boys & Girls Track Schedule 2012 Read More >> RHS Varsity Boys and Girls Tennis Schedule 2012 Read More >> RHS Varsity Baseball Schedule 2012 Read More >> RHS Varsity Softball Schedule 2012 Read More >> RHS Varsity Boys Soccer Schedule 2012 Read More >>

TENNIS: RHS girls go for 3-peat; BHS boys in final Updated 8:50 a.m. Wednesday Brentwood Home Page news reports Ravenwood's girls swept their state rival White Station 4-0 in the TSSAA Blue Cross Spring Fling semifinals to go for a three-peat at Wednesday's final. Brentwood High's boys also advanced to play for the state title the Bruins held just two years ago. Read More >> Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:21 am Lazas, Hoff on top after decathlon Day 1 BA, CPA athletes finish third in pentathlon, rank second in decathlon  By CAROL STUART Brentwood Home Page Defending AAA state champion Jake Lazas of Brentwood High leads as expected after the first five events of the decathlon, and junior Eric Hoff is on his heels -- despite a brisk side wind coming up when they finally got to pole vault Monday. Brentwood Academy football star Jalen Ramsey is in second in Division II, while BA 's Caylyn Harvey of Brentwood placed  third in the DII pentathlon. CPA's Megan Roach was third in A-AA in pentathlon.  Read More >> Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012 10:30 pm PHOTO SLIDESHOW: Bruins in lacrosse state final Updated 9 a.m. Monday Photos by ANDREW COLLIGNON For Brentwood Home Page The Brentwood High School's boys lacrosse team played in Saturday's state championship, falling to Memphis University School. Michael Plisco was named First-Team All-State defender and All-American, and Ross English was selected the First-Team All-State goalie.  Read More >> Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:41 am Spring Fling planner: Follow BHS, RHS & BA at state Decathlon starts off the week, followed by soccer and tennis By CAROL STUART Brentwood Home Page Brentwood, Ravenwood and Brentwood Academy athletes will shoot for state championships this week in soccer, tennis and track and field. Decathlon, where BHS senior Jake Lazas and junior Eric Hoff finished 1-2 last year, starts off the TSSAA Blue Cross state championships in Murfreesboro on Monday. BHS and RHS soccer and tennis players take to the fields and courts, respectively, starting Tuesday.  Read More >> Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2012 10:30 pm Mere Bulles Athlete of the Week May 21 Click Read More to find out who was chosen for Athletes of the Week. Read More >> Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2012 10:30 pm Bruins, Raptors make soccer state tourney Brentwood blanks Hendersonville 4-0; Ravenwood wins 1-0 shutout By CAROL STUART Brentwood Home Page Brentwood High, which won its last state soccer championship in 2008, shut out longtime Middle Tennessee rival Hendersonville 4-0 to return to state for the first time since making the finals in '09. Crosstown rival Ravenwood won its sectional game at Dickson County, 1-0, for its second straight trip to state. Read More >> Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:30 am BA girls win region track, boys finish second Jalen Ramsey wins four events, Breanna Tate three Brentwood Home Page news reports Brentwood Academy's girls won the region track and field meeting head into the TSSAA Blue Cross Spring Fling championships, and the defending Division II state champ BA boys team placed second. Junior football standout Jalen Ramsey won four individual events and junior sprinter Breanna Tate captured three individual races.  Read More >> Posted: Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:54 pm ROUNDUP: BA baseball forces Game 3; RHS softball over Updated 3:45 p.m. Saturday State tourney berths also to be decided Saturday in soccer Brentwood Home Page news reports Brentwood Academy split a Division II-AA state quarterfinal baseball series at Baylor to force a deciding Game 3, while Ravenwood's softball team lost its sectional during a rain-shortened game Friday. Brentwood High and RHS, meanwhile, will play for state bids in soccer sectional games Saturday night. Read More >> Posted: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:38 pm Brentwood LAX to play for state championship Updated 9:25 a.m. Saturday Brentwood Home Page news reports Brentwood High School's boys lacrosse team defeated Chattanooga's McCallie 6-5 in the state semifinals Friday night to advance to Saturday's championship game. Read More >> Posted: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:26 pm PHOTO SLIDESHOW: Track & field sectional Photos by PEG FREDI for BHP Brentwood High School won both the Section 3-AAA track and field boys and girls track sectional team championships at BHS on Thursday. Top finishers advanced into the TSSAA Blue Cross Spring Fling state meet in Murfreesboro.  Read More >> Posted: Friday, May 18, 2012 2:28 pm Bruins beat Raptors for soccer region title, 3-1 Order of scoring corrected at 11:35 a.m. Friday BHS owns second half to gain home game for sectional, RHS goes on road By DREW DOGGETT For Brentwood Home Page Regardless of the game’s outcome, both teams would make the sectional round this Saturday with the winner hosting the loser of Hendersonville-Dickson County and the loser traveling to play the winner. Players on the field Thursday night may not have felt significant pressure to win heading to the next playoff round, but they certainly felt motivated from the anxious fans to beat their crosstown rivals.  Read More >> Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:08 pm Vanderbilt's two-time SEC Player of the Year Marina Alex will be among the players competing in the NCAA tournament next week at Vanderbilt Legends Club. Nation's top college golfers headed to Legends course Series, day tickets still available for Div. 1 NCAA tourney Brentwood Home Page news reports The finest collegiate women golfers in America, including teams representing both the University of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University, will converge in Williamson County next week for a tournament that will make local history. Read More >> Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:52 pm Lady Raptors return to state, aim for tennis 3-peat Brentwood boys tennis team also back in Spring Fling championships Brentwood Home Page news reports Ravenwood's girls tennis team is returning to the TSSAA Blue Cross Spring Fling state championships next week to shoot for a three-peat in Class AAA. Read More >> Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:30 pm ROUNDUP: BHS lacrosse plays in state semifinals Friday BA's Ramsey wins long jump to qualify for Spring Fling state meet Brentwood Home Page news reports Brentwood High School's second-ranked lacrosse team reached the state semifinals again this year, with the Bruins taking on McCallie right up the road at Father Ryan's field Friday evening. There also is a free youth clinic Saturday morning. In track and field, Brentwood Academy football player Jalen Ramsey won the DII regional long jump to qualify for state.  Read More >> Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:36 pm Ravenwood rugby captures 1st DI boys State Cup Raptors knock off three-time champ Ryan; Sunset beats Woodland for title Brentwood Home Page news reports Ravenwood High's boys rugby team led a Midstate sweep of the state championships in Knoxville over the weekend, with Sunset and Woodland finishing 1-2 in the middle school tournament. The Raptors, who won DII in 2008 and '09, won their first Division I State Cup by dethroning three-team defending champ Father Ryan.  Read More >> Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:30 pm