Rivercrest at Jonesboro Westside

[BirdFlu]

Sometimes those things just happen

It should never happen and the staff should be held responsible

[bigchief72455]

Who knows maybe it has been addressed.

[hogwildUofA]

It should never happen and the staff should be held responsible

Ask the DC/Special Teams Coordinator he is on the post....smh

[MT Legend]

Hang on a second you said 1 3 and 33 didn't shake hands? Ok,on 42 Sports it shows the hand shake line.33 give 33 from Westside a hug.3 clearly walked through the line.1 had to be drug out of the line by number 33 he seemed to be a little upset.so I seen with my 2 eyes those players shake hands.🤷🏽‍♂️

[MT Legend]

They didn't dress on the bus so that's definitely fake news lol

lol,Big Time "FAKE" News! Looks like the one calling Rivercrest classless is the real classless one for trying to make a bunch of kids look bad.🤷🏾‍♂️ Anyone interested in the truth here you go. https://youtu.be/LVA7MfchYRc

[BirdFlu]

lol,Big Time "FAKE" News! Looks like the one calling Rivercrest classless is the real classless one for trying to make a bunch of kids look bad.🤷🏾‍♂️ Anyone interested in the truth here you go. https://youtu.be/LVA7MfchYRc

After further review, your video evidence shows 1 and 33 walking out of the linewithout shaking a hand then a few minutes later 33 for westside comes over to 33 for the colts and they hug. 33 and 1 for the colts never touched any other westside player. PLUS, it's not that great of a video because people could have walked off the field and the camera angle would have never seen it

[MT Legend]

After further review, your video evidence shows 1 and 33 walking out of the linewithout shaking a hand then a few minutes later 33 for westside comes over to 33 for the colts and they hug. 33 and 1 for the colts never touched any other westside player. PLUS, it's not that great of a video because people could have walked off the field and the camera angle would have never seen it

Rivercrest has 28 players go through the line.ok I 33 pulled 1 out of the line.1 was upset at himself not Westside. He did nothing wrong cudos to 33 for stepping up and grabbing him cause he knew he was upset. Those kids looked out for one another they took the high road I would much rather my teammate grab me out of the line when I'm upset then let me go through and take a chance of me getting into it with the other players. If you didn't see 3 go through the line then my Freind you clearly need glasses lol.🤷🏽‍♂️

[BirdFlu]

I didn't mention 3 at all and taking the high road would be manning up and shaking hands. Not acting like a baby and walking away

[MT Legend]

I didn't mention 3 at all and taking the high road would be manning up and shaking hands. Not acting like a baby and walking away

Again he was mad at himself for fumbling and costing his team a chance at a victory.Take this for what it's  worth.us black folks don't take losing well at all. I seen good sportsmanship this whole game and both schools carried themselves well. Rivercrest had every kid on their team go through the hand shake line. "Again" 1 was not being a baby he felt like he let his team down.it happens time to time kids get emotional over these things. That's all this was 1 emotional kid.

[bigchief72455]

He is just a kid. Full of emotion and upset. I have met this young man a few times and I can tell you he is a good young man.Just a kid that's all. Try not to be so hard on him.

[BirdFlu]

No one is being hard on him. Its the right thing to do

And no winner likes losing. I hate losing worse than I like winning but you should always respect the other team and give them their credit

[MT Legend]

He is just a kid. Full of emotion and upset. I have met this young man a few times and I can tell you he is a good young man.Just a kid that's all. Try not to be so hard on him.

Exactly! Finally someone with some common sense.Thank you sir.

[BirdFlu]

Hopefully the coach and parents rectify the situation because it's inexcusable and should be taken care of that way

[bigchief72455]

Maybe you should right AAA.

[BirdFlu]

Maybe you should write your local snowflake chapter

[bigchief72455]

I'm not the one having the meltdown over a kid not shaking another's hand.

[BirdFlu]

I'm not either

[Redskin2015]

I didn't mention 3 at all and taking the high road would be manning up and shaking hands. Not acting like a baby and walking away

You are calling a kid names, that says more about your character than his

[BirdFlu]

No names were called and perhaps if that's the first time he's heard what the high road is, that could be the problem.

[Redskin2015]

I didn't mention 3 at all and taking the high road would be manning up and shaking hands. Not acting like a baby and walking away

Come again?

[BirdFlu]

Saying you're a baby is different than saying acting like a baby.

[Missco]

Oh my lawd. I have seen a lot of games where teams didn't shake hands. Good sportsmanship should always be shown but kid's get emotional. It is a football contest not Sunday school.

[Redskin2015]

Saying you're a baby is different than saying acting like a baby.

So because they lost a emotional game one that was being played for that number 1 spot and the kid got emotional and didn't shake hands he's acting like a baby? What about seniors in their final game if they don't shake hands because they are so emotional that they know they won't ever get to play a ball game again for their team does that mean they're acting like babies? Where do you draw the line between what's acceptable and what's not?

[BirdFlu]

Neither are acceptable.

[Missco]

Only in your eyes.

[BirdFlu]

Honestly I've never heard of a senior so emotional he can't shake hands. It must be a nea thing

[Missco]

The whole time I was in school I can remember several times Jonesboro Westside and Gosnell wouldn't shake hands. Neither team was being bad sports both coaches just knew it could get ugly

[Redskin2015]

Honestly I've never heard of a senior so emotional he can't shake hands. It must be a nea thing

I've never heard of a grown man that bully's kids and calls them names but I guess there's a first for everything

[Redskin2015]

The whole time I was in school I can remember several times Jonesboro Westside and Gosnell wouldn't shake hands. Neither team was being bad sports both coaches just knew it could get ugly

These water boys that don't know jack are just popping up left and right this season I've never seen them this bad

[BirdFlu]

Well if they knew it would get ugly there must have been some sort of bad sportsmanship displayed

[bigchief72455]

It happens. Remember a couple years ago when a few new Pea Ridge posters started showing up because they were winning a lot. The Pea Ridge faithful would try to tell them to shut up. I think it's kind of the same thing here.

[Redskin2015]

It happens. Remember a couple years ago when a few new Pea Ridge posters started showing up because they were winning a lot. The Pea Ridge faithful would try to tell them to shut up. I think it's kind of the same thing here.

Have you seen the green Forest guy lately I think he's finally given up on that state title run

[bigchief72455]

I saw him post earlier about if GF would score a TD in conference this season. 2 games left and it's been a goose egg so far.

[Redskin2015]

I saw him post earlier about if GF would score a TD in conference this season. 2 games left and it's been a goose egg so far.

And then there was brookland guy

[ISU7]

I didn't mention 3 at all and taking the high road would be manning up and shaking hands. Not acting like a baby and walking away

Get lost Bird Flu, shaking so many hands is probably how you got your FF nickname. lol 

[BirdFlu]

I've played against teams like that and so have both of my sons and know what you mean but you still have to man up and shake their hand after it's over.

[OB11]

I've played against teams like that and know what you mean but you still have to man up and shake their hand after it's over.

That's a tough ask of 16-18 year old kids to be called names and and degraded for 48 minutes and then go shake the guy's hands that were doing it.

**Not saying that is what happened Friday night.**

[BirdFlu]

I agree but as coaches and parents we are supposed to teach them to be bigger than that kind of person. If we don't, we are no better

[OB11]

I agree but as coaches and parents we are supposed to teach them to be bigger than that kind of person. If we don't, we are no better

I get your point. But with coaching, teaching, parenting, etc...we can teach kids every day to do exactly what we want them to do and when the lights come and it's time to perform they don't always do what we've taught them.

Do I think they should buck up and be good sports? Absolutely. But let's not bash teenage kids for acting like teenage kids. Not the first time someone didn't shake hands after a tough loss and won't be the last.

[hogwild_82]

Honestly this thread needs to just disappear, both teams played sloppy, both teams put the ball on the ground alot, both teams made mistakes, both teams played hard, both coaching staffs do their jobs very well. Fans need to let this game go and move on. Kids make mistakes, sure it's not the best thing to see a kid not want to shake hands, who knows why he didn't, he is a KID, let it be.

Good luck to everyone Friday, lots of football to play!!! I hope the 3-4A makes noise in the playoffs!!

[ISU7]

Easy there ISU.. BirdFlu isn't even a Westside person.. Leave Westside out of this conversation. They didn't do anything wrong Friday night. These boys are first class. What happened in the past is in the past. Honestly this thread needs to just disappear, both teams played sloppy, both teams put the ball on the ground alot, both teams made mistakes, both teams played hard, both coaching staffs do their jobs very well. Fans need to let this game go and move on. Kids make mistakes, sure it's not the best thing to see a kid not want to shake hands, who knows why he didn't, he is a KID, let it be.

Good luck to everyone Friday, lots of football to play!!! I hope the 3-4A makes noise in the playoffs!!

My bad  I will erase it bro

[hogwild_82]

Thanks ISU appreciate it.. i modified mine too

[OB11]

Let's all just move on from this game. Otherwise I'll lock it up.

Congrats to Westside and good luck the rest of the season to everybody.

[ISU7]

Thanks ISU appreciate it.. i modified mine too

No problem bro
Good luck to yall Friday night but you know I gotta pull for Trumann.
GO 3-4A!!!!!!!

[ISU7]

Let's all just move on from this game. Otherwise I'll lock it up.

Congrats to Westside and good luck the rest of the season to everybody.

+1 

[Redskin2015]

Let's all just move on from this game. Otherwise I'll lock it up.

Congrats to Westside and good luck the rest of the season to everybody.

+1,000

[TrenchHogs]

The whole time I was in school I can remember several times Jonesboro Westside and Gosnell wouldn't shake hands. Neither team was being bad sports both coaches just knew it could get ugly

Must be long ago... Being a Gosnell alum, we always shook hands with every team we played. Every Westside game was  blowout victory so no reason for it to get heated....at least on the Gosnell side of things. My 7-12 grade seasons at Gosnell, our junior high could've competed with Westsides varsity.
For the record, I'm not trying to start anything. Just stating my experience.

[Missco]

1989----bench clearing brawl....I wont post the other examples because they are real bad. I will PM you with details

[TrenchHogs]

1989----bench clearing brawl....I wont post the other examples because they are real bad. I will PM you with details

Well that explains it haha. Way before my time...