To be continued ---- esod ---- deff not a bandwagon fan , got a kid that goes to east surry , and one kid i follow on east is like a second yougin of mine. The only thing east has won titles in in recent years is wrestling and girls tennis , those were indiviual, and i had to coach my kid to one of those titles. Her name doesnt even hang from the rafters of your gym. ( what disrespect from an athletics program ) She was DOMINANT in her years there, and will go down as one of the best our area and region has ever seen. Ive coached in a state championship , and won . I got just a little experience , wink wink. Grew up in the granite city and a bear. Will have another cardinal i will be working with on the mat win a state title this year to. You cant judge fans when you are in the stands acting the exact same way ( murphy ) how embarrassing!! I never yell or say one word. I post my opinion -- talk smack here as it is fun. As an athletics program the bears set the bar year in and year out. People dont like them because winning is an expectation. Coaches are taken care of and the kids to. Theres a tradition of winning there , it stings a little when you loose. Talent is there, but from watching jv / middle school scores every year it says alot about what your coaches at the next level are doing with there kids. All i ever say is year in and year out the cardinals are the class of little league, the class of middle school and the class of jv , then fizzle out at the varsity level. Thats my opinion. Thats how it is , awful lotta talant in cardinal country to not be playing for a title. One of your kids will be at carroll county next year ( moving ) . Two more will be in the granite city for basketball ( i imagine thats why anyway ) but are ballers onthe football field as well. Again as i said RUMOR HAS IT!!!