LetMeHearYA Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) 29 teams will be in West TN in the classification. Here is how I think it will break down: District 13 Riverside Scotts Hill Lexington Southside Chester Co. McNairy Adamsville District 14 Northside South Gibson Milan Crockett Westview Obion Co Dyersburg District 15 Bolivar Fayette-Ware Haywood Ripley Covington Millington District 16 Grad Academy MLK Prep Hamilton Melrose Mitchell Raleigh Egypt Sheffield Trezevant Wooddale Edited October 18, 2016 by LetMeHearYA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenewguy85 Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 I don't think it will look like this 29 teams will be in West TN in the classification. Here is how I think it will break down: District 13 Riverside Scotts Hill Lexington Southside Chester Co. McNairy Adamsville District 14 Northside South Gibson Milan Crockett Westview Obion Co Dyersburg District 15 Bolivar Fayette-Ware Haywood Ripley Covington Millington District 16 Grad Academy MLK Prep Hamilton Melrose Mitchell Raleigh Egypt Sheffield Trezevant Wooddale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenewguy85 Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 It could possibly look like this, I know it's a long shot but we are dealing with TSSAA District 12 Lexington Camden Central Riverside ? District 13 Milan Crockett Westview Obion Co Dyersburg South Gibson Ripley District 14 Scotts Hill Southside Chester Co. McNairy Adamsville Northside District 15 Millington Fayette-Ware Haywood Bolivar Covington District 16 Grad Academy MLK Prep Hamilton Melrose Mitchell Raleigh Egypt Sheffield Trezevant Wooddale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetMeHearYA Posted October 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 (edited) I agree, you never know what the TSSAA is going to do. But, I don't see them leaving Scotts Hill out of a district with Lexington and Riverside. They are 20 minute drives if that from those schools. Unless they have to have teams to fill district 12, I don't see those schools in that district and if they are, Scotts Hill goes with them. Adamsville and McNairy are shorter drives to those schools than Northside. TSSAA has on the last few occasions divided Southside and Northside up in different districts mainly cause Southside is closer to these schools than schools in other districts. I believe they put Ripley in District 15 to make it 6 teams in a region. Who knows what TSSAA will do, but I just don't see them breaking up District 13 from the way I have it unless they move Southside out of it or have to have schools for District 12. These schools are just too close of a drive to each other and usually play each other now in these sports because of that. Edited October 19, 2016 by LetMeHearYA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westtnfan76 Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 (edited) Another possible combo could be as follows based on geography (assuming Melrose and Hamilton elect to play up as they have previously): 13AA: Riverside Lexington Scotts Hill McNairy Adamsville Chester Co 14AA: Obion Westview Dyersburg Milan South Gibson Crockett Ripley 15AA: Northside South Side Bolivar Fayette Ware Covington Haywood Millington 16AA: Craigmont Mitchell Sheffield MLK GRAD Trezevant Raleigh Egypt Wooddale The determining factor will be how many Memphis teams choose to play up and what they decide to do in Knoxville, Chattanooga and lower middle TN. As it currently stands there are significantly unbalanced districts numbers wise that need reshuffling and likely reassignment that causes the loss of some classic district rivalries. Edited October 19, 2016 by westtnfan76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetMeHearYA Posted October 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 If some of the Memphis schools decide to move up, Fayette-Ware could go to Memphis district and change things up. Bolivar in District 13 is still possible. They have more shorter drives in that district and the longest drives in that district are still shorter than drives in District 15. It will be interesting how they will divide these up, a lot of different ways. District 13 Lexington Riverside Scotts Hill Chester Co McNairy Adamsville Bolivar District 14 Southside Northside South Gibson Milan Westview Obion Co District 15 Dyersburg Crockett Co Haywood Ripley Covington Millington District 16 Memphis Teams Fayette-Ware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmm88 Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 That looks good. Think the 13-AA schools(Dyersburg,Crockett,Westview)will want to stay together. Short trips, rival games, etc. Now 14-AA I would go Adamsville, South Side, McNairy, Chester County, Lexington, Riverside. Bolivar and Fayette-Ware I think move to 15-AA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennesseeVol Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 If some of the Memphis schools decide to move up, Fayette-Ware could go to Memphis district and change things up. Bolivar in District 13 is still possible. They have more shorter drives in that district and the longest drives in that district are still shorter than drives in District 15. It will be interesting how they will divide these up, a lot of different ways. District 13 Lexington Riverside Scotts Hill Chester Co McNairy Adamsville Bolivar District 14 Southside Northside South Gibson Milan Westview Obion Co District 15 Dyersburg Crockett Co Haywood Ripley Covington Millington District 16 Memphis Teams Fayette-Ware Why can't Millington just go to 16 and be with Fayette-Ware and Memphis teams? Other than that, I like it. But is Riverside, Scotts Hill, and Adamsville guarantee AA teams? How is this alignment different from football? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTNHoopsFan Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 From what I see here, everyone thinks the current Districts are all going to get blown up and they start from scratch in West TN. Why not just take South Side and Fayette Ware out of 14 put them in 15 to replace JCM and Liberty (Moved up to 3A). Then add Scott's Hill, Riverside and Adamsville to District 14 to fill it up. Move Riverside across the river to District 11 and your are done. I think We are only dealing with 3 new 2A teams and we lose 2. District 16 basically stays the same. Would that work or am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTNHoopsFan Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Plus. If I were Scott's Hill and Riverside I would appeal to stay 1A. It will be tough for them to compete in 2A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmm88 Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Scotts Hill and Riverside can't move down a class. You can only appeal to TSSAA to move up a class. So they are stuck. I agree with Riverside most likely headed to 11 or 12-AA. BUT also Riverside is only 15 minutes away from Lexington and Scotts Hill so they may opt to stay in the West TN area. South Side moving to 15-AA with Fayette-Ware makes that IMO one of the best basketball districts. South Side, Fayette-Ware, Ripley, Haywood, Covington, and Bolivar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTNHoopsFan Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 This is a quote from the TSSAA website: "Schools that disagree with their placement will have the opportunity to request an appeal before the Board of Control at the November scheduled meeting." Regardless, you are right. It will be tough to change it for anyone. You are also right about 15AA being the best in the state if South Side and Fayette Ware move in with Ripley and Haywood. Also, Northside and Covington. Tough. However, Bolivar may remain in 14 AA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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