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Originally the plan was for HVA to not even have its own baseball/softball/football stadiums and share facilities with nearby high schools. That changed very late in the process.

They don't need any help

Go Rebs!

West for sure has them coming in. I will say that as far as the zoning goes for Knox county West probably has the widest range of demographics

Are you suggesting that kids from Village Green, Stonecrest, Thornton Heights, Thornton Hills, Kings Gate, etc., that go to Farragut Middle are zoned for Hardin Valley high school? I have family with kids in the subdivisions around Farragut schools and they are zoned for Farragut middle school and Farragut high school. Where do you get your information that these kids are zoned exclusively to Hardin Valley? This simply is not accurate.

Divisions do not matter all that much, in TN at least. My son's school started off big school for his first three years and then moved to small school in his senior year. Did we wrestle anyone different in his senior year because we were small school? Nope. Wrestled same public/private schools we always did. Absolutely no difference. So in the end most schools are probably going to wrestle the same old schools that are within a sixty mile radius regardless of their or their opponent's division. The better schools are already seeking out better competition so I don't think extra divisions matter there either. I think you hit the nail on the head concerning population. When TN adds another three or four million people our overall level will rise and not until then. With three divisions it is currently too easy to medal in TN. I know several young men who didn't practice at all in the off season (I mean zero) and medaled in big school and small school (no they weren't heavy weights or anything close to it). That shouldn't be possible, or at least should be rare even if a really good athlete, which goes back to population. The larger we grow the more difficult a medal will become (in theory), regardless of athletic ability, unless we add a truly ridiculous amount of divisions like VA or GA. This is the one thing California does right. One division, one set of medals per weight class. 18 medals per weight class in a state of 7 to 8 million people definitely seems overkill, especially when PA has two divisions and CA one division. My son wouldn't have medaled under one division and that would have been just fine. I'm clear with this information when family or acquaintances, who are sports enthusiasts, ask questions about that time of our lives. I tell them we have three divisions and that if there had been one then it is most probable he wouldn't have medaled. My son is aware of this as well, kids aren't idiots, they can survey the landscape. A lack of medals wouldn't change the gratitude I have towards this sport.

I believe they have indeed.

Rumor mill is flowing today.

He will be at another school next year.

Gallatin (6A) vs Hendersonville (5A) week 1. This is a longtime rivalry and the crowd is always large. Last year Hendersonville returned their exciting QB, Mason Baker, and handed first year coach Michael Stroup his first loss at Gallatin. This year 2nd year starter and season record holder in passing Jackson Stroup will come to Hendersonville eager to repay the favor. This is a huge Sumner Co rivalry.

Well portal season is starting. Ethan Oakley and Tommy Askey for App St hit the portal. This will hurt small schools who find kids and develop them.