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Hank Thompson lost his battle with cancer today. He was a long time Middle Tennessee Basketball official and a supervisor for about the last 20 years. Please keep his family and friends in your prayers. Hank was a great man and his leadership will be missed by the TSSAA.

It is a sad day for Middle Tennessee basketball officials association. We lost one of our supervisors and a great friend to TSSAA and basketball state wide. He officiated for several years and has been a supervisor for about 20 years. Please keep his family in your prayers. Hank Thompson was a great man.

The Hendersonville Park is one of the best in the state. You did not mention how the staff works from about 10:00 p.m. until 3-4 in the morning picking up trash, cleaning, lining the fields, dragging the fields. Some of it could be a communication issue with the tournament director and the parks. The umpires have nothing to do with the city and would be the same no matter where they were played. Some came as far away as Arkansas. The parks staff and city do a great job and don't deserve to be bashed by you. Sounds like you must have lost in the finals or something.

Can anyone give me a street address to the park. All of the parents now have a GPS and we must provide them with the street address. I miss the days of rotary phones and .30 cent per gallon gas. Andy Griffin

The players, coaches and parents of Hendersonville High School would like to wish you a speedy recovery. We were in Florida when we heard the bad news and really feel for you and the team. You always did a great job on the field and played with a lot of class. If there is anything we can do to help just let us know. Andy Griffin Hendersonville High School

The Hendersonvillle High School softball team and boosters will be praying for her Family. She was a great young lady and touched many people during her time here on earth.

Antioch and Hillwood both dropped out late and I thought that White House Heritage was going to take the place of Antioch. They called today and they are not going to be able to play. I have changed the brackets so much my pencil is wearing out. I have a spot in a pool for Friday and Saturday to take the spot of Antioch if anyone would like to take it. Game times are at 3:30 and 5:00 and it is a pool with Gallatin, White County, and Livingston. If anyone would like to play for free let me know today or tomorrow and I will put you in, if not I am going to just go with what we have. The date is Friday March 14th and Saturday March 15th. Single elimination starts at 12:00 on Saturday. Coach Griffin 615-604-6688 griffina@k12tn.net

White House is playing Lincoln County in a varsity game and then a JV game. It is correct.

I had a team this morning (Antioch) that dropped out of the tournament. If anyone would like to take there spot for free (they have paid) let me know. They were playing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. If you can only take the Friday Saturday slot that would be o.k. E mail me at griffina@k12tn.net as soon as possible. Coach Griffin P.S. I will put teams, times and games on here as soon as possible.

Please send rosters as soon as possible. Also today McEwen dropped out of the tournament. I have a spot open for one and could probably add 3 if there are any teams that would like to get in this late. You can call the school 615-824-6162 for more information. Andy Griffin

The Hendersonville High School softball players, parents and coaches will be praying for Kayla and her family. I told the girls today and several of them had played with her and were very upset at the news. She must really be a special person to have touched as many people in a short time. We will be thinking of her and her family.

A list of teams and the number of days they are playing. Packets will go out this week asking for specifics on best times to play, etc. Beech 3 day, Blackman 3 day, Bolton 2 day, Central Florence (AL) 2 day, Clarksville 2 day, Coffee County 2 day, Columbia Central 2 day, Cookeville 3 day, Creekwood 4 day, Cumberland County 2 day, Davidson Academy 4 day, DeKalb County 2 day, Dobyns Bennett 3 day, East Literature 2 day, East Robertson 6 day, Father Ryan 3 day, Forrest 6 day (I think this is going to change), Franklin County 2 day, Gallatin 2 day, Gibbs 3 day, Goodpasture 5 day, Greenbrier 3 day, Halls 2 day, Harpeth 2 day, Hazel Green (AL) 2 day, Hendersonville 6 day, Heritage 3 day, Hunters Lane 4 day, Huntingdon 2 day, Knoxville Central 2 day, LaVergne 3 day, Lebanon 2 day, Lexington 3 day, Lincoln County 3 day, Livingston Academy 2 day, Marion County 2 day, McEwen 2 day, McMinn County 3 day, Monterey 2 day, Mt. Juliet 2 day, Oakland 3 day, Page 2 day, Pope John Paul 2 day, Ravenwood 3 day, Rhea County 2 day, Riverdale 4 day, Science Hill 3 day, Sevier County 2 day, Shelbyville 2 day, Siegel 4 day, Smyrna 2 day, Station Camp 3 day, Stone Memorial 2 day, Sycamore 6 day, Trinity Christian 3 day, Tullahoma 2 day, Unicoi County 2 day, White County 2 day, White House 6 day, Wilson Central 4 day, Antioch 2 day, Hillwood 2 day. This should be a total of 62 teams. If anyone want to change the number of days they are playing let me know. We could possibly take two more teams if anyone is interested.

Wilson Central is looking for a few home games on the following dates. If you are interested please call Coach Serbin at Wilson Central or e-mail her at putmanserbina@wcschools.com. Dates March 26-27-28 April 11 Coach Serbin

Add the following teams to the tournament. I only have a few spots left so if you want in give me a call as soon as possible. Andy Griffin 604-6688 Trinity Christian 3 days, Clarksville High 2 days, Livingston Academy 2 days, LaVergne ???, Halls 3 days.

Add the following teams to the tournament. Dekalb County 2 day, Knox Central 2 day, Lebanon High 2 day, Creekwood 4 day, Stone Memorial 2 day, Station Camp 3 day, Pope John Paul 2 day, Blackman High School 3 day, Forrest High School 6 day, Father Ryan High School 3 day, Greenbrier High School 3 day. This puts the total at 45. It will be full soon. If you want to be in please fax or mail your entry form back as soon as possible.

Add the following teams to the tournament. Hunters Lane 4 days Dobyn's Bennett 3 days Science Hill 3 days Sevier County 2 days

Add the following teams to the tournament. Cumberland County 2 days, Siegel 4 days, Beech 3 days, Wilson Central 4 days, Rhea County 2 days, Lincoln County 2 days, Gibbs ???, White County 2 days, Ravenwood 3 days, Columbia Central 2 days, Davidson Acadmey 4 days, Franklin County 2 days, Unicoi County 2 days. This brings the total to 30 teams. It will be full quickly. Andy Griffin

As of today we have 17 teams entered in the Commando Classic. It will fill up pretty quick so if you want to be in it you will a least need to fax or mail your entry form back. I have also had a few calls from others that are coming. Hendersonville - 6 days, McMinn County 3 days, Riverdale 4 days, Harpeth 2 days, Sycamore 6 days, Bolton 2 days, Hazel Green (AL) 2 days, Marion County 2 days, Monterey 2 days, Mt. Juliet 2 days, Goodpasture 5 days, Page 2 days, White House 6 days, Cookeville 3 days, East Robertson 6 days, Coffee County 2 days, McEwen 2 days.

The Tom Corbitt Invitational Tournament will be held in Waverly on April 25th and 26th. The packets will go out in a few days. For more information you can contact Buddy Forrest at (H) 931-296-7446, © 615-973-8537, or (W) 931-535-7398. This is a very good tournament with great facilities.

The Hendersonville High School Softball Classic will be March 14 and 15. We will once again offer games on Wednesday and Thursday for teams that would like to play. It is possible that we might even have games on Monday and Tuesday. The games on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday will be limited to the first 12 teams that want to play. Pool play and single elimination will be the same as in the past on Friday and Saturday. I am sending out the information in the next few days. Coach Griffin

Hendersonville High School is looking for a 9th grade game on Sept. 13th. Smyrna let us know today that they are not coming here for a game. If you are interested call the school.

Remember Coach Chick Crandell from Hendersonville in your prayer's today. His mother passed away this morning. She loved softball and used to come to all of Hendersonville's games and she came to most of his games when he played. She would always blow that whistle in the stands because she could not yell loud enough.

Here is a list of this years all-tournament team. Coaches voted for a player from their team and from the team they were playing. Most coaches did a good job of turning in ballots this year. Cat Hosfield- Riverdale M.V.P. , Jessica Whitens - Kelsey Choate - Kelsey Woodruff from Riverdale, Ashley Smith - Jenny Bain - Paige Munn - Kacy Meek from Hendersonville, Lauren Brown - Stone Memorial, Jennifer Sharp & Cassie Sanders from Buckhorn, Julie Towers from White House, Sami McCampbell & Amy Roeger from Siegel, Kelsey Blackburn from Lebanon, Caty Garrett from Sycamore, Kenzie Roark from Mt. Juliet, Kat Banks from Beech, Ellen Renfroe from Trinity Christian, and Sloane Brooks from Lincoln County. Coaches I will get the awards to you asap. Some I will deliver when we play and some I will take to tournaments. I will mail the rest.

If you have your ticket from yesterday they will give you a new ticket for today and not charge you. But you must have your ticket.

Friendship Christian dropped out of the tournament and then Covington dropped from their spot. I had a team from Mississippi call and I can't find the information on that school. Also Jackson Northside had wanted in and I have not heard from him. If there is a team that would like to play call me asap. Andy Griffin Hendersonville High School (615) 604-6688