UpperCumberlandMan

Preseason, Macon was the pick to win the district. They have a quality team. Either teams wins, it won't be a huge upset. #7 needs to go off for Macon to win. But he can.

I think the head foitball coach at CC is solid. I don't know much about the rest of his staff.

White country by 14. Cookeville isn't a good 6a school, would be 3rd or 4th if they played in the area 4a district.

Bottom line, if you win, jealousy will follow from competitors. Also, if you win, kids will seek out and play for your program. When Shoulders was at RBS and winning, Lafayette wasn't, some Lafayette kids played at RBS. When the stud qb from Hermitage Springs/RBS chose his school, he came to Macon HS not Clay Co or RBS. It's part of it. No one in Macon was belly aching and talking about fairness when he was running up and down the field. Macon hasn't been stable in coaching until recently. That's why they have improved. Lots of politics and daddy ball in the past. And now Macon gets most, not all, but most of the good athletes to play football. There total numbers are still low for 4a, depth is always an issue, but the program keeps improving. It lessens your team when you always belly ache about so called advantages others have.

You realize it's not Baxter high school? It's Upperman, which is a western Putnam County area high school. Cookeville zip codes come within a mile of the school, city limits around 3 miles from the school. Complaining about kids on the west side of Cookeville going to UHS is like complaining that ever kid in Lebanon doesn't go to Lebanon, some go to Wilson Central and Watertown depending on there location. Again, there are 9 divisions in football, how many divisions do we need to make things 100 % equal for you? 10, 12, 20? And what is a regular school? Both school are open enrolled but have bus zones. Which means buses go to particular schools based on zones, but open enrolled so parents can provide own ride to any school outside thier zone long as there is capacity. Works the same for Macon and Putnam. I have known kids from the Trousdale side of Hwy 10 who have played at Macon. It happens. Do you suggest we have schools not divided by enrollment, but by if the are rual, sorta rual, sort urban, or really urban, or how many resteraunts are within 10 miles of the school? Putnam population gets distorted somewhst when you throw in 13k Tennessee Tech students, who don't have kids playing ball in HS. But, last time I checked, those really urban public schools in Nashville stink in football for the most part. What happened to Glenn Cliff and Hunters Lane advantages?

Uhs was good in the 90s.....I don't know about before then.

Fayetteville by 7

Very slowly but it is turning. New houses and population help, but more businesses opening and bigger tax base with be the major factor

What reason is Stone better in most sports than Cumberland is? Any thoughts?

True on another HS but won't probably be open till 2026 or 2027. Just now getting the road widened. And UHS is behind Macon, Crossville, White, and Stone in enrollment, so it has at least 3-4 years before they would be in 5a. My guess is Cookeville, The New Cookeville, Upperman will all be in 5a playing each other with White, Stone, Crossville eventually. And soon Monterey will be up to 4a by then.

That state championship baseball team in 2021 for UHS had like 9 dads that also won state dlfor UHS back in '91 and '93. I seen the post floating around on FB. And most of those kids also played football.

Add Stone is top 8 and resides in a county of 65,283.

So how did UHS beat Lebanon, who obviously has more resources and more athletes to pick from, and how did UHS regularly beat Cookeville? In Putnam, Cookeville gets all the $$$, just compare each football facility. Sometimes it comes down to politics, who plays daddy ball and who doesn't, and the quality of coaching. Back to the game, I think it is a one score game either way.......the turnover battle will play a huge role.

No one said anyone lived in Westmoreland. Macon incompases a large area and is open zoned is the point. Just like Livingston is an entire county. Yes the bigger populations have more to choose from on the surface, but also have more sports to compete with like wrestling, lacrosse, bowling teams thst some other schools dont have to deal with. And lots more outside of schools drawing kids attention. Each school has advantages and disadvantages. Lebanon has a lot more kids to draw from and alot more advantages than UHS, but you line up and plau ball. Either you over come them, or stay home and make excuses.

UHS football has several trips to the semi finals dating back to 1996. Simular situation is Watertown, just outside Lebanon. Was 1a not that long ago and keeps growing and moving up in class with Wilson County population growth. Big school was built to accommodate the growth. So why don't the Crossville school dominate with the huge growing population they have? It's not like Macon's best players in the last 6 years have not come from Westmoreland all the way over to Hermitage Springs. Thier are always advantages and disadvantages. We have 9 state championships in football. How many categories do we need to add so ever school doesn't feel someone has advantages? Back in a day, all we had was 1a, 2a, 3a.....no private school categories, multipliers or anything. People just lined up and played ball.

Cookeville is growing into Baxter and Baxter is also growing. Lots of growth in the area

If UHS only got Baxter kids they would be 1a or 2a. They have a school zone in western Putnam county....which includes the west side of Cookeville. If Cookeville got every Cookeville kid, thier 2400 enrollment would be over 3k. So the bus routes on the west side of city go to Upperman. That's why the big Jr high was built and HS is expanding.

Lmao lol excuses never a good look

And Macon High is definitely not just Lafayette city school either. Glad that's cleated up.

Putnam County lol. Maybe West Putnam

Upperman 28-21. But not surprised if the score is flipped. Both good teams

That county invest in the losing program of Cookeville, instead of the winning programs of Montery and Upperman

Lebanon looked decent, just not a big line for 6a. Had some shity skilled players. UHS is a quality 4a team.

Cookeville controls the money and won't let that happen

They 4a to 6a factor is intriguing.....can say a top 10 4a school beat a mid level 6a school. Depth, heat, special teams will all factor in.