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Congratulations to Hillsboro, Lebanon and West Ridge (formerly Sullivan South territory) as new programs to advance to the State Tournament joining traditional and recent powerhouses Brentwood, Cleveland, Collierville, Houston and Maryville. 1st round match-ups will be interesting to see.

Congratulations to Hillsboro HS for defeating Ravenwood HS in 5 sets to advance to the Volleyball State Tournament

Regarding the five team District 11 tournament format, will the #4 and #5 seeds (Franklin or Centennial) play an elimination match with the winner taking on Ravenwood in one semifinal and Brentwood vs NOLO in the other semifinal? Brentwood graduated three all-State players (OH, Middle and Libero) from their last two State Championship teams and all are playing significant time for their college teams. Brentwood has been inconsistent lately so their semifinal with NOLO s/b a great match.

Independence HS RS/OPP Jessica Perry is another player worthy of mention.

Not trying to pick the article apart but the Summit HS setter listed did not return to play her Senior season. To TT’s point, Williamson County is very talent rich having produced numerous recent State Championships. Ravenwood Setter (Kennedy Riggs) and Brentwood RS/OPP (Hollye Tate) may have merited being mentioned also. Finding consensus for this list as a writer would be challenging.

I’ll be watching for Baylor, Briarcrest Goodpasture and Father Ryan in the private school divisions.

It seems likely that 5-6 of the 8 teams in the 2020 “AAA” State tournament will make it to State in 2021. Graduation will hit some harder than others but I would think programs like Brentwood, Cleveland, Gtown Houston, Maryville and Siegel have solid chances and could be joined by move-up “AA” power Nolensville and possibly Collierville, Cookeville or Farragut. The NE part of the State could produce 1 school possibly. watched Brentwood recently and I agree with TT that they are very solid w/o superstars. Will be young in the middle and steady in key positions (S, OH, Lib, RS/Opp). The school made a solid decision promoting Coach Cram to carry on the Brentwood tradition so barring injury they will be in the hunt to extend their Championship streak. Hoping for a safe injury and Virus-free season for all athletes!

The program is in strong hands - congratulations to Coach Cathy Cram and Brentwood HS and best wishes always to Coach Campbell for her contribution to many young ladies lives. It is a special program.

Thank you for the detail. Among the private school divisions, one would have to say that Goodpasture, Knox Webb and Briarcrest have been elite programs for sure.

Agree, the Siegel playing location on Championship day was a non-factor. Crowd size was managed appropriately and not many folks held over from previous matches to watch. Parking was actually better than at MTSU due to Rutherford Co schools partial distance learning. Another season wrapped up.

Congratulations to Goodpasture HS - how many State Championships does their program have now?

No need for Bratman’s comments to divide the team heading into tournament play. Last year, 2 underclassmen (OH Young and Libero Starcke) were named All-State so they were a talented group that helped Fulton win a State title. They should win again and hopefully she will contribute to this year’s tournament title. Bratman must not attend many of their matches having misspelled the school and town’s name 5 times in his last 2 posts.

For sure, two quality wins on the road = solid play-in to the State Tournament. My limited Schedule comment was a result of the school website which was not kept up to date during the year reflecting that they were 1-0 on the season and the go-to website for high school sports reflected the team as 12-1. One will note above that even the TSSAA website bracket which I copied into this thread did not have records included and that information was bot posted until THUR I think. Their first match will be a competitive one for sure but this could be the Cougars’ year to win it all. Good luck!

Both Camden and Portland have their seasons end abruptly tonight