ArnoldBabar

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Ghost JCH was started in 1974 by Central Middle (Murfreesboro) coach, you guessed it, James C Haile, because there was no such tournament for middle school teams. Due to health Coach Haile had to retire and the admin at Central didn’t want to run the tourney. MTCS took over in 1984, named it after Coach Haile, and now it is the largest, and honestly, best run tournament in the state. Having over 100 teams and a waiting list for the last 10 years, means JCH is doing something right. I did a quick search and found an article last year stating it was “the 4th annual TMSSA tournament”. Obviously, the TSSAA didn’t put much emphasis on middle school until recently. Teams just played a season and its was over or play County Championships I guess. That may tell you why all these “small town” schools keep coming back to JCH, and some have been coming for over 35 years.