Classification

[BCsportsfan]

You can say that again, UCMan..and don't get me started on G'pasture..Rams lost a semifinal to them the year after they were put in 2A(came from private) in 1999. They platooned players in and we lost by 3pts. They never should have been allowed to compete with the public schools!

Why?

[Swarm]

Classes 4-1 Under the New Plan Without private schools

 

1A

Region 1 

Cloundland

Handcock Co

Unaka

North Greene

 

Region 2 

Coalfield

Greenback

Harriman

Jellico

Midway

Oakdale

Onieda

Sunbright

 

Region 3

Copper Basin

Lookout Valley

South Pittsburg

Whitwell

 

Region 4 

Clay Co

Gordonville

Monterrey

Pickett Co

Red Boiling Springs

Trousdale Co

Watertown

 

Region 5 

Jo Bryns

Moore Co

Fayetteville

Huntland

Richland

McEwen

 

Region 6 

Collinwood

Cornersville

Mt Pleasant

Perry Co

Summertown

Wayne Co

 

Region 7

Bruceton

Huntington

Dresden

Gleason

McKenzie

West Carrol

 

Region 8 

Middleton

Memphis Northside

Halls

Humbolt 

Greenfield

Lake Co

South Fulton

Union City

 

2A

Region 1

Cosby

Hampton

South Greene

Sullivan North

Cumberland Gap

Happy Valley

 

Region 2 

Alcoa

Austin East

Oliver Springs

Rockwood

Sweetwater 

Wartburg

 

Region 3 

Bledsoe Co

Marion Co

Meigs Co

Polk Co

Tellico Plains

Tyner

 

Region 4 

Cascade

Community

Eagleville

Forrest

Jackson Co

Smith Co

 

Region 5

East Robertson

Harpeth

Westmoreland

White House Heritage

 

Region 6

East Hickman

Hickman Co

Houston Co

Lewis Co

Loretto

Waverly

Riverside

 

Region 7

Gibson

Milan

Peabody

Adamsville

Camden

Scotts Hill

 

Region 8

Booker T Washington

Frayser

Craver

Hillcrest

Manassas

Mitchell

Oakhaven

Westwood

 

3A

Region 1

Chuckey Doak

Johnson Co

West Greene 

Uncoi Co

Elizabethton

Greeneville

 

Region 2

Claibourne Co

Gatlinburg

Pigeon Forge

Kingston

Loundon

Scott

 

Region 3 

Brainerd

East Ridge

Howard

McMinn Central

Red Bank

Signal Mountian

 

Region 4 

Grundy

Sequatchie

Cannon

Dekalb

York

Upperman

 

Region 5 

Giles Co

Marshall Co

Fairview

Sycamore

Greenbrier

East Nashville

Pearl Cohn

Statford

Cheatham Co

Stewart Co

 

Region 6 

Liberty

Central Merry

Southside

Mcnairy 

Bolivar

 

Region 7

Covington

Crockett Co

South Gipson

Westview

Chester Co

 

Region 8

Fairley

Douglas

Raliegh Egypt

Trezevant

 

4A

Region 1

Sullivan East

Grainger 

Sullivan South

Sullivan Central

Cherokee

Tennessee 

Volunteer

 

Region 2

Anderson Co

Clinton

Carter

Fulton

Gibbs

Knox Central

South Doyle

Union Co

 

Region 3 

Chattanooga Central

Cumberland Co

Stone

East Hamilton

Hixson

Sequoyah

 

Region 5

White Co

Livington

Macon Co

White House

Portland

 

Region 5

Creekwood

Montgemry Central

Springfield

Maplewood

Whites Creek

 

Region 6

Hardin Co

Lawrence Co

Page

Summit

Spring Hill

 

Region 7

Fayette ware

Dyer Co

Dyersburg

Haywood

Northside

Lexington

Obion Co

Ripley

 

Region 8 

Craigmont

Sheffield

Hamilton

Kingburry

Memphis East

Melrose

Ridgeway

I read an alignment that looked different than this one.

 

It had Fairview, Giles County, Marshall County, Page, Upperman, DeKalb County, & Cannon County in the same 3a district.

 

My next question is, Is this for real or proposed??

 

If so, that's some pretty hard core travel.

[UpperCumberlandMan]

I read an alignment that looked different than this one.

 

It had Fairview, Giles County, Marshall County, Page, Upperman, DeKalb County, & Cannon County in the same 3a district.

 

My next question is, Is this for real or proposed??

 

If so, that's some pretty hard core travel.

I alo seen one with Sequachie, Grundy,Cannon,York,UHS, and dekalb in it. That part won't be decided till Novembers when school numbers come in.

[UpperCumberlandMan]

You can say that again, UCMan..and don't get me started on G'pasture..Rams lost a semifinal to them the year after they were put in 2A(came from private) in 1999. They platooned players in and we lost by 3pts. They never should have been allowed to compete with the public schools!

another good example is Signal when they were 2a thumping schools, Beat Trousdale by 2 in semi's and went on the championship game to slaughter someone. Jumped from 2a-5a one season later. Then got busted for having out of zoned kids. Glad they were busted for cheating, but that doesn't help TC who deserved the 2a title that year.

[NotNoahHouck]

I'm guessing no of the lists are official sense there are so many non correlating lists. I've seen one with us (South Gibson) in 3A Region 6 with Covington, Westview, Crockett Co., and Liberty Tech. There was another one posted earlier with us in 3A Region 7 accompanied by: Covington, Westview, Crockett County, Chester County

[gcapride]

Happy to hear about the change and returning to format used 4 years ago..we will finally have a chance to host a playoff game(after not hosting when either winning or being the runner-up in our District). Won't be penalized for playing "up" either!!

Not really on the classification thing, but I wanted to give Tyner a ton of credit from our scrimmage last Friday. Those kids were the most well behaved group we've played in a long time. Very respectful and very tough. The Coach's were equally impressive. Best of luck to the RAMS this year. You guys have a fan in this GCA guy.

[TynerRamFan]

Not really on the classification thing, but I wanted to give Tyner a ton of credit from our scrimmage last Friday. Those kids were the most well behaved group we've played in a long time. Very respectful and very tough. The Coach's were equally impressive. Best of luck to the RAMS this year. You guys have a fan in this GCA guy.

Thanks, "'gcapride". Wasn't able to make it up there last Friday but always good to hear positive info about the team. Good Luck to Grace Christian as well this season!

[MountainTroll]

another good example is Signal when they were 2a thumping schools, Beat Trousdale by 2 in semi's and went on the championship game to slaughter someone. Jumped from 2a-5a one season later. Then got busted for having out of zoned kids. Glad they were busted for cheating, but that doesn't help TC who deserved the 2a title that year.

Sorry, but I have to correct your history lesson.  The year we beat Trousdale was the second year the school was open and the first year that we had full 9-12 classes.  (The first year we didn't have a senior class.)  Because of that, we initially had an enrollment that placed us in 2a.  When we beat Trousdale and won the 2a championship, our enrollment was up to 3a size, but not a 20% increase, so we weren't reclassified mid-cycle.  We had a lot of good players and a big enough squad that we were able to platoon, and I agree that Trousdale got a raw deal that year, but nothing we could do about it.

 

We are still a 3a sized school, not much bigger than Upperman, but we chose to play up to 4a at the next reclassification.  Not a 2a to 5a jump.

 

As for the "cheating", we had one transfer from Georgia.  He moved from Georgia to Tennessee and was approved for enrollment at Signal by the Hamilton County Department of Education.  His new residence was not in Signal's zone, so he was ruled ineligible by the T$$AA.  At the time, we were getting about 150 kids from the Howard school zone, because of the "No Child Left Behind" federal mandates, and we thought everything was okay with his transfer.  As it turns out, his new residence wasn't in the Howard school zone either.  Honest mistake or intentional cheating?  I honestly don't know.

 

Good luck to the Bees this year.  It looks like we will both be in 3A under the new classification, unless we choose to play up to 4A.

Edited August 14, 2014 by MountainTroll

[UpperCumberlandMan]

Sorry, but I have to correct your history lesson. The year we beat Trousdale was the second year the school was open and the first year that we had full 9-12 classes. (The first year we didn't have a senior class.) Because of that, we initially had an enrollment that placed us in 2a. When we beat Trousdale and won the 2a championship, our enrollment was up to 3a size, but not a 20% increase, so we weren't reclassified mid-cycle. We had a lot of good players and a big enough squad that we were able to platoon, and I agree that Trousdale got a raw deal that year, but nothing we could do about it.

 

We are still a 3a sized school, not much bigger than Upperman, but we chose to play up to 4a at the next reclassification. Not a 2a to 5a jump.

 

As for the "cheating", we had one transfer from Georgia. He moved from Georgia to Tennessee and was approved for enrollment at Signal by the Hamilton County Department of Education. His new residence was not in Signal's zone, so he was ruled ineligible by the T$$AA. At the time, we were getting about 150 kids from the Howard school zone, because of the "No Child Left Behind" federal mandates, and we thought everything was okay with his transfer. As it turns out, his new residence wasn't in the Howard school zone either. Honest mistake or intentional cheating? I honestly don't know.

 

Good luck to the Bees this year. It looks like we will both be in 3A under the new classification, unless we choose to play up to 4A.

thanks and I agree about TC. It was obviously a game you could see the teams should not have been in the same classification. As far as UHS, I live in Overton Co and followed them the closest because they were the top team in 8aa.

[UpperCumberlandMan]

http://www.herald-citizen.com/sports/item/2228-8-aa-could-feel-brunt-of-super-6

[MtnCanon]

another good example is Signal when they were 2a thumping schools, Beat Trousdale by 2 in semi's and went on the championship game to slaughter someone. Jumped from 2a-5a one season later. Then got busted for having out of zoned kids. Glad they were busted for cheating, but that doesn't help TC who deserved the 2a title that year.

A little clarification... Signal went from 2A to 3A but chose to play up in 4A since we wuz scared to play Alcoa .