Possible New Regions?

[lakecounty1968]

Is this if all privates leave?

 

Yes if all privates leave. If not the cutoff will be slightly lower.

[Southtowner]

I'm not sure as many privates are leaving as  most of us thought. If they stay and abide by the rules,they'll go down hill. But where there,s a rule,there,s a way around it. Sorta like the Part time Multiplier.

 

I believe eventually all privates will opt for DII.

[Vandychris]

I may be way off but here are my Regions 5 and 6 in 2A

Waverly

Hickman Co

Houston Co

Lewis Co

East Hickman

Columbia Aca

 

 

Adamsville

Scotts Hill

McKenzie

Riverside

Loretto

Summertown

Swap Stown and Houston Co and it will look more legit

[ath]

Swap Stown and Houston Co and it will look more legit

Why would you swap Houston Co and Summertown?

[1RT]

Why would you swap Houston Co and Summertown?

If the regions look like this with 6 teams each I think it's far more likely that Waverly and Houston Co. are swapped with Summertown and Loretto. They are a lot closer to the Hickman county teams, Lewis County and CA than the region 6 teams. It would make the regions more geographically compact and make the most geographic sense for the most teams. Also, Adamsville and Riverside have already shared a region with Waverly and Houston Co. from 2005-08.

Edited September 23, 2016 by 1RT

[Ohs18]

Anyone know where Oakdale will end up

[BlueDevil58]

Anyone know where Oakdale will end up

Most likely they'll stay in District 1 along with:

 

Cloudland

Jellico

Unaka

Oakdale

Hancock

 

There are so few 1A schools in the far Eastern part of the state that they'll probably need to just group the 5 farthest east to create a 5 team district, unless the TSSAA pulls something weird and creates a 4 team district with automatic berths for everybody.  The travel for teams like Jellico and Oakdale up to Cloudland and Unaka is insane.

 

Jellico will probably ask to be placed in 1A.  They expected to be last time and were flabbergasted that Oakdale was the team sent there instead of them a couple of years ago.  They would much rather play Unaka and Hancock Co. than Coalfield and Greenback.

[orngnblk]

Most likely they'll stay in District 1 along with:

 

Cloudland

Jellico

Unaka

Oakdale

Hancock

 

There are so few 1A schools in the far Eastern part of the state that they'll probably need to just group the 5 farthest east to create a 5 team district, unless the TSSAA pulls something weird and creates a 4 team district with automatic berths for everybody. The travel for teams like Jellico and Oakdale up to Cloudland and Unaka is insane.

 

Jellico will probably ask to be placed in 1A. They expected to be last time and were flabbergasted that Oakdale was the team sent there instead of them a couple of years ago. They would much rather play Unaka and Hancock Co. than Coalfield and Greenback.

I know another Bluedevil team that would take those long drives every Fri night!The same team that was upset that Oakdale took advantage of it before they could.Only 1 team in that region with a heartbeat and that the Highlanders.

[ath]

If the regions look like this with 6 teams each I think it's far more likely that Waverly and Houston Co. are swapped with Summertown and Loretto. They are a lot closer to the Hickman county teams, Lewis County and CA than the region 6 teams. It would make the regions more geographically compact and make the most geographic sense for the most teams. Also, Adamsville and Riverside have already shared a region with Waverly and Houston Co. from 2005-08.

I see what you're saying. That drive from Loretto to Mckenzie is looking like 2 and a half hours. Still 2 hours from Houston Co to Adamsville. I guess a lot could change and neither will happen.

[Indian]

It is too late for this round but maybe in the future, if a team or two is at least 2 hours away from the nearest region opponents, do it a little differently. Have them play a schedule as near in strength as possible to what they'd be playing in the nearest region, and qualify or fail to qualify for the playoffs with those results. I wouldn't like teams losing out on a spot without losing to that team in the regular season, but it's not too different than the z plan from a few years back (even though that didn't go well). It would help smaller isolated schools and they'd still have to do well, they couldn't just coast in with a 2-8 record.

[Big Bigby]

If the regions look like this with 6 teams each I think it's far more likely that Waverly and Houston Co. are swapped with Summertown and Loretto. They are a lot closer to the Hickman county teams, Lewis County and CA than the region 6 teams. It would make the regions more geographically compact and make the most geographic sense for the most teams. Also, Adamsville and Riverside have already shared a region with Waverly and Houston Co. from 2005-08.

+1

[Indian]

Another idea for later, if the regions turn out not to fit, causing small/large regions and/or extra travel for some is unavoidable-Go by location first then enrollment instead of the other way around. Start with the 36 most-eastern schools regardless of number then place them in order, adding 1 more due to having the same enrollment. A negative, cutoffs will be different by region, but they should not be too much different, and it's just good or bad luck anyway on if a team is at the top of Class 1A or the bottom of 2A in a given year. Here are examples for Region 1 in each class. Six teams for all but one of these, instead of some regions having 4 or 5 teams and others having 8 or 9.

 

Class A

Region 1:

Cloudland High School 2016-09-12 233

Hancock Co. High School 2016-09-12 315

Unaka High School 2016-09-12 341

Cosby High School 2016-09-07 391

North Greene High School 2016-09-15 400

Hampton High School 2016-09-12 421

 

Class 2A:

Region 1:

Sullivan North High School 2016-09-08 492

South Greene High School 2016-09-15 510

Happy Valley High School 2016-09-12 541

Cumberland Gap High School 2016-09-12 554

Gatlinburg-Pittman High School 2016-09-20 560

Chuckey-Doak High School 2016-09-15 618

 

Class 3A:

Region 1:

West Greene High School 2016-09-15 621

Johnson Co. High School 2016-09-08 638

Pigeon Forge High School 2016-09-20 741

Northview Academy 2016-09-20 743

Claiborne High School 2016-09-12 749

Elizabethton High School 2016-09-07 796

Unicoi Co. High School 2016-09-13 796

 

Class 4A:

Region 1:

Sullivan South High School 2016-09-08 887

Sullivan Central High School 2016-09-08 897

Greeneville High School 2016-09-08 913

Grainger High School 2016-09-12 918

Sullivan East High School 2016-09-08 941

Seymour High School 2016-09-20 1102

 

Class 5A:

Region 1:

Sevier Co. High School 2016-09-20 1119

Volunteer High School 2016-09-12 1152

Cherokee High School 2016-09-12 1161

Cocke Co. High School 2016-09-07 1177

Tennessee High School 2016-09-14 1190

David Crockett High School 2016-09-15 1247

 

Class 6A

Region 1:

Daniel Boone High School 2016-09-15 1314

Morristown-Hamblen High School East 2016-09-16 1472

Morristown-Hamblen High School West 2016-09-16 1566

Dobyns Bennett High School 2016-09-13 2208

Jefferson Co. High School 2016-09-08 2185

Science Hill High School 2016-09-07 2248