Region 1 & 2-1A Prediction '17-'21

[SportsnetWriter2]

If no one is shifting eastward. This is an example of what it will look like. Regions with 4 or 5 teams and some with 8 or 9 teams.

 

Region 1

 

Cloudland

Jellico

Unaka

Hancock Co

 

 

Region 2

 

Coalfield

Sunbright

Oakdale

Midway

Oliver Springs

Harriman

Greenback

 

Region 3

 

South Pitt

Whitwell

Lookout Valley

Sale Creek

Copper Basin

 

Region 4

 

Red Boiling Springs

Pickett Co

Clay Co

Gordonsville

Monterey

 

Region 5

 

McEwen

JoByrns

Republic

Franklin Grace

 

 

Region 6

 

Collinwood

Wayne Co

Cornersville

Perry Co

Mt Pleasant

Richland

Huntland

Moore County

Fayetteville

 

Region 7

 

Lake Co

Greenfield

Gleason

South Fulton

Humboldt

Dresden

West Carroll

Huntingdon

Bruceton

 

Region 8

 

KIPP

Freedom Prep

Memphis Middle College

Hillcrest

Westwood

Middleton

BT Washington

Oakhaven

That would be absolutely horrid!!

[TheAmbassador]

That would be absolutely horrid!!

LMBO. Once again. Pick your poison.

[lakecounty1968]

I really hope the tssaa does not have a four team region. Some schools and fans will have to get over the travel issues and not playing in certain regions. Not really fair for some schools to have 8 or 9 team region while others have 4.

[SportsnetWriter2]

LMBO. Once again. Pick your poison.

No complaints here as a whole! We got the privates out and that's good enough for me!

[EastTNFBall]

I take back what I said about Cloudland not going 2A. I'm hearing it may be a possibility. The only way they will be able to move up is if a 2A school agrees to move down.

[orngnblk]

If no one is shifting eastward. This is an example of what it will look like. Regions with 4 or 5 teams and some with 8 or 9 teams.

 

Region 1

 

Cloudland

Jellico

Unaka

Hancock Co

 

 

Region 2

 

Coalfield

Sunbright

Oakdale

Midway

Oliver Springs

Harriman

Greenback

 

Region 3

 

South Pitt

Whitwell

Lookout Valley

Sale Creek

Copper Basin

 

Region 4

 

Red Boiling Springs

Pickett Co

Clay Co

Gordonsville

Monterey

 

Region 5

 

McEwen

JoByrns

Republic

Franklin Grace

 

 

Region 6

 

Collinwood

Wayne Co

Cornersville

Perry Co

Mt Pleasant

Richland

Huntland

Moore County

Fayetteville

 

Region 7

 

Lake Co

Greenfield

Gleason

South Fulton

Humboldt

Dresden

West Carroll

Huntingdon

Bruceton

 

Region 8

 

KIPP

Freedom Prep

Memphis Middle College

Hillcrest

Westwood

Middleton

BT Washington

Oakhaven

I like it.Then let the teams who don't want to be in a 7 team region move to the smaller or deal with it.

[uknoit2]

I'd say the board will do the moving 

[BlueDevil58]

It's a joke for Unaka, Cloudland, and Hancock to drive PAST OS and Harriman to get to Oakdale. Oakdale should be Region 2. Period.

 

And you can't have a 5 team region, just not fair for the rest of the state.

 

This is what makes the most geographical sense. If teams are going to have to drive 120 miles plus, give the the shortest drives you possibly can.

 

This is what it SHOULD be.

 

1A: Cloudland, Hancock, Unaka, Jellico, Greenback, Oliver Springs.

 

2A: Harriman, Oakdale, Sunbright, Midway, Coalfield, Monterey.

There were 5 team and even 4 team regions under the old system and they've been there for years, even when other schools had to play 8 and 9 team regions in other places.  The TSSAA doesn't care that much about being fair.

 

Anything over a 5 team region for Class 1A is senseless if they're going to do it that way.

[lakecounty1968]

Lake County is used to playing in big regions with schools twice our size. LC makes the playoffs awhole lot more than most. So it will be what it will be.

[ItsAlwaysSunnyInAtwood]

I find it comical myself that so many ppl who pushed for the smallest 32 to be 1A, are griping about travel in the new proposed regions

[orngnblk]

I find it comical myself that so many ppl who pushed for the smallest 32 to be 1A, are griping about travel in the new proposed regions

We Greenback have been in this region(district)for 31 years.Why should we have to leave OUR region,and travel 130 miles to play a 0-10 team?That's my gripe.

[BlueDevil58]

I really hope the tssaa does not have a four team region. Some schools and fans will have to get over the travel issues and not playing in certain regions. Not really fair for some schools to have 8 or 9 team region while others have 4.

Not fair for some schools to have 8 or 9 team regions and others have 5, but they've done it for years.  Every year there were 6-4 and 5-5 teams sitting at home in November while 5 team districts would send 1-9 or 2-8 teams to the playoffs as #4 seeds.