Oakdale football shuts down

[Southtowner]

Sad to hear this.  There's a couple other schools on the brink of this happening in the not so distant future.

[GeneralForrest]

i agree with u sum1

[Indian]

Maybe they can co-op with one of the other nearby schools. They’re small so even if they counted Oakdalw enrollment it may not cause a jump to 2A. 

[steelcityroller]

On 10/10/2018 at 1:13 PM, GBO52 said:

I'm surprised Red Boiling Springs still has a football program... heard they didn't have enough kids to field a JR High team this year so I would say its coming soon for RBS as well

I watched them play a couple times this year and they only had about 15 players. I am not joking when I tell you that their depth chart has starters for both sides of the ball and then backup 1, 2 and 3. When somebody has to come out or gets injured then backup #1 goes in regardless of position. Then so on.... One of the games I watched they were down to 12 players by the end of the game and could barely run a play and had multiple punts blocked because they were getting blown up on the line every play.

RBS has been playing decent as of recent years but this year looks like the old RBS teams that went years and years without winning a game.

[GBO52]

On 10/13/2018 at 10:50 AM, steelcityroller said:

I watched them play a couple times this year and they only had about 15 players. I am not joking when I tell you that their depth chart has starters for both sides of the ball and then backup 1, 2 and 3. When somebody has to come out or gets injured then backup #1 goes in regardless of position. Then so on.... One of the games I watched they were down to 12 players by the end of the game and could barely run a play and had multiple punts blocked because they were getting blown up on the line every play.

RBS has been playing decent as of recent years but this year looks like the old RBS teams that went years and years without winning a game.

I have heard that the guys that want to play football will have to play for Macon sometime in the near future.

[Redskin15]

Tennessee needs 6 man football for these schools. 

[Vols2016]

1 hour ago, GBO52 said:

I have heard that the guys that want to play football will have to play for Macon sometime in the near future.

you have to shut down the sport for 4 years to be able to co op with another school.

[Vols2016]

On 10/13/2018 at 9:14 AM, Indian said:

Maybe they can co-op with one of the other nearby schools. They’re small so even if they counted Oakdalw enrollment it may not cause a jump to 2A. 

co ops do not add to your enrollment. look at pearl cohn they  co op with mlk who has over 800 students. 

[34ME]

They are only 5 miles to Harriman.  Can the kids that wants to play join the program at another school? 

[Indian]

45 minutes ago, Vols2016 said:

co ops do not add to your enrollment. look at pearl cohn they  co op with mlk who has over 800 students. 

I know they do not but an immediate move, maybe next season, could be ruled on quicker if it was judged that way. 

[Waker]

If any of them are all state caliber, can’t Greenback have them transfer?

[mrbigster]

I wish TSSAA would allow small schools to bring up 8th graders once the middle schools conclude their seasons.