Rivalries. . .we've heard about the best.

[Tom142]

This year marked the 78th CONSECUTIVE year these teams have met, I'm sure ina ll they've played more than 80 years.

[MBAalumnus]

RRR: yeah, I can imagine there's some good stuff in there...

[goosevol]

I know Harriman and Rockwood is around 80 straight years or maybe a little more. The TV stations always say it's the longest running rivalry in the state.

[SemperFiBlue]

What would be neat if somebody actually was able to design a website that displayed the historical records and had some interesting tidbits about each prep football program in the state of Tennessee. The only problem is, finding all the historical records for each team would be a process that could take quite some time.

 

If I had the know-how on how to design a website I think this might be a project I'd consider taking up, only I'm 24 and I don't know anything about designing or running a website.

 

But I bet such information would be useful.

 

I think Coffee County needs to start selling annual Media Guides like colleges do that displays historical records and interesting facts about the school. It sure would be nice.

[TruRebelPlaya]

I'm pretty sure that Maryville-Alcoa is the states longest consecutive rivalry.

[REBELRON]

maryville v. alcoa first started in 1927 they have played every year except 1935 and 1947 this year was the 75th game the two have played

[SPEAR24]

Tennessee High & Virginia High, since 1921

[Pplayer11]

South Pittsburg vs. Jasper

South Pittsburg vs. Boyd

South Pittsburg vs. Whitwell

 

We got a couple good old fashion rivalries goin on down here im sure everyone has heard of all over Tennessee.

Edited September 26, 2003 by Pplayer11

[SemperFiBlue]

Pplayer11, do you know how long South Pittsburg has been playing those teams and if they've faced them every year and when was the first games between the two schools in each case?

 

Hey Spear24, has Tennessee High and Virginia High been playing each other consecutively since 1921? That would be alot of meetings! It seems like every rivalry out there has been suspended for some time or another. Did that not happen in this case?

[dandy82]

Greenbrier- Whitehouse is the 3rd longest rivalry game in the state. If we can get advocate 23 to post series here, he has all the stats. Posted on the WH- Greenbrier thread.

[rlh]

South Pittsburg vs Marion County High (Jasper)

This season will mark the 79th official meeting as members of the TSSAA. They didn't compete every year during WWII and perhaps once or twice during the Korean War.

Somethings are more important than football even in South Pittsburg. These schools did play prior to formal organization of Tennessee High School Athletics but the official records seen in the Chattanooga paper refer to TSSAA sanctioned games (SPHS 39, MCHS 35, ties. The TSSAA was formed in 1925. I think the schools played twice in one season in the 1920s.

 

Marion County High was founded in 1910 previously known as Prior Institute.

Whitwell High was founded in 1923 or 28.

South Pittsburg was founded as a City school and became a county school around 1973 or 1974. Every time some jacka** is Jasper talks about a consolidated county school South Pittsburg threatens to pull out of the county system.

 

 

Regardless the TSSAA was formed in 1925 so thats when the official records start. The Pirate-Warrior Clash as it is known pre-dates that as does a few other rivalries around the State.

[SpartaWarrior]

Cookeville - White County was started in 1908, I believe. It's not been every year, but it's been pretty constant. That first game was our first ever, and we got thrashed.