Will Ensworth and College Heights be admitted thin

[DS2001]

Will the Board of Control open the door to these two privates who will probably wind up in Div II? I know the Ensworth decision was put off at the last meeting.

[TheGreatLineJudge]

From the Board of Control Minutes, as posted on the TSSAA website:

 

10. Approved Membership Request for College Heights Christian Academy in TSSAA effective with the 2004-05 school year.

 

11. Approved Membership Request for Ensworth School in TSSAA effective with the 2004-05 school year.

 

12. Approved Membership Request for Webb School of Bell Buckle in TSSAA effective with the 2004-05 school year. The Board voted to waive the year of affiliate membership for Webb School of Bell Buckle, since the last year that Webb School of Bell Buckle was a member of TSSAA was 1986.

 

13. Approved Membership Request for Grace Christian Academy in Knoxville effective with the 2004-05 school year.

 

14. Approved Membership Request for Knoxville Christian School effective with the 2004-05 school year.

[RedUp]

The question becomes, will College Heights, Grace and KCS declare for DII?

 

Ensworth and Webb are already in the right place, so lets hope for the best choice from the 3 new schools.

Edited June 29, 2004 by RedUp

[TheGreatLineJudge]

I don't know about the others, but I believe CHCA would be well served to declare for Division II. I know the school somewhat well. Their biggest advantage is that they are fairly close to the real meat of DII in middle TN. Smaller schools that aren't near Nashville- Columbia Academy and Zion (both in Columbia) come to mind- are at a disadvantage compared to College Heights. These two schools have to drive quite a bit for DII games if they go DII, as opposed to CHCA in Gallatin. I think it will be interesting.

 

I'm of the opinion that private schools that are in or right outside a metropolitan area will go exclusively Division II. It just makes sense that they play schools of similar size in a similar area. It's like an association of "city league" associations.