SPRING 2004

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• Spring Fling Schedule
• Mr. & Miss Basketball Honorees
• A. F. Bridges Scholarship Winners
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FOOTBALL • GOLF • GIRLS VOLLEYBALL • CROSS COUNTRY
• GIRLS SOCCER (FIRST PRACTICE DATE) …………………………August 2
GOLF (DATE OF FIRST CONTEST) ………………………………………August 9
GIRLS SOCCER (DATE OF FIRST CONTEST) ……………………………August 16
CROSS COUNTRY • GIRLS VOLLEYBALL (DATE OF FIRST CONTEST) ……August 23
Board of Control Meeting (HERMITAGE) ……………………………August 23
FOOTBALL (DATE OF FIRST CONTEST) …………………………………August 27
GOLF - DIVISION I
• District (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) ………A-AA - Sept. 21 / AAA - Sept. 28
• Region …………………………………A-AA - Sept. 27 / AAA - Oct. 4
• State …………………………A-AA - October 5-6 / AAA - Oct. 12-13
BOWLING (DATE OF FIRST CONTEST) ……………………………………Sept. 27
GOLF - DIVISION II
• Region (MUST BE COMPLETED BY)……Sept. 20
• State……Sept. 28-29
VOLLEYBALL - DIVISION I
• District (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) A-AA and AAA ………………October 15
• Region A-AA and AAA ………………………………………October 19
• Sectional A-AA and AAA ……………………………………October 21
• State A-AA and AAA………………………………………October 27-29
VOLLEYBALL - DIVISION II
• Region (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) …………Oct. 21 • State…Oct. 27-29
CROSS COUNTRY MEET
• Region A-AA • DIV. II • AAA (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) ………October 30
• State ………………………………………………………November 6
GIRLS SOCCER - DIVISION I
• District A-AA and AAA (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) ………………October 8
• Region Semifinals A-AA and AAA …………………………October 12
• Region Finals A-AA and AAA ………………………………October 14
• Sectional ……………………………………………………October 16
• State Quarterfinals …………………………A-AA & AAA - October 20
• State Semifinals ……………………………A-AA & AAA - October 21
• State Finals …………………………………A-AA & AAA - October 23
GIRLS SOCCER - DIVISION II
• Region (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) ………………………………October 15
• State Quarterfinals …………………………………………October 20
• State Semifinals ……………………………………………October 21
• State Finals …………………………………………………October 23
BASKETBALL • WRESTLING (FIRST PRACTICE DATE) ………………November 1
FOOTBALL PLAY-OFFS - DIVISION I (1A–2A-3A-4A-5A)
• First Round …………………………………………………November 5
• Second Round ……………………………………………November 12
• Quarter-Finals ……………………………………………November 19
• Semi-Finals ………………………………………………November 26
• Finals ……………………………………………………December 3-4
FOOTBALL PLAY-OFFS - DIVISION II (AA-AAA)
• Quarter-Finals (AA/AAA)……………………………………November 5
• Semi-Finals (AA/AAA) ……………………………………November 12
• Finals (AA/AAA) …………………………………………November 19
FOOTBALL PLAY-OFFS - DIVISION II (A)
• Semi-Finals (A) ……………………………………………November 5
• Finals (A) …………………………………………………November 19
CHEERLEADING - STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ………………………………TBA
Regional Meetings
• MIDDLE TENNESSEE (NASHVILLE) 10:00 A.M. ………………November 8
• WEST TENNESSEE (JACKSON) 1:00 P.M. …………………November 10
• EAST TENNESSEE (KNOXVILLE) 1:00 P.M. …………………November 11
Board of Control Meeting (HERMITAGE) …………………………November 18
BASKETBALL • WRESTLING (DATE OF FIRST CONTEST) …………November 22
Legislative Council Meeting (HERMITAGE) …………………………December 1
Board of Control Meeting (HERMITAGE) ……………………………January 13
BOWLING
• District (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) ………………………………January 14
• Region (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) ………………………………January 21
• State ……………………………………………………January 28-29
WRESTLING TOURNAMENTS - DIVISION I
• Dual Meet State ……………………………………………February 4-5
• Region (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) ……………………………February 12
• State (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) ……………………………February 17-19
WRESTLING TOURNAMENTS - DIVISION II
• Dual Meet State ……………………………………………February 4-5
• State ……………………………………………………February 18-19
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS
JUNIOR HIGH DISTRICTS ……………………………………………TBA
DIVISION I (A, AA and AAA)
• Districts (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) …………………………………Feb. 26
• Regions (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) ………………………………March 3
• Girls Sectionals ………………………………………………March 5
• Boys Sectionals ………………………………………………March 7
• Girls State …………………………………………………March 9-12
• Boys State …………………………………………………March 16-19
DIVISION II
• Regions (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) …………………………………Feb. 26
• Girls State ……………………………………………………March 2-5
• Boys State ……………………………………………………March 2-5
Board of Control Meeting (MURFREESBORO) …………………………March 17
Legislative Council Meeting (MURFREESBORO) …………………………March 18
GIRLS SOFTBALL • BASEBALL • SOCCER
• TRACK • TENNIS (FIRST PRACTICE DATE)………………………February 15
GIRLS SOFTBALL • BASEBALL • SOCCER
• TRACK • TENNIS (DATE OF FIRST CONTEST) ………………………March 14
Athletic Directors Conference / Cheer Coaches Conference …………………TBA
TRACK
• Sectional (A-AA and AAA) (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) ……………May 20
• Regions (DIVISION II) (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) …………………May 20
• State …………………………………………………………May 26-28
BASEBALL- DIVISION I (A, AA, AAA)
• Districts (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) …………………………………May 13
• Regional Semi-Finals …………………………………………May 16
• Regional Finals …………………………………………………May 18
• Sectional…………………………………………………………May 20
• State Tournament ……………………………………………May 24-28
BASEBALL - DIVISION II
• Region (MUST BE COMPLETED BY) …………………………………May 20
SOFTBALL - DIVISION I (A, AA, AAA)
• Regional Semi-Finals …………………………………………May 16
• Regional Finals …………………………………………………May 18
• Sectional…………………………………………………………May 20
SOFTBALL - DIVISION II
• State …………………………………………………………May 24-28
BOYS SOCCER - DIVISION I (A-AA, AAA)
• Region Semifinals ……………………………………………May 17
• Region Finals …………………………………………………May 19
• Sectional…………………………………………………………May 21
• State Tournament Quarterfinals A-AA, AAA ………………….May 25
• State Tournament Semifinals A-AA, AAA …………………….May 26
• State Tournament Finals A-AA, AAA ………………………….May 28
BOYS SOCCER - DIVISION II
• State Tournament Quarterfinals…………………………………May 25
• State Tournament Semifinals …………………………………May 26
• State Tournament Finals ………………………………………May 28
TENNIS - DIVISION I (A, AA, AAA)
• Regional Team Finals - GIRLS …………………………………May 12
• Regional Team Finals - BOYS …………………………………May 13
• Sectional Team - GIRLS…………………………………………May 19
• Sectional Team - BOYS …………………………………………May 20
• Regional Singles and Doubles ………………………………May 16-17
• State Tournament (TEAMS - SINGLES - DOUBLES) ………………May 24-26
TENNIS - DIVISION II
• Sectional Team - GIRLS…………………………………………May 17
• Sectional Team - BOYS …………………………………………May 20
• State Tournament (TEAM - SINGLES - DOUBLES) …………………May 24-26
Board of Control Meeting (PARIS LANDING) ……………………………June 7-9
RONNIE CARTER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BOB BALDRIDGE
ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
GENE BECK
BERNARD CHILDRESS
VOLUME 55
MAY 2004
GENE MENEES
WANDA BELT
ASSISTANT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MATTHEW GILLESPIE
FEATURES
TRINA MELTON
PAT DROKE
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
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Updates on people, rules, standards and equipment.
TERRY HILLIER
GAYLE SIMMS
SHONNIE SPEICHER
LYNNE SUTTON
STEPHEN BARGATZE
DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES
COURTNEY BRUNETZ
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
EARL NALL
TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR
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VICE PRESIDENT - FRED KESSLER
BOLIVAR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, BOLIVAR
LYNN BROWN
MARYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, MARYVILLE
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SAM MILES
DYERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL, DYERSBURG
JOE DAVIS
MANASSAS HIGH SCHOOL, MEMPHIS
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VICE PRESIDENT - ED FOSTER
OOLTEWAH HIGH SCHOOL, OOLTEWAH
RICHARD CARROLL
SULLIVAN NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, KINGSPORT
STEVE HARRIS
ANTIOCH HIGH SCHOOL, ANTIOCH
MICHAEL REYNOLDS
FULTON HIGH SCHOOL, KNOXVILLE
Bob Baldridge
Mobility adds challenges to educators.
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Disciplinary Actions
A report on violations by member schools and sanctions imposed.
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Stephen Bargatze
A report on “the Right Team” golf tournament... and a little more.
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Bernard Childress
The annual meeting report on the TMSAA.
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A. F. Bridges Scholarship Winners
27 student-athletes receive scholarships.
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Trina Melton
A report on the development of Cheerleading.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT - BILLY JOE EVANS
FAYETTEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS, FAYETTEVILLE
A Tennessee Schoolboy Legend
Kittrell’s Monk Montgomery was a special player.
MIKE TRIBUE
McGAVOCK HIGH SCHOOL, NASHVILLE
MICKEY DUNN
LAWRENCEBURG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
LAWRENCEBURG
Distinguished Service Recognition
A coach, official, administrator and contributor are recognized for achievement.
TOMMY LAYNE
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, DUNLAP
TERRY LOOPER
CASCADE HIGH SCHOOL, WARTRACE
TSSAA Hall of Fame Inductees
TSSAA honors members for outstanding achievement.
BOARD OF CONTROL
PRESIDENT - MIKE REED
HAMBLEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL, MORRISTOWN
What’s Happening
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Whistle Notes - Gene Beck
Information for TSSAA officials and thoughts on the past year.
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Spring Fling Information
Complete information for the 2004 Spring Fling.
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Mr. and Miss Basketball Awards
Finalists and winners of these prestigious honors are recognized.
MIKE TATUM
LEWIS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, HOHENWALD
PHIL ROGERS
JACKSON CENTRAL-MERRY HIGH SCHOOL, JACKSON
DAN BLACK
CROCKETT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, ALAMO
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the first time at the National Conference of High School Directors of Athletics
in New Orleans this December.
Information about NASPAA membership and “The Voice Above the
Crowd” can be found on the organization’s website, www.naspaa.net.
Information can also be found on the TSSAA website, www.tssaa.org.
NASPAA is managed by Allegro Media of Kansas City.
Coach John Tucker Inducted
The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame recently inducted retired coach John
Tucker and Chattanooga Howard football star Reggie White into its Hall of
Fame while honoring at the same time as amateur team of the year the
Farragut High School boys’ soccer team and also its baseball team. Tucker
coached for forty-three years and logged 332 wins. He coached at Parsons
High School, Tiptonville, Hohenwald, Dickson, Milan, Gibson County and
Humboldt during his forty-three year tenure. White was a football star at
Howard High School in Chattanooga before becoming SEC Player of the
Year at University of Tennessee. He was a first round draft choice of the
Philadelphia Eagles and started for thirteen years in the NFL.
Farragut’ boys’ soccer team and baseball team won the 2003 Class AAA
State Championships on the same day during the Spring Fling. The Admirals
finished number two in the nation in soccer and Coach Wallie Culbreth was
named National High School Coach of the Year. The same honor went to
baseball coach Tommy Pharr and they also finished number two in the nation
in baseball.
Managing Game/Event Announcing– Avoid Play-by-Play
A sports public address announcer’s job is not to entertain, incite the crowd,
lead cheers, make remarks about the officiating, second-guess coaches or
editorialize in any way. Quite simply, the announcer’s job is to provide
information that is timely and pertinent and do it professionally.
One area of concern at the high school level is that many announcers have
made play-by play-announcing part of their announcing style, which is
inappropriate. Sports public address announcing and play-by-play
announcing have entirely different purposes. If your announcers describe the
action as it takes place and/or offer some type of commentary, as in the
examples listed below, they are doing sports public address announcing:
1. “Blair pitches to Hanks on the sweep.”
2. “Basket by Johnson. That gives her 15.”
3. “Going to the line is Smith who will attempt to complete a three-point play.”
4.“It’s raining three’s here in Raytown!”
5. “Now batting is the right fielder, #10 Cantrell, who struck out her last time up.”
6. “Thomas on the carry, Tackled hard by Cooper.”
New Association Created for Sports Public Address Announcers
A professional association dedicated to sports public address announcing
has just been launched. The National Association of Sports Public Address
Announcers (NASPAA) is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in
Kansas City, Missouri.
Membership is open to sports public address announcers and to individuals,
such as athletic directors and association administrators, who have
responsibility in hiring or assigning announcers. Membership is also open to
students. “NASPAA will focus on providing national leadership and
meaningful educational programs and services for high school, college and
amateur sports public address announcers,” commented Brad Rumble,
NASPAA Executive Director. “We will be active in promoting the
educational values of sports public address announcing; and working with key
associations and organizations, as well as entities in related broadcast fields as
part of an ongoing effort to raise the level of professionalism of sports public
address announcing in the United States.”
“No one individual receives more attention game-to-game, event-to-event,
week-in and week-out, than the sports public address announcer,” remarked
Frank Kovaleski, Director of the National Interscholastic Athletic
Administrators Association. “Their performance reflects directly on the
athletic director, athletic department, school, and in many cases the
sponsoring organization or association. Resources offered by NASPAA, such
as “THE VOICE ABOVE THE CROWD,” will be a tremendous benefit to
these individuals.” “THE VOICE ABOVE THE CROWD,” provides national
guidelines for announcing, and is endorsed by the NIAAA, NJCAA and the
NAIA.
The NASPAA is also developing a leadership-training course for the
NIAAA that will focus on the role of the athletic director in managing
game/event announcing. “The Voice Above the Crowd,” will serve as the
primary resource for the course. NASPAA’s goal is to teach the course for
In most instances, announcers think they are providing the fans a service by
doing play-by-play. Yet, others use play-by-play to draw attention to
themselves. Talk to your announcers and let them know how important it is
to avoid play-by-play announcing and providing commentary beyond what is
expected of a sports public address announcer.
Brad Rumble, Executive Director of the National Association of Sports
Public Address Announcers (NASPAA) and author of the “The Voice Above
the Crowd”, has provided this tip. Information about NASPAA membership
and “The Voice Above the Crowd” may be obtained at www.naspaa.net.
NFHS Coaches Association Award Program
TSSAA is proud to announce that three coaches from Tennessee were
selected Section 3 Coach of the Year in their perspective sports by the
National Federation of High School Coaches Association for the 2002-03
school year. Section 3 includes eight Southeastern states (Alabama, Georgia,
Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, and
Tennessee) and finalists were submitted to the NFHS for consideration as
National Coach of the Year. Those coaches selected as Section 3 recipients
from Tennessee are the following:
Golf - Ronnie Fuqua, Clarksville High School; Track and Field - Susan
Russ, Harpeth Hall High School; Girls Soccer - Jimmy Burchett, Franklin
High School.
It is also an honor for TSSAA to announce that Jimmy Burchett of Franklin
High School was selected as NFHS National Coach of the Year in Girls
Soccer for the 2002-03 school year.
Congratulations to all of our state, sectional, and national honorees. This is
a tremendous accomplishment and each recipient is very deserving of these
accolades.
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Technology Update
average of 277 games/meets a day if divided by the 180 school days
each year.
Laptops at Murphy Center? If you attended the boys and girls
state basketball tournaments at Murphy Center in Murfreesboro you
may have seen a smattering of people with laptops in the stands.
These people were watching the games and surfing the Internet via
the wireless network in the building. Many of these people were
watching the game and following the live streaming of game statistics
that all Internet users had access to. Wireless is a rapidly emerging
technology and as more media people get wireless access it will
greatly reduce the never-ending problem on press row with the need
for telephones and Internet connections. One media person with
wireless access turned on their laptop and immediately after the game
filed story and pictures back to their local newspaper– all without
connecting one wire to their computer.
Spring Fling Score Updates - In an effort to provide better media
coverage of this year’s Spring Fling in Memphis, Internet users will
be able to have score updates sent directly by E-mail to their
computer, or even have results sent to their cell phones and pagers if
the those devices allow E-mail to be sent to them. Users will be able
to sign up to receive scores from all sports or selected sports if they
desire. This will enable interested parties to find out results the
minute the score is reported to the TSSAA media center. TSSAA will
also have a summary page each day that reports all scores at that one
location. For people who want to see more detail (e.g. box scores for
baseball) will be able to follow links provided on the summary page.
by Earl Nall
TSSAA continues to use technology to provide improved service
to its member schools by working smarter and reducing the workload
at its member schools and at the TSSAA office.
Already, the TSSAA is recognized nationally as one of the leaders
in technology use among state associations and is striving to continue
in this capacity.
This year was the first year in which all senior high schools were
required to file eligibility and schedules for all sports online. The
transition from paper and fax to all electronic has gone smoothly this
year. To date 69,681 athletes (44,154 boys and 25,527 girls) have had
their eligibility filed online. Immediate benefits to schools have been
the ability to enter name, birth date and year entered ninth grade only
one time for the tenure of the student at the school, thus reducing the
amount of effort to file the same information each year and for each
sport. For the TSSAA, this is almost 69,681 boys and girls birth dates
that don’t have to be checked by hand. For the TSSAA, determining
participation numbers electronically for each sport eases the task of
counting participants by hand for insurance purposes.
Electronic schedules have also helped schools more easily enter
their games for each sport. An added benefit of this is that it enables
other schools, parents and media to see a school’s sport schedule as
soon as it is filed. For 2003-04 there have been 49,120 games entered
for 4,227 teams in all sports for all schools. This translates to an
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NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE
SUMMER EVENTS
JUNE 1 - 4
Student Athletic Trainer Camp
Our camp is designed to give interested high school students an insider’s look at the Certified Athletic Trainer’s role at the university
and professional levels. This year’s camp will focus on knee joint anatomy, taping techniques, recognition, and treatment of common
knee injuries.
Contact: [email protected]
JUNE 26
Instructional Strength, Speed , and Agility Clinic
Southern Sports Medicine presents the 1st Inaugural Instructional Strength, Speed,& Agility Clinic at Baptist Sports Park, home of
the Tennessee Titans. Open to all high school athletes and coaches. Clinic will be conducted by Nationally recognized Strength
Coaches from the Tennessee Titans, Vanderbilt University, Middle Tennessee State University, and the Nashville Predators. This year’s
Keynote Speaker will be Steve Watterson, Strength Coordinator for the Titans. Space is limited to the first 288 registrants. Team rates
are available.
Contact: [email protected]
Phone: 1.800.826.9998 ext. 5001
Register Online: www.highschoolcombines.com
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T S S A A H A L L O F FA M E I N D U C T E E S 2 0 0 4
ADMINISTRATORS
MICKEY DUNN did his undergraduate work at Austin Peay State University and Middle Tennessee State University, earning a BS degree with a major in History
and Political Science and a minor in English and Secondary Education. He did his postgraduate work at Tennessee State University and Memphis State
University where he earned his MED in Educational Administration and Supervision and his +30. Mickey began his career at E. O. Coffman Middle School where
he taught World History, American History, and coached football and basketball. He was instrumental in developing Lawrence County’s 8th Grade American
History Curriculum and later became Principal at E. O. Coffman. After his tenure at E. O. Coffman, he came to Lawrence County High School, his alma mater,
where he served as Assistant Principal and Athletic Director. While at Lawrence County, he has coached boys’ basketball, developed the Academic Honors
Society, and has been Principal of Lawrence County High School for the past 12 years, presiding over 1200 students and 85 faculty members. Mickey Dunn
has shown a commitment and concern for the students at Lawrence County for almost 30 years. Mickey was elected to the TSSAA Board of Control, as
representative from the Sixth Athletic District, in 1995 and still holds that position today. He was awarded the A. F. Bridges Sportsmanship Award at Principal
of the Year for the 2002-2003 school year. Mickey’s church activities include serving as an usher and lector. He also is a Catholic Youth Organization Sponsor
and Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Instructor. Mickey’s wife, Kathy is a middle school art teacher. He has two sons, one daughter, and one perfect
granddaughter.
JAMES LLOYD "JIMMY" ELLIS was a star athlete at Petersburg High School, where he graduated in 1954. He earned his Degree from Middle Tennessee State
College in 1958 and, with the exception of one year, committed his entire career of teaching, coaching, and administration to the youth of Lincoln County. He
began his teaching and coaching career at Huntland High School in 1958-59. He then went to Petersburg High School, his alma mater, from 1959-1966,
where he served as principal from 1964-1966. From 1966 through 1979 he served as teacher, assistant football coach, head track coach, and interim girls’
basketball coach at Lincoln Central High School. His 1972-1973 girls’ basketball team was district champions and in 1975-1976 they won the regional title.
Both his 1975-76 and 1976-77 teams advanced to the sub-state. In 1979 he moved to Lincoln County High School where he served as Assistant Principal and
Athletic Director (as well as interim girls’ basketball coach in 1987) until his retirement in 1991. He served as a TSSAA Board of Control member from 1989
through 1991. Jimmy continued his commitment to athletics and the TSSAA after his retirement in his work with the TOPS program and also came back to
Lincoln County High School to serve as assistant girls’ basketball coach in the 1995-96 season. He was an admired coach and highly respected administrator
and a man who has devoted his life to his family, church, and the Lincoln County community. He is an elder of the Mimosa Church of Christ. He and his wife,
Fredna, have been married 48 years and have three daughters and seven grandchildren, all of whom have participated in some type of sports activity.
COACHES
DAVID COLLIE is a veteran of the United States Air Force and served his country in Vietnam. He began his teaching and coaching career in his hometown at
Wayne County High School in Waynesboro. He then spent 17 years as the boys’ basketball coach at East Robertson High School in Cross Plains, where the
gym is known as the David Collie Gym of Champions. In 1983, Coach Collie led East Robertson to its first-ever state championship. His East Robertson teams
were state champions in 1987, 1988, and 1989. After spending three years at Riverdale High School, he spent the next seven years at Columbia Central High
School as head boys’ basketball coach. Over the 40 years of his career, David Collie has accumulated an overall winning percentage of 75% with 655 wins and
213 losses. In 27 years as head basketball coach, his teams have appeared in 21 district finals, won 17 district championships, 12 regional championships,
made 12 trips to the state tournament, and been in the state finals six times. He has coached three Mr. Basketball winners, three Mr. Football winners, and two
Mr. Basketball finalists. He is also past president of the Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association. In December 2001 David was honored by being chosen to
carry the Olympic Torch in recognition of his inspiration to many students and players during his career. He and his wife, Cynthia, have been married for 37
years and have two children.
DAN CROWE was born and raised in the Horseshoe Community of Carter County. He attended school at Siam Elementary School and then graduated from
Elizabethton High School in 1950. After serving in Korea, he graduated from East Tennessee State University in1956 and received his MA Degree in 1960. He
did additional graduate work at Stetson University and UNC at Greensboro. His first teaching experience was at the two-room Fairview School in Carter County
in the 1955-56 school year. From there he went on to teach in Carter County at Valley Forge and Hampton High School, where he organized and coached their
first track team. From Hampton, he went to East Forsyth High School in Winston-Salem, N.C. from 1963-1966, also coaching track. He then went on to teach
and coach at Dobyns-Bennett High School from 1967 to 1989. While at Dobyns-Bennett, he was selected East Tennessee Teacher of the Year in 1985 and was
presented the Excellence in Teaching Award by NBC – Carnegie Foundation in 1989. While at Dobyns-Bennett, Dan’s track teams were state champions three
times (1971, 1972, and 1979), finished 2nd place in 1969-1970; were undefeated in Big 10 Conference, winning 13 championship titles and won 13 District
championships. They were Southern Classic Champions in 1969 and 1971 and six-time East Tennessee Regional Champions. Dan was selected East
Tennessee Coach of the Year by the Knoxville Track Club in 1970, 1971, and 1972 and the Dobyns-Bennett’s cross country teams won six conference titles and
six East Tennessee Regional titles, as well as TSSAA runner-up three times. Dan loves writing and has had several books and articles published. He is a
longtime member, teacher, and deacon of Siam Baptist Church in Elizabethton. He is married to the former Wilma Lewis and has one daughter and one
granddaughter.
SELECTION OF INDUCTEES
The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s Hall of Fame was established in 1981 to honor outstanding achievements by
individuals to member schools and TSSAA. Each year a minimum of one coach, one administrator, and one official from each of two eras
(1925-1975 and 1975-present) are inducted into the TSSAA Hall of Fame. To be considered for this honor, a nominee must be at least 50
years of age or retired for at least three years in the category for which they are nominated. One person is selected from outside these
three areas in the category of contributor. The selection committee makes the final selections based on nominations from TSSAA school
people and officials. This is the 22nd year that selections have been made.
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JOE HALFACRE graduated from Jackson County High School in 1962 and Tennessee Tech University with a B.S. in Business Management in 1966. He began
his coaching career in 1967 at Gainesboro Elementary School, where he coached football and girls’ and boys’ basketball. He went on to coach football and girls’
basketball at Fox Middle School in 1968-69. From 1970 through 1978 he served as head girls’ basketball coach at Jackson County High School and, also,
during that time he also was assistant football coach and umpired baseball. His teams were state champions in 1973, state runner-up in 1974, and in the state
tournament in 1975. They won five district championships, three regional championships, one regional second place, and made four sub-state appearances.
Coach Halfacre was named the Nashville Tennessean’s Mid-State Girls’ Coach of the Year in 1973, District Coach of the Year in 1974, 1975, and 1994, and
coached the TSSAA East All-Stars in 1973. He was also named the TACA’s District Coach of the year in 1994. Coach Halfacre left the teaching profession from
1978 to 1981, but returned to coach girls’ basketball at Jackson County High School from 1981 to 1986. In 1992 he began coaching the boys’ basketball team
at Jackson County High School, where they won a regional championship in 1996. He retired from coaching at the conclusion of the 1996-97 season. In 18
years as head basketball coach Joe finished his career with an overall record of 365 wins and 169 losses. He is currently the Technology Coordinator for the
Jackson County School System. Joe and his wife, Joan Anderson Halfacre have been married for 33 years and have one son.
The late RONALD RAYMOND "SCAT" LAWSON, SR. graduated from Pearl High School in Nashville, where he was an outstanding basketball player. He then
attended UCLA for his freshman year, where he played for the legendary John Wooden. He transferred to Fisk University in 1962 to complete his education. It
was at Fisk that he earned his Bachelor of Arts and Masters’ Degrees. In 1964, at 23 years of age, he accepted his first head coaching job at Cameron High
School in Nashville, which was his cross-town archrival while attending Pearl High School. One of his biggest career victories happened on Thursday, January
19, 1967 when the Cameron Panthers defeated Pearl’s Tigers 68-62 before an overflow crowd of 6,000 fans at Kean’s Little Garden. This win was one of
Cameron’s biggest victories as they snapped Pearl’s 52-game winning streak, one of the longest in Tennessee prep school history. In 1970, Cameron won their
first state championship with a 29-1 record. The Panthers won their second consecutive state championship in 1971 with a perfect 32-0 record. They went 611 over those two seasons including 55 straight victories. That record still stands today. That team was ranked 5th in the nation at season’s end. Five players
on the 1971 squad received All-City recognition. Lawson’s seven-year record at Cameron was 141-18, including 107-7 in the Nashville Interscholastic League.
Lawson received many coaching honors including Tennessee Coach of the Year in 1970-71, nominee for the U.S. High School Coach of the Year from
Tennessee in 1970. In 1970, Lawson was named coach of the Tennessee West All-Stars and teamed with legendary coach and TSSAA Hall of Fame inductee
the late Cornelius Ridley in guiding the West All-Stars to a 63-52 win over the East All-Stars. After Cameron closed in 1971, Lawson went on to his alma mater
Fisk to become head men’s coach. As Lawson finished his career at Fisk in 1979, he was ranked in the top 10 winning coaches in the nation among Division III
coaches. He was married to Jeanne B. Lawson and has two sons, three daughters, and eight grandchildren.
JERRY MATHIS served as assistant baseball coach at Tullahoma High School from 1967-1970 and was assistant girls’ basketball coach from 1971-1976. He
became head baseball coach in 1971 and held that position until 1999, and from 1979-1999 he also served as head boys’ and girls’ cross country coach. Jerry
became Athletic Director of the Tullahoma City Schools in 1999 and still holds that position. His teams won the State Baseball Tournament in 1974 and 1990
and were state runners-up in 1973, 1986, and 1997. His cross country team was state runner-up in 1990. As head baseball coach at Tullahoma High School,
he amassed 667 wins, had 101 players awarded college scholarships, and had eight players drafted into the pros. In 1995 Jerry was selected as the coach of
the Tennessee All-star team, and was Sportsfest head coach and Gold Medal winner. He was inducted into the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association Hall of
Fame in Knoxville in 1999-2000. In addition to his coaching accomplishments, he was just as successful as a teacher, senior sponsor, and leader in every
aspect of school life. He was respected by his students and fellow teachers, and also gave his full support to all programs at Tullahoma High School, as well as
the Tullahoma community. Jerry is an active member of First United Methodist Church in Tullahoma and has been a supporter and participant in many
programs of the church. Jerry and his wife Barbara have one son, one daughter, and two grandchildren.
The late W. G. "PETIE" SILER was a graduate of Knoxville Central High School, the University of Delaware, the University of Tennessee, and the University of
Tennessee Law School. He began his coaching career at Knoxville Central High School in 1916. During his 30-year career, he coached 25 years at Morristown
High School, three years at Knoxville High School and one year each at Knoxville Central High School and LaFollette High School. During that time, he coached
a state championship football team at Knoxville High in 1920, coached Morristown High School football teams to 167 wins, 95 losses, and 12 ties. His
Knoxville High School track team won the state championship in 1922 and his Morristown High School track teams won state championships in 1927 and
1928. He coached 11 boys’ and girls’ basketball teams to district or east Tennessee championships and his Morristown High School two-mile relay team set a
national high school record in Chicago in 1928. Petie, however, was more than a coach of athletes. He was a force in Morristown that affected the lives of
almost all of the students in Morristown High School because he knew them from the time they were small children since they spent the summers under his
supervision at "Petie’s Pool" – the local swimming pool and the gathering place for all the community’s use. He also helped build a 9-hole golf course and
bowling center for the kids and had an intramural program for the high school for every student in school. He pushed all students to consider athletics in some
form and he pushed the good athletes to be better. The gymnasium at Morristown High School was named after him in 1954 and the football field was named
after him in 1998. The Petie Siler Park in Morristown was named after him in 1998. He was inducted into the East Tennessee Chapter of the National Football
Foundation Hall of Fame in 1966 and inducted into the Northeast Tennessee Hall of Fame In 1993. Coach Siler was married to the late Monnie Agee Siler in
1925, and has one daughter, Patricia Siler Harmon, two grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and one great great granddaughter. The legacy lives on!
OFFICIALS
DON BARRY graduated from Sumner County High School in Portland in 1955, and went on to graduate from Austin Peay State University. After graduation from
Austin Peay, Don went to the Graduate School of Banking of the South at LSU and the Graduate School for Consumer Lending at the University of Colorado. Don
began officiating football and basketball in 1967 and later added baseball. He has officiated football for five decades and basketball and baseball for shorter
periods of time. He began assigning games and became the North Middle Tennessee Football Officials’ Association’s leader in 1969. At that time, the association
was servicing seven high schools and had only 25 officials. Under his leadership, the association now has 22 high schools and 90 officials. He has been a state
supervisor since 1997. In his officiating career, Don has officiated over 50 playoff games, including five finals; officiated the TSSAA East-West High School AllStar game in 1971; officiated two Tennessee/Kentucky High School All-Star games, as well as the inaugural Shrine East-West High School All-Star game in 1997;
and has been an instructor in sectional football clinics sponsored by TSSAA. Among Don’s special honors and achievements is the Frank (Doc) Keene Award for
Outstanding Official in the North Middle Tennessee Football Officials’ Association, the TSSAA Distinguished Service Award and Distinguished Service Award in
football from the National Federation of High Schools. Don is an active member of Hilldale Baptist Church, having served as deacon and Sunday School teacher.
Don’s wife’s name is Martha Sue and he has three children, two stepchildren, four grandchildren, and one great granddaughter.
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OFFICIALS
MARSHA GOODWIN earned her B.S. in 1972 and her M.Ed. in 1975 from Middle Tennessee State University, and then went on to earn her +45 from Trevecca
Nazarene University. She taught Health and Physical Education for many years at Bradley Junior High School and now teaches and coaches at Walker Valley High
School in Cleveland. Marsha is one of the outstanding volleyball officials in the United States. She has been a TSSAA volleyball referee, as well as a PAVO/NAGWS
collegiate official, since 1974. She served as a Southeastern Tennessee High School Volleyball Supervisor/Assigner until 1996 and has been Southeastern
Collegiate Officials Board Chair from 1992-present. Among other organizations, she is a member of the Professional Association of Volleyball Officials, the
Southeastern Collegiate Officials Board, Chattanooga Area Volleyball Officials Association, and the National Association for Girls and Women in Sports. She has
been very active in the recruitment of officials, as well as taking the lead in the teaching and training of officials for several years. She serves as the Tennessee
State Coordinator for officials in the TSSAA State Volleyball Tournament and leads clinics in officiating for TSSAA across the state during TSSAA rules meetings
each fall. In addition to her officiating accomplishments, she has been recognized by her peers as Teacher of the Year for two years and was named recipient of the
TSSAA Distinguished Service Award. Marsha lives in Cleveland and has two children and one grandchild.
LATAIN MCGHEE served in the U.S. Navy for two and one-half years where he earned two battle stars – Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He graduated from the University
of Tennessee in 1950 and worked in accounting for 37 years before retiring in 1987. LaTain began his officiating career in 1958 under the tutorage of Buddy Patey
in the Big Ten Football Conference in Jackson, where he served until 1966. During this time, he also began working as a TSSAA basketball official. A career move
took him to Chattanooga in 1967 where he worked in the Tri-State Football and Basketball Associations through 1970. Then in 1971 he was transferred to
Knoxville and began officiating football there in 1971; he officiated in Knoxville through the 1985 season. He served as president of that association from 1975
through 1983. Throughout his career, LaTain has worked numerous playoff games, including several quarterfinals and semifinals, along with two championship
finals. In 1986 he was appointed a TSSAA supervisor of football officials for the Knoxville area, a position he presently holds. LaTain and his family attend the First
Baptist Church in Knoxville where he serves as a deacon, tenor soloist, and assistant treasurer. He has been married to the former Dorothy Emge for 53 years and
they have two children.
MEMBERS OF THE TSSAA HALL OF FAME - 1982-2004
ADMINISTRATORS
COACHES
A. F. Bridges (1982)
William Osteen (1982)
Jimmy Edwards (1983)
Webb Porter (1983)
W. Hobart Millsaps (1984)
Creed McClure (1985)
Gill Gideon (1986)
A. B. Sisco (1986)
Paul Anderson (1987)
James “Doc” Simpson (1988)
Carl Matherly (1989)
Bill Todd (1989)
Milton Mayo (1990)
Thurman Reynolds (1990)
Milton Basden (1991)
Tom Fann (1991)
Charles William Driskill (1992)
James Williams (1992)
A. D. Hancock (1993)
D. M. Miller (1994)
Robert “Bob” Polston (1994)
Ernest Rasar (1994)
Fred Shelton (1995)
Paul Ward (1995)
O. Clinton “Clint” Abbott, Jr. (1996)
Emmitt H. Simon, Jr. (1996)
Jim Poteete (1997)
Hardy Loyd (1997)
William (Bill) Bailey (1998)
William (Bill) Stanfield (1998)
Adam DeBerry (1999)
Billy Joe Evans (1999)
Johnny Miller (1999)
Richard Graves (2000)
Don Souder (2000)
Bill McClain (2001)
John L. “Pete” Stafford (2001)
Joseph Westbrooks (2001)
Bill Baxter (2002)
Harry Durham (2002)
McDonal (Mack) Franklin (2002)
Richard Carroll (2003)
Gordon Perry (2003)
Jim Williams (2003)
William M. “Mickey” Dunn (2004)
James L. “Jimmy” Ellis (2004)
Boyce Smith (1982)
Willie Hudson (1983)
Buck Van Huss (1983)
Tury Oman (1984)
John Treadway (1984)
E. B. “Red” Etter (1985)
Jim Smiddy (1985)
Turney Ford (1986)
Jim Satterfield (1987)
Leonard Staggs (1987)
Joe Branch (1989)
Vernon Osborne (1989)
Buford Bible (1990)
Tom Nix (1990)
Galen Johnson (1991)
Cornelius Ridley (1991)
Dorsey Sims (1992)
R. C. Johnson (1992)
John Farr (1992)
Maurice Kelly (1992)
R. “Charlie” Bayless (1993)
Paul Caywood (1993)
Catherine M. Neely (1993)
Wylie Wheeler (1993)
Joe H. Allen (1994)
Campbell Brandon (1994)
Guy Buchanan (1994)
Dwight Clark (1994)
Ralph Benson (1995)
Fred Gamlin (1995)
Elvin Little (1995)
Dickie Warren (1995)
James A. “Jim” Cartwright (1996)
Robert A. Harris, Jr. (1996)
Gene Trotter (1996)
John Tucker (1997)
Lee Pate (1997)
Charlie Anderson (1998)
John Hooper (1998)
Tommy Owen (1998)
Jim Poston (1998)
Richard Ross (1998)
Walter Bouldin (1999)
Bill Brimm (1999)
Mel Brown (1999)
Kermit Forkum (1999)
Benny Monroe (1999)
Ephriam “King” Berrong (2000)
Robert High (2000)
Bert “Chig” Ratledge (2000)
Calvin Short (2000)
A. J. Wilson (2000)
Mack Chandler (2001)
Tom Coughenour (2001)
Tommy Griffith (2001)
John Johnson (2001)
Ralph Spangler (2001)
Nick Coutras (2002)
Walter Kilzer (2002)
Juanita Merrell (2002)
Jim Stowe (2002)
Henry Bowles (2003)
Jack Cain (2003)
Rick Insell (2003)
Billy Mayfield (2003)
Clifford Ross (2003)
David Collie (2004)
Dan Crowe (2004)
Joe Halfacre (2004)
Ronald "Scat" Lawson, Sr. (2004)
Jerry Mathis (2004)
W.G. “Petie” Siler (2004)
CONTRIBUTORS
Charles Hampton White (1992)
Edgar Allen (1993)
Billy J. Haney (1994)
Nelson Smotherman (1997)
Dick Sobel (1998)
Samuel Beasley (1999)
Dorothy Nell Davis (2000)
Philip & Sue Ann Simpson (2001)
Wayne Reynolds (2002)
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OFFICIALS
S. D. Jackson (1982)
Cooper Dyer (1983)
Bill Pack (1983)
Ralph Stout (1984)
Joe Caldwell (1985)
Burrell Crowell (1985)
Tom Keysaer (1986)
Buddy Patey (1986)
Bob Heriges (1987)
Elmer L. Holder (1988)
Pat McHugh (1989)
Ray Street (1989)
Paul McDaniel (1990)
Billy Schrivner (1990)
Brice Hall (1991)
E. L. Hutton (1991)
Fred Baker (1992)
Leo Martindale (1992)
Kenny Coulter (1993)
E. D. “Icky” Jernigan (1993)
David Scobey (1994)
James E. “Jim” Wright (1994)
Ferrell “Dee” Loveless (1994)
Edwin Black (1995)
Jack Keys (1995)
Elbert Fielden (1996)
Cecil V. “Snooky” Smith (1996)
Emmitt Simon, Sr. (1997)
Joel Huffaker (1997)
Dale Kelley (1998)
Bill Melton (1998)
Leonard Coffman (1999)
Robert Coy “Pistol” Gaither (1999)
Junior Ward (1999)
Hunter Jackson (2000)
Bill Pittman (2000)
William C. “ Bill” Battle (2001)
Fred F. Kessler (2001)
John A. McPherson (2001)
Jim Cradic (2002)
Charles McConnell (2002)
Billy Belew (2003)
Ray Fuller (2003)
Don Barry (2004)
Marsha Goodwin (2004)
LaTain McGhee (2004)
D I S T I N G U I S H E D S E RV I C E R E C O G N I T I O N
ADMINISTRATOR – DENNIS GOODWIN
TSSAA is proud to recognize Dennis Goodwin as its Distinguished Service Award honoree as an administrator.
Dennis graduated from Bristol High School and Trevecca Nazarene College. He began his interest in coaching while at Trevecca
by coaching a full contact intramural football league. After graduating from Trevecca, he took his coaching talent to Donelson
Christian Academy, where he began coaching in 1983. He was first hired as an assistant coach in football and basketball, and head
coach in tennis. He taught economics, Bible, history and drivers education that first year. It was also the first year DCA was a
member of the TSSAA. The football team finished 1-9, basketball 11-14 but made the region tournament. In his 5th year at the
school (1988) the football team won the state championship and in 1989 they finished second. He became head basketball coach in
1986 and won the district championship in 1989-90 and was named coach of the year.
In 1993 Dennis took over the head reins of the football program. He has won 101 games in his 11 years as head coach and only fell short 35 times, a
74% winning percentage. He won the school’s second state championship in 1996 and finished second in 2003. He has compiled a 26-13 state playoff
record, while being named State Coach of Year in 1996 and Region coach of the Year in 1995.
One of the things Dennis is known for at DCA is his famous quote, “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”Not only is he a gifted
coach, but he is also the Athletic Director. He is responsible for over 40 different teams at DCA. Every high school program has competed in the State
Tournament since he has been the Athletic Director and has hung many State Championship banners. The Middle School programs have won numerous
conference championships also. He has also been responsible for administering several district and regional tournaments in his tenure as Athletic Director
at DCA. Dennis has served as a District Coordinator for District 9A since the District and Regional Coordinators concept first began several years ago.
TSSAA proudly salutes Dennis Goodwin for his outstanding work with student-athletes as a teacher, coach, and Athletic Director at Donelson
Christian Academy, as well as his continued work with TSSAA in the capacity as a TSSAA District Coordinator.
COACH – CHRISTY BINGHAM
It is a pleasure for TSSAA to recognize Christy Bingham as our Distinguished Service Award recipient as a coach in the state.
Coach Bingham is a graduate of the University of Arkansas where she was a member of the cross country team. She has been
coaching cross country and softball at St. Benedict at Auburndale for the past seven years. Each year since Christy has been
coaching she has taken her teams to the State Cross Country Meet or State Softball Tournament. She has had three female cross
country runners win the Individual State Meet. Coach Bingham has been selected Coach of the Year by The Commercial Appeal in
their “Best of the Preps” magazine in both cross country and softball. She and her late husband, Don, received the Sonny Writers
Sportsmanship Award during the 2002-03 school year.
In addition to her responsibilities at St. Benedict, Coach Bingham found time to help Germantown High School’s coach, Brenda
Walton, when she was called to active duty by the Naval Reserve following the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. Coach Bingham
helped with Coach Watson’s team for the remainder of that season so the student athletes would not have to forfeit their season. Always behind the
scenes during her seven years at St. Benedict was her late husband, Don. Don often helped with preparing the field for games, repairing dugouts, cutting
grass, making hotel and travel arrangements for state bound teams, scorekeeper, game announcer, and chauffeur.
Coach Bingham is also the proud mother of two children: Natalie (Senior at Rhodes College) and Chas (student at St. Benedict). TSSAA proudly
salutes Christy Bingham for her outstanding work with the student athletes in Tennessee.
OFFICIAL – ERNEST JONES
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TSSAA proudly salutes Ernest Jones as its recipient of the distinguished service award for officials.
Ernest began officiating TSSAA basketball in 1980. He is a member of the West Tennessee Basketball Officials Association.
Ernest has worked numerous district, regional, and sub-state basketball games. He has worked four TSSAA State Tournaments (2
Boys’ and 2 Girls’). He has also worked in the NAIA Championships for four years running. He is an active member in several
college conferences, including the Gulf South Conference, OVC, TranSouth, Mid South, KIAC, and the TN Jr. College Association.
Ernest was born and raised in Hardeman County and graduated from Bolivar Central High School, where he was an outstanding
basketball player. He has been employed at the Western Mental Health Institute for the past 26 years.
It is an honor to recognize Ernest Jones for his dedication to officiating high school sports in the state of Tennessee.
CONTRIBUTOR – STAN CRAWLEY
TSSAA is proud to recognize Stan Crawley as our Distinguished Service Award recipient. Stan Crawley worked for 30 years
covering local sports for the Chattanooga Times. While at the Chattanooga Times, he covered The Masters from 1996-1999, the
NCAA men’s golf championships as well as the U. S. Amateur at the Honors Course. Stan became a known fixture at most high
school sporting events as well as the TSSAA State Tournaments. His coverage and love of high school sports over the years have
left many memories and lasting impressions on former athletes and their families.
Stan is currently a staff writer for The Chattanoogan.com and the Chattanoogatpc.com. In addition to these two websites, Stan
also is the editor of two college sports books, The Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook and The Blue Ribbon College Football
Yearbook.
Because of all the contributions Stan has made to athletes and high school sports in the state of Tennessee, TSSAA proudly
salutes Stan Crawley for his dedication and enthusiasm over the years.
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Cripple Creek Kid Remains a Legend
In this issue of the TSSAA News, we would like to take the
opportunity to look back at a legend in high school
basketball. Jimmy “Monk” Montgomery played at Kittrell
High School from 1960-1963. He holds the state record for
most points scored in a career with 4,013 points. This
accomplishment also puts him eleventh in the national
record book. Dan Whittle, a columnist for the Daily News
Journal in Murfreesboro, recently wrote an article looking
back at Montgomery’s success at Kittrell High School. With
the permission of the Daily News Journal and Mr. Whittle,
we are pleased to reprint this article for the readers of the
TSSAA News.
“Compton was also a legend, recruited out of tiny Kittrell
by legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp. Compton later
transferred to Louisville where he led the Cardinals to a
national championship,” said Sheriff Truman Jones, a
Kittrell native.
“But when Monk came along in the 1960s, he was known
for being a scoring machine. The Kittrell crowd was very
loyal,” Jones said. “When quite young, Monk had his own
keys to area gymnasiums and would practice shooting for
hours. The work paid off.
“He became the most prolific scorer in the county and
state, when basketball was in it’s glory days of popularity in
the small schools, such as Rockvale, Lascassas and
Christiana,” Jones said.
“Sometimes when Monk took the floor, he was
unstoppable, head and shoulders above most players of that
era. There was a lot of community pride in that era when
small communities still had their high schools. And they
loved to compete against big Murfreesboro Central High. No
high school player was more widely known in Tennessee
then, or now, than Monk Montgomery,” the sheriff said.
Comas Montgomery played basketball at Kittrell as well.
The elder Montgomery was on a 16-1 Kittrell team in 1952
when he and fellow player Franklin Neely were named to the
All-Rutherford County Tournament Team.
“There’s a loyalty that exists to this day among Kittrell
High loyalists,” Comas said. “Some of us still get together
weekly for coffee. It was a sad day when Kittrell High was
closed and consolidated with Riverdale and Oakland high
schools in the 1970’s.” Memories, however, live on in the
hearts of Kittrell faithful.
“There was something special about Kittrell, and the
famous ‘Kittrell crowd’ that frequented the high school
basketball games,” Jones said.
“Pound-per-pound, small– but mighty– Kittrell High likely
produced the highest-caliber basketball stars of any other
small school in the Volunteer State,” Comas said.
In addition to Monk and Compton, Connie Vance Turner’s
name was known as one of the best female players of her era
in the late 1960s, he said. Kittrell had a fan following in
surrounding communities, said Harold Patrick, who
broadcast Woodbury Central’s basketball games during
Montgomery’s heyday.
“When games were set to start at 7 p.m., fans began
pouring into the small Kittrell gymnasium before 5 p.m., in
order to get a seat,” Patrick said. “Oh Lord, yes, the Kittrell
gym was packed each time they played. And when they
came to Woodbury, they packed our gym too.
“One time, I went to Franklin to a Christmas tournament
just to watch Kittrell, and they had three guys on Monk,”
Patrick said. “They were down 16 at half. Monk didn’t miss
KITTRELL– Say “Jimmy,” and most folks give you a
blank look.
But mention his nickname, “Monk,” and the faces of
diehard basketball fans light up. Jimmy “Monk”
Montgomery set state and national scoring records during
his playing days at Kittrell High School. From 1960-1963,
he scored 4,013 points,
outdistancing even current NBA
stars like Anfernee “Penny”
Hardaway, who scored 3,039 at
Memphis Tredwell. “Jimmy was
limited to two-point shots. No
telling how many points he would
have scored with the three-point
rule,” said Comas Montgomery,
Jimmy’s older brother. Many of
Montgomery’s shots came from
what now would be considered
three-point range.
“Monk was the best high school
player I ever witnessed play the
game,” said retired sports scribe
Edgar Allen of Nashville during an interview a few years
ago at the TSSAA Boys State Tournament.
Montgomery, 59, is in seriously declining health due to
advanced emphysema and related maladies.
Sportswriters like Allen called the team, the “Boys from
Cripple Creek,” paying homage to the tiny stream that
meanders through the Kittrell community about 9 miles from
downtown Murfreesboro. Kittrell High, located on Old
Woodbury Pike, had only 250 students. Monk put Kittrell
High on the map.
His coach, Deward “Foots” Compton, confirmed that
before his death a few years ago. Compton broke Kittrell
High scoring records himself in 1939, before being named a
college All-American player at the University of Louisville,
and returning later as a teacher and coach at Kittrell High.
“Kittrell was known from Bristol to Memphis, because of
Monk and basketball,” Foots told Daily News Journal city
editor Sam Stockard in a 1994 interview.
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a shot the second half and Kittrell won the game.
“During tournaments, Cannon County folks had to drive
over Peaks Hill to hear the radio station out of Murfreesboro
broadcast Kittrell games. Folks from Woodbury would line
their cars up on Peaks Hill in order to hear Monk play
basketball, especially when Kittrell played Murfreesboro
Central. You had (Jimmy) Nipper, (Bobby) Jones, (Ben)
Cates, (David) Adams and then, Montgomery. That’s how
well I remember that long ago team.
“Monk was the best I ever saw in person. The only person I
saw to compare, and that was on TV, was “Pistol” Pete
Maravich,” Patrick said. “I would go down to the Kittrell
Gym often, just to watch Monk, who would still be shooting
way after practice was over. He loved the game. That Kittrell
crowd was the best. The boys were class acts too. I’m sorry
to hear about his illness.”
Coach and player Ben Cates played on a Kittrell team with
Montgomery. Cates, during a 1994 newspaper interview,
recalled a particular game at Red Boiling Springs when the
team needed a clutch basket to win the game. Comas
Montgomery remembers that game as well. During a
timeout, it was decided to get the ball to Monk.
“As a player, often you know when it leaves your hands,
that it’s going to hit nothing but net,” Comas said. “When
Monk took the shot at Red Boiling Springs, he immediately
turned and headed toward the dressing room. That was
before the ball got to the goal.”
“When Monk shot the ball, I looked up and he had already
turned and started walking to the dressing room ... before the
ball swished through the net,” Cates agreed.
And the Kittrell’s Blue Devils won the game.
Although Monk is now in seriously declining health, his
legend lives large in the hearts of thousands of fans
throughout the Volunteer State.
BOB BALDRIDGE
Mobility Challenges Education
so that a child can have two and a half months of one
season for one year for one lifetime in one special time of
environment. Again, the right decision has got to be for
education.
Administrators, coaches, teachers and anyone in a
supervisor capacity become a role model for children.
They are even more so a role model as a child steps into a
new environment. How school personnel act, react, and
interact with students becomes a bigger and more important
factor each and everyday. School personnel become the
family environment to many children. School personnel
must be a shining example for children. Children pick up
on the slightest movements of adults as well as their moves
and their attitudes. It is so important that we as
administrators, coaches and teachers know and show
respect for each other and therefore, the children around
them will hopefully pick up the same traits.
A great general rule of thumb is to treat others as you
would want to be treated yourself. And probably more
important is to treat children the way you would want
others to treat your children.
M
obility of individuals and the family unit makes
education more challenging each and everyday.
As a family picks up and moves from one
community to another, children are moved from one
educational school to another. When the child reenters
school in the middle of a school year, where they pick up in
Spanish I may not be where they left off at the previous
school. The transfer student faces not only new classes but
a new environment with different classmates. Athletics
many times will make that transition much easier as the
student athlete immediately gets into the positives of interreacting with other students.
When you throw the mobility of families into the prospect
of charter schools and “no child left behind” as well as
other innovative educational formats, the family has a
multitude of decisions to make. The most prominent one
has got to be that education is first. Athletics does play a
tremendous part in a child’s life, but getting a proper
education will take a child much further in his or her later
years. Too many decisions are based on where the best
baseball or softball program exists. Almost everyone in
education has seen a family make adjustments in their life
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DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
OFFICIAL NOTICES
Rules violations by member schools and sanctions imposed. All activities varsity level unless otherwise specified.
SCHOOL
SPORT
VIOLATION
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
Bolivar Central
Basketball (Girls)
Head coach ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Misapplication of rule. No further disciplinary action, no fine
21st Century
Basketball (Boys)
School’s decision to suspend for next 2 games. Coach not allowed to
attend games under suspension. School fined $250.
Boyd Buchanan
Basketball (Boys)
Christian Brothers
Wrestling
Cleveland
Basketball (Boys)
Clinton
Basketball (Girls Freshman)
Pending.
Coffee County
Basketball (Boys JV)
Asst. coach ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct.
School’s decision to suspend next two games. Coach not allowed to
Columbia Academy
Basketball (Girls)
Pending.
Copper Basin
Basketball (Boys)
Fans and substitutes came onto playing floor during altercation.
School fined $500.
David Lipscomb
Wrestling
School’s decision to suspend next two dates. Coach not allowed to
Fayette Ware
Basketball (Girls)
Player came onto floor during an altercation
School fined $250.
Frank Hughes
Basketball (Girls)
Germantown
Basketball (Girls)
Glencliff
Basketball (Boys)
School’s decision to suspend for next 2 dates. Coach not allowed to
Greenback
Basketball (Boys)
Hamilton
Player came off bench during an altercation.
School fined $250.
Harding Academy
Basketball (Boys)
Hollow Rock-Bruceton
Basketball (Boys)
Kenwood
Basketball (Boys)
Kingsbury
Basketball (Boys)
Players came onto floor during an altercation.
School fined $250.
Kingsbury
Kirby
Basketball (Boys)
Player came onto floor during altercation.
School fined $250.
Knoxville Central
Basketball (Girls)
Lenoir City
Basketball (Boys)
Fan came onto playing floor during altercation.
School fined $250.
Lenoir City
Memphis East
Basketball (Boys)
Fans came onto floor during altercation.
School fined $250.
Memphis Melrose
Basketball (Boys)
Fans came onto floor during altercation.
School fined $250.
Morristown East
Obion Co. Central
Basketball (Boys)
Pigeon Forge
Basketball (Boys)
Ripley
Basketball (Boys)
Player came onto floor during altercation.
School fined $250. School suspended player 6 games
Riverdale
Basketball (Girls)
Sunbright
Basketball (Boys)
Sweetwater
Basketball (Boys )
Tellico Plains
Basketball (Boys)
Fans and substitutes came onto playing floor during altercation
School fined $250.
Tipton-Rosemark Acd.
Basketball (Girls)
University School
Basketball (Boys)
University School of Nashville
Basketball (Girls)
attend games under suspension.
Upperman
Basketball (Boys)
Upperman
Basketball (Boys)
Asst. coach ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Waverly Central
Basketball (Boys)
Westwood
Basketball (Boys)
Players and fans came onto playing during an altercation.
School fined $250.
William Blount
Basketball (Girls)
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T H E R I G H T T E A M : A N U P D AT E
S T E P H E N
B A R G A T Z E
The Right Team Golf Trail is just around the
corner. Make sure you check with your school's
principal and/or athletic directors for the details.
Due to statewide budget cuts, the TSSAA Right
Team lost the major grants used to support the
program. Therefore, in an effort to raise money for
this crucial program, the TSSAA initiated the
Right Team Golf Tournaments. The golf
tournaments not only provide the opportunity for fellowship and fun
amongst Tennessee schools, but the tournaments have the potential to
generate revenue to sustain the Program throughout the year.
What we need is for you to contact TSSAA or myself at
[email protected] and let us know if your school is planning on taking
part in the tournament.We need to know now how to prepare for the event
and the numbers as close to possible. Please send me an e-mail or fax telling
us your schools plans on taking part. Thanks in advance.
I really feel that we need to do this tournament and do it fast; being born
in the mid 50's I'm lucky to be alive. My baby crib was covered with a
bright colored lead-base paint. There were no childproof lids on medicine
bottles, doors or cabinets, and when I rode my bike, I had no helmets. I
grew up riding in cars with no seatbelts or air bags. Riding in the back of a
pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. I drank water from
the garden hose and not from a bottle (I know, how did I ever survive?). I
shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually
died from this. I would spend hours building a go-cart out of scraps and then
rode down the hill, only to remember that I had forgotten the brakes. After
running into the bushes a few times, it solved that problem. I left home early
in the morning and played all day, as long as I was back before the
streetlights come on. No one was able to reach me all day, NO CELL
Phones!!!! This may be hard to believe but I played DODGE BALL, and
sometimes, the ball would really hurt. There were no lawsuits, they were
just accidents. Little league had tryouts and not everyone made the team. I
was not as smart as other kids and had to repeat a grade, and was even held
back a year or two. My parents did not bail me out and they actually sided
with the teachers.
I need your help now and this golf tournament will make it possible for
meto live on and spend time with students. Let us hear from you soon
Lipstick at School
According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington
recently was faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls
were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom.
That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their
lips to the mirror, leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night the
maintenance man would remove them and the next day, the girls would put
them back.
Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all
the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man.
She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for
the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night. To demonstrate how
difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to
show the girls how much effort was required.
He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned
the mirror with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
There are teachers, and then there are educators.
A Big “Thank You” to Our Corporate Sponsors
The corporate sponsors and supporters play an integral part in the TSSAA and the TSSAA State Championships. TSSAA would like to thank
our corporate sponsors and supporters for their dedication and hard work this winter during the state championships.
BlueCross BlueShield This year marked the first year of an additional three-year contract for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee to be the
title sponsor the Division I State Football Championships. The Healthy Competition program educates athletes about the potential dangers of
using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) such as steroids and nutritional supplements. “Through our continued partnership with TSSAA,
BlueCross has been able to promote physical fitness and show student athletes that goals are accomplished through hard work and healthy
competition, not by using drugs,” said Joan Harp, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for BlueCross.
Baptist Hospital
NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE
US Marines Corps United States Marines Corps joined the TSSAA as a supporter of the State Championships and the TSSAA in October.
The Marines brought their Chin-Up Challenge to the wrestling and basketball championships this winter. At the wrestling championships, the
Marines tested fans with the Chin-Up Challenge. Participants tested their strength in chin-ups to receive prizes from the Marines. Over 350
students took the challenge during the three-day event. The US Marines also distributed medals and trophies during the medal ceremony.
During the Division I girls and boys basketball championships the Marines brought the Chin-Up Challenge and Basketball Free Throw
Challenge. Over 862 students participated in the challenges during the two weeks.
Baptist Sports Medicine The Baptist Sports Medicine Basketball Championships were a huge success with over 100,000 individuals
attending the three championships. In addition to titling the Basketball Championships, Baptist Sports Medicine continued to play an important
role in the TSSAA State Championships by providing medical coverage for all games. Baptist Sports Medicine is the sports medicine provider
for the Tennessee Titans, the Nashville Predators, and the title sponsor of the Division I and Division II Basketball Championships of TSSAA.
Memphis Grizzlies Memphis Grizzlies and the TSSAA honored 24 outstanding athletes in the Mr. and Miss Basketball Awards Ceremony in
Memphis. Approximately 350 guests attended the two-day event. On March 26, 2004 the finalists were introduced during the Grizzlies game
vs.Houston. The finalists were honored with a luncheon and awards ceremony on Saturday, March 27, 2004 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis.
The Tennessee Sports Radio Network and Memphis Sport 56 presented a live broadcast of the ceremonies throughout the state.
Gatorade Gatorade continued to play a major role at all TSSAA State Championships by providing Gatorade product and coolers for
participants at the events. TSSAA would like to encourage everyone to check-out the Gatorade website to learn about sidelines opportunities
for your school.
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February 18, 2004
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employee of the school system and does not possess a teacher’s
certificate or the equivalent or is not a retired educator must attend
the TSSAA Coaches Training Session within his or her first year of
assuming the position. A fine of $50.00 will be assessed to the
school if the coach does not attend and he or she will be required to
attend the next available meeting. All non-faculty coaches must
complete the NFHS Coaches Education Program in a TSSAAapproved course within five years of assuming the position.
The Tennessee Middle School Athletic Association Committee held its
second meeting of the school year on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at
the TSSAA office in Hermitage. Committee members present were
Hardin Satterfield, Chic Nute, Vic King, Norma Beshears, and Mike
Fulkerson.
Members of the committee approved the current membership list. We
had a total of 14 schools that applied for new membership this year.
This brings the total number of schools in TMSAA to 269.
Committee members decided on the topics they felt needed to be
discussed with our Athletic Directors during the TMSAA Forum at their
conference April 26-28. Those topics were as follows:
Schools must submit the names of all non-faculty coaches to the state
office each year. A school must pay an annual registration fee of $40.00
per coach. The maximum fee for a school to register non-faculty
coaches will be $100.00 per year.Committee members considered a
request from Walter J.Baird Middle School to move from Area 4 to Area
3 in Middle Tennessee. The request was approved beginning with the
next school year. The committee voted to ask the Board of Control to
adopt the identical policy which has been implemented in high school
basketball. This refers to Pre-Game Warm-Ups and spirit rules for
cheerleaders during basketball games. The new rule in middle school
will read as follows:
• TMSAA Bylaw Changes (Academic, Unsportsmanlike Conduct,
Coaches, Exceptions to TSSAA Policy)
• Scoring to be used during Volleyball Matches
• Pre-Game Warm-Up and Spirit Rule in Basketball
Rally scoring in volleyball for TMSAA member schools was discussed
after being tabled in the last meeting. The NFHS Volleyball Rules
Committee decided in their January meeting that all matches shall be the
best 3-out-of-5 games. The games shall be played to 25 points and the
deciding game shall be played to 15 points. The format for all games
will be rally scoring. The middle school committee voted to propose
that all middle school matches be 2-out-of-3 games in regular season and
tournaments. Games will be played to 25 points with the third game
played to 15. The format will be rally scoring. Each game must be won
by a minimum of two points.The committee voted to recommend that the
“Guidelines to Address Unsportsmanlike Behavior” and Eligibility Lists
and Schedule Requirements be a part of the TMSAA Bylaws. In
addition, Rule #10 of the TMSAA Bylaws was rewritten to read as
follows:
If a team circles the entire floor during pre-game warm-ups while
the jurisdiction of the officials has started, there will be technical
foul charged indirectly to the head coach. If a team runs through a
team already warming up, a technical foul will be charged indirectly
to the head coach.
Also, teams must go to the free throw line area directly in front of their
bench during pre-game introductions or during pre-game warm-ups. No
team will be allowed around the mid-court circle during or after
introductions. Cheerleaders cannot stand at anytime during the game in
the area of the free throw lane extended under the basket.
The TMSAA Committee meetings for the 2004-05 school year will be
held on November 17, 2004 and February 16, 2005.
All coaches must be approved by the principal, superintendent,
and/or local board of education. Any coach who is not a full-time
2003-2004 WINTER STATE CHAMPIONS
The TSSAA would like to congratulate the following state champions for 2003-2004 winter sports
WRESTLING
GIRLS BASKETBALL
BOYS BASKETBALL
DIVISION I DUALS
Bradley Central High School
DIVISION II DUALS
McCallie School
DIVISION I INDIVIDUAL
DIVISION II INDIVIDUAL
Baylor School
Class A
Clarkrange High School
Class AA
Livingston Academy
Class AAA
Shelbyville Central High School
Division II
Harpeth Hall High School
Class A
Unaka High School
Class AA
Bolivar Central High School
Class AAA
White Station High School
Division II
Brentwood Academy
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We would like to congratulate the TMSAA Sectional Basketball Champions. Members of our championship teams were given the
opportunity to be recognized during the TSSAA Girls’ and Boys’ State Basketball Tournaments.
2004 TMSAA GIRLS’ SECTIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS
2004 TMSAA BOYS’ SECTIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS
MIDDLE TENNESSEE - SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION
SCHOOL
E.O. Coffman Middle School
PRINCIPAL
Bernie Fuller
MIDDLE TENNESSEE - SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION
SCHOOL
Cheatham Middle School
COACH
Anthony Flatt
MIDDLE TENNESSEE - LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION
SCHOOL
Mt. Juliet Middle School
PRINCIPAL
Mike Gwaltney
SCHOOL
Walter J. Baird Middle School
COACH
Rick Johnson
PRINCIPAL
William C. Walker
COACH
Dennis Renner
PRINCIPAL
Linda Stroud
SCHOOL
Holston Middle School
SCHOOL
Loftis Middle School
COACH
Alvin T. Tarver
WEST TENNESSEE
PRINCIPAL
Robert Jenkins
COACH
Jared Harrison
COACH
Mark Conkin
HAMILTON COUNTY - SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION
SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL
John P. Franklin Middle School Joshua Barber
HAMILTON COUNTY - LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION
PRINCIPAL
COACH
Steve Holmes
Wes Skiles
SCHOOL
Soddy Daisy Middle School
PRINCIPAL
Dr. David Burrell
SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL
Colonial Heights Middle School W.M. Cline
COACH
Bill Muhlhahn
PRINCIPAL
Joshua Barber
COACH
Terry Spurlock
EAST TENNESSEE - LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION
HAMILTON COUNTY - SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION
SCHOOL
East Lake Middle School
PRINCIPAL
Mark Willoughby
EAST TENNESSEE - SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION
EAST TENNESSEE-LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION
SCHOOL
Greeneville Middle School
COACH
Rick Nute
MIDDLE TENNESSEE - LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION
EAST TENNESSEE- SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION
SCHOOL
Rogersville City School
PRINCIPAL
Norma Beshears
COACH
Walter McGary
HAMILTON COUNTY - LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION
SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL
COACH
Dalewood Middle School
Linda Darden
Stanley Jackson
SCHOOL
Southwind Middle School
COACH
Christy Harding
WEST TENNESSEE
PRINCIPAL
Marcia Crouc
2004-05 COACHES EDUCATION CLASS SCHEDULE
COACH
Paul Edwards
NOTE: ONLY APPLICATIONS FROM TSSAA AND TMSAA MEMBER SCHOOL COACHES WILL BE ACCEPTED DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD.
Dates
June 24, 25, 2004
July 14, 15, 2004
Aug. 21, 22 2004
Sept. 11, 12, 2004
Oct. 16, 17, 2004
Nov. 20, 21, 2004
Dec. 3, 4, 2004
Feb. 12, 13, 2005
March 11, 12, 2005
March 18, 19, 2005
April 2, 3, 2005
April 16, 17, 2005
Days
Thurs., Fri.
Wed., Thurs.
Sat., Sun
Sat., Sun
Sat., Sun.
Sat., Sun.
Fri., Sat.
Sat., Sun.
Fri., Sat.
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Applications Accepted
April 8; May 12
June 1; June 28
June 21 - July 22
July 9; Aug. 12
Aug. 12; Sept. 10
Sept. 20; Oct. 20
Oct. 4; Nov. 4
Dec. 13; Jan. 14
Jan. 5; Feb. 4
Jan. 5; Feb. 4
Feb. 2; Mar. 2
Feb. 2; Mar. 2
Classes
Coaching Principles; Sport First Aid
NO EARLY REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED
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Franklin Road Academy, Nashville, TN
St. Benedict at Auburndale, Cordova, TN
Daniel Boone High School, Gray, TN
Jefferson Co.High School, Dandridge, TN
Maryville High School, Maryville, TN
University School of Jackson, Jackson, TN
SportsCom, Murfreesboro, TN
Boyd Buchanan High School, Chattanooga, TN
Franklin Road Academy, Nashville, TN
University School of JacksonJackson, TN
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Citizenship
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The A.F. Bridges Awards Program announced in the winter issue of the TSSAA News
the 27 Divisional Finalists for 2002-03. Also, the nine schools that won the A.F.
Bridges’ State Award of Excellence were recognized.
This year the TSSAA Board of Control has earmarked $27,000 toward a scholarship
fund to recognize one outstanding student athlete from each of the 27 schools that were
Divisional Finalist for the A.F. Bridges Awards. Each school was asked to recognize a
person who represents the essence of good sportsmanship and citizenship. The criteria
for this nomination was set up by each individual school.
Each nominee was asked to provide a complete resume as well as a paper describing
what participation in activities has meant to them. Additionally, we asked for input as to
their perception of their role and responsibilities as a student leader.
Each student will be awarded the $1,000 scholarship once they have enrolled in
college.
We are very proud to announce the 27 A.F. Bridges Scholar Athletes.
Sportsmanship
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EAST TENNESSEE - CLASS A
MATTHEW T. MURRILL, Christian Academy of Knoxville
He has a GPA of 4.0 and a class rank of 11 out of 70. He is a member of Student Senate, National Honor Society, Band, Pep Band, Boy Scouts, and Church
Youth Group. He has been recognized by Who’s Who Among American High School Students and is a USAA All-American Scholar. Matthew is a recipient of
the ACSI Distinguished Christian High School Student Award for Academics and Leadership. He is a member of the soccer team at CAK which won the Class
A-AA state championship last year. He was selected to the All-KIL team and first team All-District as a junior.
BRANDON RUSSELL LANGLEY, Midway High School
He is president of the Student Council and Senior Class at Midway. He is a member of the Beta Club, Talented and Gifted Program, and is a representative for
the Scholar’s Bowl and Math Competition at both UT and Roane State. Brandon has been the recipient of numerous academic awards including being named
Valedictorian. He has received the Senior Math, Science, English, and American History Awards and was named “Most Likely to Succeed.” He has been
recognized by Who’s Who Among American High School Students and was the Boy’s State delegate as a junior. He is a representative for STARS and
volunteers with the Angel Tree and Relay for Life. He is a member and team captain of the basketball team at Midway.
NEWELL WEST ARMSTRONG, Oneida High School
He is ranked sixth in his class with a 3.97 GPA. He is a member of the Student Government, Beta Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Environmental
Team. Newell was the vice-president of his class as a sophomore. He has been a member of Best Buddies and volunteered time with the Lions Club in Oneida.
He has been a member of both the golf and basketball teams at Oneida High School. He was captain of the basketball team both his junior and senior years and
was named to the All-District team both of those years as well.
EAST TENNESSEE - CLASS AA
JACOB N. JENKINS, Elizabethton High School
He has a 3.975 GPA and is in the top five percent of his class. He has been a member of FCA for four years and the National Honor Society and Student Council for two
years. Academic honors include the Scholastic Achievement Award in 2000-01, Mens’ All-State Chorus in 2004, and Who’s Who Among American High School
Students in 2000-01 and 2003-04. He has been the president of his church youth group since 2000 and a counselor for the Appalachian Christian Camp since 1999. Jake
has volunteered time to the Buffalo Creek Water Clean-Up-Streams and the Outreach Program at Valley Forge Christian Church. He has been a member of the varsity
football team four years, the track team two years, and named to the Region 1-4A first team in football in 2002 and 2003. He was captain of the football team as a senior.
PAUL WATERS
Polk County High School,
He is a member of the Beta Club, STARS, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, History Club, and FCCLA. He has been vice-president of the Beta Club and was
sophomore class reporter. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Army Science Fair winner, Polk County High School Science Fair winner, and
DAR Award winner. Paul has been involved with various FCCLA food drives, the Beta Club Adopt a Family at Christmas, and volunteer time at Benton
Lifestyle and Fitness Center. He has been a member of the basketball team for four years at Polk County and was captain of the team his senior year.
KALEY E. PRICE, Sequatchie County High School
She has a 3.82 GPA and has been in the top ten of her class for four consecutive years. She has been a recipient of the Biology Award and the Bausch and Lomb
Science Award. She was a Girls’ State Alternate as a junior and received the Coach’s Award in basketball as a junior as well. Kaley has volunteered much of
her time to the First Baptist Church in Dunlap with Vacation Bible School, Children’s Church Assistant Teacher, and as a Nursery Volunteer. She has been a
member of the basketball team at Sequatchie County High School for four years and a member of the golf team for three years.
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EAST TENNESSEE - CLASS AAA
AARON JORDAN COX, Daniel Boone High School
He is an Honor Roll student and has been recognized by Who’s Who Among American High School Students. He is a member of FCA and was the president in
2004. He has volunteered with both Youth and Church Mission Trips as well as Hope Builders and World Changers. Aaron has been a member of both the
basketball and baseball teams at Daniel Boone High School. Athletic honors include the All-State Good Hands Award, being named to the Big 7
All-Tournament Team in both basketball and baseball. He was an honorable mention selection to the All-State basketball team and the East Tennessee baseball
team.
DUSTIN B. TURNER, Heritage High School
He has a 3.85 cumulative grade point average. He has been recognized by Who’s Who Among American High School Students and the National Honor Roll.
He is a recipient of the Student of Distinction Award in both 2003 and 2004. Dustin is a member of FCA, Pep Club, Young Life, and the Spanish Club. He has
volunteered for Young Life Service Projects and Passport Camp Projects in North Carolina and Kentucky. He is a member of the golf team and baseball
team. In 2003 he was a region qualifier and All-Blount County selection in golf.
ASHLEY HAAS, Oak Ridge High School
She is ranked 21 out of 314 in her class with a 4.195 GPA. She is a member of Young Life, National Honor Society, and the Junior Advisory Board. She was the
founder of the Technology Student Association at Oak Ridge High School where she has been the president, treasurer, reporter, and vice president. She placed
first in the nation in Parliamentary Procedure with TSA. She was class treasurer both as a freshman and senior. Ashley has been a member of the varsity soccer
team at Oak Ridge all four years of high school. She has been an All-District selection four times, All-Region three times, and All-State twice. She
was also named to multiple all-tournament teams whil competing in soccer. She also lettered in softball for two years.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE - CLASS A
LLIAM McFARLANE, Eagleville High School
He is a member of the Spanish Club and is a student council class representative. He is also a member of the Beta Club where he is the vice president. Lliam
has been a member of both the varsity basketball and baseball teams. He was co-captain of the basketball team. He has also been a manager for both the
volleyball and softball teams as well. He has volunteered his time as a Jr. Pro basketball coach and also as a basketball camp coach and official. He has helped
organize blood drives and arranged a “toys for tots” program.
CONNIE RIDGELL, Monterey High School
She is a member of the National Honors Society, FCA, Humanities Club, and Pep Club. She is a student government representative, Girls State delegate, class
secretary, and Beta Club president. Connie has been heavily involved in community service. Some of the things she has helped with are Roadblock to Feed
Homeless, school beautification, Second Harvest Food Bank, school peer tutoring, Secret Santa for Needy Kids, and Feed the Children. She has been the
statistician for both volleyball and basketball every year she has been at Monterey High School.
JESSICA LACEY HUNT, Watertown High School
She has a 3.5 GPA and has been recognized by Who’s Who Among American High School Students every year since she was a sophomore. She is a member of
FCA where she was vice-president as a junior and president as a senior. She is the assistant sports editor for the yearbook staff. She has volunteered her time
with many church activities including M-fuge, World Changers, and Thirty-hour famine. Jessica was a member of the varsity basketball team four years and was
team captain both as a junior and senior.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE - CLASS AA
JENNIFER NICHOLE FRANKLIN, Creek Wood High School
She is a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Future Teachers of America. She is involved in coaching, teaching, church activities and basketball
camp. Jennifer is a member of the varsity basketball team at Creek Wood High School. She was also a member of the homecoming court at the school as well.
She is a recipient of the Lady Red Hawk Award in 2002-2003.
JESSICA DICKERSON, Greenbrier High School
She has a 4.0 GPA and is a valedictorian. She is vice president of the Senior Class, Beta Club, and National Honor Society and is a member of Mu Alpha Theta,
Senior Sisters, Future Teachers of America, and Youth Helping Youth. Jessica has been recognized by Who’s Who Among American High School Students and
was a nominee for the National Wendy’s High School Heisman Scholarship. She is Captain of both the varsity volleyball and basketball teams at Greenbrier.
She has been a member of the All-District and All-Region tournament teams in volleyball. She has volunteered with the Red Cross Blood Drive and has been a
participant in numerous other volunteer events.
LUCAS CURFMAN, Lewis County High Schoo
He has a 4.0 GPA and is ranked fourth out of 140 in his class. He is a member of the Beta Club, Anchor Club, Science Club, 4-H, and First Priority. Lucas was
a Boys State alternate as a junior and has been a Gold Honor Roll recipient for four years. He has been a member of the varsity basketball team for four years
and has been named to the All-Region team each year since he was a sophomore. He is a Youth Group Leader at his church and has been involved with
Leadership and Mission Trips as well as local food drives and Toys For Tots.
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MIDDLE TENNESSEE - CLASS AAA
MyRANDA WRIGHT, Antioch High School
She has been a member of DECA, Civitan Honor Key, and the National Honor Society. She was a class representative as a sophomore and junior and has been
class president each year since she was a sophomore. She has been named Miss Antioch as a senior and is a recipient of the Optimist Club Most Outstanding
Student of the Year Award. She is a member of the varsity volleyball and basketball teams and has been captain of each two years. She has been named to
the All-District tournament team in basketball and received the Varsity Volleyball Most Improved Award. MyRanda’s community involvement and volunteer
work includes Boys and Girls Club, Pacesetter Organization, Pulse Day, and PAL Track Club.
DEMETRIA T. DOOLEY, Columbia Central High School
She has a 3.3 GPA and is a member of Y.P.D., the Peace in Action peer mediation team, Alpha Psi Gamma Sorority, and is a D.A.R.E. role model. She is also a
member of the First Farmers and Merchant Bank student advisory board and was a Girls State delegate alternate as a junior. Demetria has been a member of the
varsity basketball team and the marching band at Columbia Central for four years. She has been a member of the track team since she was a sophomore.
Ravenwood High School, No senior class yet
WEST TENNESSEE - CLASS A
ELIZA A. SPRY, Adamsville High School
She is a member of HOSA, FTA, NAHS, and the Beta Club. She is also a member and the president of CEC (Cultural Exchange Club). She was involved in
putting together and organizing the junior/senior prom at her school. Eliza has been a member of the varsity basketball team at Adamsville High School for four
years.
ADAM C. CARTER, Huntingdon High School
He is a member of the Rotary Honors Program, FCA, Spanish Club, Business Professionals of America, Science Club, and Future Farmers of America. He has
been president of the Beta Club for one year and president of the Math Club for two years. His involvement in volunteer work and community service includes
participating in the HHS Relay for Life and being the technical director for the Huntingdon High School Chorus and the Senior Play. Adam has been a member
of the football team all four years in high school and a member of the baseball team since he was a sophomore. He was selected to the All-Region team in
football and was a member of the 2003 Class AA state championship team.
JOHN W. WHITEHEAD, Trinity Christian Academy
He is a member of the Beta Club, Spanish Club, Young Life, and is a Campus Life Leader. He is a two-time recipient of the Lion Award at TCA and has been
an A/B Honor Roll student each year in high school. Community service and volunteer work include Habitat for Humanity, RIFA, Denmark Community
ElderlyAssistance, and VBS worker at his church. John has been a member of both the varsity football and baseball teams at Trinity Christian. He has received
multiple awards for his performance on the field in football his senior year.
WEST TENNESSEE - CLASS AA
DEMITRICE J. BEAUREGARD, Bolivar Central High School
He was a Boys’ State alternate as a junior at Bolivar Central. He has been a member of the football and basketball teams each year since he was a freshman. In
football he has been selected as the team’s best defensive player twice and the best receiver as a senior. He has been named to the All-Region team and was an
All-State Honorable Mention selection as well. He is a choir member and usher at his church and has volunteered time by helping to deliver Thanksgiving
baskets and boxes to churches and families each year. Demitrice has twice been named the Gatorade Player of the Month for his achievements on the court in
basketball.
JENNIFER B. HUTCHERSON, Chester County High School
She has a 4.0 GPA and is ranked first in her class at Chester County. She is valedictorian of her class and was selected as Miss CCHS by her peers. She is in numerous clubs
including Beta Club, Spanish Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Honor Club, FCA, and Varsity Club. She was president of her class as a freshman and sophomore and has been
president of both the Stripers and National Honor Society her senior year. Jennifer was selected as the Homecoming Queen her senior year. She has also been awarded the
Academic Spotlight for numerous subjects as selected by her teachers. She has been a member of the volleyball, softball, basketball teams at Chester County. She was selected to
the All-District team and All-West Honorable Mention team in volleyball. Community service and volunteer work include Relay for Life, Boys and Girls Club, peer tutoring, and
Salvation Army.
AMY GILLIS, Crockett County High School
She has a 4.0 GPA and is ranked third in her class. Academic honors include being named Most Likely to Succeed, Gold Bar, Academic Letter, National
Nominee for Wendy’s High School Heisman, and Who’s Who Among American High School Students. She has received the TSSAA Student-Athlete Award of
Merit and Distinguished Scholastic Achievement Award. She has held such offices as class treasurer and class secretary. She is a member of Captain’s Council,
the yearbook staff, FCCLA, and Crockett Youth Leadership. Amy is a member of the tennis team at Crockett County and was the co-captain her senior year.
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WEST TENNESSEE - CLASS AAA
BEN MICHAEL AKES, Dyersburg High School
He has a 3.98 GPA and has been a Golden Honor Roll student each year in high school. He is a member of FCA, Mu Alpha Theta, Spanish Club, World
Geography Club, and Art Explorers. He is a three-year member of the National Honor Society and was vice-president his senior year. He was a nominee for the
National Youth Leadership Conference and the National Student Leadership Conference. He has been a member of both the varsity football and baseball teams
at Dyersburg four years. He was captain of the football team as a senior and has been selected to the All-Conference second team and All-Conference Honorable
Mention teams. He has volunteered time with Special Olympics and Relay for Life.
KEVIN M. COX, Fairley High School
He has a 3.7 GPA and is ranked tenth out of 236 in his class. He is a member of the student council and the National Honor Society. Kevin is a member of the
varsity baseball team at Fairley High School. He is also captain of the baseball team as well. He has been previously selected as the MIAA Baseball Player of
the Year. At school he is involved in other activities and is a library assistant as well.
BRANDON SLAUGHTER, Memphis Central High School
He is a first and second Honor Roll student. He is a member of the Chemistry Club, Spanish Club, Youth Orchestra, Mu Alpha Theta, National Honors Society,
and African American Studies Club. Brandon has been the recipient of numerous awards including the William H. Sweet Award, All-West Tennessee Orchestra
(first chair), Scholarly Athlete of the Year, and Edsouth Scholar Athlete Award. He is also a Wendy’s High School Heisman National Nominee. He is a
member of the football and track teams at Central High School. He is the captain of the football team and has been selected to the All-Region first team for
defense and the All-Region second team for offense. He is a Youth United Way member and a Regional Medical Center Volunteer.
2004-2005 ADMINISTRATORS' MEETINGS
Wednesday, Sept. 15
Thursday, Sept. 16
Monday, Sept. 20
Tuesday, Sept. 21
Wednesday, Sept. 22
Thursday, Sept. 23
Wednesday, Sept. 29
Thursday, Sept. 30
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
Gray, Daniel Boone High School - Middle School Meeting
Knoxville, Central High School - Middle School Meeting
Nashville, Baptist Hospital Plaza Conference Center (20th & Church) - Middle School Meeting
Memphis, Board of Education - Middle School Meeting
Jackson, Union University - Middle School Meeting
Fayetteville, Municipal Building (On the Square) - Middle School Meeting
Algood, Star Center 228 E. Main St. - No Middle School Meeting
Chattanooga, Stadium Club, Finley Stadium - Middle School Meeting
Middle School meetings will be held at 1:00 p.m.
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T R I N A M E LT O N
Growth and Progression of Cheerleading
talented athletes in the school. It has gone from squads cheering
at school sport events to competing in competitions locally and all
over the country. The amount of time that cheerleaders spend on
a daily basis practicing and training at the local gyms is
phenomenal. Not only do they attend most athletic contests to
cheer their teams on to victory, but they also play a big role in
promoting school spirit and positive sportsmanship. There are
times when administrators, coaches and teachers look to these
student-athletes for guidance and help in handling the studentbody and fans when problems arise during athletic contests.
These student-athletes are looked up to not only by students in the
school, but also by the people in the community. Tennessee has
come together with three groups of people; the Tennessee
Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA), the Tennessee
Cheer Coaches Association (TCCA), and the Universal
Cheerleaders Association (UCA) to develop what is known as
“The Tennessee Plan”. This plan is to recognize a very important
group of student-athletes that are vital to each schools program, to
provide education and resources for cheerleading
coaches/sponsors, and to provide a competition for cheerleading
squads of all types. The first phase of the plan started in the fall
of 1995 with cheerleading rules meetings that were held across
the state. In these meetings, TSSAA issues are discussed, and
there are representatives from the TCCA present to organize
coaches all across the state and to bring them together to form a
group and to continue the networking. Jim Lord, executive
director of AACCA is also present to provide explanations of
skills and the safety aspect of cheerleading. The second phase
began in the spring of 1995 with the first Cheerleading Coaches
Conference. It is a one-day conference with many different
sessions with cheerleading coaches from all across the state. Not
only does it provide education, but a time for coaches to get
together and exchange ideas and enjoy a little rest and relaxation.
The third phase started in the fall of 1996 with the first
cheerleading competition held at Middle Tennessee State
University. The competition was designed to allow different
levels of competition so that squads of all ability levels will be
competing in a comfortable setting. The emphasis of the
competition will be for recognition and fun. All three phases
have been a huge success and they continue to grow
tremendously each year.
C
heerleading– The subject of long debate of whether it is a
sport or not. Is it an activity that supports athletics and
sports or is it a sport in itself? Cheerleading is not
classified as a sport, but remains as an official school activity,
albeit one that involves considerable athleticism at some
participating schools.
Cheerleaders are student-athletes just as football and basketball
players are student-athletes. There is an idea floating around out
there that if cheerleading was a sanctioned sport in the state of
Tennessee then schools would get more funding for their
cheerleading programs and coaches would get a salary like other
coaches or for some even a supplement for their long hours and
duties as a coach/sponsor. Classifying cheerleading as an
“athletic activity” avoids the necessity of TSSAA overseeing
eligibility requirements for students who participate. Rather it
makes the activity open to all students. The entire concept of
“school spirit” is to provide an inclusive environment for all
students to participate. Requiring eligibility rules similar to those
for actual sports teams contradicts this concept of inclusion and
open participation in school spirit activities. It also allows each
school the freedom to determine for themselves what role
cheerleaders should play for their school rather than mandating a
certain style or approach from the TSSAA state office. There are
a few schools across the state that do require their cheerleading
programs to follow TSSAA guidelines as they do in other sports.
The state office gets many calls throughout the year in regard to
cheerleaders being required to follow TSSAA guidelines and our
reply is it is not a TSSAA rule, but may be a rule or requirement
of the local Board of Education or a school policy. The only
requirement that TSSAA has in regard to cheerleading is that they
must follow and abide by the “Spirit” rule book that the National
Federation of State High School Associations publishes. This
book promotes sportsmanship and helps minimize risk to
participants that they should be cautious and aware of. If
cheerleaders and coaches/sponsors are knowledgeable and abide
by the guidelines in the “Spirit” rule book, then they would be
covered under TSSAA’s catastrophic insurance, provided the
cheerleaders are participating in a TSSAA sanctioned event.
Cheerleading has come a long way over the past twenty years
from being an extra-curricular activity with squads being chosen
on a popularity basis to now where it is almost a must that
cheerleaders have gymnastics ability and are some of the most
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NATIONAL FEDERATION INTERSCHOLASTIC COACHES EDUCATION PROGRAM
COACHING FOR CHARACTER & CITIZENSHIP THROUGH SPORTS; DRUGS & SPORT
Attendance in the classes does not mean the individual has successfully completed his or her requirements. Attendees must pass the Coaching Principles and Sports First Aid tests.
A copy of both certificates (Coaching Principles & Sports First Aid) should be submitted to the Athletic Director in their school.
March 19 - 20, 2004
February 14 - 15, 2004
Todd Altaffer
Matthew Barton
Stacie Barton
Donald Bodenhamer
Wesley Booher
Nancy Brock
Kevin Burke, III
Lori Copas
Benton Cox
Ty Daft
Randy Emsminger
Dennis Floyd
Geri Gearrin
Amy Geron-McGowan
Barbara Goins
Barbie Graham
Wes Greene
Jerry Harris
Tobi Kilgore
Troy Langley
Mike Martin
Coty Matoy
Bill McMahan
Bradley Mitchell
Eugene Nelson
Gary Partrick
Jason Rhodey
Aimee Richardson
Manny Sanchez
Jim Schermerhorn
Kent Settlemyer
Sarah Sharp
Toby Silberman
Emily Skelton
Rick Smith
Don Thurman
Talya Trudell
Craig Williams
Tommy Winchester
Kip Young
Dallas Zellner
Franklin County High School
Horace Maynard Middle School
Tyner Academy
Tennessee High School
Girls Preparatory School
Ooltewah High School
David Crockett High School
King's Academy
Whitwell Middle School
Girls Preparatory School
Baylor School
Grace Academy
Meigs County High School
Baylor School
Boyd Buchanan High School
Oak Ridge High School
Sweetwater High School
Baylor School
Giles County High School
Chattanooga Christian School
Baylor School
Clinton High School
Elizabethton High School
Grace Academy
Notre Dame High School
Midway High School
King's Academy
University School Johnson City
Chattanooga Christian School
Notre Dame High School
Grace Academy
Lookout Valley High School
Clinton High School
March 12 - 13, 2004
Andrew Ackley
Johnny Allman
Tyler Baker
Tony Barrett
Denard Bertram
Jonathan Clark
Danny Cloud
William Fox
Gary Gentry
L. Robert Grefseng
Jamie Hendrix
Chris Jackson
George Larkins
Jackie Littlejohn
Mike Madison
Chuck McClain
Ron Newcomb
James Oden
Marva Rawlings
Mario A. Reyes, Jr.
Adrian Smith
Joanie Smith
Jonathon Snyder
Ramona Sutton
Clarence Trapp
Mike Webster
Danielle Welch
Alana White
Larry Williams
Stephen York
Buck Young
Spring Hill High School
Tellico Plains High School
Cascade High School
Harriman High School
Rossview High School
Volunteer High School
Seymour Middle School
Zion Christian Academy
DeKalb County High School
McMinn Central High School
Sycamore High School
Westmoreland High School
Centennial High School
Waverly Central High School
Forrest High School
Soddy Daisy High School
Alcoa High School
St. Cecilia Academy
DeKalb County High School
St. Cecilia Academy
Upperman High School
George Brown
Jim Carr
Shane Chapman
Shay Tom Clariday
Tammy Crews
Stetson Dickerson
Kevin Donaldson
Brent Garrison
Jennifer Gray
Joel Helton
David Johnson
Ricky Kailiponi
Sila Kailiponi
Andrzej Kaslikowski
Rich Kimberly
Kevin Lane
Cathy Lawless
Eric Lomax
Marty Brandon Maxfield
Dustin McCarter
Greg McDonald
Jo Anne McKnight
Amy Nance
Bill Neal
Joshua Ray Puckett
Jeff Roberts
Chris Shuford
Baylon Sissom
Janie Stewart
Diane Stockard
Demetria Stowe
Joey Turbeville
Nick Watson
Vincent Wehby, Jr.
Michael Williams
LaVergne High School
Macon County Junior High School
Cornersville High School
Macon County Junior High School
Loretto High School
Greenbrier High School
Clay County High School
Linden Middle School
Shelbyville Central High School
Knoxville Central High School
Cannon County High School
Middle Tennessee Christian School
Knoxville Central High School
Clinton High School
Lobelville Elementary School
Greenback High School
McMinn County High School
Blackman Middle School
Middle Tennessee State University
Oakland High School
Greenfield High School
Beech High School
Red Bank Middle School
Hardin County Middle School
Murfreesboro Central Middle School
Clarksville Academy
William James Middle School
Murfreesboro Central Middle School
Pope John Paul II High School
Knoxville Catholic High School
April 3 - 4, 2004
Kevin Anderson
Richard Arnold
David Ball
Angela Barnes
Cory Barrett
Rahim Batten
Ronnie Bellar
Harold Benjamin, Sr.
Lesli Breeden
Trevor Brown
Caroline Carter
Tracy Curtis
Joe Davis
Gregory Dawson
David Derrick
Brian Epps
Ginger Clark Finn
Carrie Froula
Rob Gaines
Michael Gibson
Chris Hight
Jane Hollingsworth
Aleshia Hudson
Jennifer Marshall
James Parris
Linda Rizor
Darin Scarbrough
David Southerland
Grover Starnes
Tracy Sullins
Bob Sullivan
Linda Taylor
Wanda Walker
Gloria Ward
Kynette Williams
Teresa Williams
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Fairview High School
Christ Presbyterian Academy
Farragut High School
Wilson Elementary School
Watertown High School
Montgomery Bell Academy
LaVergne High School
Briarcrest Christian School
Coopertown Middle School
Van Buren County High School
Montgomery Bell Academy
Sequatchie County Middle School
Harpeth High School
Christ Presbyterian Academy
Red Boiling Springs High School
Friendship Christian School
Rossview High School
John Overton High School
David Lipscomb High School
Springfield High School
Andrew Jackson School
Pickett County High School
Clinton High School
McMinn County High School
Sullivan East High School
Columbia Central High School
East Robertson Middle School
McGavock Elementary School
Karns High School
Creek Wood High School
G E N E
A
B E C K
LOOSEBALL!
This is my 16th year for a “Looseball” collection of notes,
thoughts, and ideas from the past year (April 2003 - April 2004).
This is my 19th year with TSSAA... What is a multiplier?...
Thankful to have had opportunity to be involved in some form of
athletics for so long... Most high school athletes will not get a
major college scholarship... And that’s okay... We should
participate because it’s fun... No Child Left Behind on paper
sounds good - so did special education... Playing high school
football for Coach Boyce Smith, I did not realize I was not as
good as the player across the line from me... Are we making too
many excuses for athletes?... Simply prepare and play your best...
Classification was never intended to solve all athletic problems.
You will always have to teach fundamentals... The Z plan... How
do we encourage more students to get involved with
activities??... Practice year round?... Private education is an
attractive alternative... Jordan attended her 3rd Boys’ State
Basketball Tournament at 27 months old... Member schools are
the athletic association... Why doesn’t public education consider
being more attractive?... Complain or improve... Time moves on
pretty fast now... It’s hard to believe my son, Taylor, is old
enough to be engaged - Oh, he is 26 years old... There is much
more traffic in Tennessee than there used to be... Administrators
used to explain eligibility rules to parents... Coaches need to have
time off from their sport... It’s not working year round that wins
games. It’s what we are teaching. Fundamentals still win games
and tournaments are at the end of the season for a reason... If you
really travel the state of Tennessee, you will realize that there is
no magic plan that will level all playing fields... If I belong to an
association, why would I sue myself - or my peers... Did we
actually get along before cell phones?... It is hard to believe that
state basketball attendance is down. Not just this year either.
We need to revamp our post-season format.
June 1st deadline. If you do not receive a renewal card, please
contact our office. Please note that the registration fee for the
first sport in which you register has been increased to $50. The
registration fee for additional sports will remain $25 for each
sport. The registration fee for the first sport, after the June 1st
deadline, has increased to $60. Registration in all additional
sports will remain $35.
This issue of the NEWS will recognize the officials who worked the state
championship series during the winter in wrestling and basketball.
2004 DUAL MEET STATE WRESTING TOURNAMEN TOFFICIALS
Tim Abel
Kenny Alexander
Stan Croxdale
Eddie Davis
Paul Douglas
Danny Gilbert
Ricky Lowry
David McGinley
2004 STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS
Tim Abel
P. A. Bowler
Chris Coover
Mike Craft
Don Elsea
Jack Faircloth
Jack Gallagher
Danny Gilbert
David Heffington
Ken Mara
David Marking
Gerald Muncie
Jeff Ruffalo
Jim Simpson
Pete Stafford
Tim Stafford
Jon Swindle
Eddie Davis
Walter Vineyard
Scott Williams
Jim Zink
Steve Craig
2004 TSSAA GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS
Chuck Arnold
Richard Church
James Davis
Philip Freels
Phillip Hester
Daniel Marsh
Pete Norville
Paul Ritchie
Charles “Bo” Simpson
Jeffrey Smith
Ingus Stigler
Richard West
2003 TSSAA BOYS STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS
Dan Boykin
Brian Carpenter
Freddie Carpenter
Johnny Cox
Dwayne Eubank
Gregory Geren
Reno Hall
Rick Hammond
Jack Hill
Danny Leasure
Bart Lyon
Samuel Northcutt, Jr.
Robert Perkins
Doug Strong
Marvin Taylor
Mike Trussell
Keith Wish
Cole Womack
Reminder to All Officials
We will be mailing renewal registration cards for the 2004-05
school year this May. Please remember that it is your
responsibility to register for the upcoming school year by the
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TSSAA would like to congratulate and recognize the officials listed below for their years of service in officiating high school
sports in the state of Tennessee. We appreciate their support and dedication to high school sports in the state of Tennessee.
TSSAA will recognize the recipients of the 5 year awards in this issue of the NEWS. The recipients of the 10, 15, 25, 40, and 50
year awards were recognized in earlier issues this year.
OFFICIALS RECEIVING 5 YEAR AWARDS
ADAMS, BYRON
ADAMS, NEWT
ADKINS, CHARLES F
ALDEN, JOHN T
ALLEN, BARRY
ALLEN, RICHARD R
ALVIS, PETE
ASHLEY III, CHARLES
ATCHISON, MICHAEL
BAKER, LARRY L.
BALLARD, JAMES P
BARRY, MICHAEL
BARTLEY, GREG
BAXTER, ED
BEN-AMI, MOTI
BERRY, MICHAEL
BINGENHEIMER, MICHAEL
BLACKBURN, RONNY
BLACKWOOD, MIKE
BLANKENSHIP, RON
BLEVINS, JAMES ADAM
BLUFORD, DAVID L.
BOGAN, NATHAN
BONER, BILL
BOOHER, RYAN
BOWEN, MICKIE
BROWN, RONNIE
BROWN, RUSSELL
BROWN, TIM
BROWN, WM JASON
BRYANT, EARL
BURCHELL, TERRY
BURNETT, DANNY
BURRELL, ROOSEVELT
BUSH, HUBERT
CALDWELL, DANNY
CALLAHAN, MICHAEL L
CANNON, CHARLES
CARRICO, JUSTIN
CASEY, JOHN L.
CHAVIS, MICHAEL
CHOCKLEY
CLARK, PAUL
COCHRAN, BARRY
COLLINS, KENNY W
COOK, JASON
COPELAND, JOCK R
COSTELLO, FRANK
CROCKETT, JOHN
CROSS, DAVID
CROSSMAN, PATRICK
CUNNINGHAM, UTICA
DAVIS, PETER M
DAVIS, RODNEY
DAVIS JR, RICHARD
DONALDSON, WESLEY
DRIVER, THOMAS
DURHAM, DAVID
EDENS, FRANK
ELLIS, JAMES
ELLIS, WAYNE T
EVANS, AARON
EVANS, RANDY
FAIRBANKS, W.L.
FAULK JR., RONALD C.
FERRELL, JODY
FIELD, RICKEY
FINGER, RICK
FISCINA, NICHOLAS
BARTLETT
WILDERSVILLE
JEFFERSON
PORTLAND
HENDERSONVILLE
KNOXVILLE
ROGERSVILLE
CHATTANOOGA
LEXINGTON
CLINTON
HIXSON
CLARKSVILLE
DUNLAP
BRIGHTON
KNOXVILLE
CLEVELAND
BARTLETT
OLIVE BRANCH
HALLS
BRENTWOOD
JASPER
LENOIR CITY
HENDERSONVILLE
MT JULIET
BRISTOL
CULLEOKA
MCMINNVILLE
WARTBURG
LEBANON
CLINTON
ANTIOCH
BEAN STATION
BLUFF CITY
ANTIOCH
MEMPHIS
COLUMBIA
KNOXVILLE
ARLINGTON
OOLTEWAH
WINCHESTER
KNOXVILLE
PHIL ESTILL SPRINGS
OLIVE BRANCH
DAYTON
GREENEVILLE
FAIRVIEW
CORDOVA
STEWART MANOR
KNOXVILLE
WESTMORELAND
CHATTANOOGA
CORDOVA
HENDERSONVILLE
CLEVELAND
ARLINGTON
KNOXVILLE
ANTIOCH
MEMPHIS
ESTILL SPRINGS
PIKEVILLE
DICKSON
ROCKWOOD
BEAN STATION
SODDY DAISY
BOLIVAR
ESTILL SPRINGS
MUFREESBORO
HIXSON
KNOXVILLE
FISCOR, AMY
FLAKE, WILLIAM
FLATT, CHRIS
FLEMING, DEREK
FLETCHER, BRANDON
FLYNN, WILLIE V
FOGLE, WILLIAM J.
FORD, JEFF M.
FRENCH, RANDALL
FULLBRIGHT, MARK E
GALLOWAY, JAMES L
GARLAND, CHARLES L
GIBSON, STEVEN W
GIPSON, RANDY
GRANVOLD, WENDY
GRAY, BENNY
GROOMS, DAVID
GUY, CHRISTINA
HAGGARD, STEVE
HALCOMB, JAY R
HALE, BARRY S
HALE, STEVEN L.
HALL, GEORGE
HAMMERSTEIN, ROBERT
HARMON SR, GARY
HARRELL, BARRY
HARRIS, RYAN
HARRIS, STERLING
HARVEY, JIM
HAWKINS, MICHAEL
HAYS, EDDIE
HAYS, MIKE
HEAD, MARSHALL H.
HEINZ, BILL
HILL, EUGENE,
HODGE, MONLO
HOLMES, WALT N.
HOLSINGER, DON “BUBBA”
HORTON, LYNN
HUDDLESTON, KEVIN L.
JELLISON, ANGIE
JENKINS, JASON DOC
JOHNSON, WILLIE
JONES, ANTONIO F
JONES, LARK
KIMBRO, PHILLIP
KNIGHT, ED
LACEY, RICHARD A
LAURENCE, DALE
LAWSON, JERRY C
LE, NAM
LOCUM, JENNIFER JO
LONG, ALAN E.
LONG, RONALD
LOWE, JOHN
LUECHAUER, DAVID A
LUNDY, DONALD
MANGRUM, SHELLEY
MANN, CATHY
MARKS, WILLIAM N
MARTIN, GREG
MARTIN, TRACI
MARTIN, VICTOR
MATHIS, GREGORY
MATTHEWS, CARROLL D
MCARTHUR, DONALD
MCARTHUR, JASON D
MCCARTHY, SEAN
MCCUTCHEON, DAVID
MCGHEE, JIM,
MCGUIRE, MICHAEL
MEADOW, KELLY R
MT. JULIET
JACKSON
HENDERSONVILLE
NASHVILLE
KINGSPORT
NASHVILLE
PORTLAND
NASHVILLE
PARIS
CHATTANOOGA
MILAN
JOHNSON
KNOXVILLE
LAVERGNE
KNOXVILLE
KNOXVILLE
GOODLETTSVILLE
ANTIOCH
COOKEVILLE
LAKE CITY
JACKSON
PARIS
GREENEVILLE
CLARKSVILLE
RISING FAWN
HUMBOLDT
NASHVILLE
NASHVILLE
MANCHESTER
OOLTEWAH
JACKSON
LEXINGTON
HENDERSONVILLE
COLLIERVILLE
KNOXVILLE
JACKSON
BARTLETT
JACKSON
SELMER
LEBANON
MEMPHIS
WOODLAWN
MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS
NASHVILLE
WARTBURG
ELIZABETHTON
NASHVILLE
ROGERSVILLE
JACKSON
MURFREESBORO
KINGSPORT
LANCING
CORDOVA
CORDOVA
KNOXVILLE
BRENTWOOD
MEMPHIS
MURFREESBORO
STANTONVILLE
MORRISTOWN
OAK GROVE
MEMPHIS
CLARKSVILLE
HUNTINGDON
NASHVILLE
SUMMERTOWN
GERMANTOWN
SPARTA
SEYMOUR
ERIN
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MELTON, SUSAN
MITCHELL, DAVID W
MORRIS, JAMES L
MOYER, JAY
NEAL, JERRY
NEWSOM, KENNETH
NICHOLS, REGINALD
NOLEN JR, KLYCE
NUNLEY, STAN
OBANDO, JOSE
OLTERMAN, THOMAS
PASCHALL, DOUG
PATTY, MATT
PETERS, TODD
PHILLIPS JR, RONALD
PILANT, LANDON
PLUSH, JOHN E.
POORE, JASON
PORTER, BRIAN
PRICE, BRAD
PRICE, JAMES D
PROCTOR, CHARLES
RADER, MICHAEL L
RAY, RICK A
REESE, CLARK
RICHARDSON, KEITH A
RITCHIE, PAUL
ROBERTS, DAVID A.
ROBERTS, HOWELL
ROBERTS, JAMES
ROBINSON, PETER
ROBINSON, WILLIE
ROHM, DAVID A
RUSH, DEAN
SCHAEFGEN, PHILIP P.
SCHLERETH, EUGENE
SEGOBIANO, RICHARD
SHADOWENS, KEITH
SLOAND, MATTHEW
SMITH, BRET
SMITH, CARL E
SMITH JR, DARA
SMOTHERMAN, EDDIE
SPENCER, JASON
SPENCER, JOHN A
STEEN, JONATHAN
STEWART, WAYNE
SWEENEY, SHERYL
TEICHMAN, THOMAS
TERRY, MICHAEL H
THOMAS, TILLMAN TYRONE
THOMAS, WAYNE
THOMAS, WILLIAM C
THORNTON, SHAWN
TIPPIT II, DAVE F
TRAVERSE, DUANE
VESPIE, STAN
WARD, RONALD
WASHINGTON, SONYA
WATSON, RONALD
WELCH, AARON
WHITE JR, GEORGE
WHITEHEAD, TONY L
WILBERT, JAMES T
WILDER, MATTHEW
WILKERSON, KIMBERLY
WILLIAMS, DARREN R
WINFREE, TERRY R.
WOOD, BOB
WOOD, CHARLES A.
WYLLIE, ANN
YOUNG, ALLEN
BIG SANDY
KNOXVILLE
NASHVILLE
MEMPHIS
FAYETTEVILLE
JACKSON
BARLETT
CHARLOTTE
TRENTON
ATHENS
KINGSPORT
NOLENSVILLE
CHATTANOOGA
CLARKSVILLE
COSBY
ARLINGTON
WHITE HOUSE
KNOXVILLE
LAWRENCEBURG
KNOXVILLE
MEMPHIS
RINGGOLD
GREENEVILLE
ATHENS
MEMPHIS
CORDOVA
CLARKSVILLE
MT. PLEASANT
BLOUNTVILLE
JACKSON
FRANKLIN
MEMPHIS
JACKSON
RED BOILINGS SPRINGS
MEMPHIS
SIGNAL MTN
CORDOVA
SMYRNA
CHATTANOOGA
WINCHESTER
ANTIOCH
HERMITAGE
MURFREESBORO
NASHVILLE
MADISON
JACKSON
SIGNAL MTN
COLUMBIA
MURFREESBORO
ANTIOCH
KNOXVILLE
MURFREESBORO
OAK RIDGE
MEMPHIS
OOLTEWAH
NASHVILLE
WARTBURG
UNION CITY
JACKSON
MEMPHIS
SODDY DAISY
MEMPHIS
LAWRENCEBURG
MURFREESBORO
RED BOILING SPRINGS
CHATTANOOGA
DRESDEN
GORDONSVILLE
COOKEVILLE
KINGSTON
CASTALIAN SPRINGS
COLLIERVILLE
S P R I N G
F L I N G
I N F O R M A T I O N
April, 2004
The Memphis and Shelby County Sports Authority is excited to welcome you to our neck of the
woods next month for Spring Fling. We guarantee that you will have a great time while you are
competing for the State Championship.
All information concerning Spring Fling can be found on our website www.memphissports.org
or call us toll-free with any questions at 1-877-725-5465. All participating hotels, their rates and
contact information are on our website. The rates are good for everyone coming for Spring
Fling, which includes family and friends.
Opening Ceremonies this year will have some neat surprises in store this year. The event will
take place at AutoZone Park on Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm. More information concerning
Opening Ceremonies is on the website.
This is a big deal to our City! We look forward to showing you Memphis hospitality at its finest!
We hope that during your stay you will have the opportunity to visit some of our sites and see all
the new and exciting changes taking place in the Bluff City.
See you in MEMPHIS!
Tiffany Brown
Executive Director
Memphis and Shelby County Sports Authority
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SPRING FLING SCHEDULE
2004 SPRING FLING FACT SHEET
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 Session 1
Tennis Hutchison (A-AA Team) 8:00 A.M.; 9:30 A.M.; 2:00 P.M.
Baseball Christian Brothers High School (A);
University of Memphis (A); Millington (AA); Briarcrest (AA) 10:00 A.M.
Tennis Hutchison (AAA Team) 11:00 A.M.; 12:30 P.M.; 4:00 P.M.
Softball Greenbrook Softball Complex 10:00 A.M.
Site: Memphis, TN
Dates: Tuesday, May 25 – Saturday, May 29
Admission: Tickets will be $6.00 with an all-day wrist
band available for $10.00.
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 Session 2
University of Memphis (A); Millington (AA); Briarcrest (AA) 5:00 P.M.
Softball Greenbrook Softball Complex - 5:00 P.M.
Admission to the baseball championships at Autozone Park
on Friday and Saturday will be $8.00. The ticket includes
admission to the Memphis Redbirds game held at Autozone on
the same day of purchase.
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 Session 1
Tennis Hutchison (A-AA Singles & Doubles) 8:00 A.M.; 1:00 P.M.
Tennis Rhodes College (D-II Girls Team) 8:00 A.M.; 2:00 P.M.
Tennis Hutchison (AAA Singles & Doubles) 9:30 A.M.; 1:00 P.M.
Tennis Rhodes College (D-II Boys Team) 9:30 A.M.; 2:00 P.M.
Millington (AA); Sowell (AAA); Gagliano (AAA); Christian
Brothers University (D-II); University of Memphis (D-II) 10:00 A.M.
Softball Greenbrook Softball Complex 12:00 P.M.
Soccer Mike Rose Soccer Complex
10:30 A.M.; 11:00 A.M.; 1:00 P.M.; 1:30 P.M.
Parking: $5.00 - good for all day at any site.
Championships crowned in five different sports: baseball,
softball, track & field, soccer, and tennis.
Champions crowned in each sport:
Baseball: A, AA, AAA, Division II (four total)
Softball: A, AA, AAA, Division II (four total)
Soccer: A-AA, AAA, Division II (three total)
Boys Track: A-AA, AAA, Division II (three total)
Girls Track: A-AA, AAA, Division II (three total)
Boys Tennis: A-AA, AAA, Division II for team, singles and
doubles (nine total)
Girls Tennis: A-AA, AAA, Division II for team, singles
and doubles (nine total)
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Opening Ceremonies AutoZone Park 7:30 P.M.
Thursday, May 27, 2004 Session 1
Tennis Hutchison (D-II Singles & Doubles) 8:00 A.M.; 12:00 P.M.
Girls’ Track & Field Briarcrest (3200 & Field Events) 9:00 A.M.
Millington (AA); Sowell (AAA); Gagliano (AAA); Christian
Brothers University (D-II); University of Memphis (D-II) 10:00 A.M.
Tennis Hutchison (A-AA & AAA Singles & Doubles) 10:00 A.M.
Participants
Athletes: over 2,500
Softball Teams: 32
Track Meets: 6
Baseball Teams: 32
Soccer Teams: 24
Tennis Teams: 24
Thursday, May 27, 2004 Session 2
Baseball Gagliano (AAA); Sowell (D-II); TBA (A & AA) 5:00 P.M.
Softball Greenbrook Softball Complex 5:00 P.M.
Girls’ Track & Field Briarcrest (Running Events) 5:00 P.M.
Soccer Mike Rose Soccer Complex 7:00 P.M.; 7:30 P.M.
General Notes
• There are 23 state champions crowned in team play with
numerous individual champions being crowned in tennis and
track & field.
Friday, May 28, 2004 Session 1
Tennis Hutchison (D-II Singles & Doubles) 9:00 A.M.
Boys’ Track & Field Briarcrest (3200 & Field Events) 9:00 A.M.
Baseball Gagliano (AAA); Sowell (D-II) 10:00 A.M.
Baseball AutoZone (Class A Championship) 12:00 P.M.
Baseball AutoZone (Class AA Championship) 3:00 P.M.
• Spring Fling began in 1994. It was held in the city of
Chattanooga for nine consecutive years before moving to
Memphis last year for Spring Fling X.
Friday, May 28, 2004 Session 2
Baseball TBA (AAA & D-II) 5:00 P.M.
Softball Greenbrook Softball Complex
5:00 P.M.; 5:30 P.M.; 6:00 P.M.; 6:30 P.M.
Boys’ Track & Field Briarcrest (Running Events) 5:00 P.M.
• Opening Ceremonies event to be held for the second
consecutive year.
• Event will be at Autozone Park on Wednesday, May 26 at
7:30 p.m. and will have numerous keynote speakers and
special attractions.
Saturday, May 29, 2004
Baseball AutoZone (D-II Championship) 9:00 A.M.
Softball TBA (Games, if necessary) 10:00 A.M.
Soccer Mike Rose Soccer Complex (Class A-AA Championship) 12:00 P.M.
Soccer Mike Rose Soccer Complex (D-II Championship) 2:30 P.M.
Soccer Mike Rose Soccer Complex (Class AAA Championship) 5:00 P.M.
Baseball AutoZone (Class AAA Championship) 8:00 P.M.
For more information concerning Spring Fling XI go to
www.memphissports.org.
More detailed schedules as well as brackets and other important information
concerning Spring Fling can be found on our website at: www.tssaa.org.
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MR AND MISS BASKETBALL
Winners and finalists of the Mr. and Miss Basketball
Awards Presented by the Memphis Grizzlies were
honored on March 27 at a luncheon hosted by the
Memphis Grizzlies at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis.
More than 500 people, including the honorees, their
families, coaches, school administrators and members
of the media from all parts of the state attened the 2004
luncheon. Pictured are the Mr. and Miss Basketball
winners for each classification. Seated from left to right
are Sarah Baker (Harpeth Hall), Alex Fuller (Shelbyville
Central), Katrina Beechboard (Livingston Academy),
Merideth Richardson (Bradford). Standing from left to
right are Brandon Wright (Brentwood Academy),
Jamont Gordon (Glencliff), Corey Brewer (Portland),
and Jonathan Cook (Chattanooga Christian).
MISS BASKETBALL 2004 FINALISTS
MR. BASKETBALL 2004 FINALISTS
DIVISION I, CLASS A
DIVISION I, CLASS AAA
DIVISION I, CLASS A
DIVISION I, CLASS AAA
Mariska Reed
Ezell-Harding
Alex Fuller
Shelbyville
Jon Austin
Gordonsville
Jamont Gordon
Glencliff
Merideth Richardson
Bradford
Cait McMahan
Heritage
Jonathan Cook
Chattanooga Christian
Justin Hare
Bradley Central
Michelle Snow
Clarkrange
Ashleigh Newman
Shelbyville
Brandon Shane
Greenfield
Courtney Pigram
White Station
DIVISION I, CLASS AA
DIVISION II
DIVISION I, CLASS AA
DIVISION II
Katrina Beechboard
Livingston Academy
Sarah Baker
Harpeth Hall
Corey Brewer
Portland
Jonathan Adams
Baylor
Marissa Hensley
Jackson County
Alliesha Easley
Briarcrest
Brian Lake
Bolivar Central
Charles Hampton
Bishop Byrne
Brooke Johnson
Seymour
Melissa Liebschwager
Briarcrest
Tyler Smith
Giles County
Brandon Wright
Brentwood Academy
CLASS A
MERIDETH RICHARDSON - Bradford High School Head Coach: Eric Hampton
Senior, 5-9, guard. A three-year starter who averages 23.0 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists,
and 3.2 steals per game. She shoots 49% from the field, 32% from three-point range, and
72% from the free-throw line. She was recently voted District 16-A Player of the Year. She
eclipsed the 2,000-point mark earlier this season and has had over 20 games with 30 or more
points in her career. She has been selected to the All-District and All-Region teams three
times. As a sophomore and junior she was named to the All-West Tennessee and AP AllState teams. Merideth was a Miss Basketball finalist in 2003. She is the vice-president of the
senior class and has a 3.48 GPA. She has signed a scholarship to play at Belmont University.
JONATHAN COOK - Chattanooga Christian School Head Coach: Eddie Salter
Senior, 6-5, guard. A four-year starter who averages 23.5 points per game, 8.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 2.4 steals per game. He shoots 47% from the
field, 35% from three-point range, and 80% from the free-throw line. He was named the MVP of the district and region and has been selected to the AllDistrict team four straight years. He has scored over 2,000 points in his career. He has been named the District MVP twice and was named to the All-State
team as a junior. Jonathan was a member of the all-tournament team at the state tournament his freshman year.
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CLASS AA
KATRINA BEECHBOARD - Livingston Academy Head Coach: Lesley Smith
Senior, 5-11, small forward. A four-year starter who averages 18.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.6
assists, and 2.5 steals per game. She averages 53% from the field, 35% from three-point
range, and 70% from the free-throw line. For her career she has over 1,900 career points and
900 rebounds. She has been named the District 7-AA MVP two consecutive years as well as
to the Street & Smith Honorable Mention team. She was named to the All-Region
tournament team this season and was a member of the all-tournament team at the state
tournament in 2003. She was recently named the MVP of the 2004 state tournament. Katrina
was a Miss Basketball finalist in 2003. She is a member of SADD, FCA, the German Club,
and 4-H Club. She has signed a scholarship to play at the University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga.
COREY BREWER - Portland High School Head Coach: Tris Kington
Senior, 6-8, guard. A three-year starter who averages 29.5 points, 13.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 3.1 steals per game. He shoots 47.7% from the field and
71.4% from the free-throw line. He has 48 blocks on the season. He has scored over 2,300 points in his career. This season he has been named to the
McDonald’s All-American team and he will play in The Jordan Classic in Washington D.C. He has been named to the All-Region tournament teams three
times. He was the region tournament MVP as a junior and was named to the All-District tournament team as a sophomore and junior. Corey was a
member of the all-tournament team at the 2003 state tournament. He has a 3.95 GPA and has signed a scholarship to play at the University of Florida.
CLASS AAA
ALEX FULLER - Shelbyville Central High School Head Coach: Rick Insell
Senior, 6-2, forward/center. A three-plus year starter who averages 17.1 points, nine
rebounds, 2 assists, and two steals per game. She shoots 70% from the field and 81% from
the free-throw line. Heading into the state tournament she has scored over 1,700 points in her
career at Shelbyville. She has been named to the All-District team three times and the AllRegion team each year of her high school career. She has been named to the All-State team
both her freshman and junior seasons. She has been a member of the all-tournament team at
the state tournament as a freshman, junior, and senior. This season she has already been
named to the WBCA All-American team as well as the McDonald’s All-American team. Last
year, as a junior, she was named to the AP second team All-America and Nike All-American.
JAMONT GORDON - Glencliff High School Head Coach: Stephen Wright
Junior, 6-4, guard. A three-year starter who averages 28 points, 16.3 rebounds, 6.0 assists, and 3.0 steals per game. He shoots 54% from the field, 40%
from three-point range, and 56% from the free-throw line. This season he had back-to-back games which he scored 43 and 42 points. He is an All-District
and All-Region selection. He has over 1,375 career points and an average of 23.7 points for his career. Jamont is a member of the Environmental Club.
DIVISION II
SARAH BAKER - Harpeth Hall High School Head Coach: Karen Schwartz
Junior, 6-0, forward. A three-year starter who averages 14 points, 8 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and
3 steals per game. She shoots 43% from the field and 80% from the free-throw line. She has
been named to the All-Region and All-Region tournament teams all three years of her high
school career. She was the region MVP and region tournament MVP this season. She has
been named to the all-tournament team at the state tournament for three consecutive years as
well. She has scored over 1,100 for her career. Sarah is an honor roll student with a 3.6
GPA.
BRANDON WRIGHT - Brentwood Academy Head Coach: George Pitts
Sophomore, 6-9, forward. A two-year starter who averages 23 points, 12 rebounds, 6.0
blocks, and 2.0 steals per game. He shoots 64% from the field and 72% from the free-throw line. He has been named the MVP of the Middle Region for
Division II both as a freshman and sophomore. In two seasons he already has over 1,200 career points. Brandon was named the MVP of the Division II
state tournament in both his freshman and sophomore seasons.
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Time has a way of slipping away far too quickly. Today’s high school athletes
are living their most enjoyable years. They just don’t know it. Fifty years from
now, a fortunate few will remember their once in a lifetime trip to Murfreesboro for
the State tournament. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association wants
to preserve the state’s proud sports history. The Association is hopeful the history
of its member schools, many of which have been closed through consolidation, and
the many great coaches and players of the past are never forgotten.
Today the TSSAA, organized in 1925, honors one of the great basketball
programs of the past. Fifty years ago, on the night
of March 13, 1954, West End High School of
Nashville won its fourth and final State basketball
championship. The story of this tenacious, neverquit team begins a tradition by the TSSAA of
paying homage to past championship teams.
A history of the TSSAA written by Gene Pearce
titled A Privilege, Not a Right: The History of
Tennessee High School Sports will be available in
the spring of next year. The following is an
excerpt:
Linden (1955, ‘56, and ‘57 State champions)
gave basketball fans at Vanderbilt’s Memorial
Gymnasium a brief glimmer of what was to be in
1954, but it was the Bluejays of Nashville West
who wrote a script only Hollywood could have
conceived. In game after game, West’s cardiac
kids turned certain defeat into victory. State
tournament trips and winning championships were
not new to Nashville West. The Bluejays were the
most dominant basketball team in the 1940s,
having won three times (1944, ‘46, and ‘48),
finished second in 1947, and third in 1943 and ‘45.
The 1940s was the Emmett Strickland era and
West was blessed with a great number of excellent
athletes. In 1954, the coach was Joe Shapiro and
the team was made up of ten gritty competitors.
Two of the biggest battlers were the senior guards,
5-7 Jimmy French and 5-8 Ralph Greenbaum. The
other starters were 5-11 senior Billy Owens and 60 junior Buddy Parsons at forward and Eddie
Greer and Butch Stephens, both 6-2 juniors, who
alternated at center. “You’ve got to give the kids
plenty of credit,” Shapiro said after the 42-40
overtime victory against LaFollette in the finals.
“We didn’t have a George Kelley or Billy Joe Adcock or Bob Dudley Smith for us.
The boys simply did it on courage, inspiration and with the all-out help of the
student body. We were blessed with a naturally fine defensive man in Billy Owens
and the rest of the team took pride in their defense. I doubt that any team in the
state had a better defense than we did. The boys didn’t ask how many they’d scored
after a ball game. They always wanted to know ‘how many did my man make?’”
The LaFollette win was the fourth overtime win in the Bluejays’ previous eight
games. Every game was a gut-wrencher, but West was a team of destiny. I’m
Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover had been West’s fight song for several years, but
from the beginning of the 1953-54 school year, West supporters adopted another
chant: “All the way for Doc! Hey! All the way for Doc!” Dr. W. H. Yarbrough was
the West principal who was in his last year at the school. “I don’t know of a school
man in the world who is held in deeper affection by his boys and girls than is Dr.
W. H. Yarbrough,” Nashville Banner sports editor Fred Russell wrote. “It’s easy to
understand. Any one among his thousands of formers students can become ill, or
suffer some misfortune, or get into trouble, and usually the first person to show up
as a comforter is Dr. Yarbrough.”
After defeating Petersburg, 51-43, in the first round, it took overtime wins over
Lake City, 46-42, and Memphis Treadwell, 46-40, to reach the finals. In the
previous seven games, the Bluejays had earned a harrowing one-point victory in
addition to four overtime victories, including two that required a second suddendeath overtime period.
As usual, the Bluejays had to come from behind to defeat LaFollette in the
closing seconds, completing a won-loss record of 24-3 for the season, in the
championship game that was seen by 6,000, the largest crowd at the time to ever
see a state final in Tennessee. Having blown an eleven-point lead, West trailed
LaFollette, 35-32, at the end of the third period when the West principal, “Doc”
Yarbrough, made his way to a seat among the West followers. The inspired
Bluejays were not going to be denied. “Suddenly
the crowd became quiet,” French said. “He
walked slowly down the aisle toward our bench.
As we ran back on the court, we all had tears in
our eyes.”
The Owls were able to ward off the Jays and
took a 39-35 lead before West began its surge.
Butch Stephens hit a pair of free throws and
Buddy Parsons connected on another as the lead
was again cut to 39-38. Suddenly Jimmy French
moved in and hit a hook shot to send the Jays
ahead for the first time, 40-39, with only 1:37
remaining on the clock. “It was a shot I would
practice in the back yard,” French said many
years later, “but it was not one I ever dreamed of
using in a game. I have no idea why I shot it.
Thank goodness it went in.” LaFollette’s Chuck
Webb tied the game with a free throw, but West
played for one shot as French made two free
throws to end the suspense. The ill Yarbrough,
who had listened to the previous games on radio,
was given the game ball.
In the quarterfinals, Lake City had a 41-39
lead and possession of the ball with thirty
seconds left to play. An errant pass from Lake
City’s Bobby Leach to Bob Daniels went out of
bounds. Then West’s French missed from twentyfive feet, but got his own rebound and fired again.
The ball rolled around the rim for an agonizingly
long time before dropping in with four seconds
remaining. Time ran out before Lake City could
get a shot off. In overtime, Lake City scored first
when Leach hit a free throw, but West’s
Greenbaum came back with two free throws and
French drove under for the clincher. Against
Memphis Treadwell in the semifinals, Greenbaum had scored 18 points, but had to
leave the game with a cut above the eye. He returned midway of the final period
with West leading, 37-35. This lead was lost, but French sent it into overtime by
tying with a free throw and the Eagles missed two shots in the final seconds. In
overtime, Greenbaum scored five of West’s eight points. For the night, French and
Greenbaum had scored 37 of West’s 46 points. After the game, Greenbaum got two
stitches. Fifty years later the noted Nashville pediatrician remembers the final as
not one of his best games. “We were behind at the half,” Greenbaum said. “Coach
Shapiro put Billy Owens on LaFollette’s best scorer and Owens shut him down.”
From eight to four on Saturday, Greenbaum was taking the college entrance
examination and the next day spent nine hours at his job as a supermarket checker
at Bramlett’s on Franklin Road. After two years at Yale, Greenbaum enrolled at
Vanderbilt, joining French again where both played basketball and baseball. French
was a coach and fund raiser at Battle Ground Academy for many years. Two
names would no longer appear in the roster of school principals after 1954. They
were Yarbrough and Fred S. Elliott of Whitehaven. Both were TSSAA pioneers. At
the beginning of the TSSAA’s second school year, 1926-27, Yarbrough, then
principal of Nashville’s Peabody Demonstration School, became the Association’s
secretary-treasurer. Elliott held this position, the TSSAA’s most authoritative, from
1930 to 1942.
The trophy presentation at West High School.
First Row: Buddy Parsons, John Stephens, Bobby Glenn, Eddie
Greer, Eddie Gaines. Second Row: Vaughn Dubose, Jimmy French,
Ralph Greenbaum, Archie Grant, Billy Owens, Jerry Morrison.
Roster
Jimmy French
Archie Grant
Billy Owens
Ralph Greenbaum
Boyd Parsons
Vaughn Dubose
Bobby Glenn
Eddie Greer
John Stephens
Eddie Gaines
Dallas Thomas
Jerry Morrison
G
G
F
G
F
G
F
F
C
C
F
F
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Soph.
Sr.
5-7
5-9
5-11
5-8
6-0
5-9
6-1
6-2
6-2
6-4
6-1
5-11
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32
33
34
36
38
39
42
44
45
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High School Enrollment, 503: Superintendent of Schools, W. A. Bass; High School
Principal, W. H. Yarbrough; High School Coach, Joe G. Shapiro; School Colors,
Blue, Gray, and Red; Teams Nickname, Bluejays.
TSSAA’s first Executive Secretary, A. F. Bridges, presents state championship
trophy to the Nashvile West team.
Basketball tournaments always have a sense of theater, where unlikely heroes emerge on
the court…and sometimes in the bleachers.
Fifty years ago, in a time and a place so different from today, Nashville West High’s
basketball team wrote an unforgettable chapter in the state’s high school sports lore.
The movie “Hoosiers” has nothing on the real-life drama of West High’s championship
run. No less of a sports authority than southern radio legend Larry Munson calls the West
High story his favorite sports story.
As another boys’ state tournament occurs this year at Middle Tennessee State in
Murfreesboro, a few attending that event will have been among those present on a chilly
Saturday night at packed Vanderbilt Memorial Gym in 1954 when West High followed its
motto –All The Way For Doc –to the state championship.
The story revolves around the late W. H. (Doc) Yarbrough, who had been West High’s
only principal since the school opened in 1937. Yarbrough already had announced his
retirement, effective at the end of the 1953-54 school year.
Those were different days. Principals were respected, even revered. School spirit was
something more than a cliché. West High even had a school song –I’m Looking Over a FourLeaf Clover –that foreshadowed what happened in the state tournament.
Yarbrough, his retirement approaching, became ill at tournament time and was placed
under doctors’ orders not to attend the games.
His illness became a rallying point for the West High team. Starting with the district
tournament, West High, coached by Joe Shapiro and already one of Nashville’s top teams,
began winning close games. The run continued through the region and eventually into the
state where the Bluejays were one of the more unlikely of the Sweet 16 final teams. With
each win, the motto –All the Way for Doc –took on added significance.
A TRUE TEAM
West High, which is now West End Middle School, located at the corner of West End and
Bowling Avenue, was a good team –with emphasis on team.
Shapiro coached a team that included the dynamic guard duo of 5-foot-7 Jimmy French,
now 68, and 5-8 Ralph Greenbaum, 67. Billy Owens, Buddy Parsons and John (Butch)
Stephens, at 6-2 the tallest starter, rounded out the starting line-up. Long-time Hendersonville
and Davidson Academy coach Eddie Green was also on the team.
“This had all the elements –a motivation for winning for a beloved principal, even down to
our spirit song,” recalls French.
Retired Tennessean sports writer Jimmy Davy, who covered preps during those days, says,
“West High was a team that not many thought would go very far going in the tournaments”
before somehow winning the state title in what he terms “a miraculous experience.”
This was pre-integration Nashville, where black and white did not mix on the high school
basketball court. It would be 12 years before powerful Pearl High won the first state
championship in the tournament that included teams from black high schools.
But the West High fairytale crossed color lines, leaving an impression on people like
Melvin Black, a former player and assistant coach at Pearl High.
“Back in the ‘50s, some of us would compare scores in the paper and we’d say we could
beat so-and-so,” says Black. “West, along with East, Litton, and MBA were some of the elite
schools.
“What West did that year was outstanding.”
The title march began in the district tournament and took flight with a win over Ryan.
“Then it became an escalating thing,” says Shapiro, now 93, adding that the All the Way
for Doc slogan began in the region tournament. “Every time we had a close game we believed
we were going to win.” In those days, sudden deaths settled games that were tied at the end
of the first overtime. In the District 18 finals, French scored in sudden death to beat MBA 3634.
“I was a sophomore that year,” recalled Tommy Frist, Chairman Emeritus of Hospital
Corporation of America. “I was guarding Jimmy at that game at Lipscomb. In sudden death
he hit a jump shot over me to win the game.
“When they got to the state I was very excited for them,” he said. “It was an amazing run
and a great success story.”
The story continued to build into one miracle finish after another, with four of West’s 10
games in the tournaments going into overtime and two into sudden death. In the most
dramatic game, Greenbaum was fouled with no time remaining on the clock and West trailing
Donelson by two points in the region tournament. He made both free throws to keep his team
alive, and West went on to win in overtime. West was looking like Little Engine that Could.
Finally, the only thing standing between West and a state championship was a good
LaFollette team from east Tennessee.
DOC SHOWS UP
Doc Yarbrough was not in Memorial Gym when the championship game started. On
doctors’ orders, he was at his home, playing bridge with his wife and two friends.
The doctors didn’t want him listening to the game on the radio, but Doc Yarbrough didn’t
always do as he was told and when West High trailed 27-17 at halftime, the principal excused
himself from the bridge table.
“He told his wife, ‘my boys need me,’ and he put on his coat to go to the game. They tried
to stop him, but he went anyway,” recalls Munson who broadcast the game for WSIX Radio.
Munson, whose broadcast résumé includes the 1989 championship run for the University
of Georgia football team, recalls the scene in Memorial Gym in classic Munson style.
“I remember distinctly Dr. Yarbrough walking down that aisle way with an overcoat over
his arm, a red scarf and overshoes. The place just went into an uproar. It became a sustained
roar.” Yarbrough’s entrance was impossible to miss and it got the desired effect out of the
West High players.
“During a timeout, Dr. Yarbrough came in on the east side,” recalls French. “It was a very
moving experience. You could hear a pin drop.
“Then there was a big roar from the standing-room only crowd.”
Bill Roberts, retired copy editor for the Nashville Banner, was keeping the score book for
Munson that night and remembers, “The roar was so loud when he came in, and they started
singing their school pep song… then everything they started doing seemed to work.”
Says Davy who covered the game for the Tennessean: “The last half turned into a totally
emotional experience.”
West High began chipping away at the lead. With about a minute left, French hit a hook
shot from outside the foul line to give West the lead for good.
“When Dr. Yarbrough came into the gym, the student body went nuts,” says Shapiro.
“Then Jimmy hit that big hook shot late.”
West High got the ball back and French dribbled out the last 18 seconds. Sobbing, he was
engulfed by delirious fans at mid-court.
Munson’s conclusion: “There’s no doubt that his coming there won the game for them.”
STILL UNFORGETTABLE
The events of those few days, especially the remarkable scene in the state championship
game, are stamped on the memories of those involved in the All the Way for Doc miracle.
“After I got out of the Navy, the postman asked if I was the one who played on the West
team,” recalls Greenbaum, who teamed with French in the backcourt. “It was as if I had
become as famous as someone who had won a Pulitzer Prize.”
“Every coach will tell you what might have happened if his team had done this or that,”
Shapiro said. “Well, with all the close games, overtimes, and sudden deaths we had then –if
happened.”
In the aftermath of the game late Banner Sports Editor Fred Russell wrote, “If there is
anything new that possibly could be said about the magnificent climb that took West High’s
Bluejays to the top of the state basketball ladder, we are not aware of it. It was a great team
with a great purpose.”
On the Monday after the game Doc Yarbrough addressed the West High student body with
these words: “You have done the impossible. It is an unbelievable achievement.”
Then Jimmy French, as captain, presented the state champion trophy to Yarbrough and
said, “I want to present this trophy to the greatest principal in the world.”
Yarbrough, who later was elected to the city council, died in June 1961, at age 77
following a stroke he suffered the year before. But the memories remain, supplemented by
yellowed pages in the scrapbook.
The headline in the Tennessean the day after the game summed it up perfectly: “We Made
it, Doc –42-40.”
Did they ever.
Harold Huggins now writes for the Nashville City Paper in a distinguished career that has
included the Nashville Banner and the Nashville Tennessean. In writing this story, he said:
“When I was a little boy, my father, Harold, a big sports fan himself, became fascinated with
the West High run in the tournaments. He said we ought to go to the state finals and see West
play at Vanderbilt. It was my first state tournament.
“A person is influenced so much by what happens early in life and the West High story
certainly had an early impact on me.
“This special event made me realize hopes and dreams really can come true.
“Your memories become a little faded and scratchy in 50 years, but there are a few things
on that March 13 night I will never forget.
“Things like Doc Yarbrough coming into the West cheering section … West trailing the
entire way … then Jimmy French dribbling out the final seconds … and how be broke down
crying as the West students and cheering section rushed out and mobbed him and the team on
the floor.
“These types of endings do not happen all the time –but it did in 1954.”
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2004-2005 REGIONAL RULES MEETINGS
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2004-2005 WRESTLING RULES AND MECHANICS MEETINGS
Monday, Oct. 18
Tuesday, Oct. 19
Monday, Oct. 25
Tuesday, Oct. 26
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Morristown, West High School
Chattanooga, Notre Dame High School
Nashville, Hunters Lane High School
Memphis, Memphis University School
2004-2005 BASKETBALL RULES AND MECHANICS MEETINGS
October 6
October 7
October 11
October 12
October 13
October 14
October 17
Chattanooga
Shelbyville
Gray
Morristown
Knoxville
Smithville
Memphis
6:30 p.m. Notre Dame High School
6:30 p.m. Shelbyville High School
6:30 p.m. Daniel Boone High School
6:30 p.m. Morristown Recreation Center
6:30 p.m. Knoxville Central High School
6:30 p.m. DeKalb Co. High School
2:00 p.m. MUS (Coaches)
4:00 p.m. MUS (Officials)
October 18
Dresden
6:30 p.m. Dresden High School
October 19
Jackson
6:30 p.m. Union University
October 20
Nashville
6:30 p.m. Hunters Lane High School
The rules meetings will be combined for coaches and officials for the 2004-2005 school year except
for the Memphis meeting at MUS.
2004-2005 TRACK RULES MEETINGS
Monday, Jan. 24
Wednesday, Jan. 26
Thursday, Jan. 27
Monday, Jan. 31
Wednesday, Feb. 2
Thursday, Feb. 3
Monday, Feb. 17
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Gray, Daniel Boone High School
Knoxville, Webb School
Jackson, Union University
Murfreesboro, Riverdale High School
2004-2005 SOFTBALL RULES AND MECHANICS MEETINGS
Monday, Jan. 10
Wednesday, Jan. 12
Thursday, Jan. 13
Wednesday, Jan. 19
Thursday, Jan. 20
Monday, Jan. 24
Wednesday, Jan. 26
Thursday, Jan. 27
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
DeKalb Co. High School, Smithville, TN
Webb School of Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
Board of Education, Memphis, TN
Union University, Jackson, TN
Hunters Lane High School, Nashville, TN
Notre Dame High School, Chattanooga, TN
Marshall Co. High School, Lewisburg, TN
2004-2005 MEETINGS
FOR NON-FACULTY & BEGINNING COACHES
Wednesday, Sept. 15
Thursday, Sept. 16
Monday, Sept. 20
Tuesday, Sept. 21
Wednesday, Sept. 22
Thursday, Sept. 23
Thursday, Sept. 30
Thursday, Jan. 13
Thursday, Jan. 20
Monday, Jan. 24
5:00 P.M.
5:00 P.M.
6:00 P.M.
6:00 P.M.
6:00 P.M.
5:00 P.M.
5:00 P.M.
5:00 P.M.
5:00 P.M.
5:00 P.M.
Board of Education, Memphis, TN
Whitthorne Middle School, Columbia, TN
Notre Dame High School, Chattanooga, TN
2004-2005 VOLLEYBALL RULES MEETINGS
Sunday, August 1
Monday, August 2
Tuesday, August 3
Wednesday, August 4
Thursday, August 5
Monday, August 9
Tuesday, August 10
Wednesday, August 11
2:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Officials Clinic & Rules Meeting
Central High School, Columbia
St. Agnes Academy, Memphis
University School of Jackson, Jackson
Franklin Road Academy, Nashville
Cookeville High School, Cookeville
Recreation Center, Morristown
Webb School, Knoxville
East Ridge High School, Chattanooga
CLOSED BOOK EXAM - Monday, August 23 - Check with your local association for
site and time
CLOSED BOOK MAKE-UP EXAM Check with your local association for site and time
2004-2005 CHEERLEADING RULES MEETINGS
Wednesday, Sept. 15 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 16 5:00 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 20
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 21
6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 22 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 23 5:00 p.m.
Wed., Sept. 30 (tent.) 5:00 p.m.
Knoxville, Webb School of Knoxville
McMinnville, Warren County High School
2004-2005 BASEBALL RULES MEETINGS
January 12
6:00 p.m.
January 13
6:00 p.m.
Lewisburg, Marshall County High School
January 19
6:00 p.m.
January 20
9:00 a.m.
Knoxville, Fulton High School
January 27
2:00 p.m.
Cookeville, Cookeville High School
January 29
9:00 a.m.
January 29
2:00 p.m.
Jackson, University School
January 30
2:00 p.m.
The TSSAA umpires’ camp will be held in Jackson on January 28-30, 2004.
There will be umpires’ clinics in Nashville, Chattanooga, and Gray on the dates and
times listed above at those sites. At all umpires’ clinics, there will also be a rules
meeting for coaches.
2004-2005 SOCCER RULES MEETINGS
Tuesday, July 27
5:00 p.m. Memphis, Board of Education
Wednesday, July 28 5:00 p.m. Jackson, Union University, Harvey Hall
Thursday, July 29
5:00 p.m. Nashville, Hunters Lane High School
Monday, Aug. 2
5:00 p.m. Shelbyville, Shelbyville Central High School
Tuesday, Aug. 3
5:00 p.m. Chattanooga, Notre Dame High School
Wednesday, Aug. 4 5:00 p.m. Knoxville, Knoxville Central High School
Thursday, Aug. 5
5:00 p.m. Gray, Daniel Boone High School
2004-2005 FOOTBALL RULES AND MECHANICS MEETINGS
Monday, July 26
Tuesday, July 27
Wednesday, July 28
Thursday, July 29
Monday, Aug. 2
Tuesday, Aug. 3
Wednesday, Aug. 4
Thursday, Aug. 5
Monday, Aug. 9
Tuesday, Aug. 10
Wednesday, Aug. 11
Thursday, Aug. 12
7:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Martin, UT Martin Student Center
Memphis, Board of Education
Jackson, Union University, Harvey Hall
Shelbyville, Shelbyville Central High School
Knoxville, Knoxville Central High School
Gordonsville, National Guard Armory
Clarksville, Richview Middle School
Athens, McMinn County High School
Oak Ridge, Jefferson Middle School
2004-2005 GOLF RULES MEETINGS
Wednesday, March 30
Thursday, March 31
Monday, April 4
Tuesday, April 5
Wednesday, April 6
Monday, April 11
Tuesday, April 12
Wednesday, April 13
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Knoxville, Webb School
Smithville, DeKalb County High School
Lewisburg, Marshall County High School
2004-2005 BOWLING RULES MEETINGS
Mon., Aug. 2
Tue., Aug. 3
Wed., Aug. 4
Thu., Aug. 5
Mon., Aug. 9
Tue., Aug. 10
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Memphis Univ. School, Memphis - Wonderlick Auditorium
Univ. School of Jackson, Jackson - Football Field House
Central High School, Columbia
Hermitage Lanes, Nashville (Lebanon Rd.)
Sevier County High School’s Library, Sevierville
Notre Dame High School, Chattanooga

SPRING 2004

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