CCHS likely to go to 4A in basketball, baseball and softball

The biggest change seen in the structure of classification was the board voting to go from three classes to four in Division I in the sports of basketball, baseball, and softball. The board voted to continue to bring eight teams to the state tournament in each of the three sports.

Lady Cougar Basketball Coach Brad Honeycutt said, “Our Athletic Director, Ryan Browning, and I discussed this at length over the last couple of weeks. Though we don’t know the exact cutoff number (school enrollment) yet, I’m confident we will be in 4A starting next season.”  For CCHS, not much is expected to change where the district and region are concerned.  “Powell, Oak Ridge, Halls and Karns are likely to remain in our district.  Clinton and Anderson County may well stay in 3A,” said Cougar Basketball Coach Ernie Mac Clawson.

The TSSAA Board of Control met on Monday afternoon at Siegel High School at Murfreesboro.

Football didn’t see any changes, as the board voted to keep the same number of classes in both Division I (six classes) and Division II (three classes). All other sports will have the same number of classes as the previous classification cycle.

At their previous meeting in July, the TSSAA Board of Control voted to classify schools using the 20-day enrollment figures for a two-year period, compared to the usual four-year cycle. This will go through the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years.

A full copy of the Board Minutes is below.