2023 TSSAA Playoffs

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Well the regular season is over and what an odd regular season it was, with multiple teams missing games due to weather. The Big 3, in 4A all are legitimate state title contenders ( Greeneville, Elizabethton and Anderson County) and will eliminate each other by the semi-final round. I will focus on the local teams and will update it weekly until the "locals" are gone!

In 1A. Cloudland (6-4) hosts Greenback (4-6) on Roan Mountain the other side of the bracket has the Huskies of North Greene (4-6) travels to Oliver Springs (7-3) and the other 1A team Unaka (2-8) plays it's last game of the year at Coalfield.

In 2A. Polk County (4-6) makes the 3 1/2 hour bus trip to Hampton (8-2), the winner plays the winner of South Greene (8-2) @ Bledsoe County (8-2) and the other Region 1 team Happy Valley (7-3) hosts Oneida (7-3). 

In 3A: Johnson County (6-4) takes the long trip to Kingston (7-3), Austin East (3-7) makes the drive to beautiful Erwin to take on Unicoi County (7-3) and Chuckey-Doak (6-4) make the ill-fated drive to Alcoa (9-1)! Maybe the team could just Blacksburg Alcoa and take the Alligent Flight to Sanford, FL for the weekend!

In 4A: The Bareknuckle Cage Fight is about to throw down! Greeneville (8-0) takes on Fulton (2-8), Elizabethton (8-1) takes on Carter (6-4), and Sullivan East (6-4) travels to Anderson County (6-4). If Betsy' and AC win then the Cyclones travel to AC next week.

In 5A: Tennessee High (7-3) hosts Powell (7-3) and Boone becomes the Sacrificial Lamb for Knox West (9-1) 

In 6A: Dobyns Bennett (5-4) makes their first road exit at Bearden (7-3) and Science Hill (7-3) hosts Maryville (6-4) at Kermit Tipton Stadium in Johnson City and finally in 6A West Ridge (5-4) gets the long ride to Bradley Central (10-0 to visit Tennessee Commit Boo Carter!

  

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1A 

* Cloudland over Greenback

* Oliver Springs over North Greene

* Coalfield mauls Unaka

2A 

* Hampton big over Polk Co

* Bledsoe Co over South Greene

* Oneida over Happiest of Valleys

3A

* Kingston big over Johnson Co

* A-E over Unicoi 

* Alcoa big over Chokey Duck

4A 

* Green(e)ville big over Fulton

* Betsy big over Carter

* The Moo Cows big over East

* 5A

* Powell big over THS

* Hope Boone has a nice meal at Dead End BBQ before or after the game with West. 

6A

* Bearden over D-B

* Murville over Science Hill (again) even though this isn't you're normal Murville team. 

* Bradley Central with a mercy rule over Westridge

* Cleveland over JeffCo to complete the Region 2 sweep.

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Round one is in the books and the pickins as they say are slim! No region one teams survived in 1A, 3A, 5A and with exception of Jefferson County in 6A. 

The 9-2 Hampton Bulldogs host the Warriors of Bledsoe County (9-2) (Pikeville, TN.)  in Hampton Friday night and the winner gets to host the quarterfinal round next week against the Fighting Alvin Yorks of York Institute and Oneida! 2A is probably the most wide open of all the classes in Tennessee. 

In 4A: Gibbs (9-2) makes the trip to Burley Stadium In Greeneville to play the 9-0 Greene Devils. Gibbs won an overtime thriller verses Northview Academy (Kodak, TN.) 28-27 and Greeneville won 48-14 over Fulton, the other side of the bracket has one of the most anticipated games of the week ,in any class, as Elizabethton a 38-0 winner over Knox Carter playing in Clinton against the Mavericks of Anderson County a 49-0 winner over Sullivan East!  The winners meet in the quarterfinal round in week 3 of the playoffs. 

I will include Jefferson County in the post because they are technically in Region 1. The Patriots have has a massive turn around thanks to Spencer Riley who played guard at Tennessee in the late 90's and was a member of the 1998 National Championship team. Riley is a O-Line and TE guru and his team just lines up and mauls you! Jefferson County (10-1) hosts Bearden (8-3) and the winner gets the Maryville (7-4) versus Bradley Central (11-0) ...good luck stopping Boo Carter in that game! 

Get out and go to a game, the kids need your support and the TSSAA needs your money!

[KW23 10]

Im on vacation in Tennessee and thinking about attending East Robertson at Marion County... U know anything about these schools? Good game possibly?

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1 hour ago, KW23 said:

Im on vacation in Tennessee and thinking about attending East Robertson at Marion County... U know anything about these schools? Good game possibly?

Marion County is 11-0 and East Robertson is 10-1, these are the best two teams in the east in 2A. The winner of this game should go to Chattanooga to the Championship Game. East Robertson has freaky athletes but are very undisciplined, and Marion County has a ton of athletes too.! If you are going to go see a game go see this one!  

[KW23 10]

Will do thanks for the info...I saw there records on maxpreps but knew nothing about them 

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Well it's the quarterfinal round this weekend. There are two local teams left in 2A Hampton which won an instant classic over Bledsoe County 36-31. In 4A Greeneville dominated 9-2 Gibbs 42-0 and Elizabethton lost to Anderson County 21-7.

So here are the quarterfinal matches in all the brackets. 

In 1A: Oliver Springs (9-3) hosts Coalfield (11-1) the winner hosts the winner of South Pittsburg (12-0) vs. Gordonsville (8-4) the other side of the bracket Moore County (12-0) hosts McKenzie (11-1) and the winner of that game hosts the winner of Dresden (12-0) & Union City 9-3

     I like a South Pittsburg-Moore County final

In 2A: Hampton (10-2) hosts the Dragons of York Institute (12-0) the winner hosts the winner of Smith County (10-2) and East Robertson (11-1) in the west Riverside (10-2) hosts Huntingdon (11-1) and Mitchell (11-1) hosts Fairley (10-2). 

     I like East Robertson vs. Huntingdon final

In 3A: It doesn't matter Alcoa will win their 9th straight title I like East Nashville to come out of the west. 

In 4A: Greenville (10-0) hosts Anderson County (8-4), this will be the game of the night in the TSSAA playoffs, the winner hosts the winner of Upperman (12-0) @ Macon County (11-1). the west bracket has Marshall County (10-2) travelling to Nashville to play Pearl Cohn (Cone) 

           12-0. The Tomcats of Haywood (10-2) host Dyer County (7-5). This is the best bracket in the state and any of 7 of these 8 teams can win the title I like the winner of AC/ Greeneville and Pearl Cohn title game. 

In 5A: Powell (9-3) hosts Knox West (11-1) and the winner host the surprise Clinton (6-6) and Walker Valley (10-2) in  the west . Centennial (10-2) hosts Page (11-1) the winner hosts perennial playoff team Henry County (11-1) and upstart Southwind (12-0).

            I like a Knox West/ Henry County final.

In 6A: Bradley Central (12-0) travels to Bearden (8-3) and Riverdale (9-3) hosts Oakland (10-2) in the battle of Murfreesboro! The west has Ravenwood (9-3) hosts Brentwood (12-0) and in the Battle of Germantown. Germantown (12-0) travels across town to Houston (10-2). 

           I like a Oakland/Germantown final

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Are these games televised or is it the the title games?

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8 hours ago, RichRich said:

Are these games televised or is it the the title games?

NFHS Network. 

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The title games are generally on one of the local stations out of the Tri-Cities and you get the whole series both days, or it may be 3 days. I want to say it is on the CW usually but do not hold me to that.

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2 minutes ago, chipinbogey said:

The title games are generally on one of the local stations out of the Tri-Cities and you get the whole series both days, or it may be 3 days. I want to say it is on the CW usually but do not hold me to that.

They broadcast all the games on the CW. The Division 2 games are Thursday November 30th starting at 11:00am, 3:00pm and 7:00pm. Friday Has 1A, 3A and 5A. Saturday 2A, 4A and 6A.

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Friday is the semifinals of the TSSAA football playoffs, one Northeast Tennessee team remains. The Greeneville Greene Devils (11-0) hosts Upperman (13-0) at Burley Stadium at 7:00pm Friday and the winner gets winner of Pearl Cohn (13-0) and Haywood (11-2). The 4A bracket is stacked! Good Luck to Greeneville and if you need something to do and live in the Tri-Cities are make the short drive to Greeneville and catch the game! 

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Which site sells the mobile tickets for the Greeneville game? We're back in Kingsport and hope to go there on Friday and to BSG on Saturday. For that matter, who sells the VHSL tickets? 

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12 minutes ago, JDHoss said:

Which site sells the mobile tickets for the Greeneville game? We're back in Kingsport and hope to go there on Friday and to BSG on Saturday. For that matter, who sells the VHSL tickets? 

Gofan sells tickets on line. Go to the TSSAA web site under Playoff Headquarters and scroll down to the game you want to buy tickets for. I hope you get to both of the games should be fun. 

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Hi everybody, I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Well the Blue Cross Bowl is here! There are nine games spread over three days starting Thursday at Noon at Finley Stadium on the campus of UT-Chattanooga. 

The Division 2 games are first up on Thursday: In the D2 @2A game at 11:00am Gary Rankins and his Boyd Buchanan Buccaneers take on the Lions of Christ Presbyterian Academy the Bucs are 13-0 and the Lions are 12-1. This should be a great game to watch!

In Division 2: 1A  Friendship Christian (10-2) play Middle Tennessee Christian (11-1) this games kicks at 3:00pm local time 

And in the nightcap, Division 2 3A The Battle of Chattanooga takes place McCallie (11-1) plays Baylor (10-2) the schools are just 10 miles apart and play a neutral site game at UTC at 7:00pm. 

Friday the public schools get the party started at 11:00am with Alcoa (13-1) (their loss was to 6A Maryville on a last second FG) playing East Nashville (12-2) for the third year in a row! Alcoa is going for their 9th straight title and 22nd overall!

Division 1 1A is next at 3:00pm with South Pittsburg (12-2) playing defending champion McKenzie (13-1) South Pittsburg won the 1A title in 2021. 

And in the Division 1 5A defending champion Knox West (14-0) plays Page (12-2) in a rematch from last season's 5A final. 

Saturday slate starts at 11:00am with the Firebirds of Pearl Cohn (Cone) (14-0) and dominating opponents facing the ground and pound Upperman (14-0)  the Baxter, TN school defeated Greeneville last Friday in Greeneville. Upperman had an assistant coach die on the field after the game, so they are playing for more than a gold ball! 

In Division 1 2A: The Indians of East Robertson (13-1) makes the trip from Middle Tennessee to Chattanooga to play Riverside High (12-2) the Panthers of Riverside were runner-ups last season! 

In Division 1 6A: The Oakland Patriots (12-2) go for their 4th straight title and 8th overall play the Mustangs of Houston (12-2) Houston is the other High School in Germantown and avenged their regular season loss to Germantown in the Quarterfinal Round.

Tickets are 12 dollars and Chattanooga has lots of things to from the world famous Tennessee Aquarium to seeing Rock City, go and eat some Moon Pies catch Napoleon at the Imax Theatre and take a train ride at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum! 

The games will be televised locally in the Tri Cities on the CW Network 5.2 over-the-air, Charter Spectrum Ch. 4, BTES Ch.4, and Bristol, VA Utilities Ch.4...and enjoy the high school football legend of Tennessee Murphy Fair doing interviews at halftime! 

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Happy Friday!!!!!!!!!! 

The Division 2 Games were played yesterday at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga! 

Here are the summaries of the games: 

In Class A: Middle Tennessee Christian School of Murfreesboro defeated Friendship Christian of Lebanon 28-13. MTCS and it's single wing were just too much for FCS to overcome, Eli Wilson lead the Cougars with 17 carries for 190 yards and a touchdown and had 9 tackles on defense. FCA was lead by Tyson Wolcott who ran for 225 yards on 30 carries and both Commander touchdowns he also had 11 tackles on defense. It is MTCS's first championship in any team sport! 

In Class 2A: Christ Presbyterian Academy of Nashville( lead by UNC commit) Crews Law ran for 121 yards and a TD beat Boyd Buchanan of Chattanooga 35-13. Rawls Patterson lead Boyd Buchanan with 108 yards on the ground and 2 TD's. Ingle Martin's Lions now have won six state titles and 3 in 6 years. 

In Class 3A: The stars were shining bright for both teams in the "Battle of Chattanooga" This game featured a whopping 14 players with Division 1 football offers plus numerous other scholarship offers for baseball, track, lacrosse and basketball! The game was a track meet early but settled down in the second quarter and in the end McCallie's team beat Baylor's star power 34-28. McCallie was lead by QB Jay St-Helaire (Vandy commit) who was 22-28 for 309 yards and 4 TD's including one to TE Carson Gentle ( Tennessee commit) that was a thing of beauty. Ja'Van McMahan lead McCallie on the ground with 22 carries for 122 yards and an TD. Whit Muschamp (Vandy commit)  lead Baylor he 13-32 with 1 int. for 258 yards and 2 td's Amari Jefferson had 208 recieving yards and a Td. Nolan Sergent (Ohio St. commit also had to catches for Baylor. It was McCallie's third title in 4 years an 5th overall. 

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NFHS is also carrying the games, just search playoffs and TSSAA.