In the most comprehensive change in the classification of high school athletics in the last 20 years, the TSSAA released its new regions for the 2017-20 school years on Friday. The new alignments will feature a revised 6 class system for public schools in football.
There will also be a 3 class system for baseball/softball & basketball. There is a new classification for volleyball which will feature 3 classes equally divided by participating schools. Soccer will feature 3 classes as well, equally divided by participating schools. Wrestling will be classified based on the basketball classifications with Class AA and Class A combined. All other sports at Coffee County(tennis, golf, track and cross country) will be divided into 2 classes split evenly be participation and enrollment.
For all sports, Coffee County will remain in the largest classification. The Red Raider football team will play in Region 3-6A with Cookeville, Warren County, Riverdale, Blackman, Oakland and Siegel. There is no change in the district alignment for baseball, softball, and basketball as Coffee County will remain in District 8AAA with Tullahoma, Franklin County, Columbia, Shelbyville, Lincoln County and Lawrence County. In volleyball, soccer, Coffee County will be in District 8AAA with Columbia, Franklin County, Lincoln County and Shelbyville. In wrestling(duals), Coffee County will be in District 9 with Franklin County, Lawrence County, Shelbyville, Tullahoma, Warren County and White County. There are slight changes to the district/region alignments in tennis and golf as the old district 8AAA will also see new members Giles County and Marshall County enter.
Schools have until Wednesday at noon to appeal which region they are in. Those appeals will be heard Thursday at the TSSAA’s Board of Control meeting. You can see a state-wide breakdown of all of the new TSSAA region/district classification plan, you can visit the TSSAA website at: http://tssaa.org/2017-2021-district-region-alignments/
TSSAA Unveils New Classification Plan
