TSSAA NEWS ROUTING REPORT 2005 FALL STATE CHAMPIONS This routing report is provided to assist The TSSAA is proud to recognize the 2005 Fall Sports Champions. principals and athletic directors in ensuring that the TSSAA News is seen by all necessary school personnel. CHEERLEADING CROSS-COUNTRY Each individual should check the appropriate Freshman Division A-AA GIRLS GOLF box after having read the News and pass it on Collierville High School University School of Johnson City to the next individual on the list or return it to A-AA GIRLS the athletic administrator. Franklin Road Academy Junior Varsity Division AAA GIRLS ❑ Athletic Director Houston High School Morristown-Hamblen High AAA GIRLS ❑ Girls Tennis Coach School West Independence High School ❑ Baseball Coach Cheer (Non-Building) ❑ Boys Tennis Coach Division DIVISION II GIRLS DIVISION II GIRLS ❑ Girls Basketball Coach DeKalb County High School University School of Nashville Baylor School ❑ Girls Track & Field Coach ❑ Boys Basketball Coach Cheer (Building) Division A-AA BOYS A-AA BOYS ❑ Boys Track & Field Coach McKenzie High School Franklin Road Academy Goodpasture Christian School ❑ Girls Cross Country Coach ❑ Girls Volleyball Coach Small Co-Ed Division AAA BOYS AAA BOYS ❑ Boys Cross Country Coach Blackman High School Oak Ridge High School Clarksville High School ❑ Wrestling Coach ❑ Football Coach Large Co-Ed Division DIVISION II BOYS DIVISION II BOYS ❑ Cheerleading Coach Christian Brothers High School McCallie School ❑ Boys Golf Coach McCallie School ❑ Girls Golf Coach Small Varsity Division ❑ Girls Soccer Coach Soddy Daisy High School ❑ Boys Soccer Coach GIRLS SOCCER FOOTBALL ❑ Softball Coach A-AA Medium Varsity Division DIVISION II-A ❑ Bowling Coach Franklin Road Academy Collierville High School Davidson Academy Other_________________ AAA DIVISION II-AA Large Varsity Division Collierville High School Houston High School Evangelical Christian School Division II DIVISION II-AAA Super Varsity Division Pope John Paul II High School Germantown High School Memphis University School CLASS 1A GIRLS Trousdale County High School DANCE VOLLEYBALL Jazz Division A-AA CLASS 2A Farragut High School East Ridge High School Alcoa High School Pom Division AAA CLASS 3A Collierville High School Germantown High School Livingston Academy Hip Hop Division II CLASS 4A Hendersonville High School Harpeth Hall High School Maryville High School CLASS 5A Ravenwood High School RONNIE CARTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOB BALDRIDGE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GENE BECK ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GENE MENEES ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BERNARD CHILDRESS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WANDA BELT VOLUME 58 WINTER 2006 ASSISTANT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MATTHEW GILLESPIE ASSISTANT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TRINA MELTON ASSISTANT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ARTICLES HEATHER CARTER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT PAT DROKE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 6 A. F. Bridges Awards TERRY HILLIER High schools are honored for sportsmanship. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT GAYLE SIMMS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 12 Mr. Football Award Winners SHONNIE SPEICHER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Backs and linemen are honored for their performance on the gridiron. LYNNE SUTTON ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT STEPHEN BARGATZE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES FEATURES COURTNEY BRUNETZ DIRECTOR OF MARKETING EARL NALL TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR 5 Distinguished Service Recognition A coach, official, administrator and contributor are recognized for excellence. BOARD OF CONTROL PRESIDENT - MIKE REED HAMBLEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL, MORRISTOWN 9 Whistle Notes - Gene Menees VICE PRESIDENT - FRED KESSLER BOLIVAR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, BOLIVAR Information for and recognition of TSSAA officials. LYNN BROWN MARYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, MARYVILLE TOMMY LAYNE 14 Ronnie Carter SEQUATCHIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, DUNLAP You remember the way you were coached. TERRY LOOPER CASCADE HIGH SCHOOL, WARTRACE MIKE TRIBUE McGAVOCK HIGH SCHOOL, NASHVILLE 16 Matthew Gillespie BRYAN TRUE SUMMERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, SUMMERTOWN Athletics is mea SAM MILES DYERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL, DYERSBURG JOE DAVIS 17 Stephen Bargatze MANASSAS HIGH SCHOOL, MEMPHIS An update on The Right Team. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT - ED FOSTER Trina Melton OOLTEWAH HIGH SCHOOL, OOLTEWAH 17 Information on the Ninth Annual Cheer Coaches Conference.. VICE PRESIDENT - DAN BLACK CROCKETT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, ALAMO RICHARD CARROLL SULLIVAN NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, KINGSPORT 18 Bernard Childress STEVE HARRIS FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY, NASHVILLE Information on TMSAA committee meeting and rules changes. MICHAEL REYNOLDS FARRAGUT HIGH SCHOOL, KNOXVILLE TSSAA NEWS (USPS 643-400) IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR: SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, JANUARY AND APRIL MIKE TATUM FOR $10.00 PER YEAR BY TSSAA, 3333 LEBANON ROAD, HERMITAGE, TENNESSEE 37076. LEWIS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, HOHENWALD SECOND CLASS, POSTAGE PAID AT HERMITAGE, TN AND ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGE TO: JOHN MALONE TREADWELL HIGH SCHOOL, MEMPHIS TSSAA NEWS, 3333 LEBANON ROAD, HERMITAGE, TN 37076 PHIL ROGERS JACKSON CENTRAL-MERRY HIGH SCHOOL RICK MARTIN WATERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, WATERTOWN 3 W H A T ’ S H A P P E N I N G NFHS Coaches Association Award Program TSSAA is proud to recognize our award winners for the We are proud to announce that, again this year, the Board 2004-05 school year. They are as follows: of Control has given TSSAA permission to participate in the Boys Sports NFHS Coaches Association Award Program. This program Football – Gary Rankin, Riverdale is designed to recognize State Active Coaches of the Ye a r Basketball – Wesley Henning, Ridgeway and Sectional Coaches of the Year in each sport sanctioned Track – George Gibson, Houston by the Association. Coaches are selected based on their Baseball – Buster Kelso, Christian Brothers accomplishments the previous school year. State and Soccer – Tom Gerlach, Christian Academy of Knoxville Sectional Coach of the Year winners will receive a certificate Wrestling – Charles Gillespie, Franklin from the National Federation recognizing their Cross Country – Jim Presnell, Elizabethton accomplishments. Sectional Award winners will also be Golf – David Noonkesser, Jefferson County considered for the NFHS National Coach of the Year Award. Tennis – Eric Voges, McCallie A National committee will select the National Coaches of the Year and these individuals will receive a plaque from the Girls Sports national office recognizing their accomplishment. Each Basketball – Lee Pipkin, Chester County state is also allowed to nominate one Citation Coach Track – Ronnie Seigenthaler, Brentwood nominee. NFHS Citations are presented to individuals who Volleyball – Kathi Shaffer, Dobyns Bennett h ave made significant contributions to the NFHS and/or Softball – Maurice Hambrick, Marshall County other national organizations that have had an impact on high Soccer – Jimmy Weekley, Baylor school activities. Nominees for Contributor of the Year must Tennis – Sue Bartlett, Girls Preparatory School exemplify the highest standards of sportsmanship, ethical Cross Country – Stacey Hill, Girls Preparatory School conduct, moral character, and carry the endorsement of their Golf – Glenn Tackett, Franklin Road Academy respective state high school association. Bowling – Leslie Davenport, Baylor young athletes use PEDs.“This is the first specific information we have received on PED use in Tennessee,” said Ronnie Carter, executive director of TSSAA. “The data will allow us to not only help entities like the Tennessee legislative steroid subcommittee investigate the issue, but also TSSAA-BlueCross Survey Reveals Insights to better focus our education efforts as we work with BlueCross to address into Performance-Enhancing Drug Use by Young Athletes the problem.” Performance-enhancing drug use is growing among our nation’s teens; In fall 2005, BlueCross distributed information packets to coaches and the National Institute of Drug Abuse estimates more than a million young administrators with information about talking to players and parents about people have used performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). In Tennessee, a PEDs, as well as brochures about the dangers of PEDs, the signs of PED recent survey of TSSAA coaches found that nearly 90 percent of them see use and tips for healthy training. Coaches can also access resources they PED use among high school athletes as a problem. More than 450 high need to educate athletes about PEDs at www.HealthyCompetitionTN.org, school coaches of fall sports across the state took part in the survey the newest addition to BlueCross’ Healthy Competition program. conducted by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and the TSSAA as part In addition to coaches, BlueCross is surveying teens and parents about of BlueCross’ Healthy Competition program. Coaches of winter and spring PED use at its Web site, www.HealthyCompetitionTN.org. The 11-question sports will have an opportunity to participate in the ongoing survey at survey is completely anonymous, and the results will help the Healthy upcoming TSSAA rules meetings. Competition program better understand the scope of PED use among “Recent news coverage has made us all too aware of PED and steroid Tennessee’s young people. Visitors to the Web site can also view detailed use by professional athletes,” said Gina Bever, senior communications initial results from the coaches’ survey and find valuable information on writer for BlueCross. “It’s a real problem among teens, yet, until now, we healthy training, the side effects and warning signs of PED use, and how haven’t had a measure of the scope of the problem among Tennessee’s