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Crossville Chronicle Friday, August 22, 2014
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FALL SPORTS PREVIEW Media, coaches vote SMHS fourth, CCHS sixth in pre-season ballots
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The District 6AAA football coaches are, from left, Ted McCaslin, CCHS; Matthan Houser, White County; Mark Wattenbarger, SMHS; Scott Smith, Warren County; Jimmy Maynord, Cookeville; and Mark Pemberton, Rhea County. By Ed Greif
and Bi l l Har ris. There are 82 varsity players — 13 seniors, 14 juniors and 13 sophomores — on the roster, along with 57 freshmen. "They've done a great job in the offseason," said Maynord, who returns three offensive and five defensive starter from last season's team (6-5 overall and 3-2 in District 6AAA). They lost 56-42 to Sevier County in the Class 6A playoffs. "We worked on our depth this fall. We have good depth at running back and wide receiver," he said. He returns three offensive and five defensive starters plus his punter and kicker. The returning offensive starters are seniors Adam Haney (offensive lineman), Jacob Edgington (tight end) and two of kickers/punters. Junior offensive lineman Drew Gates returns, according to Murphy Fair. His roster lists three senior punters/kickers — Spencer Wright, Nick Zalewski and Tom Lamb. CCHS coach Ted McCaslin was next and said, "I'm glad to be here. Hopefully, we will compete better this year. We had 22 seniors last year and played a lot of young players." McCaslin is assisted by Alec Haston, Donald Haston, Stuart Bowen, Andrew Phipps, Marty Davis and Jeff Monday.
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The District 6AAA coaches met with the media Aug. 11 in Cookeville to review the 2014 season, which could be the last for the current district, as the TSSAA voted to go to a different classification system for football for the 2015-'16 and 2016-'17 school years. With the votes tallied from two polls — the media and coaches — there is only one direction for CCHS and SMHS to go: but up. The media poll was Rhea County, Cookeville, White County, SMHS, Warren County and CCHS, while Rhea County and Cookeville tied for first, with White County third, SMHS and Warren County tied for fourth and CCHS sixth. Cookevi l le's Jimmy Maynord was the first to the podium. He is assisted by Chuck Gentry, David Foster, Jim Ledford, John Ledford, Brian Chambers, Jamie Angel, Justin Angel, Justin Qualls, Steve Hatcher, Drew Teague
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Jordan Buckner is a three-year starter at quarterback, while the running backs will be by committee — Nolan McClain, Kenny Brewer and Seth Randall. Defensive sta r ters ret u r ning include David Scavo, Kobe Cox, Tyler Cantrell and James Vallecillo. "We are very big, but very scrappy. They've worked worked in scrimmages. We will shuffle in and out our offensive and defensive linemen," he added. "They have settled in on the offensive and defensive schenes. We are taking a giant step this year. Their attitude is a lot better on and off the field." Mark Pemberton returns for his second season at Rhea County and has been really pleased with its off-season program. He is assisted by Taylor Ownbey, Murphy Ownbey, Brandon Harmon, Chad Oliver, Mark Romero, Jerry Cook, Jeremy Fitzgerald, Tommy Mitchell, Sam Kirkham, Pete Billingsley, Josh Roda, Mike Bice, AnthoSee MEDIA, page 2C