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35-451: The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association administers sporting events for an estimated 110,000 participants, 374 schools, 4,000 coaches, 3,000 officials, and 5,500 teams in the state of Tennessee. First organized in 1925, the TSSAA oversees athletic functions of both public and private schools. It includes schools throughout the state of Tennessee. In 2001, the association was

70-548: A segregation academy seeking to avoid racially integrated public schools . When the school encountered financial problems in the summer of 1976, five of the churches dropped out, but the remaining churches raised cash and bought bonds to keep the school going. In 1977, white flight to the suburbs caused a decline in enrollment from 1,279 to 885. This resulted in another financial crisis and several churches, including Graceland, Hickory Hills, LaBelle Haven, LaBelle Place and Whitehaven Baptist Churches decided to end their support of

105-897: A given athletic season. In recognition of their high level of performance, athletes on varsity teams are often given varsity letters . They are in contrast to the institution's club sports . A major difference between varsity and club sports is the source for allocated funds. Varsity teams receive financial support, equipment, and facilities from college and university athletic department budgets. Universities often allocate club sport budgets through student life departments similar to other clubs on campus. Because club sports cost more than other clubs, many club student-athletes must pay to play and also engage in team fundraising efforts to pay for facilities time, equipment, and other team expenses. At various levels of collegiate sports, varsity student athletes are eligible for scholarships solely or partially based on athletic skills. Varsity can be compared with

140-417: A junior varsity team before being eligible to try out for a varsity team. These players can provide the varsity team with extra depth, with their service as back-up players. The NCAA previously prohibited true freshmen from playing varsity college football and basketball; as a result, numerous junior-varsity "freshmen teams" appeared on many major college campuses. The NCAA repealed this limitation in 1972; to

175-491: A junior varsity team one year is expected to gain enough experience to be one of the varsity players the next season. A team's head coach will attend junior varsity games to evaluate skill and decide if a player is ready to play in the main part of a varsity game. Junior varsity teams may or may not travel with or take the field/court with the varsity team, or in particularly well-organized hierarchies (especially in sports such as football) may alternate home and away schedules with

210-658: A party in the United States Supreme Court case Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association . Brentwood Academy had sued the Association after the school was penalized for "undue influence" in recruiting football players, and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court. The court in this case held that a statewide association, incorporated to regulate interscholastic athletic competition among public and private schools,

245-580: A regular basis, e.g. Heritage High School in Ringgold, Georgia for Chattanooga teams or Virginia High School in Bristol, Virginia for Bristol, Tennessee teams. Varsity team A varsity team is the principal sports team representing an institution like a college, university, or high school. Varsity teams compete against each other during a given athletic season. In the United States,

280-433: A rotation that allows everyone to play. The decision of when to play junior varsity players in a one-sided game is often at the coach's discretion. This depends on the coach's strategy, the time remaining in the game, the point margin, and the game situation. When the winning team is ahead by a substantial margin late in the game, the coaches of both the winning and losing teams may " empty their benches "—that is, they remove

315-400: A school is located but outside of a city school district or special school district, in which case the tuition is the difference between the amount of additional funding per student provided by the city or special school district above that provided by the state and county. Division II schools are independent schools which charge tuition to students' families. Financial aid is allowed provided it

350-412: A team at a particular weight class in a given varsity match. The team's representative is often determined by a "challenge match," in which the top two wrestlers at that weight compete for the right to participate in the varsity match. The loser wrestles that night's junior varsity match. A similar format is used for golf, tennis, and badminton, with players who lose to varsity opponents participating in

385-532: A varsity team is one step above a school's junior varsity (JV) team and composed of more experienced players. In Canada and the United States, varsity teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, technical school, high school, junior high school , or middle school. Such teams compete against similar teams at corresponding educational institutions. Groups of varsity sports teams are often organized into athletic conferences , which are groups of teams that regularly play each other during

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420-460: Is Chattanooga Girls' Leadership Academy). Division II schools whose enrollment (with the single-sex multiplier taken into account) is below the smallest school in Division I Class AA are Class A; larger schools are Class AA. Finally, any school that wishes to play in a higher class may do so, but must do so for all sports other than football. A full reclassification is held every four years; at

455-609: Is a member of the TSSAA is Northpoint Christian School in Southaven, Mississippi , a suburb of Memphis . Northpoint votes in the Athletic District 9 elections. Cities and towns near Tennessee's borders with surrounding states, i.e. Arkansas , Georgia , Kentucky , Mississippi , or Virginia , such as Bristol , Chattanooga , Clarksville , and Memphis , do have various schools, both public and private, who play nearby out-of-state teams (which are not TSSAA members) on

490-399: Is far less, and bands, cheerleaders, and media coverage are usually not present. In some sports, such as tennis and golf, a junior varsity meet will take place simultaneously with the varsity event; however, the scores are separately tabulated. In track and field, a junior varsity heat of a particular event may take place either before or after the varsity heat. An underclassman who plays on

525-435: Is limited to a need-based amount, and that the percentage of athletes receiving aid is no greater than for the school's students as a whole. The two divisions compete separately in all sports except cheerleading and girls' wrestling. Division I schools are divided into three classes, as equally as possible, based on enrollment. A school's enrollment is multiplied by 2 if it is single-sex (the only single-sex school in Division I

560-545: Is regarded as engaging in state action when it enforces a rule against a member school. The fall of 2009 was the first year for the TSSAA to divide into six playoff classifications for football. The new system allowed more teams into the playoffs. The state championship game for football, the BlueCross Bowl , which is held three consecutive days, ending the first Saturday of December, and includes Division I classes 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, and 6A, as well as Div. II A and AA,

595-547: The Whitehaven section of Memphis, Tennessee , at a time when public schools were integrating Black and White students. Programs for kindergarten through Grade 8 began in 1973, and grades 9 - 12 were added the following year. As of 2014, the school was the third-largest private school in Greater Memphis . The Southern Baptist Educational Center was established by ten Southern Baptist churches in 1973 as

630-412: The junior varsity (JV) and freshman levels, the former which is typically for less-experienced underclassmen , while the latter is exclusively for first-year students ( ninth graders in high school). JV and Freshman players may be promoted to the varsity level by performing well. In contrast, intramural sports (IM sports), consists of teams within the same school (the word intramural means "within

665-565: The current president, Jim Ferguson, defended it as "part of a lesson plan". Because of the urgency to start a school immediately as integration took place, in 1972 grades K-8 were initially housed in Broadway Baptist Church in Whitehaven while the high school was housed at Graceland Baptist Church. The second 36 acres (15 ha) Memphis campus, located in Whitehaven at the intersection of Holmes Road and Tulane Road,

700-410: The extent that junior varsity teams exist at the college level, many are classified as club squads . Many sports teams have assistant coaches responsible for developing the talent of junior varsity players. A coach may call on junior varsity players during a varsity game, such as when a varsity player is unable to play. A team will have many talented players, but the coach is unable to come up with

735-516: The high school level and formerly at the collegiate level. The main players comprise the varsity team. Although the intensity of the JV team may vary from place to place, most junior varsity teams consist of players who are in their freshman and sophomore years in school, though occasionally upperclassmen may play on JV teams. For this reason, junior varsity teams are also often called freshman/sophomore teams. Skilled freshmen and sophomores may compete at

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770-601: The junior varsity part of the meet. Junior varsity games are specially-scheduled events in which junior varsity players play to gain skills and experience. These games may be played immediately before a varsity contest or another night. Records and statistics are kept for the junior varsity team, and some leagues offer a junior varsity championship. An assistant coach acts as the head coach for these games. In states that use ratings systems to determine playoff participation, junior varsity games do not factor in and are played with considerably less hoopla than varsity games. Attendance

805-631: The largest varsity competition in Europe. In the Netherlands, the Varsity is the oldest and most prestigious rowing race. It was held for the first time in 1878, and was started as a Dutch equivalent for the Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge. In the United States, junior varsity (often called " JV ") players are the members of a team who are not the main players in a competition, usually at

840-429: The midpoint, any school that has had a 20% increase or decrease in enrollment will be moved to the class appropriate to its new enrollment (a school that will be moved down may decline). Starting with the 2015 season, a new classification system was implemented for Division I football, separate from those of other sports. The 31 largest schools in the state, plus Maryville playing up by request, will constitute Class 6A;

875-423: The remaining football-playing schools are divided as equally as possible into classes 1A through 5A. The option to play up will apply separately to football and to the rest of the sports. The 2015-2016 year varied from 2014-2015 only due to 20%-change adjustments. For each sport, the schools competing are divided into regions, and/or districts depending on the sport. The TSSAA divides Tennessee's 95 counties, and

910-479: The school. Broadway Baptist took over the schools debts and from then on solely operated the school. Broadway immediately began providing busing to the school. In 1988, after what the school claimed was "The area was losing professionals as well as families who could afford to send their children to SBEC." The school moved from Memphis, to suburban Southaven, Mississippi as many white people of Memphis were moving to Southaven at that time during white flight . At

945-458: The start of the 2013-2014 school year, the schools name was changed from Southern Baptist Educational Center to Northpoint Christian School and began marketing itself as non-denominational rather than Southern Baptist. On April 29, 2022, Northpoint was criticized by Memphis local news source, WMC-TV , reported that a teacher put signs of "colored" and "whites" over water fountains for a civil rights lesson, while alarming questions and criticisms,

980-750: The state's constituent Grand Divisions , into nine "athletic districts": These districts are unrelated to the competitive districts above (although a few sports do use the grand divisions as regions); their primary purpose is to elect the Board of Control (the administrative authority) and the Legislative Council. Each district elects one member to each for a staggered three-year term; in addition, starting in November 2015, three additional members will be chosen to represent non-public schools, one from each grand division. The sole out-of-state school that

1015-436: The two regular opponents is still in the midst of their playoff tournament by the time the game is held, the JV teams will instead play the game. Northpoint Christian School Northpoint Christian School ( NCS ) is a private Christian school located in Southaven, Mississippi , that has been described as a white flight school . The school was founded in 1973 by a group of ten White Southern Baptist churches in

1050-475: The varsity level. Members of a junior varsity team are underclassmen determined by the coaching staff to have less experience or ability than those on the varsity roster. As such, junior varsity teams are used to prepare these athletes to compete at the varsity level. In other schools, the line between JV and varsity is arbitrary, with all players at a certain grade level at the varsity and all others below that grade level at JV. Some teams require participation on

1085-630: The varsity players and play the junior varsity players for the remainder of the game. The junior varsity players can impress coaches during this " garbage time " in hopes of gaining more playing time in subsequent games, while at the same time reducing the risk of serious injury by varsity players by resting them in a game whose outcome has been effectively decided. Some games have rules which allow unlimited use of junior varsity players, such as basketball. Other sports have different ways of determining junior varsity participants. For instance, in high school wrestling , there can only be one wrestler competing for

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1120-478: The varsity squad to ensure at least one of the two teams plays at home each week. This is often dependent on the size of the varsity team, availability of transportation and policies invoked by either the coach, school or league. A JV can sometimes completely replace a varsity team in a game with little to no importance; the Missouri Turkey Day Game , for example, has a provision that if either of

1155-469: The walls") and IM players rarely move to inter-collegiate teams. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, varsity teams compete in varsity matches, usually as part of a varsity competition - a sports tournament between rival universities . The term originally referred strictly to university-sponsored teams, and dates from the 1840s. Examples of varsity competitions include The Boat Race and Roses ,

1190-532: Was held at Tennessee Tech University 's Tucker Stadium in Cookeville 2009 – 2020 and has been held in Chattanooga since 2021. Each school chooses to compete in Division I or Division II. Division I schools are schools which generally allow students to attend without payment of tuition, i.e., public schools , except that tuition may be charged to a student who is a resident of the county in which

1225-899: Was utilized from 1974 until 1988, when it was sold to the Memphis City School System to house the John P. Freeman School. A 61 acres (25 ha) property shared with Broadway Baptist in Southaven, Mississippi was purchased in 1986, and the school relocated there in September 1988 with 600 students. Despite being located in Mississippi, NCS competes in Division II, Class A of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Division II. The athletic director

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