South Pittsburg No. 1 In Murphy Fair Class A Preaseason Rankings

Signal Mountain, Boyd-Buchanan, Baylor Also Ranked

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - by special report to chattanoogan.com

South Pittsburg's Pirates have been ranked No. 1 in the Preseason Class A high school football poll released this week in Murphy Fair's Tennessee High School Football magazine.

The preseason rankings:

Class 1A

1. South Pittsburg

2. Gordonsville

3. Huntingdon

4. Union City

5. Wayne County

6. Coalfield

7. Greenback (tie)

7. Jo Byrns (tie)

9. Lake County

10. Eagleville

Also receiving votes in order: Perry County, Columbia Academy, Moore County, Lookout Valley.

Class 2A

1. Friendship Academy

2. Trousdale County

3. Boyd-Buchanan

4. Knoxville Grace

5. McKenzie

6. Oneida

7. Adamsville

8. Rockwood

9. Westwood

10. Humboldt

Also receiving votes in order: Hampton, Dresden, Mt. Pleasant, Oliver Springs

 

Class 3A

1. CAK

2. Alcoa

3. Milan

4. CPA (tie)

4. Goodpasture (tie)

6. Fairview

7. Pearl Cohn

8. Elizabethton

9. Sullivan North

10. Austin East

Also receiving votes in order: Smith County, Loudon, Camden, Polk County, Tyner Academy, Jackson C-M, Westview

 

Class 4A

1. Greeneville

2. Giles Conty

3. Maplewood

4. Signal Mountain

5. Lexington

6. Liberty

7. Covington

8. Fulton

9. David Lipscomb

10. Dyersburg

Also receiving votes in order: Marshall County, Mitchell, Whites Creek, Crockett County, Livingston Academy, Obion County, Red Bank, East Hamilton, White House, Spring Hill

 

Class 5A

1. Henry County

2. Knox West

3. Powell

4. Columbia

5. Beech

6. Hendersonville

7. Ridgeway

8. Lenoir City

9. Morristown West

10. Gallatin

Also receiving votes in order: Centennial, Memphis East, Anderson County, Clarksville NE, Trezevant, Station Camp, Glencliff, Knox Catholic, Cleveland, Tullahoma

 

Class 6A

1. Maryville

2. Riverdale

3. Whitehaven

4. Oakland

5. Siegel

6. Oak Ridge

7. Mt. Juliet

8. White Station

9. Dobyns Bennett

10. Blackman

Also receiving votes in order: Brentwood, Smyrna, Sevier County, Arlington, Farragut, Franklin, Germantown, Independence.

 

Division II-AA

1. Ensworth

2. Brentwood Academy

3. MUS

4. CBHS

5. Baylor

Also receiving votes in order: MBA, McCallie

 

Division II-A

1. Webb

2. ECS

3. USJ

4. St. George's

5. Harding Academy

Also receiving votes in order: FRA, DCA, SBEC, Davidson Academy.

 

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Murphy Fair’s annual high school football yearbook is ready for purchase.

Known as “The Bible” of prep football publications, this year’s 25th silver anniversary edition is 240 pages full of top 10 predictions in the eight classifications, pre-season all-state teams, coaching records and of course, the always valuable and informative team-by-team breakdowns and more.

In the Chattanooga area, the football yearbooks can be purchased for $12 at:

Chattanooga: Big Ridge Cleaners - 5936 Hixson Pike - Publix Shopping Center
Mountain City Cleaners - 3554 Broad Street (foot of Lookout Mountain)
Carriage Cleaners - 715 Signal Mountain Road
Carriage Cleaners - 3835 Dayton Blvd

MurphyFair.com Web Site: other locations across the state are listed at murphyfair.com … click on “2012 yearbook” for the complete listing.

(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)

 

 

 

 


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