The TSSAA released its proposal for regional football alignments last week, and will present the proposal at the Board of Control meeting in Murfreesboro on Thursday. If approved, DeKalb will see some familiar faces next season, with a couple of new opponents.
The proposal has the Tigers in Class 3A, Region 4, which would include Cannon County, Smith County, and Upperman, as well as Grundy County High School in Coalmont and Sequatchie County High School in Dunlap. Former district opponent York would move to Region 2.
Livingston would be Class 4A, Region 3, with Hixson and Stone Memorial, while Macon County joins Region 5, along with Pearl Cohn.
White County would be 5A, Region 4, which would also include Ooltewah, Rhea County, and Soddy-Daisy.
Border rival Warren County would be 6A, Region 2, which also includes Blackman, Coffee County, Central Manchester, Cookeville, Oakland, Riverdale, Siegel, and Smyrna.
The overall proposed alignments are as follows:
CLASS 1A
Region 1: Cloudland, Concord Christian, Greenback, Hancock Co., and Unaka.
Region 2: Coalfield, Harriman, Jellico, Midway, Oakdale, Oneida, and Sunbright.
Region 3: Copper Basin, Grace Baptist Academy, Lookout Valley, Sale Creek, South Pittsburg, and Whitwell.
Region 4: Columbia Academy, Cornersville, Fayetteville, Huntland, Moore Co., Mt. Pleasant, Richland, and Summertown.
Region 5: Clay Co., Gordonsville, Jo Byrns, Middle Tennessee Christian, Monterey, Nashville Christian School, Pickett Co., Red Boiling Springs, and Trousdale Co.
Region 6: Clarksville Academy, Collinwood, Hollow Rock-Bruceton Central, Houston Co., Huntingdon, McEwen, Perry Co., and Wayne Co.
Region 7: Dresden, Gleason, Greenfield, Humboldt, Lake Co., Peabody, South Fulton, Union City, and West Carroll.
Region 8: B. T. Washington, George Washington Carver, KIPP Memphis Collegiate, Memphis Middle College, Memphis Northside, Middleton, and W.E.B. Dubois.
CLASS 2A
Region 1: Cosby, Cumberland Gap, Gatlinburg-Pittman, Hampton, Happy Valley, North Greene, South Greene, and Sullivan North.
Region 2: Austin-East, Grace Christian Academy, Oliver Springs, Rockwood, Sweetwater, Tellico Plains, and Wartburg Central.
Region 3: Bledsoe Co., Boyd Buchanan, Brainerd, Marion Co., Meigs Co., Polk Co., Silverdale Baptist Academy, and Tyner Academy
Region 4: Cascade, Community High, Eagleville, East Robertson, Forrest, Jackson Co., Watertown, and Westmoreland.
Region 5: Decatur Co., Hickman Co., Lewis Co., Loretto, Scotts Hill, and Waverly Central.
Region 6: Adamsville, Gibson Co., Halls, Jackson Christian, McKenzie High, and Trinity Christian Academy.
Region 7: Frederick Douglass, Hillcrest, Martin Luther King, Jr. Preparatory, Memphis Academy of Health Sciences, and Trezevant.
Region 8: Fairley, Manassas, Mitchell, Oakhaven, and Westwood.
CLASS 3A
Region 1: Chuckey-Doak, Claiborne, Elizabethton, Johnson Co., Northview Academy, Pigeon Forge, Unicoi Co., and West Greene.
Region 2: Alcoa, Alvin C. York Institute, Christian Academy, Kingston, Loudon, McMinn Central, and Scott.
Region 3: Chattanooga Christian, East Ridge, Notre Dame, Red Bank, Signal Mountain, and the Howard School.
Region 4: Cannon Co., DeKalb Co., Grundy Co., Sequatchie Co., Smith Co., and Upperman.
Region 5: Christ Presbyterian Academy, East Nashville Magnet School, Goodpasture Christian School, Greenbrier, Stratford, White House Heritage, and Whites Creek.
Region 6: Camden Central, Cheatham Co. Central, East Hickman, Fairview, Harpeth, Stewart Co., and Sycamore.
Region 7: Dyersburg, Jackson Central-Merry Academy of Medical Tech., Jackson South Side, Liberty Technology Magnet, Milan, South Gibson Co., and Westview.
Region 8: Bolivar Central, Covington, Fayette-Ware Comprehensive, Hamilton, McNairy Central, Melrose, Raleigh Egypt, and Sheffield.
CLASS 4A
Region 1: Cherokee, Grainger, Greeneville, Seymour, Sullivan Central, Sullivan, Sullivan South, and Volunteer.
Region 2: Anderson Co., Carter, Fulton, Knoxville Catholic, Knoxville Central, and Union Co.
Region 3: Chattanooga Central, Cumberland Co., East Hamilton, Hixson, Livingston Academy, Sequoyah, and Stone Memorial.
Region 4: Giles Co., Lawrence Co., Marshall Co., Page, Spring Hill, and Tullahoma.
Region 5: Macon Co., Maplewood Comprehensive, Pearl Cohn, Portland, Springfield, and White House.
Region 6: Creek Wood, Hillwood, Kenwood, Lipscomb Academy, Montgomery Central, and Northwest.
Region 7: Chester Co., Crockett Co., Dyer Co., Hardin Co., Haywood, Jackson North Side, Lexington, Obion Co. Central, and Ripley.
Region 8: Craigmont, Kingsbury, Memphis East, Millington Central, and Ridgeway.
CLASS 5A
Region 1: Cocke Co., Daniel Boone, David Crockett, Morristown-Hamblen, Morristown-Hamblen, Sevier Co., and Tennessee.
Region 2: Gibbs, Heritage, Knoxville Halls, Powell, South Doyle, and West.
Region 3: Campbell Co., Clinton, Farragut, Karns, Lenoir City, and Oak Ridge.
Region 4: Cleveland, McMinn Co., Ooltewah, Rhea Co., Soddy-Daisy, Walker Valley, and White Co.
Region 5: Columbia Central, Franklin Co., Independence, LaVergne, Lincoln Co., Shelbyville Central, Stewarts Creek, and Summit,
Region 6: Beech Senior, Cane Ridge, Gallatin, Glencliff, Hendersonville, Hillsboro, Hunters Lane, and Station Camp.
Region 7: Brentwood, Centennial, Clarksville, Dickson Co., Henry Co., Northeast, Rossview, and West Creek.
Region 8: Bolton, Brighton, Kirby, Memphis Central, Munford, Overton, Southwind, and Wooddale.
CLASS 6A
Region 1: Bearden, Bradley Central, Dobyns Bennett, Hardin Valley Academy, Jefferson County, Maryville, Science Hill, and William Blount.
Region 2: Blackman, Coffee County, Cookeville, Oakland, Riverdale, Siegel, Smyrna, and Warren County.
Region 3: Antioch, Franklin, John Overton, Lebanon, McGavock, Mt. Juliet High, Ravenwood, and Wilson Central.
Region 4: Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Cordova, Germantown, Houston, White Station, and Whitehaven.
