Dang 'dad - the Panthers have a difficult start next year

[PirateVOL]

Two state champions out the gate

[101stDad]

Yep.  Fulton will really be a tough game.  They return 7 starters on each side of the football from their state championship team.  They definitely have the horses back to repeat in 4A. 

CAK will be in a rebuilding mode.  They return very few guys who played when it was still a game.  Plus, there are a lot of rumors out there about Rusty Bradley possibly moving on to college football.  Time will tell on that one. 

Otherwise, the only change is dropping Hardin Valley, who moves to district 4AAA, and adding Gibbs, who moves up to Class 5A from 4A and in to district 3AAA.

Powell will be the only class 6A playoff school in the district, by the way.  Powell is the states lowest enrollment class 6A school beginning next year.  Current 6A schools Karns and Oak Ridge drop to 5A, since their enrollment numbers have dropped.