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Give Them Six: Touchdown, Tennessee HS Websites     From HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL DATABASE Staff     December 27, 2005       For many Tennessee high school football fans, finding quality, information-laden websites dedicated to their favorite prep teams can be a needle-in-the-haystack proposition.   While the number of high school football programs in Tennessee exceeds 300, the number of top-notch websites on the internet represents a fraction of that amount. Nevertheless, some Tennessee high school football websites score early and often in terms of content and navigation, and are certainly worthy of browsing, whether or not you are a fan of the particular teams.  Check out the following websites (we’re not going into much detail here; we’ll let the sites themselves do all the talking):         A trio of East Tennessee websites is particularly noteworthy.  The websites for Maryville (Rebelsnation.com), Greeneville (GreenevilleFootball.com), and Loudon (LoudonFootball.com) do an excellent job of keeping fans up-to-date, and each has resources dedicated to the history of each of the programs, in terms of providing not only historical scores but also some of those great black-and-white photos that were par for the course back in the day of leather helmets and baggy football pants.  Each of these three programs is in the top five percent in the state of Tennessee in terms of all-time wins; it is no surprise that there is a fan base in existence at each school to promote the illustrious histories and current accomplishments of the Rebel, Greene Devil, and Redskin programs.       A couple of Middle Tennessee websites are worth checking out as well.  The Riverdale website is chock-full of information about the Warriors, and while the Murfreesboro school’s history is not as long as the histories of the three previously-mentioned programs, all one would want to know about Riverdale football – all-time scores, coaching records, etc. – is available for Riverdale’s shorter, but equally as illustrious, history on the gridiron.  Take a look at White House’s website as well – an informative site filled with rosters, statistics, history, and much more. The list does not stop with these five websites – David Lipscomb, Carter, and Collierville all have fan sites of which their fans can be proud as well, for example – but, given the pride and passion for Tennessee high school football, the number of informative, well-constructed websites is somewhat disappointing to many high school football fans in Tennessee. However, things could be changing.  Creating a website is easier than ever, and is relatively inexpensive to create and maintain, given that the greatest cost is “human capital”.  A high school football website would be a great class project for many computer departments across the state, and research would be relatively simple, as much of the content for such a site is generally available in many high school yearbooks.  Plus, making money on the internet is becoming easier as well, and high schools could be well-served financially to consider setting up online stores to sell team merchandise. Nevertheless, while some schools are still in the locker room when it comes to drawing up game plans for their high school football websites, there are a handful of schools and fans out there who have both hands on the ball and two feet inbounds when it comes to their football websites, and those sites are scoring touchdowns for the promotion of Tennessee high school football.                            Return to Tennessee Commentary | Return to Tennessee

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