Middle Tennessee Athletic Conference

Special Thanks to Brad Lance of Our Savior Lutheran for heading up the coordination of Cross Country season this year. Here is the review report he submitted with the results of the 2011 Season:

VARSITY

All-Conference

Boys

  Payton Argo- Lancaster Christian

  Noble Stephenson- Franklin Classical

  Cole Welss- Franklin Classical

  Brandon Baker- Lancaster Christian

Girls

Madison Spencer- Dickson Academy

Payton Brasher- Dickson Academy

Allison Hogue- Currey Ingram

We had 24 MTAC and 15 non-MTAC students compete in high school cross country this Fall. This number should easily double next year. Lighthouse Christian and perhaps Gabriel Christian are also interested in joining the conference as a result of cross country.

Payton Argo of Lancaster Christian and Noble Stephenson of Franklin Classical had a great dual all season long. Payton won most meets, including the conference championship. However, Noble was always highly competitive. Payton ran a season best of 17:28 in the championship meet. Noble ran a personal best if 17:53 in teh 6th meet of the season. Cole Wells, just a freshman at Franklin Classical, and Brandon Baker of Lancaster, rounded out the boys team. The Currey Ingram boys won the team championship.

Dickson Academy's dynamic duo of Madison Spencer and Payton Brasher finished #1 and #2 in the conference meet and in the final girls rankings. Dickson Academy easily won the girls team championship.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

The 2011 MTAC middle school cross country season was a huge success. Currey Ingram was a fabulous host of all 7 meets. Ben Goolsby of Dickson Academy and Kelly Fish of Currey Ingram were extremely vital in the success of this year's program. We had 65 boys and 46 girls from conference teams participate in at least one race this year. It is my understanding that we more than doubled the participation numbers from last year. In addition, we had another 84 runners from non-member schools participate. Oak Hill School (Nashville) and Lighthouse Christian (Antioch) should be seeking membership this Spring as a result of our cross country program. Grace Christian (Lieper's Fork) and St. Clement Christian (Antioch) have already begun the process. Akiva School (Nashville) is also interested.

In the girls middle school division, Clarksville Christian won the conference championship. Our Savior Lutheran was the top MTAC team at several meets and placed 2nd in the championship meet. Sumner Academy was also competitive during the season and placed 3rd in the conference. Dickson Academy, Franklin Classical, Providence, and McClain also fielded teams. Future MTAC member Grace Christian had a team. Prospective members Oak Hill, Lighthouse Christian, Covenant School, Agathos Classical, Harding Academy, and Akiva School participated. Oak Hill had a particularly powerful team.

Individually, there were some outstanding runners this season. Tucker Spencer of Dickson Academy was a phenom. She would have been one of the top 6-7 runners in the boys division. Sara Huggins of Clarksville Christian and Olivia Lauer, a 5th grader at Our Savior Lutheran, also enjoyed outstanding seasons. The 9 members of the All-Conference teams are listed below. Clarksville Christian and Our Savior Lutheran each had 3 members. Dickson Academy, Currey Ingram, and Sumner Academy each had a representative.

The Boys Division was the most competitive of all the elementary, middle, and high school divisions. Sumner Academy had a truly amazing team with both the top team and the top runner. Alex Teal won by huge margins in very competitive races. Our Savior Lutheran edged Currey Ingram for the runner-up position at the conference meet. Both schools went back-and-forth throughout the season. Dickson Academy, Franklin Classical, Providence, and McClain also fielded teams. Prospective future members Grace Christian, Lighthouse, Oak Hill, Akiva, Agathos, Covenant, and Harding also ran in many meets.

Individually for the boys, Sumner Academy and Our Savior Lutheran each placed 4 runners on the all-conference team.  Sumner was particularly impressive with 4 of the top 7 positions.  Currey Ingram was well represented with 3 boys in the top 9.  Dickson Academy had 2 runners and Providence had 1.  Just as with the girls, if you believe we awarded too many spots, I would approve for the top 8 in the final standings to make First Team and 9th-15th to make 2nd Team.

I believe we can enjoy another huge increase in cross country numbers next Fall.  Many schools still don't have teams.  I would think that schools like Franklin Classical, Franklin Christian, Aaron Academy, etc. could easily produce competitive teams if someone worked on developing those programs.

Sumner Academy and Oak Hill have expressed interest in hosting meets for the 2012 season.  We'll keep most meets at Currey Ingram, however, I think adding additional sites will help grow the conference and keep boredom from setting into running the exact same course year-after-year.

by Brad Lance

2011 MTAC Cross Country - Middle School All-Conference

Middle School Girls

*Must be 11:25 and under to be listed*

Rank      Runner                                 School                  Average Time from Best 3 Meets

 1)      Tucker Spencer                 Dickson Academy            10:01                    

 2)      Sara Huggins                      Clarksville Christian         10:16               

 3)      Olivia Lauer                         Our Savior Lutheran        10:32             

 4)      Megan Waller                    Sumner Academy            10:58                           

 5)      Hannah Armistead          Our Savior Lutheran        11:01    

 6)      Lindsay Mimms                 Clarksville Christian         11:02        

 7)      Caroline Oman                  Currey Ingram                   11:02         

 8)      Bailey Dozier                      Our Savior Lutheran        11:17    

 9)      Sarah Black                         Clarksville Christian         11:21       

Middle School Boys

*Must be 10:20 or under to be listed*

1)      Alex Teal                              Sumner Academy            8:40        

2)      Matthew Carroll               Sumner Academy            9:25          

3)      William Shelburne           Our Savior Lutheran        9:27               

4)      Joe Tarquine                      Sumner Academy            9:28     

5)      Houston Troup                  Our Savior Lutheran        9:38             

6)      Will Whitfield                     Currey Ingram                   9:50              

7)      Jimmy Carroll                     Sumner Academy            9:55              

8)      Brandon Watkins             Currey Ingram                   9:56                

9)      Michael Hamilton             Currey Ingram                   9:59           

10)   Keaton Sample                 Dickson Academy            10:05          

11)   Garrett Baker                    Dickson Academy            10:06           

12)   Bryson Davis                      Our Savior Lutheran        10:08           

13)   Rylee Finucane                 Currey Ingram                   10:09        

14)   Austin Lance                      Our Savior Lutheran        10:10          

15)   Zac Lemerand                    Providence Christian      10:20             

Though the score didnt reflect it, we had quite the final game of our 2011 Baseball Tournament! The Christian Community Colts, our conference regular season leaders took on the Aaron Academy Royals in the final showdown. In the end, it was very apparent that the Aaron Academy Royals were not going to stop fighting. Congrats to all involved, but especially to the Royals, our 2011 Baseball Champions!

37 Golfers. 7 Schools. 9 Holes. PAR 33. This was the makeup of our 2011 Middle School Golf Tournament.

In the end, it was relatively close competition. That is, outside of Jeremiah Cox, the 7th grader that shot a 34 on a Par 33. That was not only our best score of the Middle Schoolers, but the best of the day, including our High School tournament!

Here's how it looked in the end:

2011 High School Golf Tournament!

With 15 golfers from 5 different schools, our high schoolers went head to head on a PAR 33 9-hole course. After 18 holes and 6 hours of hitting, this is how our tournament standings looked in the end:

This past weeks soccer championship game in Murfreesboro was electric. Players were battling the entire 90 minutes. Parents were just as passionate, to the point that their stirring had to be monitored.

With 5 minutes to go, the HCA Crusaders tied the game 2-2. It wasnt until 2 minutes later that FCS was awarded a penalty kick to win the game 3-2!

But one of the more exciting stories of the tournament was that amongst an extremely talented all tournament team of high schoolers, the tournament MVP award was given to Jonathan Farmer. Jonathan hasnt yet began high school and was playing up as an 8th grader!

Congratulations to the FCS Knights and all the teams that participated in our 2011 Soccer Tournament! With a week like this last one, we look forward to the coming years of even greater competition!

[FCS V FCA]

For Tournament brackets, check out www.quickscores.com/mtacsports

Golf Coaches,

Due to the daily weather report showing T-storms all afternoon, we have decided to postpone our golf tournament for exactly a week from now.

All starting times and details will stay the same, but our date of play will be MAY 9.

We look forward to it!

MTAC Member AD's, Head's & Prospect Schools,

Please join us for our Bi-Annual MTAC gathering. We will be reviewing this past year of competition, setting the stage for next year and voting in new members. We would ask that every school have at least one representative present.

If you are a school interested in joining our conference, please make sure to have a representative there to present your school for membership and answer any questions member schools may have.

WHEN: MAY 7, 2011 @ 9am-12pm
WHERE: Providence Christian Academy @ 410 Dejarnette Lane, Murfreesboro, TN

Thank you for all you do for the conference and we look forward to seeing you there!

We are one week away from the start of our 2011 Spring Tournaments! In the case that you havent heard, here's our upcoming tourney schedule: (all tourney FYI's will be distributed by the end of this week)

May 2, 1pm @ Spencer Creek, Franklin: 2011 HS GOLF Tournament

May 2, 3:30pm @ Spencer Creek, Franklin: 2011 MS GOLF Tournament

May 3-7 @ Richard Siegel Soccer Complex, Murfreesboro: 2011 HS Soccer Tournament

May 6-7 @ Providence Christian, Murfreesboro: 2011 MS Soccer Tournament

May 12-14 @ White House City Park, White House: 2011 HS Baseball Tournament

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

Hampshire High School (Hampshire,TN) is hosting a girls basketball team camp June 17-18 and a boys basketball team camp June 24-25. Minimum 2 games each day, more if desired.

Cost for 4 games is $150.

For more information contact Jason Fite at jfite@k12tn.net or Wes Woods at swoods@k12tn.net

Coming off one of our most competitive years of basketball, there was an excessive amount of talent and drive amongst our teams. Here is an honorary mention for those that brought all of themselves to the court consistently throughout the 2011 basketball season.

The Middle Tennessee Athletic Conference is proud to announce our 2011 All Conference Team:

MS GIRLS:
Catherine Bagwell (SA)
Emmy Bibb (LCA)
Morgan Clark (CIA)
MARY CLAIRE DUTTON (PCA)
HANNAH EAGLEN (PCA)
Ellen Mazzone (CIA)
Cassidy Mortinsen (LCA)
Allison Neely (AA)
Kayla Rainey (AA)
Katie Rowe (SA)
Alayna Poston (MCA)
Victoria Walker (MCA)

MS BOYS:
Evan Boutte (FCA)
Charles Bradbary (CIA)

Congrats to all of the members of our 2011 all conference team!

Our 2011 tournament far exceeded our expectations! Our High Schoolers very apparently showed up to play. By Saturday it came down to four boys teams and four girls teams fighting it out for those trophies. In the end, it was the Lady Heat and the Daniel 1 Lion Boys that walked away with 1st place Cups! Here were the final 4 standings:

GIRLS:

1. HEAT

2. CCS

3. D1

4. PCA

BOYS:

1. D1

2. HEAT

3. HH

4. PCA

Our Brackets show the intensity of our competion this year:

CLICK HERE for Girls

CLICK HERE for Boys

For More Pics, Visit MTAC's Flickr Account HERE!

Thanks to everyone that attended and participated and we look forward to seeing most of you next year!