(MURFREESBORO) With about 80 Blackman High School students flanking them, MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, Blackman Principal Justin Smith and Rutherford County Schools’ Director Jimmy Sullivan signed a renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the university and local high school.
The signing occurred Friday, March 24, 2023, in the MTSU Student Union Ballroom, as a universitywide Scholars Week event led by the Office of Research and S .
MURFREESBORO, TN - After the school administration self-reported a violation, the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association has found Blackman High School football team to be in violation of TSSAA by-laws. “As Athletic Director for Rutherford County Schools, I expect all our coaches to adhere to all TSSAA guidelines,” RCS Athletic Director Chris Harris said. “Today, the TSSAA issued sanctions against Blackman High School for violating the off-season practice policy. .
Blackman High School received a visit from Gregg Wieczorek, president of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, on Wednesday. The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) is the premier organization for middle and high school principals, as well as other school leaders, in the United States. Wieczorek was received by Blackman High principal Dr. Leisa Justus, who gave a tour of the school and its values. The visit to Blackman comes as part of a .
Blackman and Lebanon imposed their will on one another Saturday night for three-plus quarters, but it was the Lady Blaze who won the battle of attrition.
Blackman won its third TSSAA BlueCross Championship in program history and gave coach Jennifer Grandstaff her first gold ball as the Lady Blaze subdued Lebanon 64-56 in the Class AAA title game at MTSU s Murphy Center.
Grandstaff, who spent the bulk of her storied coaching career at Oakland, came out of retirement to take the Blackman job in the offseason.
She inherited a talented team, yet one that battled quarantines due to COVID-19 and forced the Lady Blaze to play catch-up scheduling wise prior to the district tournament.