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Clarksville Now
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – With its second-ever middle school team, Clarksville Academy softball found itself as champions of the Tennessee Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.
Clarksville Academy athletic director Jake Peterson sent out a request for middle school players in the fall of 2020. The Cougars fielded their first middle school team in 2019 but were unable to compete the following year due to a shortage of players. Spirits were low, but CA was determined to turn the program around. The first step in that process was the hiring of veteran coach Gene Rose.
“Coach Rose’s hiring was a turning point for our program,” Peterson said in a release. “His history with coaching and drive to improve our program was just what we needed to be successful. Our girls believed in him from the beginning, and the results of the season show that. In our first year in the TIAA, I was so happy for the girls and coaches. A first-year program ge