Nashville’s Pearl-Cohn and East Nashville Compete in TSSAA Football Championships
Key points:
- Pearl-Cohn and East Nashville are both in the TSSAA football championships
- Metro Nashville hopes to bring home a gold ball trophy
- The population size of Nashville plays a significant factor in the championship drought
Metro Nashville is betting its TSSAA football hopes on Pearl-Cohn and East Nashville, aiming for their first state championship in years. Both schools have reached the final day of the Tennessee high school football season, with Pearl-Cohn facing Upperman for the Class 4A title and East Nashville battling Alcoa for the Class 3A championship. The drought is attributed to the city’s population size, talent dispersion, and resource disparities compared to smaller communities. The last Metro Nashville program to win a state championship was Hillsboro in 2008, highlighting the challenge ahead for Pearl-Cohn and East Nashville.
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