How to be a supportive fan

Focus on cheering for our team, not against our opponent. Positive Cheering: Clapping, yelling, whistling, and hollering when we score or make a defensive play. Negative “Cheering”: Chanting “air-ball”, “you suck”, “miss it”, “stupid”, “you’re pitiful”, “start the bus”, etc. at our opponents.

Keep attention where it belongs. Attention belongs on the players in the game. Being heard above the clatter of the game brings attention to you.

Yelling at the officials impedes their performance. Officials lose focus on the game when you yell to the point of gaining their attention. Accept that officials are human and their judgements may differ from yours. Different angles give different perspectives.

Officials are not “home cookers” TSSAA prohibits officials from working in an athletic contest in which a member of his/her immediate family - son, daughter, brother, sister, mother, father, husband, or wife - is playing or is serving as a coach for either team. If an official is a teacher, the official is prohibited from working in an athletic contest if one of the teams represents the school in which the official is employed as a teacher. All varsity assignments are made by a recognized and approved TSSAA Local Association.

Schools have Rules High school sports are regulated by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. Spectator behavior is the responsibility of our administration which is subject to fines and sanctions by the TSSAA. Spectators are subject to ejection and banning by our administration.

Thanks for being a supportive fan! Dr. Robert Ralston, Principal Dr. Keith Williams, Vice Principal Mr. Ralph Edwards, AD