Two Local Coaches Receive A.F. Bridges Award

Oct 29, 2015 at 01:35 pm by bryan


For the 16th consecutive year, the A.F. Bridges Awards are being presented. It's one of the highest honors in high school athletics in Tennessee. And two Rutherford County coaches are among this year's 63 honorees.

Oakland girls basketball coach Jennifer Grandstaff has been awarded the Female Coach of the Year in Athletic District 4 with Blackman boys basketball coach Barry Wortman receiving the same award for Male Coach of the Year.

Nominations were made by a Citizenship/Sportsmanship Committee and member schools in each athletic district and the final selection was made by a State Selection Committee.

Grandstaff and Wortman will be presented the awards Thursday, November 5th at Hillwood High School in Nashville.

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