Cookeville To Host Football State Championships - NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather & Sports

(AP) MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The annual Blue Cross Bowl, Tennessee's high school football state championship games, will be held in Cookeville at Tennessee Tech's Tucker Stadium through 2011.

The Daily News Journal reports the TSSAA Board of Control voted on the matter at its meeting Wednesday afternoon at the Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro.

Murfreesboro and MTSU had hosted the event since 2000. Murfreesboro, Chattanooga and Cookeville had each bid to host the event for the next three years.

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