Rhea Co.

I’d say Maryville Bradley Oak Ridge Bearden or Cleveland Farragut Hardin Valley

This is going to be an interesting region Lenior City finished 2nd in the old Region 3-5 behind Oak Ridge. They did beat WV but lost to East Ham in the 2nd round. However once again they are working with another new head coach. My buddy O had a great year at Soddy last year in 4A. What can he do in year 2? I think Soddy may take a step back losing some very good talent like they did plus moving back up to 5A. East Ham has done well moving back up to 5A. I think they can be a contender for the region. They bring back so very good athletes. Rhea- year 2 of Coach Taylor Harvey I think the expectations are going to get alittle higher. Last year we were pretty competitive in almost every game. Had a heartbreaking loss in the first round to Oak Ridge. Ooltewah I think will still be at the bottom of the region. McMinn and Walker Valley are both contenders in my book. Both return a lot of skill guys. my way too early prediction for this fall would be 1. McMinn Co. 2. East Hamilton 3. Walker Valley 4. Rhea Co. 5. Lenior City 6. Soddy Daisy 7. Ooltewah

Soddy Daisy Aug 22 @ White Co. Aug 29 vs Hixson Sept 5 @ Signal Sept 12 vs Rhea Co. Sept 19 @ McMinn Co. Sept 26 @ Walker Valley Oct 3 vs Ooltewah Oct 10 vs Bradley Central Oct 24 vs East Hamilton Oct 31 @ Lenior City

Good win OR!

Going to be weird seeing Rhea and McMinn in district 4 and not in district 5. That is a tough district with some very good baseball programs in district 4.

Anybody heard a candidates for this job? Whoever it is has got a long road to rebuild just to even think about play-offs.

Yeah when Mac left for North Carolina, that was the key turning point for Ooltewah. Scott Chandler looked like he would keep it going by going 9-3 his first year to 4-6 when he stepped down 3 years later. Ever since they have just not recovered. I think East Hamilton opening hurt them and even Tyner has taken some of their athletes they use to get. Plus the private schools get their fair share out of that area too. I think Soddy will take a step back next year. They graduate a lot of seniors and seniors that played key roles in their success this year. I still think they challenge for 4th but I don’t see them being a region contender year in and year out.

That was just hard fought game by both teams. You could really tell both teams were missing so key players. We lose a pretty good Senior class but we got a lot of potential for a bright future the next couple years. There was a lot of sophomores on the field for Rhea last night. Also shout out to Keshawn last night, that was a very good performance and helping spark the offense.

Big Ed’s or Dean’s

Yeah losing Austin last night really changed the completion of the game. Hopefully he can bounce back quickly. I will say Donegan looks like he could have a bright future for the Eagles. That sophomore class has some good players coming.

Rhea heads to play Oak Ridge in round 1. Both teams are pretty banged up heading into this game. The future looks good for Rhea but we are hurting after the East Ham game.

For me it’s still 4 weeks away before any team in the bottom half should be worried about the top half of the eastern bracket. Yeah West Powell and Sevier are very good football teams, but only one of those schools will make it to play one of the 8 from the bottom half. If those three beat up each other then have at it. it will be interesting to see who comes out of both half’s. The bottom half is wide open at this point.

I think the BOC made the right call. That was the best out come for both schools given the timeframe and circumstances. No forfeit win for Howard, but Howard can either have Rhea come play the next two years down there or elect to take the $2,000.

Well Howard was not granted the forfeit win. So the region is set as far as which 4 teams are in.

Yeah it’s been crazy. Thing is if Rhea would have played Howard we would all be tied at 3-1 for 1st going into the final week.