RicoSuave88

Any Heritage fans out there? This game is very interesting to me.

Ooltewah sent the freshmen team. No sophomores or older traveled. A win is a win, but let's not tell falsehoods.

Wouldn't read too much into it. Ooltewah played their freshmen team.

The Owls were a very young team last year. That's why they got better as the season went. It should be a fun season to watch.

I largely agree with everything being said about Walker Valley'a offense. Very explosive. But they appeared to lose no less than five starters through the game against the Owls. Are those guys injured or availiable for the game Friday?

Cleveland played a FR / SO team against Ooltewah's FR. Cleveland cancelled the true JV game earlier in the season.

Unbelievable defensive effort without their best LB.

I don't post a whole lot, but I absolutely love this match up every year. Two great programs.

That's why you scrimmage against the best you can find. Bet we aren't talking about run defense if we scrimmage an average team. We were not the better the team, but you can't score it like a game when it's 10+ plays and switch.

I'd guess 4-2 with Blackman looking stronger overall. I think both squads walked away better afterwards. Ooltewah's offense is much better than last year. Defense will get better as the year goes, but is a year away from being SCARY again. Proud we tested ourselves tonight!

I'm not big on following "stars" but I do know that there are only a handful of 5 Stars in the entire country and you do not have two of them. Oak Ridge has a WR that is somewhere around a 4.5 Star depending on the service you use. Now you have 5 or 6 top tier TN players that are certainly in the 3 Star range and that's 5-6 more than we have now. We didnt have 3 Star players last year. Ooltewah will be extremely well coached and will play great football. I expect the same of Riverdale. The Warriors may be more talented player for player... But they were last year too and we had a great game. Don't be surprised if we don't have another classic in 5 weeks.

Haha hopefully we won't lose our starting QB and mismanage our Timeouts before halftime again! In all seriousness, we seemed to have had a great spring and summer is off to a strong start despite the obvious losses on defense.

Pretty accurate. From what I've heard about last year's JV and FR squad, the defense should be just fine overall. If the run game comes along, the Owls may be a lot better than anyone thinks. Personally, I love this region and am very excited to see the scrimmages in August.

Turnovers and lack of defensive urgency put Oak Ridge in a 17-0 hole against the Owls with Tee still 100%. It was a great game and a historic win for Ooltewah. A lot of excellent football players on the field that night. Best of luck to the Wildcats as they go through summer and regular season; hope we meet again!

Whoever comes out of 4-5A will be strong. Should be an excellent year week in, week out.

So the QB hasn't left the team?

Surprised and disappointed to hear that the Goveners will not be returning the trip to scrimmage the Owls in the fall. I wanted to see the progress firsthand.

I'm with you! I wouldn't be so sure of that happening again. We will be young on defense, but those kids are HUNGRY. I think they'll play more tenacious and aggressive than last year, albeit not as talented overall. Will the JV QB be the MAN this year? I've heard he has a canon but isn't nearly as mobile as the one y'all will be replacing.

What's his name and background?

This job really needs to go to an alumn that truly loves Howard and can get HCDE to invest in the program / facilities.

I'm hearing us Owls may be looking for a new OC. Can Anyone over here confirm this?

Any truth to the rumor that your HC is being heavily considered by Riverdale? I love bragging about how good the coaching is in our district, so I'd honestly hate to lose him. I figured I'd bring it up here since no one was biting on the Riverdale thread. Also, congratulations on the players that signed to play college ball. I honesty think all three are talented enough to play at a higher level, but will be immediate stars with the schools they chose.

I moved here over 3 years ago. I love high school football and watched a few local games. I really enjoyed the style that Ooltewah played with. So I became a "fan" and have been to most home games since. That's my connection. If it makes you feel better to keep coming at me directly, by all means continue. Two tours in Iraq will thicken anyone's skin up. As for me, I will talk about HS football on here and that's about it. It doesn't mean I agree or disagree with anything. I just understand the forum's purpose. If you'd like to meet up and discuss things, feel free to DM me and maybe we can develop enough mutual respect to make that happen. I have read several startling things about incidents across the county and state over the last few years. Looks to me like the media has worked everything into one "evil" entity to attack. Makes it easier. Sells papers. It doesn't fix the broken society that all of our kids live in, not just those zoned for Ooltewah.

I share my opinions on matters this far outside of football (and much more important) in person, with real names, and with people I trust enough to have a candid conversation with. Don't attempt to twist my words or guess my motives. There's a basketball thread if you're truly committed to using a screen name and a sports message board to voice your concern.

Nothing in there that hasn't been said before. Still nothing proven to be linked to football. But since we are spreading propaganda, I found a nice video showcasing the 9 senior football players that put pen to paper on signing day. It won't let me post the link. Best of luck to these young men as they continue their education and football careers.