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For the second year in a row, Rhea County will be hosting the Southeast Kickoff Classic at Eagle Stadium. Here is the schedule 6 PM- Rhea County (Freshmen) vs. Cleveland (Freshmen) 7 PM- Cleveland vs. Lenoir City 8 PM- Knox Catholic vs. McMinn County 9 PM- Rhea County vs. Catholic Who all is going and what do you look forward to seeing at the jamboree?

Enjoyed the trip! Good luck to the Dragons this season!

Eagles 2nd team offense. Shelfer for a couple on first down. Johnson ahead for about 3. Shelfer carries for six, gaining a 1st down. Davis goes for 2 yards. Johnson runs for 5, making it 3rd and 3. Carr keeps for 3 for the 1st down. Johnson carries for 3, fumbles but recovers. Carr tosses deep to Reed, picked off to end the scrimmage. Final: Rhea 32, Clinton 7

Clinton 1st team offense against Eagles 2nd defense. Run by #6 to the 49. Ferry with the pass break up for the Eagles, 2nd down. Run by #3 brings up 3rd and about 5. #8 with the six yard carry, 1st down. #3 runs for 5 yards. #1 with the counter for the first. #3 with another good gain, making it 1st down inside the 20. #8 carries on the sweep for a Clinton TD. PAT is good. Rhea 32, Clinton 7

Eagles back out with 2nd team offense. Carr fumbles, recovered by Clinton.

Clinton on offense. #6 puts a little too much arm on play #1, incomplete. More subs for Rhea. #61 for the Eagles with a crushing hit on play #2. False start on the Dragons. #6 complete to #25 on play #3. #14 with the big carry across the 50 to end the drive for Clinton's freshmen. 2nd team defense back out for Rhea, 1st team offense for Clinton. Run on first play nets 10. Second play gets 5. 10 yard carry by #3 on the third play. #17 fumbles the snap, recovered by Garmany.

3rd Team Eagle Offense Young carries for 12 on 1st. Newman with 3 yards. Eight plays left. Alday runs for 9 yards. Carr's pass complete for 4 yards. Six plays. Johnson up the gut for 4. Freshmen team subbed in. Brackett fumbles on a three yard carry. Eagles have the first, but field is flipped at the spot. Four plays. Brackett carries for two. Calbaugh carries for about 20. Two plays left. Incomplete pass from #10. Last play for the freshmen: fumble by #10 recovered by Clinton.

10 play drive for the Dragons. Fumbled run recovered by Clinton. Run by #13 makes it 1st down. #14 carries for 2. Seven plays remain. No gain on the run. Eagles with another stop causes loss of one. Five plays left. #11 carries for 8. Four plays left. Five yard carry by #14. Three left. One yard run, but illegal motion on the play, flag called off. 1st down run by the fullback. Last play on this drive for the offense: incomplete pass. Rhea 32, Clinton 0

2nd team action for the Eagles on a ten play drive. Massive 60+ yard run by Garmany makes it 1st and goal for the Eagles. Frasier on the QB keep for the score. No PAT. 26-0 Garmany down the middle for 5 yards. Davis for a few makes it 3rd and short with 6 plays remaining. Shelfer takes the option pitch for 30. Garmany rushes for 5 with 4 plays remaining. Shelfer on the counter takes it inside the 10. Fumble on the play recovered by Clinton, but Eagles still have two offensive plays, but got backed up substantially. With one play remaining, Frashier connects to Reed for the long TD. 32-0 Eagles. Last offensive play for this series. Incomplete to Davis.

Beautiful special teams play by the Eagles pins the Dragons deep to start their next offensive drive. Some second team players on defense for Rhea. Nice boot pass by #17 complete for the 1st. #8 with a good run to make it 2nd and 5. Pass to #4 makes it 1st down. Sack by Stampe makes it 2nd and about 20. Good run makes it 3rd and 10. Refs reset chains to make it 1st down again near the Dragon 30. 2 yards on 1st. #8 carries on the counter for the first. #3 on the good carry up the gut 1st down Dragons. Laws busts through the line to drip #24 for a 5 yard loss. Incomplete pass to #24. Counter to #8 nets 5. Punt for the Dragons. Rhea 20, Dragons 0

Eagles back on offense heading the other way. Pass play well covered by the Dragon secondary, but Pemberton scarmbles for a gain of around 20. Smith with a big run that gets mostly negated by a hold, makes it 1st and 3. Play breaks down, but Pemberton makes the most out of it and gets the first. Big run by Kaylor negated by hold at the line. Langley gets them back to the original line of scrimmage. Goodwin carries for about 15 to make it 1st down just outside the 20. Langley inside the 10 makes it 1st and goal. Smith punches it in in the option pitch. PAT is good. Rhea 20, Dragons 0

Eagles second series. Goodwin with a couple. Good stop by Dragons on QB keeper makes it 3rd and 6. Pemberton screen to Langley nets around 40 yards for the first down. Option to Langley nets a first and goal for the Eagles. Destin Shelfer finishes it off on the option pitch. PAT is good. Eagles up 13-0

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Clinton on offense. #3 with an 8 yard run. 2 incomplete passes make it 4th down. 4 yard carry makes it 1st. Pass broken up by Kaylor. #2 with a good run. Penalty on Rhea makes it worse for the Eagle defense. #24 with a decent pickup on 1st down. Good stop on 2nd makes it 3rd and about 5. Stop by Goodwin makes it 4th. Eagle defense stands strong and forces turnover om downs.

Eagles on offense first. Handoff to Kaylor gets about 4 yards. Pitch to Smith for a first down. Kaylor with a couple big runs up the gut. Pitch to Langley nets another 1st. Langley with another big run. Pemberton with a beautiful keeper for another first down. Langley carries for a 9 yard gain. Goodwin carries for the first. Clinton defense stops Smith for a one yard carry. Smith on the counter takes it down to the 5 for a 1st and goal. Pemberton carries for a couple. Penalty on the play on the Eagles backs it up. Pemerbton with the beautiful toss to Smith for the touchdown. Extra point is no good. 6-0 Rhea.

I don't think this scrimmage will be on Rhea Review. My buddy that works with Elmer hasn't said anything about it yet, but I think they are still trying to get their equipment together. My guess is they should be ready to stream by the jamboree.

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They have picked it up really well so far. Kaylor, who also starts at MLB and punter, switched from tight end to fullback this off-season and looks solid there. The younger Pemberton, entering his 3rd year as the starter at QB, looks like he was spent some added time in the weight room and is more than athletic enough to be a triple option QB. I like the switch in offense, and I think the Eagles start better this season on that side than last year. My concern is replacing all but one DB and both OLBs. Everywhere else should be solid.

I have not been told of the location, but I assumed it would be on the game field since there is more than likely going to be a large group of Eagle faithful make the trip. We've always traveled well, even to scrimmages. This year, the coaches have decided to try out the Georgia Tech triple option. While it isn't too awful different than the Wing-T or Power-T, it adds a different dimension to the run game, and it capitalizes on our depth at running back and the athleticism of the QB. We ran it all spring and have ran it so far during summer practices. If you want to see it, a highlight reel of the spring scrimmage against Franklin County is on Rhea Review's YouTube channel.

Enjoyed the trip up two years ago! You all have a nice facility, and I think the set-up is one of the best in the area. Excited to see how the new system is working. Always had high respect for Coach McKamey, and it was a shame to see hard times hit your program as hard as they did. I have memories of Clinton being a tough matchup for just about anyone, and I hope the Dragons get back to that sooner rather than later. I'm curious to see that secondary I've read so much about on here the last few weeks. Sounds like it could be a tough one to pass the ball on should the need arise.

Football time is nearly here! Scrimmage at Clinton this Saturday! Who is going and what do you look for out of the Eagles? I'm definitely going, and I look to see the new offense move pretty well on the Dragons, but I am curious about our defense. We lost around 8 or 9 regular contributors on that side, and I want to see our secondary show improvement.

I don't understand what you mean by being talked down on this board? I guarantee you that almost every poster on here will at least be at every home game cheering on the Eagles, wish nothing but the best for these boys, and probably either know or are related to current players. The boys have worked their rear ends off over the off-season, and, as I have mentioned multiple times, have been super impressive at camps across the state and region. I have given them nothing but total support and praise for what they have done, and have not seen any down talking on here as far as I'm concerned, so I'm at a loss as to what you mean...

As long as he stays healthy these next two seasons, I see him being one of the 2020 class's best athletes. If he is already garnering interest and offers from D1 schools as a rising junior playing in an area lightly/rarely recruited by the big schools, his list of suitors will only continue to grow in number and level of competition. He might never play a down of his high school ball in Evensville, but he is making his hometown proud with his talent and achievements, and I have no doubt Eagle faithful will cheer him on the whole way. I do agree, though, that it hurts not seeing him play for the Eagles, but I understand why he left and wish him nothing but the best.

Tech is his second offer. He picked up one from UTC, but deleted the tweet right afterwards. He is also catching some interest from some SEC and ACC programs as he has already been to Georgia, Mississippi State, Louisville, and Arkansas to throw for their coaches. He is really in the best case for him right now as the offense at Meigs takes advantage of his arm and mobility. Our system does not rely too much on the passing game, so it makes it more difficult for kids to get looks at QB, and, with the depth at the spot, he would've kept his middle school position of RB. I hate to see a kid who played for Rhea Middle not wearing the green and gold, but it is what it is, and he is in a much better situation than he would be with us.

According to Coach on Twitter, senior LB/TE Kaleb Laws is beginning to generate some interest from his performances on the camp circuit at Western Kentucky, Tennessee Tech, Kennesaw State, and Tennessee State.