State Champ of the past. Blount County team.

[REBELRON]

1975 (13-0) STATE CHAMPS  Walland Indians

 

 

WHS 28 Charleston 6

 

WHS 18 Porter 7

 

WHS 44 Gatlinburg-Pittman 6

 

WHS 26 Friendsville 0

 

WHS 36 Townsend 8

 

WHS 32 Greenback 12

 

WHS 36 Lanier 0

 

WHS 36 Knox. Catholic 8

 

WHS 48 Tellico Plains 15

 

WHS 41 Vonore 0

 

WHS 30 Porter 0

 

WHS 26 Rockwood 14

 

WHS 22 White House 6

 

 

This team won a championship before the Mighty Tornadoes did.

Edited November 20, 2014 by REBELRON

[SweetScience]

1975 (13-0) STATE CHAMPS  Walland Indians

 

 

WHS 28 Charleston 6

 

WHS 18 Porter 7

 

WHS 44 Gatlinburg-Pittman 6

 

WHS 26 Friendsville 0

 

WHS 36 Townsend 8

 

WHS 32 Greenback 12

 

WHS 36 Lanier 0

 

WHS 36 Knox. Catholic 8

 

WHS 48 Tellico Plains 15

 

WHS 41 Vonore 0

 

WHS 30 Porter 0

 

WHS 26 Rockwood 14

 

WHS 22 White House 6

 

 

This team won a championship before the Mighty Tornadoes did.

Do the kids that went to that school go to Heritage now?

[rebelwoman87]

Do the kids that went to that school go to Heritage now?

Yes

[SweetScience]

Yes

Thought so

[bluedevilpride2012]

Maryville is 220-14 with 10 state championships, 3 state runner-ups, 1 state semifinal appearance, and 1 state quarterfinal appearance in nearly 16 years under George Quarles (1999-2014).  There is no other football program nationwide that can rival that run. 

 

If you include the last two seasons (1997-1998) prior to the 'Quarles Era' to that list Maryville's record shoots to 248-16 with 11 state championships, 4 state runner-ups, 1 state semifinal appearance, and 1 state quarterfinal appearance in nearly 18 years (1997-2014). 

 

Those stats say all you need to know about what a football giant Blount County is nationwide.  When you factor in Alcoa's run of dominance since 2003 those numbers become incredibly scary.

[REBELRON]

Porter,Everett,Townsend and Walland closed to make up Heritage High School. Lanier and Friendsville closed to make up William Blount.

[Governm]

Porter,Everett,Townsend and Walland closed to make up Heritage High School. Lanier and Friendsville closed to make up William Blount.

That's interesting to me.. Heritage had more schools feed into it but William Blount is a much bigger school in terms of enrollment. How big were friendsville and Lanier?

[SweetScience]

Maryville is 220-14 with 10 state championships, 3 state runner-ups, 1 state semifinal appearance, and 1 state quarterfinal appearance in nearly 16 years under George Quarles (1999-2014).  There is no other football program nationwide that can rival that run. 

 

If you include the last two seasons (1997-1998) prior to the 'Quarles Era' to that list Maryville's record shoots to 248-16 with 11 state championships, 4 state runner-ups, 1 state semifinal appearance, and 1 state quarterfinal appearance in nearly 18 years (1997-2014). 

 

Those stats say all you need to know about what a football giant Blount County is nationwide.  When you factor in Alcoa's run of dominance since 2003 those numbers become incredibly scary.

Thanks for reminding us. A lot of us had forgotten

[AlcoaBasketball]

Like APB said in the 3A/4A threads, Walland was.......wait for it.........OPEN ZONE.

[countryREB]

Like APB said in the 3A/4A threads, Walland was.......wait for it.........OPEN ZONE.

That was a strong team. Lot of hard feeling still in place when they made Heritage. I think Walland had 7 starters that oozed their way from the other schools that they smacked around in route to the title.

[Red Rebels]

My wife went to HHS. She said the Eagleton kids felt like they should have just named it Walland. And they wonder why a lot of Eagleton kids go to Alcoa.

[Red Rebels]

Porter,Everett,Townsend and Walland closed to make up Heritage High School. Lanier and Friendsville closed to make up William Blount.

Porter eventually fed into Heritage, but it didn't close till two years after Heritage opened. When they opened WB they closed Porter, Lanier and Friendsville. The Porter kids then went to HHS. The FHS and LHS kids went to WB. The kids who had gone to Fairview but were at Heritage were allowed to transfer to WB without penalty. This is where the busses would take them from their house. HHS opened in '77 and WB in '79.