Rhea Co. Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 (edited) With Spring Football wrapping up for most teams in the region, it should be a competitive region with McMinn, Ooltewah, and Howard coming into the region. I know McMinn graduated Jalen Hunt but return Jayden Miller at QB. Typically McMinn has a stout Oline too. Play solid defense year in year out. It will be interesting to go see what Coach Shannon Williams will do again at Ooltewah. He has a decent run there last time. John Starr at Howard is bright up and coming coach. It will be interesting to see how they handle the move up to 5A. Then Walker Valley graduated quite a few play makers but Coach Drew Akins is a great coach that develops great talent there. Then Rhea County picked up Derrick Davis from McMinn Central and Wattenbarger from Sequatchie. Rhea returns quite a bit on both sides of the ball. Plus I’m excited to see the freshmen from last year and see how they improved in the offseason. Then the freshman class that is coming in has some impressive talent. Preseason prediction Rhea McMinn Walker Valley Ooltewah Howard Edited May 22, 2021 by Rhea Co. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhea Co. Posted May 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 Looks like Howard will have a new coach on the side lines this fall. Tough situation stepping up in class, but there is some talent at Howard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martymcfly Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 My opinion (and everyone knows what opinions are like) - this will be a rebuilding year for McMinn. We lost so much talent last year to graduation. There are some good young players coming up, but I think if they can pull off a 2nd or 3rd place finish they'll have had a good year. It's next year that I'm getting excited for, with Miller coming back for his senior year and giving the younger guys another year to develop and get stronger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhea Co. Posted June 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Rhea Co is replacing our turf with new field turf. Also once that is done construction on the field, a new 50 yard indoor practice facility is going to be built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martymcfly Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 9 hours ago, Rhea Co. said: Rhea Co is replacing our turf with new field turf. Also once that is done construction on the field, a new 50 yard indoor practice facility is going to be built. I'm not educated on the specifics of turf fields - is there any sort of "padding" that is installed under the turf? I have 2 boys that play and they seem to think some fields are a bit softer than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rerun92 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 54 minutes ago, Martymcfly said: I'm not educated on the specifics of turf fields - is there any sort of "padding" that is installed under the turf? I have 2 boys that play and they seem to think some fields are a bit softer than others. Most of the high quality newer ones are underfilled with pelletized tire rubber and sand. I think they're more forgiving than dirt in some cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhea Co. Posted June 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 11 hours ago, Martymcfly said: I'm not educated on the specifics of turf fields - is there any sort of "padding" that is installed under the turf? I have 2 boys that play and they seem to think some fields are a bit softer than others. Yeah like guthook said the top layer in the grass is a lot of little rubber granules, then under the turf is more rubber pieces and sand that is on top of fine stones and gravel. It’s nice to have the company that makes our playing surface just down the street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytopmojo7 Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 Walker Valley is getting turf as well. They are getting AstroTurf RootZone 3D3 with the extra padding and cooling system. Will be ready by game 1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytopmojo7 Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Haydiboy said: Must be nice in mcminn county they are consolidating a few of the schools Riceville elementary will be a middle school for riceville,Rodgers creek and Calhoun. (They'll still have their elementaries besides rice ville) Mcminn central is about to be k-12 and supposed to hold 1800 kids which sounds like an awful idea to me And ek baker and niota will be consolidated into one k-8 school Awe man, hate to hear that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrushCreek Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 McMinn Central statement is inaccurate and school consolidation is also being brought on by two new schools being built. McMinn County High School is also building a very nice performance center out from the football field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhea Co. Posted June 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2021 https://www.stateoftennesseehsfb.com/east-tennessee/articles/region-4-5a-2021-preview/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhea Co. Posted June 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) Rhea Co’s new field is installed. Edited June 23, 2021 by Rhea Co. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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