Sequoyah’s football team made out nicely with the new region and classification alignments for 2024, holding a 45-30 all-time record against those seven region opponents.
The Chiefs are 62-45 all-time against their opponents for the upcoming season, including non-region games against Denmark, Cherokee and Kell. Sequoyah’s non-region schedules have been gauntlets over the last few seasons, but outside of Kell, it is not necessarily the case now.
Sequoyah has never played Denmark, but it holds a 16-12 all-time mark against county foe Cherokee. However, two of the last three meetings between the Chiefs and Warriors were decided by one point.
Sequoyah will wrap the non-region slate up with Kell, a program fresh off a 9-2 season and Region 6AAAAA championship. The Chiefs have beaten the Longhorns just once in four tries, with their last meeting being a 31-0 shutout by Kell in 2015.
Sequoyah will kick its region schedule off with Riverwood, a 3-7 team that lost its top passer and rusher in quarterback Jackson Davis. The Raiders will continue to rebuild after going 9-2 in 2021.
The Chiefs will travel to Sprayberry and then host River Ridge over the next two weeks, facing teams that combined for a .500 record in 2023 (11-11, 6-6 region). Sequoyah holds a commanding 22-4 all-time record against those programs and hope to add to that historical dominance.
Sequoyah’s schedule softens with Lassiter, Woodstock and Pope — a trio of rebuilding teams that finished near the bottom of their respective regions in 2023, though two of three games are on the road.
The Chiefs will finish their regular-season schedule with archrival Creekview, one of three Cherokee County playoff teams last year. The Chiefs and Grizzlies will likely be in the playoff mix again, alongside River Ridge and Sprayberry in the new Region 6AAAAA.
Sequoyah’s opponents combined for a 41-64 overall record last year, including a 23-33 mark in region play. Region 6AAAAA teams finished the season 26-47.
With its first-round playoff win over Alpharetta last fall, Sequoyah registered its 10th season with eight or more wins going back to the program’s inception in 1990. It was coach James Teter’s eighth state playoff appearance since taking over the program in 2010.
“It was great for our kids and great for the school,” Teter said after earning Cherokee County Coach of the Year honors. “Going back to that senior class, they were just very driven and they wanted to go further than we did (in 2022). They did, and it was awesome being a part of all that.”
Sequoyah graduated a host of talented seniors, but it will bring back quarterback Kolby Martin, along with difference-makers Taiwo Ogundele and Ean Marria. The Chiefs had 19 players on the all-county teams between the first, second teams and honorable mention, with quite a few set to return.
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