At tonight’s football home game against Tyner, Ooltewah High School is issuing in new head coach Shannon Williams’ era with an “Owls Walk.”
Mimicking a ritual many college football programs do each Saturday, Ooltewah is inviting fans to meet at Beef O’Brady’s on Snow Hill Road tonight at 6 to give the football players a big sendoff at 6:30 as they make the quarter-mile trek from there to the stadium. Cheerleaders and a pep band will be present to add to the flavor of the gathering.
“We’re going to try it,” said principal Mark Bean, who credited some cheerleaders, band members and parents for offering the idea. “Hopefully it will be something we do regularly. We’ll see what kind of turnout we get of parents and kids. If everybody enjoys it, maybe it will help get our kids fired up.”
Three Pioneers out
East Ridge already has lost three football starters and there’s a chance the Pioneers will be without a fourth before their season opener against Silverdale Baptist next Friday.