Next man up.
Every football coach preaches it at every level of the sport. And most teams are only as good as their ability to overcome the inevitable adversity of injuries to key personnel at crucial moments.
At least for one Friday night, McCallie School handled to perfection the in-game loss of star junior running back B.J. Harris to an ankle sprain, defeating visiting Christian Brothers 28-6 in the quarterfinal round of the TSSAA Division II-AAA playoffs.
“We’ve got a lot of depth,” Blue Tornado coach Ralph Potter said after watching Gavin Cagle rush for 67 yards and two touchdowns and Eric Rivers run for 100 yards while filling in for Harris.
“Gavin’s been playing well all year, and we were able to get Eric loose on a couple of pitches.”