From the start of this high school football season, Red Bank coach Chris Brown has voiced his love for his players and made it clear he considers his staff to be of the top-tier variety.
In Friday night’s 36-0 win against Rhea County at Tom Weathers Field, it was Brown’s players and assistants who put together a complete performance and played with passion in a showdown of undefeated 6-0 programs – even without him there to enjoy it.
Brown served a one-game suspension a week after being ejected for arguing with game officials for not throwing flags, having done so when he believed the Lions were being deliberately hit in their knees by Sweetwater players.
“Last week Coach Brown showed how much he loves us by doing what he did and protecting us like we are his own,” senior quarterback Madox Wilkey said. “We knew coming out here how bad he would want to be here with us. We played for him. He went to war for us, and we came out here to go to war for him.”
A tenacious defense shut down what had been a potent rushing attack all season, holding the Eagles to 52 total yards and four first downs gained. The Lions have allowed just 54 points through seven games.