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Chattanooga area’s small schools primed for another football state title run

Staff file photo by Robin Rudd / Quarterback Logan Carroll (2) is among the returning players who should give Meigs County reason to be optimistic another deep run in the state playoffs is in store this year.
Staff file photo by Robin Rudd / Quarterback Logan Carroll (2) is among the returning players who should give Meigs County reason to be optimistic another deep run in the state playoffs is in store this year. Staff file photo by Robin Rudd / Quarterback Logan Carroll (2) is among the returning players who should give Meigs County reason to be optimistic another deep run in the state playoffs is in store this year.

By Stephen Hargis, Lindsey Young 4 min read

For more than a decade, the Chattanooga area has had a run of small-school success unparalleled in Tennessee prep football.

Five programs have played for state championships over the past five seasons, and the area has had at least one team reach the title game in TSSAA Class 1A or 2A for eight straight years and 11 of the past 12 seasons.

Northwest Georgia has several small schools building toward contender status as well, and multiple area teams should make deep playoff pushes in both states this year.

In alphabetical order, here are the area’s top six contenders among small schools (Classes 1A-3A and Division II-AA) for the 2021 season.

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