For a handful of Chattanooga-area prep football teams, the final week of the TSSAA regular season has become a game of musical chairs as they face the scenario of needing a win to secure a playoff spot.
No other local region has more questions to be answered than 3-2A, where four teams are battling for the final three playoff spots. All four — Bledsoe County, Marion County, Meigs County and Polk County — could finish anywhere from second to being eliminated from the postseason.
Tyner (8-1, 4-0), which won the region championship two weeks ago, on Friday will host Tellico Plains (3-6, 0-4), which was eliminated from playoff consideration nearly a month ago. Everything else is still up for grabs.
“All I know for sure is that if we take care of our own business and win, then we’re in,” said Polk County coach Derrick Davis, whose team travels to Bledsoe County. “That’s the only thing we can control. Whether we win or lose, we’ll definitely be checking the score of the other game to see where we wind up.”
The other game Davis referenced is Meigs County hosting Marion County, and there are four scenarios that will determine who finishes where.