Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Tyner’s Dion Edwards is one of the area’s top two-way playmakers.Staff File Photo / Sequatchie County all-state linebacker Kason Hicks has been a tackling machine throughout his three-year career as a starter on a stingy Indians defense.Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Dalton quarterback Caine Woods is one of the area’s top passers returning this fall.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter/ South Pittsburg football players hold up the Blue Cross Bowl Class 1A state championship trophy after winning the program’s eighth title last December.Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Walker Valley running back Cason Cunningham looks for room to run behind his blockers during last year’s game against Region 3-5A foe Rhea County.Staff File Photo / Red Bank quarterback Austin Jones helped lead his team to the Class 4A quarterfinals last season.Staff photo by Patrick MacCoon / Sale Creek assistant Ron Cox, left center, and head coach Jason Fitzgerald, right center, address the team after its second round home playoff win over Rockwood last season.Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Baylor lineman Jayden Arenas-Michel lifts Braxton Rein after his game-winning touchdown catch in last year’s Division II-AAA BlueCross Bowl state championship game.Staff File Photo / Gordon Lee’s Layne Vaughn (33) holds the ball up after he recovered a Trion fumble during last year’s rivalry matchup.Staff File Photo / Meigs Conty’s Kaiden Brewster gets past the Sequatchie County defense during their second-round playoff matchup last season.Staff File Photo / With fireworks exploding and flags waving, Marion County takes the field before its first round playoff game last year.
We’ve made it. Well, almost. As difficult as it may seem in the midst of summer’s scorching heatwave, the high school football season is within sight.
The two-week dead period — when prep athletes and coaches are not allowed to communicate or hold on-campus workouts — officially ends on Monday, which means football teams will resume practicing in earnest to prepare for a season that kicks off in about six weeks.
Since last season ended in December, there have been significant changes across our two-state coverage area. We will focus on those changes later this week, but today, as we’re officially 46 days from the first regular-season games, we begin the countdown to kickoff with a list of 46 key numbers to know.
It will be the first in a series of daily stories that will focus on previewing the soon-arriving season.
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