East Hamilton
The latest East Hamilton coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Prep section.
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Chattanooga area high school game capsules for Nov. 16
The key: Grace Christian was kept out of the 2011 playoffs by TSSAA decree and enters tonight's game with a 20-1 record the past two seasons. Conversely, a narrow loss to Class 4A Maplewood likely cost the Buccaneers a top seed and actually relegated them to a No. 3 seed, thus their back-to-back road trips. While Boyd-Buchanan was beating Rockwood 27-19 in its first playoff game, the Rams were enjoying a bye as Quadrant 1's top-seeded team. In Week 2 when Boyd-Buchanan went on the road to knock off second-seeded Oneida 21-6, Grace was at home pulling out a 28-20 win over Silverdale Baptist. Bucs coach Grant Reynolds didn't want to compare scores -- his team beating Silverdale 32-7 early in the year and the Rams topping the Seahawks by eight. "Silverdale improved a whole lot from our game with them, which was pretty early in the season, and Grace was without one of their top players," he said. That top player was running back Will McKamey, a Naval Academy commitment and son of Rams coach Randy McKamey. He suffered a severe concussion against South Pittsburg in Week 10 and spent several days at Erlanger Hospital before being released. His parents have said he will not play anymore this year. Other common opponents are Rockwood, which Grace defeated 12-7, and South Pittsburg, which the Rams beat 47-27 and which Boyd-Buchanan downed 35-21. Boyd-Buchanan has three shutout wins but none since it beat Unaka 53-0 in Week 7, the same week Grace got its only shutout (35-0 over Tellico Plains). The teams are comparable in size, although the Bucs might have better overall team speed. Road games don't bother Reynolds, who likes getting his players for close to six hours before kickoff and getting them away from parents, girlfriends and other distractions so "they can hone in on what they have to do."
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Backups shine fine for East Hamilton ‘Canes
The lead role was filled by understudies, but the show that is East Hamilton football rolled into Week 3 of the Tennessee high school football playoffs.
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Area prep football playoffs of Nov. 16
Ooltewah (9-3) at Columbia Central (10-2), 8
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Top prep football performance
Yards // Name // Team // Opponent // Date // Att
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Player of the Week honor roll
(Coaches are invited to make nominations. Send an e-mail to Ward Gossett at wgossett@timesfreepress.com by 6 p.m. each Saturday.)
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District 5-AA down to four football teams
Concord Christian
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East Hamilton turns Page, advances
East Hamilton didn't exactly not miss a beat Friday night with star tailback Logan Jackson walking the sideline on crutches, but in the end the third-ranked Hurricanes had more than enough to stave off playoff-tested Page, 35-14, to advance to the Class 4A state football quarterfinals.
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Blackshirts sparking East Hamilton ‘Canes
DeAndre Black, John Dalton, Martez Durrah, Alonzo Francois, Austin Gatewood, Quinn Griffith, Ben Hall, Dallas Hammond, Tre Herndon, Chas Holsey, Cody Knox, Matt Lundy, Ryne McCoy, Hunter Parker, Griffin Reagan, Francisco Rodriguez, Cordell Sands, Jordan Wallace, Harrison Warren.
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Chattanooga area high school football games for Nov. 9
South Pittsburg (8-3) at Gordonsville (9-1)
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Logan Jackson out for Hurricanes
For the last three seasons Logan Jackson has been the rock on which the offensive foundation was built for East Hamilton's football program. But now his teammates will have to continue without their leader after the senior was told he would miss the rest of the playoffs with a torn ACL in his left knee. The 6-foot, 190-pound senior suffered the injury during the second quarter of last week's first-round win over Marshall County, but the severity wasn't confirmed until Wednesday. Surgery will be required within the next couple of weeks.