Howard is 4-0 and one of a handful of unbeaten high school football teams in the Chattanooga area. Hustlin’ Tigers coach Alvin Tarver isn’t surprised, although his team is coming off a 2-8 showing last season.
“We could’ve been pretty good last year and we weren’t,” he said. “There wasn’t a day went by that I didn’t think about the season and how to get Howard football going again.”
He has, and he says it has been senior leadership.
“That’s the difference. We have some guys that are back,” Tarver said. “We have some seniors, and I knew if those kids stepped up, we could be a team that could make a little noise.”
The Hustlin’ Tigers risk their unbeaten record tonight at No. 1 Alcoa, which has won six straight state titles.