Polk County High School will field a girls’ soccer team starting this year.
The team will play in District 5-A/AA, which includes 2010 state participant McMinn Central and other solid programs in Boyd-Buchanan and Silverdale Baptist, but Zach Swafford, who will be the Polk coach, is excited about the opportunity.
Swafford already has a 10-game schedule with eight games on the road as the Benton school tries to get suitable facilities. Contests against Class AAA schools Bradley Central, Walker Valley and McMinn County are included.
“I have a vision that we’ll be a competitive team,” Swafford said. “I want to show Polk County that there’s something else out there besides our football team. There’s never been anything for our girls because our county is ruled by football.
“There’s no reason we shouldn’t have a program, and we have some good girls coming up from the middle school.”