Where will you be on Friday night?
There are two marquee games, if you haven’t heard: McCallie at Baylor, one of the area’s ancient rivalries, and South Pittsburg at Signal Mountain in one of the area’s newest showcases.
The Baylor-McCallie game is, of course, a Division II East/Middle contest with playoff implications while Signal Mountain’s move up to District 7-AA has taken some of the importance from the Eagles-Pirates contest. Believe you me, though, that game at Signal Mountain will be a hard-knocking, laying-it-all-on-the-line affair.
You have to wonder which direction Baylor will turn when or if somebody is able to put clamps on Baylor quarterback Matthew Oellerich. His four-TD night against defending state champion Ensworth gives him 10 rushing TDs in just four games. He also had a touchdown pass in the convincing (42-14) win over the state’s top-ranked Division II-AA team.
It could be a fun night watching the scoring duel between Oellerich and McCallie’s Doug McClure, who shredded Father Ryan for 241 yards. McClure has 678 yards to date with nine rushing TDs.