The best two games of the week may well be on the road. Baylor goes to Brentwood Academy seeking to strengthen its hold on the Division II-AA Middle/East region lead while McCallie goes to Battle Ground Academy seeking to remain in the race for a DII-AA first-round host role in the playoffs.
If there was a game that might contend for those honors, it’s probably Bledsoe County traveling to Sequatchie County in a key District 7-AA encounter with the loser quite possibly dropping out of championship contention.
In another 7-AA game, Signal Mountain returns to district play to host upstart Notre Dame.
I thought in the preseason that Signal would be as good if not better than last year’s Class 2A state champions, but I have to admit that four games into the season I wondered if the Eagles’ offensive line was up to the task. Even though they returned four of five starters they hadn’t overwhelmed anybody with a physical running game.
Part of that was due to the emphasis on the passing game with quarterback Reese Phillips, a junior, and senior receivers Jon Patton and Will Queen.