MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Zach Stewart added another trophy to his collection earlier this week.
The big Coalfield High School offensive lineman, a longtime University of Tennessee commitment, hopes to get his hands on another today in Cookeville.
Stewart, who repeated as a Mr. Football award winner Monday, and the Yellow Jackets play Union City in the Class 1A state championship game on the campus of Tennessee Tech.
“It means a whole heck of a lot,” Stewart said Monday before he was named Mr. Football for a second time. “We weren’t supposed to be here. After the first game of the year, we struggled to get a win, and a lot of people thought we were going to win five ballgames and not really make it very far in the playoffs.
“To be in the state championship for the first time in Morgan County history, let alone our school’s history, is just unbelievable, and it’s a great feeling.”