Blue blazers: McCallie routs Baylor behind Trotter, Craig

By Kelley Smiddie October 4, 2014 4 min read

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(Solar) fusion cuisine: Using the power of the sun to cook on the cheap is a patience-testing novelty

To get the best results from a solar oven, the sun must be aligned through a hole.

A solar oven can reach nearly 300 degrees in half an hour.

A solar oven sits in the sun at P5 Preparedness in East Brainerd.

The rack of a solar oven tilts so it remains upright as the oven is angled.

The completed lower section of a do-it-yourself solar cooker based on plans found on Instructables.com.

A double layer of duct tape serves as the hinge for a glass panel covering the oven interior of a do-it-yourself solar cooker.

Aluminum foil and cardboard panes constitute the completed reflector array that directs sunlight into the interior of a do-it-yourself solar cooker. The cooker was based on plans found on Instructables.com.

An oven thermometer registers a temperature of about 180 degress inside a do-it-yourself solar cooker. The cooker was built based on plans found on Instructables.com.

Duke Cumbelich levels a solar oven outside of his business, P5 Preparedness in East Brainerd.

McCallie’s Alex Trotter pushes forward as Baylor defenders attempt to slow him.

Anyone expecting a high-scoring high school football game between McCallie and Baylor at McCallie’s packed Spears Stadium on Friday night was half right.

The host Blue Tornado continued their dominant ways in 2014, putting an end to the Red Raiders’ six-game winning streak in the storied series with a 35-9 victory in the Division II-AA East/Middle Region game.

Running back Alex Trotter, as he has done so often for McCallie (7-0, 3-0), not only led the way but outgained Baylor 263 yards to 162. Trotter rushed 30 times for 244 yards with three scoring runs from the 1, and he caught three passes for another 19 yards.

Trotter said McCallie tweaked some of its blocking schemes over the course of practice this week to counter Baylor’s “very unique defense.”

“The holes up front were huge,” Trotter said. “Our line did a great job getting on the linemen and getting to the linebackers. They had a huge impact on this game.”