Notre Dame High School quarterback Alex Darras looks for an open player during the first day of practice in full pads for the 2015 football season. Notre Dame High School got used to playing football at Finley Stadium a year ago, so the short trip this evening for the Chick-fil-A jamboree might be less of a treat for the Irish than others.
They played their final three games of 2014 at Finley, winning two before falling to Alcoa in a Class 3A state playoff semifinal.
The treat for Notre Dame, though, may be a chance to compete against ridgeside neighbor McCallie.
“Any time you play a team like that and match your best with their best, it has meaning,” Notre Dame coach Charles Fant said. “We like to play teams who are at their best. It gives us a chance to know where we really are.”
Tonight’s prep football jamborees
Chick-fil-A jamboree at Finley StadiumHoward vs. Brainerd, 7Grace Academy vs. Sale Creek, 7:30Chattanooga Christian vs. Tyner, 8Notre Dame vs. McCallie, 8:30Hixson vs. Red Bank, 9Baylor vs. McMinn Co., 9:30Sequatchie Valley jamboree at Bledsoe CountyLookout Valley vs. Bledsoe County, 7Silverdale Baptist vs. WhitwellGrundy County vs. South PittsburgSequatchie County vs. Marion County(Break for fastest back, lineman, punting contests)Silverdale Baptist vs. South PittsburgLookout Valley vs. Grundy CountyWhitwell vs. Marion CountyBledsoe County vs. Sequatchie County