Skyler Swafford (40) plays linebacker for Walker Valley. The second night of the Chick-Fil-A High School Football Jamboree was played at Finley Stadium Saturday night. Tonight’s second-round Tennesseeplayoff pairings
CLASS 6ABradley Central (9-2) at Blackman (8-3)› On the road/at home: Bradley 4-1; Blackman 4-2› The last time: Bradley won a 2012 homecoming game, 23-21.CLASS 5AFarragut (10-1) at Rhea County (9-2)› On the road/at home: Farragut 4-1; Rhea County 5-1› The last time: Rhea County won 40-34 in the second round last year at Farragut.Walker Valley (7-4) at Ooltewah (9-2)› On the road/at home: Walker Valley 3-4; Ooltewah 6-0› The last time: Ooltewah won 56-35 on Oct. 28 at Walker Valley.CLASS 3AEast Ridge (6-5) at Red Bank (8-3)› On the road/at home: East Ridge 3-3; Red Bank 5-1› The last time: Red Bank won 22-16 at home on Sept. 16.Notre Dame (7-4) at Sequatchie County (11-0)› On the road/at home: Notre Dame 2-2; Sequatchie County 6-0› The last time: Notre Dame won 38-0 in a 2015 first-round home game.CLASS 2AWatertown (10-1) at Marion County (10-1)› On the road/at home: Watertown 4-1; Marion County 5-0› The last time: The schools never have met in football.Meigs County (10-1) at Forrest (10-1)› On the road/at home: Meigs 4-1; Forrest 6-0› The last time: The schools never have met in football.CLASS 1AFayetteville (9-2) at South Pittsburg (10-1)› On the road/at home: Fayetteville 5-0/South Pittsburg 5-0› The last time: South Pittsburg won 49-0 in a 2013 third-round home playoff gameWhitwell (6-5) at Columbia Academy (10-0)› On the road/at home: Whitwell 4-1; Columbia Academy 6-0› The last time: Columbia Academy won 21-3 on Oct. 21 at home.DIVISION II-AAMcCallie (7-4) at Brentwood Academy (7-2)› On the road/at home: McCallie 2-3; Brentwood Academy 5-0› The last time: Brentwood Academy won 42-32 at McCallie on Oct. 28.Baylor (7-4) at Memphis Univ. School (10-0)› On the road/at home: Baylor 1-3; MUS 7-0› The last time: Baylor won 31-10 in a 2015 quarterfinal at MUS.
The regular season had ended and it could’ve been time for Skyler Swafford to surrender his No. 40 jersey for the last time.
Although Walker Valley was in the playoffs after a two-year absence, Swafford sacrificed No. 40, a number he’d worn since the seventh grade, for the good of the Mustangs, and donned No. 60, a number allowed for a middle linebacker but accepted also for an offensive lineman.
The previous Friday, in the regular-season finale against Ooltewah, the Mustangs lost Chris Allen Ogle, the rock and lone senior on their offensive line, to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in a knee. They had other linemen sidelined by concussions.
Coaches debated a possible replacement when Swafford, Walker Valley’s single-season and all-time leading tackler, approached head coach Glen Ryan.