After a weather delay of two and a half hours that began at halftime, the referees deemed the field unplayable and Tyner coach Wayne Turner chose to forfeit, giving the host Ooltewah Owls a 21-7 nonregion victory in the teams’ season opener Friday night.
“Me and Coach Turner were both going to wait it out,” Ooltewah coach Scott Chandler said. “The refs said the field was unplayable. It counts, so we just called it a game and moved on from there.”
After forcing the Owls to go three-and-out on the first possession of the game, Tyner struck quickly for the first score. A 44-yard bomb on the Rams’ second play from scrimmage from quarterback Martavius Ryals to Jeremiah Batiste gave them an early 7-0 lead.
Ooltewah responded with a 13-play, 70-yard drive that took more than six minutes and ended with a 7-yard touchdown run by Sincere Quinn to tie the score at 7.
On Tyner’s next drive, two sacks and a false-start penalty on first-and-goal from the 10-yard line forced a 43-yard field-goal attempt that came up short.