After a tough couple of weeks on the road, the Ooltewah High School football team was ready to return the favor when it returned home.
The unfortunate visitors Friday night were the Soddy-Daisy Trojans, and the Owls rolled 27-7 to even their record at 3-3 with the nonregion victory.
Ooltewah ran out to a 21-0 lead in the first half, and coach Scott Chandler said the result was more indicative of his team’s potential this season.
“Coming into tonight’s game, we watched film of the last two weeks,” Chandler said of losses to Bradley Central, 45-7, and McMinn County, 56-14. “Those were two good teams, but we also watched ourselves, and we felt we were our biggest opponent. We said, ‘Look guys, we’re not going to ask you to do anything we think you can’t do.’
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