Red Bank loses halftime lead in Class 4A semifinal, finishes 11-3

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Anderson County’s Gavin Noe jumps over Red Bank’s AD Crutcher during Friday night's TSSAA Class 4A semifinal at Red Bank. Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Anderson County’s Gavin Noe jumps over Red Bank’s AD Crutcher during Friday night's TSSAA Class 4A semifinal at Red Bank.

By Patrick MacCoon November 25, 2022 4 min read

The halftime momentum Friday night at Tom Weathers Field belonged completely to the host Red Bank Lions.

A relentless defense had held the daunting Anderson County attack scoreless as Red Bank built a two-score lead, and the Lions could almost taste a trip just down the road for next week’s TSSAA Class 4A state title game in the BlueCross Bowl at Finley Stadium.

Instead, the Mavericks will soon return to Chattanooga.

Anderson County forced three second-half turnovers while taking control of the game to win 29-13, improve to 14-0 and to advance to a state title game for the first time in program history. The Mavericks will face Pearl-Cohn (12-2), a 53-47 winner against Haywood County in Friday’s other 4A semifinal, at 11 a.m. on Dec. 3 at Finley.