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Top-ranked McCallie’s 18-game winning streak ended by No. 2 MBA

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / McCallie quarterback, Jérémy St-Hilaire, (2) scrambles for yardage. The McCallie Blue Tornado hosted the Montgomery Bell Academy Big Red in TSSAA football on September 2, 2022.
Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / McCallie quarterback, Jérémy St-Hilaire, (2) scrambles for yardage. The McCallie Blue Tornado hosted the Montgomery Bell Academy Big Red in TSSAA football on September 2, 2022.

By Jim Tanner / Correspondent 4 min read


For the first time since Oct. 23, 2020, the McCallie School football team left the field with a loss.

Montgomery Bell Academy raced to a 13-0 halftime lead but had to rally twice in the second half to beat the Blue Tornado 23-20 on Friday night, snapping the three-time reigning Division II-AAA state champions’ 18-game winning streak on their home field.

It was the DII-AAA East/Middle Region opener for both teams, and state-ranked No. 2 MBA (3-0) also ended No. 1 McCallie’s region winning streak at 12 games.

“We’re still a work in progress,” McCallie coach Ralph Potter said after his team fell to 2-1. “I think we’ve improved a lot over the last three weeks, but I think we still have a lot of improving to do.”