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Three days, nine champs: TSSAA BlueCross Bowl by the numbers

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / McCallie's Phil Bouthot tackles Baylor tight end Max Leblanc (11) during the Chattanooga rivals' regular-season matchup on Sept. 29 at McCallie. The Blue Tornado and the Red Raiders are set for an epic rematch with the TSSAA Division II-AAA state title on the line Thursday night to cap the first day of the BlueCross Bowl at Finley Stadium.
Staff photo by Olivia Ross / McCallie's Phil Bouthot tackles Baylor tight end Max Leblanc (11) during the Chattanooga rivals' regular-season matchup on Sept. 29 at McCallie. The Blue Tornado and the Red Raiders are set for an epic rematch with the TSSAA Division II-AAA state title on the line Thursday night to cap the first day of the BlueCross Bowl at Finley Stadium.

By Stephen Hargis 7 min read

The wait is over.

The most anticipated BlueCross Bowl in recent memory is set to kick off, and Chattanooga’s Finley Stadium is once again the epicenter for what is annually Tennessee’s biggest high school sports event.

From just before lunchtime Thursday through the late evening hours on Saturday, three TSSAA football state championship games will be played each of the next three days, with the potential for a record attendance as four area teams will compete.

That includes Boyd Buchanan getting things started in the Division II-AA title game at 11 a.m. Thursday against Nashville’s Christ Presbyterian Academy, with the historic showdown between rivals Baylor and McCallie in DII-AAA serving as the nightcap.