WHITWELL, Tenn. — Bledsoe County standout Zane Walker was not surprised walking away from Friday night’s victory at previously unbeaten Whitwell, the top-ranked football team in TSSAA Class 1A.
Class 2A’s seventh-ranked Warriors executed in the big moments and were the superior team in terms of physicality as they won 28-12 and improved to 6-1 this season.
“We believe in our team,” said the fleet-footed Walker, a junior receiver and defensive back who had 60 yards on four catches to go with an interception near his own goal line that shut down the Tigers’ drive to begin the third quarter.
“We are not the underdog to anybody, and we are not going to take any backseats. We watch film and work our butts off every day and come out here to get the job done.”
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