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Can young talent help Bradley Central, Cleveland compete in Class 6A?

Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Bradley Central quarterback Tucker Cook fires a pass during a recent 7-on-7 scrimmage. Cook is one of the offensive playmakers the Bears will rely on this season.
Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Bradley Central quarterback Tucker Cook fires a pass during a recent 7-on-7 scrimmage. Cook is one of the offensive playmakers the Bears will rely on this season. Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Bradley Central quarterback Tucker Cook fires a pass during a recent 7-on-7 scrimmage. Cook is one of the offensive playmakers the Bears will rely on this season.

Very few high school football teams enter the summer without question marks.

The Chattanooga Times Free Press will attempt to identify those areas of concern for each GHSA and TSSAA program in our coverage area.

After addressing local teams in the TSSAA’s Division II classifications for private schools, we continue our classification-based series with a shift to public schools and a look at the two area teams in Region 2-6A: Bradley Central and Cleveland.

Region 3-5A will be up next in the 11-part series.

Bradley Central: Who will be the go-to offensive weapon?