(From our news partner WYSH Radio in Clinton) The Clinton-Ooltewah playoff game has been moved to 7 p.m. Thursday due to the threat of severe weather in Ooltewah on Friday night.
Oak Ridge will play at home on Blankenship Field at 7 p.m. Friday against Soddy-Daisy. You can read more and find a link to the Class 5A football playoff bracket here.
Oak Ridge wide receiver Tee Higgins (5), who was then a sophomore, catches a 30-yard touchdown pass over defender Christian Bell of the Soddy Daisy Trojans at 5:51 in the third quarter in the first round of the 2014 football playoffs on November 7 on Blankenship Field. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
The state football playoff brackets have been posted. Oak Ridge will play Soddy-Daisy on Blankenship Field at 7 p.m. Friday, November 6.
Oak Ridge (9-1) is the number two seed in Region 3 in Class 5A, and Soddy-Daisy (7-3) is the number three seed in Region 4. The Wildcats beat the Trojans 53-28 in the first round of the 2014 playoffs after a close first half.
Here is the schedule for other Region 3-5A teams on Friday: [Read more…]
The Oak Ridge Wildcats defense stifled the Campbell County Cougars’ running game on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, allowing only 33 yards rushing on Blankenship Field. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
The Oak Ridge defense shut down Campbell County, and the Wildcats used an opportunistic offense and great punt returns in a 45-6 rout of the Cougars on Friday. Here are preliminary stats by Mark Haste. See photos by Julio Culiat here.
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TEAM STATISTICS |
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Oak Ridge |
Campbell Co. |
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FIRST DOWNS |
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11 |
Total | 8 |
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9 |
By rushing | 1 |
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1 |
By passing | 7 |
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1 |
By penalty | 0 |
| RUSHING | ||
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31 |
Attempts | 16 |
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297 |
Yards gained | 43 |
|
6 |
Yards lost | 10 |
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291 |
Net yards | 33 |
| PASSING | ||
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4 |
Completions | 19 |
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6 |
Attempts | 33 |
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66.67% |
Percentage | 57.58% |
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0 |
Intercepted | 0 |
|
65 |
Net yards | 141 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE | ||
|
356 |
Net yards | 174 |
| PUNTS | ||
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2 |
Attempts | 8 |
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28.5 |
Average | 34.38 |
| RETURN YARDS | ||
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126 |
Punt returns | 0 |
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4 |
Kickoff returns | 0 |
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0 |
Interception returns | 0 |
| FUMBLES | ||
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2 |
Total | 0 |
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1 |
Fumbles lost | 0 |
| PENALTIES | ||
|
5 |
Total | 7 |
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30 |
Yards lost | 60 |
The Oak Ridge Wildcats defense stifled the Campbell County Cougars’ running game on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, allowing only 33 yards rushing on Blankenship Field. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
Note: This story was last updated at 1:15 a.m.
The two football coaches agreed: Oak Ridge is peaking at the right time, late in the season and headed into the playoffs.
After a decisive 62-6 win over Webb last week, the Wildcats celebrated a 45-6 rout of Campbell County on Friday on Blankenship Field. That win ensured Oak Ridge (9-1, 4-1 Region 3-5A) will play at home next week against Soddy Daisy, a Region 4 team, in the first round of the playoffs. The game starts at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 6, on Blankenship Field.
The Wildcats, the No. 2 seed, shut out the Cougars (5-5, 3-2) at home in the first half on Friday, October 30. The score at halftime was 45-0. Campbell County, the No. 3 seed, scored after Oak Ridge put in reserves in the second half.
“There is no doubt this is the best team we’ve played,” Campbell County Coach Justin Price said. “They’ve improved tremendously as the season went on.”
Since losing to Farragut 31-14 on September 4, Oak Ridge has outscored its opponents 327-75 in seven games. That’s an average of about 47 points per game for the Wildcats. [Read more…]
The Oak Ridge Wildcats (8-1) are ranked third in Class 5A in this week’s Associated Press high school football poll.
Coming in at the top two spots are Independence (9-0) at number one and Hendersonville (8-1) at number 2.
Oak Ridge moved up from number seven last week.
Farragut (8-1), which beat Oak Ridge 31-14 on September 4, is number four, and Sevier County (8-2), which lost to the Wildcats 44-34 on September 24, is number six. Farragut moved up from number eight last week, and Sevier County moved up from number 10.
See the complete poll results for Class 1A to Class 6A on the Tennessean website here.
Oak Ridge junior wide receiver Tee Higgins (5) stretches to catch a deep ball from quarterback Jordan Dunbar, but the pass fell incomplete just off his fingertips. Higgins is covered here by junior Zane Byas of McMinn County (7). (Photo by Julio Culiat)
Senior running back T.J. Allison scored two more touchdowns for Oak Ridge, and the Wildcats had their second shutout of the season in a 24-0 win over McMinn County at home on Thursday. Here are preliminary stats by Mark Haste.
Oak Ridge junior receiver Tee Higgins, who did not score a touchdown last week for the first time this season, added another to his total on Thursday. With Texas A&M defensive coordinator John Chavis watching from the sidelines, Higgins also had a long punt return that set up a touchdown and an interception on a long throw by McMinn County sophomore quarterback Bradley Hayes.
Senior running back D.J. Kimpson generated almost all of the offense for the Cherokees. He ran for 159 yards on 38 carries. That was more than three-quarters of the Cherokees’ total offense of 203 yards. Kimpson gained 109 yards in the first half alone. Hayes only threw the ball six times, and he had two completions and two interceptions.
See a story on the game here.
See Julio Culiat photos of the game here.
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TEAM STATISTICS |
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Oak Ridge |
McMinn County |
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FIRST DOWNS |
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18 |
Total | 11 |
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13 |
By rushing | 8 |
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5 |
By passing | 2 |
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0 |
By penalty | 0 |
| RUSHING | ||
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38 |
Attempts | 46 |
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208 |
Yards gained | 189 |
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3 |
Yards lost | 28 |
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205 |
Net yards | 161 |
| PASSING | ||
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9 |
Completions | 2 |
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15 |
Attempts | 6 |
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60.00% |
Percentage | 33.33% |
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1 |
Intercepted | 2 |
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122 |
Net yards | 42 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE | ||
|
327 |
Net yards | 203 |
| PUNTS | ||
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1 |
Attempts | 5 |
|
39 |
Average | 27.4 |
| RETURN YARDS | ||
|
50 |
Punt returns | 0 |
|
15 |
Kickoff returns | 0 |
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0 |
Interception returns | 7 |
| FUMBLES | ||
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1 |
Total | 0 |
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1 |
Fumbles lost | 0 |
| PENALTIES | ||
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1 |
Total | 5 |
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10 |
Yards lost | 40 |
Jefferson Middle School quarterback Jack Replogle (18), an eighth-grader, runs for his second touchdown in a 30-14 middle school championship win over Grace Christian at Blankenship Field on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
The undefeated Jefferson Middle School Eagles finished the football season 8-0 and won the league championship 30-14 at home against Grace Christian on Thursday. They were named Tennessee Valley Athletic Conference champions.
A week earlier, the Eagles won the city championship in a 52-0 win over Robertsville Middle School.
That means the Eagles were city champions, league champions, and undefeated this year. That gave jubilant JMS fans a reason to celebrate as they tried to recount the last season like this. It’s the best in a long, long time, Jefferson Middle School Coach Brian Wilson said.
It was the second time this year that the Eagles beat the Grace Christian Rams.
JMS eighth-grade quarterback Jack Replogle ran for two touchdowns on Blankenship Field on Thursday and three two-point conversions. [Read more…]
Joe Gaddis, Oak Ridge Wildcats football coach
The Oak Ridge Wildcats will play McMinn County at home on Thursday rather than on Friday because of a high chance of thunderstorms on Friday, and a league championship game featuring Jefferson Middle School will start earlier Thursday.
The Wildcats game starts at 8 p.m. Thursday, October 8, on Blankenship Field, Oak Ridge Coach Joe Gaddis said. Gates will open at 7 p.m.
There is also a previously scheduled game on Blankenship Field on Thursday. That’s the Tennessee Valley Athletic Conference league championship game, and it features undefeated Jefferson Middle School and Grace Christian, which has lost two football games, including one to JMS. That game had been scheduled to start at 6 p.m., but it will now start at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Gaddis said.
He said there is a 90 percent chance of thunderstorms on Friday and Friday night, continuing into Saturday morning, and coaches didn’t want to take chances. The Wildcats have already had one game this season stopped in the first quarter and then restarted a few days later because of lightning. [Read more…]
Oak Ridge senior running back T.J. Allison (6) ran for 171 yards and four touchdowns during a 56-14 win at Karns on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
Note: This story was updated at 7 p.m.
The Oak Ridge Wildcats rushed for more than 500 yards, and senior running back T.J. Allison scored four touchdowns in a 56-14 win at Karns on Friday. Here are preliminary stats by Mark Haste.
See a story on the game here.
See Julio Culiat photos of the game here.
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TEAM STATISTICS |
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Oak Ridge |
Karns |
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FIRST DOWNS |
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17 |
Total | 11 |
|
12 |
By rushing | 6 |
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5 |
By passing | 2 |
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0 |
By penalty | 3 |
| RUSHING | ||
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41 |
Attempts | 32 |
|
526 |
Yards gained | 135 |
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12 |
Yards lost | 51 |
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514 |
Net yards | 84 |
| PASSING | ||
|
6 |
Completions | 8 |
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13 |
Attempts | 2 |
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46.15% |
Percentage | 36.36% |
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1 |
Intercepted | 2 |
|
75 |
Net yards | 107 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE | ||
|
589 |
Net yards | 191 |
| PUNTS | ||
|
1 |
Attempts | 8 |
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34 |
Average | 32.5 |
| RETURN YARDS | ||
|
38 |
Punt returns | 0 |
|
90 |
Kickoff returns | 103 |
|
22 |
Interception returns | 0 |
| FUMBLES | ||
|
2 |
Total | 0 |
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1 |
Fumbles lost | 0 |
| PENALTIES | ||
|
18 |
Total | 3 |
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168 |
Yards lost | 11 |
Junior Ka’Yon Waters (31) and senior Adam Manookian (35) pressure Karns quarterback Greg Tye (12) during a 56-14 win for Oak Ridge on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
The Oak Ridge Wildcats rushed for more than 500 yards, and senior running back T.J. Allison scored four touchdowns in a 56-14 win at Karns on Friday. Here are photos by Julio Culiat.
See a story on the game here.
See stats here.
Oak Ridge senior running back T.J. Allison (6) ran for 171 yards and four touchdowns during a 56-14 win at Karns on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
With UT Coach Butch Jones watching from the sidelines, Oak Ridge freshman running back Jordan Graham (30) runs for his third touchdown, a 60-yard sprint, in a 55-15 win over Lenoir City on Homecoming Night at Blankenship Field. Blocking at right are senior Darel Middleton (9) and junior Tee Higgins (5). Middleton and Higgins both had TD catches on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
Led by the three touchdowns of freshman Jordan Graham, the Oak Ridge Wildcats beat the Lenoir City Panthers 55-15 on Homecoming Night at Blankenship Field on Friday. Here are photos from the Friday night game, with all but one by Julio Culiat. [Read more…]
Four outstanding former Wildcat athletes will be inducted into the Oak Ridge Sports Hall of Fame at halftime at this Friday’s game with Lenoir City at Blankenship Field.
The four have been picked by the board of the Oak Ridge Sports Hall of Fame. They are:
This 2015 class covers four different sports in four different decades.
A reception with refreshments will be held at the Soup Kitchen following the game, organizers said.
“Please attend the game and come greet these new members and welcome them as new inductees to the ORSHoF,” a press release said. [Read more…]
