The McMinn Central Chargers football team (Englewood, TN), was knocked off 34-26 in Friday's non-league challenge with the host Signal Mountain Eagles (Signal Mountain, TN)

The Eagles (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Notre Dame (Chattanooga, TN). The Fighting Irish come into the non-league challenge with a 0-1 record. In their last challenge, Notre Dame was knocked off by Walker Valley (Cleveland, TN), 45-8, in a non-league challenge.

The Chargers now sport a 0-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Seymour for a non-league challenge on Friday, August 25. McMinn Central will meet a Eagles team coming off a 56-13 non-league loss to Gatlinburg-Pittman (Gatlinburg, TN). The Eagles record now stands at 0-1.