Football Preview: McCallie Blue Tornado vs. Ensworth Tigers
On Friday McCallie will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will take on the Ensworth Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
McCallie is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 41-7 victory over Christian Brothers. Given the Blue Tornado's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked third, while the Purple Wave are ranked 49th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Ensworth put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They never let Montgomery Bell Academy onto the board and left with a 28-0 win. The Tigers pushed the score to 21-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Big Red had little chance of recovering from.
Ensworth's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-0. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 2.7 points per game. As for McCallie, their win bumped their record up to 9-2.
McCallie beat Ensworth 38-28 when the teams last played back in November of 2022. Does McCallie have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ensworth turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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