Ooltewah and McMinn County are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Ooltewah Owls will host the McMinn County Cherokees at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Ooltewah and four for McMinn County.
Ooltewah's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Walker Valley on Friday. They had to suffer through a 35-0 loss at the hands of the Mustangs. While losing is never fun, the Owls can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 293rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 64th).
Meanwhile, McMinn County came up short against Oak Ridge on Friday, falling 31-6. The matchup marked the Cherokees' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Ooltewah's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for McMinn County, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Ooltewah was taken down by McMinn County 57-7 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Ooltewah was down 43-0.
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