Ooltewah and McMinn County are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Ooltewah Owls will be playing at home against 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 took a blow against the Mustangs, falling 35-0. 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 contest marked the Cherokees' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Ooltewah's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for McMinn County, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Ooltewah was dealt a bruising 57-7 loss at the hands of McMinn County in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Ooltewah was down 43-0.
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