Maryville (Tenn.) vs. Whitehaven (Memphis, Tenn.)
Maryville and Whitehaven also battled for a Tennessee state title last season.
Photo by Dan Browning
The Tennessee Class 6A championship is a rematch of last season's final game won by Maryville, 23-7. For the second-straight year, both teams enter the game with perfect 14-0 records.
No. 25 Maryville will try to extend the nation's fourth-longest winning streak to 44 games and wrap up the 2012 season with what would be its third-consecutive 6A state championship and 10th title since 1998. The Rebels average 42 points per game and, until last week, had beaten everyone they'd faced this season by at least two touchdowns. That was before they narrowly beat previously undefeated Siegel (Murfreesboro) 47-43 in the semifinals.
View the MaxPreps Tennessee football playoff bracketsWhitehaven averages 41 points per game and, like Maryville, survived its closest call of the season last week. On the strength of a 300-yard rushing yard performance from senior
Mark Dodson Jr., the Tigers slipped past Mount Juliet, 41-35, and Dodson Jr. has 2,977 rushing yards this season, good for a Memphis-area record
according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Mitch Stephens: Maryville 28, Whitehaven 27
Steve Montoya: Maryville 31, Whitehaven 27
Stephen Spiewak: Maryville 28, Whitehaven 27
Kevin Askeland: Maryville 28, Whitehaven 27
Leland Gordon: Maryville 29, Whitehaven 21
Jamie DeMoney: Whitehaven 37, Maryville 31
