Rhea County Flag Football Opens 2025 Season

Lady Eagles Lose Close Game to Bledsoe, Lose Big to Stone; Stone Wins Big vs Bledsoe

3/7/25 -- Evensville, Tennessee -- Rhea County Flag Football opened their second season ever at home vs Stone Memorial and Bledsoe County High School. In a tri-game format, three teams played a total of 3 games. Each team played in 2 games and on the Night, Stone Memorial was the big winner with 2 wins, while Bledsoe split 1-1 and Lady Eagles went 0-2 on the night. Thanks to coach Brian Kamer for the write-up of the action and the provided stats. Brian Kamer is head coach and Jared Kamer is assistant and defensive coordinator. Audrey Norman is also a coach for the Lady Eagles.

There are five seniors on this years' team, Sarah McGill, Alina Meja=Rendon, Asia Hitchcock, Chloe Smith and Alivia Hitchock.

Rhea vs Stone Memorial: The game against Stone Memorial was plagued by turnovers and missed flag pulls against a high quality opponent. While we had a couple bright spots, it was a rough night for the Lady Eagles, losing 55-0.

Stone vs Bledsoe: The second game of the night saw more of the same as Stone boat raced Bledsoe County 42-0.

Rhea vs Bledsoe: Rhea's game against Bledsoe was a much better contest. After failing their fourth and goal attempt early in the first half, a busted play from Rhea County let Bledsoe take a 6-0 lead that they would carry into halftime. The Lady Eagle defense held strong for the rest of the game, not surrendering a single point in regulation and only allowing two first downs. With 34 seconds remaining in the contest, Junior QB Katie Tennyson carried the ball 24 yards into the end zone to tie the game 6-6. The conversion failed, and Bledsoe was unable to score before time expired, sending the two teams into OT. Both teams had 2 chances at converting an extra point and failed before Bledsoe scored in the third overtime period. The Lady Eagles couldn’t match the score, and fell 7-6 in a game that was nail-biter from start to finish

Stats from Games:

8 Katie Tennyson: 65 passing yards, 61 rushing yards, 1 TD, 4 flag pulls

71 Shailee Reese: 50 total yards, 2 flag pulls, 1 PBU(Pass Break Up)

61 Zoë Reese: 40 total yards, 2 flag pulls

0 AnnaLee Hughes: 27 rushing yards, 2 flag pulls, 1 INT

21 Asia Hitchcock: 5 flag pulls, 1 PBU

1 Lily Whitehorn: 4 flag pulls, 2 PBUs

19 Alina Mejia-Rendon: 4 flag pulls

12 Sarah McGill: 2 flag pulls, 1 PBU

10 Chloe Smith, 7 receiving yards and 2 flag pulls

13 Emma Neal, #20 Mollie Smith, #29 Loralye Wooden, and #40 Madison Manis all had 1 flag pull each.

Emma also had a PBU.

PlayerGradePlayerGrade
Alexandra Ayala10Alina Mejia-Rendon12
Scarlett Bishop10Emma Neal11
Jaslyn Butler9Shailee Reese9
Sarah McGill12Zoe Reese9
Mayce Clark9Autumn Robinson10
Shyah Dunnigan10Andrea Santiago11
Laney Edwards9Chloe Smith12
Alivia Hitchcock12Mollie Smith10
Asia Hitchcock12Madeline Stewart11
Aubrye Hoosier9Kaytlin Tennyson11
Annalee Hughes9Lexie Waller10
Kelsey Kerley11Lily Whitehorn11
Ryleigh Laduke9Lyric Yearwood9
Judith Leyte10Dulce Zavala-Chacon9
Jasmine Lopez-Lopez11Haven Zimmerle9
Madison Manis10Lisbeth Martinez-Ramos11
Head Coach: Brian Kamer Assistant: Jared Kamer(Defensive Coordinator), Audrey Norman

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