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.
| Player | Grade | Player | Grade |
| Alexandra Ayala | 10 | Alina Mejia-Rendon | 12 |
| Scarlett Bishop | 10 | Emma Neal | 11 |
| Jaslyn Butler | 9 | Shailee Reese | 9 |
| Sarah McGill | 12 | Zoe Reese | 9 |
| Mayce Clark | 9 | Autumn Robinson | 10 |
| Shyah Dunnigan | 10 | Andrea Santiago | 11 |
| Laney Edwards | 9 | Chloe Smith | 12 |
| Alivia Hitchcock | 12 | Mollie Smith | 10 |
| Asia Hitchcock | 12 | Madeline Stewart | 11 |
| Aubrye Hoosier | 9 | Kaytlin Tennyson | 11 |
| Annalee Hughes | 9 | Lexie Waller | 10 |
| Kelsey Kerley | 11 | Lily Whitehorn | 11 |
| Ryleigh Laduke | 9 | Lyric Yearwood | 9 |
| Judith Leyte | 10 | Dulce Zavala-Chacon | 9 |
| Jasmine Lopez-Lopez | 11 | Haven Zimmerle | 9 |
| Madison Manis | 10 | Lisbeth Martinez-Ramos | 11 |
