With 17-14 Win Over Tullahoma, 9-2 Eagles Now Face 6-5 Halls To Continue in Playoffs

Evensville, TN -- 11/13/26

Halls comes into the game with 6-5 record on the season, but on a roll. The have two blowouts wins to finsih the season with 63-7 win over Campbell County and 45-7 win over Clinto before edging David Crockett 35-32 last week to advance to the Rhea County game. Rhea last playedhalls in 1999 with Halls winning in playos 37-20. Coming into that game, Rhea was under first year coach Jason Fitzgerals with 8-2 record and region championship. Halls came in with 6-4 record. Overall, Halls owns a 2-1 advantage with win in 1986 and loss in 1997 vs Rhea County. The winner of the Halls vs Rhea game will have to travle to play either Knox Central or Columbia High School. Both teams have 9-1 records on the year.

Junor Lincoln Wilson had quarterbacked the Rebels this year. He has completed 103 of 179 passes for 1319 yards with 12 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. Pearce has 8 scacks to rank high in state stat leaders.

Maverick Sharp a Frshman has 179 carries for 1301 yards, and 15 touchdowns on the year. He has gained over 100 yards on 9 different instances this year. Sophomore Knox Burton led the Red Devils in their last game with 143 yards and has 604 yards total this year with 13 touchdowns. Jaxton Schmitt is the overall offense leader for the Eagles with 1935 total yards, with 1167 passing and 768 rushing for the year.

Wyatt Mangefrida has 131 tackles on the year to place number 9 in the state and # 3 in 5A. Zeke Romero was right here with Wyatt until his injury vs Walker Valley and amassed 123 tackles on the year and was # 5 in 5A. Tyre Brown is 6th n 5A with 8 sacks on the year. Tony Brown and Jaxton Schmitt will both bring over 750 yards rushing into the game and Austun Fuage is avraging right at 50 yards per game. Rhea and Halls both have good kicking game with Sam Rasnake/Austun Fugate combo vs Zander Wilson of Halls the # 1 Ranked Kicker in 5A with 69 points, including 11 field goals.

Rhea County will lean on their defense the experience of 3 tough wins over the last three weeks. After the clutch win over Tullahoma last week, the Eagles know the record is not important at this stage of the season. Both teams have some high powered blowout wins, but Eagles have more experince winning close games. Look for "football weather" tonight with a temperature of around 40 degrees with a 5 mph wind.