Rhea County Senior Night will be this Friday night vs East Hamilton.(Photo:GaryBolden)

Eagles Football Wins Against Tyner To Move to 5-3

Evensville, TN -- Rhea County hosted Tyner Academy on Friday October 25, 2024. The 3A Region 3 team came in with a 5-3 record and tied with Chattanooga Central with 3-1 Region records at 3-1. Meigs County leads that region with a 4-0 region record. Eagles were coming off a bye week and looking forward to a big region game with East Hamilton on November 1 on Senior Night.

The Eagles began the game showing some rust after the off week and Tyner came in with good energy and looked a little quicker during the early part of the first quarter, but Eagles were tied 3-3 after the quarter with Fugate and Thomas trading field goals.

Second quarter was even 7-7 for a 10-10 halftime score. Anderson scored a Tyner touchdown on a 2-yard run and Ford countered with a 3-yard run for the Eagles. Neither team scored in the third quarter. Tyner quarterback Tyler Anderson scored on a 1-yard run and a couple of minutes later Carr scored on a 1-yard run with 5:13 left in regulation.

After the game ended in a tie 17-17, Tyner won the toss and took the ball first. They scored on a 7-yard run by Anderson and then decided to go for 2-point conversion. In the biggest play of the game the Eagle defense stopped the run and set up the Eagles with a win if they could score and kick the extra point. From the 2-yard line the Eagles went razzle dazzle with the reverse to Wilkerson, who found quarterback Carr open and he outraced the defense into the end zone for the touchdown. Fugate was successful and the Eagles had won 24-23 in a very tough loss for Tyner. The Eagles now had only one game left in the season, a region matchup with East Hamilton. Both teams come in with one region loss but due to the Howard game not being played, the Eagles are one short on wins, which would affect the final seeding for postseason. A win by Rhea and a Walker Valley win over McMinn would give Eagles a # 2 seed. A win by Rhea and a McMinn win over Walker would push the Eagles down to # 4 seed. A loss by Rhea could result in a # 4 seed. This week that situation has been muddled more as Howard has petitioned for the cancelled game to be a forfeit in favor of Howard.

Top performers: Carr 14/25 for 137 yards, 1 rushing, 1 receiving touchdown, Aiden Wilkerson 5 receptions for 76 yards, 1 passing touchdown, 74 yards in return yardage Austun Fugate 37 yard FG 3/3 PAT 5 receptions 36 yards Mason Ford 20 carries for 59 yards 1 touchdown.

Tyner top performers: Tyler Anderson 8/15 passing for 103 yards 18 carries for 38 yards and 3 touchdowns, De-Aeron McNealy 13 carries for 68 yards

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	Final
Tyner	3	7	0	7	6	23
Rhea	3	7	0	7	7	24

Team	Type	Time	Qtr	Pts	Extra	Score
Tyner	Thomas 22 yd Field Goal	8:13	1	3		3-0
RCHS	Fugate 37 yd field goal	1:24	1	3		3-3
Tyner	Andeson 2 yard run	9:26	2	6	Thomas kick	10-3
RCHS	Ford 3 yard run	2:49	2	6	Fugate kick	10-10
Tyner	Anderson 1 yard run	7:20	4	6	Thomas kick	17-10
RCHS	Carr 1 yard run	5:13	4	6	Fugate kick	17-17
Tyner	Anderson 7 yard run		OT	6	conversion failed	23-17
RCHS	Wilkerson 2 yd pass Carr		OT	6	Fugate kick	23-24

Punts: Rhea: 2 - 59, 33 for 92 Avg 46 Tyner 3 - 29 40 44 for 113Avg 37.5

Rushing: Rhea 29 for 59 yards 2 TDs Tyner - 35 for 164 3 TD

Penalties: Tyner 8 for 40 yards, Rhea 6 for 45 yards

First downs: Tyner 3/13 Rhea 2/10 4th downs - Tyner 4 of 6, Rhea 3 of 6

First downs: Tyner 16 Rhea 11

Turnovers: Tyner 1 Interception 1 Fumble Rhea - 1 interception

Rushing Rhea: Ford 20 for 59 yards 1 TD Odum - 7 for 11 yards Carr 3 for -2 yards

Tyner 36 for 164

De-Aeron McNealy 13 for 68, Tyler Anderson18 for 87 Chazz Craig, 4 for 7

Passing Rhea: 4 14/25 137 0 TD 1 Int. Wilkerson - 1 for 1 10 yards TD

Passing Tyner: 7 8 for 15 103 yards 1 TD

Receiving Rhea: Fugate 5 for 35 yds, Odum 1 for 7 yds, Wilkerson 5 for 76 yds, 1 2 for 11 yds 73 1 for 7 4 1 yd for 10 yds

Receiving Tyner: Rodney Reese 3 for 40 yds, Dion Edwards 2 for 26 yds, D'aerion Mcnealy 1 for 19 yds, Avery Ford 1 for 16 yds, # 8 2 for 2 yds