The pads began popping in the Volunteer State Monday with the first official day of practice.
Three teams in Tennessee are ranked in the High School Football America Preseason 100 — No. 31 Brentwood Academy, No. 56 Oakland and No. 77 Maryville. Five other teams — Alcoa, Ensworth, Farragut, Knoxville Catholic and Montgomery Bell Academy — received honorable mention in our preseason rankings that are created with our proprietary algorithm.
Related: 2018 Tennessee high school football schedules
Everyone is looking forward to August 24 when defending Class 6A champ Maryville collides with Oakland. The Rebels beat Oakland in the state semifinals, which avenged a 17-14 regular season victory by the Patriots that snapped Maryville’s 70-game regular season win streak.
On Saturday, I asked Oakland head coach Kevin Creasy what his Day 1 message would be to his team. Here’s what he said:
“Compete in everything you do….& hydrate!! It’s hotttttt!!!!”
According to The Tennessean, several teams — Donelson Christian Academy, FRA and Wayne County — kicked-off camp at midnight.
Wake up! Football on #KreagerVision https://t.co/zfgMoSkmFo
— Tom Kreager (@Kreager) July 23, 2018
To celebrate the first day of camp, below you’ll find tweets on Twitter marking the first day of high school football 2018 in Tennessee.
Check out our early batch of photos from the first day of #highschoolfootball practice. More to come as the day goes on.https://t.co/7vGSip1yRH pic.twitter.com/zPiO5nFuj0
— Tom Kreager (@Kreager) July 23, 2018
Up bright and early for the 1st day of high school football practice (w/ pads) in Tennessee. @CBHS_Football is this morning’s stop. Purple Wave finished 12-1 last season, falling in the state semis to Montgomery Bell. pic.twitter.com/bXeXsvGzu4
— Jason Munz (@munzly) July 23, 2018
Almost 2 hours in and @FootballUGA commit Bill Norton’s (@willienorton33) motor is still running. pic.twitter.com/u0BBTgN2lk
— Jason Munz (@munzly) July 23, 2018
#PhotoGallery – First Practice in Pads at Trinity Christian Academy @TCAAthletics. #HighSchoolFootball in West Tennessee is here!https://t.co/P9CxF8FQDh pic.twitter.com/fnJIJFQ1q3
— Kenneth M. Cummings (@_KCummings_) July 23, 2018
