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Heidelberg at McCallie

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Public versus Private in football is a topic comes up frequently here but I noticed this 2025 matchup not too long ago:

September 26
MHSAA 2A Champs Heidelberg Oilers
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TSSAA Division II AAA Champs McCallie Blue Tornado

The Oilers with a huge step up playing at Chattanooga
 
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jethreauxdawg said:
Hard for me to think off any positive things to say about McCallie based on my interactions with their students when I was in high school.
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Same bro. Goes for Baylor too. I'd venture a guess that this will be a lopsided score in favor of McCallie.
 
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I played against Chatt-Baylor in basketball back in the early 70's. I was 6'4" and played PF and our center was 6'5". We had to go up against a Baylor lineup of a 6'11" center (who the whole UGA staff was in attendance to see) and I drew the assignment of guarding their 6'8" PF. I actually did pretty well against him, but their big center ate our lunch. We lost by 20, which IMO, wasn't too bad actually. Baylor and McCallie could pretty much get any decent athlete they wanted if they really wanted him. My best game that year was vs MUS in Memphis where I scored 16 pts. in the first half. They double teamed me in the 2nd half and I scored 2 pts. They had a legendary basketball coach that knew how to adjust. Think his last name was Peters. Anyway, McCallie, Baylor, and MUS could pretty much beat any equivalent-sized public school in Tennessee and surrounding areas they played.
 
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17itdawg said:
Same bro. Goes for Baylor too. I'd venture a guess that this will be a lopsided score in favor of McCallie.
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I expect that too.

Here’s Heidelberg’s schedule:

2025 Season
8/29 @ Noxubee County
9/5 vs. Quitman
9/12 vs. Harrison Central
9/19 @ Taylorsville
9/26 @ McCallie TN
10/3 @ Enterprise Clarke *
10/10 vs. Mize *
10/17 vs. Bay Springs *
10/24 vs. Kemper County
10/30 @ Clarkdale *

From:

Mississippi High School Football History

The History of high school football in Mississippi
www.ahsfhs.org
 
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Seems pretty random. And a mismatch. Not sure why either school wants to play this game.
 
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Never heard of McAllie.
I do remember the Rebels of Heilderberg Academy though.
If I remember correctly the Sims brothers that played at State in the mid-80’s were from there - HAcademy
 
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DAWGSANDSAINTS said:
Never heard of McAllie.
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McCallie is an all-boys prep school in Chattanooga.

We’re talking serious prep school here (over 100 years old) with alums such as Sonny Montgomery, Ted Turner, and Howard Baker— and not a Mississippi country “prep school.”

They regularly compete for the Division II AAA TSSAA title

DAWGSANDSAINTS said:
I do remember the Rebels of Heilderberg Academy though.
If I remember correctly the Sims brothers that played at State in the mid-80’s were from there - HAcademy
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I’m an alum of the late Heidelberg Academy and I knew Stan & Stephen pretty well back in the day. Both are a little older than me…
 
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Heidelberg returns most of last years team and has one of the best athletes in MS at QB. Only gave up double digits in scoring twice last year. They've got players, and a good size line, just not the depth and big coaching staff like McCallie.
 
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dawgstudent said:
Harrison Central is interesting as well. 7A
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Harrison Central isn't exactly a strong 7A though. They regularly play down in non-district. Their non-district schedule this year is Lanier, Hancock, Heidelberg & Tylertown. They may lose all but the Lanier game.
 
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