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McCallie School releases hype video ahead of tilt with Baylor School

IMG_8358by: Andy Villamarzo4 hours agoAndy_Villamarzo
Syndication: The Knoxville News-Sentinel
McCallie's Caden Lockhart (52) and Keylan Syam (26) celebrate after Syam scored a touchdown in the final moments of the TSSAA Division II-AAA high school football championship against Baylor on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

When it comes to the Tennessee high school football rivalry between McCallie School and Baylor School, there’s very little love lost between the TSSAA Division II-AAA state championship contenders.

That became ever more so evident on Wednesday when McCallie School’s official X, formerly known as Twitter, handle released a hype video ahead of Friday night’s primetime matchup against Baylor School.

The video includes multiple Blue Tornado alums, including Class of 2022’s Daniel Alcala, Aaron Crowder, Adrian Thomas (2016) and Tia Kemp (2017). McCallie School starts off the video with the words across the screen ‘Big Blue State of Mind’ as the Blue Tornadoes take their proverbial shots at Baylor School in letting them know who runs the City of Chattanooga.

The showdown between the two undefeated, 5-0 schools features programs that have squared off the previous two years not only in the regular season, but at the end in the BlueCross Bowl state title game.

Both the Red Raiders and Blue Tornadoes are the favorites to reach Tennessee’s Division II AAA state championship in December as the two teams did so a year ago. Though Baylor edged out McCallie during the regular season last year, it would be the latter coming away victorious in the state championship game.

Now with another regular season meeting between the two Tennessee powerhouses on tap this Friday night, it’s already setting up to be another epic clash in Chattanooga.

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