Sequatchie County High School

Team Profile

Photos by Andy Mitchell Photography

Q&A with Coach Carter Cardwell

coach rusty mcintyre

Q. How would you characterize this year’s team?

A. This year’s team has had a great off-season, and the players are hungry to build off last season.

Q. What will be the keys to your success?

A. Avoiding injuries as much as possible. After that, we have to continue to be more disciplined and have each player focus on doing their job each day.

Q. Who will be your key leaders on the team?

A. Sam Evitts, Jackson Tate, Joshua Phelps, Camden Pena, and Zach Zimmerman.

Q. What are your biggest reasons for optimism?

A. We have a lot of guys with experience coming back.

Q. What will keep you up at night?

A. Our kids have worked extremely hard during the off-season, so I want to make sure we are doing everything we can to put these guys in positions to be successful.

Q. What can you build on from last year?

A. Last season we lost a tough game in the second round of the playoffs. Hopefully we can make a few more plays come playoff time.

Q. Any lessons learned from last year?

A. I have to do a better job of building depth.

Q. How would you characterize your team’s speed?

A. I think this will be the most speed we have had in my time here.

Stats

Coach name: Rusty McIntyre (4 yrs. as a head coach, 4th as head coach at Sequatchie Co.)

Class/Region: TN 3A – Reg. 4

2023 Overall Record: 7-5

2023 Region Finish: 2nd

Mascot: Indians

 

2024 Schedule

August

23 Bledsoe Co. (A)

30 East Ridge (H)

September

6 Watertown (A)

13 South Pittsburg (A)

20 Marion Co. (H)

27 Coalfield (A)

October

4 Fayetteville (H)

11 Community (H)

25 Grundy Co. (A)

November

1 Giles Co. (H)

 

Coach’s View

I think we have an extremely tough schedule. Giles County has been the top team the last few years in our region, and until someone can knock them off, we are all chasing them. Our non-conference schedule is really tough. We do not have any games that we are going to win just by showing up. However, I think if we play well, we can give ourselves a chance in all 10 games. If we don’t play well, we could be looking at a long season.

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