Soddy Daisy High School

Team Profile

Photos by Gary Fain

Q&A with Coach Carter Cardwell

coach josh owensby

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

A. Young, but experienced in key spots.

Q. What will be the keys to your success?

A. Getting the young guys ready.

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

A. Tucker Ross, Blaine Yother, Sean Collison, Logan Alexander, Anthony Lott, and Pete Laxton.

Q. What are your biggest reasons for optimism?

A. Bringing back players in key positions that have a lot of experience.

Q. What will keep you up at night?

A. We are going to rely on a lot of sophomores that are good players but just young.

Q. What can you build on from last year?

A. We were able to win some close games down the stretch, so I feel like we learned how to win tough football games.

Q. Any lessons learned from last year?

A. These kids play really hard here.

Q. Will we see anything different this year?

A. No.

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

A. Average.

Stats

Coach name: Josh Owensby (7 yrs. as a head coach, 2nd as head coach at Soddy Daisy)

Class/Region: TN 5A – Reg. 3

2024 Overall Record: 9-2

2024 District Finish: 2nd

Mascot: Trojans

2025 Schedule

August

22 White Co. (H)

29 Hixson (H)

September

5 Signal Mountain (A)

12 Rhea Co. (H)

19 McMinn Co. (H)

26 Walker Valley (A)

October

3 Ooltewah (H)

10 Bradley Central (H)

24 East Hamilton (H)

31 Lenoir City (A)

 

Coach’s View

We will play one of the toughest schedules week in week out this year. We have to build depth early. I feel we have the personnel here to be competitive on Friday nights. Key will be bringing the young guys along quickly.

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