Team Profile
Photos Courtesy of Walker Valley
Photos Courtesy of Walker Valley
A: Athletic, exciting, passionate.
A: Growing in maturity, handling emotions, and leadership.
A: Spencer Jackson (RB/DB), Eli Denton (WR/LB), Kade Tjaarda (WR/DB), Aiden Gibson (WR/DB), and Kyler Parris (WR/LB).
A: We have more athletes on the field than we have had in my career here, and team speed is high.
A: Injuries. Always injuries (depth).
A: We have a ton of program momentum, and this group wants to keep that going.
A: We are always learning more about ourselves. As a coaching staff, we really grew last year.
A: We have our menus and will find what we are good at from those menus.
A: It’s the best we have had in my time here.
Coach Name: Drew Akins (3 yrs. as a head coach, 3rd as head coach at Walker Valley)
Division/Class: TN I-5A
2020 Overall Record: 8-3
2020 District Finish: 2nd
Mascot: Mustangs
20 Notre Dame (H)
27 Bradley Central (H)
3 Ooltewah (H)
10 Carter (A)
17 Smith Co. (A)
24 Cleveland (A)
1 Rhea Co. (H)
15 McMinn Co. (H)
22 Upperman (A)
29 Howard (A)
I’m excited about the schedule we have built for the next two years, including playing against my high school OC Charles Fant (Notre Dame) to open the year. We have big-time out-of-region games against area opponents Bradley Central and Cleveland. Our region games are going to be battles and should prepare us to be very competitive in the playoffs.