FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- It wasn't a fun bus ride back to Chattanooga for McCallie's Blue Tornado on Friday night.
The Blue Tornado carried a lead into the fourth quarter but couldn't fend off Franklin, falling by 36-35 in a high school football game.
Franklin secured the victory with a last minute go-ahead touchdown.
McCallie's Jay Fullam led the way again with three touchdowns. A Vanderbilt commitment, he returned a kickoff 98 yards for a score and had touchdown runs of 4 and 14 yards.
Rico Henderson also provided some offensive fireworks, scoring on a 62- yard reception from Keenon Rush and a 10-yard run.
Joey Skogen led McCallie (1-1) in rushing with 92 yards on 21 carries, and John Brock added 77 yards on only four carries.
Fullam finished with 42 yards on 3 carries, while Rush carried nine times for 40 yards.
Rush was also 4-8 passing for 99 yards and a touchdown.
McCallie will be on the road for the third straight week when it travels to Brentwood Academy on Sept. 5.
Box Score (Final)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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McCallie............ 7 7 14 7 - 35 Record: (1-1)
Franklin HS......... 0 10 0 26 - 36 Record: (2-0)
Scoring Summary:
1st 06:33 MCC2008 - Rico Henderson 62 yd pass from Keenon Rush (John Brock kick), 6-91 2:11, MCC2008 7 - FRANKLIN 0
2nd 11:05 FRANKLIN - TM safety, , MCC2008 7 - FRANKLIN 2
08:15 FRANKLIN - Graham Nichols 1 yd run (Keylo Lee pass), 6-44 2:41, MCC2008 7 - FRANKLIN 10
01:24 MCC2008 - Jay Fullam 4 yd run (John Brock kick), 13-66 6:42, MCC2008 14 - FRANKLIN 10
3rd 08:05 MCC2008 - Rico Henderson 10 yd run (John Brock kick), 8-74 3:47, MCC2008 21 - FRANKLIN 10
04:21 MCC2008 - Jay Fullam 14 yd run (John Brock kick), 3-60 1:16, MCC2008 28 - FRANKLIN 10
4th 11:05 FRANKLIN - Jarriel Eaton 20 yd pass from Graham Nichols (J.P. Finnegan kick failed), 2-25 0:48, MCC2008 28 - FRANKLIN 16
06:11 FRANKLIN - Alex Ford 8 yd run (J.P. Finnegan kick), 9-66 2:43, MCC2008 28 - FRANKLIN 23
05:51 MCC2008 - Jay Fullam 98 yd kickoff return (John Brock kick), , MCC2008 35 - FRANKLIN 23
02:51 FRANKLIN - Keylo Lee 1 yd run (J.P. Finnegan kick), 11-59 2:50, MCC2008 35 - FRANKLIN 30
00:27 FRANKLIN - Alex Ford 7 yd run (Graham Nichols pass failed), 4-28 1:33, MCC2008 35 - FRANKLIN 36
MCC2008 FRANKLIN
FIRST DOWNS................... 14 23
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 40-238 39-220
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 99 171
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 8-4-0 25-16-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 48-337 64-391
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 2-8 2-47
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 5-202 7-171
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 2-36.0 4-39.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 2-1 3-1
Penalties-Yards............... 2-20 5-30
Possession Time............... 21:15 26:45
Third-Down Conversions........ 4 of 9 8 of 12
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 2 of 3 0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-3 5-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 4-23 1-3
RUSHING: McCallie-Joey Skogen 21-92; John Brock 4-77; Jay Fullam 3-42;
Keenon Rush 9-36; Rico Henderson 1-10; Paden Gaines 1-minus 1; TEAM 1-minus
18. Franklin HS-Alex Ford 21-160; Keylo Lee 13-82; Graham Nichols 5-minus
22.
PASSING: McCallie-Keenon Rush 4-8-0-99. Franklin HS-Graham Nichols
16-25-0-171.
RECEIVING: McCallie-Ed von Kuhn 2-36; Rico Henderson 1-62; John Brock 1-1.
Franklin HS-Keylo Lee 8-87; Jarriel Eaton 4-51; Alex Ford 3-27; Steven
Maurer 1-6.
(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)