ATHENS, Tenn. -- McCallie continued its second-half dominance here Friday night.
The Blue Tornado shut out McMinn County in the second half and rallied for a 30-20 victory over the Cherokees in a high school football game.
Last week, McCallie allowed no points in the second half in its victory over Providence Day from Charlotte, N.C.
McCallie was without starting quarterback Keenon Rush, who suffered a season-ending knee injury last week.
Sophomore Trent Lusk stepped in for Rush and ran for one touchdown and passed for another for coach Rick Whitt's team.
Lusk ran 1 yard for a touchdown that tied the game at 7 in the first quarter. He threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Keenan Hale in the third quarter.
McMinn County led, 20-13, at halftime.
T.J. Kemp ran for 110 yards on 18 carries for McCallie and John Burkus had 81 yards on seven carries. Burkus had a 35-yard touchdown run. He also caught two passes for 48 ayrds.
Daniel McClure closed McCallie's scoring with a 2-yard run in the third quarter. He also had a 63-yard kickoff return in the game.
Cy Ables ran for touchdowns on runs of 1 and 3 yards for the Cherokees and threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to Travis Smith. Ables rushed for 66 yards on 15 carries.
Arturo Rocha kicked a 39-yard field goal for McCallie.
STATISTICS
McCallie………….….……………13 3 14 0 -- 30
McMinn Co.………….……….……7 13 0 0 -- 20
McMinn—Travis Smith 47 pass from Cy Ables (Huff kick)
McCallie—Trent Lusk 1 run (Hudson Brock kick)
McCallie—John Burkus 35 run (kick failed)
McMinn—Ables 1 run (Huff kick)
McMinn—Ables 3 run (kick failed)
McCallie—FG 39 Arturo Rocha
McCallie—Keenan Hale 12 pass from Lusk (Brock kick)
McCallie—Daniel McClure 2 run (Brock kick)
McC MC
First Downs………………………………14 18
Yards Rushing……………………………240 67
Yards Passing…………………………….74 283
Comp/Att/Int…………………………….4-9-0 26-42-0
Fumbles/Lost……………………………..2-0 2-1
Penalties/Yards…………………………...5-30 5-40
Punts/Avg…………………………………4-36.0 2-35.0
(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)