Dust Settles in Region 2A Football

By Greg Addington

The dust (well, what dust that could be found on a rainy Friday night) has settled and we now have clarity with respect to next week’s first round matchups in the playoffs.

The two games we were following closely tonight were Greenback/Oakdale and Midway/Oliver Springs, and the home team was the victors tonight in both games. Oakdale defeated Greenback 16-14 for the first Eagle victory in their series since 1982. Oliver Springs defeated Midway 30-22.

Oakdale hosts Jellico next week on Hollis Eble Field for their fifth ever playoff game and will have home field advantage for the third time in school history. The Eagles are still looking for their first playoff win.

Midway will have the third seed and will travel to play Unaka next Friday night. The Green Wave are a perfect 6-0 all-time against the Rangers. The teams played in the regular season from 2015-2018.

Greenback draws the long bus ride to Roan Mountain to play Cloudland and it will be the first time since 2012 that both teams have played.

Coalfield will host North Greene on Rochelle Field next Friday night which will be the first meeting between the Jackets and Huskies since 1996.

Second round games will consist of the Greenback/Cloudland winner playing the Oakdale/Jellico winner and the North Greene/Coalfield winner playing the Midway/Unaka winner.