The Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic's Kickoff Classic is scheduled at Aug. 14. The KFL Jamoboree will be held at the newly renovated Neyland Stadium on UTs campus.
Start Time - 6 p.m.
TSD vs. The King's Academy
Cosby vs Hardin Valley Academy
Grace Christian vs Carter
Powell vs Catholic
Austin-East vs Halls
HALFTIME ACTIVITIES (kickoff, punt, pass, lineman 50-yard dash, backs/ends 50-yard dash)
Fulton vs Karns
Bearden vs South-Doyle
Webb vs Farragut
Central vs Gibbs
CAK vs West
Kickoff Classic Moving Back to Neyland (KNS Article):
The last time the Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic's High School KickOff Classic
was held at Neyland Stadium, players like Catholic's Harrison Smith (Notre Dame)
and Fulton's Dennis Rogan (Tennessee) graced Shields-Watkins Field.
Nearly three years later, a new batch of local stars will get their chance to work the
same stage.
The jamboree, that features predominantly Knoxville-based teams,
is set for Aug. 14 at Neyland Stadium.
"The most exciting thing is you're playing in a big-time football environment," said CAK coach Rusty Bradley. "And the goal of the jamboree is to prepare you for game-like situations. Playing at Neyland Stadium magnifies the opportunity to make it game-like."
Because of renovations at Neyland Stadium during the past two offseasons, the jamboree was moved and became a two-night affair.
Central hosted, in 2007 and 2008, the first run of games on Thursday night.
Farragut took on the Friday-night portion in 2007, and Bearden did it in 2008.
Moving the jamboree back to Neyland won't be too much of a financial hit to those schools. They collected money mainly off concessions while gate dollars helped pay for insurance for Knox County athletes.
"It really needed a bigger site," said Farragut coach
Eddie Courtney. "The parking is better (at UT). And the kids get the chance to
say they've played in a place like that once in their lives - even if it's just for four or five plays.
"It's a special event." For Bradley's staff, it will be a return trip to Neyland of a different sorts. Four of his assistants - safety Fred White (secondary coach), offensive lineman Jarvis Reado (offensive line), kicker Jeff Hall (special teams) and assistant coach Mark Bradley (offensive line) - were part of Tennessee's rich run in the late 1990s. "It's going to be crazy with Fred, Jarvis, Jeff and Dad there," said Rusty Bradley. "That'll be a fun thing for them to go back.
"They all had a lot of memories, working and playing, over there."
