Football Jamboree Back at Neyland: Fulton Faces the Karns Beavers

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.

Tickets are $8 in the presale term but $10 at the gate.

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."