TSSAA football playoffs scores: Alcoa vs. East Nashville live updates in Class 3A title game
Friday's action at the TSSAA football championships begins with Alcoa and East Nashville in the Class 3A state championship game at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga.
Alcoa (12-1) is the eight-time defending champions and has responded well to the 24-21 loss to Maryville on Oct. 20.
East Nashville (12-2) lost two games in a row to end September, but has won seven games in a row including last Friday's 33-19 win over Dyersburg in the semifinals.
Follow along with the live updates below, with kickoff set for just after 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT.
State record gives East Nashville TD
99 yard Touchdown Run!!
Ninety-nine yards.
Wow! Kelan Anderson with the coast to coast scoring run.
A new state championship record.#tnpreps @Kreager @_NickGray pic.twitter.com/GFbKgWENhO— George Robinson (@Cville_Sports) December 1, 2023
Kelan Anderson broke open a 99-yard TD run for a TSSAA state championship game record. It cut the lead to 42-20. The previous record was 91 yards, which was done twice.
East Nashville scores, back to regular clock rules
East Nashville has stopped the running clock, trimming Alcoa's lead to 42-14 with D'Anthony Lanier reeling in an 11-yard TD catch with 11:53 left.
Alcoa makes it 42-7, running clock
Juwelz Scales has given Alcoa a 42-7 lead over East Nashville in the Class 3A state championship game. With that, a running clock has started. TSSAA's current mercy rule states that a running clock be used when a team leads 30 or more points in the second half.
There is 8:29 left in the third quarter.
Alcoa adds TD another late first half
Birds Eye view. QB keeper. Now 35-7 Alcoa. 2:27 2Q. pic.twitter.com/lp8uKpkQxq
— 𝑇𝑜𝑚 𝐾𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟 (@Kreager) December 1, 2023
Eli Graf has added to Alcoa's score. Graf scored on a 4-yard TD run with 2:27 left in the first half.
Alcoa football scores; East Nashville needs an answer
Eli Graf's 12-yard TD pass to Brody Blankenship has extended Alcoa's lead to 28-7 with 6:41 left in the first half.
Alcoa took 10 plays to go 51 yards. And this game is close to getting out of hand.
Alcoa offense now rolling
That's a 50 yard screen pass to Elijah Cannon for a TD, and @alcoafootball extends lead to 21-7 with 11:45 left in 2Q.#tnpreps pic.twitter.com/u66B152EFl
— George Robinson (@Cville_Sports) December 1, 2023
Elijah Cannon's 50-yard TD catch off a screen pass from Eli Graf has moved the Alcoa lead up to 21-7. The Tornadoes needed just six plays to go 66 yards for the touchdown. The TD comes with 11:45 left in the first half.
East Nashville is on the scoreboard
East Nashville is finally on the scoreboard after going 80 in five plays.
Kelan Anderson scored on a 4-yard TD run. That came three plays after after Anderson had a 46-yard run
Alcoa's lead is now 14-7 with 2:28 left in the first quarter.
Alcoa turns another turnover into TD
.@alcoafootball adds another TD after picking off Martez Lamb.
Alcoa 14, @EastNash_FB 0 | 3:54 1Q pic.twitter.com/lPmX2xxCa0— Tyler Palmateer (@Tpalmateer83) December 1, 2023
Alcoa's secondary has struck again. Demauri Dubose reeled in the Tornadoes' second interception of the game, picking off Martez Lamb and returned it 39 yards to the East Nashville 35.
The eight-time defending state champions took over from there, scoring seven plays later when South Florida commit Brandon Winton Jr. caught a 4-yard TD pass with 3:54 left in the first quarter.
It's now 14-0 Alcoa.
Alcoa football strikes first with defensive TD
.@alcoafootball on the board with a pick-six via Micah Jones.
Alcoa 7, @EastNash_FB 0 | 8:50 1Q pic.twitter.com/UB9P3uR6LR— Tyler Palmateer (@Tpalmateer83) December 1, 2023
Alcoa pressured Martez Lamb multiple plays before forcing an interception when Lamb tossed a pass toward the Alcoa sidelines as he escaped a sack.
Alcoa's Micah Jones picked off the pass and weaved past multiple East Nashville players, even breaking at least one tackle to return it 43 yards for the touchdown.
It gave Alcoa an early 7-0 lead with 8:50 left in the first quarter.
TSSAA football championship game live updates: East Nashville vs. Alcoa in Class 3A state championship game
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The championship games will be televised across the state on these stations (channel numbers over the air, cable channels can be found here):
Nashville: WUPX MyNetwork TV Channel 30
Memphis: WMC-TV+ Channel 5.5
Knoxville: WKNX Channel 7
Chattanooga: WFLI MyNetwork TV Channel 53.2
Jackson: Jackson Energy Authority E+ broadband Channel 6 (not OTA)
Tri-Cities: WCYB.2 CW Network Channel 5.2
Friday's TSSAA football championships schedule
Class 3A: Alcoa (12-1) vs. East Nashville (12-2), 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT
Class 1A: South Pittsburg (14-0) vs. McKenzie (13-1), 3 p.m./2 p.m. CT
Class 5A: Knoxville West (13-1) vs. Page (13-1), 7 p.m./6 p.m. CT
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