CHS Football announces second Thursday game

Clinton High School has announced a change to its 2023 football schedule.

The Dragons will now face Powell on Thursday, September 14^th as part of the MyVLT Rivalry Thursday slate of games.

The schedule features matchups against each of the last two Class 5A state champions, and a return to the schedule of the Crosstown Showdown between the Dragons and newly-crowned 4A state champions, the Anderson County Mavericks.

The combined records this season of the 10 teams the Dragons will face in 2023 are 77-44, but 77-34 if you remove Scott’s winless season from the equation.

The Dragons open their six-game home slate on August 18th against 6A Cleveland, which went 9-3 in 2022 and beat Maryville in the regular season.

Next up will be West, which just capped off its first-ever 15-0 season with a 5A state title, and who pays a visit to Clinton August 25th.

The Dragons’ first road game of the season will be at the Scott Highlanders, who are coming off an 0-10 campaign.

The Dragons travel to Campbell County (5-6 in 2022) to open Region play on September 8th, then visit 2021 5A champion Powell (11-3) on the 14^th.

Clinton returns home to face Region rival Oak Ridge (7-6) on September 22nd, and stays home on Thursday, September 28th to face 4A champion Anderson County (15-0) for the first time since Week One of the 2020 season in a game that will also be televised on Rivalry Thursday.

Clinton’s final road trip of the season will be at Region foe Karns on October 6th. Following a bye week, the Dragons close their season at home with games against Region opponent Lenoir City (4-6) on October 20th and Heritage (4-6) on October 27th.