Football: Expectations are high at Oak Ridge

Oak Ridge quarterback Braden Letney returns to run the show for the War Eagles.
Oak Ridge quarterback Braden Letney returns to run the show for the War Eagles.

The Oak Ridge War Eagles are entering their fourth season under Dereck Rush. And if you go to an Oak Ridge practice, you can see his imprint all over this football team.

There is discipline. There is hunger. And there is an insatiable drive to achieve greatness.

Last season, the War Eagles were eliminated in the bi-district round of the 6A playoffs by Klein Collins. It was the second year in-a-row that Oak Ridge clinched a spot in the postseason. click here for complete story