Shannon Salter (6) and Alcoa Middle knocked off Farragut, 24-18, on Sept. 3, 2020. (Photo: Tanner Walker/5Star Preps)
By JESSE SMITHEY
Alcoa High School has won more football state titles than any program in TSSAA history.
Eighteen of them.
And over the past 20 seasons, the Tornadoes have reeled in 14 championships — including the last five in Class 3A.
But this sustained level of success doesn’t just stem from work done at the high school level.
It starts at the youth level. Just ask Mike McClurg.
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