Ryan Callahan

Once again, little changed Monday for the Maryville and Alcoa high school football teams in the state’s Associated Press prep poll.

The Rebels (8-1) remained No. 2 in Class 6A, pulling three first-place votes away from No. 1 Ooltewah (9-0) after a 30-0 win over crosstown rival William Blount on Friday at Shields Stadium. Maryville received two first-place votes last week.

The Tornadoes (9-0) held onto the top spot and 19 of 20 first-place votes in Class 3A after a 49-7 blowout win Thursday against McMinn Central (6-3), which slipped into a tie for 10th.

Christian Academy of Knoxville (9-0), which will play host to Alcoa at 7:30 p.m. Friday in a showdown for the District 4-AA championship, climbed to No. 4 after a 14-13 win Friday at Elizabethton, which dropped from sixth to eighth.

Here are the complete rankings for all six Division I classes and Division II entering the regular season’s final week:

Class 6A
Record Pts Prv
1. Ooltewah (16) 9-0 191 1
2. Maryville (3) 8-1 169 2
3. Riverdale (1) 8-1 147 3
4. Sevier County 9-0 112 5
5. Oakland 7-2 108 4
6. Blackman 8-1 98 6
7. Mt. Juliet 9-0 85 8
8. Farragut 7-2 55 9
9. Franklin 8-1 40 10
10. Brentwood 7-2 24 7
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Whitehaven 17. 12, White Station 13. 13, McMinn County 12.

Class 5A
Record Pts Prv
1. Tennessee (18) 9-0 198 1
2. Clinton (1) 9-0 171 2
3. Henry County (1) 8-1 142 3
4. Sullivan South 8-1 137 4
5. Columbia 8-1 111 5
6. Mitchell 7-2 82 9
7. Morristown West 7-2 55 10
8. Daniel Boone 7-2 46 6
9. Gallatin 7-2 40
10. Lawrence County 7-2 28
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Hardin County 23. 12, Beech 16. 13, Knoxville Catholic 15.

Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. Red Bank (19) 9-0 198 1
2. Crockett County 9-0 156 2
3. Giles County 8-1 150 3
4. Liberty Magnet (1) 8-1 137 4
5. Claiborne County 8-1 96 5
6. Creek Wood 8-1 83 6
7. David Lipscomb 6-3 63 7
8. Knoxville Fulton 6-3 54 8
9. Greeneville 6-3 49 10
10. Brainerd 7-2 41 9
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Spring Hill 23.

Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Alcoa (19) 9-0 198 1
2. Milan 9-0 159 2
3. Polk County 9-0 152 3
4. CAK (1) 9-0 150 5
5. Austin-East 6-3 86 7
6. Camden 9-1 80 4
7. Gatlinburg-Pittman 8-1 78 9
8. Elizabethton 7-2 75 6
9. Goodpasture 7-2 55 10
10. Manassas 8-1 17
(tie) McMinn Central 6-3 17

Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Trousdale County (12) 8-1 182 1
2. Boyd Buchanan (5) 8-1 178 2
3. McKenzie 8-1 142 3
4. Friendship Christian 8-1 133 4
5. Signal Mountain 8-1 108 5
6. Adamsville (2) 9-1 103 7
7. Hampton (1) 8-1 102 6
8. Forrest 8-1 61 8
9. Oneida 7-2 41 9
10. Cascade 6-3 22 10
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Riverside 15.

Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Jo Byrns (14) 9-0 177 2
2. Wayne County (3) 9-0 171 3
3. South Pittsburg (3) 7-2 167 1
4. Grace Christian 8-1 132 4
5. Huntingdon 7-2 118 5
6. Union City 7-2 107 6
7. Lookout Valley 7-2 73 7
8. Collinwood 6-3 53 9
9. Harriman 6-3 39 10
10. Perry County 6-3 21 8

Division II
Record Pts Prv
1. MUS (18) 9-0 188 1
2. Ensworth 8-0 169 2
3. ECS (1) 8-1 117 6
4. Brentwood Academy 5-3 107 5
5. CBHS 7-2 96 4
6. Knoxville Webb 8-1 78 3
7. University-Jackson 8-1 60 9
8. Baylor 6-3 52 7
9. Father Ryan 6-3 49 10
10. Davidson Academy 8-1 48
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, MBA 35. 12, DCA 18.

Robbie Irwin only was trying to be helpful when he volunteered to fill in briefly as a scout-team running back during one of the William Blount High School football team’s practices last week.

He had no idea it would end up causing such a problem.

The starting senior running back was diagnosed Monday with a dislocated left shoulder, an injury he unknowingly played with last week in the Governors’ 38-35 home victory over winless Jefferson County.

Irwin still doesn’t expect his shoulder to hold him back Friday night, when William Blount (2-2, 0-1 District 4-AAA) visits new district opponent Knoxville Catholic (2-1, 0-1) in a long-anticipated showdown with former Govs coach Scott Meadows.

“I can do no further injury to it, now that they’ve got (the shoulder) back in,” Irwin said Tuesday.

“The only injury I can do now would be to do the same thing to it. And if I don’t land exactly the way I did, I’m not going to do the same thing to it. It’s just a matter of me being able to tolerate the pain.”

Irwin, who has accounted for more than 200 yards of total offense this season, said he was injured on a collision during a midweek practice last week.

He had stepped in as a scout-team running back during a team drill when no one else was available.

William Blount’s second-leading rusher this season behind quarterback Zach Witt, Irwin said he felt pain shoot through his shoulder at the time of the injury but had no idea how serious it was until he had it checked out Monday.

He expected to wear full pads for Wednesday’s practice after being held out Tuesday.

Irwin wore a shoulder stabilizer Tuesday, when he did some light running on the side during practice, and said he would wear the nearly unnoticeable brace Friday night.