The 6-4 Sequoyah High School Chiefs are in uncharted territory.

For the first time in school history Sequoyah has made the TSSAA playoffs for three years in row. With this fact in mind, the Chiefs know they've already accomplished a lot. They now have an opportunity to do much more and are ready to embrace their playoff destiny.

"We're happy to be here. We know there are a lot of good teams that are at home, so we're excited and ready to play," said Chiefs Head Football Coach Bill Satterfield.

Sequoyah's second half of the year hasn't gone as planned. With losses to Polk, Loudon and Sweetwater to finish the year, some are wondering what this team will look like in the playoffs.

Regardless of the last half of the year, Satterfield thinks his boys are right where they want to be.

"We've got good teams in our quad­rant. They're all good, but we've played better teams in Polk County and Lenoir City," said Satterfield.

With that in mind, the Chiefs know they still have to play well on both sides of the football to win at number four seed DeKalb County, who is 9-1.

Running the football will be key to setting up the passing game. Last week it was Drew Carson who provid­ed the spark on the ground, carrying the Chiefs to the one-yard line on their only touchdown drive.

Carson will be asked to do more, and perhaps we will see the Blake Huffman from the Scott County game.

Add those to Garrett Dalton out of the wildcat offense and the Chiefs can be suc­cessful.

The offensive line must anchor down, and play like they did earlier in the year. Caleb Minor will no doubt rally the men in the trenches, as will Dustin Webb and Thomas Spradlin on the defensive side.

The loss of Forrest McKane still stings but the Chiefs played better on defense and have devised schemes based on how other teams have played Dekalb to combat their offense.

With an opportunity to surprise on the road, combined with the optimism of a fresh start, the Sequoyah Chiefs are right where they want to be in their journey to the Blue Cross Bowl.

Sequoyah is taking the 2012 playoffs one game at a time, with confidence and enthusiasm. That's the right course for this uncharted territory.

Sequoyah will play Dekalb County at 8 p.m. Eastern time on 1250 WRKQ and www.WRKQ.net.