Last year, Chestatee’s season, to an extent, hung in the balance on the fourth game of the season against Monroe Area, the first subregion game of the year. Chestatee, then 3-0, took the Purple Hurricanes down to the wire before falling 41-35. In addition to suffering their first loss, the War Eagles would never again in 2011 have fewer than three starters out with an injury, including quarterback Jordan Degraff.