Football Preview: Macon County Tigers vs. White County Warriors
The Macon County Tigers 's road trip will continue as they head out to face the White County Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Macon County's defense has only allowed 11.5 points per game this season, so White County's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Macon County can't be too worried about heading out to take on White County: they just beat Upperman at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Macon County walked away with a 28-15 win over Upperman on Friday.
Meanwhile, White County extended their postseason success on Friday against Loudon. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Redskins 28-0. Winning may never get old, but the Warriors sure are getting used to it with their seventh in a row.
Tripp Pinion continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 61 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
Macon County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 40.1 points per game. As for White County, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-2.
Things could have been worse for Macon County, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 34-18 loss to White County when the teams last played back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pinion, who rushed for 194 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. Now that Macon County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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