Football Preview: Austin-East Roadrunners vs. Pigeon Forge Tigers
Austin-East and Pigeon Forge are an even 4-4 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Austin-East Roadrunners will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Pigeon Forge Tigers at 7:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Austin-East had to suffer through a 43-7 loss at the hands of Alcoa. While losing is never fun, the Roadrunners can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 261st, while the Tornadoes are ranked ninth).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pigeon Forge). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Chuckey-Doak 56-3 on the road. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Tigers had established a 45 point advantage.
Austin-East's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Pigeon Forge, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Everything came up roses for Austin-East against Pigeon Forge in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as the team secured a 46-14 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Austin-East since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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