Football Recap: Jefferson County Patriots vs. Cocke County Fighting Cocks
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Jefferson County). They blew past the Cocke County Fighting Cocks 49-6 on Friday. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Fighting Cocks are ranked 254th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Skylar Thomas continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 206 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per carry.
Jefferson County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 271 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 201 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Jefferson County is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Cocke County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-7.
Jefferson County has already played their next match, a 34-14 win against William Blount on the 31st. As for Cocke County, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 48-8 defeat against Morristown-Hamblen West on the 1st.
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