Football Preview: Smith County Owls vs. Marion County Warriors
The Smith County Owls are on the road again on Friday to play the Marion County Warriors at 7:00 p.m.
Smith County's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Monterey on Friday. They were outmatched by the Wildcats on the road and fell 40-0. The shutout was out of character for the Owls seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in September.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marion County). They blew past Cascade, posting a 76-7 victory. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by 34 points or more this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Marion County to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mason Mays, who rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Another player making a difference was Tilton Pickett, who rushed for 11 yards and a touchdown.
Marion County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 242 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 242 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Marion County's defense and their six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Josh Langston and Myles Mays, who racked up four sacks between them. Another thorn in Cascade's side was Braydon Coffelt, who made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Smith County's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Marion County, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
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