Football Recap: Lenoir City Panthers vs. Sevier County Smoky Bears
Lenoir City lost against Sevier County back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Lenoir City Panthers were beaten by the Sevier County Smoky Bears 42-6. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 137th, while the Smoky Bears are ranked 25th).
Despite the loss, Lenoir City still got an impressive performance from Trea Jones, who rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. Jones got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 54 yards.
Sevier County was led to victory by Cooper Newman and Tegan Avera. Newman threw for 207 yards and two touchdowns while completing 88.2% of his passes, while Avera rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Bryson Headrick was another key player, picking up 91 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Lenoir City now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Sevier County, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-0.
Lenoir City will face off against King's Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lenoir City is facing King's Academy at the right time seeing as King's Academy is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Sevier County, they will square off against Cocke County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sevier County has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 126 points over their last three contests.
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