Football Preview: Austin-East Roadrunners vs. South-Doyle Cherokees
The Austin-East Roadrunners will square off against the South-Doyle Cherokees at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Austin-East's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Carter on Friday. They were beaten by the Green Hornets 47-0.
Despite the loss, Austin-East had strong showings from Tracey Hughes, who threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns, and Dikye'Is Towns, who picked up 112 receiving yards and a touchdown. Towns got the majority of those yards when he pulled down a pass and and took off for a gain of89 yards.
Meanwhile, South-Doyle started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Heritage. They were dealt a 32-2 defeat at the hands of the Mountaineers on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Cherokees can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 260th, while the Mountaineers are ranked 120th).
Austin-East's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for South-Doyle, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 0-2.
Austin-East couldn't quite finish off South-Doyle in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 and fell 54-51. Thankfully for Austin-East, Maddox Cupp (who threw for 344 yards and four touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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