Football Preview: South Pittsburg Pirates vs. Innovation Academy Sentinels
The South Pittsburg Pirates will challenge the Innovation Academy Sentinels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
South Pittsburg's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-0 win over Lookout Valley. The two-point effort marked the Pirates' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Innovation Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were beaten by Bradley Central 55-7. While losing is never fun, the Sentinels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 334th, while the Bears are ranked 134th).
South Pittsburg now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Innovation Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
