Football Preview: Macon County Tigers vs. Upperman Bees
Macon County is 0-7 against Upperman since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Macon County Tigers will head out to face off against the Upperman Bees at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Macon County's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Trousdale County 42-0 on the road. Given the Tigers 's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 227th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Upperman really took it to Lebanon for the full four quarters, racking up a 41-14 win on the road. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Bees had established a 21 point advantage.
Bronzdon Chaffin was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 146 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry, and also threw for 184 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Upperman also got a significant boost from Ethan Palk, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 95 yards.
Palk wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Upperman was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 264 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 155 rushing yards in 17 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
The victory made it two in a row for Macon County and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Upperman, their win was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0.
Macon County couldn't quite finish off Upperman in their previous meeting back in November of 2023 and fell 17-14. Can Macon County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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