Football Recap: Tennessee Heat vs. East Central HomeSchool Patriots
Tennessee Heat is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of East Central HomeSchool. The Tennessee Heat Tennessee Heat fell just short of the East Central HomeSchool Patriots by a score of 47-44. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat Tennessee Heat has suffered since August 18, 2023.
Tennessee Heat's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Graham Russell, who picked up 184 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Another passer making a difference was Levi Ashburn, who threw for 286 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per attempt.
Even though they lost, Tennessee Heat was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 201 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as East Central HomeSchool only rushed for 81.
Tennessee Heat didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Samuel Hill and Caius Schroeder.
A big part of East Central HomeSchool's victory came down to the chemistry between Nikita Getmanshchuk and his top target Jaimon ONeal. Getmanshchuk threw for 496 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 19.1 yards per attempt while ONeal picked up 335 receiving yards and five touchdowns. With that strong performance, ONeal is now averaging an impressive 100.2 receiving yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Micah Smith, who picked up 98 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Tennessee Heat is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-7. As for East Central HomeSchool, their win bumped their record up to 9-3.
As of now, neither Tennessee Heat nor East Central HomeSchool have any future games scheduled.
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