Football Preview: Cherokee Chiefs vs. Volunteer Falcons
Cherokee is 8-2 against Volunteer since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Cherokee Chiefs will venture away from home to face off against the Volunteer Falcons at 7:30 p.m. Cherokee will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Cherokee will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Sullivan East, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Cherokee blew past Sullivan East, posting a 45-7 victory at home. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-0.
Meanwhile, Volunteer was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were dealt a 42-0 defeat at the hands of Elizabethton. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 305th, while the Fighting Cyclones are ranked 80th).
Cherokee's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Volunteer, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7-1.
Cherokee strolled past Volunteer in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 35-20. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Volunteer's Keelin Releford, who rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Cherokee still be able to contain Releford? There's only one way to find out.
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