Football Preview: Union County Patriots vs. Unicoi County Blue Devils
The Union County Patriots are on the road again on Friday to play the Unicoi County Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. Neither Union County nor Unicoi County posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Union County is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Cherokee on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Union County had to suffer through a 38-8 loss at the hands of Cherokee. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 312th, while the Chiefs are ranked 150th).
Meanwhile, Unicoi County waltzed into their game on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 10-7 win over the Longhorns. The ten-point effort marked the Blue Devils' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Union County dropped their record down to 1-8 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Unicoi County, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
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