Football Preview: Sequatchie County Indians vs. McMinn Central Chargers
The Sequatchie County Indians will take on the McMinn Central Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sequatchie County will be looking to extend their current nine-game winning streak.
Sequatchie County will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Giles County, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Everything went Sequatchie County's way against Giles County on Friday as Sequatchie County made off with a 30-10 victory. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won five games by 20 points or more so far this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sequatchie County to victory, but perhaps none more so than Hunter Minton, who threw for 102 yards and two touchdowns on only nine passes, and also rushed for 83 yards on only ten carries. Those 83 rushing yards gave Minton a new career-high.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Sequatchie County's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Harrison Smith was the leader with two.
Meanwhile, McMinn Central came up short against Chattanooga Central on Friday and fell 34-24.
Sequatchie County's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 10.8 points per game. As for McMinn Central, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-4.
Sequatchie County lost to McMinn Central at home by a decisive 43-27 margin when the teams last played back in November of 2022. Can Sequatchie County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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