Football Preview: Maryville Red Rebels vs. Farragut Admirals
Maryville is 9-1 against Farragut since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Maryville Red Rebels will face off against the Farragut Admirals at 7:00 p.m. Maryville is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Maryville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Alcoa, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Maryville was ranked seventh). Maryville fell 24-17 to Alcoa on Friday. The matchup marked the Red Rebels' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Farragut). They came out on top against Hardin Valley Academy by a score of 34-21 on Friday. The win was familiar territory for the Admirals who have now won four contests in a row.
The critical scores for Farragut came from Noah Haag, Connor Parris, Randon Miller, and Ethan Farhat.
Farragut didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Parris and Landon Collins. Parris has been hot , having also posted six or more total tackles the last five times he's played.
Maryville's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-1. As for Farragut, their victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-5.
Maryville couldn't quite finish off Farragut in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 and fell 13-10. Can Maryville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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