Football Preview: Macon County Tigers vs. Upperman Bees
Macon County is 0-8 against Upperman since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Macon County Tigers are on the road again to play the Upperman Bees at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Macon County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Soddy Daisy onto the board and left with a 34-0 win.
Meanwhile, Upperman put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Signal Mountain to the tune of 49-0. Given the Bees' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Eagles are ranked 160th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Macon County is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.6 points per game. As for Upperman, they pushed their record up to 11-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Macon County and Upperman were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in September, but Macon County suffered an agonizing 35-34 defeat. Can Macon County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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