Football Preview: Mount Juliet Golden Bears vs. Coffee County Central Red Raiders
The Mount Juliet Golden Bears will be playing at home against the Coffee County Central Red Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mount Juliet's defense has only allowed 10.9 points per game this season, so Coffee County Central's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Mount Juliet's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Green Hill on Thursday. They fell 12-0 to the Hawks. The Golden Bears' loss signaled the end of their nine-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Coffee County Central hadn't done well against Blackman recently (they were 0-8 in their previous eight matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Coffee County Central secured a 19-14 W over Blackman. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Red Raiders.
One reason for the win was Coffee County Central's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. Leading the way was Claudio-Adam Vik with two. He has been hot , having also posted six or more total tackles the last five times he's played. Coffee County Central got some further help from Jayden Carter: he forced a fumble and made seven total tackles (1.5 for loss).
Mount Juliet's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-1. As for Coffee County Central, the win got them back to even at 5-5.
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