Football Preview: Macon County Tigers vs. Soddy Daisy Trojans
The Macon County Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Soddy Daisy Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Macon County comes in on four and Soddy Daisy on seven.
Macon County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Stone Memorial 54-0 on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Tigers , who have now won eight matches by 22 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Soddy Daisy gave up the first points last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They walked away with a 29-22 win over Signal Mountain. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Trojans were the better team in the second half.
Alex Pinson went supernova for Soddy Daisy, rushing for 109 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 130 yards and two touchdowns. Max Bowman was Pinson's top target, picking up 123 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Soddy Daisy's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Gannon Montgomery was the leader with two. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven.
Macon County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 42.7 points per game. As for Soddy Daisy, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
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