Football Preview: Daniel Boone Trailblazers vs. Elizabethton Fighting Cyclones
Daniel Boone is 1-8 against Elizabethton since August of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Daniel Boone Trailblazers will host the Elizabethton Fighting Cyclones at 7:00 p.m.
Daniel Boone is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They were dealt a 38-0 loss at the hands of Morristown-Hamblen West. That makes it the first time this season the Trailblazers have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, Elizabethton took their game at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 41-13 win over Cherokee. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Fighting Cyclones had established a 22 point advantage.
Jaiden Wallin went supernova for Elizabethton, rushing for 144 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Wallin a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Elizabethton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 345 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Daniel Boone's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Elizabethton, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Daniel Boone beat Elizabethton 7-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2022. Will Daniel Boone repeat their success, or does Elizabethton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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