Football Preview: Austin-East Roadrunners vs. Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders
Austin-East and Gatlinburg-Pittman are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Austin-East Roadrunners will venture away from home to square off against the Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Austin-East will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Things were looking good for Austin-East after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell 20-12 to South-Doyle.
Although Austin-East took the loss, they still got scores from Michael Gladney and Dimere Ligon.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 42 points the game before, Gatlinburg-Pittman was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They took a 21-7 bruising from Carter. Despite 76 more yards than the Green Hornets, the Highlanders couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Austin-East's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Gatlinburg-Pittman, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-1.
Friday's game might be decided in the trenches. Austin-East has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 154 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Gatlinburg-Pittman struggles in that department as they've been averaging 259. It's looking like Friday's match might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Austin-East took a serious blow against Gatlinburg-Pittman in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 53-14. Can Austin-East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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