Football Preview: Oak Ridge Wildcats vs. Sevier County Smoky Bears
Oak Ridge is 4-0 against Sevier County since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Oak Ridge Wildcats will be playing at home against the Sevier County Smoky Bears at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Oak Ridge sitting on five straight victories and Sevier County on 13.
Oak Ridge is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing East Hamilton: they outscored them in every quarter. Everything went Oak Ridge's way against East Hamilton on Friday as Oak Ridge made off with a 30-6 win. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won five matchups by 24 points or more so far this season.
Oak Ridge found their leader in sophomore Damillyan Porter, who rushed for 183 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 40 receiving yards. Blaine Stansberry was another key player, rushing for 59 yards.
Meanwhile, Sevier County faced West in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Sevier County came out on top against West by a score of 24-17. The 24-point effort marked the Smoky Bears' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
A big part of Sevier County's victory came down to the chemistry between Cooper Newman and his top target Haydon Akers. Newman threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns while Akers picked up 60 receiving yards.
Sevier County pushed their record up to 13-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 27.7 points. As for Oak Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 9-4.
Everything came up roses for Oak Ridge against Sevier County in their previous matchup back in September of 2018, as the squad secured a 41-13 win. Does Oak Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sevier County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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