Football Preview: Highland Tech Rams vs. Bessemer City Yellow Jackets
Highland Tech is 1-9 against Bessemer City since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Highland Tech Rams will stay at home for another week and welcome the Bessemer City Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. Highland Tech's defense has only allowed 17.8 points per game this season, so Bessemer City's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Highland Tech's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Burns offense got past them. Highland Tech was dealt a 56-8 defeat at the hands of Burns on Friday. That makes it the first time this season the Rams have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bessemer City). They took their match at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 57-6 win over Thomas Jefferson. With the Yellow Jackets ahead 42-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Bessemer City got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Gavin Chastain out in front who threw for 337 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score. Keon Smith helped Chastain out on the ground, rushing for 131 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries.
Having lost for the first time this season, Highland Tech fell to 3-1. As for Bessemer City, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Highland Tech was taken down by Bessemer City 73-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Highland Tech, Anthony Smith (who rushed for 165 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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