Football Recap: Lenoir City Find Success

By Team Reports Oct 22, 2024, 6:11am

Football Recap: Lenoir City Panthers vs. Clinton Dragons

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Lenoir City waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They pulled ahead with a 15-14 photo finish over the Clinton Dragons. The Panthers have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Dragons, too.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lenoir City to victory, but perhaps none more so than Channing Mccord, who picked up 31 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 57 yards. Mccord didn't just play on offense: he also made six total tackles and defended a pass.

Lenoir City didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Eddy Soto and Gabe Cannon. The dominant performance also gave Cannon a new career-high in rushing yards.

Although Clinton took the loss, they still got scores from Bo Wright and Ryker Armes.

Lenoir City's victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-2. As for Clinton, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-6.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Lenoir City beat Clinton by a score of 15-14 on Monday.

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