Football Preview: Cherokee County Warriors vs. Jackson Aggies
The Cherokee County Warriors will challenge the Jackson Aggies at 11:00 a.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a 13-game winning streak alive.
Cherokee County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 35-19 victory over West Morgan. Cherokee County's win was all the more impressive since the Rebels were averaging only 12.71 points allowed on the season.
One reason for the win was Cherokee County's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. Tae Diamond was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up four himself. He has been hot recently, having also posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Cherokee County got some further help from Dylan Duncan: he picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Cherokee County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 162 rushing yards in 14 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, everything went Jackson's way against St. Michael Catholic on Friday as Jackson made off with a 49-28 victory. Considering the Aggies have won 12 games by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jackson relied on the efforts of Landon Duckworth, who rushed for 67 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and Ezavier Crowell, who rushed for 157 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Keeyun Chapman, who picked up 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Jackson pushed their record up to 13-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 38.3 points. As for Cherokee County, their victory bumped their record up to 13-1.
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