The Greenback Cherokees will take on the Whitwell Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 42-6, which was the final score in Greenback's tilt against Loudon on Friday. The Cherokees haven't had much luck with the Redskins recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Whitwell had to travel to play their first game of the season, but the final result was worth the trip. They blew past Huntland 27-0 on the road on Friday. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Tigers had established a 21 point advantage.
Brandon Easterly went supernova for Whitwell, rushing for 161 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, while also throwing for 110 yards on ten of 16 attempts.
Easterly wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Whitwell was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Huntland only rushed for 104.
Greenback couldn't quite finish off Whitwell when the teams last played back in August of 2023 and fell 15-12. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Whitwell's Bennett McDougal, who rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 32 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Greenback knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
