Gatlinburg-Pittman has gone 6-0 against Unicoi County recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders will head out to challenge the Unicoi County Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Gatlinburg-Pittman comes in on three and Unicoi County on six.
Gatlinburg-Pittman is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 24-17 win over Roane County.
Gatlinburg-Pittman found their leader in sophomore John Keohane, who rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 143 yards and a touchdown. Those 54 rushing yards gave Keohane a new career-high.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Unicoi County). They blew past Union County, posting a 56-16 victory. The Blue Devils might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by 21 points or more this season.
Gatlinburg-Pittman has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.0 points per game. As for Unicoi County, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1.
Everything went Gatlinburg-Pittman's way against Unicoi County in their previous matchup back in October, as Gatlinburg-Pittman made off with a 34-13 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Unicoi County's Kolby Jones, who threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 56 yards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Gatlinburg-Pittman still be able to contain Jones? There's only one way to find out.
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