Heritage and Lenoir City are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Heritage Mountaineers will take on the Lenoir City Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Heritage is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Halls last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Heritage came up short against Halls, falling 41-17. The Mountaineers haven't had much luck with the Red Devils recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Lenoir City had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They pulled ahead with a 15-14 photo finish over the Dragons.
Lenoir City's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Channing Mccord, who picked up 31 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 57 yards. Mccord also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making six total tackles and defending 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.
Heritage now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Lenoir City, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Everything came up roses for Heritage against Lenoir City when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 35-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Heritage since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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