Freedom hasn't had much luck against Watauga recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Freedom Patriots will head out to take on the Watauga Pioneers at 7:30 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Last Friday, everything went Freedom's way against Ashe County as Freedom made off with a 35-14 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
Meanwhile, Watauga put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Hibriten to the tune of 49-14. The Pioneers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 26 points or more this season.
Watauga was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 178 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
Freedom has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Watauga, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Freedom came up short against Watauga in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 54-48. Can Freedom avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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