Montgomery Central fell victim to Marshall County and their airtight defense on Friday. They took a blow against the Marshall County Tigers, falling 47-0. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 241st, while the Tigers are ranked 35th).
Tyler Thompson was his usual excellent self, throwing for 230 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.2% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground for Marshall County. What's more, Thompson also racked up 18 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in August. 94 of those passing yards were hauled in by Aja Jones, who also brought in three receiving touchdowns.
This is the second loss in a row for Montgomery Central and nudges their season record down to 1-7. As for Marshall County, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Montgomery Central will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Station Camp on October 25th. Marshall County also won't see the field for a while: their next contest is against Whites Creek on October 25th. One thing working in Marshall County's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last seven games.
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