The Franklin County Rebels will challenge the Lincoln County Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Franklin County has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with seven straight losses, while Lincoln County will come in with four straight victories.
Franklin County's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Shelbyville Central on Thursday. They were beaten by the Golden Eagles 42-0. While losing is never fun, the Rebels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 258th, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 45th).
Meanwhile, Lincoln County owes their defense a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. Everything went their way against Giles County as Lincoln County made off with a 22-0 win. The 22-point effort marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Franklin County's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Lincoln County, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Franklin County came up short against Lincoln County in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 28-24. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lincoln County's Maddox Franklin, who threw for 255 yards and four touchdowns on only 18 passes. Now that Franklin County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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