The Beech Buccaneers will head out on the road to take on the Henry County Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Beech is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Beech is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped last Friday as they easily beat Hendersonville 49-6 at home. With that win, the Buccaneers brought their scoring average up to 27.8 points per game.
Chelton Swafford was his usual excellent self, rushing for 216 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 101.7 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaden Powell, who rushed for 53 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Beech was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 375 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Beech wouldn't let Hendersonville keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Beech can thank Wyatt Davis and Rocco Holt for forcing both of them. Holt also set a new season high mark in total tackles with four.
Meanwhile, Henry County came up short against Portland on Friday and fell 21-14.
Beech's record is now 5-1. As for Henry County, their loss dropped their record down to 4-3.
Beech and Henry County were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but Beech came up empty-handed after a 46-45 defeat. Can Beech avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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