Grundy County is on a three-game streak of home losses, Watertown a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Grundy County Yellowjackets will take on the Watertown Purple Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Grundy County is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 54 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Giles County on Friday. They took a blow against the Bobcats, falling 49-8. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 308th, while the Bobcats are ranked 128th).
Meanwhile, a win for Watertown just wasn't in the cards last Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Giles County, falling 42-21. The Purple Tigers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 28-0.
Grundy County's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 3-4. As for Watertown, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Grundy County was taken down by Watertown 48-6 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Grundy County was down 35-0.
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