McDowell lost against Asheville back in October of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The McDowell Titans had to suffer through a 56-14 loss at the hands of the Asheville Cougars. The Titans were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-6.
Although McDowell took the loss, they still got scores from Oakley Keaton and Hunter Pittman.
Kyheem Plummer was his usual excellent self, rushing for 165 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries for Asheville. Plummer got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 86 yards. Meek Slydell was another key player, throwing for 121 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 passes.
This is the second loss in a row for McDowell and nudges their season record down to 1-5. As for Asheville, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
McDowell will venture away from home to take on Erwin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Erwin is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 41.2 points per game this season. As for Asheville, they will be playing in front of their home fans against North Buncombe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Asheville also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 33.5 points per game.
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