The Greenbrier Bobcats will take on the White House-Heritage Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Greenbrier has struggled recently with six losses in a row, while White House-Heritage will arrive with three straight victories.
Greenbrier lost 31-7 to White House on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 293rd, while the Blue Devils are ranked 130th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask White House-Heritage). They took their contest at home on Thursday with ease, bagging a 48-20 win over Sycamore. The Patriots pushed the score to 42-13 by the end of the third, a deficit the War Eagles cut but never quite recovered from.
White House-Heritage got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Xavier Murray out in front who threw for 236 yards and five touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes. Murray is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for four or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Cale Hunt helped Murray out on the ground, picking up 42 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 45 yards and a touchdown.
White House-Heritage's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Myles Oden and Caden Berry.
Greenbrier's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for White House-Heritage, they pushed their record up to 4-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Greenbrier beat White House-Heritage 27-15 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was White House-Heritage's Adrian Bonilla, who picked up 59 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 101 yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Greenbrier to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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