The Alcoa Tornadoes will challenge the South-Doyle Cherokees at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Alcoa is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Alcoa's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Fulton 63-0. The result was nothing new for the Tornadoes, who have now won five contests by 35 points or more so far this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Alcoa to victory, but perhaps none more so than Thomas Manu, who threw for 181 yards and three TDs while completing 81.8% of his passes. Condis Cherry was another key rusher, rushing for 101 yards and one touchdown on only five carries.
Alcoa was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fulton only rushed for 27.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South-Doyle). They breezed past Union County to the tune of 76-0 on Friday. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Cherokees' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 131st, while the Patriots are ranked 293rd).
South-Doyle's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Alcoa, their win bumped their record up to 6-0.
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