Claiborne hasn't had much luck against Unicoi County recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Claiborne Bulldogs will square off against the Unicoi County Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m.
Claiborne's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Gatlinburg-Pittman on Friday. They had to suffer through a 56-0 loss at the hands of the Highlanders. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 295th, while the Highlanders are ranked 143rd).
Meanwhile, Unicoi County didn't have too much trouble with Volunteer on the road on Friday as they won 41-27.
Kolby Jones was his usual excellent self, rushing for 110 yards and four touchdowns on only ten carries, while also throwing for 123 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Unicoi County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 298 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Claiborne now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Unicoi County, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
Claiborne came up short against Unicoi County when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 41-32. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jones, who threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73% of his passes. Now that Claiborne knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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