The Sheffield Knights are taking a road trip to face off against the Trezevant Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sheffield comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
Sheffield's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering two weeks ago. They were dealt a 46-0 loss at the hands of the Phoenix. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 334th, while the Phoenix are ranked 129th).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 49-6, which was the final score in Trezevant's tilt against Mitchell on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Bears in their meetings with the Tigers: they've now lost three in a row.
Trezevant's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Sheffield, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Sheffield skirted past Trezevant 21-18 when the teams last played back in September of 2022. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was the Bears' Leterrance Branigan, who rushed for 141 yards and a pair of TDs while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for the Knights to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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