The matchup between Grainger and Pigeon Forge on Friday hardly resembled the 7-6 effort from their previous meeting. The Grainger Grizzlies took a blow against the Pigeon Forge Tigers, falling 49-21. That makes it the first time this season the Grizzlies have let down their home crowd.
Wyatt Howard continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Pigeon Forge, rushing for 223 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Howard a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ayden Hood, who picked up 121 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This is the second loss in a row for Grainger and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Pigeon Forge, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Grainger will take on Sullivan East at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Sullivan East focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday. As for Pigeon Forge, they are taking a road trip to square off against Chuckey-Doak at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pigeon Forge is facing Chuckey-Doak at the right time seeing as Chuckey-Doak is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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