The Blountstown Tigers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Dixie County Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Dixie County took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Blountstown, who comes in off a win.
Blountstown will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up six points last Friday, then bounced right back against Sneads on Friday. Blountstown breezed by Sneads on the road to the tune of 38-3. The contest marked the Tigers' most dominant win of the season so far.
Blountstown relied on the efforts of Kayin Martin, who rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and Tristan King, who rushed for 37 yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, Martin is now averaging an impressive 102.2 rushing yards per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Blountstown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 254 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, Dixie County fell victim to Chiefland and their airtight defense on Friday. They had to suffer through a 48-0 loss at the hands of the Indians. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 422nd, while the Indians are ranked 168th).
Blountstown now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Dixie County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
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