The Brainerd Panthers will venture away from home to challenge the Sequatchie County Indians at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Brainerd is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Chattanooga Prep on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Panthers came up short against the Sentinels, falling 26-6. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 296th, while the Sentinels are ranked 129th).
Meanwhile, Sequatchie County unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Giles County by a score of 41-38. The game was a 14-14 toss-up at halftime, but the Indians couldn't quite close it out.
Brainerd's record now sits at 1-8. As for Sequatchie County, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 7-3.
Brainerd suffered a grim 34-14 defeat to Sequatchie County in their previous meeting back in November of 2018. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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