The White Station Spartans will venture away from home to face off against the Bartlett Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. White Station is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
White Station came up short against Whitehaven on Friday, falling 33-7. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 139th, while the Tigers are ranked 34th).
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Bartlett over Arlington in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Bartlett blew Arlington out of the water with a 48-0 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Panthers had established a 41 point advantage.
The critical scores for Bartlett came from Aiden Jackson, Isaiah Worles, and Geron Johnson. Another player making a difference was Kam Alexander, who threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 passes.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Bartlett's defense and their six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Eric Gant and Lawrence Taylor who racked up four sacks between them.
White Station's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Bartlett, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
White Station was dealt a bruising 56-19 defeat at the hands of Bartlett when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Johnson, who rushed for 183 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.2 yards per carry. Now that White Station 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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