After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Sevier County, Carter was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 47-0 win over the Austin-East Roadrunners. Given the Green Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Roadrunners are ranked 267th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Several Roadrunners players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Dikye'Is Towns, who picked up 112 receiving yards and a touchdown. Towns got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 89 yards. Austin-East also got a significant boost from Dimere Ligon, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 91 yards.
The victory got Carter back to even at 1-1. As for Austin-East, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Carter will look to defend their home field on Friday against Gatlinburg-Pittman at 7:00 p.m. As for Austin-East, they will challenge South-Doyle at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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