With a playoff game on the line, Tellico Plains rose to the challenge on Friday. They had just enough and edged the South Greene Rebels out 30-28. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bears.
Ryan Shaffer was his usual excellent self, rushing for 213 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August. Braden Reed also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Tellico Plains was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 341 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 187 rushing yards in six consecutive contests.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Tellico Plains' defense and their four sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Nathaniel Bivens and Bryson Collette, who racked up all four sacks between them.
Tellico Plains has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for South Greene, with the loss, they broke their eight-game winning streak and moved their record to 8-2.
Tellico Plains will head out to challenge Bledsoe County at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Bledsoe County is coming into the match with six straight victories at home, so Tellico Plains will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. South Greene does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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