Jefferson County is 1-6 against Bearden since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Jefferson County Patriots will head out on the road to face off against the Bearden Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Thursday, Jefferson County made easy work of William Blount and carried off a 34-14 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Patriots.
It was another big night for Skylar Thomas, who rushed for 274 yards and three touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Jefferson County's defense and their seven sacks. William Blount's QB won't forget Logan Lawrence anytime soon given he sacked him three times. Lawrence also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 13. Jefferson County got some further help from Christian Wilson: he picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Jefferson County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 254 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 201 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Bearden waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the Bears by a score of 31-22. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Bears are ranked 143rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bearden has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 32.1 points per game. As for Jefferson County, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-4.
Jefferson County couldn't quite finish off Bearden when the teams last played back in November of 2023 and fell 23-20. Can Jefferson County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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