The Fayetteville Tigers have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Marion County Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Fayetteville is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Giles County on Friday. They took a blow against the Bobcats, falling 38-7. The Tigers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 27-0.
Meanwhile, Marion County's rock-solid defense showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout on Friday. They beat Chattanooga Central by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 35-0. Fans of the Warriors have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Marion County can attribute much of their success to Tilton Pickett, who threw for 169 yards and two touchdowns on only nine passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. That's the most rushing yards Pickett has posted since back in October of 2023. Mason Mays helped Pickett out on the ground, rushing for 70 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Marion County's defense and their four sacks. Ashton Martin was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up threehimself.
Fayetteville now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Marion County, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Fayetteville came up short against Marion County in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 21-14. Will Fayetteville have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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