Oak Ridge is 7-1 against Whitney since August of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Oak Ridge Trojans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Whitney Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Oak Ridge will be strutting in after a victory while Whitney will be coming in after a loss.
Oak Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their matchup on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 71-0 win over Davis Sr. The result was nothing new for the Trojans, who have now won three contests by 20 points or more so far this season.
Thorne Watson and Jasen Womack were among the main playmakers for Oak Ridge as the former rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries and the latter gained 108 total yards and two touchdowns.incredibly, Womack got all that yardage with just one huge run Tyler Andujar got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Oak Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Oak Ridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Issac Pierce and Andujar. The dominant performance also gave Andujar a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Whitney was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were beaten by Folsom 69-7. The Wildcats were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-7.
Oak Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season. As for Whitney, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Everything went Oak Ridge's way against Whitney when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Oak Ridge made off with a 35-9 victory. Will Oak Ridge repeat their success, or does Whitney have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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