Huntingdon has gone a perfect 4-0 against Peabody recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. After each having a week off, the two teams will shake off the rust and duke it out at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Peabody will challenge a team with plenty of momentum: Huntingdon extended their winning streak to five last Friday. The Mustangs took their game with ease, bagging a 59-6 victory over Harpeth. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 45-6.
Kenton Smith
| 10/10/25 vs Harpeth | 79 |
| 09/12/25 @ Halls | 60 |
| 08/22/25 @ McKenzie | 60 |
| 08/29/25 @ Camden Central | 55 |
| 09/19/25 vs Jackson Central Merry | 37 |
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Kenton Smith and Kylen Turner. Smith rushed for 79 yards and one TD on only seven carries while Turner rushed for 37 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Those 79 rushing yards gave Smith a new career-high.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Huntingdon proved: they limited Harpeth to a paltry 0.5 yards per carry. The team can thank Gavin Gray for the heroic effort on defense: he. Huntingdon didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 12.6.
Huntingdon's defense also made the game a nightmare for Maddox Wilson, racking up 11 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Gray and Taylin Strayhorn, who racked up eight sacks between them. Strayhorn also set a new season-high mark in total tackles with seven.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Peabody). They breezed past Raleigh-Egypt to the tune of 58-12 last Friday. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Golden Tide's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 118th, while the Pharaohs are ranked 317th).
Huntingdon's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Peabody, their victory bumped their record up to 8-0.
Huntingdon strolled past Peabody in their previous matchup back in October of 2024 by a score of 38-21. Do the Mustangs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Golden Tide turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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