Sweetwater has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to square off against the Polk County Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Sweetwater's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Loudon two weeks ago. They were beaten by the Redskins 42-0. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 283rd, while the Redskins are ranked 74th).
Meanwhile, a win for Polk County just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Meigs County, falling 42-7. The Wildcats were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 28-0.
Sweetwater's loss was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Polk County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.
Sweetwater and Polk County were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but Sweetwater suffered an agonizing 29-28 defeat. Thankfully for Sweetwater, Damien McWilliams (who rushed for 91 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 87 receiving yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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