With a playoff game on the line, Gatlinburg-Pittman rose to the challenge on Friday. They came out on top against the Roane County Yellowjackets by a score of 24-17. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Highlanders also won the last time the pair played back in November of 2023.
Gatlinburg-Pittman can attribute much of their success to John Keohane, who rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 143 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Keohane a new career-high in rushing yards.
Gatlinburg-Pittman is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 36.8 points per game. As for Roane County, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-6.
Gatlinburg-Pittman will square off against Unicoi County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Unicoi County sitting on six straight wins and Gatlinburg-Pittman on three. Roane County does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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