The Signal Mountain Eagles will venture away from home to face off against the Silverdale Academy Seahawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Signal Mountain is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing East Ridge: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Signal Mountain blew East Ridge out of the water with a 43-6 final score. The Eagles pushed the score to 36-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pioneers had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Silverdale Academy). They took their contest on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 49-20 victory over Lakeway Christian Academy. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Seahawks with their most commanding win of the season.
Connor Jenne went supernova for Silverdale Academy, throwing for 271 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.9% of his passes. Another player making a difference was Landon Deitch, who rushed for 83 yards and three touchdowns.
Silverdale Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Kaleb Kilgore, Bob Edmonds, and Luke Bowman picked up one apiece.
The win made it two in a row for Signal Mountain and bumps their season record up to 6-1. As for Silverdale Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Signal Mountain suffered a grim 42-21 defeat to Silverdale Academy in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jenne, who threw for 93 yards and two touchdowns on only eight passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that Signal Mountain knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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