On Friday Cannon County will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to take on the Marion County Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Cannon County humbled Cascade with a 48-21 victory.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marion County). They breezed by Forrest at home to the tune of 63-17 last Friday. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Rockets are ranked 204th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Marion County to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mason Mays, who rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Mays a new career-high in rushing yards. Tilton Pickett was another key player, rushing for 38 yards and two touchdowns.
Marion County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Sam Pickett Lll and Zaiden Humphrey. Pickett Lll also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 122.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Marion County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 338 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Cannon County's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-3. As for Marion County, their record is now 6-2.
Cannon County was dealt a bruising 42-7 loss at the hands of Marion County when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Cannon County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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