The Cannon County Lions will square off against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cannon County will be strutting in after a win while Notre Dame will be coming in after a loss.
Cannon County will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by 54) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Cornersville out 16-14.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were beaten by Boyd-Buchanan 50-7. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 55th).
Cannon County now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Notre Dame, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Cannon County was taken down by Notre Dame 42-15 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Notre Dame's Ej Carter, who rushed for 207 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry. Now that Cannon County 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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