Friday just wasn't the day for Austin-East's offense. They had to suffer through a 47-0 loss at the hands of the Carter Green Hornets. While losing is never fun, the Roadrunners can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 267th, while the Green Hornets are ranked 96th).
Several Roadrunners players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Dikye'Is Towns, who picked up 112 receiving yards and a touchdown. Towns got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 89 yards. Austin-East also got a significant boost from Dimere Ligon, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 91 yards.
Austin-East's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Carter, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Austin-East will welcome South-Doyle at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Carter, they will be playing at home against Gatlinburg-Pittman at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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