The Robbinsville Black Knights entered their tilt with the Swain County Maroon Devils with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Robbinsville snuck past Swain County with a 14-8 win on Friday. That's two games straight that Robbinsville has won by exactly six points.
It was another big night for Cuttler Adams, who rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown. Adams hasn't dropped below 100 rushing yards for five straight games.
Robbinsville's win was their third straight at home, bumping their overall record up to 9-1. It's not like the team was facing easy opposition over that stretch either, as it included 6-4 Hayesville (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 63.3% over those games). As for Swain County, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-1.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Robbinsville's homestand continues as they prepare to take on Thomas Jefferson at 7:30 p.m. on November 3rd. Thomas Jefferson will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last. As for Swain County, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Avery County at 7:30 p.m. Avery County will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 324th, while Swain County is ranked 73rd).
