While Tellico Plains put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Sequoyah. The Tellico Plains Bears took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 57-0 victory over the Sequoyah Chiefs. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bears.
Ryan Shaffer had a dynamite game for Tellico Plains, rushing for 310 yards and nine touchdowns while picking up 14.8 yards per carry. Shaffer really tore up the turf during one magnificent 73-yard run. Ike Hollinghead was another key player, throwing for 154 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Tellico Plains' defense and their four sacks. Sequoyah's QB won't forget Chance Shapiro anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Shapiro also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up two sacks and making 21 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tellico Plains was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 383 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 168 rushing yards in six consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Tellico Plains' win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-0. As for Sequoyah, they are on a seven-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-2.
Tellico Plains will face off against Sweetwater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Sequoyah, they will square off against Signal Mountain at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Signal Mountain knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 point or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Sequoyah likes a good challenge.
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