The Dobyns-Bennett Indians are on the road again on Friday to play the Elizabethton Fighting Cyclones at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Dobyns-Bennett is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Morristown-Hamblen East for the full four quarters, racking up a 47-14 win on the road. With the Indians ahead 33-7 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Elizabethton had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 40.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They claimed a resounding 43-6 victory over the Patriots at home. Given the Fighting Cyclones' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 67th, while the Patriots are ranked 294th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Elizabethton relied on the efforts of Jaiden Wallin, who rushed for 50 yards and two touchdowns, and Rhett Slagle, who rushed for ten yards and two touchdowns.
Elizabethton's defense stepped up as well, laying out Peyton Lingerfelt. five times. Leading the way was Braydon Rainwater with two sacks.
Dobyns-Bennett has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for Elizabethton, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Dobyns-Bennett came up short against Elizabethton in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 14-7. Can Dobyns-Bennett avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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