Highland Tech hasn't had much luck against Bessemer City recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Highland Tech Rams will stay at home for another week and welcome the Bessemer City Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. Highland Tech's defense has only allowed 17.8 points per game this season, so Bessemer City's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Highland Tech's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Burns offense got past them. Highland Tech took a blow against Burns on Friday, falling 56-8. That makes it the first time this season the Rams have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bessemer City). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Thomas Jefferson 57-6 at home. With the Yellow Jackets ahead 42-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Bessemer City's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Gavin Chastain, who threw for 337 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score. Keon Smith helped Chastain out on the ground, rushing for 131 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Bessemer City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Thomas Jefferson only rushed for 68.
Having lost for the first time this season, Highland Tech fell to 3-1. As for Bessemer City, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Highland Tech was taken down by Bessemer City 73-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Highland Tech, Anthony Smith (who rushed for 165 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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