Touchdown Friday Night, Aug. 21, Pt. 2

Touchdown Friday Night, Aug. 21, Pt. 2

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East hamilton and signal mountain have estabished a season-opening rivalry, and the hurricanes have enjoyed the braggin' rights for quite some time.

East ham has won the last five meetings, including a huge come-from-behind win a year ago.

The hurricanes fell behind 14-0 before scoring 59 unanswered points to get the victory.

Would the east hamilton offense soar over the eagles again tonight?

Look at that rainbow.

Signal mountain hopes it's not a hurricane warning..

=== signal mountain makes the first big play of the night.

Defensive back logan farr with a big hit, forcing a hurricane turnover.

=== qb duncan cannon moving the ball forward, but no luck for the eagle's first drive.

=== the hurricanes have better luck on the second drive.

Haynes eller throws one across the field to kaunyae burgans for a 19 yard pass.

=== eller looking to pass it off, can't find anyone.

He keeps the ball, and gains 10 yards.

=== two plays later, eller hands off to juandrick bullard, he finds the endzone.

Hurricanes up 7 to 0.

=== east hamilton wins 34 to 7.

Fayetteville 16 marion co 27 copper basin 29 polk co 18 east ridge was supposed to kick their season with a rare, tennessee-georgia cross-over game.

The pioneers were set to entertain ridgeland, but then covid hit.

As a result, the g-h-s-a decided to push the start of their season back two weeks, so the panthers clash with the pioneers was canceled.

East ridge had to scramble to find an opener, and they landed one with sale creek.

Pioneers sure did land one.

40-0 at halftime over the panthers.

=== east ridge wasting no time to score again.

Running back dejaun norris gets out of one..

Two... three tackles before tripping up at the 12 yard line.

=== few plays later, he finishes the job.

Two yard score for the senior.

It's 46-0 now.

=== sale creek gets the engines going in the third.

Quarterback braden penny busts it to the outside.

24-yard pickup.

=== it's penny again in the redzone.

Going around the defense to score the panther's first touchdown of the year!

=== but this one stayed alllll east ridge.

46-12 the final.

Brainerd at hixson.

We join this matchup midway through as the brainerd panthers lead it 21 to 2 the panthers attack early in the second, as xiyeer lattimore connects with diamond bates who shakes a couple hixson defenders before being pushed out.

Next down lattimore drops back and connects with bates again who gets footloose with some fancy footwork and takes this one in for 6 to make it 27 to 2 brainerd the hixson offense keeps sputtering while brainerd is hitting on all cylinders.

Allen ware takes the handoff and breaks through the line and gets down near the 5 yard line 2 plays later, latimore channels houdini as he skirts around the line and waltzes in for another score making it 33 to 2 after a failed p-a-t brainerd goes on to win this one by a score of 39 to 16 bradley central 7 farragut 7 half silverdale 13 dca 27 high school football