SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. – The state’s top-ranked Class 1A football team continued its dominance of district rival Lookout Valley as South Pittsburg cruised to a 52-7 District 6-A victory Friday night.
The Pirates are 31-0 all-time against the Yellow Jackets.
After Matt Allen took the opening kickoff to the Lookout Valley 23-yard line, Jajuan Lankford scored from 3 yards out for a 6-0 lead less than a minute into the game.
Corbin Hale recovered a Yellow Jackets fumble on the ensuing series, setting the Pirates offense up at the Lookout Valley 27. Four plays plays later, Demetric “Little Man” Johnson scored from 15 yards and the barrage was on.
South Pittsburg found the end zone four more times in the first half while rolling up 295 yards.