SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. — A brutal week of practice produced a Friday night beatdown as TSSAA Class 1A’s top-ranked South Pittsburg responded to a narrow road loss with a resounding home win over 3A’s No. 6 Sequatchie County at Beene Stadium.
After being held to 145 rushing yards in a one-point loss to Division II-AA’s Silverdale Baptist Academy in Chattanooga a week earlier, the Pirates had surpassed that total by halftime against the Indians, scoring a pair of touchdowns in each of the first two quarters as the reigning state champions were on their way to a 41-7 victory while improving to 2-1.
“We knew last week would do us good, because anytime you play a good team, they will show your deficiencies, and Silverdale exposed several of ours, but that helped us know where we needed work,” Pirates coach Wes Stone said. “That’s a veteran team with a potent offense we just played tonight, but our guys really got after them.”
The Indians, who fell to 2-1, came into the night averaging 42 points per game while led by senior quarterback Hunter Minton, who had opened with back-to-back games of 300-plus yards. However, South Pittsburg limited Sequatchie to 125 yards of offense (62 rushing), while the Pirates rolled up nearly 400, including 293 on the ground.
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