Published: September 18, 2021

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, AREA HIGH SCHOOLS PLAYED IN THEIR FIFTH WEEK OF FOOTBALL ACTION. LAWRENCE COUNTY MADE THE TRIP NORTH TO FACE OFF AGAINST THE PEARL COHN FIREBIRDS IN NASHVILLE. THE WILDCATS TRIP ENDED UP FRUITLESS AS THEY LOST TO THE FIREBIRDS 48 TO 0. THE FORREST ROCKETS DIDN'T ALLOW THE SUMMERTOWN EAGLES A FIGHTING CHANCE AS FORREST WON 33 TO 7. IN CORNERSVILLE, THE BULLDOGS DEFENDED THEIR HOME TURF WITH A VICTORY OVER THE COLLINWOOD TROJANS 21 TO 0. THE ZION CHRISTIAN ACADEMY EAGLES DEFEATED THE LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN-ANTIOCH LIONS 42 TO 20 AND THE COLUMBIA ACADEMY BULLDOGS WERE BEATEN BY THE DAVIDSON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WILDCATS 52 TO 14. IN COLUMBIA, THE CENTRAL LIONS HOSTED THE NOLENSVILLE KNIGHTS WHERE THE LIONS WERE VICTORIOUS IN A 30 TO 7 OUTING. THE HILLWOOD HILLTOPPERS WENT SOUTH TO PLAY AGAINST THE MARSHALL COUNTY TIGERS AND WERE BLOWN OUT 55 TO 0. THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT STORIES IN GILES COUNTY AS THE GILES COUNTY BOBCATS DEFEATED THE COMMUNITY VIKINGS 57 TO 8 IN PULASKI WHILE IN LYNNVILLE, THE RICHLAND RAIDERS FAILED TO DEFEND THEIR HOME AS THEY WERE DEFEATED BY THE CASCADE CHAMPIONS 21 TO 14. AND FINALLY, ON SATURDAY MORNING, THE LORETTO MUSTANGS HOSTED THE MT. PLEASANT TIGERS IN A CLOSE GAME WHERE THE TIGERS WERE THE VICTORS AS THEY DEFEATED THE MUSTANGS 17 TO 7.