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High School Football Recap for Week 6

Homecoming court

Senior quarterback Tilton Pickett threw for 74 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 52 yards as Marion County defeated Brainerd 40-6 on Saturday. Sam Pickett totaled 98 yards of offense and three scores.

Marion (5-1) allowed just 41 yards, including 20 rushing yards on 20 carries during their Homecoming win. Kayley McLemore was named Homecoming Queen.

Bledsoe County (5-1) Senior quarterback Jonathan Thomas was 5-of-6 passing for 99 yards and ran nine times for 78 yards with a touchdown. The Warriors ran past Tellico Plains 34-0 on Saturday.  Austyn Rains added three TD runs and finished with 68 yards on 12 carries.

Will Machado hit the game-winning field goal on Saturday as Sequatchie County got past Coalfield on the road, 17-14.

Queen Arianna Robinson

The South Pittsburg Pirates roared past Innovation Academy 63-8 on Saturday night, improving to 4-2 on the season. It was the Pirates’ homecoming, and Arianna Robinson was named queen.

Due to weather conditions, the Whitwell Tigers, at 5-0 on the season, will travel to Copper Basin on Monday. The game will be broadcast on The River 104.9. The airtime is set for 4:45, and kickoff is at 5 p.m.

Other scores:

Sale Creek 35, Grundy County 2

Dade County 21, Armuchee 7

North Jackson, AL had the week off.

Lucky Knott

Lucky Knott is a longtime broadcaster, sportscaster, and news reporter, having worked in radio here in the Sequatchie Valley and in Coffee and Grundy County for many years. You can hear his news reports weekday mornings and afternoons on The River 104.9 WEPG in Marion County and Country Roads 93.3 in Dunlap/Pikeville. He is also Editor for SValleyNow.com - Sequatchie Valley Now.