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As in the first game, Huntingdon was outplayed. Riverside has Huntingdon outsized up front and it showed up. Without the mistakes that Riverside made in the first game, outcome is different. Congratulations Riverside, represent West TN well in Chattanooga. Great season Huntingdon, look forward to watching this group the next few years.

Players can't, but fans can be as unfocused as they want. Riverside will be out for revenge and Huntingdon can't have a bad game. Huntingdon has definitely improved since first match. Will find out soon enough if Riverside has improved enough to overtake the Stangs.

I am not sure any team from the west has anything for Tyner. Looking at scores, they have played very well all season.

You may not like the calls but they were legit. It wasn't the first time it happened, just first time it was called. Probably the fastest half of football I have seen. Both teams played exceptionally well. UC defensive line was a force and Huntingdons defensive line returned the favor. Huntingdons secondary probably had their best game of the year. In position and able to make big plays over and over. Granted there wasn't a lot of passing.

FYI, I am a Huntingdon fan.

Huntingdon's offensive line was outplayed all night. Granted they were outnumbered. Huntingdon's defensive front was run over all night. Penalties and fumbles killed multiple drives that Riverside had. Don't get me wrong I am glad Huntingdon won but that is about as ugly a win you can have. Riverside turned the ball over when they were not even touched a couple times. They put the ball on the ground multiple times that cost them downs. Not sure on stats but I bet there was less than 100 yards difference in total yards and get beat by 26?

My belief it was the difference in hoping to win and expecting to win.

That was the closest 33-7 ballgame I believe I have ever seen. Riverside did everything they could to give the game away and did a very good job of it. Huntingdon was outplayed most of the night but took advantage every time it counted. At the end of the game, Riverside was gassed and Huntingdon had some quick scoring strikes.

Riverside is hanging tough. 18-14 Riverside at the half. Game is on Facebook. TNLToday

I can see where you are coming from on every point. Here are my takes. 1) Pretty sure MAHS will have some better athletes than Huntingdon. That was the case with Peabody and Mitchell. Better athletes does not equate to better team. 2) One of the best run defense in Shelby county? Ok, not sure where that stacks up across west TN. As has been mentioned previously by other posters, Shelby county is not known for smash mouth football for the most part. 3) Schedule test. Huntingdon by a mile in this one. MAHS has played 4 teams with winning records, went 3-1. Winning percentage of those teams was 66%. Huntingdon has played 6 teams with winning records, went 4-2. Winning percentage of those teams was 85%. No offense to Camden but claiming anything by a 44 point win margin is pointless. Fairley scored 56 on UC which is 8 points more than Huntingdon scored, but Fairley also allowed 35 which is 21 more than Huntingdon allowed. There is no easy way to compare schedules but Huntingdon is definitely more battle tested than MAHS. 4) Huntingdon has to be consistent in the run game. Huntingdon will be consistent, and persistent. It is in Huntingdon's DNA. Huntingdon has actually developed an amazing passing attack (at least by Huntingdon standards). 5) Fewest points MAHS has scored is 26. Same for Huntingdon. MAHS is averaging 43 points/game. Huntingdon is averaging 44.7. Will concede that Huntingdon is giving up more. Partly due to giving up big plays to often. Mostly due to better competition in my opinion. 6) MAHS is pretty close to Westview. Not ready to go there yet. I believe both are really good teams. This should be a better game than last week. MAHS will have to be ready to play 4 quarters. Huntingdon will grind and grind and grind all night. Huntingdon needs to make them earn every score and not give up too many big plays.

That happened as well. Huntingdon still has to work on pass coverage but overall good execution. Great execution if you compare to the start of the year. The improvement in this team over the course of the year is a credit to the coaching staff and the players.

Mitchell only scored once in the 2nd half. It was 27-16 at half. Granted one of those was a short field drive, but it was against first team.

Trenton did not have an off night. Huntingdon played mistake free football all night.

LC only had 8 because of penalties and missed opportunities. They are the most complete 1A team in the state this year. I am biased but I believe Huntingdon would have beat Greenback as well.

Congrats to LC. The better team won tonight. Only regret in the game is the turnovers. Otherwise a well played game on both sides. Glad that the refs were a non factor. I didn't disagree with any of the calls.