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2 hours ago, PercyPeabody said:

I attempted to verify all this with two different websites. While these two schools are not close in proximity (3 hrs away), they have quite the history due to their 1A sustainability (don't ever see them moving up) and their successes on the football field not only against common opponents but each other. 

The Wayne County Wildcats and Moore County Raiders have met a total of 39 times.

In 1959 the two teams first met on the gridiron but interestingly enough Moore County was then known as Lynchburg. Wayne County won the first ever clash 28-14. After this initial meeting the two teams played 3 times in the 60s. In 1960, Lynchburg took revenge winning 14-6. Later they went on to beat Wayne Co in 63 and 64 by the scores of 12-6 and 27-6. The two teams did not play again until 1971.

In 1971 Lynchburg then became known as Moore County High. Moore County won the first meeting under their new name 14-3. The only other meeting in the 70s was a 30-8 victory by Wayne County in 1972. 

After a huge gap and some region realignments, the two teams squared off again in 1983. Wayne County won 7-0 and the games continued on in the 80s with the following results:

1984 Moore Co 29 Wayne Co 0

1985 Wayne Co 15 Moore Co 0

1986 Wayne Co 13 Moore Co 6

1987 Wayne Co 28 Moore Co 6

1988 Moore Co 48 Wayne Co 0

1989 Moore Co 27 Wayne Co 0

The eighties finished with Moore Co collecting only 3 wins to Wayne County's 4. 

The nineties were not kind to the Wildcats but as you'll see going forward this rivalry is streaky.

In the nineties the Raiders went 7-3 over their rivals but what is more interesting is the region was won by one of these two teams for the entire decade with Moore winning the crown every year except for Wayne Co being the region champ in 1994. 

Results:

1990 Wayne Co 43 Moore Co 7

1991 Moore Co 20 Wayne Co 6

1992 Moore Co 35 Wayne Co 20

1993 Moore Co 28 Wayne Co 0

1994 Wayne Co 27 Moore Co 7

1995 Moore Co 42 Wayne Co 33

1996 Wayne Co 21 Moore Co 14

1997 Moore Co 7 Wayne Co 0

1998 Moore Co 28 Wayne Co 14

1999 Moore Co 40 Wayne Co 3

The 2000s brought in a change of scenery as the Wildcats decided to dominate the next decade by winning 7 contests in a row. The Raiders won in 2000 by a score of 28 to 13 but then Wayne Co went on their roll. 

2001 Wayne Co 7-0

2002 Wayne Co 15-8

2003 Wayne Co 18-2

2004 Wayne Co 28-21

2005 Wayne Co 26-21

2006 Wayne Co 21-14

2007 Wayne Co 40-27

2008 Moore Co 17 Wayne Co 14

After a two year hiatus, the teams began play again in 2011.

2011 Wayne Co 49 Moore Co 14

2012 Moore Co 30 Wayne Co 0

2013 Wayne Co 28 Moore Co 0

2014 Wayne Co 33 Moore Co 7

Starting in 2015 realignment hit again and the series was put on hold. 

To my knowledge the teams did not meet again until a playoff matchup in 2020.

The Raiders dominated the playoff contest 49-14.

Starting in 2021 the teams became region opponents again with Moore Co winning 26-13 and winning again in 2023 by a final score of 34-25.

 

 

If you are still with me, I say all this to say what an amazing rivalry! I have the teams meeting a total number of 39 times with Moore Co winning 20 times and Wayne Co winning 19 times. It doesn't get anymore evenly matched than that my friends! 

Amazing breakdown! Love the storylines there of teams that haven’t met much but compete everytime!

23 minutes ago, FBfan26 said:

It’s a rival but it’s not a rival because they only beat us one time but PC & East Nashville fan wise is a HUGE game.

Yeah I wish PC still had a public metro school that could compete with them lol. Cane ridge is really the only one that’s close anymore.

3 hours ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

Milan vs Peabody

Milan vs Huntingdung 

Milan Peabody is definitely on my Radar

2 hours ago, MidTennFootball said:

Oakland v. Riverdale, The Battle of the Boro.

Both schools opened in 1972 and have played every year sense. Before Murfreesboro got really big, wasn't uncommon for players on both sides to play for the same teams before they got to high school. Started bc Murfreesboro got too big for 1 high school, which is now Central Magnet. Riverdale leads the series 32-23 

This one is for sure on my list. Not as much just because Oakland is so dominant recently, and kinda diminishes the rivalry aspect of it. But for sure on the list!

36 minutes ago, Ffball9999 said:

Greeneville vs Elizabethton.   4 out of last 6 state titles 

Yeah, that whole are of East Tn has some great storylines and rivalries like that.

In the process of putting together a series of short documentaries highlighting rivalry Games in Tennessee. If y’all have any suggestions for great rivalries, I’d love to hear them! Why they exist, what makes them great, how it started, etc. going to use these suggestions as a starting point to decide which games I will be doing first. Thanks!

In the process of putting together a series of short documentaries highlighting rivalry Games in Tennessee. If y’all have any suggestions for great rivalries, I’d love to hear them! Why they exist, what makes them great, how it started, etc. going to use these suggestions as a starting point to decide which games I will be doing first. Thanks!

In the process of putting together a series of short documentaries highlighting rivalry Games in Tennessee. If y’all have any suggestions for great rivalries, I’d love to hear them! Why they exist, what makes them great, how it started, etc. going to use these suggestions as a starting point to decide which games I will be doing first. Thanks!

1 hour ago, RTD said:

If you're not playing for a gold ball or playing to have a chance to okay for a gold ball most TC fans won't show up. Tc fans are spoiled with winning as much as the team has since 1990 it's either gold ball or nothing. 

TC fans need to wake up if this is the case. they haven't won a gold ball since 2013 and have been getting worse in the past couple years. Would hate to see TC's amazing atmosphere fall off because they're stuck in the 90's/2000s.

7 hours ago, Sportsman2 said:

I keep wanting to give Watertown some credit but I just can’t. Y’all just aren’t any good this year. Tonight it shows. 

I wouldn't be surprised if this is the best game on the 1and2 A message boards this week

I'll always cheer for a TC loss, but it's really up for grabs in this one lol

No clue how good Watertown is gonna be this year, but from what I do know, they're going to have a lot of work to do if they want to win this game. 

Looking at the schedule for next year, Fayetteville is playing at Watertown the first game. Don’t know what to expect this far out but I think that will be the best game in 1a or 2A week 1

I am surprised to say the least that Watertown isn’t moving up, but I’m glad the rivalry between H20 and TC can continue.

5 minutes ago, Grizzly478 said:

the ball went into the end zone, we picked it up in end zone

Must have just been my point of view lol

Just now, Grizzly478 said:

On a kick off, once the ball goes into the end zone the ball is dead no matter what

Just now, Grizzly478 said:

On a kick off, once the ball goes into the end zone the ball is dead no matter what

The first one kid touched it and Watertown player picked it up and walked in the end zone.

Amazing game. Congrats to TC. Not going to blame anything for the loss besides coaching. But there were two clear missed calls where a TC player touched the ball on a kickoff and the refs called it dead. Great game overall though, lots of respect to TC coaches and team.

26 minutes ago, FromDaMudd said:

And you know this how?

Former player. Not going to say what year cause id like some form of anonymity on here, but in my four years of playing for coach Webster, we never used wet balls in practice. We did everything in our power to keep the balls dry if it was wet out during practice.

The fact that Watertown never practices with a wet ball may hurt them come friday

7 hours ago, BCB~MVP said:

Last Years Watertown D does not compare to this years TC D. They averaged allowing 11.2 PPG and only recorded 1 shutout. They were better than this years though. I'd also say that the offense last year for Watertown is superior to this years, 44.9 compared to 32.3. When you compare year to year with TC, their number have moved to the better. Last year TC scored 30 PPG while giving up 11.3 PPG  vs 36 PPG & 5.6 PPG in '19. 

last year Watertown also had starters out midway through the 2nd quarter of almost half their games, but I will admit this TC defense has absolutely dominated this year. my point was just that an easier schedule can come back to bight you like it did to H2O last year.

35 minutes ago, TCRadio said:

TCs defense has allowed 62 points in 11 games, the starters have only allowed 29 points in 11 games, 16 of those 29 were against Watertown, so the starters allowed 2 TD in the other 10 games, the TC defense/special teams(blocked punts) have scored 7 TD this year, that’s dominance even if the schedule is on the weaker side, doing what you are suppose to do vs the competition in front of you.

Not disagreeing with you at all here. But Watertown fans said the same thing last year 

2 minutes ago, RTD said:

Are you saying this base of your hate for H2O or is this how you really feel the game will go and if so why?

he's just still mad at Watertown for doing the terrible, awful, punk thing of beating westy just like the 4 years before.

We get it, Watertown is the regional champs. well that didn't help us last year and it won't help this year. Anybody saying TC is the underdog either doesn't know what they're talking about, or is looking for a motivation to give TC players. IMO there is no underdog this game, just two hard nose good teams.

IMO if it rains Thursday/friday, TC will win without a doubt. hoping for a dry field with even playing conditions lol.