Week nine of the high school football season saw but Cumberland County and Stone Memorial take losses.
The Jets of CCHS made the trip to Gainesboro to take on Jackson County where the Blue Devils went up four scores at halftime then cruised to a 55-8 win over Cumberland County The Jets are now 0-9 on the season. The Stone Memorial Panthers’ streak of making the State Playoffs ended Friday night after SMHS dropped a defensive battle to DeKalb County 10-7. Stone falls to 3-6 on the year and are still winless in Region play dropping to 0-4.
4A Region 4 has a new champion. The White County Warriors defeated Upperman 35-15 Friday night giving Sparta their program’s first Region title. While the Bees from Baxter lost the game they have locked up a spot in the State Playoffs along with the Macon County Tigers. The fourth and final playoff spot will be decided next Friday when Livingston Academy takes on DeKalb County.
CCHS & SMHS will have one more game this season and those games will see the Jets and Panthers on the road. Cumberland County heads west to take on Whites Creek, while Stone will be in Sparta to play border rival White County. CCHS’s game can be heard on 102.5 WOW Country while the Panthers can be heard on MIX 99.3.
4A REGION 4 SCORES (REGION TEAMS IN BOLD)
DEKALB COUNTY def STONE MEMORIAL – 10-7
WHITE COUNTY def UPPERMAN – 35-15
MACON COUNTY def LIVINGSTON ACADEMY – 35-7
REGION STANDINGS – C = Champion, + = Playoff Birth
- WHITE COUNTY (9-0, 4-0) (C)
- MACON COUNTY (8-1, 3-1) (+)
- UPPERMAN (6-3, 3-1) (+)
- LIVINGSTON ACADEMY (5-4, 1-3)
- DEKALB COUNTY (4-5, 1-3)
- STONE MEMORIAL (3-6, 0-4)