Winless foes to square off tonight: 0-4 Warren County travels to 0-5 Tullahoma
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Warren County, which fell to 0-4 with last week’s 41-0 loss at Cookeville, hits the road to Coffee County to take on the winless Tullahoma Wildcats. The Wildcats dropped to 0-5 last week with a 24-17 loss at Nashville Overton.
Head coach John Olive has struggled so far with a young squad, after losing all but five starters from last year’s 10-2 team.
Included in the list of Wildcats who graduated last spring were the team’s quarterback and all its wide receivers. But senior Joe Spence has filled the field general’s role nicely.
Spence led the Wildcats in their closest game of the season, a 28-27 loss to White County, by rushing for 182 yards on 18 carries, including two touchdowns. The senior also completed 20-of-28 passes in that contest for 113 yards.
The Wildcats’ signal-caller finished with over 200 yards through the air in a 14-12 loss to rival Coffee County two weeks ago, with 101 of those yards coming to Ben Edwards, including a touchdown grab.
Quintus Brazelton has carried the bulk of the load in the Wildcat rushing game, and ran for 109 yards and two touchdowns on 23 attempts last week against Overton. The Wildcats used a balanced attack in that contest, as Spence passed for 120 yards.
Defensively, Tullahoma has had its ups and downs this season. Although they held Region 3-5A leading Coffee County to just two touchdowns, the Wildcat defensive unit struggled against Shelbyville, who posted a 28-6 victory, and gave up 35 unanswered points to Franklin County in Week 1. Thus far this season, Tullahoma is allowing an average of 25.8 points per game, while scoring 12.4.
Conversely, the Pioneers — who will be looking to avoid their fourth straight shutout, are averaging 1.75 points per game while allowing an average of 41.
Kickoff for tonight’s contest in Tullahoma is set for 7 p.m.