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Sullivan East’s Peyton Lingerfelt sprints down the field as Tennessee High’s Cooper Booher rushes for the tackle during a game earlier this season.
Sullivan East’s Blue Proffitt
Seymour at Sullivan East
Last meeting: Seymour 28, Sullivan East 21 (Sept. 16, 2022, in Bluff City, Tenn.)
This game was just added to the docket last week after Hurricane Helene impacted the region and led to several schedule shifts. Seymour replaces West Greene as the opponent for the Patriots. … Seymour holds a 3-1 edge in the all-time series. East’s only win over the Eagles came in 2016. … Seymour has lost 23 consecutive games and the last win for the Eagles came in 2022 against East. Ryan Gibson is the team’s leader with 801 rushing yards and 40 receiving yards. … Seymour is allowing 39.6 points per game and could get gashed by Sullivan East’s Air Raid offense led by quarterback Peyton Lingerfelt. … Lingerfelt has passed for 1,363 yards. Nine different players have receptions for East with Blue Proffitt (42 catches, 569 yards) leading the way. … Look for Sullivan East to light up the scoreboard and add to Seymour’s struggles.
Prediction: Sullivan East 37, Seymour 16
Unaka at Thomas Walker
Last meeting: Thomas Walker 44, Unaka 26 (Sept. 29, 2023, in Elizabethton, Tenn.)
This game was originally scheduled for Oct. 4. … Friday’s 39-30 victory at Hurley boosted the VHSL Region 1D playoff hopes of Thomas Walker and a victory tonight will help the cause too. … Unaka (1-4) got its first win of the season on Friday, a 36-18 hammering of Hancock County as Brynin Repass passed for 208 yards. That snapped an eight-game losing streak dating back to last season. … Repass had missed much of the season with an injury. … Former Marion High School star Marshall Doss is in his first season as an assistant coach at Unaka. He played collegiately at East Tennessee State and Emory & Henry and has coached at E&H, Ferrum College, Franklin & Marshall College, Brevard College and Grayson County High School.Quarterback Clay Cheek and running back Dylan McCurry have been the tone-setters for Thomas Walker. … The Pioneers go to Twin Valley on Friday and that game – and this one – are winnable for the crew from Ewing.
Prediction: Thomas Walker 35, Unaka 26
 
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Sullivan East’s Peyton Lingerfelt sprints down the field as Tennessee High’s Cooper Booher rushes for the tackle during a game earlier this season.
Sullivan East’s Blue Proffitt
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