The Monterey Wildcats topped the Upperman Bees 7-0 in each team’s final tune-up before kicking off the 2021 football regular season in jamboree action on Friday in Baxter.
The teams played one regulation quarter to end a night of football where peewee up to the varsity high school teams from each community competed in a series of scrimmages.
“It’s a jamboree. Nobody keeps stats in a jamboree and nobody cares if you win or lose in a jamboree,” said MHS head coach Scott Hughes. “My main focus tonight, is we got out of here healthy.”
Penalties and fumbled snaps were found throughout the quarter. Carter Shanks tallied an interception for the Bees. A roughing-the-punter penalty against UHS extended Monterey’s final drive, and several plays later Matthew Montgomery found Chandler Bowden for a 28-yard touchdown with two seconds remaining in the quarter to make it 7-0.
Monterey’s Matthew Montgomery finds Chandler Bowden in the middle of the field for a 29-yard touchdown as they’ll take the jamboree matchup 7-0.
A momentum-builder for Monterey as they’ll prepare to host Cannon County on Friday while Upperman will take on Cookeville on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/n51w1ug6sD— Noah McKay (@NoahMcKayUCR) August 14, 2021
“We’ve got a lot of stuff we’ve got to clean up, but scrimmages and jamborees get chippy because kids get emotional,” said Hughes. “It’s a glorified scrimmage, but we will address it.”
The Wildcats will open the regular season on Friday night in Monterey when they host Cannon County with kickoff set for 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on the Upper Cumberland Reporter 2 Facebook page with Josh Boles and Joe Joe Matheney on the call. Pregame coverage will begin at 6:50 p.m.
“We’ve just got to improve,” said Hughes. “We’ve got to continue to grow as a team.”
The Bees will open their season on Thursday night when they take on cross-county rival Cookeville at Tennessee Tech’s Tucker Stadium. It is the High School Football Game of the Week and will be broadcast live on the UCR Facebook page with Noah McKay and Justin Matheney on the call. Pregame coverage is set to begin at 6:50.
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