White County Blows Out Livingston To Open Season

Story and photos by Kailee Means:

The White County Warriors shut out rival Livingston Academy 40-0 at Tennessee Tech’s Tucker Stadium on Friday night. 

The Warriors saw an opportunity to show the crowd how dominant both the offense and defense could be.

“Well, obviously the score is good, I liked the score… when you can play bad and win 40-0 with a fairly dominating performance defensively,” said WCHS head coach Mark Frasier. “I am not unhappy, I just know we have a lot to do to beat the people we’re fixing to play.”
Junior Malaki Dowell returned from an ACL injury last season in dominant fashion, rushing for 205 yards and four touchdowns on 13 carries.

“I knew he was better. I think probably for him it helped him realize, ‘Hey I am back’,  and we need him. If we hadn’t had him tonight we’re in a dog fight,” said Fraiser. “We would have been in a 6-0 game if we didn’t have him do what he did. It is exciting to know for sure that his knee is good, he feels good, and it was a good performance from him.”

Freshman quarterback Tripp Pinion was 2-2 for 62 yards and two touchdowns, while having one carry for 15-yards. Junior Tomas Paul had a 41-yard touchdown. Junior Bray Frasier had a 21-yard touchdown and three sacks on defense.

The Livingston Academy Wildcats will travel to Cookeville High School to take on the Cavaliers at 7 p.m. next Friday.

The Warriors will travel to McMinnville to take on the Pioneers of Warren County at 7 p.m. next Friday. Both games will be livestreamed on the Upper Cumberland Reporter’s Facebook Page.

“I think if we play what we are capable of doing then we can compete in that game,” said Frasier regarding their next Friday.

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