LOUDON--The Sequoyah Chiefs found themselves down early in the first half at Loudon. It's hard enough to pull out a win deep in the heart of Redskin country when you're playing well, let alone when you make mistakes. The Chief's miscues combined with the Redskin's opportu­nistic big plays, made this game a shootout. Loudon held on to insure a .500 season, by a score of 41-27.

Sequoyah's offense was slow out of the gate, but Loudon was just the opposite. The Redskin's scored on the first play of scrimmage with a 62-yard touchdown run by backup quarterback Travis Brewer, and took a 7-0 lead that they never relinquished. Brewer was only starting because starter Trent Elliot is still out with a shoulder inju­ry. Loudon didn't miss a beat. Brewer scored again from 6 yards out and led 14-0 in the first.

A Brett King screen pass was intercepted by Travis Elliot's one handed grab and taken back for a 50-yard score. The Redskin's led 21-0 after the extra point from Jacob King.

Sequoyah decided it was through getting whipped. Blake Huffman scored on the fifth drive of the first half with a 4-yard scamper. Loudon was up 21-7 with eight minutes to play in the second quarter. Tyler Ferguson recharged Redskin country on the very next play with an electric 92-yard kickoff return for a score as the lead was back to three scores, 28-7.

After a Chief four and out, Loudon had the ball looking to add to the lead. Alex Stakely stopped Eric Coffman on third down and the Chiefs got the ball back in Redskin territory after the punt. Following said punt King made some nice comple­tions to Matt Gletty, who had 4 catches, and Reuben Abernathy who also had 4 grabs. Those pass plays lead to a 2-yard King sneak, and the Chiefs were down 28-14 at the half.

Unfortunately for Chief fans, the second half looked a lot like the first. Ferguson marched down the field and Jake Mourfield capped off the drive with a 3-yard run. Loudon led 34-14 with ten minutes to go in the third quarter.

After some smooth passes through the air to Garret Dalton and Abernathy, Huffman scored from 20 yards out for his second score, and the Chiefs were within two touchdowns, 34-20 late in the third. That was as close as they would get. Loudon tacked on another score and Sequoyah had a great 70-yard pass play from King to Austin Lunsford to end the game at 41-27.

Thomas Spradlin, Caleb Minor, Brian Tilley, Ben Hall and Luke Knott made play after play, but the Loudon offense was just too much.

The Monroe County Cup will once again go to either Sequoyah or Sweetwater. Both teams come into next week's game at 6-3 and with a chance at second place in 5-AA. For the third year in a row, the winner will get an automatic berth into the TSSAA playoffs. It's going to be a good one next Friday. Go ahead and make plans to be at Sequoyah. It should be quite a show.