The Cannon County Lions and Grundy County Yellow Jacket football teams came into Friday night’s Region matchup winless in the early season and while both teams were hungry to get that first win, both were looking for something that would jumpstart the process. That something could have very well been a sidelines call that left a lot of Cannon County fans scratching their heads. On Cannon’s first possession of the game, the Lions were held to four downs and out. However on fourth down and 11 at the Cannon 13, the logical thing would be to punt the ball away and get it out of deep Lion territory. However the Lions went for a fake punt and not only did it cost them precious field position, but two plays later after the fake punt was downed at the Lion 4 yard line, it was punched in for a touchdown. Grundy was able to keep two steps ahead of Cannon County and pulled away in the fourth quarter for a final score of 37-14. Cannon closed a 13-0 lead to 6 with a 12 yard touchdown strike from Brady Page to Bo Bryson. Minutes later Grundy would score on a big run to stretch the lead 19-7. The other score came in the third quarter when Jeremy Litchford scored on a five yard run. Cannon will now play Red Boiling Springs in Macon County next week.
