A pair of High Country rivals will hit the gridiron on Friday night with the Ashe County Huskies making the short trip over from West Jefferson to take on the Watauga Pioneers.
Both teams are coming off of impressive victories in their first games last week. For Ashe, they ran all over neighboring Avery County on the way to a 50-7 victory. Sophomore tailback Timothy Peterson ran for 250 yards and four touchdowns in the victory. Ashe’s quarterback Luke Hudler completed 16-of-23 passes for 213 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Watauga piled up 324 rushing yards in last week’s 36-12 win over T.