Torrion Mathis accounted for three rushing touchdowns in Shelbyville Centrals win over Hendersonville on Thursday night. (Post File Photo by Chris Siers)
STAFF REPORT
SHELBYVILLE — After dropping their previous two games to Clarksville and Ravenwood, Shelbyville Central rallied behind a banner night from Torrion Mathis as the Golden Eagle ground game went wild against Hendersville, snapping the two-game skid with a 42-31 shootout.
Golden Eagle quarterback Stephen Bobo completed just 8-of-15 attempts for 95 yards, but with the Shelbyville ground game shredding the Commando defense, the coaching staff leaned on a loaded backfield who simply wouldn’t be denied.
In total, Shelbyville cranked out 389 yards of real estate on the ground.
Per usual, senior tailback Robert Bailey bullied his way to the century mark on 19 carries and scored once.
But it was Mathis’ night to lead Shelbyville.
Mathis had just nine carries, but totaled 183 yards and scored three times, the longest of which came on a 77 yard jaunt.
Treyvion Mathis and Bobo also scored rushing touchdowns in the win as well.
With the final week of the regular season on the horizon, Shelbyville now turns its sights to Region 6-6A opponent Coffee County.
Shelbyville enters the final week of the regular season having locked up the No. 3 seed in the upcoming Class 6-A playoffs, regardless of how Independence’s regular season finale at Summit turns out, due to the Golden Eagles’ owning the tiebreaker.
A win on Thursday night against the Red Raiders would give Shelbvyille a .500 finish on the regular season.
Coffee Count enters Thursday night with just a 2-7 overall record an on a five-game losing streak.
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Eagles’ Nest.