The Watertown Purple Tigers got out to a quick 19-0 lead over the Cannon County Lions in football action last night but after the offense was able to settle down and hang on to the football, the Cannon defense followed suit and attempted to keep the game close. Watertown took advantage of two Cannon County turnovers to score points and build the 19-0 lead. Cannon once getting the first game jitters out of the way responded when Cody Petro took off for an 86 yard touchdown run to close the gap 19-6. Coming out in the second half, the Lions couldn’t get their offense running, but the Lion defense kept them in the game stopping Watertown’s offense on several drives. However, some controversial no calls late in the third and early in the fourth quarter helped the Purple Tigers gain some momentum and the team would score twice more to win the game 31-6. The Lions only managed 178 yards of which 155 were on the ground. Watertown exploded for 333 yards of total offense. The Lions will be on the road next week to face Grace Baptist out of Chattanooga
