Seymour head football coach Gary Householder will be looking for a sign, any sign, of progress from his team’s offense Friday night at the annual Sevier/Blount County High School Football Jamboree at Heritage High School.

The Eagles, who will play four-time defending Class 4A state champion Maryville at Friday’s jamboree, failed to score an offensive touchdown last week in a four-way scrimmage at Webb School against the hosts Spartans, Wartburg-Central and Kingston.

The Eagles’ defense, on the other hand, was nothing less than sterling at the scrimmage, allowing just one opponent touchdown all night. The 30-yard score on a trap play up the middle of the Eagles’ defense by the Spartans was the first touchdown allowed by the SHS defense this preseason.

“I thought, once again, our defense was way ahead of our offense,” Householder said regarding his team’s play at the Webb scrimmage. “Wartburg and Kingston didn’t get a first down on us.”

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