Middle Tennessee high school football: Highlights, big plays and scores from Thursday's games

The first Friday night of the Tennessee high school football season is hours away.

But there are a handful of games on Thursday night which will jumpstart Week 1 of the high school football season.

This year, we'll have several ways to follow along and look back at high school football action in Middle Tennessee on Friday nights. We'll have live updates, a live scoreboard and a weekly highlights page each week, along with all of the coverage from our reporters at games and more.

Thursday, we'll have highlights from three games: Hendersonville at Oakland, Shelbyville at Tullahoma and Cane Ridge at Pearl-Cohn. We'll also pull together any notable highlights from social media from games across the area and the state.

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Oakland takes a quick 7-0 lead over Hendersonville on a 93-yard catch-and-run by Quincy Jackson

Tullahoma leads 6-0 but throws an interception near the end zone

Oakland in control, up 28-0 vs. Hendersonville

Is this the catch of the year already?! Cane Ridge's Jaylon Johnson makes one-handed TD grab vs. Pearl-Cohn

Nathan DeLaughter's TD run puts Tullahoma ahead 13-0

Pearl-Cohn scores touchdown to open 2nd half, cut Cane Ridge's lead in half

Pearl-Cohn and Cane Ridge are tied at 14 heading into the 4th quarter

Oakland wins 42-0 over Hendersonville

Cane Ridge kicks go-ahead (game winning?) field goal with 1 second remaining to lead 17-14

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