Football Preview: Garrard County Golden Lions vs. Central Yellow Jackets
The Garrard County Golden Lions will face off against the Central Yellow Jackets on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Garrard County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Elizabethtown 35-7. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Golden Lions.
Meanwhile, Central entered their tilt with Casey County on Friday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They never let the Rebels onto the board and left with a 64-0 win. Given the Yellow Jackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky football rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Rebels are ranked 203rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Cortez Stone, who rushed for 122 yards and four touchdowns on only five carries. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 122 rushing yards. Amontez ?Koolaid? Woolfolk was in the mix as well, providing Central with two touchdowns.
Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 240 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 164 rushing yards in 11 consecutive matchups.
Central didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Jermaine Walker, Avaion Johnson, and Jalen Dantzler picked up one apiece.
Central pushed their record up to 8-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.5 points per game. As for Garrard County, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Garrard County suffered a grim 48-26 defeat to Central when the teams last played back in November of 2016. Can Garrard County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
