Football Recap: Greenwood Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Nov 20, 2024, 6:55am

Football Recap: Greenwood Bulldogs vs. New Albany Bulldogs

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It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Greenwood can now relate to. They fell 25-12 to the New Albany Bulldogs on Friday. While losing is never fun, Greenwood can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 104th, while New Albany is ranked 29th).

Although Greenwood took the loss, they still got scores from Javion Meeks and Ramone Tate.

A big part of New Albany's victory came down to the chemistry between Braden Shettles and his top target Dedric Robinson Jr. Shettles threw for 198 yards and a touchdown while Robinson Jr gained 181 total yards and a touchdown.

This is the second loss in a row for Greenwood and nudges their season record down to 6-5. As for New Albany, the win for them keeps them at an undefeated 10-0.

Greenwood does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for New Albany, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 40-30 victory against Itawamba Agricultural on the 15th.

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