Football Preview: South Gwinnett Comets vs. Grovetown Warriors
The South Gwinnett Comets are taking a road trip to square off against the Grovetown Warriors at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. South Gwinnett will be strutting in after a victory while Grovetown will be coming in after a loss.
South Gwinnett is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Rockdale County at home to the tune of 59-6 on Friday. Given the Comets' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 315th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
South Gwinnett can attribute much of their success to Xavier Butler, who rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and Eric Ramey Iii, who rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Ramey Iii a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Gwinnett was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 319 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 178 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Grovetown was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a blow against Grayson, falling 63-0. The matchup marked the first time this year in which the Warriors were not able to get on the board.
South Gwinnett's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Grovetown, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
