Football Preview: Putnam County War Eagles vs. Lamar County Trojans
The Putnam County War Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Lamar County Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Friday, Putnam County humbled Towers with a 48-14 victory. The result was nothing new for the War Eagles, who have now won three matches by 25 points or more so far this season.
Putnam County relied on the efforts of Rashod Daniel, who rushed for 170 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry, and Branan Griffin, who rushed for 87 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Those 170 rushing yards gave Daniel a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Putnam County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 303 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 188 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lamar County). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Utopian Academy for the Arts 64-6 at home. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the are ranked 460th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
One reason for the win was Lamar County's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Bryson Johnson was especially locked on to Utopian Academy for the Arts' QB and sacked him twice.
The victory got Putnam County back to even at 4-4. As for Lamar County, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-1.
Putnam County suffered a grim 24-0 defeat to Lamar County in their previous meeting back in October of 2015. Can Putnam County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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