Football Preview: West Forsyth Wolverines vs. North Atlanta Warriors
The West Forsyth Wolverines are taking a road trip to square off against the North Atlanta Warriors at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with West Forsyth sitting on four straight wins and North Atlanta on seven.
Last Friday, West Forsyth got the win against North Forsyth by a conclusive 35-10. The result was nothing new for the Wolverines, who have now won five matches by 21 points or more so far this season.
Max Walraven continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 169 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 62 yards and a touchdown. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 57 yards. Foster Orris was another key player, rushing for 69 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: West Forsyth was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 225 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, North Atlanta hadn't done well against Alpharetta recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. North Atlanta simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Alpharetta 31-0 on the road. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 66th, while the Raiders are ranked 248th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
West Forsyth's record is now 6-2. As for North Atlanta, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
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