Football Preview: Norcross Blue Devils vs. Lambert Longhorns
After each having a week off, the Norcross Blue Devils and the Lambert Longhorns will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Norcross is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.3 points per game this season.
Norcross is headed into Friday's contest hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They fell 25-13 to Brookwood last Friday.
Meanwhile, Lambert came tearing into last Friday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took their match with ease, bagging a 54-7 win over the War Eagles. Given the Longhorns' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the War Eagles are ranked 305th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ej Hartwell was nothing short of spectacular: he picked up 135 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Cameron Bland was in the mix as well, providing Lambert with two touchdowns.
Lambert pushed their record up to 7-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 47.0 points per game. As for Norcross, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-3.
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