Football Preview: South Gwinnett Comets vs. Grovetown Warriors
The South Gwinnett Comets will head out on the road to challenge the Grovetown Warriors at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. South Gwinnett's defense has only allowed 15.8 points per game this season, so Grovetown's offense will have their work cut out for them.
South Gwinnett is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Rockdale County, posting a 59-6 victory at home. Given the Comets' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 315th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Xavier Butler and Eric Ramey Iii were among the main playmakers for South Gwinnett as the former rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries and the latter rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Butler 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.
South Gwinnett wouldn't let Rockdale County keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. South Gwinnett can thank Jaylen Brown and Jaiden Braker for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Grovetown was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss dating back to last season. They were beaten by Grayson 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 defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
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