Football Preview: Johns Creek Gladiators vs. Gainesville Red Elephants
The Johns Creek Gladiators will take on the Gainesville Red Elephants at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Johns Creek is looking for their season's first victory.
Johns Creek will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on September 6th but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed two weeks ago was a bit more commanding. They were beaten by Prince Avenue Christian 55-7. While losing is never fun, the Gladiators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 330th, while the Wolverines are ranked 43rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Gainesville). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Lanier 50-14 at home. Considering the Red Elephants have won four contests by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Johns Creek's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Gainesville, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Johns Creek strolled past Gainesville when the teams last played back in August of 2021 by a score of 26-10. Does Johns Creek have another victory up their sleeve, or will Gainesville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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