Football Preview: Woodland Wildcats vs. Allatoona Buccaneers
The Woodland Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Allatoona Buccaneers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Woodland is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Woodland had to suffer through a 42-6 loss at the hands of Cass. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 304th, while the Colonels are ranked 88th).
Woodland wouldn't let Cass keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Woodland can thank Peyton Young and Nehemiah Colon for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Allatoona, who bounced back after a loss on the road back in September. They came out on top against Dalton by a score of 42-29 last Friday. That looming 42-29 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Buccaneers yet this season.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Ethan Corpus and he. Corpus rushed for 184 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries while he rushed for 184 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. Allatoona is 2-1 when Corpus posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Allatoona was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 431 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Allatoona's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Joshua Pardieu and John Arnold. Arnold is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season. Allatoona got some further help from Jeremiah Coleman: he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made five total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Woodland's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Allatoona, their victory was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-3.
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