Football Preview: North Atlanta Warriors vs. Lambert Longhorns
After each having a week off, the North Atlanta Warriors and the Lambert Longhorns will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with North Atlanta sitting on four straight victories and Lambert on three.
North Atlanta is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped last Friday as they easily beat South Forsyth 62-21 on the road. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Lambert beat North Forsyth 48-43 two weeks ago.
Lambert got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Ethan Daughtery out in front who threw for 254 yards and four touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Jesse Brooks, who rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Lambert was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 252 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 164 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
North Atlanta's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Lambert, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
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