Football Preview: Piedmont Highlanders vs. Dougherty Valley Wildcats
The Piedmont Highlanders will stay at home for another week and welcome the Dougherty Valley Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Piedmont's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three games.
Piedmont is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Encinal, posting a 49-14 victory at home. The Highlanders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Piedmont had a senior duo take command as Markos Lagios rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown on only five carries and Sam Shelby picked up 51 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Lagios' longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Xavier Henderson got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Piedmont was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 285 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Dougherty Valley came up short against Deer Valley on Friday and fell 28-21.
Piedmont's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-1. As for Dougherty Valley, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
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