Football Preview: North Murray Mountaineers vs. Stephens County Indians
After each having a week off, the North Murray Mountaineers and the Stephens County Indians will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
North Murray is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 40 points back in October, they were much more limited against Rockmart last Friday. They lost 28-7 to the Yellowjackets. The Mountaineers have struggled against the Yellowjackets recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Stephens County). Everything went their way against East Jackson last Friday as Stephens County made off with a 55-31 win. Considering the Indians have won three matchups by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Javin Gordon, who rushed for 103 yards and four touchdowns.
Stephens County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Morris Perkins, Duke Collins, Lavontae Brown, and Jonah Swinton picked up one apiece. Swinton also hauled in two receiving touchdowns, which is notable because Stephens County is undefeated when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 2-4 otherwise.
The victory made it two in a row for Stephens County and bumps their season record up to 6-4. As for North Murray, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-4.
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