Football Preview: North Paulding Wolfpack vs. South Paulding Spartans
North Paulding is 8-0 against South Paulding since August of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The North Paulding Wolfpack will square off against the South Paulding Spartans at 7:30 p.m. North Paulding will be strutting in after a win while South Paulding will be coming in after a defeat.
North Paulding will head into Friday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a 20-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Harrison on Friday. North Paulding narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Harrison 26-23.
James Skelly had a dynamite game for North Paulding, rushing for 179 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Skelly is now averaging an impressive 114.7 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Tyler Niehr, who threw for 115 yards and a touchdown.
North Paulding was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 283 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, South Paulding was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They fell just short of Allatoona by a score of 31-29.
North Paulding now has a winning record of 2-1. As for South Paulding, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Everything came up roses for North Paulding against South Paulding when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as the squad secured a 35-7 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for North Paulding since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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