Football Preview: Valdosta Wildcats vs. Dougherty Trojans
The Valdosta Wildcats will challenge the Dougherty Trojans at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Valdosta will be strutting in after a win while Dougherty will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Friday, Valdosta humbled Mundy's Mill with a 55-22 victory. With the Wildcats ahead 48-6 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Todd Robinson had a dynamite game for Valdosta, rushing for 53 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, while also throwing for 182 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Another player making a difference was Eldemetrius Hunter, who picked up 111 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Valdosta was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in 13 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Valdosta wouldn't let Mundy's Mill keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Jadus Terry, Miguel Brown, and Zamarion Williams picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 55-14, which was the final score in Dougherty's tilt against Toombs County on Friday. The Trojans were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-14.
Valdosta pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Dougherty, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
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