Football Recap: LaGrange Grangers vs. Lumpkin County Indians
With a playoff game on the line, LaGrange rose to the challenge on Friday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 48-6 victory over the Lumpkin County Indians. The result was nothing new for the Grangers, who have now won seven matchups by 20 points or more so far this season.
Malachi Render-Fannin was his usual excellent self, rushing for 201 yards while picking up 11.8 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 109 rushing yards.
Lumpkin County's loss came despite strong showings from Nolan Matthews and Cal Faulkner. Matthews rushed for 121 yards, while Faulkner picked up 57 receiving yards and a touchdown.
LaGrange has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 40.0 points per game. As for Lumpkin County, their loss dropped their record down to 7-4.
LaGrange is on the road again on Friday to play Sandy Creek at 7:00 p.m. Sandy Creek is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.5 points per game this season. Lumpkin County does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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