The Paulding County Patriots will square off against the Osborne Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Paulding County is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Hillgrove on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Paulding County was outmatched by Hillgrove on the road and fell 42-3. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 216th, while the Hawks are ranked 72nd).
Paulding County wouldn't let Hillgrove keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Paulding County can thank Mario Green,Jr and Kyshan Bratten for forcing both of them. Bratten also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight.
Meanwhile, Osborne was just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 20-19 to Pebblebrook. The Cardinals have struggled against the Falcons recently, as their game on Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
This is the second loss in a row for Paulding County and nudges their season record down to 1-5. As for Osborne, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 1-5.
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