The Woodland Wolfpack are taking a road trip to square off against the Eagle's Landing Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Woodland is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 12th straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They were dealt a 48-19 loss at the hands of Jones County. While losing is never fun, the Wolfpack can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 358th, while the Greyhounds are ranked 67th).
Woodland might have lost, but man, Mark Howard was a machine: he rushed for 153 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Braylan Seats, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Eagle's Landing's strategy against McDonough on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Eagle's Landing blew McDonough out of the water with a 41-13 final score. The Eagles pushed the score to 35-13 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warhawks had little chance of recovering from.
Woodland's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Eagle's Landing, the win snapped their losing streak at four games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-1 record.
Woodland skirted past Eagle's Landing 16-14 in their previous matchup back in September of 2021. Does Woodland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eagle's Landing turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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