After flying high against South Cobb last Friday, Paulding County came back down to earth. The Paulding County Patriots were beaten by the McEachern Indians 67-7 on Friday. 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 194th, while the Indians are ranked 36th).
Mason Bryant threw for 174 yards and a touchdown on only 16 passes.
Anthony Bell was his top target, picking up 81 receiving yards. On the ground,
Emanuel Logan rushed for 66 yards, and also picked up 35 receiving yards.
Paulding County's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for McEachern, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-2.
Paulding County will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Hillgrove at 7:30 p.m. on October 4th. Hillgrove's defense has only allowed 11.6 points per game this season, so Paulding County's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for McEachern, they will have plenty of time to enjoy the win as they don't play again for a while. They'll take on Harrison at 7:30 p.m. on October 4th. One thing working in McEachern's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last four matchups.
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