The Taylor County Bulldogs will square off against the Maclay Marauders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Taylor County is headed into Friday's contest hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They came up short against Suwannee last Friday, falling 27-6. The game marked Taylor County's lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, Maclay hadn't done well against Deerfield-Windsor recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Maclay walked away with a 28-21 win over Deerfield-Windsor. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Marauders.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in George Grant and Lane Sceals. Grant had a great game and threw for 169 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Sceals was balling out in the loss, throwing for 265 yards and three touchdowns.
Taylor County's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-2. As for Maclay, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
Taylor County and Maclay were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, but Taylor County suffered an agonizing 35-34 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Grant, who threw for 322 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Taylor County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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