After three games on the road, Duluth is heading back home. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats faces off against the Peachtree Ridge Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Duluth is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 38 points per game this season.
Duluth will head into Friday's match having proved themselves against Berkmar: Duluth took a 31-point defeat the last time they faced off against Berkmar, but they managed to turn things around on Friday. Duluth narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Berkmar 19-16. The 19-point effort marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Brandon Lyons continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 79 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Meanwhile, Peachtree Ridge came up short against North Gwinnett on Friday, falling 44-22. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Bulldogs are ranked fifth).
Duluth has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for Peachtree Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
Duluth took a serious blow against Peachtree Ridge in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 42-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Peachtree Ridge's Darnell Kelly, who rushed for 46 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 179 yards and a touchdown. Now that Duluth 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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