The Wayne County Yellow Jackets are taking a road trip to challenge the Richmond Hill Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wayne County has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight losses, while Richmond Hill will come in with three straight victories.
Wayne County's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Pierce County on Friday. They took a blow against the Bears, falling 35-0. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 175th, while the Bears are ranked 34th).
Meanwhile, Richmond Hill didn't have too much trouble with New Hampstead on the road on Friday as they won 47-28.
Joshua Troupe had a dynamite game for Richmond Hill, rushing for 277 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Caleb Easterling, who rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns.
Easterling wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Richmond Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 376 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 274 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Wayne County's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Richmond Hill, their record now sits at 3-0.
Wayne County couldn't quite finish off Richmond Hill in their previous matchup back in September of 2020 and fell 24-21. Thankfully for Wayne County, Ashaud Roberson (who rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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