It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact West Forsyth can now relate to. They fell to the Douglas County Tigers 20-14. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Tigers are ranked sixth).
When it comes to explaining why West Forsyth lost on Friday, don't look at Foster Orris. Despite the final result, he rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns. Orris' rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 122 rushing yards.
James Johnson went supernova for Douglas County, rushing for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also catching a touchdown. Those 100 rushing yards gave Johnson a new career-high.
West Forsyth moved to 9-4 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Douglas County, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season.
West Forsyth does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Douglas County, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 35-28 loss against Grayson on the 6th.
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