The Morrow Mustangs will challenge the Northgate Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Morrow is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Morrow had to suffer through a 51-20 loss at the hands of Newnan. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 336th, while the Cougars are ranked 101st).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northgate). They came out on top against McIntosh by a score of 23-12 on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Vikings.
Malik Dixon had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown.
Special teams also played a big role in the game for Northgate, adding 11 points to the final score. All came courtesy of Jake Anderson: he went 3-for-3 kicking field goals for nine points, and 2-for-2 kicking extra points for an additional two.
Morrow's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Northgate, their victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-4.
Morrow took a serious blow against Northgate in their previous matchup back in September of 2015, falling 56-0. Can Morrow avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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