The Calhoun Yellow Jackets will face off against the Northwest Whitfield Bruins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Calhoun is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Ridgeland, posting a 41-7 victory on the road. Given the Yellow Jackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Panthers are ranked 408th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Northwest Whitfield, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Saturday. They breezed by LaFayette at home to the tune of 48-21 on Friday. Considering the Bruins have won four matchups by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Northwest Whitfield's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Cameron Collins, who rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and Gavin Nuckolls, who threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
The win got Calhoun back to even at 3-3. As for Northwest Whitfield, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
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