The Rome Wolves will be defending their home-field for the first timethey go up against the Toombs County Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Rome is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after opening their season on the road. They lost 44-22 to Carrollton on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' national football rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Trojans are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, Toombs County got themselves on the board against South Effingham on Friday, but South Effingham never followed suit. They breezed by the Mustangs on the road to the tune of 49-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Dabvn Wadley had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 87 yards and two touchdowns, and also caught a touchdown. Another big playmaker for Toombs County was Mike Polke, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Toombs County wouldn't let South Effingham keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Toombs County can thank Kareem Palmer and Hayden Bullard for forcing both of them. Bullard's also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making four total tackles (4.0 for loss).
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