The Fayetteville Tigers will challenge the Giles County Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fayetteville will be strutting in after a victory while Giles County will be coming in after a defeat.
Fayetteville will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up six points last Friday, then bounced right back against Moore County on Friday. Fayetteville walked away with a 35-28 win over Moore County.
Meanwhile, Giles County didn't have quite enough to beat Hardin County on Friday and fell 17-14.
Despite the loss, Giles County got top-tier performance from Caleb Oates, who rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, Oates is now averaging an impressive 104 rushing yards per game. Kareem Bryant also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 82 receiving yards.
The victory got Fayetteville back to even at 1-1. As for Giles County, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-2.
Fayetteville suffered a grim 44-20 defeat to Giles County when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Fayetteville, Zori Randolph (who rushed for 154 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry) 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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