Two dominant wideouts in John Stuetzer and Zach Stair are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Pope Greyhounds will square off against the Riverwood Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pope is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Pope is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Sequoyah on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Pope was dealt a 56-28 defeat at the hands of Sequoyah. While losing is never fun, the Greyhounds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 191st, while the Chiefs are ranked 39th).
Pope might have lost, but man, Hudson Deline was a machine: he threw for 236 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 76 yards on only six carries. Those 76 rushing yards gave Deline a new career-high. Stuetzer was in the mix as well, providing Pope with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Riverwood came up short against Woodstock on Friday and fell 21-14.
Pope's loss dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Riverwood, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-8.
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