The Northgate Vikings will head out to take on the Morrow Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Northgate will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
Northgate is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against McIntosh by a score of 23-12 on Saturday.
Malik Dixon was nothing short of spectacular: 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 those points came courtesy of Jake Anderson: he added nine points with three field goals, and another two kicking extra points.
Meanwhile, Morrow was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a blow against Newnan, falling 51-20. 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).
Northgate's win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-4. As for Morrow, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything came up roses for Northgate against Morrow in their previous meeting back in September of 2015, as the squad secured a 56-0 victory. Will Northgate repeat their success, or does Morrow have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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