After flying high against Loganville two weeks ago, Habersham Central came back down to earth. The Habersham Central Raiders took a 57-43 bruising from the Winder-Barrow Bulldoggs on Saturday. Despite 70 more yards than the Bulldoggs, the Raiders couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Paris Wilbanks and Zeke Whittington certainly did their best on Saturday to avoid the loss. Wilbanks threw for 466 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.8% of his passes, while Whittington picked up 196 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Whittington has become a key player for Habersham Central: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least 80 receiving yards, but 0-3 otherwise. Jay Feltus also helped out as he racked up 128 receiving yards.
Habersham Central wouldn't let Winder-Barrow keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Habersham Central can thank Griffin Cunningham and Sawyer Burgess for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Burgess is now averaging an impressive 5.3 total tackles per game.
Demetrius "Mj" Dowdy continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Winder-Barrow, rushing for 347 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Dowdy a new career-high in rushing yards. Kenyan Glasper did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 126 receiving yards.
Habersham Central's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Winder-Barrow, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-2.
Habersham Central will square off against Clarke Central at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. That match will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Hezekiah Millender and Wilbanks. As for Winder-Barrow, they will challenge Loganville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Loganville is coming into the contest with three straight defeats at home, meaning Winder-Barrow will have to defend against a team hungry for a victory.
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