Alexander has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the South Paulding Spartans at 7:30 p.m. Alexander will be strutting in after a win while South Paulding will be coming in after a defeat.
It was a proper cat-fight when Alexander took on Lithia Springs on Friday. Alexander came out on top against Lithia Springs by a score of 27-14.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Alexander to victory, but perhaps none more so than Chace Collins, who rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 85 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Collins a new career-high in rushing yards. Josh Smith was another key rusher, rushing for 146 yards while picking up 7.7 yards per carry.
Alexander didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off five passes before the game was over. Ayden Abdullah-Tolson led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself.
Meanwhile, South Paulding didn't have quite enough to beat East Paulding on Thursday and fell 31-28. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 261st, while the Raiders are ranked 60th).
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Albert Mccoy and Javen Parker. Parker had a great game and rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Mccoy was balling out in the loss, rushing for 235 yards and three touchdowns.
Alexander's victory bumped their record up to 3-6. As for South Paulding, their loss was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-7.
Alexander took a serious blow against South Paulding in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 49-0. Thankfully for Alexander, Carlton Carrington (who rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries) 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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