The South Atlanta Hornets are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Therrell Panthers at 5:30 p.m. South Atlanta's defense has only allowed 8.9 points per game this season, so Therrell's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Last Wednesday, South Atlanta slipped by Towers 20-19.
The critical scores for South Atlanta came from Tytianna Perry, Rihanna Baker, and Dtauriya Welch.
Meanwhile, Therrell came tearing into Thursday's match with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.2 points) and they left with even more momentum. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 7-6 victory over the Bulldogs. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 38th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 228th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Therrell pushed their record up to 12-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 1.3 points per game. As for South Atlanta, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
South Atlanta suffered a grim 20-0 defeat to Therrell in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can South Atlanta avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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