Westside has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. After each having a week off, they and the Rutland Hurricanes will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Westside will be strutting in after a win while Rutland will be coming in after a loss.
Westside is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They strolled past Pike County with points to spare last Friday, taking the game 35-21. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but the Seminoles were the (much) better team in the second half.
James Neville was his usual excellent self, rushing for 170 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, while also throwing for 93 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Kadiphius Iverson, who rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Westside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 338 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 202 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Rutland was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a blow against Callaway, falling 41-0. While losing is never fun, the Hurricanes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 406th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 137th).
Westside's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-5. As for Rutland, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Westside strolled past Rutland when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 49-32. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Rutland's Marquies Lattner, who rushed for 187 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Westside to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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