Troup County has gone a perfect 3-0 against Cairo recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Tigers are taking a road trip to square off against the Syrupmakers at 7:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Troup County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 45-14 victory over Westover. With the Tigers ahead 24-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Garrison Edwards
| 11/13/25 vs Westover | 5 |
| 09/13/25 vs Mary Persons | 3 |
| 08/15/25 vs Villa Rica | 3 |
| 10/23/25 @ Spalding | 2 |
| 10/17/25 @ LaGrange | 2 |
Garrison Edwards produced another solid effort throwing for 346 yards and five touchdowns while completing 95.5% of his passes, and also rushing for 49 yards. Those five passing touchdowns gave him a new career-high. Troup County's leading receiver Davis Moncus was Edwards' top target yet again, picking up 100 receiving yards and a pair of TDs.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Troup County proved: they limited Westover to a paltry 3.1 yards per carry. The team can thank Skylen Straughn for the heroic effort on defense: he. Troup County didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 5.7.
Troup County's defense didn't let Gabriel Hooper, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Jeremiah Culpepper and Monyah Johnson, who racked up five sacks between them. Culpepper also set a new season-high mark in total tackles with 11. Troup County got some further help from Straughn: he picked up a sack and made 14 total tackles.
Meanwhile, Cairo waltzed into their game on Friday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They blew past the Panthers 36-7. Given the Syrupmakers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 61st, while the Panthers are ranked 225th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cairo's win bumped their record up to 9-2. As for Troup County, their victory bumped their record up to 10-1.
Troup County didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Cairo when the teams last played back in November of 2023, but they still walked away with a 14-10 win. Do the Tigers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Syrupmakers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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