Johnson is 1-9 against West Hall since August of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Johnson Knights will be playing at home against the West Hall Spartans at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Johnson focused on turnovers this week as team gave up five on Friday.
Johnson's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against East Hall on Friday. They took a blow against the Vikings, falling 55-0.
Meanwhile, West Hall beat Chestatee 31-19 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Spartans.
Elijah Hayes went supernova for West Hall, rushing for 201 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per carry. Hayes is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 115 every time he's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Brett Sturm, who rushed for 65 yards on only nine carries.
Sturm wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: West Hall was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 276 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Johnson's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for West Hall, their victory ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-1.
Johnson might still be hurting after the 29-9 defeat they got from West Hall when the teams last played back in August of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hayes, who rushed for 234 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. Now that Johnson knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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