The Apalachee Wildcats will take on the Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Apalachee will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Apalachee lost 35-13 to Walnut Grove on Friday. The Wildcats were down 35-6 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, while Monroe Area put up plenty of points last Friday, the same can't be said for Cedar Shoals. Monroe Area breezed by Cedar Shoals at home to the tune of 38-0. Given the Purple Hurricanes' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Jaguars are ranked 340th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Monroe Area can attribute much of their success to Forrest Ross, who rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and Jitt Carr, who rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Monroe Area's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Dacian Davis and William Carr who racked up six sacks between them. With that strong performance, Davis is now averaging an impressive 2.5 sacks per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Monroe Area was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 192 rushing yards in seven consecutive games dating back to last season.
Apalachee's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Monroe Area, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0.
Apalachee came up short against Monroe Area in their previous matchup back in August of 2019, falling 18-7. Will Apalachee have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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