The Griffin Bears will head out on the road to square off against the Jonesboro Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Jonesboro will be up against a hot Griffin team: the squad just extended their winning streak to five. The Bears took their contest on Thursday with ease, bagging a 60-14 win over Northside. That looming 60-14 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Bears yet this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Jonesboro). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Mundy's Mill 49-0. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Cardinals had established a 35-point advantage.
Jonesboro now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Griffin, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Things could have been worse for Griffin, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 43-28 loss to Jonesboro in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Cardinals' Isaiah Davis, who rushed for 193 yards and three scores on only 13 carries. Now that the Bears know 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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