The Sumter County Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Shaw Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sumter County is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Sumter County's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their match at home with ease, bagging a 36-0 win over Kendrick. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 154th, while the Cherokees are ranked 428th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Quay'Shaun Tatum, who rushed for 99 yards on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Sumter County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 341 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 208 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shaw). They walked away with a 28-18 victory over Hardaway on Thursday.
Sumter County's record now sits at 4-0. As for Shaw, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Sumter County beat Shaw 13-6 in their previous meeting back in September of 2019. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sumter County since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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