Irwin County put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against the Schley County Wildcats as the Irwin County Indians made off with a 60-35 win. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Wildcats are ranked 255th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Shane Marshall had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 183 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.3 rushing touchdowns per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Snyder, who threw for 154 yards and three touchdowns on only ten passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Irwin County was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 520 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Despite the loss, Schley County still got an impressive performance from Blake Weldon, who threw for 226 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a rushing score.
Irwin County's victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0. As for Schley County, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-2.
Irwin County will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Dooly County at 7:30 p.m. on September 13th. Irwin County is facing Dooly County at the right time seeing as Dooly County is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Schley County, they will head out on the road to square off against Early County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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