Cedartown has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Allatoona Buccaneers at 7:30 p.m. Cedartown's defense has only allowed 9.5 points per game this season, so Allatoona's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Cedartown's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Pepperell, posting a 44-0 win on the road. Fans of the Bulldogs have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Cedartown's defense and their 6.5 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Michael Gibbons Jr and Daylen Holiday who racked up 4.5 sacks between them. Gibbons Jr also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up 2.5 sacks and making seven total tackles in addition to snagging an interception.
Meanwhile, Allatoona beat Holy Innocents Episcopal 30-21 on Friday.
Xavier Rucker continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 247 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards.
Allatoona's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut John Arnold. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven.
Special teams also deserves some recognition, posting 12 points in total. All came courtesy of Wilson Perry: he went 3-for-3 kicking field goals for nine points, and 3-for-3 again kicking extra points for an additional three.
Cedartown pushed their record up to 4-0 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Allatoona, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
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