Northwest Whitfield is 6-0 against LaFayette since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Northwest Whitfield Bruins will look to defend their home field against the LaFayette Ramblers at 8:00 p.m. Northwest Whitfield will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Northwest Whitfield's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Saturday's struggle, when Heritage offense got past them. Northwest Whitfield fell 31-21 to Heritage on Saturday. The Bruins' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Northwest Whitfield's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Akendris Douglas, who picked up 93 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and Gavin Nuckolls, who threw for 183 yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, LaFayette was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They fell to Ridgeland 28-23.
LaFayette might have lost, but man, Khalas Finley was a machine: he rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 136 yards and two touchdowns.
Having lost for the first time this season, Northwest Whitfield fell to 5-1. As for LaFayette, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Northwest Whitfield strolled past LaFayette in their previous matchup back in October of 2019 by a score of 37-20. Will Northwest Whitfield repeat their success, or does LaFayette have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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