Wayne County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were beaten by the New Hampstead Phoenix 40-7. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 267th, while the Phoenix are ranked 112th).
Despite the loss, Wayne County still got an impressive performance from Vick Lovett, who rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Lovett a new career-high in rushing yards.
Rashawn Truell continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for New Hampstead, throwing for 280 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Ari Theriot was another key player, picking up 118 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Wayne County's loss dropped their record down to 0-9. As for New Hampstead, the victory snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 3-5 record.
Wayne County will face off against Ware County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Ware County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.6 points per game this season. As for New Hampstead, they will square off against Benedictine at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. That match will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Truell and Stephen Cannon.
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