The Cross Creek Razorbacks will head out on the road to face off against the Howard Huskies at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Cross Creek is coming into the match on a five-game losing streak.
Cross Creek is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Westside on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Cross Creek was beaten by Westside 41-6. While losing is never fun, the Razorbacks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 373rd, while the Patriots are ranked 153rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Howard). They blew past Hephzibah 42-20 back in September. With that victory, the Huskies brought their scoring average up to 28 points per game.
Howard's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Jacolbie Allen, who rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. The dominant performance gave Allen a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Deon Wellons, who rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Howard was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 297 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Cross Creek's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Howard, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-2.
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