The Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane will square off against the Thomasville Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Fitzgerald will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Fitzgerald is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Brantley County 46-14 on the road on Friday. Given the Purple Hurricane's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 82nd, while the Herons are ranked 353rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Thomasville was just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 28-27 to Worth County.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Lavonte Cole and Kaden Chester. Chester had a great game and rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Cole did his best for the losing side, rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown.
Fitzgerald's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Thomasville, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-2.
Fitzgerald strolled past Thomasville in their previous meeting back in December of 2021 by a score of 21-7. Will Fitzgerald repeat their success, or does Thomasville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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