The Dawson County Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Chestatee War Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Dawson County's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They strolled past White County with points to spare, taking the game 14-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Cody Mcbrayer and Dylan Edwards were among the main playmakers for Dawson County as the former rushed for 122 yards and the latter picked up 90 receiving yards and a touchdown. Edwards got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 61 yards.
Meanwhile, everything went Chestatee's way against Pickens on Friday as Chestatee made off with a 37-14 win.
Hector Espinoza went supernova for Chestatee, rushing for 107 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Espinoza is becoming a predictor of Chestatee's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 1-3 when he doesn't).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Chestatee was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 380 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 170 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Dawson County's record is now 3-4. As for Chestatee, their victory ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-4.
Dawson County came up short against Chestatee in their previous matchup back in August of 2019, falling 49-45. Thankfully for Dawson County, Seth Pressley (who picked up 232 receiving yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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