The Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane will face off against the Hawkinsville Red Devils at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Fitzgerald's defense has only allowed 5.8 points per game this season, so Hawkinsville's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Fitzgerald's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Dodge County last Tuesday. They took a 13-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Indians. The shutout was out of character for the Purple Hurricane seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in October.
Meanwhile, while Hawkinsville put up some points on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Warner Robins. Hawkinsville secured a 6-0 W over Warner Robins. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Red Devils' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 178th, while the Demons are ranked 38th).
Myah Brown continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 190 yards on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 110 yards on eight of 17 attempts. She is becoming a predictor of Hawkinsville's success: when she posts at least 80 rushing yards the team is 2-1 (and 2-5 when she doesn't).
Hawkinsville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 215 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Warner Robins only rushed for 41.
Hawkinsville is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-6 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 10.2 points per game. As for Fitzgerald, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-3.
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