It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact North Paulding can now relate to. The contest between them and the Lowndes Vikings wasn't particularly close, with the North Paulding Wolfpack falling 35-17. While losing is never fun, the Wolfpack can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 84th, while the Vikings are ranked eighth).
North Paulding's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tyler Niehr, who threw for 175 yards on 15 of 24 attempts, and also rushed for 54 yards on only six carries. That's the most rushing yards Niehr has posted since back in August. Dube Enongene was Niehr's top target, picking up 92 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Marvis Parrish continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Lowndes, rushing for 93 yards and three touchdowns, while also picking up 55 receiving yards. Parrish has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played. Jaylin Carter also helped out with an impressive 83 receiving yards.
North Paulding's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Lowndes, their victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1.
North Paulding does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lowndes, they will take on Buford at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Buford's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last nine games.
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