The Adairsville Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Northwest Whitfield Bruins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Northwest Whitfield took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Adairsville, who comes in off a win.
Adairsville took a loss when they played away from home back in September, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Ridgeland 34-7 at home. With the Tigers ahead 27-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
A big part of Adairsville's victory came down to the chemistry between Ethan Long and his top target Xavious Nalls. Long threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes while Nalls picked up 131 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Nalls is becoming a predictor of Adairsville's success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't). A healthy portion of that aerial production (87 yards to be exact) also went to Tre Winters, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Meanwhile, a win for Northwest Whitfield just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Calhoun, falling 55-21. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 206th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 78th).
Adairsville's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-2. As for Northwest Whitfield, their loss dropped their record down to 6-2.
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