After each having a week off, the Stephens County Indians and the North Murray Mountaineers will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Stephens County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.4 points per game this season.
Stephens County will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by three when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 24-point they dealt East Jackson last Friday. Stephens County put the hurt on East Jackson with a sharp 55-31 win. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 24 points or more this season.
Javin Gordon continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 103 yards and four touchdowns.
Stephens County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Morris Perkins, Duke Collins, Lavontae Brown, and Jonah Swinton picked up one apiece. Swinton also hauled in two receiving touchdowns, which is notable because Stephens County is undefeated when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 2-4 otherwise.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 40 points the game before, North Murray was a bit more limited in their game last Friday. They came up short against Rockmart, falling 28-7. The Mountaineers have struggled against the Yellowjackets recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
North Murray's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-4. As for Stephens County, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 6-4.
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