On Friday, the Greater Atlanta Christian Spartans didn't have quite enough to beat the Pickens Dragons and fell 28-25. The Spartans were right on the edge of victory: they outscored the Dragons in the fourth quarter 15-7.
Greater Atlanta Christian's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Pierce Wilson, who rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Wilson has become a key player for Greater Atlanta Christian: the team is undefeated when he posts at least 80 rushing yards, but 0-5 otherwise. Jaden Henry also helped out with an impressive 143 receiving yards.
Hayden Jones continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Pickens, throwing for 235 yards and a touchdown while completing 76.2% of his passes, and also rushing for 47 yards and a touchdown. Mccord Purdy was Jones' top target, picking up 104 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Greater Atlanta Christian's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-5. As for Pickens, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-4.
Greater Atlanta Christian has already played their next game, a 30-20 defeat against Chestatee on the 1st. As for Pickens, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next matchup, a 29-26 loss against Lumpkin County on the 1st.
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