The Griffin Bears will head out to square off against the Central Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Griffin will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Griffin is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 43-28 bruising from Jonesboro on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 277th, while the Cardinals are ranked 90th).
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Central faced off against Harris County on Friday. Central came out on top against Harris County by a score of 23-14. The 23-point effort marked the Lions' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Central's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jr Harris led the charge by throwing for 231 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.9% of his passes. Jonaz Walton helped Harris out on the ground, rushing for 92 yards on only 12 carries, while also picking up 60 receiving yards.
Griffin's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
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