The Southwest Patriots will venture away from home to square off against the Dodge County Indians at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Southwest is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Central 45-6 at home. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Patriots just coasted through the last quarter.
Southwest's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB six times. Central's QB won't forget Rinaldo Callaway anytime soon given he sacked him four times. Callaway is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Dodge County put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They enjoyed a cozy 46-27 victory over East Laurens. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 158th, while the Falcons are ranked 335th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Duke Johnson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 173 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per carry. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 60 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jerimiah Burns, who picked up 73 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Dodge County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 265 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The win made it two in a row for Southwest and bumps their season record up to 2-3. As for Dodge County, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-0.
Things could have been worse for Southwest, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 31-16 loss to Dodge County in their previous meeting back in November of 2021. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Johnson, who rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also threw for 72 yards and a touchdown. Now that Southwest knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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