Alexander has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to challenge the New Manchester Jaguar at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Alexander's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Rome on Friday. They had to suffer through a 59-0 loss at the hands of the Wolves. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 258th, while the Wolves are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 6-6 at halftime, New Manchester was not quite East Paulding's equal in the second half on Friday. They took a 19-6 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Raiders. The Jaguar have struggled against the Raiders recently, as their game on Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Alexander dropped their record down to 1-4 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for New Manchester, the loss snapped their winning streak at five games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 4-1 record.
Alexander took a serious blow against New Manchester in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 35-0. Can Alexander avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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