Winder-Barrow has been on the road for two straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will host the Habersham Central Raiders at 12:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Winder-Barrow is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Alcovy: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Winder-Barrow blew Alcovy out of the water with a 42-7 final score. That looming 42-7 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Bulldoggs yet this season.
Winder-Barrow got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Demetrius "Mj" Dowdy out in front who rushed for 201 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.1 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards Dowdy has posted since back in September of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Camden Hodge, who threw for 308 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per attempt.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Winder-Barrow was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 260 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Alcovy only rushed for 48.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Habersham Central). They really took it to Loganville for the full four quarters, racking up a 56-21 victory on the road. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-0.
Habersham Central can attribute much of their success to Paris Wilbanks, who threw for 229 yards and four touchdowns while completing 86.7% of his passes, and Donnie Warren, who gained 232 total yards and two touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Zeke Whittington, who picked up 67 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Winder-Barrow now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Habersham Central, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
Everything came up roses for Winder-Barrow against Habersham Central in their previous matchup back in September of 2021, as the team secured a 45-14 victory. Will Winder-Barrow repeat their success, or does Habersham Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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