After each having a week off, the Grovetown Warriors and the Newton Rams will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Grovetown is looking for their season's first victory.
Grovetown's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Grayson two weeks ago. They were beaten by the Rams 63-0. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 293rd, while the Rams are ranked 14th).
Meanwhile, the third road contest was the charm for Newton, as they earned their first road win of the season. They were the clear victor by a 50-25 margin over Archer two weeks ago.
It was another big night for Zion Johnson, who rushed for 209 yards on only 12 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 69 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Newton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 466 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Grovetown's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Newton, their record now sits at 2-3.
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