Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Gwinnett). They blew past the Rockdale County Bulldogs 59-6 at home on Friday. Given the Comets' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 315th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading South Gwinnett to victory were Xavier Butler and Eric Ramey Iii. Butler rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, while Ramey Iii rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Ramey Iii a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Gwinnett was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 319 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 178 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
South Gwinnett wouldn't let Rockdale County keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. South Gwinnett can thank Jaylen Brown and Jaiden Braker for forcing both of them.
South Gwinnett's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Rockdale County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-2.
South Gwinnett will head out to take on Grovetown at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. South Gwinnett is facing Grovetown at the right time seeing as Grovetown is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Rockdale County, they will welcome Heritage at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Heritage's defense has only allowed 17 points per game this season, so Rockdale County's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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