The Houston County Bears will venture away from home to face off against the Milton Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Houston County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 63-12 win over Lakeside. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-5.
A big part of Houston County's victory came down to the chemistry between Antwann Hill Jr and his top target Isaiah Mitchell. Hill Jr threw for 440 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 22.0 yards per attempt while Mitchell gained 275 total yards and four touchdowns. With that strong performance, Hill Jr is now averaging an impressive 302.2 passing yards per game. Austin Stinson was in the mix as well, providing Houston County with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Milton put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Dutchtown to the tune of 41-3. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked first, while the Bulldogs are ranked 74th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
TJ Lester and Luke Nickel were among the main playmakers for Milton as the former rushed for 159 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries and the latter threw for 243 yards and three touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Lester has posted since back in August. Tristen Payne was Nickel's top target, picking up 115 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Milton's defense and their six sacks. In that department, Caleb Bell was the leader with 3.5. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more sacks the last three times he's played. Milton got some further help from Billy Weivoda: he picked up a sack, made nine total tackles, and defended a pass.
Milton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 156 rushing yards in seven consecutive matches.
Milton pushed their record up to 12-0 with the win, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.7 points per game. As for Houston County, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-4.
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