After both having extra time off, the Cartersville Hurricanes and the Westminster Wildcats will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Cartersville is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Cartersville's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Hiram offense got past them. Cartersville came out on top in a nail-biter against Hiram back in October, sneaking past 45-43. Given the Hurricanes' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Hornets are ranked 111th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Nate Russell was his usual excellent self, throwing for 245 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 47 yards. 80 of Russell's passing yards were hauled in by Jamauri Brice, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Westminster, who bounced back after a loss on the road back in October. They took down Centennial 23-8 last Friday. The Wildcats pushed the score to 23-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights cut but never quite recovered from.
Cartersville's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 26 points. As for Westminster, the win got them back to even at 5-5.
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