After each having a week off, the Sandy Creek Patriots and the Adairsville Tigers will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Sandy Creek's favor as the squad sits on five straight wins at home while Adairsville has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Sandy Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Troup County by a score of 55-48 two weeks ago. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Tigers are ranked 137th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Caleb Hill continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 303 yards and four touchdowns, while also rushing for 127 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. Those 127 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Zalen Green was another key player, picking up 111 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Adairsville came up short against Heritage two weeks ago and fell 17-7.
Xavious Nalls put forth a good effort for the losing side as he picked up 105 receiving yards and a touchdown. Tre Winters also helped out with an impressive 85 receiving yards.
Sandy Creek's win bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Adairsville, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
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