The Etowah Eagles will square off against the North Paulding Wolfpack at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Etowah is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost to Cherokee on the road by a 42-25 margin on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 229th, while the Warriors are ranked 59th).
Meanwhile, North Paulding ended up a good deal behind Cherokee last Friday and lost 47-28. The Wolfpack have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, North Paulding got top-tier performance from James Skelly, who rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Skelly is now averaging an impressive 102.7 rushing yards per game. Cedric Stewart got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.
Even though they lost, North Paulding was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 166 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Etowah dropped their record down to 1-5 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for North Paulding, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
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