Mary Persons entered their game against Troup County on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Mary Persons Bulldogs took a 24-17 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Troup County Tigers. The contest was a 10-10 toss-up at halftime, but the Bulldogs couldn't quite close it out.
Troup County found their leader in underclassman Javarris Warner, who rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Warner a new career-high in rushing yards.
Mary Persons' defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-1. As for Troup County, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Mary Persons will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Upson-Lee at 7:30 p.m. on September 27th. As for Troup County, they will challenge Fayette County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Troup County is facing Fayette County at the right time seeing as Fayette County is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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