Ridgeland lost against Adairsville back in October of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Ridgeland Panthers were beaten by the Adairsville Tigers 34-7. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 408th, while the Tigers are ranked 178th).
Ridgeland wouldn't let Adairsville keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. Sam Bailey led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself. Braylon Pritchett is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last ten games he's played dating back to last season. Another thorn in Adairsville's side was Kain Brown, who picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
A big part of Adairsville's win came down to the chemistry between Ethan Long and his top target Xavious Nalls. Long threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes while Nalls picked up 131 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Nalls has become a key player for Adairsville: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. A healthy portion of that aerial production (87 yards to be exact) also went to Tre Winters, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
This is the second loss in a row for Ridgeland and nudges their season record down to 1-7. As for Adairsville, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Northwest Whitfield the next time they take the field. Adairsville will head out to face Northwest Whitfield at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, while Ridgeland will host them at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th.
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