After each having a week off, the Pepperell Dragons and the Temple Tigers will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pepperell will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Pepperell's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Cedartown last Friday. They were outmatched by the Bulldogs at home and fell 44-0. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 349th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 54th).
Meanwhile, Temple earned a 34-21 victory over South Atlanta two weeks ago.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Cj Gray and he. Gray rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry while he rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Serjoe Jones a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Temple was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 366 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Pepperell's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Temple, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Pepperell didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Temple in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 19-14 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Gray, who rushed for 239 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.0 yards per carry. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Pepperell still be able to contain Gray? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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