The Brookwood Broncos will venture away from home to challenge the Norcross Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Brookwood's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last five matchups.
If Norcross heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Brookwood took over last week. Brookwood walked away with a 43-36 victory over Duluth on Friday.
Meanwhile, Norcross unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Friday. They fell to North Gwinnett 27-21. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Bulldogs are ranked fifth).
Despite the loss, Norcross got top-tier performance from Dillon Mohammed, who threw for 264 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 50 yards. Those 50 rushing yards gave Mohammed a new career-high. Jamari Harrold was another key player, picking up 76 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Brookwood pushed their record up to 6-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Norcross, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-2.
Brookwood didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Norcross when the teams last played back in August of 2022, but they still walked away with a 28-24 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Norcross' Arrington (Aj) Watkins, who rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 145 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Brookwood to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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