The North Clayton Eagles have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Mt. Zion Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
North Clayton is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points on October 11th, they were much more limited against Douglass last Friday. They took a blow against the Astros, falling 50-8. The Eagles were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 30-8.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Mt. Zion's offense. They were beaten by Douglass 36-0 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 253rd, while the Astros are ranked 62nd).
North Clayton's loss dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Mt. Zion, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
North Clayton strolled past Mt. Zion in their previous meeting back in October of 2021 by a score of 14-0. Will North Clayton repeat their success, or does Mt. Zion have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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