Adairsville is 0-6 against Calhoun since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Adairsville Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Calhoun Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. Adairsville will be strutting in after a victory while Calhoun will be coming in after a defeat.
If Adairsville beats Calhoun with 44 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Adairsville breezed by LaFayette at home to the tune of 44-13 on Friday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 156th, while the Ramblers are ranked 403rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ethan Long was his usual excellent self, throwing for 246 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Adairsville's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Jamarian Pullum and Clay Hilburn. Adairsville got some further help from Righley Worthington: he picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles.
Meanwhile, Calhoun came up short against Cambridge two weeks ago and fell 31-19. The Yellow Jackets have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The win made it two in a row for Adairsville and bumps their season record up to 4-1. As for Calhoun, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Adairsville couldn't quite finish off Calhoun when the teams last played back in October of 2019 and fell 36-33. Can Adairsville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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