The Pickens Dragons will square off against the North Hall Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Pickens is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 35-23 victory over Dawson County on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, North Hall waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They enjoyed a cozy 35-21 victory over the Warriors. That's two games straight that the Trojans have won by exactly 14 points.
Smith Mcgarvey had a dynamite game for North Hall, rushing for 138 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. Mcgarvey's longest rush was for an impressive 59 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Parker Carlton, who rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: North Hall was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 429 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 213 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to North Hall's defense and their six sacks. Buddy Clark was especially locked on to White County's QB and sacked him 2.5 times.
Pickens now has a winning record of 3-2. As for North Hall, they now also have a winning record of 3-2.
Pickens was able to grind out a solid win over North Hall when the teams last played back in September of 2017, winning 42-35. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was North Hall's Jack Brown, who rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns, and also caught a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Pickens to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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