The Northwest Whitfield Bruins will challenge the Adairsville Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Northwest Whitfield will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Northwest Whitfield is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest defeat since November 11, 2023 on Friday. They were dealt a 55-21 loss at the hands of Calhoun. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 206th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 78th).
Adairsville never got on the board in their matchup back in September, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Ridgeland last Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Panthers 34-7 at home. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won three contests by 27 points or more so far this season.
Adairsville had a senior duo take command as Ethan Long threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes and Xavious Nalls picked up 131 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Nalls is becoming a predictor of Adairsville's success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Tre Winters was another key player, picking up 87 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Northwest Whitfield's defeat dropped their record down to 6-2. As for Adairsville, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
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