Two dominant backs in Marquis Fennell and Kamari Holloman are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. After each having a week off, the Valdosta Wildcats and the Tift County Blue Devils will shake off the rust and duke it out at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Valdosta's defense has only allowed 11.2 points per game this season, so Tift County's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Valdosta's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. They really took it to Richmond Hill for the full four quarters, racking up a 41-0 victory. Considering Valdosta has won six games by more than 37 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Tyrieke Wade
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Tyrieke Wade was a one-man wrecking crew as he threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushed for 78 yards and one TD on only eight carries. Those three passing touchdowns gave him a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Tift County was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 39-20 bruising from Colquitt County. 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 83rd, while the Packers are ranked 14th).
Valdosta's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Tift County, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Valdosta was able to grind out a solid victory over Tift County in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, winning 14-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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