The Mt. Zion Bulldogs will square off against the Douglass Astros at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Mt. Zion is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 37 points on October 4th, they were much more limited against Luella on Friday. They lost 27-6 to the Lions. The Bulldogs haven't had much luck with the Lions recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Douglass entered their tilt with North Clayton on Friday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 50-8 victory over the Eagles. The Astros might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by 25 points or more this season.
Ja?Narious Barner and John Wilson were among the main playmakers for Douglass as the former rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns and the latter rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Barner a new career-high in rushing yards. Damarien Parrott did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 83 receiving yards.
Mt. Zion's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-4. As for Douglass, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
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