There's no place like home for Sprayberry, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They took down the Sequoyah Chiefs 31-17 on Friday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Yellow Jackets' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Chiefs are ranked 48th).
Leading Sprayberry to victory were Ian Hulbert and Jaden Duckett. Hulbert rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, while Duckett rushed for 148 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Hulbert a new career-high in rushing yards.
Another reason for the win was Sprayberry's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. In that department, Brock Trout was the leader with two. Everett Currie was another major factor on D, making 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Sprayberry was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Although Sequoyah took the loss, they still got scores from Ean Marria and Taiwo Ogundele.
Sprayberry's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Sequoyah, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 4-1.
Sprayberry will challenge Riverwood at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Sprayberry is facing Riverwood at the right time seeing as Riverwood is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Sequoyah, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on River Ridge at 7:30 p.m. on September 27th. River Ridge will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
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