The Douglass Astros will head out to face off against the Mt. Zion Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Douglass is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Douglass is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing North Clayton: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Douglass blew North Clayton out of the water with a 50-8 final score. With that victory, the Astros brought their scoring average up to 27.4 points per game.
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.
Meanwhile, a win for Mt. Zion just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Luella, falling 27-6. The Bulldogs have struggled against the Lions recently, as their game on Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Douglass pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Mt. Zion, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-4.
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