After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Alexander is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-field for the first time when they go up against the Cedartown Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with nine losses in a row dating back to last season, Alexander finally turned things around against Lassiter on Friday. They pulled ahead with a 15-14 photo finish over the Trojans.
The critical scores for Alexander came from Craig Summers and Michael Allen.
Meanwhile, Cedartown made easy work of Berkmar on Thursday and carried off a 27-7 victory. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 54th, while the Patriots are ranked 273rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win got Alexander back to even at 1-1. As for Cedartown, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0.
Alexander took a serious blow against Cedartown in their previous matchup back in August of 2019, falling 56-14. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Alexander was down 28-0.
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