After each having a week off, the Gilmer Bobcats and the North Hall Trojans will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Gilmer took a loss when they played away from home back in October, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed two weeks ago. They put the hurt on Ridgeland with a sharp 27-7 victory. The Bobcats pushed the score to 27-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, North Hall waltzed into their matchup two weeks ago with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They breezed by the Tigers to the tune of 35-3. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 153rd, while the Tigers are ranked 310th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Smith Mcgarvey was his usual excellent self, rushing for 94 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, while also throwing for 141 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes. Parker Carlton was another key player, rushing for 37 yards and three touchdowns.
North Hall was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 288 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 168 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
North Hall pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 39.2 points per game. As for Gilmer, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Gilmer was taken down by North Hall 47-6 when the teams last played back in October of 2021. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Gilmer was down 40-0.
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