Griffin fell victim to Central and their airtight defense on Friday. They were outmatched by the Central Lions on the road and fell 33-0. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 279th, while the Lions are ranked 50th).
Leading Central to victory were Jr Harris and Jonaz Walton. Harris threw for 209 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, while Walton gained 152 total yards and a touchdown. Harris has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played.
Griffin dropped their record down to 0-9 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Central, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Griffin will challenge Mundy's Mill at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Griffin is facing Mundy's Mill at the right time seeing as Mundy's Mill is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. As for Central, they will take on Northside at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 40.7 points per game this season.
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