The Chestatee War Eagles will challenge the Greater Atlanta Christian Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Chestatee will be strutting in after a win while Greater Atlanta Christian will be coming in after a defeat.
Chestatee will bounce into Friday's contest after beating White County, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. Chestatee sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 23-21 victory over White County on Friday.
The critical scores for Chestatee came from Colton Steele and Izayah Ledford.
Chestatee was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 285 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 170 rushing yards in ten consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Greater Atlanta Christian didn't have quite enough to beat Pickens on Friday and fell 28-25. The Spartans were right on the edge of victory: they outscored the Dragons in the fourth quarter 15-7.
Despite the loss, Greater Atlanta Christian saw an underclassman step up: freshman Pierce Wilson rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Greater Atlanta Christian is undefeated when Wilson posts 80 or more rushing yards, but 0-5 otherwise. Jaden Henry was another key player, picking up 143 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Chestatee is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for Greater Atlanta Christian, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-5.
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