Two dominant signal callers in Jaden Duckett and Weston Bryan are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Sprayberry Yellow Jackets will challenge the Lee County Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Sprayberry sitting on eight straight wins and Lee County on 12.
Sprayberry is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Newnan 35-7. The Yellow Jackets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Lee County and East Paulding met for a duel on Friday where Lee County prevailed. Lee County really took it to East Paulding for the full four quarters, racking up a 63-14 victory. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-14.
Bryan was his usual excellent self, throwing for 213 yards and five touchdowns on only 16 passes, while also rushing for 114 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Ousmane Kromah, who gained 213 total yards and two touchdowns.
Lee County's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB four times. Jeramiah Mccloud was especially locked on to East Paulding's QB and sacked him twice. Another thorn in East Paulding's side was Justyn Tanksley, who picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made four total tackles.
Lee County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 259 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 258 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Lee County pushed their record up to 12-0 with the win, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 35.4 points. As for Sprayberry, their record is now 11-1.
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