The Gainesville Red Elephants will venture away from home to take on the Brunswick Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Gainesville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 48-3 victory over Dunwoody. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Red Elephants' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked seventh, while the Wildcats are ranked 239th).
KHARIM HUGHLEY
| 11/14/25 vs Dunwoody | 52 |
| 09/19/25 @ Lanier | 42 |
| 08/29/25 vs Westlake | 42 |
| 10/10/25 @ Milton | 40 |
| 10/24/25 vs Roswell | 36 |
KHARIM HUGHLEY had another great game (as he tends to do), throwing for 169 yards and four TDs, while also rushing for 52 yards on only five carries. Those 52 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. CAMERON JAMES was in the mix as well, providing Gainesville with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Brunswick's strategy against Winder-Barrow on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Pirates blew the Bulldoggs out of the water with a 78-30 final score. Winning may never get old, but the Pirates sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Brunswick's win came from a few key players Gainesville will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Grant Moore, who threw for 363 yards and five TDs while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 54 yards on only six carries. Another player making a difference was Josiah Gibbons, who rushed for 123 yards and three scores on only ten carries.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Brunswick was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 359 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Winder-Barrow only rushed for 154.
Brunswick didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ziyan Rankin and Samir Dobbins.
Gainesville's record is now 9-2. As for Brunswick, their record now sits at an identical 9-2.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
