After each having a week off, the Marietta Blue Devils and the Walton Raiders will shake off the rust and duke it out at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Marietta is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Etowah: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Blue Devils blew the Eagles out of the water with a 43-9 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Blue Devils had established a 27-point advantage.
Jayden Whiteside
| 09/19/25 vs Etowah | 146.4 |
| 09/12/25 @ Wheeler | 123 |
| 09/05/25 vs Hillgrove | 102.5 |
| 08/29/25 vs McEachern | 44.5 |
| 08/22/25 @ West Forsyth | 25.4 |
| + 1 more games |
Jayden Whiteside was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 272 yards and four TDs on only 19 passes. His passing game has become a key predictor of Marietta's success: the team is 2-1 when his passer rating is 100 or higher, but only 0-3 otherwise. Samaj Anderson was in the mix too, providing the Blue Devils with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Walton, who bounced back after a loss on the road on September 12th. They walked away with a 34-21 victory over Wheeler last Friday. The contest marked the Raiders' most dominant win of the season.
Walton's win came from a few key players Marietta will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Christion Peacock, who rushed for 69 yards and one score on only nine carries, and also threw for 75 yards and one TD. Christian Govea was another key player, rushing for 82 yards and one touchdown on only five carries.
The victory made it two in a row for Marietta and bumps their season record up to 2-4. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to yards per carry: they averaged an imposing 6.05 yards per carry in those games compared to only 3.18 in the others. As for Walton, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
Marietta lost to Walton on the road by a decisive 21-3 margin in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. Thankfully for the Blue Devils, Lucas Farrington (who rushed for 68 yards and three scores) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
