Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask George County). They took down the West Harrison Hurricanes 68-49 on Friday. That's more bragging rights for the Rebels, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
It was another big night for Deuce Knight, who threw for 538 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 76.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 3.5 passing touchdowns per game. Brenn Moody did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 220 receiving yards.
George County wouldn't let West Harrison keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. George County can thank Dimitrios Chelmis and Kohl Bradley for forcing both of them. Blaine Green was another major factor on D, making 15 total tackles.
Despite the loss, West Harrison still got an impressive performance from Jordan Stapleton, who rushed for 312 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per carry, and also picked up 41 receiving yards and a touchdown. What's more, he's the game marked his seventh straight with at least 129. Depatrick Byrd also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 112 receiving yards.
George County has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for West Harrison, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-4.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. George County will head out to square off against Picayune at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. George County will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last. As for West Harrison, they will head out on the road to take on Pascagoula at 6:55 p.m. on Friday. West Harrison is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.2 points per game this season.
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