The Fayette County Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Mary Persons Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Fayette County is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game dating back to last season two weeks ago. They took a blow against Warner Robins, falling 42-7. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 341st, while the Demons are ranked 37th).
Meanwhile, Mary Persons was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Varsity Opponent 43-6 at home. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Bulldogs just coasted through the last quarter.
Mac Nelson looked great while leading his team to the win, throwing for 163 yards and four touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes. Mary Persons also got help from Gavin Martin, who showed off his sure hands for 94 receiving yards.
Mary Persons wouldn't let Varsity Opponent keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Mary Persons can thank Braxton House and Korey Hart for forcing both of them. Hart's also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making five total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Fayette County's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Mary Persons, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
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