Northgate fell victim to Northside and their airtight defense on Friday. They lost 22-0 to the Northside Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 250th, while the Patriots are ranked 103rd).
Ledger Clements threw for 41 yards on five of 16 attempts. On the ground,
Malik Dixon rushed for 54 yards.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Northside to victory, but perhaps none more so than Caden Clay, who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 217 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (148 yards to be exact) went to Kingston Rivers, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Northgate is on a four-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3. As for Northside, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Northgate will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Newnan at 7:30 p.m. on September 13th. As for Northside, they will take on Monroe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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