The Hillgrove Hawks will challenge the Osborne Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hillgrove has three straight wins, Osborne has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Hillgrove will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 38) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 24-21 victory over Marietta.
Caleb Walters was a one-man wrecking crew for Hillgrove as he rushed for 139 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards.
Hillgrove's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB seven times. In that department, Nicholas Mathious was the leader with three sacks. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last eight games he's played dating back to last season. Another thorn in Marietta's side was Chris Carbin, who picked up a sack, made six total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
Meanwhile, Osborne lost 38-13 to Fellowship Christian on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 288th, while the Paladins are ranked 77th).
Hillgrove's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Osborne, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
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