The Sprayberry Yellow Jackets are taking a road trip to take on the Riverwood Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Sprayberry's defense has only allowed 14.2 points per game this season, so Riverwood's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Sprayberry will bounce into Friday's match after beating Sequoyah, who they hadn't topped in six consecutive meetings. Sprayberry strolled past Sequoyah with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 31-17.
Sprayberry's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ian Hulbert, who rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, and Jaden Duckett, who rushed for 148 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Hulbert a new career-high in rushing yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Sprayberry's defense and their three sacks. Leading the way was Brock Trout with two. Everett Currie was another major factor on D, making 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Special teams also deserves some recognition, posting 11 points in total. All came courtesy of Liam Dingle: he went 3-for-3 kicking field goals for nine points, and 2-for-2 kicking extra points for an additional two.
Meanwhile, Riverwood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 45-7 loss at the hands of Creekview. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 333rd, while the Grizzlies are ranked 84th).
Sprayberry's record now sits at 4-1. As for Riverwood, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Sprayberry came up short against Riverwood in their previous matchup back in October of 2015, falling 17-6. Can Sprayberry avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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