Friday Night Football Roundup — Week 8

Week 8 was one of blowouts and games that many teams will want to forget, including some Houston County teams.

Recap Week 8 football with the weekly Friday Night Football Roundup:

Houston County

Houston County (7-0, 2-0 Region 2-5A) moved to 7-0 for the first time in program history with a 48-0 shutout of Northside on Friday.

This is the Bears’ first shutout since last year’s 56-0 win over Veterans, and they forced four turnovers that gave them the ball in Eagles territory. They also coughed up the ball three times, though.

In the last four games HoCo has outscored their opponents 202-38, and they’ll take a week off before hitting their toughest stretch of region games starting with Coffee.

Northside

Northside (0-7, 0-2 Region 2-5A) suffered their first shutout defeat of the season at home, 48-0 to Houston County.

The Eagles gave up the ball four times, all in their own territory to help fuel the Bears’ offense to another 40-point game.

Some of their toughest region games are still ahead of them with Thomas County Central and Lee County on the schedule.

Perry

Perry (4-3, 2-0 Region 1-4A) is starting to figure things out after a rocky start to the season, and this week they travelled to Wayne County for the third game in their four-game road trip.

With their 38-0 win this week they’ve scored 30 or more in their last three games after being held to 13 points through two games in August.

Up next they have their two toughest region games against Ware County and Benedictine.

Veterans

Veterans’ (2-5, 0-2 Region 2-5A) losing streak got pushed to four on Friday with a 48-0 loss to undefeated Thomas County Central.

This is the second game in a row the Warhawks have given up 40 or more points and their first shutout defeat of the season.

Their schedule gradually slows down now with Lee County, Coffee, and Northside due in the final three regular season games.

Warner Robins

Warner Robins (3-4, 0-2 Region 1-4A) followed up last week’s disappointing defeat against Wayne County with their biggest loss in program history, a 61-0 final on the road at Benedictine.

The Demons have faced countless injuries this season, including starting running back AJ Alexander and offensive lineman Chase Plank just to name a couple.

Next week’s game against New Hampstead has become a must win for Warner Robins, who will hope to keep their 15-year playoff streak alive.

Westfield

Westfield (5-2, 1-0 GIAA District 5-3A) won their first district game 21-14 in dramatic fashion as Brock Johnson ran in the game-winning touchdown with 32 seconds left on the clock, just over 90 seconds after the Hornets missed the would-be go-ahead field goal from the 30-yard line.

Johnson found Win Hoots on a 55-yard pass with about a minute left to set up his five-yard touchdown run.

This win gets Westfield off to a 1-0 start in district play, and they’ll look to continue defending their 2024 district title with Calvary Christian up next week.