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High school football: Week 3 previews
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CHESTATEE VS. FLOWERY BRANCH When: 7:30 p.m. tonight Where: War Eagle Stadium, Gainesville Records: Chestatee (1-1); Flowery Branch (0-1) Who to watch: Nick Lyles (Chestatee) had a 62-yard receiving touchdown and 47-yard rushing score in last week’s 23-21 win over East Hall. ... Lyles finished the game with 134 rushing yards on 18 carries. ... Outside of the 62-yard touchdown pass to Lyles, quarterback Storm Yarbrough was able to escape a sack on fourth-and-8 to toss a 40-yard score. He’ll be one to watch as well for the War Eagles. ... Nick Lance (Flowery Branch) opened the Falcons’ season with an 80-yard touchdown pass to Jalin Strown. ... Lance finished the game against North Hall going 16 of 28 for 236 yards and a touchdown. He also had a pair of interceptions. ... With the Falcons looking to get back to the spread offense that made them a power from 2005-2011 under coach Lee Shaw, Lance will have a lot of opportunities to show off his arm and rack up yardage. ... Running back tandem Malik Drayton and Malik Damons will also be featured in the Flowery Branch offense. ... Drayton had 98 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries, while Damons carried the ball 10 times for 28 yards.
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