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Roswell Centennial nets nifty victory over Marietta Wheeler 21-14

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By Sports Bot
Aug 20, 2022

Roswell Centennial edged Marietta Wheeler 21-14 in a close encounter of the athletic kind on August 19 in Georgia football.

Marietta Wheeler showed it was ready to play, using an early thrust to carve out a 7-0 advantage over Roswell Centennial as the first quarter ended.

The Wildcats got the better of the action throughout the first half, owning a 14-0 margin over the Knights at intermission.

Neither squad could muster points in the third quarter.

A 21-0 scoring edge in the final quarter fueled the Knights’ defeat of the Wildcats.

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