The Cedartown Bulldogs will finish the 2009 football season this Friday at home against the Southeast Whitfield Raiders.

Neither Cedartown, from the South sub-region in Region 6-AAA, nor Southeast Whitfield, from the North sub-region in 6-AAA, have qualified as one of the top three teams from their sub-region to play in a region playoff game so they will be playing this game just to finish their 10-game regular season schedule.

"From the three games we’ve got on film Southeast is a team that can move the ball up-and-down the field pretty well," Head Coach Mark Loudermilk said. "Their problem has been turnovers. They remind me a lot of us in that regard."

Cedartown, 2-7 overall and 1-3 in the sub-region, will enter this game with several starters injured.

"John Poulin (starting fullback, punter and kicker) has an ankle sprain and he is probably out Friday," Loudermilk said. "Rudy Alford (starting lineman) and Adam Moore (starting lineman) are beat up as well and Chan Borders (two-way starter on offense and defense) is hurt as well."

Loudermilk said the Raiders (4-5, 2-3) run a spread offense and they are averaging 21.1 points per game.

"They work out of the shotgun," Loudermilk said. "They throw the ball a pretty good bit, but I think they spread you out in order to run the ball."

The fourth-year Cedartown coach said the Raiders will be big up front.

"We’ve faced two really big teams in a row and Southeast looks like they are pretty big up front as well," Loudermilk said.

Defensively, the Raiders are allowing 28.3 points each Friday night.

"They play a ‘50’ front defensive scheme," Loudermilk added, meaning the Raiders will have five defensive lineman on nearly every play where most teams usually only have four.

It will be the same defense that Carrollton played last week.

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