BUFORD — With the Buford offense struggling in the first half, the Wolves’ defense and special teams took over in the third quarter.
A safety, a big kickoff return and a long punt return in a span of less than five minutes in the third put a close football game out of reach. That sequence propelled the Wolves to a 30-6 win over Marietta in the first round of the Class AAAAAAA state playoffs on Friday..
“There is no game in Class 7A that’s easy. Every team that makes the last 32 (of the playoffs) is good enough to beat anybody at any given time,” Buford head coach Bryant Appling said. “If you slop around at times it’s going to look like that. I am proud of the defense and how they played. They bowed their necks all game. We started making plays on defense, we started making plays on special teams and we got the offense rolling.”…