Head coach Mike Nash has been at Dunwoody since 2015 and has seen highs and lows of the program.
It took Nash seven losing seasons before accomplishing a 5-5 finish in 2022. Last season, the Wildcats finished 8-3 and made the playoffs for the first time since 2009.
The trend continues.
And with credit to his stifling defense and an outright leader at the quarterback position, Dunwoody moved past South Paulding 24-7 in the opening game of the second day of the Corky Kell + Dave Hunter Classic at West Forsyth High School.
“I just give credit to the defense,” said Dunwoody quarterback Matt Pearch. “Every time we needed a stop, they gave it to us. They supported us the whole game. I don’t think we had our best performance and they stepped up every time we needed it.”
It also didn’t hurt that the Wildcats ran the ball really, really well.
“We have four guys who can tote the rock,” Nash told Score Atlanta’s Najeh Wilkins in the postgame interview. “And I think that helped because it kept us fresh. We were able to roll some fresh guys in there. But also, our offensive line, they struggled in the beginning, but they got it figured out. But I am going to have to give it to the doggone defense.”