Football Preview: Ware County Gators vs. Bainbridge Bearcats
After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Ware County is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-field for the first time when they go up against the Bainbridge Bearcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Ware County is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Georgia's top teams: Coffee, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Ware County was ranked 23rd). Ware County fell to Coffee 20-16.
Most of the squad's points came courtesy of special teams, who contributed ten in total. All came courtesy of William Bates: he went 3-for-3 kicking field goals for nine points, and 1-for-1 kicking extra points for an additional one.
Meanwhile, Bainbridge didn't have quite enough to beat Cook on Friday and fell 13-10.
Ware County's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Bainbridge, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Things could have been worse for Ware County, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 35-21 loss to Bainbridge when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Ware County, Cam Sanders (who threw for 248 yards and four touchdowns while completing 74.1% of his passes, and also rushed for 64 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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