Football Preview: Oglethorpe County Patriots vs. Athens Academy Spartans
The Oglethorpe County Patriots will take on the Athens Academy Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Oglethorpe County has struggled recently with six defeats in a row, while Athens Academy will arrive with five straight victories.
Last Friday, Oglethorpe County had to suffer through a 46-13 loss at the hands of Elbert County. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 407th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 191st).
Meanwhile, Athens Academy won a game that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Commerce 29-28. The 29-point effort marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Bryan Mcclendon had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also picked up 43 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Hampton Johnson was in the mix as well, providing Athens Academy with two touchdowns.
Athens Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 364 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 158 rushing yards in seven consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Oglethorpe County's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Athens Academy, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Oglethorpe County was taken down by Athens Academy 55-14 when the teams last played back in September of 2015. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Oglethorpe County was down 35-0.
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