Football Preview: Flowery Branch Falcons vs. Cedar Shoals Jaguars
Flowery Branch is 6-0 against Cedar Shoals since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Flowery Branch Falcons are taking a road trip to square off against the Cedar Shoals Jaguars at 7:30 p.m. Flowery Branch is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Flowery Branch will head into Friday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They were beaten by North Oconee 63-7. The Falcons were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 49-7.
Meanwhile, Cedar Shoals was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their tenth straight loss dating back to last season. They were outmatched by Eastside at home and fell 62-10. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 343rd, while the Eagles are ranked 29th).
Flowery Branch's defeat dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Cedar Shoals, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Everything went Flowery Branch's way against Cedar Shoals when the teams last played back in October of 2021, as Flowery Branch made off with a 34-14 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Cedar Shoals' Jerdavian Colbert, who picked up 129 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also threw for five yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Flowery Branch to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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