Football Preview: Islands Sharks vs. Long County Blue Tide
The Islands Sharks will square off against the Long County Blue Tide at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Islands is looking for their season's first win.
Islands is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Jenkins on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Islands had to suffer through a 71-13 loss at the hands of Jenkins. While losing is never fun, the Sharks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 410th, while the Warriors are ranked 102nd).
Although Islands took the loss, they still got scores from Mason Mclaughlin and Jayden Sutton.
Despite a strong season so far, Long County has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They fell just short of Southeast Bulloch by a score of 15-12 on Friday. The game marked the Blue Tide's lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Islands' loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Long County, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.
Islands was able to grind out a solid victory over Long County in their previous meeting back in August of 2017, winning 21-14. Does Islands have another victory up their sleeve, or will Long County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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