Football Preview: Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets vs. Liberty County Panthers
The Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets will face off against the Liberty County Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Southeast Bulloch beats Liberty County with 35 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Southeast Bulloch took their game on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 35-8 win over Windsor Forest. The Yellow Jackets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 22 points or more this season.
Southeast Bulloch wouldn't let Windsor Forest keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. Chase Douglas led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself. Forest Fretwell also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Liberty County, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. Their defense stepped up to hand Islands a 21-0 shutout on Friday. The Panthers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Liberty County got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Elijah Brown out in front who rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Liberty County's defense and their four sacks. Christian Hines was especially locked on to Islands' QB and sacked him twice. Hines has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
The win made it two in a row for Southeast Bulloch and bumps their season record up to 4-1. As for Liberty County, their victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-3.
Everything went Southeast Bulloch's way against Liberty County in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, as Southeast Bulloch made off with a 21-0 win. Does Southeast Bulloch have another victory up their sleeve, or will Liberty County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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