Football Preview: Jefferson County Warriors vs. Bleckley County Royals
The Jefferson County Warriors will face off against the Bleckley County Royals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Jefferson County will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Jefferson County's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Dublin on Friday. They were beaten by the Fighting Irish 56-0. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 408th, while the Fighting Irish are ranked 120th).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 14-14 at halftime, Bleckley County was not quite Washington County's equal in the second half on Friday. They fell to the Golden Hawks 21-17. The Royals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the defeat, Bleckley County got top-tier performance from Kam'Ryn Everett, who rushed for 139 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and also threw for 173 yards and a touchdown. Everett's longest rush was for an impressive 64 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Even though they lost, Bleckley County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 217 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Bleckley County wouldn't let Washington County keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Jamaury Elvine, Amarian Burns, and Burns picked up one apiece.
Jefferson County's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Bleckley County, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-3.
Jefferson County was taken down by Bleckley County 42-2 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bleckley County's Joshua Stanley, who rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Now that Jefferson County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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