Football Preview: Clinch County Panthers vs. Lanier County Bulldogs
Clinch County has gone 10-0 against Lanier County recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Clinch County Panthers' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Lanier County Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. Clinch County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.8 points per game this season.
Clinch County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Turner County by a score of 52-43 on Friday. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 139th, while the Titans are ranked 341st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Aaron Bryant was his usual excellent self, rushing for 237 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Xavion Johnson, who rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries.
Clinch County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 405 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Clinch County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Malik Mcnair, Travis Miller, and Blaze Small picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Lanier County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They were beaten by Irwin County 41-14.
Clinch County's victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-1. As for Lanier County, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Clinch County strolled past Lanier County when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a score of 35-16. Will Clinch County repeat their success, or does Lanier County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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