Football Preview: Banks County Leopards vs. Cherokee Bluff Bears
The Banks County Leopards will venture away from home to take on the Cherokee Bluff Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Banks County has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with nine straight defeats, while Cherokee Bluff will come in with four straight victories.
Banks County is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Dawson County on Friday. Banks County took a 14-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Dawson County.
While Cherokee Bluff didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-6), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They came out on top against Habersham Central by a score of 31-24 on Friday. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Raiders are ranked 209th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of the win came down to the chemistry between Brooks Brien and his top target Dylan Haley. Brien threw for 385 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 16.7 yards per attempt while Haley picked up 157 receiving yards and two touchdowns. A healthy portion of that aerial production (88 yards to be exact) also went to Kaden (Kt) Thompson.
Cherokee Bluff was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 467 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Banks County's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Cherokee Bluff, their record is now 4-0.
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