Football Recap: Long County Blue Tide vs. Upson-Lee Knights
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Long County can now relate to. They took a 35-23 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Upson-Lee Knights on Friday. The Blue Tide have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second loss in a row.
A big part of Upson-Lee's win came down to the chemistry between Nicholas Wells and his top target Bentavious Reviere. Wells threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes while Reviere picked up 55 receiving yards. The dominant performance also gave Reviere a new career-high in rushing yards (26).
Long County's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-4. As for Upson-Lee, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 8-3.
Long County does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Upson-Lee, they will square off against North Hall at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North Hall is coming into the match with three straight wins on the road, so Upson-Lee will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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