Basketball Recap: Appling County Drops Season-High Score on Telfair County

Pirates

Team Score

01/14/25 vs Telfair County	90
12/20/24 vs Claxton	75
12/14/24 @ Jeff Davis	73
12/07/24 vs Berrien	69
12/21/24 vs Bacon County	68

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Appling County). They put the hurt on the Telfair County Trojans with a sharp 90-68 win on Tuesday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Pirates with their most commanding win of the season.

Telfair County's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Jayden Sutton, who went 6 for 11 on his way to 16 points, and Christon Zanders, who went 6 of 8 en route to 12 points and seven rebounds. Another player making a difference was Jabari Zanders, who posted four points and five rebounds.

Appling County's victory bumped their record up to 6-10. As for Telfair County, their loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-10.

Appling County will be playing in front of their home fans against Pierce County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Appling County is facing Pierce County at the right time seeing as Pierce County is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Telfair County, they will take on Wilcox County in a tournament on Friday. Wilcox County has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 174 points over their last three matchups.