Football Preview: Wayne County Yellow Jackets vs. Appling County Pirates
Wayne County and Appling County are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2014, but not for long. The Wayne County Yellow Jackets will hit the road for the first time this season to challenge the Appling County Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Friday, Wayne County had to suffer through a 49-7 loss at the hands of Brunswick. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 136th, while the Pirates are ranked 42nd).
Meanwhile, Appling County couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They were beaten by Ware County 40-10 last Friday.
Wayne County ended up a good deal behind Appling County when the teams last played back in September of 2023, losing 21-7. Can Wayne County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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