The Oglethorpe County Patriots will venture away from home to face off against the Commerce Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Commerce took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Oglethorpe County, who comes in off a win.
Oglethorpe County will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Rabun County, who they had gone 0-6 against in their six prior meetings. The Patriots came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 28-19 on Friday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Patriots' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 289th, while the Wildcats are ranked 134th).
Caden Hartrum was a one-man wrecking crew as he threw for 202 yards and a pair of TDs while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushed for 52 yards and one score.
Meanwhile, Commerce was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were beaten by Rabun County 55-28. The Tigers were down 48-20 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Oglethorpe County will need to focus on slowing down Tate Kirk, one of several Commerce players who made an impact when they last played. He threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Essian Locklear, who picked up 133 receiving yards and a pair of scores.
Commerce's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Oglethorpe County, they moved to 3-4 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak.
Oglethorpe County was dealt a bruising 55-14 defeat at the hands of Commerce in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Patriots were down 42-7.
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