The Long County Blue Tide are taking a road trip to take on the Islands Sharks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Long County's defense has only allowed ten points per game this season, so Islands' offense will have their work cut out for them.
Long County is headed into the match having just suffered their closest defeat since September 22, 2023 on Friday. They fell just short of Southeast Bulloch by a score of 15-12. The game marked the Blue Tide's lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Islands was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their 18th straight loss dating back to last season. They were beaten by Jenkins 71-13. While losing is never fun, the Sharks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 410th, while the Warriors are ranked 102nd).
Although Islands took the loss, they still got scores from Mason Mclaughlin and Jayden Sutton.
This is the second loss in a row for Long County and nudges their season record down to 6-2. As for Islands, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Long County came up short against Islands in their previous meeting back in August of 2017, falling 21-14. Can Long County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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