After each having a week off, the Cherokee Bluff Bears and the Oconee County Warriors will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Cherokee Bluff knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Oconee County likes a good challenge.
Cherokee Bluff's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Banks County 42-0 at home. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 104th, while the Leopards are ranked 397th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, the third road match was the charm for Oconee County, as they earned their first road win of the season. They put the hurt on Stephens County with a sharp 35-10 victory last Friday. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Warriors just coasted through the last quarter.
Caiden Wood went supernova for Oconee County, rushing for 179 yards.
Cherokee Bluff pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Oconee County, their victory ended an eight-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-3.
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