The Appling County Pirates's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Crisp County Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Appling County is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Fitzgerald just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 21-16 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Purple Hurricane. The Pirates were down 21-0 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Crisp County fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back wins it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Tattnall County 13-10.
Jamarcus Bass was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Deshaun Fedd, who picked up 94 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Appling County's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-3. As for Crisp County, their win ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-7.
Appling County strolled past Crisp County when the teams last played back in October by a score of 24-7. Will Appling County repeat their success, or does Crisp County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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