The Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets will challenge the Liberty County Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Southeast Bulloch beats Liberty County with 35 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Southeast Bulloch blew past Windsor Forest 35-8 on the road on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Yellow Jackets, who have now won three contests by 22 points or more so far this season.
Southeast Bulloch wouldn't let Windsor Forest keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. Chase Douglas led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself. Forest Fretwell also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Liberty County, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. Their defense stepped up to hand Islands a 21-0 shutout on Friday. The Panthers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Liberty County's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Elijah Brown, who rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Liberty County's defense and their four sacks. Christian Hines was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. He has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
The victory made it two in a row for Southeast Bulloch and bumps their season record up to 4-1. As for Liberty County, their win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-3.
Everything went Southeast Bulloch's way against Liberty County in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, as Southeast Bulloch made off with a 21-0 victory. Will Southeast Bulloch repeat their success, or does Liberty County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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