The Bacon County Raiders will head out to take on the Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Bacon County will head out to face Fitzgerald after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Bacon County took a blow against Worth County, falling 54-24. It was the first time this season that the Raiders let down their fans at home.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fitzgerald). They breezed by Berrien on the road to the tune of 56-7 on Friday. Given the Purple Hurricane's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Rebels are ranked 388th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bacon County has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-4 record this season. As for Fitzgerald, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Bacon County was taken down by Fitzgerald 46-3 when the teams last played back in August of 2019. Can Bacon County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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