The Oglethorpe County Patriots will face off against the Athens Academy Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Oglethorpe County has struggled recently with six defeats in a row, while Athens Academy will arrive with five straight victories.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 46-13, which was the final score in Oglethorpe County's tilt against Elbert County on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 407th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 191st).
Meanwhile, Athens Academy won a game that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Commerce 29-28. The 29-point effort marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Bryan Mcclendon had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also picked up 43 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Hampton Johnson also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Oglethorpe County's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Athens Academy, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Oglethorpe County was taken down by Athens Academy 55-14 in their previous meeting back in September of 2015. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Oglethorpe County was down 35-0.
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