Echols County is 0-10 against Clinch County since January of 2020 but things could change on Friday. The Echols County Wildcats just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Clinch County Panthers at 7:30 p.m.
Echols County is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Thursday. They fell 64-53 to Valwood.
Meanwhile, Clinch County had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Wednesday. They slipped by the Rebels 35-34. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 159th, while the Rebels are ranked 452nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Echols County's loss dropped their record down to 6-17. As for Clinch County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-2 record this season.
Echols County was dealt a bruising 87-46 defeat at the hands of Clinch County in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can Echols County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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