Banks County hasn't had much luck against Rabun County recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Banks County Leopards will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rabun County Wildcats at 7:30 p.m.
Banks County is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They were dealt a 42-0 loss at the hands of Cherokee Bluff. While losing is never fun, the Leopards can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 404th, while the Bears are ranked 108th).
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Friday Rabun County sidestepped Bremen for a 24-21 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Rabun County can attribute much of their success to Lake Evans, who rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Rabun County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 334 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Banks County's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Rabun County, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Banks County took a serious blow against Rabun County when the teams last played back in October of 2021, falling 63-0. Thankfully for Banks County, Gunner Stockton (who threw for 454 yards and six touchdowns while completing 82.1% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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