The Pickens Academy Pirates will square off against the Greene County Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pickens Academy is looking for their season's first win.
Pickens Academy is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 37 points on October 10th, they were much more limited against Hatch last Friday. They took a 22-12 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bobcats.
Pickens Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Hudson Pennington.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 38 points the game before, Greene County was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They were dealt a 38-8 loss at the hands of Vincent.
Pickens Academy will have to contain Chance Richardson as he made an impact in Greene County's last game. He picked up 117 receiving yards and one score.
Greene County now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Pickens Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Pickens Academy lost to Greene County at home by a decisive 34-20 margin in their previous matchup back in November of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Tigers' Ronald Wilder Jr., who rushed for 286 yards and three TDs while picking up 13.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 166 yards on only 13 passes. Now that the Pirates know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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