After each having a week off, the Elbert County Blue Devils and the Gordon Lee Trojans will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Elbert County will be strutting in after a victory while Gordon Lee will be coming in after a defeat.
Elbert County will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Rabun County, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. Elbert County came out on top against Rabun County by a score of 28-21 last Friday.
Jacari Barnett and Jayvyn Hickman were among the main playmakers for Elbert County as the former rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns and the latter rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown. Barnett's rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 112 rushing yards. Elbert County also got help from Ty'Rikis Jones, who showed off his sure hands for 116 receiving yards.
Elbert County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 228 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Gordon Lee's good fortune finally ran out last Friday. They fell just short of Fannin County by a score of 30-27. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 212th, while the Rebels are ranked 100th).
Elbert County has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-5 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 35.8 points per game. As for Gordon Lee, their loss dropped their record down to 7-3.
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