The Mitchell County Eagles will take on the Manchester Blue Devils in a holiday battle at at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
On Tuesday, Mitchell County needed a bit of extra time to put away Seminole County. They escaped with a win against the Indians by the margin of a single free throw, 62-61. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 129th, while the Indians are ranked 292nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Manchester gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Greenville 67-39. The Blue Devils pushed the score to 61-26 by the end of the third, a deficit the Patriots cut but never quite recovered from.
The win made it two in a row for Mitchell County and bumps their season record up to 6-2. As for Manchester, they pushed their record up to 1-0 with the victory, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season.
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