After flying high against Glenn Hills last Friday, Laney came back down to earth. The Laney Wildcats were beaten by the Burke County Bears 43-6 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 296th, while the Bears are ranked 116th).
Sean Vandiver was a one-man wrecking crew for Burke County as he threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground. A'Merre Williams helped Vandiver out on the ground, rushing for 73 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Laney's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Burke County, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 8-1.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Laney will host Josey at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Laney is facing Josey at the right time seeing as Josey is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. As for Burke County, they will face off against Thomson at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Burke County is on a seven-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), Thomson a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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