Columbia hasn't had much luck against Athens recently, but that could start to change on Friday. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles dukes it out withthe Athens Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Columbia is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 17th straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They took a blow against Cullman, falling 61-6. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 370th, while the Bearcats are ranked 105th).
Meanwhile, Athens didn't have quite enough to beat Hartselle on Friday and fell 21-19. The Golden Eagles haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Brogan Gross put forth a good effort for the losing side as he threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 44 yards.
Columbia's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Athens, their loss dropped their record down to 5-2.
Columbia was taken down by Athens 49-14 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Columbia, Jayshon Ridgle (who picked up 120 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a rushing score) 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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