Columbia is 0-5 against Athens since April of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Columbia Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Athens Golden Eagles at 5:00 p.m. Columbia will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Alabama Rankings (they are ranked 170th, while Athens is ranked 38th).
Sadly, Columbia is still looking for their first win of the season after five games. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-0 walloping at the hands of Hazel Green last Thursday.
Meanwhile, Athens kept a clean sheet against Hazel Green on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Trojans and snuck past 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Athens was the better team in the second half.
Columbia's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Athens, their win bumped their record up to 8-3-4.
Columbia suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Athens when the teams last played last Tuesday. Can Columbia avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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