The North Oconee Titans will head out on the road to square off against the East Forsyth Broncos at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated after four-games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
North Oconee's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 35-0 victory over Jefferson. The Titans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 23 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, East Forsyth won against Winder-Barrow back in August with 34 points and they decided to stick to that point total again last Friday. East Forsyth blew past Chestatee 34-7 at home. Given the Broncos' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the War Eagles are ranked 336th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for East Forsyth came from DJ Haskell, Brock Szakacs, and Andrew Frank.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to East Forsyth's defense and their five sacks. Jeremiah Foote was especially locked on to Chestatee's QB and sacked him three times. Foote also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 12.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Forsyth was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 206 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
North Oconee pushed their record up to 4-0 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for East Forsyth, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 4-0.
North Oconee took their win against East Forsyth in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 44-19. Does North Oconee have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Forsyth turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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