The Cherokee Bluff Bears will challenge the Banks County Leopards at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cherokee Bluff has four straight victories, Banks County has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Cherokee Bluff didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-6), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They walked away with a 31-24 win over Habersham Central on Friday. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Raiders are ranked 209th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of the victory came down to the chemistry between Brooks Brien and his top target Dylan Haley. Brien threw for 385 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 16.7 yards per attempt while Haley picked up 157 receiving yards and two touchdowns. A healthy portion of that aerial production (88 yards to be exact) also went to Kaden (Kt) Thompson.
Cherokee Bluff was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 467 total yards. That's the most total yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 7-7 at halftime, Banks County was not quite Dawson County's equal in the second half on Friday. They took a 14-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers.
Cherokee Bluff's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Banks County, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
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