The Dublin Fighting Irish will face off against the Bleckley County Royals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Dublin has seven straight wins, Bleckley County has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, Dublin was able to grind out a solid victory over Northeast, taking the game 17-7. The 17-point effort marked the Fighting Irish's lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Willie Batts continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 135 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023.
Dublin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 256 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Bleckley County didn't have quite enough to beat Northeast two weeks ago and fell 33-30. While losing is never fun, the Royals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 283rd, while the Raiders are ranked 118th).
Dublin's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for Bleckley County, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Things could have been worse for Dublin, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 42-28 loss to Bleckley County in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Dublin avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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