Apalachee was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 15th straight loss dating back to last season. They took a 25-6 bruising from the Jackson County Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 343rd, while the Panthers are ranked 141st).
Despite the loss, Apalachee still got an impressive performance from Favian Williford, who rushed for 121 yards, and also picked up 46 receiving yards.
The critical scores for Jackson County came from Jacob Coombs, RJ Knapp III, and Daylan Maxwell.
Apalachee's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Jackson County, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats takes on Alcovy at 7:30 p.m. on October 18th. That match will pit two of the most dominant backs against one another: Williford and Nick Slidell. After each having a week off, Jackson County and Winder-Barrow will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on October 18th. Winder-Barrow is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.6 points per game this season.
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