After each having a week off, the Oconee County Warriors and the Cherokee Bluff Bears will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Oconee County is returning home triumphant after the team finally put their road woes behind them against Stephens County two weeks ago. Everything went Oconee County's way against Stephens County as Oconee County made off with a 35-10 win. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-3.
Caiden Wood was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 179 yards.
Oconee County's defense stepped up as well, laying out Tripp Underwood. four times. Drake Harrison was especially locked on to Stephens County's QB and sacked him twice. Oconee County got some further help from Zach Weeks: he picked up a sack and made 13 total tackles.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Oconee County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 288 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Cherokee Bluff put another one in the bag two weeks ago to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Banks County at home to the tune of 42-0. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won three contests by 25 points or more so far this season.
Oconee County's victory ended an eight-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-3. As for Cherokee Bluff, their win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0.
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