Pittsfield is 0-3 against Athens since October of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Pittsfield Saukees will be playing at home against the Athens Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
After dropping their season opener at home, Athens is headed out to face a Saukees squad ready to give their home crowd a win. Pittsfield fell 26-14 to Jacksonville on Friday.
Despite the loss, Pittsfield got top-tier performance from Lane Foster, who rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries.
Foster wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Pittsfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 177 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Athens was beaten by Maroa-Forsyth 47-14 on Saturday. The Warriors haven't had much luck with the Trojans recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Pittsfield was taken down by Athens 41-7 in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Pittsfield was down 41-0.
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