Indian Football Opens Region Play Tonight
Stephens County opens Region 8-AAAA football play tonight on the road.
The Indians are making the trip this evening to metro Atlanta to take on St. Pius.
This marks the first regular-season meeting ever between the two teams. They did scrimmage each other a few years ago in the pre-season.
Stephens County enters region play with a 4-1 overall record after defeating Hart County two weeks ago, 23-6.
Meanwhile, St. Pius is 0-5 on the season. Two weeks ago, St. Pius lost to Lanier, 26-0.
Both teams had last week off to prepare for the region opener.
Indians’ Running Backs Coach Brannon Hulsey said it is a brand new season starting and the first opponent is a good football team.
“Having a week off, we turned up a notch,” said Hulsey. “We went hard. It was not a big break for us. It was an opportunity for us to practice a little bit more. We have to get dialed in. We have a good opponent Friday night, so we want to make sure we are firing on all cylinders.”
Kick-off from St. Pius High School is set for 7:30 p.m. tonight.
Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. on the new 93.1 FM and AM 630 WNEG with the Indian Road Show. Coach’s Corner starts at 7 p.m. and pre-game coverage from the stadium begins at 7:15 p.m.
Indian football is also broadcast online at www.wnegradio.com.
Elsewhere in Region 8-AAAA tonight, Oconee County visits North Oconee. Jefferson and Madison County are both off this week after Jefferson beat Madison County last week, 28-7.
In other area games, Habersham Central hosts Gainesville and Franklin County is at Jackson County. Hart County and Banks County are both off this week.