Panthers host Prince Avenue Friday

The award was presented to coach Billy Kirk and his team last Thursday live on television. Kirk and his team were featured prominently throughout the channel’s Thursday morning broadcast.

Now the Panthers must turn their attention towards Friday night, and their next challenge, Prince Avenue Christian.

It will be a special game, as the Panthers look to remain undefeated during their homecoming game.

The Prince Avenue Wolverines come to Jackson County off of a 38-24 victory over Glascock County.

So far this season, Prince Avenue is 2-1 overall, and, like the Panthers, has yet to play a region game.

Going in, the advantage seems to be in favor of the Panthers. In two games, the Panthers have scored 86 points. The Wolverines have scored 87 points in three games.

Prince Avenue has allowed 66 points to be scored against them thus far in the season, while the Panthers have allowed only seven points to be scored.

Last year, the match up between the two teams ended in a 12-12 tie. The Wolverines built up a 12-0 lead going into the half during last year’s game. The Panthers fought to make up the ground and came close to winning their second game of 2008.

Coach Billy Kirk said last week that he and his coaches have to remember that their team has never been in this position before.

“We’ve got to do a great job as coaches to keep their heads in it and stay focused for four quarters,” he said. “Prince Avenue is a good football team. We’re going to have to come in and play well to beat them.”

For more on this story, see Wednesday's edition of The Jackson Herald or The Braselton News.