BCHS Senior Night ahead on Fri.

What the Leopards have to do this week is face East Hall with the same determination and grit that the team showed after the early loss to East Jackson. A little extra motivation for the team is that Oct. 29 is senior night. The presentation of the seniors will be before the game that starts at 7:30 p.m.

East Hall (2-2, 3-5) comes into Friday’s game on the back of a loss to Dawson County. Even on the back of that loss, East Hall is bringing a challenge for the Leopards.

“East Hall is extremely talented,” coach Blair Armstrong said. “They have two Division 1 prospects, one is a defensive end and the other is a linebacker. They have some speed and their running back is one of the best in north Georgia. We will have our hands full.”

This season, East Hall is averaging one touchdown less than Banks County per game and twice the number of points allowed per game.

“We are going to have to play solid on both sides of the football,” said Armstrong. “East Hall has been up and down this year, they have won more this year than last year.”

Banks County has also won more games in the 2010 campaign and after this week in practice to brush the dirt off from the Fannin County game, the Leopards look to continue that campaign with a win over East Hall.

Fannin County
Banks County loss to Fannin County last week was the very definition of a heartbreaker as the time ran out on the 13-12 game.

The Leopards had led 6-0 at the half and after Fannin tied it up in the third quarter, Banks County retook the lead with five minutes left in the game.

Dylan Lackey scored both of the Leopard’s touchdowns, getting the team ahead. Banks tried for a two point conversion after the second touchdown to put Fannin County in a difficult position, but the Rebels managed to stop the attempt.

Fannin County worked down the field and pulled ahead with the PAT with time for Banks County to try one last drive.

Dean Ewing brought the deep kick back out to the Leopard’s 30 yard line. A nine yard pass had Banks on second and one, but a critical penalty pushed the Leopards back to the 20. Banks picked up the lost yardage with another pass, but the fourth down pass was incomplete and the ball went to Fannin on downs.

The Rebels rode the clock and didn’t try to move the ball.

Leopard Spots
Stats were incomplete at press time.

Dylan Lackey scored twice for Banks County, both times pushing the Leopards into the lead. During the second quarter Lackey scored on a four-yard rush and then in the fourth quarter off a 15-yard pass. Lackey finished with 67 yards rushing, 17 carries and 24 yards off two catches.

Jeremy Greenway finished with 152 yards rushing.

Quarterback, Harrison Dale added 40 yards and a touchdown, completing four of 11 attempts.