Leopards face tall order in Dragons

The Dragons have been perhaps the surprise team in 8-AA this fall steamrolling through all of its competition en route to a perfect 6-0 overall record and perfect 5-0 region mark.

“They are very physical,” Armstrong said. “They have several skill players who can deliver and make plays. They make their own good fortune. We have started to do that.”

BCHS, who now stands 3-3 overall and 3-2 in 8-AA, has played better in recent weeks, especially on the defensive side of the football. The Leopards allowed just 12 points against North Oconee (six of which came on on interception return) and blanked East Jackson two weeks ago.

“If we had started the season playing that way we would have a couple more wins now,” Armstrong said. “Jefferson came out of the gate playing well. We may now just be peaking while they were doing so from the beginning of the season. It should be a competitive game.”

Armstrong said Jefferson will be the best team his Leopards have played to this point in the 2008 season.

“North Oconee and Riverside are good teams,” the coach said. “Jefferson beat Riverside pretty good. It would be a different story if we played Riverside now.”

A factor which continues to hurt BCHS is a non-winning tradition.

“Hopefully, our guys will see this as an opportunity to show what we can do,” Armstrong said.

The Leopards will enter this week’s contest with no significant injuries.

While some coaches may take the plan of formulating new schemes of special game plans for contests against undefeated opponents, don’t look for BCHS to do that this week.

“We are better off when we do what we have been doing,” Armstrong said. “Whenever we try to do something different or try a new package, it seems to backfire.”