2022 FOOTBALL PREVIEW: New season, new hope for Patriots

OCHS has eyes on competing for region championship

Oglethorpe County football players Jordan Johnson (1), Jayland Richardson (30), Darius Heard (6), K.B. Bonds (58) and Ashton Sexton (14) appear to be jumping for joy for the start of the 2022 high school football season. The Patriots open at home against East Jackson at 7:30 p.m. Friday. (Photo/Jack Casey)
Oglethorpe County football players Jordan Johnson (1), Jayland Richardson (30), Darius Heard (6), K.B. Bonds (58) and Ashton Sexton (14) appear to be jumping for joy for the start of the 2022 high school football season. The Patriots open at home against East Jackson at 7:30 p.m. Friday. (Photo/Jack Casey)

Optimism fills the air every August, but it’s especially thick around the Oglethorpe County football program these days.

 

The Patriots have had a full year in coach Mike Holland’s system and feel …