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2024 Football Schedule
Home games against Washington-Wilkes, Elbert County and Commerce highlight Oglethorpe County’s 2024 football schedule.
OCHS football coach Mike Holland provided the schedule on Monday.
The Patriots, who will be in Region 8-A Division I next year, will play six region games, including against Elbert County on Sept. 20. The Blue Devils ended OCHS’ season with a 34-27 victory in the first round of the playoffs on Nov. 10.
OCHS will play at Rabun County on Oct. 11 and Commerce visits OCHS on Oct. 18.
Elbert County, Commerce and Rabun County advanced to the Class A Division I quarterfinals this season.
The Patriots will scrimmage Lincoln County on Aug. 9 and will open the season at home against Social Circle on Aug. 16.
OCHS and Washington-Wilkes have met 36 times, but not since 2015.
The new region also includes Providence, Banks County and Athens Christian, but Holland said ACS decided not to play a region schedule next fall, leaving the region with seven schools with football programs.
Turner’s 22 points help
Lady Pats move to 5-1
Elin Turner scored 22 points and had 12 rebounds to lead the Oglethorpe County girls basketball team to a 67-51 victory over Tallulah Falls on Tuesday night.
Kenzie Henderson had 18 points, seven rebounds and six steals, Denim Goddard scored 11 points and Aariana Bell added 10 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
The Lady Patriots, who are No. 5 in the GHSA Class A Division I ranking, improved to 5-1.
On Saturday, Hart County handed OCHS its first loss, 68-41 in Hartwell.
Goddard scored 21 points and had seven rebounds, Henderson had 12 points and eight rebounds, and Bell added six points.
Goddard scored her 1,000 career point in the loss.
The Lady Patriots defeated Lake Oconee Academy 52-41 on Friday.
Henderson scored 13 points, Bell had 11, and Goddard added eight points and 10 rebounds. Turner also scored eight points.
The OCHS JV girls defeated Hart County 29-25 behind 11 points from Carlie Gabriel, six points from Khloe Eidson and five from Marin Sampson.
The Lady Patriots will play host to Lake Oconee Academy at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15.
The basketball program will host a day of games against Hart County on Monday.
The ninth-grade boys will play at 1 p.m., followed by the JV girls at 2:30 p.m. and the JV boys at 4 p.m.
The varsity girls will play at 6 p.m. and the varsity boys at 7:30 p.m.
Goddard will be honored in a presentation on Monday.
OCHS boys go
2-1 during week
Cole Appling scored 18 points and had five rebounds to lead the Oglethorpe County boys basketball team to a 52-47 victory over Tallulah Falls on Tuesday night.
Javaun Pittard added 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Ty Burgess had 10 points for the Patriots, who went 2-1 during the past week.
The Patriots (6-2) defeated Monsignor Donovan on Friday behind Appling’s 23 points and four rebounds. Pittard added 15 points, seven rebounds and six steals, and Burgess scored 10 points.
The Patriots lost 52-49 at Hart County on Saturday. Pittard scored 15 points and had 10 rebounds, and Burgess had 12 points and seven rebounds.
OCHS plays at Lakeview Academy at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15.