In its history, Habersham Central had owned White County through four meetings. Things changed when the Warriors won the 2012 and 2013 matchups by a combined 66-14. But this is a new era of Raiders football.
The Raiders take on White County on the road in Cleveland tonight at 7:30, fresh off a bye week and after their Week 0 easy win over a solid East Hall team. The Raiders, led by head coach Benji Harrison, will look to continue their winning ways and will seek to break a two-game losing streak to the Warriors. White County is 0-1 after a 26-7 loss to Franklin and last week’s no-contest at Lumpkin, where the game was called after seven minutes of scoreless play due to lightning.
In 2012, White County shut out the Raiders 31-0 on Habersham’s field, and followed that up with a 35-14 win at White County the following year. Habersham Central had won the first four meetings in the series by a combined score of 119-57, all four being played in the 1990’s.
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Michael Babers is off to his expected start, after rushing for 183 yards and three touchdowns in the opener. Babers and fellow seniors Jake Jones (78 rec yds, TD, 6 tkl) and QB Cole Wilbanks (175 yds, 2 TD) will look to move to 2-0 for the first time since 1990. That is shocking considering that the Raiders didn’t even accomplish that in the Tavarres King days of the 2006 (10-3) and 2007 (11-2) seasons.
Highlights will be provided late Friday night, perhaps closer to the official turn of the clock to Saturday. But stay tuned for what’s sure to be a great game for Habersham Central.
