The Habersham Central Raiders head to Rome Friday to take on the Wolves in the opening round of the Class 6A GHSA State Championship. The Raiders (6-4;4-2) are ranked third in Region 8AAAAAA. The Wolves (7-3;6-1) are #2 in Region 5AAAAAA.
The Raiders are coming off two huge wins last week, defeating Central Gwinnett on Tuesday, 62-14, and Shiloh on Saturday, 45-37. The Raiders battled back from a 28-point deficit against Shiloh to clinch the #3 seed.
“We’ve got a great group of young men who are playing really good football right now,” says Habersham Central High School Head Football Coach Benji Harrison. “We are excited to be in the postseason. Now that we are in, we want to go play well and try our best to leave Rome with a win.”
The Raiders invite their fans to a community send-off Friday at noon at Raider Stadium in Mt. Airy. A flyer for the event encourages ‘Bring yourself, your energy, and your enthusiasm.’
Coach Harrison says the team “feeds off of that kind of support.” For those traveling to the game, he adds, “I hope our community will do what it always does and travel well.”
Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, at Rome High School. The winner will advance to the second round against the winner of the Kennesaw Mtn./River Ridge matchup (see brackets below).
