Local high school Teams of the Week

Throughout the school year, Now Habersham and BLITZ Sports will recognize ‘Teams of the Week’ from around Northeast Georgia. This week’s featured teams are…

Football – Habersham Central Raiders

The Raiders have all the hype – and they played up to it in their scrimmage at Oconee County. Keep in mind the Warriors are a very good program with extremely high expectations. While it is a scrimmage and it’s dangerous to read too much into it one way or the other, a blowout 44-14 win for Habersham Central certainly bodes well.

Softball – Jefferson Lady Dragons

The Lady Dragons are on fire right now, going 5-0 overall and 3-0 last week. That included wins over Apalachee (10-2), Elbert County (8-0) on the road, and Thomson (19-0). The offense scored 37 runs against just two allowed last week, and are at 65-3 in the run differential overall this season. Seven hitters are batting north of .400 at the moment and the team already has more than five homeruns.

Volleyball – Habersham Central Lady Raiders

The Lady Raiders opened the season 4-1 in five matches played last week. That included sweeping local opponents – Lumpkin, Dawson, Stephens, and White. The first three were all in straight sets, and the lone loss was to powerhouse Morgan County.