Gordon Central football prepares for road challenge

Warriors begin region play in search of win No. 1 in 2019

MBaron@CalhounTimes.com

The Gordon Central Warriors (0-3, 0-0 region) are coming off their bye week and face a tough test at Pepperell (2-1, 1-0 region) on Friday night. It will be both teams first regional bout of 2019.

Warriors head coach T.J. Hamilton said the focus of the bye week has been getting the players back to 100% healthy.

“We lost ... Edwin Herrera, he actually got hurt two days before we played Sonoraville and then he tried to play in the Sonoraville game and he messed up his ankle up even more, so he’s been out since then,” Hamilton said. “He’s back to 100% now. We’ve got Cade Hendrix back to 100% healthy. We’ve got some key pieces back, now it’s just trying to keep those key pieces as healthy as possible the rest of the way when we really need them.”

It’s been a rough start for GC. At the homecoming game against Gilmer, the Warriors’ offense struggled to gain any traction, scoring just three points on the evening and has accumulated 13 points so far on the season.

“We have looked at different personnel to see what’s going to possibly put us in the best possible position to move the football,” Hamilton said. “Everybody knows whenever you watch us right now, it’s a struggle on the offensive side of the ball. We’ve got to utilize what we have and be smart coachingwise about putting our kids in the right possible position.”

Hamilton said the focus right now is getting first downs on a consistent basis.

“I’ve been working on plays just to see

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Jackets and the Mountaineers from The Reeve is slated for 7:30 p.m.