Varsity Football

OC vs. Rabun Co. – OC traveled to Rabun last Friday with high hopes of getting into the state tournament.  They had to beat the Wildcats by ten to slip into fourth place, the cutoff point for moving on to the playoffs.   But the football gods thought otherwise as OC travel down from the mountain suffering a 49-27 loss to Rabun. The ultimate contest didn’t come out OC’s way there were other positives from the game.

Jarrett McElheney

        For instance, Anthony Thornton was OC’s big scorer with two of OC’s four touchdowns.  Griffin Giles put three on the board with a 39 yard field goal, his longest for OC.  Kendrick Presley put a touchdown on the board and to top it off he connected with Kenny Cinereski for a nice touchdown reception.  Even Casey Pacheco ran down and tackled, from behind, mind you, Rabun’s leading running back. 

        Presley had a career night passing to Cinereski, Tanner Bowman, Jarrett McElheney and Thornton going 8-14 with one interception late in the fourth quarter.  OC also had 21 first downs in the game.



Casey Pacheco

        OC also had few penalties for the game.  They got caught off sides a few times but there were only one or two big 15 yarders, which is far better than games earlier in the season. 

        OC will lose 13 seniors from the team; however, Coach Ronnie Harris will be sending good players from the middle school, who won their region with a near perfect record this year, to fill in the spaces. 

First it was good, then it wasn't. 

        OC had a 4-6 record this year, the same as last, but an improvement from 2010. 

        For now, we have basketball season to look forward to, along with wrestling; both sports competing in a new region.  Cross County has done well, earning a team spot for both boys and girls at the state meet in Carrollton; an accomplishment not seen in quite some time. 

        There is a great deal to be optimistic about for OC athletics.