Week 6 Football Preview: Strom Thurmond's matchup with North Augusta, Jefferson County's visit to Harlem and home games at Burke County and Thomson are the places to Find AugBball Friday Night

Jequan Edwards and his Rebels host North Augusta Friday in a rivalry game.

Strap in for another football Friday at AugBball that will feature a rivalry game in South Carolina, another battle between two unbeaten-in-the-region teams, a matchup including two teams with winning potential looking to reverse some negative momentum, and a visit to the home of the area’s best squad.

AugBball’s Week 6 Friday Night Coverage Schedule

North Augusta (3-1) at #7 Strom Thurmond (4-1)

• Chad Cook to provide live highlights and updates as well as post game interview and highlight videos at @AugBball on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
• After the game reactions should start hitting this blog some time during the weekend

The Yellow Jackets fell from South Carolina’s class 4A top 10 rankings 2 weeks ago, but a win against #7 Strom Thurmond (3A) would mean much more than any rankings can to North Augusta’s players and fans. The opposite should be said about Strom Thurmond. That’s one sign that this is a rivalry game.

Jefferson County (2-0)* at Harlem (2-0)

*Denotes teams’ class 2A, region 4 records

Jaden Jenkins hands to Desmond Beale in Jefferson County's 56-6 win at Josey.

• Rob Drew to provide live highlights and updates at @AugBball on the Facebook and Instagram accounts as well as post game interview and highlight videos, and reactions at Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

If the favored Jefferson County Warriors can top the Bulldogs, and if Hephzibah (also 2-0) can get their own road win over Glenn Hills, then next Friday will ALSO bring us a game between undefeated teams for the region lead. But Cameron Garnett, shown in the video directly below, and the Bulldogs undoubtedly plan to spoil any such showdown:



This could be a great game and not only will it be featured by Rob Drew on AugBball, but it will also be televised live on MeTV at 7:30 P.M.

Grovetown (1-3) at Thomson (1-3)

• Our best videographer will make a full highlight film from this game during the weekend to be released here at the AugBball blog. And he’ll also be busy making a big batch of player profile videos because of the number of talented players in action.

Grovetown reached the second round of the state playoffs last season after rebounding from a 1-3 start. The Warriors will try to repeat that history by getting on track with what would be an impressive win on the road over a storied program.

Thomson has played a heavyweight schedule and a 1-3 start has been the result, however unlike the Bulldogs that is. This will be Thomson’s first home game. It will be the first time AugBball’s cameras have seen star quarterback Damekus Taylor play since he became a bulldog again. He and Bubba Murray will test Grovetown’s defense, which has been praised despite the team’s slow start. The strength of the unit is up front. A bright spot early in the season for the Warriors has been defensive tackle Jeremiah Williams who will need to get penetration and make plays like these to hope to contain Taylor and Murray:

Effingham County (4-1) at Burke County (2-2)

• AugBball staff will provide live bonus coverage with videos and updates at @AugBball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

This should be the toughest game for Burke County, probably our area’s top team, since the Bears dropped their first pair of games by 2 combined points, both times on the final play of the game, to two top 10 teams. Here's a link to the first of those games, a thriller against class 3A power Benedictine, to refresh your memory:



Coach Eric Parker’s team will start region play two weeks after Friday’s game. So we will get to see this week the kind of momentum the Bears will take into league play soon.

Follow @AugBball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Friday for live coverage from these games, and check AugBball.blogspot.com throughout the weekend for reactions and recaps.