The Greene County football team came out on top against the Towns County Indians 23-6 in Hiawassee last Thursday night, getting moved from Friday night due to inclement weather. The Tigers’ defense was able to hold the Indians to just one score coming in the first half and shut out the Indians in the last two quarters.

The Greene County football program has produced multiple star athletes that went on to play the sport for years after high school. Arkiyus Wright is one of the newest Tigers trying to make it to the next level and has been making a great case to do so.

Greene County head coach Terrance Banks left Tigers Stadium on Friday with a gut-wrenching feeling. Oglethorpe County (3-1) trailed by 12 points at the start of the fourth quarter, although the Patriots quickly erased that margin, defeating the Tigers (3-2) by a score of 34-33.

The Greene County football team defeated the Wilkinson County Warriors 28-7 last Friday night in Tiger Stadium to improve to 3-1 on the season. The last time the Tigers had a 3-1 record through their first four games of the season was back in 2016 when the team finished 9-4 and lost in the quarterfinals of the GHSA Class A-Public state playoffs.

It was a rainy Friday night under the lights of Tiger Stadium, and the Greene County Tigers (2-1) persevered through three turnovers in the red zone to beat the Hancock Central Bulldogs (1-2) by a score of 27-18.

The Morgan County football team hosted the Greene County Tigers at Bill Corry Stadium last Friday for their second game of the regular season.

Greene County (1-1) suffered a tough loss to Morgan County (2-0) last week on the road, but the Tigers hope to bounce back against rival Hancock Central (1-1) this Friday at home. The Bulldogs of Sparta head into Week 3 of the season following a 26-0 loss to Harlem High School.

The Morgan County-Greene County rivalry dates back to 1966, according to the Georgia High School Football Historic Association. The Bulldogs and Tigers haven’t played since 2019, but they did play in a preseason scrimmage last year in Tigers Stadium.

The Greene County Tigers head to Atlanta this Friday to take on the Business Engineering Science Tech (BEST) Eagles in their season opener. The two teams have never played each other, and both programs come into the 2022 season with first-year head coaches.