When you talk about the history and tradition of high school football in Georgia, there’s a list of impressive teams that come to mind, including Valdosta, Lowndes, and Colquitt County.
Then there are the Clinch County Panthers, who are coming off yet another state championship, their seventh in school history and fourth under current head coach Jim Dickerson. With their 2017 state championship, Clinch trails only Buford, Valdosta, and Lincoln County for the most state titles in Georgia.
While every state championship is special, this one will be remembered for a couple of reasons: first, the unique path – some might say detour – that the Panthers had to literally take just to play the game, and second, the fact that it was a rematch with a Region 2-1A rival that had handed the Panthers their last defeat.
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