The 11-0 Trion Bulldogs will look to extend their playoff run tonight in Round 2 of the GHSA state playoffs.  In order to advance to round 3, the #2 ranked Bulldogs will have to defeat the #4 ranked Elbert County Blue Devils tonight at Sam R. McCain Stadium.  Elbert County is 9-2 on the season and finished 2nd behind Commerce in Region 8-A.  Elbert County played an impressive non-region schedule defeating the 1st and 2nd place teams out of region 6-A in Whitefield Academy and Mt Vernon.  Elbert County’s only other loss on the season was in week 2 to Madison County 55-35.  Madison County was a AAAA school that finished 8-3 and 2nd place in their region.

Elbert County is fresh off a 34-27 win over Oglethorpe County last week in a game that was decided in the 4th quarter.  However, with Trion’s region championship this year, the Blue Devils will have to travel to Sam R. McCain stadium tonight.  Trion will  be looking to advance to the 3rd round of the playoffs for only the 3rd time in the last 50 years dating back to the 1974 state championship season.  The only other years Trion reached the 3rd round of the playoffs was in 2003 and 1997.

If Trion were to win tonight against the Blue Devils, Trion would play their 3rd round game next week in Trion thanks to the result of the GHSA coin-flip this week which awarded home-field advantage in the event of identical seeds to the teams on the upper side of the bracket, the side in which Trion resides.  However, the Bulldogs have to take care of business tonight against a very tough Elbert County team.

Due to GHSA rules, WZQZ will not be able to video live stream tonight’s game.  However, WZQZ will carry the game on the radio on FM 99.1 and AM 1180.  WZQZ will also have a live audio stream of tonight’s game on the WZQZ Facebook page.  Join Ben Groce and Jeremy Burke for the pregame show at 7pm with kickoff to follow at 7:30pm.