Week 1 of the 2022 campaign has already begun for the Northeast Georgia area as Cherokee Bluff kicked off the season on Wednesday, dropping its opener to Kell, 38-23, in the Corky Kell Classic.
Let’s be honest. Northeast Georgia area prep football fans have been spoiled. Since 2004, our area has been known as one of the hotbeds in the state for producing high-caliber quarterbacks year-in and year-out.
The Panthers made the playoffs in 2021, the eighth time in nine seasons, but also suffered their second straight losing season for the first time in a decade.