County rivals clash tonight (Friday), as Blackman travels to Oakland. NewsRadio WGNS' Bryan Barrett has more on our State Farm Prep Football broadcast...

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While we're still not at the halfway point in the regular season, the Blackman-Oakland game will put the winner in the driver's seat for a region title in 2-6A.

Patriots Coach Kevin Creasy says having an open date before Blackman wasn't the original plan as a team from Arkansas scheduled another game in place of the Patriots...

Blaze Coach David Watson says it's a game like this that make high school sports here in Rutherford County so special...

Blackman beat Oakland 28-21 last year to open the season at home, but lost to them 20-9 in the quarterfinals of the playoffs. The Patriots are 10-and-6 all time against the Blaze. They won five in a row between 2005 and 2009. Since 2010, Oakland is 4-and-3. That includes meeting the last two years in the playoffs in the quarterfinals.