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Blue Devils 'rain' again in season opener against Yellow Jackets
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Statesboro High takes the field for their game against Southeast Bulloch on Friday, Aug. 21. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

For the second straight year, weather delayed the season-opening football game between Statesboro and Southeast Bulloch for nearly two hours — and for the second straight year, Statesboro came away with a victory to open the 2026 season.

The Blue Devils ran through the raindrops for 456 yards and defeated the Yellow Jackets, 44-7, Friday night at Fred Shaver Field in Brooklet. Statesboro will try to go to 2-0 Friday night when Burke County, the sixth-ranked team in Class AAA, comes to Womack Field. Southeast Bulloch will try to even its record with a home game Friday against East Laurens.