The Statesboro Blue Devils have made the postseason three times in the past 10 years. Head coach Matt Dobson was one victory away from going back-to-back last year and can point to a one-point loss to Glynn Academy in the second region game of the year as the difference maker.

Dobson returns experience on both sides of the ball this season and believes the key to success in 2025 is getting out of the gates quickly.

“I think the biggest thing is, we want to start out a lot faster this year,” he said. “We were worried having an inexperienced team last year, because we started region play in week three.

“We played really poorly to start out region last year, and we want to start region play a lot faster this year. I think having a more experienced team and being farther along than we were

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