CAMILLA, Ga. (WALB) — The Mitchell County Eagles host the Randolph-Clay Red Devils Friday night in a matchup of two 2-0 teams.

Randolph-Clay is off to its first 2-0 start since 2016. The Red Devils are playing this season after assistant coach Brenton Truitt, the 29-year-old son of head coach Charles Truitt, was killed in a car crash on July 27.

Red Devils rally around head coach

Charles Truitt has continued leading the team since his son’s death.

“I understand this is what my son would want me to be doing... not to be home and moping around, but the main thing is getting back on this football field,” Charles Truitt said. “These kids here are just making it easy. They’re energetic, their ‘want to’ their ‘will’ to be successful has been a plus for us. So yeah, just coming out here on the football field has been a big plus for me.”

Brenton Truitt worked with the team’s defense, specifically the linebackers. Senior Rae’shawn Clyde said the defense thinks of Brenton Truitt when the unit forces a turnover.

“Our whole defense is like ‘we gotta do this for coach because coach had us pumped up every day,’” Clyde said. “Coach had us ready to get at each other. He had us wanting to fight each other in practice because we weren’t going hard at each other. So yeah, that’s what he would want. He would want us to go our hardest every day.”

Eagles have new coach, new quarterback

Mitchell County enters the game 2-0 under new head coach Kaream Hess. Junior Jadarian Hudson is starting at quarterback after returning to football following a multi-year absence during which he focused on basketball.

“At first it was hard. You know, it’s a lot being quarterback but leadership; I always had that down coming from basketball,” Hudson said. “You know, the team was behind me; the coach believed in me. So, I just go out there and execute, play football and have fun.”

Wide receiver King Grissom, who has known Hudson his whole life, said he encouraged Hudson to return to football.

“It feels great. I’ve been trying to get this man to come be my QB for lord knows how long,” Grissom said. “So, now that he finally came back to be my QB, it’s just a relief. The only problem that we had was the QB problem. But now that I have my best friend, my partner in crime coming to play with me, it feels great.”

Grissom is averaging 125 receiving yards per game through the first two weeks. Mitchell County has outscored opponents 72-33 this season.

Hess spoke highly of the tandem’s connection.

“They just have that kind of relationship, and I kind of compare them to Randy Moss and Tom Brady,” Hess said. “You know, just that friendship and the comparison of they’re always on the same page.”

Mitchell County vs. Randolph-Clay kicks off at 7:30 p.m. at Eagles Stadium in Camilla, Georgia.

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