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. 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.” 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…
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