Poll Talk: Lowndes, SWD, Carver, Buford, Wesleyan are No. 1

Maybe second time around will be the charm. Lowndes #1 start to finish. Couldn’t get it done last year so we’ll see.

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North Cobb should be ranked number 5.

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Man, wher Campball is at own dis liss?

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Where’s Washington-Wilkes in single A?

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Where was Charlton co. in 2A. They played good 3 qtrs. scrimmage against Camden Co. Friday in steady rain and looked good in their spread offense. Camden defense looked suspect. The linebackers and secondary especially did not show me much.

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Is it true that Stephenson has 12 D-1 players. they should be great to watch

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Why isn’t Burke County ranked in AAA? Lets not forget, Burke County has the Augusta Chronicle player of the year (QB)Terrell Brigham back for his senior year. He led the Bears to upset Washington County that was ranked #4 last season, and they’re ranked again. WOW!!!! Then, in a very well battled 2nd round state playoff game. Burke County was the only team to score the most points(28), against #1 ranked Cairo last season. Last year was Terrell first year playing qaurterback, and his stats was higher than B.J Bostic from Jefferson County. He’s back to lead Burke County along with several other key players. So, tell me what do the Bears have to do to get regonition???

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Etowah…..yeah right. Woodstock is going to take you to the Woodshed.

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Sequoyah actually lost very few to graduation compared to most schools. However, if Swopes isn’t back, that deals Sequoyah a major blow. Rome has to grow up fast at some positions to get as high as the Wolves are ranked. Hillgrove may end up as the best team in 7-AAAA, which has emerged as the second strongest AAAA region (behind Region 6) in the state. Too bad those regions have to meet each other in the first round.

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Well, Todd I guess this proves you are not a Brookwood homer after all.
Three Gwinnett teams in the top 10 & Brookwood & Parkview not among them. This should disprove the theory that Gwinnett revolves around those 2 programs. They are not even top five in Gwinnett County.

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Pops……..it’s nice to dream. Woodstock is going to whup ya.

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yet again, another great season of high school football and East Paulding is already in the back of Todd Holcomb’s mind. Etowah? i agree, they could be in the top ten if they could beat EP, but, that hasn’t happened yet. Last year Etowah came to the Boneyard and was promptly scolded and sent home like a kid who broke the neighboors window. You show me the actual play and not the “they have potential” play. Anyone can beat anyone, but some have never beat EP.

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southwest dekalb ranked numba 1 yall will see win tucker beat them and marist and stephenson in da scrimmage

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November 6th at the Rock……..EP gets taken to the Woodshed……..

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I do agree with the 3a ranking. I was told two years ago this was going to be carver year. I’m looking forward to seeing lagrange the next two weeks

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Remind me again what SWD and Stephenson have done with all that talent year in and year out? Oh yeah, NOTHING! The 4 most overrated schools every year that do the least with the most talent, in no order:

SWD
Stephenson
Douglas
Washington

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order of finish in 5-AAAAA

Woodstock
EP
Etowah
N. Cobb
Harrison
Kennesaw Mnt.
McEachern
Cherokee
S.Cobb

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5-AAAAA order of finish will be

EP
North Cobb
Etowah
Woodstock
Harrison
Marietta
The Mnt.
McEachern
S. Cobb
Cherokee

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Woodstock and EP play at Etowah. Advantage Etowah.

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If Cairo Stays healthy especially at QB, look for another run. Experience in the only issue burning and after the Scrimmage that will soon fade.

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guys let me tell you a little somthing about N. Cobb SPEED SPEED and more SPEED they have a few transfer come in that are going to play a big part for them. Now thier down side will be that they are young this team is looking at a 7-3 8-2 recored this year upsetting eather Etowah or EP plus Woodstocks scares the H$!! out of us. This Region is going to be vary competitive. Good luck to all and somebody please beat a Gwinnett County team this year in the playoffs they own 5-AAAAA

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Woodstock does not have the consistency to compete with Etowah, Harrison and East Paulding this year. These are the 3 elite teams of region 5, which i think is the most competitive region based on these 3 teams. The rest of region 5 will have to catch up the level that these teams play on. Woodstock for example may pull off one or two upsets, but they will be upsets and nothing more. If someone sees you win and says, wow, that is an upset and i cannot believe they won, then your not an elite team, you just got lucky that one night in that one game. i.e. Grayson vs. Lowndes 2008

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Last year most said we had no chance against EP, Walton, Norcross and Camden Co.(who by the way we lost to by 1 point)

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thats exactly why i said, wolverine fan, that they were truly upsets. it doesnt mean your an elite team, you were just lucky in one game on one night. it may happen again, but it’s still, one lucky game, on one lucky night.

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Hey Ol’Raider Fan……….I guess you are right…Woodstock truly does it on luck….But you know what…A win is a win, and we whipped your butt last year, whipped Walton’s Butt, Whipped Norcross’s but…MAYBE WE HAD A LITLE TALENT..what do you think?

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where was woodstock in the playoffs?

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beat walton, beat Norcross, lost to camden Co.

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–NORTHSIDE OBSERVER– Welcome to “What’s going on in 1AAAAA”. Although Coffee’s Coach Eldridge is famous for using preseason scrimmages to “evaluate”, (I believe his response to being criticized on a 28-7 loss to Fitzgerald last year was, “You should think about letting me go if we ever ‘win’ on of this pre-season things”.), I really don’t think The Trojans could have matched up against many class A schools in last week’s domination by the same Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes.

I really hope I’m either wrong or that Fitzgerald is really that good. The ‘Canes did look very, very quick and polished with very good, skilled players. Coffee too is very young. Not only did most starters graduate last year, but, most of the #2 players also. I sure hope Coach Ken is up to his old pre-season tricks. I just don’t know though. Gotta just wait and see and keep pulling for 1-AAAAA.

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Q&A time:

Where’s Washington-Wilkes in single A?

W-W was 6-5 and unranked last season and lost a ton of starters. I do like their new coach.

weres my walton raiders todd?

They didn’t look sharp vs. Brookwood. I don’t see Walton cracking the Top 10. Unless they win Saturday, of course.

Todd..will you ever learn and show some love?

I usually wait until the post-season rankings to show love to East Paulding. That way, East fans have more fun taunting me.

Well, Todd I guess this proves you are not a Brookwood homer after all.

I did think about ranking Brookwood and Norcross but resisted.

Where was Charlton co. in 2A?

Unranked last year. Heavy graduation losses. I think they can be a Top 10 team, though. Will be interesting to see how they bounce back.

Why isn’t Burke County ranked in AAA?

They were on the short list. I like Burke and wouldn’t quibble with anybody that put them in the Top 10. But Burke returns only 8 of 22 starters.

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ol raider fan… does your comment about grayson getting lucky have anything to do with the fact that you had to drive through atlanta to see your raiders get beat? Or do you honestly see shutting down greg reid for the most part and shoving the ball down there throat as getting lucky?

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Congrats to the programs representing Dekalb Co., your hardwork has not gone unnoticed. Should be another great highschool season. A lot of teams avoid power schedules, but there is something learned from the Tucker, Marist, and SWD playing each other every year, and SWD adding periodically, ML King and Stephenson gives the kids competition that betters them all. I like what I see in this year’s team, 15-0 very real possibility, SWD Panther alumni obviously, but on the field is where it’ll all have to be proven, one game at a time. GO PANTHERS !!!!

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Keith:

Coach McWhorter tells us that he has 3 starters back on defense, 5 on offense. No Division I-A recruits for maybe the first time ever. And he’s coming off a first-round loss in the playoffs (and no final ranking) for the first time in many, many years. I’m not saying that Charlton can’t be a Top 10 team. We all know what that program has accomplished. And we also know that McWhorter ranks No. 2 to Larry Campbell in preseason pour-mouthing. But my understanding is that this year’s lineup will look quite a bit different.

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Well if Lowndes can keep every body healthy maybe we can win more than we lose this year. I don’t know though, we lost Greg Reid and that could make for a very long year down here. Tough 1AAAAA and lost Greg Reid and Demps. Gonna be tough. Ya’ll take it easy on us and give us a lot of love….we may need it.

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Cairo will suprise a lot of teams this year with 19 new starters.

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welcome back my friends!let the banter continue til December. AAA is gonna be a blast to watch every week and Columbus is right in the middle with Carver, Shaw, Lagrange and Troup. 28th right around the corner!

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To Hillisreal, The QB for SWD is 6-2, 190 has a good speed and throws the ball with accuracy. SWD should be one of the best teams in the state regardless of classification. Oh yeah, unlike past years coaching won’t be a problem this year.

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What impact will Marist’s new turf stadium have on its season?

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and by the way raider fan, we ARE the powerhouse you wish to be

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where was Grayson’s State Championship last year? anyone can win a few playoff games and call themselves amazing. we did it a few years ago, but, since then we have still been here every year in contention. i have not heard of Grayson ’till last season. for right now, i maintain Grayson was on the one night one game deal. i will not believe otherwise until i see them in contention for the next few years.

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I’m not sure where East stands this year. Douglas seemed a little disorganized. They hurt themselves multiple times with penalties, delay of the game, offsides. East is very well coached and they do have some size on the line, however, there was a lot of “both ways” line play. The passing game was inconsistant but the running game was almost in mid season form. The D1 prospect did not make himself known. Did he play or did East handle him? I suspect he was the lineman who jumped offsides so often, He may have been a little frustrated. Rome will be a test. We will know after that game.
Kuddos to the Douglas band and dance team. They were in mid season form, they entertained us all night.

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Ol raider fan… your assesment as a “lucky night” is hysterical. Please go back and look at the stats from the lowndes game. As a matter of fact your raiders were the first team that we trailed ALL YEAR take a second to think about that……….. 11 games without trailing a single second. Maybe that whole year was lucky, hell maybe the whole program over here in grayson is lucky. Now as far as the game between us and the raiders which part is lucky? Is it the 20 play 10 plus minute scoring drive? Maybe the 5 foot 4 ean pembertons 29 carries for 162 yards was a joke as well. If your assesment holds true so is rivals.com, so is the espn poll, so is the ajc poll. all of whom recognize grayson as a great team. Just checked and didnt see ep on any of those lists. Your contradicting yourself when you say we should of won state because we beat lowndes. Any team could win on any night right? If you knew anything about that game you would know that it came down to the snapper in double overtime.

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Like raider from the start .. I have got to give it up to the Douglas band and dance team. WOW!!! Great show…… Where was the Raider Brigade ? …. Again la noshow. Ever since the new band director arrived I guess the Jamboree game just isn’t worth the effort. Thumbs down also to not having the flag raised or even displayed during the national anthem ….That is poor pkanning or just plain lazy. Thumbs up to the volunteer field crew… It looks awesome.

Oddly they charged to get in and the band was making money from concessions …. Just seems the band director needs to get with the program a little bit… Even if it were to just send out the drum line. Note to principal: if you collect a gate get the band out there too. It’s embarassing fir the visitors to do so and the home team elects to not show. And yes I realize school wasn’t even in session yet …. So what.

Last note : booster club …. Stop kicking people out of the reserved seats for the jamboree game …. There was only 25 pct of those seats filled. Use it as a opportunity to sell those seats and invite people to sit in them starting in the 2nd qtr.

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–REEZE–NORTHSIDE OBSERVER– Glad to see you back Reeze. NO, (Northside Observer from now on), Good going on Yo. Can you even believe that shamlessness of any Lowndes fan whining and asking for leinency? Yo,,, you’re bordering on patronizing your own 1AAAAA blood brothers. It is sort of refreshing to hear you being a little humble though. You know you know better though man. Lowndes is going to be all over AAAAA. Statewide. Whomever the other three teams are that make it to the playoffs with Lowndes will still make it through a couple of rounds with you. Gotta have the pleasure of the 3rd and 4th seeds from 1AAAAA beating up on a couple of 1 and 2’s from up north.

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Yes, our defense did look suspect friday against Charlton Co. But please remeber that was Charlton Co, who could compete with a lot other teams in AAAAA and win. Coach did not play all of starters both ways like he intends to do Saturday. We looked the same way last year, and see the results. No one is giving camden a chance Saturday. Hopefully we can survive, the way everyone is talking about Grayson, We have no chance. The game is played on the field not on paper.

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YO, You have certainly started out the 2009 season with a “kinder gentler” manner. You and I both know that Lowndes is loaded on both sides of the ball. But, here goes: NO team in any classification will win state with a traditional “Wing-T” offense,(with the possible exception being Class “A”) Look at the major losses suffered by Lowndes since 2005, (not counting 2006 which was a rebuilding year). The offense failed in 2005:28-7 Ware,2007:9-0 Harrison and 2008: 17-7 Grayson. Granted Lowndes went on to win state in 2005 and 2007, but when the machine broke down the offense averaged 4.66 ppg. Also, better look out for Valdosta in 2009. The Lowndes offense was not exactly impressive against Valdosta in 2007 nor in 2008 (2007:8-0, 2008:14-7). Just fodder for thought. Good luck in 2009.

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i know dis doesnt have nun 2 do wit dis but i think da new skool arabia mountain will have a great year dis year cus wen dey played duluth dey lost 21-7 but 4 a new skool dats gud cus dese r younger players den dem and dey shut duluth down in da 2nd half dat #42 dustin ingram dat kid is a beast and he is only in da 10th grade

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“Fan”, Well spoken.

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Realistic_ep/np_fan

You make some interesting points. Not sure why band director and booster club needs 2 be mentioned here thoough??? Kinda weird IMHO. But I’m sure you volunteer and r a nice person and help out with the band and especially the booster club. Right?

I for one would never bet against any Team coached by Reid…. Thats a suckers bet to do so. You might win here or there, but heads up over the long hall, UMMMM No It aint happening. Anyways, GRAYSON deserves some pre-season love. We don’t want it and don’t need it. NP or ANY new team in Paulding county will be face 1st in the mud looking up at EAST as long as Reid and Company R there. Period.

Be a man and root for NP or who ever in that county. Just pick a team! stop worrying about band members over cooking the gosh darn popcorn and this or that GOOD GRIEF

Load the DARN CANNON I can’t stand WEAKNESS

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Did anybody see the MLK-Cedar Grove game. The quarterback for Cedar Grove is the real deal. Extremely accurate passer, buys time for receivers moving smartly in pocket. MLK like most high school teams very vulnerable to team with good passing game. The game ended in overtime tie. Cedar Grove defense looked solid they could be cinderella team this year. MLK offensive line looks suspect, could make Mack try to over do it to get his yards which could set him up for injury. If MLK offensive line gels they can be a dangerous team.

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Hey everyone. I’m back for another year of Georgia high school football… YEAH!!!!! Looks like its been a busy day where is that darn HOMET at btw? He might be lurking before he posts.

Good luck to everyone this year!

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If Newnan o line holds up the offense will be good. They have too fast running backs and a potential star at wide receiver. The defense has a chance to be as good as last year. Jamal Ransby the most under rated player in Georgia will have a great year.

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Will know more on Grayson when I see them Saturday. Do they have a QB? This Senior class is special one and should pull it off but not sure what the lower classmen will bring to the table. If they stay healthy, they will go deep. I personally like Peachtree Ridge this year as well. A lot of returning players. Last years P. Ridge game vs. Grayson was a slugfest and went down to the wire. Showed me they had heart to stay in any contest.

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Im a little surprised with Lowndes being ranked #1. Im a big LHS fan, but Im concerned. Sure we have some stars, but the QB position is unsettled, Reid is gone, etc. Im also concerned with some of the “stuff” that has happened in the past and more recently….on and off the field

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George……..good to see you up and running. I think what we all saw friday was really expected .Other than Clark and Bryson this years senior class is not to impressive.What you have to remember is that most of the upperclassmen have sat mostly on the bench the last 2 seasons behind the likes of Fields ,Jones ,Ivory , Green and others. And the others are young and inexperienced.Most of the mistakes we saw friday can be fixed .Both the corners concern me though .There is no way in the hell that Kinsler can think these two are ready.We are gonna miss K.J Morton and Brian Jones this year. I thought that I would never say it ,but Northside is rebuilding George.I think we’ll have a solid building and respectable year, . I am really imprssed with the 9th and 10 grade classes.I think this is the best group of younger kids that I had ever seen at Northside. Conteder No ,region champ No ,making the playoffs ,we’ll have to see.Eagles fans will have to lower the bar this season .This year consider wins against our cross town rivals a successful season.

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SWD??? OVERRATED??? OF COURSE NOT!!! WE WORKED TO HARD TO GET WHERE WE ARE AND WE’RE WORKING EVEN HARDER TO GET WHERE WE WANNA BE…STATE CHAMPION STATUS!!! WE JUST GOTTA STAY HUMBLE, FOCUSED, HUNGRY, AND HAVE FAITH….SWD 15-0… NEW YEAR, NEW TEAM, SAME DREAM…STATE CHAMPS

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Most assesments on here are suprisingly correct. It will truly be a test to see how they react to being the hunter rather than the hunted. One thing to consider… the top prospects from the senior class are already committed besides champaign. As far as calling grayson an all world team… even a devout fan knows where to draw the line, this team has many holes Patrick Santry will start at quarterback and should gain experience fast on saturday at the dome. We have a junior who will play tackle for the line. Defense will be the rams strong suit again with speed and 11 guys who fly to the ball anchored by shawn green. I do believe however that this group of seniors have been the top dawg in gwinnett county since rec league. I remember that the ridge and grayson had several showdowns back in rec and it will be interesting to see if that scenario will play out again this year… and one last point, we have a great long snapper so hopefully the season wont come down to a single snap

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Reeze, I agree with you about the young talent. I would like to see them playing “early”, since this is a rebuilding year. It can’t hurt to give them some experience. It pains me to say it, but I just can’t see Northside being favored over anyone but Grovetown. And, if I were betting, I would have to say Lowndes beats the Eagles by at least 28, even playing in Warner Robins. I hope they prove me wrong, but I think 5-5 would be outstanding at this point.

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Hey guys!! Brookwood Mom is back!!! and I can’t wait to play in the dome on Saturday!! My boys are pumped up and ready to go. We are definitely going to have a better season this year and we are ready for some exciting football this year!!

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I believe the top 5 teams regardless of classification are in no particular order are Grayson, Stephensen, Carver Columbus, Peachtree Ridge and Southwest Dekalb.

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**PRidgeonDeckk** you are right. All Gwinnett this year. Down year for Camden compared to last. Down year for Lowndes compared to last. Lowndes is way over rated this year. I can’t imagine what Todd must have been thinking…maybe lost his rocker? Except Peachtree Ridge, no one has a prayer against Grayson. The Rams are going to be absolutely unbeatable. Lowndes? Just hoping we don’t embarass ourselves. I’m just hoping we can stay healthy enough to at least make the playoffs. Our defense is so bad, we have moved our best offensive lineman over to play defensive line. Every body knows except Greg Reid we didn’t have much going on last year and now we don’t even have him around to bail us out. I’m just hoping we can win at least 1 game before Peachtree Ridge comes to town and stomps all over us.

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Not gonna lie to ya… Not much to bark about at Harrison this year. Etowah is a good pick right where they are.You guys up north are underestimating The Indians of MAC. They should contend for the region along with Etowah and yes I hate to say it, but East Paulding. The 4th spot is up for grabs. Who knows by mid season somebody might UNLEASH THEM HOYAS!

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Jasper Sanks over Jamal Lewis? Please! Sanks had a lousy college career and proved what an idiot Jim Donnan was when he told Lewis “Sanks is our number one running back recruit” which of course was all it took for Lewis to go to Tenn. Then Lewis averaged around 150 yard a game against UGA every year til he started starring in the pros. Ain’t heard Sank’s name in a long time down here in Columbus

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Hoya Dawg: I think it is going to be pretty wide open in the entire 5-AAAAA region this year. My take…other than South Cobb and Cherokee, I think you could toss a blanket over the rest of the teams, they should be that close. EP’s early contest at Rome might either be a nice spring board or really set them back depending on the outcome but either way it will be a good barometer. The coaching in the region is stellar for the most part, and I think that Kenn Mtn will be improved,(but lack of O), North Cobb will have speed to burn but coaching their seems to be the thing that holds them back,, good coach poor attitude. Etowah seems to be the odds on choice to win, and people think Harrison is down. The talk about EP being big in the trenches in intrigueing, and how Woodstock responds after the deep playoff run will also be interesting. McEachern,,,,,,kinda a wild card I’d say, just not sure what to expect from them. Glad EP gets the early rather than late lets put it that way.

I’m ready for some football………The cannon will be heard load and often, but due to scheduling,,,,not a home game until Sept 11.

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Reeze, How do like Northsides’ chances against Carver-Col in 2009? Sounds like the pre-season scrimmage for Northside was not exactly pretty. But in your own words, “Slalom, you know Coach Nix will have those kids ready to play”. I think you are right. Coach Nix WILL have those kids ready to play when the REAL season begins. One thing I have always admired about a Conrad Nix coached team is the steady improvement throughout the season.

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Yo- yeah i know. WHo knowsyall might beat us…we will have to wait and see

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Camden Couny runs the Wing T 99% of the time. Gets in the power I only in some shortage yardage situations or on the goal line.

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Yes i do know i left out the N in championship

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wildcat fan, if you are somehow infering grayson is merely one good running back you are in for a rude awakening… when you say you have been there and done that i dont think that sorry for excuse for a region that yall play in should count for anything. yes yall were an excellent team last year but your returning 6 starters total.

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Slalom 1………..Starting fires already I see.I told you at seasons end last year that Northside was at the end of a good run. It’s not as bad as George makes it out to be , but this 2009 team just doesn’t have the offensive talent that Northside folks are accustomed to . Yes Nix and staff will have the kids ready ,but it won’t be enough this year.The future looks good for the Eagles we’ve got a good group of underclassmen and Nix who on rare occassions starts 9th and 10 graders , I feel will be forced to put these younger kids out of the field sometime during the season……….Carver’s biggest non-region game won;t be against the Eagles, Baldwin should be their concern.We have a few weeks to iron out things before Carver comes to the war town.we’ll see…..What do you think about AAA loaded with all this talent this year……Carvers Burns and Crowell , Peach’s Zanders (,this kid looks great ,maybe AAA player of the year) Baldwins Roshaun Milline and Javonte Edwards.I think Carver ,Peach and Baldwin will have great seasons this year. Slalom the grangers are surrounded!.lol

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Wolverine Fan is right. Camden who is obviously very good, plays nobody until the playoffs. Much harder when you have a competiitve schedule. Etowah is ranked #9 in pre season poll 5A’s and Sequauya #9 in pre season 4A’s. Lat weeks scrimmage 48-13 Etowah. Huge difference. I believe and correct me if I am wrong most of the schools in Camden’s region would not even qualify as a 4A.
I am interested to see how EP does against Rome as well this weekend.
Welcome back Hoyadawg.

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Ol’ Raider Fan you are correct sir, Grayson was had a good night, if they would have played Lowndes 10 times they would have lost 9, and probably have been blown out in most of them. Coach Mac did a poor job of adjusting to what Grayson was doing all night, and did rely to heavily on Greg Reid! And I hate Lowndes, I’m a Valdosta Wildcat and we are going to be back this year, GO CATS!

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Wow! Lot’s of smack already. I think 5-AAAAA is highly comptetive at the top. My prediction; Etowah, Woodstock, EP, North Cobb. Where’s Homet? Interesting rankings… another set of rankings to consider (GSWA):

Class AAAAA
1. Camden County (2) 44
2. Peachtree Ridge (1) 42
3. Lowndes (1) 41
4. Grayson (1) 35
5. Northside (Warner Robins) 25
6. Newnan 18
T7. North Gwinnett 16
T7. Stephenson 16
T9. Lassiter 7
T9. Woodstock 7
Others receiving votes: M.L. King 6, Norcross 6, Etowah 3, Kell 3, Harrison 2, Collins Hill 2, Union Grove 1, Warner Robins 1,

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Etowah Fan……Do you really think Woodstock will be higher than Etowah…….?

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Wolverine Fan… I have to say personally that Etowah will finish higher in the Region than Woodstock (I am biased). The rankings (which had Woodstock over Etowah) were GSWA-Georgia Sports Writers. I will say that Woodstock deserves a lot of respect and should not be discounted. HoyaDawg says you will be fighting for the 4th spot, but I think Woodstock will be very much in the mix. Last year’s playoff run should have generated some confidence that will carry over this year especially on Defense. If the Woodstock offense can score… hrmm.

The TLP rivalry come 9/25 will be huge, as always.

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Prediction…this Saturday night Grayson will be the better team.
Camden is young.
Come playoff time Camden will be the better team.
Playoff time is money time. Camden will be ready by then.

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Peachtree R will be a good test for Lowndes and Harrison. My pick PR over Harrison by 18. PR over Lowndes by 7. My Hope for Harrison is they get stronger by years end and make a run for the 4th spot in playoffs and who knows… Maybe pull off a Woodstock. I really think 4th will come between Woodstock, Northcobb, Harrison, And K. Mt. I agree Camden would NOT run through this region undefeated. Not to say they wouldn’t have gone on to win state, but not undefeated. When we were 7-0 with big wins over PR and East we took a blow against Mceachern. Anyone that doesn’t think our fight against East didn’t effect our next 3 games is crazy.

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Grayson Student, if i remeber right you only return 9 starters from last year. Thats not much more than 7 but you say 6. Weak region and all but we still won the title. How many does Grayson have. Camden’s non region schedule over the last 5 years, HOOVER ALABAMA, LOWNDES, PARKVIEW, NORCROSS, LAKE CITY FLA, WALTON, CHATT, A TEAM FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, AND NOW GRAYSON just to name a few. We can not help what region we play but we schedule the best non-region teams possible. Who has played a schedule that tough. Oh by the way Camden petition the State a few years ago to move into region 1 but was denied.

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No doubt yall are a great program, there is no questioning that from anyone at grayson. But lets be honest its a huge rebuilding year down there and your quarter back is 5′4 150 pounds… just a heads up, if he runs in to ANYONE on our defense his night could be done rather abruptly.

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WHY ISN’T VALDOSTA IN THE TOP 10 AT LEAST NUMBER 9 0R 10? U CAN NEVER COUNT OUT THE WILDCATS IN HIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL. LET’S FACE IT THEY R NOT WHAT THE USE TO BE BUT THE CATS R LIKE THE DALLAS COWBOYS AMERICAS TEAM AND WILL FIND A WAY TO WIN

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WOW…I was reviewing the AAA rankings and realized how strange it was not to see Shaw. This is first time
in many years that Shaw will open the season unranked.Shaw has a young inexperienced team this year…but still have a lot of good athletes.The first part of the schedule will present another tough challenge as it did last year.Hopefully we will get a few breaks and get off to a good start this year.Shaw will still be a playoff team in 09. Lets Go Raiders!

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Reeze, I sure hope your predictions are closer to reality than mine, but I don’t see it. Other than Grovetown, who will Northside be favored to beat? I really think a 5-5 season is the BEST we can hope for, but I do hope I’m wrong.

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Yo,
Don’t give me any of that crap about this being a down year for Lowndes. You probably cloned Greg Reid before he left last year. lol

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lets be honest region 8 isnt good at all but from top to bottom its way better than region 3. ean has the qb by 25 pounds plus his size helps him at his position so the d cant find him. your quarterback cant see over the line so thats a bigger disadvantage… and im not doubting that camden is a better program overall. the ridge is a great program as well but still you must be impressed with how far we have come in 10 years

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NTH Trojans, Glad to see you are back. Transfers are a source of irritation for me. In most cases they are legal, but just ain’t fair. Sorry that N. Hall is being victimized by transfers. As for Flowery Branch, yes I was at the game. FB was most certainly the most improved team in the state. Their defense was suffocating. In 2009, your region along with 2AAA will be the toughest in AAA. Speaking of AAA and transfers….Raider09, I agree. It is almost impossible to be missing the Shaw Raiders in the Top 10 polls. However when one Muscogee County school cherry picks 90% of the county’s top players, there is not much left over for the rest of the schools. 2009 will be a difficult year for every AAA and AAAA school in Muscogee County except for “you know who”. On that note, don’t you think it would be a great idea for GHS football teams to place an * by all the players names who reside outside of the school’s district?

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GOOD LUCK TOMORROW. We will just show up tomorrow and see what happens if thats ok with you guys. Actually Camden the County has three state championships. Ralph Bunche back in the 60’s won one. Before they combined the two schools to form now what is known as the Camden County Wildcats.

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When Charlton was winning the State Championships we where never ranked no.1 . This is a Atlanta paper anyway but these rankings dont count for anything anyway.WE will be ok..

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Yo-don’t be an ass. It was a typo. By the way what school do you root for anyway. Don’t hate just cause we have gotten farther in the last 6 years then some schools will ever get. Thanks for your concern though!

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Did anyone see the tucker/stephenson scrimmage? Is tucker ready for another run? Did stephenson wing-t look better?

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PRidgeonDeckk you can’t be so senitive…..Yo has been on here for years…. you have to learn comic retotic…. he is here, like so many of us for the FUN if the friendly competition….. some on here get way to serious…. after all it is just a highschool game…we all make typos from time to time….but if you do expect to hear about it on here…. it is all in fun….but when you get all mad about it, it shows you level of maturitury.

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I AM STILL WAITING TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND THE GAME TONIGHT ANYWHERE ON RADIO – OR ON INTERNET. FOR SOME REASON, OUR RADIO STATION IS NOT ALLOWED TO BROADCAST IT. PLEASE HELP US KEEP UP WITH THE GAME. THX

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Gunwinster, yeah, that was sort of where I was going. Personally. there is nothing I like better than watching a successful running game. In a traditional “Wing T” the QB rarely throws the ball more than 6-9 times per game. That is not frequently enough for the QB and receivers to get into any kind of a rhythm. Keep in mind, I did say “traditional”. I have observed some extremely bright Offensive coordinators who basically run the “Wing T” but have found creative ways to spread the field and throw the ball more. This in turn helps the running game by keeping the defense honest. My brother YO makes a good point in saying: “if the defense can match up, it will slow down that offense.” That is a fact. Another fact is that in watching a creative Offensive coordinator for successful teams such as Lowndes and Camden County, they show so many different sets that it is somewhat difficult to place a “tag” on exactly what offensive scheme they are running. Bottom line is that regardless of whether a team is running a Wing T, Power I, Wishbone, Veer, etc. There are right ways and wrong ways to call the offense. Winners are winners regardless of their offensive “tags”.

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stephenson will go far this year

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Setting the record straight, P. Ridge is returning 13 starters, including QB Lombardo. Its not as good as 23, but its better than most other rosters. http://www.gwinnettdailypost.net/GDP-SpecialSections-2009/GDP-Football_Preview/football.html

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OleSarge – THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INFO – got to hear it all, tho in the end Camden lost. So sad, but they will make it up, I am sure. From one sarge to another, SGM K

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Grayson looked very good against Camden County in Dome, game should not have been that close. Grayson has awesome defense. They appear to be the best team in AAAAA.

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That number 2 for Norcross is an amazing receiver. He made unbelievable catches against Walton in the Dome.

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Grayson does NOT want to see stephenson
they have the most complete team in the state!!
every position is d-1
with good depth
dont sleep on the jags!!!

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Hey Stephensen fans just lay low and let your play speak for you. You guys probably have the best shot at knocking off Grayson. I believe this year your team is actually underrated so use that to your advantage and fly under the radar for awhile. Dekalb needs to represent in 5A like Tucker did in 4A last year. Lets go Dekalb.

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Hey mike mike, i guess the bearcats were ready for your makers last night, though cairo did make a good showing trying to make a comeback, had me nervous, but our D stepped up when needed. Bainbridge is young, and still learning Pilchers veer. The Bearcats will be a force soon. Bainbridge had a great fan support as well, probably more Bearcats than Maker fans.

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“Wildcat Fan” I would have to take issue with the “little man” syndrome. There have been some phenominal college RB’s who did not appear to have the size to play the game. i.e Noel Devine(5′8 170, W. Virginia). Also, do you remember Lionel “Little Train” James from Auburn?(5′5 and about 170). It is rare, but it does happen. I have only seen Pemberton play once, so I cannot fully attest for his talent. But from what I saw, he may be among the few who can overcome his size at the next level. There is one other “little big man” in Georgia. His name is Ocie Salter from laGrange.(5′5 162). An amazing RB with super human strength. I like the chances for both of these 2 underrated backs.

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Slalom now you know in high school most of the special team players
are already playing offense or defense on a regular basis. I don’t think they generally count 1 player twice because he is playing 2 different positions on a regular basis. The only exception might be the kicker/kickers. Yep..Little Train from I believe Dougherty High in Albany. Always the man I first think about when I think of little players in stature. Ended up having a pretty good pro career. Time to go back to sleep now and have Grayson/Ptree nightmares.

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Us down south ain’t forgot the whippin the North gave us. Oh we talking about N. Ga. football thats even worse. Yo we gonna take a whoopin or 4 or 5 whoopins. Sure we sqeeked by a mediocre 4a thomasville central team, but may be the only thing we have on the highlight reel this year. They may even call user losersville this.year. Po ole Lowndes , the ridge is coming, the ridge is coming, oh no what we gonna do. They gonna take over our little humble stadium. Can somebody show Lowndes some love?

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I can go with this ranking for now.

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The rumors around AJC blogs is go ahead crown Grayson the champs. I shonuff don’t want LIl ole over ranked lowndes to have to face them monsters.Theyse big and theyse bad and the ridge is coming next week to put Lowndes is their place.The future sure looks dismal for the plowboys but ill be right there on the40 yard line of the visators side to take our shellacking. I guess i might as well get ready to be called losersville this.Oh Me, Oh my. Can some of you north teams show Lowndes a little love?

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Alright YO. Stop it. You are cracking me up. Between the afternoon naps and Yoga, you have mellowed tremendously in the past several months. Just PLEASE tell me you are not attending Pilate classes.

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Slalom…gittin your butt kicked by Grayson has a way of mellowing one, especially knowing there may be another butt kicking coming this way before the years out. I know Yoga might be too much sitting so how about Pilate, is it soft on the butt?

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YO, I have already said, “Stop it!”You are killing me. (and from what I have heard Pilate is gentle on the buttocks).LOL.Let’s get down to some serious conversation like what a down year it is going to be for Lowndes. Now that I have given it some thought, here is my TOP 10 for AAAAA in 2009: 1-Duluth(do not know where they are or what they have but like the name. Sounds like an NFL team.).2-Northview Again the same is true as for my #1 but I must wonder,”from what view? From Valdosta or from Helen?” 3-Cherokee(I love the native Americans. This could be their opportunity to reclaim the land that has always been rightfully theirs.)) 4-Mundy’s Mill(You just have to wonder about this one. Did Mr. Mundy really have a mill? 5-Savannah(Cannot help but love River Street along with my birthplace.) 6-Houston County(Feel bad for any school known as “HOCO”. 7 Bradwell institute( What parent would have a good feeling about sending their high school son/daughter to an institute?)8 -Lovejoy- (With a name like that, how can you not pull for them? i.e. love, peace, etc.9-South Cobb(used to date a cheerleader from SC.) 10-Lowndes. (Sure a traditional powerhouse, but given the mojo from all the above schools, how can the mighty Lowndes stack up?)

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Slalom I see your top 10 and your ex is at #9. Just curious, did your wife go to high school? I hope not in Georgia. If so, you may be wishing your parents had sent you to a institute for life! Cause it sure does beat the death penalty.

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YO, hmmmm. Good point.

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Are you ready for some smash mouth football. The Vikings are back and ready to take the title. Yes the Vikings did not win it like I said they would last year, but I guarantee you they are a better team this year. Some of you think Peachtree Ridge is the team to beat. I’ll let you know after Lowndes plays them next Friday 9-4-09 at The CONCRETE PALACE.

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