Georgia High School Football Daily Spotlight: Predicting the 2009 Class AAAAA State Playoffs
Below are GHSF Daily’s projections for the 2009 postseason. Team’s ranking is indicated.
Observations:
The bottom quarter of the draw is the weakest. The winner of Region 2-AAAAA or 6-AAAAA or a sleeper team (GHSF Daily likes Creekside in that role) could be in good shape to roll into the semifinals.
If Grayson can win Region 8-AAAAA, that’s a good quarter of the draw to be in.
The winners of Region 1 and Region 7 will meet in the quarterfinals. Will that be Lowndes and Peachtree Ridge? GHSF Daily might cover the tossing of that coin to determine which has home-field advantage. That could be big.
FIRST ROUND
#4 Camden County over Luella
#7 Northside (Warner Robins) over Westlake
#9 Etowah over South Gwinnett
#6 North Gwinnett over Lassiter
#10 Newnan over Tift County
#8 M.L. King over Johnson (Savannah)
#2 Grayson over Woodstock
Norcross over Roswell
#3 Peachtree Ridge over Walton
East Paulding over Parkview
#1 Lowndes over East Coweta
Union Grove over Bradwell Institute
Collins Hill over Kell
McEachern over Brookwood
#5 Stephenson over Windsor Forest
Creekside over Warner Robins
SECOND ROUND
#4 Camden County over #7 Northside (Warner Robins)
#6 North Gwinnett over #9 Etowah
#8 M.L. King over #10 Newnan
#2 Grayson over Norcross
#3 Peachtree Ridge over East Paulding
#4 Lowndes over Union Grove
Collins Hill over McEachern
#5 Stephenson over Creekside
QUARTERFINALS
#4 Camden County over #6 North Gwinnett
#2 Grayson over #8 M.L. King
#1 Lowndes over #3 Peachtree Ridge
#5 Stephenson over Collins Hill
SEMIFINALS
#2 Grayson over #4 Camden County
#1 Lowndes over #5 Stephenson
FINAL
#1 Lowndes over #2 Grayson
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76 comments Add your comment
George
August 25th, 2009
4:18 pm
I would love to think Northside will make it to the second round of the playoffs this year, but it ain’t happening. As I said earlier, 5-5 looks pretty good right now. We’ll know more after Thursday night’s game against Perry.
valdosta wildcat
August 25th, 2009
4:53 pm
As i sit here and read all of these blogs im wondering where is the respect for the godfarther of H.S. football valdosta. I do not live on the past but you have to be on something if you think the cats will not make a running this year. Lets face it we’ve heard this before camden you are good but your region sucks! we can put anybody from region 1aaaaa and they will win that region same for grayson ill give to you though u manged to cheat you way out of a win against lowndes. What i can’t understand is how does the defending state champs #1 team in the state #3 in the nation have to travel up north to play a playoff game grayson should have travled down here but you won and played camden and lost new it was gonna happen but you won’t make it that far again look for sthe state champs coming out of 1aaaaa unless we have a off night against one of you teams up north and if that happens camden will win again bc they will be there bc of the weak region and weak teams during the playoffs
Valdosta Wildcat Get Real
August 25th, 2009
6:14 pm
True champions can win on any field. Lowndes can’t win away from their home field. They were over-rated and when Grayson punched the bullies back in the mouth they choked and collasped. Georgia high school needs to eliminate playoff games on either of the two teams home field. If Georgia high school football is so great then why are we so stupid when it comes to playoff format. Play neutral fields throughout the playoffs….with the two teams determining the site. Stupid is as stupid does.
Camden Unfair Advantage in AAAAA
August 25th, 2009
6:19 pm
Camden County is the ONLY true AAAAA school in region 3. They basically are given a 1 seed and home-field advantage in the playoffs. Is this fair to the other AAAAA schools that actually EARN their 1 seed and home field advantage?
PRidge Lions
August 25th, 2009
6:51 pm
south ga football is overrated!!!! yeah, Camden beat us for the state title but I honestly don’t think they are that good…
Raider from the Start
August 25th, 2009
7:57 pm
Man, sure are a lot of forward looking fans here. One game does not a season make. Early predictions about state playoffs are fun but are likely to be highly inaccurate. East has #3 Rome this week. I hope our boys are ready for a battle because Rome is going to bring their A game. Rome better be ready as well because East will do the same. That’s about as far as I can begin to look into the future. Go Raiders! Load that cannon boys!
Yo
August 25th, 2009
8:05 pm
2003 state champs…Camden. 2004 state champs…Lowndes. 2005 state champs…Lowndes. 2006…hickup. 2007 state champs…Lowndes. 2008 state champs…Camden. Those are the results of the over rated south ga football teams. In 2008 maybe Camden wasn’t that good, but they were better than you and they have the ring to prove it.
SportsFan31313
August 25th, 2009
8:10 pm
Hey Camden Unfair,
Region 3-AAAAA Camden County didn’t put themselves in that predicament. GHSA aligns the Schools. Now Camden County is not as good as the 2008 season, but I will tell you that they are still a great team. Will they win State this year? I doubt it. You have a great Lowndes County Team out there that remembers the loss given to them by Grayson, and they had to live with that memory for a full year. You can bet your last dollar that they mean business this year. They will dominate in 2009. Now as far Camden County being handed a number one seed, and home field advantage, I doubt it. They had to earn it. I went to Bradwell Institute, and they are also a good team. Remember last year when I was telling everyone that Bradwell Institute was a good team last year as well, and a lot of bloggers disagreed with me, and Bradwell Institute did emerge as a contender. As a matter of fact, they beat a North Georgia Team, ( East Coweta) and advanced into the 2nd round losing to Lowndes County. However; this Decade, Camden county has ran the gamut in Region 3 – AAAAA followed by Bradwell Institute. Bradwell has lost quite a few students due to a new High School being built in the County. Bradwell Institute’s enrollment is comensurate with Class AAAA. They just remained in Class AAAAA. Camden county has one one High School there therefore they have more students and more talent.
Yo
August 25th, 2009
8:14 pm
Get Real….Lowndes didn’t lose to Grayson because we were on their home field. We have lost playoff games at home and we have won playoff games on the road. In fact in 2004 we won a state championship at Parkview and that only made it all the more sweeter. It doesn’t matter where you play the game, a win is a win and a loss is a loss. Wimps make excuses like home field advantage. We lost because Grayson hit us in the mouth, not because of their home field advantage. What wimpy team do you pull for that you keep making excuses for?
SportsFan31313
August 25th, 2009
8:20 pm
PRidge Lions,
Come on now. You know and I know that South Georgia Football Teams are not over-rated. Camden County beat you all last year and won the Undisputed State Championship. I said it last year all Season that That Camden County Wildcat Team in 2008 no one could beat them. They had tons of talented players. I have proven to be right. Now Camden County lost a lot of those players, and they lost to Grayson last week. But don’t you think for one minute that Camden County is not good. Coach Jeff Herron has a fine team of football players. They are still a good team. If you think for one minute that a football like Peachtree Ridge will just walk all over Camden County, you had think again. I am not taking anything away from the North Georgia Football teams in Class AAAAA. North Georgia have some really good teams up there. Example: Grayson, Peachtree Ridge, Etowah, East Paulding County, Newnan etc. But South Georgia for years have dominated the State Championships in Football, and you know it. So the South Georgia Bloggers are speaking from years of a winning tradition. Thats all.
SportsFan31313
August 25th, 2009
8:27 pm
Yo,
You are right on point with the dominating years of Class AAAAA State football Titles. I hope you have read that PRidgeLions. But just in case you did’nt read it. I will just repeat what Yo had to say about South Georgia teams being over-rated.
Yo Says:
“2003 state champs…Camden. 2004 state champs…Lowndes. 2005 state champs…Lowndes. 2006…hickup. 2007 state champs…Lowndes. 2008 state champs…Camden. Those are the results of the over rated south ga football teams. In 2008 maybe Camden wasn’t that good, but they were better than you and they have the ring to prove it.”
Did you read that PRidgeLions?
SportsFan31313
August 25th, 2009
8:38 pm
Hey Valdosta Wildcat,
Stop talking about how Region 3 – AAAAA sucks, and how you can put anyone in from Region 1-AAAAA against a team in Region 3-AAAAA and they could beat them. Well with Respect to the Valdosta Wildcats in yester year. They were the Perinnial Power and the team to beat. But the Spider Web is on those records. I don’t remember, but did Valdosta make the playoffs last year? Lets see: If i can remember correctly, From Region 1-AAAAA you had Lowndes County, (#1 Seed) Northside Warner Robbins (#2 Seed) Coffee County ( #3 Seed) and (Tift County (#4 Seed)
Region 3-AAAA Had Camden County (#1 Seed) Bradwell Institute (#2 Seed) Windsor Forest (#3 Seed) and Johnson Savannah (#4 Seed). I did’nt see Valdosta anywhere. I believe that Bradwell Institute will play Region 1-AAAAA Houston County the 3 week in September. Or somewhere around that time. Lets just see what happens. By the way, I went to Bradwell Institute.
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August 26th, 2009
1:21 am
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plowboy
August 26th, 2009
8:39 am
BD greg reid got hurt in the pridge / lowndes game last year , sophomore TYLER HUNTER and KARI FRANKLIN did the damage!!!!!!!!!!!!
SouthGARules
August 26th, 2009
8:52 pm
Sports Fan 31313: Isn’t the reason that the Savannah teams (which are basically 3A & 4A teams playing up) are in with Camden is because of travel costs?
As far as Lowndes playoff record since 2001, here it is.
2001 Lost to Collins Hill @ Lowndes
2002 Lost to Lovejoy @ Lovejoy
2003 Lost to Camden @ Camden
2004,2005 State Champs
2006 Did not make playoffs
2007 State Champs
2008 Lost to Grayson @ Grayson
BTW: Before losing to Collins Hill in 2001, the last time Lowndes lost a home playoff game was to Warner Robins in 1985.
SouthGARules
August 26th, 2009
9:14 pm
slalom1: Grayson is a small town between Lawrenceville & Loganville in eastern Gwinnett county. This is the 2nd Grayson HS. The original Grayson HS was in existence thru the 1930’s to 1950’s. I believe the original Grayson HS was closed when South Gwinnett opened. The new Grayson HS opened due to the tremendous growth in Gwinnett, as so many high schools have in the last 15 years (Collins Hill, Peachtree Ridge, Mill Creek, Archer, Mountain View & Lanier (to open in 2010))
Grayson Student: If you are saying that Regions 7 & 8 in AAAAA are so much better than Region 1, I beg to differ, especially Region 8. Grayson is the only decent team in Region 8. Region 7 is a much better region, but it is top heavy. From top to bottom, Region 1 is the best region in AAAAA. They may not have as outstanding teams as Peachtree Ridge or Grayson, but they don’t have cupcakes like Meadowcreek, Northview or Duluth.
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ROBERT LINDSEY
August 26th, 2009
9:16 pm
I’M JUST READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL! IM A LOWNDES FAN AND CAN’T WAIT TO SEE LOWNDES vs PEACHTREE RIDGE THIS YEAR! TWO GOOD TEAMS BUT I THINK LOWNDES WILL COME OUT A WINNER AND TAKE STATE THIS YEAR! I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LOWNDES vs GRAYSON STATE TITLE GAME! IT’S FOOTBALL AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON ANY GIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT! GOOD LUCK TOO ALL THE TEAMS AND ITS GOING TO BE AN EXCITING YEAR!
Decatur 4 Life
August 27th, 2009
8:53 am
South GA, the reason why Lowdnes didnt lose at home all those years in the playoffs is because its hard to beat the 11 on the field and the referees
SportsFan31313
August 27th, 2009
1:36 pm
SouthGaRules,
Yes partly True. However; Before Class AAAAA was added, the Highest you could was AAAA. Remember? Now with that being said, Bradwell Institute at that time, was the only High School in the County making it a TRUE AAAA School. They had more than 3,000 Students during that time. When they Build a New School in the County, (Liberty County High School) it took away a lot of students thereby causing the student enrollment to drop. If you look at the Districts and the way that it is aligned, you will see that Region 1 AAAAA is somewhat in South West Georgia, Region 3 AAAAA is in South East Georgia. Camden County is in Southeast Georgia and therefore are assigned to that Region. Bradwell Institute never dropped down because of the cost of travel.
So basically you are correct. But I must say, that the majority of Region 3-AAAAA is in Savannah. 8 out of 10. By the way, Savannah has soooooo many High Schools. Not only in Class AAAAA but also in AAA, AA, and A.
Now in the previous comment that I made to Valdosta Wildcat, I was not speaking of the Lowndes County Vikings. I was speaking about the Valdosta Wildcats when it came to them making the palyoffs.
Yo
August 27th, 2009
5:08 pm
I don’t know what you are talking about Decatur 4 Life, because teams come to Decatur and beat your 11 football players and the referees all of the time. What’s so hard about it?
Lowndes09
August 29th, 2009
6:26 pm
grayson state champs??? uhh no possibility. Cheaters don’t make state champs. Everyone know the coaches paid off the refs and that is the ONLY reason you won against lowndes. Come on, people aren’t stupid. When you give a good 2 feet to make it a first down, come on someone is gonna notice and obviously they did or the refs wouldn’t have been fired. Lowndes is not overrated, we are just the best…no doubt. Atlanta teams think they are so big and bad, news for you guys. You are nothing compared to our boys. but I’m gonna be nice now because I just started dating a Grayson boy I am totally crazy about. So good luck everyone hopefully we will see a rightful matchup again this year, with the proper boys taking state. Let’s Go Vikes!!!
Millicent '83
August 30th, 2009
4:52 pm
Go Vikings!!
Millicent '83
August 30th, 2009
4:52 pm
Go Lowndes Co. Vikings!
SportsFan31313
August 31st, 2009
12:07 pm
Hey Valdosta Wildcat,
Remember what you said? Region 3-AAAAA Bradwell Institute will host Region 1-AAAAA Houston County next week. Lets see where this goes.
EagleFanDave
September 14th, 2009
6:03 pm
I’m suprised that my favorite team, Collins Hill, makes it to the quarterfinals! We’re undefeated right now only because Charles Perkins is amazing at RB. Our QB just isn’t good enough to get far in the playoffs. But, if we’re lucky, I’d like to see us get at least to the Dome where we’ll lose to either Camden Co., Lowndes, or Peachtree Ridge. They are all better well rounded on offense, and we don’t have a great defense.
bo
November 23rd, 2009
3:15 pm
grayson rams best qb is not even playing. he has a gun.