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Here are the Week Two games you can find stories and photos from on ajc.com…
Warner Robins vs. Grayson – GAME STORY | PHOTOS
Brookwood vs. North Gwinnett – GAME STORY | PHOTOS
Lakeside-DeKalb vs. Tucker – GAME STORY | PHOTOS
Walton vs. Kell – GAME STORY | PHOTOS
Don’t forget to check out these games from around the metro area. Here’s what you’ll find…
GAC vs. St. Pius
Etowah vs. McEachern
Peachtree Ridge vs. Lowndes
Douglass vs. Mays
Columbia vs. Stephenson
Chapel Hill vs. Newnan
Dacula vs. Collins Hill
Parkview vs. Chattahoochee
Centennial vs. Roswell
Riverwood vs. Blessed Trinity
Union Grove vs. Stockbridge
Weekend topic: Which team was Week Two’s biggest disappointment?
WEEK 2 RESULTS: CLICK HERE to see the Week 2 scores.
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TrojanDude
September 4th, 2009
11:34 pm
Coffee 30 Pierce 6 for what it’s worth.
Coffee just might be a little better than a lot of people are giving them credit for. Tonights’s game wasn’t as close as the score and last week’s loss to Ware County was just plain wierd. Other than Lowndes, 1AAAAA is going to be a strange bird this year. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th seeds are literally going to be up for grabs and just may offer a lot more of a challenge to the “Northern” boys than they are expecting.
Gonna be a fun, different kind of year this year my friends.
U GUYS LUCKED OUT...SWD QB OUT 1ST SNAP
September 4th, 2009
11:35 pm
Yea he sucked….
drock09
September 4th, 2009
11:39 pm
Newnan rated r defense allowed lagrange 81 yards and 2 first downs last week. The defense didn’t give up a first down until 3 min left in 3rd quarter when the jv was in. Truly impressed with them. Keep an eye on union grove this year. Also very impressed with lowndes.
Plowboy58
September 4th, 2009
11:46 pm
we want grayson next
TJ
September 4th, 2009
11:47 pm
I am impressed with Lowndes. I actually thought P.Ridge was a contender but for north GA it is now N. Gwinnett or Grayson. Grayson has the best defense in the state, no doubt about it but their offense missed operatunities this week. Team that has me scratching my head is South Gwinnett, they that good or their opponents that bad? Second week with 49 points!
haha.Vikings
September 4th, 2009
11:49 pm
I thought Vikings were renowned travelers??? Seems as though you can beat up on an opponent when your bass drums are playing during their snap count, but for some odd reason just can’t win when you come to the big city.
dakotah
September 4th, 2009
11:59 pm
wats the score of camden vs first coast florida
grayson
September 5th, 2009
12:03 am
wow, lowndes fans just cant accept they lost last year…
a whole year and they cant let it go…
quit whining and blaming the refs for your team not showing up
BIG VIKE
September 5th, 2009
12:06 am
Wheres all the p ridge fans that talked all that smack last friday night? And all u Grayson fans just need to see the vikes play and u will be crying like p ridge did tonight! Its bad when u score 17 points in less than two min.The vikes are way to much for metro atl!!!
BIG VIKE
September 5th, 2009
12:09 am
Grayson . Its a whole new year! Forget last year talk about this year! HUH? The past is the past just forget it dude!
EagleNationRising
September 5th, 2009
12:12 am
First question is why the shock about Warner Robins showing up against Grayson. For goodness sake, it is Warner Robins HS, the program with 2 National Championships and 5 State Championships. The program is not going to simply roll over when they face the likes of Northside-Warner Robins, Lowndes County, Valdosta, etc. on an annual basis. This board was told to pay attention to that game. Hats off to the coaching staff of Grayson. It takes courage to open your season against Camden County and Warner Robins. At least someone in metro Atlanta has some courage.
SPX
September 5th, 2009
12:16 am
St. Pius – 56
GAC – 7
One of the most dominating wins I’ve seen..
EagleNationRising
September 5th, 2009
12:22 am
Grayson posters, do you guys really believe that football programs like Lowndes County, Northside-Warner Robins, Camden County, Valdosta, etc. sit around and cry about last season. When over 150 guys try out for your football programs and there are multiple state championship trophies in the school’s trophy case, the kids are focused upon one thing. That is winning the next game, then the next game, then the next. They want to live up to a tradition and standard that has been set by many players and teams before them.
I know it was one of the greatest moments in Grayson HS to beat Lowndes. Ironically, the Rams were unable to maintain the momentum, a sign of a program that has not arrived. I have never heard so much chatter about a quarterfinal round game. Lowndes County has 5 State Championships dating back to 1980, and 3 of the past 5 State Championships. Grayson has NEVER reached a State Championship game in football. It appears that Ram posters are living in the past. You guys should show some respect for a great program. They just hammered your supposed fellow Gwinnett County power. Give us all a break!
99 times out of 100 Lowndes will beat Grayson. You got 1 welldeserved win last season. Lowndes County has every reason to feel confident about their team. The AJC and half of the board was making Peachtree Ridge the next coming. Reality check. Grayson struggled against a down Warner Robins team and a rebuilding Camden County team. Your Rams may not be as strong as you guys think. Obviously, Grayson can not put up points.
guwinster
September 5th, 2009
12:26 am
Camden beats First Coast 30-24 on a 40 yrd pass as time expired at the end of the game. Camden really escaped with that one. We just aren’t very good this year. I’m actually concerned about the Hoover game now
pity poor monroe area
September 5th, 2009
12:27 am
Lowndes….wow. Vikes are the real deal….
Stephenson 68-0 on Columbia tonight,. The Jaguars jumped on it from the get-go and breezed. Five one-play possessions for TD. One two-play possession for TD. One 3-play possession for TD. A safety AND a blocked punt for a TD. Just damn. Stephenson has outscored opponents 110-0 in its first two games…..
Etowah Fan
September 5th, 2009
12:31 am
McEachern Fans – hats off to a great game. I said it before that this game would have a huge impact on the Region 5-AAAAA race. My gut said McEachern had a good team and would be in the running. Boy was I wrong! McEachern has a great team… and I think is now the front-runner in Region 5-AAAAA. Watch out Wolverine Fan!
centrallion
September 5th, 2009
12:33 am
how bout this Central takes down Bremen in a nail biter it was a very good game some of the play calling was interesting still some things to work on but good game if you guys wanna listen to a good high school radio show go to wcks.com and click on the team line link you can call in they give scores all across the state!!!
Yo
September 5th, 2009
12:34 am
Just one observation….should Grayson and Lowndes be fortunate to meet at some point this year it will “not” be on a wet sloppy field….right TJ?
pity poor monroe area
September 5th, 2009
12:36 am
My pathetic Hurricanes fall to Clarke Central 21-7. Outscored 52-14 in two games. Gonne be another o-fer year in Monroe…….
guwinster
September 5th, 2009
12:39 am
For me tonight makes Lowndes far and away the number one team in the state. Grayson barely beat Camden (who struggled mightily against an average First Coast team) and only put up 10 against Warner Robbins. I don’t want to hear about how much possession and how many yards they had against Camden and Robbins, Lowndes got it done tonight whereas Grayson has just been squeeking by.
Also more on Camden, I think they’ve probably had the best pass defense in the state most if not all of the past six years. That is not the case this year. Camden will be very vulnerable to any pass offense this year, and that vulnerability will be a big issue verse Hoover.
VIKING GIRL
September 5th, 2009
12:50 am
It’s amazing that all the Grayson people really think they are the stuff now because of the out come of the Lowndes game last year. You guys were a fluke. You choked the very next game. You guys weren’t for real. How many state titles do you have……NONE. So, please put your one minute of fame to rest. Right now you guys are overrated. Lowndes will redeem themselves this year when it’s all said and done. Overall we have a much better complete team…..so bring it!
EagleNationRising
September 5th, 2009
12:52 am
WHERE IS TODD HOLCOMB? I expect a metro Atlanta program excuse thread to come at any moment. I am certain that Todd Holcomb will be reporting about a Wednesday afternoon outbreak of the swine flu at Peachtree Ridge HS which hindered P-Ridge’s best effort.
Todd, a great Georgia High School football game pairs the top two programs in the state. Let’s agree that Peachtree Ridge is not one of the top two programs in the state. As I told you, the Camden County/Grayson game deserves real ink. Peachtree Ridge traveling to Lowndes County does not deserve ink. Ironically, I expect very little ink from you or any of your partners at the AJC since Peachtree Ridge did what most metro Atlanta teams do when they travel south, which is getting the score run up on them. Lowndes County 51, Peachtree Ridge 17. The Vikings play the third stringers in a game that Todd Holcomb proclaims is a potential Georgia classic. What P-Ridge team are you watching Todd? Admit it, you drank the Kool-Aid…the AJC/metro Atlanta hype!
EagleNationRising
September 5th, 2009
12:58 am
Yo, don’t worry. If these Gwinnett County programs are the best the metro Atlanta has to offer the classification that they created in order to win more state championships will see two teams from south of the Gnat Line in the State Championship game. Trust me.
Everyone here is going to act as though Warner Robins is so good. They are not. They have a new QB, new RB, and new Off. Linemen. They will be fortunate to finish 4th in their region.
VIKING GIRL
September 5th, 2009
1:02 am
Hi EagleNationRising, I’m so with you on the whole Grayson thing. until Grayson has something to prove that they have a program on Championship caliber they need to shut up. Northside, Lowndes, Warner Robins, and Valdosta have rings to prove it. Hey Grayson how many State Championships do you have? Opps……is that silence that i hear?
cole kemper
September 5th, 2009
1:57 am
matt oldham went steady with shelby pope before north forsyths game against johnson. the night he expressed his feelings for her he looked into her deep brown eyes an “Shelby i like u. will u be my girlfriend perhaps?” i think contributed heavily to norths 28 to 0 victory although mr.oldham was out with a labrum tear
cole kemper
September 5th, 2009
2:00 am
matt oldham went steady with shelby pope before north forsyths game against johnson. the night he expressed his feelings for her he looked into her deep brown eyes and said “Shelby i like u. will u be my girlfriend perhaps?” i think contributed heavily to norths 28 to 0 victory although mr.oldham was out with a labrum tear
BIG VIKE
September 5th, 2009
2:26 am
I JUST GOT ONE THING TO SAY IF U THINK U CAN BEAT LOWNDES THIS YEAR! U BETTER START SOME 10 A-DAYS AND FORGET ABOUT SCHOOL AND PRATICE PRATICE CAUSE YOUR GONNA NEED ALOT OF IT!!!
joeinformed
September 5th, 2009
3:55 am
alrite JAGS we see you….i noCHS aint nobody to prove that you ready to win state but 68-0 just dont make no sense…first two games out scoring the teams 110-0…yall better look out best offense for the jags sents 2002 i think. and the defense allowed one first down but you no that stephenson will always have one of best defenses in the state every year…YALL DONT WANT IT WITH STEPHENSON…lol
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Grayson Student
September 5th, 2009
6:14 am
lowndes fans, not quite sure what your talking about i and alot of others are giving respect that was VERY impressive last night. we have 0 state championships this being our 10th year open i would say we have come a long way. the only reason were talking about last year is because some ignorant fans like viking are saying yall should of won. some are blaming refs… that is living in the past. Fans that no football at grayson respect yall and are confident just as you being 2-0. a w is a w. Good luck the rest of the way and we hope to see you in the playoffs… but quit bashing us becuase we are a contender
vikingsrule
September 5th, 2009
6:28 am
Was this really the #3 team in AAAAA or is it just another example of a metro-atl team that is way overrated. 51-17….holy cow. poor little old Lowndes lost Greg Reid so they just weren’t gonna be any good no more. Wake up people, this is a winning program, not a one man show. The Vikings send a few kids to major Division 1 programs every year and simply replace them with a sophomore who shines for a few years and then does the same.
wildcat fan
September 5th, 2009
7:12 am
Yes, we are struggling this year but, we must take the pain that comes with a young team, Grayson and PeachtreeRidge are vastly overrated. They struggled greatly with two teams that are in the process of rebuilding. Good job Northside. Wonderfull, job Lowndes. The trophy seems as if, it may stay in the south again. Coach the fans in Camden County love and respect you, but its time to make a quarterback change. I respect what are doing but the kid is holding back our offense back, please, play Ruiz. Coach you’re the one with the three State Championships so i will trust your judgement. Ruiz just plays and look better.
wolverine fan
September 5th, 2009
7:19 am
Etowah Fan………What happened? I thought for you guys would beat them.
89viking
September 5th, 2009
7:44 am
well congrats to the winning teams last nite,,,now onto week 3 and whoever’s NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SouthGARules
September 5th, 2009
8:30 am
Congrats to Lowndes. Shocked at the margin of victory. I know Lowndes scored on a kick return & 2 defensive touchdowns, but offensively putting 30 on the Ridge is still impressive. As far as Grayson goes,
just because they left points on the field doesn’t mean they are overrated. You still have to play that defense. They just need to work on the red zone offense & field goals.
EagleNationRising
September 5th, 2009
8:30 am
Problems through the 2009 season alert: Tift County. What has happened down in Tifton? Does anyone know if they have opened a new school or something. Tift County is one of the great historic programs in Georgia with big time facilities, athletes, tradition, and everything needed to win.
Brooks County 27, Tift County 7 (in Tifton). Seriously??? This is the second straight season that Brooks County has easily beaten Tift County. What is the problem down there?
ramfan24
September 5th, 2009
8:39 am
i dont need to look at no score board what ya southern people need to do is shut your mouth and stop acting like ya are the best.
ramfan24
September 5th, 2009
8:48 am
viking girl no on else talks smack except ya southern people from the south your mouth is so big but when it come to playing grayson ya need to shut it… and can you tell me how long we have been opened? only 9 yrs. comapre to how long the lowndes school has been opened? exactly . so dont run that mouth unless you actully have facts to come out of it….
Val
September 5th, 2009
8:49 am
Enter your comments here
EagleNationRising
September 5th, 2009
8:52 am
Ramfan, you are not suggesting that Lowndes County has not cemented itself as the AAAAA favorite…are you? When you run up the score 51-17 against the 3rd ranked team in the state (who finished Runner-Up and returned everyone), you have basically put the state of Georgia on alert. Do you actually disagree with that? Seriously?
TrojanDude
September 5th, 2009
8:54 am
Picture this “Editorial cartoon” that should be in today’s “Valdosta Daily Times”.
The set-up.
As the Peachtree Ridge team buses are approaching the Lowndes exit on I-75 South Coach Bill Ballard is reading his interview in “The Daily Times”. He has just read his Quote.
“To win state you’ve got to go through 1-AAAAA at some point”.
He glances out the window and notices a large flashing orange sign mounted above the Lowndes exit sign.
It reads.
“WARNING. NO THROUGH TRAFFIC”
SGT CHRIS
September 5th, 2009
8:55 am
Saw Newnan vs Lagrange…..Newnan won’t be as good as they were last year. sure they will run the table in their Camden-like region, but they are second round and done at best. BUT Ogletree is as good as advertised though, wish Miami would have gone after that guy!!!!
SGT CHRIS
September 5th, 2009
8:57 am
As for how long a school has been opened and won titles..wasnt p-ridge open and had a title in less that 5 years the year they won it?? i could be wrong though
The Ridge
September 5th, 2009
9:05 am
“The scoreboard, however, did not reflect the stats from the first half, with the Lions outgaining the Vikings 81-64 in total offense.”
“Take away special team errors and turnovers and the scoreboard would have been 3-3 at the half.”
P ridge played some horrible defense last night! Good Job Lowndes County. By the way…. abput how many ppl were at Martin Stadium Last night
The Ridge
September 5th, 2009
9:07 am
Sgt Chris… Yeah it was 5 years. This is our 6th year
williambrado
September 5th, 2009
9:09 am
Ram 24 you must be 8 years old because you don’t walking around sense . All you done is name call, face it Lowndes county held a clinic at Martin Stadium and if would have put out an effort to go look with your eyes you would see how utterly stupid you are. God gave you 2ears and 1 mouth.Your over working one and not using the other.You can’t learn if your talking. Face it Pridge was taken to the wood shed. Oh and one other thing, Camden county if we can’t win it Then we want ya”ll to do it.You guys are winners and resemble lowndes county with pride and play.We’ll tag team if we have to, because the pigskin belongs to us. Go Vikings and Go Wildcats of Camden. Oh and no pun but did skin a cat last night.
Indians09
September 5th, 2009
9:12 am
Well last night if you were not at the MHS-Etowah game, then you missed a message being sent out by the Indians, WE ARE BACK!!!!!!! WATCH OUT REGION 5
Go Rams
September 5th, 2009
9:13 am
Responding to all the “Grayson barely beat–” comments. We barely beat Lowndes last year too. Peachtree Ridge barely beat us in double overtime. That’s just the way we do it. A win is a win right? Fact is, last time I checked, to win- you have to score. We play defense and control the clock with our offense. That’s the way we roll–
williambrado
September 5th, 2009
9:16 am
i would say between 9&10 thousand
viking lover
September 5th, 2009
9:21 am
EagleNationRising, I congratulate you on articulating facts instead of fantasy. We Lowndes fans appreciate hearing informed opinions instead of kindergarten dribble. Peach Tree Ridge …. I’m impressed that your young men could come to the Concrete Palace (hard for any visiting team to win here) and maintain their composure and sportsmanship. Well coached team and good hard nose players. Your program deserves respect and we give it. The Ridge has a Championship history and for the Grayson fans out there, that’s what matters. Get some history under your belt and then start talking. Maybe then you will get some respect.