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Yes Bradwell Institute get hammered by Houston County. Bradwell Institute has such a very young and inexperienced team this year. Although they won their first two games, I still wasn’t truly convinced that they were spectacular. However; They are playing better than the team at this time last year.

Bradwell has a very young inexperienced offensive line, and they don;t do a very good ob protecting the QB. Now it was said that Houston had players returning from two years ago. If that is true, then they wnt be the scrub team from Region 1-AAAAA as some people think. To come in Bradwell Institute home field, and beat them like that says a lot.

But I still believe that Bradwell Institue will go 9-1 this year even with that young team. They are getting better every week. What I will say, is that you Savannah Schools had better beware. Bradwell Institute is coming there and will dominate all of the Savannah Schools again this year. I just don’t know how big the point spread will be.

SouthGARules, for 8 AAAAA I am predicting the following finish and order.
1.Grayson 2.South Gwinnett 3.Parkview 4.Dacula 5.Brookwood 6.Shiloh 7.Meadowcreek

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The new Veterans High School under construction in Houston County will impact Houston County High School and AAA Perry High School more that Northside or Warner Robins-with NSWR beiing the lest affected. One large neighborhood of NSWR will go back to Houston County High for sure. It is the Quail Run Area. A lot of students come from there but they seem to be more into baseball and soccer. We will miss them! Some Warner Robins students will shift to Houston County and a few NSWR students to WRHS. I believe Houston county will stay AAAAA because she has close to 2300 students. NSWR is already in the AAAA range and WRHS is borderline for AAAA. We don’t care– We will kick both of their butts.lol

Jaybo: I am pulling for Thomas County Central to make a powerful come back next year but NSWR
will be in the same boat. Our team will be very experienced. Now, imagine if we win it all in 2010 at AAAA. I can see the headlines how NSWR had to move back down to win another Championship. This our down year but in any classification NSWR will make a strong run next year.

That was one Long Comment.

Not sure about the “steroid” taking comment- that’s a little over the line. The fact that the kids never missed a workout all summer might have something to do with strength. Let’s keep it about the “x”s & “o”s.

Rams played 2nd & 3rd string defense the 2nd half (actually starting in the 2nd quarter). It’s great to get the younger kids some reps. Depth is good- I’m sure you can appreciate that

Senior quarterback Terrell Brigham and the rest of the Bears offense perfectly executed a no-huddle attack that kept the Devils on their heels all night.

Brigham did it all on Friday, rushing for 111 yards and three touchdowns while passing for 81 more and even recording a few catches.

In all, the Burke offense would rack up 411 yards on the night and cruise past a Statesboro defense that had looked dominant in its first two games.

“We knew that (Brigham) was going to be a factor coming into the game,” said Statesboro coach Steve Pennington. “We tried to stress gang tackling and schemed for their abilities on offense, but they just had too much firepower tonight. We knew that we didn’t want to get in a track race with them and when they jumped out in front we couldn’t quite answer the call.”

Burke County wasted no time in taking the upper hand.

After a great Blue Devil kickoff gave the Bears possession on their own 11 yard line, the Burke offense got right down to business. Utilizing a balanced attack, the Bears used their speed to spread out the Statesboro defense and efficiently moved down the field.

A 10-yard touchdown run by Brigham capped the 11-play, 89-yard opening drive that took just under five minutes to complete.

Statesboro was able to narrow the gap, but could never quite pull even.

On their second drive of the night, a 53-yard run by senior Allen Wooden set the Devils up with first-and-goal on the Burke 3-yard line. A botched snap and a sack caused the drive to stall however, and Statesboro was forced to settle for a field goal.

Trailing 14-3 in the second quarter, senior running back Lamar Stimage slipped in for a two-yard scoring run to bring the Devils within four. Burke was able to add another touchdown before the half, and Statesboro would never get back into the game.

In its first two games of the season, Statesboro was carried by its powerful running game. Lamar Stimage and Aaron Lester were a big reason for that success, but both were hampered by injuries Friday.

“It kills me that I couldn’t be out there tonight,” said Lester. “I was watching all of my teammates fighting hard all night. I just wish I could have done my part to help them.”

Although the Devils were able to run the ball effectively, it was evident that they were sorely missing the big-play abilities of Stimage and Lester. In all, Statesboro was held to just 155 yards on the ground and could never get into a rhythm that would allow for sustained drives.

“Any time you have two quality runners like Aaron and Lamar out, it’s going to hurt,” said Pennington. “It put a lot of pressure on our offensive line. Right now, we’re a little banged up there too. We just weren’t consistent enough in any part of the offense tonight.”

The second half was dominated from the get-go by Burke. Building off of their score at the end of the second quarter, the Bears added touchdowns on their first drive of the third period to take a commanding 28-10 lead.

Twice in the second half, the Devils were able to start a drive in Burke territory, but could never make anything of their good fortune.

Burke stretched its lead to 35-10 in the fourth quarter when backup quarterback Corey Mayton raced in from five yards out.

Statesboro was able to put together one more scoring drive, but by the time Reid Pennington plunged into the end zone to make it 35-17, it was far too late for a comeback.

“This is going to be a good learning experience,” said Pennington. “Some of the concerns that we had coming into the year were exposed tonight. We just need to respond come next week.”

The Blue Devils will wrap up their non-region schedule Friday as they travel to Augusta to take on Thomson in their first road game of the 2009 season.

Northside Observer,
Good 2 c u man!!! I see Northside got by Carver last night…congrats on d win!! Yea I told u last year U werent gettin any sympathy from me…I knew Conrad would find some players…he always does…lol!!! As 4 TCC, I knew we would be down this year. We were average last year with a lot of seniors. We lost 2 Thomasville n our opener 13-9 and beat Cairo last week. Our defense is solid as a rock, but our offense is needs help, but they’re improving. We have a very young team man! But I tell u what, everybody better get us this year b/c next year we will be loaded with a kid coming in as a 9th grader who will probably battle 4 d starting QB position!!! So im just gonna cruise through this season and take my licks and hits from everybody(no problem though, b/c as sure as I can dish it out, I can take it 2) and look forward 2 TCC’s future!!! We will still make d playoffs though…we aint that bad…lol!!!

I was simply stating the fact that you were LYING when you said that Coffee did not pay it’s “first squad”. The people of Fitzgerald heard all last year how the scrimmage did not matter and Coffee would beat them in a regular season game. None of that matters. IMO, no time last year or this year could Coffee play ithin 3 td’s of Fitzgerald. Maybe you need to reread your own posts. Fact is insinuated in a previous post that Coffee’s startes never played. That is a pitiful excuse flat out lie. Admit it and everything is good. Don’t admit it and lie the same lie that most do in that corrupt county you call (or have called) home.

I must say you were right and I was wrong. Houston County came to Hinesville and hammered Bradwell Institute 33-14. Houston County disclosed Bradwell Institute’s weakness on field. Bradwell’s offensive line is very very young and inexperienced. They couldn’t get anything going. Now my thoughts are Houston County has gotten very good over the past two years and very well be a contender in Region 1-AAAAA or they hammered Bradwell on Bradwell’s turf over a very young and inexperienced team that was playing against a tough Houston County Region 1-AAAAA. nevertheless,, Great job Houston County on your convincing win against Bradwell. We will probably meet again in the post season depending on the seed.

We knew you would surface…The Cannon is firing HOT and LOUD for our RAIDERS of EAST PAULDING again as they start their march thru Cobb once again…Last night it was South Cobb at “THE BONEYARD”…RAIDERS 36 / South Cobb 0.

This week the RAIDERS travel to Powder Town to take on the “Mighty Indians” of McEachern…it’s a shame we can’t take the CANNON on the road for this game as that Indian they got at one end of their stadium would make for great “TARGET PRACTICE”…Oh well, we’ll just have to settle for “LIGHTING” up their scoreboard!!!

TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!…GO RAIDERS!!!!

So last night was rough. haha. It was a good game. Highly intense in the end. Congrads to the Indians. Well fought comeback. For my Wolverines though I know Coach O’B to well to think that the rest of the season is going to be a bust. Alot of weaknesses were exsposed and I know O’B is going to fix them, come in to the Playoffs as a 2 or 3 seed and make another great run back to the Elite 8, and then some. Can’t wait to get back home in 2 weeks for the Battle of TLP. The best rivaly north of the knat line. Parkview-Brookwood got nothing on us. Till then though i’ve gotta go support my Blazers. Go Blazers! Get Nasty!!!! WE ARE WOODSTOCK

If you read any of three or four posts I wrote about the Purple Hurricanes you would know that I gave about the highest praise I could give the young men. You kicked our asses last year and this year. Go back and read where I stated that it was my belief that the Hurricanes could hold their own against any AAAAA team other than maybe the top five or so.

You were to quick to jump to the defensive when I was discussing the confusion all Coffee fans sometimes feel about how Coach Eldridge ignores the score in pre-season games and uses them to evaluate personell and capabilities. I NEVER said Coffee could have beaten Fitzgerald. I don’t think they could have back in August and I don’t think Coffee would beat The Hurricanes next week. Maybe…. But I myself don’t think so. Fitzgerald has on hell-of-a-team.

What you want me to do? Sprinkle you with Holy Water and pick you over Tebow and the boys next week?

Read and comprehend you oversensitive napoleite.

Worth County should be able to compete with anybody with the size and speed they have…

South Cobb barely loses to Campbell, then beats Kennesaw Mtn. in week two, wasn’t sure what to expect at “THE BONEYARD” last night but it was RAIDERS from the start and the backups got a LOT of play in a 36 / 0 RAIDERS victory!!! The Cannon got lots of “PLAY TIME” as it announced another Raider win all night long!!!

So now this coming week should be an exciting game as our RAIDERS travel to McEachern. I don’t see this one being a blow-out for either team, but the stands WILL BE FULL of RAIDER fans as this week 4 game will go a long way in determining the winner of 5A – AAAAA this year!!!

GO RAIDERS!!!!!!

Offense showed up tonight & the bag of tricks has gotten a little deeper & more diverse.

The team that I see as being a match for Grayson– North Gwinnett. If that happens, it will be deep in the playoffs & it will be a game.

No TD’s allowed by the Pius defense yet this season. Offense looks strong – Moon had around 200 yards and 3 TD’s tonight. This is looking like a very scary team…

GO RAIDERS!!!!!!!

Couldn’t agree with you more my friend! I think we can all agree that Lowndes is a shoo-in for a 1-AAAAA seed. Most of us would not argue to strongly against Northside picking up a seed either.

But… Valdosta a sure thing? I think not. The battle, and it is going to be a battle my friend, for the 3rd and 4th seed in 1-AAAAA, (and maybe the 2nd Mr. Northside), is going to be a knock-down-drag-out to end all knock-down-drag-outs. With the exception of lowndes, I think what we’re looking at in 1-AAAAA is something that hasn’t been in this region in years.

Parity.

Plain and simple as that.

And not just any kind of parity. It’s a parity within the region, (And this is going to P*** off everyone outside 1-AAAAA), not a parity with other AAAAA regions around the state. I truly think 1-AAAAA is a notch above the rest of the state overall and I think It’s really going to show up in bracket play this year as long as we don’t beat each other to death during the regular season.

Just my thoughts. Mark my words though,,,,, and then give me hell in late November and early December if I’m wrong.