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Here are the Week Five games you can find stories and photos from this weekend on ajc.com…
Marist vs. Tucker | Photos
North Forsyth vs. Collins Hill | Photos
Grayson vs. Parkview | Photos
Lassiter vs. Wheeler | Photos
Don’t forget to check out these stories from around the metro area. Here’s what you’ll find…
Mt. Zion-Jonesboro vs. North Clayton
Creekside vs. Newnan
A look at Lassiter QB Hutson Mason
Newnan’s Ogletree twins turn 18
… and in the Metro Atlanta Roundup, you’ll get the scoop on these games:
Roswell vs. Campbell
Woodstock vs. Etowah
Washington vs. Carver-Atlanta
Avondale vs. Blessed Trinity
Luella vs. M.L. King
Mill Creek vs. North Gwinnett
Milton vs. Centennial
Norcross vs. Chattahoochee
Redan vs. Union Grove
Brookwood vs. Berkmar
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OMG
September 28th, 2009
7:14 pm
RealisticEpFan- got long-winded on my first post but wanted to share my take on Woodstock/Etowah/EP, since you asked.
I think it helped getting Etowah early, as I am sure they have tightened up their defense. Two of our scores against them were from special teams, also. They got a drive or two going on offense but never showed any consistency in our game.
Woodstock just rammed it down our throats…and the fact we seemed to think we could just show up and hang 40 on anybody didn’t help us. They made crucial mistakes twice inside our 5 that could have made the comeback all but impossible. They had much more speed and hit much harder than Etowah, IMO.
EP used the Wing-T wisely, attacking our tendency to over-pursue with the counter and that sweet little inside reverse that we also ran so well back in the Dorsey era. I personally think your speed will be the difference against Etowah, assuming no foot-shooting happens with turnovers, etc. Ep vs. Woodstock will be a war…not gonna pick that one.
Our #5 got his against all three teams…but I’d say he will against almost anyone. Our ability to throw it and throw it well has been the difference in every game…and really allows #5 to run wild. The inability to throw it decently is what prevents WS/Et/EP from really being explosive…but that’s pretty much the case for anyone outside of Lowndes.
williambrado
September 28th, 2009
7:27 pm
Enter your comments here Eagle nation rising you have matured into a complete idiot with all the trimmings. The game between Lowndes and Ns will be decided by maturity and mistake free football. Forget that it is a fact it is hard to beat teams on their own field. Lowndes has done it all year and i expect it to happen again. Excuse me mister idiot but what was last years score? Enough said!
Suwanee 0wnz
September 28th, 2009
10:28 pm
Good question Bill, let’s go look. Hmmmm. Ah, here it is.
The last time Lowndes went on the road to face a decent opponent the score was:
Grayson 17
Lowndes 7
vikingsrule
September 28th, 2009
11:09 pm
Oh sweet mr. eagle nation dumbass, I am going to have a field day with you Saturday morning you simple little man. I cant wait!!!!
pity poor monroe area
September 29th, 2009
12:04 am
Yo: whatever you habe to say to feel good about yourself, buddy. Nobody on this end’s buying a dam OR waterlogged real estate from you or anyone else. As Suwanee Owns has pointed out, the simple fact of the matter is that outside of Recruits-R-Us, AKA Buford, there is a cell of hellaciously good football in Gwinnett & Hall, and Jackson County is becoming a sleeper cell as well, with Jefferson on the rise again, Jackson County rising from obscurity and East Jackson kicking ass & taking names. Never ragged on s.GA ball, pal. Seen too much of it over the years not to have a great deal of respect for many programs below the Gnat Line.
blu eagle
September 29th, 2009
1:21 am
It aint gonna be no cakewalk Lowndes, you will be in one hostile
environment,very few ever encounter, all the talking will be done on the field so we’ll leave it to them how it turns out, good luck to both teams and no injuries cause for playoff teams it is a long season and both these teams are playoff bound!
wolverine fan
September 29th, 2009
6:51 am
Has anyone seen North Cobb this year?
The Cannon Rules!!
September 29th, 2009
8:41 am
OMG…
Usually your post are hard to respond to as you mostly like to condemn the EAST fans for VOCALLY supporting our team. But this time you actually tried to discuss the game a bit (after of course you took your shot at our fans again). Yes, the McEachern student section was fairly full but let’s be fair the band took half the student section up. The home side was a different story as it was maybe 60% filled and as you stated, the home side is much larger than the visitor section, also ya’ll had one of the QUIETEST crowds we have ever played against!!! The EAST side was much more supportive (read into that VOCAL) all night long than your home side.
Even your announcer at the end of the game stated this was one of the hardest fought games he had seen and all the players deserved to be congratulated. That by the way was VERY professional and classy on his part!
We don’t know what to expect at Etowah as EAST has not traveled there but to give you a good example of what happens at last years North Cobb/EAST game that was played at North Cobb, the EAST fans FILLED the stands to SRO early and spilled out around the fences. The concession stand ran out of hamburgers and hot dogs BEFORE half time and told us they were SHOCKED at the turnout EAST brought. WE support our RAIDERS and if that bothers you SO BE IT!!!!
GO RAIDERS!!! TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!
Etowah…Your countdown clock HAS STARTED!!!
JAG FAN
September 29th, 2009
10:14 am
Wolverine fan, I’m a Stephenson fan but i did see the MLK VS. NORTH COBB game at hallford in Dekalb, and MLK waxed North Cobb’s ass!!! I wasn’t that impressed with N. COBB, but then again MLK’s team is pretty TOUGH. They have some good players but MLK’s speed and aggressiveness was TOO MUCH for the warriors…That game wasn’t even close.. MLK blasted them 49 – 12!
MHSFan
September 29th, 2009
10:39 am
Who cares how many hotdogs and hamburgers you can eat, If you want to continue to believe that ep fans outnumber MHS fans at MHS thats fine, but one thing i will say for sure, ep fans where bailing out well before the clock struck zero.
As for my pick for #2 i would have to say Woodstock, and for #3 i have no idea.
SportsFan31313
September 29th, 2009
11:10 am
Greetings POPS,
I pick East Paulding over Etowah…..
SportsFan31313
September 29th, 2009
11:11 am
No Team will beat Lowndes County this year……
OMG
September 29th, 2009
3:40 pm
Cannon Rules-
I love it when a program- any program- has the intense vocal support from its fans that EP has. The only time I have an issue with such is when it deviates from the truth. Of course, I don’t generally accept ANY deviation from truth, no matter the cause or the means in which it is delivered. It seems you agree that the statement made about EP having more fans in Cantrell than the home team was an exaggeration; if you read that as me “taking a shot at your fans,” then so be it- it’s not intended to be but I can’t change you and ain’t gonna try. I won’t argue that you folks were more vocal on a per capita basis; your support is well known, like many other programs in Georgia. I would think the Mac crowd would be more rabid, seeing how we had fallen off for a few seasons from what we were used to. My only thought is that it must take more than 3-4 seasons of mediocrity for folks to forget how it used to be and really appreciate having things rolling again. Believe me- we were the EP of the middle 1980s, going from being a program that had a losing season generally every year and only a single playoff appearance in 25 years to one that made it to at least game 11 every year. Our fans were loud, early and often. Winning never, ever gets old…but ya do get used to it. This will be the next stop for your program and if your ever have a 5-5 or 4-6 season, that rabid fan base will be calling for heads to roll. With us, it didn’t happen until the man had been here 24 years and had already planned to hang it up.
Thanks for your comments about Coach Davis- he has worked the PA microphone at Cantrell for decades and yes, he is a natural for the job and a classy, classy gentleman. You can also hear him at the Georgia Dome for the Kell Classic at the beginning of each season and the Finals (used to be the semis) at the end. I agree completely with his take on our game- it was a hard-fought battle by both teams and every person who was a part of it should be thanked for the effort expended. It was the kind of game that sets our state apart.
Dawgsfan
September 29th, 2009
5:19 pm
I dont hear u guys talking about the batttle of towne lake a huge 5-aaaaa matchup etowah woodstock a great game as a punt return for a thouchdown decided it
#26 C/O 95 THOMASVILLE DAWGS
October 3rd, 2009
5:08 pm
THE BULLDOGS WILL BEAT ALL 2A TEAMS THIS YEAR.THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTIONS ARE CAN U SCORE ON OUR DEFENSE AND CAN U STOP OUR OFFENSE? THIS IS ONE OF THE FASTEST TEAMS IN GA PERIOD ALL CLASSIFICATIONS INCLUDED AND U CAN TAKE THAT 2 DA BANK