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Good game MLK should have been better…Newton County was only able to score due to an MLK blunder! Two MLK touchdowns were called back due to ‘holding’ penalties. Next week these types of errors CAN’T happen! I also watched the Stephenson and Redan afterwards, Redan played as if they were very intimidated by the Jaguars. However, I disagree with Blake Ashmon’s statement, “This is a full package. Stephenson does not rely on one or two key players they are a team of 90.”; if MLK shut #25, and possibly #29, Stephenson won’t have a running game.

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viking forever said ” we are 102-20(.836) and your are 69-32(.683) since 2000″. With all due respect, that is an unfair comparison. Your program was a well established program and Grayson’s was a startup in the same period. Heck, I think Grayson didn’t even have a dedicated weight room until 2005! (I could be wrong there but based on the touchdown club site I think that is correct.) I think it is fair to say Grayson has come a long way in the ten years especially given the low level of support from the school system. Did you know that the only thing the school system funded are the light poles and lighting at the stadium?

I think the “blowing our horn” is a function of excited fams. I know Coach Con would never do that. It just feels good as a young program without much tradition to be able to stand up and play with the storied programs in the state. It is also a little fun to be able to win after listening to more than a few vocal supportors of these programs talk about how they are going to bury us. The Lowndes-Grayson game last year had a lot of build up with a lot of trash talk about coming to Grayson and taking over and making the Grayson field into Lowndes country.

Any fair poster will recognize respect is owed to the long time successful prgrams while at the saem time enjoying the success of the younger programs. It is a game for kids and we adults need to remember that.

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Viking lover: I did put Lowndes County on “Upset Alert” for their game against Valdosta on Friday. I would honestly do it again if you guys played next Friday. I know about big intracity rivalries due to the HUGE rivalry between Northside and Warner Robins.

You will see that I am consistent. I am a Northside Eagles fanatic. I love the history of our program. I am a HOMER in that I always believe in Northside. I also tell the truth. I have said all year long that Northside is a young team and we have to take each game a week at a time. I will put Northside on “Upset Alert” when we play Warner Robins. You have to throw out the records and the team with the best record always had a tendency to get comfortable.

I am NOT going to apologize to you Lowndes County posters. I did not apologize when I told the truth and called Lowndes County out as a SUSPECT road team. Lowndes is a SUSPECT road team. I also honestly said that I believed Lowndes struggled due to the long travel. You guys forget about that part. My opinion is Lowndes is basically North Florida and the travel creates some challenges. That is my opinion. Lowndes County may be road chokers. I do not think so. It is honest to say that Lowndes County UNDERPERFORMS on the road. You may say that about many programs.

Lowndes was on “Upset Alert” and I would put them on “Upset Alert” any time they play Valdosta due to the storied rivalry…EVERY TIME. I will do the same when Northside plays Warner Robins…EVERY TIME. What you Lowndes County crybabies should scroll through and see is that I picked Lowndes County to win.

If you called Valdosta taking the worst beating in the history of Valdosta football in games against Lowndes County, then good for you. I did not. I expected a close contest. It seemed like many posters did. We all know that Valdosta has some highly rated players. I expected them to really show up and compete due to the importance of the game. The game was more important for Valdosta than Lowndes County. Valdosta is now 1-3 and must win out to have a prayer of reaching the state playoffs.

Valdosta did not compete. I will not take back my “Upset Alert” or my pick of Lowndes County over Valdosta. I really want to put you guys in a sensitivity class or something. I once thought that it was Grayson posters that kept the chatter going. You guys are so focused upon losing at the MAC to Northside-Warner Robins, you are missing the great season ahead. The truth is Lowndes has NEVER won at the MAC. Northside has beaten Lowndes County 6 out of 8 times. Logic should tell you that we OWN Lowndes County.

Northside plays Grovetown, who has a few big prospects, next Friday and hits the road to play in one of Georgia storied stadiums in Tifton. That is my focus. We have already beaten Lowndes County. No more attention for a game that was played 8 days ago. We won it…as I knew we would.

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Come on Hoya posters. What is going on over at Harrison High School? Are players injured? Have players been suspended? It looks as though Harrison may finish 4-6. They have huge games approaching. Harrison has really been and up and coming program. It appears that the Hoyas have taken a MAJOR step backwards in the past two weeks. By showing players respect and not throwing a teenage amateur player under the bus, what is going on up there?

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Love High School Football, I don’t know what game you watched but In the wing T Stephenson runs 3 different backs and all of them had a touchdown number 15 had 2 tds. # 29 plays receiver and doesn’t start. IMO MLK will have problems stopping Stephenson’s running game. But this year they can beat you alot of different ways. SWD defense gave MLK problems and I think Stephenson’s will give them even more.

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Wow, why is everyone on EagleNationRising? He’s calling things the way he sees them. When our teams ride high, we are happy. His team is riding high so until someone beats them we just have to deal with it. Other supporters had lots to say when their teams were undefeated…

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i maybe new to this site in blogging but, i cant help but see from all the posts that the enr guy never shuts up. i read this blog daily and im from warner robins and he makes me sick. i was at the game of lowndes and nswr and had some of your fans tell lowndes fans that the pi call was crappy and should not have been called. i’m neither a lowndes or nswr fan but a high school football fan. if i rember correctly lowndes won at the big orange jungle 2004 lowndes also beat camden twice in the dome 04 and 05 in the dome that is a road game for both teams. lowndes also beat stephson in 07 i believe in the dome another road game for lowndes. that is a 4 hour bus trip either way u look at it. do u remember when lowndes beat nswr in the dome? do u remember when lowndes beat nswr last year? u keep bringing up the past in lowndes cant win on the road. it is 2009 and the past is over so quit typing on here like u own the web site cause ur bloggs are pointless. so do us all a favor in warner robins and be quite. these kids are from all across the state wanting to win and playing a game they enjoy. it does not matter if they win or loose they are all winners let them play and quit bringing the past up!!!

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SGT CHRIS, Great to read your thoughts on the 2004 Grangers. I concur. NO team in the state could have played a competitive game against the 2004 Grangers.

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NTH TROJANS, I watched the game on TV. Wish I could have been there, Maybe that was Gainsville at their worst. The QB and Tailor Jones(sp?) were both fabulous. So was the Gainesville defense.
Whether or not it was a bad game for Gainesville, they look mighty scary. By the way congrats to Hiram and to North Hall.

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VALDOSTA FANS, The big loss this weekend must be a hard pill to swallow. But give Tomberlin some time. Say 2 years for marked improvement. Having grown up during the era when Valdosta was king year end and year out, it is even hard for me,(who is not from Valdosta) to envision a routing from their cross county school who for years was a “gimmee” in Region 1AAAAA. Tomberlin will do just fine. Give him time. Best of luck “Wildcats”.

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You people sure keep this blog very entertaining,,,
Congrats to the gutty performance from North Clayton last night. Also to Drew High School – what a great facility you have there. It is GREAT and set up fantastic. When they fix the “traffic egress” it will be even better. EXCEPTIONAL performance from both teams, and Griffin did have to dig deep to get the win. Our starting center was out with strep and some bad snaps early on caused some timing issues, but was corrected at half-time. I hope this game converts a few naysayers about our team this year.

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how about those Colquitt County Packers? took care of business against Tift County and improved their record to 6-1. with Valdosta virtually being out of playoff contention now, Colquitt County has all but wrapped up a playoff spot in Region 1AAAAA. only Warner Robins, Houston County, and Northside left on the schedule. if they finish 8-2 or 9-1, Rush Propst should win state Coach of the Year!

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Good post, Viking Forever. I just wish EagleNationRisingRunnethOverAtTheMouth would admit he was wrong when he said “LOWNDES COUNTY WILL NOT PEACHTREERIDGE VALDOSTA”. The 57 points Lowndes scored was the most ever scored on a Valdosta team by any team, and the win was the 1st time in history anybody has beaten Valdosta 6 times in a row. The game was live on Armed Forces radio network world wide, and on CBS nationwide TV. SOMEBODY, if not Mr. EaglaNationRisingRunnethOverAt TheMouth himself, thinks Lowndes is important and pretty doggone good.

Moving on….. Way to go Woodstock and East Paulding!

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Congrats to Union Grove on another win today,6-0 and gearing up for Stephenson after Luella. That should be a good one.

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ENR while comparing numbers to again prove the point you deem you want to prove please compare these numbers. Just fill in the blanks as I’m sure you know the numbers so well. Since 1966 Lowndes State Titles_______ and since 1963 Northside State Titles __________. That means in 3 less years Lowndes has _________ more state titles than Northside. Let me hear your answer Mr. Statistical Genius unless you are afraid for all on here to hear.

Also, Lowndes has _______ state championships in the largest classification and Northside has _______ state championships in the largest classification. So Lowndes has _______ more state championships than Northside in the largest classification.
Come on Mr. Statistical Genius unless you are afraid for all on here to hear.

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What was the Creeekside Westlake score?

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Over and over I hear the word Choke or Choked. Out of the hundreds of teams that play football (GHSA and GISA), only one team from each classificaton will hold their fingers up to claim the title as being number one. The rest of us not fortunate enough to win–well, I guess we choked! LOL Previous years are gone, the players, some coaches, fans,etc. This is 2009,–2008 and before are gone forever!

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Wats up with the Lowndes cty. and Camden cty. teams running up the score. You dont have to put 60-70 pts to beat a team. You wonder why Newnan so good this year because they know how to call off the dogs. Good players become great players when they get playing time. We call off the dogs and you will see that in the playoffs.

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I saw the LaGrange team in the dome….they were good but your are only punishing your self with the thinking they were any more than a very good AAA team. Punisher, but you have 3 schools so it is what it is.
Take away the gazillion schools in Gwinnett and no one beats Gwinnett.
Besides ask your favorite Lagrange supporter Slalom and he will tell you numbers in a school don’t matter. That seems to be the thinking in that area of the state any how, at least when it is convenient for you to think that way.

ps-I am not saying Lagrange 2004 could not have beaten any team in the state on any give night but they were not the best football team in the state in 2004. Period. Probably no better than 4th or 5th best in the state. Better teams all in AAAAA that year would have been Parkview, Camden, Lowndes and very possibly Warner Robins. For that matter maybe even Charlton Cty.

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In responce to “The Punisher” Lowndes High played it’s starters and their backups for only three quarters against Valdosta, turn sent in the BTeam. (Valdosta continued playing its starters the entire game.) A team simply has to play its starters at least that much to get the players into game condition, so when they play good teams they don’t get fitigued too soon. We even played the freshman team against Peachtree Ridge, Tift, and in another couple of games. I think the fact that Camden and Lowndes and Northside being good year after year proves they play the reserves enough to keep their winning programs going. If scores sometimes get out of hand because of another team’s ineptness, that’s too bad.

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So are we saying that after we roll over MLK … we’ll get some air time …I mean some MEDIA COVERAGE … Cause we really don’t deserve this hate … We cannot help our kids are a well coached talented team …

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I was at the Griffin-North Clayton game and it lived up to the hype for the most part. Griffin High is FOR REAL. They will be a force to deal with come playoff time. The offense is creative the defense is solid. Region 6 will be ready and waiting for you come playoff time.

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Alright week 7 is in the books, the new week is starting. The battles between Lowndes/NSWR, Lowndes/Valdosta, Griffin/North Clayton, Grayson/Brookwood and East Paulding and Etowah are forever etched in the history books. Ok, let’s move on to the next big game which is……..Stephenson/MLK. Let the smack talking commence.

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I see it’s back to bashing Camden again this week, AJC do Camden a favor and drop them from the top 10 maybe then some off the people on here will find some other team to complain about. Hornestly until watching them play this past weekend I didn’t think they were a top 10 team. Yeah they beat Groves 76-0, but most of it was done by back up players getting valuable playing time that will only help come playoff time like it did last year when they went 15-0. For those who want Camden to join region 1, it will never happen (Sgt Chris). You must have some serious dislike for Camden, but it’s okay.lol Why it want happen, well I did a little research and the closest reg. 1 school is Coffee Co. which is 99 miles and the farthest is NSWR and WR 252 miles one way. As many others has pointed out to you football isn’t the only sport played. Basketball have very strict rules concerning starting time during the school week. Varsity games must start at 6 pm during the school week and as a official who have traveled to some of these long away games it’s not fun ending a game close to 10 pm then travel 3 hours by get a few hours of sleep and get ready for work the next day. So with that being said, let’s enjoy the remaining few weeks left in football and then let the playoffs determine who is best.

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I should probably just shut up, but in the words of The 4 Tops, “Can’t Help Myself”. I have NEVER said that “enrollment does not matter”. It does. What I have said is that enrollment is just one factor that plays a role in success or failure. (Probably ranks about 4th on the list of “what it takes to win GHS football games”. I will use my beloved Grangers as an example. Enrollment : slightly less than 1400. Lost to Newnan in 2008 and 2009. Newnan has an enrollment advantage of about 25% over LaGrange. But that IS NOT why the Grangers lost both games. It was game preparation. i.e conditioning, execution and coaching in all aspects of the game.Talent wise and roster size was about even in both years. Newnan simply whipped a good Granger team for those reasons. Go back to 2004. Newnan enjoyed the same enrollment advantage. The Grangers won 35-7 for all of the same reasons. Granted there are years when one team may have more talent than another regardless of enrollment. And YO, my last post should have read, “Can you blame fans across the state who celebrate when the “bully” gets whipped”?
As for 2009, should the Cougars make it deep into the AAAAA play-offs, they will most likely have to overcome an “enrollment disadvantage” along the way. However, the enrollment advantage that Camden County enjoyed over Newnan in 2008 is not why the Cougars lost. They just played a bad first half. There is more “enrollment disparity” in AAAAA than in any other classification in the state. I believe that this is the year of the COUGARS. Should they go the distance, it will NOT be due to an enrollment advantage. To the contrary it will be the result of great coaching, great player developement and fabulous community support.

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