Ready to ramble: It’s region title week
Get ready to ramble edition as region title week is underway …
Only two teams can win AAAA. That’s Griffin and SWD. Just don’t so any other that’s worthy. …
In AAA, it’s almost as clear-cut: Gainesville or Carver, probably Carver. Peach has a shot. Nobody else. Carver jumped Peach and SPX to #2. Time to get real in the AAA rankings. …
Buford will win AA, but if not, it’s going to take a passing team to do it, like Calhoun. Tempted to say that Fitz and Thomasville are better than Calhoun, but Calhoun has the best shot head-to-head vs. Buford. No one-dimensional team will beat Buford. …
Lincoln County won’t win A, but news flash: This is a well-coached team. Only about a half-dozen starters returned, and the team’s best player is out for the season, and Lincoln finds ways to win. But the winner of Class A will have the letter ‘W’ in its name somewhere.
AAAAA is wide open. Lowndes is the best team, but won’t have the best draw. It’s one of those rare seasons when any team in the Top 10 could win it.
This is a better week of football than the first round, which will see very few upsets. Look at these games, all for the region title -
Lassiter vs. Roswell (6-AAAAA)
North Gwinnett vs. Peachtree Ridge (7-AAAAA)
Sandy Creek vs. Banneker (5-AAAA)
Hiram vs. Dalton (7-AAAA)
St. Pius v Dunwoody (5-AAA)
Carrollton vs. Ridgeland (6-AAA)
Fitzgerald vs. Thomasville (1-AA)
Armuchee vs. Calhoun (7-AA)
Jefferson vs. East Jackson (8-AA)
Miller County vs. Clinch County (1-A)
The rankings …
CLASS AAAAA
1. Grayson (9-0)
2. North Gwinnett (9-0)
3. Newnan (9-0)
4. Lowndes (8-1)
5. Stephenson (9-0)
6. McEachern (9-0)
7. Northside, Warner Robins (8-1)
8. Peachtree Ridge (8-1)
9. Camden County (7-2)
10. Woodstock (8-1)
CLASS AAAA
1. Griffin (9-0)
2. Southwest DeKalb (8-1)
3. Sandy Creek (8-1)
4. North Clayton (8-1)
5. Hiram (9-0)
6. Thomas County Central (8-1)
7. Apalachee (9-0)
8. Marist (7-2)
9. Westside, Macon (8-1)
10. Dalton (7-2)
CLASS AAA
1. Gainesville (9-0)
2. Carver, Columbus (8-1)
3. Peach County (9-0)
4. St. Pius (9-0)
5. Carrollton (9-0)
6. Baldwin (7-2)
7. Jackson (9-0)
8. LaGrange (7-2)
9. North Hall (7-2)
10. Washington County (8-1)
CLASS AA
1. Calhoun (9-0)
2. Fitzgerald (9-0)
3. Buford (8-1)
4. Jefferson County (9-0)
5. Charlton County (8-0-1)
6. Lovett (8-1)
7. Thomasville (7-2)
8. Jefferson (9-0)
9. Swainsboro (8-1)
10. Westminster (6-3)
CLASS A
1. Wesleyan (10-0)
2. Savannah Christian (9-0)
3. Lincoln County (8-1)
4. ECI (8-1)
5. Twiggs County (8-1)
6. Greenville (9-0)
7. Miller County (8-1)
8. Johnson County (8-1)
9. Wilcox County (7-2)
10. Holy Innocents’ (8-1)
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286 comments Add your comment
Minter
November 3rd, 2009
12:53 pm
In fact the entire 8AA vs 5AA looks like a 8AA sweep
mr sinclair
November 3rd, 2009
1:04 pm
ohhhhhhh so glad you couning out sprayberry…went to the game against hiram…best team lost, team that played better won…but sprayberry has the 2nd toughest schedule in the state this year..3 losses to 2 undefeted teams(lassiter and hiram) and to dalton 7aaaa region champ…by a total of 10 points….they will destroy sequoya and will upset marist…..see you on saturday the 14th for your excuses….
gman
November 3rd, 2009
1:05 pm
Agree
GOPACKGO
November 3rd, 2009
1:32 pm
Packers beat northside and Warner Robins beats Lowndes. Wishful thinking but we weren’t supposed to even make the playoffs. Rush Propst has done his 3 a days Lowndes High Band. Please let us meet up again.
cane fan
November 3rd, 2009
1:42 pm
It will be very interesting this friday against thomasville, I give them props they are a very good team, I believe it will come down to coaching, there is no doubt fitz can score very fast, the defense will have to bow their backs, because they will try to controll the clock, either way both teams will go far into the playoffs fitzgerald 35-thomasville 14. special teams will play a big part in this game
AVikingFan
November 3rd, 2009
2:39 pm
Reese, when talking about Lowndes having a “bad game” last year against Grayson and then again this year against Northside. H-mmmm. I think NSWR has out done us. Ya’ll had a “bad game” at Lowndes High last year, another “bad game” against Camden last year, and last week a “bad game” against Warner Robins. So, that means over the last two years you have us 3 to 2. So what was your point in putting us down? I predict NSWR will have another “bad game” this week vs Colquitt.
How ’bout it YO. You like those stats? They’ve got us 3 to 2! I guess that means they’re the winner!
BTW, GOOOOOOOOOO PACKERS
GHS#22
November 3rd, 2009
2:49 pm
GRAYSON deservers it’s ranking and the title of Georgia’s best. Remember they beat lowndes in their last meeting, beat Camden, beat WR who in turn beat NSWR, not sure what else is there to talk about
yo
November 3rd, 2009
3:09 pm
Yea Goober know what you mean, I had to put a little “boom chick chick de boom chick chick background music on just to get in the mood of things so I could understand ole Tommy “Vanilla Ice’s” post. After I got through rapping my way through his post made me want to go out and shoot somebody.
AG
November 3rd, 2009
3:32 pm
Error on the region title list….the 7-AA region title is between Calhoun and Armuchee, not Pepperell.
Grayson Student
November 3rd, 2009
3:34 pm
viking lover, u cant take into account what rivals said. this is the same rankins that jumped us 4 spots after beating the worst team in the state. Northside is falling because they lost to a decent warner robins team (which we beat) soooo i dont really see your point. if you wanna base it solely on rankings then u should be dissapointed that a “stock falling” grayson is still far ahead of lowndes in the rivals 100
Badger3
November 3rd, 2009
3:36 pm
As far as Buford vs. Calhoun goes, if Buford’s illegal chop blocks & dirty play on the field actually gets them penalized (or even ejected from the game), then there’s no doubt these two teams will have a great game. But when Buford’s coaches and their player resort to cheating and playing dirty just to win, that’s pretty sad….but that also tells you they know their not as good of a team head-to-head.
Newton Co.
November 3rd, 2009
3:37 pm
WoW mommasboy I like how dissected Region 4 non-region schedule. I also like how you failed to prove me wrong about region 6-AAAA non- region schedule. Here we go: SWD( lost to MLK) Marist( lost to St. Pius) Tucker ( beat Brunswick) Stone Mountain ( beat Cedar Grove) Chamblee( beat Douglass). I see four playoff teams among those losses. GOOD. We have seen your total region record like I displayed earlier. We went UNDEFEATED non- region TOP 5 teams. You can’t say the same. And 6-AAAA OK we understand yall have a lot of state titles. But surely your able to conclude that a lot of titles have come from teams that are not in 6-AAAA no more. Mays, St. Pius , Columbia, boys and girls, six titles alone in Basketball the past 5 years. Marist come on dude they win state titles in just about everything, Lakeside has a lot of titles as well. We are talking 2009 football, people please lets limit it to that. Thats what this all about right.
GainesvilleALLTHEWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 3rd, 2009
3:37 pm
Hoya Chuck….
i know my prediction is to kind..but Gainesville will just smash flowery branch….Gainesville again will sit down there 1st offense and defense after half time…lol..
????
November 3rd, 2009
3:47 pm
Why does Dalton who is 7-2 get home field advantage over 9-0 Hiram in their sub-region playoff? Was this decided by coin toss?
Ed
November 3rd, 2009
3:50 pm
Marist won 9 state championships in 2008-09 — Wow!
I CAN'T BELEIVE IT
November 3rd, 2009
3:52 pm
GHS#22 I agree with you about GRAYSON being GEORGIA BEST. They say SOUTH GEORGIA RULE but it seem to me Grayson rule. Grayson is 3-0 against South Georgia Best.Plus ,I agree with 6-AAAA is the overall best region in every sports that GHSA has to offer in girls and boys sports.
cane fan
November 3rd, 2009
3:58 pm
badger3?????????? when buford plays fitzgerald they will have to come down I75 south they will not get away with that kind of play, coach pruitt has something for them this year calhoun also
Todd Holcomb
November 3rd, 2009
4:04 pm
The Dalton-Hiram thing was preordained in 2008. It was agreed that one subregion would be home for all the 2008 games, then switch in 2009.
GainesvilleALLTHEWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 3rd, 2009
4:08 pm
anybody know where can i find more blogs about high school football????
SportsFan31313
November 3rd, 2009
4:43 pm
I can’t Believe It,
You said: Grayson is 3-0 against South Georgia Best..
But do Grayson have the State Titles like South Georgia Best Have?
McQueen
November 3rd, 2009
5:28 pm
Who will win the Etowah /South Gwinnett playoff game ????
Dillon Hutchinson
November 3rd, 2009
5:37 pm
GainesvilleALLTHEWAY!!! … if you remember, Gainesville starters played until mid in the 4th quarter. It was only a 28-12 halftime lead over North Hall. The Trojans were very much in the game until late in the 3rd.
plowboy
November 3rd, 2009
5:53 pm
whoever is talking about rankings read rival`s rankings today GRAYSON`S STOCK IS FALLING!!!!
columbia Blue
November 3rd, 2009
6:13 pm
Grayson deserves the ranking;however, rankings do not win rings. Camden lost to Grayson fair and square. Camden lost 15 starteres from the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. Grayson retured a lot of quality players. Camden lost to Grayson by 4 points and lost to Hoover by 3. May the play-offs begin. Camden is rebuilding, but will tradition, coaching and hard work make the difference? Heck I think tradition makes the difference—–We will be ready.It is really hard to get it done if you have not done it. Been there done that. South Ga Rules.
GainesvilleALLTHEWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 3rd, 2009
6:14 pm
Dillon Hutchinson..
i guess NTH gave up..yes i went to the game.. gainesville got a good lucky lead..but that doesn’t mean NTH had to give up..but as you can tell gainesville defense pretty much stop them.. NTH KNEW they had to bring the best A game..but they didn’t..gainesville will show you this friday that they are meant to be ranked #1..after they beat Flowery Branch..
leechampion
November 3rd, 2009
6:17 pm
anybody know how the day of the playoffs ie friday v saturday is determined? for instance the weekend of December 4/5 will the game for AAA be friday or sat?
GainesvilleALLTHEWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 3rd, 2009
6:22 pm
Dillon Hutchinson ..
one more thing if you seen or heard..when Gainesville played West Forsyth.. Gainesville made mistakes in the beginning.. they were only leading 7-0 in the half..thanks to the defense.gainesville is able to keep their confidence…gainesville later came back and beat them 27-0..wow what a defense.. trust me they have the best linebackers i’ve seen.. dbs are always on point play the pass first.. then come to ball if they run it…well will just see after a 2 more weeks of football.
Grayson Student
November 3rd, 2009
6:27 pm
plowboy, read last week we were called the best team in the state… how could we go from best to falling just with a bye… this should tell you rivals means nothing
viking lover
November 3rd, 2009
6:31 pm
Don’t shoot the messenger, Grayson Student. Rivals simply said that they thought that Grayson was playing an uneventful schedule for this time of the year. This is the time of the year when momentum should carry teams far into the playoffs. From what I gathered, Rivals doesn’t see it happening for Grayson.
K-MAN
November 3rd, 2009
6:34 pm
TO–this is why you play the game……Just because you win the champioship, doesnt necessarily mean you are the best team….( just the one left standing) Remember, some of the best teams knock eachother out of the play-offs, and that gives the lesser teams a realistic chance to make the dance. Some brackets are weak,and others are strong. Just think…(the best team dont always win and the worst team dont always lose)….THAT IS WHY YOU PLAY THE GAME!
Grayson Student
November 3rd, 2009
6:40 pm
i just find it funny how with a win they jump 4 spots and become a “stock rising” team, with the bye week they plummeted in the rankings and became a “stock falling” team, something doesnt add up
columbia Blue
November 3rd, 2009
6:47 pm
Who cares about rankings or the raise in popularity. All that matters is what happens between the lines in the play-offs. Lowndes and Grayson have great teams but if each team fumbles six times resulting in points for the other team, they will loose. In order to win a State championship you must have a little luck. All the teams are good. That is why they are in the play-offs. You never know what will happen. Go Camden
K-MAN
November 3rd, 2009
6:47 pm
GO HIRAM (BEAT DALTON)! this is your chance to shine!
slalom1
November 3rd, 2009
6:52 pm
CJ, LaGrange Slayer and Carver-Col Fan, As I said before the game last Friday, “of course, Carver should win. They should beat anyone in GHS football considering the fact that they have the cream of the crop in all of Muscogee County.” Coach Dell McGee has no shame in taking advantage of the 11,000-12,000 high school kids who play outside of their districts in order to play for Carver. Speaking of which, where are all of the so called D-1 prospects from the past few years other than Jarmon Fortson and Deron Furr? Answer: “Nowhere”. Why? Because Carver Col does not meet the basic standards for college criteria. As for the officials from Columbus, they are legendary. Always have been. I will grant you this: Carver is the biggest, quickest HS football team I have seen in 2009. Maybe ever. But watch what happens to these poor kids once they leave high school.
cane fan
November 3rd, 2009
6:52 pm
FITZGERALD WILL FLEX THEIR MUSCLES THIS FRIDAY AGAINST THOMASVILLE!!!!!!! GO PURPLE HURRICANES !!!!!!!!
Lions Fan
November 3rd, 2009
7:06 pm
The P-Ridge @ NG game Friday night is going to be awesome! The best of the best will be playing! While I may not know all the stats and all the players names, as a mom who has grown to LOVE high school football over the last few years my wish is that both teams stay healthy this week and that they bring good sportsmanship with them to the game.
Regarding the fans, I hope that Suwanee PD is breaking out that OT because if the NG fans are anything like they were the last time we played in their house, the extra law enforcement will be needed.
Hmmm… on that note… RIDGE, GO KICK SOME NG TAIL!
RealTrojans56
November 3rd, 2009
7:12 pm
Thank you slalom1. Carver should be the best team when they can hand pick from about 6 or 7 different schools in Columbus. Most districts require you to change addresses before you can transfer and play right away, otherwise you have to sit out a year. Not so in Columbus. Anybody know why?
NHS_RB_#24_2013
November 3rd, 2009
7:35 pm
so does no one want to recognize the heavyweight in AAAAA, Newnan!!! Region Champs 4 years in a row, we go to the playoffs like a fat kid goes to the candy store and this year we dont have Russell Powell to throw games and CamdenCounty isn’t really in our way….. THINK ABOUT IT.
Pops
November 3rd, 2009
7:36 pm
McQuuen – Etowah in an upset. Should be one of the better first round games.
INFORMEDCUGAFAN
November 3rd, 2009
7:44 pm
are you guys scared to say the N-word? Newnan…… still remember we have the “Tree Twins” making plays on Defense and Offense and a pretty confident QB, and a team to rally around them. plus our playoff standing has us playing most of the Postseason in the Cuga Cage (Drake Stadium)
Dillon Hutchinson
November 3rd, 2009
7:57 pm
GainesvilleALLTHEWAY!!! … I do agree with you about being generous about the matchup with FB this week. Im predicting a shootout. But Gainesville will win it. Because their defense will simply stop more drives than FB will. But I dont believe NH gave up. It just came down to running the football to exhaustion. They tried to hard, because its the biggest game of the year and they wanna do well. Plus, beginning of the season. NH isnt at its best. The Trojans would put up a better fight this late. I guarantee you.
columbia Blue
November 3rd, 2009
8:02 pm
Cuga Fan Did’t you play Camden at Drake last year? Home field really doesn’t matter does it.Was that the most embarassing loss in the history of the school? You guys have a great team. Good luck in the play-offs. Hopefully you want have too play Camden or Lowndes. SOUTH GA RULES
1-aa
November 3rd, 2009
8:11 pm
THE WRITERS AT AJC HAVE REALIZED THAT THE MAIN MAN(REGION) IS NUMBER ONE. WE THE FANS OF 1-AA THANKS FOR THE VOTE OF WINNER REGION. WE LOOKED BACK ON THE RANKING OF LAST YEAR AND WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE RANKING. THANKS FOR THE RANKING—ON TO THE DOME. WATCH FOR TWO 1-AA TEAMS IN THE TITLE GAME(NO.1 REGION)
Bring on Rush prost to northside Eagles Country
November 3rd, 2009
9:53 pm
I think yall have lost your mind about northside lose two straight game in a row!!!! Yall must be kind a drugs !!!!!!!!!!!!
ImaTitleTownBaby
November 3rd, 2009
10:05 pm
Aye man Northside should be sittin on 3 losses right now…Valdosta could’ve beat em if they would’ve made their field goals…Lowndes had the same scenerio…and Warner Robins embarrassed em in the 4th qtr…that’s what makes it so realistic that the Packers will knock em back…I don’t mean no ofeense cuz Norhtside is a good team…but the Packers are to…it’s gonna be a battle of great coaches.
Carver-Col. Fan
November 3rd, 2009
10:33 pm
To Slalom1, LaGrange football dynasty is over. Carver-Col. is a great
public school and always will be. The student athletes will do fine in
any career they choose after high school. Not everyone can be a doctor
or lawyer. It is people like you that put up barriers and excuses to
keep them from being successful. Coach Dell McGee is an excellent
coach and mentor. I’m happy that many parents of Columbus, GA has
chosen to send their kids to Carver, which is thier right to do so.
Hard work and dedication wins Championships. Carver-Col. will be the
2009 AAA State Champion.
GainesvilleALLTHEWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 3rd, 2009
11:36 pm
Dillon Hutchinson.
yep i agree on everything..
cj
November 4th, 2009
12:03 am
SLALOM1
Carver is a magnent school. I graduated from there. I have a four year degree. So for you to say that the kids from there don’t do well in life is crazy. How many players from Lagrange really go D-1, not counting Kentucky. If Carver was recruiting like you say, the GHSA would put a stop to it. This is sour grapes on your part. Why not take the butt whipping like a man, and not try to keep taking away from these kids. At first it was the refs, then it was the recruiting, what is it going to be next, the band plays too loud. You also mentioned that the kids don’t meet college standards, Jarvis jones is at USC, Deron is at Memphis, Leron is at OKS, Jarmon is at FSU, Chris Hubbard is at UAB, Colby Eason is at BYU, and Ryan Campbell is at Ole Miss. The list goes on. The score was 27-7. Just face it, you guys lost. As for real trojan56, only 2 high schools in Carrollton so dont even talk about recruiting it really happens there and everyone knows it. Every loser has an excuse.
Friday Nights Lights Fan
November 4th, 2009
6:23 am
Good Luck Hiram this week vs Dalton.
Go Hornets!
Please visit the new Hiram Football Website at http://www.hiramfootball.com
Looks Great Booster Club..
Pops
November 4th, 2009
7:46 am
Harison and EP guys – Very quiet on here this week for you?
No countdown’s or just no chance to win this weekend? Both of you are clinging to a chance to make the palyoffs.
Woodstock and Etowah have clinched their seeds. Hoya’s are at home! Woodstock ripe for the upset, Ask Wolverine2Blazer lol!
Where are you guys? The season is not over yet…