Georgia High School Football Daily Spotlight: 1-AAAAA making case again as strongest region in state

Yo, Warner Robins lost to the 1st place team in the state, Grayson, something like 10-0 (don’t know actual score) and beat the University of Northside 21-20, but they won’t even make the playoffs in our region. Yeah, region 1-AAAAA is the toughest.

For the people knocking region 3 AAAAA, I bet as a region they could beat regions 2 and 4 in a roundrobin playoff. Especially this year.

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AVikingFan that opportunity is coming in the first round of the playoffs. Region 3 is awful!!! Region 2 will go 3-1 against them.

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Greetings AVikingFan,

Region 3-AAAAA is very weak with the exceptions of Camden County, and Bradwell Institute. This year I did predict that all of Region #-AAAAA will be one and done this year with the exception of Camden County. If Bradwell Institute didn’t have all of the injured players, I would include Bardwell Institute advancing into the 2nd round this as well. Bradwell Institute have proven themselves to contend with other Regions. In the playoffs, they have beaten Region 1 Warner Robins, Region 1 Valdosta, Region 4 Newnan, Region 2 Carver Of Columbus, Region 4 East Coweta, Region 4 at the time, Baldwin County. For those to just talk about Region 3-AAAAA they need to read a little more. This I do know, out of Region 2-AAAAA If Bradwell Institute did not have all of those injured players, (12 starters, 5 out for the season) I would say Bradwell would more than likely beat Union Grove or a Martin Luther King. But because of that, and being very honest about it, they more than likely not. That is THE ONLY reason why Region 2-AAAAA will more than likely go 3-1. And again, for those NON-Believers thinking that Newton Count will Camden County, you better get off the drugs….. Newton County couldn’t carry Camden County’s water cooler. That should settle it all.

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Again sorry for the typos. For those NON-Believers thinking that Newton County will beat Camden County, this year in the first round of the playoffs, you all had better get off the drugs….. Newton County couldn’t carry Camden County’s water cooler. That should settle it all.

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You know Region 6AAAA goes right up there with 1AAAAA. In football 1AAAAA comes close, but in ALL SPORTS Region 6AAAA is supreme. Last year our Region won at least 15 STATE TITLES in the various sports. FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL and TRACK to name a few. Girls and Boys as well.

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big j,

With all the small letters. There are no excuses but there is a reason. But had you also read my comments, you would have read that I said, more than likely Region 2-AAAAA will go 3-1 against Region 3-AAAAA. Besides if you are tired of hearing about Bradwell Institue injuries, then don’t LISTEN….. Simple as that Sir. By the way, what team are you a fan of in Region 2-AAAAA.

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Why even bother with these crap ratings?? Every region has good teams, every year good teams get knocked off in the playoffs, every year a good team wins the championship. Thank goodness for the playoffs – someone has to win a bunch of games to be the champion and that’s it. Drop all other made-up ratings based on opinion!

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big j,

You never answered my question. Again, what Region 2-AAAAA are you a fan of? Are you saying Martin Luther King? That are the third seed from your Region. Why are you complaining? You can’t afford to drive down to Savannah Georgia to see the game? What is your valid complaint. These are the rules set forth by GHSA. You either live with it or you don’t have to participate with it at all. No one else on the blog are complaining about this but you. Does Martin Luther King have any State Titles in it’s School History? How about a Region Title? Does any team from Region 2-AAAAA have a State Title in it’s School History In Football? Please answer that question? Now that you are speaking with loose lips, I certainly hope that you are a Martin Luther King Fan, and I certainly hope the Windsor Forest beat Martin Luther King. It is a very long shot, but it is possible. I would love to hear from you if Windsor Forest does beat Martin Luther King.

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Sports fan its not a done deal that mlk will be 3 windsor forrest has no chance against whatever team is sent down there from this region

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Sports fan chances are mlk will host bradwell first round windsor forrest will host union grove now I see why you predected 1st rnd losses enough of the history lesson all you gotta say is there not good enough just like region 2 wasn’t good enough last year

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big j,

How do you figure that? I don’t think that ML king would beat a Union Grove this year thereby giving union grove the number 2 seed and ML King being the number 3 seed. if ML King lose to Union Grove, they will have to travel to Savannah Georgia to play against Windsor Forest of Savannah.

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Omg…who cares what a team has done in the past, its 2009 and a start of new playoffs…people always want to look up stats and history and feel special and think they know something about football. Have any of yall actually seen all of these teams play before..(THE ANSWER IS NO!!) …I gurantee a lot of these teams with state titles, their athletes are doing nothing…but who cares since they have a pretty ring and varsity jacket….
Everyone wants to get mad when a person brags about their team. MLK, Stephensen, or Union Grove may not have state titles, but they are putting A LOT of players into college.

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Sportsfan, AJC has Region 3 last out of all regions. You are fan of this region? This the worst of all AAAAA regions. To think that MLK will lose to Windsor Forest, CMON dude. That just hate. King will beat Union Grove this weekend, give credit where credit is due, They beat a SWD team that no one else has really competed with. WINDSOR FOREST LOL. Would they beat Union Grove? At home in the playoffs? We will see. Yeah King aint won no state titles true enough. But look into the history a little further, this school has probably won more games in the same span they have been open as your beloved Windsor Forest. MLK has played in GA Dome for the semifinals before(AAA), that year they beat Carrollton, Peach Co. consecutive weeks on the ROAD in the playoffs. Didn’t see that in your search did you, history buff? Can’t believe your trying to belittle MLK, with region 3 teams no less. PREDICTION: MLK, STEPHENSON, and UNION GROVE roll 1st round, we all know who they are playing. And who cares about Bradwell winning state titles region titles, Union Grove and MLK will roll this team, hollaback afterwards sportsfan.

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big j,

You know, I have to give you an apology…. I have studied ML King statistics, and noticed also that Union Grove have not beaten ML King since being in Region 2-AAAAA. But I do know that Union Grove is playing very well this year. They will have to travel to ML King to play you all. I believe they will pull the upset on you all this year. Ml King players are small and I believe that Union Grove players are larger. I just don’t know about the speed, and depth.

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big j,

Let me make one minor correction.

Bradwell Institute won several Region Title Titles when it was AAAA, the state highest classification at the time.

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Good deal. Bradwell Institute is a consistent program and Ive heard of them being a consistent playoff team throughout the years. But what AJC speaks of in this particular article is based on how the collective regions have done this year. Pretty factual to me. Also you posted stats of what the respective regions did last year in the playoffs, OK. Good stuff Region 1 vs 2( strong vs decent) 3 vs 4( weak vs weak). Region 3 and 4 couldn’t have gotten a better draw for first round matchups. Region 2 got Region 1, considered the strongest region in the state. No comparison. Also about Newton Co. please stay sleep on us, this aint your daddy’s Rams. They will come to play we aint scared of Camden Co.

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Goober, I wasn’t taking anything away from Lowndes. Thay have proven it many times now. Just saying that if the strongest teams in Gwinnett were not split up it would be a tougher region top to bottom.

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Newton County,

Okay, You have Region 3-AAAAA. The majority of teams are from Savannah Georgia with the exception of Camden County and Bradwell Institute. What do you want us to do? We don’t align the Regions, GHSA does. We take what is handed to us and we play. How many people on this blog ask that Camden County be assigned to region 1-AAAAA? Lots of them. There are by laws that was voted on and must be adhered to. We all know that the football Programs in Savannah is terrible with hardly any support financially or morally. A lot of the Savannah Schools should be playing down in Class AAA and AAAA.

I do agree with the assesment of AJC this year commenting about the Regions and how they will fare as the outcome of the playoffs. Heck, I am the first to say this about Region 3-AAAAA being one and done this year with the exception of Camden County. As a matter of fact, Bradwell Institute will travel down to Kingsland Georgia to play Camden County this Friday. I hear that some of the injured players moved from being injured to just plain hurt. At Bradwell Institute, the saying is if you are hurt, you can play. If you are injured, then you can’t play.

Now as far as Newton County goes, No one expects you all to be afraid of Camden County. But just expect the inevitable. Camden County will trounce all over you. I can tell you better after this Friday when we play against them.

Also, In Region 2-AAAAA, I give you all a lot of respect. Stephenson, ML King and Union grove are a very good football team, no doubt about it. That is why said what I said. Region 2-AAAAA may very well go 3-1 after the first round.

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big j

Sorry for the typos. Newton County I believe is the #4 seed.

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If both roswell and lassiter played real preseason games then they wouldve lost. thus their region would move to the 5th best

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Newton County,

Have Newton County ever played against Houston County? That was the beginning of the injuries of our starters when we played against them, spiraling us downward into the regular season. If Newton County only allowed 3 touchdowns per scored against them, then that tells me that the Region is very suspect. Newton County is the bottom rung team for the Playoff Region.

Houston County is in Region 1-AAAAA. Bradwell Institute lost to two non contending teams in the regular season as I have already explained how and why. But I will agree with you Newton County. That was last year when you all went 0-4. Region 3-AAAAA have not done that. LOL…. You all got a large goose egg last year. This year Newton County plays bottom rung Luella. You had better hope that Newton County wins or else you all will be sitting at home until next year. LOL…. If Bradwell Institute loses, we are still in.

Last, Newton County, My Bradwell Institute 6-4 record will be better than Newton County’s 6-4 record if they lose this Friday.

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I would love for the MLK Lions to pull out a win over Union Grove, but at the same time, being in Savannah as a college student with no football team to root 4( Savannah State is 2-6), I would love to see MLK in action this season.. my cousin plays for MLK and i promised that i would come to one of his games.. but still Union Grove and MLK should be a good game.. and EVERYBODY knows Newton will fall to Camden County… must we keep reminding them of it?

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Some Sense apparently was NOT actually at the Grayson/Lowndes game last year or he would not still be crying about “mean old Lowndes.” Name me a team that has never scuffled at some point during a football game. You’d think the Lowndes’ players had pulled out guns and knives and started a full-blown war!?! I remember days of traveling to schools and having to get dropped off the bus on the 50 yard line and then picked up on the 50 yard line directly after the game to keep from getting hit by a brick. We are talking about football, not water ballet!

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grayram let me put this in perspective. How many good football teams might we have in Lowndes county if the county was as populated as Gwinnett?

The same might go for Houston co.?

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That is why Some Sense always has his/her (its) feelings hurt.

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to answer you Question YO…………….who knows!!!!!

how good would Gwinnett Co be if there was one team???

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It was fun sportsfan good luck to Bradwell. But 6-4 is 6-4. Newton has been competitive in all its games. The region can’t be too suspect if MLK beat SWD and Newton blasted Eastside, a state quarterfinalist last year that went 11-2 and is about to win their second straight 8-AAA region title this weekend. Your region reps have beaten who? Camden has 2 losses. Good luck though Bradwell but no excuses. How do you know Newton will get beat by Camden Co.? Everybody don’t know that Mays fan, just like everybody knew yall would lose to Alexander right? CLASSIC. Good luck Rams lets clown Luella this weekend and show them Camden folks what they been missing: A CHALLENGE. Something they obviously don’t get in Region 3, and won’t get from mighty Bradwell this weekend.

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rhs, neither play defense… lassiter scores so many points out of necessity because they cant stop anybody…

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RHS – You are right. If this were consistent… Region 5AAAAA with McCeachern # 6 and Woodstock #10 should be ahead of Region 6AAAAA as should Region 8AAAAA with #1 Grayson and a very rankeable South Gwinnett.
However … Must note that this ranking of regions is done by the GHSFD using Maxwell’s ratings, and not the AJC’s poll. It all goes out the window when the playoffs start.

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No way in hades that any Savannah school beats ANYBODY in a playoff game, and that comes from a native Savannahian. IT AIN’T HAPPENING

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goober: You’re correct, that would be an objective way of rating the regions, but this is more about how they rate in 2009, not historically. But if you want to tackle the research you suggest, I’ll publish it. : ) It would be interesting.

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South Gwinnett is a great team this year. The best since the 2003 team. That team was 12-1 losing
in the quarters.

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AVikingsfan, NOBODY IN 3-AAAA besides Camden stays on the field with our 4 from Region 2-AAAAA. Have you seen their credentials OMG quit hating on Region 2. Region 3 blows check the resume. I just showed the Bradwell guy what non playoff teams from your region do to their proclaimed ” best”. Valdosta 55 Windsor Forest 6, Houston Co. 34 Bradwell Inst 14. Show me how Region 3 best beats Region 2 best. Stick to the script Vikingsfan you got a strong wagon to ride on, don’t blow it trying to hype up that weak region. Region 2 overall is pretty weak Ill admit that, but region 3 please Windsor Forest has beaten nobody with a winning record but will be a #2 seed watch Union Grove/MLK roll these guys first round on their turf. Cmon playoffs even if Luella pulls the upset, Region 3 as a whole LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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SportsFan 31313, UG beat MLK in 2002 31-12! I have to tell you I am with you this weekend; I think we will beat MLK. We did a pretty good job containing Stephenson until later in the 2nd half and I know MLK is not faster than Stephenson. Our DE “Big Ant” who has already committed to GA Tech is not going to let them get around him. We have the horsepower; we just need to learn how to fire on all 8 cylinders not 6!

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NHS Eagle,

You are way off base. It’s apparent that you haven’t read all of the comments speaking about the Savannah Schools. You mentioned that you are a native Savannahian, then you already know that historically, there are ONLY two teams from that Region who could contend. But please read all the comments before speakings about the Savannah Teams.

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Newton County, regarding your 1:58 post, yes you are correct about the score being 21-19, but remember that TD where the ref said #5 stepped on the line. I was sitting real close by and I did not see it, but I am sure if the ref said he did then he did. Your defender wasn’t even close so there was no reason for #5 to be that close to the line in the first place. That would have put us up to 28 points. I can assure you that if we run #5 at QB for the entire game our points for go way up, anyway good game.

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Union Grove will upset ML King……

Luella may very well beat Newton County, and Newton County will be out of the playoffs. Luella will be playing against Camden County next week.

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POPS
South Gwinnett is mainly a passing team, but the running game has stepped it up a level lately.
The defense is getting better by the game. Last week playing Brookwood they stepped it up.
Holding them to 14 points. South had not beaten Brookwood since 2003. A well balanced unit.

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Nice blogging with you Newton County

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Mike,

With that being said, you may only have three to four Schools from the Atlanta area to play in a Classification that high. It depends on where you set the Student Enrollment.

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#5 from union grove is the truth as union grove supporters been sayin same thing why not more playin time at qb I’ve been sayin all year we would lose 1 reg season game so I have to stick to it we will beat mlk oh by the way #5 aint the only 1 bein under used ask the stephenson defence what its like to tackle #20

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Hall County has some of the best football in the state coming from North Hall, Gainesville & Flowery Branch. Hall County is a Region 7-AAA heavy team, and since 2002 has sent at least one team to the Class AAA Quarterfinals or better. Also, three teams out of Region 7-AAA have made Dome appearances. North Hall did in 2007, Flowery Branch did in 2008 & Gainesville did in 2002 and is well equipped to make a run there again this season along with Creekview and North Hall having legitimate shots as well. I can agree with the Class AAA region ratings. Especially Region 5-AAA. They seem to be a weak region, and their frontrunner, St Pius X, I believe is highly overrated. And they might be meeting North Hall in the Sweet 16 this season. That will be a real Region 7 vs Region 5 test.

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Class AAAAA
Record Pts Prv
1. Grayson (11) 9-0 110 1
2. North Gwinnett 9-0 94 3
3. Lowndes 8-1 86 4
4. Newnan 9-0 79 5
5. Stephenson 9-0 58 5
6. McEachern 9-0 55 7
7. Northside-Warner Robins 8-1 45 2
8. Peachtree Ridge 8-1 26 8
9. Lassiter 9-0 22 9
10. Camden County 7-2 19 10

Others receiving votes: Woodstock 6, MLK Jr. 4, Campbell 1,

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All Associated Press members in Georgia are eligible to participate in the high school football poll.

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pops, assuming your an etowah fan there are several things to watch for… Im not familiar with etowah but your gonna have to score some points if you dont have an above average defense. they have what seems like 5-6 recievers who are well over 6′2 there running back aaron wimberly could be the most underrated in the state, if you give him any blocking at all hes gonna run for days. Finally i think their quarterback is very underrated as well, for what he lacks in size he makes up for in quickness and strength, plays baseball so has a strong arm he likes to scramble as well. Defense is the kryptonite, they wear down on long drives which was evident against us, when they get tired they commit game changing penalties as they say the best defense is a good offense. That being said i think they are beatable if you can either get strong pressure or have lockdown coverage, if not itll be a long day

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wolverine fan, dacula has some athletes in the backfield. stop them u win the game and win big

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i’ve watched ajc rankings with amusement for years. you want an accounting of how regions should be ranked, tune in the second week in december.

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Grayson Student–Very concise and factual commenatery–well done

Grayson, Wesleyan stay atop prep poll
Grayson (9-0) holds on to No. 1 spot in AAAAA football poll, followed in second by North Gwinnett (9-0). Undefeated Wesleyan (10-0) also holds the No. 1 spot in its classification.

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Region 6 is the third best region in AAAAA and has no top ten teams – that, my Gwinnett friends, is balance. Watch out for Pope or Centennial in Round 1.

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Region 1-5A is the toughest in the state without any question!

Go VIKINGS GO!

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Rivals Jumpy High 100

11 Grayson Loganville GA 9-0 2
Stock Falling Georgia is so good this year that Grayson can move up, [ouch] and them boys didn’t even play!

Hooray GA… Boo Rivals High someone hand me a Red Stripe Beer!

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My bad, you did count Lassiter. I look pretty dumb right now.

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You had your weak cup of Coffee but if you lose to WR you will be bitter.

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Big J, Everyone in the stands knows that #5 should be at QB. You can hear our fans WHEN #5 gets under center. The excitement level explodes. I am afraid that we won’t realize our full potential this year because of this. I wished that one of the UG coaches would come on the blog and give us their rationale why they run #14 over #5. I will say that #14 has improved. Big J if you look at my earlier posts in the season you will see that I have been telling everyone about #20 and he is only a sophomore. To answer your question Big J, we still were not at our best. It was clear that our talent level is a tad bit higher than Newton. What I saw from Newton is that their players thought they were going to come out and intimidate our players…didn’t happen. After a few personal fouls their Coach got on them hard.

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Wasn’t it last year that USA Today did a similar rankings and declared Region 1-AAAAA the toughest in the nation? Or the year before.

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govt mule,,,here it is for all to see:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2008-11-05-little-sec_N.htm

‘Little SEC’ has trophies and tough competition
Updated 11/11/2008 10:50 PM
Enlarge By Steve Cannon for USA TODAY

TOP LEAGUES IN PREPS

Georgia: High standards in “Little SEC”

By Jim Halley, USA TODAY
MOULTRIE, Ga. — Rush Propst’s trophies take up considerable space in his office at Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga.), but they don’t carry much weight in his new region.
Propst, known for winning five state titles at Hoover, Ala., and for his appearances on MTV’s high school football reality show, “Two-a-Days,” had Moultrie excited when the Colquitt Packers won their first three games this season, but those were all out of region. Since his region schedule began, the Packers are 1-5.

Georgia’s 5A-1, nicknamed “the little SEC,” may be the toughest football league in the USA.

The farmlands that surround the high schools on the I-75 corridor from Warner Robins to Valdosta grow abundant crops of cotton, soybeans and peanuts, thanks to two growing seasons. That same weather is conducive to year-round football training. The region’s football-crazy towns support their teams financially and with attendance numbers that rival Division I-A colleges. While Propst has won his share of state titles, he’s just another successful coach in this region.

“You’re not going into a region where they don’t know how to play football,” Propst says. “We have a lot of catching up to do. The thing that makes this region is the athleticism, the speed, everybody here plays good defense, except for us, right now. It’s a region of great passion where football may be the most important thing, period.”

Former Valdosta coach Wright Bazemore put the region on the map. The school had won two state titles before he became head coach, but he turned it into a power. He won his first state title in 1947 and over the next 27 seasons, won 13 more. Even after he stepped down in 1971, just as integration hit Valdosta, the school managed to keep winning. Though it has been 10 years since the Wildcats won a state title, they have 26, more than any other team in the state.

“Coach Bazemore was so gifted,” said current Valdosta coach Rick Tomberlin. “He really was probably a genius. He set the bar real high. … Other towns, other communities wanted to do things like Valdosta has done. They wanted to have good coaching, they wanted to have a good weight room, the best equipment, they wanted to have the best stadium, they wanted to have the best locker room. They wanted to have a lot of kids out. I can remember early in my career watching them run 100 kids out and I was, ‘Wow, look at that.’ Now, everyone has seen the value of having large numbers.”

When it comes to football, nothing in 5A-1 is done on a small scale. Crowds of 10,000 or more are common. Many of the coaches in the region are paid around $90,000 a year and have plenty of help. Lowndes has the largest coaching staff with 15 but even the smallest, Valdosta, carries 10.

The torch from Valdosta was passed to rival Lowndes (Valdosta) in 1980, when the Vikings won their first of four state titles. The Lowndes Vikings, one of two teams, along with Northside (Warner Robins) from 5A-1 in the USA TODAY Super 25 high school football rankings this season, have won three of the past four 5A state titles.

But what has really made 5A-1 so difficult is all of its teams now contend for state titles. In the past 25 years, every team currently in 5A-1 has won at least one state title, except for Coffee County (Douglas) and Houston County (Warner Robins). The region has four coaches: Propst, Tomberlin, Lowndes’ Randy McPherson, and Northside Warner Robins’ Conrad Nix, who have won multiple state titles. Warner Robins’ Bryan Way won a state title in 2004 and was an assistant on Warner Robins’ 1988 title team.

“The success that Valdosta has had with 24 state titles and six national titles and being the winningest team in the country has a residual effect on the success of other programs,” Propst said. “It’s like driving into a neighborhood and everybody else’s lawn looks pretty good. Pretty soon yours will look pretty good too. Valdosta has done a lot of winning and everyone around them says, ‘Hey, we can do the same thing.’ “

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Actually GH22 we do know. How good were you years ago before you suddenly got this population influx. Before that no one had heard of Buford, Parkview, Brookwood, Grayson, Peachtree Ridge, etc.

Your population is why you are what you are. Without it you were nothing.

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Hey your right he did get helped of the field in the 4th quarter when he got hit when he didn’t have the ball if you remember he didn’t run the ball 1 time 2nd half iam not gonna argue that yalls defence is tuff but you also can’t deny that 20 shook some heads that’s allright everyone will get their feel of him next to yrs

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YO, You may or may not know it,but it’s not uncommon for high schools to some how end up w/ a kid that should be @ Tucker or MLK to end up in the Parkwood or Brookview programs .Their SCOUTS attend games here @ Central Dekalb(youth program) to sign kids and parents EVERY YEAR !! No hate,JUST THE TRUTH !

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Big J, I’m with you, #20 is an up and coming tough running back. Yea, Stepenson proabably felt like they were tackling turner from the Falcons.

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Whoever has to go there get ready to see some home cookin

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Sportsfan…I’m well aware of all of the Savannah schools, and when I say “Savannah schools”, I mean just that. I’m not referring to any other teams in their region. So, now that we settled what constitutes a “Savannah school”, please tell me which of them could possibly win a playoff game? Beach, Groves, Windsor Forest, Jenkins, Johnson, or Savannah? Put all of those teams together and they couldn’t beat a decent playoff team. Throw in Benedictine if you want. High School football in Savannah now is crap, except for a couple of private schools.

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That running back #20 at Union Grove is the truth cant believe he is just in the 10th grade.

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Three teams from this region are ranked in the Rivals 100 in the nation.
Lowndes, Colquitt and Northside Warner Robins. Can you argue with that?
The best football in the state and nation is played in region 1AAAAA.

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goober: that 56-34 opponents record includes a AAA team at 7-2 and a AAAA team at 5-4

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Population size doesnt make a difference. The schools are placed into Divisions based on sizes of schools, which means all the schools in AAAAA have approx. the same number of students, and therefore the same chances at having quality athletes.

I think its safe to say that the top Gwinnett teams and top South Georgia teams are good, equivalent matches for each other, and the tradition of excellence is what attracts families to bring their kids to these schools, so that they can be seen and have a better chance to play at the next level.

If one region was so dominating, playoffs would be pointless and a bore. Its great that there are so many strong teams from different areas this season. The playoffs are going to be exciting, especially because very few teams are going in as “underdogs.” I think this is one of the first times that the playoffs will truly show who is the best of the best.

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Univ. of Central DeKalb: I have been to that stadium. I honestly expect Northside to play at home throughout the playoffs. Of course, a team is only guaranteed home games through the first two rounds of the playoffs. After that point, it is a coin toss. However, playing at Halford Stadium will not create any sleepless nights in Warner Robins.

I have said this on the board many times. We do not lose to “dancing band” type programs. If the band is dancing and the teenage girls are dress like strippers, Northside is going to win. End of story.

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POPS. im a brookwood fan what i can tell you is that South Gwinnett runs a spread offence they can pass and run so u have to be able to do both, Their QB Kent Rollins is a D1 prospect he is like the Colt McCoy of High School football, he can run 90 yards for a TD which he has done, They have 4 elite recievers led by Vanderbilt Commit Jonothan Kroause, also the 6ft 8 beast Chad Ross, there back field is rb’s Aaron Wimberly and Travon Walker both rushing very well with 100 yard games, defence is soild getting better every game, the way to beat them is by the clock keep the ball, and dont make it a back and forward scoring game they never lose

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Michael 19 – Yes, about what I thought looking at their season. Good evaluation. Thanks.
Etowah will have to control the line of scrimmage on offense, which they are capable of doing with their senior laden O-Line. They should be able to control clock and score on extended drives if they don’t have stupid penalties, like delay of game. It can be frustrating to watch at times, but when they are on they can be very physical and hard to stop. Running for somewhere around 400 yards last week against North Cobb, and dominating Clock. 34-14 final
Defensively those big receiver type’s for South along with the running qb is scary. Overall we tend to play tough D , but are occassionaly vulnerable to the big play.
Special teams have improved on the return side, but our coverage units may have cost us the Woodstock game. That part of our game is worrysome.
Pleaaasse don’t ask me about clock management.
I will make my prediction next week. We have a tune up with a desparate Harrisson this weekend.

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Anybody notice where all the Number One Regions are? Their all in South Georgia where high school football is still king and played before full stadiums and has widespread community support. Ah, to return to those days of yesteryear when, on Friday Night, everyone went to the local High School Football Games. Congratulations, South Georgia……you still embrace the old values.

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Trojan Man
How can you say Roswell should have lost to Walton? If it weren’t for 2 defensive back breakdowns, Waltom would have been held to 7 points. Roswell dominated the second half. There is no doubt that Lassiter has a great passing game, but they still haven’t faced a team with a strong of a running game, over 2200 yards rushing, and a defense that is ALWAYS coming at you for 4 quarters like the Hornets. It will be a great game!

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grayram

November 3rd, 2009
11:46 pm
goober: that 56-34 opponents record includes a AAA team at 7-2 and a AAAA team at 5-4

Which are better than some of the teams in your region.

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Hey EagleNationRising your quote We do not lose to “dancing band” type programs. If the band is dancing and the teenage girls are dress like strippers, Northside is going to win. End of story. What’s this got to do with football? What girls dress like strippers? You must be thinking about the club you frequent every night.

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SportsFan31313

We don’t want to hear you justify anything about that region. Take Camden out and there goes all your state and region titles, so it doesn’t matter how many titles a region has when one teams accounts for all of them. Bottom line that region stinks

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Decatur 4 Life,

One thing for sure, Even if Camden County was taken out, your Columbia High Football wont beat Bradwell Institute or Any and I say Any of the Savannah in any Sport…….

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Decatur 4 Life,

In addition, No School in your Region will beat Bradwell Institute. Your Columbia High Football could are not even good enough to fill our water cooler. If you all were to put your Varsity against our JV Our JV will be hammering you all 21 -0 by halftime……

Lets face it Decatur 4 Life, I don’t think you really know what you are talking about. You read everyone else comments on this blog and piggy back off theirs. I agree that Region 3-AAAAA is a weak Region but do you know how many Region Titles Bradwell Institute have? Do you how many playoff appearances Bradwell Institute have? Do you know how many QUALITY TEAMS Bradwell Institute have beaten outside their Region into the playoffs? Why don’t don’t you go look that up, and find something original to speak about instead of repeating what others have to say.

Since you want to talk about weak, lets talk about your Columbia High Football Record.

Lets see, In your School History, you have 0 State Titles, 0 North Georgia Championship (Conferences) Appearances or Titles, you have only two Region Titles in 1970 and 1981.
Your overall record is 208-240-06 at average of 0.465. Your home record record is 39-42-1 Your Road record is 44-44. Do I need to say more?

Why don’t you compare your Columbia High Stats against Bradwell Institute and see what you come up with. How many playoff appearances have Columbia been to in the last 10 years? 15 years? 20 years? as to compared to Bradwell Institute? How many quality Teams have Columbia High Beaten since the School existed as compared to Bradwell Institute?

So Decatur 4 Life, before you start running off with your mouth about Bradwell Institute , please check out your Columbia High School. In addition, please, please, and please, read my comments as to what I have already mention about Region 3-AAAAA and how far they will go this year before you grab someone else’s shirt tail, and running with it and begin to speak nonsense about Region 3-AAAAA. Have a good day.

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MLK Lions Fan,

I’m not hateful. I respect ML King. No doubt about it. Look, ML Kin have dominated Union Grove in the past few years as well. Oh, and let me clue you in on a little secret. ML King have beaten Bradwell Institute once in the playoffs too. So, I’m not hating ML King. However; I have the gut feeling that ML King will be beaten by Union Grove this year. This only determines your seeding in the post season of the playoffs. Right now, you all are the #2 seed. if you lose this weekend to Union Grove, you will drop to the #3 seed. Then instead of Hosting the first of the playoffs, if you get upset by Union Grove, you will travel down to Savannah Georgia to play against Region 3-AAAAA Windsor Forest. If you win, you will Host the first Round of the playoffs, and guess who you will play against? Yes, Region 3-AAAAA Bradwell Institute. Region 2-AAAAA #1, #2, #3, seeds are very good this year. No doubt about it. Heck, I don’t want Bradwell Institute to face you all up there. I would have felt a lot better had Bradwell Institute been the #2 seed and Host the 1st Round at home.

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NHS Eagle Fan,

Okay I am with you and I agree 100% with you. To answer your question, I will have to “NONE”… The program is terrible there. It’s like watching Recreation Football with the support they get. However; they do dominate in Basketball. But for the record, this is football season. So again, the answer is none of the Schools you listed. The reason I defend so much is because Bradwell Institute is very close to Savannah. About 30 minutes away.

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Mike

What planet are you from? We had championships in metro atl even before they went from 4 classifications to 5. We don’t have to pay anybody for anything, its sounds to me you’re a little sore about the GHSA going to
five classifications instead of four. It seems to me that the decision should help you guys that couldn’t cut it in the largest class, maybe yall will have better luck down a class. Lets get this straight, you might have more tradition but take away Valdosta and Camden’s many championships and south Georgia doesn’t have too much of anything to talk about. A few here and there just the metro schools. So don’t tell me about the domination in the playoffs when only a couple of teams account for the titles. Region 1AAAAA is the toughest in the state hands down but dont count on a “gimme” win when you come up this way.
You’ll be disappointed

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Region 1in 5A is by far the best. But Camden is going to the Dome!

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yo

Nobody’s heard of Parkview and Brookwood back in the day, what do you mean? They were perenial playoff teams even then. What could you possibly be talking about?

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SportsFan31313

Why would I compare my school? We haven’t been in the highest classification in a long time. What difference does it make, what does that have to do with that cream puff region you’re a part of? I don’t have to piggy back off anything, you like to bring up Columbia. Once again since this is the second time we’re going through this, I can blog about any team I want to because I’m a high school football fan. With that being said region 3AAAAA is soft as a snickers bar, bottom line. You talk about me piggy backing but yall ride the Camden bandwagon beause they run your region. If Bradwell was truly successful like you say then somebody outside of Hinesville or Fort Stewart would know of you. And you brag about AAAAA football, do yall even play? Second in that region is nothing to me and injuries are part of the game. Sounds like an excuse to me, you can actually go ahead and pull out your Camden County t-shirt and jump on the bandwagon like you do every year.

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goober
grayram … Lowndes is 9-2 vs. your proposed super-gwinnett region since 2004, including three state titles

Thats impressive Goober, but against Grayson they are 0-1 with a temper tantrum on the side.

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Our region is far from overrated. Its like WOW Marist and the White Buffalo go all the way and loose to Legendary Conrad Nix in 2006. Tucker gets them in the dome and drop the game in 2007. Tucker wins in 2008 and SWD is whats hot in 2009. Our Region goes up there with 1AAAAA.

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AAAA has been a joke since the Warner Robins schools left…..Tucker and Marist both #1’s at one point and both lose by 20 points plus ,unheard of when the Eagles were running AAAA…..Next year the Eagles will be back to restore order….It’s gonna be fun kicking some Clayton and Dekalb county butts again,just like old times……Northside ,Warner Robins Demons and Westside (mcn) all in the same region ,next year without question who will be the top region dog in the state in AAAA.

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ENR
Glad to know you’re ok,with these rabid bloggers I thought they ran you off.The “DANCING BAND AND STRIPPERS was funny.” (lmao)! Hey, one lost doesnt define your season and im sure at 11:01 pm on last friday you could have used a Stripper or 22 or at least one that could kick !! FYI:Those young LADIES are given full scholarships to college for” DANCIN”!!

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some sense, Man u need to get a life and get over it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Every one gets a clean slate ever year.

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Decatur 4 Life:

I aint hatin on ATL…actually i appreciate the fact that it’s only a 3 hour drive from Valdosta. I have no problem with ATL…but sometimes i feel as though the ATL folk hate on South GA because of our football success…we respect the ATL competition…especially when it’s a fair clean game and those ATL refs are crucial…whether its football or basketball.

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Colquitt County is a very good team and we wish them all the luck!!!
Congradulations Packers!!!!!Next Door Team Members@@@!!

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68 viking, i see your point and i think that has a LOT to do with it. i mean look at this blog. its an atlanta news paper and yall from south ga are on it just as much as everyone from atlanta. Hornet dave, if the teams were divided randomly they would all have pretty good talent. once you have talent it would take good coaching and feeder programs. South GA. has that everywhere. only the consistant teams in north ga have that. ptree ridge. grayson. newnan. NG. its not that berkmar or meadowcreek doesnt have athletes they just arent trained correctly for football.

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ImaTitleTownBaby

I feel ya but it goes both ways, we could say the same thing about coming down there to play. I went to college with a guy that played at Northside Warner Robins in the mid to early 90’s. He told me that they couldn’t even get a fair game against Valdosta in Valdosta. I’ve always respected the programs in south Georgia, heck I grew watching high school football so it’s no way I can deny where the deep tradition is. But don’t say things like we pay for our championships because I know in Dekalb County that’s true. The couple that we do have were from great teams that beat other great teams all over the state.

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ImaTitleTownBaby

My bad on the typo

“But don’t say things like we pay for our championships because I know in Dekalb County that’s not true.”

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K-man and Sportsfan,

Get real. In AAA, it goes 7-3-2-1-6-5-4-8. K-man you say that 3AAA has had 3 teams ranked in the top ten at one time or another during the season, well if that is part of your basis, then 7AAA has had 4 teams ranked in the top 10 this season, and there are two teams sitting at home in 7AAA that would be in the playoffs in most other regions. West Forsyth and White Co. could beat most 2 seeds in other regions, and all 3 and 4 seeds. Flowery Branch was unbeaten in region play going into last weeks’ game against West Forsyth, and had to win against either WF or Gainesville just to get into the playoffs. Name another #4 seed that poses as big of a threat in upsetting the # 1 seed from 6AAA? Because if FB loses to Gainesville tomorrow, then that is what they will be – a #4 seed.

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As someone who’s moved from A to 5A – there is a giant difference between small town Friday night passion for football and the big schools. These 5A games are more about how much money parents have to fork out to a booster club rather than a community supporting a team. In the S. GA small towns, the away games can be heard on the radio. In N. Ga, there aren’t enough radio stations to cover the teams. I just wish my school would do what the others in our county have done.

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Decatur 4 Life,

As Far as your previous statement, I will just agree to disagree with you because its not going any where. One thing I do know that we can agree on is that win or lose, Region 3-AAAAA Bradwell Institute is in the Post Season again, and Columbia of Decatur is not (Again)…….

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to ENR, I enjoy your post, dont agree with much, but you hit just right on the head , I busted a gut laughing, No wonder women a so degraded in society, look how we ask our childern perform in public.

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Greetings Black Angel,

To answer your question, I’m retired, that is the good thing about being able to get on the blog. Next I do have another job but you’re the boss you don’t have to worry about things like that. I am not a Sports writer for the AJC by no means. They are a whole lot better than I am in sports writing. But I love Sports, and I love Georgia Football. Prep, College, Professional, you name it.

I agree with you Black Angel about the zoning and the splitting of good athletic talent that will spread around to different schools in the area. I also agree with you that there are some good / great schools up there in the Atlanta Metro area. Let me name some: Class A Wesleyan, Holy Innocents: Class AA Jefferson, East Jackson, Lovette,Buford , Westmisister: Class AAA Gainesville, Flowery Branch, North Hall, Creekview, St Pius X Grady, Dunwoody, Towers,: Class AAAA Sparyberry, Hiram, Sandy Creek, Stars Mill: Class AAAAA Peachtree Ridge, Grayson, North Gwinette, South Gwinette, Collins Hill, Roswell, McEachern, Woodstock, Etowah, East Paulding Stephenson, ML King, Union Grove:
There are more, but I just wanted to mention them as an example. So you see Black Angel, I am a South Georgia Football Fan, and I am originally from South Georgia, but I do recognize great teams.

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