Too close to call: Class AAAAA has many contenders
Got rankings, got draws, got predictions, got it all.
Let’s go class by class:
AAAAA: The first round is a snooze, but the second round will be the most exciting I’ve ever seen, headlined by Lowndes vs. Camden County. Check it out below. I’m picking Lowndes to win the title, but I’m probably going to be wrong. Just too many good teams, too many realistic possibilities, to hook your wagon to one horse. I can see the Gwinnett County vs. Region 1-AAAAA rivalry heating up. It might be played out in the final (Lowndes vs. North Gwinnett or Northside vs. Grayson). Or we could see a Lowndes-Northside final. Or Grayson-North Gwinnett. Then there are the four teams that I don’t feel great about individually, but love them as a group because at last one figures to break through. Those are Lassiter, McEachern, Newnan and Stephenson. Note that Lassiter or Stephenson will make the semifinals if there are no upsets.
AAAA: No. 1 Griffin and No. 2 Southwest DeKalb have separated themselves, IMO, and I see them settling it in the final.
AAA: No. 1 Gainesville and No. 2 Carver of Columbus have separated themselves too, but can’t meet in the final because the draw is not set up that way. And unlike AAAA, this class has major third wheel in Peach County. Gainesville should face Peach in the quarterfinals and Carver in the semifinals. The coin flips for home-field advantage when those region champs meet will be big. Meanwhile, Baldwin is a hot team with a nice draw to the final. Not so high on St. Pius after last week.
AA: No. 1 Calhoun vs. No. 2 Fitzgerald in the quarterfinals? Wow. … A coin toss would decide which is the home team. Meanwhile, Buford has a sweet draw despite getting only the #2 seed in Region 6-AA. The only game I could see Buford losing until the final is a semifinal at Jefferson County, which has a great player in BJ Bostic.
A: No. 1 Wesleyan has a much better draw than No. 2 Savannah Christian. Look for Twiggs County to make the final.
Predictions … I’m putting asterisks by upsets that I couldn’t quite bring myself to predict.
Class AAAAA
Northside (Warner Robins) d. Chapel Hill
Union Grove d. Windsor Forest
McEachern d. Brookwood
Peachtree Ridge d. Kell
Newnan d. Valdosta
ML King d. Jenkins
Grayson d. Marietta
Roswell d. Collins Hill
North Gwinnett d. Centennial
Woodstock d. Dacula
Camden County d. Newton
Lowndes d. East Coweta
Lassiter d. North Forsyth
South Gwinnett d. Etowah
Stephenson d. Bradwell Institute
Colquitt County d. Westlake
Northside (Warner Robins) d. Union Grove
McEachern d. Peachtree Ridge*
Newnan d. ML King
Grayson d. Roswell
North Gwinnett d. Woodstock
Lowndes d. Camden County
Lassiter d. South Gwinnett
Stephenson d. Colquitt County*
Northside d. McEachern
Grayson d. Newnan
Lowndes d. North Gwinnett
Stephenson d. Lassiter*
Grayson d. Northside
Lowndes d. Stephenson
Lowndes d. Grayson
Class AAAA
Thomas County Central d. Alcovy
Glynn Academy d. Richmond Academy
Sandy Creek d. Loganville
Tucker d. Dalton*
Griffin d. Harris County
Ware County d. Evans
Apalachee d. Starr’s Mill
Marist d. Sprayberry*
Hiram d. Chamblee
Banneker d. Rockdale County
Lakeside (Evans) d. Statesboro*
Westside (Macon) d. Mount Zion (Jonesboro)*
Southwest DeKalb d. Northwest Whitfield
Mays d. Clarke Central
Brunswick d. Hephzibah
North Clayton d. Bainbridge
Thomas County Central d. Glynn Academy
Sandy Creek d. Tucker
Griffin d. Ware County
Marist d. Apalachee
Hiram d. Banneker*
Westside (Macon) d. Lakeside (Evans)
Southwest DeKalb d. Mays
North Clayton d. Brunswick
Thomas County Central d. Sandy Creek
Griffin d. Marist
Westside (Macon) d. Hiram
Southwest DeKalb d. North Clayton
Griffin d. Thomas County Central
Southwest DeKalb d. Westside (Macon)
Southwest DeKalb d. Griffin
Class AAA
Peach County d. Spalding
Washington County d. Troup
Baldwin d. Northside (Columbus)
North Hall d. Ringgold
Jackson d. Monroe
LaGrange d. Liberty County
Eastside d. Towers
Carrollton d. Creekview
Gainesville d. Lakeview-FO
Dunwoody d. Elberty County
Cairo d. Woodland (Stockbridge)
St. Pius d. Franklin County
Ridgeland d. Flowery Branch*
Hart County d. Grady
Carver (Columbus) d. Burke County
Woodward Academy d. Worth County
Peach County d. Washington County
North Hall d. St. Pius
LaGrange d. Jackson
Carrollton d. Eastside
Gainesville d. Dunwoody
Baldwin d. Cairo*
Ridgeland d. Hart County
Carver (Columbus ) d. Woodward Academy
Peach County d. North Hall
LaGrange d. Carrollton
Gainesville d. Baldwin
Carver (Columbus) d. Ridgeland
Peach County d. LaGrange
Carver (Columbus) d. Gainesville
Carver (Columbus) d. Peach County
Class AA
Fitzgerald d. Greene County
Swainsboro d. McIntosh County Academy
Callaway d. Riverside Military
Westminster d. Armuchee
Cook d. NE Macon
Appling County d. Vidalia
Jefferson d. Heard County
Buford d. Pepperell
Calhoun d. Avondale
Lamar County d. North Oconee
Jefferson County d. Tattnall County
Thomasville d. Henry County
Lovett d. Chattooga
East Jackson d. Manchester
Charlton County d. Dublin
Brooks County d. Putnam County
Fitzgerald d. Swainsboro
Westminster d. Callaway
Cook d. Appling County
Buford d. Jefferson
Calhoun d. Lamar County
Jefferson County d. Thomasvile*
Lovett d. East Jackson
Charlton County d. Brooks County*
Fitzgerald d. Westminster*
Buford d. Cook
Calhoun d. Jefferson County
Charlton County d. Lovett
Fitzgerald d. Buford
Calhoun d. Charlton County
Fitzgerald d. Calhoun
Class A
Clinch County d. Marion County
ECI d. Hawkinsville*
Holy Innocents’ d. Social Circle
Wilkinson County d. Bremen
Greenville d. Pelham
Wilcox County d. Treutlen
Wesleyan d. Whitefield Academy
Bowdon d. Washington-Wilkes
Lincoln County d. Trion
ELCA d. Athens Academy
Savannah Christian d. Irwin County
Miller County d. Brookstone
Darlington d. Warren County
Commerce d. Landmark Christian
Twiggs County d. Savannah Country Day
Seminole County d. Chattahoochee County
Clinch County d. ECI
Wilkinson County d. Holy Innocents’*
Wilcox County d. Greenville
Wesleyan d. Bowdon
Lincoln County d. ELCA
Savannah Christian d. Miller County*
Darlington d. Commerce
Twiggs County d. Seminole County
Wilkinson County d. Clinch County
Wesleyan d. Wilcox County*
Savannah Christian d. Lincoln County
Twiggs County d. Darlington
Wesleyan d. Wilkinson County
Twiggs County d. Savannah Christian
Wesleyan d. Twiggs County
Rankings:
CLASS AAAAA
1. Grayson (10-0)
2. North Gwinnett (10-0)
4. Newnan (10-0)
4. Lowndes (9-1)
5. Stephenson (10-0)
6. McEachern (10-0)
7. Northside, Warner Robins (9-1)
8. Camden County (8-2)
9 Lassiter (10-0)
10. Woodstock (9-1)
CLASS AAAA
1. Griffin (10-0)
2. Southwest DeKalb (9-1)
3. Sandy Creek (9-1)
4. Hiram (10-0)
5. Thomas County Central (9-1)
6. Apalachee (10-0)
7. Marist (8-2)
8. Westside, Macon (9-1)
9. North Clayton (8-2)
10. Tucker (8-2)
CLASS AAA
1. Gainesville (10-0)
2. Carver, Columbus (9-1)
3. Peach County (10-0)
4. St. Pius (10-0)
5. Baldwin (8-2)
6. Jackson (10-0)
7. North Hall (8-2)
8. LaGrange (8-2)
9. Washington County (9-1)
10. Ridgeland (9-1)
CLASS AA
1. Calhoun (10-0)
2. Fitzgerald (10-0)
3. Buford (9-1)
4. Jefferson County (10-0)
5. Charlton County (9-0-1)
6. Lovett (9-1)
7. Jefferson (10-0)
8. Swainsboro (9-1)
9. Westminster (7-3)
10. Chattooga (9-1)
CLASS A
1. Wesleyan (10-0)
2. Savannah Christian (10-0)
3. Lincoln County (9-1)
4. ECI (9-1)
5. Twiggs County (9-1)
6. Greenville (10-0)
7. Wilcox County (8-2)
8. Holy Innocents’ (9-1)
9. Wilkinson County (8-2)
10. Bowdon (9-1)
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589 comments Add your comment
Todd Holcomb
November 9th, 2009
11:48 am
We’ve re-worked the brackets (and predictions) up top to reflect the changes the GHSA announced this morning.
I’ve decided that since Buford must play Fitz on the road in the semis that Fitz is suddenly favored. So I’ve jinxed Fitz with my new prediction!
SportsFan31313
November 9th, 2009
11:49 am
Greetings HomeFieldAdvantage,
What a very nice invitation, and this is the second time you have given me such a great offer. I very much would love to accept your offer, and attend but unfortunately the family is not hearing that. I can’t even part my lips and say that we are going to Valdosta to see Lowndes County play a school that be hammered by Lowndes County when we have our own team to support in the “A” “T” “L” area. I will never hear the end of that. So unfortuately i will be traveling to Stone Mountain and pull for Bradwell Institute. They will need all of the Fan support that they can get.
What I will say and I want Stephenson Fans to know is that while some of the Stephenson Fans are saying and thinking that Stephenson will just “BREEZE THROUGH” Bradwell Insttute in this first round had better think again. While I know that Bradwell Insitute may not win this game for obvious reasons that I have been mentioning weeks ago, I would not go as far as to say that it will be a “BREEZE THROUGH”.
You may want to know, no matter how bad Bradwell Insitute have played against some of these South Georgia teams, Bradwell Institute have never been a push over on a North Georgia or a Breeze Through to a North Georgia team. Although Bradwell Institute players are injured, and they are a very young team, I will say that they will come, and play with their hearts. While I do respect, and I know how good Stephenson have been over the years, and this year, I’m sure that Stephenson will not just breeze through Bradwell Institute. You can tell that to “grayram”, and the fans of Stephenson.
Unfortunately AViking fan, I wont be able to attend. Thank you very much for the invite. You are indeed a class act…… Although east Coweta is good this year, Lowndes County will have no problem with East Coweta. Remember Bradwell Institute beat them last year in the first round.
SoCal Observer
November 9th, 2009
11:50 am
Just returned to SoCal from Grayson game….Class showed by Grayson coach and the rest of the JVs that played for the Rams most of 4th QTr. It could have been in the high 80’s….and I’m not talin temp! someone get the DAMN BRACKET STRAIGHT for us out of town followers plzzz! Love GA football! Lot’s of great teams this year….except for Lowndes LOL!
yo
November 9th, 2009
11:50 am
Only downside to this is now we can only revenge 1 of our last 2 losses. Which one of you is it going to be? You know who I’m talking about. See ya in the Dome….State Championship and Revenge all in the same night.
AVikingFan
November 9th, 2009
11:51 am
YES IT DOES. IT CLEARS UP THE QUESTIONS AS TO WHY 1ST AND 3RD WERE ON THE SAME SIDE AND 2ND AND 4TH WERE ON THE SAME SIDE. Now as it should be 1st and 4th are on the same side and 2nd and 3rd are on the same side.
I just found out our highschool principal and head coach brought it up Sunday with a meeting with all the AAAAA playoff teams and GHSA admitted that was an error and corrected it 1st thing today. 1st place team Northside should not have been in the same bracket as the 2nd or 3rd place team from their same region. GHSA playoff bylaws.
But now Northside is on the same side as McEachern, Grayson, Newnan, Peachtree Ridge, Roswell, MLK, etc. As Reese said, for Lowndes and Grayson to play it can only be in the dome.
GA FOOTBALL FAN
November 9th, 2009
11:52 am
WHO IS GHSA TRYING TO CHEAT FOR? WHY WOULD THEY BE WRONG UNTIL PLAY-OFF TIME. DID SOME CONTENDERS NOT FINISH THE SEASON LIKE GHSA THOUGHT THEY WOULD. WOW WHY ????????????
big j
November 9th, 2009
11:54 am
Are all games friday at 730 or are some on sat and what time if so
Grayson Student
November 9th, 2009
11:56 am
Id have to say the left side of the bracket is gonna come down to grayson-newnan… northside is very young and inexperienced in playoffs. mceachern has a good offense but no defense… playoffs are all aboutd defense and newnan and grayson will prove that
Jefferson
November 9th, 2009
11:57 am
Rematch of last year’s AA final, too bad for Boo U.
grayram
November 9th, 2009
12:03 pm
AVikingFan
I’m sure Grayson had some players talking trash down on the field but the fighting that night was mostly Lowndes. If Greg Reid couldn’t see then the force must be really strong in his family because he most of the plays for Lowndes on both sides of the ball.
SportsFan31313
November 9th, 2009
12:03 pm
Okay, let me get some people flustered……………….
2009 State Titles
Class AAAAA Lowndes County Region 1 South Georgia
Class AAAA Griffin Region 4 North Georgia
Class AAA Peach County Region 1 South Georgia
Class AA Fitzgerald Region 1 South Georgia
Class A ECI Region 3 South Georgia
AVikingFan
November 9th, 2009
12:04 pm
GA HIGHSCHOOOL FOOTBALL FAN – See my 11:51 am post. The original bracket had the 1st and 3rd place teams on the same side but it should have been the 1st and 4th place teams.
No “Conspiracy” just an error. It was brought up yesterday at a meeting of all AAAAA playoff teams, and GHSA admitted then it was wrong and promised to corfect it today.
Irishfan
November 9th, 2009
12:05 pm
If Jefferson County and Bostic rip off and throw their helmets into the ground like they did against Dublin, (and with a playoff crew of officials), they wont last long after half the team is ejected, as they should be! I believe if the coach had on a helmet, he would have ripped his off and slung it too!
grayram
November 9th, 2009
12:06 pm
Things keep getting easier for NSWR they should now make the semis.
Sportsfan31313: Good luck and i hope you enjoy your trip, If Bradwell keeps that game close I will be impressed. Stephenson 28-7
yo
November 9th, 2009
12:07 pm
GA Footbal Fan who are you worried about?
If it’s Lowndes the road didn’t get any easier for them.
2nd round…Camden (at Camden)
3rd round…North Gwinett (at N.G)
4th round…Stephenson (at Stephenson)
5th round…Dome
Assuming the favorites in each bracket aren’t upset along the way.
Are you a worried N.G. or Stepenson homey?
RAMITBABY
November 9th, 2009
12:08 pm
YO!–NOW ITS ON….HOPE YOU GET THERE!
grayram
November 9th, 2009
12:08 pm
AVikingFan
Sorry, i meant to type He made most of the plays for Lowndes
HOTINHERE
November 9th, 2009
12:11 pm
BROOKWOOD MOM….U HAPPY NOW????????
GoldenBear
November 9th, 2009
12:11 pm
GRIFFIN rolls in AAAA. They are SCARY FAST on both sides of the ball. SWD is the ONLY team that might be able to hang with them.
HOTINHERE
November 9th, 2009
12:13 pm
SPORTSFAN31313131313131-YOU PERPLEX ME, NOT FLUSTER ME!
AVikingFan
November 9th, 2009
12:13 pm
Sportsfan31313 – 4 outa 5 ain’t bad for South Georgia!”
I understand about this weekend. You should go to Stephenson and support your team. But if something unexpectantly goes wrong and you lose, you know we’d love to have you come and visit our tailgate section the next week at Camden, providing of course we can get by EC this week. Also you MUST pull for us to beat the Cats!
Pops
November 9th, 2009
12:15 pm
EtowahFan – I actually like the role we are in as the underdog. Not many are giving us a chance, but if we punch them in the mouth early, and dominate time of possesion with ball control, I excpect a very good game. I know our senior O-lineman do not want to be one and done, clearly Etowah’s strength when they are on.
AVikingFan
November 9th, 2009
12:16 pm
Grayram, hi! Yeah Reid was about all we had last year. He was something else. Same for your little short running back Pemberton. Mannnnn, he was good!!!!
Hopefully we will meet you guys in the Dome!!!!!!
Todd Holcomb
November 9th, 2009
12:16 pm
SportsFan31313: ECI lost to Savannah Christian 34-0. Doe you think ECI is going to win Class A? Also, Lowndes County High closed in the 1960s. Do you mean Lowndes? : )
big j
November 9th, 2009
12:19 pm
Well if that’s the road for lowndes and thay make it to dome then crown them the king of ga football there will be some upsets along the way 2nd round lookout
HOTINHERE
November 9th, 2009
12:19 pm
One man to another, “My wife thinks I put HS football before marriage, even though we just celebrated our third season together.” GO RAMS!!!!
grayram
November 9th, 2009
12:25 pm
AVikingFan
I would have to say he’s the best individual player i have seen in person at a High School game and i have been to quite a few. (Greg Reid i mean)
Pops
November 9th, 2009
12:28 pm
Todd – “We’ve re-worked the brackets (and predictions) up top to reflect the changes the GHSA announced this morning”
A second chance to pick your upsets and you remain with the asterick*.
Wimpy!
RAMITBABY
November 9th, 2009
12:30 pm
A Lowndes fan took his girlfriend to her first Dome game gainst Grayson. Afterward he asked her how she liked the game.
‘I liked it, but I couldn’t understand why they were killing each other for 25 cents,’ she said.
‘What do you mean?’ he asked.
‘Well, everyone kept yelling, ‘Get the quarter back!
Pops
November 9th, 2009
12:31 pm
HOTINHERE – That’s pretty funny… that is what the computer at work is for…wait until you get a few more “seasons” under your belt.
AVikingFan
November 9th, 2009
12:32 pm
Yo – I look for Woodstock to defeat Dacula and North Gwinnett then flip a coin with us to see who travels. The next week Colquitt will come to Martin Stadium.
I don’t see Northside getting by McEachern; and, the Grayson vs Newnan game will be a great one, unless one stumbles along the way. I wonder why EagleNationRising isn’t going livid on the blogs about this bracket change. So far only Reese has spoken up from Northside. Wouldn’t it be something if Northside plays Peachtree Ridge with all the negative stuff ENR’s said this year about the Ridge?
Newton Co.
November 9th, 2009
12:33 pm
Sportsfan 31313, nice to see your coming North to support your team as I will be heading South to support Newton. Man Stephenson is playing lights out right now, a lot of people are overlooking this team. Good luck to your guys, but I feel Stephenson has the best chance of any team from our region to win it all, so I roll with them. Hope the general lack of competition they have faced doesn’t bite them against Colquitt, who I think edges Westlake, but not by much. As for my Rams, if we are mentally prepared and ready, I think we give Camden a tough game, but Im worried about our ability to score on them. We have struggled against strong DEF this year, and to say Camden has a strong defense is clearly an understatement. Anyway good luck Rams, Ill be there and Im looking forward to going to Camden Co. to cheer you on. As for Eastside HS (8AAA champs) I dont think there is a region champ with a tougher potential RD2 matchup. Playing a fast veteran Towers team is tough for a first round matchup, but either Creekview or Carrollton( both 9-1) next week? WOW. Good thing Eastside is familar with both teams, having beat them consecutive weeks in last years
playoffs. Flipside is Eastside had probably their best team in school history last year, while Creekview was playing their first ever playoff game and Carrollton was down. But Carrollton was 9-0 last week Top 5 , I can see how Todd picked them this is a young Eastside team but dont sleep on Eastside they lost to Newton/ Alcovy 2 higher class playoff teams. Playoff time is here good luck to all supporters.
grayram
November 9th, 2009
12:39 pm
Does anyone have an ETA on when the internet will reach Buford??
Never seen a post from a Buford fan.
AVikingFan
November 9th, 2009
12:40 pm
Thanks Todd for your comment to my friend Sportsfan31313. Valdosta grinded our head into that country boy “county” stuff for years. they even had a slogan one year “Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be Plowboys.” We finally turned it around on them, and rally around the word “Plowboy”. But we still like to be called Lowndes High School, in respect to the three schools who came together during integration days to form the present high school, and layed to rest the old segregated Lowndes County High School.
JBOB
November 9th, 2009
12:45 pm
I am a Packer supporter. Colquitt County must find a way to come out of the dressing room fired up and ready to play. They are as good a second half team around. They would have won that game if they had played the first half like they played the second half. Very exciting game, despite the fact the officials made a grave error in awarding Northside the ball after 3 downs rather than 4 in the first half. Colquitt would have scored at least 3 points had they had the chance to kick a 20 yard field goal on 4th down. The outcome might have been effected. Northside’s film bears that out.
jagfan
November 9th, 2009
12:49 pm
STEPHENSON WON’T JUST BREEZE BY ANYONE AND WE AS STEPHENSON FANS SOULD NOT SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FAVORITE AND DIDN’T GET ANYWHERE BUT A TRIP HOME..WE HAVE A GOOOD CHANCE BEING THAT THEY STACKED THE TOP HALF OF BRACKET SO THAT GRAYSON CAN RUN FREE TO STATE AGINST LOWNDES BUT IF STEPHENSON GETS TO THE SEMIFINALS GRAYSON WILL LOOSE THEY ARE OVERRATED…BUT NOBODY HAS A EASSY WAY TO THE PLAYOFFS BEING THAT GEORGIA HAS SO MANY GOOD TEAMS THIS YEAR AND I DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS WE PLAY THE BEST HIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL IN GEORGIA..
yo
November 9th, 2009
12:51 pm
AVikingFan a McEachern and Colquit upset would definitely make it much easier on the old vehicle. Unless we should lose that McE coin toss then its all the way to Cobb Cty.
Oh well, East Cow. and Camden first. Then we’ll know.
Grayson if you should have to travel to Northside (and its possible)
don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
Maybe I should say don’t count your ramlets before they are birthed.
They might become goat meat at a very early age.
You will find, Martin Stadium and the Mac 2 of the hardest places
to play and your boys haven’t experience any thing like that in or around Atlanta.
Gwinnett Fan
November 9th, 2009
12:52 pm
In my opinion Lowndes is still the favorite. The road to the finals was not going to be easy in either bracket. They just have too play fewer Gwinnett teams in the current brackets.
If they get past North Gwinnett in the quarter finals, their potential semi finals match up is a little easier. I was looking forward to a Lowndes – Peachtree Ridge and a Grayson – Lowndes rematch but I guess I will have to settle for a North Gwinnett – Lowndes rematch instead.
See you in Suwanee.
TNGADAWG
November 9th, 2009
12:53 pm
Now that GHSA has bowed to the wishes of those who hold the “power stick” that should give Todd/AJC a good opportunity to not only go back and change his predictions, but also to change his rankings. He would have a good excuse now. Not only are the AAAAA rankings biased toward NGA, with only 3 teams in the top 10( 1 in the top 5), but AAAA is even worse, with only 2 South GA teams in the top 10. I knew the AJC was a very liberal newspaper and thrived on being PC, but did not realize it bled over into the sports department. Who knows, maybe even the GHSA is trying to be PC, and realign the brackets so as not to hurt the feelings of those who squeal the loudest.
grayram
November 9th, 2009
12:56 pm
Who beat the most playoff teams in the regular season?
Grayson beat 4. Would have been 5 but Warner Robins fell a little short.
grayram
November 9th, 2009
1:02 pm
Yo: Those stadiums would be alot of fun to play in ,hope we get the chance. Grayson played Warner Robins down there last year and won big and we have traveled to Camden and lost and then beat Camden in the Dome. So the boys have a little experiernce with big stadiums but a playoff game down south would be a great time.
AVikingFan
November 9th, 2009
1:03 pm
Grayram – oh Buford has the internet. Before their game with Lovett all we could read about was the University of Buford. Well, now they may have to go to Fitzgerald who may just “Peachtree Ridge’em” to borrow EaglaNationRising’s term for a beatdown.
Astute Observer
November 9th, 2009
1:14 pm
AAAAA final – Grayson upsets Lowndes 12-10. That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it!
grayram
November 9th, 2009
1:18 pm
AVikingFan :
I don’t follow AA that closely so i will admit i know nothing about fitzgerald. Buford i beleive has only lost once since moving to AA so they don’t get many “Beatdowns” I think they at least 5 state championships this decade. Does Fitzgerald have a strong history?
AVikingFan
November 9th, 2009
1:21 pm
Grayram, to answer your question, Lowndes beat 5 playoff teams and Warner Robins 31-17, and beat Thomas County Central in the “practice game.”
AVikingFan
November 9th, 2009
1:28 pm
Grayram, it depends on how far back you go. Wright Bazemore, Valdosta’s legendary coach, twice scored 10 touchdowns in a single game while playing for Fitzgerald. I think Fitzgerald is still the top scoring team of all classifications in the state. They have been number 1 almost all year. They are really good.
Jefferson
November 9th, 2009
1:32 pm
Boo U will be in the dome for the rematch.
AVikingFan
November 9th, 2009
1:40 pm
Astute Observer – Grayson would be favored over Lowndes therefore could not “upset” them. Remember, Grayson has been ranked number one for five or six weeks now. Lowndes finished the season tied with Northside for 1st place but under Region 1-AAAAA rules became the runnersup, thus a 2nd place seeded team and Grayson is a 1st place seeded team. (There was a time when our region actually voted on the region champ when teams ended the season tied. One year Colquitt was “voted out” and Valdosta went on to the playoffs.) But I would like our chances against Grayson in a rematch of last year’s game, especially at the Dome.
grayram
November 9th, 2009
1:42 pm
AVikingFan
I know Lowndes beat Pridge and Colquit.Who are the other 3 playoff teams they beat?
Wolverine2Blazer
November 9th, 2009
1:43 pm
AVikingFan. IDK about you but i’m loving this shift in the bracket. The Woodstock -Lowndes/Camden is going to be a great game no matter who plays. We either travel back to Camen and have a re-match of the real state championship game last year or play the real #1 in the state. (Sorry Grayson, not much love from me. Bring on the hate) Thats going to be the best quarterfinal game. Nothing personal though but i hope we won the coin flip cuz i’m already going to be home and wouldn’t have a place to stay if the game was at Martin. haha