There is only one School in Glynn County that will be in AAAA, and that’s Brunswick. I would be surprised if Bradwell stayed in AAAA. They will petition to play up sense the enrollment is so close to the new enrollment size of AAAAA. Bradwell would have had about 3500 students had they not build a new school. In addition, Bradwell would have to travel too far to play true class AAAA schools. They will request to play up, I strongly believe.

I don’t believe that Bradwell Institute will be dropping down. Reason is that in Class AAAA, they would have to travel too far to play teams in that Classification. They will request to play up. The majority of the teams near Bradwell are AAA, and AA teams.

Mason is a college quarterback playing at the high school level. He may not be quite as good as Eric Zeier was at Marietta, but he’s the best I’ve seen since and operates the spread offense to perfection.

Unless you have a couple of linemen who can really rush the passer and a bunch of DBs who play their assignments without mistakes, they’re gonna score points in bunches. Mason sees the entire field, and will find the open receiver, especially when they get close to the end zone.

The best way to stop them is to try and take away their short passing game and dare Mason to throw the ball down the field. But you better have some CBs who can cover man-to-man if you do that.

Looking forward to the Collins Hill-Roswell rematch from 3 years ago. The 2 teams are going to have a hard time matching that game for pure theater.

GO WOODSTOCK WOLVERINES
and PS. we are waiting for REVENGE, camden county knows what it up

The new Classifications are out. A lot of schoolsdropped down from AAAAA to AAAA including Valdosta.

Newton (6-4) at Camden County (8-2) Take Camden County: Camden County Wildcats
Dominates from the beginning to the end.

East Coweta (7-3) at Lowndes (9-1) Take Lowndes of course. Lowndes Vikings Crushes
East Coweta.

Brookwood (5-5) at McEachern (10-0) Take McEachern on a renewed football program.

Kell (6-4) at Peachtree Ridge (8-2) Take the “RIDGE” Peachtree Ridge.

Valdosta (7-3) at Newnan (10-0) Very tough game to call. Newnan is at home.
Give Newnan the benefit of the doubt.
A very hard fought game. Take Newnan.

Jenkins (4-6) at M.L. King (9-1 No a true statement about region 3-AAAAA teams
not winning a playoff game on the road. But Jenkins
of Savannah will get hammered by M.L.K. Take M.L.K.

Marietta (5-5) at Grayson (10-0) Grayson hammers Marietta. Take Grayson easily.

Collins Hill (8-2) at Roswell (9-1) Take Roswell

Centennial (5-5) at North Gwinnett (10-0) Take North Gwinette

Dacula (7-3) at Woodstock (9-1) Take Woodstock

Chapel Hill (7-3) at Northside, Warner Robins (9-1) Take Northside Warner Robins.
NSWR will take care of business as usual.

Union Grove (8-2) at Windsor Forest (6-4) Take Union Grove

North Forsyth (7-3) at Lassiter (10-0) Take Lassiter. I am still not convinced about
Lassiter, but I will give them the benefit
of the doubt.

Etowah (8-2) at South Gwinnett (9-1) Take South Gwinette

Bradwell Institute (6-4) at Stephenson (10-0 Take Stephenson

Colquitt County (8-2) at Westlake (7-3 Take Colquitt County

Okay, Okay, Okay, lets calm things down….. That’s an “ORDER” LOL…….

Yes I was there. But no that was not I of the guy you were speaking of. Maybe that was olesarge.

If that is true then it will be a new war for that Region.

Let me tell you a true story that happened 44 years ago. Oliver Honeycutt’s LaGrange Grangers were ranked No. 1 in the State and was on the top of the standing in the legendary 1-AAA, the most powerful region in Georgia year in and year out. Region 1-AAA (AAA was the highest classification in those days) was composed of LaGrange, Warner Robins (but W. R. was not that potent back in the day), Lanier of Macon, Willingham of Macon, Mark Smith (in later years) of Macon, Jordan of Columbus, Columbus High, Baker of Columbus, Tift County, Moultrie, Valdosta, and perhaps Thomasville (someone asked about Thomasville, and it may have been Region 1-AAA but I don’t recall that it was). This was the 1965 football season, Valdosta desperately needed some team to either beat or tie LaGrange to put he Cats in the driver’s seat in 1-AAA. Billy Atkins, who had played on Shug Jordan’s Auburn team when it won the National Championship in 1957, came to Jordan Vocational High School in Columbus that year, after having played a few years in the NFL. He totally turned around a weak Jordan football program. The only two losses for Jordan that year had come from Valdosta and Moultrie (two perennial powerhouses). The boys of JVHS were about to travel to LaGrange to play the Number One Grangers. Coach Atkins received a very simple telegram from Coach Wright Bazemore and his Cats in Valdosta. It simply read: “The eyes of ‘Dosta are upon you.” The much-outmanned Jordan Red Jackets fought tenanciously for a 6 to 6 tie against the mighty Grangers. It was indeed celebrated like a victory. (Jordan had won just one game the year before.) The Jordan team sent a telegram to the Valdosta team. It simply read: “Happy Birthday.” I think that Valdosta went on the win the State Championship in that year, 1965. Jordan finished 6-2-2 and won the coveted “Bi-City Championship” (Columbus High, Jordan of Columbus, Baker of Columbus, and Central of Phenix City, Alabama). Troy State snatched up Billy Atkins after only one year at Jordan, and after only a couple of years at Troy State (yes, it was “Troy State” back then), the Red Wave (yes, this was the original nickname at Troy, not the Trojans) went on to win the NAIA National Championship in the Crampton (or, Crompton) Bowl in 1968. Shortly after winning this national championship, Coach Atkins began coaching in the NFL. The Atkins have a son, Ace Atkins, who played for Auburn in the late 1980s and/or the early 1990s. Now, Ace Atkins, is a well-known Southern novelist, writing mostly mysteries/thrillers.

Thanks for letting this ole Southsider ramble just a little more. My prediction: Carrollton (9-1) defeats Creekside (9-1) at Grisham Field at Ben Scott Stadium or is that Ben Scott Field at Grisham Stadium? I remember Ben Scott doing a great job at Kendrick High in Columbus before taking the Carrollton job. Coach Scott died suddenly and without warning, bringing this West Georgia Community to tears. Ben Scott, a very affable and facile person and a great coach, was well-loved. Carrollton is another great sports town where the people are crazy for their team. I can name a few towns like this in Georgia, and I will, even fearing the retribution for leaving others off the list: Valdosta, Lincolnton, Carrollton, Dalton, Griffin, Newnan, Tifton, Bremen, Warner Robins, LaGrange, Sandersville (getting stronger each year), Buford, Moultrie, and Thomasville, just to name a few off the top of my head. Can you beat Friday Night Football in a small community?

ONE MORE THING….ANYBODY KNOWS OF ANY FIRST ROUND GAMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE TELEVISED THIS WEEK?

Fred, you remember Charlie Dudish, eh? Looked just like Mickey Mantle in a baseball uniform. His Avondale baseball team traveled to Columbus his senior year to play Columbus High in the finals. CHS won. I remember how big Dudish’s forearms were. I remember the date to be in the late 1960s…perhaps 1968 or 1969. I don’t remember this being 1962-1964 as you indicate. Charles Dudish did sign with Tech under, I believe, Bud Carson, and did not pan out so well. He was, however, a bigger physical specimen than someone like Alec Ogletree at Newnam. Dudish was a man among boys. Fred, do you remember Rudy Kinard (sp?) in basketball at Decatur High at or around the same time as Charlie Dudish at Avondale?

Was last year the first year you watched high school football? Because they sure didn’t choke in 04, 05, or 07 and that is just in the past 5 years. If the best teams will lose every now and then if the elements are right!

OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DOGGED CAMDEN FAR WORSE THAN I HAVE FOR THE SAME REASON I HAVE AND WHOSE POST DO YOU CHOOSE TO ATTACK?? MINE…LIKE I SAID DUDE IM DONE..IF YOU CANT GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHAT KIND OF OFFENSE AND DEFENSE LIBERTY COUNTY RUNS, ANY ATHLETES THEY MAY HAVE, YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO ME…OR UNLESS YOU CAN ANSWER MY QUESTION AS TO WHY YOU THINK I HATE ON CAMDEN SO MUCH, WHICH IS THE QUESTION YOU SEEM TO KEEP DODGING…WHICH FURTHERS MY POINT THAT YOU READ WHAT YOU WANT TO READ IN MY POSTS..LIKE I SAID IM DONE DUDE!!!!!!

Remember in 62-64 when Avondale played Valdosta for state champs? Charles Dudish was the Avondale qb that had a national news feature done on him. He went to GT, fizzled out and was never heard from again. Yep, I was there and remember the window sticker we had made when Avondale won. It was a big deal to knock off the big V!

No.

Yes, Roswell’s QB quit. His replacement played at least a few series in every game and lots of Roswell folks think he’s better than the starter who quit.

Also, you have a very convenient memory. The last time the 2 teams played each other, the refs were a major factor, just not quite how you remember it.

Roswell was called for 15 penalties that night for 145 yards. Collins Hill was penalized twice for 19 yards, one of them a no-brainer roughing-the-kicker penalty.

You might want to look at the film again. The Roswell RB was stopped but he wasn’t down. Don’t blame the refs because the CH defense quit on the play.

NG18 – Beware of the Woodstock D… actually, forget that… just look past them to the game with Lowndes/Camden and see what happens.

I agree with you to some point. But you never know, this is Georgia Football, and you should always be prepared to expect for the unexpected. I’m hoping that Bradwell Institute pull out the win. I am pulling for them.

It will definitely be interesting in AAAA for NSWR. You have some good teams to contend with out of Region 1 ( Central Thomasville) if NSWR are placed there. You also have Region two that is a pretty good Region as well.

But, here I go rambling again. Moultrie was a powerhouse as well. Ray Goff was a passing QB there but ended up beating out Matt Robinson at UGA in his senior year. (Prior to that year, they swapped in and out.) In the 1976 season, Goff demonstrated his running skills over his passing ones. He was Player of the Year in the SEC. UGA won the SEC Championship, getting beat later in the Sugar Bowl by a Tony Dorsett-led Pitt Panthers. Matt Robinson went on to have a good career with the New York Jets in the NFL. Ray Goff did not make the Denver Broncos and gave back his signing bonus which endeared him in the hearts of many. He began coaching at South Carolina before coming home to UGA, and when Dooley retired, there was a groundswell among the Georgia faithful to install the kid from Moultrie as the new head coach. I hear that Coach Goff is now happy with his Zaxby franchises.

Goober, you see what you started! Thanks for the correct info about the Forest Park-Valdosta game. It was indeed a good game. I was there.

Can you remember the three stalwarts on the Warner Robins team of 1976? I think that this team was ranked number one in the country. James Brooks (the scat back) who starred at Auburn and in the NFL, Ron Simmons (the nose guard) who starred at FSU and the NFL, and Jimmy Womack (the fullback) who opened up the running routes for a fellow named Herschel Walker when the Big Dawg was a freshmen. This team beat a team out of Columbus (I must say…it was Jordan) 90 to 0 in 1976. The Jordan coach refused to punt, and now reaps the benefits of being noted in the annals of Georgia high school football history.

Who started at quarterback for Bremen High School as a freshmen in 1995? Preston Haliburton, a big time Buckhead lawyer and undefeated (13 and 0) heavyweight boxer who is now angling for a title shot. If you have been to Buckhead lately, you have probably seen his billboards. Haliburton was being recruited by Georgia Tech and other Division One schools as a QB. He was a 6′1″ and 205 pound QB who could not only throw the ball but who could run too. But, he hurt his back his senior year. He was North Carolina State’s number one recruit at QB, and Ray Goff was also recruiting him, but Goff was canned at UGA that year. So, Haliburton, with a hurt back, signed with West Georgia in baseball. He later transferred to UGA where he realized that he could box left-handed to protect his back. He became became the SEC Boxing Champ for two years. (He still had one year of boxing eligibility left and boxed as a law student.) Haliburton was three times First Team All American in boxing. Had the injury not occurred in high school, he probably never would have taken up boxing. Oh the vicissitudes of life! Preston Haliburton might have been the first football player in GHSA to score a varsity touchdown while he was still 14 years of age. I know that Robert Trotter of Landmark Christian scored a varsity touchdown against Ola High of Henry County when he was still 14. Are there others out there? Haliburton, in the 8th Grade in Carroll County, was named 8th Grade Athlete of the Year. His father, Richard Haliburton (who also happened to coach Evander Holyfield in his preparation of the 1988 Olympics) did not want his son running the Notre Dame Box — the offense still being run at Carrollton High School (from the Coach Grisham days). So, the Haliburtons rented an apartment in Bremen where the Blue Devils were not hemmed in with an archaic Notre Dame Box. Bremen and Landmark Christian have been big rivals in Division One play, but not as big in their rivalry as the Bremen Blue Devils and the Bowdon Red Devils. Kids in the Haralson County area pay tuition to attend the city school of Bremen. (Bremen City has its own school systems and has almost been operating like a private school for years, especially since the nation’s longest-serving Speaker of the House, the late and legendary Thomas B. [Tom] Murphy, hailed from Bremen. Needless to say, Bremen was taken care of.) Bremen had a big tight end last year who was recruited by many D-1 schools before he decided on Troy.

Y’all forgive my typos, OK? I’m just a Southsider who is just rambling. Hey, y’all remember that 1987 Morrow State Championship team? Andre Hastings (later of UGA and the NFL Steelers) was a sophomore on that team. I remember watching his body be almost completely parallel to the ground in the end zone when he caught a pass against Southwest DeKalb at Pantersville Stadium. I read somewhere that Andre has found his post-NFL calling in training dogs. Seriously, he is good at it and has a thriving business…I think in Colorado.

Well, I better stop for now while I am still ahead, eh? Goober, if you catch any more inaccuracies, please keep us informed, OK? Gotta run.

It has to start somewhere, how many rings did you have before the year 2000? At one point John Elway didn’t have any championships either but he ended with a couple.

I feel ya, nothing is definite in high school football but Bradwell wouldn’t win twice if they played 10 times at Hallford. If the game was on the road then maybe the possibility of a Bradwell win would be a little greater.

Actually, Forest Park won that 1995 game 22-21, and as it turned out it was the last game Nick Hyder ever coached. He died suddenly in May 1996 in the lunchroom at Valdosta High School. May God continue to rest his soul.

And though it’s not widely mentioned, that was the real beginning of the end of the glory days of the Wildcats.

As a AAAA School, Northside will definitely be in control for a number of years among Houston County Schools.

I have to tip my hat to you guys last year. You gave Camden all we wanted and more. I also want to thank you guys for the wake up call. We played our best game against Newnan.

How many starters did you guys loose from last years team? We lost a total of 15. You guys have a great team but how many rings do you have? Heck, Lowndes has lost count on how many Championship rings they have and Camden has two. I promise one thing, Camden and Lowndes are chomping at the bit to play Grayson. If Camden wins in the first round (we never take any team for granted) and Lowndes wins as well, the second round will be very interesting. I think the team that wins between Camden and Lowndes will also be your next State Champion. Camden and Lowndes have been there and done that. What about Grayson?

WOW!!!! Warner Robins will lose that many? That is very hurtful to the program. But you know, Warner Robins always seems to bounce back after adversity. Tell me though, how does the change not affect the retuening starters at Northside Warner Robbins? Is it that th zoning or rezoning will not affect the area from where the returning starters live?
Dropping back down to Class AAAA probably put you all in region 1-AAAA or Region 2-AAAA?

But then on the other hand, Region 3-AAAAA and Region 4-AAAAA may not fit into that category. The number two seed in Region 3-AAAAA, and Region AAAAA in my opinion will be out after the first round.