Lowndes-Camden headlines a loaded second round

What does Coach Gartrell mean when he says he has so much trouble with south Georgia teams? Is it better coaching, better athletes or what is it? If he was my head coach and said that, I would be worried . That’s loser talk. Sorry Stephenson, your coach is waving the white flag already.

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Can’t wait until Friday night. Camden vs Lowndes has the potential for being a real shoot-out. Both defenses are too good for the other to run up and down the field. Expect a couple of break away plays, and maybe a couple of mid field drives. Special teams will probably be the difference. One Camden fan “…..BEAR”, said they should give the state championship to Lowndes after watching them last week…..I think he was probably being a little sarcastic…Should be a good though. Goodluck to both teams.

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Hey, SanityRules, I don’t think Coach Gartrell is waving any white flag. Like TRUE BLUE said, I think he is just saying that in the past, SHS has had trouble with schools from South Georgia and that is a well documented fact. However, this is not the same SHS Jaguars that many have seen in the past. This team “finishes” and finishes very well.

I expect this to be a good game but by no means should anyone think that was loser talk. One thing is for sure, we will know for sure, one way or another, in about 5 days or so.

LET’S GO JAGUARS!!!

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where’s the love for jackson in AAA,don’t count us out.

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We Love You Colquitt County Packers Guys go take care of South Georgia Business like we did back in the 90’s.
GO PACK GO, Moultrie Georgia!!!!!

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I have to say that I think Grayson’s chances to do well are a little suspect. To be ranked #1 in the state and only beat a fourth seeded team by one touchdown does not bode well for them. I will be suprised to see them in the hunt after this week. Lowndes looked a little scary in the first half against East Coweta, but the second half was all Vikings. As long as the Plowboys play that type of football, no one will beat them. Vikings by 21 points.

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Gwinnett Fan- havent you figured it out? Its a conspiracy to try and keep Camden county from winning the state every year. We have an unfair advantage because we play in the weakest region, we have an unfair advantage because we have soo many players, so and and so forth. So to make it fair for the other schools we get the toughest draw!! All of this, of course, is said in jest.
Lets just play some ball!!!!

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no love 4 clark central they will beat down SWD

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CALLINLIKEITIS,Show STEPHENSON some repect when you try an compare them to a team. LASSITER don’t play defense goto ga.prepcountry.com and you will that gave up over 30 points in 4 games and over 25 in 2 games. LASSITER is giving up 21.0 compared to STEPHENSON 5.0. STEPHENSON in the last 3 years has never had 20 points scored on them can any other 5a team say that, I probably can go back further. You must don’t know STEPHENSON HIGH SCHOOL, because that what they are known for DEFENSE, but now they have a offense to go along with their GREAT DEFENSE. DOME BOUND BABY WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT DOME BOUND

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whoa wait why is everyone counting out tucker and sandy creek they got a big game in 4-A this week?

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Know what is wrong with Pemberton, what is wrong with Champaign? Two great players!

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Playing with a torn ACL? All I have to say is what a warrior. That boy has a motor.

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Todd I think you and the AJC do a good job that video with Coach Williams and the article was a moving story….. I hope you guy’s continue with what you do Life happens sports is what we enjoy along the way…..I also hope you guy’s follow Greenville and the story of his terminal disease I had a friend pass from this and it only gets worst from here his family has my prayers and many others on this blog I’m sure…

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Robert Gwinnettfan spwhite

It does not matter where you play them if you are championship caliber you move on….YOU PLAY THE TEAM IN FRONT OF YOU! as a region 4 supporter we face region 1 every other year we cannot wish away Region 1 there is a 4 and 1 in every bracket you to have a bracket with each region represented just MAN UP and play ball If Camden was ever a 2 seed then they would not have a problem with it..

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True Blue, I happen to like Stephenson and usually go to 2 to 3 of their games a year. I have been to two of thier games this year thus far and think that they have a great team. Also, I travel thru out the state and see teams from north to south georgia. I have seen Colquitt County play too and they are a great team also. Stephenson has never faced the type of offense that they are about to face this week. Haven seen Lassiter play this year, I agree with you that Stephenson defense is better. My main points that I was trying make is can Stephenson coach a good enough game and out coach the Colquitt County coaches to a Stephenson victory??? Let’s face it, Stephenson’s offense is not very creative and they have been running the same stuff for years. Colquitt Co. runs a pro set spread offense that forces the defender to defend the entire football field and many players touch the ball too.Can Stephenson’s defense hold up to the rapid fire offense of Colquitt late in the 3rd and 4th quarters. Unlike you I have no affiliation to any team, I call-it-like-it-is.

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where will lowndes game be, will it be on tv? it should.

Two best teams in State , both should be playing in Finals for Championship but under present system that will not happen. One will go home. I’ll take the Vikings by 7. Go Lowndes!!!

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inthatrenches (from the sunbelt conference) – Hey we are not complaining here in Camden. We want to play the best and I think most everyone agrees that region 1 is the best! Doesnt matter to us if its 1st round or for the championship.Like I said in my last post, lets just play some ball!!! Im ready to see the 2 masters of the wing t go at it!!!!

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I look for Camden, St. Pius, Gainesville, and Roswell to win.

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Sorry A fan us Rabid AAAAA fans seem to make the High school juices flow…… got to get some more A friends on here….. or learn to talk AAAAA football make a prediction or a proclaimation about your team to get a response…..

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Make that “anybody’s feelings. I suppose by that same logic I must also have a better offense.”

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Camden do you have a grass or turf field? I know it is relatively new, but I couldn’t tell by the pictures
on your web site whether it was natural grass of turf.

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yo- its a turf field.

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Glad to see you finally recognize the strength of the Red Elephants. Most divisions are balanced enough to see several potential champions – but I honestly think that Gainesville simply dominates their division. It remains to be seen on the field, but I could easily see this team cruising through all of their oppoenents.

I also think Buford is on a mission after the loss to Lovett. They may face some tough games but there seems to be a determination there that hasn’t been there for years. We’ll see how they do with this new determination and a little less talent.

In 5A I really think there are several teams that could go all the way. There are some really good teams, and all of them have shown a bit of weakness. Primarily, there is a lack of consistency. For example, P Ridge has the tools to win it all. But they have had major lapses in several games. Can they beat Brookwood and NSWR? Absolutely! But it remains to be seen whether they will do so. NSWR exposed some weakness in Lowndes; several teams could beat them with a big D Line and a constant attack against their secondary. Each of the strong teams appears to have some weakness and they will face an opponent capable of exploiting that weakness.

As a North fan I would rather play Lowndes in Suwanee than Camden in Kingsland. North got hosed in the revised brackets. It does not mean North will win, but I think it is possible to beat either of these teams, and more possible to beat Lowndes after a nice long bus trip. No matter what, North has to be the underdog if they even make it to that game.

How anybody can pick a winner in Lassiter vs South is beyond me. If the difference is 3 points, it would not surprise me to see a score of 63 to 60 – either way.

We really have some exciting teams and matchups in 5A this year. Nobody should count Newnan out. There will be some absolutely awesome football. I am sure going to have fun watching the North v Woodstock game, regardless of the winner. There are honestly 8 exciting matchups in 5A this week.

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Stephenson hasn’t deserved respect come playoff time, simply because they haven’t won much come playoff time despite a wealth of D1 bound players. Maybe this year is their turn. But it won’t be, if Stephenson, as in the past, apparently reads their press clippings, and forgets to play the game on the field.

Peachree Ridge did get spanked by Lowndes back in September 51-17. Lowndes has beaten some very good teams badly over the years, parfticularly at home, whle losing in Gwinnett last year and shaming themselves in the process. While PR lostt to NG, the game was pretty close.. If PR plays Northside Warner Robins in round 3, my bet is that they’ll represent Gwinnett County well, and, win or lose, play a good game. When it has come to State AAAAA champs in past years, Gwinnett has won their share.

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Grayson supporters should not look past Roswell this Friday. Don’t think a 10 point spread will happen as noted in an earlier post. My early objective feeling is that if the game is close in the 4th quarter (and I expoect it to be) then Roswell will win a close game perhaps by a field goal. Grayson no doubt is very good; however Roswell is very solid against the run and has outstanding special teams play. Most kickoff are into the end zone and the kicker is very accurate; he is a Houston committ. This only matter because I believe that special teams and field position will be important in this game. It appears that Grayson is a good running team while roswell coaches have built the Roswell defense to stop the run. It will be nasty in the trenches but roswell will hold its own. I expect a close game, with Roswell winning perhaps by a field goal. Roswell qb should not be underestimated….he is very good. Grayson would be foolish to look past Roswell. I expect Roswell to pull the mild upset in a close game.

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Sure sounds like Camden County is not getting a fair deal on the brackets.

The Gwinnett schools would be screaming if this happened every year.

Thanks for loking into it. I look forward to hearing the GHSA explaination.

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Grayson focuses week to week. They are not looking past Roswell, this is a huge game for them. They are getting all their players back this week that have been injured. Grayson has had injury problems this year but I hear they are all back this week for Roswell. If Pemberton is fine, and the injured produce, Roswell will be close but no cigar status. If their players are not back 100% and others do not step up, Roswell will win it. Grayson actually looked pretty good grinding out yards without Pemberton but they missed the homerun playmaker. Grayson played 3 quarters without Pemberton but he still went over 100 yards and had 2 TDs in 1 quarter. If he had played the whole game I think the score would have been in the high 30’s to a lucky 14. Grayson had game in hand and sat Pemberton, one score was desperation throw that was caught at end of game. Frustration I have with Grayson is the fact they let game scores get close when the stats show they dominated game. Usually give up a special teams run back or desperation throw score. No doubt this week will be close, but that is the way Grayson plays.

Camden and Lowndes will be almost worth driving down and seeing. I pick Lowndes but I am sure it will be a great game. Has Camden finally sat that senior QB or is he still spliting time with the better QB?

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Wolverine Fan – I expect the “D” will hold. Coach OB should have them prepared. After last year, Woodstock should have some confidence, but not overconfidence.

I might just have to load up and make a second trip to Gwinnett County… to the North side this time. How do you think my Etowah blue will be received?

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GOOOOOOOOO VIKINGS GO!

LOWNDES-24
CAMDEN- 10

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Lowndes 34 Camden 10

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South Mom – Yes, SG will get respect if South beats Lassiter. Beware of the onside kicks though!

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Even if the roswell team is built to stop the defense, graysons offense is built to run the ball… they WILL get 2-3 yards a carry… I dont think roswell has seen a running attack quite like graysons.

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Dawg4life
Jackson deserves no love, worst No. 1 seed in the state, any classification. The Red Devils will not survive this Friday night. So long, good night!

Bracket Fairness is for losers. The Playoffs are great, you gotta win or go home. You gotta beat the best to get to game 15. Only the strong survive. So long Camden, we hardly knew ya!

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I’m with “roswellfan” on this one. It will be an outstanding game. Not much air attack from either side but a lot of smash-mouth, in your face, gruntin’ and groanin’ at the line. Short but consistent gains and lots of 3rd (and 4th) down conversions for both sides. My pick: Roswell by 3

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Go Golden Herd. Lowndes get ready, we’ll see you in the semi’s at the concrete palace.

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I was at the Grayson/Camden game – if you think Grayson is a better team than Camden because they won that one game you are dillusional! Also, if you think Lowndes is fielding the same team this year that you played last year you are dillusional. Once your Rams can beat an average team by more than one touchdown (this year), then get on here and talk to us! Once the Rams start putting the points up on teams that Lowndes and Camden have put up this year (with their JV players playing the second half), then get on here and talk to us!

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Just check the schedule, Grayson has shut down as many teams as any other “great” team, and they do it all in the first quarter half….second and third string plays the rest of the game.

Interity means more to the Grayson program than beating a team 76-0
sounds like the coaches are compensating for something.

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GHS#22 — BAHHHHAAAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAA !!!! I don’t know how much more “integrity” Lowndes can show than letting their JV and B Team play the second half. I guess the JV and B Team players are suppose to go out there and take a knee every down. Because your second and third string players can’t score, and Lowndes’ can speaks to the excellence of the players coming up next year and the next and the next. Don’t get me started on this “integrity” garbage. And yes, I have “checked the schedule” and all I can say is: REALLY!?!?!?!

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sounds you have bought into that hold “Region 1 is the best region” crap!

oh yeah about the interity stuff I remember it from the Grayson Lowndes game

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The folks here can’t figure out why Lowndes is playing Camden County? All brackets where the first round favorites won are having a #1 seed play a #2 seed. Remember that Lowndes is a #2 seed this year, and will most likely have to travel for all their remaining games. As good as they are, they have to play Camden County IN Camden County. Both teams understand what each other does, consequently I see a low scoring affair. Last time these two faced each other Lowndes won 10-0 in the dome. The edge, though, still is with Lowndes because there’s nothing like game time competition, and Camden County can play in its region blindfolded and still win. Camden playing somebody this good this early favors Lowndes.

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VikingsOnAMission

We don’t have to be happy about yall playing each other this week. Sounds like an excuse to me, to win the title you had to go through each other anyway so what difference does it make that its the second round. That’s just the draw you got

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Etowah blue will be welcomed Friday night! Thanks for the support.

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Etowah Fan, there are plenty of seats at North Gwinnett. A couple years back North “switched” sides of the field. The visiting team now gets the old “home” stands, and a generous patron built an entirely new home stand on what used to be the visitor side. I have never seen any animosity towards visitors or others at North (except maybe against Buford). I really think this will be a tough but exciting game – Woodstock is a solid team.

I think the Brookwood team that is playing now, is not the same team we saw during the playoffs. They found another gear and I think P Ridge v Brookwood will be a tremendous game.

South’s shootout with Lassiter should be another fantastic game. And anybody who likes football will want to see Lowndes v Camden. It is worth watching a Stephenson game just to see their drum-line. They have some fantastic musicians. It really is too bad there isn’t some way to record these and watch them all.

It is great to be a football fan in Georgia this year!

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BLACK AND GOLD 24, No team in the past 4 years has put 28 pts. on STEPHENSON. We just don’t give up points like that to passing teams. This is a humble team and its a new season 1-0 and 4 more to go. Hey Callitlikeitis , you can keep your negative commets to youself and you to Panola Roads Finest. Neither one of you know what you are talking about and them coaches at STEPHENSON are more than just coaches for our kids. They do more than coach them, but you wouldn’t know that because all you look for is to BLAME. BLAME IT ON the coaches, because STEPHENSON is DOME BOUND

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I think we all need to start watching the Jackson Red Devils, lets show some love!

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Greetings inthatrenches (from the sunbelt conference,

You have some good picks. But my picks are slightly different.

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Region 3-AAA Liberty County is great team and the Coach (Former UGA Star & Tight End Coach Kirk Warner) is a very smart coach. The key to wins will be defense against a good Jackson football Team. In my opinion, Region 3-AAA (in my opinion , the States toughest Region in Class AAA) is a force to be reckoned with. At one time in the regular season three Teams out Region 3-AAA were in the top ten. That was Burke County. Washington County, and Baldwin County.Go Luck Liberty County this week and Region 3 AAA.

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Hey Todd,

I just printed this page and will be mailing it to you when Peach County wins the championship! Go Trojans!!!

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Sorry to all for my prognosticating gaffe.

Winners this Friday will include South Gwinnett and Stephenson

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Neither will win

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Hey Gram is a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP that important to play with a torn acl and seperated shoulder. I will be praying for these young men safety, because they do have alot more football ahead of them at the next level. Stophating don’t worry about STEPHENSON and their coaching, because we will handle our business FRIDAY NIGHT.

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fitzgerald is gong to embarrase swainsboro this friday, they are a one dimensional team, their qb will not have a chance, its going to be lights out, (redemption) its going to be exciting for everyone this friday , good luck to all the southern teams

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Yet again…Don’t forget about Union Grove v. Northside…

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A win is a win. Yes they will beat Union Grove! Someone said it earlier that the Northside defense will give them a chance in any game. The Eagles defense is big and fast. The offense might have caught up with the defense finally in the last game and if that did happen then its bad news for the rest of AAAAA. I’m not trying to be a homer but i call it like i see it. I think Lowndes is the best in the state but that doesnt mean the best team will always win. Last year Grayson and Lowndes were the best two in the state and they didnt win Camden did. As a loyal supporter for Northside I have to believe anything is possible. Especially when they have a Top 3 coach in the state in Conrad Nix.

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am i the only one outside of the mlk faithful who think they have a great shot at newnan? they have not given up any points since losing to stephenson

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HEY TRUE BLUE!!!! I don’t have a son playing for MLK actually I use to work that school system. I believe that CLOWN is a GYM TEACHER… HOW HARD IS IT TO TAKE ATTENDANCE AND ROLL THE BALLS OUT AND GO BACK IN THE OFFICE TO TRY AND WATCH FILM. DONT WORRY HE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GRADE PAPER AFTER FRIDAY NIGHT.

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Looking forward to watching Lassiter vs South Gwinnett. Neither team has gotten much respect statewide. For those who arent aware, the stats on Lassiter’s defense (and offense) are both a bit skewed. Lassiter has also put their second string in during several games in order to give them experience and prevent injuries to starters. Last weeks game was well fought by North Forsyth, but Lassiter was ahead 42-14 at halftime. Hats off to Hutson Mason, Rip Rowan, and the rest of the players, as well as Chip Lindsey. My suggestion to many folks who are discrespecting other teams: remember, this is high school ball. These kids are learning, and playing their hearts out, every week. It’s about them. Tell the rest of us who haven’t seen your team play yet why they are in the playoffs, who to watch for, and what your teams do best. The kids will settle it on the field anyway. BTW, South Gwinnett fans, welcome to Lassiter. We hope you enjoy the visit to “the Frank” (our stadium) and hoping for a good, tough, injury free game on Friday.

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Grayson Student – I believe, sir or ma’am, that you are repeating what I said in my first post – Lowndes by 3. I never said Lowndes would be able to run up on the score on Grayson. Again I repeat – don’t talk to me, show me!

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I am very excited about going back down to Camden this weekend for what will be a college atmosphere in Kingsland! Saw Camden last week and noticed some defensive flaws that cost them dearly at times. A stronger defensive team would have given them major problems. Which Lowndes is. The Vikings are top to bottom a better team in my opinion(And I’m a huge Camden supporter), but home field is a big advantage in Kingsland. Lowndes’ size and strength worry me to no end! We love to see teams banking on their speed,passing and athleticism come to Camden. PULLING FOR CAMDEN,PULLING FOR A GREAT NIGHT OF FOOTBALL,…VERY WORRIED ABOUT OUTCOME! Unofficial State Championship? No,but two of the states top 4 teams, definately.(Much respect to Northside and Grayson).

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Let’s go MLK, Stephenson, SWD and Tucker and bring the State Championship back home to Dekalb County where it belongs! The community is pulling for all of you guys, sick and tired of the disrespect towards Dekalb County Football.

Let’s shut’em up and bring the title home where it belongs…..

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TrueBlue – I understand what you are saying about Dekalb County schools but I would say that Dekalb County salaries are higher than Camden. I am not sure what the booster pays but it not as much as you think. Let’s stop making excuses for Stephenson they have more talent than most teams in the state of Georgia year in and year out, this year team 16 D-1 scholarships, give me a break. SHS has three linebackers and one defense end that starts in the SEC Floridia, LSU, Tennessee, one in the ACC. The bottom line is that Stephenson has one of the wrost coaching staff in Georgia.

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Lowndes and Camden have accounted for 6 of the last seven championships. The winner of this game will win state.

Camden is not scared to face anyone. Since ‘02, we are 10-3 against region 1 opponents in combined reg. season and playoff games. We have performed well in pressure situations and in front of national audience.

Friday will be no different. Here’s to hoping for a well-played, injury free game for both teams.

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NHS Eagles Man

Maybe not all three, two definitely will be done.(Lowdnes and Colquitt)
Northside’s will come soon after

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Decatur 4 Life -

Win in AAAAA, um Northside was in AAAA for population reasons and wont be able to be in AAAAA next year for the same reason. If you remember Northside almost won a state championship against Parkview a while ago in the highest classification if it werent for the lights going out. Who are you going for again? Can you name a school that hasnt lost a true home game since 1996? Can you name a school who has won at least 10 games for 10 straight years? If you can that school would be the Northside Eagles of Warner Robins, GA!!!!! They are 10-1 this year after losing an all region running back and the best d-linemen in the state in Abry Jones who now plays a big role for UGA. Another name is Eric Fields who was ranked as a top 10 linebacker in the nation last year. So Northside loses over half of thier team and gets no respect. Classifications are overrated. Its based on population not performance. When was the last team from the Atlanta area won state championship in the highest class other than the garbage teams in Roswell and Peachtree who sucked it up so bad they tied.

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Gram, your an idiot for spreading that s–t and don’t even know what your talking about. The injury is no worse than a sprain. He’ll be at 100% friday night. I do know what I’m talking about.

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Camdenites — Is it better to make the trek through the backwoods going through Waycross or to go I-75 to I-10 to I-95? The GPS says the Waycross route is quicker, but only by a few minutes. I’m worried about two lane roads and construction on that Waycross route. Anyone know which is better? Of course, I guess a lot will depend on hitting Jacksonville at rush hour, also.

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Hey True Blue; We are going to tear you a new *&(*&(& so get ready and leave our BlackandGold24 alone because we are going to see this Friday and if they do when; so be it because the PACK IS BACK!~!!!!!~

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Stephenson can’t get past a 1AAAAA team, the proof is in the pudding. It is the end of the road for Stephenson and their more that coaches. I know you don’t want to believe that but you will see this week.And they are not negative comments, they are the truth.Colquitt will clean your clock. I’m Lowndes fan and 1AAAAA fan. Colquitt, Northside and Lowndes is opening up a fresh can of whoop- butt.I plan on being in the stands at Camden and watch a heck of a ballgame.

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WILLIAM BRADO , You just won GRAMMY AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING CAST 2009. CONGRATULATION!!!

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Camden will beat Lowndes and Stephenson will beat Colquitt.

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To bad we can’t haul the woodshed with us to NG.

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STEPHENSON (VS) COLQUITT….This is really your first true test of the season…(STP). You really havent been tested all year long by no one. You cruised by all of the soft patsies on your schedule. I know you played who you are supposed to…but now comes the REAL deal! Heres a team that will knock your block-off if youre not totally prepaired to play for 48 minutes. So dont go in (half-stepping). Lets see what youre really made-of! I would love to see you win….but I give the edge to COLQUITT simply because they are (battle) tested. That region their in is no joke!

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LOL, some of you Stephenson fans are just hilarious. If Stephenson would actually play somone in the beginning of the season to help them competition wise I might be a believer. However opening up with 4-6 AAA Mcnair, 3-7 AAA Columbia, and 6-5 AAAA Ware County just isn’t gonna do it. You know it might help if you started scheduling mayber perhaps some of the Region 1 teams, Look at Grayson, Peachtree Ridge, those teams aren’t affraid to do it. They know how to prepare kids for the playoffs. Oh and another thing Coaching plays a huge role also. Coach Gartrell may do enough to get by within the region and around the metro are, but when it comes playoff time, he either sneaks by folks or he falls flat on his face. You guys do have a ton of talent there at Stephenson, its a hot bed for recruiting. Explain to me why you have all those great D1 athletes but can’t get the job done, sounds like to me your coach isn’t getting the most out of his players. Thats the difference between Stephenson and the Region 1 teams they face. Their coaches get the most out of their kids and therefore coach Gartrell gets out coached, you will see come Friday night.

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Just because I remember the old days I’m going to go for Newnan. Griffin and Newnan had a good rivalry when I was in school. They always played us tough even when they weren’t that good, which was rare. Their coach back in the 70’s was a character. Any of you Cougar fans remember his name? Good luck in the AAAAA playoffs. I know you guys play quality football regardless of state geography.

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Wow….the Grayson bloggers sure seem pretty confident this week against Roswell…..already talking about further into the bracket. Again, don’t underestimate Roswell. More to come…

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Either way instead of arguing like kids, we’ll see who the best in the state is this year cause the brackets are finally good and the top teams are actually gonna play each other. If its Grayson, N. Gwinett, Lowndes, Northside, or whoever it is. I think the best team will actually win this year.

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OK, what is with all the Pemberton guesses on injury, paper said stinger, now seperated shoulder, and lastly a sprain….what is it really because Pemberton is needed to win in playoffs? Guess we need injury reports for high school football. Then the question of how many ACL injuries are over at Grayson? All playing? I feel if Roswell will have to throw to win. Backup ready to have that preasure on him?

Rivals is right to question Grayson. If you do not watch their games you can not tell they are dominating on defense. Teams are scoring on special teams and last minute hail Mary passes at end of games. *IF* Grayson losses this year it will be in a close game. Robert is right……..the best team will win it this year!!!! And that team will be from Gwinnett County!!!

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yal sleepin on N.Clayton..once dey beat Brunswick friday..dey gon play SWD..den we gon c who da best team n 4A!!!!!

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TrueBlue my guess is that you will not be on here next week making any kind of bold statements about Stephenson, because your precious cougars will be sent packing by the Packers. You win your games playing a patsy schedule and you are the best team in the state. I assure you that playing in region 1AAAAA would give your Stephenson team at least 3 losses. Go ahead and post all you want this week, since it will be your last.
Decatar 4 Life, same goes for you.
Go Pack!

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Remember talk is cheap. The game is played on the field. Colquitt leaves it on the field every week. Our talking is coming out of Region 1AAAAA with an 8-2 record, only losing to nationally ranked teams. This team is physical and will hit you like you have never been hit.

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Viking Girl: You are so right. Who, outside of the Woodstock faithful, thought Woodstock would be in the quarters & give Camden the fight of their lives last year?
Robert: The lack of respect goes both ways. The Middle & South Georgia folks don’t respect Metro Atlanta teams as well. Also, you will have to admit that some of the posters on these blogs tend to annoy others with their constant trash talk about their school being “God’s gift to high school football”.
Personally, I think it’s great that people are passionate about their favorite high school, whether they attended or their kids attend. However, when people denigrate others to puff themselves up & extol their virtues, then that crosses the line.
Etowah Fan: A Brookwood-NSWR matchup would be interesting. I’d put my money on BROOKWOOD MOM.

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Hey Phil don’t hate player hate the game Jackson rolls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Max Bass was the Newnan coach for many years. K-Man ,keep posting as you look sillier with every post. You say Colquit Co. is battle tested because of region 1 then the very next post you say Newnan’s victory over a fellow region 1 opponent was weak. The only thing weak is your lack of logic. Dakotah, your text writing is a little hard for us old timers to comprehend.

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How I see the Lowndes/Camden game.

And let me add this will be my observation as to whoever Lowndes plays the rest of the way should they get by Camden.

Camden is good enough to beat Lowndes (like Northside) and should they beat Lowndes it will be around a 3 point loss for Lowndes (see Northside).

On the other hand Lowndes is good enough to dominate Camden and capable of making it a ugly game (unless you are a Lowndes fan).

So there you have it….any where from a low score and low point margin win for Camden (like they almost pulled off against Grayson) to a lot of points from Lowndes and a wide margin win.

The determining factor will be which team for Lowndes gets off of the bus.

If it is the slow starting Lowndes then we will have a ball game.
If it is the fast starting Lowndes then game over fast.

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SanityRules,

I think dakotah might be talking about a short QB. What’s the point of posting, though, if no one understands what you said?

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Yo good picks I see the slow starting Lowndes team a close nailbiter I was predicting a 1 point Camden win but it is really a toss up Lowndes has a slight edge on talent but camden is at home That usually accounts for something?/ However i do not see Colquitt over Stephenson Colquitt has had a good season but the travel and a hostile environment and athletes all over the field for the Jags I see a 14+ game Does not look like Colquitt finish drives that well…. Hey Where is ENR??

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One other observation to go with the rest of my 1AAAAA buddies.
I like the way the brackets (unlike last year) are setting up for 1AAAAA to make a run this year. If Colquit gets by Stephenson and that in my mind is the “BIG IF” then I do see the possibility getting better and better of 3 1AAAAA teams in the Semis. If the BIG IF happens then Colquit would only be one game away from the semis against S.Gwin. or Lassiter.

I think Lowndes has learned its lesson (but time will tell).
One note on Lowndes loss to Northside. Northside played at their best and Lowndes didn’t. Still Lowndes had numerous shots at winning or taking that game to overtime. This statement is not to take any thing away from Northside who I very much respect. It is to say to the rest of the state that even when Lowndes is not on top of their game you still better be ready for a ball game and just because Lowndes doesn’t have their best you had still better have your best, if you plan to walk away with a win.

Northside just had the first 3 rounds handed to them if they will just win at home (something they are good at). I’m predicting it will be Northside and Grayson in the quarters and Northside comes out ahead due to their ability to defend the Wing T. Should be a low scoring ball game.

ps-I think Grayson will beat Newnan in a defensive slugfest. Why? The Grayson Wing T monster that Slalom hates so much. The one like Camden ran against them last year.

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Ok, so scrimmage games don’t count, however Northsides first game was against Carver of Columbus, whose only loss was to Northside warner robbins, CoC would more than likely win region 2-AAAAA. Colquitt county played Thomasville who made the playoffs and the only 3 teams they lost too also made the playoffs. Can you not see the difference in the teams they play, The ones that are in the lower classifications are pretty darn good teams. The ones that Stephenson played are terrible. Again you have no point. The packers beat stephenson by 10

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inthatrenches I am concerned about the Colquit travel. The environment however is not a concern. Those boys have already been to Cleveland Field and the Mac this year. Won in one of those games and almost pulled it out in the other.

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Regarding Stephenson’s athletes….The good thing about speed is it gets places fast. So if you get them running in the wrong direction then you have them running in the wrong direction faster. That means they get to the wrong place faster than every one else. The wrong place is the wrong place, doesn’t matter how fast you get there. LOL

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Yo, I agree with you about our region 1-AAAAA, I think Lowndes has learned some about playing on the road, they should come in well rested
and have enough time to get accustomed to the field, if they do that they should take some of the home field advantage away and win a hard fought game!Hopefully NSWR has learned some things about not letting up in the second half against anybody.I see colquitt winning a close one also. Go region 1!

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inthatrenches trust me on this one thing about Colquit. They will be in better condition than Stephenson and they will win the second half.
When they were down to Northside considerably, sitting in the Lowndes stands I told everyone, “Colquit is a second half team” and they proved me right in their comeback in almost pulling it out. Colquit has been doing that all year. That comes from 2nd half adjustments and conditioning.

Now another thought. Colquit does have some dificulties in the red zone sometimes. The other side of looking at that is they do move the ball down the field and the other team gets it in bad field position against a pretty good defense. Colquit’s offense will spread the field and then their running back is very capable of hitting the home run on you. Their running back has some good wheels.

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This is a really talented Colquitt team. One thing that I like about this year team is that it is muture and when things get bad they don’t bow they heads and lay down they do the exact opposite they stand up and put and end to whatever the other team is doing. The NSWR game showed me alot about our team even though we lost. NSWR running back O’Neal gashed up the first two drives and the entire first half, but after that we came out and showed that we would not be ran on anymore. I don’t know about the talent or the coaching that Stephson has but I know that talent isn’t enough to win games when it comes to the playoffs. We come from the best region and everyone out there knows it so I’m ready to see 4 quaters of football….so I hope Stephson is ready to play 4 quaters because I know for sure that the Colquitt County Packers of Moultrie, Ga will be strapped and ready to get after some a**!!!

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Here is a thought that may come into being. Not sure if darkhorses but North Gwinnett be the ones to quietly take it all, no one blogs about them much. Their college style can come up with big points and big stops. Against a Wing T team this can be a bad thing. Wing T is not designed to catch up in short amount of time. North Gwinnett will give Wing T teams fits if they get ahead in a game. Their is a little revenge factor if they meet Lowndes again too.

My final 4:

*P.Ridge (Wing T),
*Grayson (Wing T),
*N. Gwinnett,
*Stephenson

Needless to say I think a Gwinnett team wins it this year.

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Wolverine2Blazer: I for one am hoping both Lowndes and Woodstock win this week and do get a chance to play- but at Martin Stadium. We have family that attend Woodstock High and have cheered on Woodstock for a couple of years, even attended a game at the “rock” or “woodshed”. This would definately be a special night for our family for a chance for our teams to meet and play a game. Again, hopefully at Martin Stadum…as our family hasn’t traveled down to our stadium.

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looking back on swainsboro web site, they have 5 seperate videos on different games, from what I take on their offensive scheme is that their qb is their offense, more or less all that they do is hike the ball to him and he runs, fitzgerald will eliminate him, fitzgerald will shut him down, they have not met up with a def. like fitzgerald, they have to many weapons, fitzgerald 49 – swainsboro 13

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An undefeated Brookwood team went to Lowndes in 2005 and got slaughtered 49-7 for the AAAAA State Championship. The previously undefeated 2008 Lowndes team took the reverse bus ride in 2008 and lost to Grayson 17-7 in the third round. Both visiting teams had to take an almost 500 mile round trip by bus in a single day, and fit in a football game in the middle of that trip, to play at the other team’s home field.

Many other states have their playoffs at neutral sites, but not Georgia, not until the Championship round (before it was just the semi-finals). If the south wishes to play north teams in round 1, then I’d say the only way fair way to do it would be to introduce neutral sites for the entire playoffs, with those neutral sites being as equidistant as possible between the two opponents. Due to the preponderance of larger schools in the north (Gwinnett will have as many as 16 AAAAA schools very soon), I’m not sure an equidistant choice would be always possible, but removing a home field advantage more often would help determine who really has the best team.

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Todd, you are partly correct. AAA is down to two teams. But Peach County will be in that final pairing. After beating both Cairo and Baldwin during the regular season and a blowout win last week, how can you not include them. Surely being two time state champions out of the last five years deserve a little more respect. Go Trojans!

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My little brother lives in Michigan and if two teams are far apart they find a school who is pretty much even distance away to play at. Why doesn’t the GHSA do that? When the the Championship game goes back to a home field instead of the dome then yes play at the higher seed but til then find a place that is in the middle of the two schools.

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I think whoever looks at this should go to http://www.espnrise.com and look at the high school rankings. The Peach State is not getting any love. Grayson, N. Gwinett, and Lowndes are the only ones in the top 50. What about Newnan, Gainsville, Northside?

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Yeah. I’m def going to try to find a spot to sleep next fri and sat nights if Wood and Lowndes play down here. And our stadium is “The/Da Rock” and the Woodshed is, well the Woodshed we run out of. haha. I would love for Homefield or ENR to see it.

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What about the others. And Northside beat Lowndes, Carver Columbus.
Sports Fan you must not care about our GHSA football if you are willing to defend the site that has the worthless Miami teams on there. Northside beat Booker T Washington from Miami last year. If you live in GA then disagree with the site not favor it. Arguing with Georgia ppl is lose lose situation, you all just don’t get the point!

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Robert

SWD won in the highest classification in 1995, and why doesn’t the classes matter. You know you can choose to play up if you want to, that’s no excuse. Also people lose athletes to graduation every year so
that’s a problem everyone has not just NSWR. My point was all this winning you guys have done and no AAAAA championship yet. We don’t care about you not losing at home neither, how can you lose when your opponents have to play the referees also at the “Mac”. Too bad GHSA changed the site for the championship games because yall might have gotten a AAAAA championship if it was at the “Mac”.

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BlackandGold24

Man please, I’ll be here next week talking evn more. Colquitt is living in the past, I figured they closed the school or something because I haven’t heard anything from Moultrie. I’m glad you guys made it back but a championship won’t happen with Propst, heck he got run out of Hoover. I know you guys can spread it out but 10 points at Westlake? I’ll just have to see it, I didn’t go and see the Bradwell debacle just so I could make sure I’m in attendance for Colquitt. Trying to see what the “baby SEC” is all about, must admit I wasn’t impressed with Valdosta last week though.

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First of all we love to play Lowndes!! We don’t care what round it is in!

Why did the AAAAA brackets get revised? I bet it is so the N. Ga teams wouldn’t have to travel!!!

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Mistermak,

Where have you been all year my friend? haven’t heard from you. Camden County will have a huge fight on their hands this week.

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GHSA.net……sorry

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Howdy to all! Good to be back! I was reading on here about how Camden will have to play other schools than Savannah so I thought the new classifications were out. I hope we do get to play other schools, I havn’t been to a game all year because they are not worth the ticket price. I never liked 50-0 blowouts. I like to watch a competitive game.

Still no answer for why the playoff brackets changed sometime during week 1 of the playoffs!

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ENR ok? have not seen a post since Saturday?

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Brookwood is a better team than all you guys believe…

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Topper– Just curious, how much further is the drive thru Jax?

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Guy’s let’s be realistic Stephenson has the athlete’s every year but want get it done,None of you who have followed H.S. football really believe otherwise. SWD is also loaded with bluechippers but of course Buck will find away to screw it up.Their players are not well coached nor do they possess game time discipline to many mental mistakes.Sorry guy’s those are facts for the last 8-10 years. But good luck anyway.

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Vbeckham: If you pair north and south teams as early as the second round, travel is increased substantially. The folks whom the GHSA must answer to (principals, superintendents, ADs) don’t want that.

re: SWD and Stephenson. Stephenson has had quite a few big recruits this decade and has failed to make a state final, so I that’s a valid point to bring up. But SW DeKalb has not had overwhelming talent this decade, until now perhaps.

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wildcat fan just one observation for you and every one else who crazily sees Lowndes giving up 24, 28, 34, etc points. It doesn’t happen. Period! If you should beat Lowndes it will be because your defense held Lowndes down, but not because you scored more than 17 points. You will not. The only way a team gets more than 17 points is if Lowndes already has 50. Can Lowndes be beat? possibly but not by the other team scoring a lot of points. Will not happen.

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i think people are underestimating us cause we lost two close games and we dont have the talent we had last year. i think we will beat Lowndes cause the Five times coach Herron coached against Lowndes we won 2 games at home and 1 game at Lowndes. so we are undefeated against Lowndes at home and at there place.

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Stephenson will win if they score 20 points or more .MLK has good chance of beating Newnan with a healthy Mack Brown. Both of these teams are a victim of the region they play in, when u dont play teams that are a threat to beat you in the regular season it stunts your coaching in game time situations.When ever you get two good teams going against each other its who ever makes the adjustments and has a back up plan in case the initial game plan isnt working. Coaches also must depend on what their assistant coaches are telling them because you can only see so much at field level.Im a Mlk fan and I hope that they do well ,my main wish for the playoffs is that none of these kids get a serious injury during the games.Go Lions

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After reading these blogs, it is obvious that most people believe that the state champ will probably be Lowndes. I have to agree with one of the comments about the metro teams getting no respect and South Ga feels like they rule high school football, well time will tell who can hang in the end. May the best team win, north, south or middle Ga. Good luck Camden.

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Neutral sites do not “level the playing field.” I saw first-hand in 2006 what happened to Tift County and Warner Robins when forced to play lower-seeded Metro Atlanta teams in the Georgia Dome. If you want to play at a geographically neutral site, how would that work? Would Lowndes play Camden County at Atkinson County?

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I have to agree (grudgingly,lol) with Yo. No way anyone hangs more than 15-20 on Lowndes in a close game. Their defense is too solid for that.
As for my predictions:
Lowndes over Camden
Newnan over MLK
Stephenson over Colquit Co.
Peach Co. over WACO
Cairo over Baldwin
Hiram over Rockdale Co. (bias pick)
Griffin over Ware Co
SWD over Clarke Central
Sandy Creek over Tucker
Buford over Jefferson
Grayson over Roswell
Lassiter over S. Gwinnett ( would love to see that game, whoever has the ball last should win 61 -60)

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A good article on Lowndes offense.
“The Lowndes Vikings X Factor”
http://www.vdtvarsity.com/

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Todd Holcomb

November 15th, 2009
10:48 pm
And further, I’ll ask the GHSA about it this week and report back.

Todd have you nhad a chance to do this? I realize it’s probably a back burner, off season kinda thing. But I am interested in what they tell you.

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Did not mean to put a dollar mark($) before 10,000

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Any predictions for the South Gwinnett v. Lassiter game & info on both teams??

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P-ridge gets out coached by brookwood and then there gonna have to come to the mac and play us (NSWR). Lowndes just flat out whips camden unless the officials serve up some home cooking. We all know stephenson isnt coached up but I dont know how much better propst is since he does not have his same O coordinator he did at hoover. ( I wish you all could have seen how he acted against us – NSWR)……………………showed his tail! I would like to know though, has anyone seen NSWR’s defense and stephenson defense play this year. And which one is better?

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Thanks Mr. Holcomb for continuing to write about Garrison Smith at Frederick Douglass High School. Garrison is an awesome football player and an even greater person. He loves the game of football and continued to rally alongside his teammates even though they did not have such a winning season. I was at the game (Douglass vs. Luella (at Luella) where Garrison was penalized and eventually ejected from the game which led to the suspension. Garrison should not have been penalized because those guys from Luella had been harrassing/taunting and playing nasty football all night. They did not come to play football. The referees have done this Douglass for the last two (2) years that Douglass have traveled to Luella. My son who is a senior and a “DAMN” good football football player on Douglass’ team made a tackle on one of Luella’s football players during the opening play of the game and the head ref made the comment “coach he did not have to hit him that hard. I bet he didn’t do MLK like that. I don’t support unsportmanslike conduct by no mean, but as a football player you can only take so much of other players getting away with unsportsmanlike conduct. It’s just sometimes bring out the beast. May the “best” team win!!!

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yo,

I agree with you. I will go on to say that this will be a fight to the finish. I give it a low scoring game. As much as I like both teams, I believe Lowndes may pull this one out this year. Who ever wins this game, will win the Class AAAAA State Title.

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If Stephenson won’t score 20, how many will Colquitt score?

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Decatur 4 life – Colquitt can esasily score 21 or more on Stephenson. What ENR calls a “dancing band” won’t help the Jags this week. Next week Stphenson and UG can get together and play basketball. (I just hope Camden can join’em!) Colquitt has a very fast and strong running back and their QB can chunk it and run it! They have one really great receiver and some “good” ones. Their interior linemen are good on both sides of the ball. I look for a 1-5A sweep this week. Goooo Northside, Lowndes & Colquitt!

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Lowndes fans welcome to Kingsland. Enjoy the nite. Should be a good game. I’ve been waiting a year for this one.

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Randy prosen – while driving to Camden County High School, I plan to drive to Folkston from waycross and turn left at the 1st sign I see that says Hwy 40. I undestand this goes slightly around Folkston and runs into the real Hwy 40 on the east side of town. I guess the 1st one is like a truck route. Then I was told to turn left just past a Baptist Church onto Colerain Road which goes thru Kingsland and continues past I-95 and is the actual road the stadium is on. Is this Colerain Road the best route or should we just take Hwy 40 to I-95 then go up one exit?

I’d appreciate your help (or anyone’s). Thanks

Sportsfan31313 – You going to THE game Friday?

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Vikings on a Mission – The Camden principal said their fans start tailgating by 8 am, and the stadium gates will open at 5:30 pm. All of our seats are general admission. The chartered busses will get there about 5:15 to 5:30. We plan to be at the gate at 5:30 when it opens, hopefully ahead of the busses, even if it means buying supper at the concession stands. Some Lowndes folks are leaving Valdosta at noon and will tailgate. I’m sure you are welcome to join them. However the Touchdown Club is not feeding the Lowndes fans like we have done in the past on some road trips. If we go to Atlanta next week I believe we will cook and feed the fans, like we did at Parkview in 04, Harrison in 06, and Stephenson in 99, and some other long road trips.

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Happy Birthday High school Football Fan, Shawney Bear says Camden is ready for Lowndes Friday night. I know you guys are not used to traveling so be careful.

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Decatur 4 Life ,

No all I am saying is that Colquitt County has a great defense. Nothing like Stephenson had to deal with all season.

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Greetings AViking Fan,

How are you my friend. Hopefully I will be at Red Devil Hill to see this Jackson vs Liberty County. Since Liberty County had been under the radar, and had beaten a great LaGrange football team, they stunned the entire Western Part of Georgia. Now in AAA they eyes are now on those Liberty County Panthers. This will be a great game and fight to the finish. Liberty County will be bringing a lot of fans in support of the Panthers this week.

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inthatrenches (from the sunbelt conference)

The I really don’t know category, Southwest / Clarke Central I said i would give SWD because of Home field advantage but I don’t know.

The I really don’t know category is Lowndes / Camden County

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Sportsfan31313 – what happened to your 1st 3? Now it’s just 1313 instead of 31313 like always. Are you on a diet? ha ha

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I filled out my bracket the second time (the GHSA bracket error) and the only loss like you was the Brookwood.McEachern game but of course that jacked me up on that second round because I had them moving on to the third round to face NSWR….. so being down 1 this week already has me looking a little harder…….. I disagree with your Woodstock and Colquitt pick I am assuming the Camden-Lowndes game has your heart in one direction and your head in another… Good luck this week

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Regular Joe you need to go See a psychiatrist regular because your head has Jumped time if think Stephenson is a better team than Colquitt and as for Camden over Lowndes NOT!!! Your just a 1AAAAA hater. Though i do think Lowndes and Camden will be a heck of a ball game. But Chicken little the sky really isn’t falling.

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Let’s go Eagles! It should be a great game at the MAC! 1975 Northside Graduate! It’s great to be an Northside Eagle fan! GO BIG BLUE!!!!!!!!!!

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GO WILDCATS, I will be there tailgating at 12 noon with my fellow WILDCAT FANS. And I’m one who thinks this will be a high scoring game. Both offenses are just to good. Both have game breakers, at the running back position, actually both teams have 2 great runners. Both teams have good recievers and Camden has one really good one. Lowndes does throw the ball more. But Camden is capable of throwing it. One thing is for sure the winner will be 5 AAAAA STATE CHAMPS. Good luck Lowndes, and have a safe trip and God Bless. There is a mutal respect for Lowndes, One guy in the stands at a game earlier this year made a comment to me. He said if we(meaning Camden)doesn’t win the Championship, he would prefer Lowndes and I agree. We will just rotate it back and forth between the two every year. May the best team Win. Get there early and get your seats because the WILDCAT DEN will be packed. But i must admitt the last 2 games between the two played at the DEN was a low scoring affair.

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Advisor, Yes We Can…you ought to join Obama next next for president..lol

I think the biggest threat that Stephenson poses for Colquitt is the running back Sanders. As for hitting, that is all that they do down there in South Georgia. You will see how tough they play football down in south georgia. I do not know if you have been to football games down in south georgia but it is quite different down there..it is a very tough style of football. I do not think Stephenson will out tough those country boys from Colquitt County. Good Luck to Stephenson though.

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56 & 15

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Olesarge – Yes, the game is broadcast live on the net. http://www.thevikingvoice.com

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ok here is the thing camden has lost the last two times 30-0 and 07 which i remember very well
10-0 i dont like lowndes at all. but camden is not as good as they were so i think lowndes will win i hate saying that but its true. now if lowndes would of faced us last year they would of got beat….like i said lowndes will beat camden but it should be a good game.

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Hornet Dave: Not sure your assessment of the 2006 semifinals — two ‘lower seeded’ teams winning — is giving due credit to Peachtree Ridge and Roswell. Peachtree Ridge was 10-3 and Warner Robins was 9-4. A toss-up game. Roswell was a No. 2 seed, but only because of unusual tiebreaker method in 6-AAAAA. Roswell was the best team in 6-AAAAA that year. Tift and Roswell entered that game 12-1. Those games were played on a Saturday. No evidence that that Roswell or P’Ridge had an adantage.

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HFA what is the word on 56? I kind of figured he might be back this week. We may miss him in this game.

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grayson was lucky last year. the following round they lost to peachtree witch lowndes easily handled 22-7 earlier in the year. Lowndes was the best team in the state last year, but just bc you are the best team does not mean you cant be beat. If the vikings bring their A game fri when they play camden, the cats will go down!!!

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DollaDP I was there for both games and was proud of our (sophomore laiden) Vikings for hanging close to you guys that year. In both games.
Those same sophomores went on the win state the next 2 years as I was confidant they would after showing what they were capable of against Camden in both of those games in 2003.

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Good Luck Camden!! Let’s go Charlton County Indians!! Gonna be a full house in the Swamp Friday night!! Standing room only!!

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Lowndes Fans- Any word on Tyler Hunter or Jordan Black? I had heard that Hunter’s football career didn’t look so good, but hadn’t heard anything since. Black should be back this week, right? Gook luck Vikings!

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Contrary to Georgia High School Daily’s Newsletter today, Lowndes has won more than “ONE” playoff game on THE ROAD this decade. Since when does traveling 220 miles to the Georgia Dome to play a game not count as “ON THE ROAD”. Explain that to our players, coaches, band, cheerleaders and fans, and tax payers who bought the diesil fuel and paid the expenses. Todd, sometimes you remind me of EagleNationRising who often spins statistics to make a point.

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AVikingFan, if your guess that todd holcomb is ENR then it will be interesting to see who he would pick between peachtree ridge and northside warner robbins at the MAC. lol

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Mannnnnn! Would EagleNationRising have to eat some crow if PRidge were to beat Northside!

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one more day!!! Can’t wait got my tickets. gonna be a packed house everyone I talk to around here seems to be going! Go Camden! How are the ticket sales for Lowndes anybody know?

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White Trash – Good luck to you guys. If you beat us, I hope you win State. Let’s keep the title in South Georgia! The game will be a chess match with two very good coaches. I look for a low scoring game. 14-10 or 21-14 like in 03. I’ll be there around 4:30.

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The EAGLES! Will win it all…………..Mark my words

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It is Friday people!!! Are you ready? I know I am! Go Camden! Safe travels to all of you!

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spwhite

That’s just because both of you guys think this is the state championship. Contrary to popular belief it’s not, it’s only a second round matchup. Neither will see the dome in my opinion

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Good Luck to everyone, but Roswell…….

ok just kidding………I hope Roswell does well and everyone everywhere plays hard and injury free tonight!

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Decatur 4 Life – you have to admit it though…5 of the last 6 championships were from these 2 teams. To get to the dome someone has to go thru one of these two every year. Lets hope for a great, safe, and exciting game tonight.

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tell me who wins

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the vikings need to on top of there game tonight

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Ok all you doubters CAMDEN took care of business on friday night,we’re looking foward to playing for the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP again as far as grayson and hoover go we had several starters out do to disciplinary reasons.What would be really funny is if CAMDEN and NORTHSIDE end up playing for the state championship which in all reality CAMDEN will be there regardless.

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