Georgia High School Football Daily Spotlight: Class AAAAA Playoff Preview

I’m going early this week with my Predictions in Class AAAAA.

Union Grove at Northside, Warner Robins Union Grove won impressively against a weak
Savannah’s Windsor Forest. But Union Grove
will be no match for Northside Warner Robins
defense. Take Northside Warner Robins.

Brookwood at Peachtree Ridge Sorry Brookwood Mom, you wont beat the
“Ridge”! Take Peachtree Ridge.

Lowndes at Camden County A Very tough battle between the two.
Instead of a battle between the players,
It will be the battle between the two Coaches.
I said all along that Camden County is still
very good despite two losses in the regular
season. Take Lowndes on a very close,
overtime victory. The winner out of this
unofficial State Title matchup will win the
Class AAAAA Title.

South Gwinnett at Lassiter Take South Gwinette

M.L. King at Newnan Take Newnan

Roswell at Grayson Roswell playoffs contention ends Friday
Take Grayson

Woodstock at North Gwinette Toss up with this one. I will give Woodstock
the benefit of the doubt. Take Woodstock.

Colquitt County at Stephenson Stephenson has some good Running Backs.
They used Bradwell Institute as a scrimmage
as a scrimmage game hammering them 44-0
Stephenson Running Backs had over 100
rushing yards in the first half. But that will not
happen against a Colquitt County Defense.
Take Colquitt County.

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sportsfan31313 what planet areyou from …Raymond …Willie …Johnathan and mike will just have to show you … like they’ve shown all year …Stephenson

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take south gwinnett to beat lassiter. this is a severely under rated team. also NG over woodstock. woodstock has a chance if it is a low scoring game though. P-ridge will struggle but barely beat brookwood. Grayson beats roswell by 2 touchdowns. newnan holds MLK to 10 points or under. stephenson will beat colquitt. Northside beats Union grove. and the lowndes/camden game is a toss up. those are my picks what are yalls?

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BulldawgBite,

I just don’t believe that Stephenson will beat Colquitt County. They have a great defense and their offense has a lot of different looks to throw off a defense. Although North Gwinette is a good team this year, Woodstock has been there before, and know what it is like and what it takes to get there. Take Woodstock.

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sportsfan, that colquitt team is certainly good and stephenson has to prove that it can beat a good team. i just think that this is a game that they can win. woodstock has been there before… only last year was the first year they had ever won a playoff game. NG has made at least the quarterfinals the past 3 years so im pretty sure they are even more equipped in a “been there sense”. its at NG and the bulldogs last loss there was the preseason last year against byrnes south carolina a perrineal top 5 team in the nation. i expect it to be a good game but if north can get to 21 points then the woodstock offense just is not explosive enough to score a lot of points.

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sportsfan31313 I have debunched … and sure you are entitled to your Opinion however you seem to be a little bias when it comes to two teams MLK and Stephenson … As far as it goes with Stephenson keep on Hatein’ we’re out to win State plain and simple….

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Hey mlk fan #1, the reason why they throw a flag evertime he breaks a good run is because they hold the d-end and outside linebacker every play watch the film no desrespect to #33 or mlk team but if the qb doesn’t get more accurate they have no chance I will give there defence credit they keep them in the game against any team

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Hey sportsfan 31313, don’t be surprised if stephenson blows them out second half also take note where game is played at stephenson seems to get majority of calls at home

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Someone with some knowledge about nswr please give us union grove folks some hope I haven’t seen no 1 pick the upset

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Its also something the packer defence hasn’t stopped before iam not a stephenson backer but iam tellin you they will not lose to packers at home

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True blue no doubt we got out coached that game hell it wouldn’t matter if we played yall 10 times outcome prob wouldn’t change hey man I have been sigin yalls praises ever since then but you can’t change the fact that a home team gets majority of calls

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“HerchWorld beleive me when I tell you this you haven’t seen a running game like STEPHENSON all year.” True Blue you might want to check the truthfulness of that statement out before posting it.

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Stephenson has a good chance to BEAT any team in 5A Period. I give them the edge because their home. Lowndes or Northside doesn’t have the speed Stephenson has on defense. If all Colquitt could do against Westlakes decent defense they will not score unless its some big play.

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I tell all You Packer hater out there; dammit we will see on the G.D.field!!!!!!!

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COLQUITT COUNTY FAN, Please don’t take this personal because you are about to see THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH come FRIDAY NIGHT at HALFORD STADIUM in CLARKSTON GEORGIA.

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decatur 4 life, who do you have beating Northside?

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way to go grady make the city proud.stephensen will win this game friday i do think it now or never for them need to work on the passing game to win it all

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Woodstock has a really good team but not enough to beat North Gwinnett. The difference is going to be in the Red Zone. I don’t think the Woodstock defense can stop combination of a 6-4 210lb QB, 230lb running back and the 2 D1 lineman on offense. All the team is healthy now with as many as 6 starters out in mid season.Both teams have outstanding coaching and about even there. Both have great special teams. NG had a blocked punt and a kickoff return for 14 pts of the 52 last Friday. Woodstock needs to get at least 21
early points to win and they just don’t have that kind of firepower. If they had scored 35-40 on Dacula I would be more concerned. I look for the very good back-up QB Scottie Hooch to see playing time on Friday in the 4th quarter.

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My picks:
Lowndes over Camden-Lowndes on a mission
Stephenson over Colquitt-2nd week in a row Colquitt travels to Metro Atlanta.
NSWR over Union Grove-(sorry Go UG!) Unless you are brain dead or never been on these blogs, NSWR does not lose at the MAC.
North Gwinnett over Woodstock (sorry Wolverine2Blazer)
Lassiter over South Gwinnett-Lassiter offense just a bit better.
Newnan over MLK-Newnan D too strong
Grayson over Roswell-Ball control the key for Grayson.
Brookwood over P’Tree Ridge-BROOKWOOD MOM to speak at pep rally to inspire BRONCOS to win.

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Hey SouthGARules, I know we are the underdogs and no one outside of the Grove gives us a chance. I just hope we can give them a good game and play way over our heads.

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Go Lowndes and Colquitt make us proud.

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Newnan on a mission! We take no team lightly. but Tree 39 and Zander will punish that running back for not choosing GA.
UNION GROVE OVER NS
ROSWEL OVER GRYSON
NG OVERWOODSTOCK
STEPHENSON OVER COL
CAMDEN AND LOWDES TIE

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SportsFan 31313, it’s a nice safe pick to go with conventional wisdom and take grayson over roswell this friday. This game will likely be decided on game time adjustments by both coaching staffs; will roswell be able to establish any run at all against the grayson line? when grayson crowds the line, can roswell make them pay by getting the ball to thier outstanding receiving corps? If roswell can establish to any extent it’s running game which is strong, then grayson will be in trouble; or if grayson defensive players are not discilined in thier run-defense, roswell has 2 very good backs that can excel in this type of game. I believe that roswell’s run defense will hold its own agaist grayson. Roswell special teams will likely be the difference as I believe this game will come down to smart disciplined football in the 4th quarter. Roswell’s qb is athletic enough to avoid the grayson pass rush if need be and I believe that Roswell will have the advantage with it’s wr’s over the grayson db’s. I think that a Roswell special teams play may decide the game. I still say Roswell by 3 in a mild upset friday night. It’s going to be very nasty in the trenches as both teams lines appear to be very good.

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inthatrenches……….I am going with Lowndes over Camden , and I “m taking Woodstock over NG

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Todd, I think your comments are right on about the Lowndes-Camden game but there’s one thing extra to note. Camden has been stacking up that kind of yardage against Region 3 opponents while Lowndes has made those gains against Region 1 teams, for the most part, including outgaining Northside on the ground. I only wish Warner Robins had gotten into the mix. That would really make things interesting. I’d love to see a Warner Robins-Camden matchup.

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A Dekalb tailgate at the dome is on lets do this Panthers and Jags.

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I guess the funniest thing I read was regular joe saying “NSWR did not have the speed on defense that stephenson has”. Dude , where have you been? My question to you would be, Is there a faster team on defense than Northside and if there is, who is it? If you dont believe me, ask a lowndes fan! lol

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TRUE BLUE ,

I know you don’t know what you’re talking about, and you can’t read either. I NEVER said that Windsor Forest would beat Union Grove. Get that straight!!!!!! As a matter of fact, I said that Union Grove would have no problem with Windsor Forest in winning over them. Get it straight young man.

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Greetings Big J,

I understand where you are coming from. I am making the prediction because I have seen Stephenson play, and how they manhandled an injured Bradwell Institute (But no excuses) Stephenson has some fast running backs but what will hurt them very much will be penalties. They seem to make a lot of penalties. What offset them is is that they were a better team than Bradwell Institute. but I will Promise you that this game this week will be absolutely nothing like last week. I say again, Colquitt County has speed on both sides of the ball, and their defense is great. Again, I see that Stephenson is a good football team otherwise they would not have been ranked in the top ten. But I am here to tell you, that Colquitt County will pull this one out as a result of their great defense. Get it TRUE BLUE?

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Greetings roswellfan,

I see that you are thinking with your heart. But realistically, Grayson will win this one.

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SPORTSFAN31313, I will admit I quoted you wrong about WINDSOR FOREST and UNION GOVE game,but you are making excuses talking about players being injured. Hell BRADWELL isn’t the only team that have injured players. That playing hurt or sitting out the game.

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TRUE BLUE States:
SPORTSFAN31313, I will admit I quoted you wrong about WINDSOR FOREST and UNION GOVE game,but you are making excuses talking about players being injured. Hell BRADWELL isn’t the only team that have injured players. That playing hurt or sitting out the game.

Greetings TRUE BLUE,

You know what? You are absolutely right and I agree with you. I make no excuses as this is a part of what Georgia Football is all about. Bradwell Institute traveled to Clarkston and got their butts kicked up, and down the football field. They I wont say that they were out matched because Bradwell Institute had big players and they have speed. But I will say that Bradwell Institute has gotten out played, out smarted, and out coached (which is an under statement) They came their and they showed the Fans of Liberty County/Bradwell Institute/ Hinesville that they had absolutely no heart, and for that I am embarrassed too. I have a lot to say, but i will keep it in house along with the other Fans. All I will say is like the ole song goes, “People Get Ready, Cause The Train Is Coming”. Again, congrats goes out to a very well played performance by the Stephenson Jaguars.

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TRUE BLUE, I have not seen Stephenson play, but I do know their schedule was much weaker than the Packer’s schedule. All region 1AAAAA teams left in the state playoffs were ranked nationally at one time. The Packers have not gotten respect from the media or the state rankings all year. I can tell you this, and I believe that the posters from Lowndes and NSWR will agree, that Colquitt could have beaten both teams, and most likely neither would want to face the Packers again. I respect your opinion and I respect the 11-0 record, but your disrespect for Colquitt is fairly shallow. I would make sure before I start making bold statements about what will happen in this game, that you do your homework. Colquitt is quick on both sides of the ball and very physical. This defense will knock your running backs senseless. So let the game be played on the field. I believe the Packers will send Stephenson packing.

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BLACK and GOLD 24, We at STEPHENSON knows that COLQUITT COUNTY has a nice football team and that it going to be hell in the cell for 48 minutes. From day one STEPHENSON was on the blog with MLK as the 2 OVERRATED FOOTBALL TEAM IN GEORGIA. Hell people were dogging our coaches , players , band , dancing girls , and school out. So we couldn’t get mad , we just said that we take and carry it out on the field 1 game at a time. We here at STEPHENSON are looking forward to FRIDAY playing against a team from region 1AAAAA that was rank at one time 68 in the nation by RIVALS before they lost to NSWR.

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Reeze

If that’s what Colquitt did to your defense and the rest of 1AAAAA how do you figure they’ll have the defenses up here on their heels. They didn’t do it last week at Westlake whose defense is nowhere near the speed and physicality of Stephenson. Just admit to the fact that you’re biased toward 1AAAAA, that’s why yall thought Valdosta was going to go into Newnan and shock the world. A good game actually but everything turned out just the way I figured, defense too strong for the Cats.

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GO UG!,

And they acquire lots of penalties…..

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roswellfan,

We look forward to a great contest this Friday in Grayson. Just a couple of thoughts on your analysis:

It appears the Hornets may be the toughest matchup Grayson has faced this year. Not the best team – that would be Camden. Fortnuately for us, Camden didn’t have a prolific passing attack like Roswell. You certainly have the advantage there, and you may even have the edge on special teams. But let’s be factual about a couple of things.

First, Grayson’s “D” doesn’t “crowd the line” as you suggest. We play a very disciplined, well coached, no-frills brand of defense that has given up a total of 298 yards rushing all year (27 yards per game). That includes teams like Camden, Warner Robins, South Gwinnett, Brookwood, etc. Not saying you can’t run, just saying you are not bringing anything new to the table.

I watched film on Roswell for two hours last night, and I can assure you the Hornets are not a better running team than those mentioned, and are probably equal to South in the passing game. South Gwinnett has as good and just as many good receivers as the Hornets. I can’t imagine facing a better defense than Camden or Warner Robins, but your D does look scrappy. If we can’t run, we’ll just utilize the “Spread” playbook we downloaded this week when all the Roswell fans inferred we were doomed.

In all, you are correct – it looks like the trenches will be a battle, and I’m not sure our poor fellas can keep up with you guys…but I will promise, they’ll come ready to play and they’ll expect your best.

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God almighty I do so hope that some of you hear are not representative of your school’s alum as to education!!! If so, I am sure the adminstration and so called teachers that may read this blog are shamed to no end! Hint hint TRUE BLUE….you are not the only one….simply the worst!

As to schedule, it is much more difficult for 5A schools in south Ga. to play other 5A schoold without traveling 150 to 200 miles one way!

Colquitt may or may not beat Stephenson…they are certainly capable of doing so…but REST ASSURED Stephenson will know that have played a very tought opponent after the game…one they will not want to play again anytime soon…win or lose!

GO PACK…make us proud!!!!!!

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My apologies…first sentance….here not hear…guess it is contagious!!!

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You know its funny when people are having fun blogging and you get these so called educated freakys and they mispell words 1 or 2 times in a sentence too. They want too know where you receive your education from , because some of us are not writing proper sentence. Our grammar is bad and unacceptable to educated freakys, because they always trying to correct you and make you look bad but at the end they misspell words and use words that have a different meaning to it like hear and here. HINT HINT

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OLDDAWG, So you were taught grammar in the 8th and 9th grade. You graduate from COLQUITT COUNTY.Apparently they gave you your diploma, because you didn’t capitalize then and you misspelled went, but you received a bachelor from GSU and a MBA from UGA. Hey OLDDAWG, We on this blogg didn’t ask for your RESUME. If you can’t hang with the BIG DOGS then you might need to go and hang behind your desk, because this is FOOTBALL BLOGG not a JOB INTERVIEW PAL

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You were the one that took it to another level and the old saying is that IF YOU CAN’T HANG WITH THE BIG DOGS THEN STAY OFF THE PORCH. I didn’t judge you so why did you want to judge me on my writing skills. To tell you the truth MY BANK IS ALREADY FULL.You know it hurts when people fire back. They get touchy and everything else, but the truth is if you can dish it out. Then you should be a man an receive it back like the way you dish it out OLDDAWG. Hey you called me out first and i responded like everybody do sometimes on this blog. I don’t care if had run on sentence or misspelled words because you have alot of people doing it. We were talking about football not who taught who.

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Two trips in a row to ATL is the difference. Colquitt put 10 on the board against Westlake. Where is this offense everyone is talking about? Westlake is similar to Stephenson in the type of athlete they have on defense, I just think Stephenson has more. Penalties have been a hinderance for the Jags, but I think they put it all together this Friday. Stephenson 21 Colquitt Co. 7. Throw all that crap about regions out now, its all about who comes out to play ball when the lights come on. Ask McEachern. Also don’t be so quick on that Newnan- Grayson matchup. MLK is as good as Newnan is on defense, and playing at Newnan won’t intimidate them.

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LIKE I STATED B4, I AM A SWD ALUM AND FAN, AND THE WHOLE SWD FAMILY IS PULLING FOR THE JAGS THE REPRESENT DEKALB COUNTY, AND PROTECT HALLFORD(MEMORIAL) STADIUM, AND LET NO OUTSIDERS, ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTH GA COME IN OUR HOUSE AND BEAT ANYBODY FROM DEKALB COUNTY. LETS GO JAGS!!!!! LETS GO PANTHERS!!!!!!!

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Stephenson will win “Friday Night Lights”. There defense is Fast, I mean really Fast. They have speed off the edge lead by Malcholm Strong and Myles Ashmon. Both sitting on D1 offers. Up front you have Four Star DT Michael Thornton who is unstoppable, beats up the double teams every friday night. The backers have to be the best corps linebacker in the state. Lead by Miami commit, Tyrone Cornelius. This kid can flat out fly. He runs a real-time 4.4. The other linebackers are Jabari Johnson who is mean and heading to Kentucky and last but not least, Franchot West the teams leading tackler, also will mul;tiple D1 offers. The last group of players are the DBs, lead by Vanderbilt bound Kenneth Ladler and East Carolina Bound Chris Sharp. The Jaguars are loaded with talent in all positions. There defense cannot be stop from doing what they do best, and that is beat you to the punch. They will not let you get in your groove. I purposely did not say anything about the opffense. They WILL DO THERE THING, Stephenson will blank the Packers 20 – 0

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Yea im with you marcus,we pulling for dem jags to bring the 5a title 2 dekalb county,jus to have dekalb county teams bring home state titles in 4a n 5a would b great.dekalb county brings home titles in basketball,so why not show people u cn do it in football to.Hope we both make it to the dome and bring the state champ bac to dekalb county,represent dekalb well jags in 5a as we swd fans do our part in 4a. PANTHER PRIDE!!!,Go Jags show 5a you are state bound

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HOW BOUT DEM HAWKS OOPPSS LOL WRONG BLOG

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Panther Pride it is the right blog for you. You should go ahead and start thinking about basketball.

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Anyway possible for both Lowndes and Camden County to lose? What if we send them both home for the year? Camden because they play in a puesdo-AAAAA region and unfairly get a #1 seed each year and Lowndes County for getting their players out on work-release to play on Friday nights. My prediction is Lowndes again this year will start arguing among themselves and lose to AAA representative Camden County. PS Always put an * next to Camden’s won-loss record.

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Remembering an insane prediction. Reality- “Brookwood will destroy Peachtree Ridge”

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I just dont see how people can say Stephenson is not well coached!…You have to be on the same page if you’re undefeated so far. Just give credit when credit is due…Their defense held two above .500 programs that were averaging over 30 points a game to 7 and 0 points(Union Grove and MLK who are in playoffs now!)…Colquitt will be facing the toughest defense so far(point blank!)

NSWR do not sleep on UG either. As i remembered you guys won 24-7 last year with their main back out(Not really a blow-out). It will be an interesting game.

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I’ve heard enough, penalties and bad calls against us will not hurt us.We’ve not had any home cooking this season and don’t expect any Friday nite,which means more penalties and bad calls.We’ve had great Coaching…made some great adjustments … and put points on the board … this people is not luck or talent running wild … this my friends is COACHING at it’s BEST. Do you think (actually) that the Dive Raymond ran 40 yards for the score was point and run or the 80 yard punt return by Nate wasn’t by design? sf31313 you Atipical of south Ga.Give these kids thier props … NOT only are they talented, they ARE well coached MOST of these STARTERS are first year starters ….Takes some coaching to get these kids to play as a team (you think).SAVE your excuses we have none … we will play our game and we Will win …Start STRONG…Stay STRONG …Finish FAST GOOOOOOOOOOOJJAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGSSSSSSSSSSSS

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Wow nomo, based on your comments, maybe Roswell should just not show up and turn in thier equipment on thursday morning. I think 10 to 15 point grayson win as some have posted is either overestimating Graysons ability or totally disrespecting Roswell’s ability to win a close game on the road. Sports Fan 31313, this is not from the heart, I really feel that Roswell will win by 3 in a mild upset. The Grayson players are likely taking this game lightly and also looking ahead in the bracket too. Just saying…

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As much as it pains me to say, I really think Roswell has a good shot at beating the mighty Grayson. The only way teams have scored on Roswell is through the air and at last check Grayson runs that boring wing-t. That’s not fair to say that about the wing-t, not everyone one has a Hutson Mason at qb and can run an unstoppable offense like Lassiter.
Lassiter 49 South 32.

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

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Advisor,

What are you talking about now? You insinuate that I show favoritism for South Georgia Football (Well Hello?) That is where I am from. A lot of the winners come from South Georgia. Now as far as giving Stephenson their “props”, I have said it over and over and over and over again. I said congratulations to Stephenson on their victiory, and I also said that Stephenson is a very good football team. What more do you want from me? But I will also say this. They wont beat Colquitt County this Friday. Unless the Jags play penalty free, and no turnovers. They will have a good chance of beating Colquitt County. Other then that, they will lose.

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Can’t wait until Friday…..Woodstock 14 NG 10…Should be a defensive gem.

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North Gwinnett 21 Woodstock 7. Woodstock has not played anyone to really test them. This should be a really good game and will come down
to turn-overs and how much pressure Woodstock can bring on CJ.I hope Woodstock has a good back-up QB as North has been brutal on all the last 3 games QB.Woodstock needs be ahead in the 4TH quarter as that is when North plays best if they hope to win. It could happen but the odds are against Woodstock. Millcreek, Norcross,and North Forsyth would be a top team in Region 5.

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NG just get ready to be hit and hit hard, you have not this year faced a defense like we will bring, our offense has been clicking and will burn you….many weapons. We have no problem going on the road for playoffs. As the music plays at the Woodshed….You are about to be “Thunderstruck” By the way we whupped on Norcross last year on the road during the playoffs.

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where my mceachern fans… at home

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whoa! norcross! they are soooooooooo good
now im worried. i like how people give the wolverines credit for being a playoff team when last year was the first year that yall have ever won a playoff game. walton was a terrible seed and norcross wasnt that great. your not gonna stop NG’s offense so much that it cant score more than 10 points. we have played better defenses than woodstock. prattville alabama and Ptree ridge have better defenses so im pretty sure your not gonna hit us in the mouth any harder than we have been already

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i think this camden team is probably a lot better than people give them credit for. they lost to hoover and grayson. both early on, as we know camden always plays well at home and in the playoffs so lowndes better become prepared to play. ill be sold that lowndes is the real deal this year if they can beat camden.

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BulldawgBite & Nomo…looks like I hit on a sensitive subject. I did not realize how superior you guys are. Al those folks giving Woodstock credit for being a play off, how dare them. You must be right, in the fact that we have played no one as tough as you have….Please don’t hurt us to bad.

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Colquitt County probably does not have as much physical talent as Stephenson but our best players always seem to make timely, clutch plays. The Packer defense has gotten better and better as the season rolls along and shutout Westlake and Warner Robins. Like the article mentions, the Westlake game was Colquitt’s worst game offensively all season. It was an aberration, not the usual output. Colquitt still had close to 300 total yards. The starting RB ran for over 140 yards and he hasnt been completely healthy the last 3 or 4 weeks. If the Colquitt QB plays his usual game and the offense is able to make a big play or two, then i like Packers’ chances. Colquitt can also make a big play on special teams…just ask Lassiter or any Region 1AAAAA fan about how team stopped kicking to our star WR.

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Amen! Let’s tee it up and play some football! Go Packers!

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Its a definite that i have to agree with MLK FAN#1!!JES FOR SUM REASON MLK has been most hated rather than appreciated!! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, BUT really MLK has a great squad to defend against any team!! Yea we lost that 1 game to stephenson bcuz of simple mishaps like crazy fumbles,incorrect blitzes, etc but they didn jes SLAUGHTER us,they had to work for it.Same with anyteam there not goin to jus beat us down, there goin to have to work for it!! So i wish folks jes quit sayin were goin to lose like its jes such a DEFINITE! I cant wait to c the responses on next wk if we win against NEWNAN! MlK has ALWAYZ had a top defense n top runningbacks n hopefully youll see exactly what im talkin bout on Friday!! SEE YALL ON THE FIGHT NITE!!

ROOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAR!!!!

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hey true blue do u remember those long road trips to lowndes in 2004 and 2005 to only loose? and what about that game i believe in 2007 at the dome to lowndes to only loose? what about the dirty plays the team did cause they where loosing do you remember? the team you go for has the know how to loose the big games. i hope the pack takes it to your team this week to show you once again how you guys loose the big games. the pack have one of the best teams in the state no team from 1-5AAAAA wants to play them again. then again you guys remember those games against those teams as well on that long bus trip.

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I saw that Stephenson-MLK game on ESPNU and Stephenson fumbled 3 times…it was a very sloppy game indeed…thats why i dont understand why that one Stephenson fan mentioned Colquitt’s sloppy game last week against Westlake. same thing happened to them but on national tv

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The ” * ” beside Camden should only refer to them being one of two or three teams you must beat every year to win a AAAAA state championship in Ga. They have outstanding coaching and they show up every week. I am pulling for Lowndes this week but I sure don’t consider Camden the underdog. Maybe in Martin stadium but not in Camden’s home. Should be a great game, even though I will be there, I wished it were televised so we could watch again on saturday. Go Vikings……….

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quinn, i was aware that lombardo had a bum left shoulder before the NG game but it seems we made it worse. im just saying that the NG pass rush put a hurtin on the quarterback. wolverine fan, im just saying that i feel like woodstock hasnt proven its worth as an elite contender for the title. winning 2 playoff games ever doesnt put you in that catagory

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Here are my picks for the second round:

Northside, Warner Robins D. Union Grove

Peachtree Ridge D. Brookwood

Lowndes D. Camden County

Lassiter D. South Gwinnett

M.L. King D. Newnan

Grayson D. Roswell

North Gwinnett D. Woodstock

Stephenson D. Colquitt County

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BulldawgBite……..Woodstock has not proven it’s worth to whom? You?

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Wow nomo…..relax. It’s not that serious. I feel your anger coming out in your post. Not sure why you took the angle that you did. Anyway, While I have not seen Grayson play this year in person; I have seen all of Roswell games. Roswell stregnth are run defense and special teams. Thier passing game is much better because of the new quarterback now running the offense; however Roswell is still a run-first offense. Most kickoffs go thru the end zone resulting in an 80 yard drive required to score a td by the opposing offense. This has been a tremendous advantage to roswell this year. Our pass offense is better with #4 now starting at qb. Roswell has 2 really good wr’s and this appears to be a strength going into this game. I know nothing about grayson db’s but I fo know that Roswell has 2 D1 recievers. All things being equal, Grayson will win. But perhaps I am making an emotional pick but it appears to me that Roswell has rallied around it’s new quarterback and has an expanded offense. If Roswell can match the line play of Grayson, seems to me that Roswell has advantages in most other fundamental aspects of the game. I think that this game will break on perhaps a big play or breakdown. In the games that Roswell struggled this season, it was defensive breakdowns against the pass (walton which we won) and (Lassitter which we lost). Should be a great game.

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And ah geez. UG people are using our nickname =/ lol

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Wolverinemom,wow way to support your team I hope your son is not 1 of the players because if you can’t say nothin positive wow never mind what a joke

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you guys are funny i don’t think any team should make any predictions because this a game that means anything can happen…now if we are just going off facts the jags allow 5.4 points a game ranked the second best defense in 5A and i think we have a very good offense….but also i think we need to open up our pass game a little more just to keep teams from trying to load the box on us which will allow the run game to be more effective…colquitt may have a good defense and thats what there going need and hope there offense can move the ball on us but i don’t think there’s a very good chance for that…jags 17-0 and they move onto a very good Hudson Mason offense but i think he will have problems with the speed of the jags also…i really see the jags in the dome if they focus and play mistake free football..which is hard but thats what it takes to be a winner…ALSO PLEASE COACHES DON’T LOOSE THE GASME FOR OUR KIDS WITH POOR PLAY CALLING AND NO AJUSTMENTS BEING MADE WHEN NEED IT..THATS REALLY WHY WE DON’T HAVE A STATE TITLE AT STEPHENSON…BAD COACHING ON GAME NITE

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Quinn of the Ridge: Remembering an insane prediction. Reality- “Brookwood will destroy Peachtree Ridge”

I’m honestly confused. Please say it isn’t so! Quinn, you’re not predicting our Lions will LOSE to Brookwood are you?? Where’s the loyalty?

Let’s go Mighty Lions! Love you all!!

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Big Dogg and all other MLK Haters:

You obviously don’t know anything about the 2009 MLK Football Team. Most of you probably have not even seen our team play. You are just jumping on the bash MLK wagon. You cannot judge a team based on one game people. Yes Mack Brown is a wonderful RB, but our DEFENSE is one of the best in the state of Georgia. Don’t sleep on this MLK team. Go MLK Lions!!!

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Camden has a very young team. Lowndes always has a great team. Lowndes plays in region 1 AAAAA and Camden plays in region 3 AAAAA. Lowndes has been a State Champion several times and Camden has been a State Champion twice. People talk about how weak of a region Camden participates in. I gree 100 per cent; however, we can only play in the region that is assigned to us. I really think it is all about how far a team goes in the play-offs. The game between Lowndes and Camden will be a great game. I really think the winner will also be crowned as the State Champion. As a Wildcat fan, I wish Lowndes the best of luck.The game will be decided between the lines. Please do not talk trash untill you win it all. Untill you win it all, you are not even considered as a contender.

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Come on Columbia Blue, don’t get poor mouth with us about the young team stuff. Lowndes will not see the same team that opened against Grayson with 15 suspened players. It should be a very hard hitting chess match between talanted young men and two masters of coaching.I agree the winner will be the team to beat if others want a champioship.
Good luck to all the kids ( both teams) Friday night.

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Greetings Sportsfan3131….
I understand you will cheer for all of the south georgia teams and rightfully so. My take is the game must be played in the backyard of the Mighty Stephenson Jaguars. Here is another interesting fact, this is the first time these two teams will have met. Although if Stephenson wins you South Ga folks will say, well the Jags should have won or the refs cheated. You see I been reading alot of comments and hearing alot of South Ga fans dog out Schools like Stephenson, MLK, SWD not because of football, but because of the majority color of the team and coaching staff is made up of. It’s going to be great after this weekend when the Colquitt Co.Packers get packed to go home. MLk take care of Newnan.
YO.. I laugh at everything you say. Your so biased it makes me puke. You quote what people say and then you have the nerve to twist quotes. Remember it’s only an opinion. Just keep cheering for your team or teams. Unlike South Ga there are numerous schools around so you can’t load up on talent at one school. LOL
I really hope the Packers fan show up to support their team. It will be great to send them back packing

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STEHPHENSON FOOTBALL… Please don’t dog out our coaches. i think they actually do a great job at coaching, making halftime adjustments and taking a teams will to play football in the second half. If you are with us then be so, but if you want to hate be a good hater but don’t say because of coaching we will loose

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My upset alerts this week:
MAJOR upset alert:
Stephenson vs. Colquitt County- I predict Colquitt

Moderate upset alert:
North Gwinnett vs. Woodstock- I think Woodstock is good, but North Gwinnett will win. it will be closer than most people think. (I guess my opinion on the North Gwinnett team is showing here. Don’t take it personally Suwanee 0wnz and BulldawgBite)

Minimal Upset alert:
Grayson vs. Roswell- Roswell is a decent team and Grayson hasn’t played 100% lately, if things can really go Roswell’s way, The Hornets have a chance to knock off the #1 ranked team in the state. I still think Grayson will pull it out

Peachtree Ridge vs. Brookwood- the Lions have played poorly lately. (To put it nicely). Many players are hurt and will be pushed facing a physical Brookwood team. Brookwood has become hot as of late and could pull an upset if things go their way. I’m still sticking with my Ridge.

An upset could happen if Friday is a truly odd night. (Full moon, UFO sightings, BigFoot spottings etc..)

Northside vs. Union Grove- I think Union Grove has the talent to where if they play the games of their lives and Northside is thinking about the next week/plays the worst game of their lives, the talented but young/inexperienced Eagles could be done. I’m still going with Northside.

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im going to be a Packer whether we win or lose. i will continue to post here win or lose… how could South Georgia schools load up on talent any more than Stephenson or MLK? the population in South GA is nothing compared to metro ATL. just because some counties have one school does not mean they “load up” on talent. the only South GA schools that are really big are Lowndes and Camden County.

Quinn- Stephenson is known for making early round exits. if CC beats them, is it really that big of an upset?

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The Moultrie Observer (who writes IMO the best articles of any paper covering high school sports) in a favorable article on Stephenson, at the end of the article points out the following.

“But while the Jaguars have played — and defeated — 10-1 Martin Luther King Jr. and 9-2 Union Grove, the combined record of their 10 regular-season opponents is 47-57.”

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STEPHENSON FOOTBALL not hatin….just statin…the facts.
The reason Stephenson doesn’t win state championships is off season weight room and conditioning. Not on the same level as S. Ga. and some other areas of Ga. and it always eventually ends up showing on the field.

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No, I won’t take it personally, Queen, and I will refrain from offering my opinion of academics at P Ridge, or that “snooty” neighborhood in the middle of your district. In fact, I agree with you. Woodstock is a solid team that could beat North. I fully expect an exciting game, and I am not concluding an automatic win for North. It is very possible this could be the last football game for North in 2009, and I am almost certain it will be very fun to watch regardless of who wins.

BTW North is sending 2 swimmers to the Naval Academy next year. We sent 3 kids to the service academies this year. And I know of 4 other kids we sent to the service academies in the few years before that; including a football player. This is an unprecedented number of kids from a single school in such a short time, and not one of them has washed out. W00T!!!!

Now, I also think the P Ridge, Brookwood game is very dangerous for P Ridge. Brookwood has a solid team with talented players. They seem to be playing at a higher level the last few weeks. This comes at exactly the same time that P Ridge is in a funk that seems to have started in the game against S Forsyth. Hopefully Ballard calls a better game than he did at North. P Ridge has the players to beat anyone, but they have to get back on track. For that matter a solid win by P Ridge in this game could give the team the “confidence” to get back on track and go deep into the playoffs. Going 0 for 5 on 4th down attempts at North causes players and coaches to question themselves and their ability. It is one of the reasons a coach should never put his team in that position. Winning football requires the team to “believe” in themselves and then little things seem to go the right way. This game could be huge for P Ridge if the team regains their confidence, and I wish you guys the best of luck. As a Gwinnett fan it is very disappointing that 2 strong Gwinnett teams have to meet this early in the playoffs. It is a problem that cannot happen in 1AAAAA because the 4 teams are deliberately spread across the 4 brackets. I have a feeling this will be an epic game between your schools.

All of the teams that have made it this far are outstanding football teams deserving of our respect. The teams that made it this far are not losers, even though all but one of them will lose their last game. They are playing good football, they have made us proud, and they are fun to watch.

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Hey go u.g.,well said can’t stand it when people bring race into football!!!

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Start of the playoffs the Atlanta area teams outnumbered the S. Ga. teams 24 – 8. After the first round of the playoffs 50% of the S. Ga. teams move on and 50% of the Atlanta area teams move on. This is taking into consideration as many have pointed out that some of the S. Ga. teams belong in much lower classifications. Actually, according to the new data only 3 of the original playoff bound S. Ga. schools qualified as AAAAA. 5 did not. Unfortunately, of the 4 remaining S. Ga. teams 1 will be eliminated for sure this week because two of the traditional S. Ga. teams play each other. Now “that” seems hardly fair and is unfortunate, but it happens to the benefit of the Atlanta area schools every year.
Any way, to begin the playoffs the Atlanta area teams outnumber the S.GA. teams 3-1. 4 or 5 to 1 might be more equal odds for the Atlanta area teams (fofl) and we will see who is left standing when there is only 1 team left.

Remember Atlanta you started out as you do every year with a 3-1 advantage.

So lets see, Atlanta gets the most teams in the playoffs with a 3-1 advantage and they get the much greater advantage of less travel compared to S.Ga. teams.

Yet only 1 state championship for the Atlanta area schools since 2002.
Come on Atlanta area schools, what else do we have to give up down here to give you guys a chance? Do we just all need to go down to AAAA?
Think you could win a state championship then? Maybe?

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Both Can Lose?- What team you pulling for? Bring them on this aaa representative will show you how football is played!! I think that you are a little jealous that Lowndes and Camden have two of the best programs in the state and for that matter two of the better programs in the country! But thats alright this team that represents AAA I believe was Ga AAAAA state champs last year! Oh well keep on hatin!

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Yo, I know the best team does not always win it but no matter if the team is from the North or South, if they are good enough they will probably go all the way. You know the old saying, “the cream shall rise to the top.”

Hey Big j, you ready for Friday night at the MAC???? I am looking forward to all of the NSWR storied tradition. The Windsor Forest game left a little to be desired. I am going to make a prediction….I predict UG will be there Friday night, not quite sure what to expect beyond that.

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Colquitt County,

I’m not suggesting a “beating” per-say. I said what I mean, and I mean what I say. There absolutely no doubt, that if what I mentioned in my earlier comment about Stephenson what will happen. Are you having doubt?

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SportsFan, I may be a little disillusioned but correct me if I am wrong but aren’t you supposed to pull for your team, region and territory? I have nothing but respect for all the teams that are still in the running. There is not doubt that Colquitt will give Stephenson all they can handle. Although I am predicting a Stephenson victory, it is based solely on me seeing Stephenson play. If I had seen Colquitt play I might reevaluate. Stephenson’s D-backs are so fast that I think that will give Colquitt’s passing game a rough time.

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This is a qoute from the Valdosta newspaper inregarding of classification for the Camden haters out there. This may clear some stuff up for you all.

“From a football standpoint, (Region 1-AAAAA) would be a possibility,” Coach Herron said. “We’d be talking about a long trip every other Friday. If you just look at football, you could do it.”
However, Herron said a move to Region 1-AAAAA would “absolutely destroy” other sports like basketball, baseball and softball. Because of the 100 mile rule, those teams would be forced to play all of their region games on Fridays and Saturdays, because high school teams are not permitted to travel over 100 miles for games on school nights. None of the teams projected to be in Region 1-AAAAA for the next four years are within 100 miles of Kingsland.
“There’s nothing we can do about it. We have to play where they put us, whether we like it or not,” Herron said.

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Stephenson may have fast DB’s but when the spread is coming at you the speed is your worst enemy. The whole point is to get the def. moving one way and produce one on one situations with the edges. If your fast DB’s and DE’s don’t keep containment then the Pack’s RB will break for huge chunks of yardage. Pack 27 Steph. 14

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GO UG Colquit has seen strong and they have seen pressure.
Lowndes and Northside are big and fast along the defensive line
and have plenty of cover people at linebacker and secondary.
Also, Lowndes and Northside are very disciplined on defense.
Is Stephenson? Hasn’t always been that way in the past.

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Colquitt County Underdog- I personally don’t think it will be that big of an upset. What I mean’t is that their is a major possibility, not that it would be a MAJOR upset. At that, I believe it would be considered a much grater upset than it truly is if Colquitt wins, considering how GOOD the Packers are, and how Stephenson traditionally can’t make it far in the playoffs.

Suwanee 0wnz- Agreed about Lions. I hate to say this, but the past few weeks P Ridge has played pathetically. To be honest, we haven’t played a GREAT game since North Forsyth (Game 4 of our season). North Gwinnett was a game we should have won, and won by AT LEAST two scores, but we threw that game out. Literally, we beat ourselves, then again, we’ve gotten pretty good at that. I felt like the players played really well for the first time in a while against NG, but bad playcalling ruined it for the players (Ballard doesn’t call offensive plays). It is SOOO frustrating to know you have the athletes to win it all, but not achieving success. Our offense in general is pretty pathetic, I think we should give up our Flexbone Triple Option offense and switch to something that’s less predictable, and more balanced. But I doubt that will happen, next year we’ll probably be stuck with the same thing. That is my honest assessment of the situation, hopefully no one gets too offended

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SportsFan- i dont have doubt but at the same time i will admit that CC is the underdog going into this game. its their second straight trip to metro ATL and Stephenson has more thoroughbreds than we do. Stephenson has about 8 or 9 D1 prospects on their roster. now talent does not all ways translate to wins but CC will have to cut down on the penalties and other mistakes to win the game. the team is disciplined…some of the time but they also tend to have lapses where they dont play hard for a quarter or an entire half. Northside jumped out to a 14-0 lead against CC but my Packers finally woke up and made it a 20-17 game. Class AA powerhouse Thomasville had CC on the ropes for three quarters and then we exploded for 28 points in the fourth quarter alone to win the game.

I do think Coach Propst and his staff are much better than the underachieving coaching staff of Stephenson.

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Is there anyway possible for the GHSA to allow Camden to play football in Region-1 and remain in Region-3 for the remainder of their sports? Just a thought.

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UG-NSWR game live. http://www.ihigh.com/school5200/broadcast_105108.html

GO UG! and big j. Let’s watch them bring on a victory. I’ll be there shouting it out loud and clear.

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Greetings Colquitt County Underdog,

I see and I hear you my man. I was saying that all along. I saw the team so it’s not like I’m making something up. Good Luck tonight. I will be at Red Devil Hill Stadium to see Liberty County play against Jackson.

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SportsFan31313
C’Mon man “I wont say that they were out matched” were you at the same game. Bradwell didn’t belong on the same field. I was actually worried about a Bradwell player getting seriously hurt. Sanders had 125 yards in the 1st quarter. Several starters were taking tape off at the start of the 3rd.

This week should be a good one though, Colquit Co. is solid. It will be a defensive game but Stephensons offense yes I said offense will be the difference. Best offense in schools short history. Plus the D or special teams will score at least once. SHS 28 – 17

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Lets Go South Gwinnett!!! I don’t think alot of people are giving you guys the credit that you deserve. Go out there Friday night and prove alot of people wrong. They are 10-1 and there only loss comes from a Great Grayson team.

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Coulquit County just quietly advances to the next round

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Colquitt County Bring home another title to the South; You have not been given the credit you deserve but everyone down here in the South knew about how strong you are; and I guess that you will do best is prove the HATERS WRONG GO PACK GO GO PACK GO PACK south georgia is the best and Yes we are better than the North!!!!

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Let me congratulate Colquitt county on the win. Let me also say I didn’t see that great spread offense either that many predidcated would eat up the Stephenson defense. Other than that Stephenson beat themselves on Special teams. I will make no excuses for the Jags. The game was theirs for the taking. The only thing I want to say for you all to say that Stephenson coaches can’t coach, I beg to differ.. Stephenson dominated from the start. It wasn’t until some questionable flags that the refs called each time the offense was moving the football down the field, a flag mysteriously fell out of the refs pockets. As I said before the game started, this game was going to be decided by special teams & who commiteed the fewest penalties

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