Can Lassiter be stopped? Records continue to fall
I know Camden County beat Lowndes, and I know DeKalb County laid an egg in the colors of Stephenson and SW DeKalb (not to mention ML King and Tucker and Marist).
But those need to wait until we’ve discussed what’s going on at Lassiter High in Marietta.
Is Hutson Mason ridiculous or what?
The Lassiter quarterback threw for 530 yards and eight touchdowns in Lassiter’s 70-49 victory over South Gwinnett, and Mason didn’t even play the fourth quarter. He’s got over 4,000 yards passing on the season and 54 touchdowns, both shattering state records, and he’s not finished.
Lassiter has scored at least 42 points in nine straight games. The 70 against South Gwinnett are a record in a regulation playoff game in the highest classification.
It’s not enough to ask if there’s a team that is able to stop Lassiter. The question is whether any team knows how to stop Lassiter.
Georgia is a traditionally run-oriented, hit-you-in-the-mouth football state. Chip Lindsey is from Alabama, where the no-huddle spread offense has taken hold. Rush Propst helped revolutionize Alabama football with this offense at Hoover.
Lindsey was Propst’s offensive coordinator in 2007, though he was running the spread before that. Propst is now head coach at Colquitt County, which plays Lassiter this week.
Does Propst know how to stop the monster he helped create?
The last time I’ve seen something in Georgia that changed the way we think was Brookwood’s state champion in the mid-1990s that dominated with large, powerful, weight-trained linemen. Parkview maintained that formula through the early 1990s. Recently, it’s been Wing T teams (Lowndes and Camden County) that have dominated the big class. The current No. 1 team, Grayson, is a Wing T team.
I’m convinced of this much: What Lassiter is doing not a gimmick offense. It’s a relatively novel offense in Georgia, but it’s a legitimate offense run by a quarterback who is as accurate a thrower and as well-versed in what he’s doing in this system as any player in the country.
Anybody can win Class AAAAA. There’s no sense guessing. I’d give the least chance to Colquitt County and Newnan, the two teams I’ve seen win in the playoffs, if only because they generate the kind of offense you’d expect to see in a state champion. I also question Lassiter’s defense. I’m thinking it will be one of the Gwinnett teams. North Gwinnett has the best balance of offense & defense and gets Camden at home. …
In AAAA, congratulations to Region 8-AAAAA for putting three teams in the QF. That region plays a 10-game region schedule, so there’s no way to gauge its strength until the playoffs. I still see no legitimate state contender there, but a good region.
Somebody wrote me in preseason and said that he’d email me when SW DeKalb, my No. 1 team in preseason, lost in the second round. But I think that person was a Lowndes fan, so he’ll be too humble to gloat this week.
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spwhite
November 23rd, 2009
12:23 am
EagleNationHiding…Look Around -
November 22nd, 2009
10:43 pm
Lowndes gets beat by a team which dominants AAA teams in their pseudo AAAAA region. Ouch!
You forgot to mention, the team that beat Lowndes are the defending state champions!
LHS fan
November 23rd, 2009
1:34 am
Propst has done a great job at Colquitt County and had his team thoroughly prepared when we scrimmaged in August. Since that time I’ve seen a weekly improvement in Lassiter’s play – evidence of Chip Lindsey’s super coaching. Hutson Mason is remarkable to watch…32 for 39 Friday night against an athletic south gwinnett team that practices every day against their own fine passing offense. Our defense made a goal line stand at the end on the first half that woud have gotten the Comets within two scores…..was a huge momentum changer that kept us in charge. Should be a terrific game Friday Night
Smarter Than You
November 23rd, 2009
3:03 am
I get a little tired of people around the state using the “silver spoon” label to dismiss teams from Gwinnett County whenever a particular team is successful. What irritates me the most is that the supposed insult insinuates that financial success is somehow a bad thing. I understand that type of attitude is usually a product of jealousy and class envy, but the kind of warped logic that allows people to use success as an insult is a big part of what is wrong with our country as a whole. I’ll leave the rest of that discussion for the political boards, but I can’t resist pointing out the fallacy of logic used by this board’s resident expert, ENR, in his answer to Eagle Fan’s post about the demographics of Peachtree Ridge High School.
The average household income per student at P’tree Ridge may, or may not, be higher than other public high schools in the state, but that doesn’t invalidate the point that Eagle Fan makes when he points out that P’tree Ridge has a very diverse enrollment population and includes some very low income areas.
Maybe they don’t teach much about statistics outside of Metro-Atlanta, but using averages to draw conclusions is often misleading. A handful of students with a multi-million dollar family income can bump the average income way up without changing the actual income of families living below the poverty line.
Nearly 20% of students at P’tree Ridge qualify for free or reduced price lunches due to economic hardship, 8% are classified as “Limited English Proficient”, and a majority of the student population is from what is considered a minority ethnic background. While ENR’s argument may “feel” correct, the facts support the observations made by Eagle Fan.
I’m not trying to paint P’tree Ridge as an underprivileged school. Most students at P’tree Ridge aren’t living in apartments, but they aren’t living in Sugarloaf Country Club either. The typical student at P’tree Ridge has more in common with the typical student at Northside WR than he has with students living on either of the two extremes. All that has very little to do with football, but that’s exactly the point I’m making.
(For what it’s worth, I don’t have a dog in this fight – sorry M.V. – and don’t think PTR or Northside will be around in the final round. I’d actually like to see Lassiter run the table.)
Mlk fan #1
November 23rd, 2009
3:42 am
Stop foolin your self Newman u won but we had that tail on the ropes our coach let u off the hook by not punching it in from the 2 yard line. Your team speed is slow. Last game for u guys this week.
Dave
November 23rd, 2009
4:08 am
Jcwfalcon – the reason you never really see or hear anything about Lassiter is because up until the last couple years, their football team was a perennial coat-hanger abortion. This is a team that for years was a sideshow to their marching band.
bloody
November 23rd, 2009
7:04 am
Has Hutson Mason signed anywhere?
Georgia Football
November 23rd, 2009
7:49 am
Gentlemen, if you remember, to win the state championship you do not have to be the best team in the state – you just have to beat your opponent every Friday night – that was Lassiter has done. Starters are only playing three quarters.
Colquitt County Fans
November 23rd, 2009
7:51 am
Stop Hating the Packers for Playing good football; all you north georgia haters!!!!
WARDAWG
November 23rd, 2009
8:09 am
I thought that this was about the Lassiter story. We have moved all over the map with this. Who cares how much money is in a high school. I agree Mason Hutson has been unreal, my concern is the lack of a running game or just enough to keep the defense honest. If this guy is the real deal, he has a great upside. Has he faced a defense which puts a lot of pressure up front, not just on the edges? Based on his stats, his receivers and him are on the same page. I have watched them on GHSA.TV and their receivers are good route runners. I also did not see teams putting a lot of pressue up the middle. He has a quick release as well. I watched his recievers over and over, and a lot of his passes are thrown before the receiver comes out of their routes. Coaches seem to be scheming to stop Mason, and not the receivers. I don’t care how well a quaterback can pass, if you take away his receivers, it’s a done deal. Lassiter throws 90% of the time. I seem them using the passing game as a Wing T team utilizes the running game. The exception is the the Wing T is designed to wear down your defense. The passing game is quick strike in nature, but can de a deadly weapon when used as a running game. Yards after the catch. Mason uses all of his receivers. This type of offense has to have a supporting ground game to win the Championship. Can they be stopped? Yes, anyone can. I think the key lies in the receivers and pressure up the middle by strong and fast linemen. Make him uncomfortable in the pocket, get his feet moving, take away his 1st, 2nd and 3rd reads. Seems like a lot to ask, but a well balanced and coached team with good discipline can make it difficult. Their defense gives up some points, so it is a we will just out score you mentality. You score once, we score twice, you score on a field goal, we will score a touchdown. We hold you to 3 and out, we will score a touchdown. This is a fun offense to watch I guess.
realistic
November 23rd, 2009
8:10 am
There’s no way to stop Lassiter offense the best you can do is pressure Hutson Mason with the front 4 and hope that he makes mistakes because if you get into a shoot out with Lassiter you will not win
Trojan Man
November 23rd, 2009
8:43 am
EagleNationRising
Can’t you just accept the fact that what Huston Mason did was pretty impressive. Just b/c Todd Holcomb doesn’t mention NSWR in one article doesn’t mean they aren’t a good team or they aren’t going to win the state title. If anyone thinks that blitzing Lassiter is the way to beat them, then expect to see some more crazy numbers be put up.
Herschworld
November 23rd, 2009
9:19 am
Way to go packers…Showed a lot of fight, Dr. Hughes would’ve been proud
Fred
November 23rd, 2009
9:22 am
It would appear that from the numbers that some of Lassiter’s opponents have put up that the defense might be suspect. If they go up against a ball control offensive and limit the times Mason can get his hands on the ball the high numbers will probably fall. Again, the news reports and blogs don’t tell the whole story but it appears that South Gwinnett self destructed with turnovers and wasn’t able to get back in the game. Limit your mistakes, control the ball, and pressure the QB and you have a good chance of succeeding and Lassiter.
On a side note, isn’t great to see a team that has done poorly in the past do so well? I just hope it is not a one man show and they sink back to lower levels when Mason leaves.
runtheball
November 23rd, 2009
9:24 am
bloody:
I was wondering the same thing. So does anyone know?
Has Mason committed to anyone yet???
SickandTired
November 23rd, 2009
9:26 am
after examining the stats from the Lassiter/South Gwinnett game the thing that strikes me is that the only loss south gwinnett had was a 10 point or so loss to Grayson that so many on here are calling one of the best teams in the nation and lassiter hung 70 on this same south gwinnett team. south gwinnett gave up 27 to that same grayson team. I would not put it past Lassiter to run the table. I would also suspect that someone is going to sign this QB from Lassiter now.
alphadog
November 23rd, 2009
9:26 am
jcwfalcon, Lassiter is located in East Cobb and we don’t go to the City of Marietta unless we have to testify in court. Therefore you won’t often see our sweatshirts, bumper stickers and decals around Marietta Square. We purchase our spiritwear from the team booster clubs and not from Wal-Mart. In your defense, Lassiter has had a play-off caliber football team for only two years, not a perennial powerhouse. Now if you want to talk SAT scores…..
HornetFan
November 23rd, 2009
9:28 am
To beat Lassiter you need 4-5 guys putting pressure on their QB….blitzing from different spots will help, but Mason is uncanny with finding the open receiver…and their receivers are good at yards after catches. The Lassiter/Colquitt County game Friday promises to be very entertaining, with a great storyline. And, yeah, Lassiter CAN win the state championship, tho I’m taking North Gwinnett right now because they are the more balanced team. Grayson was good defensively, but too one dimensional on offense. They’ll lose to Newnan or NSWR. The other side of the brackett has the better teams for the possible state champion in 5A.
HBTD
November 23rd, 2009
9:39 am
Todd. I’ve attended the last 3 Lassiter games – Roswell, N. Forsyth and S. Gwinnett. I’ve never seen anything even close to this at the HS level over the last 40 years. Hutson throws with pinpoint accuracy and always seems to find the open receiver. His receivers are also tremendous athletes who make Hutson’s numbers look even better with their RAC.
Question – Do you know if anyone is recruiting Griffin Roelle, # 5, a sr. at Lassiter. I’ve watched this kid now for the last 3 weeks and he’s got it all. He catches EVERYTHING and will NOT go down. Great body control. Quick and fast. Plays WR, punt return, KO return, holds for the PATs and FGs. Just looks to be an exceptional athlete and a WINNER that plays with a tremendous amount of HEART. The parents I spoke to at the game last Saturday told me that they had not heard of anyone recruiting him. I find that incredible if true.
Fred
November 23rd, 2009
9:48 am
SickandTired, your analysis might be true if they were similar offenses. Grayson is primarily a ball control run oriented offense. Looking at it from the other side, Grayson held SG to 16 points when Lassiter allowed 49 so our defense is capable against the pass. We scored 27 by running with very few passes. I think it has the potential to be a *very* good game should it work out that we meet.
alphadog
November 23rd, 2009
9:48 am
BTW, the Lassiter defense gives up so many points because they are on the field so much. Hudson and the offense scores so quickly that the D barely has time to get a drink and catch a breath. Don’t get down by 2 scores or your ball control offense will be an millstone around your neck. There’s more to this story than an awesome QB. Coach Lindsey has taken a 4-6 team and turned it into a power in 2 years. Kids are moving into the Lassiter district to play ball now so he’ll have even better talent to work with. Amazing what a good coach can do. Win or lose in the coming weeks you’ll hear more from LHS in the future.
Finally, have any of your schools produced a perfect SAT score?
Dave, the “coat-hanger abortion” comment was crude and has no place in a forum about youth sports.
LHS, a National School of Excellence.
TRUE BLUE
November 23rd, 2009
9:55 am
Moultrie Observer Newspaper article Special Teams save Colquitt against Stephenson. Read the article and you will see why STEPHENSON lost.
HBTD
November 23rd, 2009
9:55 am
Fred. Just an FYI, Lassiter played 3rd team 9th graders pretty much the entire 4th quarter whne S Gwinnett still had their 1st team in. Still Lassiter gives up a lot of points. IMO, the Lassiter defense can play stout, but they lack consistency.
HornetFan
November 23rd, 2009
10:10 am
The Lassiter defense is VERY vulnerable….especially to a ground game. Roswell gashed them for some big plays. Lassiter needs to get a couple of stops on downs or turnovers to get a two score advantage and when the opposing team gets out of their gameplan and tries to run and shoot with ‘em…its lights out baby. Its like they’re saying about Paul Johnson and the Tech offense…when you face it once a year and have one week to prepare its mighty difficult to stop. They are beatable but it’ll take a very good team’s ‘A ‘game to do it. Mason and the receivers are in a zone and believe they’re invincible. Their premise is to get one of their guys one-on-one with a defender and see if the defender’s basic tackling skills are any good….at the high school level that’s a pretty difficult load to put on a d-back.
war eagle packer
November 23rd, 2009
10:15 am
Stephenson lost because they did not score more points than their opponent!
White Trash
November 23rd, 2009
10:50 am
Go CAMDEN…..
Todd Holcomb
November 23rd, 2009
10:59 am
Hutson Mason has not committed. He has a half-dozen offers, only one from a major Division I-A program, and that’s Indiana. Kentucky and Virginia came to watch him play last week.
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
11:00 am
Lassiter will fall this week to the Colquitt County Packers.
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
11:02 am
Stophating States:
Colquit’s qb is terrible!
BUT THEY ARE WINNING….
LHS
November 23rd, 2009
11:08 am
No one on this blog knows who will win…we are all going to have to wait ’til Friday to find out. Good luck to all of the student athletes!
plowboy
November 23rd, 2009
11:09 am
first off LOWNDES did not get dominated by anyone this year , they beat themselves in both games they lost… so get your facts straight…WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME LOWNDES GOT BEAT BY MORE THAN 2 TD`S… I hope COLQUITT OR PRIDGE WINS
GOPACKGO
November 23rd, 2009
11:09 am
ENR I hope we get to play Northside again. I am sure you do not with this. GO PACK GO!!!
Donna
November 23rd, 2009
11:12 am
As a Lassiter Band parent, I read with great interest, then amusement and then finally digust all of the postings above. We are proud of all of our students whether they play in the band, cheer in the stands or run in the field. To some of the negative postings above: I am sorry that your brief attempt at football didn’t work out for you but give it a rest…this is a game. Remember HS is about grades and preparation for college and life..not points on fake grass. I believe that Lassiter gives this to all of their students..SAT scores don’t lie!
reality
November 23rd, 2009
11:14 am
This goes to show you that CREWS should be fired. He is the worst coach in Gwinnett county! He can’t continue blaming iton the team. All the gifts that Peachtree Ridge gave to Brookwood and they could not take advantage of them… 2 reasons… Crews calling the offense and his sad Quarterback trying to run them…Both of them should be gone…I do feel sorry for the Brookwood seniors but sorrier for the juniors…. They have to go through those two morons for another year….
SAD SAD SAD….all the money he makes and he’s just a mediorce coach at best… touchdown club.. ask for a refund…….
LHS TROJANS #1
November 23rd, 2009
11:39 am
i love how alll u people be haten on us week after week after week people talk crap about us and what happens we end up winning no need to talk crap here because we do are talking on the field so if u want to keep talking crap about us then more power to you because all ur doing is giving us more pep to come out and win nuff said GO TROJANS
Grayson Student
November 23rd, 2009
1:08 pm
These comments about how lassiter is untouchable are laughable… Ther is no doubt in my mind that they are a great team and mason is a GREAT quarterback. BUT for you lassiter fans to compare scores with grayson and how they beat south is a completely different story, grayson runs a wing t. Would u really expect them to put up more than 70??? lol think about what your saying before you say it please. Yes yall are in the “elite 8″ but get past colquitt and see what happens when you play the big boys, either camden or north. Answer that test and then you will get recognition, but heres a heads up. you will NOT be able to outscore any other team left in the playoffs, maybe colquitt but not anyone else
BulldawgBite
November 23rd, 2009
1:43 pm
Agreed Grayson, Lassiter has both a good school and football team. but they have no big wins over championship contenders. you would be hard pressed to even find someone who thinks colquitt can win state this year. i believe both teams are well coached and they both have talent for sure. but neither have enough talent to beat the other 6 teams in the playoffs.
Overrated1AAAAA
November 23rd, 2009
1:59 pm
I thought the playoffs would lose one 1AAAAA team each round but now I think they both go down this week. Two years in a row with no plowboys in the semis. Let’s face it, the self-proclaimed SEC of high school football can’t cut it when they stop playing each other. BTW, has two-time state champion (this decade) Lowndes won a road playoff game this century? A – Yes, but only one, at Parkview in 2004, 17-14, but they’ve lost the other four road playoffs, Lovejoy, Grayson, and Camden twice.
Overrated1AAAAA
November 23rd, 2009
2:04 pm
Donna – LHS Trojans #1 @ 11:39 must be one of those Lassiter SAT high scorers you’re bragging about. THEYS BE HATEN THEY WAY THOO THAT OLE SAT. LOL HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!
Quinn of the Ridge
November 23rd, 2009
7:19 pm
ENR, you love to bash PRHS. About your comment on every good team beating peachtree ridge easily, I’d ask a NG person, or check out the stats of that game. Had PRHS not missed so many oppportunities we would’ve won that game. Same with Lowndes, we were able to hang with Lowndes for a lot of parts of the game, but we killed ourselves early with mistakes (Those 24 points in the first five minutes) and we gave up at the end of the game. I’m not saying that’s excusable and that’s something to be proud of, but the score was a bit distorted. You harass PRHS yet in 2008, PRHS and NSWR both lost to Camden and Lowndes. PRHS lost 22-7 to Lowndes compared to 24-7 to Northside. Camden beat us 21-14, as opposed to 28-20 for Northside. A 43 game winning streak at the MAC is VERY impressive, and It is a tough place for any team to play. I’m noticing that you are watching your words somewhat in not saying that northside will absolutely destroy (a blowout) PRHS, so maybe you are actually hiding some of your fear. I’m not saying PRHS will win this Friday night, but i think we are a better team than you give us credit for. Win or Lose, I’m going to hold my head up high after the game and will show that I’m a proud Lion.
LHS
November 23rd, 2009
7:35 pm
I’m predicting Colquitt to lose by at least 2 TD’s. I’m tired of hearing how great South Georgia is…my wife grew up there. So I get enough at home. I don’t think Lassiter is unbeatable, I just don’t think Colquitt is the team to knock off Lassiter when their offense is peaking. Good luck to all student athletes playing on Friday
Quinn of the Ridge
November 23rd, 2009
8:23 pm
Reality- I’d like to know where Brookwood was given gifts by PRHS? I didn’t feel like we played all that sloppy. The fumbles are the only things i can think of and a few penalities, but other than that, I feel we played fairly well.
Quinn of the Ridge
November 23rd, 2009
8:36 pm
I just found a factual inaccuracy. ENR, Peachtree Ridge has had our current coach for three years now. Bill Ballard has coached here since 2007, before that, it was Blair Armstrong. I’m not sure where you got the idea of three coaches in four years.
Cal509
November 23rd, 2009
8:42 pm
MLK #1Fan stop hating on the best team because they won and get ready for basketball season LET,S GO COUGAR’S
Callitlikeitis
November 23rd, 2009
9:33 pm
The Colquitt vs. Lassiter games will be on GPB website at http://www.gpb.org/football
footballfan
November 23rd, 2009
11:32 pm
lassiter does need to get ready for colquitt from a physical stand point. those guys will hit you in the mouth again..and agian…and again. there is not way lassiter puts up 70. the winner of this shootout will score 38 tops. i like colquitt because of their run game and ability to control the clock.
Uncle Shawn of Galesburg, Il
November 24th, 2009
12:47 am
Monies tight. But I’ll give my life for my family, and with that said, I want to describe my upcoming Thanksgiving weekend.
Here goes, Thursday at 4pm, slide the chairs up to the table at my in laws for “the meal” in Roanoke, Il. Listen to my mother-in-law treat me as if it’s 18 years ago and I’m only dating my wife. No later than 7 pm, bail out of there, drive my 14 yr old daughter back to the West to Galesburg (2 hr roundtrip the wrong way) to stay with (still unknown) family who can cart her around to the Holiday girls basketball tournament while we run to Georgia. 10 pm, Thursday night, back from Galesburg to Roanoke, (reversing the wrong way) pick up the wife and boys, start the 12 hour trip to Marietta, drive thru Metamora Illinois, Home of the Redbirds, where Hutson could have been the quarterback this year (if he made the team of course), (oh that’s right, the town is empty because Metamora is in State tournament at Champaign on Friday) at least someone will win a game at the University of Illinois, stop and sleep whenever and wherever I’m tired (remember the monies tight thing) along the way. Crap, I was hoping to go to a Wal-Mart to buy some Chinese made Lassiter/USC clothing for the game when I got within 5 miles of Marietta, but now I read that won’t happen. And,it sounds like I’ll be lucky if Lassiter High School even shows up on the GPS since they haven’t yet built their legacy in football in 2 YEARS.
I do want to arrive early because my Nephew has told me that the band IS the show! I watched them on YOU TUBE and they sound great thru my itsy-bitsy computer speakers if I lean forward over the keyboard and tell my family to mute the TV ! Upon arrival, park our car in a safe well lit area of the Lassiter lot in order to reduce the risk of car disappearance. You will know who the Illinois people are as we walk into the stadium since we can survive a 50 degree football game without a Sterno can and a army surplus snorkel parka. I can’t say the “n” word, but my “bipples” will not be hard from the 50 degree cold. We will watch the game, pray that everybody on both teams doesn’t suffer career ending injuries, hopefully get invited out with the parents and players to a sports bar, or a Waffle House to visit for a while with Jimmy and Kirk, then try to find a hotel under $100.
Some of you are asking yourselves, why does Uncle Shawn put himself thru this? Well, I would normally watch Lassiter games on gpb.org/football, but Todd’s right, the hype and storyline of this game is just to much to risk not witnessing in person. I mean, I’ve never watched MTV, I’m a 300 lb 45 yr old, Reaganite/Glenn Beck fan and even….I….have heard of the reality show that showcased Hoover High a few years back. I mean this is the Head Coach AND the offensive coordinator (now transplanted to Georgia) squaring off in the elite 8 (that’s what we call this part of a State tournament in Illinois if it was March Madness) just enjoy it if you are truly a high school sports fan. My gosh, my nephew could have put me to sleep most games this year because after all, he can’t scramble, or throw long, or improvise when needed, yep that whole Lassiter team is just LUCKY 2 years in a row. After all, those genius on the Volunteer fansite have been calling him “old noodle arm” for months. Speaking of the Volunteers, my brothers and I all grew up in the country outside Peoria, Il. Our family was raised to pick a school that had their guns in their gun racks, and not in their pants belts.
Anyway, if Lassiter wins, I guess some of you will say “lucky their opponent wasn’t Stephenson” but if it goes the other way, maybe next year Wal-Mart will put in a order for some Chinese made Lassiter fan stuff and then at least 1 of you will know Lassiter has hit the “BIGTIME” by your measure, possibly Wal-Mart could even get a special order of Lassiter themed “Snuggies” for next season. Now Donna, there is a fundraiser for the band………..
LHS fan
November 24th, 2009
1:01 am
Watching Lassiter this year reminds me of watching the 1991 Braves make their magical run…hopefully Colquitt County won’t have anyone named Hrbek in the secondary. We beat then undefeated Roswell, (who gave Grayson a very tough game), for the Region Championship. The following week we were down 0-14 vs. North Forsyth before scoring 42 unanswered points – in the first half! South Gwinnett is a terrific, athletic team that also runs/and practices against a spread offense – and we were able to put up 70 by the 4th quarter. Playing Lassiter is similar to playing tennis….opponents are forced to score a touchdown in order to “hold serve” against the inevitable next Trojan touchdown. Congratulations to Colquitt County for defeating a loaded Stephenson team and advancing. We’re happy for you and looking forward to hosting a terrific high school playoff game Friday Night. Go Trojans!
Donna
November 24th, 2009
9:38 am
I will be looking for at the game sir, Uncle Shawn of Galesburg, Il and I will gladly buy you a cup of coffee..thank you for wonderful post! And I will pass along the snuggie idea..those band fees are killer, trust me!
GOPACKGO
November 24th, 2009
11:35 am
LHS you seem like a great person. Both of us want our teams to win. This might actually end up being one of the best games in the state this year. We are proud of our Packers and totally believe in them. The city of Moultrie is really pulling for our young team. We were not picked to even make the playoffs and we’ve come this far. These boys are well coached and hungry to win. I haven’t seen this atmosphere in Moultrie since I graduated in 1997. I actually lived in Atlanta for 5 years after graduating. The way Coach Propst has turned this team around is incredible. What’s even more awesome for us is, we only lose 3 starters next year. I think the Pack is back. I expect a great game between two great teams Friday night. Go Pack Go!!
LHS
November 24th, 2009
1:46 pm
Back at Ya GOPACKGO…this is a ton of fun for me. You guys have a lot to be proud of as do all of the high school playoff contenders. I wish we could have faced eachother later rather than sooner. I hate for one of us to have to stay home after Friday night. Good luck and Go Lassiter!