Georgia High School Football Daily Spotlight: Class AAAAA Playoff Preview

Go Camden.

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Not so fast with Colquitt pick. Excellent special team play is the reason they won against Stephenson, won’t be enough to compete in this one. There ability to put some pressure on Mason may keep it in the 40’s but overall they won’t win.

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why dont the gwinnett teams play any region one or region two teams in the first two rounds every year?

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Sports fan, its because the first 2 rounds and separated by North(5-8) and South(1-4) regions. It saves travel time and travel costs. All these schools have budgets you know.

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Colquitt County 24 Lassiter 13 in preseason scrimmage. Not saying that matters but Lassiters coach is playing his daddy. I take the Packers by 17. Go Pack Go!!

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Here we go again. All the talk about Camden County plays a soft schedule. Year after year.

Here they are again. They beat a really good Lowndes team, and are back in the hunt in 09 after winning the whole thing in 2008.

Time to give this school its due. Every year they are there competing for the state championship. Every year winning games they should not win.

Too bad I will be in St. Marys for thanksgiving. I live 3 miles from NG high school. Would have loved if Camden had won the coin flip.Maybe it will be on GPTV.Anyway “Go WILDCATS”.

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I have never understood why AJC never takes Camden County seriously. There is little to no game coverage all season long. It seems as though the only non-metro Atlanta teams that get pre-playoff coverage by the AJC come from either Lowndes or Houston County. Even in the weeks leading up to Camden’s 2008 State Championship win in Atlanta, CCHS was hardly a blip on AJC’s radar. Yet the Wildcats continued to win and AJC continued to ignore them. Perhaps it’s simply the fact that CCHS is a 6-hour drive from downtown Atlanta and can’t justify sending a reporter there to watch a piddly little South GA team play. Nevermind that even when CCHS plays Hoover, AL, they still go relatively unnoticed by AJC. Is it a conspiracy? Probably not – I just think the AJC sometimes forgets that those of us in this part of the state are Georgians too. Go ‘Cats!

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Perhaps the talk of the soft schedule is not meant to be taken as an insult to the caliber of player at Camden. Instead it might be the fact that by playing smaller less physical teams towards the end of the year Camden is able to have a healthier team compared to other region teams coming into the playoffs. Having fresh players at the end of the season can mean more than talent if alot of the talent for these other teams is banged up from a rougher regular season. Just a thought, curious to here what others think along these lines.

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Go Camden Co!!! As I said last eeek, the family is now united and we want Camden to go all the way! I do not expect Camden to meet any better team, over the next coming weeks, than they faced in Lowndes. If they continue to play as well as they did Friday night they will go all the way! As a Ga HS football fan from Tenn with brothers in St.Marys and Valdosta, I know of what I speak.

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GrayRam – With Camden playing the home games, the away teams in region 3 end up making more money if Camden were to play them at there home. If Camden played at the Away teams home in our region, not to many fans show up due to them knowing it is going to be a blowout. Would you pay $8 to see your team get beat bad, NO. So why not make a road trip and earn the school some money toward there program. Just smart on there end…

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Dang ENR! Man, you really laid it out for us today….I’m laughin’, but i can’t argue with anything that you’ve posted today….however i have always liked Todd for one reason or another. At some point people need to get over the idea that Camden County and its fans are somehow afraid of region 1 and its teams. Camden’s talent should no longer be in question by any region in the state. Hell, they’ve beaten a Great Lowndes program 4 out of the last 6 meetings. They swapped helmet paint with a very talented Northside Eagle squad and survived a hard fought battle. THERE IS MORE TO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAN JUST FOOTBALL! Imagine their girls’ basketball team traveling on Tuesday evening.It is a THREE hour bus ride to Colquitt for these kids to play a TWO hour contest, and then THREE hours back Camden High School. THATS 8hrs! I say back to the high school because even then they are still not “HOME”! Even Camden haters have to have a heart for these “CHILDREN” (some just 14 yrs. old!). Now imagine following that up with important region tilt against powerhouse Lowndes two or three days later. Seriously people, Camden isn’t awarded a state title by winning it’s region. Every year they go through the playoffs and potentially play the best that every region has to offer. And apparently playing a region 1 foe (deepest region in state)in the second round is sort of a built in clause. Like the BCS and Nortre Dame i assume. Please people, let it go

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End of the road for Camden this Friday.

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Camden fans aren’t doubting their team, they just realize the task at hand because of their experience from last years championship run. They beat the odds on favorite last week (BARELY) and are rewarded with “14 hours” of bus riding wrapped around 4 qrts. of football with an undefeated highly ranked North Gwinnett squad on its home field. Should they survive that ordeal, they can look foward to possible back to back weekends to the dome….easily 12 to 13 hour roundtrips….each week!

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HEY NEWNAN FANS – If you are coming to the game on Friday at Grayson, don’t trust your GPS or other mapping solution. Those will take you through the back roads with construction and traffic islands that will make it tougher for your buses. Take US78 east through Snellville. Turn left onto Cooper Rd at Rudy’s Bar. You will pass Hope Hollow on your right after the first light but don’t turn there. Go to the second light (about 3 miles from 78, maybe 4) and turn right onto Hwy 20. About 1 – 1.5 miles at the first traffic light turn right onto Hope Hollow Rd. The entrance to the school is about 200 yards on the left. If you miss it, you probably don’t need to be driving!

Your maping software or GPS will probably have you go past Cooper and Rosebud to Langley, then to Hope Hollow Lane and finally onto Hope Hollow. There is road contruction going on there and traffic calming circles to slow down traffic that can be a pain for the buses. The other way is faster anyway.

Have a safe trip up to Grayson and we will see you at the stadium!

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The day after football season ends, Camden’s Mighty Wildcats want nothing to do with region 3-AAAAA. Savannah school have long dominated the other sports with occassional suprises from the proud Wildcat athletes.Basketball, track, baseball(not as much). Those Savannah kids aren’t cryin’ on the sidelines during a 50-6 lashing from Camden in football. They are just playing hard, learning, fighting for improvement,……and just waiting for their turn to be the favored.

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It is fun to read all the comments from Packer fans regarding a scrimmage in which their coach came to make a statement rather than use it for what it’s intended for…not to mention, their famed coach violated agreed upon rules. Has anyone considered Lassiter’s coach Lindsey may have been the brains behind Hoover’s success? I’m not saying who’s going to win…none of us will know that ’til Friday at around 10:00. See you all Friday night, right? I’m sure you are all making the drive to “Frank”

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For those of you that didn’t know…”The Frank” is Lassiter’s NCAA football stadium. Yeah, that’s right…Lassiter is the higher seed for those of you Pack fans that did not know.

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Thanks for the ‘Grace’ from Grayson, Fred! Always good to know the directions from a map-savvy ‘local’. The game shall be a good one, only wish I could be there, but the wife’s family in Kentucky beckon. Maybe I’ll get back in time to catch it on radio/TV. Good luck to ya, but ya know I’ll hafta back my Cougars! Don’t think you’ll have one of those 9 minutes drives this time, either!

Having seen Camden twice after a long bus trip win over a couple of real good Newnan teams, esp. last year, don’t count the Wildcats out for that reason!

Can anybody stop Lassister’s passing attack?! Even Alec Ogletree will be challenged, but woe to the receiver!

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Overrated1AAAAA – Why would you want a team like Camden to play for Duval County, Fl. You should be proud of a team like Camden they are making the State of Georgia more noticeable nationwide. Teams like Camden help with recruiting and incentives..Think about the whole picture first..

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VoiceOfReason – “The day after football season ends, Camden’s Mighty Wildcats want nothing to do with region 3-AAAAA” NOT TRUE….

Baseball, Softball teams do very well statewide.
Swimming- number 1 in the region.

When it comes to Sports, Basketball is the only sport that Savannah can beat us regularly. So I will say again, Not True….

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Fred: My TOM-TOM has got me lost all over N. America, but it got me to the stadium fine and way early from the Marraiot in Norcross this past weekend! I might try your directions and get a little warm-up at Rudy’s next time LOL! Hornet Fan: Your exagerating just a little lol. Many of thre Ram’s fans walk around,socialize and buy stuff all game long!!! I don’t really understand it, but it does serve a monetary purpose for “The Team” if you know what I mean. Heck, I was even on the visitor side talking to their fan’s this past game at the begining of the 2nd half….till we recovered the fumble on the kick-off….then our conversations came to an abrupt end! It’s funny how people think the stands are 1/4 quarter empty…yet the multitude of burger and BBQ and RAM Shirts and X-mas goodies and on and on are FULL!!!!!!!

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You might like like their rankings but Rivals.com is talking GA football!

http://highschool.rivals.com/viewrankhs.asp?ra_key=646

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White Trash – I have nothing against Camden, just felt sorry for all the whining about all the traveling. I went through St Marys on my way to Cumberland last fall and it seems like a great community. I expect them to repeat if they get by NG.

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“Hershworld”, sorry you were offended by the reference to college…Just kidding. Both teams will be ready. If your low scorinf offense can produce 40 plus points, you might stand a chance. There isn’t a high school defense that can stop our college level offense. Your team may win, but they’ll have to score like never before.

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Fred, i dont get those rankings. north gwinnett beat a good woodstock team 24-0. northside beat a lesser team in union grove 21-10. plus lowndes which was northsides biggest win lost again. i can understand grayson being #1 until they lose but i dont see how NG gets jumped after a 24-0 victory? whatever. IF we beat camden then that should help a bit

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Everybody knows that I’m HOG WILD!!!!! Lassiter should be prepared to get their field rooted up on Friday night!!!!!

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Grayson Student–Roswell may have had the smallest team in all of 5A this year. But our offense line cleared enough holes that our tailbacks had exceptional years. On defense, even your line, with all the beef you have didn’t have much success until that 8 1/2 minute drive in the 4th quarter when you used “William Perry Jr” in the backfield to convert a couple of 4th downs. It baffles me how Roswell keeps winning depite being so small on the line of scrimmage…..quickness and heart must still matter. BTW…be proud of your school, it’s a special place!

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PROSKILLpat: Peachtree Ridge runs some shotgun, but primarily runs Paul Johnson’s offense. The QB is Nick Lombardo (#13) who is a dual threat. Their big playmaker is Brad Roby (#10) who goes both ways and is a threat on punt returns. However, they are fumble prone, fumbling 6 times vs Kell, losing 3. Defensively they put pressure on the QB & are stout against the run. I know some people think that because PTR got punished by Lowndes & NSWR beat Lowndes, therefore NSWR should punish PTR. Using that logic, since GT lost to Miami & VT beat Miami, then there is no way GT beats VT. GT 28 VT 23. Now, with that being said, NSWR should win.

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Thanks BulldawgBite

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CSS schedule has Newnan at Grayson

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Northside WR will not make it past Peachtree Ridge. They barely beat Lowndes and Valdosta. They held on for dear life against Colquitt and would have lost if not for a fumble in the last minute. The only time they’ve put anything together in the second half was against Union Grove and had UG had a QB that could pass Northside would have been beat. Not to mention the disaster against a Warner Robins team that had a less than explosive offense. At this point, a complete team will walk all over Northside. Sorry eagles but Peachtree Ridge will end your season. Better now than the embarrassment you’d have against Newnan/Grayson/Camden.

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To overrateddd1aaaaa-I am a robins fan and will stick up for my team and northside. Robins did not make the playoffs but we only lost 10-0 at Grayson earlier this year. Futhermore, the other loses were to a one loss Lowndes, a one loss colquit team and a storied Valdosta program. Good luck eagles.

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hornet fan, by no means am i bashing roswell… that team is by far the best weve played all year

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ROSWELL is/was very well coached!!! b4 I moved my son to GA he played on a FL team in The Villages FL. They were small as well, but well coached and very effective. Turnovers will decide this next game! I’m betting my tickets to the Dome on that [LOL!] would like to make 1 MORE trip back this season from SoCal. Roswell should be very Proud and I truly enjoyed conversing with their loyal fans!

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Good luck to the 1AAAAA Region Champs! Go Eagles! I hope for a good clean game! MarTwain, you don’t think the Lowndes County win was a complete game? None of the teams in region 1AAAAA blew each other out the game! That just shows how tough Region 1AAAAA is! I think it will be a close game. May the best team win.

1975 Northside graduate

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Three teams from Gwinnett winning State Titles…..sounds about right…..could be all 5 schools within 41.2 miles of each other

AAAAA – NG / Grayson / PTR
AAAA – Apalachee
AAA – Gainesville
AA – Buford
A – Wesleyan

…..that is a major concentration of talent

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Oh Sportsfan 31313 you were hot out of the gate with a 15-1 first round; however you were 5-3 in the second looks like you are 20 – 4 in your picks so far….. I was on fire with my picks I only missed the Stephenson/Colquitt game…… I was dead on the Camden/Lowndes game…. heck you even missed that one and your a Region 3 guy???? Woodstock was never even close….. so your predictions are waning the closer to the dome we get….. My predictions are coming in at 22-2 Round three predictions are……….Northside WR over the Ridge in a tight one by 6 pts………… North Gwinnett by 7 over Camden……….Lassiter by 14 pts over Colquitt……….and finally my heart pick Newnan by 2 over Grayson…..of course the heart pick has got to be partial loyalty…..I have to say though much respect to the #1 Grayson team they have handled the bullseye with grace and their bloggers/fans are tremendous….

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#88 ram pop

comcast on demand by the weekend

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grayson 24 newnan 7

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Has lassiter been this deep into playoffs before??

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Quinn how many yrs has prhs been in playoffs,semis and state champ game……………. CONTENDER

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Well, this is our fourth straight year of making the playoffs (Our 7th year as a school). ‘07 was our only year that we exited before the quarter finals since our first playoff birth in ‘06. That year we beat North Cobb (Ranked 1st in state at the time) in the first round and lost in the second round to Roswell on a crappy call. I would say that’s not too bad considering how young we are as a school.

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Lassiter won it’s first playoff game ever last year…lost in second round to N Gwinnett, region champs first time ever this year and no, we’ve never been this deep before. Cool thing is, this is Coach Lindsey’s second year and has only had three losses. We are very excited!

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Hornet fans (plural), did any of you stay for the drum line challange with Grayson after the game? There have been 3 or 4 of these and we always stay. They’re lots of fun! Your drum line is really good.

Ooops, wrong blog, sorry!

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the newnan and grayson game is very tough game to guess. i mean with two great defenses a lot could be decided on field posistion and turnovers. as much as id like to see 3/4 teams from gwinnett, i think newnan is the best team on the left side this year. just barely. i have them by 3 points but in a game like this where its gonna be low scoring it can go either way.

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i don’t really know that much about lassiter but it sounds to me that a game where the score is 70-49 is a game where neither team has much of a defense….colquitt county has a good defense so i expect lassiter’s offense to be slowed down….

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Camden County Kingsland GA 10-2 NR
RivalsHigh 100 return A 10-7 win in a physical game over Lowndes has Camden in a showdown with North Gwinnett next week.
haha awsome

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LHS the heat gets turned up this week its easy get caught up in the hype…
THE PACK WILL BRING THEIR “A GAME” THEY PLAY IN VERY STRONG REGION AND ARE BATTLE TESTED…..believe that and I’m not saying ya’ll will lose.. I’m glad east cobb football is alive and well.. I lived off johnson ferry rd before we moved back to camden county so i know little about east cobb football… GOOD LUCK

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I know Gwinnett is the center of the Georgia High school world but it would be nice to have neutral sites to play in for teams that carry that #1 seed maybe instead of a coin flip they could split the gate….. maybe beginning in round three and only if there is a seed tie..? another words NSWR v P ridge; Lassitter v Colquitt would remain the same… but the N Gwinnet Camden game could be played in Macon and the Newnan Grayson game could be played at Haliford stadium… this would allow teams that earned the #1 seed to have atleast part of the benefits of being the #1 seed …these kids fight hard to get the seeding but a simple coin flip decides they have to travel??? 7 hours for Camden is way to much….

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I agree LHS

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Mark Twain is dead and so is his prediction. I hope you enjoy your Basketball game Friday night.

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cchswildcat86
I agree the offense starts slow, and hey Grayson is strong at home….. but I think Newnan’s defense is not getting enough credit they (the defense has not allowed a offensive TD) in the playoffs and the two teams they have played were not weak….(just in case the weak region thing comes up) Grayson does not exactly light up the scoreboard either…… they definitely are a talented team but this one will come down to a turnover or a big play late….Just hope….. it belongs to Newnan

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yeah South the Home side is too tight and too loud the teens that are there care more about being seen and heard rather than watching the game… I like the visiting side not because I am for them but that they are there for the game……I like the fan’s intellect a little better and you usually find that the fans are great…the seating is not cramped….. and I like to tell them that their boys played great win or lose… My favorite fans were from Camden last year…. they really support there team ….in 07 the North Gwinnett fans were great…

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Whent to the LHS vs SG fri both def were offall.they have to score 70 points to win but when u meat with speed of south ga def they wont be 70 points scores.but that QB and recivers are good.

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Hey, high school football fans….ain’t this time of year fantastic?! Beats the pants off of talking D1 college football, which can’t even figure out how to have a playoff system. And beats the c*%p out of talking pro football, whose athletes don’t have half the heart of the young warriors we get to watch on Friday night under the lights.

Good luck to all the teams this weekend….represent your schools, communities and yourselves with pride and dignity…win or lose.

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GO NORTHSIDE!!!
Making the trip from Atlanta to go back down and see my team for Thanksgiving. Heres to hoping they Peachtree Ridge—Peachtree Ridge!

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Did you really post this??? come on man!!! flukish turnovers!! What causes turnovers Great defs…camden gave lowndes the football on a muffed punt around our 40yard line and shut them down) thats what great defs do at home when the games on the line!! So quit making excuses you got beat soundly at home by a better team!!
Camdens flukish playoff record against newnan
2008 27 to 7
2005 50 to 0
2003 20 to 10

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cchswildcat86 what are you referring to? living in yesteryear???? 2005 this group was on the freshman squad…….. 2003 this group was in middle school, and PEEWEE…
2008 the Camden defense was excellent but the first TD camden had was when the QB fumbled the ball off his own leg….. the second TD was a pass from the 34 (a flukish 4th down play where #39 put a hit on the Camden receiver) the trailing receiver caught the dislodged pass out of the air hardly a designed play from Camden!!!! you obviously need to get YOUR glasses on and take your Camdens glorious past goggles off !!! these are kids…..but it is funny when you look back to a point differential but know absolutely nothing about the Game that was played and how that has nothing to do with the current teams play.. sir History is last week in HS sports…. it can change with the next group that comes in…. You sir…. like to talk and pull a score but do not consider this group has nothing to do with that history… look at this year!!!

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Lassiter will be ready for Colquitt County.

The pre-season scrimmage where CC was declared the winner was shortened due to the storm. You were ahead when the scrimmake was ended but I am confident we would have pulled ahead.

Don’t make the mistake of thinking you are playing the same Lassiter team. Night and Day difference. Jaw dropping difference.

Nice job Lassiter Staff !!

Go Trojans!!

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Lassiter Fan,

Don’t make the mistake and think that CCHS is one of the pink teams you have been playing all year!

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LHS- you obviously have no clue what you are talking about because Lindsey was only an assistant for one year under Propst…Propst won 5 state titles at Hoover. im pretty sure Propst was the reason for their success, not Lindsey.

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Was checking out The Cougars website. Impressive size on both lines! New head coach with a lot of D-experience. Looks like my earlier prediction…turnover in sogggy conditions= bad footing = bad breaks for an unpredictable outcome….very tough call, I think I’ll change my blog name to “LONG CLEATS” lol.

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Colquitt County Underdog:

I was impressed by Colquitt’s special team’s play against Stephenson, but don’t think that in any way relates to the scrimmage. For one, Lassiter didn’t have any of their starters in on special teams. It was all JV and freshmen. That won’t be the case this Friday. Also, I wouldn’t read into the blocked kicks too much since Rush was rushing kicks even after both teams agreed not to. Lassiter wasn’t prepared for it. Maybe not much of an excuse, but it wasn’t even a real game.

You wanna talk about weaknesses? How about the fact that Colquitt’s DBs got beat deep multiple times in that SCRIMMAGE. You know how much I’m reading into that? Nothing at all because it doesn’t mean anything come Friday.

You Colquitt folks need to get over that scrimmage because none of it matters. No, it doesn’t tell you how Lassiter can be stopped because the starting receivers weren’t even decided at that point. Lassiter took a few games to find out who their playmakers were going to be. I mean, come on, Sprayberry held them to 14 points and they did it in a full game. Does that mean Sprayberry has a better D than Colquitt?

I really do hope you guys think you’re gonna have an easy time with our defense. Yea, North Forsyth and SG might have put some points up, but don’t forget that both those games were pretty much over by halftime. Much of the scoring was their starters against our backups.

As for our kick coverage, it is far from horrible. But your return guy is just nasty. If all those D-1 athletes from Stephenson couldn’t contain him, our slow unathletic white boys from Cobb County sure cant. Luckily we have a secret weapon. Coach Lindsey. He is coming up with a plan to contain him.(I’ll give you a hint–it involves not kicking anything within 20 yards of him.)

Have a safe trip up and come by the tailgate!

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Newnan gets no respect. That will change after Friday. Go Cougars.

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inthatrenches: Yes, I know where Bonaire is. I know you’re being realistic, but if the Ridge pulls off the upset of the decade, you will host. (Ridge fans, being sarcastic here. I look for a close game, but NSWR to win due to the home advantage. If the Ridge wins, feel free to take shots @ me.) If NSWR wins, the coin flip comes into play again.

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hsf , hows lassiters def??…a good ball controlling offense could slow ya’ll down (7-8 min drives)…. packers play in a region that has alot of speed……I’m glad east cobb football deep in the playoffs…..good luck

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predictions
north gwinnett 28 camden 7
newnan 17 grayson 10
colquitt 28 lassiter 21
northside 35 pridge 17

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dakotah – Who cares about Rivals 100 rankings. That crap means nothing playoffs and it is showing. Next topic….

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cchswildcat86, inthatrenches, Ok you are both talking about the past. Both Camden and Newnan were both good last year and good this year. Both had great Defenses and continue to carry over this year. This year Championship can goe either way, everyone is good which makes this year better than the past. So get of the high horse and just recognize that both teams are good and hope for a rematch.

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cchswildcat86 – Lassiter does sound good, but I think if they play someone with speed (Camden) I think it will throw them off and wont be able to do what they have been doing to the North teams.

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Good description HSF Talk. Furthermore, our JV offense also played the entire 4th quarter against S. Gwinnett’s starters, therefore, drives stalled and the ball ended up in S. Gwinnett’s hands more often than normal. I believe the JV offense could have scored on them, but it appeared Lindsey’s play calling became very conservative. Our JV QB is awesome too. I’ve seen him play in regular season JV games where he’s thrown for over 300 yards by halftime. Lassiter is pretty deep on offense. I hope this is a sign of good things to come for the next several years. We’ll see.

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One last thing, I disagree about our secondary. They’ve produced a number of turnovers there too. I think they’ll be coached up for this game. We’ll see if this becomes a “Train the Trainer” session or not. Who knows? As I’ve said before, either team could win. It will be decided by the players and their coaches Friday night. I’m getting excited!

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white trash go back read my post I said grayson wins 24-7
inthatrenches ask for my reasons (playoff history they go deep into playoffs every yr and lose sorry its true) he or she didn’t like it and they brought up last yrs game and I responded ….sorry i love camden football as much or more as they love newnans

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From the Moultrie Observer. Offenses seem to be the same. It’s gonna be a great game.

Packers coach Rush Propst, who coached against a Tim Tebow-led team several years ago, says Mason will be the best quarterback he has faced.

“He’s got a cannon for an arm,” Propst said. “And he plays with such confidence.

“And with those numbers, I think he’s the state player of the year.”

And Propst rejected the idea that perhaps the Packers might be able get inside Mason’s helmet.

“He doesn’t rattle,” he said.

Still, the Packers hope to be able to pressure Mason much as they did Stephenson quarterback Jordan Tarver in the 22-21 playoff victory in Clarkston last week.

Tarver threw three interceptions, including two in the deciding fourth quarter.

His other, which came with Colquitt County defensive end Quan Daniels hanging on to him, was intercepted by William McCrary and returned for a second-quarter touchdown that tied the game.

And the Packers should not be surprised by much of what the Lassiter offense throws at them on Friday.

The two schools met in an abbreviated scrimmage in Marietta back in August in which the Packers led 24-13 when the game was called in the third quarter because of lightning.

And the two offenses use the same playbook and terminology, Propst said.

“They use the exact, verbatim offense we use,” Propst said. “It’s a carbon copy.”

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I love High School football and hate that our season has come to an end. Looking forward to next year! Good luck to the remaining teams. !

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Let me be the first to tell you that Camden County wins it all for the 2nd year in a row. The Class AAAAA once again comes to South Georgia.

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The Packers will be arriving a day early this week. Expect the Packers to be ready for this offense. They see it everyday in practice. Go Pack!

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LHS that is true. BUT region 1AAAAA has some of the best defenses in the state. We see defense week in and week out.

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GOPACKGO That is also true. However, our defense practices against arguably the best offense in the state day in, day out. I think standard Wing T offenses cause us more problems than the spread. Good luck to all of the players and coaches still playing this week.

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LHS I can say this. If we don’t win I will be pulling for Lassiter to win state. It’s boring to watch these running offenses play. I love watching high scoring games with spread offenses.

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GOPACKGO, thank you. I too will be pulling for CC if we lose. Enjoy the game; it should be a fun one. Maybe we’ll meet up and have a cup of coffee while you are here.

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Marktwain. You have lost your mind……You have not seen defensive speed like your going to see friday night. Just make sure your here, Sat. morning……………I will bring the tissue! GO NSWR!~

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when was the last time Newnan won a game in round four of the playoffs?

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Newnan only made it to the 4 round once, rest of the time they lost in round 3 except for 2003 where they lost again and that was ronud four of the playoffs

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Everybody please believe NSWR will be ready to play Friday night! Peachtree Ridge has a great team but NSWR is Hungry to Shut peoples Mouth. People say NSWR has not played a complete Game, i disagree, every team that strives for protection has a lapse, and if you are referring to there loss to cross town rival Warner Robins, Coach Nix took full blame for that for sitting on the Lead, But that is the past and they are the only team i feel who is not looking to who they play next!,NSWR is focused on one thing and one thing only and it is not next week’s game, they are focused on Peachtree Ridge who most feel will eliminate the Eagles, but the Eagles think and play otherwise. Peachtree Ridge if you’re smart you’ll lay off the turkey and dressing this week because in the MAC we play Hard!, Hit You Hard, and Win Hard!!!

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i meant to say every team that strives for “Perfection” not protection.

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Hmmmm….NSWR at home,Hall of fame coach,rich storied tradition of winning(young teams feed off this) vs talented ptr team thats a contender every year….. nswr 17 ptr 10

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White Trash-i was pointing out camden is finaly gettuing more respect

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leslie22h-
I am not sure why south teams..or Any Team not in the ATLANTA area cries about getting news coverage. I hate to tell you but it is a ATLANTA based paper..not a Georgia Paper..

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dakotah- Ok, just making sure.

LHS – Has your team played any good defenses like a Newnan, Camden, NSWR Grayson. Don’t think so, They wont be able to do that against a team with all around speed on ‘D’.

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LHS- Great comeback, haha. You might be right about your team, this friday will be a true test for yall. But this is my opinion, I just don’t think you have played anyone, no direpect to the other teams you played, but the real powerhouses are now playing and will see how you and the rest of the teams fair out. Good luck to all.

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Warhawk’s employer may want to submit his name for drug testing if he really thinks Apalachee will win the AAAA state championship. Apalachee’s Cinderella season comes to a violent and abrupt halt on Friday night when the superior speed, talent and tradition of the Griffin Bears come to Barrow County.

Friday night will be a bad night for Gwinnett and Cobb teams. Camden beats North Gwinnett. Newnan whips Grayson. Colquitt County takes down Lassiter. Northside downs Peachtree Ridge.

I didn’t understand how Lassiter, a team with a dismal football history, suddenly become a force. Then I saw that Coach Lindsey came in from Hoover. Not sure playing a region schedule with perpetually weak Cobb County schools has prepared the Trojans to go up against a South Georgia school that plays serious smash mouth football. He deserves many accolades for what he has accomplished, but I think the curtain is going to fall on Lassiter’s season.

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LHS- none of the Packers play both ways. conditioning will not be a problem. im not reading that much into the scrimmage but from what other fans have been telling me, we matchup very favorably to Lassiter in terms of team speed and athleticism. i doubt the Lassiter players have gotten much faster and stronger in 3 months.

I just think Coach Propst has the edge over Coach Lindsey. plain and simple. im not really sure if i will be able to make the trip to Marietta since my family from North Carolina is visiting for Thanksgiving but good luck and i intend to watch the game on GPB if i cant go.

on a side note, i think this is North Gwinnett’s year. Hutson Mason is a great QB but CJ Uzomah is a monster with his arm strength and running threat.

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the only time any CC players play both ways is when the offense is in the Wildcat package. we then use a couple of d-linemen as tight ends but 90% of the time they strictly play defense.

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I hate that some of yall think P ridge will get Murdered by NSWR

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hsfootball fan Name one member of this team(Newnan) that was on the 03 or 05 team… even the coaches are not the same… Let me ask you a question. How would these 17-18 year olds have ANYTHING to do with the 03 or 05 team? History is just that…… history…. look at any teams history…according to idiot logic… no one but Valdosta should win the state championship …….after all their history is greater than anyone else’s……..Oh wait Valdosta lost? (not their proud history) but a high school game on a friday night in “November 2009″ GET A CLUE….

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hsfootball fan the 07 defensive squad had I believe 5 or 6 sophomores starting on defense the offense of 07 was the same (group) of seniors that graduated last year…. North Gwinnett had a great game and they were better on both sides of the ball…in 07….I acknowledge that… in 08 they met a tremendous defense….lets talk current…..Round 3’s opponent is strong as a matter of fact in 09 they have beaten Camden and Warner Robbins… It will be a great team Newnan will play and they have Newnan’s respect…

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NEWNAN POP,

I left off one direction. When coming I285N from I20, do not take the Memorial Drive exit even though maps/GPS will direct you to. Go two exits north to the Stone Mountain Freeway exit and go east. It will be quicker and Memorial Drive has had its challenges in recent years. St Mtn Fwy will turn back into US78 and take you to Snellville and on to the stadium.

I think both teams are great teams. It is easy to say Roswell beat themselves but a good defense creates opportunities for itself and its offense as you well know. It is no secret that our middle pass defense has been less than stellar all year but they looked much better last week. I have watched our safety run people down when I did not think it was going to be possible. There were some size mismatches on the corners for us last week (where DOES Roswell get those big guys from? ) and our guys did really well. Yep, they got beat a few times but more often than not they made the play. I have said all along that I expect it to be a very hard and close game.

Talk about can’t wait for the game….. With vacation and holidays, today was my Friday and I’m ready for the game TONIGHT!

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FITZGERALD WILL DISMANTLE CALLAWAY BY 3-5 TD’s

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To the Colquitt County folks who think the fact they play in 1-AAAAA means they have an inherent advantage over everybody else.

I got to to see 2 of your non-Valdosta, non-Warner Robins teams a few years back in the playoffs and Roswell beat the snot out of both of them.

Just because you play in the same region as Lowndes and NWR doesn’t mean you share in their success. And beating Stephenson is not that big a deal.

Lassiter is going to score a lot of points and come up with a turnover or 2 that will produre more points. The Packers will likely score a lot of points as well, just not enough.

Citing a pre-season scrimmage game that was weather-shortened is pretty lame.

To the Grayson folks, I’d be a little worried if I’m facing a defense that has more size than a typical JV team. Roswell’s undersized defense allowed exactly one scoring drive the entire game. The other 17 points were courtesy of Grayson’s special teams, which did an outstanding job.

Grayson’s defense is top notch. But when the Rams face a team with the size to match their offense, they’re going to have problems.

I can understand why the Grayson stands were not full last week. You have to really be a fan to pay money and watch that offense for 4 quarters. It’s effective, but I don’t think I could watch it week after week.

A Lassiter-Grayson matchup would be the ultimate in contrasting styles. Might even pay to watch that one.

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Overrated1AAAAA,

You show your ignorance of football everytime you post! You must be from a 3AAAAA Savannah school! The Eagles will be ready for Peachtree Ridge with a complete game!

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get a clue hhmmmmm……. sometimes history has a habit of repeating its self.

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6-AAAAA Observor
I agree with most of your comments. Grayson faced a tough defense in Warner Robins and only scored 10. Roswell’s defense really came to play. I dont think they had a 1 loss season by accident, they were good.

Against Newnan whichever team can avoid losing any fumbles will win by a field goal or maybe 7.

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“Roswell lost the game for themselves last week, the only reason Grayson won”. Grayson — I COULDN’T DISAGREE MORE…And it’s comical that a statement is made about fans who don’t want to pay to see the Ram’s offense. I have been paying over $780.00 a weekend all season long LOL. How many Yards does the Ram’s terrible OFFENSE have????

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If you cant run the ball you cant win a state championship name a pass happy team thats done it. There fun to watch but a good bal team keeps the ball eats the clock.

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Suwanee 0wnz
Right on.
These teams are all good and every game could go either way..

Ram pops: The Grayson offense is fun to watch. They amaze me with their determination to do it their way, and in the end they always make me eat my words for doubting them. Evert time i start screaming for a pass play, Pemberton or one of the others takes off for 15 -20 yards.

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sanity, hsfootballfan came to the blog asking questions like who runs the spread? Has anyone won a championship with the spread? he played around but never came out as a Camden fan…Now when Camden takes down lowndes the bandwagon blogger found a team….
cchswildcat86 did not show until after Camden took down Lowndes he or she did not put on the Camden skirt until after the fact!!! funny thing is I picked the Camden win and I am a Newnan supporter I believed before they did!! funny someone can anylyze with little to no research then call others idiots???? atleast the Lowndes fans are intelligent and articulate..

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Here is the bottom line on the Lassiter/Colquitt County game. Both of these teams are fully prepare and able to win. Lassiter, no doubt their best advantage is their QB. Colquitt has a powerful defense as well as an explosive running game. Also don’t under estimate Colquitt’s QB. He has an impressive arm too having thrown around 2,000 yards leads Region 1 in passing and Colquitt runs the ball a good deal or else his numbers would be higher as well.

I have no idea who will win this game but I have learned over the years no matter how good your team may be or how good the opposing team may be, never assume anything, because in Georgia High School Football, ANYTHING can happen.

Both teams will be more than ready to play Friday night, it will be a good game regardless of which team wins.

Good Luck to Lassiter and to Colquitt County, both of these team are outstanding.

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Grayson Student , please do me a big favor and tell all the Grayson football players you know the same thing you posted at 9:11 p.m. about Newnan being a two man team and I will forever be your friend. Thanks.

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I hope that that the TDC at brookwood finally sees what I’ve been saying for the last 26 games…Mark Crews sucks as a coach and Ben McClane in not a quarterback…PTR put the ball on the ground 6 times and we only picked up one.. scored a touchdown mind you, but our offense.. was the worst. based on the play calling. We could move the ball by running in but when you have a coach with no imagination, no real strategy or football sense what do u have? I feel sorry for the boys..Please fire Mark Crews… if he was at Valdosta.. he would have been gone. last two years.. 6-5 and now 6-6…Fire Mark Crews and he whole sorry staff. PTR had ;put that ball on the turf too much this season.. a good team with a good coach will kill them… so when you go down to Warner robbins.. I don’t see it as a good sign.. they might score 50 on you as Lyondes did….Brookwood Coach and the Coach at Stevenson…. fire them both.. new blood.. they both suck with all the talent these two teams have had in the last few years.. fire them both……

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6-AAAAA Observor: First off you saying that Colquitt County beating Stephenson is “not that big of a deal” shows that you don’t know what your talking about.

Second, Lassiter gives up a heck of a lot of points to be praised so much. You have to have a well balanced team. Lassiter has a heck of a good QB no doubt about it and they have a great shot at winning, but so does Colquitt County.

Colquitt County has speed, powerful and strong defense, great special teams, great kick returner as well as a good QB who has thrown for nearly 2,000 yards, and considering how much Colquitt runs the ball, that is impressive. On average Colquitt has been giving up 11 points a game and has had 2 shutouts and has won most of their games in the second half.

My point is fans from Lassiter or Colquitt should not be doing to much trash talking because either one of these teams could walk away with the win.

Packers have played very, very well on the road this season and they are a second half team. They came back in a game against Thomasville early in the season 19-6 with 10:04 left in the game, Colquitt County scored four straight unanswered touchdowns to beat the Bulldogs 34-19. That was in the second came of their season. Colquitt plays hard right until the final seconds of a ball game.

Neither of these teams should be under estimated. After all neither team got to the 3rd round of the playoffs because they are week or not that good. To get this far you are good and both Lassiter and Colquitt are good football teams.

My the best team win, good luck to both!

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6AAAAA observor, I take issue with beating Stephenson was not that big of a deal. O yes it was, Stephenson had the most talented team (16 D1 players) in Class 5A. Obviously, you are not familar with Stephenson football. I travel all over the state watching High School Football games and Stephenson had one of the best teams in the state this year. In the colquitt game, Stephenson got out coached at the end of the game. Colquitt has a really good coach. In August of 2009 on a hot steamy night, I saw the Lasso offense (Hudson can throw it on a rope when given time to do so) get man handled up front by Colquitt and put alot of pressure on Mason. Lassiter can not block Colquitt Defensive front and that fact still remains. Lassiter line is not phyical enough to handle their defensive front especially 6′ 6″ Cameron Erving who harassed Mason. This will be the difference in the ball game this friday. Youu should read the newspaper in Moultrie because they infer that since they beat Stephenson, Lassiter will not be a greater challenge for them.

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SouthGARules

Thats a good idea having Them run onto the field with Demons jerseys on! But i think Pridge is good enough to not need gimmicks. I would love to see it though, that would be a sight.

GraysonStudent:
I don’t think a defense could post the numbers and results Newnan does if they were a two man show. Grayson will have to play every bit as good to beat them as they did against Lowndes last year. I’m hoping they will be fired up for a team like Newnan because they were a little flat in the 1st two rounds.

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if grayson has undersized corners how will they handle a 6′3′ beast named ogletree as a wide receiver??

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TRUE BLUE JUST STATING FACTS. YES COLQUITT COUNTY BEAT STEPHENSON 22-21. ALL I AM SAYING GET READY FOR SOME HOME COOKING FRIDAY IN COBB COUNTY. YES COLQUITT COUNTY HAS A NICE DEFENSE. I JUST DON’T THINK LASSITER WILL MAKE THE SAME ROOKIE MISTAKES STEPHENSON DID FRIDAY. THEY WANT KICK THE BALL TO NO.4 AND HUTSON MASON WANT THROW 3 INTERCEPTION AND IF COLQUITT COUNTY GIVE HIM THE 5 YARDS AND OUT. THEN HUTSON WILL TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE HIM AND HE WANT GET GREEDY AN THROW INTO TRIPLE COVERAGE. STEPHENSON HAD THE 5 YARDS OUT ALL NITE BUT THEY WANTED MORE AND GOT BURNED AT THE END.PLUS COLQUITT COULDN’T DO NOTHING WITH #25 ALL NIGHT. HE RAN AND CAUGHT THE BALL ALL OVER THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE KEYING ON HIM. HE STILL MANAGED TO GET OVER 130 YARDS RUSHING 2 TDS. AND 68 RECEIVING YARDS. HE HAD MORE YARDS THAN THE WHOLE COLQUITT COUNTY OFFENSE HIMSELF.

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Home Cooking? Lassiter has never received home cooking…always seems to me that Lassiter gets the shaft in every sport I watch. I’m not too worried about that though. I may be wrong, but I think the officiating crew is not locals. The calls seemed to be fair in the first two rounds at home.

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grayson student dont worry # 51 will be in the middle along with 33 15 and several others. they are waiting on the run . please run it up the middle. oh i almost forgot the are fast and contain the corner as well. if you pass you will meet 39 and 10. it will be a great game we look foward to it.

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reality,

I think most people here are good with praising players by name but think it is poor form to criticize them by name. After all, they are KIDS playing game. I understand your frustration with your program and don’t really care if you post your feelings about the coaching staff. After all, they are ADULTS and are paid for their efforts (not that much considering but paid none the less).

As far as the Grayson secondary, everyone has acknowledged that this is not one of our strongest areas. However, they did pretty good against South Gwinnett and Roswell, both teams with a strong passing attack. They weren’t perfect and we all know that but they held when they needed to and limited the passing attack of both teams. And for what it is worth, BYU is where our safety has already signed and if you care to look under “B” in the following NCAA link, you will find that BYU is indeed a D1 school. http://web1.ncaa.org/memberLinks/links.jsp

There is no doubt that Lassiter is a very strong team and the key is shutting down the passing attack. Any team that can do that has a great chance of beating them. All of the teams still playing have got the potential to take the championship. It will all come down to who is the best prepared and makes the fewest mistakes. I can’t wait for Friday night!

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Fred,

Thanks for the directions and your comments on Grayson and GA high school football in general.

I expect a large crowd to show from Newnan. We love our Cougars.

This year has been quit the eye opener. We all expected a fine performance from the defense, but after loosing all 11 starters on an offense …what a surprise. I think most of the Cougar fans were mildly shocked with the LaGrange win (on the road) to open the season. After that game, a soft schedule allowed the “O” to mature and gain confidence.
The boys showed a lot of grit by not quiting against LaGrange,and it was an indication of things to come. Winning close games at the end of the season.

I expect to see a game that is physical and low scoring. My biggest concern comes from some of the comments I have read about the condition of Grayson’s field. If it is as sloppy as stated, it should certainly work in Grayson’s favor. Newnan has great speed, and I believe we will need all of it to prevail on Friday night.

We’ll see you on Friday night.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

A Newnan Athletic Supporter

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Stephenson High School has put some 30 plus players in college. I say thats DAM IMPRESSIVE for a School in a county as Big as Dekalb and these young men ALWAYS come back to the community and to the program and talk to the younger generation Athletes.
Now I ask you again, what program are you?

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THANKS COLQUITT COUNY UNDERDOG, YES THAT WAS THE BEST AND BIGGEST DEFENSE FRONT STEPHNENSON FACE ALL YEAR. I WOULD LOVE TO FACE YALL NEXT YEAR IN A REGULAR SEASON GAME.NOW GETTING BACK TO THE GAME THIS FRIDAY AGAINST LASSITER. YES LASSITER HAS A NICE QUARTERBACK. ITS JUST I DON’T THINK HIS OFFENSIVE LINE WILL GIVE HIM TIME TO PASS THE BALL DOWN FIELD TO #5 AND #1. PLUS COBB COUNTY SCHOOLS AND GWINNETTI COUNTY SCHOOLS DON’T PLAY DEFENSE LIKE THE TOP TEAMS IN REGION 1-4AAAAA. THE ONLY SCHOOL IN GWINNETTI THAT PLAYS DEFENSE IS GRAYSON. PEACHTREE RIDGE USE TO BUT THIS YEAR THEY GAVE UP 51 TO LOWNDES. NORTH GWINNETTI PLAYS ALITTLE DEFENSE BUT HAS YET TO FACE A TOP TEAM. PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR PRATTVILLE. FOOTBALL IN GEORGIA IS WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN IN ALABAMA.

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Grayson Student: from one Grayson fan to another, you are truly ignorant. You obviously know nothing of Newnan if you are calling them a two man show, and you are just running your mouth because you can.

Just pull up the Valdosta/Newnan game on Comcast to prove yourself wrong. I’ve watched film of Newnan now for three nights straight, and I’m telling you the defense is all that and then some. It very well may take a defensive and special teams score for the Rams to prevail – I believe we will be hard pressed to sustain many of our 8,9, or 10 minute drives against the Cougars. I believe the same will hold true fo them as well – I’m much less concerned with their offense, as they are not really any different than South, Roswell, etc… I will say this to the Newnan fans who want to open up the passing game on our “slow” defense…Please do!

Newnan fans, just know the players, coaches and knowledgeable fans have the utmost respect for your program, and we are looking forward to a great game Friday evening. We will be praying for your traveling safety.

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CugaDad, absolutely no doubt Newnan will be one of the best – if not THE best – defense we’ve faced this year. BUT, do you really, honestly think Grayson hasn’t faced physical, hard hitting teams before? I believe your boys will bring it – at this stage everyone will – but I do know Camden, Warner Robins, Brookwood, Roswell, Lowndes, East Paulding, Peachtree Ridge, etc. were all fast and physical. Ironically, so is Grayson. I know you have some special athletes – many more than we do – but just like you, we’ve been down this road before. Should be a fun game to watch.

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plowboy, you’ve already lost in THIS YEAR’s playoffs, when are you going to stop whining about LAST YEAR?

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Two things I would like someone else’s input on. The first is a choice made by GHSA, I’m assuming because of the record breaking QB. Why would you not cover the game with the 2 best scoring defenses and the #1 vs #3 in state rankings? The Lassiter QB deserves the exposure but it shouldn’t be about just that. Hopefully, I am wrong on this one. But if not for that why would they pick that game especially when they covered Colquitt Co. last week. I know it’s on CSS but if your not in that area you can’t watch even on a PPV. Not at all saying they don’t deserve the coverage but I would like to see another team. Like the CC vs NG or the PTR vs NS just to get some info for purposes of a possible semi-finals match up. The second, and I have seen this post a couple of different times, is that the Grayson field will probably be wet and messy again. I don’t understand why last week and this week it doesn’t make any sense either. Both weeks have had rain but afterwards had several days to dry. Like this week being cloudy yesterday but today, thursday, and friday until game time it will be sunny. I read a post from a Lowndes County fan saying it was kind of in a hole, possibly why it would be messy??? Just curious with Grayson being a running grind it out kind of offense. NOT saying that wetting the field is going on. I just don’t get why it wouldn’t be in top shape except for the amount of football being played there. But, here are my picks for friday. Lassiter vs Colquitt Co. If CC shows up and plays defense like they can they win. Unless Lassiter can man up and play some kind of defense that QB may have to throw 8 more td’s to have a shot. Take Colquitt County by less than a field goal. Northside vs. PTR. Great match-up and a chance to wipe out NS 44 game home streak. Another close one at the MAC but NS will hang around to give some sort of competition to Newnan next week… NG vs CC. North Gwinnett is a good team. Camden County is a great team. Even on the road Camden shows up to play and to win. I did see a good NG team last year at Newnan but they fell flat. Camden by a TD. And Grayson vs Newnan. Did someone say defense??? This game will be tied at 7 by the half and tied at 7 by the end of the 4th quarter. Unfortunately Newnan doesn’t have a good kicking game. Winner by a field goal in overtime but only for Newnan if they can get to the 5 yard line to do it.

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Nomo: How do you pull up those films? Can you pull the one from the Lowndes/Grayson game last year to show these people the refs had nothing to with it. What did Lowndes have 2 first downs for the whole game? Those guys with green jerseys that tackled you in the backfield all night were not refs.

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My copies are bootlegged and my library is extensive…I might be a tad closer to the program than some of the fans here, so I occasionally watch film of the upcoming opponents. Moreso in the playoffs….not really much fun watching Central, Berkmar, Meadowcreek, etc…

I haven’t watched that Lowndes tape since the week after our victory. I was too busy watching PR…and rightfully so.

I see areas against Newnan that give me hope, ony for that hope to be shot down in other areas. Could be another classic slobberknocker like our game with PR last year….just looking for a better outcome.

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Follow those steps, and choose any game you want to watch.

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BlackAngel, since you asked, I’m from Grayson.

I certainly haven’t called out players here, nor will I, but since you are quoting Gartrell, so will I:

” Our number 1 priority is to win state championships…but the most important thing is to get these kids scholarships….” (AJC 11/21/09). hmm….a bit contradictory? And did I read it correctly – 19 D1 offers to this year’s team alone?

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GRAYSON WILL NOT WIN STATE!!!!

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NEITHER WILL CAMDEN AND FOR ALL THE SMART PEOPLE NEITHER WILL LOWNDES

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Suwanee Ownz……..We (NSWR) do not run the wing T. We will spread it out with a shotgun look, primarily. Zone block ya all night and try to establish the run. We do not mind throwing. Now, listen up, cause this is the important part. Ya say P-ridge has a good defense..hmmmm, not saying they do not but if you will show up friday night at the mac, NSWR will show you what a 5A defense looks like. Man, you aint seen the speed that you’ll see Friday. They are fast! P-ridge better not let us score more than 14. Cuz if they do, they will get beat. I will venture to say we can afford a turnover…….thats how good we are on defense. SEE YA FRIDAY! GO EAGLES!

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cchswildcat86,,,, Whats up classmate I graduated in 86 as well. I’m
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thinking by the cchswildcat 86 you graduated in 86 as well.

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plowboy – Are you really trying to blame this loss on the refs too? Give me a break man It was a great hard hitting game won by the better team that night.

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Any one of the four quarterfinal games would be worth televising. I think this weekend showcases the best of what georgia high school football has to offer. For those who haven’t seen Lassiter, the team is far more than just Hutson Mason at QB. He is a phenomenal leader, the offense is very balanced, as the ball is spread around, and the team also has a very quick running back. In the last 2 games, the second string has been in for the 4th quarter. In those games, the opponents also scored a couple of touchdowns at the end of the game, when the game was already out of reach. No disrespect to either N Forsyth or South Gwinnett, because those kids played their hearts out. Lassiter’s defense also scored 2 touchdowns off of interceptions last week, and so far, the “bend, dont break” defensive theory has worked. Lassiter’s defense also made a stop against the run on a fourth and goal from the 1, so there will be plenty happening in the trenches. So, for Colquitt County fans, welcome to “The Frank” on Friday. There is no doubt that you will bring a well prepared football team, and, as always, we hope for a safe, injury free game.

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Plowboy, if you would be honest with yourself, on that first run from scrimage for Lowndes your guy was holding. AND IT WAS NOT CALLED. I was sitting on the visitors side and all of the Lowndes fan saw it and agreed it was holding. It was also done again on a another long run, and that was’nt called. This is what the Lowndes fan said after seeing the holding(it only matters if the man in the white cap saw it). So please officiating had nothing to do with the outcome of that game. It was holding all night. Any time you hook your arm around the defensive player or actually pull him to the ground its holding. Plain and simple. It was a hard fought game for both teams. But the officiating was pretty good.

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LOWNDES FANS THE LAST 3 AWAY GAME AGAINST TOP OPPONENTS. YOUR OFFENSE HAS JUST MANAGED TO SCORE 7 POINTS. GRAYSON 17 LOWNDES 7, NSWR 10 LOWNDES 7 AND CAMDEN COUNTY 10 LOWNDES 7. CAN LOWNDES REALLY PLAY AWAY FROM HOME AGAINST TOP TEAMS IN GEORGIA. THIS TEAM HAD HOW MANY STARTERS FROM THE 2007 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. WHATS GOING ON IN LOWNDES COUNTY.

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I THINK COACH PROPST WILL GO INTO THIS GAME AND HAVE HIS FRONT 4 READY TO PLAY 48 MINUTES OF HARDNOSE FOOTBALL. THE OFFENSE WILL TEST LASSITER DEFENSE WITH #22 AND #4 AT THE WILDCAT. COLQUITT COUNTY WILL GET THE BALL TO THEIR PLAYMAKER #4. YOU DON’T HAVE TO PUNT OR KICK TO HIM BUT I KNOW COACH PROPST WILL HAVE SOME SPECIAL PLAYS FOR HIM FRIDAY AND GET HIM OUT ON THE EDGE 1 ON 1. YOU KNOW THE ONLY WAY YOU KEEP A HIGH POWERED OFFENSE OFF THE FIELD IS BALL CONTROL. COACH PROPST PROBABLY WILL SLOW DOWN THE GAME TOO SEE HOW LASSITER REACT.

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Not goin to this game. I was really hoping for us to win the coin toss can’t get out of work to make the trip this time Guess I will just have to listen to JC!

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I already had my vacation set. Wish I would have thought ahead!!!! Cheer hard for those of us that can’t make it!!!! Go Camden!

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Newnan wins by 10. WE HAVE THE BEST TEAM IN THE STATE

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We are leaving on friday morning also

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“It’s just as detrimental to us as it is the opponents – our punt returner missed two golden opportunities last week taking his initial steps, and then slipped on pass coverage on Roswell’s long TD.” The MOST valid points that even I have refrained from bringing up. That score could have been very [LOPOSIDED] and some of these conversations would have a differnt spin to them. As I stated earlier… LONG CLEATS…and whoever can hold on to the PIGSKIN the TIGHTEST will SURVIVE!!! WATCHOUT for BAD LONGSNAPPING and FIELD GOAL SNAPPING to cause a loss. There will be a few punts going on I suspect!

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GO PACK GO

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ONE QUESTION——ISNT IT POSSIBLE TO ATTEMPT TO WIN A STATE TITLE ………………….AND GET KIDS IN COLLEGE AS WELL?????????????????????????????? ENTER YOUR COMMENTS HERE !

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Cugadad…Get over your loss to camden…that was last year.Just admit it, they were the better team. Be a man! Maybe this year will end up different and the rematch will be in the dome. 1st things 1st, get past Grayson.

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True Blue, How can you honestly say that NG has not played anyone this year? North played Prattville (#6 in the Nation at the time) and won, played Brookwood and won, Norcross (hated rivalry) and won, Peachtree Ridge (# 8 in the state at the time) and won, North Forsyth (runs wing t and an upcoming program that made the playoffs this year) and won, Woodstock (#10 team in the state at the time) and won. Over the last two years, this team has played Byrnes and Prattville (ranked # 1 and # 6 in the Nation), played thru the Quarter finals last year until a rain bowl caught us at Newnan. Please, we respect what Camden has done, believe me, but don’t underestimate this NG team or this coaching staff. This coaching staff is one of the top three in the state, maybe in the nation! They will have the players ready for this game. A little mutual respect, please. One thing you will find out about NG fans, we definitely respect the teams we are playing and are good sports in wins and losses. May the better team win, good luck and have a safe trip to Suwanee if you are making the trip.

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Perhaps I can clear up a mistaken impression. I have never seen NSWR on film or otherwise. I do not know what offense they run. While I root for P Ridge as a close Gwinnett team, I only attend their games when they play North. I have nothing at all to do with any football decisions at PTR. A few of their players played for me in little league and I am happy to see them do well.

My point was not what I know about NSWR, clearly I know little. Although I do know they have been held to 21 points or less in 5 games this year, and they have only put up “big points” on lesser teams. I am sure Coach Ballard has seen NSWR and knows exactly what offense they run. I am sure he has a plan to minimize scoring by NSWR. And he has a strong defense that CAN execute even though they have had a couple bad games.

I would expect NSWR to win this game, and I was giving an example of how any of these teams could win despite the other team being a favorite. It is obviously possible to hold NSWR to less than 21 points this season, and PTR is exactly the sort of team that could do it. Do not underestimate their defense.

I know you guys are rabid about your team. You should win. But you might not. This game is a perfect example of a close back and forth battle that will probably occur this friday. I suspect both teams will be withing striking range of a win until the final buzzer sounds.

Good luck! Enjoy your game! I hope that nobody gets hurt. It should be an awesome football game.

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Revised 11-25-09:

1AAAAA (6)
Camden County
Coffee
Colquitt County
Lowndes
Tift County
Valdosta

2AAAAA (8)
East Coweta
Langston Hughes
Luella
M.L. King
Newnan
Newton
Stephenson
Westlake

3AAAAA (8)
Beach
Benedictine
Bradwell Institute
Groves
Jenkins
Johnson, Savannah
Savannah
Windsor Forest

4AAAAA (8)
Campbell
Harrison
Hillgrove
Kennesaw Mountain
McEachern
North Cobb
Pebblebrook
South Cobb

5AAAAA (7)
Cherokee
Etowah
Lassiter
Marietta
Walton
Wheeler
Woodstock

6AAAAA (7)
Alpharetta
Centennial
Milton
North Forsyth
Northview
Roswell
West Forsyth

7AAAAA (8)
Collins Hill
Duluth
Meadowcreek
Mill Creek
Mountain View
Norcross
North Gwinnett
Peachtree Ridge

8AAAAA (9)
Archer
Berkmar
Brookwood
Central Gwinnett
Dacula
Grayson
Parkview
Shiloh
South Gwinnett

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Suwanee 0wnz- was just having some fun with you. Most people on here dont know jack about other teams. I am one of them.

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ngdogdad

November 25th, 2009
2:00 pm
True Blue is not a camden fan maybe Stephenson fan/colquit??

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Since most posters only see there select teams It is impossible to actually say with certainty what will happen–especially with the last eight standing.Snapping that NSWR win streak sure would be fun—-but Pridge will have to be mistake free.This will have to be the night Pridge plays to its full potential and that really has not happened yet. Great opportunity for a young program.Under the radar–no respect–the pressure is all on NSWR—–after all its only Peachtree Ridge.

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SouthGaDrools – Thanks, I just like to fire up the plowboys and Lady Eaglettes fans with a few facts. Mighty Lowndes is 1-6 on the road in playoff games this century. That’s a fact. The only championship NS Wienie Robbins has won this century is in AAAA. That’s also a fact. Colquitt is the worst team left and they’re definitely going down Friday. The Eaglettes will have to win on D because their O is clearly mediocre, I think scores by D, great field position from turnovers, and kick returns have accounted for most of their points this season. They think they important but really this just impotent!

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I don’t see N-Gwinnett making it past Camden, even at home. We will see, though. Some slobber knockers this week, best of luck to all teams.

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BlackandGold24: Not only have you won 2 hard fought games, but being on the road for the last 3, now 4 weeks (Yes, I’m including the trip to the mecca, the MAC, as well). I figured you would beat Westlake, but thought Stephenson would finally put it together, but the Jags being the Jags figured a way to lose again early (what a shock). You are right about the game being played on the field, but hopefully, the Pack dominates time of possession & does not turn the ball over. My biggest concern for the Pack is having to travel to metro Atlanta 3 weeks in a row. I believe Coffee came to Atlanta area three times last year, beating Stephenson & Chapel Hill before being punished by Peachtree Ridge. Anyway, good luck to you Friday night.

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True Blue…….I said last week that if the Stephenson coaching staff didn’t do their home work on the Pack that they could lose…… True Blue Join the club #4 Quin Roberson of Colquitt had a field day on Northside’s defense as well ,he had around 200 total yards of offense (U.G totaled 118 against the Eagles as a team). This is the best kid I have seen handling the football all year, and I am talking about the Lowndes , Carver and Peach County boys, Franklin ,Crowell and Burns just to name a few……I think Roberson will be the decide factor againsst Lassiter…..With the speed on Northside’s defense and he gets over 200 , What do you think he’ll do against a lassiter defense that gives up 23 per game in Region 6……Lassiter won’t keep up with this kid ,Roberson is gonna have a field day

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The Northside / Pridge game could go either way , which team makes the least mistakes wins……The Northside offense is a young one prone to make mistakes , I don’t think Pridge will be as forgiving as U.G and Chapel Hill if mistakes are made……However it plays out everyone one North of Watson Blvd are Proud of what the Eagles coaching staff and players have accomplished this year. …At seasons start , I don’t think anyone expected the Eagles to be 11-1 and going into the qrts , this is all gravy from now on…..Good luck to the Lions and the Eagles this friday

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is up thru there!

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I need to learn to type. I meant Lowndes County. Go Cats and Indians.

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Elite eight in the Peach State
The quarterfinals are set in Georgia and six of the eight teams remaining will be in the RivalsHigh 100 on Monday – the other two have been ranked this year as well.

RivalsHigh.com’s No. 1 team in state, Loganville (GA) Grayson, will take on the fourth-ranked Newnan (GA) High.

Warner Robins (GA) Northside, our current No. 2 team in state, will do battle with Suwanee (GA) Peachtree Ridge. Peachtree Ridge is not currently ranked but has bounced in-and-out of the national rankings all season.

Suwanee (GA) North Gwinnett will have to prove it is the No. 3 team against defending state winner and current No. 5 team, Kingsland (GA) Camden County.

And newly ranked this week Marietta (GA) Lassiter will have its hands full with previously ranked Moultrie (GA) Colquitt County.

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nomo… do u really think that because you watched the comcast broadcast of newnan that you have seen “film”. hahaha get real buddy, of course you have seen them play but have you broken down their plays frame by frame? can u even name their defensive starters? no, so next time before you call me ignorant think before you talk. by the looks of your posts you are an outcasted band parent on here wishing nothing but safety in travels… thats all great and gives us all warm fuzzies inside but thats not what this blog is about, its about football something you know nothing about. can u name the players on our team who made all county? hahaha you are a waste of breath.

To all the Newnan fans, its gonna be a great game. I agree with the post about coming down to a fieldgoal, i would say we have a stronger place kicker BUT ive seen ogletree on punt block, hes scary good coming from the outside. I look for all aspects of special teams to determine the outcome of this game.

And to finally clear up my comment on the “2 man show” i probably could of used a better terminology but what i meant was those were the 2 major weapons. Obviously if your averaging only giving up 6 per game its a team effort. Im glad to see that theres not much trash talking going on, 2 very well respected programs… So just no that all of the “educated” fans at grayson are expecting a great game… also just take whatever nomo says lightly… he’s probably a jealous dad whose son doesnt play

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and im not quite sure whats with all the doubt coming out of the grayson supporters on here. this time last year we were oozing confidence regardless of the star studded team of lowndes… i dont necessarily agree with the post about us not being able to drive at will. those drives are usually with us having the chance to put the game out of reach and we just run it up the middle. i wouldnt say we will try those drives because it will be a tie through the late stages of the game

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ENR I missed your picks for Rd 3 I already know one but curious how you see the other three?

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since lowndes so much inits history history–I need a lesson from someone : how many years was it beefor there 1st winning season / 1st region championship? 1st state championship

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ENR

Lion cubs-”silver spoons”. LOL you obviously have no clue as to mixed communities that make up Pridge overall.Be carefull the “eagletts” may not be chirping so loudly come saturday morning—-Eagletts are ALL THAT –Pridge is is just a lowley #2 seed from region 7. pressure is all on the Eagletts !!

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ENR I enjoy your posts you obviously are a well read and football saavy individual How would a Tomberlin fit at a MLK or Stephenson? I think if the football teams in Dekalb got a coach of say Nix’s pedigree..they would probably be the admiration of the state……. that MLK Lion team that I saw Friday night was as athletic as any team I seen in the last two years against Newnan they just need discipline and direction…

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Inthatrenches: Rick Tomberlin has already proven himself at a program similar to Stephenson. Take a look at this body of work in Sandersville at Washington County. The guy can coach. I have verified reports that he has been offered the head coaching job at the new high school in Warner Robins, Veterans HS.

Tomberlin is a very good coach and be all accounts a good person. Ironically, he has struggled in Valdosta at both high schools. I believe there was a negative energy around him at Valdosta. He would bring a positive energy to a place like Stephenson. The problem is we all know that the people at a school like MLK, Stephenson, or SWD will NEVER hire a guy like Tomberlin…and we all know why. It is sad.

I will not be surprised to see him at a strong Atlanta area program or another small classification powerhouse. It will be very interesting should he wind up at Veterans in Warner Robins. That would give our city four high schools with three of the four coaches having state championship rings. Amazing.

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Inthatrenches: The Friday night predictions in AAAA are as follows (there will be great action in all classifications this week…it is great to be in Georgia this time of year):

The easiest call of the week: Northside 24, Peachtree Ridge 9. Northside’s defense has yet to give up a touchdown in the playoffs. They are doing what every young team does. They are getting better as the season moves forward. The best gift that we received from the game against Union Grove was the touchdown return on the kickoff. It will be addressed. It is no surprise the Gwinnett posters are looking for easy points. Nothing will come for free for Peachtree Ridge on Friday night. If Peachtree Ridge throws in the towel, it may get worse. This score prediction is assuming that the Lion Cubs will fight. Peachtree Ridge is a very suspect 12-7 outside of Suwanee in the past 3 seasons.

The barn burner: Colquitt County 49, Lassiter 24. I have very little faith in Colquitt County. I have no faith in teams taking long road trips. I will believe that run and gun will win in Georgia, when I see it. However, with the Colquitt County at Lassiter game you have to throw out my distain for the style of play because both teams are playing it. You have to throw out the long road trip because Colquitt will put their kids up in a hotel. You also have to forget the fact that Colquitt is totally unproven in this situation (Stephenson will ALWAYS find a way to pull defeat from the jaws of victory). The most alarming stat associated with Lassiter is not their GREAT quarterback play and fine coaching staff. It is not Lassiter’s impressive record. Lassiter has given up and average of 34.3 points per game in the past 4 weeks. 34.3 points!!! That is a recipe for disaster. Colquitt County will clearly be the best team that Lassiter has faced. They will be the most physical and they may outdraw Lassiter. There may be more Colquitt fans in that little stadium. Colquitt County is going to embarrass Lassiter. These guys have played at Martin Stadium against Lowndes, at the MAC against Northside, and beat Stephenson in DeKalb County. Colquitt rolls.

The hard game: Camden County 14, North Gwinnett 10. This will be the game of all games. I give a significant advantage to North Gwinnett. Camden beats everyone. I love our Eagles. I have to respect Lowndes County. However, name a program with more signature wins than Camden County. You name the program, Camden has beaten them. Now, name the signature wins for North Gwinnett. I know that beat an Alabama program. So what! Name the signature wins for North Gwinnett in Georgia. You still thinking…me too. Camden wins with all of the chips stacked against them. I would hate a flight as long as their pending road trip to NG. I refuse to ever doubt Camden.

The shocker: Newnan 28, Grayson 17. This is the week. This is the week that the best team in the state with the shakiest offense has to pay the piper. If you believe that Grayson coaches have had an easy job at convincing Ram players that Newnan is for real, stop lying to yourself. Grayson is very good, probably the best. However, we can take a big game every year in the state playoffs where someone is asleep at the wheel. Last year, it was Lowndes County at Grayson. Earlier I posted about Northside hosting Newnan. Newnan has at least one major signature win on the road over the past five seasons. Grayson has at least one major signature win at home, in the playoffs, over the past five years. Newnan kids will respect Grayson. Grayson kids will not respect Newnan. Newnan wins it easily.

Final prediction: Todd Holcomb and the AJC staff will suggest that every team outside of Gwinnett, Cobb, and DeKalb county play in one region for the good of the kids. The four qualifying teams should them play first round games at Camden County’s Wildcat Stadium, at McConnell-Talbert Stadium, and at Martin Stadium in Valdosta. Then, the winning teams should play all of their remaing playoff games in Gwinnett and Cobb County for the good of the kids. His shameless hyping of metro Atlanta football wil once again end with a myriad of excuses. It will make logistical sense because if the games are played in Gwinnett and Cobb, it will benefit the programs. The Gwinnett excuse thread is coming to an AJC.com blog near you.

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My apologies, Lassiter High School has given up an average of 34.3 points per game in the past 6 weeks. You heard it right. In the past four weeks, Lassiter is giving up 36.75 points per game. That is a sign of a program that is about to turn to girls’ basketball.

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ENR is correct. I am a 1990 graduate. With the help of Facebook, I can say that this weekend’s game feels like a reunion of sorts.

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Wow, Grayson Student, truth hurts doesn’t it? You say I know nothing of football, yet your entire contribution has been about Newnan’s “2 man show”? I suggested the comcast video for your benefit, not mine.

Yes, I have game film (on disk) on Newnan for the MLK, Pebblebrook, Westlake, Valdosta, East Coweta, and Lovejoy. No, I don’t know all the starters names, and whenever I’ve broken down film in the past, I haven’t found that it really mattered. For those of you not knowing what to look for, Grayson Student, I’m sure that’s an interesting topic. Do I know the defensive schemes we are practicing for this game? Yep. Do I know the offensive game plan we are working on? Yep.

I’m not a band parent, nor a fan of our band director, but I’ll guarantee you I spend more time in the field house than you do, and I’ve been involved at Grayson far longer than you.

Last, but not least, do I know who made all county? Of course I do – and my son that doesn’t play…he’s one of them. Without spilling all the beans before it’s publicized, I know we have the RB, LB, and DL of the year for the county. I know our two reps for the Georgia all-star game. I know who got the Team First award, and the Scholar Athlete….

I take it from the timing of your post, and the questions you asked that you are on the team? If so, I would suggest you utilize your time more wisely. If not, you are just another wannabe.

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nomo, i will take the high road here because obviously you are going to be right in every aspect of every arguement… u took my post the wrong way and i explained what i meant in the next one… i do, however have one simple question. I have been on this blog for 4 years supporting grayson and have had many intelligent discussions with fans from lowndes, east paulding, and many others… where have you been? did u just decide it was time to jump in a blog and pick out 1 post that was misconstrued?

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***underated… my mistake, by no means are they overrated haha

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NOMO– Great post!, Grayson Student, love your support! we have bigger fish to fry fellas!!!!

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ENR,

I can’t speak to the Newnan team’s preparation but I can assure you Grayson is NOT looking past Newnan and very much respects them. That being said, I still think it will be a tough game that Grayson wins. They have been there against some very tough teams this year and have found the way. There haven’t been too many style points but the win/loss numbers still look like 12-0!

To everyone talking about the condition of the field at Grayson, the field does sit in a bowl. With the warmer days and then cool nights we have been having recently, the cool air collects over the warm field. The high humidity guarentees condensation and that the dew will start to collect early and heavily. Drainage might still be an issue but to be real, Atlanta is 12-14 inches over the average rainfall already and there is still a month to go in the year. Shoot, my yard is soggy and it is normally hard as concrete! I’m not making excuses just looking for the cause. As others pointed out, it hurts us as well.

To all those traveling to any game this weekend, please be careful! One game this year the visiting band was late because of an accident and one week the visiting cheerleaders were late because of an accident. Good luck to all and safe travels.

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i wanted Grayson to win Because and If we winning the Coin toss!!! RAMS Will be Road and say like the Vikings on Oct 4,2009 so confident going in to EAGLES NEST!!!! or Reffer to The MAC!!!!!!!

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Nomo… Since you are quoting that was a respond from what people are saying about the game.. yes it’s to win State Championships but it’s equally important to get kids into school. Not sure about 19 D1 scholarships but I know it’s 12 for sure and more from smaller schools. Not sure if you know anything about Dekalb county and the way the Athletic Department is run but I am here to tell you it’s not ran with the best intentions for sports and high school programs when you look at the way there monies are dispursed throughout each school evenly. Getting back to my point sir, all i am saying you cannot do what Coach Gartrell has done for any school over the past 10 years. People can say what you want to say about Coach Gartrell all I know is that he his a winner on and off the field getting these young men into college and some have gone on to the professional level and come back to talk to these athletes.

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Black Angel I am not here to defend ENR heck he has got me angry before…. he knows football; he knows NSWR football….much of what he says is opinion and usually quite strong….. heck why are you posting about ENR he is sitting back laughing because he took your goat (you did not hide it very well) ENR is a leader on this blog He is not afraid of calling out the ajc… you or me… He calls it like HE see’s it! Just post your opinion…. Hey weekend before last ENR alone had 1-200 posts either concerning him or his opinion even South GA was called out by others for his (tongue in cheek) comments he was just speaking about what ENR had said with sarcasm… Just learn when you take on the bull you get the horns He is probably the best poster on here because he causes you and I to respond..and that creates a strong opinion and posts from you…. I think personally he is PAID staff of the AJC

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LHS- CC gives up an average of 11 points a game…i would seriously like to know what better defense has Lassiter seen this season?

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Grayson posters: I can not say this enough times. Grayson is the best team in the state of Georgia. If you review the posts, when many people were bashing Grayson’s lack of point productions, I was one of a group of people saying it did not matter as long as Grayson won the game. Point differential is a useless statistic.

I have no doubts that Grayson’s fine coaching staff is preparing the Rams for a big game. I could be totally wrong. I do know that Newnan often gets overlooked. If we are overlooking them as fans, there is a real potential that some players are overlooking them too.

Newnan is the one team that does not have a very long road trip tomorrow night. My point about Newnan is they have HAMMERED very good home teams before. Make no doubt about it, Grayson is one of the best home teams in Georgia. I just believe that Newnan may have the ability to match Grayson’s athletism.

Truth is, I do not know what is going to happen. None of us do. If I were making a prediction, I believe that Newnan “under-the-radar” status makes them a very, very dangerous opponent.

Northside is not an under-the-radar program. Peachtree Ridge is not an under-the-radar program. North Gwinnett and Grayson are not under-the-radar. All four have been ranked nationally this season. Camden County is known statewide. Due to Rush Propst, Colquitt County is well known. Due to the AJC, Todd Holcomb’s constant metro Atlanta hype, and a fine QB, Lassiter is known. The one program sitting out there, without the fanfare and constant hype is Newnan.

Newnan has major Division I players. Newnan is undefeated. Newnan has been good for a long time. If I were Grayson, I would be nervous. Newnan seems like a bit of an unknown. I believe that Grayson is going to have their hands full because Newnan scores points and their defense is very good. We will see tomorrow night.

Good luck to both Newnan and Grayson. I certainly did not mean to suggest that Grayson’s coaching staff was underestimating Newnan. I just think kids do. I believe our kids at Northside would. I believe Grayon’s kids will too. Therein, lies a real problem.

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Eagles Unite, great points, and I can’t speak for all of the players, but I know my son has the same mental focus this week that he displayed last year when we were preparing for Lowndes. Rightfully so, he has confidence in his team’s ability and his coaches plans – but I assure you he knows what they are up against.

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CC Underdog. The better ? is…what offense has CC seen that is better than Lassiter?

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Just left the Highschool to cheer our WILDCATS off, they left the school at 11, with the cheer of the Wildcat crowd. I will leave Kingsland at 7 Friday to go and cheer my WILDCATS to Victory go WILDCATS.

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Is this really true, Wildcat Fan. Camden County is already on the road. The Wildcats are staying in Atlanta tonight. Be afraid North Gwinnett. Be very, very afraid.

Camden County is going to be a problem for your talented bunch from North Gwinnett, BulldawgBite.

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SuwaneeOwns: Are you coming down to Warner Robins? We would love to catch up with you. I know you are not a big fan of ENR. However, I believe you would see that I am not such a bad guy. If you are going to be down in Warner Robins tomorrow, let me know. I would love to catch up with you.

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Overrated1AAAAA in case you weren’t aware…..a century is 100 years….thereby making your statements on Lowndes….not a fact.

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Does anyone know of a specific team once they reaches the final normally wins it all? No matter what class, A thru AAAAA.

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EagleNationRising: I thought your analysis of NS at the MAC and Newnan on the road was right on. I think you had a typo, though. That was not in 2005 that “unknown” Newnan shocked the fault line…it was 2003. And I suppose that you noticed the error in the article to which this blog is attached. NS has won that many (44) REGULAR season games in a row at the MAC…but as far as I know, Newnan is the only team to have won there (unless the state championship game against Parkview AKA The Francoeur Show was in the so-called 44 game span). By the way…despite the physical contest in ‘03 and the fact that NS’s QB (who was oober mobile and talented) appeared to want to quit football forever after the Newnan/NS game, he actually connected w/ Newnan’s Derrell Stegall in the North/South All-Star Game. Who said we can’t all be friends? BTW, Stegall was named offensive MVP of the all-star game.

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Hey Overated 1AAAAA! One thing a person like you should realize that in this decade you stated that Lowndes is 1 – 7 this decade on road games! Actually they are 4 – 5 on the road this decade in the playoffs with 3 State Championships! Last week when Camden played Lowndes at our place, Lowndes is the best team that I have seen all year! Even better than Grayson! You have a serious problem with your facts and as Donald Trump would say “YOU”RE FIRED”!

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EAGLE1. I am from Warner Robins Ga(not Northside Ga) and ive seen plenty of eagle games this year, they are good, but they are not as good as they have been in the past. They are not good enough to handle the competition this year.

-your friend from across town,
21-20 better luck
next year.

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i think grayson is gonna fall off as the #1 team in the state tonight. they havent played a contender since they had all their injuries. i think its a low scoring game but newnan gets more points 17-10 newnan.

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9-1 teams in the Sweet 16 are not contenders?

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Not much to argue with that. The injuries couldn’t have come at a worse time, but the guys stepping up are certainly no slouchers..and we’ve had a number of games to get them some real experience. Newnan will definitely give the more than they’ve seen thus far. I’ll also agree the score probably won’t top 20 for either side.

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There will be putting down Regin 1AAAAA and Camden no more! This blog is going to get really quiet now!

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well grayson fans welcome to basketball season see ya next year !!!!

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Black & Gold,

You see, I said that Colquitt County would beta Stephenson. Then I said all week long that Colquitt County would stop Lasiter. I stated that Lassiter will not score those points on Colquitt County as they have been against the Metro Atlanta Teams. I said that Colquitt County defense would stop them in their tracks. Good Job Colquitt County.

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3AAAAA (8)
Beach
Benedictine
Bradwell Institute
Groves
Jenkins
Johnson, Savannah
Savannah
Windsor Forest

Well now that Camden County has realign themselves in Region 1-AAAAA, Bradwell Institute will now run the tables in Region 3-AAAAA.

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Where is Warhawk this morning…..His 11/23 prediction about teams from Gwinnett winning state titles……Sounds about right??

AAAAA – NG/Grayson/PTR ???

ALL LOST

So much for your major concentration of talent!!

THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN

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I WAS AT NG LAST NITE AND WATCHED A CAMDEN TEAM BEAT UP NG BAD…NEXT WEEK THEY PLAY AT HOME AGAINST COLQUITT…..SHUD BE A GUD GAME…CAMDEN IS VERY PHYSICAL ALOT MORE THAN THE FIRST OF THE SEASON…THE NG CROWD GAVE THEM A HARD TIME BEFORE THE GAME AND COACH HERRON TOLD THE TEAM TO OWN THE FIELD AND THAT THEY DID…

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GO NEWNAN

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