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HOT TOPIC: The GHSA has released the 2010-11 region realignments but the bigger news may be a possible return to the old two-year reclassification cycle from the current four-year cycle. Post your thoughts on the two-year cycle vs. four-year cycle (and region changes) RIGHT HERE.
GHSA BRACKETS: AAAAA | AAAA | AAA | AA | A
Here are the semifinals playoff games you can find stories and photos from later tonight on ajc.com…
Northside-Warner Robins vs. Newnan
Griffin vs. Sandy Creek
Flowery Branch vs. Gainesville
Don’t forget to check out these semifinals gamers…
Lovett vs. Calhoun
Rockdale Co. vs. Clarke Central
Don’t forget to check out our roundups from around the state. Here’s what you’ll find…
Colquitt Co. vs. Camden Co.
Eastside vs. Peach Co.
Buford vs. Fitzgerald
Wilcox Co. vs. Clinch Co.
Savannah Christian vs. Darlington
GHSA BRACKETS: AAAAA | AAAA | AAA | AA | A
Semifinals topic: Would a return to the two-year reclassification cycle help or hinder the playoffs in the coming years?
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VA Newnan
December 4th, 2009
10:46 pm
Eagle Fan there is a big difference in great talent and great talent with something between the ears. Greg Reid has the talent just not the part between the ears.
COUGFAN88
December 4th, 2009
10:47 pm
Greg Reid has been on the Highlight reels…He returned a punt for a touchdown this year and he intercepted some passes…but I understand College is a different game speed..But Alec is Big and getting better..Alec can’t throw the ball to himself…so no disrespect…but when you have a guy like that you have to get him the ball but our QB played scared all night..and the Norhtside defense stopped us when it counted and there was no answer for Van Brunt period
Shawn
December 4th, 2009
10:47 pm
Hoover intercepts and runs it back to the 20. 2:15 left on the clock. Looks like Hoover wins the Alabama 6A title.
wcga12
December 4th, 2009
10:48 pm
thank you DemonFan! I remember the rivelary back then before HOCO was opened. It got ugly at times. It’s good to see cross town rivals pulling for the sole representative from the same town. We gotta pull this one off. All Houston Co schools go down a classification next year. GO EAGLES!
pity poor monroe area
December 4th, 2009
10:48 pm
Peach County stops Eastside on downs at the Trojan 4 with 4:14 left, then batted down an Eastside pass in the end zone on the last play of the game to take a 21-14 win the the Dome.
Don't Think So Paesine
December 4th, 2009
10:50 pm
National attention…give me a break. Not many folks outside of two GA towns care. By the way, the real high school football is played in Texas. GA high school football is a distant 4th or 5th best in the US. Win AAAAA in Georgia and you’re the best of about 60 teams…wow! Win AAAAA in Texas and you’re the best of about 250 teams. No comparison. Watching TX football versus GA football is like watching girl’s softball vs boy’s baseball.
DemonFan
December 4th, 2009
10:52 pm
In middle Georgia, Northside is NHS. The only place they are NSWR is on the ajc’s blogs. They are Northside with no suffix. Where is ENR?
Eagle Fan
December 4th, 2009
10:52 pm
Shawn I beg to differ I have watch FSU games and all I have seen is Reid getting knocked down on his bottom. He is also being dissed by certain tight end from UF.
Captain Obvious
December 4th, 2009
10:53 pm
Congrats, Sandy Creek Patriots. That should be a great game next weekend against Clarke Central. The Griffin-SC game was hard to watch as a Bears’ fan tonight. Soooo many weird and costly mistakes. It was like watching a different team. What’s up with all the deep ball?? Haha! To everyone in the finals – Have fun in the dome next weekend. I’ll be getting my mind prepared for what I’m sure will be a fantastic lower-tiered bowl game for UGA in late December……..man, maybe next year (maybe not).
dd
December 4th, 2009
10:53 pm
Unbelievable accomplishment by Newnan to make it to semi-finals after having to replace all 11 offensive starters.
Of course it takes real football knowledge to recognize that. Something that obviously is not present on this blog. At least not from the northside posters. Lots of classless posts by them. Hope Camden County blows them out.
Shawn
December 4th, 2009
10:53 pm
Ill put Georgia’s Friday Night Lights up agaisnt any other state. If Texas is so great why does the Big 12 suck so bad. If they 250 teams from the highest class to pick 20 players every year and they dont fill every team in the Big 12 with studs then something is wrong.
Bleed Blue
December 4th, 2009
10:53 pm
Eagle Fan you’re an idiot…you can youtube Greg Reid right now….He went ballistic against Miami…and that’s only one game!!
Eagle Fan is stupid
December 4th, 2009
10:54 pm
Wow Eagle Fan, the Ogletrees are not the entire Newnan team. Alec did basically everything he could to win the game… can’t really blame him on defense when none of the defensive ends contained the QB and none of the linebackers made tackles. He had a touchdown and two long catches near the end of the game, so I’d hardly say NWR “shut him down.” He will a bigger impact in college than anyone who played in that game… fact.
DemonFan
December 4th, 2009
10:55 pm
Why waste your time on a blog about GEORGIA high school football if it’s so inferior to Texas? I’m sure there’s an equivalent or superior blog about Texas high school football waiting for you.
montanto
December 4th, 2009
10:55 pm
cougfan88 let me buy you some tickets to the dome so you can see the winners of tonights games play in the dome that would be northside and camden would love to sit with you and chat football
Shawn
December 4th, 2009
10:56 pm
Hoover 28
Prattville 23 Final
NHS Eagles Man
December 4th, 2009
10:56 pm
Cougfan…we’ll give you that touchdown with 3 seconds left in the game, and your 24th point, if that will make you happier.
pity poor monroe area
December 4th, 2009
10:56 pm
@Don’t think so – Buford went to Texas last year and WAXED the big, bad Texas champion like a yard dog. Georgia HS football is the real deal. The incredible battles across the state tonight are testament to that. If you don’t like it here. Delta is ready when you are…..
Eagle Fan
December 4th, 2009
10:56 pm
VA NEWNAN I agree with your comment also the lack of manner are missing. I only wish we could play him and Lowndes team again.
the truth
December 4th, 2009
10:58 pm
You can make all the travel excuses you want but leaving Camden in 3AAAAA is just plain wrong……besides they pay those Savannah schools to give up their homes games so Camden really only has a couple of away games each year. But then the excuse becomes it’s not just about football but the other sports. What makes Camden so much more special than Bainbridge and TCC who’ll have to travel over 2 hours to play the Warner Robins/Macon schools much farther than Camden. It would have made more sense for the Savannah school’s to play 4-AAAA and get in the region with Brunswick and the other schools which are closer. Their must be a lot of money changing hands between Camden, the GHSA and the Savannah Administrators for selling out the Savannah kids to the benefit of Camden county
rwdekalbfan
December 4th, 2009
10:59 pm
Congratulations to Clarke Central, Rockdale County, and Colquit County. This should be a lesson to a lot of teams who worry so much during the season about where they are ranked in the polls. Neither of these teams was ranked ranked high in the top 10 or in the top 10 at all and look at the run they made in the playoffs, with Colquit and Clarke Central having a chance to win it all. Also congrats to Sandy Creek, I never would have “thunk it”. and congrats to Northside Warner Robbins who have shown they can play with the best in AAAAA.
Eagle Fan is stupid
December 4th, 2009
10:59 pm
Greg Reid sucks, huh? That’s why he leads the nation in punt return yards as a true freshman. He’ll be even better next year.
Shawn
December 4th, 2009
11:00 pm
Does it really matter what region Camden is in if they win all of their playoff games? Are you saying they wouldnt be a playoff team in other regions?
camdenite
December 4th, 2009
11:02 pm
Thanks Shawn for info. Boy,Hoover and Prattville made alot of mistakes tonite
DemonFan
December 4th, 2009
11:03 pm
Shawn, I don’t think it matters what region Camden is in. They are good consistently. Now, the other three teams from that region that make the playoffs is a different story…
rwdekalbfan
December 4th, 2009
11:05 pm
I read on this blog once that it takes talent, coaching, and a little bit of luck to win a state title and that is seeming prophetic with all of the close losses and upsets in this years playoffs.
COUGFAN88
December 4th, 2009
11:06 pm
Montanto will you pay for my airline ticket Too? I live In New Mexico now…and would love to talk football with you…and NHS Eagle Man..You have to give it to me…cause it happened..and we Know ENR is so good at talking trash..I just wanted to show he was wrong about someone scoring 20 on his defense.. and just to let eveyone know ENR was at the game tonight..at least that is what he said on the Blog earlier in the day..he said he was heading to Newnan for the game..he will be on here as soon as he gets home…I am sure
Eagle Fan
December 4th, 2009
11:06 pm
Bleed Blue I do not what Miami vs FSU game ur watching. My son who is a Miami fan watched the game and said Reid was getting dominated by Miami. He did not do much of anything durning that game. Also I could careless to see highlights of Reid. I only want to see him being layed out.
wardawg
December 4th, 2009
11:06 pm
Colquitt good game. Hard fought. #4 is the real deal. Great athlete. I expected to see a better passing game, even in the rain. Seems that you guy’s had 2 options #4 and #22. The QB was not mobile at all. He became a liability against a fast pressing defense. Not many turnovers, the game became a game of field position. Your D was stout, seems like they were programed to stop #32, had a lot of problems trying to control #15. That #93 was grown young man. Monster. The problem with putting 8 men in the block, is once the back breaks into the the second level, you will have problems. Camdens game plan never changed, run,run,run,run some more. On that 76 yard run, the Packers D looked gassed. I enjoyed the game, a lot of talent on the field for both teams. I see great things for Colquitt. Camden’s secondary has come a long way since the beginning of the season, the secondary seemed to be a liability earlier, but they have grown up. Again Packers well done. You guy’s brought a lot of fans as well, good showing.
NTH Trojans
December 4th, 2009
11:07 pm
Just got home from the Gainesville/ Flowery Branch game, well worth the price of admission. The game itself was a story of two different halves. In the first half, FB controlled the tempo and dominated the line of scrimmage. Gainesville came out at the start of the second half and Sims returned the opening kickoff 99 yards to trim the lead to 14-7. FB then scored on a TD run by Cross. After that defense controlled the game until late in the third quarter when Sims broke a long run and scored 3 plays later on a QB sneak from the 1. Both teams traded possessions until about the 6:00 mark when Gainesville pinned FB inside the 5. FB then had to punt from inside their 10, the snap was high, and Gainesville block the punt for a TD (not a safety, Carvell). After FB got the ball back, they ran 7 plays and had to punt. Gainesville got possession with about 2:00 left, and marched down the field, where Sims threw a TD pass to TJ Jones with 18 seconds left for the win. Personally, I think that FB played not to lose in the second half, especially at the beginning of the fourth quarter. In my opinion, once FB fell behind, they had lost their rhythm that they had in the first half. If FB had played the same in the second half that they plyed in the first, they would have won the game. All I can say, is that the AAA state champs would have come from 7AAA either way.
COUGFAN88
December 4th, 2009
11:10 pm
Bleed Blue you are so right about Greg Reid..I am a Miami fan and watching him play reminded me of him last year during the playoffs..he is so fast..and he was injured part of this year..and still has 3 more years to prove his worth..Freshman year has been great..but FSU is struggling right now…so he is one of their true bright spots..
Northside 91
December 4th, 2009
11:12 pm
With regards to Texas football, yes they are the best; however, Georgia has the winningest high school football program of all time in Valdosta–in a state that definitely ranks in the top five when it comes to high school football. Furthermore, national polls have consistently ranked Northside and Camden County in the top 25 over the past decade. This game does deserve national attention. While we’re at it, why the heck are you posting about Texas football on a Georgia football blog? Are you that desperate for a fight?
SouthGARules
December 4th, 2009
11:13 pm
Country Cooking…..: Long time HS football fans know about the Gladiators. Billy Henderson, one of the best HS coaches of all time, beat Valdosta (& Buck Belue) in 1977, beat Tift County in 1979. I guess with Henderson’s retirement & staying in AAAA when AAAAA was created kind of removed Clarke from the mainstream. Good to see them make it back to the Dome. With the population growth in Oconee County, has that affected Clarke & Cedar Shoals or the private schools in Athens affected CC & CS more?
camdenite
December 4th, 2009
11:14 pm
U’r right about that Shawn, I don’t know how Ga. let him get out of state. I would have miss out on a couple of recruits for him. He’s a game changer
bad brad
December 4th, 2009
11:14 pm
I wonder what all those trash talkers from Griffin on here earlier in the week are doing now??? Waiting til next year, that’s what.
COUGFAN88
December 4th, 2009
11:14 pm
Eagle Fan: Wow what do you have against Greg Reid he is playing D.1 football..and playing well…he is just a freshman…But of course you didn’t watch the game your son did…so what do you know…
CougarDad
December 4th, 2009
11:16 pm
Congratulations Eagles!
I’m a CougarDad and didnt see this coming with the offense putting up 17 points.
Great coaching job Nix.
montanto
December 4th, 2009
11:17 pm
cougfan 88 i would love to buy you a ticket so you can watch the best football team in ga play that would be the eagles of northside what size jersey do you wear
camdenite
December 4th, 2009
11:18 pm
Paesine, Don’t speak to fast, Ga. have went to Texas the last couple of years and beat the pads off of two Texas’s teams.
Eagle Fan
December 4th, 2009
11:19 pm
Cougfan88, BleedBlue it is obvious ur teams did not play Lowndes. Because if you did you would of seen how rude and disrespectful he is to opposing teams. He is lucky that no highschool player did not take him. I have never seen someone so arrogant.
highschool football fan
December 4th, 2009
11:19 pm
Looks like Camden is finding out what the regular season in 1-AAAAA is like. Great game again this week against Colquitt. Congrats to both schools. NSWR looked the best this week of several games I have seen this year. Should be another good one next week. P.S. Cougar fans, the coach could care less if you scored twice at the end of the game. He was simply playing the odds to win the game. Be proud of your excellent team, they just were not invincable as many of you beleived.
mistermak
December 4th, 2009
11:21 pm
I have a question. Shouldn’t NSWR be Middle Ga? I for one don’t consider them to be South Ga. Just my thought!! I was dissappointed in the refs tonight. they blew and missed a lot of calls!! Good game Colquitt!! I will say that I thought Lowdnes fans were much more mature than Colquitt!! I think you need to at least have a little more success in the playoffs before you run your mouth at the games. Maybe it was just the ones I was sitting by but they sure were mouthy!!
robert
December 4th, 2009
11:23 pm
In response to earlier comment on colquit traveling. Yes they did travel a great distance of miles. But remember Camden played last week all the way up at North Gwinnet. The region situation is it is just to far for Camden to travel during week to play all minor sports, baseball.tennis,golf, wrestling, girls vollyball, etc. Of course, my brother here for Camden game from South Carolina. He says they have 16 team playoff with the biggest schools based on attendance statewide not based on any region winners. Seems like something Ga could look at.
COUGFAN88
December 4th, 2009
11:25 pm
I am 6′4 weigh 250lbs…and I guess I wear a 2XLT if you can find one…what colors does Camden wear again…LOL..just kidding…hey I watched that game tonight on the web and I gave you your props but taking a swipe at the Ogletrees for that loss was dead wrong ..they can’t throw the ball to themselves…the QB was struggling and we know it..but the problem was Northside’s QB ran over us and I admit it..your offensive line played great..Look at my earlier posts I gave Northside props for the victory..and no excuses..
Big Red Machine
December 4th, 2009
11:25 pm
Congrats to Clarke Central and Peach Co.!!! Rockdale and Eastside, you guys have nothing to hold your heads down about. Yall gave everyone on the ‘eastside’ of Atl something to talk about and be proud of!!! The fans living in Conyers and Covington are pleased with the great seasons that you produced!!! Thx!!!
Andy
December 4th, 2009
11:26 pm
Great game Cats and Packers!
well fought both teams played with heart and played a pretty clean game even with the nonstop rain. Thanks for the big turn out to both sides Colquitt brought great fans and you guys were loud. I hope we were as loud as you guys.
Thanks Andre Johnson for showing what heart is by dragging players 20 yards on that run up the middle-game ball goes to you.
I hope we can keep the streak alive because Northside is a fast, physical team.
CougarDad
December 4th, 2009
11:27 pm
Highschool football fan, I .m proud of the Cougars but our defense was left at Grayson….I will be pulling for the Eagles next week.
Eagle Fan
December 4th, 2009
11:29 pm
Coug Fan 88 Northside quarterback played injured tonight and Newnan still could not stop him. Just think of what he could of done if he was healthy. Also we have a Quarterback that can throw the ball and he won it for Northside last week.
the truth
December 4th, 2009
11:30 pm
Yes, it matters when Camden doesn’t have to play starter’s for a whole game which climate’s the possiblity of injury. They are guaranteed at least two home playoff games each year because of the region they play in it’s a HUGH advantage, and any Camden fan that says it isn’t is lying.
montanto
December 4th, 2009
11:31 pm
cougfan88 those ogletree boys are great they will have much success i was wrong in calling them out they are real class acts northside is well coached and are really loaded with talent this aint there first rodeo they have been winning for years going to be a great game