Final rankings: At least we agree on who’s No. 1

My Jackets let me down again… oh well, a great season/decade none the less.

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whoever that QB at Wilcox is the best player in the state. unbelievable talent. Richt should camp out at his door.

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Greetings everyone,

I’ve gotten beat up on my predictions. I lost Class A AA and AAAA predictions. I would have never believe that Sandy Creek would have beaten a Clarke Central. I went with History and their legendary Coach. Congrats goes out to a Sandy Creek football team. I lost on the Buford game as well. I said that this could be a toss up but I went with Calhoun. I thought that Calhoun would have edged this one out. but that Buford Offensive showed me while there are who they are, and have made a believer out of me. And Wilcox County also surprised me. Savannah Christian has three State titles under their belt and have been a team of contention for a while. I really didn’t know anything about Wilcox County and was not convince since their two losses. But that Quarterback is the truth. He is definitely a Division 1 prospect in my book.. Great jon to those teams, and their coaches.

What I did get right was Class AAA Peach County. I knew that Gainesville had a pretty good program but I also know that Peach County was better.

Last, let me say to ENR, Reeze, Northside Observer, and to all of the North Georgia non believers. I said all along with Todd Holcomb that this Camden County football team was good regardless of the two losses that they acquired at the beginning of the season. First, a lot of bloggers complained why Camden County was ranked in the top ten in Class AAAAA with two losses when there were North Georgia Football Teams that was more deserving that should be there. I explained then that those two losses were to Nationally ranked teams at the time Grayson, and Hoover. Nevertheless, I said that Camden County will beat a lot of these schools in the post season. I did pick Lowndes to win it all this year, but after Camden County beat Lowndes, in round two of the post season playoffs, there was doubt that I knew that Camden County would win the State Title again. Since camden County had proven to the bloggers that they had a right to be here, it then went from rankings to them being in a weak Region 3-AAAAA Region. Now I argued that point, that in this decade, Camden County had beaten every a contender in every Region in Class AAAAA. In addition, I stated that it didn’t make any difference what Region Camden County played in, the out come would have still been the same. Week after week, Coach Jeff Herron, and the Camden County executed well and have beaten every team they came up against, all the way to showing a very good Northside Warner Robins Football Team that they were the better team, and why they were the defending Class AAAAA State Champions, who by the way happened to be from the “WEAK” Region 3-AAAAA. There no need to use any excuses because I really believe that the critics have actually ran out of them.

Great Job Camden County, and now maybe the North Georgia critics and bloggers will invoke their Miranda Rights. ( Where You Have A Right To Remain Silent)

All jokes aside, this has been a great 2009 football season and congratulations goes out from me to all of the teams that were in the finals. (Win or Lost) You all deserve to be there and you played your hearts out. I look forward to another 2-10 Football when this blog will again be cluttered up with facts laughter, argumentative stats, the criticizing of Todd Holcomb, and he bashing of SportsFan31313. Its been a great year. I wish everyone here on the AJC Blogs, Todd Holcomb, Michael Carvell, AJC Sports, EagleNationsRising, Reeze, Slaloam1, SouthGaRules, Mistermak, Topper, Wolverine2Blazer, BlackandGold24, NTH Trojans, Sgt Chris, Hollabackk, WildcatFan, other faithful bloggers whom I have’nt mentioned here on this blog, and last but not least, my friend here on this blog, AVikingFan AKA HomeFieldAdvantage a very Merry Christmas, and a Safe & Properous Holiday Season.

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GREAT JOB WILDCATS, YOU SHOWED EVERYONE WHY YOUR THE BEST 5-AAAAA TEAM IN THE STATE. SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT JOB COACH HERRON AND STAFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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A one loss Greenville whose only loss came to the champion should be ranked higher than #7. Congrats Wilcox County, I was very impressed with Marshall.

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Agree with the Texas Ranger, Wilcox QB is #1. Coach Johnson should camp out.

Vikings should be #3
Colquitt should be #4…………………..forget the Won- Lost, look at what they did in play-off and compare.
Merry Chrismas to all for great year, God Bless USA.

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I think that Mattox and Pierce for Clarke Central showed that they are the real deal. Both only jr.s I’m looking forward to seeing them take it to the next level next year.

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As a native of Savannah,it was great to fianlly see a team from there get all the way to the title game.
I graduated in 71 and still cant see why no teams from there make it anywhere in the playoffs. I know all about The Camden argument, even when I was in school the winner of region 3 would have to face Valdosta, every year…same result..lose.
Why is it that regions that have decent
basketball progs dont have anything in football?
All the teams in Sav should be playing in AAA, even with all the travel probs.

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CONGRATS TO THEM MIGHTY WILDCATS OF CAMDEN……………………..AFTER A SLOW START YALL GOT THE JOB DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Todd,
AAAA – are you for real, you don’t rank the last 8 teams in the top 10?????
Thanks for letting us know how political your rankings really are, no respect for the blue and white, you ranked every team in the elite 8 except North Clayton???? Hiram and Marist, why, demographics?????? I think so, yea we lost 52-13 to Clarke Central so what,with no facilities, we dont have a booster club, no sleds or shoots, no field house, no community support, no rich alumni, no fancy computer programs to break down opponents and all of the other stuff to be successful, a shared stadium….the only reason you probably let SWD in the rankings is because of Buck, at least there’s some respect for him, Dekalb only pays for 5 coaches with the rest done by athletes and a few parents.
It’s obvious from the previous statements and now this that the real issue goes beyond football. We beat two good teams in Bainbridge and Brunswick, were they championship material? We’ll never know, but they were good teams, if they weren’t they would have been at home and not in the playoffs.

Really, any team in the African – American community has to sturggle to get accepted in the “club”, SWD I guess is the exception.

I’m so glad that Sandy Creek won the championship, because you made the statement that only SWD or Griffin could win the title, so, then as now you’re wrong and quite honestly, it’s a slap in the face to our kids and our community.

Thanks Todd, we’ll get back to work Jan. 5 2010, and I’m going to post the final AAAA rankings in the locker room and weight room for people like Jr. LB Amarlo Hurrera – 6/2 215, 149 tackles, 4.5 to see, who has offers from Maryland, Ole Miss and other D-1 programs, Jack Ndem who also runs a 4.5, So. Nose Guard Dion Traylor, So. QB Dennis Johnson, Fr. RB Ladarius Maddox – and other outsanding athletes to see and realize that the Blue and White gets no respect, that just like in the “hood” we’ve gotta be three times as good and we can’t make any mistakes and most of all don’t listen to anyone about what you can and can’t do, in the end it really doesn’t matter….and it does matter.

I can’t guarantee we’ll win state, that would of course be stupid, but I can guarantee this, we’ll be back , faster, stronger, quicker, meaner and more fierce than the last time we stepped on the field.

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Ean Days without a doubt, who has as much of an impact of every aspect of the game than DAYS. Offense he’s the leading rusher on the team (1300) with so many players that CAMDEN plays and he plays only about 2 and a half quarters of football. And he is a pass catching back. Defense, he makes plays from side line to side line, And did you see the impact he had on defense with all the tackles and the quarterback sack in the Championship game. And special teams 3 returns for TD’s when they are constantly kicking the ball away from him. OGLETREE(does not touch the ball enough) would be a good candiate, but being a reciever he does not have the impact on the game as does DAYS. And he does not have the impact on SPECIAL TEAMS as DAYS. GT do yourselves some justice and offer DAYS. He is just a pure football player. You have good backs, good recievers and good QB’s, but DAYS is a AWESOME football player. Its a big difference. If he doesn’t get it, then its a joke. The young man impacts a game more than any player this year, remeber all 3 aspects of the game. If GT doesn’t offer I think he would play in the Big TEN. This will not be the last you heard of DAYS.

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Great game wildcats!!!!!!! Northside has a great team and great tradition. It is a shame all the smack their
fans talked all year about how superier they are because of their region? I feel really bad for the Northside players who turned around and saw their “loyal” fans leaving in the third quarter! I have never seen fans leave that quickly in a state championship game…you would have stayed if the score had been different. I have no doubt that the Eagles will be on top next year as well in AAAA, I just hope you fans will be there till the end. Go Wildcats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never saw a group of players grow so much in one season, it is a tribrute to you, our great coaches, and our community. Thanks for a terrific season, and for shutting up some of the Northside folks.

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Congrats Camden, from this Grayson fan!

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Ean Days MVP. Look at his stats. Polls don’t matter, thats why they have football fields. Great year for Camden High.

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Congrats to all the 2009 State Champions…The Gainesville coach showed a lot of heart going for two instead of kicking the tying extra point, but i think he should allowed his boys to play for the win in OT, they fought too hard to lose in that manner…I agree with a lot of the other bloggers here, the Wilcox County QB is pretty talented and Coach Richt should look at trying to recruit him…And how does the Tigers of Tucker not get ranked in the top 10 in AAAA? The 3 losses they suffered this year came at the hands of SWD, Marist and the State Champion Sandy Creek Fighting Patriots, I think they deserve at least a #10 rank…But it is what it is

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YO, you are correct, and we don’t want to play Lowndes at home. We are content playing the game in Camden.

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I agree Region 6AAAA Fan. The sports writers at the AJC has never liked Tucker. Last year, on our way to the dome, we read every article they published about the tigers, and it was all negative and disheartening to say the least. Unbelievable!!!!! We even discussed it as a team. I truly believe that is “one” of the reasons they fought so hard for the win. Well thats water under the bridge right now.
CONGRATS SANDY CREEK !!!!!!!!!

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I agree with the Gainesville coach’s decision. As I recall there is no overtime in the final game. If the game ends in a tie the teams share the championship. Stupid rule so the Coach had to make that decision.

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Sportsfan 31313: All the chatting about football will soon come to end. Needless to say, I am going to miss all regular bloggers I have come to respect.. All the attacks and counter attacks are just in fun. NSWR had a great season and I feel honored that they played in 1AAAAA the last two years. As I told you once before I am from the low-country coastal area of Georgia so I have love for that area. I can yell for Camden County, Bradwell, Brunswich, and Chatham County Schools with pride. I settled in the great city of Warner Robins after my USMC days. My kids went to both Northside and Houston County High.

I wish much success for your beloved Bradwell football program. The region #1 seed would have been yours for years to come if Camden had gone to 1AAAAA. lol.

Here is a secret few people know. The QB (Marshall) from Wilcox County came within a whisker of being at NSWR. His parent told me that during a meeting when my youngest son was playing on a travel basketball team. WOW!

Great chatting with you throughout the season!

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We are “stuck with Camden County” (a 2 loss team)? Well, one of those early losses was to an Alabama power, so the Cats have only 1 loss in state (and that one in week one). As you point out, CCHS improved from week to week, and demolished their opponents in the semi finals and state championship games. Embrace them, they deserve it!

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Northside Observer: If that kid from Wilcox County was an Eagle, everyone on this site would hate me and Northside might have had an opportunity to be National Champions. I tell you what, we laid an egg that no Eagle fan will ever forget last night. However, I will take a developing Briar Van Brunt, Shaquille O’Neil and I hear this running back that is sitting out is a beast! Our receivers should continue to develop. I love our underclass linebackers. It sounds like an interesting year ahead in Region 1-AAAA.

Has anyone heard who is going to get the Valdosta High School job? Have they already hired someone or set up any interviews? I was just interested to hear.

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Rhino: I agree with AVikingFan. Gainesville had all of the momentum and really had the advantages in their favor in an overtime format. I did not see any reason to put it all on the line at that moment. Of course, it is easy to play Monday Morning Quarerback.

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I don’t feel these rankings are controversial at all. I have only the following minor disagreements:
Class AAAAA: I would bump Colquitt above Grayson. The Packers finished the season really strong, whereas Grayson sputtered from the first round on.
Class AAAA: Apalachee is a bit high. They had a great season, but their schedule was a rather weak one.
Class A: Twiggs Co. over Greenville and Bowdon.

To those people who think that Greenville should be ranked higher in Class A: It is a fantastic story and all, but Region 4-A was pathetic this year. All nine of the other teams in the poll would be undefeated too with Greenville’s schedule.

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Urban Myer at UF has the inside track on Nick Marshall of Wilcox Co.

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YO- check the score out from the Camden- Lowndes game in 2002- surprise, Cats won 20-12 on October 4th, 2002 in the concrete palace!

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A point not seen here, Camden County switched QBs with about 3 games left in the regular season and tweeked the defense to make the Wildcats an awesome power. They gave up an average of 5 points/game in the playoffs. Even with the initial QB who quit the team when told that he would no longer start, Camden lost two games by 3 points each prior to region and had a real shot at winning each. Last year, they graduated 35 seniors with 21 receiving scholarships. Ony 3-4 starters were left on offense and defense. So, they had a lot to overcome enroute to a back to back 5A championship. To tell the truth, I never thought that the team would accomplish what the ‘08 team did. To all teams that made the playoffs, congrats, you had a good year. Farmer Jim

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I stand corrected. Camden did win one at Lowndes in McPherson’s
first year of bringing the Wing T (a shock to the system of Lowndes at the time)to Lowndes. Now come on back over state champs.

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EagleNation—I heared Coach Hatcher was up for the Valdosta job.

Will Camden be in 1AAAAA next year?

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There is NO OVERTIME in the finals. Gainesville and Peach would have been co-champions if they had tied.

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Congratulations Camden County! I though from the beginning y’all would be there in the end, right with us! Wouldn’t that have been something, two teams open at the Dome and finish there together. Oh well, it was not to be.

I would put Lowdes at 5 and move Newnan and Grayson up. They both went deeper in the playoffs and yes I know about the region 1 vs 3 playoff debate but you have you play the cards or games as they are dealt to you. If you are the champions, you find a way. Grayson may have appeared to sputter but the Grayson-Newnan game was one of the best I’ve have ever seen. I have seen other posters say that game possibly wore Newnan down so much it made it an easier game for NSWR.

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Observer…you wrote Alec Ogletree from Newnan is the most talented player in the state by far. He just didn’t have the team around him to secure a spot in the Stat Finals.

Really…please enlighten me with further explaination. So because of the team one person did not make it to dome? So if they had made it would you be saying they were there because on one person? Maybe there’s a chance they lost the semi to a better team that night.

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If the QB from Wilcox County is not selected as a Super 11, the selection committee is on that stuff. Even my wife was amazed at his play making abilities. This kid is the best QB in the State…period!!!!

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We’ve had several “co-champions” in the last couple of years because of ties. Peachtree Ridge and Roswell, along with Dublin and Charlton County in 2006 for example.

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Nick Marshall – hands down – Player of the year. Easily the best player in the state at any level.

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Todd Holcomb— this years game between Hoover and Camden was the 2nd game of a home and away series. Camden beat hoover in Alabama last year 44-16. So this years game was the rematch!

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OK Lets look at the facts—Camden who plays in a region that everyone in the State of Georgia gives them hell for accomplished:

BEATING 3 YES 3 YES 3 REGION 1 AAAAA TEAMS– REGION 1 AAAAA TALK TRASH NOW

2009 REGION 1 AAAAA CHAMPIONS AND STATE CHAMPIONS

THOSE ARE THE FACTS–AND WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR

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Nick Marshall will play basketball. You can bank on it.

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2008 Pre-season BCS National Champions UGA Bulldawgs Numba 39 in 2009!

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tucker should have made the final rankings. . .
and mack brown is still the best player in the state not that ace ogletree guy

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Big Blue 1……..It’s so easy to misplace the anger you harbor others WHO have more than your school. Why don’t you get up, and solve this problem, get some annswers, start a fund dirve, organize a school support group ….have fund raisers, seek the advice of school leaders…..talk to the school district….get the to approach political help thru state of georgia….GET UP, AND DO SOMETHING POSITIVE, AND CHANGE THE SYSTEM IN THE RIGHT VENUE TO NELP YOU SCHOOL……..DON’T SIT, AND PLAY THE BLAME GAME….YOU HAVE A CHOICE!!!!!!!

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BigBlue1: Trying to reduce your team’s perceived problems to a black/white issue went out of style 45 years ago. This sort of loser’s limp diminishes the accomplishments of a dedicated group of young men and neutralizes any legitimate talking points you might have had. Get over yourself. Quickly.

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Bodog….well put. The blame game from big blue 1 is a frequent refrain. No one listens to folks like him. They are talkers not doers. That” poor me ” line has not cut it in decades.

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NEW REGION FOR CAMDEN – REGION 3C (MOST TEAMS ARE 6A AND CLOSE PROXIMITY IN MILES from Camden High School)

Orange Park High School – 6A – 44.2 miles
Sandlewood High School – 6A – 44.6 miles
Forest High School – 6A – 38.5 miles
Mandarin High School – 6A – 36.1 miles

Bradwell Institute High School – 4A – 72.7 miles

All are similar size schools (except Bradwell is just short of 5A Size)

The problem is that all schools are located in Jacksonville, except Bradwell. How Camden finishes in this new region would be their placement in the GHSA tourney.

Even schools in Daytona Beach and St. Augustine are closer than 117 miles. This is closer than most Region 1 schools.

So all the complainers that Camden should not be in a weak region 3, if the GHSA would allow this new region, this would solve the problem. It would also solve the distance problem. Of course the Florida schools would have to go along with it also.

Also, congrats to Camden on another championship!

Just a thought. What do other fans think about this idea?

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First and foremost, let me congratulate all the finalists on great seasons, and congratulate all the state champs, you earned and deserve it. Now to clear up any kind of confusion on the Gainesville/Peach Co game, there are no ties in championships anymore. Coach Miller went for 2 in that situation for 2 reasons. 1) Their kicking game has been suspect all season, it just wasn’t a big issue because they have not had to depend on it UNTIL that game. 2) Until their last 2 possessions, Gainesville had not sustained any drives on PC all game long, so he took both things into consideration, and decided to try to steal the game by going for 2. It was the right call. The only thing that I don’t understand, is why he did not leave the ball in Sims’(#2) hands, and either roll him out on a run/pass option, or run a QB draw. With Sims’ athletic ability, I can’t see him not converting. As one blogger said earlier, it was the gutsiest call of the finals. If it works, he’s a genius, if it doesn’t, he’ll be second guessed forever.

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Does anyone on here remember when during the regular season there were several teams complaining on here how Camden County did not belong in the top 10 because they had 2 losses but Todd tried to explain the reason they were still in the top 10 and people thought the ajc folks were favoring certain teams and were biased against their teams which were undefeated at the time. Please let this be a lesson for next year so we dont have to listen to all the whining. I dont think anyone outside of Camden County believed they would repeat as champions. Wow.

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Sandy Creek had an incredible year and made a believer out of a lot of people. Even though they were in the top 5 most of the year they still seemed to be under the radar. And there were not many Sandy Creek people on here bad mouthing other teams. Seems like a very classy program.

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Blake Sims Player Of the Year Hands Down Did more things on the field then any player I saw this year Da’rick very good player Sims just did more on the field all year. Da’rick offense player of the year. Ogletree defensive player of the year. Sims player of the year without a doubt.

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NTH Trojans,
Where not talking best QB an a region.But since you brought it up he was the best player in your region He beat all of ya’ll right or wrong be happy for a young man am not from you all region and we came to see him play. Best player in georgia hands down.Best QB in the state Mason.

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I have nothing but respect for Sims. If you read back into previous posts, you will see that I have said that he is the best athlete in the state. But we both know that he won’t play QB at Alabama. As far MY team, I have a son that plays for Hiram High School, but I live in the Gainesville area, and have a stepdaughter that goes to North Hall, but I think that Bob Christmas is a turd that cares nothing about his players’ futures, that’s why I think so highly of Coach Miller of Gainesville, and Coach Shaw of Flowery Branch, because they are always tring to find scholarships for their players instead of just trying to pad their resumes for their next job offer like Christmas. If my son were to move up here, I would find a way for him to attend Gainesville, so he could play for Miller. I actually attended more Gainesville games this year than NH games. When playoff time came, I pull for all 7AAA teams this year. Can you say the same? As far as players on Gainesvilles’ roster, my favorites were Rucker, Sprague, and AJ Johnson (I like defense).

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You nailed it on the Peach. County game as a VERY PROUD PEACH ALUM. I gotta say hats off to Gainesville on an excellent played game. GO TROJANS!!!

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BigB,
I agree with your assessment of the AAA title game. Sims is the better athlete, but Peach’s QB was better. Coach Miller did the right thing by going for 2. He figured he had a better of winning it there, than having to rely on his offense to score again. Even so, it was still the best game of the weekend, played by two teams that match up well with each other.

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Gainesville did the same thing Peach Co did in 1992 vs Thomas Co Central. went for 2 and lost…if not for that game,PCHS would have 4 titles.

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Nick Marshall Plays for the Nike Georgia Blazers and is one of the top PG’s in the country . He wants to play Basketball and Florida State is one of his favorites right now! Georgia Blazers have 3 of the Top 100 players in the country on its roster!

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Marshall is a great quarterback, but most of the other players on the Wilcox team acted like a bunch of thugs! No one has mentioned the fact that Wilcox had three unsportsman like penalties called on them! Their coach seemed to shrug them off when pictured on tv.

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I’ve said it all year long, and I’ll say it again, it’s not only about who you beat, but also who you lose to that should affect how you are ranked in the final polls. Todd and the AJC did a good job on ranking them accordingly.

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Todd,
Not sure how this topic got moved to the player of the year, but here is my take on the AAAAA rankings. I am not one of these guys that like the BCS way of doing things. I think Georgia high school football is great because games are decided on the field of play. Obviously Camden is number 1 and Northside is Number 2. I think that the 2 semifinal teams should be Newnan (3) and Colquitt (4). The 4 quarter final teams should take up the next 4 spots. Grayson at 5 (quality early win against Camden). North Gwinnett at 6 (6-1 against AAAAA playoff teams, quality early win against Al. state runner up). Lassiter at 7 ( I know this will not be a popular choice, but they were undefeated region champs and reached the state qtr finals and only lost to a top 4 team. Peachtree ridge at 8 ( They might have had the weakest road to the Qtr finals, but they made it nonetheless), Stephenson would be 9th( they were region champs that made it to the 2nd round). And finally Lowndes would be 10th (they didn’t win their region and lost in the 2nd round).
I there might be some unpopular selections there, but I believe it what you do on the field that counts, not perception. I realize Lowndes was in the toughest part of the bracket, but if they had taken care of business on the field they wouldn’t have been there. I also realize they they beat 2 of the teams I ranked ahead of them. But you know what, every single team in AAAAA had at least 1 loss. Camden lost to Grayson. So by that logic Grayson should be number 1. Well then Newnan beat Grayson, so they should be number 1. See how that sounds. The cut and dry of a playoff system is to put the top teams together and see who comes out on top and I learned a long time ago that it is not if you lose, but when you lose that matters.

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well its over now! this AAA fan sees his Carver Tigers moved down to AA and have Columbus and Shaw to butt heads with Lagrange, Troup and Carrollton next year. Expect Carver to rule new AA region 5 with little competition. Region 1 AAAA will belong to Northside (WR)( sorry but w 2 “northside”s we will have to distinguish them.) good news is i now have AAAA, AAA and AA teams to follow!
great year guys and i enjoyed the blogging.

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Todd Holcomb

December 13th, 2009
4:58 pm

SportsFan31313: Savannah Christian has never won a GHSA state title in football but won 7 football state titles in GISA.

Greetings Todd,

I didn’t do the research but I did know off the top of my head that they had three under GISA. Thanks for the info, and the correction.

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Best TEAM of the Century??: Buford Wolves

Best Players of 2009 season??: Alec Ogletree

Da-RIck Rodgers will learn that when playing great TEAMS, he MUST tote the rock locked in his arm pit & not one handed like a loaf of bread! Fumbles cost Calhoun..

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EagleNationRizing – First of all, thanks for the get well wishes after my open heart surgery recently. Local rumor has Georgia Southerns’ ex coach Hatcher going to a Div II school in Tennessee or Kentucky. Valdosta High rumor mill swirls around 7 coaches, one from Charlotte, one from Utah, Coffey from Camden who also coached at Raines High in Jacksonville, McWorter from Charlton County, and some not announced. Reportedly the guy from Charlotte who coached Chris Leak of Un. of Florida fame and Massaquah and Joe Cox QB from UGA, told Valdosta officials he would coach the Wildcats for $10,000 a win.

I assure you no decision has been made to replace Rick Tomberlin. I truly hope he lands on his feet at a good up and coming school. He is a fine man, a good coach, and a class act. I personally think Kennesaw Mountain would be a great place for him to land!

A special thanks to Todd Holcomb and Chip Saye, and to Michael Carvell for their hard work keeping us informed this year. And thanks to all of you well wishers following my heart surgery. A very special thanks to a Patriot, gentleman, veteran and very good friend SportsFan31313 for your many calls and messages.

YO, Northside Observer, Headeast, Cannon Rules, Wolverine2Blazer, Plowboy, Goober, Jaybo, Brookwood mom an all of you special bloggers, I wish each of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

PS EagleNationRising, take it easy on Jaybo next year. Don’t PeachtreeRidge him like Camden did to Northside. The poor guy doesn’t know what he’s in for, with Northside and Thomas County Central being in the same region next year. I hope Northside returns to our region one day when they think they are ready to win with the big boys. (Just had to humorously get in one last jab ENR. Merry Christmas guy, and Happy New Year!)

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In regards to “Peach was the better team Saturday, but Gainesville also squandered two red-zone opportunities. Gainesville also had more total yardage. I don’t think one team was largely better than the other”

Gainesville squandered those opportunities thanks to Peach’s defense. Viewing it any other way and one could also point out the dropped passes and squandered opportunities by Peach. The game was not as close as the score indicated. Peach had an awesome defensive game plan along with a time of possession oriented offense. Its a mute point but if Peach doesn’t play a prevent at the end, Gainesville doesn’t score. In any event, it was indeed the most thrilling game of the weekened (the 4th quarter and finish). Also, kudos to Gainesville’s defense as they played exceptionally well. Their linebackers are VERY good. Again, very good poll and thanks for putting in the time and effort to give us something to view/debate.

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Swainsboro had 2 losses on the season……and those came from #3 (Fitzgerald) and #5(Jefferson County) in the state….the loss to #3 coming in the 2nd round of the playoffs and we aren’t in the Top 10 in the state in AA? The blatant disrespect for South Georgia schools still exists I see. What county did Washuan Ealey come from again?

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Todd,

Is there a web site anywhere that shows both team and individual statistics from GHSA football games? I would love to be able to compare the stats of Connor Shaw, Blake Sims, and the QB from Wilcox County. It would also be nice to compare the stats of some of the great running backs across the state, or even some of the defensive stars. Who (if anyone) keeps track of this information?

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Treutlen County should have beaten Wilcox in the first round of the playoffs but lost 23-20.

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FACE IT YO THE VIKES LOST TO BOTH THE WINNER AN THE RUNNER UP WHO BOTH BEAT THE VIKES

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Boro Boi, Born and raised,

Ealey wne to ECI. Emmanuel County Institute.

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I do not understand the logic behind Gainesville going for two.

Unless the kicker is very bad, an extra point is a high percentage play. Two point conversions–especially passes–are very low percentage completion plays. Also, with a state championship on the line, that decision seems to be an even bigger gamble to take.

Does anyone think there is the possibility the Gainesville coach did not understand that the overtime rules had changed a few years ago? I am scratching my head trying to understand the coach’s reasoning for going for two–my only conclusion is he did not properly assess the odds of success–particulary for so much being on the line.

Red

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Todd you said and I quote,

“we can look deeper at why teams advanced. If you (Marist) can beat Tucker 32-7, as Marist did, then I’m thinking you would’ve had little trouble making the semifinals if you’d had North Clayton’s draw”.

Todd your quotes bothers me. Especially the part where it says I’m thinking Marist would’ve won those games that North Clayton won. And you also brought up the fact that Marist beating Tucker was more impressive than any of North Clayton’s wins.

Looks like someone’s personal feelings are clouding the facts. Why didn’t you back up your rankings with facts.

Why didn’t you bring up the fact that North Clayton played the best team in the state #1 Griffin and almost beat them. The score was tied at 14 in the forth quarter before losing 26-14.

And why didn’t you bring up the fact that North Clayton going 5 hours down to South Georgia and beating Brunswick the Region 2-AAAA champs?

Or you could have brought up the fact that North Clayton had a better record against playoff teams than Marist. Here is a breakdown of the two teams.

Marist was 3-3 against playoff teams with wins against Chamblee, Tucker, Sprayberry and losing to SW Dekalb, St. Pius & Apalachee

North Clayton was 5-2 versus playoff teams with wins against Banneker, Alcovy, Mt.Zion, Banbridge & Brunswick and losing to Griffin the #1 team all year and to State Runner Up Clark Central.

Now you did bring up North Clayton’s 1 point to Duchtown who was by the way 7-3 on the season)in a meaningless last game of the season.

But what you didn’t bring up was that North Clayton held out 6 starters for that game?

But even if you count the lost to Dutchtown, North Clayton would be 5-3 versus playoff caliber teams.

The way I SEE IT North Clayton deserved to be ranked in the final poll ahead of Marist in 2009. Students in Clayton county gets no love. All you hear about is the negative things that happen. AJC had a chance to get it right and they blew it.

If you would stick with the facts and not your opinions or traditions then you would see it that way too.

I’m the Voice of the Southside in Clayton County and I’m out.

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Congrats to the Lowndes Vikings for finishing #3 in the state and #2 in Region 1. Great job Vikes. It is a little disappointing though….I really thought we would win the national championship this year. There is no FREAKING way that Camden and Northside was better than us.

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Todd Holcomb:

“Peach was the better team Saturday, but Gainesville also squandered two red-zone opportunities. Gainesville also had more total yardage. I don’t think one team was largely better than the other.”

I beg to differ. Peach County dominated Gainesville. Other than one blown coverage (long TD pass to Jones) and the the completions during the final drive, Gainesville was SHUT DOWN. You can view it in terms of total yardage, but taken in context, that yardage came mostly in desperation plays. At no point in the game, save the final drive, did Gainesville put together 3 consecutive plays where they dominated Peach County. Conversely, Peach Co. had several sustained and methodical marches for points where they literally dominated the Gainesville squad.

Watching the game, you could tell that one team was bigger than the other, but you could also tell that the smaller team played with heart and they played well together. The point that’s missing here is that while both teams are talented, only one had home grown talent. None of Peach Co’s players were recruited or transferred in. Three of Peach’s offensive linemen weighed less than 190 lbs and their lack of size on defense required that they play a 3-3-5. They didn’t bring players in from Cass (QB Sims) or Roswell (WR Jones) to turn an average team into a contender.

Consider this, Peach Co. has 20 years of state dominance: 207 wins – 48 losses, 11 region championships, 6 state championship game appearances, 3 state titles, 5-0 record in the Georgia Dome, and 5 players into the NFL (which doesn’t include Greg Lloyd, who played in the mid-early 80’s). All of this was accomplished without recruiting any ’special transfer’ players. So, when posters talk about Trojan Pride, that’s what they mean.

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OK, I’m having trouble making sense of this. The team from a AAAAA region, which has only one actual AAAAA school and mostly AAA schools, beats the 1 and 2 seeded teams from the self-proclaimed toughest region in the state like a stray dog?!?! 1AAAAA folks should not show their faces until next season. Guess this shows the overall weakest of Georgia AAAAA football.

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stop all yall whinning….stop all yall babbling

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Congratulations to Camden players, coaches and fans. A great season ending in the state championship. (Columbia Blue) show a little class if you have any. Your “fact” statement of Camden winning 1-AAAAA championship because they beat three teams from the region is stupid. To win the region you have to play seven, thats right seven teams in the region. Enjoy the victory it was well deserved. Looking forward to next season. Happy Holidays to all.

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Congrats to every team that is reconsized. But these polls are not perfect. They are several individuals; that feels that their school should not be left out. I don’t understand why you have schools that have 3 losses on this list. I am a MLK fan and we lost to 2 teams (Stephenson, Newnan) that made the list. Please explain?

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yo…have you mailed us the region 1 trophy yet? mail to
Back-to-Back Blvd.
TheNewWinnersville, Ga 31548

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South Georgia AA fan — That would be a good article indeed! However you left out the Forsyth County recruits coming over. They have a 9th grader that tranfered in from South Forsyth this year. The kid is a beast and 6′3 241lbs. He is probaby bigger than that, but that is what is posted on the Buford roster.

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Hats off to Peach County. A team that was not even mentioned as much as
others especially those in the metro Atlanta area. It shows that great
hype thru words never dominates that of action. Never under estimate
the power of the relative unknown even when you had history in front of you to direct you.

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Now that Jarvis is leaving MLK maybe, just maybe we’ll get a coach that won’t choke during the Playoffs and who won’t make the same crazy calls; i.e. allowing your field goal kicker to do the kickoff when you know the ball will go no farther than 20 – 30 yards, and calling up the middle plays when you it’s 3rd down and 20+ yards to go for a 1st down…

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yeah Todd – can even you agree that BLUE CHIP PLAYERS ARE MADE BY EXPOSURE, a kid can be the best that ever played the game but if his/her exploits never make it out of the stadium no one will ever know.

so if the team does not have a daily in its area which considers its part of its core readership the team and its players get little more than a box score as write ups if they are lucky. now and to this ever if both the mid majors and the king of the hemp(ajc) diminish off hand the the level of competition of some teams (as in the case of camden) while glorifying blowout victories of others over much smaller programs – you in effect do a disservice to all those kids without the benefit of a daily to accurately extol their accomplishments and in turn without the local exposure these kids gets no real exposure on the state level and in turn these teams and players get no exposure on the nationally level which in the end may cost these kids at a chance at a college education (full /partial scholarship offers) there are more than just the 50 or so school whose we see week in and out every fall

congrats to all the champs, the runner ups and every kids who got to participate this past season

happy holidays and for those moving on to the next level and those who return next year good luck!!

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For TJ – Are you serious about Camden! Do you realize that when Camden played Grayson, that was there first game with that team losing 17 of 22 starters year ago. Camden did not who they were at that time. If Camden and Grayson played again now, I believe the results will not be the same. Stop being a poor loser. We do not need to Thank Newnan, they were better than you and we would have beaten them as well.

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Player of the year
I think blake sims he was exciten all year my kids all wanted to go see him play every game and we are from Decatur and we saw 5 of his games and he turned it out in every game he gets my vote!

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I believe it should be sims because he was a human highlight in everygame.

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I am from gainesville Blake sims for player of the year.He did every thing kick retun punt return qb and punt it hes my pick.

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By the way, did anyone else catch the Gainesville principals half-time interview when he was asked about the diversity at his school? He stated (paraphrasing), ‘Although we have nine nationalities and a lot of diversity, it still hasn’t affected our test scores because we’re in the Top 10 and stuff’.’

Amazing.

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Sailor–Yea I heard that too. Unbelievable–sort of like that dumba** decision by their coach to go for two–it was only the state championship on the line. I guess they don’t teach risk assessment at GHS.

BD

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The prblems that I have with your final rankings are all in AAAA. It looks like you find it hard to accept that you were wrong about your AAAA teams Todd. You ranked the losing team 2nd in every classification except AAAA….something is very wrong with that picture!!! The AJC had anointed Griffin or SWD as the champions in AAAA, but when it didnt happen, you arrange your final rankings in a way that reflects your aphixation with those teams. No way should Griffin be #2….should be Clark Central…just be consistent. Now of course, I dont think SWD should be ranked higher than TCC.

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AViking,

I have been blogging on here for 3 years now and I am not intimadated by (you know I refuse to call his name) at all!!! You see I can talk as much trash as he can!! With that said I am looking forward to next season in a major way. I believe wholeheartedly that TCC and NS will finish as the top 2 teams in the region.

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Player of the year Blake Sims!!!!!!

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Any large school needing a head coach, especially Valdosta, should offer it to Coach McWhorter from Charlton County without even interviewing anyone else. Very few, if any, coaches even begin to come close to getting out of their players what he and his staff do year after year after year. If he can produce the results he has playing up in AA for so long with less than 500 students, he certainly can do it at Valdosta which will be playing up in AAAAA the next two years. I’m sure Uncle Nick, my 8th and 9th grade coach at West Rome, would approve, if he could. Why go out of state looking for a “proven” winner when someone like Coach McWhorter who understands true South Georgia Football is a few miles away, and has, at times, played Lowndes and Camden County more competitively than has Valdosta?

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Jaybo SWD had one of the best teams in Georgia this year and furthermore Todd Holcomb is entitled to his opinion. I f He feels SWD is number 5 we are number 5 in his book. Just because you advance further in the postseason doesn’t make you better than a team you didn’t face. That is like saying because Griffin didnt make it to the dome Clarke Central is better than them. Its not necessarily true.

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Nick Marshal for all-classification best player in the state!!!!!!!
WHO DID HE BEAT?
The undefeated defending state champion as well as two other undefeated teams in the five game playoff format. Not shabby for a junior!

WHAT DID HE DO?
Engineered three fourth quarter comebacks against three teams in the playoffs.

WHAT DID HE DO IN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME?
This was one of his fourth quarter comebacks, and he broke Savannah Christian’s heart as he alluded tacklers to complete THREE two point conversions.

Mark Ledford for all-classification coach of the year!!!!

WHAT DID HE DO?
Not enough space here to tell! Savannah Christian had twelve coaches listed in the GHSA program. It was Ledford and four other coaches against those numbers. Ledford cant even play a home playoff game because Clack Stadium in Rochelle doesnt seat enough fans to qualify as a playoff field. In the final game for the championship he went for two those three times and made it every time. Peach County won only because Gainesville could not make one two point conversion. He plays with players from one of the poorest counties in the state with less than 400 total students. The county has tractors, cotton, peanuts, and lately plays a little high school football. Ledford is a Wilcox native because nobody elso wants the job or would be willing to live in “an out of the way place”.

Ledford keeps reloading supposedly when his best players have gone. Alphonso Dennard to Nebraska after 2007 title loss to ECI.

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patriots are # 1!!!!! going back to back . see you next year!!!!

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DEKALB COUNTY HEAD COACHES MAKES $ 6,800.00 AND JAG FAN WHAT COACH IN HIS RIGHT MIND WOULD WANT TO COACH IN DEKALB COUNTY. FIRST OF ALL WHAT SCHOOL HAS LIGHTS ON THEIR FOOTBALL FIELD. SECOND WHAT SCHOOL IN THE DEKALB HAS THEIR ON STADIUM AND FINALLY WHAT SCHOOL IN THE DEKALB COUNTY HAS BOOSTER CLUB WITH SIX A FIGURE BUDGET. THE PROBLEM IN DEKALB IS IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU PEOPLE BLAME GARTRELL FOR EVERYTHING AND YES HE HUMAN. TO ME GARTRELL IS NOT THE PROBLEM. HE MIGHT BE PART OF THE PROBLEM, BUT YOUR KID HAVE TO WANT TO WIN. THE SEASON START IN JANUARY WITH WORKOUTS AND IN THE SUMMER WITH WORKOUTS. THE COACHES DOESN’T HAVE TO BE WITH YOU TO WORKOUT. IN MY 4 YEARS AT STEPHENSON I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY WR AND QB WORKOUT WITHOUT THE COACHES. WINNERS WORKOUT WHILE OTHERS PLAYS PLAYSTATION OR XBOX 360. CHAMPIONS GO BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. YOU WORK TO GET BETTER. THE COACH DOESN’T HAVE TO BE IN YOUR PRESENT TO GET BETTER. YOU WORKOUT TO GET BETTER.I WATCH THE COLQUITT COUNTY GAME TO AND WHAT I SAW AS A PARENT WAS PART OF IT COACHES AND THE OTHER PART MENTAL AND NOT PLAYING YOUR RESPONSIBILITY ERRORS AS PLAYERS. I STILL CAN’T SEE A PLAYER DRIBBLING THE BALL AND FAKING OUT 5 PLAYERS WITH NO BLOCKS AND GO STRAIGHT UP THE SIDELINE. THATS NOT COACHING JAG FAN. THATS PLAYERS NOT PLAYING THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. FUNDERMENTAL WIN FOOTBALL GAME NOT TALENT.

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SWD,

One more thing, chill out with that “SWD was one of the best teams in Ga” garbage!!!! You need your blogging card snatched away from you making such a statement about a team who could not win but one game in the playoffs…you heard me!!!!!!….one game!! And SWD was one of the best teams in Ga…plueeze!!!!! Just because you are a great team on paper doesn’t make you great!! You have to get it done on the field and certainly win more than one playoff game if you to be considered as great!!!!

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I heard the announcer on GPTV say that Camden has over 20 assistant coaches….where do they get the money to pay so many coaches??? Will someone from Camden answer this?? Congrats on your championship.

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Northside Observer,

I am not that excited about you guys coming to our region…I just hope we can compete!! I do know that we have a lot coming back as do you guys. Well, NS might beat TCC, but please don’t run us off the field…LOL!!! Happy Holidays my friend!

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AvikingFan: I look forward to seeing you in the years to come. Please keep us posted on the Valdosta hire. The program at Independence HS has been very successful in North Carolina. That should be interesting. As for Northside playing up, I have no interest as a Northside fan in our program playing anywhere except where our local programs play. In that, I mean Warner Robins, Houston County, Veterans HS, Perry, and Westside-Macon.

With the exception of Lowndes County, I was not impressed at all with the fan support in Region 1-AAAAA. I believe that the schools are spread too far apart from one another. There is no way that Northside made more money as an athletic program playing in this region. With fuel costs, it was not worth the trouble.

Our programs make money and play in front of full houses against local programs. My ideal region would include four high schools from Warner Robins (Northside, Warner Robins, Houston County, & Veterans), Perry HS, Westside-Macon, Baldwin (Milledgeville), Washington County, and Peach County. That would require Baldwin, Washington County, and Peach County to play up from AAA. However, it would be a money making bonanza. By the way, Perry is not AAAA, but the school system will make all five county high schools AAAA enrollment over the next 3-4 years.

A Northside versus Peach County game will draw twice as many fans as a Northside vs. Colquitt, Coffee, or Valdosta game. We have a big stadium and our athletic program benefits from having big draw football games. Is it an honor to be a part of a region that many observers view as the best in America? Yes. Of course Is that region the best in America without Northside and Warner Robins? No way! I know it and you know it too.

As much as I am going to tease Jaybo, I believe that Thomas County Central is every bit as good as Valdosta, Tift County, and Coffee. TCC has GREAT tradition and they will always have great players. I do not see any benefit to Northside HS in playing up. We do not have enough local schools to make it worth our time considering all of the travel involved. Those people calling for Northside to play in Region 1-AAAAA obviously have no idea about the travel strains that the Region saddled our programs with. It is not the same as the metro Atlanta regions separated by county.

For football, it is easy. The team travels on Friday night. In other sports and activities, you are asking people to travel up to three hours during the week…on a school night. For what? For an empty stadium when you host a historic program like Valdosta. For what? 2,000 fans, including the band coming up from Coffee or Tift County. Forget that. When we play Peach County, 7,000+ paying fans are coming over from Ft. Valley to see the big game. They pack our football stadiums, basketball gyms, and baseball diamonds. I will take the Middle Georgia rivalries on anyday and the money that we get with big gates. I will watch Region 1-AAAAA and cheer from the sidelines. Sorry AVikingFan. I do not believe we get out of Region 1-AAAAA, what Region 1-AAAAA got from programs like Northside and Warner Robins being in the region.

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WELL I FEEL BAD FOR CLASS A NEXT YEAR….CHARLTON COUNTY IS COMING BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

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i dont know if yall remembered me from the beginning of the year when i was saying that grayson was not the best team in the state. didnt i garentee that camden was gonna win another championship. yall didnt believe me but the boys in the blue got it done this year. i dont know what happened to grayson this year, but i told yall if we would of had our squad we would have beat yall….but now we have two rings now back to back! i dont see the grayson fans on here anymore, and to the whole state whats the excuse now about camdens weak region, what yall dont understand, it depends upon how you finish! but i guess next year we will have to hear the same ol trash talking again about how we play in a weak region, but we showed yall this year, we beat all the good teams from region one this year, so what do yall have to saynow, plus we ran over poor ol north gwinett at thier place, so what do you have to say about camden now, plus next year is gonna be another big year for my boys again so beware of the mighty wildcats again. and tell grayson to get a championship before yall compare yallsevles to us again…..

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Congratulations to Camden County…you guys deserve it….can`t wait til next year , now it`s time to see where all the Athletes are going to play FOOTBALL…hopefully UGA…

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AvikingFan, & EagleNationsRising,

In case you two didn’t know, Former head Coach and Athletic Director Rick Tomberlin will be the next Head Football Coach at Effingham County High School. He will NOT be the Athletic Director though. That is a Savannah area team where he will the head Coach. I am very happy that he was given another opportunity to Coach again. There are 23 more open slots I believe for Coaching here in Georgia High Schools across the state.

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Reeze,

What the heck are you talking about boy??? I guess you’re still hurting over the way NS choked!!!! You are acting real sensitive boy!!!!

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@ADVISOR – whoa, man, have you been smoking the same stuff as SWD, and can I please have some??? Stephenson regularly rolls through the regular season (I saw them dismantle mighty Columbia 68-0), then is FOREVER one-and-done or two-and-through come playoff time. The best program in the STATE? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! Get serious, dude!! Sanders is good, but the best in GA HS history?? Not even on the top 10, brother……(hey, Todd, there’s a slot for another ranking to p*** a bunch of people off!!)

“One call our way”…”one less mistake”…your own words negate your argument. One less mistake is the difference between winners and losers. When Stephenson can at least get to the third round, then maybe we’ll all reconsider. But probably not.

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Greetings Northside Observer,

Yes it is a good move. Tomberlin does have a few State titles under his belt from Washington County. he will definitely turn that program around. Effingham County was Bradwell Institute warm games in the season before we played some of the tougher teams. He will definitely bring to the new Region 2-AAAA some competition soon enough. It’s hard trying to be a Coach in Winnersville (Valdosta) where he was Coaching at Valdosta when you use to having a solid football program in prior years. But I am happy for him, and I wish him the best.

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LOWNDES still SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Jaybo STFU TCC didn’t win STATE EITHER so what were you saying. First of all Jaybo Thomas County Central is not the worth the feces on a horses backside. Talk to me next year if TCC makes a run for state. Yes we lost in the second round okay your point you lost in the third so what are you really saying you werent runners up and you weren’t semi-finalists so whats all this secound round talk you were gone a week later.

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AViking, sorry for misspelling your name….I can spell a lil bit!

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Rumor around Valdosta is that Camden’s Off. Coor. will be offered the job at Valdosta.

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Wow it is amazing how even after witnessing the way some of the teams won their state titles this year, (Sandy Creek), (Camden County), and even (Buford) some teams still think that just because they are returning a lot of seniors or they have some outstanding individual players or they are moving down in classification that they will have a lock on the state title next year. It takes hard work, team work, good coaching, community support, talent especially at the skill positions and some good old fashion luck, to win a state title. There were several 1,2,3 point losses in the playoffs this year. There were some very good teams that lost this year. But Sandy Creek, Camden County, and yes Buford should be an inspiration to all teams out there as well as the other champions because they had all of those key ingredients even though as the playoffs began none were considered a lock to win it all.

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Todd,

Can you give us your top 10 projections for 2010…Of course I’m only concerned about AAAA??

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My predictions for 2010:

1 Camden will repeat.

2: Sandy Creek and Peach will not.

3: Monroe Area will drop down to 8-AAA from 8-AAAA, go 1-9 and no one outside the school will care. Again.

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Hey Todd – what about the earlier suggestion tucked into my rant – how about a top 15 ranking of best HS RBs out of GA? (not that you have anything else to do….

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I would be very suprised if coach Coffee took the head spot at Valdosta. I have known him for a few years now and what he is about is what Camden is about. These coaches(most of them) at Camden have an outlet like no other to influence these kids lives. It is not about winning or losing on the football field for him its about having a positive influence on these kids each and every day(of course the winnning makes it all the better). I guess what Im saying is you would have to be here to understand and would have to know Coach Coffee to understand what he is looking for and the Valdosta way IMO is not what he is all about. Take it for what it is worth.

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My predictions for next year.
1. Everyone will start whinning about how Camden plays in a weak region about a month before the playoffs begin forgetting all about how our defense gave up less points per game in the playoffs against nationally ranked oppenents, then we did during the regular season.
2. Two weeks before the playoffs people will start using the excuse that Camden’s schedule prevents the players from injuries.
3. Most everyone raises cain because Todd Holcomb picks against their team.

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Wow, a few beers consumed with the anonymity of the internet and some folks spout some mighty brave piffle. As classy as the TCC players and coaches I have known over the years are, a couple fans on the internet remind me of “Sybil”. But it’s always great to see the Yellow Jackets on the field even though you’ve broken our hearts more than Bar Refaeli.

And our Northside brethren, we welcome you back to AAAA with open arms. Y’all are always a class act and unlike some from the southern part of our great state, we hold no malice. We just desire to play you on our humble field or a neutral site. See, we have our own home little playoff streak going and although you were fine hosts, we just desire to return the favor. And don’t be too hasty about predicting a Northside and Warner Robins final so soon. The AAAA playoffs are always a strange and wondrous time for all involved. However, welcome back and hope to see you after next Thanksgiving.

As for my 6AAAA brothers, I’ve never seen a real Tucker fan complain about anything. Heck, the Tucker kids just buckle their chin straps and hit and reload. Nobody wants to see Tucker on the field next year. And Tucker never needs motivation. 6AAAA is going to pay for Tucker’s alleged down year for a while. And this year, SWD was the biggest, meanest, most athletic team I have seen since, well honestly in a long, long time. It’s a shame some of their key players were injured and ill during their loss in the playoffs but that’s part of football. (And hats off to Clarke Central) But that loss takes nothing away from their great team or their season accomplishments. I guess someone would have to stepped up and played them to know how good they really were. As someone who did play SWD and get our backsides handed to us on our home field (which doesn’t happen often) they were a VERY good team.

Finally, Southside, all the props in the world to you and your North Clayton team. You are absolutely correct your team deserves everything you wrote. But why the hate toward Marist? We don’t denigrate you or any city/urban public school. As a matter of fact, Marist plays up two classifications (from AA to AAAA) to play in the DeKalb County school district and compete against schools twice our enrollment. We don’t complain, we compete. Moreover we didn’t drop down one or two classifications when the Tom Murphy rule was changed. (Of course some moron will post under me, “That’s because Marist recruits.” Well, if we “are” recruiting, we are doing a pretty poor job of it. We didn’t have a lineman over 230 this year and other than our kicker we may not have a kid sign a major college scholarship). So Southside, please take whatever ranking you desire, especially if you feel little ole Marist took something away from you. You deserve it. Because, yes we were knocked out in the second round by Apalachee, a good team. I really don’t know exactly how good since the officials decided to invent infractions during a playoff game. (The best example was six crack-back block calls against our “defense”. Yes, I said our Defense.) But that wasn’t the opposing team only a very imaginative crew. It is interesting how I learn something new and interesting every season. Heck, at least it’s not high school wrestling…

But Southside you and North Clayton take the #8 ranking or whatever ranking begins next year or the next and make it motivation and play the best darn football you can. Because over the many years Marist has learned as well as out friends at Tucker and SWD, and Northside and TCC, the only ranking that matters at the end of the year is #1. Rankings #2-#10 is lagniappe for teams that need it for their letter jackets. See Southside, at the beginning of the year “we” plan to play in the GA Dome and at the end of the year and if we didn’t play in that game we don’t hang a banner. Moreover if we don’t win, we don’t feel the sense of accomplishment set out by the history of those who played before us….The Long Blue Line.

Best of luck to you, Southside and the North Clayton team.

Congratulations to all the high school players who dared “enter the arena” this fall, the coaches, the parents, the officials (even the imaginative ones), the cheerleaders, the bands, the students, administrators, teachers, volunteers and all the folks who make the greatest sport in the history of the world happen. See you in 2010….

And thank you Todd Holcomb! You inform and entertain us from August to December and we appreciate you!

God Bless!

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Hey GO UG, you may not know this but coaching in Dekalb County is different, than coaching in Colquitt, Lowndes, NSWR, and Camden County. NO ONE in Dekalb has the huge coaching staffs those schools do, also take into account the Facilities for year round training those schools have. You cant make a fair comparison and say this coach would have done this, and this coach would have done that. Not when all things are not equal my friend. You have to remember this is Dekalb County, NOT Henry County which is what you are used to. It’s a completely different ballgame here in Dekalb, which is why a lot of TOP coaches dont even give first thought about coaching here, despite all the talent. We do have some TOP coaches here in Dekalb, Tucker has the best community support in all of Dekalb County, but even they don’t compare with what the other Boosters in other counties are able to do. We simply cant raise the kinds of money like our neighbors who aren’t under county rule can. Now do you still think it’s as easy as you make it sound???

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i dont know if most of you care but there are no more co-champions. that was changed the year after peachtree ridge was a co-champ.
agree with NTH Trojans, i have a hard times with sims being player of the year when he wasnt even the best qb in hall county.

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Todd Holcomb, did you see any of Apalachee’s games? Every game I went to one side (offense or defense) played great and the other side played just good enough to win. Against Loganville & Storm Johnson, the defense didn’t stop Johnson all night until they had to. Loganville goes for 2 point conversion in OT & the “D” stood up! Great Year!

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jaybo , you better ease up on all the smacktalk , because I watched the yellow jackets play this year and last year..you guys would have been a 4th seed if the houston county schools were playing in aaaa this past year…

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To The Chee, 3 of the final 8 is awesome! I must say I really did not think the Chee would go as far as they did! I must say though that I was a bit disappointed at the CHEE fans. No one, not even parents or students would start yelling for the team until it was 3 and long! Perhaps if the fans were behind them the whole time, they wouldn’t have had too many 3 & longs! Great job Coach Davis – should win coach of the year in AAAA.

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Well another High School Football Season comes to an end for all of us…

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! to all of the AJC posters…

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“Can you give us your top 10 projections for 2010…Of course I’m only concerned about AAAA??”

I don’t have enough info yet on who’s returning what, but my guess is that Northside would be #1 and that Clarke Central, returning 14 starters, would be top 2-5. Warner Robins would figure to be top 10, also. Tucker had a very strong junior class this year and should be a big factor in ‘10. And I’ve been hearing TCC is loaded. ; )

“Hey Todd – what about the earlier suggestion tucked into my rant – how about a top 15 ranking of best HS RBs out of GA? (not that you have anything else to do.”

Charles Perkins
Rajion Neal
Ean Pemberton
Rajaan Bennett
Raymond Sanders
Mack Brown
Ken Malcome
Storm Johnson
Juwan Thompson
Ean Days
Isaiah Crowell
Clarence Jackson
Robert Brown
Ralph D. Abernathy

Who am I missing?

“Hey GO UG, you may not know this but coaching in Dekalb County is different, than coaching in Colquitt, Lowndes, NSWR, and Camden County. NO ONE in Dekalb has the huge coaching staffs those schools do, also take into account the Facilities for year round training those schools have. You cant make a fair comparison and say this coach would have done this, and this coach would have done that. Not when all things are not equal my friend. You have to remember this is Dekalb County, NOT Henry County which is what you are used to. It’s a completely different ballgame here in Dekalb, which is why a lot of TOP coaches dont even give first thought about coaching here, despite all the talent. We do have some TOP coaches here in Dekalb, Tucker has the best community support in all of Dekalb County, but even they don’t compare with what the other Boosters in other counties are able to do. We simply cant raise the kinds of money like our neighbors who aren’t under county rule can. Now do you still think it’s as easy as you make it sound???”

Lots of truth in this post, DeKalb Watcher.

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Plowboy,

Yea yea yea…I didnt talk much this past season b/c we were young…but if you think we would have been 4th in the region with the Houston co schools I need to give you some money so you can attend rehab b/c you are obviously smoking something more than cigaretts!!!!! The only Houston co school that concerns me is NS…thats it, period!!!!!!!!! Yea, I said it….see you all next season!!!

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Stephenson Jag, Coach Jarvis did a great job during regular season, with the exception of the Stephenson game; however, it seems during the playoffs and big games like Stephenson he forgets how to call appropriate plays…he succombs to the hype!

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8-AAAA ought to be loaded again next year. Clarke is back big time. Apalachee loses, I believe, its entire backfield, but had a lot of solid kids on both sides of the ball.Rockdale took us all by surprise (and beat CC in the regular season), and Loganville had gained some consistency in the last couple of ears. And you can never count out Habersham Central and Cedar Shoals. Should be interesting, and we’ll just have to prove once again that some mighty good football is played beyond the Gwinnett County line….

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wdeagle,

I was at the Marist/Apalachee game and the referees did not call illegal crack back blocking penalties they called blocking below the knees, the defensive player cannot dive at the knees or lower to take out the player doing the offensive blocking new rule but still a rule to protect against injury.

I know that normally it’s Marist getting those calls but this time “NOT”!

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WinderDogg:

Dead on with the illegal blocking calls at the Marist/Apalachee game I was there also and those were the penalties called against Marist. Several of them, as wdeagle said, but they weren’t crackback calls.

Hell of a game, too, I might add.

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look football fan its over thats it u lost we have seen who was beter this year and it was not colquitt .

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FYI, Camden County has never played an Atlanta school in the Kell Classic.

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Saw that Ean Pemberton gave a verbal to Austin Peay this week. Good for him & good luck to him with the Governors in Oak Ridge, TN. Pound for pound one of the toughest kids & a real privilege to watch him play the last 2 years on multiple occasions.
slalom1: Agree with you on the GHSFD, except its only Mon-Fri.

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“ATL Dawg” Let it go already..we all get it you don’t like Lowndes. Who cares what happened well over a year ago. As far as the “thug” thing that you keep refering to….WHY?… it sounds like a raciest comment to me. I assure you that if any action was needed it was taken by the coaches and school staff. Now there is no need to keep bring things tha NO one really cares about but you. GROW UP? You sound like a 12 year old. I will not respond to this any futher and I hope that you havfe the maturity not to try to aruge about the past….LET IT GO.

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Jaybo……I think ENR is under your skin like Bot fly Maggots…Northside didn’t choke .They faced a much superior football team in Camden….Less the kickoff and punt returns ,it still would have been a blowout.The Eagles had a great season this year considering the talent level of this years team…The loss can only be taken on the chin like true champions.We will talk again in August.

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ONCE AGAIN I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE HATERS WHO SAID CAMDEN WASNT GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE RANKINGS OR WIN IT ALL THIS YEAR, JUST BECAUSE WE STARTED SLOW THAT DOESNT MEAN THAT WE ARE OUT OF IT..SO DONT EVER COUNT CAMDEN COUNTY OUT OF ANYTHING INTILL THE SEASON IS OVER..I TOLD YALL AFTER THE GRAYSON GAME WE LOST THAT WE WAS GONNA WIN IT ALL BECAUSE I SEEN THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM IN THE MAKING..I TOLD YALL GRAYSON WASNT A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM BECAUSE THEY RELAY ON THEIR DEFENSE TOO MUCH TO WIN THEIR GAMES FOR THEM. PLUS THEIR OFFENSE WASNT ALL THAT GOOD AND PLUS I SEEN THEIR WEAKNESS IN THE DOMW BECAUSE THEY HAD A WEAK SECONDARY!!!! WE WAS A REAL YOUNG TEAM IN THE KORKY KELL CLASSIC, BUT I PROMISE YOU IF WE WAS TO MEET UP AGAIN WE WOULD HAVE BEAT GRAYSON, PLUS THE ONLY TEAM I CAN SHOW ALL OF MY RESPECT TO IS LOWNDES COUNTY…YALL WAS THE ONLY TEAM THAT I THOUGHT THAT COULD HAVE PUT CAMDEN OU TOF THE PLAYOFFS BUT IF IT WASNT FOR COACH HERRONS SMART MOVE BY KEEPING THE BALL WITH 9 MINUTES LEFT IN THE GAME BECAUSE IF LOWNDES WOULD HAVE GOT THE BALL BACK IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT BALL GAME, BUT TO STEPHENSON FAN TALKING ABOUT THE THEIR THE BEST PROGRAM IN THE STATE, WELL BEFORE YOU CAN SAY THAT, GET A CHAMPIONSHIP RING FIRST OR EVEN REACH THE TITTLE GASME BEFORE YOU CAN SAY YOU HAVE A COMPLETE PROGRAM…BUT EVERYTIME WE PLAY THEM WE DOMOLISH THEM SO YOU KNOW WE HAVE YOU GUYS NUMBER!!! BUT THIS YEAR WAS THE REBUILDING YEAR FOR CAMDEN COUNTY SO IMAGINE WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT YEAR, BUT IT SUCKS THAT WE DONT START IN THE DOME AGAIN!!! BUT WATCH OUT AAAAA WE ARE BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR TO DEFEND OUR TITTLE, BUT MARK MY WORDS, “WE WILL WIN THE AAAAA TITTLE ONCE AGAIN NEXT YEAR I GUARANTEE YOU GUYS THAT”!!!!! LETS MAKE IT A 3 PEAT!!!! AND TELL GRAYSON TO GET A CHAMPIONSHIP RING BEFORE YOU GUYS THINK THAT YALL ARE A GREAT PROGRAM!!! CAMDEN ALL DAY OVER HERE!!!!!

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Camden wont win it 2010 and Charlton have the best qb in the state.

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REGGAEMAN DONT GET MAD BECAUSE CHARLTON COUNTY DIDNT EVEN REACH THE FINALS, AND YALL LOST AT HOME!!! AND WE ALREADY PUT THE BEAT DOWN ON YALL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESEASON, SO YOU CANT TALK ABOUT CAMDEN COUNTY!!!

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i echo slalom1’s comments. Thanks
Todd and everyone should sign up for GHSFD cause, well it RULES. Merry CHRISTmas to all and come on down to Columbus for the HS all star game-its your last chance for a “fix” this year!

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Camden chances of winning it again, is very high. Yes a lot of Sophmores made a major impact on a lot of games. A freshman starting at corner, and he should get more carries on the offensive side of the ball. A Freshman punter, who is the QB in waiting, who could probably start now. Two good recievers, and you know we keep plenty of backs. It will be at least 6 juniors (sophmores now)starting next year on defense,and a sophmore(freshman now). All started or played in every game not in mop up duty either. Oh by the way with our Starting QB is returning. And did you notice the size of those Sophmores. Our future look so good.4 in a row is not out of the possibility. These guys have two more years of football, and some with three left, I’m talking about young men who got significate playing time in real games, when the game was still in the balance, thats very valueable in building a program. JJ Green #5 is going to be special only a freshman, and our future QB in Ramsey, a Freshman. Its so amazing how the coaches are bringing these kids around. Both will play SEC Football

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M.L. King’s Corey Jarvis was named the new head football coach at Duluth High School on Dec, 16.

Jarvis is expected to leave for Duluth in January after official release by the DeKalb County School Board and approval by the Gwinnett County School Board.

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The Dream Season

DATE
OPPONENT
FIELD
TIME
CONFERENCE

RECORD
SCORE
OVERALL

RECORD

AUG 23, 2008 NORCROSS GA DOME 5:30 PM 0 – 0 21 – 6 1 – 0
AUG 29, 2008 OPEN DATE OPEN DATE OPEN DATE OPEN DATE OPEN DATE
SEP 04, 2008 Columbia Co. Lake City, FL CHRIS GILMAN 8:30 PM 0 – 0 31 – 0 2 – 0
SEP 12, 2008 HOOVER, AL HOOVER 7:00 PM CST 0 – 0 44 – 16 3 – 0
SEP 19, 2008 OPEN DATE OPEN DATE OPEN DATE OPEN DATE OPEN DATE
SEP 26, 2008 WINDSOR FOREST SAVANNAH 7:30 PM 1 – 0 69 – 07 4 – 0
OCT 03, 2008 BEACH HIGH CHRIS GILMAN 7:30 PM 2 – 0 50 – 13 5 – 0
OCT 10, 2008 GROVES CHRIS GILMAN 7:30 PM 3 – 0 42 – 21 6 – 0
OCT 17, 2008 JOHNSON CHRIS GILMAN 7:30 PM 4 – 0 78 – 06 7 – 0
OCT 24, 2008 JENKINS CHRIS GILMAN 7:30 PM 5 – 0 70 – 00 8 – 0
OCT 31, 2008 SAVANNAH CHRIS GILMAN 7:30 PM 6 – 0 63 – 08 9 – 0
NOV 07, 2008 BRADWELL INSTITUTE HINESVILLE 7:30 PM 7 – 0 31 – 00 10 – 0
NOV 14, 2008 CREEKSIDE CGS 7:30 PM 7 – 0 49 – 00 11 – 0
NOV 21, 2008 NORTHSIDE

WARNER ROBINS
CGS 7:30 PM 7 – 0 28 – 20 12 – 0
NOV 28, 2008 WOODSTOCK CGS TBA PM 7 – 0 18 – 17 13 – 0
DEC 05, 2008 SEMI FINALS ??? TBA PM 7 – 0 27 – 07 14 – 0
DEC 13, 2008 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GA DOME TBA 7 – 0 21 – 14 15 – 0

2009

BELIEVE IN THE PAW

DATE
OPPONENT
FIELD
TIME
CONFERENCE

RECORD
SCORE
OVERALL

RECORD

AUG 22, 2009 GRAYSON GA DOME 5:30 PM 0 – 0 10 – 14 0 – 1
AUG 28, 2009 OPEN DATE OPEN DATE OPEN DATE OPEN DATE OPEN DATE
SEP 04, 2009 FIRST COAST, FL CGS Border War 8:30 PM 0 – 0 30 – 24 1 -1
SEP 11, 2009 HOOVER, AL CGS 7:30 PM 0 – 0 24 – 27 1 – 2
SEP 18, 2009 OPEN DATE OPEN DATE OPEN DATE OPEN DATE OPEN DATE
SEP 25, 2009 WINDSOR FOREST CGS Rec Night 7:30 PM 1 – 0 39 – 6 2 -2
OCT 02, 2009 BEACH HIGH CGS 7:30 PM 2 – 0 51 – 0 3 – 2
OCT 09, 2009 GROVES CGS Middle School Night 7:30 PM 3 – 0 76 – 0 4 – 2
OCT 16, 2009 JOHNSON SAVANNAH 7:30 PM 4 – 0 51 – 0 5- 2
OCT 23, 2009 JENKINS CGS Home Coming 7:30 PM 5 – 0 50 – 0 6 – 2
OCT 30, 2009 SAVANNAH CGS 7:30 PM 6- 0 51 – 0 7 – 2
NOV 06, 2009 BRADWELL INSTITUTE CGS Senior Night 7:30 PM 7 – 0 56 – 9 8 – 2
NOV 13, 2009 NEWTON CGS 7:30 PM 43 – 19 9 – 2
NOV 20, 2009 LOWNDES
CGS 7:30 PM 10 – 7 10 – 2
NOV 27, 2009 N. GWINNETT AWAY 7:30 PM 35 – 0 11 – 2
DEC 04, 2009 COLQUITT COUNTY CGS 7:30 PM 19 – 10 12 – 2
DEC 12, 2009 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GA DOME 8:00 PM 31 – 3 13 – 2

past two seasons we are 28-2

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Hey camden county wildcat im an valdosta wildcats fan buti seen charlton play and their nqb is the real deal. And why you going to brag about beating up on an AA school with only 500 students..

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According to the Georgia High School Daily News, Camden County had 19 seniors to make region 3AAAAA 1st or 2nd team. In addition, 3-Jr, 2-So, and 3-Fr (Commendable) to made it. Wow! No doubt Camden will have to re-build n in 2010 but she has an unlimited resource of players.

Will Camden repeat?

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Here is to Dr. Cason and all his supporters from Valdosta. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! All the people from Effingham County want to thank you for the early Christmas gift you have given us with not renewing Coach Rick Tomberlin’s contract. I think we can go ahead and rename Valdosta as “Loserville” as long as you are at the reign. I am excited about Coach T returning to the Savannah Metro area. I played for the man at Jenkins back in the fall of ‘85. He was a great coach as well as a positive role model to all of us. My children now attend Effingham County High School and we are excited about the future for us and our football program.

Dr. Cason, thank you once again for listening to those few in your ear because obvious you don’t know anything about football or a good coach when you see one!!! You better start praying we don’t ever see you guys in the playoffs because there is alot of good young talent up this way!!

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Todd,while home sunday enjoying Peach County’s victory at the Dome,my son got up from the computer in disgust and said “Dad,look at this” It was your article on the Football Gods smiling on Luke Crowell,allowing him to stumble into a pass from Alabama bound Blake Sims to Notre Dame bound Tai-Ler Jones. If Luke never puts the pads on again it will be His decision. The last six months has been grueling for Him. Weekdays in the summer practicing football, weekends traveling around the South playing baseball. Luke has put your cheap shot behind him and moved on. Dad is calling you on it.

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Todd:

Duval Smith of the Roswell Hornets should probably be considered one of the top 15 running backs from Georgia.

Roswell’s (10-2) only two losses were to teams that went 12-1 and finished in final 8. And we had our chance to beat Grayson in the sweet sixteen game, but made too many special team errors.

Also did you consider Roswell over Stephenson for the Top 10 in AAAAA and maybe Lassiter should have been ranked in Top 8.

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all fans click on k-bay 106 and listen to 14 of Camdens games on archives. On their way to being STATE CHAMPS!!

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Oops, meant to add congratulations to all the championship winners in all classes!!!! See you next year.

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Are you freaking kidding me?……!!!! Only one Camden County player on the All Star roster!

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Camden74,

I was hoping for a rematch in the Dome because I thought that would have been a very good game. No one doubts that Camdem Co. came a long way and improved a lot. If, however, you are basing your assesment of Grayson on that first game, you are making the same mistake that people did by basing their assesment of Camdem on the first game.

Camdem won the state championship and is to be congratulated. I had the opportunity to look at the first quarter of the Grayson/Newnan game today and the calls on the two fumbles by Newnan in that quarter were clearly blown by the officials. The Newnan receiver caught the ball, had possesion and took 4 steps before being hit and fumbling. I don’t see how that gets called an incomplete pass. Likewise, the fumble that our safety picked up and ran with was clearly several feet in bounds while the runner was also clearly in when he lost the ball. But you know what, that is the way the game happens sometimes.

I know we won’t see you in the Dome at the first of the season but hopefully we can meet there in December!

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Fred,

I was actually responding to Bubba Ram’s post. He insinuated that Camden could not and/or would not defeat Grayson if they met in the championship game. My point is, the Camden team playing in August was not the same team playing in December! Maybe Grayson was better too. But there is not a team in Georgia that would beat Camden right now. There were a number of mistakes made by Camden in the Corky Kell match up. Both players and coaches were not at their best. If you remember, Camden’s offense was terrible in that game and the defense was not up to their normal standard either. Even with that, Camden lead with little more than seven minutes left in the game. I’m not saying Grayson didn’t deserve to win the game, but I am saying that as bad as Camden played, they still had a very good chance to win…………As bad as they played, a rematch would have been totally different! Anyway, doesn’t matter, Camden is the 2009 Georgia 5 State Champion!

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Budda Ram,, sounds like and IDIOT. You were clearly overrated at the first of the season. Stop the foolishness, Camden 03, 08 and 09 State Champs with a great chance to win it again. Grayson great team, but not a great program. Great programs do it year after year. Camden, Lowndes, Northside, Buford, Lagrange, Charlton, Peach, Lincoln, these teams do it year after year, not a one hit wonder.

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