Peach County jumps Sandy Creek to No. 1
First, let’s say there’s no shame in beating Whitewater in close game. Whitewater believes it has its most talented team yet this year. But Sandy Creek-Peach County was nearly a toss-up for the No. 1 ranking in preseason, and a 20-0 victory over Warner Robins is pretty convincing. So let’s put Peach County at No. 1. …
In other news, Georgia swept Alabama in the North Gwinnett double-header, with North Gwinnett and Grayson winning. Also note that Carrollton routed a pretty good Alabama team in Oxford. Eagle’s Landing Christian blew out Florida state champion North Florida Christian.
If not for South Panola hanging 65 points on Colquitt County, we’d have a full round of Georgia football breast-beating today.
I’m eager to see North Gwinnett vs. Crenshaw (Calif.) and Camden County vs. Central Miami (#2 team in USA Today) this week.
Here’s a wrapup of the changes in the rankings this week:
AAAAA – Collins Hill beat Roswell and took Roswell’s place in the Top 10.
AAAA – North Clayton back in, Warner Robins out.
AAA – Peach County jumps Sandy Creek. Carrollton and Ridgeland replace Washington County and Gainesville. St Pius drops five spots.
AA – Callaway replaces Hart County, which tied Franklin County in a lightning-shortened game.
A – Darlington and Holy Innocents’ replace Bowdon and Greenville.
Class AAAAA
1. Camden County (1-0)
2. Lowndes (2-0)
3. North Gwinnett (2-0)
4. Peachtree Ridge (1-0)
5. Newnan (1-0)
6. Stephenson (1-0)
7. McEachern (0-1)
8. Valdosta (1-0)
9. Brookwood (1-0)
10. Collins Hill (1-0)
Class AAAA
1. Northside-Warner Robins (1-0)
2. Griffin (1-0)
3. Clarke Central (1-0)
4. Tucker (1-0)
5. Thomas County Central (1-0)
6. Hiram (1-0)
7. Marist (1-0)
8. Apalachee (0-0)
9. Kell (1-0)
10. North Clayton (1-0)
Class AAA
1. Peach County (1-0)
2. Sandy Creek (1-0)
3. Cairo (1-0)
4. Westside-Macon (1-0)
5. Baldwin (1-0)
6. North Hall (0-0)
7. Eastside (1-0)
8. Carrollton (1-0)
9. St. Pius (0-1)
10. Ridgeland (1-0)
Class AA
1. Buford (1-0)
2. Carver-Columbus (1-0)
3. Calhoun (1-0)
4. Westminster (1-0)
5. Dublin (1-0)
6. Cook (1-0)
7. Thomasville (1-1)
8. Fitzgerald (1-1)
9. Lovett (0-1)
10. Callaway (1-0)
Class A
1. Charlton County (1-0)
2. Wilcox County (1-0)
3. Wesleyan (1-0)
4. Clinch County (1-0)
5. Savannah Christian (1-0)
6. Lincoln County (0-1)
7. Eagle’s Landing Christian (1-0)
8. Emanuel County Institute (0-1)
9. Darlington (1-0)
10. Holy Innocents’ (1-0)
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182 comments Add your comment
cairo syrupmaker fan !!!!!!
August 30th, 2010
9:02 am
Cairo Syrupmakers are coming . Lots of talent on the ground. If not this year , next season is gonna bring good things to the Makers. Lots of young talent. Awesome runningbacks & fullbacks !!!!!!
Charles
August 30th, 2010
9:04 am
Where is Bremen in the A rankings? They are 2-0, have beaten (decisively) 2 AAA schools! Where is the respect!
a lost fan
August 30th, 2010
9:06 am
Coffee is a joke! Sorry Coaching but good kids. Coach don’t have a clue what to do, already had his first 20 plays to run against Ware Co. where they worked are not. Same old crap over and over. Kids and fans not happy. Looking to lose 9 in a row……………………
eagleforlife
August 30th, 2010
9:08 am
I have to admit that secretly… I hope that Camden gets beat in the ground by Miami Central…
Also.. even though I was rooting for Peach County to put it to Warner Robins.. I don’t think that they deserved to drop completely out of the rankings…
But.. I honestly have nothing to complain about.. our Northside Eagles.. still look great and are sitting pretty on top.. =)
THE CANNON RULES!!!!
August 30th, 2010
9:35 am
AJC:
KEEP watching…EAST PAULDING RAIDERS week 1 (one)…EAST 34 / South Paulding 0!!!!
This week at Paulding County, who lost to North Paulding 50 / 7!!! last week…
then Douglas County, then your AJC # 9 team KELL, 3 weeks later your AJC # 6 team HIRAM…
Get ready to start ADJUSTING your poll…
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!!!!!
BallCOACH
August 30th, 2010
9:45 am
Therrell Panthers Defensive look real good the last two fridays i saw them play they have some great players #17, #50 , #18
RealisticEPFan
August 30th, 2010
9:47 am
CannonRules: Don’t get too loud on here about our Raiders yet. They looked pretty good on offense against an over matched opponent in South Paulding. Defensively, against the run they look pretty decent, but they seemed extremely lost in the secondary. Open receivers all night that the QB could not get the ball too, or if he did, the receivers couldn’t seem to catch it. Very scary to see that many receivers running free. Also on the WR screen,,,,,,,giving them 8-10 yard cushions? What is that?,,,,,,,,,,I’m definitley a fan, but lets keep the bravado down until they’ve been tested. From what I’ve seen,,,North Paulding, will be able to throw the ball all over the field on our Raiders with there two D1 wideouts and Sr QB who can both throw the ball and run when needed. Temper that enthusiasm.
robdawg08
August 30th, 2010
9:50 am
Cairo’s always good. They are ranked top 10 right now.
Tiger4Life
August 30th, 2010
10:01 am
Its important to understand that TUCKER pulled its starters midway through the 2nd quarter and the score was 50-6. SWD didn’t get a first down until the 2nd team D was in. SWD haven’t gave up more than 50 points in Coach Bucks career, and if I our starters wasn’t pulled it would have gotten real ugly.
Dosta Wildcat
August 30th, 2010
10:11 am
Here’s a 1-AAAAA Dosta Wildcat fan, pullling for Camden against
Miami. Camden has evolved into a fine program with excellent
coaching. But, I am here to tell you, the Swagger is back in
Valdosta, unlike I have seen since Bazemore-Hyder days.
We are playing two defending out of state champions, Lincoln
from Tallahassee, and Robert E. Lee from Montgomery. I
guess we will find out what we have, but I am excited about
our new coaching staff which we have suffered for at least
ten years.
UM
August 30th, 2010
10:12 am
I hope Camden’s DB’s are getting alot of work this week, because the Air Show is coming to town.
jarvis
August 30th, 2010
11:12 am
Fire Cecil Flowe.
Jefferson
August 30th, 2010
11:32 am
Buford by 10.
dboy jones
August 30th, 2010
11:36 am
Where is all the SWD fans at today? All that talk in the off season now silence. LOLOLOL. Tucker has been powerhouse as far as Dekalb co public schools the last 10 years but SWD has been the egnigma because of past success. Buck is done but he is like Joe Pa is to Penn State. We showed them who dominates Dekalb. We could have hung 100 points on them if we didnt pull the starters in the 2nd quarter. 50-6 at halftime. LOLOL. I dont ever want to see a SWD fan on this blog ever again. You guys ought to be a shame of your selves. Anyway that is just one game and we got Marist this week! Marist we are out for redemption. Even tho we won state 2 season ago against Marist they have beat us in the regular season the last 2 years wit a combine total score of 70-7. We will not take it light against Marist look for another conviencing win this week. This Tucker team is SPECIAL!!
ATL Fan
August 30th, 2010
11:44 am
How are schools classifications as Class A through AAAAA determined?
robdawg08
August 30th, 2010
11:47 am
By the schools student population.
robdawg08
August 30th, 2010
11:49 am
For example if you have 4,000 students you may be class AAAAA and if you have 400 students you’s be clas A.
robdawg08
August 30th, 2010
11:49 am
Typo city…
zack
August 30th, 2010
11:57 am
class of 2k11, thats why i would consider it a huge rivalry now between lowndes and grayson
cane fan
August 30th, 2010
11:58 am
carver columbus will win by 2 td’s????? buford will lose but in the champ game buford will beat columbus …….
SOOHSO
August 30th, 2010
11:58 am
montgomery co. lost……again!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Antball
August 30th, 2010
11:59 am
If Jefferson Co beat Washington Co,who is in a bigger class n they were ranked 5…dont that mean Jeff Co should be ranked? Dont base everything n rankings on having a “super11″ player AJC! They lost a great one n BJ Bostic last yr but they still full of talent.
robdawg08
August 30th, 2010
12:00 pm
A friend of mine is the D-cordinator at Cairo. A WC grad.
robdawg08
August 30th, 2010
12:03 pm
Not exactly Antball. Some higher classified teams are weak and some lower classified teams are strong. For instance Washington County (A I believe) and Fitzgerald (AA) can play with the AAA and AAAA schools. The classification is by student population but the teams are still determined by the athletes on it. A 400 sized school may have as good or better athletes than a 4,000 sized school…
GHSF Daily
August 30th, 2010
12:28 pm
‘’I really don’t feel that Warner Robins (AAAA) should have been dropped out tof the top 10 completely. This years Peach squad ( AAA) with the talent they have this year 19 returnees from their 2009 championship squad ,will go 15-0 and would defeat the majority of your top 10 teams in AAAA and AAAAA ……… I guess the reason the Demons dropped out was due to a loss to a squad from a lower class , If so , why is St Pius still ranked after losing to Westminster?’’
Good question, Reeze. Just consider that Warner Robins was shut out and didn’t come close to winning. The SPX-Westminster game went down to the final minute.
“Worth County should be # 10 in AAA. They beat Fitzgerald 32-26 who previously had beaten the defending AA champs Wilcox County and Tift County (AAAA power).”
Maybe so. But I’d be more inclined to drop Fitzgerald from the AA Top 10 than add Worth to the AAA Top 10. Great win for Worth, though.
‘’Where is Bremen in the A rankings? They are 2-0, have beaten (decisively) 2 AAA schools! Where is the respect!’’
Bremen is getting close.
“Regarding North Gwinnett – are you saying Bob Jones wasn’t considered a regular season game? Wow.”
The scrimmage that Bob Jones and North Gwinnett played a year or two ago was not a regular-season game. The game played Saturday was. This year’s North Gwinnett-Grayson game was a scrimmage and not a regular-season game. We had NG’s record wrong at 1-0 and not 2-0 because we neglected to update it with the Saturday games, but it’s fixed now.
“If Jefferson Co beat Washington Co,who is in a bigger class n they were ranked 5…dont that mean Jeff Co should be ranked? Dont base everything n rankings on having a “super11″ player AJC! They lost a great one n BJ Bostic last yr but they still full of talent.”
I agree, but JeffCo didn’t beat WaCo. They tied.
bill30078
August 30th, 2010
12:48 pm
First, I have not seen Carver Columbus play and being a Brookwood fan and in Gwinnett, I am definitely biased and can not see any team in Buford’s classification staying with 2 td’s of them so I would have to say it will be about Buford 40 and Carver Columbus 26 (maybe I will get a chance to see Carver Columbus play at some point which could change my opinion). Regarding North Gwinnett vs. Crenshaw, I have been out west visiting relatives and seen some teams out there and they have speed. Should be an interesting game. I will be pulling for both North Gwinnett and Camden. I would love to see Camden play some tough competition in state but it is what it is. They could play teams whose overall record is 0-110, but when all is said and done Camden does still win the big games against strong teams both in and out of state. So I can’t hold it against them for what the rest of their region does. I’m looking forward to Brookwood vs. Collins Hills. I don’t see many teams in region 7 5A play, but have seen Peachtree Ridge and North Gwinnett over the past 3 or 4 years and have been thoroughly impressed. Lowdnes as usual still looks very strong. I’m looking forward to seeing other teams play in the Metro area, including Newnan.
THE CANNON RULES!!!
August 30th, 2010
1:07 pm
RealisticEPFan:
Glad to see you back this year also (where is COWBELL?)
Oh I agree one game DOES NOT A SEASON MAKE…BUT…the boys looked good against Chapel Hill in the scrimmage game, then won the opener with the “D” shutting down South Paulding…and the score could have been even larger if we had the TD back the penalty took from us.
I also noticed the open receivers but I think the coaches will get that corrected as the season goes forward. I thought we had a “decent” home opener and from what North Paulding did to Paulding County we should be OK for this week vs. Paulding County.
Then we get Douglas County who just loss to Hiram 24 / 0 so with a bit of luck the RAIDERS could be 3 & 0 heading to the game vs. KELL (who beat Grayson) Win that one and THEN that’s when I was saying it would be time for a bit of AJC recognition, SOOOOOOOOOOOO…
I think I’ll still stay EXCITED right now………
GO RAIDERS!!!
MLK Fan
August 30th, 2010
1:20 pm
Stephenson really looked bad Friday night. I didn’t see all the talent that has been talked about . The team needs a good offensive coordinater. They will probably not make it out of the second round again. Wasted talent not being utilized. Sad?
kb
August 30th, 2010
2:15 pm
robdawg08: Your comment against our Cats is misinformed. Valdosta is “Winnersville” primarily because of the winning tradition of the Valdosta High School Wildcats. I’ll give you the facts. Let’s say hypothetically that we take Valdosta’s winning tradition totally out of the equation and we were to only consider the winning percentage of the lowndes vikings. Do you really think that this wonderful city would have won the distinct award as “Titletown USA?” Not!!! lowndes is still second fiddle to Valdosta. Case closed. Go CATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Winderdogg
August 30th, 2010
2:35 pm
Apalachee 35 – Habersham Central 7
*s FOR ALL
August 30th, 2010
2:39 pm
Camden Could play 1-AAAAA as their non-region games. That way, you dont have to worry about who is in their region OR the 100 mile rule.
signed,
a fan of high school football!!!
LET'S GO!!!
August 30th, 2010
2:41 pm
HOW!!! is St.Pius still ranked in the top 10 after losing to an unranked Westminster team??????
jag count
August 30th, 2010
2:42 pm
MLK Fan you are contradictory in your statement you stated you did not see all the talent that had been talked about but then you say alot of talent wasted. tell the truth you just wanted to get on the blog and be seen. worry about your squad.
SGT CHRIS
August 30th, 2010
2:42 pm
bill30078 like you, i have not seen Buford play, and if they are not fast on the outside, then crowell will go for 150, if not 200 yrds on buford. if their DBs arent sure tacklers then he just may go for 300
Noneya
August 30th, 2010
2:57 pm
Can someone give the exact number of students a school has to have to be placed in one of the 5 classifications. For example I have heard that 1850 and higher is 5A. And the max to be A is 525. What are the numbers for 2A, 3A and 4A?
HeadEast
August 30th, 2010
2:58 pm
RealisticEP – Good review. East has a strong-armed QB and some speed but the D, despite the shutout, gave up some yards (saved by fumble on their 3). They should benefit from a couple more soft opponents early then Kell. This may be a playoff team but that’s about all. BTW, It would be more accurate to say Grayson lost to Kell rather than Kell beat them. Grayson beat themselves with turnovers in a game they were domninating.
Fred
August 30th, 2010
2:58 pm
Regarding Camdem Co and the region they play in, I think it is a wash. They do play some over matched teams and benefit by not getting beat up too badly and getting all of their players quality playing time. The flip side of that is that it is tough to prepare for the stronger competition and the physical demands of the bigger teams. They wind up having to play the first team longer and they might not be as physically durable.
In any event, they play where they play and it makes total sense when you look at the complete athletics picture. They have quality programs and strong support as evidenced by how well they travel.
AVikingFan
August 30th, 2010
3:08 pm
kb, your 2:15pm post is probably right on the mark. VSU played a part in the TitleTown thing also, but it was mainly all those titles won by your Cats. It will be interesting to see what ya’ll do with those 35 seniors Rick Tomberlin won all those Bigger, Faster, Stonger contests with. Right now though, all I can see is that score board from last year, ya’ll losing 57-15 with Valdosta walking off the field without using their timeouts! Your mighty Cats left 4 time outs on the board in both halves combined and got beat. That said “No MAS!” They quit!
Before the season started I predicted 1-AAAAA would end in a 3 way tie for 1st place. It can still happen. We’ll know more about Colquitt after this Friday when they play TCC. Keep in mind Lowndes beat Thomas County Central 49-7 in the pre-season scrimmage game. It looks like Coffee and Tift are trying to finish 5th to keep from taking a playoff butt whooping.
Looking at this past week’s games, it looks like there are 10 or 11 really good teams in AAAAA, four in AAAA, and two each in AAA, AA and A.
I’d like to watch Buford, Peach County, or Tucker play NSWR, NG, PRidge, or Camden. That would be a slugfest like Byrnes and Hoover last week.
BTW, to respond to a previous post, Lowndes’ coach Randy McPherson called both Hoover and Byrnes and tried every way he could short of agreeing to travel both years, to schedule either or both for two years. In both cases we were told they had no interest in a 2 year home and home deal with us. We even offered to pay them to come to us two years in a row. Both refused. We were not interested in a one year deal, afraid we’d be stuck next year with only nine games.
syrupmaker
August 30th, 2010
3:09 pm
Cairo returns pretty much the same team that went 3 rounds in the playoffs. The defense alone is enough to repeat this feat. #3 in the AJC poll is a GREAT quiet spot for this young and VERY talented team. They were call “average” last season, Now what do you call them. they are loaded with JRs.
GHSF Daily
August 30th, 2010
3:11 pm
“HOW!!! is St.Pius still ranked in the top 10 after losing to an unranked Westminster team??????”
Westminster is ranked #4 in AA. That doesn’t mean SPX shouldn’t be dropped, though. Perhaps we went soft on the Lions.
“Can someone give the exact number of students a school has to have to be placed in one of the 5 classifications. For example I have heard that 1850 and higher is 5A. And the max to be A is 525. What are the numbers for 2A, 3A and 4A?”
Can’t give you the exact number off the top of my head, but AAAAA is 1,900 students or more, and A is 525 or less. The other dividing lines are approximately 1450 and 1,000. If there is continued insterest in the exact borders, I’ll look them up. Classes AAAA, AAA, AA are divided to give the same number of schools in each (one-third, one-third, one-third), so the dividing line is not a set number each reclassification.
Tipp Smooth
August 30th, 2010
3:20 pm
Eagleforlife, I do understand your pain, wishing the worst for Camden by Miami Central. Eventhough you are from Georgia, you would relish a Camden lost to anyone, even out of state teams, go figure. Camden did the darn thing to your team in the Dome, I really do understand your pain.
GoPackGo
August 30th, 2010
3:40 pm
Have you people not read the stats from the 2 Colquitt County losses? Against Cook 235 more yards of offense than Cook. Turnovers, penalties, and mistakes kills. South Panola had 29 more yards than the Pack. Interceptions, fumbles, and mistakes bite you in the a@#. I wouldn’t count them out just yet. Remember Camden started out 1-2 last season.
Classof2k11ATLvike
August 30th, 2010
3:43 pm
GHSF Daily I dont think you should have been so soft on SPX. Although like you stated, it whent down to the wire, I was still highly dissapointed in the Golden Lions loss. The past 2 years that they opened up with Marist, they came out firing. Those 2 games were 2 of the biggest wins in their history. Being a former St. Pius student, I can say that they have a very prideful program, they want to prove themselves. They want to earn that ranking.
DecaturDre
August 30th, 2010
3:43 pm
SWD fan has not gone anywhere. Even the sun shine on a dog bottom some days. Tucker played a great game. I give all the credit. But I real champion bounces back. I can say is great game. Tucker was better prepared. But we got nine more games to go. That was not the State Championship.
Classifications
August 30th, 2010
3:51 pm
Noneya, The classifications have a moving number. Every four years they make the top 20% highest enrollment AAAAA and the bottom 20%-A, then divide the other three evenly. So it’s hard to tell exactly what the numbers will shake out to be. Hope this helps.
Dosta Wildcat
August 30th, 2010
3:52 pm
AVikingfan. That’s okay plowboy, we have scheduled
two prior out of state champions, Lincoln out of Tallahassee,
and Robert E. Lee out of Montgomery to make up for your
excuse about scheduling. We have the same problem, so
we just scheduled Lincoln and Robert E. Lee. And by the
way, the swagger is back at Dosta with our new coaching staff.
You better watch us.
Titletown Fan
August 30th, 2010
3:54 pm
Wow…no love on the board for the Valdosta Wildcats….like Lee Corso said…”that is why they play the game”…time will tell. They might never get back to the glory days of old, but this team is serious this year and will compete with anybody. A Viking Fan, calm down…it is all about numbers….Lowndes is just doing what Valdosta did for so many years with the local talent….either way, a team from Lowndes Co has made a difference in Ga HS football for ever. Everybody else up north, until you beat Lowndes or Camden…… be easy.
Go Wildcats, Go Vkings…and I hope Camden wins.
WARDAWG58
August 30th, 2010
3:55 pm
eagle4life:
Come on now, why all of the hostility towards Camden. Remember they were the underdog in the Dome last year. Now you want Miami Central to beat them down? That is what they had ppredicted that Northside would do, is it not? Can’t wait to see you in the playoffs, wait you went back to AAAA. I guess if you can’t beat them, jump on another bandwagon and ride out. I think that Camden is better than a lot of folks think. They always seem to have something in store on game day. Football is a team sport, to be successful you have to have everyone on the same page. It seems to me that their coach has that piece of the puzzle solved. Good luck Northside on a productive year. I know that you will be their in the end.
WildcatAlumni10
August 30th, 2010
3:57 pm
Remember this…… Dunwoody is makin it to state. yall can sleep on um and the AJC is always hatein on um. They got the speed, size, and strength to blow through anybody. The only reason mays won is because dunwoody just got a new coach and they r rebuilding. once they get in a grove wont nobody b able to stop um. Breon Isac can lock down any reciever in the nation, Tracey White is a versital runner who has teh ability to take it to the house at any time, Justin King is a freak athlete that is big fast and has a nose for the ball offensively and deffensively, and last but not least Daren “Big Boy” Forman….. 6″4 310lbs, benching 380, running a 4.8 40 yard dash has all the skills to b a top prospect in the nation. these r just a few of many names that all of yall will b hearing about in the next few months recieving big D1 offers. Remember where it was said first…… Dunwoody is going to b 2010 AAAA state champs
RealisticEPFan
August 30th, 2010
3:59 pm
Gannon Rules: I’ll remain optomistic also. As a parent in between kids (one graduated EP), the other bound for North P in two years, I’m keeping an eye on what’s being built up that way also. (They have two monsters wide receivers, and they run the spread pretty effectively. The real question for North P is there interior defensive line. They look really small and seems hopeful that someone else makes the tackle. They have a decent secondary, that will be making alot of downfield tackles against a good running team (aka EP).
I to think going into Kell our Raiders will be 3-0. I’ve not seen Kell. Should be a fun year.