Camden-St. Thomas Aquinas game has national appeal
Camden County’s game against St. Thomas Aquinas on Friday in Fort Lauderdale is probably the game of the week nationwide.
It’s being televised by ESPNU, and both teams are ranked in six national polls.
Aquinas’ rankings are No. 3 (PrepNation), No. 6 (Rivals), No. 12 (ESPN), No. 13 (USA Today, MaxPreps) and No. 38 (CalPreps).
Camden’s rankings are below, along with other Georgia teams in any of seven national rankings. Last week’s ranking for each team is in parentheses.
30. Northside-Warner Robins (31)
37. Carver-Columbus (39)
45. North Gwinnett (44)
53. Peach County (56)
MaxPreps Freeman
No Georgia teams ranked.
26. North Gwinnett (26)
45. Peachtree Ridge (49)
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2a Fan
September 30th, 2010
12:35 pm
Go Cats Go !!!!
2A Fan
September 30th, 2010
12:38 pm
Just wanted to say have a safe trip to our neighbors and bring home a win !!! Good Luck !
Miami
September 30th, 2010
12:54 pm
One thing that head coach wont let them Cats do….Quit! Beleive me!!!!!!!
Gonna be a heck of a game!
Camden Alum 86
September 30th, 2010
4:55 pm
Good luck Cats make us proud…
cchswildcat86
September 30th, 2010
8:07 pm
Wildcats have invaded South Fla….Did a drive by of stadium…Vistor bleachers not so good maybe 10 or 15 rows high better show up early for seat..
cchswildcat86
September 30th, 2010
8:12 pm
Vistor should have been Visitor
AVikingFan
September 30th, 2010
8:25 pm
Lowndes Vikings are pulling for Camden! Beat St. Thomas!
Camden Mark
September 30th, 2010
8:47 pm
Our boys will travel down into the bowels of So Fla and represent GAHSFB with the utmost grit and integrity. And thump another miami team, ESPNU 7 pm friday nite, live.
spwhite
September 30th, 2010
9:11 pm
Heading out first thing in the morning!!!
Quinn of the Ridge
September 30th, 2010
9:14 pm
Best of luck to Camden!
reggaeman
September 30th, 2010
11:07 pm
I’m pulling for the florida team.. High school football in florida is better n faster than ga.
reggaeman
September 30th, 2010
11:10 pm
I’m tired of Camden fans big mouth. This game will be close becuz these florida teams rarely see a wing t offense..
Fred
October 1st, 2010
12:10 am
Last I checked the AJC was a GA paper, and CAMDEN is a GA team. So for reggaeman and his criticism of “big mouth” CAMDEN fans, you can take that back down to south florida. CATs the whole state of GA is behind you tonight. I will be cheering all the way from Diego Garcia. Good luck to both teams tonight, and I know Coach Herron will have the boys leave it all out on the field. I have chills just thinking about this. GO CATS GO.
Outsider
October 1st, 2010
6:23 am
Thanks to all for your support,I know our players will represent CAMDEN COUNTY and the state of GEORGIA well. Go CAMDEN COUNTY WILDCATS, I didn’t leave yesterday like planned, but we’re leaving in about 45 minutes. Safe travel to all fans.
UM
October 1st, 2010
8:01 am
Good Luck Camden, but what ever you do, don’t kick it to #4 or stick him one on one or it will be along nite.
drock10
October 1st, 2010
8:58 am
Good luck Camden from a newnan fan. I hope you guys will pound the football down another over rated florida team throat
topper
October 1st, 2010
9:06 am
reggaeman – You haven;’t heard anything from loudmouth camden fans!!! Wait till game time!
CAMDEN COUNTY WILDCAT
October 1st, 2010
9:33 am
Yes Because us camden fans has class. But all I can say is St. Thomas Aquinas Welcome to Wildcat football!!!! What time is it “game time”!!!Where just getting our names out their in the nation, and we are gonna prove everyone in the state and the nation, what camden county football is about!!! A small town on exit 1 when you get in Georgia, the bottom of Georgia. To the state of Georgia we are gonna hold it down I guarantee that for sure!!! The only team I feel like can give CAMDEN compitition is Lowndes County!!! But thanks from you guys for the luck and i hope to see them in the future, i love me a match like that…but take one game at a time. But Camden Has another Championship team this year, but its all up to coach Herron with what he want to do with it, because he has the talent to do it!! Lets go Cats and lets bring this Victory back to Georgia, and put Georgia football on the map!! Where gonna show that Camden football is one heck of a program in the nation!!!
Carlton
October 1st, 2010
11:26 am
Good luck tonight Camden Wildcats, from a Tenn fan!!! Bring home a win for the GA crowd!
wildcat93
October 1st, 2010
11:43 am
Wildcats are one of d best teams in Ga and I’m sure we will play hard and intense and we will most definantly leave it all out on the field…..PROUD TO BE WILDCAT!!!!!!…im really looking for a great game 2nite so tune in to espnu cause I know I will be out here in La….
rancher
October 1st, 2010
11:52 am
Goodluck Camden from another Lowndes Viking fan. We know you will represent the state of Georgia with class. Look forward to our next meeting.
topper
October 1st, 2010
11:54 am
Wow just drove by the stadium Wildcat fans get there early not a lot of seating!
plowboy
October 1st, 2010
1:02 pm
will be rooting for u guys from home….the best seats in the house!
CCHS70
October 1st, 2010
2:00 pm
So proud of our “WILDCATS”! Will be on a bus to D.C. tonite, but wife will be giving me play by play! CATs are great and we’re with you all the way.
South Florida
October 1st, 2010
3:10 pm
Camden County fans, just to give you a little insight. St.Thomas is not merely your average highschool team. They are a small college team. They will intimidate their as soon as you walk off the bus. They will put your team in the GYM prior to the game to see all the championship banners and alumni. 2. They will dress out 150 players, which is also a sight to see. 3. and lastly they have the best special team coach in the nation.
sharon
October 1st, 2010
3:12 pm
The Wildcats are going to sweep thru St. Thomas Aquinas like a Category 5 hurricane!! GO WILDCAT’S!!!!!!!!!
EagleNationRising
October 1st, 2010
3:47 pm
Listen to me. If any Camden County poster can clarify this one question: did Camden County stay in a hotel last night. If Camden was in a hotel last night, forget about St. Thomas Aquinas competing. Clowns like Reggaeman are talking crazy. The last time a top tier Florida team faced a top tier Georgia team, Miami’s Booker T. Washington got “violated” in Warner Robins, GA by Northside High School. The kids from Miami were a step slow and so undisciplined, it was like playing a bad DeKalb County program.
I do not by that a private school in Florida is going to have the athletes to slow down Camden County’s Wing T offense. I honestly believe that Camden County is going to win easily.
Camden County 28, St. Thomas Aquinas 17.
Go Wildcats! The Peach State KNOWS that you are going to represent us very well. By the way, the stadium is small because practically every top tier Florida program plays in a small stadium.
EagleNationRising
October 1st, 2010
3:48 pm
SORRY: I do not buy a private school in South Florida having the athletes to slow down Camden County’s Wing T offense.
CanesFan
October 1st, 2010
4:12 pm
ENR, St. Thomas is not your typical private school, it sit in the middle of the hood, so they give scholarships to alot of under privileged kids that come from the area. Their team is gonna be like Miami Central but with the best coaching in Florida. That’s why they are always an elite team. There WR’s are top notch, but who wouldn’t be with Cris Carter as your WR coach. This St. Thomas team is young, but their top 2 WR’s are committed to Miami (#4 Phillip Dorsett) and Fla St. (#1 Rashard Greene) and their QB is committed to Iowa. So don’t stick them one on one, if you do it will be along nite. I think it will be a good game, but I can tell you one thing they won’t be out coached. Coach Smith is a top 5 coach in the nation, going for his 350th win tonight.
CanesFan
October 1st, 2010
4:19 pm
Here is the Bio on Coach Smith
http://www.aquinasfootball.com/files/Raider_Tradition/Smith_Bio.html
topper
October 1st, 2010
5:13 pm
South Florida – Camden dresses close to 150 players themselves! The boys left Camden yesterday and stayed in a hotel for the night!!! They will be ready trust me Coach Herron makes sure of it! GO CATS!
CanesFan
October 1st, 2010
7:15 pm
I told you they can’t stick #4 and #1 man to man.
MidGaBluCat77
October 1st, 2010
7:25 pm
St. Thomas Aquinas…7
Camden County……….0
4:30 left in 1st quarter….Camden threatening to score
MidGaBluCat77
October 1st, 2010
7:32 pm
St. Thomas Aquinas…7
Camden County………7
0:16 left in 1st quarter
CanesFan
October 1st, 2010
7:35 pm
Too easy. Buckle down Defense
MidGaBluCat77
October 1st, 2010
7:36 pm
St. Thomas Aquinas…14
Camden County………7
0:04 seconds remain 1st qtr.
CanesFan
October 1st, 2010
7:36 pm
#4 runs a 4.3, you would think Coach Herron would double team him.
sharon
October 1st, 2010
7:44 pm
Thanks MidGa…on the road and am relying on your updates!!!! Thanks again….GO WILDCATS!!
bullnation
October 1st, 2010
7:44 pm
Camden Looks overmatched……. If St Thomas is bombs away on them I can imagine what Teddy Bridgewater and the bulls would do to them.. It’s about to be 21-7….. Camden fans where u at??
CanesFan
October 1st, 2010
7:48 pm
I try to tell them up here Bullnation, they don’t throw the ball up here like we do in South Fla, If St. Thomas can slow down the Wing- T this will be over fast.
bullnation
October 1st, 2010
7:53 pm
Apopka a couple of years back ran the wing a little better than Camden does. St Thomas D makes it look like their running their wing in slow motion.. If Camdenn does not score here game over.
MidGaBluCat77
October 1st, 2010
7:54 pm
St. Thomas Aquinas…17
Camden County………7
8:02 left in 2nd quarter
Camden’s defensive secondary needs to adjust or we need to blitz the QB… the 3 man rush on defense is not appearing to be successful
CanesFan
October 1st, 2010
7:56 pm
That dive play is all they got and the sneaky pass play.
bullnation
October 1st, 2010
7:58 pm
whatever Camden does St Thomas will adjust to it… Camden puttin together a good drive but drives are taking too long. St Thomas is gonna keep scoring
bullnation
October 1st, 2010
8:02 pm
If Camden does not score on this drive game is over.
bullnation
October 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
GAME IS OVER ITS ABOUT TO BE 24-7 HALF ST THOMAS
CanesFan
October 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
Come on St Thomas bombs away please.
bullnation
October 1st, 2010
8:10 pm
NOBODY FROM CAMDEN IS POSTING ANYMORE LOL..
CanesFan
October 1st, 2010
8:10 pm
Camden DB’s are scared, playing 7 yds off the WR’s. 24-7
MidGaBluCat77
October 1st, 2010
8:12 pm
St. Thomas Aquinas…24
Camden County………7
0:58 left in 2nd quarter