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Hillgrove vs. Brookwood
Peach Co. vs. Grady
Wilcox Co. vs. Wesleyan
Cook vs. Buford
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Statesboro vs. Kell
Dutchtown vs. Chattahoochee
East Paulding vs. Starr’s Mill
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Monroe Area vs. Sandy Creek
Mill Creek vs. Colquitt County
Grayson vs. Valdosta
Collins Hill vs. Lowndes
Ware County vs. Tucker
Cedar Grove vs. Burke County
Lovett vs. Brooks County
Eagle’s Landing Christian vs. Clinch County
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GR82BAG8R
November 28th, 2010
8:23 am
cchs57 and squirrell – - given that the meat packing industry in Colquitt County has transformed mainly into chickens (with Sanderson), is the school considering changing its name to the Colquitt County Pluckers?
Seriously, though, congratulations on making it this far in the playoffs.
Fair Play Fan
November 28th, 2010
10:05 am
Jaybo: I may have missed something. I thought you were helping coached some young kids in the 9-13 range. That’s were the little guys came from.
Fair Play Fan
November 28th, 2010
10:07 am
Sorry, I meant “coach”.
B-TownWolves4Peat
November 28th, 2010
10:57 am
Clean sweep of region 1AA lol
burke co.1.fan
November 28th, 2010
11:18 am
HEY- TELL WEST GA. – THAT THEM BIG BAD BEARS IS COMING TO CARROLTON FRIDAY NITE, AND THEY ARE BRINGING THE MOST EXCITING PLAYER IN GA. WITH THEM, AND HE’S ONLY A FRESHMAN… I WANNA INTRODUCE SOUTH WEST GA. TO DONQUELL GATOR GREEN…, QB/WR/RB/KR/SP.T./DB- CAN U SAY -1ST CLASS SPEED.. AND LETS NOT FORGET JR. QB/WR/SB- COREY MATON-, I HOPE THEY ARE READY FOR THE SPREAD WITH ATHELTIC PLAYERS OSBORNE & KITCHENS , I DONT THINK THEY NEVER PLAYED A TEAM LIKE THIS -, IT DOESNT MATTER WHERE THEY PLAY IT DOESNR MATTER WHO THEY PLAY , THEM BURKE COUNTY BEARS ARE 4-REAL…. WE KNOW CAIRO RUNS OUT OF THE WING-T ,BUT PICTURE A SMALLER VERSION OF THE OREGON DUCKS OFFENSE, STOP IT IF U CAN…
GwinnettDad
November 28th, 2010
11:20 am
Valdosta had scored thirty points or more 9 times this year. In two other games, the scored 19 and 21 in victories. In their loss to Lowndes, they scored 17. Against Grayson, they scored 0. Grayson has only given up as many as 27 points once (won) and 24 points twice (1-1) in three years.
Colquitt County lost three games to start the season, but has gone 8-2 since. And in those two losses, they scored 27 against Lowndes and 29 against Valdosta. A lot of offense meeting a lot of defense.
Grayson (12-1) lost last year in the quarters and only scored 7. They lost in 2008 (13-1) in the semi-finals and only scored 10.
Grayson is playing at home, but Colquitt County has been winning on the road. Should be quite a contest, and anybody that can predict a final score has either a crystal ball or a lot more ability to fortell the future than I do.
burke co.1.fan
November 28th, 2010
11:25 am
MR. CARVER I THOUGHT I TOLD U LAST YEAR ABOUT TERRELL BRIGHAM WHO WE LOST TO GRADUTION- BUT WHAT I DIDNT TELL U WAS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE CAME BACK…, INCLUDING NEW FRWSHMAN- 4.3 SPEEDSTER -MR. EXCITEMENT GATOR GREEN… TELL CARROLTON- THEM BEARS STRIKE QUICK AND THEY CANT BE STOPED !!!
maddball
November 28th, 2010
11:39 am
to all gwinnett co fans…i’ve always had great respect 4 your fb teams.im from moultrie,but i lived in lawrenceville for 7yrs.so yes when i wasnt rooting 4 colquitt co,i was rooting 4 parkview & brookwood…those was the teams that was dominating when i was there & if im not mistaking both teams are in liburn,ga.so i know about gwinnett co.fb.its a lot of great teams there..i wish all of you all the best of luck the rest of the way..as 4 my packers..we are coming 2 play a tough grayson team,but we had a tough schedule in the regular season..look like its paying off.should be a great a fb game…the pack will be ready
Hawk Fan
November 28th, 2010
11:48 am
Colquitt County beat us fair and square but I was not overly impressed with their offense. They did have a big OL and a couple of small speedy backs. But I have to assume the playing conditions affected both offenses as it certainly wasn’t the shootout I expected and both of those offenses had been scoring tons of points. Now their defense did step up and stopped us on more than one occassion, they are fast and tough. Haven’t seen Grayson play this year so I don’t know much about them.
At this point in the playoffs there are no easy games so I expect this one will be a tough one as well. Here’s to the best team winning, I could care less about this North South crap everyone else is talking about.
maddball
November 28th, 2010
12:07 pm
to hawk fan…yes the weather did play a factor in the 1st half.it was raining all the 1st half..the packers had 3interception in the 1st half..mc couldnt captialize mainly bc our defense played its best game of the season..2nd half the rain had stopped…thats when our offense got 2 rolling..it was just 7-0 halftime…the final score was 27-14..plus they called a td back on us..if we could of had the 3 to that mc had…the score would of probably been a lot worse..we won the game..thats all that matters
Coach Mama
November 28th, 2010
12:11 pm
GR82BAG8R…now that is funny…CC Pluckers!! But, no I think we will stay the CC Packers!
Hawk Fan..Our offense has been awesome this year. I think the rain caused a lot of problems for them Friday nite. I can see where you would think they weren’t all that impressive because they didn’t put on the show they normally do. But…they were “good enough.” Too bad, you can’t come see the game this week cause I am hoping that they will “strut their stuff.” Speaking of strutting….chickens strut…maybe there is something to the name “Pluckers.”
CEDARDAD
November 28th, 2010
12:18 pm
BURKEco.1fan not too take anything from 5 he’s good seen better! but the realdeal is your coaching is outstanding! goodluck the rest of the way
Trojan94
November 28th, 2010
12:45 pm
BURKE CO We’ve already played teams that runs the spread amd as far as mr.green gose, we’ve already played against mojor D-1 prospects such as quan bray (troup co) ralph david albernathy IV (westminster) and chaz thorton (stephens co), so bring on the bears.
Kenny
November 28th, 2010
12:46 pm
Burkeco.1fan,I am a peach co fan and have seen carrolton play u do not have a chance.
Kenny
November 28th, 2010
12:55 pm
Patriot power is the visitors side pretty big?good luck should be great game.
burke co.1.fan
November 28th, 2010
1:06 pm
BURKE COUNTY BEARS…,BURKE COUNTY BEARS.. , BURKE COUNTY BEARS.., IS WHAT OVER A THOUSANDS FANS FROM BURKE CO. WILL BE STREAMING AFTER, THE IN, FRIDAY NITE IN CARROLTON, WHO CARES IF THEY ARE NO.1- OR 13-0, WE PLAYED TEAMS LIKE -WARE CO., STATESBORO, -POERFUL-AAAA SCHOOLS AND BEAT THEM LAST YEAR WITH THE SAME SQUAD WE HAVE THIS YEAR , WE BELIEVE” BUT I DONT THINK CARROLTON CAN MATCH UP AGAINST GATOR GREEN, SMALL FAST AND POWERFUL.., ALONG WITH THE FASTEST TEAM DEFENSE IN GA.
burke co.1.fan
November 28th, 2010
1:15 pm
TO “KENNY” AND TROJAN”94, U ALL BETTER ASK CARVER-COLUMBUS ABOUT BURKE CO OR CAIRO – YEA WE KNOW YALL DONT KNOW ABOUT US, BUT ALL THOSE DEFENSIVE GUYS FROM GEORGIA BULLDOGS NO.94/19/42/- WE PLAY THOSE PLAAYERS YEAR END AND OUT, AND I PROMISE YALL… GATOR GREEN, GONNA BREAK BIG RUNS EVERY TIME HE TOUCHES THE BALL, AND WE KNOW ABOUT YALL’S WIDE RECIEVERS, AND NO.22 THEY ARE AVERAGE, KITCHEN / BONNER – WILL HAVE THEM ON LOCK AND BOSTIC, GONNA MAKE YALL’S QB RUN FOR HIS LIFE ALL NITE, BURKE CO. 31 CARROLTON – 17
Camden74
November 28th, 2010
1:45 pm
@GwinnettDad……..What’s your point? You made a comment and I gave a response…………I don’t brag, don’t boast, just express my opinion like everyone else! If I’m not mistaken, Gwinnett has more 5A schools than any other county. So I would think they’d have more schools get through to the later rounds…..The deck is stacked, so enjoy it while it’s there!
Camden74
November 28th, 2010
1:56 pm
@Indigojag………South Georgia is still in it, but Stephenson’s not!
Camden74
November 28th, 2010
2:03 pm
@CometsComment………Do you know the history of Georgia 5A? Get a clue!
rwdekalb
November 28th, 2010
2:06 pm
Does anyone know if a 5 loss team has ever won a state title in any classification. Colquitt Co playing great football.
rwdekalb
November 28th, 2010
2:08 pm
Some surprise finalists in AAAA this year, all except Tucker.
Camden74
November 28th, 2010
2:10 pm
Don’t know, but would like to see it happen this year!
Hawk Fan
November 28th, 2010
2:34 pm
Maddball, you’re right, you guys won and that’s all that matters. I wasn’t trying to be negative towards your team, just saying the offense didn’t look anything special that night. But hell neither did ours and we’d been putting up points. That last touchdown kind of iced the game but I wouldn’t agree with you that the score could have been much worse. It was close for most of the game but you guys pulled away late. My point was I think the weather affected both teams so I don’t think either of us had our best showing.
burke co.1.fan
November 28th, 2010
2:36 pm
SPEEED -SPEED -AND MORE SPEED, WHATS THE SAYING -SPEED KILLS, AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF IT…,KITCHENS / OSBORNE /GATOR GREEN /MATON / HOWARD /KITTLES / THE ENTIRE OFFENSIVE LINE , ALL “LB’S”ALL SEC. WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR !!! CAN U SAY “WOW” AND REMEMBER GATOR GREEN IS JUST A FRESHMAN-DOUBLE WHAMMY…,I JUST DONT THINK THAT CARROLTON HAVE BEEN PLAYING QUALITY OPPONENTS ,THATS WHY THEY STRUGGLED WITH ST.PIUS , AND CAIRO, WE ONLY THINK CAIRO / PEACH /CARVER COLUMBUS IS STAND OUT TEAMS…, WE PLAY TEAMS LIKE – WASHINGTON CO. / BALDWIN / LOWNDES / STATESBORO / BRUNSWICK / EFFINGHAM / SO BRING ON CARROLTON -WE ARE READY…, BURKE COUNTY BEARS!!!!…
CEDARDAD
November 28th, 2010
2:56 pm
burke co fan I will give credit ware it’s do! fast team D that true but it will take more the speed from 5 too beat carrolton and I don’t know about cb or de standouts also WHY WOULD I ASK CARVER-COLUMBUS THEY BEAT YALL LAST YEAR
valleyboy32
November 28th, 2010
3:08 pm
trojan 94 i see you got some bold letter fans talking smack what they dont know is its time to put the talking to the side an play
valleyboy32
November 28th, 2010
3:11 pm
to all north ga schools i know i talked alot of trash about ft.ball up there but grady showed me something last friday grady was a great team i apologize even you gwinette except gwinette but everyone i apologize
MIKEMIKE
November 28th, 2010
3:32 pm
BURKE CO YALL GOING TO HAVE A GOOD GAME THIS FRIDAY BUT I LET”S YALL KNW PLEASE BRING YOU SOMETHING SOFT BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONCRET AND YOU WILL BE SORE. CAIRO HAD 3,000 FANS THERE SO WE HAD NOWERE TO SIT BECAUSE IT SMALL ON OUR SIDE.
Tiger4Life
November 28th, 2010
3:39 pm
@rwdekalb
Thomas County Central did back in 92′ or 93′
THOROUGHBRED
November 28th, 2010
4:00 pm
@ Kenny
I assume when you asked PatriotPower if the visitor side is big you are refering to Sandy Creek. Unfornately no the visitor’s side is not big. I know last year after we won the coin toss with Griffin we were not able to host the home playoff game because of the stadium’s overall size did not meet GHSA minimium size of 4,000 seats. Last year we were in AAAA. I don’t know if that is the minimium for A all the way up to AAAAA or if the stadium capacity varies from class to class.
Fair Play Fan
November 28th, 2010
4:03 pm
To: rwdekalb The answer is yes, in the mid-nineties Thomas Cty Central started out at 1-5. Didn’t lose after that—–They beat Peach Cty on their field for the state championship.
burke co.1.fan
November 28th, 2010
4:14 pm
YO -THIS IS TO CEDARDAD” U POST A COMMENT ABOUT CARVER-COLUMBUS – YES I DID SAY THAT THEY ARE GOOD AND WERE GOOD LAST YEAR – I THINK THEY BEAT US BY 1 TOUCHDOWN, BUT LET ME ASK U THIS SINCE U ARE FROM CEDAR GROVE /ELLENWOOD ,GA., DIDNT FRESHMAN SENSATION ” DONQUELL GATOR GREEN DESTROY ALL FRIDAY NITE RUSHING FOR OVER 130 YDS AND 3 SCORES, HAHAHAHAHA !!!!, AND LETS NOT 4GET CORY MATON ALSO RUSHED FOR OVER 100 YDS & SCORED 3 TOUCHDOWNS.., MAN YALL NEED A LOT OF WORK, YALL’S QB IS GOOD , DONT HATE THE PLAYER HATE THE GAME….
georgiaboi
November 28th, 2010
4:17 pm
is chattahoochie going to be loaded like this next year
Patriot Power
November 28th, 2010
4:19 pm
Kenny: Our visitor’s side is probably smaller than average, so I am sure there will be standing room only. But having an overflow crowd just adds to the excitement. I think the minimum capacity for AAA is 3000, and The Battlefield meets that. Get there early!
27 game winning streak vs. 28 game winning streak. State Champ vs. State Champ – Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!
burke co.1.fan
November 28th, 2010
4:20 pm
THANKS MIKEMIKE FOR LETING ME KNOW THAT ‘ ILL PUT IT ON FACEBOOK ,AND LET EVERYONE KNOW,
Copernicus
November 28th, 2010
4:27 pm
@georgiaboi
It’s Chattahoochee………not Chattahoochie
It is obvious how you made the mistake…..
burke co.1.fan
November 28th, 2010
4:33 pm
SPEEED -SPEED -AND MORE SPEED, WHATS THE SAYING -SPEED KILLS, AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF IT…,KITCHENS / OSBORNE /GATOR GREEN /MATON / HOWARD /KITTLES / THE ENTIRE OFFENSIVE LINE , ALL “LB’S”ALL SEC. WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR !!! CAN U SAY “WOW” AND REMEMBER GATOR GREEN IS JUST A FRESHMAN-DOUBLE WHAMMY…,I JUST DONT THINK THAT CARROLTON HAVE BEEN PLAYING QUALITY OPPONENTS ,THATS WHY THEY STRUGGLED WITH ST.PIUS , AND CAIRO, WE ONLY THINK CAIRO / PEACH /CARVER COLUMBUS IS STAND OUT TEAMS…, WE PLAY TEAMS LIKE – WASHINGTON CO. / BALDWIN / LOWNDES / STATESBORO / BRUNSWICK / EFFINGHAM / SO BRING ON CARROLTON -WE ARE READY…, BURKE COUNTY BEARS!!!!…
Pete
November 28th, 2010
4:33 pm
@Camden74 – A big reason that metro area teams especially in Gwinnett haven’t remained strong over multiple years is that some of the players are being rezoned to new schools every few years, so it’s hard to build continuity and have a strong foundation like Camden, Lowndes and Valdosta. Schools like Grayson, Collins Hill, North Gwinnett, Mill Creek and Dacula have been divided at least once, Dacula, Collins Hill and I think N.Gwinnett, maybe others, have been divided a couple of times each. Dacula has been hit 3 times in Ten years if I’m not mistaken. When the growth slows and new schools stop being built, the real strength of the metro teams will really start to show. Until then I believe it’s going to be up and down.
Pete
November 28th, 2010
4:42 pm
I think Dacula has had 4 new schools pull from their base in ten years, with Grayson 2000, Mill creek 2005, Mt. View and Archer in 2009.
jlw
November 28th, 2010
4:53 pm
what does savannah christian have to do to get in the top 10 ? they are 12-1. they have beat two of the top class a teams in ga! they are a class act . i saw them play and am amazed tha they are not ranked. if they were from the atlanta area they would be in the top 5!
burke co.1.fan
November 28th, 2010
4:54 pm
@ “CEDARDAD!!!!
YO -THIS IS TO CEDARDAD” U POST A COMMENT ABOUT CARVER-COLUMBUS – YES I DID SAY THAT THEY ARE GOOD AND WERE GOOD LAST YEAR – I THINK THEY BEAT US BY 1 TOUCHDOWN, BUT LET ME ASK U THIS SINCE U ARE FROM CEDAR GROVE /ELLENWOOD ,GA., DIDNT FRESHMAN SENSATION ” DONQUELL GATOR GREEN DESTROY ALL FRIDAY NITE RUSHING FOR OVER 130 YDS AND 3 SCORES, HAHAHAHAHA !!!!, AND LETS NOT 4GET CORY MATON ALSO RUSHED FOR OVER 100 YDS & SCORED 3 TOUCHDOWNS.., MAN YALL NEED A LOT OF WORK, YALL’S QB IS GOOD , DONT HATE THE PLAYER HATE THE GAME
Hoochster
November 28th, 2010
4:59 pm
Can anyone share any insight on Statesboro?
PackerAlumni66
November 28th, 2010
5:15 pm
How many will Grayson’s visitor stands hold?
CEDARDAD
November 28th, 2010
5:30 pm
BURKECO1FAN YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! YOUR TEAM DIDN’T DOMINATE OR DESTROY ANYBODY YALL GOT A EARLY XMAS GIFT(4 FUMBLES INSIDE THE 15) FROM US THE GAME WAS CLOSE UNTIL THE 4TH BUT I WONT MAKE ANY EXCUSES WE SIMPLEY FELL APART AT THE END YOU SAW THE GAME NOT SURE ABOUT STATS BUT I’LL CHK YOURS AND MINE!
Scott
November 28th, 2010
5:34 pm
Question – Which UNDEFEATED metro Atlanta team ranked #2 in the state in their classification going into Friday night’s game got ZERO quarterfinal playoff coverage in the AJC’s on-line and print editions (both Saturday and Sunday papers)?
Answer – ELCA
Thanks for the slap in the face and lack of respect AJC!
Jammer
November 28th, 2010
5:35 pm
PackerAlumni66 , think I read that there visiter side holds about 2000. picture looked like the stands at Westlake last year
PackerAlumni66
November 28th, 2010
5:37 pm
Well we bring more than that everywhere we go!
Jammer
November 28th, 2010
5:41 pm
Yeah we do, you may have to cheer extra fo me, think I am gonna be in Alabama for work Fri, not sure I could make the trip in time for the game
CHEAGLE
November 28th, 2010
5:46 pm
Camden74
November 27th, 2010
10:30 pm
If you have twice as many teams in the playoffs to start, it should only stand to reason that you’ll probably have more teams make it to the semi finals or finals!
Come on man- Gwinnett teams beat each other up all year long. We don’t play our 2nd & 3rd string in the 2nd have of most of our games like a lot of South GA teams can. 1AAAAA has on 4 region games and then they can schedule 3A & 4A teams for virtual bye weeks. CH’s 1st 4 games were against 4 of the 8 Region champs.
If you want to play us early in the year them come on up…it will only makes us stronger for the playoffs!!!