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It’s the quarterfinals of HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS. This week, AJC high schools beat writer Michael Carvell is out while recovering from surgery but welcomes discussion about the playoff quarterfinals of high school football.
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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
In the metro Atlanta roundup, get the scoop on these games…
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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longhorn
November 26th, 2010
12:42 pm
Ya know that it’s not that there is a win/loss record, but rather than it indicated the level of competition and how well your team played against them. That gives an indication of how your team stacks up around the division. Win/loss, computer polls, current stats just gives you a little bit of credibility and something to base a comment on rather than pulling BS completely out of your butt.
My team is better than yours!!! OH really? How excatly do you arrive at that conclusion tea leaves and a crystal ball. “Our coaches are better” REALLY based on what?? Just because you may have talked to the coach and you like him doesn’t means he can teach players to play as a team.
If you want to blog and root for your team thats wonderful!!! If you want to be taken seriously, you better had been watching game film of the other team and know how they played against other teams just so you can make a intelligent comment.
NOBODY can say for certian who is going to win the game, but you can make and educated guess and keep yourself from looking stupid.
JIMB
November 26th, 2010
12:44 pm
thanks, I might not be happy myself. Millcreek wouldn”t care we are all over youtube with the last two games. Don’t watchem though the fullback just killed south in the videos
The Cannon Rules!!!
November 26th, 2010
12:51 pm
@ sportsfan1010…
Nice post and STARR’S MILL is MORE THAN WELCOME to come to the DOME…
They can even SIT on the EAST PAULDING SIDE and cheer our RAIDERS on!!!
The COUNTDOWN continues with just over 6 hours now till kickoff…
get ready STARR’S MILL the RAIDER NATION is heading your way!!!
You are about to see that REGION 5 AAAA is a LOT different than your
REGION 3 AAAA opponents!!!!
TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!
GO RAIDERS!!!! ON TO THE DOME!!!!
yo
November 26th, 2010
12:58 pm
and I meant what I wrote……No D (Colquit) you were right.
GA Buckeye
November 26th, 2010
12:59 pm
@EnoughTuckerTrashTalk. I have to agree with @Tiger4Life, most of these posts are not even from Tucker posters, but seem like knowledgeable fans that have either played Tucker this year or seen them play. For the most part, Tucker fans are not boastful and braggarts, but we do share a confidence in this year’s team because of what we have seen them do this year on the field. The Tucker posters sound nothing like NSWR posters.
Most of believe Ware County will be a formidable opponent and when talking about High School football or any level of football, anything can happen, but this team is talented, experienced, well-coached, prepared and play together as a team. They should win, but if they don’t, we’ll be hurt, but we’ll ‘tip our cap’ to the winning team.
grayram
November 26th, 2010
1:02 pm
leaving for the game
good luck to all the teams and everyone be safe.
Class of 1966
November 26th, 2010
1:02 pm
Go Gators Go. Beat Tucker. Ware 21 Tucker 14.
yo
November 26th, 2010
1:02 pm
and maybe someone who can play some D might hold them down to 20-30.
Not 60!
HeadSouth
November 26th, 2010
1:16 pm
Good people of Fayettevill and Starr’s Mill – It’s time to gather up th ewomen and children and pets because……..THE RAIDERS ARE COMING1 THE RAIDERS ARE COMMING!
GO EAST!!! GO RAIDERS!!! HERE OMES THE BOOM!!!!
Hawk Fan
November 26th, 2010
1:17 pm
I wonder how many of you guys are going to come back on here tomorrow and eat all that crow you guys are cooking? If a team made it this far they are pretty good. Any thing can happen tonight, Yes we all want our teams to win but only 1 winner per game. Good luck to all and especially safe drving. On my way out the house now for that 4 hr drive to Moultrie.
Here’s to a good game, may the best team on the field tonight win. Let’s hope for a great injury free game!
Hit A Single
November 26th, 2010
1:17 pm
Is the game time for ELCA and Clinch 7:30?
Lowndes 96
November 26th, 2010
1:19 pm
squirrell no one is unstoppable, look how unstoppable your running back looked last week 300+ yards the kids good, but yall only rushed 19 yards on Lowndes. Mill Creek is going to be a tough test for yall tonight, I hope you win and good luck.
Country Boy
November 26th, 2010
1:26 pm
Hello friends. Sorta bored before the game tonight so I googled GA. High School Enrollment and came up with this info on numbers of students per schools in some 5A playoff games tonight.
Valdosta HS ( 1976 ) vs Grayson ( 2838 )
Collins Hill ( 3581 ) vs Lowndes ( 2724 )
Mill Creek ( 3005 ) vs Colquitt HS ( 2358 )
Clearly our south Georgia region 1AAAAA is doing more with much less.
Jammer
November 26th, 2010
1:31 pm
Country Boy, another thought is that Valdosta is actually a 4A school that opted to play up in 5A
Camden74
November 26th, 2010
1:38 pm
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO REGION 1…………….!!!!!!!!!!!
JIMB
November 26th, 2010
1:38 pm
We have a larger enrollement because we are bigger
Titletown Fan
November 26th, 2010
1:44 pm
I have been screaming all year how Valdosta is actually a 4A school that is playing major league ball right now, and succeeding at it. This is a special class of seniors, so I really do not give the current coach the props right now that everyone else is…..when Rick Darlington or Tomberlin (can remember which one) came in his first year….they went all the way to the state and everyone sung his praise….no less than 4 years later he was gone. The enrollment at Valdosta HS can not consistently keep up with the Lowndes and 5A schools of the world….but for this year, they are doing the darn thing.
JIMB
November 26th, 2010
1:48 pm
VALDOSTA stayed up so they wouldn’t play tucker, tucker has more D1’s
iTiSi
November 26th, 2010
1:52 pm
Good luck to all teams tonight, except the teams around ATL. I say that only because the AJC is so biased toward them. It sure would be nice to have objective high school sports writers. Lots of people going to be driving lots of miles tonight, so be extra careful, and stay away from that drug known as alcohol. Oh, BTW, Cook Co. will knock the socks off Buford. Sorry, AJC, just the way it is. I know they think the “sun rises and sets” on Buford but not this year. One more thing, TN is having problems with their HS classifications and seedings also. They keep changing it, and kow-towing to the coaches. This year, after they changed it to where a team who wins their district(same as region) is seeded higher than a team with a better won-lost record, there is a team who has a 3-7 record but won their district. Lots of howling going on. Can you believe that?
BIGHORN
November 26th, 2010
1:55 pm
heres hoping for a region 5AAAA rematch between KELL and E.P! good luck to all the teams tonight!
RealisticEPFan
November 26th, 2010
1:59 pm
EP BLOGGERS !!!
Where can we get more HORNS????
THOROUGHBRED
November 26th, 2010
2:03 pm
The Sandy Creek Patriots make it 27 straight wins tonight.
PackerAlumni66
November 26th, 2010
2:12 pm
Valdosta opted to play up because they have always been part of the region with Lowndes, colquitt,coffee and tift. Wouldn’t you want the winningest football program in the country in your region? Plus they are Colquitt’s biggest rival!! Been playing each other since 1913.
Jagoles
November 26th, 2010
2:17 pm
EP better bring your ‘A’ game. Starrs Mill will move the ball on you and our D will get back on track. On to the Final 4… GO PANTHERS>>>> DA JAGS
jacketspeed
November 26th, 2010
2:23 pm
Hawk Fan, at least 50% of these bloggers will have to eat crow. Hope I am not one of them, but like you said “anything can happen” especially when it comes to kids. It does make us feel good to have our kids winning in a state that is pretty high ranked in high school football. All of this competition at a state level is what makes our boys so competitve nationally.
Coaching and depth is what makes the difference, our feeder systems (rec league and middle school) are getting better every year. A lot of those coaches are on the sidelines Friday night and teaching the same offense and defense as the big boys use.
Everybody on these blogs need to rember that just like football, these blogs supposed to be fun, informative and teach us some humility. That being said, I hope Fitz fans like crow, because it will be served cold here in Calhoun tonight.
CK
November 26th, 2010
2:24 pm
Predictions:
5A – Brookwood, Grayson, Lowdnes, Colquitt
4A – Tucker, Starrs, Kell, Hooch
3A – Peach, Creek, Burke, Cairo
2A – Cook, Calhoun, Thomasville, Brooks
1A – Clinch, Wilcox, ECI, Sav. Ch.
Flafan
November 26th, 2010
2:25 pm
Why do the Viking fans talk so much
BLACKGOLD
November 26th, 2010
2:27 pm
just got off work early leaving for Fitz /Calhoun game, HURRICANE on I-75N!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hillgrove Hawk
November 26th, 2010
2:27 pm
Let’s go Hawks!
battleaxe kid
November 26th, 2010
2:34 pm
CHcrusher, are you crushin… cans….. cause you sure won’t be crushin.. the vikes……
PackerAlumni66
November 26th, 2010
2:34 pm
To everyone traveling south to the games, be safe and there are a few scattered showers going on around tifton and valdosta. I hope your teams bad luck in the games but safe drive for everyone north and south.
jacketspeed
November 26th, 2010
2:45 pm
Someone help me out here, is 4.4 speed the same in 1a as it is in 5a? 300 lbs is the same in all classifications? The only difference is depth, 2 deep in 285-300 lb vs 285-300 lb starters and some 250lb 2nd string. These 2a schools have made impressive showings against the 5a schools and I’d say all classifications have a couple of teams that will match up pretty good.
Now let me say that if someone without depth had to play those big buys all year they’d probably not be as healthy come playoff time.
Wing_T_Fan
November 26th, 2010
2:46 pm
i was told that lowndes district was cutting into valdostas city limits therefore a lot of guys that are at lowndes should really be at valdosta, and not to include the thousands of residence along bemiss highway that may become part of valdosta city limits, only time will tell. and i also googled valdosta and says its the fourth fastest growing city in g.a.
just a little food for thought
battleaxe kid
November 26th, 2010
2:47 pm
5A Lowndes by 21; Valdosta by 14, Colquitt by 21; Hillgrove by 12
4A Ware by 9; Kell by 21; Duthch toss up; Stars Mill too close;
3A Cairo BIG; Peach 17; Sandy Creek 28; Burke in a close one
2A Thomasville toss up; Cook 10; Brooks 12; Fitz blowout
1A Clinch 17; Savannah 12; Wilcox 28; ECI
Proud of all that are still in it, hats off to you young men……
battleaxe kid
November 26th, 2010
2:55 pm
Wing_T_Fan they can play where they want to. We live in America, thank God. Sounds like “if there is one” a good excuse. And kids want to play for a winner. Have a good day..
battleaxe kid
November 26th, 2010
2:58 pm
Hey can crusher, I mean CHcrusher, please be safe and wait on the, and I quote “one more bud”.
HeadSouth
November 26th, 2010
3:07 pm
Good Luck Horns, Hawks, and Gators!!! Go Hooch!
yo
November 26th, 2010
3:13 pm
Wing T you was told wrong. If any thing Valdosta has been annexing some of Lowndes Cty into the city as of late.
DeeDawg
November 26th, 2010
3:14 pm
Where is the Tucker – Ware Co. game being played tonight?
Tiger4Life
November 26th, 2010
3:19 pm
@longhorn
You are correct. 100% Ware County: I watched their first two games and their last two games. You can tell how well coached and prepared a team is by asking these 2 simple questions while watching film.
1.) Are the same players making the same mistakes 6 weeks down the line?
2.) Have the coaches made any adjustments, from 1 half to next and from game to game?
Answers to questions
1.) YES!! On offense the same players are still missing the same blocking assignments, causing anemic offensive drives. When offense is shown different defensive fronts the offensive line look confused and often miss easy blocks.
They have great field position due to good defense but can’t consistently put points on the board.
On defense they’re very fast but often over pursue and their secondary is weak. There linebackers take a lot of false read steps, but due to there speed can usually recover.
2.) NO!!! Their coaches have not adjusted their play calling or schemes, they continue running the same plays hoping they will work from half to half and from game to game.
*–* WE ARE TUCKER *–*
*I’m not a smart man, but I do know football*
yo
November 26th, 2010
3:19 pm
S. Panola 24 – Olive Branch 13
See someone played a little D.
Their most recent game.
Copernicus
November 26th, 2010
3:21 pm
We are within 5 hours of kickoff at The Arena where the Dutchtown Bulldogs will battle with the Cougars of Chattahoochee. Next to “December in the Dome” I would have to say that spending Thanksgiving in town and watching Hooch in The Arena is the next best thing.
Dutchtown, I hope that you all have a safe drive up to Johns Creek from Hampton and that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. I would also like to advise you that our parking lot is a nightmare to get out of so it is going to be a long LONG LONG ride home when after tonight once the Cougars are finshed. You will have plenty of time to play relive the game and what you could have done differnetly and plan arrangements for inventory checks on Monday afternoon.
We have all seen that the Bulldogs have a good defense and tonight it will get a chance to show its stuff as the Cougar offense is ready to run!!
Speaking of defenses, the Cougar’s defense is also ready tonight with the return of Dixon to the D-line and believe me they will all be ready to pounce!!
It is going to be cold tonight but the Hooch fans are going to be on FIRE as they cheer our boys onto another victory and one step closer to December in the Dome!!
HOOCH on 3…….
1
2
3
HOOCH!!!
Tiger4Life
November 26th, 2010
3:21 pm
@DeeDawg
At hallford stadium, 7:30
Admission is $10.00
GT VET
November 26th, 2010
3:23 pm
Drive safe 0n I75 to Calhoun, BLACKGOLD and cane fan,,,,about the 12th man thing,well Im sure yall will bring alot of fans(as all schools should) but dont think for one min yall will out number the Calhoun fans,,not even close..btw bring your coats,gonna be a cold one tonight in Jacket country.That cold weather does make Hurricanes fizzle out ya know..NW Ga. country boys btw hit HARD…good luck…GO JACKETS!!!!
yo
November 26th, 2010
3:24 pm
battleaxe kid there are rules and regulations even in the U.S. and they can’t play any where they want.
Copernicus
November 26th, 2010
3:25 pm
@ HeadSouth
I hope that you all have a safe drive to Fayetteville and bring home another W against another good team.
I have enjoyed reading the your posts along with Cannon and Cowbell this year. I will be puling for you all as well tonight as both our teams try to make it through to the finals. I believe that it would be a really good game…..I mean really good.
Good luck tonight!!!
The Gipper
November 26th, 2010
3:26 pm
Cairo fans and players are going to have a long, sad ride home tonight. Carrollton 42, Cairo 0. Syrupmakers get shut out.
Collinshillcrushers
November 26th, 2010
3:33 pm
the collins hill convoy is having a ball here at the stadium… We are jacked up! Maybe everyone will have a mighty mighty good time. Battleaxe kid, I would love to see your face when that ball is flying into the endzone… ill be on the visitors side midfield flyin high… That denialis a terriblething. Ill have a bud for you afterwards battleaxe…that bud will be for you….
yo
November 26th, 2010
3:36 pm
Collinshillcrushers please enjoy now because after 8 p.m. your misery begins. When you start throwing up you won’t know if it’s because of the Buds you are drinking or the Butts kicking you are receiving.
jacket31
November 26th, 2010
3:51 pm
Battleaxe kid, Cairo BIg??? Whomever, is picking against Carrollton, Has not seen them play. 2 Great def’s playing tonight. Carrollton has a little more off then Cairo. Should be nail biter. Low score, One score win. Cairo BIG. Pleaseeee.