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Which team was the most impressive in the Georgia Dome this weekend?
It’s the championship round of HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS. This weekend, AJC high schools beat writer Michael Carvell welcomes discussion about the two days of state championship games at the Georgia Dome.
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Here are the state finals games you can find stories and photos from this weekend on ajc.com…
Class A Championship: Clinch County bests Savannah Christian | Photos
Class AA Championship: Buford beats Calhoun in OT | Photos
Class AAA Championship: Carrollton falls to Sandy Creek | Photos
Class AAAA Championship: Chattahoochee tops Starr’s Mill for title | Photos
Class AAAAA Championship: Brookwood romps past Colquitt County | Photos
RELATED: Here’s a list of 10 football prospects to watch this weekend at the Georgia Dome. Click here
Championship topic: WHICH TEAM WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE?
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Obsever 24
December 12th, 2010
3:30 pm
Colquitt had over 600 yds of offense to Brookwood’s 365. Brookwood scored faster and more efficientlly…thats the facts. Congrats to Brookwood for being dominate all year long. To the rest of AAAAA(myself included)…bettter luck next season.
iTiSi
December 12th, 2010
3:35 pm
Got a kick out of Todd Holcomb’s article elsewhere on the sport’s page claiming Metro Atlanta secured 4 state championships this year. Metro Atlanta is getting biger and bigger! It’s not even in the same county! Next year they will be claiming anything north of Macon! I noticed there was no comments section for his article. Smart! They would have gotten the rath of the rest of GA. The AJC is so “childish” in more ways than one.
GET OVER IT
December 12th, 2010
3:38 pm
How can people come on here and say their team was better than Brookwood. Thats like saying that for the previous two seasons that MacEachern or Grayson or Newnan or even MLK and Stephenson were better than Camden just because Camden did not play those teams in the playoffs. Bull$H1#!!! Nothing can be taken away from the Bronco’s this year. They won it ALL.
BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR SOUTH GA!
PackerAlumni66
December 12th, 2010
3:43 pm
Congrats to Brookwood who played a great game. Our Packers played a great game on offense but the simple fact was we didn’t score enough. You guys took advantage of the mistakes we made and that is a quality of a championship team. I could say you take away the two special teams mistakes and it would be a 38-38 game but again it is what it is. Next year the Pack will reload on offense with a green but very talented Qb and a set of running backs that mirrors Tevin King. Our Defense will be another year older and experienced. The Pack will take the rest of December off then back to work in January in the weight room. To the vikings fan who said yall would have beaten Brookwood….your team wasn’t there were they?You can IF all you want to but the simple fact is Colquitt was there and you wasn’t!!
Good Fan
December 12th, 2010
3:43 pm
The teams that won the Title is the best team.Get over it.
plowboy
December 12th, 2010
3:43 pm
You people that claim to be so intellectually superior to Vikingsrule did not even read or understand his post. NGinthehouse, he never used the logic you claim he did. You are the one that says if this team beat this team and that team lost to this team in their own stadium then it stands to reason that this team could beat that team too. The gentleman said nothing of the sort. He simply stated that he saw all of these teams play and in his opinion LHS and VHS were better teams. He claimed that Brookwood did not beat the best team out of Region 1. Fred and Jim jumped on him about south Georgia smarts and to be honest I see comments on here all the time about country bumpkins and inbreeding and fighting and thugs. Give me a break people. I was born and raised in Valdosta. I have two bachelors degrees and make over 200,000 a year. I live in Atlanta and I support local teams but I am a Viking to the bone. I am sick and tired of people trashing south Georgia. Congratulations Brookwood…job well done! Jim, Fred, NGinthehouse and Observer24, they call it Winnersville and Titletown for a reason.
First Down CREEK!!!!!
December 12th, 2010
3:46 pm
Observer is the obvious sore loser. Carrollton lost the game. Sandy Creek played a conservative game on offense which was far different than normal and if Carrollton had converted those fourth downs it wouldn’t have been construed as bad play calling. Were it not for a blown coverage Carrollton would have been down 14-0 at the half….If ifs and buts were candies and nuts what a swell party we’d have! The best team won!! End of story.
plowboy
December 12th, 2010
3:48 pm
Oh and one more thing “JIM”, even a good ole boy knows that “john Deere” tractors run off of diesel and not gasoline….
Good Fan
December 12th, 2010
3:50 pm
Packers fans pick your heads up .How many teams wanted to be in the Title Game
Tracker 185
December 12th, 2010
4:02 pm
Congratulation Sandy Creek! Well played game and well coached. To my Trojans, great year. You gave us all a year to remember. Most people overlooked you to get to game 15. To all Torjan fans, great turnout for the game. Remember, when all the 0-10′ers and haters start spewing their crap, just smile and show what class we have. Go Trojans!!
@ rhann: How would Burke County winning the coin toss caused Carrollton to loose? I know I’m not the brightest star in the sky but that comment makes no sense at all. Don’t hate, be thankful your team finished ranked as high as they did, some of the teams ranked lower than them that we played were a whole lot better teams. Get over the recruiting thing, we have been accused of that for years, it don’t happen like you think it does. But think about this, why would a kid wanting to play football beyond high school, not want to play for a Buford, Sandy Creek, Carrollton, Brookwood, Valdosta or any school with a history of winning football?
50 Yard Line Viking
December 12th, 2010
4:23 pm
Congratulations Clinch County Panthers, what a season!
Congratulations Brookwood! We wish we could have been there, but maybe next year. Enjoy the title of state AAAAA champs.
Jim
December 12th, 2010
4:25 pm
Plowboy…winnersville only in football. What else?
First Down CREEK!!!!!
December 12th, 2010
4:28 pm
@Tracker 185 If even half of the Trojans are coming back next year, I believe you will be in the dome. The team played disciplined football and they are well coached. Yes, Creek won the game but there is no shame in losing because they showed that they were a top notch program and I am not trying to disrespect Peach County because they are very good as well but Carrollton’s running game would have worn them out and won going away.
Jim
December 12th, 2010
4:28 pm
Plowboy-glad you cleared the diesel thing up for me. That knowledge will get me far in life.
Nonetheless, you are a south ga person and are for your team-fair enough. I just get tired of the south ga v. north ga talk-typically started by south ga. people. The inbred comments,etc. are made-I think-because football is all anyone thinks about as far as south ga. athletics. The s. Ga. people seem to keep that argument going and typically disapear when football is over becuase that is all they have.
Region 8-AAA
December 12th, 2010
4:37 pm
One On One With The Great One … Please understand that the GHSA has the final say in where teams are put. After the 2007 season, Buford petitioned for 7-AAA but was denied. So learn a little back facts before you bash a school for the GHSA’s decision. Not to mention, Buford played two of the top AAA teams in North Georgia for the 2008-2010 seasons in North Hall & Gainesville. And to my knowledge, Buford played each pretty handily. So we know Buford is top in all classifications. I could see Buford 3rd in the state behind Carrollton and Sandy Creek. Enough said.
Stone
December 12th, 2010
4:40 pm
@observer…if you guys did score 16 we would have punched it in on the last play to make it 21 Carrollton still woul have lost. How can you say 3 good players then say we had a great defense…you are twisted. Carrollton did all they could do and it was not enough. lets play the if game. if we had not blown coverage this game would have been a shut out. if the ref didnt miss the pass interference call there would be no fumble on the one when we recoeved which I call justice. Trust me there are more than 3 studs. and if so, I guess the coach is that great….Go Creek!! WE ARE THE 2 TIMES STATE CHAMPIONS…We love our haters they keep us motivated..
plowboy
December 12th, 2010
5:09 pm
Jim, you are joking right. No, actually you are showing your ignorance about something you know nothing about. Lowndes, Valdosta, Valdosta State, Valwood, Georgia Christian and Open Bible Christian have over 460 sports titles in football, baseball, basketball, softball, track, wrestling, soccer, tennis, golf, and weightlifting.
The Lowndes girls basketball team once went three consecutive years without a loss. During this time they were crowned region, state and national champs. Its not just football that makes Valdosta Titletown. Our kids compete well in all sports and they have won at all levels. Maybe you should take the time and research something before you spew off at the mouth. YOU have no clue sir!
Jim
December 12th, 2010
5:12 pm
plowboy-easy to get your goat I see. I had no idea Valdosta State was a high school. What region are they in? You are too funny-actually this is too fun!
Jim
December 12th, 2010
5:14 pm
and plowboy, tell me the last state championship “titletown” has won (aside from football) in the largest classification in the state over the last 5 years. I’d like to know—please hlep me with my ignorance.
PackerAlumni66
December 12th, 2010
5:18 pm
The Pack had a great year!! Keep your heads up!! I have been on both sides of the State Championship game. I was a freshman on the 91 state runners up team that lost to Lagrange 17-16. It was hard but the thing is we have to get back to work for the next year. I was also a senior on the 94 State Championship team who went 15-0. That was a very special year that came with its ups and downs. To Brookwood Broncos, congrats and cherish it for years to come because you will always be known as being part of the highest scoring game in championship history. I guess I’ll have to start watching my Duke Bluedevils mop the floor more now that football is over. Oh yea the Falcons are still playing! Go Falcons! 11-2!
Joe
December 12th, 2010
5:21 pm
JIm, the last was actually Colquitt in baseball in 2003-long time ago.
Jim
December 12th, 2010
5:21 pm
Thanks Joe, thanks for helping me with my ignorance.
chillywhipper
December 12th, 2010
5:23 pm
…should be “has been titletown”
plowboy
December 12th, 2010
5:28 pm
Joe and Jim, First of all Colquitt is not part of titletown and secondly Jim, I simply pointed out that we have titles in all sports as an answer to your claim that all we know is football. In the last 5 years only football as far as state titles with Lowndes and Valdosta. However, this was not your original argument.
Jim
December 12th, 2010
5:28 pm
My only point is (present day-last 20 years) football is all they have to offer in s GA as far as high school athletics. There is no consistency in anything other than football
Jim
December 12th, 2010
5:30 pm
sorry plowboy if I acted rudely-no disrespect intended. I hope you accept my apologies. My point is-and it is not a mpint but actual truth-south ga and/or titletown simply offers no competeition in other GHSA sports. Trust me, I have respect for Valdosta and Lowndes. I graduated HS in 87 and Valdosta and Clarke Ccentral were extremely feared programs (Football that is) in the state.
Reeze
December 12th, 2010
5:31 pm
Great set of games this weekend… Congrats to Brookwood , Hooche , SC , Buford and Clinch……No matter what part of the state you call home or pull for , we should all agree that Brookwood , Hooche , Colquitt ,Calhoun and Clinch were impressive teams to watch…..Watching the games this weekend , I think the future of Georgia football is the spread offense……. In the near future the Camden’s ,Lowndes ,Tucker’s and Carver’s of Georgia football won’t be able to keep up with the Colquitt’s , Chattahoochie’s and Calhoun’s of Georgia football if changes aren’t made…….In Houston county, Hoco and Warner Robins switch to the spread this year and I think Northside will soon follow….
Jim
December 12th, 2010
5:32 pm
…and, I have been to football games in Valdosta-a true and awe inspiring spectical to experience. Incredible fan support there.
plowboy
December 12th, 2010
5:43 pm
Jim, no offense taken but you are mistaken. You had a point when you said the last 5 years. But now you are saying in the last 20 that we only have football. Lowndes and Valdosta have both played in the state championship game in baseball in the highest classification and Lowndes has won it twice. Valdosta has won the state championship in tennis and weightlifting. Now that is in the last 20 years and only counting state championships in the highest classification. If you count the two christian schools then there are other championships in other sports than football also. Go further back than 20 and you find even more in other sports besides football. Count region and championships and not just state and the number goes through the roof in sports other than football. Your claim is just simply not true.
Jim
December 12th, 2010
5:45 pm
I am speaking in the last 5 to 10 years. Yes, Valdosta has won many championships over the years but not broad championships lately. I have the upmost respect for Valdosta.
MoultrieMom
December 12th, 2010
6:03 pm
” I have two bachelors degrees and make over 200,000 a year.”
@ plowboy – Bless your heart, If you feel it’s necessary to make this kind of statement, it must NOT be true. Do you feel that you must over-inflate your ego to feel validated on this blog? I really don’t respect a darn thing you’ve said after this “mines bigger than yours” sort of statement.
LMAO!
Bronco Billy
December 12th, 2010
6:04 pm
The mighty Broncos ran roughshod over the hapless Colquit Packers Saturday night. The Broncos proved that they are the best team in the state. Now the rest of the state has discovered what Gwinnett already knew, that the Broncos are the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. We will continue to run over, around and thru the likes of Grayson, South, Pview, the rest of Gwinnett and all of South Ga. A new Dynasty has begun. We will dominate and destroy all who dare to play us. All other schools bow down to the Broncos, THE CHAMPIONS OF GEORGIA.
Barney Fife
December 12th, 2010
6:06 pm
If Lowndes were the best, they’d be holding the trophy. If Valdosta was the best, they’d be holding the trophy. They had their chance just like Brookwood. No if’s, ands. or buts! Valdosta / Lowndes, do deserve one trophy, The If’s, Ands or Buts Trophy for Sore Losers. BTW, I hold three Phd’s and make over $1 billion dollars a year!
Back at ya plowboy ...
December 12th, 2010
6:38 pm
“BTW, I hold three Phd’s and make over $1 billion dollars a year!”
GO UG!
December 12th, 2010
7:08 pm
I am not a fan of Sandy Creek or Carrollton and with that said I expected Carrollton to hand it to SC from everything I had been hearing all year. SC looked GOOD and just plain whipped Carrollton.
Clinch County, Congratulations! If you had to replay this season who is the one team you would not want to play again?
Congrats, Brookwood Mom, you got your championship.
What the heck happened to Stars Mill?
poor.ole.lambert
December 12th, 2010
7:30 pm
To All … I have been pondering for some time … I would like to congratulate Buford on 4 straight. I do believe they should stay in AA … they cannot compete at the AAA, AAAA, or AAAAA levels … not enough students or talent of players as compared to the larger schools and elite larger programs. These other classifications just have too many kids to pick from … Buford can only pick from 1 middle school and clearly they don’t recruit! I’m surprised their numbers don’t allow them to play in A. They are the best AA program in Georgia football history, but no where close as it relates to the best in Georgia High School history. Just thinking!
poor.ole.lambert
December 12th, 2010
7:32 pm
I don’t like Marist, but they would dominate Buford! There history proves they believe they can compete with the larger programs and they do! Great job to Marist!
poor.ole.lambert
December 12th, 2010
7:34 pm
@ GO UG! … they got flooded by a strong and mighty river – the Hooch. Good team – Starr’s Mill; great team in the Hooch.
Too bad next year will be rough for Hooch!
Fred
December 12th, 2010
7:57 pm
@yo, Thanks for the clarification. Now I understand what you meant and we were very close in intent. I like to believe that the 10 teams were all very good with no stand out team but then I try to look on the positive side.
@plowboy, I think you have me confused with someone else. I make it a point to *never* attack anyone personally as I believe that if you cannot make your point without personally attacking someone, you must not have much of a point to make. I may take exception with someone’s point and address that issue but as best as I can remember (and I checked back over the past several days worth of postings) I never said anything about anyone’s intelligence. I take exception with anyone that says any region is inherently better than the other, has an unfair advantage or anything of the sort. More often than not, someone claiming to be from south Ga starts up with all the nonsense about south teams being so much better than north, especially Gwinnett. I will argue that point all day long.
I very much understand why Valdosta/Lowndes Co. is called title town. Remember, I said I remember back in the early ’60s how Valdosta and Avondale used to contend for the titles. Numbers can be made to say anything anyone wants them to. My point, and I think some of the others that post from metro Atlanta, is that many of the schools in the metro area have had a lot of success for the amount of time their schools have been in existence. Normalize the numbers to take into account the difference in almost 100 years of sports vs the 10 years or less for many metro teams and the numbers look much closer.
On a personal note, I congratulate you on dual degrees and the success you have had. I would hold you up as an example to anybody how hard work coupled with the proper education can be successful. I hope you are able to work with the student athletes to give them a positive role model away from sports. I am afraid too many of our youth look at athletics as the only and/or best way to succeed when the percentages are so very stacked against them.
grayram
December 12th, 2010
8:12 pm
Reality:
I agree with you on Brookwoods linebacker. He may be the best player i have seen this year. I know grayson or Colquitt couldn’t block him.
Of the teams i saw in person this season I think North Gwinnett and Brookwood were the best. Colquitt and Kell were also very good. Colquitt must have used the early season games as practice games to prepare for the playoffs, they were much better than Valdosta. Didn’t get to see Lowndes or Camden so can’t say anything about them.
Players that impressed me the most were
Brookwoods linebacker #38 Lynch.
Colquitts Running back #22 King
Grayson’s Linebacker #4 Denzel can’t spell his last name. (No double degrees for me plowboy
Grayson Linebacker #18 Peek
I didn’t get the chance to see Collins hill;s QB
GwinnettDad
December 12th, 2010
9:50 pm
@P. Bull Terrier – thank you. I tried to say about the same thing a couple of blog pages ago, but apparently some folks that aren’t from around here insist upon holding on to their fantasies. Maybe we should just pity them, and let them stay there. Nothing we can say to them will make any difference. They will ALWAYS be the best, period. Every year. Every game. Every moment. Pity the slobs.
GwinnettDad
December 12th, 2010
9:53 pm
@grayram, can’t go wrong with listing Lynch #38. Has a very low center of gravity which makes his blitz very effective. He can push the lineman either out of his way or into the QB. Syracuse is getting a quality player.
And that #22 King for Colquitt sure can move and is shifty. Both Brookwood backs are quick off the ball and can get through the line in a hurry, which leads to many yards. But that #22 seems quicker, and shiftier.
GwinnettDad
December 12th, 2010
9:56 pm
@poor.ole.lambert – are you kidding me? Buford has plenty of horses, and so did Calhoun. Put either of them on the field with any AAAAA school, and either AA school will stick around. Besides the AAAAA final, the AA final was at least as good and just as talented.
GwinnettDad
December 12th, 2010
9:59 pm
@Bronco Billy – Why embarrass yourself with typing such garbage. Colquitt was hardly hapless with 609 yards of offense at 38 points. You can bet Mark Crews and BW are saying among themselves that CC was as scary as any team BW faced this year. CC is to be congratulated. Your ridiculing them reflects badly, very badly on you.
GwinnettDad
December 12th, 2010
10:02 pm
@PackerAlumni66 – thank you and well put.
GwinnettDad
December 12th, 2010
10:04 pm
@grayram – Broncovision as the BW CH game from the 2nd game of the season, if you have some spare time. That QB can play!
GwinnettDad
December 12th, 2010
10:49 pm
Lynch #38 of BW is quoted in the Gwinnett Daily Post saying this of Colquitt County: “They were good. They were fast up and down the field,” Lynch said. “They never quit and my hat goes off to them. It means a lot to beat a team that’s this good.”
wolfbait67
December 13th, 2010
12:16 am
Jim: Nghs is in the house…for 50 yrs they have been in the house, usually the Outhouse…..the Coach lost their game for them, not the guys
Jacketspeed: the best game of the five…what a program and fan base Calhoun has, something to really be proud of….was in Chattanooga Saturday and what a write up the Chattanooga Free Press gave you guys lets me know what they think of football in another state…hope we can meet in the finals again because I would not want to meet you before then….wb67
wolfbait67
December 13th, 2010
7:00 am
NGHS Coach would be coach Squares…this should have been their year….O well, it is back to the outhouse for another 50 years
Cloud 9
December 13th, 2010
8:47 am
You can call each other dumb, ignorant, south vs north, ref. cheated, out coached, best player was injured, school divided, play up/play down, etc.
The fact of the matter is: Brookwood, Hooch, Sandy Creek, Buford, and Clinch are the champions. That will not change— AND who finished second/third/fourth will soon be forgotten.
And yes, the North kicked our butt this year. Get over it!