AAA Blog: Top teams dominate with defense
Zeroes were heroes for ranked teams in Class AAA. Seven of the nine ranked teams that played put up shutouts, the closest of them No. 2 St. Pius, which escaped with a 7-0 victory against Washington. Here’s a look at some other notable games:
- A clincher for Mary Persons: Mary Persons narrowly missed the playoffs each of the past two years but secured a week 11 game courtesy of two second-half touchdowns by Corey Head.
- Sandy Creek has a success Kitt: DeMarre Kitt scored on two big plays (a punt return and a pass reception) while the top-ranked Patriots’ defense posted its fifth shutout and third in its past four games. The Sandy Creek winning streak grew to 38 games, and the Patriots have won 12 in a row against county rivals.
- Burke County cooks up a shutout: Montres Kitchens scored three touchdowns, including a 92-yard pass reception on the first play of the fourth quarter, and No. 4 Burke held Butler to 157 total yards in a 35-0 victory. It was the second shutout for Burke, which faces No. 5 Thomson in the 3-AAA championship next week.
- Dalton gets a measure of payback: Dalton forfeited four wins after the GHSA ruled a player who transferred from Southeast Whitfield ineligible. Southeast filed the initial complaint with the GHSA. The Catamounts were leading 7-AAA, Division A before the forfeits, but needed a win Friday night to qualify for the Region 7-AAA play-in game. They blanked Southeast 35-0 for their second shutout.
- Another shutout for St. Pius: The No. 2-ranked Golden Lions posted their fifth shutout with a 7-0 victory against Washington. The lone score came on a 10-yard touchdown by Ryan Braswell. The Lions, who play Woodward Academy for the 5-AAA title next week, have allowed just 56 points in nine games.
- Zero for Crisp: Cairo also recorded a shutout and its offense helped keep visiting Crisp County at bay with an 18-play, 93-yard drive, capped by Terrell Cason’s 13-yard run in a 24-0 win. It was the second shutout for the Syrupmakers, who have had five games decided by a touchdown or less.
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1Bighammer
October 31st, 2011
4:05 pm
MHC TIGER: You’re right. Stockbridge put up the most points on us last year..but what you failed to mention is that we had 5 starters sitting for that game, on top of the fact that it was THE coldest game of the year. Not excuses but it did have an impact.
Prunty and Moody are good QBs but don’t think for a minute that Garvin doesn’t belong right beside them as a SOPHOMORE. Truth is they’re hard to compare because of the types of offenses they work in.
Do us a favor… bring some fans. HC, Eagles landing, Locust Grove…none of them brought many fans.
It looks to be a great game..is it Friday Yet?
ps we won’t clown your band…as long as ya’ll don;t clown ours!
Therunningcreek
October 31st, 2011
4:39 pm
Me, mhc. We wouldn’t clown your band because we are going to clown you clowns. The bridge will me totally washed out. B back, wow you guys think you can beat a team with a player. I bet that someone’s dad talking. At the creek we have a team, full of players not players or parent full of themselves. Get a grip. He won’t have 50 yards. And that will be with our entire JV in for the second half. So your guys you point out are no Tony ( we`re GREAAAT). And how do you plan to get to the outside, will we clog the middle. I guess your beast will also run and catch it too huh. Get of the blog. Paper TIgers, you’re not even worthy to be called stuffed animals. All your skilled spots are soft and weak, and can’t beat the Creek. There see am a rapper too. Lol
chillijoe
October 31st, 2011
7:50 pm
@ WOODPECKER…, man what are u smoking on…., talking about eastside or henry county beating the Burke County Bears.., TAKE NOTES BRO…, their is only one team that can stand up to them bears and that team is SANDY CREEK, with the reigning C.S.R.A. player of the QB/S/WR, CORY MATON, and the most explosive player in all highschool football DONQUELL GATOR GREEN , WR/KR/PR/QB/DB 4.3. SPEEDSTER , just in the 10th grade, already being looked at by the Florida Gators , TAKE NOTES, THE AJC, last week was talking about MONTRESE KITCHENS, MR. EVERYTHING, if u come to the bear den…, u will get beat and beat bad in the playoffs, they have 22 SENIORS ,and all of them are good, we played against who some say was the best fullback in ga., from butler last week IN AUGUSTA, and what happened, big time hitting LB’S – ELLISON & BUTLER is gonna wreck havoc, and safety’s KITCHENS & KITTLES is gonna bring the pain, & i cant 4get about the beast at “DE” MR. LAMBERT, we keep hearing about, Thomson,the highest scoring team in ga., averaging 55 points per game, yea anybody can score on teams that have not won, 4 games , lets see what the outcome will be friday when GATOR GREEN & TTHE REST OF THEM BIG BAD BEARS INVADE THE BRICKYARD IN THOMSON…….
Question in Region 3?????
October 31st, 2011
9:59 pm
If (or should I say when) WACO beats Grovetown, and if ARC beats Butler, who gets the # 3 seed? I ask because Region 4 plays Region 3 in round one. If WACO ends up # 4, then they play Sandy Creek. Granted Sandy Creek Should win on paper, but that is a much tougher game than ARC (or Butler if they beat ARC). WACO’s 3 loss were by 8 to Burke(Chiliejoe I realize the refs cheated, but that was the score), by 7 to Thomson, and by 5 to Statesboro. That could be a heck of a game for round one.
FranchiseMe
November 1st, 2011
11:39 am
Creek over Stockbridge 38-14 after they take out their starters the sart of the 4th Quarter. I believe last year SC did not play with 5 key starters, but they never make excuses like the rest of you guys. i also think this year they haven’t played their #1 back in most games because of nagging injuries. they have been playing their backups, a freshman, a powerback sophomore and scat back freshman. Ha! Ha! Interesting!! They don’t have to play a lot of starters to beat yall or anyone else for that matter.
me
November 1st, 2011
3:32 pm
@Therunningcreek…You know what is funny. You people at the creek make excuses for everything. For example Last year we had 5 starters sitting 9against your starting defense we had over 250+ yrads of total offense), Against Eastside our best player M. Hilton was out and we had 4 fumbles in the game (but we had our backup QB playing and still scored 21 points) etc etc WAW WAW WAW, but when someone else points out that our B back was missing who is a very important part of are offense you start jabbing as we are making excuses and its father. The B Back could do nothing without the total team. The fact is just like the Creek any school in GA that is missing a key player feels it no matter how good the backup may be. And our defense is in the top ten in AAA with 10.7 points allowed in the same region as the Creek. HMMMMMMMM…only 4.7 more points per game then the Creek and we have played the same teams as the Creek. If you all stop whinning and making excuses then we can talk about this stuff. Do not be fooled one bit. One thing you do not realize is we have a very good coaching staff as will. Research him before you put your foot in your mouth.
me
November 1st, 2011
3:38 pm
Our skill spots are not soft and weak. your running backs will never be able to play the b back in a triple option. The b Back gets hit on every play and still gets up and run the ball hard. obviously you know nothing about football and formations. Realize this one thing the seniors are being recruited by D1 colleges. Your skills players are soft and do not have enough weight or heart to run in a triple option. In fact the B back is a tailback converted to full back and will definitely put on you LBs and DL. Don’t get twisted son!!!!!
me
November 1st, 2011
3:43 pm
@FranchiseMe …LOL excuses our starter has not been playing due to nagging injuries. SOFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CRY CRY CRY. Our B back has been dealing with injuries all year and is still playing. SOFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CRY CRY
me
November 1st, 2011
3:46 pm
Our beast runs a 4.5. Just ask Eastside when had 129 yards rushing in the inside against ther beast defense and the outside against there DE and had a 59 yard TD run and blew past there DBs who by the way shut down your best receiver. Again don’t get it twisted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mrSWAGGER
November 1st, 2011
8:18 pm
STOCKBRIDGE ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!
mhc tiger
November 2nd, 2011
7:49 am
147 years ago today (Nov 2, 1864) Gen U. Grant authorized the “March on Savannah.” Many in Lincolns cabinet including Lincoln himself didn’t believe Sherman’s unconventional methods would work; but, Grant believed and gave the order. Shortly thereafter on November 15, Sherman with 60K troops would begin the famous march!
Many don’t believe in Stocbridge either, yet I have given the executive order. The March has begun…
Go Bridge!
mhc tiger
November 2nd, 2011
7:51 am
147 years ago today (Nov 2, 1864) Gen U. Grant authorized the “March on Savannah.” Many in Lincolns cabinet including Lincoln himself didn’t believe Sherman’s unconventional methods would work; but, Grant believed and gave the order. Shortly thereafter on November 15, Sherman with 60K troops would begin the famous march!
Many don’t believe in Stockbridge either, yet I have given the executive order. The March has begun…
Go Bridge!
mhc tiger
November 2nd, 2011
8:15 am
@TheRunningCreek ..what has he done? He sacrificed personal accolades to stay true to his friends and community. he isnt a option Qb, but he makes the most out of it. 5 fumbles…your right. just a god aweful game by all…I believe that was your excuse for having a close contest against eastside. One thing about me is I dont make excuses. when drew beat us, I congratulated them and stated we played like SHZT!
so again you ask what has he done? he has been a tremendous leader leading his team to a 8-1 record.
mhc tiger
November 2nd, 2011
8:17 am
@1Bighammer…you’re right, tough to compare QB’s in different systems. Garvin 5′10 170, Moody 6′1 205 4′5 40. Prunty 6′3 225 4′6 40. Prunty one of strongest arms in metro, moody great feet. You put either of them at SC and your Sc fans are drooling over them more than you did Bell or Garvin. Just saying. Garvin can’t play the triple option and moody left Stockbridge so he wouldn’t have too. Prunty could have transferred to any school in DeKalb but chose to stay loyal to his friends and community knowing he would sacrifice personal acclaim. Got to appreciate that.
Nupe1911
November 2nd, 2011
8:42 am
@mhc tiger…I want to say..yes HC has a few talented receivers but if only we had an offense coordinator that knew how to coach and how to use the players that he has, trust me they would be even better. My son is 6′2, to me he is a Julio Jones type receiver but the offense/receiver coach does not know how to use him and he has great hands and not afraid to go up and catch the ball. GA Southern is recruiting him as a DB but he wants to go to college as a receiver. I wish our counter part Stockbridge all the luck and I sure hope you all can go down and pull the upset off. I will be at our game Fri & I feel we will come out victorious over Eastside. Help me out if we win against East Side, how will we(HC) end up in fourth…I understand that 1st & 2nd will be between SC & Stockbridge…and even if Drew do win…we beat them and we beat East Side…we should be 3rd in the region…help me out here..
BC Bck Fan
November 2nd, 2011
9:07 am
1st off Henry County is gonna beat Eastside (5-4), so burke county wont even be playing Eastside anyways. my prediction is we gonna be playing Henry County 1st round, because we gonna beat Thomson Nov 4th friday for the 3-AAA Region championship game for the #1 seed in then playoffs…
BC Bck Fan
November 2nd, 2011
9:09 am
we would be playing henry County or Drew 1st round playoffs.. we of course we will win 1st round playoffs
Nupe1911
November 2nd, 2011
9:18 am
@BC Bck Fan….well, I have been following you guys and I look fwd to seeing you all & hopefully it will be a competive match up. We have one of the most talented teams to ever come thru HC but if we only had some coaching staff..we would be right there up in first place but all in all…good luck on the rest of you all season…
JohnAdams
November 2nd, 2011
9:59 am
mhc Tiger: you must not remember that game from last year very good. You lead once by 3 points briefly in the 3rd quarter. SC scored 38 points and Bell turned it over twice inside the 5, coulda easily put 50 on ya. So a 3 score lead with 5 to play???????????? What???????
vv
November 2nd, 2011
10:15 am
vv
me
November 2nd, 2011
10:42 am
@JohnAdams Could of, would of, and maybe and I say maybe should of put up 50 but you didn’t. You forgot to mention that we had two turnovers in the 3rd quarter when we were ahead. As a matter of fact we were moving the ball to score again and go up by 10 points when M. Hilton made a great play to intercept the ball. How quickly we forget that. Also we shut Chism down. He was no longer a deep threat. Make all of the excuses you want but the fact is we put a scare into the Champs last year.
@Nupe1911 Good luck on this Friday. Stockbridge and HC both have the best teams in Henry County and are loaded with talent. HC will win against Eastside and claim the 3rd seed with stockbridge 1 or 2 and Drew 4th.
JohnAdams
November 2nd, 2011
11:32 am
@me It seems that your the one that cant remember what happened during the game. When you went up 20-17 in the 3rd, we went right down the field and scored to go up 24-20. You then threw the pick, which wasnt hilton, and we went and scored again. So yall thinkin you ever had a shot to go up 2 scores was wrong. We then picked you off again in the 4th and hilton broke long run to put us up 38-20. Yall played good, and led for 1 drive. But dont confuse the facts
me
November 2nd, 2011
2:44 pm
@JohnAdams..Actually we were up by three before the half. I film the games and got it right here. Get it right. I stand corrected on the first interception as it was the safety that had the first interception.
Me is Wrong
November 2nd, 2011
3:51 pm
Go back and watch your film then. You were down 17-12 at half and then scored on first possession of 2nd half. You got the film and still cant get it right.
1bighammer
November 2nd, 2011
7:52 pm
@me…Yes we know your Coach and we’ve beaten him before…and he had Eric Berry. Prunty is no Berry! Good luck Friday you’re gonna need it!
mhc tiger
November 3rd, 2011
3:12 am
@john Adams…Actually your wrong. we were up and moving in for the kill and a two or three possession lead with 5 min left. If not for the interception (for arguments sake) we have a 2 possession lead 10pts…and with our offense we grind out the clock and victory. Unfortunately the interception did occur, and you immediately marched down the field and scored. that score sucked the life out of us. You went on to score again which was a meaningless score that provided the margin of victory.
Now with that said, lets cast our eyes on friday…See the smoke in the horizon? we just burned threw Jonesboro and Morrow.
Stockbridge is coming!
mhc tiger
November 3rd, 2011
3:21 am
No one said Prunty was a Berry…More like a accurate Tebow, or Nesbit…Speaking of Tebow…Ol Cole has a nasty habbit of winding up to throw…ala Tebow…(two turnovers) watched the Locust Grove Game. Take away the turnovers and big plays, Locust Grove gave SC the business! SC is a big strike team, receivers are owtstanding! It is going to be a tall order…but I dont believe you have played a team all year that is gonna smack ya in the mouth the way we are gonna. That smack that starts in Florida and you bring up thru the Carolina’s, then come over the top thru NY and wallop! Slap the taste out their mouth!
Friday! I cant sleep thinking about it!
Stockbridge is coming!
JohnAdams
November 3rd, 2011
9:16 am
Tiger you have no idea what your talking about. You went up 20-17 after first drive of 3rd quarter and then we went and scored, you turned it over and we scored and then we scored again. It was 38-20 when you finally scored your last td. Have and opinion and support your team, but dont get on here and not tell the truth about the game. And just to show what you know it was 42-0 vs LG at half, i guess they gave us the “business”
MHC Tiger!
November 4th, 2011
9:00 am
We’re coming, we’re coming, we’re coming!
We’re coming, we’re coming, we’re coming!
We’re coming, we’re coming, we’re coming!
WE’RE HERE!
THE BRIDGE!!!
MHC Tiger!
November 4th, 2011
9:14 am
john adams dont dwell in the past…Its the here and now baby! See that smoke on the horizon? thats Lovejoy burning…we are perched on the hill waiting for the order to attack!
MHC Tiger!
November 4th, 2011
3:27 pm
We are descending upon Fayetteville. We have sent an order to Coach Walker. he has 4 hours to evacuate the women and children. Then its on!
The Bridge!
Will
November 4th, 2011
8:19 pm
Baldwin 14 Peach County 0 2nd Quarter
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