10:03 am August 31, 2012, by Todd Holcomb
Welcome to the first full weekend of Georgia high school football, and the second Friday Night Chat of the 2012 football season.
I’ll be posting game updates and food for thought as the scores start rolling in tonight.
Here are 15 that should get plenty of interest.
Marist at Clarke Central
Lassiter vs. Hillgrove
Wilkinson County at Wilcox County
Buford at Elbert County
Miami Central, Fla. at Grayson
Colquitt County at Thomas County Central
Blessed Trinity at Lovett
Northside-Northside at Flowery Branch
Walton at McEachern
LaGrange at Newnan
St. Pius at Westminster
Darlington at Cartersville
Griffin at Dutchtown
Coffee at Ware County
Milton at Alpharetta
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Camden74
September 1st, 2012
12:30 am
ESPNU is probably only showing the game on a regional basis, it was supposed to be a nationally televised game. I think they’re embarrassed!
bksmith14
September 1st, 2012
12:31 am
miami central does not see the type of offense grayson, lowndes, camden , etc run……they dont practice against it in practice and it showed in the game……they cd not stop grayson running game…
who won…….walton or mceachern>??????
BigDaddyC
September 1st, 2012
12:31 am
The first hit was Questionable, but the last hit was how the game is to be played….. It was a clean hit and a fumble!
bksmith14
September 1st, 2012
12:31 am
walton or mceachern?
CoffeeC100
September 1st, 2012
12:32 am
ESPNU is not broadcasting the game. Don’t worry about not having it.
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
12:33 am
The Walton- McEachern game is not over yet.
grayram
September 1st, 2012
12:35 am
Wow. Are Walton and Mceachern playing on the west coast tonight..Why is it going so late?
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
12:36 am
From what I’ve been told, 27-20 McEachern, 8 plus minutes left.:-)
CoffeeC100
September 1st, 2012
12:36 am
@ bksmith14 – How ya doin’ dude? I don’t think Valdosta would have beaten the Ware team we saw tonight so handily. Ware is better than last year and so is Coffee. A year or two before Coffee will be competitive But it sure is fun watching Pruitt get them there. What’s this I hear about the Coffee 9th graders beating Lowndes 24-21 on Thursday?
grayram
September 1st, 2012
12:37 am
if you click on the link Todd put on the 1st page of this blog you can watch the game
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
12:37 am
Real time…….
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
12:39 am
grayram……..Real time? Watching it now on delay, getting real time updates from chat line.
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
12:43 am
Lots of penalties in this game, too many!
bksmith14
September 1st, 2012
12:44 am
CoffeeC100…….ware lost a load from last years team…..time will tell how good you guys are but i dont see it right now……but congrats on the win anyways…
I dont know about lowndes 9th grade losing….havent heard……would be shocked if that is true………
i do know that lowndes jv team beat coffees jv team 34-6 thurday
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
12:45 am
Coerrection: 27-20 Walton, real time……..Time for another update.
atlaub
September 1st, 2012
12:46 am
Walton is imposing their will….that was an unreal drive to start the second half. 71 yards, 10:31, one pass.
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
12:48 am
ESPNU finally showing Grayson-MC game.
atlaub
September 1st, 2012
12:48 am
20-20 Walton Mcechren going to the 4th. Turn on GPB…..crazy late
bksmith14
September 1st, 2012
12:52 am
http://www.gpb.org/sports/football/match/2012/08/31/walton-at-mceachern
game being shown here…tied 20-20
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
12:53 am
34-27 Walton,3 plus minutes left…… Real Time.
Gwinnett Mom of 5
September 1st, 2012
12:53 am
Yay!!” Central Gwinnett beat Collins Hill 27-21!!
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
12:57 am
Jones is taking some vicious hits!
atlaub
September 1st, 2012
1:00 am
27-20 Walton. Jones has 261 yards after almost being decapitated at the end of the first half. 9:09 left on the clock, 1am.
I think he has cramped out 15 players on their d this half. Unreal.
Apologies for the McEachern misspell earlier.
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
1:00 am
This kid needs to sit out of practice on Monday and Tuesday!
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
1:07 am
From what I’m told, 35-34 McEachern, 49 sec left……..
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
1:15 am
McEachern is 0-2, nuff said!
slim065
September 1st, 2012
1:18 am
SPOILER ON WALTON-MAC:
Seriously, don;t read below if you want to watch in real time…
Walton wins 37-35 on a FG with 20 sec or so left.
slim065
September 1st, 2012
1:20 am
I know Jones is good, but the GPB broadcasters need to pick up their jaws from the floor. He deserves the praise, but there is a limit of how much I can take during a game.
atlaub
September 1st, 2012
1:20 am
tyren jones is going to go for 300 for the second week in a row
bksmith14
September 1st, 2012
1:25 am
no disrespect to mceachern or walton……..but i dont see to much defense and you have to have it to win state in this class
bksmith14
September 1st, 2012
1:26 am
a team out of region 1 6aaaaaa will face grayson this year in the title game
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
1:41 am
McEachern…….Best 0-2 team in the state!
atlaub
September 1st, 2012
1:41 am
Well slim, if it holds you were only a few seconds off, but right on 20 minutes ago…..
atlaub
September 1st, 2012
1:47 am
Jones gets 333, has 600+ in two games. 37-35 Walton.
TJ Morris
September 1st, 2012
1:50 am
What i said bout them northside eagles. Nobody in 5A can compete with northside just bump them up to 6A in that 1AAAAAA region they still gone win that region. Also watch out for dodge county they made a name for themselves tonite.
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
1:53 am
The road to the 5A Title goes through TUCKER!
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
1:56 am
Someone needs to have a word with Walton’s HC. Tyren Jones has carried the ball over 80 times in two games, too much!
TJ Morris
September 1st, 2012
2:01 am
Northside will whoop tucker by 2 touchdowns this year. They average 6`4 330 pounds on the oline. @ camden 74
Jacketaxe
September 1st, 2012
2:03 am
sometimes peach tree ridge
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slim065
September 1st, 2012
2:05 am
Obviously Jones won’t keep up that pace at Walton (yards or touches)…I would think. But he has rushed it nearly 80 times in 2 games, run backa few punts/kick offs and caught some passes. So we can guess he is in the low to mid 90s in overall touches and hits???
That is just crazy to me. It is effective, but crazy.
TJ Morris
September 1st, 2012
2:06 am
After this game tonite northside should be ranked in top 25 in the nation. But yall atlanta schools will not vote for them because, their a middle georgia school which is not right but, will show yall in the playoffs when we whoop yall very bad like we did tonite to flowery branch.
TJ Morris
September 1st, 2012
2:13 am
northside would whoop camden
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
2:14 am
TJ Morris……….I’d rather have SPEED than size, remember Camden 2009?
Camden74
September 1st, 2012
2:17 am
TJ Morris…….Yeah, right!
mistermak
September 1st, 2012
3:16 am
Even though Camden won big tonight, I thought they looked kind of flat! Not much intensity. Cant wait for R1 play to start!! Ramsey had 9 touchbacks on kickoffs tonight. oh and he is pretty good at QB too!
mistermak
September 1st, 2012
3:17 am
shut up TJ!!!!! not the North side crap again. Ya’ll had two chances to beat us and I believe we made you look like a fool in the dome a few years ago!!!
CoffeeC100
September 1st, 2012
5:15 am
You get ‘em mistermak. I can’t sleep. Guess I’ll go fishin”. It was another slam bam football weekend in Georgia. Can’t beat it.
topper
September 1st, 2012
6:15 am
Wow there are some really good teams in GA this season. Going to be fun to see how this season plays out.
Montanto
September 1st, 2012
7:26 am
Won’t beat Tucker playing like that? 45-7 thrashing on the road Northsides defense is the difference ask Flowery Branch.
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September 1st, 2012
8:31 am
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