AAAAAA blog: Valdosta-Lowndes, West Forsyth, Centennial stunner highlight Week 8
Five bits of news from this week in Class AAAAAA –
- The Valdosta-Lowndes series continues to be entertaining, 51 games on. Lowndes, ranked No. 4, improved to 7-0 with a 17-14 victory. The Vikings trailed 14-6 in the fourth quarter before getting a winning field goal in the final seconds. Tijuan Lang had a key pick late in the game and returned to the Valdosta 32 in the final two minutes, setting up the FG heroics. Rance Gillespie almost became the first Valdosta coach to beat Lowndes in back-to-back seasons since Nick Hyder in 1994-95. Valdosta leads the series 34-17.
- West Forsyth is a step closer to 10-0 and a first region title. The Wolverines defeated Johns Creek 37-16 in a game between 5-0 teams from Region 6. West Forsyth trailed 16-3. A 52-yard TD run by QB A.J. Erdely tied it 16-16 early in the third, and a 79-yard pass to TE Ty Anderson set up the go-ahead TD. Jake Wieczorek rushed for 168 yards. West Forsyth, ranked No. 5, appears on its way to a first-ever region title. The school opened in 2007.
- The stunner of the night was Centennial’s 26-7 victory over Lambert. That also came in Region 6. Lambert was 5-0. Centennial was 0-5. Chase Rosenberg threw three TD passes to Christian Robinson. Rosenberg was 17-of-24 for 190 yards, and Robinson caught 11 passes for 145 yards.
- McEachern has taken control of Region 4. McEachern started 0-2 after losses to 2011 Class AAAAA finalists Grayson and Walton. After a 35-14 victory over South Cobb, the Indians are alone at the top in the region race. McEachern is 5-3, 5-0. South Cobb is 5-1, 3-1.
- Norcross has taken control of Region 7. The Blue Devils are 7-0 after a 35-23 victory over Collins Hill. Those were the remaining unbeaten teams in the region. Norcross is 7-0, 5-0. Collins Hill is 4-2, 3-1. Norcross has beaten the other one-loss team in the region, North Gwinnett. Norcross is seeking its first region title since 2007, fourth in history.
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DOSTA DAWGS
October 12th, 2012
11:06 pm
Great game, congrats to the Vikings!!!!!
West Forsyth
October 12th, 2012
11:12 pm
Looking at the brackets (i know it’s a jinx) and West had better buckle up as they will be going against Region 7 (Gwinnett) and then probably Region 8 ( Gwinnett’s best) in the first two rounds. Good news is…if they are #1 seed, they will have both games at home. Go West!! 4 weapons to score every time they touch the ball.
battleaxekid
October 12th, 2012
11:15 pm
gret game to the cats unranked, played like they did against CC last year over and above what was expected. No fluke this year. I give it to Valdosta, they played their game and never lost their composure.
We made a few mistakes but that was not the reason for the close game.. Valdosta came to win… We will probably see them in the playoffs… again another great winnersville classic…
battleaxekid
October 12th, 2012
11:21 pm
Didn’t Lambert move up from 4a to 6a this year, as well as johns Creek?
57Cat
October 12th, 2012
11:27 pm
I am extremely proud of my VHS Wildcats. The Winnersville Classic was indeed a classic. We could say if-this and if-that, but when it was all said and done the Lowndes kicker came through under pressure. Congratulations to the Vikings. I’ll be rooting for you on November 2.
reggaeman
October 12th, 2012
11:31 pm
As an VHS Cat fan I’m proud of our guys, but like two years ago we had the game won but we let Lowndes back into the game and lost. We needed that win to define our season after losing to Brooks n getting blowout by Camden. By the way Camden going to go undefeated in the region this year.
David Hanson
October 12th, 2012
11:33 pm
Lambert only moved up one level… AAAAAA is new.. Lamber would have been in AAAAA in the old pairings. West will put 50 up on Lambert
reggaeman
October 12th, 2012
11:34 pm
I hate losing to Lowndes, all I heard were how bad they were going to beat us and how we let a AA school beat us…
battleaxekid
October 12th, 2012
11:43 pm
@reggaeman
Ya’ll played ya’lls best game this year…Tea and i was one of those that you are writing about, but once again the cats will again be a team to be reckoned with later in the year…
and Brooks co, along with Parrish will hopefully win it all, they are good. keep playing like ya’ll did tonight and the cats will be playoff bound..
battleaxekid
October 12th, 2012
11:45 pm
West F. began its comeback last year in the playofffs and I believe that you have a chance to go deep into the playoffs and who knows how far ya’ll may go…
carl
October 13th, 2012
12:05 am
i have watched camden co. and lowndes! camden is so much quicker and special teams are better,going to a great ballgame,camden by 21
Camden74
October 13th, 2012
12:07 am
What are y’all going to do with all of those three legged rabbits running around Lowndes County?
Fred
October 13th, 2012
1:03 am
@Todd Holcomb said “McEachern started 0-2 after losses to 2011 Class AAAAA finalists Grayson and Walton.” Dang Todd, we lose one game and are relegated to 3 1/2 lines in the round up and are then only given credit for being a finalist last year. We did win the championship you know. Sheesh!
football-legend
October 13th, 2012
1:51 am
camden county has looked fast bc they have not played a real defense yet,that will change when they go to colquitt and lowndes. They may still win both of those games, with beating lowndes the most difficult bc of thw way lowndes just grinds it out. Lowndes is goin to get 3 and 4 yds almost every touch, you cant stop it. i exoect camden to beat colquitt by 10 to 14 and The lowndes game to be decided by 10 or less.
Lowndes defense has held colquitt o 164 total yards and valdosta to 189
valdosta had 189 in just passing on camden
GRANDMOTHER!
October 13th, 2012
2:45 am
CAMDEN WILL PRACTICE WITH BK HI IN TWO WEEKS TO SET UP THIS KILLING WITH LOWNDES ‘GO CATS GO’ ASKS VALDOSTA HI?? ‘BAMM’
AVikingFan
October 13th, 2012
2:48 am
I really think Valdosta is better than Colquitt, after having seen both of them play. I predict Valdosta will defeat the Packers, giving them 2 region losses. Valdosta also has two region losses, but I think they will now run the table. If Camden defeats Colquitt, that will give them 3 region losses. I bet that will stoke Propst’s hot seat in Moultrie.
The Cats played an exceptional game against Lowndes tonight. They had a good game plan, and the extra week of practice surely helped them. But in big games, big time players make big plays, and Tiquan Lang ’s interception of a Valdosta pass in the closing minutes was indeed a big play. It led to Lowndes’ last play 39 yard field goal to win 17 to 14 over a fired up bunch of Wildcats. If I was Colquitt County, I’d start getting worried. ( Valdosta beat Colquitt last year while Colquitt was loaded.)
always watching
October 13th, 2012
5:56 am
Yes its good for the centennial players to pull off a W .
Saw them play early in season and felt then they may not win a game the entire season.
They are noticeable small phsically and no college level recruit talent anywhere
Yet they are playing hard and congratulations to those young men !!
shimshawne
October 13th, 2012
8:33 am
Young McEachern team rolling now! Keep flying under the radar….
CAMDEN1981
October 13th, 2012
8:56 am
I need some help. For years Camden was blasted on here for playing a weak region. It didn’t matter that we played some of the top teams on the way to our championships. I must note we didn’t always win those games. We were beaten by some great Lowndes , Colquitt and other teams.
So now we are in R1. This was the region where everyone wanted us in and I must say this region has some great teams and we shuld not have been playing the teams in old R3. No we have not played Lowndes or Colquitt and they have not played us. What I am saying is when will Camden get cerdit for being able to compete in this region. I don’t care about the critics from outside the region but we get no respect from our region brothers on here or the Vent. All I here is you won but wait until next week or you played a weak team. There was no weak teams before the season started.
Like I always say , Camden will be ready to play win or lose every Friday.
ON A DIFFERENT NOTE. I SAW ON THE VENT WHERE A COFFEE PLAYER WAS HURT BAD LAST NIGHT. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH HIM , HIS FAMILY AND TEAM.
AVikingFan
October 13th, 2012
9:54 am
Camden1981 I asure you ALL Lowndes fans have LOTS of respect for Camden. Have for years!! You never heard us badmouthing your old region 3. We knew it was tougher than some regions around Greater Atlanta, even with the AAA teams in Savannah playing up. Look at the new region 3. It has two teams in it that have a chance of beating someone else. Also look mat region 6. I predict not a single team will move past round one of the playoffs. Region 2 has one team, Lovejoy, that will possibly advance to the second round.
If anyone wants a ticket to the Lowndes Camden game you can buy it this week at the Lowndes ticket office. We have two remaining home games (Coffee and Camden). Tickets for those two games are $8 each. You must buy both in order to get a guaranteed reserved seat ticket for the Nov 2nd Camden game. Thus your cost for the ticket is $16. The ticket office is located on the west end of the Lowndes County B of Ed bldg between Norman Drive and I 75, just north of Hwy 84. All tickets not already sold are on the visitors’ side of the field, as Lowndes completely sells out the home side every year to reserved seat season ticket holders. (We have also sold apprx 1000 reserved seat season tickets on the visitor’s side this year.) Or, you can wait til the week of the game, stand in line, and take a chance on getting a ticket. I also encourage all Coffee fans who want to come to the Lowndes Coffee game, to buy the two game package now. Only problem, if you want to call it a problem, is you will be sitting near Lowndes fans on the south end of the visitors stands instead of in the center section which will be sent to Camden for sale the week of the game.
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86Vike
October 13th, 2012
10:10 am
@CAMDEN1981…You yourself know that Camden has played in the weakest region in the state for quiet a few years! Now with that said, this year, Camden has the best team and talent they have ever had! That will make for a very good year for Camden against a Region that is not up to Region 1 standards.By the way, welcome to Region 1 and best of luck to ya! Gooo Region 1!!!!!
Flo - Ri - Duh
October 13th, 2012
10:11 am
I was at the Coffee High/Brunswick game last night – Coffee gave up a lot of yards but outlasted Brunswick. On a sad note a Coffee High TE (sophomore) was injured seriously just before the half and has been diagnosed with a broken (or fractured) bone in his neck. I did see him moving his arms and legs which is good news. Pray for this young man to recover, not to play football, but to live a normal and happy life.
Flo - Ri - Duh
October 13th, 2012
10:17 am
Class A is really messed now with all the “private” schools being allowed to recruit players. Very unfair to the public schools that can’t recruit players.
86Vike
October 13th, 2012
10:30 am
Great game last night between the Cats and Vikings!!!! A little to close for comfort though! Best of luck to the Cats with the rest of the season! Goooooo Vikings!!!!!
Titletown USA
October 13th, 2012
10:55 am
Camden 1981…once again, you are Camden fan playing the victim role without merit. There has been nothing but respectful acknowledgement of Camden as a force. I think it only makes sense to state they have yet to play the two major powerhouse teams in determining their success in the first Region 1 campaign…what else would you expect to be said?
Even if the go undefeated this year in R1, there still will be some plausible discussion around whether they can do that year in and year out….I mean, isn’t this the point of blog discussion about HS football? Of course, many do not consider sensible dialogue and exchange as their primary reason for participating….and I am not directing this comment at you.
rancher
October 13th, 2012
11:02 am
If you love highschool football, you had to love the Classic last night with Lowndes and Valdosta. The score never reflects the talent on the two teams, when they play ,……..both teams come to play hard and they did. Congratulations to Lowndes for the victory, but also to Valdosta players and coaches. Anyone that thinks about counting you guys out for the remainder of the season will get thier…….handed to them. Good luck against Lord Prospt and Colquitt. Looks like a great buildup to Lowndes and the states most talented team Camden in about three weeks. Go VIKINGS
sportsnut
October 13th, 2012
11:17 am
@ AvikingFan == Possibly?
57Cat
October 13th, 2012
12:09 pm
Here’s something else for us VHS fans to think about: we have lost to three teams that are a combined 20 – 0 (and could have won two of those games), and we beat a good North Augusta team whose only loss is to Valdosta. If we win out we will be no worse than the #3 seed out of R1. So, we pick our heads up, congratulate Lowndes for winning a hard fought game, and press on, knowing we’re a pretty darn good football team!
jimb
October 13th, 2012
1:29 pm
North Gwinnett head coach is a pin head, not a good sportsman, and a very bad example or short sized ( has his Qb throw a pass for a touch down with 30 seconds left in the game winning 40 -28 game over at that point without the TD). Playoffs are close and maybe he will get his just reward by another one and done. North has always under played in the playoffs. He needs to remember Lanier is next door and your freshman and jv are weak at North you could be the next Meadowcreek. OH I forgot he will quite first.
i'mjustsayingwhati'msaying
October 13th, 2012
5:21 pm
What a good game last night, glad that I was able to go. I saw 2 teams leaving it on the field. Really impressed with the fans that I sat among. Very passionate about football period. There were Vikings and Wildcats where I was sitting, and not one criticized the other, both responded well to good and bad plays. The atmospere in a whole was electric. One of those games where you wanted both teams to win. One the scoreboard Lowndes won, but both teams won in my book for the mutual repsect that they showed one another.
Columbia Blue
October 13th, 2012
6:11 pm
@86 Vike—Camden does not have the best team they ever had. We must get better each week. We will stay humble and work our buts off to get better. Lowndes has a great team. We will be ready when we roll into Valdosta for the second time. Best of luck to you guys. Regardless of the outcome, we will show class.
AVikingFan
October 13th, 2012
6:20 pm
Did anyone see McPherson and Gillespie meeting and talking before last night’s game? You could see the admiration and respect each have for the other. Throughout the hard fought, emotional game, there was outstanding sportsmanship by both teams. It was a whale of a game. I heard a former Wildcat talking on a local sports radio show last night after the game. He said it was his first Lowndes Valdosta game in quite a few years as he doesn’t live here anymore. He talked on and on about how the game was worth a lot more than the $8 he paid to see it.
Now Valdosta has to know how we felt last year, when one was stolen from them at the last minute. Good luck Cats the rest of your season! I really hope your team keeps its emotion and desire to win, and wins out the rest of the regular season. I honestly will be pulling for you to win the next three games.
Longhorn nation
October 13th, 2012
6:40 pm
Let me tell you about NG coach he’s a poon a crybaby and probably the worst attitude of any coach I have ever been around and I no this from experience but there QB is a great kid and a great athlete good luck MH
Lambert ... TBD
October 13th, 2012
7:00 pm
@ David Hanson … West should win, but I do not think it will be 50. We now must focus on Johns Creek.
CAMDEN1981
October 13th, 2012
7:20 pm
@Titletown USA…It’s intersting for you to say the two power houses teams of this region, I thought this was a tough region from top to bottom but you said this about us in the past so expected nothing less. I back up what said by reading here and the vent.But as always it’s not what said that matters but what happens on the field. Looking for a great game from all our region brothers.
yo
October 13th, 2012
8:00 pm
Camden 1981 I think the point is this. Camden will win it’s share of region 1 championships (probably this year and some in the future), but the all we have to do is show up years for Camden are over as was the case in Region 3 for you.
You will get your share of the victories and you will get your share to feel the pain of defeat.
Other teams have gone through this region undefeated and so you would not be the first.
Those same teams have had to eat crow in other years and you will see those days too.
Other teams have gone through this region as champs and won state as you will some times.
Those same teams have had to enter as 2nd, 3rd, 4th place finishers in other years ane you will
find Camden will experience this (if you hang around long enough) in some years too.
At the beginning of the year I think most on these blogs have said they thought Camden, Colquit and Grayson were the teams to beat this year.
At this point Camden is the only one of these 3 left undefeated.
Lowndes to this point has been a bit of a surprise (even for most Lowndes fans).
Colquit to this point has been a little bit of a disapointment.
WILDHAWG2012
October 13th, 2012
8:01 pm
@avikingfan=Come on now,I know no one likes coach Rush but as a team we do have talent and with the the younger players playing a lot more because they are faster on offense Rush can call the plays he really wants to call. We are loaded this year with more weapons than last the problem to me is the rotating of the quarterbacks.The timing was off in the first half of the season but with Mobley at QB we will get it going like it should have been the whole season. I do respect your opinion and Valdosta played their hearts out but we are a little better than last year and VHS also had 8 seniors on defense last year too.Those seniors were very inspired on defense and VHS won the game hands down,but they were not the better team and will not be the better team this year either and their will be a different out come for sure. Congrats to the Vikings on an impressive come from behind victory and another Winnersville Classic once again………
WILDHAWG2012
October 13th, 2012
8:10 pm
@yo=I get what you r saying about Colquitt but truth be told we have a better shot at winning the state title than Lowndes. Thats right i said it!! If you know anything about football then u should understand what i mean.But i don’t really expect u too because of my statement i made at the begining.But it’s cool just sit back and observe over the next month or so then you will understand why i say this
yo
October 13th, 2012
9:09 pm
Like I said Wildhawg2012 both Lowndes and Colquit have been surprises this year. I just like our surprise better than yours thus far.
Fact is though that Lowndes is fairly young so I kind of like our chances of the old addage “improve every game”.
AVikingFan
October 13th, 2012
9:20 pm
WILDHAWG2012 — I have nothing but respect for the players at Colquitt County. I just do not think Colquitt has a running game to go with it’s ability to pass, like Valdosta does. And I disrespect your coach enough to want to see Colquitt lose every game it plays while he’s there.
All that hog wash about while he was at Hoover all he did wrong was to try and get some kids into college is a sack of hog manure. I have in my hands a copy of the Investigative report presented to the Hoover Board of Education on August 31, 2007. It is 66 pages thick. It was prepared by a law firm in Birminghham. It details incident after incident where players grades were changed after teachers submitted their end of the year grades. Guidance Counselors and Assistant Principals, under pressure from Propst, changed grades to keep players eligible. 19 teachers confirmed that their grades were frequently changed. 36 other teachers would not admit they were aware of grades being changed, but the investigation revealed many were . It was standard policy for teachers to have to allow players to retake failed tests up to 3 times. Administrators afraid of Propst’s clout with some Board members, made those policies.
On page 53 of the report details Propst sending an assistant coach, Luke Pruett, to Vestavia High Schoo , a key upcoming opponent, to spy on their practices, and to film them. Vestavia officials discovered the spying and reported it to the AHSAA, who suspended Luke Pruett from coaching in Alabama for one year.
Other pages detail how Propst frequently had other people punch his time clock when he really was not at work. (Apparently all employees of Hoover had to “clock in”.)
Other pages report on his personal life and questionable spending of monies gained from camps, and the “two-a-days” TV program. So many County and State rules were broken by Propst that they are too numerous to mention.
And that sir is why I do not like or respect Rush Probst. That and the nerve the guy had to call our coach a “blatant liar” in the newspaper.
68 viking
October 13th, 2012
9:26 pm
This game would have been worth the price of a Ga Dwgs or falcon ticket. Man what a show. I had to sit with the cats first time in 51 games ive watched. They were enguaging and fun no hard feeling from eather side just some fun ribbing. If I had to do it again i would. Both cats & Vikes played one slobber knocker of a football game. Maby it should be like this each weekend, glad for the win It looked like that ole gost hanging round cleveland field forgot which side he was supposed be on LOL The cat nation will surly keep thair heads high and march on in to the play offs, and will be successful Good cats way to go vikings u make us proud
G
the truth
October 13th, 2012
9:27 pm
If things stay the way they are, the playoff brackets look interesting. The toughest bracket would have Camden, Norcross, and Grayson which appears to be playing better after the loss. Congratulations on winning region 7. Win your first playoff game then get the defending state champs, then the the No 1 team in the state. The winner of that bracket would probably be the favorite out of the 4 teams left.
The 3 and 4 seeds from region 1 will have it hard. First round gets a trip to Cobb County in Atlanta and if they make it to the quarters they probably get another trip to Atlanta with a possible trip to middle Ga sandwiched in the middle. The third seed has the harder task actually because their quarterfinal would be at Lassiter. This is all speculation though and it will be interesting to see how things work out.
68 viking
October 13th, 2012
9:34 pm
A viking Fan did I see u at the press box with ur binoculars steeling signals. U had better watch out Porbst may report u to GAHS LOL What a game by the was I was able to get two tickes
86Vike
October 13th, 2012
10:05 pm
@Columbia Blue….Should be a great game…at least I hope!!!
CAMDEN1981
October 13th, 2012
10:09 pm
TO EVEYONE…WOW …How quickly people forget what was said. Camden would not be able to compete each week with R1 teams not wouldn’t dominate like they did in R3 but couldn’t compete
each week with R1 teams.
@YO..give me a break …you act as though all that you said only applies to R1..IT APPLIES TO FOOTBALL . Here is the facts. Camden will show up to play. We may not have won all but we have won our share.
wildcat fan
October 13th, 2012
10:23 pm
Why is it when Camden beat Valdosta, when the score could have been worse, with a running clock. Valdosta isn’t any good but when they come with minutes of beating Lowndes they’re good and a team to be reconked with. Don’t give me that rivalry BS. Before the official start of the season Region 1AAAAAA was strong from top to bottom. Camden has outscorced it’s opponents 129-18 in the 3 region games. I can respect the history of the game, and I do. But enough with the excuses. We will loose our share, but we will win more than we loose.
WILDHAWG2012
October 13th, 2012
11:10 pm
@Avikingfan=I am not on here to talk about what Rush did or didn’t do at another school.I could really care less about that. I am on here to talk about the hard working kids and the town (Colquitt Co ) they represent.Rush just happens to be the coach.When i blog it is all about The Packers only!!! I know about them and thats all i care to talk about.Coaches come and go but i will be a Packer backer for life so it doesn’t matter who is coach as long as he calls good plays and makes us a playoff and title contender year in and year out. @ Yo= I don’t know how young Lowndes is but i still think we are younger but anyway that just mean the future for us both looks bright.
AVikingFan
October 13th, 2012
11:52 pm
It does look bright Wildhawg2012, for both of us. I respect you for continuing to follow and support your team, as you should. Gooooo Region 1-AAAAAA!
Viking68, someone I had a tickiet for backed out at the last minutee Friday and that is why I called you late about having an extra ticket. Glad you got to see the game.Yes, I WAS in front of the visitors press box on the top row, on the 50 yd line with my binoculars. Did not steal signs though. Ain’t smart enough!
wildcatfan — Camden ALWAYS wins more than it loses. But losing to Hillgrove? Comeon?!! Just messing with ya. Good luck till we meet Nov 2!
Camden74
October 14th, 2012
1:13 am
86Vike…….. Camden has the best team it has ever had, are you serious?
Mighty Mighty Wildcats
October 14th, 2012
9:07 am
I feel like on ole Faarrhhht saying “I remember when Valdosta was good”. We will never be relevant again until the city council dissolves its charter OR gets the city schools in hand. Valwood (a local private school)is excelling while we sink into mediocrity. No one in the irght mind would send their kid to VHS until “the element” there is dealt with………..good luck to the rest of Region 1AAAAAA, as our state titles are now “Gone with the Wind”.
Flyer
October 14th, 2012
10:02 am
@jimb–Why don’t you give the whole story. NG was content to run out the clock and in fact had run the ball the previous 9 plays. The Mill Creek coach thought the game was still going on, This is evident by him using his timeouts. NG had the ball on the MC 36 yard line with a 4th and 20. The clock was stopped at 44 seconds. Why did the clock stop? Because Mill Creek called time out. Why did Mill Creek call time out? Because they wanted the ball back to score. At this point NG had several options, 1. Punt (we had already had 1 punt blocked and were using our sophmore backup long snapper playing in his first varsity game) 2. Run the ball and potentialy giving the ball over on downs with minimal time off the clock. 3 throw a deep pass where the maximum amount of time is used and the outcome of the play is either a catch for a first dow or touchdown, Interference where we retain possession, Incomplete with alot of time used or an interception which would be just as good as a punt.
Another thing to remember is this game most of the points on both sides were scored quickly. NG scored 20 points in the last 2 minutes of the first half and with the skill and speed of the MC it certainly could have happened to us.
Now to your comment about NG underplaying in the playoffs. Another one and done , Huh. We woudn’t know about that. You must be thinking of MC fine playoff record of one one and done and one trip to the qtr-finals. for an overall record of 2-2. In the sme time period, NG is 11-6 in the playoffs with 3 qtr-finals and one state championship appearance. You must be frustrated beacuse MC is the largest school in the state with arguably the most sucessful GFL program. Now which high school underachieves?
AVikingFan
October 14th, 2012
10:47 am
Mighty Mighty Wildcats —- How soon you forget. The City Coucil does not have the authority to dissolve the Valdosta Charter. One year ago the proposal was on the ballot for the city residents to vote on (Lowndes County residents could not vote.) The action to dissolve the charter failed by 80%
AVikingFan
October 14th, 2012
11:10 am
Next Thursday at Valdosta’s Cleveland Field (Bazemore Hyder Stadium), Lowndes Middle School, with two future Class AAAAAA AllState Players (#4 and #15) will take on Valdosta Middle at 4:30, followed by Lowndes High’s B Team playing Valdosta’s B Team. Or you can go out to Lowndes’ Martin Stadium, aka the Concrete Palace, and watch Lowndes’ 9th graders play Valdosta’s 9th graders. Lowndes has 5 or 6 sophomore starters on the Varsity who do NOT play on the B Team.
For you die hard football enthusiests, it promises to be well worth your time.
DOSTA DAWGS
October 14th, 2012
11:48 am
@ AVikingFan – Valdosta has 12 or 13 soph-Jr players that have not played JV all year. Valdosta only plays 3rd stringers on JV. I know Lowndes JV is undefeated and I think unscored on, but I think thats because most teams in the region follow the same plan as Valdosta about JV.
I took you up on your bet about Lowndes scoring Touchdowns and it looks like you owe me. The Vikings only scored 1 TD (which should have been an INT. That DB is a soph, He will defenitely make up for that mistake the next 2yrs.)
DOSTA DAWGS
October 14th, 2012
12:04 pm
@ MIGHTY MIGHTY WILDCAT- What “ELEMENT” are you talking about at Valdosta High? I played at Valdosta and all 3 of my boys go there now. I have been a player and now I’m a parent, so what “ELEMENT” are you refering to? You have many educational choices in Valdosta?Lowndes County. You can chose any you like. However, don’t hide behind this blog with comments like ” Eliminate the ELEMENT at Valdosta High”! Valdosta High is definitely not begging for you or anybody to send their child to VHS!!!!
To your comment about Valwood. No disrespect to Valwood, but have you been to a Valwood game? Valwood has done a great job of getting kids that probably would have never played at VHS?LHS to come and play ball. Those kids didn’t leave VHS because of the “ELEMENT” or the great Valwood education. They left so they could get the chance to play football!!!!
AVikingFan
October 14th, 2012
1:09 pm
Dosta Dawg, what series of plays did not Lowndes go for a TD? I never said they’s make it, just said they’d “go for it.” LOL
AVikingFan
October 14th, 2012
1:14 pm
The Valwood coach (former coach at Valdosta High) told Gillespie his players go to Valwood to “get an education”. I have been told Valwood’s total enrollment in grades 1 thru 12 is less than a 100 students. That has not affected Valdosta High one iota, imo!
Old Towne Guy
October 14th, 2012
2:46 pm
McEachern North Cobb game should be a good one next week. Bet it’s like a basketball score 65-59 or something
NGHS 09
October 14th, 2012
3:28 pm
@ jimb @ Longhorn Nation…..Some gutsy words about a person you do not know, but we are all entitled to our opinions.
@ Jimb….Don’t know if you watched the MC vs. NG game, but MC can score on any given play so of course you take the endzone shot on 4th and a mile to put that quick scoring threat to rest. Not to mention building confidence for your Qb who will have to be flawless in the playoffs, like he was Friday against MC. You can speculate both sides of the equation and say it was “unsportman like”, but at the end of the day you have to look at the facts. If they punt in that situation and MC scores on one big play, which they already had 3 times from 50+ yards, then your up by 5 points. Then an onside recovery by MC only requires another big TD run and NG loses. If you are not the coach then don’t speculate about his decisions. Mill Creek is a DANGEROUS offensive machine and will be a very tough out in the playoffs. They Qb is VERY good and only a sophmore.
NGHS 09
October 14th, 2012
3:29 pm
Thank you Flyer.
NGHS 09
October 14th, 2012
3:34 pm
@ Jimb…For the record, I’m sure Sphire and Mo Dixon would love to have the talent pool that MC has/ under achieves with year in a year out. MC should be contending every year for state titles with all of the talent over there, not 3rd seed playoff slots.
NGHS 09
October 14th, 2012
3:37 pm
And the quiting comment…? When and where has Sphire ever quit a program because of a lack of talent? Do your research on the program that Sphire and company built and won with in Kentucky before coming to Suwanee. Your comments are just premature and comical.
86Vike
October 14th, 2012
3:45 pm
@Camden 74….I guess its just a matter of opinion, but y’all are loaded with talent and speed! I believe you have at least 3 division 1 prospects! Sounds like a pretty good team to me! I’m just saying!!!
AVikingFan
October 14th, 2012
6:59 pm
I’m with YOU Old Towne Guy. McE and North Cobb will settle a lot of questions. I predict McE will win in a basketball score like you posted, just maybe not quite as high.
Camden74
October 14th, 2012
7:43 pm
86Vike……..I guess it is, a matter of opinion and my opinion is that you’re incorrect. Camden is loaded with talent and speed every year. Some years there’s more than others. Some years it comes together better than others. This is however, one of Camden’s better years of offensive talent. But think about the 15-0 2003 and 2008 teams. The defense on the 2003 team was record setting! Camden’s defense this year is still a work in progress, but getting better every week. But the best team Camden has ever had, I doubt it.
bksmith14
October 14th, 2012
8:46 pm
not going tot sugar coat anything for valdosta here……
yall played a great game….but lowndes in the end won a game yet again we should have won by 2 tds or more…..we punted ..ONE time !!! we ran the ball down valdostas throat…and were 6of 7 with 132 yds passing…..we have got to improve on rd zone offense….this game was closer than it should have been….valdosta had less than 100 passing and 100 rushing on us…..not even mighty camden accomplished this with their defense
valdosta had 1 drive where they drove the field on lowndes……the other drive was setup by a kickoff return by valdosta to the lowndes 40……
valdosta played the best they have all year fri night …….lowndes played prob its worse game….and still won…..
lowndes 352 yards….valdosta 189…..
we have to find a way to get better in redzone….against a team like camden…that will not be good…
AVikingFan
October 14th, 2012
8:59 pm
bk, add back the yards we lost due to sacks and the fumbled kick attempt and we totaled right at 400 yards offense on the Cats. Not bad at all. I still think Valdosta is more balanced than Colquitt, and may defeat them in two weeks, like they did last year. AND, Colquitt might just knock off the big boys, Camden on Nov 9th. We all know how Colquitt plays late in the season.
I’m willing to bet Buzz Payne will be there with his binoculars, especially since the GHSA said it’s not against the rules. But from what I know about Camden’s coach, he will ignore Payne much like the Lowndes coaches did. Still, I think he’ll be there to get into Propst’s head again! He wore an Alabama shirt when we played the Packers, but I can’t see him in baby blue! It’s kind of a girlie boy color to me. LOL (Just messing with ya, Camden74)
bk, Lowndes held Valdosta to I think two first downs in the 1st half, while we had, what, two 90 plus yard drives? We got into the red zone three times in the 1st half and only scored 3 points. We’ve GOT to improve on that!
Camden74
October 14th, 2012
9:35 pm
AVikingFan……..That’s okay, there have been a number of people who’ve had that opinion, but it didn’t take long for them to realize they weren’t playing the colors! Go Camden County Wildcats!
57Cat
October 14th, 2012
10:13 pm
@bksmith14 – You ought to be very concerned about your Vikes against Camden. Your mighty team rolled up all those yards, got into the red zone all those times and came up with three lousy field goals? You scored only ONE touchdown against that weak Kitty Kat defense? I sure would be worried if I were you.
Plowboy - Viking
October 14th, 2012
10:40 pm
And Remember …EVERY TEAM in our region had a week off before playing Lowndes!!
DOSTA DAWGS
October 14th, 2012
10:44 pm
@ AVikingFan – Lowndes didn’t go for a TD on the last play before they kicked the field goal!!!!
DOSTA DAWGS
October 14th, 2012
10:57 pm
@ bksmith14 – Valdosta did not play their best game of the year fri. nite!!!! Lowndes just hasn’t played anybody in all those blowout wins. The Vikes are 2-0 by a total of 34-28 against the 2 best teams they have played. I surely hope you didn’t think Lowndes would score 40-50 points against Valdosta? The CATS defense is very young and inexperienced. They play hard, just make a few mistakes that have cost them in games. However, that defense returns 8 starters next year!!!!!
BK- I have seen Lowndes and Camden up close and I will tell you what will happen. Are you ready?
Camden 35- Lowndes 7
Region 1AAAAAA
October 14th, 2012
11:00 pm
Where was the 25 second clock when Lowndes had the ball on offense??? Valdosta didn’t have any yardage because they only had about 6 possesions all nite. Lowndes did a wonderful job of holding the ball.
Valdosta has the “BEST” punter in the state!!! Even better than Mr. Ramsey.
Region 1AAAAAA
October 14th, 2012
11:04 pm
I will also say that the Valdosta Jr. Linebacker #30 Smith is alot better than the Lowndes kid #17 Jackson.
cat doc
October 15th, 2012
5:18 am
I go to the Camden games and so far this year I really can’t see the difference between super region 1 and region 3 from past years. The cats are not on a roll, the are on the war path. Lowndes gear up camden is coming into Martin stadium with a chip an their shoulder.
TItletown USA
October 15th, 2012
7:28 am
You know what “element” the Mighty Wildcat poster was talking about…the “black element” at Valdosta HS. If there is one thing that burns me is HS football fans complaining about urban black youth culture….can you imagine what football would be without African American youth? We make up 12% of the population and 80% of the meaningful athletes on any given team. So whenever you speak of the “element” just remember that. You guys love these kids on Friday nights, but when they finish their senior season, you treat them like threats and criminals…I see on a daily basis at Lowndes and Valdosta…..there has not been a significant hiring of a past player on either staff involving a past player….use em and abuse em.
sportsnut
October 15th, 2012
7:59 am
Amen, Titletown USA. well spoken.
WILDHAWG2012
October 15th, 2012
9:40 am
@TitletownUSA= Wow!!! I feel you 100% man!!! GREAT POST!!!
gman57
October 15th, 2012
9:44 am
Coffee will beat Lowndes and Valdosta, if they have kicking try-outs between now and Friday. There has gotta be someone at that school that can kick the ball into the end zone and if their defenesive cordinator doesn’t wait til the 3rd qtr to make adjustments!!! In the past 2 games, Camden and Brunswick, once those adjustments were made, ….”2nd half”… no points were scored on Coffee. I do not understand why we wait! Someone explain, please?
Fair Play Fan
October 15th, 2012
10:15 am
The Truth; I like your assessment of what could possible happen in the AAAAAA play-off brackets. One exception——-Middle Ga. do not have any AAAAAA teams.
Camden74
October 15th, 2012
11:06 am
Dang! Can’t believe I’m agreeing with Titletown USA! The planets must be aligned…….
Camden74
October 15th, 2012
11:08 am
gman57……I think you might be living in an alternate reality, come on back man!
bksmith14
October 15th, 2012
1:15 pm
DOSTA DAWGS………i will make a bet with you that camden will not score 35 on this lowndes defense….14 to 24 points will be it…..and i will set it up where i can meet you to collect my cash if you want to put your money where your mouth is
i actually made a mistake……..valdosta never drove the field on lowndes to score……both of their scores were set up by 1) a kickoff return to lowndes 40……and then an int by a valdosta d linemen which was returned to our side the 50…….
Valdosta played their guts out…..lowndes played ok….just blew up in the redzone….socre should have been 27-14…but a win is a win…..
camdens offense is very good……we all know that……their defense is pretty good also…..but it can be scored on and will be…..
camdens offense cant do much when its standing on the sideline can it? wait and see what happens nov 2nd……if camden cant stop lowndes from picking up 3 and 4 yds at a time…it will be a LONG night for camdens offense on the sideline……Lowndes held the ball 10 more min of offense than valdosta and 13 more than colquitt…..the recipe to beat camden is to keep their offense off field
first we got to brew some coffee fri night…….Lowndes 27- coffee 10….
bksmith14
October 15th, 2012
1:20 pm
Dont look to much into the score of the valdosta and lowndes game……i dont care how good either team is…its a rivalry and is usually a good game…..
Columbia Blue Blood
October 15th, 2012
2:33 pm
To be honest I would rather Camden do well in the playoffs than the region. I know that winning the region decides your seeding but as I said before I feel that the top 3 teams in Region 1-AAAAAA would beat any team in the state with the exception of Grayson. That’s just my opinion.
the truth
October 15th, 2012
4:07 pm
Fairplay, you are correct. I was using Atlanta as a northern border since district 4-8 are north of Atlanta. I should have said south of Atlanta, not middle GA.
shimshawne
October 15th, 2012
4:36 pm
McEachern will win convincingly against N. Cobb just like they did against S. Cobb.
AVikingFan
October 15th, 2012
6:12 pm
gman57 “Coffee will beat Lowndes nand Valdosta.” Friiend have you been mixing nmoonshine with your koolaid? Coffee won’t beat either one of those teams THIS year.
And have you thought about why Coffee scored in the 3rd Q on Camden? I imagine Camden was playing it’s BTeamers the whole 2nd half.
Titletown USA, name me one afro-american coach with a degree from somewhere other than Ft. Valley State who has applied for a job at Lowndes, WHO WASN’T HIRED. Get your facts straight before making accusations like that. Better yet, you might consider keeping racial things out of these blogs!
FWIW, I agree with you shimshawne! McE is playing good ball!
Camden74
October 15th, 2012
6:56 pm
AVikingFan……It’s not for me to defend Titletown USA, but it’s very possible you might have misunderstood the foundation of his post and why he made the comments.
i'mjustsayingwhati'msaying
October 15th, 2012
7:00 pm
Plowboy – Viking , And Remember …EVERY TEAM in our region had a week off before playing Lowndes!!
Did you look at all of the schedules:
Camden has Brunswick, then Lowndes and then Colquitt. That does not look like an off week before they head to Lowndes. Looks like they have 2 big games to close out the region.
AVikingFan
October 15th, 2012
8:48 pm
I hope so Camden 74, and if so I apologize. But I went back and read his post again, especially the last part, and I take exception with it. We have hired former players, white and black. We think it’s a good thing to hire a former player who went to college and got a degree. My family and friends often entertainplayers and former players in our homes, especially when they are home from school, and on weekends. One former black player called my son at 3:30am the night another of our former player (Ed Christian) was shot to death at Auburn, AL. He thanked my son for being “the daddy he never had.”
Lowndes doesn’t turn its back on former players. They are part of the Viking family, always. Our Touchdown Club has helped many, many former players, white and black, in times of need, some of them years after they graduated from Lowndes. Our school system diligently tries to hire former students. I know this for a fact. I served 8 years on the Lowndes Board of Education.
I often have former players come up to me at Lowndes games, shake my hand and sometimes even hug me, and often introduce me to their wives and kids .And, I am by no means the only person this happens to.
Now can we please go back to talking about our upcoming games.
HaveBinocularsWillTravel
October 15th, 2012
8:53 pm
An astute observation, i’mjustsayingwhati’msaying. At least Camden won’t have an extra week to prepare for Lowndes like Colquitt, Brunswick, and Valdosta did!
truth teller
October 15th, 2012
9:00 pm
BKSMITH14 CAMDEN WILL DRAG LOWNDES, HECK YOU CAME WITHIN SECONDS OF LOSING TO A TEAM THAT, YOU SWORE LOWNDES WAS GOING TO BEAT DOWN. TIRED OF THAT RIVALRY BS. CAMDEN COULD HAVE PUT UP 50 PLUS. ENOUGH WITH YOUR STUPID BLOGS. YOUR OWN FANS DON’T ASSOCIATE YOU WITH LOWNDES FOOTBALL. I HAVE NO DOG IN THIS FIGHT . HECK YOU HID SINCE FRIDAY. YOU SWORE VALDOSTA WAS A TERRIBLE FOOTBALL TEAM, AFTER THE GAME FRIDAY, WHAT DOES THAT MAKE LOWNDES. AFTER THAT LUCKY TIP OF THE FOOTBALL.
HaveBinocularsWillTravel
October 15th, 2012
9:01 pm
Has anyone seen the FaceBook photo being circulated of Lowndes’ last play field goal in last week’s game with Valdosta? It was reported as being a 39 yard kick. It was almost as high as the uprights, and slightly to the right of center. It would have been good from 50 or more yards! An incredible kick by someone who had never played football before this past July. He had never kicked a football before this past July! And he’s a 4.0+ student. He’s earned his lifetime place in the “Viking Family!”
HaveBinocularsWillTravel
October 15th, 2012
9:07 pm
truth teller —- Ouch! Sounds to me like you DO have a dog in this fight. You can’t have it both ways. Me, I’d much rather read one of bk’s posts than someone who writes nine lines in CAPITOL LETTERS!
truth teller
October 15th, 2012
9:16 pm
Bksmith14,,,,man you’re really terrified of Camden because in everyone of post you mention Camden, even when it’s no reason to mention them. Watch that blood pressure I’m concerned for you dude
Camden74
October 15th, 2012
9:25 pm
AVikingFan……..I don’t know about the hiring practices of Lowndes or Valdosta, but Titletown’s post was in response to another post. But maybe Titletown should be defending himself and his post. As of now, I’m removing myself from this particular disagreement.
yo
October 15th, 2012
10:51 pm
I read it the way AVikingFan read it and found it a waste of breath to reply to racism.
mistermak
October 15th, 2012
11:16 pm
These next few weeks gonna be interesting! Go Cats!
DOSTA DAWGS
October 16th, 2012
3:57 am
@bksmith14 – You claim to have soo many contacts, so ask any Lowndes coach and they will tell you that Lowndes tried to execute the same scheme as Camden did against Valdosta. The difference is Lowndes just doesn’t have the same caliber athletes Camden does. You clamor about all the Lowndes yards, but break this down: Lowndes had 385yds total offense. 45yds came on a screen play and 35 came on another pass play to Burgman. Burgman also had a 25yd run. Thats 105yds on 3 plays. So really Lowndes gained 280 yds on all other plays. Valdosta had only 2 possesions in the first half and only 7 for the game. Lowndes scored their only TD with 4min left in the game.
I’m not taking anything away from the Vikings win, but the stats are alittle misleading. The eye test showed a different game.
DOSTA DAWGS
October 16th, 2012
4:07 am
Lowndes bogged down in the red-zone because of the limits to their offense. When in the red-zone, it was easier for Valdosta to contain the running game because of the shorter field. Outside the red-zone, Lowndes did a good job of spreading Valdosta out and running screens and the “Sally”. Those plays are irrelavant in the red-zone because the field shrinks and defenses can play tighter.
gman57
October 16th, 2012
7:48 am
AVikingFan: Camden did not put their 2nd or 3rd string players in the game in the 3rd qtr against Coffee. I was there and aware of the jersey #’s of players…. It did not happen! Watch out Lowndes.. Coffee is coming!
AVikingFan
October 16th, 2012
9:01 am
gman47 — I was just messing wid ja. Coffee ALWAYS plays Lowndes tough, especially at our stadium. (Tift likewise, cept at both stadiums!) I’m certain it’s going to be another quality game Friday night. I hope no one else gets hurt, on either team!
Dosta Dawg — Spread the credit around. Valdosta only having “two possessions” in the 1st half must mean Lowndes defense had something to do with it. (Personally I thought it was three, only one in the 1st Q. But, I’ll be the 1st to admit I’ve been wrong before.)
bk — I’ll talk Camden with you AFTER we play Coffee and Tift. The most important game on our schedule is this week’s game with Coffee!
57Cat
October 16th, 2012
9:05 am
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Cat Fan
October 16th, 2012
9:30 am
gman57- Please be advised that Camden roster list 130 players with 30 underclassman wearing the same # as juniors and seniors. Jake Davis is a
9th grader wearing JJ Green’s # 5. Quinn Stoffel, a freshman also, wears
# 40 as does Jarrad Davis. You can check the others at the wildcat website.
truth teller
October 16th, 2012
11:51 am
Gman57, no Camden did put in 2nd and 3 rd stringers if u were paying attention that was a different offensive line in the game kept Brice in as qb and those backs were 2nd team guys. Those kids just played alot against you guys.
bksmith14
October 16th, 2012
12:23 pm
DOSTA DAWGS ……..you are off a little bit when you say lowndes tried to execute the same scheme as camden……we dont run the exact same wing t…….but youi can beleieve what youi want to……
lets forget camden here for a sec…….
#1…Lowdndes and Valdosta..these kids have known each other and played against each other since they were knee high ….
#2 –you guys went against camden…yall lost..made a pile of mistakes..but yall got better bc of it
#3..you had 2 weeks to pratcice over and over against the wing 2 and watch film
#4. Its the biggest rivalry in the region and prob the state… (do you not remember when lowndes had reid his senior year in 2008…we were blowing everyone out and had just beaten northside 24-7, we only won the winersville classic that year 14-7)
#5..Pride….yall showed a lot of it fri night…and yall didnt make to many mistakes..
#6.. Lowndes played lethargic..i know bc i know this team…i have not missed a game and watch them practice ..for whatever reason..we were just not as fired up as we should have been. but we pulled it out
#7. THE WINNERSVILLE CLASSIC….its a classic 80% of the time we clash…not many blowouts…and you guys played a heck of a lot better against us than you did camden..yall were awestucked when you played camden…youi wasnt against us…mostly bc these boys have been playing against each other since they were just put of diapers…..look at broowood and grayson last year…14-7..grayson won..brookwood was not all that good..
Lowndes first two possesion with the ball fri night we drove the ball 90 plus yards….got inside the cats 10 and only cam away with 3…thats more of are own undoing than anything else…this game shouldnt have been as close…if we had executed we get to 27 on the scoreboard
camden will have to bring it to beat us in the palace on nov 2nd for what will most likely be the region title
gman57
October 16th, 2012
12:34 pm
Not so fast my friends!…. Lowndes must to get past Coffee! Lowndes “D” is suspect.. Coffee’s QB and receivers, are going to put on an “air show” come Friday night….. wait and see…
57Cat
October 16th, 2012
1:58 pm
bksmith14 – Rationalize all you want, but Lowndes is not in the same league with Camden. Camden is in a league of its own. I know; you can fire back with all your “facts” and “figures” and excuses, but I will let my statement stand, and we shall see what happens Nov 2.
Camden74
October 16th, 2012
2:41 pm
bk……Do you think Camden’s coming for a Church Social?
CAMDEN1981
October 16th, 2012
4:22 pm
I love HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. I am happy to hear the coffee player is doing ok. Yes we have fun on here talking all kinds of trash but lets send out a Prayer to all the high school athletes male and female who play this game for love and fun that they have safe travels and are injured free through out the season.
86Vike
October 16th, 2012
4:49 pm
@Camden74 & CAMDEN1981….My apologies to ya! I stand corrected!!! You guys planning on making the trip for Lowndes vs Camden game? If so, come tailgate with us, we’d love to meet you guys!
Camden74
October 16th, 2012
4:59 pm
86Vike…….No need for an apology, we’re all on this site to share info, talk smack and have fun! Well, at least that’s why I’m on here……And if I’m at the Camden-Lowndes game, I would be happy to come over and eat up your food! Well, all of your non meat stuff.
86Vike
October 16th, 2012
5:16 pm
@Camden74…Come on now! A little road kill has never hurt anyone! As long as it’s prepared right! LOL
bksmith14
October 16th, 2012
11:23 pm
camden is goin to get a rude of awakening when they play lowndes…..they havent had anyone get “physical” with them yet for 4 qtrs……
colquitt county knows how physical lowndes can be…….just watch….lowndes offense is also their defense……..some of you football gurus know what that means…others may not know…..
a randy mac coached team is not going to be scared come nov 2nd
yo
October 16th, 2012
11:34 pm
Dosta Dawg the eye test showed Lowndes dominated the game but managed to keep it close allah the Lowndes/Colquit game. The reality is that your punter was your biggest weapon. Keeping us having to go 90 yards every other time we had the ball.
Camden74
October 17th, 2012
12:45 am
86Vike…..Gotta leave the road kill to you guys. I’m strictly rabbit food!
Camden74
October 17th, 2012
12:49 am
bk……Don’t know exactly which team you think Lowndes will be playing on Nov. 2, but I hope the HC has the same attitude that you have! Respect the PAW!
topper
October 17th, 2012
9:33 am
bksmith14 – I guess we will just show up and see how it goes for us! My question is what excuse are you gonna come up with if you lose?
Plowboy - Viking
October 17th, 2012
10:14 am
Topper……this Lowndes fan has said since last year that Camden will win state this year!
HaveBinocularsWillTravel
October 17th, 2012
10:15 am
topper, Camden 74 and bk — yall got some awful silly banter going back and forth if Coffee beats Lowndes this coming Friday. I suggest bk backs away from this conversation for a couple of weeks. Just saying.
Camden74
October 17th, 2012
12:02 pm
HBWT…….Actually, that’s on bk. Camden has already defeated Coffee and is gearing up for Brunswick. I just happen to believe that Camden and Lowndes are the two best teams in R1, 6A and the winner of the Camden/Lowndes game will be Region 1 Champion. Either way, Camden still has 3 regular season games left…..I’m sure each of the remaining games will be important.
AVikingFan
October 17th, 2012
12:25 pm
Camden74 — Good luck to your Baby Blue Cats, except of course on Nov. 2nd! Randy McP contradicted me when I recently made a statement to the effect that I think Colquitt might be more than Camden can handle on Nov 9th. Coach Randy said Camden will be FAR more than Colquitt can handle! Randy said two of his best coaching friends are Randy Pruett and Jeff Heron. He has deep respect and admiration for both, and talks to Heron frequently.
But right now we are totally concerned with one thing and that is to beat Coffee. Randy tells the team if they don’t lose a region game they WILL win the region title. He says if the other team doesn’t score there’s a good chance we will win. Sounds elementary, but that’s the way we think. One game at the time. The one we are playing this week is the most important on our schedule.
ColquittFan — Someone over here is selling Lowndes tee shirts out the gazoo with a Viking Shield with a pair of binoculars on it with a line that reads “Everyone’s Buzzing.”. On the two lenses is a 17 and a 14. A caption below that says “Payne as day to Me!”
Want me to get you a shirt?
Titletown USA
October 17th, 2012
12:36 pm
I have been on the road and not able to log in, but I really appreciate Camden74 sticking up for me in my absence…even if we disagree a lot, he is a standup poster with rational insight.
A Viking Fan…..I was not the one who brought the topic of race up…another poster did that…I merely responded, but you my friend made the obvious mistake that many people do when confronted with accusation of race…you stated that had a “black friend” and then subliminally stated that is because they do not have degrees..wow. Then you asked me to name the list of “educated” black canididates, another wow.
I will just recommend that everyone read the book “Must Win” by Drew Jubera and pay close attention to the section on how they interviewed Corey Jarvis (my college classmate at ASU) and many of the powers-that-be openly stated that this town was “not ready” for a black coach.
I do not think most of you are racist, but if you refuse to recognize that this is still an issue in Valdosta, GA and most other counties….you are delusional. I am the fan that will continue to root for them after their last football game.
No more on the subject from me….I appreciate the discussion on HS football, but I will not allow anyone to just make those types of posts without a response.
Camden74
October 17th, 2012
1:44 pm
AVikingFan…..Thanks and the same to you and Lowndes, except when playing Camden. I’m concerned with all of the remaining games. Brunswick and Camden have been rivals for many years, so I know they will not just lie down for the upcoming game. Lowndes is always tough and I don’t expect any difference this time around. But I do expect Camden to win. Let’s see what happens. Colquitt is also of concern, Propst has a way of exploiting the weaknesses in the 3-3-5. But more than anything else, he has the gift of being able to influence the officials. That’s my biggest concern!
Camden74
October 17th, 2012
1:55 pm
Titletown USA…..You’re welcome……Now, sit back and watch as the Swamp Cats, Coastal Cats, Blue Cats, Wildcats or whatever anyone wants to call them, take care of business! Here they come!
bksmith14
October 17th, 2012
4:37 pm
That punter for the Valdosta wildcats……….he needs to go tryout for the NFL…….what a cannon for a leg…….ramsey aint got nothing on him as far as punting goes……kickoffs…thats another story..lol…but this valdosta kid can kick the ball to china on a punt
Coffee county has athletes and they have some speed and size….they are not coming to lose fri at martin stadium……and after coming off a very emotional win vs the cats in winnersville……lowndes must be ready and i think this is a special group…
Lowndes 27-13 over coffee
bksmith14
October 17th, 2012
4:38 pm
It was funny watching #2 lang for lowndes on 1 of those punts in the valdosta game……..the kick was about 60 yds and 200 ft high in the air…..lang signaled fair catch….but he smartly moved out of the way after he peob lost the ball in the air….that kid can boom it man
Titletown USA
October 17th, 2012
4:40 pm
I know right Cam74…back to being mortal enemies (in a high school football sorta way). I have to say that I lost some interest in the Nov 2 matchup after watching the Winnersville Classic. I just do not think Lowndes has a versitle enough offense to adjust if Herron puts 8-9 in the box. No disrespect to the kid personally, but the Lowndes QB#6 just floats the ball up a lot and got lucky against an inexperienced Valdosta secondary, this will not be the case against 2JG and company.
I think it wil be worth watching, but give the nod to Camden on the pass offense and defense, that makes the difference. However, if Lowndes is successful early running the ball, then watch out.
Titletown USA
October 17th, 2012
4:47 pm
bk14…you are dead on about the Valdosta punter, he has kept them in many a game this year…..however, Tiquan #2 has to learn how to catch those balls…he let two or three go and lost field position a couple of times….that could come back to haunt them in a close playoff game.
My favorite Viking this year is Nick Burgman# 21…I respect that young man off the field as much as on the field. I would love to see him as the Lowndes Head Coach one day!!! (I know I said I was done with that, but I could not resist getting one more in)
Colquitt Fan
October 17th, 2012
6:15 pm
Lol I’ve seen the shirts, quite comical. Not quite as good as the others I’ve seen that has your Viking with the caption “cheating wins championships”. Randy Mccheater needs to worry about his own team playing Camden. We beat Camden last year, we can possibly do it again, although it will be extremely difficult. Camden is no doubt tops in the state IMO. We have them at home is our only bonus. Honestly though, I don’t see anybody beating Camden this year
Colquitt Fan
October 17th, 2012
6:18 pm
Seriously though, what does the shirt mean? Everyone’s buzzing, i saw it twice, Payne as day. Saw what twice?
Camden74
October 17th, 2012
6:27 pm
Titletown USA……I don’t want to count my chickens before they’re hatched, but Lowndes will have to play the game of their lives to beat Camden. And Camden will have to play their worst game of the season! But miracles do happen.
bksmith14
October 17th, 2012
7:44 pm
Titletown USA……I don’t want to count my chickens before they’re hatched, but Lowndes will have to play the game of their lives to beat Camden. And Camden will have to play their worst game of the season! But miracles do happen
boy…thats bold…you may eat your words
GwinnettDad
October 17th, 2012
10:06 pm
@bk – if eating words were required on this blog over the years, I have no doubt whatsover on who would have eaten a Webster’s Dictionary equivalent by now.
bksmith14
October 18th, 2012
1:11 am
GwinnettDad
October 17th, 2012
10:06 pm
@bk – if eating words were required on this blog over the years, I have no doubt whatsover on who would have eaten a Webster’s Dictionary equivalent by now.
darn Gwinnettdad….you must have looked in the mirror for yuor answer when you asked that ?
we all have ate a few words a time or 2…i admit it… i have been wrong a time or 2 myself……..but not to often
AVikingFan
October 18th, 2012
9:35 am
ColquittFan — “17 – 14 Saw it Twice” Same score in Valdosta Lowndes game.
AVikingFan
October 18th, 2012
10:00 am
Titletown USA I I too am very fond of Nick B. He is an OUTSTANDING young man. His mother is a very sweet lady, and certainly has raised Nick to have manners and class. Her little girl is adorable!
Nick is really intelligent and can become anything he sets out for. If he decides to become a coach one day, I would be one of many, many people cheering for his success!
Another young man coming up that you may want to look at as a future coach is at Lowndes Middle School, Tyson Harris. Tyson is a “coach on the field.” You can see LMS vs Valdosta Middle today at 4:30 pm at Cleveland Field, followed by the Viking BTeam taking on the Valdosta BTeam. (The two 9th grade teams are going at it today at Martin Stadium.) I think Tyson will be the next GREAT athlete at Lowndes.
Last week I drove down to Lowndes Middle to watch their 8th grade play Coffee. As I approached the field’s seating area with the team on the field warming up and stretching, one of the Lowndes Middle’s coaches yelled my name and said the team has something to tell me. In unison they yelled “Happy Birthday.” That made an old man happy! (And yes Lowndes won the game 36 to 16 and Tyson was fantastic.)
Colquitt Fan
October 18th, 2012
3:06 pm
I thought that’s what it meant but didn’t know what the Valdosta score had to do w us.
HaveBinocularsWillTravel
October 19th, 2012
8:11 am
I don’t know what the motive was with the shirtm ColquittFan –. The TD Club had nothing to do with it. One individual had them made and is trying to sell them. Apparently he thinks they’re funny.
But I bought two of’em!
I haven’t seen ANY Lowndes shirts with ANYTHING on them mentioning “cheaters.” You sir are just having bad dreams! Wait til Nov 10th and you will wake up knowing your wildest nightmare just happened! After Camden AND Valdosta defeat your undisciplined hawgs, ya’ll will be making road trip plans the first playoff game. At least Buzz will have to travel to watch you play!
Colquitt Fan
October 19th, 2012
9:56 am
Ok bud. Whatever you say. Can you post pics on here? And how are we undisciplined? Lowndes is the ones that rack up penalties. Me and vikingfan are havin a civilized conversation w some jokes and you act like a little punk talking trash. I’ve always said we’d have to play perfect to beat Camden, you sayin Lowndes don’t? Camden will blow the doors of y’all too if you play like you did against us and Valdosta.
Colquitt Fan
October 19th, 2012
10:00 am
What’s your email, I’ll be happy to send you the shirt.