Regions 5 and 6 will find out which is better
Here are some of the stories to watch this weekend in the second round of the Class AAAAA playoffs:
*Bragging rights: Regions 5 and 6 were the only ones to go 3-1 in the first round of the playoffs, and they will go head to head in the second round with region pride on the line. This week’s games include Allatoona (R5) at M.L. King (R6), Stephenson (R6) at East Paulding (R5) and North Paulding (R5) at Tucker (R6). North Paulding, a fifth-year program in Dallas, pulled off the biggest upset of the first round when it rolled past Region 8 champion Flowery Branch 63-43.
*Hitting the road: Stephenson cleared a big hurdle last week when it won a first-round playoff game for just the second time in its last six tries. Now the Jaguars face the bigger challenger of winning a playoff game on the road when they travel to the Boneyard to face East Paulding. Stephenson has played 26 playoff games in its history, and 22 of them have been at Hallford Stadium, where the Jaguars are 14-12 in the postseason. The Jaguars are 0-4 in playoff games outside of DeKalb County.
*Under the radar: One team that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention in the postseason is Region 4 champion Whitewater, which hosts Glynn Academy in the second round. The Wildcats opened the season with a 41-3 loss to Class AAAAAA Coffee, but they have won 10 consecutive games since, including seven by 27 points or more. Whitewater beat Lee County 49-7 in the first-round, shutting down a Trojans team that averaged 45 points per game during the regular season and scored at least 31 in every game.
*Still rolling: Will Harris County’s magical ride continue? The Tigers started the season 0-4, but they responded with seven consecutive victories and have picked up the program’s first region title and first playoff victory along the way. Perhaps Harris County is peaking at the right time – its 17-point win over Northgate last week was the second-largest margin of victory during the winning streak. Harris County hosts Warner Robins in the second round.
*Looking ahead: Northside-Warner Robins and Tucker have been the top two programs in the second-largest classification in recent years, combining to win four of the past six state titles. Northside was the champion in 2006 and 2007, while Tucker won the title in 2008 and 2011. At least one of them won’t get a shot at it this year. A Tucker victory over North Paulding and a Northside win over Thomas County Central on Friday will bring the two powers together for a quarterfinal showdown in Warner Robins next week.
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King Of Diamonds
November 23rd, 2012
10:04 pm
WEll Region 6 5-A goes 2-1
Real Dekalb VET
November 23rd, 2012
10:08 pm
With the King lost, all we have left is Tucker and Stephenson. I watched that MLK game, they looked very flat tonight, but it’s the playoffs and things happen. JAB where U at????
bucfan
November 23rd, 2012
10:09 pm
How bout my Allatoona Bucs pulling the upset on MLK????? I called it second week in a row people! Shocked that E Paulding got whooped by Stephenson but congratulations Jags!!
bucfan
November 23rd, 2012
10:10 pm
Ya they looked flat….how bout my Bucs took it to em???
Real Dekalb VET
November 23rd, 2012
10:20 pm
yea bucfan ya’ll got by one tonight MLK was flat but congrats….
Thecannondied
November 23rd, 2012
10:24 pm
The one thing I will not miss is Cannon and EP’S fans. I think the most obnoxious in HS football. No more tick, boom and dome. No more stories of how scary it is to play in the boneyard. You are definitely the biggest bad luck charm the school has. if not for all the smack you talk, they might win one of these years. same crap every year and then after a lost you get so humble about how a great season and wait to next year, you have been singing that song for a few years now. as far as all the smack from the jag fans, you deserve it, you baited them well, even writing a little story about them and waking up. It was funny but you did it again talked so much smck you willed them into losing just so you would shut .. Next year tone it down a bit, put away the tick boom road to dome crapit does not work! Stop being the bad luck charm
Thecannondied
November 23rd, 2012
10:29 pm
41 points a game, undefeated, two cannons, the boneyard, tick tick boom, all that bragging and smack talk, right down your throat.
eagle1
November 23rd, 2012
11:07 pm
Congratulations to the Northside Eagles for a great win tonight against a good TCC team! I would like to officially welcome the Tucker Tigers to the “MAC” next Friday night for a rematch of last years game! May the best team win! IT’S GREAT TO BE A NORTHSIDE EAGLE!!!!!!!
Vince
November 23rd, 2012
11:08 pm
East showed their true colors tonight. They were outplayed by a bigger, faster and better coached team. I said all year, Have EP play a team with a good passing game and they will take our very weak pass defense apart! Good Luck Stephenson at Ware County next week.
DeeDawg
November 23rd, 2012
11:09 pm
The 35-6 final score doesn’t depict how lopsided the whoopin Stephenson put on EP.
Real Dekalb VET
November 23rd, 2012
11:10 pm
Where is CANNON RULE???? What happened to EP tonite???? Come on and eat your CROW it is ready….
Longhorn nation
November 23rd, 2012
11:17 pm
Well I can say one thing Gainesville has the best QB out there he single handed wiped our butts.congrats to the Red Elephants.on the other hand I’d like to thank our coach for believing he played the best QB guess it bit you in the butt seems your philosophy has come back to haunt you each year seems you set your self and your team for failure my advice for any athlete that’s thinking of moving to KELL high school is don’t he’s a bully coach and hold grudge’s and hypocrite. And if you have enough $$$$$ he put you on the field even if you are just 40 day incarcerated fresh out jail for the second time!!! so good luck to all teams left.
Real Dekalb VET
November 23rd, 2012
11:30 pm
Longhorn Nation-I hear your frustration but Gainesville is just the better team with more talent but they r not well coached. Ya’ll were lucky to even play them tonite considering last week’s performance. Just like EP go eat some CROW!!!
Tucker tiger 4ever
November 23rd, 2012
11:40 pm
THIS JUST IN. PAULDING CO. IS GOING TO ADD ANOTHER SPORT TO ITS ATHLETIC PROGRAM NEXT YEAR. ITS CALLED FOOTBALL. PLOP, SPLAT, CRUNCH, GONE. LAST OFFICIAL BLOG, TIL WE HEAR THE SAME BS NEXT YEAR, WAS AT 9:26 AM. THE “POOPER SCOOPER RULES” IS ON AN EARLY VACATION AGAIN THIS YEAR.
Longhorn nation
November 23rd, 2012
11:46 pm
Well you can’t run a zone read offense with a QB that can’t run and I’ll eat that crow!!!! I new we were lucky cause our QB was always one play from doing something stupid the only way you beat a team with a athlete like Gainesville is keep your offense on the field more then there’s and it showed tonight
Longhorn nation
November 23rd, 2012
11:48 pm
Hay what happen to the THE LION KING SEEMS THEY GOT GOT TONIGH and congrats to JAB your boys showed up in a big way
Longhorn nation
November 23rd, 2012
11:51 pm
Always remember boys a good running team will always beat a good passing team you watch all state champs will have great running games
JAB
November 23rd, 2012
11:59 pm
Stephenson 34 EP 6 (they played their JV)…
Stephenson (Jaguars)
GROOOOOOWL!!! FEEL OUR CLAWS & RESPECT OUR ROOOAR….
NOTE: They felt our claws and respected our rooar….
High 5
November 24th, 2012
12:39 am
Stephenson High- The only football team with an “S” on their chest!!!
Check this out EP fans and you will know what happened tonight in the BONEYARD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qII68ZMrqrI
Laser
November 24th, 2012
9:50 am
Congratulations to North Paulding on a good game. I believe, once Tucker adjusted to NP’s offensive tempo and begin to bring a bit more pressure, they were able to gain control the game with it’s running game. I also thought Tucker’s speed played a role. Hope your QB is OK . . . he’s a heck of a player.