Friday Night Chat, Semifinal Style: Report scores, find scores, talk live!
Guess you know who’s playing tonight, but if not, we’ve got that below.
Link to the games that are being streamed …
http://www.playonsports.com/channels/georgia/pages/footballplayoffs
Hope you’ll check in tonight to get updates of games and discuss who’s moving on and who’s going home. We’re down to the semifinals in seven classifications in the Georgia high school football playoffs.
Hope everyone has checked out the previews of all 28 games:
We’ve also got information and tidbits of each of the 28 coaches in tonight’s games.
Class AAAAAA
North Cobb at Lovejoy
Colquitt Co. at Norcross
Class AAAAA
Northside, WR at Ware Co.
Gainesville at Whitewater
Class AAAA
Monroe Area at Sandy Creek
Marist at Ridgeland
Class AAA
Buford at Cartersville
North Hall at St. Pius
Class AA
GAC at Jefferson
Lamar Co. at Calhoun
Class A (public)
Dooly Co. at Lincoln Co.
Emanuel Co. Institute at Wilcox Co.
Class A (private)
Landmark Christian at Prince Avenue
George Walton Academy at ELCA
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Titletown USA
December 7th, 2012
11:11 pm
GTVET…..Still mad about the election? What does that have to do HS football? None of these programs would be anything without young men that look exactly like our President….so please take your garbage back to the mountains.
Longhorn nation
December 7th, 2012
11:12 pm
Haven’t heard any thing from NSWR fans guess they ant got to much to say
Grayram
December 7th, 2012
11:12 pm
Contractor?
GTVET
December 7th, 2012
11:15 pm
Well said Contracter…have to wonder when some may grow up….GO NAVY BEAT ARMY!!!
Jacketaxe
December 7th, 2012
11:16 pm
What is it great to be?
GwinnettDad
December 7th, 2012
11:16 pm
GwinnettDad
December 7th, 2012
10:48 pm
The party is over . . . Congratulations to Norcross.
Congratulations to Colquitt. Three losses in the semis, one in the finals. A very successful program and representative of 1-AAAAAA, where there’s no question how important football is. Gotta give them credit for all those I-75 miles they’ve traveled.
@Congractor – I’d recommend a new pair of glasses. You obviously have trouble reading.
WILDHAWG2012
December 7th, 2012
11:16 pm
@Grayram=I have to agree,Norcross was the best we’ve seen this year and they are also the fastest team too. Another good season but we just can’t get over the hump.Well Norcross should be happy cause the last 3 teams in 2009,2010,and 2011 who beat us has won the state title.
Titletown USA
December 7th, 2012
11:19 pm
If UGA does not make a serious effort to get Alvin Kamara and DeShaun Watson then I have no idea what they will be thinking
sportsnut
December 7th, 2012
11:20 pm
Hello Cross. Nice to meet you ! I am an admirer of your team. They have done very, very well this year. Congratulations.
WILDHAWG2012
December 7th, 2012
11:21 pm
@Sportsnut=Congrats on the comeback and win.This has been an impressive playoff for u guys and good luck next week.U know i don’t have dog in the fight so i don’t care who wins but 2 very talented teams playing so it will be worth watching but best of luck dude and Lovejoy has the respect they deserve
GwinnettDad
December 7th, 2012
11:22 pm
@Wildhawg2012 – I think it is safe to say that Colquitt has played more football in the last four seasons than any other team in Georgia. Without checking, I come up with 57 games out of a possible 60.
Dirtydawg
December 7th, 2012
11:23 pm
Great season for the NC Warriors… just was not their night. 22 is a beast for Lovejoy. I think the Warriors have a lot to look forward to with a heck of a QB that will be a JR next yr. Best of luck to the 2 teams in the Dome.
Titletown USA
December 7th, 2012
11:23 pm
Just found out that Kamara is from Liberia…and Nkemdiche is from Senegal?. Could Africa be the new recruiting ground?
GTVET
December 7th, 2012
11:24 pm
YA know title town. 15 years ago…It’s people like you that think JUST because I don’t care for H.Obama I have some kind of problem with the color of his skin.I could care less what the color of his skin is .He’s a Democrate liberal and think he’s destroying the country I gave 22 years of my life to and saw many TRUE friends BLACK ,White and brown die for……To begin with it was a joke ..hince ….LOL..idiot….but I will Take my garbage back to the woods when I see fit nitwit…Geeze like all liberals if you don’t like Obama your a racist…what a nitwit…
GwinnettDad
December 7th, 2012
11:26 pm
@GTVET – suit yourself. High school football here. I do politics elsewhere.
Bulldawg
December 7th, 2012
11:30 pm
Lamar County was the real deal and almost pulled the upset of Calhoun. Calhoun beat Ridgeland earlier this year and I believe Lamar County is just as talented as that same Ridgeland team that will be playing for the state title next week. The Trojans had incredible speed all over the field and completely shut down the Calhoun passing game.
With the two Austin brothers back next year, they will be a force to be reckoned with in AA. Hats off to the Calhoun defense. They bent all night long, but stood firm when they needed it.
Camden74
December 7th, 2012
11:30 pm
Norcross vs Lovejoy, interesting! It must be 2012!
GTVET
December 7th, 2012
11:30 pm
As I do Gwinnett Dad..but again it was a JOKE….I have talked about nothing but football until that small comment about Obama and NOW I’m a racist…LOL…go figure
Camden1902
December 7th, 2012
11:30 pm
How about those Camden County Wildcats…….what…too soon? LOL…Seriously, Congrats to all the teams going to the dome. It really was a special season this year.
Grimm
December 7th, 2012
11:32 pm
Yep I’m out. I don’t need to read about politics in a high school football blog. Congrats to all the teams tonight, whether you won or lost, making it to the state semi’s is an achievement to be proud of.
GTVET
December 7th, 2012
11:32 pm
I agree Bulldawg…those kids are FAST!! Have a very good future at Lamar Co.
FINAL SCORE
December 7th, 2012
11:34 pm
What are you two bozos talkin about? I’ve been here in GA a long, long time and I have watched a couple of hundred football games in the last 25 years. I have never seen a single player who even closely resembled our president. WTF?
Camden74
December 7th, 2012
11:35 pm
Don’t know where his parents are from, but Nkemdiche is a Nigerian name. The name Kamara is a common Sir Name in West Africa. Mali, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia…etc.
Colquitt Supporter
December 7th, 2012
11:36 pm
Wow, did not seee that one coming – Great game Norcross and good luck next week.
GwinnettDad
December 7th, 2012
11:36 pm
@GTVET – and I missed the comment to which you replied. You didn’t start it. Someone prejudiced that accused you of being prejudiced started it. That poster would deny how much he hates to have written such a thing. Such posters claim to hate people that hate, but, you see, their hate is OK because it is good hate. Just ask them.
Good luck to Norcross and Lovejoy. I’ll bet the team that gets penalized the least wins.
Jacketaxe
December 7th, 2012
11:36 pm
Calhoun 2 times had chances to go up 28-7 but failed, Lamar got back in @ 21-14 and Calhoun held, never trailed. Lamar didn’t get tired and wound not be put away.
Titletown USA
December 7th, 2012
11:39 pm
Congratulations to sportsnut and The Cross….they said it early that their teams were talented and would be here and they were right. I just wish there were methods that would allow us to see these teams more before the playoffs, I had no idea that the talent level of these schools had risen so high. This bodes well for the future of GA HS sports…so many new teams in the hunt.
Good night to all….another great season of football. I guess it is time to go full steam ahead on my Falcon fandome.
jvillebil
December 7th, 2012
11:40 pm
Well I just walked in the door after driving back to Florida from the Ware County/Northside game. Ware’s defense played lights out. Score was no indication of the way the game went. It would have been a tragedy for Ware to lose after the way they completely outplayed NSWR
GTVET
December 7th, 2012
11:41 pm
I’m done With it…Great Job to all the the teams win or lose and good luck to the teams going to the Dome……..GO NAVY BEAT ARMY!!!!!
My dad is a tv repairman. I can fix it.
December 7th, 2012
11:46 pm
Ware feelin good about slayin the nswr dragon, has stoudt d. Gville peakin at right time, have #4. Will be a throwdown
Titletown USA
December 7th, 2012
11:46 pm
jville…..good stuff, I am glad that they held it down in the swamp…are you going to the dome?
FoghornLeghorn
December 7th, 2012
11:48 pm
@GwinnettDad – Buford and Calhoun after next friday will have both played 60 out of 60 for the past 4 years and buford will be on its 6th straight trip to the finals.
Camden74
December 7th, 2012
11:50 pm
Ware almost allowed that game to slip away, but managed to pull it out in OT. Lots of three legged rabbits in Ware County tonight!
Jacketaxe
December 7th, 2012
11:50 pm
Fog 57-2
sportsnut
December 7th, 2012
11:51 pm
@ North Cobb Warriors == Thank you for giving us a great game. I must admit I was nervous, very nervous. Twenty-one points surrendered in the first quarter made me sit back and think, what just happened ? I can say that the future is bright at North Cobb and it’s football program. I am sitting here trying to figure how you scored so easily. There were plays when there was no Lovejoy player in sight. The mix of close and open splits might have been responsible. Either way, you played a good game and should have the respect of your fans and football fans in general. Keep you heads high and get back on that bike and ride it until you ride it like no one else. Leave knowing you knocked on the door. Next year, kick it in ! Kudo’s to you fan base as they were behind you till the end. I made my way to the locker room door and congratulated some of the players on a fine season. The Qb was one of them . Tyler was well mannered and visibly hurt but I told him to come back next year and make another run. Very well done, North Cobb.
jvillebil
December 7th, 2012
11:51 pm
Darn right I’m going to the dome. I drive up every week from Florida, I’ll darn sure be going to the dome.
My dad is a tv repairman. I can fix it.
December 7th, 2012
11:52 pm
@ gwinnet dad, pretty sure buford has played close to 58/59 out a 60. U shud know, they are in your hood.
Titletown USA
December 7th, 2012
11:53 pm
There are a lot of leftover orders of crow not picked up the NSWR faithful….blu eagle was the only one to come and get his. Where is ENR, montanto, and the others?
GwinnettDad
December 7th, 2012
11:53 pm
@Foghorn – I stand corrected. My error. However, I really only follow AAAAAA (or AAAAA or AAAA when they were the largest brackets). I should have said that.
Jacketaxe
December 7th, 2012
11:54 pm
Final #5 in a row for the Jackets as well
GwinnettDad
December 7th, 2012
11:59 pm
@sportsnut – congratulations! That 22 is a real moose. You and The Cross get to battle it out next week – the immovable force against the unstoppable object . . . or something to that effect . . . here on this AJC blog. Lovejoy has been there before, which might be an advantage.
jvillebil
December 8th, 2012
12:02 am
I’ve been attending games in Memorial Stadium (The Swamp) for years. I witnessed the 5 biggest games ever played in the swamp. NSWR came out tonight and spread out on the field before the game and really tried to antiminate the Gators, but Tobler just put the team on his back and carried them. I think they were stunned as to how quick and good the Gator “D” was. Ware dominated the whole game and then went to their prevent with 17-7 lead and the ball on NSWR with 3 minutes to go. Craziest comeback I ever witnessed and the life got sucked out of the stadium going into overtime. But Tobler wouldn’t have any part of it and once again but the team on his shoulders and willed them to win. He’s an amazing athlete. I think all of the Eagle nation was stunned at how they got dominated.
PackerHawg
December 8th, 2012
12:08 am
Rob from Norcross…My offer still stands!….we knew Norcross was the best team would be the best team we played all year….Good game….Just not our night….Good luck against Lovejoy….See you next year!
Elephant Man
December 8th, 2012
12:11 am
Want to wish Buford and Jefferson good luck in the dome. Gainesville will be cheering for you and I’m sure you’ll be doing the same for us. North GA football at its finest. Let’s bring those championships home to North Georgia.
Jacketaxe
December 8th, 2012
12:15 am
I guess I’d have to pull for Ware now,
jvillebil
December 8th, 2012
12:19 am
@Jacketaxe = We need all the help we can get. LOL
sportsnut
December 8th, 2012
12:39 am
I am first going to give kudo’s to North Cobb for a good game. At the same time I am mad because they scared the _-_- out of me. Good job.
Now to test the waters. Where are the Lovejoy detractors ? Any complaints tonight ? Did they play Lovejoy football ? Hell Yes. Sorry but this feels good. There has been so much made of this, the first season of AAAAAA. Lovejoy is deserving. Norcross is also. I thought about coming on tonight to gloat. I can’t. Although this is what I want, it is still not finished. One more game and then we will see. I reserve the right to make all my post season comments after the game saturday. I am not sure what they may be. The final outcome will have much to do with it but there is much to say about these Lovejoy Wildcats without any more games. Tonight, I spoke to the entire team and it was special. They have been reading these pages and appreciated my support. Our job is not done yet. I know this and so do they.
My dad is a tv repairman. I can fix it.
December 8th, 2012
12:52 am
Elephant man you are 100% dead on. I get caught up in watson, hes amazing. The elephants are loaded, and young. Got some solid senior lineman and a few on d, but alot are coming back.
Whitewater was tough, but they really helped us with to’s n penalties. The better team won. Ware better beware
Fred
December 8th, 2012
12:55 am
Watching a game in person is so different from watching on TV. Congrats to all the Colquitt fans that came out for the 4th weekend in a row. Y’all had a pretty good turnout. It did look as though some of you left in the 4th quarter
Colquitt just had no answer for Norcross all night. The Blue Devils O line was blowing great big holes in the line and it sure looks like if you give Kamara an inch he turns it into a a mile. Hog Air never really got off the ground tonight. Segraves is larger than Mobley and was able to get some good runs in but I really thought Mobley was the better passer when he came in to play.
It is clear that Kamara is the real deal deal! His running was outstanding and I know he came out of the backfield for a long reception in the the 1st quarter I think. Very impressive kid.
I think Norcross has a good chance in the finals. I know Lovejoy is explosive but the Hogs can be as well and they never really could get much going on a sustained basis.
My dad is a tv repairman. I can fix it.
December 8th, 2012
1:06 am
I bet there isnt a high school team in the country that could have played colquitts sked unscathed. Norcross is loaded, wow! By the way, a bull elephant can crush any gator