♪♪ >>> OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES OF CENTER PARC STADIUM IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

IT'S THE FLAG FOOTBALL DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIP.

LITHIA SPRINGS AND DODGE COUNTY, CLASHING FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M WILEY BALLARD JOINED BY THE STATE'S FOREMOST EXPERT ON FLAG FOOTBALL, DAVID REYNOLDS.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPORT OF FLAG FOOTBALL, IT HAS BEEN GROWING LEAPS AND BOUNDS YEAR AFTER YEAR, IT BEGAN IN 2018 AS A COUNTY-ONLY SPORT JUST NORTH OF MIDTOWN ATLANTA AND 2019, ADDED ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MORE COUNTIES AND LAST YEAR, DAVID, IT GOT INTO A GHSA-SANCTIONED SPORT STATUS WHERE WE CROWNED STATE CHAMPIONS LAST YEAR.

THE TEAMS HAVE DOUBLED TO CLOSE TO 200.

>> 2019, ALL 19 HIGH SCHOOLS PLAYED FLAG FOOTBALL.

HAD A COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT YEAR.

ALSO, HOSTED A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THERE AT THE MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

2020, GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL, KUDOS TO THEM FOR HAVING SANCTIONED FOOTBALL.

A LITTLE CHALLENGE THERE WITH THE COVID AND KIND OF LEARNING HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT.

AND THEN 2021, THIS YEAR, SAW NOTHING BUT GROWTH IN FLAG FOOTBALL.

>> WE HAVE SEEN NOTHING BUT PEOPLE JUMPING ON BOARD.

A LOT OF MULTIPLE SPORT ATHLETES WE WILL SEE.

WE WILL GRAB ATHLETES AROUND SOFTBALL, VOLLEYBALL, TRACK AND FIELD TO NAME A FEW.

EXCITED ABOUT FLAG FOOTBALL.

>> AND MANY OF THE TEAMS GETTING UP INTO SPEED.

LITHIA SPRINGS, AND DODGE COUNTY, THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH LEARNING THE RULES.

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TACKLE FOOTBALL AND FLAG FOOTBALL.

LET'S DO THE SAME HERE BEFORE WE GET STARTED THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN FLAG FOOTBALL AND TACKLE FOOTBALL.

>> THE FIELD TODAY WILL BE 80 YARDS LONG AND 40 YARDS WIDE.

GAINING THE ZONE, LINE TO GAIN.

20 YARDS APRT.

WE WILL PLAY TWO 20-MINUTE HALVES.

ONCE WE GET UNDER ONE MINUTE OF THE CLOCK, THE CLOCK WILL STOP ON INCOMPLETE PASSES, SCORING AND SO FORTH.

EVERY PLAY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO CATCH A PASS.

LAST ONE, FLAG FOOTBALL IS A NONCONTACT CONTACT SPORT.

WE THINK OF BASKETBALL.

INSTEAD OF SEEING OUR HANDS USED TO BLOCK TODAY, WE WILL SEE A LOT OF SCREEN BLOCKING.

>> WE HAVE THE BUSINESS OUT OF THE WAY.

LET'S FOCUS ON THE PLAYERS AND THE FIRST NAME YOU FOCUS ON WHEN YOU SEE DODGE COUNTY.

YEAH, ALTIERRA GOOCH.

LEADS THE TEAM WITH CATCHES, SIX TOUCHDOWNS ON THE SEASON.

LEADS THE CLASSIFICATION WITH 15 INTERCEPTIONS ON DEFENSE.

FLAG FOOTBALL INTERCEPTIONS ARE CRITICAL.

SHE DOES AVERAGE ONE INTERCEPTION A GAME.

A COMPLETE GAME CHANGER, AND THAT IS WHAT ALTIERRA GOOCH CAN DO.

>> SHE'S NOT THE ONLY TWO-WAY START ON STAR ON THE FIELD, AND NEVAEH SHEDRICK, SHE CAN DO A LOT ON THE DEFENSIVE END.

>> JUST A SOF MORE HERE.

TEAM CAPTAIN.

LEADING BOTH SIDES OF THE FOOTBALL.

MULTISPORT ATHLETE, AND FLYING AROUND THE FIELD.

WHEN THE OFFENSE IS ALL GAS AND NO BRAKES, THE LINEBACKER IS HAVING A REALLY GOOD DAY.

>> AND SHEDRICK WILL BEGIN ON DEFENSE AS THE LIONS HAVE WON THE TOSS, AND OPTED TO DEFER.

DODGE COUNTY WILL START ON OFFENSE FIRST.

YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIELD, VERY IMPORTANT.

THE END ZONES ARE THE 10 YARD LINE TO THE GOAL LINE ON THE TACKLE FIELD.

AN 80-YARD FIELD.

WE WILL PLAY BETWEEN THE 10s, IF YOU WILL.

MIDFIELD.

THE 40 YARD LINE IN YOUR STAT BOOK.

THERE ARE NO TICKOFFS IN THE SPORT.

WHICH MEANS DODGE COUNTY WILL BEGIN FIRST AND SIX ON THEIR OWN 14 YARD LINE.

IT WILL BE THE 24 YARD LINE SO DODGE COUNTY, THEY'RE JOURNEY TO THE STATE FINALS BEGAN WITH A COUPLE SHUTOUT WINS OVER LOCUS GROVE.

AND THEN RIVER WOOD OUT OF MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

ACTUALLY THE SEMIFINAL GAME THAT WAS PLAYED BEFORE WEATHER INTERFERED WITH THE REST OF THE SEMIFINALS.

MEANWHILE FOR LITHIA SPRINGS, AGAIN, THE FIRST YEAR OF FLAG FOOTBALL.

THEIR SCORES HAVE BEEN FIGHT.

THEY HAVE YET TO SCORE MORE THAN SEVEN POINTS IN PLAYOFF GAME THIS YEAR.

>> COACH SAYS, THE HARDER YOU WORK, THE FURTHER YOU ADVANCE.

THE THREE SEED OUT OF THEIR AREA, PLAYING THE HIGHEST CALIBER FLAG FOOTBALL AT THE RHYME TIME.

AS LONG AS YOU SCORE MORE POINTS THAN THEY DO, YOU ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND.

>> AS WE GET SET FOR THE FIRST PLAY OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, LET'S GO TO THE MAN ON THE FIELD.

NELLY, HERE IS JOHN NELSON.

>> THANK YOU.

MY BIGGEST THING, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR THE GUY SITTING TO YOUR RIGHT.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR DAVID, OUR GURU OF EVERYTHING FLAG FOOTBALL TO SEE THIS GO TO WHERE IT HAS BEEN.

WE GO FROM TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS LAST YEAR, THIS IS THE SECOND OF THREE THIS YEAR.

WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE FOR HIM TO SEE THIS SPORT CONTINUE TO GROW AND EVOLVE CONSIDERING LAST WEEK IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA, THEY HAD THEIR FIRST FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AND IT WAS A GAME BETWEEN TRUSSEL AND SMITH STATION.

WENT DOWN TO THE WIRE.

WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR DAVID TO SEE THE GROWTH?

>> ANOTHER REASON FOR FLAG FOOTBALL, GEORGIA IS A LEADER IN THE COUNTRY.

WE HAVE FIVE STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL.

SANCTION, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, BUT GEORGIA'S ON THE FOREFRONT OF THE MOVEMENT HERE.

THE EXCITEMENT, THE ENERGY, THE HIGH PASSION BEHIND GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL.

>> WE WERE THERE IN THE SEMIFINALS WHEN HIGH SCHOOL COACHES FROM THE STATE OF MONTANA CAME ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTHEAST.

AND YOU CAN'T BE SAM RA SHY IN A STATE FINAL NOW.

WE SEE YOU, DODGE COUNTY.

VERY EXCITED TO HAVE A CHANCE TO COMPLETE FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER THE INDIANS WERE KNOCKED OUT BY GREEN BRIAR.

LOOK AT QUARTERBACK ANNIE JONES.

SHE'S A GREAT TENNIS PLAYER.

MANY OF THE PLAYERS ARE MULTISPORT ATHLETES.

AND JONES RUSHED FOR TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE 13-6 WIN OVER RIVERWOOD MONDAY.

HERE WE GO, FIRST AND SIX FROM THE 14 YARD LINE.

IT BEGINS BY JONES ON THE BOOTLEG RIGHT.

THEY GOT THE FLAG.

GOOD PULL THERE BY THE FRONT LINE.

AROUND ANNIE JONES FOR DODGE COUNTY, A COUPLE NAMES TO KEEP AN EYE ON.

DON'T LOSE TRACK OF NUMBER 11, SKYE MEADOWS.

LEADS THE TEAM WITH SIX TOUCHDOWNS, RECEIVING, AND ILEISHA MITCHELL, A SENIOR RUNNING BACK, 80 YARDS RUSHING AND 20 YARDS RECEIVING IN THAT SEMIFINAL WIN.

FOR DODGE, THE FIRST GAME WITHOUT THEIR STAR PLAYER SANAA SEARLES WHO IS NOT GOING TO PLAY TODAY.

INJURY.

AND WE SPEAK TO COACH CLINT SANDERS AND HE TOLD US MITCHELL WAS THE STAR OF THE GAME.

AND LITHIA SPRINGS, THE DEFENSE HAS BEEN THEIR STANDARD, THE ACE IN THE HOLE, AND HOW THEY LINE UP.

EMMANI ROBERTS, THE LONE RUSHER, PRESSURE ON JONES, AND HANNAH McIVER, 14 INTERCEPTIONS IN THE SECONDARY.

ANIYA MOORE, THE SAFETY.

AFTER A GAIN OF NINE ON THE RUSH BY JONES, FIRST AND 17.

OOH, GREAT PULL.

ROBERTS WITH THE LONG ARMS.

>> NICE JOB THERE ON THE RUSHER.

DIDN'T START THE SEASON AS A RUSHER.

BUT COMING INTO THE ROLE VERY NICELY.

LANE OUT, KEEP PLAYING, KEEP PLAYING.

GET THE FLAG PULLED.

NICE SUR SUIT THERE.

>> WELL DONE BY ROBERTS.

SECOND DOWN AND 16.

MUST GET TO MIDFIELD FOR A FIRST DOWN.

OVER THE MIDDLE.

INTERCEPTION.

PICKED OFF.

RACING IT BACK.

THIS IS ANIYA MOORE AND SHE'S ALL THE WAY, DEEP IN DODGE COUNTY TERRITORY.

SO WE HAVE A FLAG ON THE PLAY.

>> Referee: ILLEGAL CONTACT ON THE INTERCEPTION TEAM.

TEN YARDS FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL.

FIRST DOWN.

>> IT HAPPENED AFTER THE INTERCEPTION.

IAN BUSEY, THE HEAD REFEREE.

AFTER THE INTERCEPTION.

IT'S STILL LITHIA SPRINGS FOOTBALL.

NINTH INTERCEPTION OF THE YEAR FOR JONES.

>> YEAH, CONTACT THERE, BLORKING DOWN THE FIELD.

23 ON THE START OF THE CAMERA ANGLE.

CAN'T HAVE THAT.

>> GOT TO GET TO THE 30 YARD LINE ON THE FOOTBALL FOR A FIRST DOWN, AND RIGHT THERE, A TACKLE FOR A LOSS.

SHOWERS.

WLIN BACKER LAST YEAR, AND NOW A RUSHER, GETS IN THE BACK FIELD.

QUARTERBACK FOR LITHIA SPRINGS.

IT'S REALLY AT THE POSITION.

AND DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT DEEP BALL IN HER POCKET.

THE LAST TWO GAMES, 5 FOR 10 FOR FIVE YARDS, A RUN ORIENTED OFFENSE WHEN SHE IS IN AT QUARTERBACK, AND A DROP HANDOFF, AND THAT WILL GO BACK TO WHERE THE BALL HANDED.

ALL FUMBLES IN FLAG FOOTBALL ARE DEAD AS SOON AS THEY HIT THE GROUND.

SO NEVAEH SHEDRICK COULDN'T HANDLE IT AND HERE IS THE REST OF THE OFFENSE.

KEY PLAYERS WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE.

AND McIVER LEADS THE TEAM WITH SIX INTERCEPTION RECEPTIONS.

THIS IS A RUN ORIENTED OFFENSE.

SHEDRICK, NINE TOUCHDOWN, 700 YARDS IN 18 GAMES.

AND THIS TIME, SHEDRICK ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

AND MAKES IT A FOURTH AND SHORT NOW.

>> NICE JOB GETTING ON THE EDGE.

USING THE SPEED RIGHT THERE.

AND OUTRUN THE DEFENDER.

MAYBE NOT A VERY GOOD ANGLE THERE BY SHEFFIELD IN THE CORNER, AND BRINGS UP FOURTH DOWN AND MORE MANAGEABLE.

>> Referee: FOURTH DOWN.

OFFENSE ELECTS TO GO FOR IT.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR IT.

THERE YOU HAVE IT, IN FLAG FOOTBALL, YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO EITHER PUNT OR GO FOR IT.

ARE NO FIELD GOALS.

THE ONLY WAY TO SCORE IS GETTING IN THE END ZONE.

AND FOURTH AND FOUR, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GAIN MUCH IN FIELD POSITION.

FOUR YARDS ISN'T THAT MUCH TO GO FOR, CONSIDERING A 20-YARD ZONE.

AND SHEDRICK GOT IT.

A FLAG COMES ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE PLAY.

WE'LL HEAR WHAT THE CALL IS.

>> Referee: ILLEGAL CONTACT ON THE OFFENSE.

TEN-YARDS FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL.

REPLAY FOURTH DOWN.

>> WE PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN THERE ON THE RUN.

WE'LL SEE THE BLOCKING DOWN FIELD.

AGAIN, THAT IS ILLEGAL CONTACT.

>> THAT IS KENDRA PLEASANTS.

SHE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYER.

PLAYED IN COLLEGE, IN CHATAHOOCHA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

SHE WAS THE JV BASKETBALL COACH AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY IN MAY TO BE HEAD COACH IN FLAG FOOTBALL, SHE SAID, ABSOLUTELY.

STILL GOING FOR IT HERE.

FOURTH AND 11.

THROW AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, GOOD MOVE, AND A BETTER PULL.

A FEW YARDS SHY.

NICE JOB TO MAKE IT CLOSE.

DODGE COUNTY GETS A TACKLE.

>> AGAIN, SHORT UNDERNEATH PASS RIGHT THERE.

DOES MAKE AN OPPONENT MISS OR TWO, AND AGAIN, THE INDIANS FLYING AROUND DEFENSE TO PREVENT THE FIRST DOWN THERE.

WE'LL HAVE A TURNOVER ON DOWNS.

>> AND SHEFFIELD MAKING A STOP OF MISSING THE LAST TACKLE ON A RUN.

HERE IS THE DODGE COUNTY OFFENSE, A GROUP THAT AVERAGES 20 POINTS A GAME, THAT IS GOOD FOR A 40-MINUTE RUN CLOCK SCORE.

THEY USE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLAYERS.

ENTER A TACKLE IN THE BACK FIELD.

ROBERTS MEANS BUSINESS.

THAT IS THE SECOND TACKLE FOR A LOSS.

>> APPLYING THE PRESSURE UP FRONT.

CRITICAL, MAKING THE QUARTERBACK MAKE DECISIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

NOTHING DOING HERE.

GET TO UP THE FIELD.

NOT PLAYING A FAKE.

RIGHT AT THE POINT OF ATTACK THERE.

NICE FLAG PULL.

>> IN FLAG FOOTBALL, IT COULD JUMP OUT TO YOU IN TACKLE HOW SHE WENT UNBLOCKED.

THAT IS NOT NEARLY AS UNCOMMON CONSIDERING SEVEN PLAYERS ON THE FIELD AND EVERYONE IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A PASS, AND THAT PASS SECURED BY ALTIERRA GOOCH, DOESN'T GO ANY WHERE WITH IT.

PHILLIPS WITH A PULL.

SO FAR, THEY HAVE GIVEN UP JUST ONE SCORE IN FOUR PLAYOFF GAMES.

A TOUCHDOWN IN THE SECOND ROUND AGAINST NUNIC.

DIRECT SNAP, MITCHELL, LETS IT FLY AND GOBBLED, EYE NIYA MOORE IN FRONT OF ROBERSON.

AND A PUNT COMING.

>> TRYING TO FORCE THE BALL IN DOUBLE COVERAGE.

NICE JOB OF 16 RIGHT THERE.

COME OVER THE TOP AND HELPING OUT.

FOURTH DOWN, YOU HAVE TO DECLARE A PUNT OR GO FOR IT AND BE ON THE MINUS SIDE OF THE FIELD.

WE'RE GOING TO PUNT.

>> WE HAVE YET TO SEE A FULL FIRST DOWN, DODGE COUNTY DID GET THE FIRST DOWN TO OPEN UP THE GAME, AND SINCE, WE HAVEN'T SEEN A FIRST DOWN FOR EITHER SIDE.

AND ONCE THE PUNT IS TOUCHED, IT IS DOWN AND DEAD.

AND NOW HERE COMES LITHIA SPRINGS, THE OFFENSE OUT FOR A SECOND POSSESSION.

>> WE BOTH HAVE ONE POSSESSION SO FAR.

CALM DOWN.

THE LIGHTS ARE BRIGHT THERE AT CENTER PARK STADIUM.

YOU FOUGHT ALL YEAR IN THE PAST FOUR ROUNDS TO BE HERE.

SEE HOW THE ADJUSTMENTS WE MAKE AS COACHES COMING OUT FOR EACH TEAM HERE.

>> FIRST AND 12.

GOT TO GET TO MIDFIELD, AND HERE IS RASHYIA MINNEX.

PLAYING IT FOUR STRAIGHT.

ZIGZAGGING UP THE MIDDLE, AND AZAIYAH PHILLIPS.

>> YEAH, JUNIOR RECEIVER RIGHT THERE ON THE JET SWEEP.

TRYING TO GET ATHLETES HERE IN MOTION.

TRY TO GET IN SPACE.

SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

IF WE CAN MAKE ONE GIRL MISS, WE ARE PICK UP MORE YARDS RIGHT THERE.

SO, AGAIN, BE ON TIME HERE WITH THE OFFENSE, KEEP RUSHING DOWN FIELD AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN THE RUN OFFENSE.

>> SEVEN-YARD GAIN, LOOKING TO GET TO MIDFIELD.

AGAIN, THEY GO TO PHILLIPS.

ON THE RIGHT SIDE, A FLAG COMES DOWN, EXTRA CONTACT THERE FROM COACH SHEFFIELD, NUMBER 12.

SEW FISH YATING CREW WILL TALK IT OVER.

>> ILLEGAL CONTACT.

TEN YARDS, REFLAY SECOND DOWN.

A BLOCKING FOUL, CORRECT IN.

>> YEAH, I DIDN'T SEE IT LIVE.

MAYBE THE DEFENDERS ARE STANDING THERE.

PHILLIPS JUST RAN RIGHT THROUGH IT.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.

>> HERE IS A LOOK AT THE DEFENSE FOR DODGE COUNTY.

ANAYA SHOWERS, AND NOW THE SECONDARY.

GOOCH, 15 INTERCEPTIONS.

THIRD PENALTY ON LITHIA SPRINGS.

A LOSS OF NEARLY FIVE YARDS.

DODGE COUNTY LED BY HEAD COACH CLINT SANDERS, HAD THEIR HEARTS BROKEN AGAINST GREEN BRIAR.

THIS YEAR, THEY WON 13 STRAIGHT, AND NOW CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, TRYING TO REPLACE THEIR STAR, DO IT ALL, SANAA SEARLES WHO WAS THE TEAM'S LEADING RUSHER AND ANOTHER FLAG.

FALSE START THAT TIME.

A QUARTERBACK FOR LITHIA SPRINGS AS WELL, KSAJA WEST.

TRYING TO TELL HER TEAM, SETTLE DOWN HERE.

DON'T TRY TO DO TOO MUCH.

THE PENALTIES SO FAR FOR LITHIA SPRINGS.

AND WEST, SHE'S GOT A BIG ARM.

FIRES IT, TOO STRONG THAT TIME.

LOOKING FOR McIVER.

HOW ABOUT THE MOMENT WE SAW IN THE SEMIFINAL, AND WEST CAME IN, FOURTH DOWN AND ABOUT 15 OR SO FROM THE 35 YARD LINE.

FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME.

TRAILING 2-0 LATE AND SHE UNCORKS A 35-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS TO McIVER TO WIN THE GAME.

>> ABSOLUTE BOMB BY THE FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK ON THE BIGGEST MOMENT, THE BIGGEST STAGE IN HISTORY.

>> A PUNT, FIELDED CLEANLY.

WE'LL STEP ASIDE.

LITHIA SPRINGS, DODGE COUNTY, DIVISION II FINAL, SCORELESS.

>> HOW SPECIAL IS IT PLAYING IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME?

JUST ASK HEAD COACH CLINT SANDERS.

HE HAS BEEN IN THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RANKS SINCE THE MID 90s.

I ASKED HIM, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU COMPETED IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, HE SAID MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL, 1984, OUR FOOTBALL TEAM LOST IN THE STATE FINALS.

LAST TIME I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

AND HIS INDIANS HAVE A BALL.

WILL COME OUT OF A TIME-OUT, AND THEY PUT IT IN THE BELLY OF ANAYA SHOWERS.

>> I PENGUINS EKT THE DODGE COUNTY OFFENSE TO GET THE BALL OUT QUICKER.

AGAIN, NUMBER 23 UP FRONT FOR THE LIONS, APPLYING A QUICK PRESSURE.

GOOD JOB ON THE EDGE, AND GOOD ADJUSTMENT FROM THE INDIANS.

>> AND COACH SANDERS, HE SPENT MOST OF HIS CAREER AS A TACKLING FOOTBALL COACH.

FIRST TEAM HE EVER COACHED, A FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM.

AUBURN INTERMURAL FLAG FOOTBALL.

HE LIKED IT SO MUCH, HE CHANGED HIS MAJOR FROM ENGINEERING TO EDUCATION.

FOUND HIS VOCATION AT AN EARLY AGE.

LOOKING FOR INA PURVIS.

IN THE CENTER, DODGE, COACH CALLS HER THE ROCK HE NEEDED TO BUILD THE OFFENSE AROUND.

SAID SHE PREFERS TO PLAY DEFENSE, BUT SHE MADE THE SACRIFICE.

>> A CONSISTENT SNAP SHE HAS UP FRONT, AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID IN THE OPEN, YOUR CENTER IS ELIGIBLE TO CATCH A SLOW PASS.

A BIG NO-NO.

>> DODGE ENTERED THIS SERIES WITH JUST NINE TOTAL YARDS OF OFFENSE.

THIS IS THEIR THIRD POSSESSION, A PUNT AND A LATE PITCH.

WHAT A PLAY!

WAS THE FLAG OUT?

THAT WILL BE A QUESTION.

AND MITCHELL ON THE RECEIVING END OF THAT LATERAL.

>> A HOOK AND LADDER HERE, AND I BELIEVE THE SECOND PASS -- >> Referee: PASS ON THE DEFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN.

>> YEAH, THE SECOND PASS WILL BE FORWARD.

TWO FORWARD PASSES, A GOOD CALL THERE BY SMITH RIGHT ON TOP OF IT.

>> OFFENSE ELECTS TO PUNT.

>> ILLEGAL FORWARD PASS, AND A LOSS OF DOWNS.

BIG BACK BREAKER THERE.

>> 11-YARD GAIN IS WIPED OUT.

AGAIN N FLAG FOOTBALL WHEN THE FUMBLES ARE DEAD, THEY SIT THE GROUND, YOU'RE NOT NEARLY AS AGAINST TRYING TO LATERAL.

LOOK AT THIS PUNT ALL THE WAY JUST IN FRONT OF THE GOAL LINE.

IT'S PICKED UP AND A GREAT TACKLE ON COVERAGE.

AS AZAIYAH PHILLIPS TRIED TO TURN IT UP FIELD.

MAKING HER IMPACT FELT.

48-YARD PUNT.

MAKIYAH ROBERSON.

>> GETTING DOWN THE FIELD.

A LOT OF ATHLETES ON THE FIELD, FLYING AROUND.

A NICE JOB THERE, FLIPPING THE FIELD, FLIPPING THE POSSESSION, IN THE INDIANS' FAVOR.

>> LITHIA SPRINGS IS ON THE 6 YARD LINE.

THE 10 YARD LINE IS THE END ZONE.

THEY GIVE IT TO PHILLIPS.

UP THE SIDELINE.

DID SHE STAY IN BOUNDS?

I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

BUT THAT HAS BEEN THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER TODAY HERE, DAVE.

JUST GIVING IT MAINLY TO PHILLIPS AND LETTING HER TAKE IT AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE.

>> YEAH, AND THE EYE JUSTMENT MADE BY LITHIA SPRINGS, SEVERAL TIMES IT HAD TO BE ILLEGAL BLOCKING.

WE'RE STATIONARY.

NOT MOVING.

CAN'T MISS THE THERE F YOU'RE MY IMPACT PLAYER OF THE GAME.

AND LUCKILY THE GOAL LINE THERE, OUT OF BOUNDS, GOOD PLAY TO ANOTHER DAY.

>> 80-YARD FIELD LENGTHWISE.

JUST 40 YARDS WIDE AND A GOOD PULL.

11th IN TACKLES LAST YEAR.

AFTER THE 27-YARD RUSH.

DODGE COUNTY DID A NICE JOB SEALING OFF THE EDGE AND TURNING HER BACK INSIDE.

AND WE SAW A BRIEF APPEARANCE FROM WEST.

MINNEX OVER THE MIDDLE.

BATTED AWAY, AND GOOCH, LONG ARMS SHE'S ABLE TO BREAK UP JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

BEST OF LUCK AGAINST HERE.

>> THAT IS WHY THE JUNIOR SAFETY HAS 15 INTERCEPTIONS ON THE SEASON.

TRYING TO ROLL THE POCKET HERE, AND SHOWERS UP FRONT AND REALLY NICE JOB DEFENSIVELY THERE.

DID NOT DRAW THE FLAG FOR PASS INTERFERENCE, BUT GET THE PASS BREAKUP.

>> I THINK THAT SHOT OF THE BLOCKING WAS ALSO INSTREKTED.

YOU CANNOT USE YOUR HANDS TO BLOCK.

JUST YOUR TORSO.

NICE BREAK UP FOR MITCHELL.

>> YEAH, GO UNDERNEATH THE ROUTE HERE.

THIRD AND LONG.

MAYBE TRY TO GET IT SHORT.

NICE JOB, THE BALL RIGHT THERE, NUMBER 14.

WE WILL SEE A LINEBACKER, BRINGS UP FOURTH DOWN AND PUNT, TRY TO FLIP THE FIELD AGAIN.

>> IT WILL BE A STOP OF THE CLOCK AT THE ONE MINUTE MARK.

AT WHICH POINT, THE CLOCK WILL WORK WITH NORMAL TACKLE, AND GREAT CATCH OF HANDS.

OH, HOW ABOUT THAT PLAY?

FROM GLENNA RAE WHITLEY, JUST A FRESHMAN FROM DODGE COUNTY.

ALL SHE HAD TO DO IS TOUCH IT AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE, BUT SHE IS ABLE TO HAUL IT IN AND PICK UP A FEW MORE YARDS.

>> MAYBE THIS IS WHY THE FRESHMAN CHOSE FLAG FOOTBALL OVER SOFTBALL.

GOOD IQ, GET THE BALL UP FIELD.

NICE CHANGE HERE IN THE END OF THE FIRST HALF FOR DODGE COUNTY POTENTIALLY.

>> ONLY A 13-YARD PUNT.

A 12-YARD RETURN.

ON THE WHOLE DODGE COUNTY SURRENDERED JUST A YARD FROM THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

FIRST AND FOUR, THEY HAVE TO GET TO THE 30 ON THE FIELD.

REVERSE.

MITCHELL, WEAVING BACK IN, AND THE PULL MADE.

YOU GUESSED IT, ROBERTS AGAIN, AND WE HIT A ONE MINUTE WARNING.

>> NO WORRIES HERE.

A LITTLE RISK HERE AND A SHORT RUN.

KNOWING YOU HAVE A ONE MINUTE WARNING COMING UP.

NOW WE'RE UNDER ONE MINUTE OF THE HALF, THE CLOCK WILL SHOW INCOMPLETE PASSES AS THE PLAY RUNS, THE CLOCK WILL KEEP RUNNING, AND TACKLE FOOTBALL RULES HERE FOR THE CLOCK UNDER MONEY WINT IN THE HALF.

>> TYLER PACKAGE NOW FOR DODGE COUNTY.

JONES JETTING THROUGH, GOT THE FIRST DOWN.

KENDRICK WITH A STOP.

JONES DOES A NICE JOB OF GETTING NORTH AND SOUTH.

DOESN'T SHE?

>> YEAH, NICE JOB HERE, SENIOR QUARTERBACK, AND TAKING IT ONE WAY, AND USING THE SPEED, THE SPEED TO GET UP THE FIELD.

AND AGAIN, NICE FLAG PULL THERE AND GAINED A YARD IN THE FIRST DOWN.

>> BOTH TEAMS GET THREE TIME-OUTS FOR THE ENTIRE GAME.

DODGE COUNTY NOT USING ONE HERE.

THE END ZONE IS THE 10 YARD LINE ON THE FIELD.

THERE'S A LITTLE HOOK AND LADDER, GAINED A COUPLE YARDS.

>> NICE JOB WITH THE HOOK AND LADDER, A TRICK PLAY.

JUST NOTHING GOING RIGHT THERE.

WOE SAW EARLIER ON, AND SEE IT AGAIN, THE SECOND PITCH IS BACKWARDS, AND YOU HAVE TO PULL THE FLAG THE FIRST TIME WE GET A SHOT.

WHEN WE DID, WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL ON DEFENSE.

>> MITCHELL, AND FOR COACH SANDERS, HE MIGHT BE THINKING, THIS MIGHT BE THE DEEPEST I GET IN LITHIA SPRINGS TERRITORY ALL DAY.

THEY REALLY STRUGGLED TO MOVE THE BALL THE FIRST THREE POSSESSIONS.

>> NEED TO CAPITALIZE ON THE SHORT PUNT.

AND SET UP A NICE FIELD POSITION.

LIMITED FIELD POSITION, LIMITED SESSIONS AND WE KNOW THE DEFENSE, THIS MIGHT BE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY HERE, ENTER WE HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT WHEN WE GET IT.

>> THE LIONS HAVE ALLOWED JUST ONE TOUCHDOWN IN THE LAST FIVE GAMES.

SECOND DOWN AND 12.

10 YARD LINE IS THE END ZONE.

JOSH COUNTY PUNCHES THEM UP AROUND THE CENTER.

JONES GOING DEEP.

LEFT A LITTLE HIGH FOR HIS TARGET, CARSEN ETHERIDGE, GOOD KOV RANCH BY MYANGEL ROSS.

>> YEAH, NICE JOB HERE.

TAKING A SHOT HERE, AND OVERFIRES A LITTLE BIT.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT ONE BACK IF YOU'RE FROM EASTMAN, GEORGIA.

>> 1 FOR 4 PASSING, AND THE LOSS OF TWO YARDS.

THEY HAVE TWO SHOTS TO GET TO THE 10 YARD LINE TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN.

THAT TIME, A MISCOMMUNICATION ON THE ROUTE AND THE FLAGS COME OUT.

IT LOOKED LIKE ETH RAJ MAY HAVE DRAWN THE FLAG.

>> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE ON THE DEFENSE.

HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL.

REPLAY SECOND DOWN.

>> YEAH, THEY GET CONTACT HERE.

LUCKY FOR DODGE COUNTY, THERE IS NOBODY OVER THERE.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE RULE.

AS LONG AS WE HAVE CONTACT, WE HAVE PASS INTERFERENCE.

DRAW THE FLAG.

REPLAY THE DOWN SO IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.

WE WILL REPLAY.

FROM THE 6 YARD LINE.

>> JONES.

OVER THE MIDDLE, DANGEROUS PASS AND IT LANDS BEHIND THE SCRUM.

LOOKING FOR ALTIERRA GOOCH.

FOR LITHIA SPRINGS, THIS WOULD BE A HUGE GOAL LINE STAND FOR COACH KENDRA PLEASANTS AND THEIR GROUP.

THEY NEED ONE MORE STOP HERE.

>> BEND DON'T BREAK.

THE MOTTO OF THE LIONS ALL YEARLONG ON DEFENSE.

THEY NEED TO STAND UP RIGHT HERE TO END THE FIRST HALF.

>> TRY TO GO TO THE AIR A COUPLE TIMES HERE.

HAVEN'T HAD MUCH SUCCESS.

ONLY NEED SIX YARDS, OPEN, AND COMING FROM NOWHERE.

IT'S BUSTED UP.

HANNAH McIVER, PERHAPS A TOUCHDOWN SAVING SWAT.

>> YEAH, DODGE COUNTY DREW ALL PLAY IN THE DIRT HERE.

WE HAVE THE LOOK WE WANT, AND JUST FLYING TO THE FOOTBALL RIGHT THERE, BOOM, NICE JOB, NOT TODAY, NOT RIGHT HERE.

NICE JOB.

>> HUGE BREAKUP.

>> VERY GOOD.

NOW WE WILL FLIP THE POSSESSION HERE.

MAYBE TAKE A SHOT HERE.

PROBABLY JUST RUN THE BALL AND GET IN THE LOCKER ROOM AT HAPPEN TIME HERE.

>> HANNAH McIVER LEADS THE TEAM IN INTERCEPTIONS.

ALL SHE NEEDED TO DO IS KNOCK IT DOWN.

ON THE 6.

WE GO AROUND.

ROBERSON, AND THAT OUGHT TO DO IT.

DODGE COUNTY.

COMES CLOSE TO CATCHING IN THE FOURTH PUNT.

BUT LITHIA SPRINGS, THE DEFENSE STANDS STRONG AND WE ARE SCORELESS IN THE DIVISION II, 5A THROUGH 6A FINAL.

NOTHING DECIDED.

YOU'RE WATCHING GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FLAG STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WELCOME IN THE GPB HALFTIME SHOW.

I'M NIKKI PALMER AND WE ARE LIVE FROM THE STUDIOS IN MIDTOWN ATLANTA.

WELCOME IN, IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN HALFTIME OF DIVISION II FLAG FOOTBALL.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT GAME.

SCORELESS.

FIRST, WE ARE ACTUALLY CROWNED ONE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ALREADY.

THE DIVISION I WINNER AND THAT GOES TO SOUTHEAST BULLOCK, THE FIRST YEAR OF HAVING THE PROGRAM.

THEY WON 20-0.

AND LET'S MOVE ALONG TO THE DIVISION II SCORE.

I'M SO SORRY.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE GEORGIA EMC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE AND SCORE ALREADY.

EMC IS MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.

LET'S LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

DIVISION TWO HERE.

5A-6A, WE ARE SCORELESS IN THE HALF.

LITHIA SPRINGS AND DODGE.

NEXT UP, THE DIVISION III TEAMS, 7A, HILLGROVE VERSUS MARIETTA.

THE THIRD MEETING OF THE TEAMS THIS SEASON.

THE SINGLE A PRIVATE GAME.

THIS IS TRINITY AND PRINCE AVENUE.

A LOT OF EYES WILL BE ON THE GAME, AND THURSDAY'S SLATE OF GAMES FOR THE PUBLIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, THAT IS NONE OTHER THAN IRWIN COUNTY AND BROOKS COUNTY.

TWO TEAMS WE HAVE SEEN PLAY BEFORE, IT IS THEIR FOURTH MEETING IN TWO SEASONS.

WE HAVE GREAT GAMES COMING UP FOR YOU TODAY.

THIS IS ONLY GAME ONE.

WE HAVE GAMES FRIDAY, WE HAVE GAMES ON SATURDAY.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE LATER.

LET EITHER BRING IN JOHN NELSON WHO IS WEATHERING THE ELEMENTS IN CENTER PARK STADIUM IN THE.

>> Stan:.

WHAT IS GOING ON OVER THERE?

>> WELL, IT'S NOT QUITE ELEMENTS YET.

BUT WE'RE GETTING TO THE ELEMENTS.

MAYBE IF THE ELEMENTS CAN BYPASS US, IT WILL BE GREAT.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S IN THE 50s.

GRAY SKIES, WORKING THEIR WAY BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT.

A LITTLE SUNSHINE.

BUT YOU HAVE A TEAM COMING UP JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND NIKKI, MARIETTA HAS BEEN HERE A WHILE.

THEY HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS GAME FROM THE BEGINNING, AND ONE OF THE COOL THINGS WE HAVE GOTTEN TO SEE IN THE FIRST TWO GAMES, PORTAL BROUGHT THEIR PET BRAND, AND WE HAVE THE LITHIA PET BAND, SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOLS.

WE TALK ABOUT DODGE COUNTY.

DODGE COUNTY, TWO STEPS FURTHER THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR, AND LITHIA BRINGS, THEY HAVE DONE IT FOR DEFENSE.

AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SEEING THAT LITHIA SPRINGS HAS BEEN DICTATING PACE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR GAME.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE THE SECOND HALF GOES WITH THIS ONE RIGHT NOW TIED AT THE BREAK.

>> SCORELESS AND TIED AT THE BREAK.

WHO DO YOU THINK WILL HAVE THE MOMENTUM COMING OUT?

WHERE DO YOU THINK IT FALLS BEFORE THE HALF ENDED?

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK NELLY CAN HEAR US.

THAT IS A-OKAY.

LET'S EXPLAIN A FEW OF THE WAYS YOU CAN FOLLOW US THROUGH OUR CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND.

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>>> IT'S A STALEMATE HERE IN FLAG FOOTBALL HERE, DIVISION II.

WE ARE IN MIDTOWN IN THE STUDIOS.

THE DEFENSE IS A STORY.

>> YEAH, STINGY DEFENSE UP TONIGHT.

NOT EXCITED ABOUT HOW SLOPPY IT WAS.

FROM THE PENALTY PERSPECTIVE.

NICE JOB THERE, DEFENSIVELY AGAIN, LITHIA SPRINGS, THE INTERCEPTION, GET THE BIG PASS BREAK UP RIGHT THERE.

GOOCH ON DEFENSE.

>> FOURTH AND SIX, SWATTING IT AWAY WITH ATTITUDE.

HERE IS A LOOK AT YOUR FIRST HALF STATS, DOGETS COUNTY.

>> YEAH, AND LETS THE OFFENSE RUN AROUND FASTER.

>> AND THE SIX PLAYS, SIX IN THE GAME, THERE IS KENDRA PLEASANTS.

HER TEAM, THEY HAVE NOT SCORED MORE THAN SEVEN POINTS IN A PLAYOFF GAME DURING THIS RUN.

BUT THEY HAVE WON ALL FOUR OF THEM, AND I LOVED HOW SHE WENT ABOUT TRYING TO LEARN THE SPORT OF FLAG FOOTBALL.

IF I'M GOING TO COACH THE SPORT, I HAVE TO KNOW THE SPORT, AND THE BEST WAY TO KNOW THE SPORT IS TO PLAY FLAG FOOTBALL MYSELF.

SHE COMPETED IN THE ATLANTIC WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND PLAYED RECEIVER AND THE LEAGUE USING SOME OF LITHIA SPRINGS, AND CRAIG DAVIS WAS AN OPPOSING COACH IN THE LEAGUE, AND HE FOUND OUT THAT LITHIA SPRINGS WAS GOING TO HAVE A LEAGUE, AND HE WANTED TO BE ASSISTANT.

AND HE WANTED KENDRA TO MOVE TO HIS TEAM INSTEAD OF PLAYING AGAINST HIM IN THE SPRING.

HERE WE ARE, NO SCORE.

LITHIA SPRINGS FIRST AND SIX.

NO KICKOFFS IN FLAG FOOTBALL.

YOU START AT THE 14 YARD LINE.

SANDERS TRYING TO BRING IT HOME FOR DODGE COUNTY DOWN IN EASTMAN, GEORGIA.

140 MILES SOUTHEAST HERE OF THE STATE'S CAPITAL OF ATLANTA.

AND IT'S UP FOR GRAGS AND CAUGHT.

MAKES A MASS MIF.

INSIDES THE 30 YARD LINE, IF YOU WILL.

THAT WILL BE A 47-YARD GAIN FOR McIVER.

>> SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE A CHANCE, YOU HAVE TO RISK IT TO TAKE THE BISCUIT.

SHE WILL HAS GREAT GLOVES, KEEP PLAYING GET UP THE FIELD.

NICE JOB THERE.

BIG PLAY RIGHT THERE.

>> AT LEAST, I THOUGHT SHE HAD A WHISTLE OR A FLAG, AND SHE THOUGHT THE FLAG WAS PULLED.

IT WILL COME BACK AND PENALTIES JUST CRUSHING LITHIA SPRINGS.

>> BIG TIME CALL THERE.

AND PENALIZES, A TEN YARD PENALTY THERE, AND HALF THE DISTANCE THERE.

SHE WAS SEARCHING FOR MR. >> YEAH, FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK, AND THE ARM STRENGTH ON THE TEAM, TRYING TO GET THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD A LITTLE MORE.

AND MIXING UP THE LOOKS HERE, AND TRY TO BE MORE CHALLENGING FOR THE DODGE COUNTY DEFENSE.

>> THE LITHIA SPRINGS TEAM IS A YOUNG ZBRUP, AND TALKING TO COACH EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND SHE SAID, IT HASN'T DAWNED ON THEM WHAT THEY ARE PLAYING FOR.

AND WEST IS SACKED.

JUST BARELY PULLED IT IN TIME.

AND CREDIT SHOWERS, TAKING DOWN WEST.

>> YEAH, TIME STANDING THERE, TOO MUCH TIME.

SPEEDY RUSHER UP FRONT.

TACKLES COMING IN THE BALL GAME.

REMINDING ME WHY SHE IS THAT ANCHOR.

INTERCEPTION.

PLEASANTS, WILL HAVE A PUNT, AND THIS FIELD IS AGAIN DEEP IN LITHIA SPRINGS TERRITORY, AND TURNING UP FIELD, AND FINALLY, THE FLAG FROM BEHIND, AND GREAT RETURN BY MITCHELL, AND A SIMILAR OPPORTUNITY, SHAPING UP FOR DODGE COUNTY.

WITH THIS TIME, A 30-YARD PUNT, AND THEY AGAIN HAVE A SHORT FIELD AND A FLAG.

>> NUMBER 14, MITCHELL, PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THE FOOTBALL.

FLIES AROUND, JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT AS A STUDENT ATHLETE.

LEAVES THE FIELD.

TIRED ALL THE TIME BECAUSE SHE IS GIVING MAX EFFORT.

GET THE BALL, GETS BACK UP FIELD.

>> AGAIN N FLAG FOOTBALL, WE CAN'T STIFF-ARM TO GET THE OPPONENT FROM REACHING THE FLAG.

AND BIG THERE.

>> JONES TABLING HER SHOT, AND WAY OFF THE MARK, AND IT LOOKS LIKE GOOCH HERSELF IS SAYING NO, NO, I RAN THE WRONG ROUTE.

>> EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT FROM A LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE.

WHEN YOU MESS UP, YOU TAKE OWNERSHIP AND DON'T BLAME SOMEONE ELSE.

I'M SURE THEY WILL GET THE ROUTE MIXED MOIFING FORWARD.

NOT A BAD IDEA THERE, AND RUN FOR A WHILE, AND DODGE COUNTY, TRY TO GET A BALL DOWN THE FIELD A LITTLE BIT, AND GOOD DIVISION.

>> THE PASSING GAME FOR DODGE, 1 FOR 7 TODAY.

MINUS TWO YARDS.

JONES BUMPED UP.

THE BALL UP FOR GRABS.

PHILLIPS HAD HER MISS ON IT AND COULDN'T HAUL IT IN.

>> PERSONAL FOUL.

ROUGHING THE PASSER ON THE DEFENSE, AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.

15 YARDS ROUGHING THE PASSER PENALTY.

>> IT WILL BE AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.

WITH FLAG FOOTBALL AND ROUGHING THE PASSER, ANY CONTACT ON THE PASSER'S ARM WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT, AND RIGHT THERE, THE DEFENDER GOES LOW ON THE QUARTERBACK, INITIAL YATING CONTACT THERE.

SO VERY QUICK FLAG WHEN IT COMES TO ROUGHING THE PASSER.

>> AROUND THE RIGHT SIDE.

TACKLE, RIGHT TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

THIS IS A TOUGH SPOT TO BE ON THE FIELD, AND THIS IS WHERE YOU GET A FEELING, FOR WHY -- WHERE YOU ARE ON FIELD MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

FIRST AND TWO, YOU ARE THREE YARDS AWAY FROM BEING FIRST AND 19.

AS THOSE YARDS TO GAIN, LINES TO GAIN ARE SIXTH ON THE FIELD.

MIDFIELD AND TWO QUOTE UNQUOTE 20 YARD LINES, THOUGH THEY ARE 30-YEAR-OLDS HERE ON THE TACKLE FIELD, AND THE 10 YARD LINES ARE THE END ZONES.

IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS A TOUGH LINE TO GAIN.

>> AND THE DODGE COUNTY OFFENSE, BRINGING EVERYBODY BACK INSIDE, AND JUST TRYING TO GET THE BALL CARRIER UP THE FIELD, REALLY GOOD JOB, AND THE LINE TO GAIN, AND RIGHT THERE, IN THE MIDDLE.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, ROBERTS UP FRONT, JUST DOING WHAT SHE'S DOING ALL DAY LONG, PULLING FLAGS, THIRD AND LONG HERE.

A LINE TO GAIN, BUT AGAIN, SAME LACK HERE.

>> YOU DON'T THINK IT'S TWO-DOWN TERRITORY, AND THIS WILL BE CLOSE.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE SHE GOT IT, AND SHE DID.

THAT IS ALL DODGE IS TRYING TO ESTABLISH THERE, JUST MOVE THE CHAINS.

>> I'M SURE THAT LITHIA SPRINGS, OKAY FOR THEM TO GET TWO YARDS, TOUGH SLEDDING RIGHT THERE.

NOW WE HAVE TO GET TO THE GOAL LINE, THE NEXT LINE TO GAIN.

SO CANNOT BUNCH THEM IN FOR THIS NEXT FOUR DOWNS.

>> SCORELESS HERE IN THE SECOND HALF.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

CARSEN ETHERIDGE WITH THE GRAB.

>> INCOMPLETE PASS.

>> THAT IS AN INCOMPLETE PASS.

WE DON'T NEED TO GO TO REPLAY.

NOBODY THREW A RED FLAG OUT THERE.

>> ALREADY, SECOND DOWN AND 20.

THERE IS JONES.

ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

SHOWERS, THAT TIME, CARRYING.

>> INCREDIBLE SPEED HERE BY THE SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER, RUNNING BACK ON THAT PLAY.

JUST SUPER FAST TO GET ON THE EDGE RIGHT THERE.

BUT AGAIN, LITHIA SPRINGS DEFENSE, DOING WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO LIMITING THE BIG PLAY.

>> LET'S NOT DISCOUNT THE LOSS OF SANAA SEARLES, THE LEADING RUSHER, SHE WENT DOWN IN A QUARTER FINAL GAME.

THEY FOUND A WAY, AND YOU CAN TELL, THEY ARE MISSING HERE PRESENCE TODAY.

JONES, WEAVES PAST ONE DEFENDER.

BUT ANIYAH KENDRICK, BRINGS UP FOURTH DOWN.

>> YEAH, KENDRICK, REALLY GOOD PRESSURE UP FRONT.

AND GET LEVEL HERE.

JUST SPYING THE QUARTERBACK.

LIKE THE ELF ON THE SHELF THERE, RIGHT THERE, PULL THE FLAG.

NICE JOB THERE BY LITHIA SPRINGS.

AND CHALLENGING PLAY HERE.

NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN DRAW HERE.

>> DID YOU JUST DROP AN ELF ON THE SHELF ON ME?

>> 'TIS THE SEASON.

>> YEAH, YOU WERE RIGHT.

TEN YARDS IS THE END ZONE.

THEY GO FOR IT AND WAY TOO TALL AND A LITTLE LONG AS WELL FOR ALTIERRA GOOCH.

>> YEAH, JUST TAKE A SHOT THERE, WHY NOT?

TO NO AVAIL.

>> NO SCORE.

APPROACHING THE MIDWAY POINT OF THIS SECOND HALF.

COULD COME DOWN TO ONE PLAY FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

LITHIA SPRINGS, DODGE COUNTY, FLAG FOOTBALL.

>> COACH CLINT SANDERS TRYING TO FIND OUT A WAY TO BREAK THROUGH THE DEFENSE.

HAVE YET TO DO IT THUS FAR.

HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY POINTS.

WE ARE SCORELESS.

AND RUNNING CLOCK UNTIL THE FINAL MINUTE AND THIS IS A NICE CATCH AND RUN BY WEST.

HITS HER ON THE NUMBERS.

FIRST DOWN LITHAI SPRINGS.

>> NICE PITCH AND CATCH HERE TO THE JUNIOR RECEIVER.

CHECK DOWN HERE.

GET THE BALL ON THE EDGE.

GET YOUR ATHLETES IN SPACE.

LET THEM RUN AROUND, THAT IS WHAT 10 DID.

GET THE BALL, UP THE FIELD QUICKLY TO GET THE FIRST DOWN.

GOOD START TO THE DRIVE.

>> LITHIA SPRINGS HAS OUTGAINED, AND A FLAG COMES IN, AND SEE WHAT THE PENALTY IS RFR ILLEGAL CONTACT ON THE DEFENSE.

TEN YARDS WILL BE ADDED IN THE END OF THE RUN.

REPLAY FIRST DOWN.

>> DAVID, WHAT IS ILLEGAL CONTACT IN FLAG FOOTBALL.

>> WE SEE IT WITH A BLOCKING TECHNIQUE.

THAT ONE IDEA THERE.

IF YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO PULL THE FLAG RIGHT THERE, THROWS HER OPPONENT TO THE GROUND AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE DO NOT WANT IN A GAME OF FLAG FOOTBALL.

>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX AFTER A DROPPED PASS, AND LITHIA SPRINGS GAINED MORE YARDS AND IT'S DODGE COUNTY WHO PLAYED THE MAJORITY OF THE GAME ON THE LIONS' SIDE OF THE FIELD.

IT'S THE PENALTIES THAT IS THE UNDOING FOR COACH PLEASANTS AND THE LIONS TODAY.

EIGHT MINUTES, THE CLOCK WILL RUN TO THE 8:00 MARK WITHOUT STOPPING.

NO SCORE.

>> TIME WILL START TO BECOME A CONCERN FOR BOTH TEAMS.

START TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF POSSESSIONS THAT WILL HAPPEN DOWN THE HOMESTRETCH.

>> WEST, SHE'S BEEN QUARTERBACK MOST OF THE SECOND HALF.

HANDS IT OFF, RACING UP THE MIDDLE, AND FLAG PULLED FROM BEHIND.

THEY GO BACK TO AZAIYAH PHILLIPS.

SHE HAD 32 YARDS RUSHING AT HALF.

>> REALLY GOOD EFFORT HERE BY THE SENIOR RUSHER.

AND SHOWERS FLOWING UP THE LITHIA SPRINGS OFFENSE.

AND APPLYING THE PRESSURE.

A TACKLE FOR A LOSS.

FLAG PULL RIGHT THERE FOR A SHORT GAIN.

>> THE 36 YARDS RUSHING.

THIRD AND FOUR.

BIG PLAY HERE.

AND DECISION TIME.

WEST, OVER THE MIDDLE.

CAUGHT BY McIVER.

MOVES THE CHAINS.

FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING.

>> YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE CHAINS HERE.

RIGHT THERE, WIDE OPEN.

PICKS UP A FIRST DOWN.

LITHIA SPRINGS.

>> WEST AND McIVER, THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN CONNECTION ON THE FOURTH DOWN LATE IN THE SECOND HALF GO AHEAD SCORE IN THE SEMIFINALS.

PHILLIPS, AROUND THE EDGE, AND FLAG COMES FLYING IN FROM BEYOND THE PLAY.

>> Referee: ILLEGAL CONTACT FROM THE DEFENSE.

TEN YARDS.

REPLAY FIRST DOWN.

>> WOW, THE SECOND CONTACT PENALTY ON THE DRIVE.

>> THROWING THE OPPONENT OUT OF THE WAY.

CANNOT USE HER HANDS TO INITIATE CONTACT, AND OFFENSIVE PLAYER STANDING THERE.

AND WE CAN'T JUST RUN THROUGH TO THROW HER TO THE GROUND.

>> FIRST AND SIX.

LET'S SEE WHERE THEY SPOT HER.

WE PICK UP A FIRST DOWN, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE OFFENSE MAKES A LONG FIRST DOWN.

YOU WANT TO HAVE THE SECOND AND ONE COMPARED TO THE FIRST AND 19.

IN ANY FOOTBALL, RIGHT?

SO SHORT OF THE LINE TO GAIN, MAYBE TAKE A SHOT HERE, AND NOW WE'RE BEYOND THE LINE TO GAIN, KIND OF MANAGE THE NEXT DOWN TO THE GOAL LINE.

>> YEAH, GOAL TO GO.

THE END ZONE BEGINS AT THE 10 YARD LINE ON THE FIELD, AND A PRESNAP PENALTY.

>> Referee: FALSE START ON THE OFFENSE.

FIVE YARD PENALTY, REMAINS FIRST DOWN.

>> THE FIRST HALF, IT WAS LITHIA SPRINGS GETTING CHARGED ON THE PENALTIES AND THE SECOND HALF, DODGE HAS BEEN CALLED FOR 40 YARDS IN PENALTIES.

FIRST AND 25 OR SECOND AND 25 ANOTHER FLAG.

>> PERSONAL FOUL.

ROUGHING THE PASSER.

ON THE DEFENSE, AUTS MATTIC FIRST DOWN.

>> WOW.

>> PENALTIES HAVE BECOME THE STORY HERE.

WE HAVE 4:20 LEFT.

AND IT'S JUST JOINTED AS THIS GAME HAS BEEN, AN UGLY, WE'RE ONE HEROIC THROW FROM WEST TO BE IN A GREAT SPOT.

>> REALLY BAD DAY ALL AROUND.

ONE PLAY, OUT IN THE BACK FIELD.

NEARLY 50 TACKLES ON THE YEAR.

>> THAT IS NOTHING NEW FOR NUMBER FIVE RIGHT THERE.

LEADS THE TEAM IN PULLS.

AND DOING WHAT SHE HAS COME TO DO.

>> THERE IS AN OVER TIME PROCEDURE IN PLACE.

WE SAW A STATE FINALS GO TO OVERTIME LAST YEAR, AND FAILED, DOUBLE OVERTIME.

SO THE RISK OF A TIE HERE.

LITHIA SPRINGS HAS TO FIGURE THIS WILL BE THEIR LAST CHANCE TO SCORE IN REGULATION, BARRING A TURNOVER.

NEARLY SACKED INSTEAD.

AND LOOKING FOR McIVER.

WANTED A FLAG.

SAID IT WAS CLEAN AND WHITLEY IN ON THE COVERAGE.

>> SUPER RISKY THERE FROM THE 45, QUARTERBACK.

STAYS IN THE POCKET TOO LONG FOR SHOWERS TO GET UP THE FIELD.

NUMBER 18'S NAME ALL DAY, AFLIES THE PRESSURE.

KEEP GET TANGLED THERE, WE GOT NOTHING.

NOT A BAD IDEA.

>> Referee: TIME-OUT, LITHI A SPRINGS.

>> EVEN WITH THREE MINUTES TO GO, THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THIS IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT LITHIA SPRINGS WILL HAVE THE BALL TO REGULATION.

>> THE CLOCK WILL RUN CONTINUOUSLY TO THE ONE MINUTE MARK.

UNLESS WE HAVE A TIME-OUT LIKE WE HAVE RIGHT HERE.

NOT A BAD IDEA TO CALL A TIME-OUT.

GET THE PLAY CALL IN, AND THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO SET.

HEADS UP THERE.

>> COACH SANDERS WANTED HIS DEFENSE TO BOW UP HERE.

THEY MADE LITHIA SPRINGS EARN IT.

AND THE PENALTIES, HELPED LITHIA SPRINGS.

THE DRIVE, WAY BACK ON THE 15 YARD LINE.

A BIG PENALTY AGAINST DODGE COUNTY, UP THE LINE, MOVE THE FOOTBALL.

10 YARD LINE TO THE END ZONE.

WEST, GOING FOR THE GUSTO.

A THROW OFF TARGET.

>> YEAH, TAKE A SHOT RIGHT THERE TO NUMBER 16.

>> FOURTH DOWN, OFFENSE.

GO FOR IT.

>> AND DOWN IN THE HALF.

THIRD AND 16.

MAYBE TAKE AN UNDERNEATH ROUTE, A COUPLE YARDS INSTEAD.

TAKES A SHOT.

NOT A BAD IDEA, GOOD BALL THERE, AND OUT OF ROOM, AND THE GOAL LINE THERE, FLAG FOOTBALL.

THE OTHER SIDELINE.

>> TIME-OUT, LITHIA SPRINGS.

>> A SECOND TIME-OUT HERE.

LET'S GET THE CORRECT PLAY CALL IN FROM COACH PLEASANT'S STAFF.

WE DON'T KNOW.

>> THE STAFF JOINING KENDRA PLEASANTS, RODNEY CROSS, TRE HIGHTOWER, A COUPLE FORMER LITHIA SPRINGS TACKLE FOOTBALL PLAYERS, AND CRAIG DAVIS, THE FLAG COACH HERE IN THE METRO ATLANTA WOMEN FOR THE ATLANTA WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

THE TEAM HAS SEEN SO MUCH GROWTH.

BEYOND THAT.

ALWAYS BIG IN INTERMURALS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, AND LITHIA SPRINGS, IT'S EITHER SCORE HERE OR FORCE OVERTIME.

>> YEAH, AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE A RAZZLE-DAZZLE HERE, A HOOK AND LADDER.

THROW A BALL IN THE END ZONE HERE.

IT WOULDN'T BE SURPRISING TO ME.

>> KEEPING IT LOOSE IN THE STANDS HERE IN CENTER PARK STADIUM.

THE END ZONE IS THE 10 YARD LINE.

FOURTH AND 16.

GOAL TO GO.

WEST.

OVER THE MIDDLE.

INCOMPLETE.

DODGE COUNTY.

STANDS TALL.

THE LINES EARLY IN THIS ONE WITH A COUPLE GOAL LINE STANDS.

DODGE COUNTY PULLS ONE OUT TO KEEP THE GAME TIED.

>> THE PASS IS COMPLETE.

THERE'S NOT A LOT AFTER, THE DEFENSE, SWARMING TO THE FOOTBALL RIGHT THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, TOUGH SLEDDING RIGHT THERE, DOWN DOWN TO THE 20 YARD LINE.

>> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO, DODGE COUNTY HAS TWO TIME-OUTS AT THEIR DISPOSAL.

THEY USED ONE IN THE END OF THE FIRST HALF.

THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD THE BALL SINCE THE 10:11 MARK.

LITHIA SPRINGS, IF NOTHING ELSE, KILLED THE CLOCK ON THAT DRIVE, AND A TACKLE BEHIND THE LINE.

THAT TIME IT WAS AZAIYAH PHILLIPS.

>> THE RUN GAME, NEAR THE 1:00 MARK.

AGAIN, YOU'RE COACH SANDERS, YOU SAY, CARRY THE FOOTBALL HERE.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT TAKING THREATS AND GET THE BALL BACK TO THE LINE.

AND RUN HEAVY FOR MOST OF THE DAY, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH IT IN THE LAST MINUTE HERE.

>> IF YOU'RE DODGE COUNTY, SAYING, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL WITH LITHIA SPRINGS ALL DAY, AND FORCED ONE TURNOVER, AND PICKED OFF ANNIE JONES, THE QUARTERBACK.

AND WHY NOT JUST RELY ON THE DEFENSE FROM AN EQUALLY SHORT FIELD.

>> YEAH, AGAIN, WITH THE SPEED ON THE FIELD AND ON THE FIELD FOR BOTH TEAMS, BE SMART HERE.

AGAIN, DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS, IF YOU'RE A BIG S.E.C.

FAN.

DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> YOU ARE GLAD TO SEE THE OFFENSE THERE.

>> THE TEAM THAT'S GOING TO SCORE WILL WIN.

>> TURNOVERS ARE BIG PART OF THIS GAME.

THE POSSESSIONS THAT WAY, ONE TODAY.

JONES TO THE AIR.

AND CAUGHT!

ALTIERRA GOOCH, A HUGE GRAB.

ANNIE JONES WITH THE BEST THROW OF THE DAY.

>> I STAND CORRECTED AND THAT IS WHY I'M IN THE BOOTH AND NOT COACHING.

TAKE A BOMB THERE.

PICKS UP A FIRST DOWN.

TWO TIME-OUTS HERE.

IF YOU WANT A LIMIT MORE EXCITEMENT, WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING.

BUT NICE JOB, PITCH AND CATCH THERE, GOOD HANDS BY ALTIERRA GOOCH.

>> A 20-YARD GRAB.

CLOCK UNDER 40 SECONDS NOW.

THE END ZONE IS THE 10 YARD LINE ON THE FIELD.

45 YARDS AWAY.

JONES, FLOATS IT HIGH.

INTERCEPTED!

ANOTHER PICK FOR ANIYA MOORE, AND LITHIA SPRINGS HAS A CHANCE TO WIN IT LATE.

ANIYA MOORE CAME TO PLAY.

>> JUNIOR FREE SAFETY.

HAD A BIG INTERCEPTION AS WELL IN THE SEMIFINAL MATCHUP VESS GREEN BRIAR, AND NOTHING GETS PAST HERE.

DODGE COUNTY THINKS THEY HAVE IT GOING ON, AND MOORE SAYS NOT TODAY.

>> LET'S SEE WHAT KSAJA WEST HAS GOING.

SHE THREW IT, AND A 45-YARD BOMB AND SHE WENT TO THE SIDELINE, AND A BIG SHOT OVER THE MIDDLE, AND HAD IT IN HER MINGER TIPS AND COULDN'T MAINTAIN CONTROL.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE SHOTS TOWARDS THE END ZONE.

>> YEAH, SURE, LET'S FIND A WAY TO BLOCK NUMBER 18 AND GET THE BALL DOWN FIELD, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

LET THE ATHLETES BE ATHLETES AND HERE DOUBLE COVERAGE.

LET'S GET THE SHOTS.

>> UP THE MIDDLE HERE.

>> LINTH,A SPRINGS DOES HAVE A TIME-OUT.

OVER TIME, SHOULD WE GET THERE, IS SIMILAR TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

AND HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, INTERESTING SEEING COACH WHO WANTS TO CALL A TIME-OUT HERE.

JUST AS THE -- >> TIME-OUT, LITHIA SPRINGS.

AND THEY WILL PUT IT BACK UP TO 20 SECONDS, I'M SURE.

WANT TO SEE THE TIME-OUT TAKEN THERE.

23 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.

THEY HAND IT TO MacGYVER AND SIMILAR SPOT ON MONDAY.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCESS LIKE THAT, IT'S A 50/50 PLAY.

WHY NOT, TAKE A SHOT.

YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND EASY THROW AND INTERCEPTION ON THE SIDE OF THE FIELD, AND LONG, FIRST YEAR FLAG FOOTBALL, THE BIGGEST STAGE OF THE GAME.

WHAT ELSE DID YOU WANT?

>> MIDFIELD, WEST, OVER THE MIDDLE AND COMPLETE.

THE CLOCK WILL STOP WITH 17 SECONDS.

>> A LITTLE FEET TANGLE THERE, NO HARM, NO FOUL.

THIRD DOWN NOW.

MIGHT BE TRYING TO GO UNDERNEATH THERE, AND TO BE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A SHORT PASS.

INCOMPLETE PASS.

AND STEPPING THE CLOCK.

WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE BALL PACK, LITHIA SPRINGS.

WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE BALL BACK TO ANY HAIL MARY.

>> IF THEY GO SHORT, AND COMPLETE IT, THE CLOCK WILL RUN, AND NO TIME-OUTS.

INSTEAD, WEST IS SACKED.

AND NOW DODGE HAS CALLED A TIME-OUT IF THEY WANT TO TRY TO GET THE BALL BACK OR THEY CAN GO TO OVERTIME.

SURE LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL SETTLE FOR OVERTIME.

THAT'S WHAT WE GOT.

NO SCORE.

WE ARE GOING TO OVERTIME.

WE WILL HAVE A COIN TOSS TO DETERMINE WHO GOES ON DEFENSE FIRST, BUT THE OVERTIME RULES, DAVID, THEY COME IN SHARP FOCUS HERE NOW.

>> WE HAVE TO HAVE A WINNER HERE.

WE CAME TO GET SOMETHING A TROPHY.

WE NEED EXTRA TIME AND THAT'S FINE TOO.

WHAT WE ARE SEE, COMING OUT OF THE COIN TOSS, ONE TEAM WILL START AT THE 15 YARD LINE AND GO IN, SO IT WILL BE FIRST DOWN AND 15 WITH A LINE TO GAIN, THE GOAL LINE.

BEETH TOMES HAVE ONE TIME-OUT, AND SIMILAR TO STOOL AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

BOTH TEAMS GET A POSSESSION.

SLIGHT DIFFERENCE HERE.

THE DEFENSE DOES GET THE POSSESSION OF THE FOOTBALL.

THAT SEEMS VERY EXCITING AND NONE OF THAT PLAIR EXPLAINING IT, AND SHE IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

>> YOU CAN GET ON CAMERA.

COME ON, ENJOY IT.

SIMILAR TO TACKLE FOOTBALL.

I COULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THE WINNER TAKES DEFENSE.

RIGHT?

.

>> WILL HERE IS LITHIA SPRINGS.

SEE WHAT WE CAN HEAR.

>> NO SCORE.

LITHIA SPRINGS/DODGE COUNTY, THROUGH ALL OF REGULATION.

LOST TO BULLOCK WHO WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 234 GAME ONE.

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING IT THIS FAR.

WE HAD A VERY CLEAN GAME.

LOOD BOOK ON THAT, AND SAME AS HIGH SCHOOL TACKLE RULES.

EACH TEAM WILL HAVE FOUR POSSESSIONS ON THE 16 YARD LINE GOING IN.

YOU WILL HAVE ONE TIME-OUT FOR OVERTIME PERIOD.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LEDS, LET IT STICK AROUND.

TAILS, DODGE COUNTY, YOU WON THE TOSS.

WHAT IS YOUR DECISION?

YOU WANT TO START ON DEFENSE, AND OFFENSE.

YOU ROTATE THAT WAY, PLEASE.

PERFECT.

>> DODGE COUNTY HAS WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BEGIN ON DEFENSE.

LITHIA SPRINGS.

>> THE CEREMONY EXECUTE THE BRILLIANTLY BY THE HEAD REFEREE, AND COACH SANDERS, SAYING, WE HAVE A STOP AND A SCORE AND WE'VE GOT RINGS.

THE IMPACT PLAYER.

ELECTRIC ALL SEASON LONG.

>> I THINK WHAT YOU SEE WE'RE EXCITED HERE.

THE END ZONE IS A 10 YARD LINE.

NOT A SINGLE TOUCH IN THE SECOND HALF.

GOING TO PHILLIPS, TO THE LEFT OF WEST AND SHE GETS THE BALL, AROUND THE LEFT, AND GREAT BULL BEHIND THE LINE, TACKLES FOR A LOSS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THAT ONE, LONGS TO SHOWERS.

>> AGAIN, LITHIA SPRING KNOWN FOR HER SPEED, AND SHOWERS UP FRONT, GETTING AFTER IT ALL DAY LONG.

SHE'S GOING TO BE EXHAUSTED.

EITHER WAY, HEAD BACK TO EASTMAN AT THE END OF THE DAY.

>> SECOND YEAR AS A TEAM CAPTAIN.

SHE WAS VOTED AS A CAPTAIN AS A JUNIOR, AND WEST OVER THE MIDDLE, AND DUMPS IT OFF, AND McIVER.

AND THERE TO PULL THE FLAG.

ILEISHA MITCHELL.

>> WE'RE FIRST DOWN, 15 YARDS TO GO.

WE KNOW WE'RE FOUR DOWN TERRITORY.

SEE IF WE CAN GET A COUPLE YARDS EACH PLAY.

STAY ON TIME TO GET IT ACROSS THE GOAL LINE.

OBVIOUSLY, ALL DAY, ONCE YOU CATCH THE BALL DOWN HERE ON THIS END OF THE FIELD, WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH SLEDDING FROM THERE.

SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

WE CAN CUT THE DISTANCE HERE ON THIRD DOWN.

>> TWO PLAYS TO GET 12 YARDS HERE, AND PLAY FAKE.

SWATTED IN THE AIR AND SHOWERS IS EVERYWHERE.

>> THE SHOT IN THE END ZONE.

AND UP FRONT, THE DEFENSE AGAIN.

THIS IS WHY WE MOVE 18 FROM LINE BACKER TO RUCH, AND CONTACT, QUARTERBACK, CONTACT THERE, GIVEN DODGE COUNTY ANOTHER SHOT.

>> ONE MORE SHOT.

FOURTH AND 12.

DID SHE GET IT AWAY?

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

INCOMPLETE.

SACK.

BY THE WAY, LITHIA SPRINGS CANNOT SCORE NOW.

DODGE COUNTY, GET IN THE END ZONE.

THEY WILL BE STATE CHAMPION.

>> SIMPLE, GET THE BALL IN THE END ZONE.

WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

NOT AS EASY TO DO, BUT BOTH DEFENSES ON THE FIELD TODAY.

FIRST DOWN AND 15.

FIRST DOWN AND GOAL FROM THE 15.

>> SEE WHERE COACH SANDERS WANTS TO GO.

JONES.

GOOCH FOR A BIG PASS PLAY TOWARDS THE END OF REGULATION.

GOING TO RUN WITH A FAKE.

DOWN TO THE 20 YARD LINE ON THE TACKLE FOOTBALL FIELD.

THE END ZONE IS A 10.

GOOD POSITIVE PLAY ON A FIRST DOWN.

>> I LIKE IT, THE DIRECTION RIGHT HERE.

LETTING THE RUSH OUT OF THE PLAY.

KEEPING THE QUARTERBACK -- KEEPING THE BALL FROM THE QUARTERBACK THERE AND JUST CHIPPING AWAY.

GET A COUPLE YARDS.

WE DON'T NEED A BIG PLAY HERE.

A BIG YARDS, AWESOME TO HAVE IN FLAG FOOTBALL WHEN IT'S FIRST AND 15.

LET'S GET A COUPLE YARDS.

>> A GAIN OF FIVE.

THEY GET TO THE 10 YARD LINE ON THE FIELD AND THEY ARE STATE CHAMPIONS.

THAT IS THE END ZONE.

AND BALL IS FUMBLED AND IT IS DEAD AS SOON AS IT HITS THE GRUND.

ALTHOUGH IT WAS RECOVERED BY LITHIA SPRINGS, IT'S DODGE COUNTY BALL.

THEY DO LOSE THREE YARDS.

>> WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL MISS 1/2S OR HANDOFFS AND WE ARE BAD TIME, THEY ARE USED TO PEOPLE GOING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

NOT DOING ANYTHING NEW TODAY.

JUST NOT EXECUTING AS HIGHLY AS THEY WANT TO BE.

BOTH TEAMS, THREE POINTS A GAME IN THE REGULAR SEASON.

NO SURPRISE THEY STRUGGLE TO SCORE.

THE INTERCEPTION DROPPED.

NEVAEH SHEDRICK, SHE COULD NOT HAVE RUN IT BACK AND DODGE COUNTY DOES HAVE ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY.

>> MOVE THE QUARTERBACK ON -- OUT OF POCKET THERE, AND THE QUARTERBACK NOT ON THE SAME PAGE THERE.

NIGHT HAVE HAD SOMEONE OVER THE TOP THERE TO THROW IT TOO, AND TO NO AVAIL HERE ON THE DOWN.

>> HERE YOU GO.

DIRECT SNAP TO MITCHELL, AND HER FLAG COMES OFF.

WHETHER IT FELL OFF OR PULLED OFF.

ONE-HAND TOUCH.

SHE IS DOWN, AND JUST LIKE THAT, DAVE, DOUBLE OVERTIME.

>> WHY NOT?

>> SOMEBODY'S GOING TO SCORE.

>> I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO TODAY EXCEPT WATCH GOOD FLAG FOOTBALL.

THE FIRST PLAY ON THE FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD.

REALLY GOOD EFFORT THERE, LAYING OUT.

PULLING THE FLAG.

YEAH, THAT'S NICE JOB.

NUMBER 23, ROBERTS UP FRONT.

WE WILL FLIP OFFENSE/DEFENSE HERE.

WE WILL SEE LITHIA SPRINGS BACK ON OFFENSE TO START THE SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD.

>> LITH YA SPRINGS STARTED.

IT WILL BE DODGE COUNTY BALL TO START.

OKAY.

YEAH, SO THAT'S -- DODGE COUNTY WILL THIS TIME START ON OFFENSE.

AND DAVE, I MEAN, WHERE DO YOU GO IN THE PLAYBOOK?

>> NEITHER TEAM HAD MUCH SUCCESS DOING ANYTHING.

AND TO BE FAIR, IT SEEMS LIKE THE DEFENSES HAVE BEEN AT THEIR BEST IN THE SHORTEST.

>> I'M NO TONY ROMO HERE, BUT IF I'M COACH SANDERS, THE MISS DIRECTION SEEMED TO HAVE IT OFFENSIVELY.

AGAIN, NO BIG PLAYS BUT FIRING AWAY TO GET DOWN THE FIELD, A COUPLE YARDS PER PLAY, WHERE WE CAN GET THE BALL IN THE END ZONE HERE.

>> COACH SANDERS.

TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT CAN GET HIS TEAM IN THE END ZONE.

>> BEGIN THE SECOND OVER TIME PERIOD ON DEFENSE.

>> IT IS THEIR CHOICE.

BUT NO SURPRISE.

PURVIS TO SNAP FOR DODGE.

THE 10 YARD LINE IS THE END ZONE, AND IT'S BATTED AWAY.

BROKEN UP BY AZAIYAH PHILLIPS.

A HOOK AND LADDER HERE, AND NICE JOB BREAKING THE PASS UP.

>> WE'RE IN DOUBLE OVERTIME, AND DODGE, TOTAL OFFENSE AMOUNTED TO 37 YARDS.

JONES OUT OF BOUNDS.

THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, AND SHE'S OPEN, BECAUSE SHE'S OUT OF BOUNDS.

THAT WILL BE INCOMPLETE.

FOR ROBERTS.

ROBERSON, EXCUSE ME.

>> NOTHING ON THE FIRST TWO PLAYS.

I MEAN, WE HAVE A FEELING OF -- ONE PLAY, ONE MISTAKE IS GOING TO DEFINE THE GAME.

FLAG IS PLAYED AT THE SIX OR TWO.

IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN.

>> NICE RELENTLESS EFFORT HERE.

AND NOTHING TO THE RIGHT.

GIVE IT A SHOT TO THE LEFT.

PICKS UP SEVERAL YARDS.

GREAT PURSUIT BY THE LINEBACKER THERE, KENDRICK TO KEEP THE BALL OUT OF THE END ZONE.

THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

EVERYBODY DIVING ALL OVER THE PLACE, MAX EFFORT, A LOT ON THE LINE HERE IN DOUBLE OVERTIME.

>> IT'S FOURTH DOWN, AND KENDRICK WITH THE TOUCHDOWN SAVING PULL.

THE NUMBERS AREN'T PRETTY.

BUT IF IT ENDS WITH A SCORE ON THE PLAY, SHE WILL BE FINE.

JONES INCOMPLETE.

LITHIA SPRINGS, THE TRACK THE WHOLE WAY.

INTENDED FOR SHOWERS AND THE LIONS HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN IT WITH A SUDDEN DEATH SCORE.

>> LOOKED A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT WHERE THE BALL WAS AND NOT THE BEST OF AN EXECUTED PLAY ON THE OFFENSE THERE, AGAIN, LITHIA SPRINGS DEFENSE, TALKING ABOUT IT ALL DAY LONG, STOUT DEFENSE.

NICE JOB GIVING YOUR SFT A CHANCE HERE ON OFFENSE TO PUT THE BALL IN THE END ZONE.

>> THE STOP TOP OF THE SCREEN ALL DAY LONG, AND TRY DIFFERENT HERE, TRY TO GET THE BALL TO THE SPEEDY WIDE RECEIVER PHILLIPS THERE.

AGAIN, DODGE COUNTY WITH THAT ONE OUT.

>> THEY HAVE GONE WITH RASHYIA MINNEX HERE, AND WEST, AND LOOKS LIKE THEY TRY TO RUN IT IN HERE.

REDIRECTION, AND A GOOD PULL BY SHOULD YOUERS.

RIGHT NOW, BOTH DEFENSES HAVEN'T SHOWN A SINGLE WEAKNESS, AND I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT TO WHERE THE DEFENSE GET THE BALL AND THEY ASK SCORE, AND MIGHT BE THE BEST SHOT.

>> YEAH, SPEED ON SPEED OUT THERE.

AND VERY BIG TIME ATHLETES, BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL, AND JUST PULLING THE FLAG THE FIRST TIME YOU CAN, PREVENT THE BIG PLAY.

YEAH, STINGY DEFENSE SO FAR.

>> WEST IS BACK IN.

SHE'S GOT THE ARM GOING TO THE END ZONE.

OVER SHOOTS HER IMPORTANT TARGET.

IT LOOKS LIKE McIVER AND WHITLEY ARE TIED UP THERE, GOOD DEFENSE BY THE FRESHMAN SAFETY.

>> YEAH, AND STOPS ON HER ROUTE A LITTLE BIT, AND NOBODY HOME IN THE BACK CORNER OF THE END ZONE.

FOURTH DOWN AND 12 HERE.

AGAIN, ALL DAY LONG.

>> A CHANCE TO WIN IT ON THE PLAY.

10 YARD LINE IS THE END ZONE.

DOUBLE OVERTIME.

WEST, CLAPS FOR THE SNAP.

AND SHE IS SACKED!

WE GO TO TRIPLE OVERTIME.

WHO'S GOING TO BLINK?

THE STARING CONTEST CONTINUES.

>> AGAIN, FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK, MAYBE NOT HAVING THE INTERNAL CLOCK HERE ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE FOOTBALL A LITTLE QUICKER.

STAYS IN THE POCKET TOO LONG, AND HER 44th SACK OF THE DAY BY SHOWERS UP FRONT.

>> FEELS LIKE IT.

>> AGAIN, RELENTLESS PURSUIT.

THE RUSHER PLAYS A CRITICAL PART OFS THE DEFENSE, AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT, SLIGHT RULE CHANGE HERE.

THE THIRD OVERTIME, NOT THAT IT HAS PERTAINED TOO MUCH TO ANYBODY.

BUT IF WE SCORE HERE, WE DO HAVE TO GO FOR AT LEAST TWO.

THAT IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE RESULT CHANGES GOING TO THIRD OVERTIME.

>> I KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD -- >> DODGE COUNTY HAS ELECTED TO BEGIN ON DEFENSE.

STARTING WITH THE THIRD OVERTIME PERIOD, IT WILL BE FROM THE 10 YARD LINE.

AND TEAMS HAVE TO GO FOR AT LEAST TWO FOLLOWING A TOUCHDOWN.

>> SLIGHT RULE CHANGE HERE.

THE SECOND PART OF IT, MOVE THE BALL TO THE 10 YARD LINE.

DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR THE OFFENSE.

FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE 10 YARD LINE.

AGAIN, THE 10 YARD LINE FROM THE FIELD.

IS THE END ZONE.

AND AT THE 10, AND TACKLED IN THE BACK FIELD.

A LITTLE FRUSTRATE, AND BOTH DEFENSES HAVE BEEN RELENTLESS.

I KNOW THAT IS NOT AS EXCITING BUT I MEAN, WHAT ANAN YA SHOWERS HAS DONE, IT'S NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE.

>> IF YOU PULL YOUR FLAG, THE OFFENSE, I'M NOT SEEING A MISS PULL BY SHOWERS.

>> A MISPULL.

NICE THROW, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE SACKED.

WAY BEHIND THE LINE.

RIGHT NOW, LITHIA SPRINGS CAN'T GET A POSITIVE PLAY OFF RIGHT NOW AGAINST AN ANAYA SHOWERS.

>> SHE GETS OUTSIDE THE BLOCKERS, AND DEFEATS THE PRESSURE.

AND CAN GET OUTSIDE THERE IN A HURRY.

GROWING CONCERNS THERE, BEING A FIRST YEAR PROGRAM.

UNDER CLASSMEN, STILL LEARNING THE GAME OF FLAG FOOTBALL.

>> WEST IS IN.

SHE'S GOVERNMENT THE BIGGER ARM.

BATTED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BY SHOWERS.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

EVERY PLAY.

IF SHE MAKES THE PLAY ON FOURTH DOWN, SHE HAS DONE HER PART.

THE TEAM'S LEADING TACKLER.

SHE IS NO SURPRISE, A TWO-YEAR CAPTAIN.

AND SHE IS PLAYING SOME OF HER BEST FLAG IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

TRIPLE OVERTIME, NO SCORE.

PLAY CLOCK WINDING DOWN.

WEST.

HAS TIME TO FLOAT IT HIGH AND IT JUST OVER THE HEAD OF McIVER AND ANOTHER SCORELESS OVERTIME SESSION.

LITHIA SPRINGS CAN'T GET IT ACROSS, AND THE DEFENSE NEEDS TO TRY TO FORCE A FOURTH OVERTIME PERIOD.

THIS TIME, THEY DO IT FROM THE 10.

>> YEAH, TAKE A SHOT HERE, LOOKING FOR A MIRACLE.

GET THE BALL IN THE AIR AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS, AND AGAIN, THE OVERTHROW OUR TARGET HERE ON FOURTH DOWN.

>> DODGE COUNTY HAS A CHANCE TO WIN IT IF THEY CAN SCORE.

10 YARD LINE IS THE END ZONE.

JONES, LEADING UP, AND FLAG PULLED AS SHE WAS STREAKING TOWARDS THE END ZONE.

PULL IN BY PHILLIPS.

>> ALL WE NEED, A LITTLE BIT.

GIVE ME SOME KIND OF POSITIVE GAIN HERE, AND WE GET THAT -- AGAIN, A FLAG PULL THERE DEFENSIVELY BY PHILLIPS.

>> SEVEN YARDS AWAY FROM A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND A DEEP, DEEP STARTING POINT FOR JONES.

LOOKING TO THROW IT, OVER THE MIDDLE!

BATTED AWAY AT THE LAST MOMENT BY McIVER!

THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS AT THE FINGERTIPS OF HOPE SHEFFIELD AND IT WAS SWATTED AWAY.

McIVER HAD A HUGE BREAK.

>> Referee: THE DEFENSE, THE DEFENDER WILL MOVE THE BALL PRIOR TO THE BALL ARRIVING.

HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL, REPLAY SECOND DOWN.

>> WOW.

>> INTERESTING RULE HERE.

CAN'T PULL THE FLAG WHEN SOMEONE HAS THE BALL.

YOU SEE THE FLAG PULL THERE.

THE CENTER.

PULL THE FLACK.

REALLY GOOD CATCH THERE BY THE OFFICIAL.

>> THE RECEIVER, HERE'S JONES.

TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

OEM, JUST AHAIR TOO TALL.

FOR HER INTENDED RECEIVER.

THAT IS SKYE MEADOWS.

>> YEAH, I LIKE THE OPTION IDEA.

WE'RE GOING TO RUN IT UNTIL THE DEFENSE GETTING IN FRONT OF MY FACE, AND HAVING THE EYE DOWN FIELD, STILL LOOKING FOR A TARGET.

SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A TACKLE FOR A LOSS, AND GIVE THE OFFENSE A SHOT.

TO GET THE BALL IN THE END ZONE.

>> THIRD DOWN, THREE YARDS AWAY, AND MITCHELL FROM THE RIGHT SIDE, IN THE END ZONE.

ILEISHA MITCHELL SCORES AND DODGE COUNTY, THE STATE CHAMPIONS IN 2021!

AND YOU CAN SEE THE CONTRAST OF ELATION AND DEVASTATION BETWEEN DODGE COUNTY, THE CHAMPIONS, AND LITHIA SPRINGS, IN TRIPLE OVERTIME, THRILLER.

WE DID NOT SEE A SCORE UNTIL THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME.

IT WAS ILEISHA MITCHELL, THE SENIOR RUNNING BACK, WHO SCORE THE SCORELESS DROUGHT AND THE TEARS ARE FLOWING, TELLS YOU HOW MUCH THEY CARE.

ONE MORE LOOK AT THE GAME WINNER.

A CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER.

AND THAT BLOCK THERE BY TAJANIQUE WALKER, A BIG PART OF THE PLAY.

EL ILEISHA MITCHELL HAVING A SEMIFINAL WIN.

SHE AND HER TEAMMATES.

WHAT A MOMENT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH KENDRA PLEASANTS, LEADING HER TEAM TO A RUNNER-UP FINISH IN THE FIRST SEASON OF FLAG FOOTBALL, DODGE COUNTY IS THE WINNER WITH CLINT SANDERS, THEIR HEAD COACH, AND DODGE COUNTY, THEY WENT TO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME AFTER THE SEMIFINAL WIN, AND ILEISHA MITCHELL, THE MVP OF THE GAME, LOOKED AT COACH, AND SAID, COACH, I AM TIRED.

I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY SHE IS WORN OUT OF A THREE OVERTIME STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

DODGE COUNTY WINS IT, HUGS ALL AROUND FOR THE INDIANS.

MAN, TRIPLE OVERTIME.

NO SCORE IN THE FINAL PLAY.

THAT IS A MEMORABLE STATE FINAL.

HADN'T SEEN ONE QUITE LIKE THAT BEFORE.

>> A LOT OF DEFENSE WINS WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> WE HAVE JOHN NELSON ON THE SCENE WITH A TROPHY CEREMONY.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT IS THAT TIME, WHERE WE PRESENT THE TROPHY TO OUR FRIENDS FROM EASTMAN.

THE FIRST SEASON, TREMENDOUS WORK FROM LITHIA SPRINGS, GREAT WORK FROM COACH PLEASANTS AND THE LIONS.

THANKS, FANTASTIC SEASON.

TIME TO PRESENT THE TROPHY.

TO DO THAT, DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, DR. ROBIN HEIN.

>> WOW, WHAT A GAME.

HOW ABOUT A BIG HAND FOR BOTH OF THESE TEAMS?

IT TOOK THREE OVERTIMES TO GET IT DONE.

BUT YOU'RE TAKING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BACK TO EASTMAN.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT, COACH?

>> THIS IS FOR THESE 2K3WIR8 GIRLS RIGHT THERE.

THEY WORKED HARD TWO YEARS.

AND DODGE COUNTY TOO.

>> SO COACH, WHAT HAS THE RUN BEEN LIKE?

YOU WON GAMES IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

THIS ONE, HUH TO DO A LITTLE FREE FOOTBALL TO DO IT.

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE IT IN YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW?

>> ALL THE ADVERSITY WE HAVE GONE THROUGH RECENTLY, THIS IS AMAZING, AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT, THE END OF THE SEASON, IT'S BEEN TOUGH.

BUT THIS IS ALL WORTH IT.

>> TO HAVE A MOMENT LIKE THIS, WITH A SEASON LIKE YOU HAD, AND EVERYTHING YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH MORE SPECIAL TO BRING A TROPHY HOME TO DODGE COUNTY.

>> WE HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR A FOOTBALL TROPHY IN DODGE COUNTY.

WE HAVE ONE NOW.

>> CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS TO EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY CHAMPS IN FLAG FOOTBALL.

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TWO OF THREE HERE IN 2021, TAKE US HOME.

>> THANKS, NELLY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DODGE COUNTY.

AND COACH SANDERS.

HE'S NOT FROM DODGE COUNTY, BUT HIS WIFE RHONDA IS, BORN AND RAISED THERE, AND A CHAMPIONSHIP, ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN DECEMBER.

TO WRAP IT UP, TRIPLE OVERTIME, SCORELESS ALL THE WAY TO THE FINAL PLAY, DAVID, HAD WE SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE?

>> NO, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE HIGH POWER OFFENSE AND A LOT OF POINTS SCORED.

THAT IS NOT THE CASE TODAY.

TWO STINGY DEFENSES, NUMBER 18 UP FRONT FOR DODGE COUNTY FLYING AROUND AND APPLYING THE PRESSURE, AND NUMBER 14, SCORED THE LAST TOUCHDOWN, AND STEPPING UP WITH THE TEAM NEEDS HER IS REALLY FUN TO SEE.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS ONE.

IT BEGAN WITH A HAND SHAKE AT THE START OF OVERTIME, THAT IS WHAT WE PICK IT UP, AND ANNIE JONES ROLLING RIGHT, WEAVING UP, CUT THE DISTANCE IN HALF AND NOW HERE'S THE WINNER, ILEISHA MITCHELL, FILLING IN FOR THE STAR RUSHER OUT TODAY, AND MITCHELL, THE WALK OFF WINNER, NUMBER ONE, DODGE COUNTY, THE STATE CHAMPIONS AS THEY BRING IT HOME.

CLASS 5A THROUGH 6A.

WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN STORE FOR YOU.

NOT JUST THE REST OF THE WEEK BUT JUST IN A SHORT TIME.

WE HAVE CLASS 7A FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

OUR FINAL FLAG FOOTBALL GAME THIS WEEK, IT FEATURES THE HILL GROVE HAWKS AND THE MARIETTA BLUE DEVILS.

THIRD TIME THEY MET THIS YEAR COMING UP NEXT.

DAVID REYNOLDS, I'M WALLY REYNOLDS.

NIKKI HAS YOU COVERED FOR THE IN BETWEEN GAME COVERAGE.

DODGE COUNTY, STATE CHAMPIONS.

>>> WELCOME IN TO THE TAILGATE PARTY.

I'M NIKKI, LIVE FROM THE STUDIO J.

HERE HERE IN ATLANTA, IN THE GPB STADIUMS THE LADIES FLAG FOOTBALL GAMES AND IT WAS A GAME.

A DEFENSIVE SHOOT OUT.

IT WAS A FOOT RACE WITH A LOT OF SPEED.

DODGE COUNTY GOT IT DONE.

THEY FINALLY SCORED ON THE LAST PLAY OF THE GAME, AND WAIT FOR IT, TRIPLE OVERTIME.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ILEISHA MITCHELL AND COACH SANDERS.

WE ARE TWO GAMES DOWN, AND ONE TO GO.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND FAKE A LOOK AT THE GEORGIA EMC SCHEDULE AND SCOREBOARD PRESENTED BY GEORGIA EMC.

EMC IS SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.

THE FIRST GAME OF THE DAY, BULLOCK, WON OVER PORTAL.

20-0.

THEY REMAINED UNDEFEATED ON THE YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO SOUTHEAST BULLOCK, AND THE ONE WE JUST WITNESSED, DIVISION TWO, THE 5A-6A CLASSIFICATIONS, LITHIA SPRINGS VERSUS DODGE COUNTY.

DODGE COUNTY FINALLY WON IN THE TRIPLE OVERTIME MATCHUP.

WHAT A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL GAME THAT WAS TO WATCH.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

AND NEXT UP, IT IS DIVISION THREE FOR THE 7A MATCHUP.

HILL GROVE VERSUS MARIETTA.

THE TEAMS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER.

THE THIRD MEETING THIS SEASON, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SINGLE A PRIVATE OF PRISONTY AND PRINCE AVENUE.

THIS IS A REMATCH, WE SAID IT BEFORE.

A REMATCH.

A LOT OF EYES ON THE LIONS.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE OUT THE EVENING WITH SINGLE A PUBLIC.

TWO TEAMS THAT ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER.

THE GAMES KEEP ON COMING.

WE'RE TWO GAMES DOWN.

WE HAVE THREE MORE TO GO.

WE HAVE TWO MORE DAYS OF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

TO A LOT OF FOOTBALL IS LEFT TO BE PLAYED.

WE LOVE HAVING YOU JOIN US.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING HAVE OUR BUDDY JOHN NELSON JOIN US.

NELLY, CAN YOU HEAR US?

WHAT ARE THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS RIGHT NOW AT CENTER PARK STADIUM?

WHAT GAME WE JUST WITNESSED.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

WE HAD THE ONE OVERTIME GAME LAST YEAR IN THE TWO CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES THAT WE HAD.

AND THEY WERE IN THAT ONE.

HILLGROVE COMING UP IN THE GAME IN A LITTLE BIT.

OF COURSE, I GUESS BECAUSE IT'S FLAG FOOTBALL HERE ON GPB DURING CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN OVERTIME GAME.

SO WE HAD AN OVERTIME GAME.

GETTING READY FOR THE ONE COMING UP JUST AROUND THE CORNER IN 14 MINUTES OR SO.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS WITH A TEAM THAT'S BEEN TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR IN FLAG FOOTBALL.

AGAINST A FAMILIAR FOE, AS YOU WERE SAYING.

IT COMES WITH HILLGROVE AND MARIETTA.

YOU MENTION THAT WE'RE PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.

ONE OF THE PARTS OF THAT IS OUR NEXT GUEST.

LET'S BRING IN OUR NEXT GUEST.

JOSH TURNER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE VOFRG THE GEORGIA DRIVER'S EDUCATION COMMISSION WHERE THEY OFFER THE GEORGIA DRIVER'S EDUCATION GRANT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO OFFER DRIVERS EDUCATION TO GEORGIA STUDENTS.

FIRST OFF, JOSH, THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

>> ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR FOLKS WHO MAY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS AND REALLY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT.

TELL US ABOUT THE GEORGIA DRIVER'S EDUCATION GRANT SCHOLARSHIP AND WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR IT.

>> SURE.

THE GEORGIA DRIVER'S EDUCATION GRANT SCHOLARSHIP IS AVAILABLE TO ALL GEORGIAS.

THERE IS 100 HOURS BEHIND THE WHEEL INSTRUCTION FOR YOUR YOUNG GEORGIA DRIVER.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP, IS IT AVAILABLE IN ONLY CERTAIN PARTS OF THE STATE?

>> WE HAVE PARTNERS ACROSS THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

PROBABLY WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF ANY GEORGIAN IN THE STATE.

ANYONE CAN APPLY AND UTILIZE THIS GREAT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

>> LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, HOW DO YOU APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP?

HOW DO PARENTS AND STUDENTS DO THIS?

GO TO WWW.GAHIGHWAY.ORG.

YOU'LL SEE A LINK TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT.

IT IS ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.

VERY EASY PROCESS.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH.

AND GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN YOUR YOUNG GEORGIA DRIVER.

>> OKAY.

ONE MORE TIME.

WWW.GAHIGHWAYSAFETY.ORG.

YOU CAN GOOGLE THE GOVERNOR HIGHWAY SAFETY AND GET TO THE WEBSITE THAT WAY AS WELL.

>> COOL.

DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM, JOSH TURN YOU ARE.

THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

>> ONCE AGAIN, JOSH TURNER.

SO NICKY, THAT'S THE EARLY STORY HERE.

>> WEAR READY FOR IT.

NOW THE EXPECTATION IS TRIPLE OVERTIME, JOHN.

>> COME ON NOW.

>> WE'RE GOING TOUK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE FOOTBALL COMING UP RIGHT HERE ON GPB.

>>> WELCOME BACK INTO OUR TAILGATE PARTY.

WE'RE LIVE FROM THE GPB STUDIOS IN ATLANTA.

WE JUST WITNESSED A THRILLING TRIPLE OVERTIME GAME OF OUR DIVISION TWO FLAG FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AGAIN, A BIG CONGRATULATIONS GOES OUT TO COACH SANDERS AND THE DODGE COUNTY INDIANS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH.

COMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DIVISION II FLAG FOOTBALL CHANGE-UP BETWEEN HILLGROVE AND MARIETTA.

FIRST, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GAMES COMING DOWN THE PIKE TOMORROW.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT SLATE OF GAMES.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

AND THEN QUAD A AT 3:30, WE HAVE CARVER COLUMBUS.

THEN WE FINISH UP WITH THE 6 HUFF A MATCHUP BETWEEN HUGHES AND BUFORD.

THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES WITH THE TEAMS.

THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN OUR LAST DAY OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BONANZA IS GOING TO BE HAPPEN ON SATURDAY WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN OUR SHOW.

LET'S BRING IN NELLY.

LET'S LOOK AT TOMORROW'S SLATE OF GAMES.

WE HAVE 2-A AND 4-A AND 6-A.

WHAT IS THE ONE YOU CAN'T ANSWER ALL OF THE ABOVE THIS TIME.

WHICH IS THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED AROUND THAT IS A CAN'T MISS GAME?

>> LET'S START AT THE TOP.

FITZGERALD AND THOMASVILLE.

I KNOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT FOUR AND SIX AS WE GO.

LET'S TALK ABOUT AA WITH FITZGERALD AND THOMASVILLE.

REGION RIVALS.

THE FIRST TIME OUT, THEY DECIDED THOMASVILLE WINNING THE REGION TITLE.

HAVING TO DO A LOT OF STUFF ON THE ROAD.

FITZGERALD WON THE LAST CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1948.

OKAY, TRIVIA QUESTION.

WHO DID FITZGERALD BEAT IN THE SEMIFINAL BEFORE THEY MADE IT TO THE FINAL?

>> JOHN, LOOK, YOU ARE THE ALMANAC.

WE KNOW THIS.

JUST GO AHEAD AND TELL ME THE ANSWER.

I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

>> FITZGERALD BEAT THOMASVILLE 7-6.

SO AS THEY WENT TO CLASS C AND WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1948.

THOMASVILLE, WILLIAM ANDREWS, A LOT OF ATLANTA FALCONS FANS REMEMBER HIM.

CHASING FIRST TITLE IN 20 YEARS.

FIRST TIME SINCE 1948 THAT THEY CHASED AFTER THAT CHAMPIONSHIP.

LET'S TALK ABOUT AA.

THOSE ARE THE TWO PIECES RIGHT THERE IN THE REGION.

>> I LOVE IT.

I LOVE HOW SPECIFIC YOU WERE AND ALL THE HISTORY YOU GAVE US WITH THAT.

JOHN, WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU LATER.

AFTER THE DIVISION III GAME KICKS OFF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AS ALWAYS.

I HOPE YOU ARE STILL FOLLOWING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, FRIENDLY REMINDER, DOWNLOAD OUR GPB SPORTS APP AND CATCH US THIS AND FACEBOOK LIVE OVER THERE.

IN ADDITION YOU CAN HEAD TO THE WEBSITE AT GPB.ORG/SPORTS.

NOW IF YOU'RE ON TWITTER, IF YOU'RE ON INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK, ALL OF THE THINGS, BE SURE TO TAG GPB SPORTS.

WE LOVE CONNECTING WITH YOU OVER ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR OUR GPB TAILGATE PARTY SHOW PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.

REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.

WE'LL SEE YOU AT HALFTIME.