>>> [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH US ON GPB.

IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU.

>> HOW ABOUT IT, AIM 15 IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.

>> WE HAVE EIGHT GREAT DAYS OF COVERAGE HERE.

IT IS SCHLEY COUNTY VERSUS BOWDON , THE CLASS A DIVISION.

DIFFERENCE IN NAMES OF SOME OF THESE CLASSIFICATIONS THIS YEAR.

FOUR ABSOLUTELY.

ONE IS PLAYING THAT YOU BISHOP FOR THE FIRST TIME.

A LOT OF EXCITEMENT.

>> TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE PLAYERS WE ARE WATCHING.

>> WE ARE WATCHING THIS GUY, TJ HARVISON.

LOOK AT HIS NUMBERS, WATCH OUT FOR HIM.

>> HE IS OUTSTANDING, SO IS ASHER CHRISTOPHER.

>> HE DOES GREAT THINGS FOR THEM.

HE IS A GUY THAT YOU WANT TO WATCH FOR TONIGHT, AND HE WILL PUT PRESSURE ON THE SCHLEY COUNTY QUARTERBACK.

>> ON THE OTHER SIDE, SCHLEY COUNTY IS SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.

>> THEY ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE AND THEY ARE MAKING THEIR FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

OUTSTANDING RUNNING BACK, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THAT HE HAS POSTED THIS YEAR.

HE MAKES THEIR OFFENSE GO.

>> ON THE OTHER SIDE , HE WILL MAKE A LOT OF NOISE FOR THIS DEFENSE.

>> HE IS THE GUY IN THE MIDDLE, GETS THEM IN ORDER.

WATCH OUT FOR 52.

>> IS AN EXCITING NIGHT HERE AT CENTER PARK STADIUM.

LET'S GET TO OUR KEYS OF THE GAME.

WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO?

>> ON THE OFFENSE, THEY NEED TO WIN ON THE ONE ON ONE, IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE WILDCATS OFFENSE.

FOR BOWDON , THEY WANT TO GET FIRST DOWN.

>> AND THE SECOND, AS WE GO TO THE OTHER SIDE, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT ?

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

>> THEY WILL WANT TO ESTABLISH THEIR RUNNING GAME.

THE SCHLEY COUNTY WILL TRY TO GO OUT AND STOP THAT RUN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

HERE IS ALICIA HARRIS DOWN ON THE FIELD, GREAT TO SEE YOU.

WHAT YOU HAVE FOR US?

>> HE SAID, BEFORE THE GAME, THEY ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS MOMENT.

THEY MUST BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THIS ELECTRIC ATMOSPHERE AND CONTROL THEIR EMOTION.

IT IS ALL ABOUT SETTLING IN.

THERE IS NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN THEY HAVE DONE ALL YEAR, SO THEY NEED TO PLAY FAST AND EXECUTE ON OFFENSE.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, HIM AND HIS WILDCATS, JUST WANT TO ENJOY THIS MOMENT.

WHATEVER HAPPENS TODAY, HE IS PROUD OF THESE GUYS, THEY MADE IT HERE.

HIS FOCUS FOR THE GUYS IS HUSTLING ON DEFENSE, AND MAKE AS IT PERTAINS TO OFFENSE, MAKE SURE YOU DO WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.

SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU LATER.

HERE IT COMES.

GREAT ATMOSPHERE HERE ON THE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.

BOWDON COMING IN, THE RED DEVILS, I SHOULD SAY.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE WILDCATS COMING OUT.

BOWDON , 13-1 ON THE YEAR.

REGION SEVEN.

IN THE WILDCATS, 12-2.

THERE IS THE BOWDON HEAD COACH, AS WE MENTIONED, A COUPLE OF STATE TITLES, 1991 AND 1992.

THEY MADE PLAYOFFS, THIRD AND 2 IN THE LAST 35 YEARS.

TRYING TO GET THEIR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP IN 30 YEARS.

WE WILL GET MORE INTO THOSE DETAILS.

>> LOOK THERE, COACH DARREN ALFORD.

LOOK HOW EXCITED HE IS TO HAVE HIS TEAM HERE.

12-2, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, FIRST TIME WINNING A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

FIRST TIME THEY ARE PLAYING IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THEY ARE ALL HERE.

>> WALKING UP THE SIDEWALKS ON THE RIGHT?

>> EVERYONE IS HERE.

>> WE ARE READY TO GO.

BOWDON SET TO KICK OFF, LEFT TO RIGHT ON YOUR SCREEN.

KICKOFF PRESENTED BY BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.

THIS IS A WARM AND HUMID NIGHT FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER HERE.

WITH THE PANDEMIC THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE WERE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

>> IT IS NICE TO BE IN THE BUILDING.

THIS IS WHAT YOU START WORKING FOR.

HERE IT IS.

>> HERE IS THAT KICK, IT IS A SHORT ONE.

AT THE 23 YARD LINE, AND TAKEN DOWN.

IT WAS A RECEPTION AND BROUGHT DOWN HERE, AND THAT IS WHERE THE WILDCATS WILL BEGIN PLAY.

OLYMPICS AND WORLD SERIES, HERE IS A LOOK AT THE QUARTERBACK RIGHT HERE.

AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A MINUTE AGO, JAY KANAZAWA.

>> OF HUMOR, AND HE HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS PROGRAM FOR A LONG TIME.

>> FIRST AND 10 FROM THE THIRD AND 2.

HANDOFF THERE, WALKER .

WALKER IS STOPPED BY A HOST OF BLACK SHIRTS.

AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINEUPS.

WE WILL START WITH SCHLEY COUNTY, BANKS, JACKSON , SOLOMON -- THAT PASS IS CAUGHT THERE.

GOOD COVERAGE.

NICE JOB RIGHT THERE ON THE DEFENSE.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINEUP FOR THE BOWDON JORDAN BEASLEY, DANIELS, ROBERT McNEIL'S -- JONES .

THAT BRINGS UP A THIRD AND THREE.

THAT IS CLARK, NUMBER 7, TALKING TO HIS QUARTERBACK.

LOOKING TO PASS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW.

GREAT JOB BY NUMBER 18 FOR A FIRST DOWN FOR SCHLEY COUNTY.

>> ONE OF THE SMARTEST GUYS ON THIS TEAM, NICE CATCH, BRINGS IT IN.

THIS IS THE GUY WHO WANTS TO GO TO AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL.

>> AND THEY ARE ALREADY TALKING TO HIM.

28 CATCHES ON THE SEASON.

JAY KANAZAWA, HE IS BACK.

PICKED OFF, INTERCEPTION.

I WILL MAKE A CORRECTION, THAT IS JAMICHAEL JONES.

18 YARDS ON THE RETURN, AND WHAT A GREAT JOB ON THE YOUNG MAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND FOR THE BOWDON TEAM, GREAT JOB.

>> HE NEEDS TO GO BACK AND TAKE THAT AWAY.

GREAT PLAY.

13, JAMICHAEL JONES .

SHOW YOU WHY HE IS ONE OF THE BIG TIME PLAYERS IN THE SECONDARY.

>> THAT IS THE RED DEVILS DEFENSE, WHAT A BIG TIME PLAY.

HERE IN SCHLEY COUNTY TERRITORY AT THE 44.

CELEBRATING, IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUARTERBACK.

FIRST DOWN, HE IS GOING TO KEEP IT.

AND A GOOD RUN, SECOND PUSH.

WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN AND WHAT HE MEANS FOR THIS OFFENSE.

IT GOES BOTH WAYS FOR THIS TEAM, OFFENSE AND DEFENSE.

12 TOUCHDOWNS, YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE COACH IS TELLING US THAT HE IS A THREAT TO FOR PASS AND RUN.

>> 1300 YARDS ON THE GROUND FOR HIM THIS SEASON.

>> FIRST DOWN, AND WHAT A JOB HERE FOR BOWDON .

AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINEUPS, BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIS BANK.

CALLAWAY, WIGGANS, UP FRONT.

WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT HARBISON, BEASLEY.

AND ASHTON CHRISTOPHER.

DOES A NICE JOB WALKING AND RECEIVING.

BACK TO THE LINEUP AGAIN.

FIRST DOWN AND 4.

TOUCHDOWN!

IT IS BOWDON ON THE BOARD, FIRST.

TJ HARVISON, MAKE THAT CORRECTION.

WE TALKED ABOUT TJ HARVISON BEFORE, IN TERMS OF THIS, YOU GOT A LOOK AT IT HERE.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THAT YOUNG MAN, MICHIGAN STATE, TENNESSEE STATE --THEY ALL HAVE HIM ON THEIR WISH LIST.

>> TJ HARVISON, THERE ARE TWO JERSEY NUMBER 2s ON THIS.

IT WAS TJ FAST PLAY AND THOSE POINTS COMING OFF OF THE INTERCEPTION BY JONES.

THREE PLAYS AND 40 YARDS, THAT IS ALL IT TOOK.

HERE IN ATLANTA.

>> THE BOWDON OFFENSE MOVES QUICKLY.

THEY GET THINGS GOING.

THIS IS A VETERAN TEAM, THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER.

REALLY, SINCE SEVENTH GRADE .

THEY STUCK TOGETHER.

I COULD SEE THE RIVALRY IN THIS GREAT CAMPAIGN.

THREE PLAYS, 42 YARDS, THAT MAN GETS THEM INTO THE RED ZONE.

>> ELECTRIC MOMENTS HERE TO OPEN THE FIRST FOOTBALL GAME OF EIGHT TOTAL WE WILL HAVE IN THE CLASS 7A CLASS.

THE KICKOFF, ONCE AGAIN.

GOING PAST THE 35 YARD LINE.

NO HARM, NO FOUL, WE PLAY ON.

>> SPECIAL TEAMS, YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT KICK A LITTLE BIT SHORT.

THAT WAY THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO GET BACK TO THAT RETURN.

>> AND GOOD CONFIDENCE ON YOUR DEFENSE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

WE SAW THE FIRST TIME, AN INTERCEPTION AFTER THE FIRST DOWN.

SCHLEY COUNTY, THE WILDCATS, WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY HAVE IN STORE FOR THEIR SECOND .

HERE IS THE OFFENSE OF POSSESSION.

THEY ARE UNMANNED SHORT.

A PLAYER COMES IN.

NICE ONE THEREBY MALACHI BANKS.

BRINGS UP SECOND DOWN.

>> YOU WANT TO SEE HOW THEY RESPOND TO IT.

COME OUT HERE FOR THE FIRST, TURN THE BALL ON THE FIRST POSSESSION, WHAT DO YOU DO, NOW?

>> LOOKING TO THROW, FLAG ON THE PLAY, STOPPAGE.

>> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE, 5 YARD PENALTY, SECOND DOWN.

>> A 5 YARD PENALTY, THERE .

SCHLEY COUNTY JUST NEED TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND SETTLE IN FOR A MOMENT.

SECOND AND 9 NOW FOR JAY KANAZAWA, THE QUARTERBACK.

HERE WITH THE THROW, NICE CATCH THERE, NICE FOREHAND.

JUST SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN WILL BRING UP THIRD AND SHORT.

IMPORTANT TO GET THAT CONFIDENCE IN THE RECEPTION AND FOR THE OTHER TEAM TO GO IN AND CATCH THIS.

THIRD DOWN PLAY HERE.

>> RED DEVILS DEFENSE SETTING UP A RUN, IT IS FIRST DOWN, AND THAT IS MALACHI BANKS, AGAIN, THE SENIOR, 5'10", 170.

WHAT A GREAT SEASON HE IS HAVING SO FAR.

>> YOUR LINE IS PUSHING UP FRONT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OTHER GUYS CAN HANG THEIR HAT ON FOR THE OFFENSE.

THEY DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO ANYWAY THEY HAVE TO DO IT.

>> SOLOMON IN MOTION.

HANDOFF INSTEAD, IT GOES THROUGH THE FIRST LEVEL OF DEFENDERS, THAT IS THANKS -- MALACHI BANKS, AGAIN.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN, MALACHI BANKS.

>> HE IS A DEPENDABLE GUY AND SOME OF THE DAY DEPEND ON.

HE RUNS CLOSE TO THE GROUND HE GETS THE JOB DONE.

>> THERE IS A PASSIVE PLAY AND THAT IS A GREAT EFFORT BY SOLOMON TO REACH OUT AND GET THE FIRST DOWN.

GETS AN EXTRA YARD THERE, GREAT INDIVIDUAL EFFORT BY SOLOMON.

>> NOW THEY ARE GETTING A GUY WHO WAS VERY ELECTRIC.

SOLOMON, 77 CATCHES, 1100 YARDS FOR THIS SEASON.

10 TOUCHDOWNS.

YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM THE TOUCHES AND THE FIRST CATCH.

>> THIRD AND 10.

PUTS THAT IN MOTION.

OFF THE HANDS, NICE PASS RIGHT THERE.

HE CAN'T QUITE HOLD ON.

>> TALKING ABOUT FOREHAND, WE WERE TALKING TO THE COACH ABOUT HOW RELIABLE HE IS AND STUDY HE IS MAKING THOSE TYPES OF CATCHES.

YOU COULD TELL A COMFORTABLE QUARTERBACK WILL GO TO HIM.

>> RIGHT NOW, BOTH OFFENSIVE LINE'S ARE PLAYING REALLY WELL.

PRETTY MUCH DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

SOLOMON IN MOTION TO YOUR RIGHT.

JAY KANAZAWA WITH THE THROW.

GREAT MOVE TO GET AWAY RIGHT THERE.

THAT IS CARSON WESTBROOK WITH THE CATCH.

THAT IS 4 ON THE WAY.

>> WESTBROOK HAS BEEN RELIABLE AND ACTIVE EARLY.

WAS TAKEN DOWN BY PERKINS.

>> YES, BERKLEY PERKINS, JUST A FRESHMAN.

TRYING TO KEEP THIS GOING.

JAY KANAZAWA.

FIRST DOWN .

MOVING THE CHAINS OUT TO JALEWIS SOLOMON ON THE SHORT PLAY.

THE 6'2" IS SENIOR.

>> SHOWS WHY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM SO MUCH.

MAKES THAT CATCH, GETS IN THE POSITION, AND MOVES THE CHAIN .

>> BOTH ARE MOVING A LITTLE BIT.

BY THE WAY, THERE IS NO REPLAY IN HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT, A GREAT CATCH RIGHT THERE.

JAY KANAZAWA, FIRST DOWN FOR SCHLEY COUNTY.

HE IS ON THE MOVE, NOT BAD ON HIS FEET.

NICE JOB BY THE QUARTERBACK, JAY KANAZAWA, FIRST DOWN.

>> THAT IS REALLY SMART AND INTELLIGENT BIT BY A QUARTERBACK WHO SEES AN OPENING.

MAKE WHAT YOU CAN MAKE OUT OF IT, AND THERE HE IS.

PICKING UP A COUPLE OF YARDS, MOVING THE CHAIN.

SECOND DOWN.

>> ALREADY, 11 PLAYS ON THIS DRIVE.

MALACHI BANKS WITH A SHORT GAIN.

SCHLEY COUNTY WITH A VERY NICE MIX OF RUN AND PASS ON THIS TRIPE.

>> NO PANIC AFTER THE TURNOVER WHEN BOWDON SCORED.

THEY'RE REALLY SHOWING MATURITY IN THIS PROGRAM.

THEY ARE PLAYING LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE.

>> UNDER FIVE MINUTES TO GO.

WHAT A GREAT CATCH BY CARSON WESTBROOK.

IT WILL BE FIRST AND GOAL, NOW FOR THE WILDCATS.

>> ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

REACHES INTO THE BACK POCKET AND GETS THAT ONE.

FANTASTIC.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR QUARTERBACK LOOK GOOD.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

11 YARDS ON THE PICK UP.

FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE 7.

14th PLAY COMING.

THERE THEY ARE, GETTING THE RIGHT PERSONNEL PACKAGE IN.

THEY WILL CALL A TIME-OUT.

OH, THERE IS A FLAG.

WE WILL SEE STOPPAGE OF PLAY.

THEY ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

>> Referee: PRIOR TO THE FOUL, A LEGAL SUBSTITUTION, TIME-OUT, SCHLEY COUNTY.

>> THE PLATE CLOCK RAN OUT.

WE WILL KEEP IT RIGHT HERE.

HERE AT CENTER PARK STADIUM.

YOU ARE IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

WE HAVE MATT AND WAYNE COMING UP LATER ON.

WE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THE STADIUM, AND AGAIN, I ALWAYS GO BACK TO 1996 AND MOHAMMED ALI, MICHAEL JOHNSON, ALL OF THE GREAT ATHLETES WHO RAN HERE IN THE WORLD SERIES.

>> I JUST HOPE THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COME HERE TO PLAY THIS WEEKEND, I KNOW THEY ARE ON A BUSINESS TRIP , BUT I HOPE THEY GET A CHANCE TO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HISTORY THAT TAKES PLACE IN THIS TWO BLOCK AREA.

NOT IN ONLY THIS BUILDING, BUT ACROSS THE STREET.

NOT JUST IN THE APARTMENTS, BUT BEHIND THE APARTMENTS, YOU WILL SEE THE OUTLINE OF THE OLD STADIUM.

THE OLYMPICS WAS A BLOCK AWAY.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT STILL WORKS.

>> THERE IT IS.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE STADIUM RIGHT THERE, IT IS A BLOCK AWAY, AND IT STILL LIGHTS UP.

>> BASED BE PART OF THE OUTFIELD, JAY KANAZAWA LOOKING FOR SIX.

TOUCHDOWN, JACKSON!

CLINTON JACKSON, SEVEN YARDS ON THE CATCH.

AND THE WILDCATS ANSWER.

>> NUMBER ONE , FIRST TIME THEY HAVE CALLED THAT NUMBER TONIGHT.

AND HE SHOWS UP BIG TIME.

BIG TOUCHDOWN.

GREAT CALL OUT OF THE TIME-OUT.

GOT A WHISTLE HERE.

>> THERE IS A WHISTLE FIRST .

FLAG ON THE PLAY.

>> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE.

5 YARD PENALTY, REPLAY THE TRI- .

>> THE FLAG WENT DOWN BEFORE THE KICK WAS MADE.

THEY WILL RE-KICK.

A GOOD LOOK THERE AT THE KICKER .

13 PLAYS, 53 YARDS, A SYSTEMATIC DRIVE ANOTHER STOPPAGE OF PLAY .

THAT KICK WAS GOOD .

>> Referee: ENCROACHMENT, DEFENSE, 5 YARD PENALTY.

>> ALL RIGHT, THEY WILL GIVE THE YARDAGE BACK.

I THINK BOTH TEAMS ARE LITTLE BIT EXCITED RIGHT NOW.

>> Referee: CORRECTION, PENALTY COUNTS TO GO.

>> THEY HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PLAYING A CHAMPION.

>> BY THE WAY, THEY CALLED THAT TIME-OUT BECAUSE THEY HAD 12 IN ON THE FIELD .

I THINK YOU WERE TRYING TO GET JACKSON ON THE FIELD, BUT THEY HAD THE WRONG PACKAGE IN.

ALL RIGHT, MAYBE THIRD TIME IS A CHARM?

ALL RIGHT, THIS TIME IT IS THROUGH, AND WE ARE ALL TIED UP.

WHAT A PERFECT THROW HERE AND AN IMMEDIATE TIME-OUT.

THERE WE GO, WE HAVE A BALL GAME, 7-7 IN CLASS 7A.

>> GPB IS PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU TO BE DAVE ON EVERY TRIP.

BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA .

>> RIGHT BACK HERE ON THE GEORGIA STATE.

7-7 AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN THERE.

JAY KANAZAWA GOING UP WITH JACKSON TO EQUALIZE ESCORT.

THERE ON THE FIRST DRIVE, 5 OF 6 ON THE DRIVE OF 39 YARDS.

PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

90 YARDS.

GOOD JOB ANSWERING BACK AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN BY THE RED DEVILS.

>> THEY ARE KEEPING POISE, GREAT DRIVE, TOUCHDOWN, WE ARE ALL LIVING HERE.

>> THERE IS THE KICKOFF, HERE IT IS.

HERE IS THE OTHER RECEIVER, LOOK OUT.

IT FINALLY GOES DOWN.

31 YARDS ON THE RETURN, WHAT A GREAT JOB BY McNEIL, AS THE COACH SAID, HE DOES IT ALL.

>> HE DOES.

GREAT TURNED MAN, GREAT QUARTERBACK.

HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

>> A LOT OF WHITE SHIRTS GOT A TAKE HIM DOWN.

>> NEXT TIME, OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD.

A GOOD LOOK AT HIM, FOUR YEAR STARTER.

A HANDOFF HERE .

AND THE BOWDON DEFENSE ANSWERS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEFENSE OF LINEUP HERE.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIS.

REGIS BANK.

YOUR LINEBACKERS, WALKER, CLARK , JACKSON -- WHO CAUGHT THE TOUCHDOWN PASS.

SOLOMON, MADE THAT NICE CATCH ON THE OFFENSE, AS WELL.

GREAT JOB RIGHT THERE.

THAT WAS CLARK JUMPING IN.

THERE IS TJ HARVISON, STILL HAS SOME POSITIVE YARDAGE, THAT BRINGS UP THIRD DOWN FOR THIS.

>> THEY ARE ALMOST MAKING A PLAY.

>> BIG THIRD DOWN PLAY HERE.

>> THIRD AND 4.

SHIFT BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

CHANGING THE PLAY, SIX SECONDS ON THE PLAY CLOCK.

ROBERT McNEAL, THE VETERAN, FOUR YEAR STARTER, HERE IS THE HANDOFF.

HE IS GETTING CLOSE.

A HOST OF WILDCATS TO MEET HIM RIGHT THERE, AND THEY WILL GIVE IT TO HIM.

NO.

THEY HAVE NOT MOVED IT YET, WE WILL SEE WHERE THEY MARKET.

IT IS VERY CLOSE .

THEY ARE CALLING IT FOURTH DOWN .

FOURTH AND ABOUT HALF A YARD.

>> YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, YOU HAVE TO GO IN THERE FOR IT.

WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY CALL IT.

>> WILDCATS FORMATION, TJ HARVISON.

FIRST DOWN AND MORE, HE HAS SPEED.

HERE AT THE 18 YARD LINE AND A FIRST DOWN FOR BOWDON .

THAT'S HOW YOU CONVERT A FOURTH DOWN.

>> THAT IS ALL YOU NEED, FOURTH DOWN.

HE SHOWS YOU WHY HE IS SO DANGEROUS WITH THE BLOCK THERE.

>> 22 YARDS THERE ON THE PICKOFF ON THE PICK UP THERE ON THE FIRST DOWN PLAY.

WE ARE NOW IN THE EXPRESS ATLANTA RED ZONE .

BOWDON HAS ENTERED IT .

ACTUALLY, THEY MARKED THAT OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 16, NOT THE 18.

BOWDON ON THE MOVE, AGAIN.

AND THAT IS JORDAN BEASLEY, THE JUNIOR FALLBACK WITH A NICE PICKUP ON FIRST DOWN.

>> HE WILL GET THE CALL EVERY NOW AND THEN -- THOSE JERSEYS GET AROUND TO PUSH HIM BACK.

PICKED UP ABOUT X YARDS ON THAT ONE.

>> SECOND AND 4.

NOW, THE RED DEVILS LOOKING FOR THE THIRD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

McNEAL, THE QUARTERBACK, HE IS GOING TO KEEP IT.

LEFT SIDE, THERE IS A WHOLE.

HE HAS A TOUCHDOWN!

TOUCHDOWN, ROBERT McNEAL, BOWDON !

MAN, THAT WAS ALMOST TOO EASY FOR THAT YOUNG MAN.

>> WHEN YOU TALK TO COACH RICHARD FENDLEY, THE WORD HE USES TO DESCRIBE THAT YOUNG MAN, IS ELECTRIC.

>> THERE WAS ONLY ONE MAN WHO CAN STOP THEM THERE AT THE END.

BUT HE COULD NOT GET TO HIM, HE IS WAY TOO FAST.

EXTRA POINT --IT DOES NOT GO ANYWHERE.

SO, BOWDON 'S LEAD IS 13-7.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, RIGHT HERE.

>> COMING RIGHT AT YOU.

NICE BLOCK , GOT TO THE EDGE, NO ONE WAS GOING TO GET HIM.

>> FIRST DRIVE BROUGHT TO BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

FIRST PLAY, 47 YARDS.

ALL RUNS ON THAT, McNEAL, 18 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS THIS SEASON.

WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT A DUAL THREAT HE IS.

GROUND AND IN THE AIR FOR THIS RED DEVILS OFFENSE.

>> WE JUST SAW WHAT HE COULD DO AS A RETURN MAN.

HE IS A DANGEROUS GUY, BUT ALSO, A GREAT LEADER FOR THIS TEAM, ONE OF THE VETERANS.

THERE IS COACH RICHARD FENDLEY THAT YOU ARE LOOKING OUT THERE.

>> THIS SEASONS BOWDON COACH.

GREAT LINEAGE, HIS DAD WAS COACHING FOR A FEW YEARS >> ABSOLUTELY.

CHAMPIONSHIP RUN .

>> 13-1 RECORD, THIRD BEST IN RECORD HISTORY.

AGAIN, KICKOFF FOR THE THIRD TIME.

FOREHAND THERE WITH A NICE RETURN.

PAST THE 40.

NOW THE THIRD OFFENSIVE THEORIES.

>> THIS FIELD THE DRIVE, STICK WITH THE PICK.

YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE HAND OF A SPEEDSTER, YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE, YOU DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THAT CHANCE.

AND NOW WE SEE HOW THE WILDCATS WILL RESPOND THIS TIME.

>> THAT IS OUR FIRST OF TWO FOOTBALL GAMES.

THREE MORE TOMORROW, THREE MORE ON SATURDAY.

IT IS A GORGEOUS NIGHT, GET OUT HERE IF YOU CAN.

IT IS A WARM AND HUMID NIGHT FOR DECEMBER, BUT WE WILL TAKE IT.

QUARTERBACK , LOOKING TO THROW LEFT.

INCOMPLETE IN THE FIRST DOWN.

A NAME THAT WE HAVE NOT CALLED YET IS -- THAT WAS UP AND OVER >> ABSOLUTELY, PERFECTLY PLACED BALL TO GET RESULTS.

>> ON THE MOVE, DOWN TO 6.

SECOND AND 4.

HANDOFF .

GREAT EFFORT THERE, VERY QUICKLY BY ASHER CHRISTOPHER, THE DEFENSE OF END.

GREAT ATHLETIC MOVES TO SHUT THAT DOWN.

HOLD THEM TO A MINIMAL GAIN, IT WILL BE THIRD AND 5.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE TOP OF THE BROADCAST, LIKES TO BRING THE HEAT ON THE PASS RUSH .

>> THIS COULD BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

IT GOES BEHIND HIM, INCOMPLETE .

SOLOMON, THE INTENDED RECEIVER, THAT WILL BRING UP THIRD DOWN AND 4 .

>> THAT'S A PLAY THAT THEY REALLY WANTED.

YOU WANT TO GET THE BALL OUT TO SOMEONE LIKE SOLOMON, GET IT OUT THERE, CREATE SOME SPACE.

>> IF HE CAUGHT THAT BALL, I DON'T KNOW IF HE WOULD'VE GOTTEN VERY FAR, THE DEFENDER PLAYED THAT VERY WELL.

THAT WAS TOUGH.

OKAY, WE ARE FOURTH DOWN, THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR IT.

JAY KANAZAWA BACK, LOOKS TO THE RIGHT, SOLOMON, AND THEN SOME.

WHAT A GREAT PLAY THERE.

WE WAITED, BECAUSE THE PUNTER WENT WITH THE FOREHAND.

ADD THE WILDCATS MOVE THE CHAIN.

AND THE CLOCK WINDS DOWN TO END THE FIRST QUARTER.

WHAT A GREAT FIRST QUARTER BIT OF ACTION WE HAVE HERE.

THAT'S THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

A GOOD LOOKOUT THE KICKER, WE ARE ONE QUARTER DOWN AT THE CLASS 1A DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP.

IT HAS BEEN ENTERTAINING.

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS, PASSING TOUCHDOWNS, INTERCEPTIONS.

RIGHT NOW, IT IS THE RED DEVILS ON TOP .

>> FOOTBALL ON GPB IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY SIGMA , TOGETHER ALL THE WAY .

>> WHILE WE HAVE A QUICK BREAK IN THE ACTION, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SAME AREA CAN CONTAIN 200 TERMITE COLONIES.

THE OFFICIAL PEST CONTROL OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

>> THE SECOND HALF IS ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY --THE SECOND QUARTER IS ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY.

>> WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE HEAD COACH DARREN ALFORD EARLIER THIS WEEK, HE SAID, MY GUYS HAVE AN ATTITUDE THAT IS TREMENDOUS, HE CALLED IT A QUIET CONFIDENCE.

IT IS NOT ONE THAT IS PRIDEFUL, IT IS JUST A STRONG BELIEF IN THEMSELVES.

DURING THE BREAK, HE WAS REALLY EMPHASIZING THAT TO THE GUYS, REMINDING THEM OF WHO THEY ARE, AND WHAT THEY CAN DO.

LET'S GO OUT AND GET IT.

>> EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE.

THIS PLAY COMING HERE FOR SCHLEY COUNTY, AS WE CHANGE END OF THE FIELD.

WHAT A GREAT CATCH.

GREAT HANDS WITH THE RECEIVERS.

HE CAUGHT EVERY KICKOFF SO FAR.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING, HE IS GETTING IT OUT QUICK.

HE REALLY IS.

HE KNOWS THAT BOWDON IS GOING TO BRING SOME PRESSURE AND HE NEEDS TO GET RID OF THE BALL, FAST.

>> NINE YARD PICKUP, FIRST DOWN AND MORE.

DOWN TO THE 30 YARD LINE.

WHAT A GREAT JOB THERE BY MALACHI BANKS .

WE HAVE SOME GREAT OFFENSIVE LINE'S ON BOTH SIDES AND GREAT LINES BY THE SKILLED PLAYERS.

TOO MUCH GREATLY COACHED TEAMS.

>> THE KEY FOR BOTH TEAMS WAS ESTABLISHING THE RUN GAME FOR THOSE LINES UP FRONT.

>> FIRST DOWN THERE FOR THE WILDCATS.

ANOTHER THROW, AND IT IS CAUGHT.

THAT IS CLINTON JACKSON INSIDE OF THE 10.

THAT WILL BE ANOTHER FIRST DOWN, 15 YARDS ON THE PICK UP THERE.

TOUCHDOWN PASS IN THE FIRST QUARTER --GREAT HANDS HERE.

>> AND ONCE AGAIN, THE QUARTERBACK GETS RID OF IT QUICKLY.

>> LET'S SEE HOW HE WILL FINISH THIS DRIVE.

>> NOW IN THE RED ZONE, NOW.

THANKS, UP THE MIDDLE, GETS IT TO THE 1, BEFORE THEY STOP IT.

JUST A SHORT, SECOND AND GOAL FROM THE 1 YARD LINE.

>> HERE ON THE STOP FOR BOWDON .

WE HAVE SEEN A NICE MIX ON THIS DRIVE.

ONCE AGAIN, IT WILL BE SHORT.

THE RECEIVERS -- THEY WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS RUN.

>> RATE BLOCKING ON BOTH SIDES.

>> FANTASTIC EFFORT.

SECOND AND GOAL.

TOUCHDOWN.

WE ARE TIED .

>> WHAT A DRIVE.

WHAT A DRIVE BY THE WILDCATS .

>> MALACHI BANKS, THE COACH TALKED ABOUT THE FOUR YEAR MAN IN THE PROGRAM, JUST A GREAT EFFORT HERE.

>> GREAT EFFORT, GREAT RUN, THESE GUYS ARE UP FRONT GETTING IT DONE.

>> JUST LIKE THAT, SCHLEY COUNTY HAS ITS FIRST LEAD EVER IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> WE CAN SAY THAT.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

FIRST TIME HERE.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT HISTORY IN THIS BUILDING, YOU JUST SAW MORE OF IT RIGHT THERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO EXCITED FOR THIS TEAM.

THEY DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO HELP THESE GUYS OUT AND GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT THE GAME.

WE HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SOMEONE WHO IS GREAT FOR THIS TEAM.

MENA STREET GRILL HELPS THESE GUYS.

THEY GO OUT AND PLAY LIKE THIS.

>> US, TOO, RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> HE SAW THE NUMBERS OUT THERE.

ONLY 3:08.

IF YOU LIKE OFFENSE, A GREAT CHESS MATCH ALREADY.

WE HAVE MORE TO COME.

ON THE KICK .

AND THE WILDCATS MIGHT HAVE IT, BOTH TEAMS ARE SAYING THEY HAVE IT.

NO, IT IS BOWDON THAT RECOVERS.

>> THAT WAS CLOSE.

>> THAT WAS CLOSE.

>> WERE TRYING TO GET THE BALL BUT, IT WAS SHORT.

TJ HARVISON, YOU KNOW WHAT HE CAN DO, BUT IT WAS A LOOSE BALL.

>> GREAT JOB THERE BY WESTBROOK.

TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT HERE.

>> COACHES GET NERVOUS ABOUT PLAYS LIKE THAT.

>> LOOSE ON THE CARRY, RECOVER, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTER.

DISASTER FOR THE RED DEVILS .

POSSESSION FOR THEM, BACK INSIDE THEIR 20.

HANDOFF TO TJ HARVISON, HE IS MET BY A WALL, STRUGGLES WITH THE COUPLE UP FRONT, BUT, A LOT OF WHITE JERSEYS THERE.

DEMARKIS CLARK, WAS ONE OF THEM.

>> BIG FELLA , RIGHT THERE.

HE MOVED AWAY FOR A WHILE, HE IS BACK, THEY GOT HIM UP FRONT, HE IS EXCITED TO BE PLAYING THIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TONIGHT.

>> I THINK HE IS GOING TO RUN.

McNEAL ON THE KEEP FOR THE QUARTERBACK.

WE WILL HAVE A FACE MASK PENALTY THERE.

THAT WAS WALKER TRYING TO CORRAL THE MEAL.

THAT IS A PRETTY EASY CALL TO MAKE.

HERE IS A LOOK AT YOUR OFFICIALS, JIMMY HUGHES, YOUR REFEREE.

LET'S HEAR FROM HIM NOW.

>> REFEREE:, PERSONAL FOUL, FACE MASK, DEFENSE, 15 YARD PENALTY, RESULTS IN A FIRST DOWN.

>> HERE IS YOUR REPLAY.

>> HE WAS JUST REACHING TO GRAB SOMETHING, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO GRAB.

WALKER DOES GREAT THINGS FOR >> TOUGH FOR SCHLEY COUNTY, BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAD BOWDON ON THE ROPES OUT THERE.

THIRD AND LONG.

WE HAVE A STOPPAGE OF PLAY HERE.

I DON'T SEE A FLAG.

>> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE , 5 YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN .

>> BOWDON BEAT LINCOLN COUNTY LAST WEEK IN THE SEMI FINALS, TO GET HERE .

>> THAT WAS A BIG GAME BETWEEN THEM .

>> FIRST AND 15, ROBERT McNEAL, HANDOFF TO TJ HARVISON UP THE MIDDLE FOR A GAIN.

NICE STOP THERE BY 52, CLARK.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT CLARK EARLIER, 62 TACKLES RECEIVING .

HE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

NICE ON THAT PLAY.

>> THE COACH SAYS THAT HE IS STRONG IN THE WEIGHT ROOM, HELPS EVERYONE TO GET INTO THE RIGHT PLACES.

A GREAT ARCHITECT AND MANAGER OF THE DEFENSE, IF YOU WILL.

3 YARD GAIN BY TJ HARVISON.

HE WILL ATTEMPT THE FIRST HALF .

INCOMPLETE, FIRST DOWN.

HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?

JORDAN BEASLEY ON THE CATCH, AND THE RED DEVILS MOVED TO 6.

>> HE IS OPEN, HE WILL CATCH IT.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

MOVING THE CHAINS .

NICE CONCENTRATION, KEEPS THE SPEED, GREAT PLAY.

>> YEAH, NICE PLAY.

OUT TO THE 40 YARD LINE.

SUCH GREAT FANS HERE FOR BOWDON .

STRANGE TO BE HERE THIS TIME OF YEAR IN SHORT SLEEVE SHIRTS .

>> REALLY.

>> CARRYING DEFENDERS INSIDE THE 45, WOW!

WHAT A JOB BY TJ HARVISON.

12 YARD PICKUP, SO MUCH EFFORT BY THE STARTING RUNNING BACK.

>> WAKE UP!

OUT FRONT, AND TJ HARVISON KEPT GOING.

BAILEY TAKES IT FORWARD, HOLLOWAY .

HE IS A BIG FELLA.

>> TJ HARVISON WITH BIG NUMBERS, SEVEN CARRIES, 70 YARDS, ON THE RUN AGAIN.

OUT OF BOUNDS.

NICE PICK UP THERE ON FIRST DOWN.

YOU KNOW, THIS BOWDON TEAM, THE COACH --WE TALKED WITH EARLIER THIS WEEK, HE SAID THEY ARE BATTLE TESTED.

THEY TOOK ON, IN THEIR SCHEDULE, 11 PLAYOFF GAMES, AND WENT 10-1.

HE SAID, GOING INTO THIS, WE KNOW WHO WE ARE.

WE PLAYED THE VERY BEST TEAMS AND WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCEED.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THEY ARE BATTLE TESTED AND THEY'RE HOPING TO GET A GREAT CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT.

>> BACK ON THEIR OWN 18 .

NOW, THE RED DEVILS, HANDOFF TO TJ HARVISON, FIRST DOWN FOR BOWDON .

THEY WILL MOVE THE CHAINS .

IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE HAVE NOT HAD A PUNT YET IN THIS GAME.

THERE WAS AN INTERCEPTION BY THE BOWDON DEFENSE ON THE FIRST SERIES, THAT'S THE ONLY TIME AN OFFENSE HAS BEEN STOPPED, OTHERWISE, THE OFFENSE HAS GONE RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD.

YOU ARE LOOKING AHEAD, BOWDON WILL GET THE BALL FIRST IN THE SECOND HALF.

KEEP THAT IN MIND.

TJ HARVISON, SECOND DOWN.

HE COULD BE CLOSE TO 100 YARDS BEFORE WE GET TO HALFTIME.

>> HE COULD, BECAUSE HE KEEPS IT ON THE GROUND.

YOU KEEP ON RUNNING WITH IT.

IT HAS GOTTEN YOU TO THE 15th GAME OF THE SEASON AND HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN THE FIRST HALF.

THEY FIND A WAY OF STOPPING AND FORCING YOU TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.

>> TJ HARVISON, NINE CARRIES, 86 YARDS.

NEAR THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE SECOND QUARTER.

BOWDON TRAILING BY ONE.

KEEPS IT FOR HIMSELF.

SHORT PICKUP.

GREAT JOB BY THE WILDCATS DEFENSE.

THERE IS A GOOD LOOK AT HIM, NUMBER 40.

THIRD DOWN.

SCHLEY COUNTY HAS TO TAKE A STOP HERE.

>> THAT WAS A BIG PLAY THERE.

EMPTY BACKFIELD.

YOU PROBABLY FIGURED THAT ROBERT McNEAL WAS GOING TO KEEP IT, BUT THEY CONTAINED HIM FOR THE THIRD DOWN.

THEY NEED A STOP, LIKE YOU SAID, WE WILL SEE IF THEY CAN GET IT HERE.

>> SCHLEY COUNTY, 26.

MOVES TJ HARVISON TO HIS LEFT, GET THE BALL, GOES RIGHT, FIRST DOWN.

HAS SOME SPEED, HERE IS AN OPENING.

ONCE AGAIN, BOWDON CONVERTS ON THIRD DOWN.

>> GREAT EFFORT BY TJ HARVISON.

HE IS READING HIS BLOCKS .

FOLLOWED THE BLOCK THERE BY ADAM.

READING THE WAY AND WILL NOT GO DOWN QUICKLY OR EASILY.

JUST KEEPS ON RUNNING.

>> GREAT CALL ON THAT BLOCK THERE BY STONE TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF HIM AND FREE HIM UP.

>> LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS ALREADY.

>> THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.

FIRST AND 10.

McNEAL, ROLLING TO HIS LEFT, HE HAS A MAN.

UP AND IN, NUMBER 24 , JORDAN BEASLEY WITH HIS SECOND CATCH.

13 YARD PICKUP.

>> WHAT A WAY TO FINISH THIS DRIVE.

ROLL OUT, THERE IS YOUR FULLBACK.

>> ELEVATE.

>> THIS IS A FUN FOOTBALL GAME, FOLKS.

CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL IN GEORGIA, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT.

BOTH TEAMS ARE SCORING QUICKLY, SO WE COULD SEE SCHLEY COUNTY GO DOWN THE FIELD AND SCORE AGAIN BEFORE HALFTIME.

GOING FOR TWO HERE.

McNEAL KEEPING IT FOR HIMSELF.

WHAT A GREAT JOB ON DEFENSE.

OUTSTANDING JOB BY WYATT.

WATCH THIS, TWO COMPLETIONS.

McNEAL TO BEASLEY.

THE RED DEVILS BACKUP TOP BY FIVE .

THE 2022 CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE PRESENTED BY THE GEORGIA FARM BUREAU.

>> WE ARE BLESSED WITH A PERFECT NIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

LOOK AT THAT, PERFECT CAMERAWORK BY OUR CREW.

LET'S GO DOWN FOR MORE ON THIS FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

>> WE KNOW THAT BOWDON IS IN ITS FIRST FINAL SINCE 2001.

FOR SCHLEY COUNTY, THEIR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1992.

THEIR FATHERS WERE ON THAT 1992 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.

GUYS LIKE LOU, KAYDEN, POWELL, AND JORDAN BEASLEY, ALL OF THEIR FATHERS WERE ON THAT TEAM.

HOW ABOUT THIS, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR WAS THE QUARTERBACK FOR THE 1992 TEAM.

FAMILY TIES RUN DEEP ON THIS SIDE HERE.

>> THEY ARE DEFINITELY FAMILY, THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS OVER THE HEAD OF SOLOMON, WHO WAS IN THE END ZONE.

GREAT STORY THERE BY ALICIA.

THERE IS THE SCORING BOARD, LONGER SCORING DRIVE OF THE GAME, 5:14, BY EITHER TEAM.

THERE ON THE 18 YARD LINE.

THERE WILL BE A FUMBLE ON THE KICKOFF, THAT WAS THEN RECOVERED.

INTO THE END ZONE, AND 10 ON THE 20, AND THAT IS WHERE THE WILDCATS AND THEIR QUARTERBACK , JAY KANAZAWA, WILL GET STARTED.

>> THE PLAY CLOCK IS RUNNING DOWN.

>> IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, SIX TOTAL POSSESSIONS, FIVE TOUCHDOWNS, FIVE INTERCEPTIONS, BY JAY KANAZAWA.

FIRST AND 10 WITH 4:48 TO GO.

WILDCATS , SCHLEY COUNTY, THE FIRST EVER CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

MALACHI BANKS .

BANKS, A GAIN OF 10 AND ANOTHER FIRST DOWN .

>> ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS ENOUGH TACKLE ON THE CLOCK FOR ANOTHER DRIVE, AND YOU GO BACK TO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING HERE.

YOU GO BACK TO YOUR MAIN RUNNING BACK.

NO PANIC .

>> MARK .

AND UP AGAIN, UP THE MIDDLE.

GAIN OF ABOUT 5.

AND YOU GET TO SEE MALACHI BANKS GET SOME YARDAGE IN THIS GAME, AS WELL.

>> A LITTLE ANSWER TO TJ HARVISON, WITH WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING FOR BOWDON .

THIS IS HOW YOU WANT TO PLAY IT?

WE WILL PLAY IT THAT WAY.

>> 11 RUSHES, 50 YARDS, A TOUCHDOWN.

SECOND AND 5 FROM THE 35.

WHAT A JOB ON THE DEFENSE!

BAILEY ASKED THE SAY, HELLO !

>> THEY ARE MOVING QUICKLY, HERE HE IS.

A CHANCE TO BLOCK .

WITH HIM.

>> OH, MAN .

>> WHAT A POWER MOVE AND A RARE NEGATIVE PLAY FOR EITHER TEAM.

JAY KANAZAWA WILL KEEP IT.

GETS TO THE 40.

WHAT A GREAT JOB THERE.

EVERYONE COVERED, GETS OUT BEFORE THE POCKET COLLAPSED.

13 YARDS WAS THE PICKUP.

TO YOUR POINT, HE DOES A GREAT JOB OF STEALING, THE DEFENSE -- GREAT INSTINCT.

>> LIKE YOU SAID, HE PICKS UP WHAT THE TEAM NEEDS.

3:06 UNTIL HALFTIME.

THAT WAS A GREAT PLAY TO KEEP THE DRIVE GOING.

>> 13 YARDS THERE.

A LOT OF FANS FROM SCHLEY COUNTY.

FIRST AND 10, THERE IS A FLAG.

MAYBE ON THE OFFENSE .

WE WILL SEE WITH THE CALL IS GOING TO BE.

>> Referee: ENCROACHMENT, DEFENSE, 5 YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN.

>> I THOUGHT --OKAY.

>> PEOPLE WERE NOT HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

>> IT LOOKED LIKE THE LINE JUDGE SIGNALED SOMETHING ELSE.

I STAND CORRECTED.

I AM NOT WEARING A STRIPED SHIRT.

DON'T MIND ME.

5 YARD PENALTY AGAINST THE DEFENSE.

BOWDON IS FIRST IN 5 NOW FOR SCHLEY COUNTY.

LOOK AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, JAY KANAZAWA, QUICKLY GETTING THE BALL OUT OF THERE.

INCOMPLETE TO SOLOMON, OUT OF BOUNDS.

IT IS ENOUGH FOR AN FIRST DOWN.

WILDCATS ON THE MOVE, ANOTHER NINE YARD PICKUP.

>> GETS THE BALL OUT THERE QUICKLY, AND TURNS UP THE PRESSURE.

TURN THE FULL HEAT UP ON THEM THIS TIME.

COMPLETES THAT PASS.

>> AND DOES NOT LOSE HIS POISE THERE.

>> YEAH, VERY POISED.

>> REALLY IMPRESSED WITH BOTH OF THESE.

LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PLAYS ALREADY HERE.

JAY KANAZAWA MOVING, NOW HE WILL RUN .

GREAT PICKUP FOR HIM, THAT WILL GIVE HIM EIGHT.

>> HE IS MOVING.

THAT WAS NUMBER 9, CHRISTOPHER, WHO FINALLY TRACKED HIM DOWN ON THAT PLAY .

>> WATCHING THE CLOCK, NOW.

JAY KANAZAWA .

SECOND AND 2 .

ONCE TO THROW AGAIN.

HE WILL RUN AGAIN AND HAVE ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN.

BROUGHT DOWN THERE BY MERCER, NUMBER 67.

FIRST ONE TO MOVE THE CHAINS AGAIN.

SO I GETTING PEOPLE INTO POSITION BECAUSE THE CLOCK IS MOVING.

>> SCHLEY COUNTY WITH TWO TIME- OUTS LEFT.

UNDER 1:50.

WESTBROOK IN MOTION TO THE LEFT.

JAY KANAZAWA, AGAIN.

OH, BOY .

RIGHT THERE, HE HAS HAD GREAT HANDS ALL NIGHT, BUT THAT WENT OUT OF HIS HANDS.

THAT IS TOUGH, I KNOW THAT HE >> RIGHT THROUGH THE OUTSTRETCHED ARMS THERE OF EASLEY.

>> IT DOES STOP THE CLOCK AT 1:40.

WILDCATS TRYING TO GET ON TOP BEFORE HALFTIME.

ON THE RUN.

TACKLER GETS IN THE WAY.

BALL BOUNCES AROUND.

CARSON WAS THE INTENDED RECEIVER AND HE IS BILLED DOWN ON THE FIELD.

>> HE TOOK A SHOT HURT IT WAS A RISKY PASS, -- >> WATCH THIS YEAR.

I JUST KNEW THE EDWARDS HAD HIM.

MAKE THAT --NO >> THERE YOU GO.

WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT HE DOES AS QUARTERBACK, WE HAVE SEEN HIM DO A LOT OF THINGS.

THERE HE IS ON THE DEFENSE.

HE IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE RED DEVILS ARE HERE IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

WHATEVER HIS TEAM NEEDS, HE SEEMS TO PROVIDE IT.

EACH AND EVERY WEEK.

HERE IS A LOOK AT WESTBROOK.

>> HE IS OUT OF THE GAME, WE WILL WATCH TO SEE IF HE COMES BACK BEFORE HALFTIME.

INCOMPLETE PASS WITH ALL OF THAT.

THIRD AND 10, FIRST TIME EITHER TEAM HAS SEEN THAT.

>> THERE IS A WHISTLE.

>> STOPPAGE OF PLAY.

>> Referee: 5 YARD PENALTY, THIRD DOWN.

>> OH, MAN .

>> 5 YARD WALK BACK TO THE 32 BRINGS UP THIRD AND 15.

NEITHER TEAM HAS FACED A THIRD AND 10 OR THIRD AND LONG.

THERE WERE TWO SUSPENDED PLAYS , THAT I CAN THINK OF, IN THE ENTIRE FIRST HALF.

FOUR HAND IN MOTION.

THROW DOWN THE FIELD, HAS TO BE INCOMPLETE.

THAT IS SOLOMON.

FOUR BLACK SHIRTS CONVERGE.

IT WILL BE FORTH IN 1, JUST SHY OF A FIRST DOWN.

AND WE HAVE A STOPPAGE OF PLAY, TIME-OUT BY SCHLEY COUNTY.

>> Referee: TIME-OUT, SCHLEY COUNTY, SECOND TIME-OUT IN THE HALF.

>> NICE CATCH.

IT WAS A LESS THAN DESIRABLE PLACE AT THE TOP OF YOUR SHOES .

>> YOU CAN SEE THE ATTENTION THAT HE GETS, AND WHY NOT?

SOLOMON IS ONLY A JUNIOR -- THERE IS SOLOMON, AS WE TALK MORE ABOUT SCHLEY COUNTY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR RESUME AND HOW THEY GOT HERE.

THIS IS OUR FIRST EVER FINALS A PARENT.

THEY REACH THE QUARTERFINALS IN 2019, WINNING THE SCHOOL'S FIRST EVER REGION TITLE.

NOT BAD FOR A PROGRAM THAT BEGAN IN 2000.

TALKING TO THE COACH THIS WEEK, HE WAS SAYING, YOU HAVE TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT.

YOU MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, YOU PROBABLY BREAKTHROUGH.

35-6 AGAINST JOHNSON COUNTY LAST WEEK.

FOURTH AND 1.

CHANGES THE PLAY.

15 ON THE PLAY CLOCK.

>> Referee: TIME-OUT, BOWDON , FIRST TIME-OUT OF THE HALF .

>> TIME-OUT, TOUCHE .

WATCHING THE COACHES THERE, I'M NOT SURE THEY LIKED THE PLAY CALL.

YOU HAD THREE TIME-OUTS, ON ONE HERE.

BECAUSE, THE TIME IS DOWN FAR ENOUGH THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT SCORE AGAIN.

DO IT YOU CAN TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE END ZONE HERE AND TAKE A LEAD INTO HALFTIME.

>> MAYBE THEY SAW SOMETHING THEY DID NOT LIKE, LET'S SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY COME BACK OUT.

FOURTH DOWN PLAY, YOU STILL HAVE 1:10 TO GO HERE.

>> WE TOOK A LOOK A MOMENT AGO AT SCHLEY COUNTY.

AS YOU MENTIONED, STATE CHAMPIONS, LAST WON 30 YEARS AGO.

SECOND BEST RECORD IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

THEY ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

BACK TO LIVE ACTION, FOURTH IN 1, NOW.

JAY KANAZAWA AND MALACHI BANKS HERE.

THEY GO TO BANKS -- CORRECTION, THEY GO TO WALKER.

TO GET THE FIRST DOWN.

WE HAVE ENTERED THE EXPRESS ATLANTA RED ZONE.

THE WILDCATS, CAN THEY GET A SCORE BEFORE HALFTIME?

THE TIME IS ROLLING, THEY HAVE ONE TIME-OUT LEFT.

AT THE 15 OF BOWDON .

WESTBROOK IN MOTION.

BACK IN THE GAME.

LOOKING TO GO, LEFT SIDE, YES .

TOUCHDOWN.

15 YARDS .

JAY KANAZAWA ON THE TOUCHDOWN AND SCHLEY COUNTY GOES BACK UP TOP.

>> GOES BACK TO 24.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR A TOUCHDOWN, PROBABLY.

GOES BACK TO HIM AGAIN.

MAKES THE CATCH, LOSES A DEFENDER, AND HE HAS SIX .

>> AND THE DEFENDER KIND OF RAN RIGHT BY HIM, THERE.

21-19 WITH 41 SECONDS LEFT .

LOOK AT THE TOUCHDOWN HERE, GREAT LOOK HERE OF JAY KANAZAWA.

RIGHT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM.

GREAT CAMERA WORK BY OUR CREW.

MAYBE THEY THOUGHT HIS KNEE WAS DOWN BEFORE HE CROSSED, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

A TOUCHDOWN FOR SCHLEY COUNTY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

THEY ARE INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT.

>> THEY ARE, AND AS PART OF THE BIG REASON WHY THEY ARE HERE.

THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

FOUR COACH DARREN ALFORD IN HIS SEVENTH SEASON.

WILDCATS, 12-2 THIS SEASON.

SHORT KICK HERE.

IT WAS A FAIR CATCH BEFORE THAT.

41 SECONDS .

NOW, BOWDON HAS A QUICK HITTING OFFENSE.

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE HERE.

DON'T GET YOUR POPCORN JUST YET.

HALFTIME ANYWAY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS NELLY .

HOW DARE YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

COACH RICHARD FENDLEY, CAN HE DRAW UP A PLAN TO GET A SCORE HERE BEFORE HALFTIME?

THE BOWDON RED DEVILS, TWO TIME-OUTS REMAINING.

19 POINTS, AND THAT QUARTERBACK McNEAL WAS STOPPED AT THE 1.

36 YARD LINE, FIRST AND 10.

McNEAL, FUMBLED THE SNAP.

PICKS IT UP, QUICK BALANCE.

THE INTENDED RECEIVER --IT IS INCOMPLETE.

SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER, 30 SECONDS LEFT.

>> HAS TIME TO GET BACK, BUT HAD A BAD START.

PUT IT AWAY.

NOW WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY TRIED TO DO WITH 35 SECOND.

>> McNEAL, TO THE RIGHT SIDE.

WHAT A TACKLE .

GORDON HUTSON .

>> NO, THAT WAS LUKE FOREHAND.

>> NUMBER 17, NOT NUMBER 11.

>> WHAT I'LL PLAY .

>> THAT WAS A BIG-TIME PLAY.

LUKE FOREHAND, WHAT A GREAT JOB.

HOW ABOUT SCHLEY COUNTY?

AND JAY KANAZAWA, THE QUARTERBACK, SECOND TOUCHDOWN PASS OF THE NIGHT.

IF YOU LIKE OFFENSE?

WE HAVE YOU COVERED.

FIRST HALF IN THE BOOKS.

THE WILDCATS WITH A TWO POINT LEAD OVER THE RED DEVILS.

WE GO TO INTERMISSION HERE IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

>> EXCITING FIRST HALF OF FOOTBALL, ABSOLUTELY, LIKE YOU SAID.

NO PUNT .

>> LET'S GO DOWN TO THE COACH.

>> COACH, YOUR DEFENSE PUT UP A HECK OF A PERFORMANCE, HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS WHAT THEY DID IN THE FIRST HALF?

>> WE FIXED A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE INSIDE , I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY THEY'RE RUNNING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.

NEED TO SHORE THINGS UP AND GET A THIRD AND LONG SITUATION.

>> TAKE US THROUGH THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU MADE?

>> THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, HE DOES OFFENSE, HE DID A GREAT JOB.

THEY ARE EAGER --EITHER GIVING US A FIVE MAN A BOX OR A THREE- MAN BOX.

>> WHAT IS THE METRICS FOR THE GUYS AS YOU GO TO THE SECOND HALF?

>> F TO KEEP PLAYING, IT IS A FULL GAME, THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE POINTS SCORED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, COACH.

NOW COMING UP WITH A HALFTIME SHOW.

>> WILL BREAK DOWN WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT IS TO COME ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE.

WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS AND NAME THE PLAYS OF THE FIRST HALF.

THAT IS ALL NEXT YEAR ON GPB .

SO THIS AWARD HONORS SCHOOLS WHO SHOW EXEMPLARY SPORTSMANSHIP.

>> WE DEFINITELY WANT TO WIN, WHAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING GOOD THINGS AND SHOWING GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP.

WE WORK HARD AND PREACH THAT REALLY HARD TO OUR COACHES AND ATHLETES.

THE NEED TO BE A GOOD PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> INTRODUCED IN 2006, THIS AWARD REINFORCES THE PHILOSOPHY THAT EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY, FROM ATHLETES TO SPECTATORS SHOULD ADHERE TO THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES.

>> WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE HELPING TO SHAPE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE THRILLED THAT THEY RECOGNIZE WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW, THAT TAYLOR COUNTY SCHOOLS SHOW AMAZING SPORTSMANSHIP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, GREAT HOSPITALITY HERE.

ONCE AGAIN, WE COME HERE -- 32 MEMBERSHIPS ARE PROUD TO SPONSOR THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TAYLOR COUNTY COMMUNITY.

THE GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW, PRESENTED BY REGIS.

WE ARE LIVE IN THE SPORTS STUDIOS.

IT IS HAVE TIME FOR THAT DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN BOWDON AND SCHLEY COUNTY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY.

SO MUCH MORE.

SO, OUR SCORE OF OUR GAME, RIGHT NOW, THE WILDCATS WERE UP 21-19 LEADING THE RED DEVILS .

BUT THIS MORNING, WE HAD THE GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP.

THIS IS A DIVISION I GAME.

SOUTHLAKE TO HARRIS COUNTY TO GO 39-0 AND WIN TWO STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THAT'S THE FIRST EVER IN FLAG FOOTBALL.

THEN DIVISION II, SPRINGS, 14- 0, ANOTHER SHUTOUT.

THEY SCORED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES TO PUT IN A WAY TO AND THAT 2:30 WITH THAT DIVISION THREE MATCHUP, TRINITY VERSUS THE TITANS BEAT THEM IN DOUBLE OVERTIME.

HUGE GAME.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

TONIGHT AT 8:00, THERE WILL BE THE SINGLE A ONE DIVISION GAME BETWEEN WAYNESBORO AND ABILENE CHRISTIAN.

PAC, THREE YEARS IN A ROW, THEY WON AND IN 2020.

WE HAVE MUCH MORE COMING UP ON THE HALFTIME SHOW.

MORE TO COME, NEXT, RIGHT HERE ON GPB .

>> AFTER DECADES OF DECLINING RATES, TOBACCO RATES ARE ON THE RISE.

HERE TO TELL US MORE IS KYLIE FROM CIGNA.

WHY SHOULD PARENTS BE CONCERNED IF THEIR CHILDREN ARE DOING IT?

>> VAPING AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE.

1 IN 4 FLORIDA TEENAGERS HAVE SAID THEY HAVE USED IN THE PAST YEAR.

TRADITIONAL CIGARETTES ARE DANGEROUS, A LOT OF TEENAGERS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT VAPING CAN BE JUST AS DANGEROUS.

IT CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF NICOTINE JUST LIKE REGULAR CIGARETTE AND CAN BE IMPACTFUL ON A TEENAGE BRAIN THAT IS STILL DEVELOPING.

>>> THAT IS SO TRUE.

WHY ARE THE RATES GOING UP AMONG TEENAGERS?

>> MANY TEENAGERS BELIEVE THAT IT IS SAFER THAN TRADITIONAL CIGARETTES.

THEY ALSO SEE IT AS SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE.

AND THE MARKETING AT E- CIGARETTES HAVE BEEN VERY COLORFUL PACKAGING, AND FLAVORS THAT ARE APPEALING TO YOUNG CHILDREN.

>> WHAT CAN PARENTS DO TO HELP THEIR KIDS KICK THE HABIT?

>> UNDERSTAND WHY.

WHY ARE THEY VAPING ?

IS IT TO ACT OUT?

IS IT PEER PRESSURE FROM THEIR FRIENDS?

ARE THEY USING IT TO MANAGE ANXIETY OR ANOTHER MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION?

BE SURE TO TALK TO YOUR TEENAGER TO UNDERSTAND WHY MAKE SHEA THEY ARE EDUCATED ON THE DANGERS.

>> THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE GO TO CIGMA.COM .

THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY REGIONS BANK .

>> WELCOME BACK, IT IS HALFTIME IN THE GAME BETWEEN BOWDON AND SCHLEY COUNTY.

THE WILDCATS ARE UP 21-19.

LET'S CHECK IN AT CENTER PARK STADIUM.

>> IT WAS TIME TO BE IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.

WHAT HAS THE WEEK BEEN LIKE GETTING READY FOR THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR?

>> IT HAS BEEN GREAT.

THERE'S SO MUCH EXCITEMENT AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL.

IT HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE.

>> YOU LOOK AT THE SUPPORT, IT HAS BEEN LOUD, IT HAS BEEN RED DEVILS COLORS A LOT, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO SEE EVERYONE SHOW UP THE WAY THEY HAVE?

>> BOWDON IS TRULY A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE WAY THAT COMMUNITY SHOWS UP FOR THE STUDENTS.

THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THE STUDENTS IN ALL THAT THEY DO.

>> ELSE IS GOING ON THESE DAYS, NOT JUST ATHLETICALLY, BUT WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON?

>> WE TRY TO STRIVE IN THE ARTS, ACTIVITIES, ALONG WITH ACADEMICS.

WE HAVE SOME SCHOLAR AWARDS.

WE HAVE WON STATE AWARDS AND STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON THERE AS WELL.

>> WE KNOW THE SCORE, WE FIGURED THIS WOULD BE BACK AND FORTH A LOT, WHAT DID YOU SEE IN THE FIRST 24 MINUTES FROM YOUR GUYS?

>> WE'VE HAD TO COME OUT AND DO THIS EVERY WEEK WITH A TOUGH SCHEDULE AND GET READY FOR A GAME LIKE THIS.

IT HAS BEEN LIKE THIS EVERY WEEK.

>> ONE TRIP TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, THAT IS THE EARLY STORY HERE FROM CENTER PARK.

I WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>> WE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, MORE INTERVIEWS NEXT RIGHT HERE ON GPB.

>> THE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IS REPRESENTED BY THE SUPPORTERS OF THE GEORGIA FARM BUREAU.

>> HELLO, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE HALFTIME SHOW.

JOINING US THIS HALFTIME IS THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN BOWDON AND SCHLEY COUNTY.

THE WILDCATS ARE UP 21-19.

>> UNDER 5:00 TO GO IN THE FIRST QUARTER, QUARTERBACK JAY KANAZAWA LOOKS TO THE END ZONE, AND HE WILL CONNECT WITH WIDE RECEIVER CLINTON JACKSON FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

7 YARDS FOR SCHLEY COUNTY'S FIRST EVER TOUCHDOWN IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THAT TIES THINGS UP AT 7-7.

AND SHOUT OUT TO PHIL, WHO HAS BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER THE HIGHLIGHTS ALL THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL GUEST, THIS TIME, IT IS A SCHLEY COUNTY PRINCIPAL.

>> IT IS TIME TO GO INTO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.

GREAT TO SEE YOU, EVERYBODY.

IS IT TRUE THAT YOU WERE THE ONE WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS ON THE SIGN?

>> NOT EXACTLY TRUE, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE KIDS ARE GONE BEFORE WE CLOSE THE SCHOOL.

I HAD GREAT STAFF TELL BE CLOSE THAT OUT.

WE ARE SO EXCITED.

ANY THING THAT WILL HAPPEN TONIGHT, THE WHOLE TOWN IS HERE, AND MOST OF THE POLICE ARE HERE, BECAUSE WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT OUR WILDCATS.

>> 1500 PEOPLE IN THE TOWN ?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

WE ARE JUST EXCITED, WE ARE READY TO WIN A FOOTBALL GAME.

FOUR WHAT HAS THIS BEEN LIKE WITH COACH DARREN ALFORD?

NOW YOU ARE IN THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR.

>> HE IS A GREAT PROGRAM, HE IS A GOOD, CHRISTIAN MAN, AND INSTILLS VALUES IN HIS KIDS TO GO OUT AND WORK HARD.

WHAT YOU ARE SEEING OUT HERE TONIGHT IS A BYPRODUCT OF WHAT THE COACH DOES FOR THE KIDS IN OUR PROGRAM.

>> ONE OF THE GUYS THAT YOU WERE SITTING NEXT TO, THE FIRST EVER COACH AT SCHLEY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

WHAT HAS HE BEEN LIKE?

HAVE HAS HE BEEN A NERVOUS WRECK ?

>> HE HAS.

HE HAS BEEN A PILLAR OF THAT SCHOOL.

HE IS A STAR IN THE COMMUNITY.

I TALKED TO RUSTY BEFORE, HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE CROSS- COUNTRY PROGRAM GOING, AND HE WAS TALKING TO ME --I FINALLY GOT TO PUT A FACE TO THE NAME WHEN I BECAME PRINCIPAL IN 2019.

>> 23 YEARS, AND IT IS THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR, WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON?

>> YOU ALL GOT TO HEAR THEM TONIGHT, WONDERFUL, COMPETITION CHEER WON THE AREA MEET, IT WAS SINGLE A.

THE GOLF TEAM WON THE ELITE EIGHT IN COLUMBUS.

ACADEMICALLY, OUR GRADUATION GREAT IS 97.3, ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE.

WE CAME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC ON FIRE AND DOING WELL IN THE CLASSROOM, NOT JUST ATTRIBUTE IT TO OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, COMMUNITY, WE ALL GO IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

SO I GREAT TO SEE YOU, THE PRINCIPLE OF SCHLEY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

EVERYONE FROM THAT TOWN IS HERE, HE'S SAID SO.

HANNAH, BACK TO YOU.

>> I WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FIRST HALF, REALLY QUICK, I'M SURE THE WHOLE TOWN IS THERE.

WE HAVE BOTH BEEN THERE, IT IS A VERY SMALL TOWN, A PIZZA SHOP IS THE ONLY PLACE THERE TO GET FOOD IN TOWN.

I HAVE TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FIRST HALF BEFORE I LET YOU GO.

>> LET'S GO, SECOND QUESTION FIRST, I THINK WE SOUGHT SEVEN POSSESSIONS, EIGHT POSSESSIONS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS THE TYPE OF GAME THAT WE ANTICIPATED, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THEIR FOOD AND DRINK OF CHOICE --IF YOU LEFT THE ROOM, YOU MISSED SOMETHING.

THE ONLY DRIVE THAT DID NOT HAVE A SCORE WAS THE FIRST INTERCEPTION.

IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE, A GAME THAT WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE BACK AND FORTH IS LIVING UP TO IT.

WE HAVE BEEN TO SCHLEY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.

TO BE ABLE TO SEE SCHLEY COUNTY VERSION 2.0 AFTER 23 SEASONS FOR THEIR ONLY WIN OF THE YEAR --CLASS A AT THE TIME TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, IT IS ONE OF THOSE REALLY COOL STORIES WHEN IT COMES TO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

FRANKLY, THAT IS WHAT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS ALL ABOUT.

>> I THINK YOU ARE REFERRING TO AUTHOR, NELSON.

>> IS THE FIRST ONE, IT IS ON AMAZON, I THINK.

I THINK THAT IS THE GUY.

WE WILL LET YOU GO NOW.

I WILL BE TALKING TO YOU VERY SOON.

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA @GPBSPORTS.

DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN TAKE THE GAME WITH YOU ON THE GO BY DOWNLOADING THE GPB SPORTS AT AND WE ARE STREAMING LIVE AT GPB.COM/SPORTS AND FACEBOOK.

THAT IS IT FOR THE HALFTIME SHOW.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

I WILL SEND IT BACK TO MY FRIENDS, LARRY AND SAM.

THIS WILL BE AFTER THE QUICK BREAK.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS ON GEORGIA ON GPB IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CIGNA.

TOGETHER, ALL THE WAY.

>> YOU CAN SEE OUR SCORE AS WE START THE FIRST HALF.

WHAT A FIRST HALF IT WAS.

21-19, AGAIN, ZERO PUNT.

ONE INTERCEPTION TO START THE GAME.

BOWDON 'S DEFENSE SHOWING UP.

GREAT JOB THERE RIGHT BEFORE STOPPING BOWDON TRYING TO GET ONE LAST SCORE, IF YOU ARE JOINING US, JUST NOW, THEY WON THE TOSS AT THE START OF THE GAME AND THEY WILL GET THE BALL FIRST YEAR IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> IT STARTED WITH A MISCUE.

>> HERE ON THE INTERCEPTION, THAT SET UP THE FIRST QUARTER.

AND THE RED DEVILS MADE THEM PAY.

>> TJ HARVISON, OVER 100 YARDS IN THE FIRST HALF FOR HIM.

LOOK AT THIS, PERFECT TOUCH PASS.

PUTS IT IN THE PERFECT SPOT, WHICH CAN ONLY BE CAUGHT OR INCOMPLETE.

TIED AT 7-7, AND THE STAR QUARTERBACK, ROBERT McNEAL, TAKES IT HIMSELF IT MAKES IT A 14-7 GAME.

>> AND THIS IS MALACHI BANKS, WE WILL SEE IF HE CAN ANSWER TOO.

HERE IS BOWDON , McNEAL .

>> IN THE FINAL TOUCHDOWN HERE, THIS IS A PLAY THEY TRIED EARLIER.

IT IS LUKE FOREHAND WITH THE PASS.

21-19, THAT IS OUR SCORE.

>> COACH, HE TALKED ABOUT CONTROLLING YOUR EMOTIONS, HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS HOW YOUR TEAM DID THAT IN THE FIRST HALF?

>> I THINK BOTH TEAMS DID THAT REALLY WELL.

WE HAD OUR MOMENTS, THEY HAVE THEIR MOMENTS, BUT I THINK BOTH TEAMS HAVE SETTLED DOWN NOW.

>> WHAT WAS THE METRIC THAT YOU HAD TO CAPITALIZE ON?

>> WE WOULD TAKE THE LEAD, THEN THEY WOULD TURN AROUND AND GET A DEFENSIVE STOP.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, TALKING TO COACH RICHARD FENDLEY THERE.

TRYING TO GET BOWDON 'S THIRD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT FIRST IN 30 YEARS.

NO SURPRISES HERE AGAIN, THE YARDAGE IS PRETTY EVEN.

>> IT IS A PRETTY EVEN GAME.

>> ONCE AGAIN, BIG TURNOVERS.

THAT IS THE THING, YOU HAD THE TURNOVER EARLIER, AND A LOT OF FUMBLES IN THIS GAME.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY OF BOTH TEAMS ON THE OFFENSE OF SIDE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE TONIGHT.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE THIS GAME EXCITING.

>> ONE TURNOVER, WE SHOULD SAY.

THERE IS THAT HIGHLIGHT CLIP, IT HAPPENED EARLIER ON.

IT WAS ALL OFFENSE ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

REALLY EXCITING THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS, WE SAW THAT AS WELL.

>> AND THE RED ZONE TOO.

>> A REALLY GREAT CROWD HERE TONIGHT.

REALLY WARM AND HUMID HERE TONIGHT.

NOT AS WARM AS IT WAS AT KICKOFF AT 5:00.

SUCH GREAT FANS FROM BOTH OF THESE SCHOOLS.

THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO FOOTBALL GAMES.

>> IT HAS TAKEN OFF.

CREDIT TO THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION .

EVEN THE ATLANTA FALCONS GOT INVOLVED.

BIG-TIME SUPPORT, IT HAS REALLY CAUGHT ON.

MANY OF THE PEOPLE WE SEE PLAYING HER TODAY WILL END UP PLAYING COLLEGIATELY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE BEEN THERE, RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY, WE LOVE TO SEE THAT.

>> EXACTLY.

THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE DAYS OF CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE HERE ON GPB.

GLAD YOU ARE HERE WITH US.

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY YEAR, EVERY YEAR TO COME IN AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT WITH FRIENDS, IT IS EXCITING.

THERE IS NO CLASS WHEN A PRIVATE DIVISION --SCHLEY COUNTY TAKING OFF TO BOWDON , BECAUSE BOWDON DID DEFER KURT .

>> HOLLOWAY MAKING THAT CATCH, GREAT FIELD POSITION ONCE AGAIN.

THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO STRATEGICALLY POSITION THAT KICKOFF TO AVOID THE RETURN MAN WHO COULD TAKE IT ALL THE WAY.

FOOTBALL TO START THE SECOND HALF .

>> HERE WE GO.

OUTSTANDING QUARTERBACK AND STAR RUNNING BACK, TJ HARVISON, DOES NOT GO VERY FAR.

A SHORT GAIN BRINGS UP SECOND DOWN.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DIVISIONS, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE WAS A CLASS 1A PRIVATE DIVISION CLASSIFICATION.

THAT IS NOW GONE.

NOW WE HAVE TWO CLASS 1A DIVISIONS.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GAMES.

8:00 TONIGHT.

GAIN BY TJ HARVISON.

LEFT SIDE, GOES PAST THE MIDFIELD, SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN.

THIRD DOWN THERE.

TJ HARVISON WITH THE BIG FIRST HALF, AS WE MENTIONED.

OVER 100 YARDS THERE IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> IT WAS NUMBER 52, CLARK , ON THAT PLAY.

MADE A GREAT PLAY IN THE BACKFIELD, BUT COULD NOT GET THAT STOP.

BRINGS UP THIRD AND 3 HERE.

>> WE HAVE YET TO SEE ANYONE TURNOVER ON DOWNS IN THIS GAME.

THIRD AND 3 .

McNEAL .

FIRST DOWN, EASILY, AND THENCE HIM.

GREAT BLOCK ON THE OUTSIDE.

GETS TO THE 45, THEY WILL MOVE THE CHAINS, FIRST DOWN.

>> HOLLOWAY, GETTING THINGS GOING.

DOING WHAT HE HAS TO DO.

>> WELL PLAYED BALL GAME.

TO START OFF OUR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND.

TJ HARVISON WITH THE CARRY, AND HE IS MET BY NUMBER 55.

REGGIE HINTON.

RARELY A NEGATIVE PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE , AND THERE IT IS.

IT IS NOT THE FIRST FOR BOWDON , BUT IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST.

IT IS THE FIRST OF THIS GAME.

BY THE WAY, ONE CHANGE .

McNEAL AVOIDS THE TACKLE.

HE GETS ANOTHER FIRST DOWN, FINALLY TACKLED OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE 35 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON, NUMBER 27, WE WILL SHOW YOU HIM, THAT IS ACTUALLY JORDAN BEASLEY.

JORDAN BEASLEY WAS WEARING 24.

HE SCORED THE TOUCHDOWN.

HE HAD A COUPLE -- HE CAUGHT BOTH PASSES.

HE PLAYS BOTH WAYS.

IF YOU ARE SCORING AT HOME, NUMBER 24 BEASLEY IS NOW BATMAN , WEARING NUMBER 27.

>> THAT IS RARE.

McNEAL UNDER PRESSURE.

THERE IS THE PASS.

DEEP INTO THE END ZONE.

TOUCHDOWN.

HOW ABOUT THE AERIAL OFFENSE.

THREE PASSES, THREE CATCHES, AND A TOUCHDOWN.

ASHER CHRISTOPHER , TO ROBERT McNEAL, TOUCHDOWN.

>> MY GOODNESS, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?

RECEIVER MAKES THE CATCH.

I THINK EVERYONE WAS IN SHOCK TO SEE THAT.

WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT ARE WE DOING?

>> ONE OF THE PLAYS HE WORK ON DURING THE WEEK, YOU DON'T TELL ANYBODY.

KEEP IT IN YOUR BACK POCKET FOR WHEN YOU NEED IT.

>> OH, COACH RICHARD FENDLEY.

>> THEY DID IT ON THE LAST TOUCHDOWN, STOPPED AT THE 1.

McNEAL, HANDS-OFF .

TJ HARVISON WAITING FOR THE OFFICIAL CALL .

NO, HE DID NOT MAKE IT.

TWO POINT CONVERSION.

>> IF YOU HAVE TO DIAL IT UP, THEY HAVE DONE IT.

THAT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE.

>> IT COULD.

>> COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS GAME.

TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

OVER IT.

>> A SHOVE THERE.

TRENTON STUBBS TO MAKE THE STOP.

BOWDON TAKES THE LEAD WITH NINE ON THE CONVERSION.

ONE THING THAT, YOU CAN SAY, HAS NOT GONE WELL FOR EITHER TEAM.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT THEM ON DEFENSE, THEY LIKE TO BRING THE PRESSURE.

THERE IS THE DRIVE.

>> FIVE POSSESSIONS, FOUR TOUCHDOWNS, ONLY TIME THEY WERE STOPPED AGAIN WAS THAT PLAY BEFORE HALFTIME.

OUR SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

SIX PLAYS AND ONLY 2:37 TO DO DOWNTOWN ATLANTA, HERE AT GEORGIA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.

GLAD YOU ARE HERE WITH US.

SO TALENTED EVERY YEAR, ANOTHER SHORT KICK.

OUT TO THE 29.

HE IS BROUGHT DOWN THERE AT THE 37 YARD LINE.

ACTUALLY, 38, THAT GETS AN EXTRA YARD THE WILDCATS WILL START THEIR EXTRA POSSESSION OF THE SECOND HALF JAY KANAZAWA, TALENTED DUAL THREAT QUARTERBACK.

>> HE HAS BEEN SO POISED TONIGHT.

DON'T WORRY, WE GOT THIS.

AND HE COMES OUT AND BRINGS THIS TEAM DOWN THE FIELD.

LET'S SEE HOW HE DOES HERE.

FIRST POSSESSION OF THE SECOND HALF.

>> BOTH TEAMS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

BOWDON ON TOP , 25-21.

THAT ONE IS CAUGHT AND DROPPED, LUKE FOREHAND, GREAT DEFENSE.

ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR THE RED DEVILS.

SECOND DOWN.

>> DID NOT HANG ONTO IT, ONCE AGAIN, DOING WHAT HE LIKES TO DO.

>> BOTH OF THE OFFENSES, VERY EFFICIENT.

THERE IS NO WASTE OF TIME, NO WASTE OF MOVEMENT.

A LOT OF SPEED, A LOT OF TALENT, A LOT OF ATHLETICISM.

WILL TAKE HOME THE PRIZE?

HANDOFF TO BANKS .

RUNS FOR ABOUT FOUR, AND IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN.

NICE JOB THERE BY THANKS, THAT WAS A GREAT HANDOFF .

TO SECURE IT BEFORE THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> THAT WILL BRING UP THIRD AND 4.

THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE PLATE INTO THE SIDELINES.

>> THE PLAY CLOCK IS ALREADY DOWN TO 12.

JAY KANAZAWA, HERE.

HERE IS THE PLAY.

SOLOMON, THE RECEIVER IN MOTION AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.

MISDIRECTION, THEY GO THE OTHER WAY.

ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN.

THANKS, AGAIN.

MIDFIELD, 49, FIRST DOWN, SCHLEY COUNTY.

>> NICE CALL, WELL EXECUTED.

BANKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE, PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.

>> AGAIN, WITH ALL OF THE WEAPONS YOU HAVE, ALL EYES FOLLOWING SOLOMON IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO.

NOW THE OTHER DIRECTION.

FIRST AND 10, BANKS, AGAIN.

A NICE BLOCK, TACKLE, GETS OUT TO THE 45 OF BOWDON .

BOTH OF THESE TEAMS ARE MOVING THE BALL SYSTEMATICALLY.

>> THAT TIME IT WAS WALKER.

>> IT WAS WALKER.

BANKS IS OUT OF THE GAME RIGHT NOW.

THAT IS WALKER IN THE BACKFIELD WITH JAY KANAZAWA.

KEEPS IT HIMSELF, GAINS ABOUT TWO, IT WILL BE THIRD IN ABOUT A YARD TO GO.

>> TRIED A LITTLE PUMP FAKE THERE TO GET THE DEFENSE TO MOVE.

THERE WERE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM 54.

>> REFEREE:, TIME-OUT, BOWDON , FIRST TIME-OUT OF THE HALF.

>> WE WILL STEP ASIDE AS WELL.

HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

WHAT A CONTEST WE HAVE GOT.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET, 25-21, WE ARE BACK AFTER THIS.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA FOR GPB .

>> WE ARE SO LUCKY TO BE RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

CHECK OUT THAT FOOD.

>> BEAUTIFUL, DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

>> GREAT TO BE ALIVE, MY FRIENDS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> BACK TO LIVE ACTION.

THEY HAVE A FIRST DOWN.

THERE IS A HOST OF BLACK SHIRTS .

NUMBER 3 IN THE GAME, WALKER.

THE QUESTION IS, WALKER IS IN THE GAME, NOW HE IS COMING OUT --BANKS IS BACK IN .

SO, WE HAVE STILL NOT BEEN A PUNT OR A TURNOVER.

YOU CAN SEE WALKER AND JAY KANAZAWA.

GOING DEEP, IT WAS TIPPED OFF, BUT HE WAS OUT OF BALANCE.

WHAT A CHOP ON DEFENSE BY THE SENIOR.

DEFENDED THAT PERFECTLY.

BUT, IT WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> WENT STRIDE FOR STRIDE TO MAKE THE PLAY ON THE BALL.

>> EVERYONE REACTING TO THE REPLAY ON THE BIG SCREEN HERE AT CENTER PARK STADIUM.

>> THAT WAS TEXTBOOK.

FIND YOUR MAN, THE HIM, FIND THE BALL, MAKE THE PLAY.

>> GREAT JOB BY WILL RAINWATER.

GOT THE MOVES.

THEY FINALLY GET IT DONE, BIG PICKUP AND A FIRST DOWN, 26 YARD PICKUP.

SOLOMON, AND A CHANCE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.

>>> STAR RECRUIT -- THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET TO THE BALL WITH SPACE TO RUN, ALL NIGHT LONG, AND HERE HE IS.

FOUR SCHLEY COUNTY INSIDE OF THE ATLANTA EXPRESS RED ZONE.

DOWN BY FOUR.

BANKS ON THE CARRY.

SHORT GAIN, THEY GET ABOUT TWO.

>> CALLOWAY MAKING NOT STOP .

>> HERE IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA, SCHLEY COUNTY, FIRST EVER APPEARANCE IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THEIR COACH, DARREN ALFORD.

19 AT THE HALF .

GREAT PLAY ON DEFENSE, TIPPED THE BALL AWAY.

NICE JOB, BRINGS UP THIRD DOWN.

>> CAMERON HOLLOWAY IS OVER THERE, GREAT IDEA.

HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

HE HAD AN IDEA.

BRINGS UP THIRD DOWN, NOW.

>> CAN THE DEFENSE HOLD?

THIRD AND 8 .

JAY KANAZAWA, UNDER PRESSURE.

GOES OUTSIDE, TURNS THE CORNER, CAN'T DO IT.

>> SOME FRUSTRATION THERE.

HE TRIES TO EXTEND THAT PLAY, HE RAN FOR IT .

THIS WILL BRING UP FOURTH DOWN .

>> AS YOU CAN SEE, HE IS SIGNALING OVER TO HIS COACHES .

PLANNING ON GOING FOR IT, OFFENSE STILL ON THE FIELD.

PLAY CLOCK WINDING DOWN TO 12.

BOWDON DEFENSE, CAN THEY HOLD ?

JAY KANAZAWA UNDER PRESSURE.

INCOMPLETE PASS, NOT A FUMBLE, WHAT A GREAT JOB BY THE RED DEVILS DEFENSE.

>> HE WONDERED WHEN THE STOP WAS GOING TO COME.

NOWHERE TO GO.

>> Referee: NOWHERE TO GO, FIRST DOWN, BOWDON .

>> A FRUSTRATING END TO THAT DRIVE.

HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

>> A TALENTED YOUNG MAN.

NOW THE OFFENSE, WHAT CAN THEY DO WITH THE BALL.

TJ HARVISON, FIRST DOWN AND THEN SOME.

DOWN AT THE 30 BEFORE HE WAS SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS.

ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR BOWDON .

THEY KEEP MOVING DOWN THE CHAIN.

>> TJ HARVISON IS SHOWING WHAT HIS TEAM DOES.

GREAT LOCK .

CALLAWAY, NICE RUN.

HAS THE SPEED TO GO OUTSIDE.

YOU CAN SEE WHY.

OFFENSE ON THE SHIFT, WE HAVE A WHISTLE, NOW, A LOT OF MOVEMENT THERE.

I THINK THEY WILL CALL IT AGAINST BOWDON .

>> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE, 5 YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN.

>> THAT WAS NOT A GOOD CALL FOR THE BOWDON SIDELINES.

THEY'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

MY GOODNESS.

>> A LOT OF MOVEMENT THERE, A 5 YARD WALK OFF, FIRST AND 15.

COACH RICHARD FENDLEY DOES NOT LIKE IT EITHER.

GOOD LOOK THERE AT ROBERT McNEAL, THE QUARTERBACK, NUMBER 11.

DUAL THREAT, HE IS REALLY SHOWING OFF.

ONLY THREE PASSES, BUT ALL THEY RARELY THROW THE BALL, BUT WHEN THEY DO, GOOD RINGS HAPPEN.

TJ HARVISON FINDING HIS WAY THROUGH, LOOK AT THE EFFORT.

TJ HARVISON !

>> WHAT TENACITY.

OH, MY GOODNESS, DOES THIS GUY WANTED, OR WHAT?

>> COUNT THE WHITE SHIRTS THAT HAVE A HAND ON HIM AS HE KEEPS GOING.

12 ON THE CARRY THERE, 17 CARRIES ON THE NIGHT.

140 YARDS AND NOWHERE CLOSE TO BEING DONE.

SECOND AND 3 .

THAT IS BEASTLY, ONCE AGAIN WEARING 27.

THAT IS ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN FOR THE RED DEVILS.

IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, 21- 19 WAS THE SCORE AT HALFTIME.

SCHLEY COUNTY ON TOP OF BOWDON .

SCORING A TOUCHDOWN.

MR.

THE TWO POINT CONVERSION FOR THE SECOND TIME TONIGHT, AND THEY HELD INSIDE THE 20 TO GET THE WALLET BACK HERE.

FIRST AND 10, MICK NEIL.

GOING DEEP FOR CHRISTOPHER, AND COMPLETE.

SOMETHING CALLED ON THAT PLAY.

>> I WONDER IF THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE WITH 8.

>> AND THE REACTION YOU HERE, THEY ARE SHOWING IT ON THE BIG SCREEN HERE, THE FRUSTRATION.

CHRISTOPHER THEY'RE TAKING A BREATHER ON THE SIDELINES.

>> HE HAS HAD A BUSY NIGHT.

>> HE HAS.

ON BOTH SIDES.

30 YEARS, SINCE BOWDON HAS WON A STATE TITLE.

TRYING TO END THE DROUGHT.

SECOND AND 10.

ROBERT McNEAL BACK TO PASS AGAIN.

NICE THROW, CATCH, AND RUN.

KEILAN PROTHRO.

FIRST DOWN IN THE SCHLEY COUNTY TERRITORY.

>> IS A VERY VETERAN TEAM.

THIS IS A FRESHMAN MAKING A BIG CATCH AND THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR.

>> GOT A WHISTLE, TIME-OUT.

>> TIME-OUT ON THE FIELD.

>> ANOTHER PLAYER DOWN .

TRENTON STUBBS .

>> THIS BOWDON OFFENSIVE LINE IS A STRENGTH OF THIS TEAM.

WE HAVE SEEN THEM CREATE GAPS FOR THE OPEN SPACE OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS ENTIRE GAME SO FAR, WHEN WE TALK TO THE COACH, HE SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE SOPHOMORES AND THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH WINNING.

THEY WON THEIR FIRST REGIONAL TITLE AS SOPHOMORES AND WON EVER SENSE.

THEY GO FORWARD TOGETHER, EVEN IN THE WEIGHT ROOM, THEY -- >> ABSOLUTELY.

START BACK ON THE FIELD, NOW.

TJ HARVISON REACHING OUT TRYING TO GET AN EXTRA YARD ON FIRST DOWN, AND HE DOES.

TWO YARD PICKUP, SECOND DOWN.

>> GET A GOOD LOOK AT HIM RIGHT THERE.

>> A COUPLE OF TALENTED TEAMS.

CLASS 1A DIVISION I GAME COMING UP NEXT ROUGHLY AT 8:00.

THREE MORE GAMES TOMORROW, THREE MORE GAMES ON SATURDAY.

SECOND AND 8, THAT IS WILL RAINWATER IN MOTION.

SO HARD TO BRING DOWN BY THE SECONDARY.

10 MORE YARDS FOR TJ HARVISON.

>> BOY, HE IS RELENTLESS.

>> 6'1", 200 POUNDS.

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH COMPARISONS, BUT HE IS A TALL LONG BACK, WHO REMINDS ME OF A MARCUS ALLEN.

>> OKAY.

>> I AM NOT SAYING HE IS MARCUS ALLEN, BUT HIS BODY AND HIS RUN, TALL, LANKY, FAST, HARD TO BRING DOWN.

>> GREAT JOB BY THE DEFENSE.

IT LOOKS LIKE ROBERT McNEAL WAS ABLE TO GET IT BACK --AND HE WAS.

GREAT JOB TO POKE THAT BALL AWAY AND CREATE A TURNOVER.

>> THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT SEEN YET.

THAT COULD DETERMINE THE FOOTBALL GAME.

AND TO LOSE THE HANDLE, HE IS ABLE TO GET BACK IN.

>> WALKER, THE LINEBACKER, SIX FOOT THREE INCH, 230.

REACHED OUT FOR THE FUMBLE.

FOUR YARD LOSS ON FIRST DOWN.

HERE ON THE CALL, PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO FIVE.

TWO.

BARELY GETS IT OFF WITH ONE SECOND.

CAN THEY MAKE A STOP HERE?

TWO DIFFERENT WILDCATS GOT A HAND ON HIM, WILL BRING HIM DOWN.

AGAIN, THE ELUSIVENESS, THE ESCAPE ABILITY .

THIS BRINGS UP THIRD DOWN.

>> AND GETS AWAY FROM ANOTHER ONE, AND ANOTHER ONE, AND ANOTHER ONE.

>> DID HE RUB HIMSELF DOWN WITH BUTTER BEFORE THE GAME?

>> HERE IN THE BACKFIELD, THIRD AND 9, AGAIN.

A RARE, LONG DISTANCE TO GO ON THIRD DOWN FOR THIS ROBERT McNEAL.

ROBERT McNEAL BACK TO PASS.

ALLUDES ANOTHER DEFENDER.

ROBERT McNEAL GETTING IT IN, TOUCHDOWN, ROBERT McNEAL !

24 YARDS FOR THE SENIOR !

SAM, UNBELIEVABLE.

>> HE DROPS IT BACK, DOESN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT HE LIKES, AND THEN, ALLUDES ALL OF THE DEFENDERS.

COME ON.

DETERMINED TO GET THAT TOUCHDOWN.

WHAT A PLAY.

>> THIS TIME, THEY DECIDE TO KICK IT, IT IS UP AND GOOD.

BY HOLLOWAY, OH, MY GOODNESS.

ROBERT McNEAL, YOU SAW THE GRAPHIC THERE, FOR THE TOUCHDOWN TONIGHT.

AS A COACH TALKED ABOUT, HE SAID, HE DOES WELL.

>> HE DOES VERY, VERY WELL.

ONE MORE TIME, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

STEPS BACK, DOES NOT LIKE WHAT HE SEES, TAKES OFF ON THE RUN.

HAS OPEN FIELDS HERE.

ONCE TO GET TO THE END ZONE FOR A BIG FINISH.

>> SOLOMON THERE, GOOD LOOK THERE AT ROBERT McNEAL .

NINE PLAYS, 84 YARDS .

THIS IS WHAT IT TOOK, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, ONE TEAM HAS A DISTINCTIVE ADVANTAGE OVER THE OTHER TEAM.

BOWDON DID IT ON FOURTH DOWN, NOW THEY HAVE THE ADVANTAGE.

LUKE FOREHAND HAS BEEN BUSY.

HE HAS FIELDED EVERY KICKOFF TONIGHT THAT BOWDON HAS OFFERED.

THEY ARE AT THE 32 YARD LINE EVERY TIME.

>> EVERY TIME.

NOW, SCHLEY COUNTY IS REALLY ON THEIR OFFENSE.

1:04 LEFT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

THEY ARE DOWN.

HIM AND THE OFFENSE OF YOU HAVE HAD AN ANSWER THROUGH THE ENTIRE NIGHT.

LET'S SEE HOW THEY COME OUT.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW POISED HE HAS BEEN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

LET'S SEE WHAT HE CAN DO NOW.

>> PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO THREE.

PLAY CLOCK RUNS OUT.

NO SIGNAL, YET.

WAS THERE A TIME-OUT?

>> YES.

>> THERE WE GO.

THEY THOUGHT THAT THE CLOCK HAD RUN OUT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A 5 YARD PENALTY.

SCHLEY COUNTY HAS TO TAKE A MOMENT .

CATCH THEIR BREATH .

13 MINUTES TO GO HERE.

THE DEFENSE HAS YET TO STOP A SCORING DRIVE, ANY DRIVE, ONLY STOP THEY HAD WAS 40 SECONDS BEFORE HALFTIME.

IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF PLAYS AND THEY WENT TO HALFTIME.

WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE, THE CLOCK STOPPED THEM IN THE FIRST HALF.

NOW, YOU HAVE TO SCORE FAIRLY QUICKLY.

THEY HAVE SHOWN THEY CAN DO THAT, BUT YOU NEED TO MAKE A STOP.

THE DEFENSE HAS TO STOP THEM TO HAVE A SHOT AT THIS GAME.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE COACHES JUST TRYING TO GET HIS TEAM TO REGROUP AND CALM DOWN.

GO DOWN AND PRODUCE POINTS ON THE DRIVE.

>> COACH DARREN ALFORD TALK ABOUT HIS TEAM EARLY ON , THEY PLAYED GOOD TEAMS EARLY.

FIRST DOWN, HERE.

JAY KANAZAWA, UP TOP.

NICE PLAY BY THE DEFENSE.

JONES WILL KNOCK THAT AWAY.

>> THEY HAVE TO PLAY IT DOWN.

>> THAT IS JACKSON.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

>> HE IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ON THAT PLAY.

I FEEL LIKE THE OFFICIALS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO IT.

>> THE QUESTION IS, WAS AFTER THE PLAY?

YOU CAN SEE THE COACHES OF SCHLEY COUNTY POINTING AT THE BIG SCREEN HERE .

ONCE THE OFFICIALS TO LOOK AT THE REPLAY OF THIS.

>> THAT IS CLINTON JACKSON DOWN AT THE 45 YARD LINE.

NOW GETTING UP, LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.

>> INCOMPLETE PASS.

MAYBE IT WAS A HIT AFTER THE WHISTLE.

>> FRESHMAN, KEILAN PROTHRO, WITH THE HIT THERE.

JACKSON CAUGHT THE PASS TO TIE THE GAME AT 7-7 IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

>> PICKS UP ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE, AS WELL.

SHAKEN UP ON THAT PLAY.

LET'S SEE IF HE IS ABLE TO RETURN FOR THE TEAM.

>> SECOND DOWN .

WILDCATS NEED A SCORE.

LOTS OF TIME FOR JAY KANAZAWA.

ACROSS THE FIELD, ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN FOR SCHLEY COUNTY.

14 YARDS ON THE PICKUP.

>> NICE PLAY HERE.

JAY KANAZAWA TAKING HIS TIME.

GETS THE TARGET, WIDE OPEN, MAKES THE CATCH.

HOPING TO GET SOME CONFIDENCE, GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

OFFENSE PICKS UP A BIG FIRST DOWN HERE.

>> HERE ON THE CAMPUS OF GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY.

FIRST OF EIGHT FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

27, JORDAN BEASLEY.

WILL RAINWATER THERE, NUMBER 12 FOR BOWDON .

>> BOWDON CAN START FEELING IT HERE, THEY HAVE A LEAD, HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THE ADVANTAGE.

SOLOMON LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE LEFT EARLY.

THAT IS JAY KANAZAWA, A FLAG IN THE BACKFIELD MAYBE IT WAS A HOLD BACK THERE.

FLAG AT THE 48 YARD LINE, ABOUT.

BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> Referee: HOLDING, OFFENSE, 10 YARD PENALTY .

SECOND DOWN .

>> SO THE HOLDING CALL ON REGGIE HINTON, THE SENIOR .

10 YARDS BACK, THEY WILL REPLACE SECOND DOWN.

TIME IS BECOMING A BIT OF A FACTOR.

STILL HAVE THE FOURTH QUARTER TO GO, BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL A MOMENTUM SHIFT AFTER THE LAST TOUCHDOWN.

JAY KANAZAWA UNDER PRESSURE.

JORDAN BEASLEY IS THERE.

I DON'T CARE WHAT NUMBER I WEAR, I AM GOING TO GET YOU.

>> 44, 47, RESULTS ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME.

I AM COMING FOR YOU.

FLAG ON THE PLAY.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN THIS ALL NIGHT.

JAY KANAZAWA HAS BEEN GETTING THE BALL OUT QUICKLY.

THAT HAS BEEN A KEY TONIGHT.

>> Referee: AFTER THE PLAY WAS OVER, PERSONAL FOUL, UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS, DEFENSE, 15 YARD PENALTY TO DOWNTOWN .

>> THAT WAS ON BOWDON , NUMBER 57, JASON BAILEY.

COACH RICHARD FENDLEY, OF COURSE, DOES NOT LIKE IT .

>> THE FANS DO NOT LIKE IT MUCH EITHER.

>> IT WAS AFTER THE PLAY WAS OVER, YOU COULD SEE HIM LOOKING BACK IN THAT DIRECTION.

GOOD PASS THERE ON THIRD DOWN.

GOT IT TO JACKSON, WHO IS BACK IN THE GAME.

>> AFTER THE PLAYS, WE HAVE THE COACHES JUMPING UP AND DOWN ON THE SIDELINE.

THAT IS HOW THIS QUARTER IS GOING TO END.

>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A TIME- OUT.

LET EVERYONE CATCH THEIR BREATH.

WE INVITE YOU TO DO THE SAME AT HOME.

THREE QUARTERS, HERE COMES THE FOURTH, ONE SCHOOL TRYING TO YEARS AGO.

THE OTHER TRYING TO CREATE HISTORY AND WE HAVEN'T COMING UP AFTER THIS ON GPB.

>> WITH SHOTS LIKE THIS FROM DOWNTOWN ATLANTA ON AN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT DECEMBER NIGHT HERE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

THE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE RED DEVILS AFTER THREE QUARTERS ARE UNSTOPPABLE.

1971, 1992, AND 12 MINUTES AWAY FROM GETTING ONE AGAIN IN 2022.

WE HAVE HAD ONE UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT CALL CALLED ON BOWDON .

NOW, FOURTH AND LONG, CRUCIAL PLAY.

HAVE TO GET DOWN TO THE 36.

AND THEY DO.

JAY KANAZAWA TO --WHO ELSE BUT SOLOMON.

>> IT IS CRUNCH TIME IN THE GAME.

YOU NEED YOUR BEDTIME PLAYER TO GET BIG-TIME PLAYS.

>> AND HE DID.

SOLOMON.

FIRST AND THIRD AT THE 25 .

COMPLETE .

CARSON WESTBROOK , AND HERE COME THE WILDCATS.

>> THIS IS YOUR ALL ACADEMIC GUY.

GOT THE CATCH.

SECOND GUY OUT.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

HERE IN THE ATLANTA EXPRESS RED ZONE.

FIRST AND GOAL, AFTER SEVEN.

SOLOMON IN MOTION TO THE RIGHT, BANKS UP THE MIDDLE, TO THE THREE.

SECOND DOWN FOR THE WILDCATS.

THEY HAVE BEEN SHUT OUT HERE IN THE SECOND HALF >> IS ENCOURAGING FOR THE BOWDON TEAM TO GET THINGS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WE WILL SEE HOW THEY FINISH THIS.

BOTH SIDES TONIGHT, RIGHT?

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

AND ANOTHER FLAG .

>> Referee: ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION, OFFENSE , 5 YARD PENALTY, SECOND DOWN.

>> ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION.

>> WHAT A TIME FOR THAT.

WHAT A TIME TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN.

YOU ARE IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON, THE BIGGEST GAME -- THINGS LIKE THAT CREEP UP ON YOU.

YOU HAVE THE MOMENTUM GOING, YOU HAVE THE DRIVE GOING.

YOU HAVE TO GET GOING EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

>> SECOND AND GOAL BACK AT THE END ZONE LINE.

JAY KANAZAWA WITH A HANDOFF TO BANKS.

AND COMPLETE.

GOAL.

THEY WERE NOT GOING TO KICK THE BALL ANYWAY.

THEY DON'T REALLY KICK VERY MUCH.

>> LET'S SEE WHAT PLAY THEY COME UP WITH HERE.

THIRD DOWN .

>> GOOD LOOK AT JORDAN BEASLEY.

OVERTHROWN, AND THAT WILL RING UP FOURTH DOWN .

>> A LITTLE TOO FAR THAT TIME.

IT WAS THE RIGHT PLAY, IT WAS THE RIGHT CALL.

WANTED TO GET A TOUCHDOWN EARLY, DROPS IT IN JUST RIGHT.

>> GOOD PATIENTS ALSO BY JAY KANAZAWA TO ALLOW THAT PLAY TO DEVELOP AND GET OPEN AWAY FROM TJ HARVISON, THE STARTING BACK PLAYING IN THE DEFENSE OF RED ZONE.

>> THEY ARE GOING TO ATTEMPT THE FIELD GOAL, THEY DON'T DO THIS OFTEN.

25 YARDS OUT.

IT IS UP AND GOOD.

IT MAKES IT A ONE POSSESSION GAME IF YOU CAN GET A TOUCHDOWN AND ONE POINT CONVERSION.

A LOT OF FOOTBALL LEFT.

DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIP.

MORE AFTER THIS.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPB IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

CELEBRATE LIFE, LIVE DRUG-FREE.

>> RIGHT BACK HERE AT CENTER PARK STADIUM.

CHAMPIONSHIP COMING UP.

SCHLEY COUNTY PULLING BACK WITHIN ONE SCORE WITH THAT FIELD GOAL, 25 YARDS OUT.

SAM, LOOK AT THIS, THE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE HAD IN THE SECOND HALF, THIS IS AN OFTEN COME OUTSIDE OF THE OPENING DRIVE AND THE INTERCEPTION, DID EVERYTHING RIGHT THE REST OF THE WAY.

>> MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS, YOU GO INTO THE LOCKER ROOM AT HALFTIME MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THIS IS A, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SHORTER ROSTER.

EVERYBODY IS ON THE FIELD THE WHOLE GAME.

YOU GET TO THE FOURTH QUARTER, YOU WILL SEE --WATCH OUT.

>> LOOK AT THAT, HOW ABOUT THAT PLAY?

WESTBROOK STILL HAS THE BALL, DOWN TO THE 20.

ON THAT KICK.

>> BOWDON 'S COACHES ARE SAYING IT DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH.

>> THEY MAY BE RIGHT, BUT THERE IS NO REPLAY IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT, I THINK THEY ARE RIGHT.

IT WAS TOUCHED AT THE 48.

>> Referee: THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS FIRST TOUCHING BY THE KICKING TEAM.

>> I THINK THEY GOT THE CALL RIGHT, SAM.

IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE EITHER ONE OF THESE TEAMS STEP UP -- WATCH RIGHT HERE.

NUMBER ONE: TOUCH IS THAT RIGHT BEFORE IT GOES 10 YARDS.

>> LOOKING UP AT THE REPLAY SCREEN --NOT HAPPY AT ALL ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING.

>> THAT WAS THE BREAK THEY NEED.

AND WHAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET SO FAR HERE.

THE RIGHT CALL MADE HERE BY THE OFFICIAL.

IT WILL BE BOWDON 'S BALL, FIRST DOWN FROM THE WILDCATS 38.

THEY WILL TRY TO RUN DOWN THE CLOCK HERE.

THEY HAVE DONE THAT VERY WELL.

VERY EFFECTIVE RUNNING THE BALL.

>> WHAT A PLACE TO START THIS POSSESSION IF YOU ARE BOWDON ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIFTH YARD LINE .

>> A TOUCHDOWN HERE MAY PUT IT AWAY, IF YOU ARE BOWDON .

STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.

SECOND AND 6, 10 MINUTES TO GO.

FIRST TITLE GAME OF THE WEEKEND.

HANDOFF AGAIN TO TJ HARVISON.

GOES TO THE 40, OUT OF BOUNDS.

34 TACKLED THERE BY JACKSON.

TJ HARVISON CONTINUES HIS OUTSTANDING NIGHT FOR BOWDON .

>> HE HAS HAD A PHENOMENAL NIGHT, GIVING THE TEAM WHAT THEY NEED.

ABLE TO GET THIS RUN DOWN TONIGHT.

PICKING UP ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.

>> BOWDON GOT AWAY WITH A HOLD THERE, NO CALL.

SEE HIS NUMBERS, 21 , 57 YARDS, A TOUCHDOWN.

HE HAS DONE IT ALL.

THE CLOCK IS STOPPED.

9:47.

FIRST DOWN AT THE 35.

ROBERT McNEAL KEEPS TO HIMSELF RIGHT THERE .

REGGIE HINTON.

>> REGGIE HINTON COMBING THROUGH, CLARK, THEY WERE NOT FOOLED .

THEY SHOULD ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

>> SCHLEY COUNTY SHOWING SOME FIGHT, ONLY DOWN BY ONE SCORE.

NO GAIN ON THAT PLAY, SECOND DOWN.

ROBERT McNEAL WITH TJ HARVISON TO HIS RIGHT.

SLIPPERY .

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY HAD A HAND ON HIM IN THE BACKFIELD, I COULD NOT BRING HIM DOWN?

>> YOU COULD NOT BRING THE GUY DOWN, HE IS SO DETERMINED.

>> THE COACH TALKING ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN, ROBERT McNEAL, FOUR HE SAID, I AM A LITTLE BIASED, BUT I THINK HE IS THE BEST IN GEORGIA.

I THINK WE WOULD AGREE.

>> WHO ARE WE TO ARGUE.

WE HAVE THE WILDCATS GOING HERE.

>> JORDAN BEASLEY WITH A DIRECT SNAP, FIRST DOWN.

OUT TO THE 25, THEY WILL MOVE THE CHAINS, FIRST DOWN, RED DEVILS.

ROBERT McNEAL BACK IN THE GAME.

FOUR YEAR STARTER.

WON THREE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

TRYING TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 8:18 .

START A LOT OF COLLEGES ARE INTERESTED IN HIM.

MAYBE HE WILL GO TO TENNESSEE STATE.

>> HE IS ONE OF SEVERAL TALENTED PLAYERS ON THIS FIELD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.

WHAT AN ENTERTAINING WAY TO START OUR WEEKEND HERE ON GPB.

>> STIFF ARM, THROWS OUT OF BOUNDS.

THAT WAS BY THE DEFENDER, ALLDREDGE.

>> GETS THERE IN A HURRY.

COMING UP, HAS TO MAKE THE STOP TO GET HIM OUT OF BOUNDS.

SOME A GREAT JOB BY KABREON ALDRIDGE TO HOLD ONTO IT.

THE RED DEVILS ENTERING THE EXPRESS ATLANTA RED ZONE.

LOOKING FOR A SCORE TO PUT SOME MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM AND THE WILDCATS.

FANTASTIC NIGHT, THE WILDCATS AGAIN .

HERE IS THE FORMATION AND JORDAN BEASLEY, WHO HAS RUN SO WELL.

THEY MOVE THE CHAINS AGAIN.

UNDER EIGHT MINUTES TO GO IN THIS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN THE CLASS 1A DIVISION II.

>> WHAT A GAME TO GET A STARTING, RIGHT?

CHAMPIONSHIP WE CAN, SO GLAD PEOPLE ARE WITH US.

WATCHING US ON THE AIR, OR AT GPB.ORG/SPORTS.

GREAT TO SEE ALL OF THE MESSAGES WE GET FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

TJ HARVISON, AGAIN.

GREAT TACKLE.

THAT WAS BY NUMBER 17, LUKE FOREHAND.

PLAYS HIGH END AND OUTSIDE LINEBACKER.

THIS MIGHT BE A FACTOR NOW.

THE DEFENSE .

A LOT OF THESE GUYS PLAY BOTH WAYS.

NOT A VERY DEEP TEAM.

GUYS ARE PLAYING EVERY SINGLE DOWN ON BOTH SIDES.

NICE PLAY ON THE DRIVE, NOW.

BOWDON UP BY EIGHT.

TJ HARVISON AGAIN.

GETS THE TACKLE.

WHAT A GREAT SHOT BY LUKE FOREHAND, AGAIN, JUST TO HANG ON.

>> WOULD NOT LET GO.

VERY DETERMINED.

>> THIRD DOWN.

>> AND TJ HARVISON JUST KEEPS ON COMING.

LOOK AT HIM.

JERSEY, ANKLES, WHATEVER.

>> THIRD AND 4.

HUGE PLAY HERE FOR SCHLEY COUNTY.

DIRECT SNAP THE TJ HARVISON.

FIRST DOWN.

LOOKS LIKE HE GOT IT.

FIRST AND GOAL.

RED DEVILS.

>> THEY ARE MAKING SOME BLOCKS.

JORDAN BEASLEY GIVES YOU A LOT OF THINGS.

DOING THE TYPICAL FULLBACK WORK .

>> HE REACHES UP AND PUTS AN ARM BEHIND HIM, IT IS SUCH A PRO MOVE.

WHEREVER HE FORCES A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN THAT IS COMING AT HIM, HE GOES THE OTHER WAY, SUCH A GREAT JOB.

186 YARDS AND 25 CARRIES FOR THE SENIOR.

JORDAN BEASLEY, NOW, WITH THAT CARRIE.

FIRST AND GOAL THERE.

TIME IS BECOMING A FACTOR HERE AT THE FIVE MINUTE MARK HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

>> NOTHING DOING THAT TIME.

THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

LEADING THE HOST OF WHITE JERSEYS .

IT HAS BEEN >> THE PLAY CLOCK IS JUST NOW STARTING.

NOW AT THE 10 .

UNDER 4:40 TO GO.

HERE ARE THE WILDCATS.

JORDAN BEASLEY WITH A TOUCHDOWN.

>> WHILE, HE JUST WALKED RIGHT INTO THAT.

>> 5 YARDS ON THE SCORE.

A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP, NOW.

>> IT HAS BEEN A HARD-FOUGHT GAME.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT IS HOW IT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SHOULD BE.

THERE IS NO NEXT WEEK .

THERE IS NO NEXT MONTH, THIS IS IT.

>> KAMRYN HALL WAY TO GET THE EXTRA POINT.

HE PUTS IT THROUGH.

39-24, HERE IN RED DEVILS COUNTRY.

JORDAN BEASLEY FINISHES IN 27, MAY BE NUMBER ONE.

THIS WILL BE A MEDIA TIME-OUT.

THIS PROGRAM ON GPB IS MADE POSSIBLE, IN PART, BY SUPPORTERS FROM THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING.

>> FINAL MINUTES OF THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OUT OF EIGHT THIS WEEKEND.

39-24.

THE BROADCAST OF THIS GAMES ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNORS SAFETY , REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.

FOR YOU, FOR ME, FOR US.

WHAT A SEASON THEY HAVE HAD, SCHLEY COUNTY.

CAN THEY PULL OFF SOME MAGIC HERE IN THE FINAL QUARTER?

>> JUST THINK IF THEY CAN PULL OFF THE ONSIDE KICK?

IT WAS SO CLOSE.

SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DOWN AT THE 20.

THE WAY THEY PLAYED IT, THEY WOULD HAVE SCORED.

HOLLOWAY ON THE KICKOFF.

THIS TIME HE PUTS IT OVER HAD OF TIME.

PICKED UP .

DEEP IN THE 30, TO THE 40, MIDFIELD, CAN HE MAKE IT?

TOUCHDOWN , WILDCATS !

OH, MY GOODNESS, 73 YARDS.

YOU CAN'T COUNT OUT SCHLEY COUNTY JUST YET.

>> THIS IS WHY THEY WERE KICKING OFF THE WAY THEY WERE KICKING OFF ALL NIGHT.

THEY WANTED TO AVOID THAT .

>> TOO HIGH THIS TIME, AND TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE LIKE.

THEY DID NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN.

>> THIS IS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

>> I THINK THE DEFENSE MIGHT HAVE JUMPED HERE.

>> Referee: ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION, DEFENSE, RETRY .

>> THE CALL THERE, 12 PLAYERS ON DEFENSE, WE SAW A PLAYER COME OFF THE FIELD AFTER THAT.

>> Referee: CORRECTION, SCHLEY COUNTY, DECLINES PENALTY .

>> SORRY.

IF MY SON IS WATCHING, HE IS SHAKING HIS HEAD, DAD .

I AM ALLOWED ONE, RIGHT?

>> THERE HE IS.

>> ONE LOOK HERE.

>> FOUR STAR RECRUITS.

SHOWING YOU WHY, RIGHT HERE.

GETS TO THE EDGE, HE IS GONE.

GOING TO THE END ZONE.

WE GOT THIS.

>> SOLOMON, 73 YARD KICKOFF FOR SCHLEY COUNTY.

THEY MIGHT BE ASKING, WHY DO YOU SET A GOAL FOR TWO.

WHILE, YOU KICK FIRST, IF YOU MISS TWO, THEN YOU SCORE.

THEY STILL NEED TWO.

HERE COMES THE ONSIDE KICK.

THEY TRIED IT TWO MOMENTS AGO, ALMOST PULLED IT OFF, BUT THE PLAYER FOR SCHLEY COUNTY CAUGHT THE BALL 8 YARDS IN WENT ACROSS THE MIDFIELD, TOUCHED THE 48, SCHLEY COUNTY GOT THE BALL AND RAN IT TO THE 20 BUT IT WAS NEGATED .

HERE WE GO.

ALINA DRIVE RIGHT AT THEM.

HE IS DOWN RIGHT THERE AT THE 47.

GOOD HANDS BY NUMBER 5 , BERKLEY PERKINS, JUST A FRESHMAN.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOLLOWAY, HE CAME IN 48 OUT OF 56.

HE DID THIS EARLIER.

>> NOW, LET'S SEE WHAT THEY COULD DIAL UP DEFENSIVELY.

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO.

>> 390 AND ROMANS IN THE SCHOOL.

MIDFIELD, THAT WILL BRING UP SECOND AND SHORT.

WINDING DOWN TO THE FOUR MINUTE MARK.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT IS COMING CAN YOU STOP IT?

THAT IS THE QUESTION.

TJ HARVISON IS DOWN.

>> HE HAS EARNED IT, MY GOODNESS.

IT IS A REALLY WARM NIGHT TONIGHT.

A LOT OF SHORT SLEEVE SHIRTS.

A LOT OF SHORTS OUT HERE.

I DO THAT, I CATCH A COLD, AND I AM NOT WORKING FOR THREE DAYS.

>> HERE, MAKING THE TRIP OVER TO ATLANTA FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, YOU CAN HEAR THEM CHEER FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, FAMILY -- >> TALKING ABOUT BOWDON , AGAIN, GETTING HERE, 30 YEARS SINCE THEIR LAST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

HERE IS HOW THEY GOT HERE, FIRST TWO A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPETITIVE AND LAST WEEK THEY HANDLED LINCOLN COUNTY AND DID PRETTY WELL.

I GAME THAT THE COACH SAID, PLAYED 11 PLAYOFF TEAMS ON THE SCHEDULE AND WENT 10-1 IN THOSE GAMES.

>> THAT IS THE HIGH POINT OF HIM ARRIVING AT BOWDON .

HE IS UP TO 65.

COACH RICHARD FENDLEY HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB .

TRYING FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> NO KIDDING.

OKAY.

>> THEY ARE REAL PROUD.

>> YOU SHOULD, ABSOLUTELY.

NOTHING DOING HERE.

NO GAIN, AS YOU SAW TJ HARVISON COME OFF THE FIELD.

THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT ON THE SIDELINE.

THIRD DOWN , CLOCK IS TICKING .

SCHLEY COUNTY WITH TWO TIME- OUTS, SAME FOR BOWDON .

>> ROBERT McNEAL COMING TO THE >> 27, JORDAN BEASLEY, HE WILL MAKE THE CALL AND TAKE THE SNAP.

ROBERT McNEAL IS OUT.

THERE HE IS.

THIRD AND 3 .

CAN THEY STOP IT?

THEY CAN.

>> WOW.

>> GREAT JOB BY THE DEFENSE.

ZAYDEN WALKER .

>> TJ HARVISON HAS BEEN VERY HARD TO STOP TONIGHT.

>> FOURTH AND ONE CAL.

>> THEY WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.

3 COMES UP AND PUTS ANOTHER BIG HIT .

>> NICE JOB BY WESTBROOK TO SLOW HIM DOWN.

FOURTH AND 1.

HARVISON, DIRECT PASS, NUMBER 2 IS THE ONE TO WATCH.

PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO FIVE.

BOWDON WILL CALL A TIME-OUT.

THEY DID NOT LIKE THE CALL HERE, THEY WILL TALK ABOUT IT.

SECOND TIME-OUT CALLED BY BOWDON .

THEY HAVE ONE LEFT .

COACH RICHARD FENDLEY, AS SAM MENTIONED, WHAT A GREAT JOB HE HAS DONE BUILDING THIS PROGRAM BACK AND ALL THE TIME THEY HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THEY HAD IN 1992.

WE TALK ABOUT HOW BOWDON GOT HERE AND HOW SCHLEY COUNTY GOT HERE.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR RESUME, SHUT OUT AND WIN EARLY ON.

LOOK AT THE POINTS, 50 PLUS POINTS OR MORE IN THE CONTEST.

WANTED TO DO IN THESE GAMES.

AND PLAYING THE YOUNGER PLAYERS IN THE SECOND HALF, GIVING HIS STARTERS A BREAK AND HOPEFULLY GIVING THEM A MOMENT TO REFRESH.

THEY HAVE HAD A FANTASTIC GAME.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU WANT TO BE FRESH FOR THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR.

>> 196 YARDS, ALREADY.

IT WILL COME DOWN TO THE SPOT.

IT WILL BE VERY, VERY CLOSE.

>> BOWDON SEEMS TO THINK THEY GOT IT.

>> AND THEY DO.

>> THAT WAS CRUCIAL IN THE GAME.

>> WATCH THIS .

STILL HAS TWO TIME-OUTS HERE.

>> THE PLAY CLOCK IS ALREADY STARTED, IT IS DOWN TO 16.

NOW THE GAME CLOCK, UNDER TWO MINUTES TO GO.

FOUR YOUR STARTER IS BACK IN THE GAME.

HANDS-OFF TO TJ HARVISON.

FIRST DOWN, AND BOWDON GETTING CLOSER.

HE HAS GOT A CRAMP AGAIN.

>> LEFT LEG, ONCE AGAIN, GIVING THEM WHAT THEY HAD TO HAVE.

>> THEY WILL GET TJ HARVISON OFF THE FIELD.

WORKING ON THAT, 28 CARRIES, 217 YARDS.

HIS FOURTH CAREER 200 YARD GAME.

WHAT A WAY TO END HIS CAREER.

>> THE PLAY CLOCK IS DOWN TO THREE FOR THE RED DEVILS.

DIRECT PASS TO THE QUARTERBACK, ROBERT McNEAL.

THEY WILL CALL A TIME-OUT WITH 1:13 TO GO.

>> THEY WILL TAKE OF BEATS AND LET THE CLOCK RUN DOWN.

SECOND TIME-OUT.

>> YOU AND I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

MY NINTH YEAR, CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK.

AS ENTERTAINING A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AS I HAVE BEEN A PART OF.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU TALK ABOUT WHATEVER CLASSIFICATION IT IS, THAT IS THE CASE.

THIS GAME HAS BEEN EXCITING FROM START TO FINISH.

WE SAW TIME TO GO, 1:13.

WHAT A GREAT FOOTBALL GAME TO START CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK.

LOOK AT THIS.

>> VERY IMPRESSIVE, WHAT A NIGHT HE HAS HAD.

WHAT A NIGHT THE SCHLEY COUNTY HAS HAD.

YOU GET TO KNOW THE COACHES, YOU SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEM THAN I DO.

YOU GET A CHANCE TO TALK WITH THEM AND LAUGH WITH THEM.

AND IF YOU'RE THE PROUD --YOU HEAR HOW PROUD THEY ARE.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO CLOSE THIS OUT, ROBERT McNEAL LOOKING TO BURN AT THE CLOCK.

TACKLE BY CLARK, AND THAT IS THE THIRD AND FINAL TIME-OUT.

1:06 TO GO.

THIRD DOWN.

>> HE HAD A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING.

HAD A CHANCE TO REACH OUT TO THE LAST CHAMPIONSHIP COACH AND GET HIM TO REFLECT ON CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK, AND WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE DEFENSE NOW.

AND THE MEMORIES AND THINGS THEY REMEMBERED IT WAS REMARKABLE.

YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO AND CHECK IT OUT.

THREE STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS, DAVE HUNTER -- EACH CAN TELL YOU INTRICATE THINGS .

BUT ALL OF THEM, THEY ALL CHERISH THIS MOMENT AND ENJOY IT.

FOR THE MOST PART, THEY SAID, HEY, IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO PLAY THIS GAME, IT IS NOT ALL RIGHT.

BEING ABLE TO SHOW UP FOR THIS GAME, PLAY IN A CHAMPIONSHIP, IT IS SO SPECIAL.

WIN OR LOSE.

>> ROBERT McNEAL, HIGH ON THAT.

LONG GAP WITH NO MORE TIME-OUTS.

FOURTH DOWN WITH THE CLOCK RUNNING.

PLAY CLOCK IS STARTING.

YOU CAN SEE YOUR SCREEN, 50 SECONDS.

YOU GET DOWN TO THE 17, 18 SECOND MARK.

TO YOUR POINT, THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD THIS WEEK, I KNOW THAT MATT AND WAYNE WILL SAY THE SAME THING.

THESE COACHES REFER TO HOW THEY IMPACTED THEIR LIVES ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

IT IS A SPECIAL THING.

I GOT TO SPEAK WITH COACH RICHARD FENDLEY .

HERE IS THE FINAL TIME-OUT HERE, ONCE TO AVOID A PENALTY.

ONE SECOND LEFT ON THE PLAY CLOCK.

THAT WAS THIRD AND DOWN AND HAUL AWAY.

-- AS THEY PONDER THAT AND THINK IT OVER.

LET'S GO TO THE SIDELINES.

>> WE TALKED TO THE HEAD COACH, RICHARD FENDLEY, HE SAID THAT HE LEARNED WHAT HIS EYES WERE MADE OF IN THE FINALS GAME.

HE SAID HE SOUGHT RESILIENCE AND THAT MENTAL STAMINA FROM HIS GUYS, AND THEY HAVE PROVEN THAT YET AGAIN WITH THE PLAY LARRY, THEM?

>> THEY ARE DOWN IN THAT GAME, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW THEIR DETERMINATION.

>> GREAT ATMOSPHERE FOR THIS FIRST OF TWO GAMES IN THE CLASS 1A DIVISION.

ANOTHER GAME COMING UP NEXT HERE ON GPB .

STAY WITH US.

BOWDON TALKED IT OVER.

OFFENSE ON THE FIELD.

FIRST DOWN AND IT IS OVER.

IT IS TJ HARVISON.

HE STOPS AND THE SCHLEY COUNTY OFFENSE WILL GET ONE MORE SHOT AT IT.

13 SECONDS LEFT.

TJ HARVISON CRAMPED UP TWICE.

200 YARD NIGHT >> THEY HAVE 13 SECONDS.

>> LOOK FOR NUMBER 2, SOLOMON, ALREADY A 70 YARD KICKOFF RETURN TO KEEP HIM IN THE GAME EARLIER ON IN THIS QUARTER.

NO TIME-OUTS REMAINING.

SO, HERE WE GO.

JAY KANAZAWA, THE QUARTERBACK, LOOKING DEEP, IT GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.

11 YARD PICKUP.

IT WILL BE FIRST DOWN, SEVEN SECONDS TO GO, YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.

>> THAT'S THE GUY THAT YOU WANT TO GET IT TO, BECAUSE HE IS YOUR GAME BREAKER.

>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS, THE WILDCATS ARE AT THEIR OWN 28.

LOOK AT THAT, SET UP AT THE 45 BACK THERE.

29 YARDS OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

NOTHING BEHIND THEM.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME HERE.

SOLOMON.

12 YARD PICKUP, DOWN TO THE 40.

THREE SECONDS LEFT.

>> WILL HAVE TO WIND UP AND LET IT FLY.

>> NOW, YOU WILL SEE.

>> MY GOODNESS, WHAT IS THIS?

THEY WILL BE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.

WOW.

THERE IT IS.

>> THERE IS THE GAME.

AND WE HAVE A FLAG.

WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

NOBODY HAS A TIME-OUT LEFT.

>> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE, 5 YARD PENALTY.

>> I HAVE TO TELL YOU, ALL OF THE GAMES I HAVE DONE ON GPB, FIRST ONE THAT CAME OUT ON THE FINAL PLAY.

IT IS ALWAYS DECIDED BY THEN.

>> RIGHT .

NO VICTORY FORMATION.

>> NO, THEY WILL RUSH,, BACK 9.

>> WAY BACK.

JAY KANAZAWA .

THE BALL IS KNOCKED AWAY, THAT IS YOUR GAME.

THE BOWDON RED DEVILS, STATE CHAMPIONS ONCE AGAIN.

>> Referee: THAT PENALTY IS DECLINED, THE GAME IS OVER.

>> IF THIS IS ANY INDICATION , WE ARE IN FOR QUITE A WEEKEND HERE IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

RICHARD FINLEY, WHAT A JOB HE HAS DONE.

YOU HAVE THE IMAGES HERE ON YOUR SCREEN.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THERE IS AN AMAZING SHOW OF EMOTION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FIELD.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> GREAT RESPECT.

>> ABSOLUTELY, THIS WAS A HARD- FOUGHT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

ONLY ONE CAN BE THE WINNER.

AFTER THE GAME, ROBERT McNEAL WENT OVER .

JUST TO CONGRATULATE HIM.

THESE GUYS PLAYED WITH THE HEART OF A WARRIOR TONIGHT.

>> THE OUTSTANDING QUARTERBACK FOR SCHLEY COUNTY, THE WILDCATS, 12-3, WHAT A NIGHT TO REMEMBER FOR THEIR FIRST EVER TRIP TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

ON THIS NIGHT, IT BELONGS TO THE BOWDON RED DEVILS.

FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS AND FOR THE THIRD TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY, THEY ARE STATE CHAMPIONS, 14-1, THE SECOND BEST RECORD IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

THEY WENT UNDEFEATED 30 YEARS AGO.

THAT MAN, COACH RICHARD FENDLEY, LOOK AT WHAT HE HAS DONE.

WHAT A NIGHT, WHAT A SEASON.

>> IT HURTS NOW, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU GOT A CHANCE TO BE WERE ABLE TO GET THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE CAME UP SHORT, BUT WE KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THERE.

WE KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO FINISH IT.

WHO KNOWS?

MAYBE THEY WILL BE BACK REALLY SOON.

>> WITH THAT, LET'S TAKE IT DOWN TO THE FIELD AND JOHN NELSON.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT IS THAT TIME.

WE WILL HAVE A TROPHY PRESENTATION.

CARE TO PRESENT THE TROPHY, TO THE VICTORIOUS BOWDON RED DEVILS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR PRINCIPAL.

GREAT EFFORT FROM OUR FRIENDS FROM SCHLEY COUNTY.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE SCHLEY COUNTY FOR A GREAT SEASON.

I WANT TO COMMEND THEIR COMMUNITY FOR SHOWING UP AND SUPPORTING YOUR TEAM.

YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TO AWARD YOU WITH THIS TROPHY, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I KNOW THAT YOUR DAD IS VERY PROUD OF YOU, THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT TONIGHT?

>> FIRST, I WANT TO SAY, MY MOM, I LOVE YOU, MY DAD HIS BIRTHDAY IS IN TWO DAYS, THIS IS HIS PRESENT.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE SCHOOL, THE ADMINISTRATION.

THE SUPERINTENDENTS, THEY ARE WONDERFUL, THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE NEEDED.

THEY HAVE DONE IT, OUR FAN BASE AND COMMUNITY, THEY ARE SECOND TO NONE.

THEY ARE AWESOME, THEY HAVE HELPED US ALL YEAR.

I WANT TO SAY, WE GOT THE BEST COACHING STAFF IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, I LOVE THOSE GUYS.

AND THESE GUYS PLAYED THEIR HEARTS OUT TONIGHT, I LOVE EVERY ONE OF THEM.

>> I AM JUST ENJOYING LOOKING AT YOU RIGHT NOW, CAN YOU EVERYTHING , BOWDON HAS BEEN AT THE TOP OF THE RANKINGS ALL YEAR LONG.

YOU HAVE HAD A BULL'S-EYE ON YOUR CHEST, YOU HAD TO FIGHT FOR GAMES ON YOUR SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF HOW CRAZY THE YEAR HAS BEEN.

BUT YOU HAD A CRAZY YEAR WITH ONE OF THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENTS YOU COULD EVER GIVE A FAMILY MEMBER.

>> THAT IS THE WAY IT ENDED UP AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS BUNCH RIGHT HERE.

GREAT TRUST IN OUR COACHING STAFF, THEY FOUGHT ALL YEAR.

STARTED BACK IN JANUARY.

THANK YOU!

I WANT YOU TO LOOK TO ALL OF THE RED OVER THERE, THERE IS A LOT OF RED, A LOT OF RED THAT CAME FROM BOWDON .

30 YEARS IN THE MAKING AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY MAKES THIS RETURN TO RED DEVILS COUNTRY.

HOW DOES THAT INK IN?

>> HOW ABOUT THIS, COMMUNITY.

IT IS COMING TO YOU.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, GO ENJOY YET.

THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP, SINGLE A, AFTER 30 YEARS.

>> WHAT A GAME THIS WAS, UNBELIEVABLE.

IF THIS IS THE WAY WE ARE STARTING, GO GET YOUR SNACK, WE HAVE QUITE A WEEKEND HERE ON GPB.

THE CLASS 1A DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP GOES TO BOWDON -- THE RED DEVILS.

AND THEY GET THE WIN IN THIS ONE.

OVER THE SCHLEY COUNTY WILDCATS.

WHAT A FANTASTIC GAME IN THIS ONE.

HANG TIGHT, WE HAVE MORE TO COME.

BOY, HAVE WE SET THE TABLE.

THIS YOUNG MAN, ROBERT McNEAL, FOUR YEAR STARTER, FOUR TOUCHDOWNS, TWO ON THE GROUND, TWO IN THE AIR.

THE RED DEVILS COULD NOT BE STOPPED.

CHANGING THE GAME WITH THAT TOUCHDOWN, AND OF COURSE, THE ICE WATER BATH.

THAT IS THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO COOL OFF THE RED DEVILS IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP GOES TO BOWDON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS .

FROM OUR ENTIRE GPB, WE SAY GOOD NIGHT, BUT STAY WITH US, MUCH MORE TO COME ON THE GPB .

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