Football Fridays in Georgia
GHSA 5A Final: Warner Robins vs. Calhoun
Season 2021 Episode 20 | 3h 4m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
GHSA 5A Final: Warner Robins vs. Calhoun - Dec. 11, 2021
Warner Robins won its second straight title in its fifth straight finals appearance with a 38-14 win over traditional power Calhoun. The Demons turned two muffed punts into early touchdowns. Fred Perry rushed for 233 yards and two touchdowns and Christopher Lane threw a 51-yard TD pass to Cam Flowers to give Warner Robins it’s 6th ever state championship.
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Football Fridays in Georgia
GHSA 5A Final: Warner Robins vs. Calhoun
Season 2021 Episode 20 | 3h 4m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Warner Robins won its second straight title in its fifth straight finals appearance with a 38-14 win over traditional power Calhoun. The Demons turned two muffed punts into early touchdowns. Fred Perry rushed for 233 yards and two touchdowns and Christopher Lane threw a 51-yard TD pass to Cam Flowers to give Warner Robins it’s 6th ever state championship.
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WARNER ROBBINS PLAYING IN THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND SIXTH OVERALL, THEY HAVE BEEN A BEH EMOTH.
RUSTY, THIS IS THE FIRST THAT THEY HAVE TRIED TO WIN SINCE BUMPING UP TO 5-A.
>> ONE THING ABOUT THESE TWO COMMUNITIES.
THERE'S NO ONE LEFT THERE RIGHT NOW.
BOTH OF THE TOWNS SHUT DOWN ON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHTS AND YOU LOOK AT TRADITION LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
CALHOUN HAS BEEN THERE, THIS IS NEW TO THEM IN 5A, THIS IS IN NOT NEW TO WARNER ROBBINS, WE WILL SEE HOW CALHOUN ADJUSTS TO THE 5-A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
>> WARNER ROBBINS, 13-1 ON THE SEASON.
EVERYBODY INCLUDING MYSELF, THOUGHT THEY WERE UNBEATABLE UNTIL WARE COUNTY.
THEY TRIED TO MAKE IT IN THE STATE FINAL AS THE NUMBER TWO SEED.
THEY ARE LED BY ONE OF THE BEST JUNIOR DEFENSIVE LINEMEN IN THE NATION.
>> YOU LOOK AT THE GUY.
HE IS RANKED NUMBER 16 OVERALL IN 24/7 SPORTS, REGARDLESS OF POSITION.
I SAW HIM PLAY CARTERSVILLE AND I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M CALLING HIM A DIFFERENCE LINEMEN AND HE IS EVERY BIT AS ADVERTISED.
HE IS A JUNIOR, BIG BURLEY.
>> GREAT TWO-WAY PLAYER.
WALKER, COMMITTED TO VANDERBILT.
HE WILL PLAY WIDE RECEIVER AND CORNER, AND PROBABLY A WIDE RECEIVER, NEXT LEVEL.
>> HE HAD A GREAT OFF-SEASON, HE GOES AND RUNS, LASER SUB 4.6.
VANDERBILT COMES IN, AND RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING LOOKS FOR HIM PLAYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
>> RIGHT AT THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON, FRED PERRY HAS STEPPED UP AND GETS IT DONE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.
>> I WILL STEAL A TURN.
THIS GUY RETURNS KICKS AND PLAYS SAFETY AND PLAYS RUNNING BACK.
HE DOES EVERYTHING FOR WARNER ROBBINS.
>> OKAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CALHOUN JACKETS.
LOSS TO CARTERSVILLE IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON.
FAILED TO WIN THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP, SOMETHING THEY HAVE NOT DONE SINCE GOING UP TO 5-A, AND CLAY STEPHENSON HAS A CHANCE TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP IN 5A, BEFORE THEY WIN A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
CALHOUN BEAT WARE COUNTY, SETS UP THE MATCH UP HERE TODAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THEIR OFFENSE AND SPEEDSTER GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
THE THREE-STAR WIDE RECEIVER AND BURNER COLE STEPHENS.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT HOW A CAMP CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE, THIS YOUNG MAN GOES TO ATHENS AND HE RUNS SUB IS 4.4, 40 ON EVERYONE'S CLOCK.
HE IS WORKING OUT THE AFTERNOON.
HIS DAD TOLD ME, THEY OFFERED THE NEXT DAY AND THE REST IS HISTORY.
>> HE WILL PLAY WIDE RECEIVER AND ALSO PLAYING WIDE RECEIVER AND CORNER FOR THE JACKETS IS A GUY THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE HIM.
THE ONLY THING THAT SEPARATES THEM IS THE NUMBER ON THEIR JERSEY.
QUINN SMITH, COMMITTED TO AIR FORCE.
>> A BIT TALLER, BUT BOTH GUYS, WHAT COACH SAID, THEY PLAY 150 PLAYS A GAME.
THEY WILL PLAY WIDE RECEIVER.
THEY WILL PLAY CORNER.
THAT YOUNG MAN, NUMBER 9, WORTHY OF A MENTION.
>> AND THE RUNNING BACK, CADEN WILLIAMS HAS STEPPED UP TO BE A TRUE STAR ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL FOR THE JACKETS.
>> THE 190 POUND SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACK HAS PICKED UP THE PACE FOR CALHOUN AND WARNER ROBBINS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS PHYSICAL YOUNG RUNNING BACK TODAY.
>> THIS SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE.
5-A STATE TITLE, CALHOUN, TAKING ON WARNER ROBBINS.
IT'S BEEN A FABULOUS TOURNAMENT HERE IN ATLANTA.
THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM IS WILEY BABBERD.
HE IS AT THE STADIUM.
>> YOU DETAILED THE OFFENSIVE PIECES.
HOW ABOUT THE GUY CALLING THE PLAYS.
HE LEFT AN 2020 TO PURSUE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY SO COACH STEPHENS HAD TO MAKE A NEW HIRE AND HE WENT WITH CHRIS B ON ODEN, AND BODEN WAS THERE IN THE SPRING BUT THEN WAS OFFERED ANOTHER JOB.
SO TWO OFFENSIVE COORDINATORS WERE LOST IN THE MATTER OF MONTHS WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
THE COACH HAS TO CALL THE PLAYS.
ONE THING HE HAS LEARNED, YOU ONE, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER TO GET THEM IN.
AND SECONDLY, HE LEARNED, I HAVE NO PROBLEM LISTENING TO MY ASSISTANT.
WHEN AT THE ASK FOR A PLAY AND SUGGEST ONE.
I WILL CALL IT AND WHEN IT'S RIGHT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM GIVING THEM CREDIT.
WHEN IT DOES NOT WORK.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING HEY, THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING PLAYS.
IT'S BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
SOMETHING WELL GOT THEM TO A STATE FINAL.
>> ABSOLUTELY, WILEY, THERE'S A GREAT LOOK AT CLAY STEPHENSON.
THAT WAS NOT CLAY STEPHENSON RIGHT THERE.
THE HEAD COACH.
HOW DIFFICULT IS IT, RUSTY TO GO FROM WIDE RECEIVER COACH, TO DO HEAD COACH HAVING NEVER BAN PLAY CALLER AND NOW, HERE IN YOUR THIRD SEASON AS THE HEAD COACH, YOU ARE HAVING TO CALL THE PLAY.
>> WHAT IS BENEFICIAL FOR COACH STEPHENSS HE SPENT 21 YEARS WITH MICHAEL DAVIS WHO LEFT TO BE THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR.
COACH DAVIS AND COACH STEPHEN SON PUT A LOT OF PLANS TOGETHER AND TALKED ABOUT THE SIDELINES.
KLAY STEPHENSON WAS ABLE TO PUT THE THINGS TOGETHER AND NOW HE IS THE GUY MAKING THE CALLS IN HIS FIRST SEASON, MATT, HE WILL MAKE THE CALLS TODAY IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AS A HEAD COACH AT CALHOUN.
>> WELL, WE ALL REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHEN WE SAW WARNER ROBBINSS ON THE STAGE.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME VICTORIES, THAT I CAN EVER REMEMBER CERTAINLY IN GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HISTORY AS THEY OH, OBLITERATED CARTERSVILLE, 62-28.
THE OPENING KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP-GEORGIA, BUM -- BUCKLE-UP GEORGIA.
TAKEN BY CALHOUN AND AROUND THE 32 IS WHERE THE JACKETS ARE GOING TO GO ON OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.
AND THEY ARE LED BY THEIR QUARTERBACK CHRISTIAN LEWIS, NUMBER 14, 5'9", 155 POUND SENIOR.
HE HAS BEEN OFFERED BY REINHARDT, SHORTER AND HE IS IN THAT RANGE OF A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROSPECT.
HE IS THROWN FOR OVER 3,000 YARDS.
33 TOUCHDOWNS, RUSTY, AND THREE INTERCEPTIONS.
>> MAN, EFFICIENT, HE GETS IT DONE FOR CALHOUN, HE KNOWS ALL THE PLAYS.
HE IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK.
>> SO, HERE WE GO, FIRST SNAP OF THE GAME.
LEWIS, DANCES AROUND IN THE POCKET.
HE IS BEING CHASED AND THROWS IT AWAY.
TOP OF HIM THERE.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINEUP ON OFFENSE FOR THE JACKETS.
IT IS PRESENTED BY REGENTS BANK.
BELL, MATTHEW ON, WARREN AND LOU, THESE ARE ALL GOOD GUYS AND SPEAR CAN CATCH THE BALL, QUINN SMITH AS WELL, A LOT OF DANGEROUS WEAPONS FOR CHRISTIAN LEWIS TO WORK WITH.
>> FIRST PLAY YOU SEE HOW SMART HE IS.
GET RID OF THE BALL.
DON'T TAKE A NEGATIVE PLAY.
LET'S GO SECOND DOWN AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> SECOND DOWN AND TEN FROM THE 32.
QUINN SMITH, ON THE JET SWEEP.
HE IS GOING TO PICK UP MAYBE TWO OR THREE ON THE BREAK.
FRED PERRY, WHO WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN THE OPEN, A TACKLE.
>> NO DOUBT, NO DOUBT, YOU SEE HIM CLOSING DOWN THE A.L., CALHOUN DOUBLE TEAMED THE WARNER ROBBINS DEFENSIVE END.
YOU SEE THE PURSUIT INSIDE OUT AND A GUY LIKE PERRY CLOSE QUICKLY.
>> QUINN SMITH COMMITTED TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN, LINED TO GAIN IS THE 42.
SEE 85 THERE, WINSTON, HE IS A FRESHMAN TIGHT END AND AS THE YEAR HAS WENT ON, THEY HAVE USED HIM A LOT IN DOWNS LIKE THIS.
>> HE IS A GOOD LOOKING PROSPECT.
>> FRESHMAN.
>> 2025 CLASS, I KNOW THAT SOUNDS STRANGE TO SAY.
HE IS GOING TO BE A BIG TIME PLAYER.
PASS IS THROWN AND SHORT.
AND BROKEN UP.
>> I.D.
ON THAT NUMBER 7, MIGHT BE ONE OF THE PLAYERS WEARING THAT NUMBER IN HIS HONOR, AND THE BALL NEVER IS SCOOPED UP BY THE PUNTER.
IT IS RECOVERED BY WARNER ROBBINSS.
A 15 YARD LOSS T BALL GOES OVER ON DOWNS.
AND THE FIRST BIG BREAK OF THE GAME GOES TO WARNER ROBBINSS.
>> MY GOODNESS.
NOT A GREAT START THERE.
>> GOT HURT TOO.
>> ROLLED UP, TRYING TO COVER THE BALL.
HE HAD TO GO DOWN FOURTH, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FIELD THAT PUNT.
>> FIVE YARD MARK OFF COMING HERE AGAINST WARNER ROBBINS.
IT'S A GOOD LOOK AT THE CORNERBACK, CHRISTIAN LANE.
BIG SHOES TO FILL FOR HIM.
>> WARNER ROBBINS ON OFFENSE.
>> JAY CARTER, LOST, THE TIGHT END, HE PLAYS BOTH WAYS.
>> CHAZ STUBBORN ON THE CARRY.
CALHOUN ON DEFENSE.
WALL RAVEN, HOGAN AND NATION, THE THREE UP FRONT.
LINE BACKING CORE, GREEN FULLER OF LEWIS AND HAWKINS.
LEWIS THE TWIN BROTHER OF THE QUARTERBACK AND THEN SPEAR AND SMITH ARE THE CORNERS.
GOES RIGHT SIDE, 12 PERSONNEL, USUALLY TRIES TO RUN THE BALL AND IT'S JUST THAT.
>> PLAY IS BLOWN DEAD.
THIRD DOWN.
>> SAW THEM PLAY CARTERSVILLE EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
THIS IS THE FORMATION THEY LIKE TO PLAY.
TRYING TO DO RUN THE BALL DOWN HILL.
IT'S CONFIRMED THAT THE NUMBER SEVEN WALKER.
HE IS NUMBER ONE.
HE IS WEARING NUMBER SEVEN IN HONOR OF HIS INTERED TEAMMATE.
>> NOBODY WAS THINKING HE WAS COMING OUT FOR A PASS.
>> SNAP BACK TO LANE.
ON THE DIRECT SNAP.
AND THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN.
THE DEMONS STARTING THE GAME LIKE THEY DID LAST YEAR WITH THE BANG.
>> THEY TAKE THE BAD SNAP ON THE PUNT AND TURNED IT IN TO SIX QUICKLY.
>> THE BALL BOUNCED RIGHT THERE.
MATT.
>> P.A.T.BY DANIEL BARBER IS GOOD.
FOUR PLAYS, 20 YARDS AFTER THEY RECOVERED THE FUMBLE SNAP PUNT FRED PAYNE CASHES IN.
23rd OF THE SEASON FOR HIM.
THE FUMBLE SNAP THAT TURNED IN TO A TOUCHDOWN, DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WEATHER?
>> THE BALL, THE TURF, MORE THAN USUAL.
THE PUNT, IT WAS A LITTLE LOW.
IT WAS NERVES EARLY.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
YOU SEE COACH STEPHENSSON THERE.
TRYING TO GET HIS TEAM BACK AND READY.
WE CANNOT HAVE TURNOVERS.
HE KNEW THAT WARNER ROBBINS IS CAPABLE OF PUTTING UP A TON OF POINTS AND THEY HAVE TO STAY WITH HIM SOMEHOW.
SO, JACKSON McCOOK, SET TO KICK IT OFF FOR WARNER ROBBINS.
STANDING DEEP FOR THE JACKETS.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO DOUBLE HIM.
>> YEP.
>> AND HE HAT -- HE CAN GET BEHIND YOU, HE IS NOT A POSSESSION RECEIVER.
HE IS A BURNER.
>> SO YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHERE HE IS AT ALL TIMES.
LEWIS IN THE POCKET.
FIRES, COMPLETE, AND THAT IS COLE SPEAR, THEY GO ZONE RIGHT THERE AND HE RUNS A LITTLE IN ROUTE.
CHRISTIAN LEWIS FINDS HIM.
>> YOU GET TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME YOU DON'T WANT TO REFLECT AND LOOK BACK AND SAY, WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS GUY THE BALL MORE.
NICELY EXECUTED, SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS BY DAVEON WALKER.
HE IS BIGGER.
6-2.
HE IS LIKE -- 12-2 ON THE SEASON.
CARTERSVILLE WAS THE NUMBER 1 SEED AND RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE A LOT OF THE SEASON.
WERE KNOCKED OUT BY WARNER ROBBINS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE REGENTS BANK.
IT ENABLED HIM CADEN WILLIAMS.
>> AND REMEMBER THE STARTING LINEUPS.
REGENTS BANK.
>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN THEM GIVE HIM THE BALL YET.
AND NOW WE HAVE.
CADEN WILLIAMS WILL PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 30 YARD LINE.
YOU CAN SENSE THE BALL WAS GOING TO HIM NOW.
>> YEP.
VERY STRONG.
GOING TO DREW UP CALHOUN'S WHOLE LIFE.
STARTED IN ROME AS A TRUE FRESHMAN.
COMES BACK TO CALHOUN THIS YEAR.
VERY, VERY PHYSICAL YOUNG MAN.
STRONG, 195 POUND FRAME.
RUNS AND YOU SEE WHERE HE FINISHES.
>> GOING TOSS THE BALL ON A SWEEP TO WILLIAMS, THIS TIME, HE CANNOT GET AROUND THE EDGE.
AND AS DEUCE PETTY THE FREE SAFETY, BRINGS HIM OUT AND SHOVES HIM OUT OF BOUNDS.
HE IS THE NEXT GUY.
HE HAS A SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACK AND A FRESHMAN TIGHT END, WINSTON, NUMBER 85.
YOU WILL SEE HIM A LOT TODAY, CAUGHT A HUGE PASS AND LATE IN THE GAME TO FINISH OFF BLESSED TRINITY.
>> SECOND DOWN AND NINE.
>> YEAH, THEY RAN THE GAUNTLET.
>> OH, NO.
>> YOU CAN NOT SAY THEY CHEATED THEIR WAY IN THE STATE FINAL.
ONLY WARNER ROBBINS HAD A MORE DIFFICULT TRAIL.
AND A QUARTERBACK SACK WAY BACK AT THE 40 YARD LINE.
J CARTER, THE 6 FOOT 215 SENIOR AND LEADING TACKLER DROPS YOU FOR A BIG LOSS.
>> NICE PROTECTION.
THAT WAS IN THREE.
YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF THE PLAY.
YOU HAD ONE TOO MANY AT THE END.
GET RID OF THE BALL AND THROW IT AWAY RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW HE WANTS THAT PLAY BACK.
>> 15 YARD LOSS.
NOW, IT'S THIRD AND 22.
CAN'T SEE THE LINE TO GAIN IN THE SCREEN SHOT, IT'S THIS FAR.
FALSE START, OFFENSE, FIVE YARD PENALTY.
THIRD DOWN.
>> NOW, IT'S THIRD AND SEVEN.
>> HE SAID WE HAVE TO PLAY AHEAD OF THE CHAINS.
NOWHERE NEAR THE CHAINS.
PUTS YOU OUT OF WHERE YOU LIKE TO DO EARLY ON HERE.
PERHAPS TO GET IT BACK AND PUT YOURSELF IN FIELD GOAL RANGE.
COVERAGE IS TIGHT BY ANTAWN JACKSON.
THAT PUNT RIGHT HERE.
YOU TAKE A NEGATIVE PLAY FOR A SACK.
AND YOU SEE THE COACH AND YOU SAY, LISTEN, YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF IT.
REGROUP, COME BACK, SENIOR QUARTERBACK.
MADE A CONTINUE OF PLAYS FOR CAL TUNE, PUT HIM BEHIND THE CHAINS AND NOT GET RID OF THAT ONE.
IT WILL BE CHRISTOPHER LEWIS PUNTING.
HE WAS NOT THE GUY OUT THERE PUNTING THE FIRST TIME.
HE DROPS THE BALL.
THAT IS MORE TROUBLE AND NOW, AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR THE DEMONS AND SANFORD WILL TAKE IT IN FOR THE SCORE.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
40 YARDS.
TWO BOTCHED PUNTS BY CALHOUN HAS LED TO TWO QUICK TOUCHDOWNS FOR WARNER ROBBINS.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
YOU CANNOT HAVE THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU RARELY SEE OUT OF A CALHOUN TYPE TEAM TWO CRITICAL MISTAKES.
WE HAVE GOT A BIG MAN TOUCHDOWN RIGHT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS RUMBLING, BUT HE GOT THERE.
THEY REGISTERED OVER AT EORGIA TECH.
IT WAS REGISTERING, 14-0.
>> DISASTER, SPECIAL TEAMS START FOR CALHOUN.
SOMETHING THAT YOU NEVER SEE OUT OF A TEAM, LOOKED RIGHT AT HIM.
>> YEP.
>> TRYING TO KICK IT.
I GUESS, TECHNICALLY, IT'S A BLOCKED PUNT RETURN FOR NATHANIEL SANFORD, ALL 6 FOOT, 290 POUNDS.
WOW, AND HE KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
>> LOOK AT MY MAN.
>> HE HAD SPIN ON ON THE BALL.
HE GOT TO THE END ZONE.
HOW ABOUT THAT.
>> ROBBINS.
LEADING CALHOUN.
14-0.
>> LOOK AT HIM.
>> GOT THE CHAIN ON.
>> GOT THE CHAIN ON.
>> SMILE, FRESH HAIRCUT.
WOW.
HE WILL BE ASKING TO UPDATE HIS PROFILE.
>> PUT HIM IN ON OFFENSE.
WE HAVE SEEN HIM MAKE ONE HUGE PLAY ON OFFENSE.
AND ONE BIG PLAY ON SPECIAL TEAMS.
>> COULD NOT AFFORD THIS START.
CALHOUN IN A DEEP, DEEP HOLE AGAINST AN EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE.
YOU GIVE UP TWO TOUCHDOWNS, BASICALLY VIA SPECIAL TEAMS.
TOUGH HILL TO CLIMB RIGHT HERE FOR CALHOUN.
THERE'S THE KICKOFF COMING DOWN AT THE 14 AND IT'S SMITH AGAIN ON THE RETURN.
HE IS UP TO THE 34.
YOU CAN ALMOST SEE IT IN THE FACES OF CALHOUN RIGHT HERE AND THEY ARE THINKING WHARKS THE HECK JUST HAPPENED?
AS WE LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THE GAME.
-- >> ARE THEY TRYING TO STEAL A POSSESSION.
WARNER ROBBINS, DEFENSIVELY, YOU HAVE TO KEEP CONTROL IN GAMES WITH THE FRONT FOUR AND YOU HAVE NO KNOW WHERE COLE SPEAR IS AT ALL TIMES.
RIGHT NOW, THE NUMBER ONE KEY IS THE FIRST ONE.
NO TURNOVERS AND IT'S ALREADY BITING THE CALHOUN TEAM.
>> YEAH, TWO HUGE MISTAKES.
BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THAT IS NOT A TURNOVER.
THE BALL IS JUST GOING EVERY ON DOWNS.
BECAUSE IT WAS FOURTH DOWN.
IT'S A TECHNICALITY.
BUT THOSE WERE TWO HUGE MISTAKES MADE ON THE PUNT TEAM THAT LED TO POINTS FOR WARNER ROBBINS.
>> CALHOUN HAS TO REGROUP AND YOU ARE DOWN 14 AND NOT THE START YOU WANTED, YOU HAVE A TON OF TIME LEFT IN THE GAME.
A LOT OF SENIORS, LISTEN, THEY WERE DOWN 21-7.
>> YEP, THEY WERE.
>> SO THEY PLAYED FROM BEHIND BEFORE.
THEY HAVE TO REGROUP RIGHT HERE.
>> SECOND DOWN AND TEN.
YEAH, WARNER ROBBINS HAS A 14-0 LEAD.
THEY HAVE RUN FOUR OFFENSIVE PLAYS.
>> NOT EVEN STEEN HIGH POWERED OFFENSE GET ON THE FIELD YET.
>> LEWIS, THROWING AND BROKEN UP BY DEUCE PETTY.
PETTY DOESN'T GET HIS HANDS ON THE BALL.
AND IT'S TROUBLE.
PEYTON WALL IS RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
>> WHAT A GREAT PLAY RIGHT HERE.
WATCH HIM, EXTEND AT THE VERY END.
YOU TALK ABOUT MATTERS IN SECONDARY.
LOOK AT THE LENGTH.
JUST CLOSES IT DOWN.
MATT, YOU ARE CORRECT.
>> THEY SAY, HE DID NOT CATCH IT.
TWO GUYS, RIGHT THERE.
SO, THERE'S MAURKICE WESTBROOK, THE HEAD COACH OF THE DEMONS.
WHAT A JOB HE HAS DANTING OVER FOR COACH CHASTAIN, WHO WENT TO JONES COUNTY.
HE STEPPED IN FROM THE D.C.
POSITION.
39-4.
>> IMPRESSIVE.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, MATT, BOTH OF THESE GUYS THEY HAVE FILLED IT THIS TIME.
>> AND THE KICK TAKEN AT THE 35 YARD LINE BY PETTY.
ACROSS THE 50.
AND DOWN TO THE 47.
>> Referee: SIDELINE WARNING ON CALHOUN.
FIRST DOWN.
>> SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE THIRD DOWN PLAY IN THE PASS THAT AMARI WINSTON THOUGHT HE HAD CAUGHT.
IT'S A GREAT PLAY RIGHT THERE.
GOLLY, I NEVER SAW THE BALL COME OUT.
>> I DIDN'T EITHER.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE HE MADE A SPORTSCENTER TOP TEN CATCH AND DID NOT GET CREDIT FOR IT.
>> HM-MM.
>> HAND OFF GOES TO CHAZ STERN.
HE GETS THREE ON THE PLAY.
THEY DON'T HELP.
THEY AVERAGE 34 POINTS PER GAME ON OFFENSE.
HE RAN OUT A YARD SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN MARKER.
>> WORKED HIM OUT OF THE CAMP AND GOT HIM IN VALDOSTA IN JANUARY LAST YEAR.
FIRST TIME I KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM.
RAN 4.6, GREAT LENGTH.
BALL SKILL.
JUST REALLY COMING IN TO HIS OWN THIS YEAR.
THIRD DOWN AND ONE.
LANE, WIDE OPEN.
AND DROPPED BY JAY CARTER THE TIGHT END.
CAUGHT A BREAK.
CHRISTIAN LANE STEPPED IN TO THE SHADOW OF JALEN ADDY AND HE HAS PERFORMED WELL THIS YEAR.
65% COMPLETION RATE.
YOU CANNOT THROW A BETTER BALL THAN THAT RIGHT THERE.
>> A TOUCHDOWN BREAK.
LET'S BE HONEST THERE.
>> FOURTH AND ONE.
AS THEY GET THE FIRST DOWN.
CHECK THE SPOT ON THE RUN BY FRED PERRY.
WARNER ROBBINS DID NOT GET IT ON FOURTH AND ONE.
THEY WERE STOPPED ON A SHORT FOURTH DOWN.
BIG PLAY BY CALHOUN.
TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MOMENTUM GOING.
DOWN 14 EARLY.
LOOK AT THAT.
DIRECT SNAP TO PERRY AND HE JUST DOES NOT GET THERE.
THE GREAT PENETRATION BY THE LINEBACKER.
WE HAVE A MAN DOWN TO WARNER ROBBINS.
CHASE SMITH, A JUNIOR WHO HAS BEEN OFFERED BY ABOUT UCF, MARSHAL AND LIBERTY, 6'3", 265.
HE IS A GOOD LOOKING JUNIOR DIFFERENCE LINEMAN.
>> SAW THEM BACK IN THE SPRING.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A LINE, AND SIZE.
OH.
FRIENDLY FIRE.
>> OH, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
>> FRIENDLY FIRE RIGHT THERE.
>> TWO GUYS GOING IN TO MAKE THE TACKLE AND CHASE SMITH GETS THE BAD END OF IT.
LOOKING AT HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
LOOKING UP IN THE JOINT.
RESPECT IS MORE THAN A WORD IN THE U.S. ARMY.
NOW IN ADDITION TO EARNING RESPECT, YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR MORE INFORMATION AT GO ARMY.COM/BONUS OR 800-USA ARMY, PAID FOR BY THE U.S. ARMY AND WE DO HAVE TWO COMMITMENTS TO THE ARMY.
SO, THE U.S. ARMY ACADEMY, AND WEST POINT.
THE LEFT TACKLE, KENDRICK KIRWY FOR CALHOUN, AND THE LEFT TACKLE, NUMBER BE 76, D.J.
BROOKS FOR WARNER ROBBINS.
>> THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE, UNBELIEVABLE DEAL.
>> IN FACT, CALHOUN HAS THE COMMITMENT TO EVERY ONE OF THE SERVICE ACADEMIES.
>> WOW.
>> ALL THREE OF THEM ARE COVERED.
WON IN THE SCREEN PASS THERE, TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO SPEARS.
>> IN ADDITION TO KENDRICK KIRBY, YOU HAVE GAUGE LEONARD WHO IS COMMITTED IN NAVY AND THE AFOREMENTIONED QUINN SMITH WHO COMMITTED TO AIR FORCE.
>> IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT ANYTHING POSITIVE FOR CALHOUN, THEY ARE BLOCKING THE FRONT FOUR.
THEY ARE GETTING TIME.
LEWIS WILL HAVE TO DIAL IN AND HIT SOME OF THOSE, BUT IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT YOU LOOK AND SAY, WE ARE DOING THAT WELL.
IT'S A CALHOUN OFFENSE LINE.
THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.
LEWIS, PRESSURE COMING FROM THE BACK SIDE, THROWING ON THE RUN AND GOOD CATCH BY COLE SPEAR COMING BACK TO HELP OUT HIS WIDE RECEIVER.
NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
YEAH,GAVE UP PRESSURE THERE.
RUSTY, DO YOU GO FOR IT HERE, GIVEN THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE SNAP TWO TIMES IN A ROW?
>> YOU GOT THE LAST ONE OFF.
YOU TRUST THE DEFENSE, THEY HAVE HAD A STOP.
REALLY, IF YOU GO DOWN THROUGH TOUCHDOWNS AT THIS POINT.
GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY HARD.
COMMITTED TO GEORGIA IN AUGUST.
OVER 9 OTHER OFFERS IN MEMPHIS, ARMY AND EAST CAROLINA GOING FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN AND IT'S A FIRST DOWN CARRY.
>> WOW.
GOOD GOODNESS.
THE LETTER THAT MAY BE A COMMIT.
THERE'S A WAY.
>> I DID NOT SEE THE FORMATION.
THERE WAS A LOT OF MOTION AND EYE CANDY THERE.
SNAP IT STRAIGHT TO HIM.
IT GOES WEAK SIDE.
THEY GO AND HAVE TRIP LINED UP.
HE HAS A HOLE ON THE BACK SIDE TO KICK IT OUT.
HE WAS NORTH/SOUTH FOR A FIRST DOWN.
LOVE THE FORMATION AND LOOK THERE.
CAUGHT WARNER ROBBINS OFF GUARD.
>> GAUGE LEONARD, HE WAS THE GUY UNTIL HALF WAY THROUGH THE SEASON WHEN CADEN WILLIAMS TOOK OVER.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 7 FROM THE 36.
IN THE FIRST QUARTER, RIDES DOWN AND CUT THE LEAD IN HALF.
BACK IN THERE.
QUARTERBACK HEAVY RUSH.
GETS IT OUT OF THERE.
JUST IN TIME.
DELIVERS THE BALL TO GAUGE LEONARD.
FLAG DOWN ON THE PLAY.
SEE WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
PERSONAL FOUL, ROUGHING THE PASSER.
ON THE DEFENSE.
15 YARD PENALTY.
AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.
HERE COMES TO THE BOTTOM HERE.
GREAT JOB GETTING THE HANDS OF OF THE OFFENSIVE STACK HE WILL -- OF THE OFFENSIVE TACKLE OFF OF YOU.
>> PERKINS, THE SENIOR DEFENSIVE END.
FIRST AND TEN AT THE 20.
CADEN WILLIAMS IN THE BACKFIELD, IT'S A TFL , AND THE DEMONS.
NATHANIEL STANFORD, THE PLAYER OF THE GAME.
A LOT OF ATTENTION TO BIG BURLEY.
THAT FREES UP SOMEBODY.
SANFORD HAD A TOUCHDOWN, TACKLE FOR A LOSS.
IMPRESSIVE, I'M TALKING ABOUT IMPRESSIVE GUY RIGHT THERE.
HIT HIM IN THE FOOT.
THEY COME BACK WITH THE SCREEN UNDERNEATH.
>> 10THTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE RIGHT HERE.
>> HUGE PLAY, GREAT JOB, BEST OF THE DAY FOR LEWIS.
RUSH READY BY LEWIS IN THE SLIDE.
HE HAS BEEN POISED WITH A LOT OF PRESSURE IN HIS FACE.
A COUPLE OF YARDS.
LAST TIME THEY RAN THE WEAK SIDE, IT'S COMING IN.
>> FIRST AND GOAL.
BALL GOING TO GAUGE LEONARD.
THAT FORMATION, AND WENT BACK TO THE SAME PLAY.
THIRD CARRY, GAUGE LEONARD.
>> IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT IS EVERY ONE OF THEM THAT HAS BEEN A WILDCAT SNAP TO HIM.
I DON'T THINK THAT HE HAS TAKEN A HAND ON IT.
FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
WARNER ROBBINS, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CALHOUN'S SLOPPINESS.
CASHING IN TWO.
TOUCHDOWN, BUT AS WE HEAD TO THE SECOND QUARTER.
CALHOUN POISED FINALLY PUNCHING IT IN.
14-0, WARNER ROBBINS AFTER A QUARTER OF PLAY.
>>> CALHOUN WITH A HILL TO CLIMB.
WARNER ROBBINS UP 14-0, AND AS MATT NOTED IN THE BREAK, IT'S BEEN PROBLEMS ON THE PUNT TEAM.
HERE'S THE STORY.
ON THE FIRST PUNT, A MUFFED SNAP.
BO BLACK DID NOT HANDLE IT.
HE IS THE BACK UP PUNTER.
AND THE STARTING PUNTER IS CHRISTOPHER LEWIS, HE IS NUMBER 4.
HE HAD A CAST ON HIS HAND.
SO HE COULD NOT HANDLE THE FIRST AFTER THE FIRST MUFFED PUNT, THEY BROUGHT HIM ON THE FIELD.
HE STRUGGLED.
SO THEY BROUGHT IN ANOTHER PLAYER, WHO COULD HANDLE THE SNAP AND PUNT IT CLEANLY.
THEY HAVE ISSUES.
SECOND AND THREE FOR CALHOUN.
THE YELLOW JACKETS ARE STARTING TO CLIMB BACK.
>> WELL DESIGNED PLAY, AND IT STARTS WITH THE OFFENSIVE LINE PROTECTION.
THEY RUN CROSSING ROUTES.
CONFUSED A BIT THERE AND YOU GET A GUY OPEN, AND IT TAKES TIME FOR THOSE WIDE RECEIVERS TO RUN THE CROSSING ROUTES.
GREAT JOB UP FRONT.
GREAT JOB BY LEWIS TO FIND SMITH.
BIG ANSWER.
IT GOES BACK TO THAT DECISION TO GO FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN.
LEWIS WAS 4 OF 6 FOR 26 YARDS.
ON THE DRIVE, HE RUSHED, NEARLY FIVE MINUTES ON THAT SLIDE AND 11 PLAYS.
>> HAD A LOT OF PROTECTION IN THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
THEY WON THE RIGHT GUARD, STANDING UP HIS MAN.
THE 34th TOUCHDOWN PASS OF THE SEASON.
FOR CHRISTIAN LEWIS.
CALHOUN IS MAKING THE GAME.
14-7, FIVE SECONDS IN TO THE SECOND QUARTER.
THEY GOT TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.
GIVEN HOW MUCH A DISASTER IT STARTED.
>> A MEMORY.
BUT, RIGHT HERE, WE HAVE ANOTHER 99.
>> THEY HAVE SO MANY BATTLES THERE.
>> ON OH.
>> BACK IN THE 2000/2010 RANGE.
KEPT MEETING BUFORD AT THE SAT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME EVERY YEAR IT SEEMED.
>> YEP.
>> KICK IS COMING DOWN AT THE 19 YARD LINE.
WALKER CAN'T GIVE HIM ROOM.
>> NOPE.
>> HE IS A BIG KICK RETURNER.
HE IS A GREAT WIDE RECEIVER AND HE HAS A NICE RETURN TORE THE DEMONS TO GIVE THEM GOOD FIELDLY POSITION HERE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
WE HAVE TO NOWHERE THEY AR COMING.
THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP FIVE YARDS.
THEY SAID, WARNER ROBBINS IS IN SECOND FIVE.
SO MUCH, LET'S HOLD THEM TO TWO, HOLD THEM TO THREE AND MAKE THEM PLAY BEHIND THE CHAINS.
29 YARD RETURN BY WALKER.
GIVES THEM THE BALL AT THE 47.
LANE.
GOING TO THROW IT TO WALKER.
HE CROSSES THE 50.
DOWN TO THE 46.
>> AND WE SEE THAT PLAY SEEN IT ALL DAY LAST NIGHT AND ALL DAY TODAY.
I SAW IT LAST SATURDAY IN MERCEDES BENZ.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COME UP AND MAKE THE TACKLE ON THAT AND YOU SEE A STACK AT THE TOP.
AND IT'S A FORMATION.
CHAZ STERN, IT'S A FIRST DOWN.
AND IT'S A WARNER ROBBINS TEAM THAT LOST A REAL WEAPON IN MALCOLM BROWN TO AN INJURED LEG ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
THEY HAVE THREE MORE BACKS.
THEY KEEP BRINGING THEM OUT.
IT'S A GUY NEXT YEAR THAT EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY KNOWS IS A SPECIAL, SPECIAL TALENT IN THE 2023 CLASS.
>> RHET PERRY ON THE RUN RIGHT THERE.
BALL POPS OUT AFTER THE WHISTLE HAS BLOWN.
YOU MENTION MALCOLM BROWN.
OFFERS, N.C. STATE, MINNESOTA, INTEREST AND VIRGINIA TECH.
THE HOKIES WITH THE NEW COACH.
>> THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR CALHOUN.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE WANTED TO KEEP IT DOWN.
THIRD AND SIX.
NOT LETTING THEM RUN UP THE MIDDLE.
>> FIND THE GAME AT 31.
AND LOOKS LIKE HE MAY HAVE MADE CONTACT THERE.
ENCROACHMENT.
>> Referee: ENCROACHMENT.
>> ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
LIFTED IT IN ON THE DEPTH CHART.
JUMPED ACROSS, MADE THE CONTACT.
>> TRY TO DO THE LAST MINUTE SHIFT, YOU SEE, AND JUST GOT HIMSELF OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, HE GAVE UP FIVE EASY.
>> THIRD AND ONE.
NOW AT THE FIRST DOWN AND MORE.
FRED PERRY.
>> HOW ABOUT FRED PERRY.
400 YARDS RUSHARE -- 400 YARDS RUSHING.
>> HE IS GOOD AT SPECIAL TEAMS AND RUNNING BACK.
A GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER.
>> FIRST AND TEN.
OFF TO FRED PERRY AGAIN AND PERRY AT THE OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 18 YARD LINE.
GAUGE LEONARD PLAYS FREE SAFETY FOR THE JACKETS.
MAKING THE CONTACT.
SWING PASS, TRYING TO GET EVERYONE CAUGHT IN MOTION.
A LITTLE ROLL OUT HERE.
AND CALHOUN CLOSES QUICK ON THAT.
>> ACTUALLY, THAT WAS LUKE HAWKINS WHO MADE THE FIRST CONTACT AND LEONARD WAS THE PUSH OUT OF BOUNDS.
SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.
>> RUN AND START.
FIRST DOWN AND MORE.
INSIDE THE FIVE.
FRED PERRY.
YOU CAN SEE WHEN HE GETS THE RUNNING START.
THIS WILL BE A BIG PLAY FOR THE DEMONS.
>> BLOCK HERE.
SEALED IT OFF FROM THE INSIDE.
IT'S ALL PERRY AT THAT POINT.
>> STARTER, JOSE JONZ, CLEARING THE WAY.
THE LEFT GUARD, THIS TIME, THEY GET PENETRATION AND DROPPED FRED PERRY FOR A LOSS.
AT LEAST A ZERO GAIN.
>>> ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION ON THE DEFENSE.
HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL.
>> BACKS YOU UP NOW.
LET'S SEE WHERE YOU SHOULD BE AROUND THE 12 YARD LINE.
IT'S A, IT WILL BE THE 14.
REMEMBER IT'S TEN YARDS FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL.
NOT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S THE 14 INSTEAD OF THE 12.
TRYING CLEAR THE EDGE.
MAYBE THREE OF IT RIGHT THERE.
MAYBE JUST TWO.
>> I TELL YOU, I SEE WARNER ROBBINS DOING A GOOD JOB.
AND CALHOUN IS TRYING TO TACKLE THE FOOTBALL.
EVERY TIME SOMEBODY IS RIPPING IT AT SOMETHING.
LUKE HAWKINS, THE THIRD TACKLE OF THE GAME.
>> BUT SO FAR, WARN ROBBINSS, -- WARN ROBBINSS DOING A GOOD JOB.
>> 180 SENIOR.
>>> SOMEBODY, THE THIRD MAN HAS TO SHOW QUICK.
CALHOUN USES IT LIKE AN EXTEND ED HAND OFF.
WHAT A PLAY AND AN EVENT RIGHT THERE.
TURN OVER FOR CALHOUN.
NICE BANG P SHOULDER THROW THERE.
COMPLETE TO PEYTON LAW.
COMPLETION OF CURTIS.
>> GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYER, 6'4", 6'5" KID, GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYER IN CALHOUN.
A GOOD JOB PLAYING WITH TWO HIGHLY TOUTED WIDE RECEIVERS.
>> FIRST AND TEN, THEY MOVE THE BALL OUT TO THE 40 YARD LINE.
YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, RUSTY.
YOU THINK OF THE GAME AND HOW IT HAS CHANGED.
>> FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
STILL FIRST DOWN.
>> FROM THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE DOWN 21-7.
>> YEAH.
>> INSTEAD, IT'S STILL 14-7 AND NOW, THEY HAVE THE BALL AT THE 45.
>> AND DRIVE IT BACK AND WE SAID IT, MATT.
THIS TEAM IS PLAYING FINE.
THEY WERE DOWN ON THE ROAD IN WAYCROSS, 21-7, 14-0, DID NOT PANIC CALHOUN AT ALL.
>> WARNER ROBBINS, CALLS THE TIME-OUT AND SLOWS IT DOWN.
WE WILL STEP ASIDE, >> HAS A BROKEN THUMB, HAD IT FOR A WHILE, IT'S NOT THE INJURY.
YOU SEE THE CAST ON, HE HAD IT IN CARTERS VILLE IN ROUND TWO.
LISTEN, THIS TIME OF YEAR.
EVERYBODY IS A BIT BANGED UP AND THAT SUPER STAR RIGHT THERE FOR WARNER ROBBINS.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE TO KEEP THEM OFF THE FIELD.
15 OFFERS.
CLEMSON, FLORIDA STATE, FALLING IN TO THE WARM CATEGORY.
BIG RUN BY COLE SPEAR.
STILL DRAGGING THE DEFENSE DOWN THE FIELD AND DROPPING THE 31.
THEY WORKED HIM OUT AND HE RAN THE SUB 4, 4.40, HE WILL BE A GEORGIA BULLDOG OFFICIALLY ON WEDNESDAY.
INTERESTING STORY?
COAL SPEAR.
HE IS NOT AS HIGHLY RATED AS THE OTHER GUYS IN GEORGIA 2022 CLASS.
WHAT HE HAS IS INCREDIBLE SPEED.
HE SHOW YOU HAD IT PERSONALLY TO THE COACHES.
>> WILLIAMS, AGAIN, WILLIAMS, GETS MAYBE THREE ON THE PLAY RIGHT THERE.
CALHOUN HAS RALLIED LED DIRECTLY TO TOUCH DOWNS.
THEY HAVE A GOOD SCORE ON THE TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM LEWIS TO SMITH AND NOW WORKING ON THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE IMPRESSIVE DRIVE.
>>.
>> WILLIAMS COMING IN TO THE SHORT SIDE.
KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 13 YARD LINE.
BY WALKER.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WALKER QUICKLY.
HE SIGNS WITH VANDERBILT WEDNESDAY.
IT'S THE BIGGEST SURPRISE.
I THOUGHT CALHOUN WILL THROW IT 50 TIMES TO STAY IN THE GAME.
THEY ARE BLOCKING THE WARNER ROBBINS FRONT SEVEN.
>> FIRST AND TEN FROM THE 13.
CALHOUN, 13 YARDS AWAY FROM PERHAPS TYING THE GAME UP.
DOWN TO THE TEN AND REALLY, REALLY STEADY, REALLY STEADY DRIVE GOING ON HERE FROM CALHOUN.
THIS IS GREAT NEWS FROM HIM.
I'M TELLING YOU.
I TALKED TO THE STAFF.
WHETHER PENDING THEY THOUGHT THEY MAY HAVE TO THROW IT 45 TIMES AND RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE RUN ARE THE FOOTBALL AND CONTROLLING THE CLOCK.
>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX.
THE BALL AT THE NINE YARD LINE.
>> I ANTICIPATE THIS, BOTH OF THE TEAMS RIGHT HERE WITH A LOT OF SENIORS AND A LOT OF EXPERIENCED FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
THESE TWO TEAMS RIGHT HERE, WILL GO TOE TO TOE FOR FOUR QUARTERS.
>> 12th FINALS FOR CALHOUN.
WARNER ROBBINS PLAYING IN THE 11th FINAL AND THEIR 5th IN A ROW.
THIS IS ONLY THE SEVENTH TIME THAT NEITHER FINAL SEEDS WERE NUMBER 1 SEEDS.
SO, IT'S VERY RARE, YOU HAVE TWO TWOs PLAYING FOR THE STATE TITLE.
IT'S ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE COME OUT OF TWO OF THE TOUGHEST REGIONS IN THE ENTIRE STATE.
>> IF MY MAN WHO DOES THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL DAILY IS RIGHT, HE SAID THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS 1990.
THANKS TO SCOTT FOR THE STAT.
LINE TO GAIN IS THE FOUR.
SO, IT'S REALLY SCORING LIKE FOURTH AND FIVE.
THEY ARE GOING FOURTH.
FADE ROUTE AND NEARLY GREAT ONE-HANDED CATCH.
YOU HAVE THAT AND THE VANDY, WALKER, BREAKS IT UP.
AND DENIES THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> YOU SEE HIM BUCKLE THE SEAT BELT RIGHT THERE.
HE CLAMPED IT DOWN.
>> GOT TO HAVE, GET YOUR GUY.
GOT TO LET YOUR GUY MAKE AN EFFORT RIGHT HERE.
KEEPING IT IN BOUNDS A LITTLE BIT, HM-MM.
GOOD JOB RIGHT THERE.
>> CALHOUN, SO SALTY ON DEFENSE.
THAT HAS BEEN THE STAPLE FOR YEARS.
3-3 STACK RIGHT HERE.
INCOMPLETE.
QUINN SMITH, SNEAKING UP FROM BEHIND.
COACH WESTBROOK WE HAVE TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE COMING.
THEY ARE GOING TO BRING MORE THAN THREE.
EVERYBODY HAS TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
THIRD DOWN, AND TEN.
BALL AT THE NINE.
CALHOUN CAN GET THE STOP HERE AND FORCE THE THREE AND OUT.
SHOULD GET GOOD FIELD POSITION.
ON THE PUNT EXCHANGE.
LANE, POPS IT.
AND AGAIN.
BIG FELLA MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF HERE IN THE STATE TITLE GAME.
AND THEN HE KIND OF FLIPPED THE BALL DOWN AND THE OFFICIALS SAID SOMETHING TO HIM RIGHT THERE.
>> SAME PLAY THEY EARLY YEFRMT POP PASS.
FREE LEE LEASE OUT OF THE POSITION AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE RIGHT THERE TO COVER THE BIG MAN.
IT'S A HARD THING TO DO.
STERN ON THE CARRY RIGHT THERE.
GREAT STORY.
SUBBING IN.
THE ABSENCE OF MALCOLM BROWN.
LOOK AT THE SHIFTINESS.
GOOD JOB, BLOCKING BODY ON BODY.
MOVE THE CHAINS, FIRST AND TEN, LANE GOES FAR SIDE WITH IT, HIGH THROW.
WALKER UNABLE TO COME DOWN WITH IT.
YOU HAVE A NICE BATTLE WITHIN THE BATTLE GOING ON HERE.
HE WAS THROWING OFF THE HASH.
FOUR MINUTE-S TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF.
STERN.
JAY CARTER TRYING TO GET A BLOCK FOR THEM THERE.
IT GOT BLOWN UP.
STERN LOST A YARD ON THE PLAY.
THIRD DOWN.
PICK UP THE RUSH.
COMPLETE THE PASS TO PETTY.
CROSS THE 45.
A PICK ON THE END.
PICKED IT UP.
ENABLED HIM TIME, DELIVERED THE BALL.
>> SEE IF IT'S THROUGH THERE.
HE JUST STAYED TO TRY TO JUMP UP.
WHERE DO THEY SPOT IT?
ORIGINAL PROGRESS WAS AROUND THE 45.
I THINK THAT IS WHERE THEY PUT IT DOWN.
IT WAS SHORT OF THE 45.
OFF TO PERRY.
FIRST DOWN TO PERRY.
TAKES DOWN THE TACKLER, SPEAR.
HAS THE FIRST OUT OF THE 33.
>> PERRY, SHOWING TOUGHNESS THERE.
>> JUST SPEED OUT IN SPACE.
NOTHING, JUST A STRAIGHT BOOT LEG AND DUMP IT OFF RIGHT HERE.
AND BOTH CALHOUN DEFENDERS DID NOT HAVE THE SPEED TO CATCH HIM.
YOU SEE TWO GUYS TRAILING.
THEY CANNOT GET TO HIM.
HE LOWERED THE BOOM THERE.
13 YARD PUCK UP.
FIRST TIME HE THREW THE BALL TO CAM FLOWERS.
HE GETS ABOUT FIVE.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SERIES.
LATE IN THE HALF.
PLAYED HERE.
A COUPLE OF STOPS.
CALHOUN HAS TO BOW THEIR BACKS AGAIN RIGHT HERE TO KEEP WARNER ROBBINS OUT OF THE END ZONE.
GOING A FIRST DOWN.
ALL THINGS ARE SAID AND DONE.
THIS DRIVE STARTED AT THE 9 AFTER THEY FORCED A TURNOVER ON DOWNS.
INSIDE THE TEN YARD LINE.
CONVERTED A BIG THIRDER AND TEN EARLY ON.
TO GET US DOWN HERE.
>> CALHOUN CALLED A TIME-OUT.
LET'S SLOW IT DOWN, GIVE OURSELVES A BREATHER.
TIME-OUT ON THE FIELD, JUST UNDER 2.5 TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF.
WHETHER YOU CALL THEM WATER WUG -- WATER BUGS OR ROACHES, THEY HAVE BEEN SERVICING FOR PESTS AND -- >> COACH HAS BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM.
HE TAUGHT THAT A CLASS, THEY CAME OVER TO HIM ON THE SIDELINE AND LINE UP.
I NEVER THE REACTION HE GOT FROM HIS STUDENTS, INTERACTING WITH THEM IN PREGAME.
>> SO MANY GREAT STORIES LIKE THAT, THAT WE GET TO TELL HERE IN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND.
SEE, THERE HE IS AGAIN.
>> YOU HAVE AN OFFENSIVE DOOR.
>> Referee: TIME-OUT, CALHOUN.
SECOND CHARGED TIME-OUT.
>> TRYING TO SAVE TIME.
AND ALSO, GIVE THEIR GUYS A BIT OF A BREATHER.
THE OFFENSE, YOU HAVE TO CALL THAT BASKETBALL TIME-OUT FROM TIME TO TIME.
TO TRY TO SAVE SOME AIR IN THE LUNGS OF YOUR DEFENSE.
BECAUSE THEY ARE MOVING AND YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE SUBSTITUTIONS.
SO, IT'S A MULTI-FACETTED PROBLEM.
NUMBER ONE, YOU ARE WEARING THEM OUT AND YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO GET >> SOMETIMES YOU SEE THE MYSTERY HAMSTRING.
THE PLAYER GOES DOWN.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU HAVE IS A CRAMP AND I WILL GO TO THE GROUND.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T TRICKLE DOWN SO MUCH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WILL, THANK GOODNESS.
IT'S WHAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
GIVING YOUR GUYS A BREAK.
KIND OF TRYING STOP THE MOMENTUM AND HE SEEING HOW THINGS GO RIGHT HERE.
SECOND DOWN AND ONE.
BOY, THEY ARE JUST RUNNING DOWN HILL RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS A PHYSICAL GAME, MATT.
THERE'S A LOT OF HELMETS TRADING PAINT RIGHT NOW WITH THE TWO TEAMS IN THE BOX.
PHYSICAL DOWN HILL RUNNING.
AT EACH OTHER.
FLAG OUT, PERRY IS GOING TO RUN IT OUT OF THE END ZONE.
THAT WAS A QUICK FLAG.
>> Referee: HOLDING.
ON THE OFFENSE.
TEN YARDS, SPOT OF THE FOUL.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TEAM HAPPENING THE LAST TIME THEY WERE DOWN HERE.
POLLACK, THE RIGHT GUARD WAS THE ONE THAT -- SECOND AND 14, BALL BACK AT THE 22.
DID HAVE A NEGATIVE PLAY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THIRD DOWN AND LONG.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NICKY AND FIND OUT WHAT IS COMING UP AT HALFTIME.
>> HEY, GUYS, I HOPE YOU STICK WITH US FOR THE GPB HALFTIME SHOW.
WE WILL CATCH YOU UP ON WHERE WE HAVE BEEN.
AND PREVIEW THE NEXT GAME.
WE WILL HAVE MORE GUESTS AND FOOTBALL, ALL COMING UP HERE, STICK WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
NICKY.
1:09 LEFT HERE.
A BIG THIRD DOWN COMING UP FOR WARNER ROBBINS.
THEN THEY WERE ON THE ROAD, WINNING 24-17 AT CARTERS VILLE.
AND JONES COUNTY CAN, AND THEN 40-15 OVER CREEK SIDE IN THE SEMIFINALS.
PART OF THE FIVE SHOTS.
HELD THEM TO WIN THE GAME IN OVERTIME.
BIG THIRD DOWN HERE.
THEY HAVE CONVERTED ONE-THIRD DOWN ON THE DRIVE.
LANE, BROKEN UP, TRYING TO SQUEEZE IT IN TO A TIGHT SPOT.
GREAT PLAY BY THE SENIOR.
SO FOURTH DOWN, AND THEY ARE GOING TO TRY A FIELD GOAL OF 45 YARDS.
BARBER, OUT TO KICK THIS.
FROM STRAIGHT ON.
KICK IS ON ITS WAY, AND IT WILL GO THROUGH AND HIT THE FIRST ROW OF SEATS.
AND A 35 YARD FIELD GOAL.
BY DANIEL BARBER, MAKES IT -- >> DANIEL BARBER, WARNER ROBBINS, PLAYING IN THE FINALS FOR A FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
28 REGION TITLES.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE NAME ROBERT DAVIS, ONE OF THE LEGENDARY COACHES, PASSED AWAY RECENTLY.
TWO-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS BACK IN 1976.
THE FIRST TIME THEY WON THAT A MYTH CAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND THAT'S THE PROGRAM NOW ENTRUSTED TO WESTBROOK.
HE HAS FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ALL THOSE ON THE PAST.
AND INCREASED THE LEGEND OF THE RIVALRY.
YOU HAVE TO GET ON THE BALL, THEY ARE RUNNING DOWN.
THEY WANT NO PART AND I DON'T BLAME THEM.
VERY SMART, NO PART OF BLESSED TRINITY.
WATCH THIS BALL HIT AND GO STRAIGHT UP.
GET THAT ONE.
WE ARE NOT GOING DO THAT.
CALHOUN, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE NOT GOT A SITUATION YET.
BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT THEY HAVE STARTED IT OFF.
LONG SIDE KICK.
JUST OFF THE FINGER TIPS HERE AND COLE SPEAR GETS IN BEHIND THEM.
MY GOODNESS.
THAT WAS ALMOST A MASSIVE PLAY FOR CALHOUN.
IT'S REALLY LIKE A BASKETBALL GAME WHERE THE STAR PLAYER ON TEAM A.
>> YEP, YEP.
>> WILL TAKE STAR PLAYER ON TEAM B, IF YOU ARE ON DEFENSE, IT WILL TURN AROUND.
>> NUMBER TWO GUARD GUARDING THE NUMBER TWO GUARD.
>> THIRD AND TEN.
BALL AT THE 26.
>> PERFECT.
>> LEWIS, HIT AS HE THROWS.
AND WALKER NEARLY RUNS UNDER IT FOR THE INTERCEPTION.
LEWIS HAD TO GET IT OUT >> HE RAN THREE PLAYS AND ATE UP 17 SECONDS.
NOW, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE PUNT OFF, THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> AND THE OTHER ISSUE IS WHO IS GOING TO PUNT IT?
THEY ARE GOING TO SPOT IT AT THE 35.
IT'S HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR BOTH TEAMS.
>> THAT'S THE FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
>> I LIFE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
I WILL HAVE SOMEBODY TEXTING ME, 34 IS MY BABY, SO I NEED A NAME THERE.
>> SO FIRST AND TEN, LET'S SEE IF THE DEMONS TRY TO GET BACK ON THE BOARD MORE AS THE HALF RUNS OUT.
IT'S A GOOD WAY TO START.
STERN UP THE MIDDLE TO THE 45.
WARNER ROBBINS HAS ONE TIME-OUT REMAINING.
ANDREW PURDY, HIS 34.
CLOCK CONTINUES TO RUN HERE.
AND NOW, IT'S A TIME-OUT CALLED.
PROBABLY BY WARNER ROBBINS.
>> Referee: TIME-OUT, WARNER ROBBINS, THIRD AND FINAL TIME CANOUT OF THE HALF.
>> THAT TAKES THE FIELD GOAL OUT OF THE MIX.
UNLESS YOU ARE ABLE TO RUN A SIDELINE ROUTE OR GET OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> YEP.
YEP.
CALHOUN, YELLOW JACKETS.
FOUR TIME STATE CHAMPIONS.
THE FIRST COMING BACK IN 1952.
AND THEN THEY WENT ON THE RUN.
2011, 2014, 2017, ALL OF THOSE UNDER LEGENDARY COACH AL LAMB, 23 REGION TITLES.
18 IN A ROW AND YOU SEE THOSE 255 WINS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.
AND A LOT OF OF THOSE, BELONG TO THE COACH.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, I HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF FOOTBALL GAMES.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE SEEN A BETTER ATMOSPHERE.
SECOND DOWN AND SIX.
DEEP BALL, 25, TOUCHDOWN, WARNER ROBBINS.
CAM FLOWERS.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THREE DEFENDERS IN THE VICINITY.
SCORES THE TOUCHDOWN.
WOW, JUST COMES BETWEEN TWO CALHOUN DEFENDERS.
WITH SIX SECONDS LEFT AND YOU GIVE UP ONE LATE BARBER PUT S IT THROUGH, A 24-7 LEAD TO WARN ROBBINS.
HERE, SPLIT TWO DEFENDERS.
THEY LOSE TRACK OF IT.
AND A HUGE TOUCHDOWN FOR WARNER ROBBINS TO ALMOST END THE FIRST HALF.
HOW ABOUT THE PASS THERE BY LANE TO GET IT DOWN FIELD.
HE IS A THREE FLAG SHIRT IN THE AREA CODE AND ONLY THE WHITE SHIRT CAME DOWN WITH IT.
CAM FLOWERS AND HOW QUICKLY THINGS CHANGED.
CALHOUN WAS NINE YARDS AWAY FROM MAKING IT A 14-14 GAME.
DIDN'T SCORE.
WARNER ROBBINS DRIVES DOWN AND GETS THE FIELD GOAL AND THE QUICK TOUGH DOWN BY THE HALF.
>> THREE PLAYS, 17 SECONDS AND HAD TO PUNT IT BACK.
>> YEP.
>> I MEAN, DID NOT MANAGE THE CLOCK, YOU ARE RIGHT.
>> COULD NOT GIVE HIM THE BALL BACK WITH THAT MUCH TIME AND WARNER ROBBINS DID NOT HAVE THE TIME-OUTS.
IF YOU PUNT THE BALL, WARNER ROBBINS DID NOT HAVE THE TIME-OUT TO GIVE THE BALL BACK.
>> YEP.
>> AND WARNER ROBBINS WILL GET THE FIRST POSSESSION IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> THEY BETTER BE ON SIDE ALERT, THIS TEAM HAS TWO TIMES ON SIDE KICKED AND STOLE A POSSESSION.
>> MIGHT BE THE MOMENTUM THAT CALHOUN NEEDS.
S -- YOU TAKE AWAY TWO PUNTS AND IT'S REALLY BEEN A CLOSE GAME.
EXCEPT TO FOR THAT PLAY.
AND YOU ARE DOWN 17 AT THE HALF.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, YOU TAKE AWAY THE TWO MISTAKES.
MATHEMATICALLY, TAKE AWAY TWO MISTAKES.
NICE THROW, THE WARNER ROBBINS QUARTERBACK.
GIVE THIS GUY A CHANCE, EXECUTED A GREAT PLAY TO SCORE.
HAND OFF ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST HALF.
COLE SPEAR ON THE RUN AND WARNER ROBBINS WILL GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM WITH A 24-7 LEAD.
COLE SPEAR, 21 YARDS OF OFFENSE.
AND WARNER ROBBINS HAS DONE A GOOD JOB.
ESPECIALLY ON PASS ROUTES.
PUTTING WALKER ON HIM, IN A NICE BATTLE ABOUT, THE BATTLE WITHIN THE BATTLE IN THIS BALL GAME.
AND A 24-7 LEAD FOR WARNER ROBBINSS.
AS THEY GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM LOOKING FOR THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> YEAH, THEY HAVE TO REGROUP HERE.
THEY HAVE TO STOP THEM ON THE FIRST SERIES.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
BEEN DOWN 21-7 BEFORE.
21-7 ON THE ROAD AGAINST WARE COUNTY, COME BACK AND WAYNE SHOOTOUT.
IT'S THE MESSAGE AT THE HALF.
WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE.
>> YOU KNOW, AND THE THING THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS IMPRESSED ME ABOUT THIS WARNER ROBBINS TEAM IT'S TIME FOR THE HALFTIME INTERVIEW.
>> WE WERE GOING FOR THE SCORE.
WE FEEL IT'S A POWERFUL TEAM.
WE HAVE TO PUT UP POINTS.
WE HAVE HALFTIME COVERAGE.
NICKY?
>> THANKS SO.
GREAT JOB OUT THERE, COMING UP NEXT ON THE GPB HALFTIME SHOW, GETTING BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK, WE WILL CATCH YOU UP WITH THE GAME AND WHAT IS TO COME.
THANKS TO THE SCOREBOARD AND SCHEDULE.
GEORGIA ENC, SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH OUR FRIEND AND PAL, JOHN NELSON, TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AT CENTER PARK STADIUM.
IT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT ON GPB.
>>> GOAT BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK.
IT IS DAY TWO.
AND GAME, I'M SORRY, IT IS DAY THREE, GAME TWO AT HALFTIME OF THE 5-A TITLE GAME.
BETWEEN CALHOUN AND WARNER ROBBINS.
CALHOUN BEATING WARNER ROBBINS.
WE ARE COMING DOWN THE HOME STRETCH.
LET'S LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHAT IS TO COME, THANKS TO THE SCHEDULE AND SCOREBOARD.
GEORGIA GMC, SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
LET'S START OFF WITH THE CURRENT GAME.
THE 5-A TITLE GAME.
THESE TWO TEAMS WERE SITTING AROUND FOR AN EXTRA HOUR OR SO DUE TO WEATHER DELAY.
THEY CAME OUT READY AND WARNER ROBBINSS SCORED WITH SIX SECONDS LEFT IN THE HALF.
THE DEMONS ARE LEADING 24-7 OVER CALHOUN AT THE HALF.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE FIRST GAME OF THE DAY.
THE 3-A TITLE GAME BETWEEN CEDAR GROVE AND CARTER ATLANTA, THESE TWO TEAMS ARE EIGHT MILES APART.
THEY ARE WINNING 21-14.
GOING IN TO THE WEATHER DELAY, THAT IS RIGHT, IT HAPPENED IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
CEDAR GROVE ENDED UP WINNING BIG, 56--26.
AND WE WILL WRAP UP THE CHAMPIONSHIP BONANZA OF A WEEKEND.
THIS EVENING WITH THE 7-A TITLE GAME OF MILTON AND COLLINS HILL.
BATTLE OF THE EAGLES, IF YOU WILL.
NOW, LOOK, THIS GAME WAS SLATED TO KICK OFF AT 7:00 P.M., NOW WILL KICK OFF ROUGHLY HALF AN HOUR AFTER THIS CURRENT 5-A TITLE ENDS.
SO, WE ARE COMING DOWN THE STRETCH.
WE HAVE GOT A GAME AND A HALF LEFT OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND.
WE ARE GOING TO CROWN THE 5-A STATE TITLE IN 24 MORE MINUTES.
BUT WE HAVE GOT MORE COMING UP ON THE GPB HALFTIME SHOW, KEEP IT HERE ON GPB, WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
PASS.
>>> WELCOME BACK IN TO GPB HALFTIME SHOW, GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK.
I'M HANGING OUT AT STUDIO J OF OUR GPB STUDIOS HERE IN MIDTOWN.
HOWEVER, MY FRIEND AND PAL, JOHN NELSON IS AT CENTER PARK STADIUM WHERE ALL THE ACTION IS.
>> WE HAVE THE CALHOUN BAND BEHIND US.
TIME TO CATCH UP WITH CASEY PARKER.
GREAT FIRST YEAR FOR YOU, HUH?
>> IT'S SURREAL, TO SAY THE LEAST.
>> WHAT'S THE WEEK BEEN LIKE GETTING READY FOR THE GAME?
>> IT'S BEEN SPECIAL.
WITH THE NORMAL BUSINESS OF SCHOOL, WE ENDED THE WEEK OFF YESTERDAY WITH A STATE SEND OFF PARADE THROUGH OUR PRIMARY, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, PEP RALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND BONFIRE FOR THE COMMUNITY LAST NIGHT.
IT'S BEEN AMAZING AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT HERE TO SHOW THE TEAM WE LOVE THEM.
>> YOUR BACKGROUND IN MUSIC AND YOU CHASED SHANKERS IN YOUR TIME.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WITH THE OTHER STUFF THAT IS GOING ON AT CALHOUN THAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT?
>> OUR THEATER DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INVITED TO PERFORM AT THESP IAN CONFERENCE.
AND WE HAVE HAD NINE KIDS QUALIFY FOR STATE COMPETITION WITH SKILLS USA.
>> WAS OUT THAT THE LAST PERSON IN CALHOUN TURNS OUT THE LIGHTS?
>> I THINK THAT IS HOW WE DO IT.
WE SUPPORT ALL THE KIDS IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
DWL THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US AND STAYING AS DRY AS POSSIBLE.
ONE SDOUN, ONE TO GO.
WARN ROBBINS, COMING UP AROUND THE CORNER.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, WE LOVE THE CALHOUN COMMUNITY.
IT'S DEFINITELY MORE THAN JUST FOOTBALL.
BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THE FOOTBALL TEAM HERE THIS WEEKEND.
WE HAVE GOT MORE GUESTS, MORE FOOTBALL COMING UP ON THE GPB HALFTIME SHOW.
STICK WITH US.
>>> WELCOME IN TO OUR GPB HALFTIME SHOW.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GLAD TO BE HERE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEEK.
I KNOW THIS IS FIVE YEARS RUNNING THAT IT HAS BEEN TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR.
WHAT IS THIS WEEK BEEN LIKE?
>> IT'S AMAZING.
I CANNOT HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
IT'S TRADITION AT WARNER ROBBINS HIGH SCHOOL.
>> LET'S ARE TALK ABOUT THE OTHER TRADITIONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON THAT FOLKS NEED TO TALK ABOUT?
>> WON THE SECOND BACK-TO-BACK, 1-A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THAT HAS BEEN GOING GOOD.
THE SUPPORT AND THE COMMUNITY OUTSTANDING.
PHENOMENAL THIS WEEK.
AND REGIONAL CHAMBER.
GOT A LOT OF BUSINESS AND A LOT OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE TEAM.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT WEEK AT WARNER ROBBINS HIGH SCHOOL.
A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON WITH THE FINE ARTS.
ACADEMICS AND ATHLETICS.
>> WEATHER HAS NEVER BEEN A DETERRENT WITH ANYBODY WEARING RED TO ANY KIND OF A CHAMPIONSHIP?
>> WE ARE ALL ONE, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE.
ANOTHER GREAT YEAR.
>> NOTHING LIKE BEING ON GEORGIA, 247.
CHRIS, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.
>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
>> PRINCIPAL OF WARNER ROBBINS HIGH.
NICK, TWO PRINCIPALS DOWN.
IT'S WHAT IS GOING ON AT CALHOUN AND WARNER ROBBINS IN 5-A THEY WOULD NORMAL BE FULL IN THE OPEN AFRMT BECAUSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON HERE ALL AFTERNOON.
THEY HAVE GOTTEN SMART.
YOU NOTICE THEY WILL BE UP UNDER THE OVERHANG AT THE FIELD LEVEL ON THE BASEBALL SIDE OF THINGS.
AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE CALHOUN BAND INTEREST AND THEIR WAY WORKING ON THE FIELD.
YOU SEE, RIGHT THERE, THAT'S WHERE THE FANS WOULD NORMALLY SIT IS.
THEY HAVE TUCKED THEMSELVES UNDERNEATH.
THEY ARE AS DRY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
GOOD ON THEM FOR USING DRY FAN ACUMAN, TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AS DRY AS POSSIBLE.
JTSDS WELCOME BACK, HOWEVER, JOHN NELSON IS WHERE THE SKZ AT CENTER PARK STADIUM.
NELLY, WELCOME IN, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN HALFTIME OF THE 5-A TITLE GAME.
CALHOUN, WARNER ROBBINSS.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ALL WEEKEND THOUGH ABOUT THE GPB ALL-STATE TEAM.
TWO NAMES FOR YOU.
THIS ONE ON ONE MATCH UP HAS BEEN FUN TO WATCH IN THE GAME.
DAVEON WALKER AND COLE SPEAR, HOW FUN HAS IT BEEN OUT THERE?
>> IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE THE ATHLETICISM AND THE ONE PLAY THAT STICKS OUT IN MY HEAD FOR COLE SPEARS.
WHEN WARNER ROBBINS TRIED TO BE RELEASED EARLY.
YOU SEE THE ATHLETICISM FOR COLE SPEAR, THEY KEPT WARNER ROBBINS OFF THE BOARD.
WHEN WE GET TO SEE THE GPB ALL-STARS GOING AGAINST EACH OTHER.
FOR ME, IT'S FUN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET TO TALK ABOUT HIM.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK CALHOUN HAS MEASURED UP GOING UP, AND PLAYING THE TEAMS, THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM.
THEY ARE MAKING A STAND THERE, HANGING IN THERE.
>> NO DOUBT BIT, I THINK, IF YOU AND RUSTY AND MATT MADE THE POINT.
IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE TWO PUNTS, THOSE ARE TWO SCORES OFF THE BOARD.
THIS GAME HAS BEEN PLAYING CLOSER THAN THE SCOREBOARD WOULD INDICATE.
BUT CALHOUN IS GOING TO HAVE TO CREATE BREAKS FOR THEMSELVES IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
MUCH LIKE THEY GAVE WARN ROBBINS IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> GOOD STUFF, NELLY, AS ALWAYS, WE WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH YOU AT THE END OF THE GAME.
AS WE GEAR UP FOR THE 7-A TITLE GAME.
THAT IS TO COME.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO KEEP FOLLOWING UP WITH US.
WE ARE ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND STREAMING THE GAME ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
WE HAVE YOUTUBE.
ALWAYS LOOK FOR GPB SPORTS ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL.
THAT WILL DO IT FOR THE HALFTIME SHOW.
HERE'S THE SCOREBOARD FOR TODAY.
YOU SEE THE CEDAR GROVE, THAT WAS 56-26.
WE HAVE A WEATHER DELAY, THAT IS WHY WE ARE RUNNING A BIT BEHIND AND YOU CAN SEE WE ARE AT THE HALF OF WARNER ROBBINS AND CALHOUN.
24-7.
>> WE HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THE GAME THANKS FOR JOINING US.
GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK, WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE AFTER THE 5-A TITLE GAME.
>>> SHORT HOP THAT FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
IT'S ROLLING 7-0, YOU SEE IN NEXT PUNT, THEY DROPPED AND IT TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE.
BIG MAN TOUCHDOWN.
DOWN 14-0, OFF TWO SPECIAL TEAM PLAYS AND WARNER ROBBINS ROLLING AND CALHOUN COMES BACK AND ANSWERS.
YOU SEE THE TIME HERE.
HE DELIVERS A CROSSING ROUTE TO QUINN SMITH.
THE AIR FORCE COMMITS TO BRING IT BACK TO 14-7, A COUPLE OF BIG PLAYS AND ONE TO END THE HALF.
THE CALHOUN DEFENDERS GET LOST AND THEY CAPITALIZE AND SCORE WITH SIX SECONDS LEFT.
>> AND THAT WAS CAM FLOWERS WITH THE 51 YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH TO MAKE IT 24-7, LET'S SEND IT TO BALLARD AND OUR COACH'S INTERVIEW.
>> COACH, I KNOW YOU CANNOT TAKE AWAY THAT TOUCHDOWN.
IT SEEMS LIKE AN EVENLY MATCHED GAME.
>> WE HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO HELP OURSELVES OUT.
>> WE NEED TO SCORE ON OFFENSE AND WE ARE FWHAK IT.
.
>> TURNOVER, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THEM PAY.
WE HAVE THE THIRD QUARTER, NEXT TO LAST GAME 7-A.
AFTERWARDS, BUILT IN TAKING -- >> YOU LOOK AT THE GAME, THEY WILL HAVE -- NIGHT CAP, EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN WAITING TO WATCH THIS ONE.
>> WE WILL SEE HOW THEY DO.
IT WILL BE A BIG OPENING POSSESSION FOR CALHOUN DEFENSIVELY, CAN THEY GET THE THREE AND OUT THAT COACH STEPHENSON WAS TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE?
THAT WILL GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK IN THE BALL GAME.
THEY HAVE CERTAINLY NOT BEEN GIVING UP POINTS, YOU WOULD THINK ON THE OPENING POSSESSION AND HAVE MUCH OF A SHOT IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> IT'S A HUGE OPENING POSSESSION.
BOTH TEAMS, BUT CALHOUN, HAS GOT TO GET SOME EARLY MOMENTUM.
THEY HAVE TO STEAL THINGS.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY NEVER SAY NEVER.
BUT CALHOUN HAS, LIKE WE SAID, TWICE THIS YEAR.
STARTED THE SECOND HALF WITH THEIR OWN SIDE AND MAYBE THEY GO FOR IT RIGHT HERE.
>> LET'S SEE IF THEY TRY TO EXECUTE ONE RIGHT HERE.
CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, MURKICE WESTBROOK AND THE DEMONS HAVE KNOWNS THAT POSSIBILITY HAVING WATCHED THE GAME FILM YOU SEE NUMBER 17, LINED UP TO TAKE THE KICK AND THEY ARE GOING TRY IT, ON SIDE KICK, IT'S A LIVE BALL.
AND I BELIEVE, CALHOUN MAY HAVE IT AND THE 47 YARD LINE.
AND THEY BOUGHT IT AGAIN.
>> TELLING YOU.
THEY HAVE DONE IT TWICE.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME.
AND HE TOLD US, HEY, WE HAVE THREE AND WE THINK ALL THREE ARE SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THEIR OWN SIDE.
AND HE GETS THE HOP HE WAS WAITING ON.
COMING OFF, GREAT HIT RIGHT THERE BY NUMBER 16 FOR CALHOUN.
>> YEAH, THAT WAS CAM DODD, CAMERON DODD, LAID, MAN, WHAT A POTENTIAL RETURNER OR RECEIVER ON THE KICK.
LAID HIM OUT AS THE BALL HIT HIS HAND AND CALHOUN TAKES OVER ON OFFENSE AT THE 47.
IS THIS WHAT WILL JUMP START THEM TO A BIG COMEBACK VICTORY IN THE SECOND HALF.
STILL A POSSESSION ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE SECOND HALF.
CHRISTIAN LEWIS, 76 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN.
HE WAS SACKED ONCE.
THE LEADING RECEIVER HAS BEEN LAW WITH TWO CATCHES FOR 32 YARDS.
LEWIS BACK TO THE AIR AGAIN AND THAT IS PEYTON LAW, JUST MENTIONED HIS NAME.
COMPLETION AT THE 45 YARD LINE.
GOOD PROTECTION AGAIN, DELIVERS THE BALL, SEEN THAT, BIG FRAME, BODY UP THAT WARNER ROBBINS DEFENDER.
DIRECT SNAP GOING TO SPEAR.
>> HE DOES NOT RUN TO THE WEAK SIDE, HE FELL OFF THE EDGE.
CALHOUN ON, WITH THE ON SIDE KICK RECOVERY.
AND NOW, DRIVING, TRYING TO CLIMB BACK IN THE GAME EARLY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
AND SWING, MOMENTUM, LEONARD THIS TIME, WRAPPED UP AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
NOTHING DOING.
DEFENSIVE LINE, MATT.
COMMITTED TO LISHLT.
LET'S WILL CHECK THE PENALTY CALL.
>> BALL JUST A LITTLE UNDER THROWN, GREAT JOB BY JACKSON.
>> AFTER THE CHANGE OF POSSESSION.
PERSONAL FOUL.
BLIND SIDE BLOCK.
A RETURNING TEAM.
15 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE RUN.
FIRST DOWN.
WARNER ROBBINS.
>> THEY DO GET THE BALL.
>> THEY DO.
>> A KEY POSSESSION OF THE BALL.
>> IT'S A GREAT INTERCEPTION, BY THE WAY, BY ANTOINE JACKSON.
>> HIGH POINTING THE BALL.
IT'S WHAT A DB TO DO.
IF YOU WANT TO CUT A RECEIVER ON.
WATCH HIM GET THIS ONE.
>> GOOD JOB.
>> BALL GOES BACK OVER TO WARNER ROBBINS.
THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE LONG SIDE KICK, GIVING THE BALL BACK WITHOUT SCORING.
FIRST AND TEN FROM THE 17 YARD LINE.
FOLLOWING THE PENALTY MARK OFF.
CHAD STERN ON THE CARRY.
YOU WANT TO SEE THE HALFTIME, I'M WARNER ROBBINS.
I'M SHORT IN THE GAME.
SPREADING YOU OUT UP TOP.
COME RIGHT BACK WITH THE INSIDE ZONE HERE.
RPO, THE HAND OFF GOES TO STERN.
PERRY, THEIR LEADING RUSHER IN THE FIRST HALF.
11 CARRIES FOR 65 YARDS.
FAILURES THE TOP RECEIVERS, TWO CATCHES FOR 56 YARDS, 51 COMING ON THE PLAY OF THE GAME.
THE TOUCHDOWN CATCH RIGHT BEFORE THE END OF THE HALF.
THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.
KICKS OUT, YOU HAVE TWO BIG BOD YS UP HERE.
WIDE OPEN HERE FOR PERRY.
>> BACK TO LIVE ACTION.
LANE.
DIVES FORWARD.
TO THE 32.
8.5 TO PLAY.
THIRD QUARTER.
WARNER ROBBINSS.
LEADING BY 17.
HERE IN THE 5-A FINAL.
DEMONS HAVE WON SEVEN STRAIGHT SINCE THE 29-21 LOSS AT WARE COUNTY IN THE REGULAR SEASON.
BIG FANS WILL LINE UP.
GOING OUT TO BLOCK ON THE SCREEN PLAY AND DAVEON WALKER COULD NOT HOLD TO IT.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A CORNER AND HAVE BIG NUMBER 88.
NATHANIEL SANFORD, 280, GOING OUT TO BLOCK IT.
>> WITH A BIG MAN COMING OUT, SOMETHING IS COMING YOUR WAY.
YOU WILL RUN A FAKE ROUTE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
>> YOU ARE TELEGRAPHING THE PLAY.
>> IT IS IDENTIFICATION.
>> THIRD DOWN AND NINE.
BALL AT THE 32.
>> THEY PLAY HERE.
GETTING THE BALL BACK AND CALHOUN, SAVING TIME AND GETTING A POSSESSION BACK RIGHT HERE.
>> WARNER ROBBINS HAS DONE A GOOD JOB ON THIRD DOWNS IN THE GAME.
LOB PASS GOING TO JAYER CARTER.
THERE WAS CONTACT THERE.
NO FLAG.
CARTER, WOULD HAVE CAUGHT IT A LITTLE BIT SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN MARKER.
AND IT'S FOURTH DOWN.
>> SAME PLAY THEY RAN WITH FIRST DOWN TWICE, AND A SNIFFER, COMING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD RIGHT HERE.
IT'S A TIGHT END POP.
BASICALLY.
THIS TIME, CALHOUN IS READY FOR IT.
>> THEY GOT HIM TWICE IN THE FIRST HALF WITH 88.
>> NOW, A LOCK STOP, FOURTH AND NINE.
THEY ARE GOING TO PUNT IT HERE.
JACKSON LA COOK, STANDING AT THE 18 TO KICK.
>> SPEAR IS BACK DEEP.
TO THE JACKETS.
HEAVY RUSH COMING.
THEY GET IT OUT OF THERE AND SPEAR HAS IT'S BOUNCE ONCE AND HE TAKES IT ON THE BOUNCE AND GOES DOWN AT THE 25 YARD LINE.
GREAT KICK COVERAGE BY CAM FLOWERS WHO HAD THE BIG TOUCHDOWN CATCH AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER.
MAKING A BIG PLAY ON SPECIAL TEAMS HERE IN THE THIRD.
>> WE ARE JOINED BY FOOTBALL HEAD COACH, KYLE LAMB.
YOU WON THREE STRAIGHT TITLES IN EIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
WHAT MAKES THE EVENT SO SPECIAL.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE KIDS GETTING A CHANCE TO PLAY?
>> WELL, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW HARD IT IS TO GET HERE AND ONCE YOU GET HERE THE KIDS NEED TO ENJOY IT AND THE COACHING STAFF NEEDS TO ENJOY IT, IT'S A TIME THEY WILL REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
>> HOW ABOUT COACH STEPHENS GETTING A CHANCE TO COACH, DID YOU TALK AT HALFTIME?
>> HE IS MORE OF A TRICK STER THAN I AM.
HE IS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
>> COACH, PLEASURE TO SEE YOU HERE, AND ENJOY THE REST OF THE GAME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT, BACK TO YOU.
MATT AND RUSTY, THE SAME THING, TWO GOOD GUYS UP IN THE BOOTH.
GIVE ME 15 YEAR NFL PENSION.
I WILL TAKE IT.
>> TO SEE HOW HE WAS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO TALK TO HIM.
FIRST AND TEN, BALL AT THE 25 FOR THE JACKETS.
STILL UP 24-7.
>> WE ARE 4:00 IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
I GOT THE CHANCE TO CALL A GARDNER WEB GAME IN SEASON.
>> TRAY WAS A STAR QUARTERBACK AT TENNESSEE TECH.
BIG RUN HERE.
A COUNTER THAT COMES BACK SIDE, OFF THE EDGE.
WATCH THE SHOT HE TAKES RIGHT HERE.
TEAM LEADING NINE TACKLES IN THE GAME.
FURS AND TEN AT THE 41.
FLINGS IT.
A GREAT ONE BY SPHERE, ANTOINE JACKSON COVERING HIM.
GREAT BALL.
LEONARD STOPPED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
I WAS GOING TO SAY A, THAT WAS A GOOD CATCH BY SPEAR, STILL PALES TO THE ONE THAT HE HAD LAST NIGHT IN THE VICTORY IN THE 6-A FINAL.
A BIG MOMENTUM SWING IN THE GAME.
THREE CATCHES, 38 YARDS, TWO CARRIES.
THEY ARE NOT LETTING THEM TOUCH THE BALL ON SPECIAL TEAMS.
LEWIS GOT THE MAN OPEN.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
HE HAD IT JUGGLING ON HIS FINGER TIPS AND COULD NOT BRING IT IN.
>> THIS IS, WE WILL SEE THE THROW HERE.
GOT TO HAVE IT.
GOT TO HAVE THAT ONE.
>> IT'S RIGHT THERE.
HE IS LOOKING TO RUN A SECOND, AND TAKES HIS BALL OFF THE BALL AT THE END.
YOU RARELY, RARELY SEE THAT.
BROKEN UP, BROKEN UP BY ANTOINE JACKSON.
TRYING TO GET IT IN TO DUSTIN KERNS, FOURTH AND TEN.
>> DOWN 17, A PUNT HERE, YOU SEE HELD THE FIRST TIME YOU CAN'T GIVE THEM SHORT FIELD.
IT'S A LOW ONE TO DO IT.
YOU HAVE TO HOPE TO GET ANOTHER 3 AND OUT.
THAT IS A TOUGH DOWN PASS RIGHT THERE.
AND THE YOUNGSTER.
ANDREW IN THERE, PUNTING.
HE IS THE THIRD STRING PUNTER.
IT'S A BEAUTY.
HE COULD GET ELEVATED, 39 YARD KICK.
>> HE GOT UP THINKING, IT WILL BE FUN TO WATCH AS THE SIDELINE.
HE THOUGHT, THIS WILL BE FUN, GETTING TO WATCH THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, AND YOU ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME.
TRYING TO STAY WARM ON THE SIDELINE AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW HE IS ON THE TV WITH A BIG ROLE.
THEY HAVE MARCHED OUT OF THE BAD FIELD POSITION ALREADY IN THE GAME TO GET A FIELD GOAL.
PUT TOGETHER A 73 YARD DRIVE FROM STARTING AT THE 9.
HE IS GOING TO TAKE A LOSS.
A YARD LOSS ON THE PLAY.
THAT WAS BEN NATION, TAKING TACKLE ON THE DEFENSIVE END.
>> THEY ARE NOT THE BIGGEST TEAM UP FRONT.
WATCH THEM GET ALL BLOCKS RIGHT HERE.
HE GETS THE BLOCK.
CUTS HIM BACK IN.
AND WENT IN TO HIS TEAMMATE.
CALHOUN, UP HIS NAILS ON THE FRONT THREE.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 11.
>> LATE.
HANDOFF GOES TO PERRY.
TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE END ZONE, HE DOES.
AND BETTER WATCH OUT.
HE MIGHT GO THE DISTANCE AND IN FACT, HE IS TRIPPED UP.
JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME.
HE NEARLY TURNED IT IN TO A 98 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.
>> IT WAS A SECOND, I THOUGHT IT COULD BE A SAFETY.
THEY ARE CHASING HIM FROM THE BACKSIDE, WATCH HIM COME IN HERE, SEE HIM, HE ALMOST REACHES IN AND MISSED, MISSED THE TACKLE IN SPACE AND HE IS OFF TO THE RACES.
>> LUKE HAWKINS, JUST SAVED THE GAME MAYBE FOR CALHOUN, TACKLING HIM FROM BEHIND.
AND THEY HAVE A HOLDING CALL COMING UP.
>> YEP.
>> YOU SAW THE OFFENSIVE GUARD TACKLE, PARDON ME, NOAH STOBAL LAYING ON TOP OF THE GUY AND IT WILL BE AN OBVIOUS HOLD.
>> WHEN YOU SEE PENETRATION LIKE THAT AND A GUY GOING TO THE GROUND, HE IS USUALLY TACKLED.
HOLDING ON TOCHBS.
TEN YARD PENALTY, SPOT OF THE FOUL.
REPLAY, FIRST DOWN.
PLAYED FOR SPUR YOUR, WAS A MEMBER OF THE GATORS S.E.C.
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
HE WAS A STAR QUARTERBACK AND TWO-WAY STARTER AT CRIST COUNTY.
>> GOOD, ANOTHER REALLY GOOD COACH.
>> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE, FIVE YARD PENALTY.
REMAINS FIRST DOWN.
TURN OVER ON THE NEXT PLAY.
YOU SEE THAT, TRYING TO STRIP THE BALL AFTER THE CATCH.
THAT RAIN IS A HARD RAIN RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT FAVORS.
CALHOUN, THE THROWING TEAM.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO, NEED A TURNOVER IF YOU ARE CALHOUN.
NEED SOMETHING CHEAP.
THEY GO WITH A TRIP TO THE TOP.
LANE.
GOING DEEP.
MAN OUT THERE AGAIN.
AND DAVION WALKER COULD NOT HOLD TO IT.
>> THEY GIVE CALHOUN BACK ONE.
BECAUSE THEY DROP A TOUCHDOWN AND HE DROPS A BIG PLAY RIGHT THERE.
DON'T KNOW IF THE WEATHER HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
BUT I THINK IT WAS MORE OF A, HE GOT IN TO HIS BODY TOO.
>> YEAH.
>> NO PASS RUSH.
GREAT JOB THERE.
BALL FLOATS A LITTLE BIT, AND THEY HAVE HIT IT OFF HIS PAD.
>> YEAH.
>> HE DID NOT MAKE INITIAL CONTACT AND BRING IT IN WITH HIS HANDS.
INSTEAD HE TRIED TO TRAP IT AGAINST HIS BODY.
THAT IS COMING IN HOT, BOUNCED OFF THE SHOULDER PADS.
>> NUMBER 21, MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
FOUR MINUTES TO GO.
>> TIME-OUT, WARNER ROBBINS.
FIRST CHARGED TIME-OUT OF THE SECOND HALF.
TIME-OUT COMES WITH 4:14 TO PLAY HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER A BIG THIRD AND 21 COMING UP.
DEALS THAT GO.
LEARN MORE.
>> HE WILL BE THE NEXT HEAD COACH.
GEORGIA ISSUED A STATEMENT.
THIRD AND 21 RIGHT HERE.
LANE, STEPS UP IN THE POCKET AND HE WILL GO DOWN AT THE 20 YARD LINE AND GOT DRAGGED DOWN FROM BEHIND.
AND IT FOURTH DOWN.
SO CALHOUN GETS THE JOB DONE.
NOW, CAN THEY GET IT DONE ON OFFENSE.
CAN YOU GET THE BALL TO COLE SPEAR.
HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU GET THE BALL TO COLE SPEAR?
>> THEY ARE GOING TO PUNT IT RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS USUALLY A TOUCH UNLIKE LAST TIME.
THEY HAD A GREAT JOB COVERING IT AND NOT GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO GET GOING.
LOVE THE PLAY CALL FOR CALHOUN ON THIRD AND 21.
THEY STILL BRING TWO BACKERS AND THEY GET THE SACK.
>> COOK, STANDING AT THE SEVEN TO KICK.
GETS IT OUT OF THERE AND THEY RAN IN TO HIM.
AND ROBERTS WILL GET THE WALL BACK.
AND TAKES A BIG ROLE FOR WARNER ROBBINS AND THE DEMONS, I BELIEVE ARE GOING TO GET THE BALL BACK, AND I THINK THAT'S GOT TO BE ROUGHING THE KICKER AND NOT RUNNING IN TO THE KICKER.
TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN HERE AND TOO AGGRESSIVE.
COLLIDES WITH THE PUNTER.
>> I'M SURPRISED.
J I WOULD HAVE TO GET AN EXPERT IN THERE TO EXPLAIN THE ROUGHING AND THE RUNNING IN TO.
A FINE LINE, RIGHT?
IF YOU ROUGH, YOU HAVE TO RUN IN TO THEM TO ROUGH THEM.
THEY DO GET THE BALL BACK.
COOL HOUSTON TAKES OVER AT THE 34 YARD LINE.
>> I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING, AS LONG AS HE IS A HEAD COACH.
HE WILL SHOW THIS TAPE.
COULD NOT GET BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
BIG PLAY FRED WAS THERE, OR AT LEAST AMONG THOSE THAT GOT THERE.
THEY HAD FOUR GUYS RALLY TO THE BALL.
THROWS AN OUT ROUTE TO QUINN SMITH.
TIMING ROUTE.
>> FIRST AND TEN, STILL A 17 POINT LEAD, THIS WARNER ROBBINS.
THE 5-A FINAL.
GOT FEAR THERE, RUNNING THE BALL.
THE WIDE RECEIVER.
YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET HIM THE BALL.
YOU IS TO LINE IT UP AND HAND IT TO HIM.
>> GREAT JOB, LEADING, BLOCKING, KICKS OUT THE END.
THE THING YOU WORRY ABOUT, IT'S THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE IS HAVING THE PLAY BOTH WAYS.
>> HE IS ON THE KICK RETURN, THE PUNT RETURN.
HE IS ON ALL OF IT.
>> WILLIAMS, IN THE BACKFIELD.
>> GREAT PENETRATION THAT TIME.
THE SENIOR IS, OUTSIDE LINEBACKER.
PENETRATION.
GUARD, TRIED TO KICK HIM OUT, MISSED HIT HIM.
A NEGATIVE PLAY THERE.
THIRD AND FOUR.
CERTAIN FOUR DOWN TERRITORY TO ME, I THINK.
>> FAKES THE HANDOFF, AND PASS, TO HIS BROTHER.
TRYING TO GO TO CHRISTOPHER LEWIS, NOWHERE CLOSE.
THERE'S A FLAG DOWN AS WELL.
>> THEY ARE TRYING TO GET SOMEONE OFF THE FIELD?
>> ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION.
>> YEP.
>> ON THE DEFENSE.
FIVE YARD PENALTY.
RESULT OF THE FIRST DOWN.
THEY WERE FACING FOURTH AND FOUR.
HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB GETTING A PROGRAM BACK IN THE STATE FINAL EVERY YEAR.
SANFORD THERE AS WELL.
YOU WONDER ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE PLAY CALLING.
A MINUTE TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
LEWIS, AND.
>> WONDER IF HE IS TRYING GO BACK SHOULDER THERE.
JUST MISSED HIM.
SEASON OPENING VICTORY AGAINST DALTON WINS AGAINST BLESSED TRINITY AND WARE, LOSS TO CARTERSVILLE.
LEWIS, GOING UP TOP AND THEY WILL FLAG AND ANTOINE JACKSON GOT TOO MUCH ON COLE SPEAR RIGHT THERE.
>> YOU KEEP RUNNING THAT UNTIL IT BREAKS FREE OR YOU KEEP GETTING PENALTIES ON IT.
RESULT OF THE FIRST DOWN.
>> NOW, A KEY IN THE, REMEMBER WHEN WALKER, WALKER DROPPED THAT PASS?
AND HE CAME UP LIMPING.
EVER SINCE IS, WE HAVE HAD ANTOINE JACKSON PAIRED UP AND NOT WALKER ANYMORE.
>> GREAT POINT.
>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN WALKER AND MAYBE HE CAN CHECK TO SEE ON HIS STATUS.
>> IF IT'S THE CASE.
MAN.
>> AND JACKSON'S A NICE CORNER.
COMMITTED TO LIBERTY.
BUT HE IS NOT DAVEON WALKER.
MAYBE HE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
>> WATCH FRED PERRY, NUMBER 6 COMING UP.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A COLLISION AND HITTING A RUNNING BACK.
THIS NUMBER SIX FROM WARNER ROBBINS COMES FLYING UP FROM THE SECONDARY.
DELIVERING A BLOW RIGHT HERE.
MAN, HE HAS BEEN EVERYWHERE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN PREGAME.
BUG PLAY FRED PERRY, 11 TACKLES.
THEY TRY TO GO TO AMARI WINSTON RIGHT THERE AND COME UP EMPTY.
IT'S THIRD DOWN.
HE CAUGHT A BIG PLAY.
AND HE IS WORKING IT.
UNBLOCKED.
DEFENDER IN HIS FACE AND HE IS TALKING TO THROW IT A BIT BEHIND HIM.
AND LOOKING AT THE CORNERS HERE WALKER IS SHAKEN UP AND HE IS A LITTLE SHAKEN UP CHAZ STERN HAS REPLACED HIM YOU HAVE JACKSON HERE AT THE BOTTOM.
AND LAST TIME THEY DID IT, THEY THREW IT TO THE OUT ROUTE IT'S FOURTH DOWN AND 4 AS THE FOURTH QUARTER COMES TO A CLOSE.
AND THE BIG, BIG FOURTH DOWN COMING UP FOR THE YELLOW JACKETS AND WE HEAD IN TO THE FINAL PERIOD.
24-7, WARNER ROBBINS, 17.LEAD, 12 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEIR SIXTH IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
WILL THEY GET IT?
WE WILL FIND OUT, IN THE MINUTES AHEAD.
>> I WAS CATCHING UP WITH MALCOLM AND I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE FREDERICK PERRY STEPPING UP AND I SAID, WHEN DID YOU BECOME SUCH GOOD FRIENDS AND HE SAID, IN 10th GRADE WE CLICKED AND OUR FAVORITE THING TO PLAY ON OUTSIDE OF FOOTBALL IS MADDEN.
I SAID WHO GETS THE MOST GAMES?
AND HE SAID, 50/50.
PERRY PLAYING INSPIRED BALL HERE IN THE PLAYOFFS.
LET'S GO BACK TO WAYNE AND MATT AND THE ONE AND ONLY RUSTY.
I WILL GET IT RIGHT SOME DAY.
FORGIVE ME.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE MY MAN RUSTY AN IDENTITY CRISIS.
>> FOURTH AND FOUR AS WE START THE FOURTH QUARTER.
AND THEY ARE GOING TO TRY A FIELD GOAL HERE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A 28 YARDER.
WARNER ROBBINS COMES UP WITH ANOTHER HUGE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY.
SPECIAL TEAMS, SPECIAL TEAMS, SPECIAL TEAMS.
EVERY SINGLE PLAY MATTERS.
AND I KNOW COACHES PREACH THAT AND IT'S HARD TO GET EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.
BUT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WATCH THE GAME.
THE GAME HAS BEEN A SPECIAL TEAMS CRAZINESS FOR CALHOUN.
GREAT JOB BY WARNER ROBBINS TO GO IN AND GET THE FIELD GOAL BLOCKED.
>> AND NOW, ANOTHER OBSTACLE THAT CALHOUN IS GOING TO HAVE TO TRY AND OVER COME.
AND A 17-POINT DEFICIT.
THAT WAS A TEN PLAY DRIVE.
IT STARTED AT THE 34.
AND THEY COME UP EMPTY.
>> THEY CALL HIM FRED, CLOSE TO 100 YARDS RUSHING IN THE GAME.
AND TEN TACKLES ON DEFENSE.
TWO TOWELS.
>> THEY ARE GOING PUT IT ON HIS SHOULDERS, TRYING TO RIDE IT OUT.
>> THIRD CONSECUTIVE CARRY FROM PERRY.
NO LOOK, HE IS DONE.
>> NO GAS LEFT IN THE TANK.
HE WAS ON FUMES AS HE BROKE THE PLANE OF THE GOAL.
46 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR FRED PERRY.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY FRED PERRY TONIGHT.
31-7.
FREDERICK PERRY, HAVING HIMSELF A NIGHT IN THE 5-A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
HE GONE.
>> WHAT A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
I KNOW IT'S NOT THE RELG SEASON, BUT THIS IS THE TIME THAT I WOULD SAY, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
>> NO DOUBT.
>> 16 CARRIES, IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE BACK BREAKER IN TEN TACKLES AND TWO PBU.
>> I LIKE THAT'S SAFETY.
I THINK HE DID A GREAT NICKEL SAFETY.
COMES UP PHYSICAL, HE CAN COVER.
THIS MAN HAS PLAYED A FOOTBALL GAME AND HE HAS BEEN THAT WAY THROUGHOUT THIS SEASON FOR THEM.
HE REALLY STEPPED UP WHEN MALCOLM BROWN WENT DOWN.
HOW DO YOU LOSE A THREE-STAR RUNNING BACK AND NOT MISS A BEAT.
THAT IS WHAT WARNER ROBBINS HAS DONE.
>> WE WILL SEE HERE WITH 10:56 TO GO.
A LOT OF FIGHT LEFT, VERY PRIDEFUL PROGRAM HERE IN CALHOUN.
SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO HERE.
GETTING TO COLE SPEAR A BIT.
78 YARD FORCE OFFENSE OF COLE SPEAR.
THREE CATCHES FOR 38 YARDS AND FIVE CARRIES FOR 45 YARDS.
AND IT HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH AND WHAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD FROM COLE SPEAR, OUTSIDE OF THE INTERCEPTION IS A BIG PLAY ON OFFENSE FROM HIM.
>> YEP.
YEP.
>> RETURN READY KICK TONIGHT.
THE LINEBACKER THERE.
STOPPED CA THE DEN WILLIAMS.
SECOND DOWN AND NINE.
IT'S THE COVERAGE FOR ANTOINE JACKSON RIGHT UP IN COLE SPEARS FACE.
THEY ARE GOING COLE SPEAR'S WAY, HE CANNOT HOLD TO ON IT.
SEE THE FRUSTRATION STARTING TO SHOW.
YOU HAVE TO THROW THAT BACK SHOULDER IN THERE RIGHT THERE.
THROWS THE BALL OUT IN FRONT OF IT.
ALLOWING THE DEFENDER TO CLOSE BETTER.
A LOT OF TALKING GOING OUT THERE.
A LOT OF YAPPING.
WHEN YOU ARE A GEORGIA COMMIT IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, THEY ARE GOING TO CHALLENGE YOU.
YOU KNOW, GOOD GAME AS WELL.
SENIOR LINEBACKER.
THEY TRIED TO SCREEN IT AND THEY ARE ALL OVER IT.
>> WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT THIS IS, ONE OF -- WARNER ROBBINS HAS REESTABLISHED THEMSELVES IN MIDDLE GEORGIA.
>> NO DOUBT.
>> THE LORE AND THE MYSTIQUE, FADED AWAY A WHILE.
>> NORTH SIDE HAD A WHILE A BIT.
>> HAUSTEN COUNTY HAD IT AND COACH CAME IN AND MURKICE WESTBROOK IS TAKING IT TO ITS NEXT LEVEL.
WHAT APPEARS TO BE CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THAT WAS THE WEATHER YEAR, BAIN BRIDGE, THAT WAS THE TRIPLE OVER TIME GAME THEY LOST TO BOUEY'S TEAM WHEN HE WAS A FRESHMAN AND THEY LOSE TO BUFORD IN 2019 AND THEN, LAST YEAR, THEY BEAT CARTERSVILLE.
BIG RUN BY FRED AGAIN.
HE -- MY MAN CAN PLAY IN.
NO DOUBT, HYDRATION.
GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT GAME.
I WILL BE READY TO GO.
WHICH JERSEY DO YOU WANT IN HE TO WEAR?
>> WHAT IS YOUR COVER THERE, COACH?
>> SECOND DOWN AND FOUR.
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