IRWIN COUNTY TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST SINGLE-A TEAM TO WIN THREE STATE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE LINCOLN COUNTY DID IT IN IF THEY WILL DO IT, THEY WILL HAVE TO BEAT A GREAT BERKS COUNTY TEAM FOR THE FOURTH TIME .

>> COACH FREEMAN COMES IN WITH THE HAMMER BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, IRWIN COUNTY MUST HAVE THE SHIELD BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT LET BERKS COUNTY WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

IT SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME.

>> LET'S START WITH THIS IRWIN COUNTY TEAM, THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS.

12 -2 ON THE SEASON.

THE REGION TO CHAMPIONS IN SINGLE-A.

IT STARTS WITH THE COACHES SON, CODY SOLIDAY.

>> HE IS STARTING TO SEE I WITH I WITH HIS COACH.

HE IS RUNNING A LITTLE MORE AS YOU CAN SEE.

HIS RUSH TOUCHDOWNS ARE UP.

>> ALL THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH GEORGIA NO THE NAME LUNDY.

A FORMER IRWIN COUNTY STAR, HIS COUSIN HAS BECOME THE PLAYMAKER IN THE INDIAN'S OFFENSE.

>> 167 YARDS A GAME IN THE PLAYOFFS, THEY WILL NEED HIM STRONG, PATIENT BETWEEN THE TACKLES TONIGHT TO DOMINATE.

>> ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE IT IS NEMO McCOY GETTING THE JOB DONE.

>> HE CAN TACKLE, HE CAN PRESSURE THE QUARTERBACK.

ONLY 14 POINTS A GAME .

EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY IS WHAT HE BRINGS.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IRWIN COUNTY TROJANS.

THEIR ONLY LOSS IS IRWIN COUNTY AND THOMASVILLE.

IT STARTS OUT WITH THEM RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, O.J.

ARNOLD, ONE OF THE TOP RUNNING RUSHERS.

>> THE LEADING OLD-TIMERS ARE FOR BROOKS COUNTY .

HE IS HEADED TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN, HE IS FAST, ELECTRIC, ALMOST 2300 YARDS RUSHING.

>> HOW DID IS HE, HE PASSED HERSCHEL WALKER ON THE LEADER LIST IN THE LAST BALLGAME OF THE SEASON.

LET'S LOOK AT JAMAAL SANDERS, HE DID NOT EVEN WANT TO BE THE QUARTERBACK, THEY ARE GLAD HE IS.

>> ONLY 5'9" BUT, 27 TOUCHDOWNS THROUGH THE AIR.

12 ON THE GROUND.

THEY NEED THAT KIND OF PRODUCTION FROM HIM TONIGHT.

>> CHRISTIAN EDGINGTON MOVED FROM DEFENSIVE TACKLE TO LINEBACKER AND HE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE.

>> THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE, HIS COACH SAYS HE IS LIKE A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR ON THE FIELD.

HE LEADS THEM IN ALL THINGS ESPECIALLY TACKLING.

THIS DEFENSE NEEDS TO BRING THE TO DO IT.

>> THE TROJANS AND INDIANS PLAYING FOR THE SINGLE-A CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM IS STANDING BY AT CENTER PARK STADIUM.

>> YOU HIT ON THE KEY PLAYERS FOR THE GAME TONIGHT.

ANOTHER KEY FIGURE ON THE SIDELINE THAT IS BROOKS COUNTY'S --YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING FOOTBALL A LONG TIME WATCHING YOUR DAD COACH A LONG TIME.

HE HAS A LOT OF EMOTIONS, HOW HARD IS IT FOR YOU TO KEEP HIM IN LINE?

>> I GOT THE JOB BECAUSE THE OTHER COACHES ARE AFRAID OF HIM.

BUT BECAUSE HE KNOWS IT IS ME HE WOULD NOT REACT THE SAME WAY.

>> YOU HAVE GRADUATED FROM FORT VALLEY STATE A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.

YOU ARE ALSO IN PHARMACY SCHOOL, HOW EXCITED ARE YOU TO COME BACK AND HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY?

>> I AM EXCITED .

>> THE GET BACK COACH ON THE SIDELINES, LET'S GO UP TO --AS WE GET READY TO KICK THIS OFF.

>> YOU WILL BE FINE, IT KIND OF WORKED FOR ME BUT, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH.

BERKS COUNTY AND IRWIN COUNTY SET TO PLAY, IRWIN COUNTY IN THE PLANS, 35 HYPHEN SEVEN WIN OVER JOHNSON COUNTY IN THE FIRST ROUND.

SECOND-ROUND BEAT LINCOLN COUNTY.

QUARTERFINALS 28-15 WIN OVER MACON COUNTY AND IN THE SEMI FINALS, 31-27 OVER WILCOX COUNTY.

LOOK AT CASEY SOLIDAY, 24-5 HE WAS PROMOTED FROM ASSISTANT COACH DEFENSIVE ORDINATOR TO REPLACE THE LATE BUT HE NOBLES WHO LED THE INDIANS TO THE 2019 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

BROOKS COUNTY, 49-13 WIN OVER MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN THE FIRST ROUND.

SECOND-ROUND, 61-28 WIN AT WASHINGTON WILKES.

SEMI FINALS, 49 HYPHEN SEVEN WIN OVER --OPENING KICKOFF BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.

A SKY KICK THAT WILL BE FIELDED FAIR CAUGHT AND THAT IS WHERE THE BROOKS COUNTY TROJANS WILL GO ON OFFENSE TO START THE BALLGAME.

>> ALREADY YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECT OF AMARI ARNOLD BACK THERE.

WATCH HIM OUT IN OPEN SPACE.

THIS WILL BE AN EXCITING GAME.

THIS TEAM TRYING TO TAKE THE TASK OF FINALLY GETTING BY IRWIN COUNTY.

>> JAMAAL SANDERS, 20 TO 24 YARDS IN THE AIR, 27 TOUCHDOWNS AND FIVE INTERCEPTIONS.

AND IRWIN COUNTY , THE FIRST CARRIED BY ARNOLD.

>> A NICE JOB, OUTSIDE LINEBACKER RICKY SMITH COMING DOWN EARLY.

THAT IS WHAT YOU HALF TO DO.

>> SECOND DOWN, BALL AT THE 31.

ARNOLD AND A BIG --AND IF HE GOES ON THE SECOND SNAP IN THE BALLGAME, TOUCHDOWN, BROOKS COUNTY.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SIT BACK.

YOU ARE LOOKING AT ONE OF THE MORE DYNAMIC PLAYERS THAT HAS EVER RUN THE BALL IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

5'8", 175.

RUNNING THE COUNTER, THE POWER.

HERE, ONCE THIS HAPPENS, THAT IS ALL YOU NEED.

ONCE HE GETS OUT INTO THE OPEN, HIS SPEED TAKES OVER AND NO ONE WILL CATCH HIM.

>> A 69 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN JUST 38 SECONDS INTO THE GAME.

AND CHASTAIN ON FOR THE POINT AFTER.

HE PUTS IT UP AND IN AND A 7-0 LEAD FOR BROOKS COUNTY.

HOW ABOUT THE FIRST TIME THEY PLAYED ON SEPTEMBER 24?

THEY HELD HIM TO 83 YARDS RUSHING, 69 ON THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE.

>> ARE YOU SAYING THAT IS ON HIS MIND?

GREAT BLOCKING, UNTOUCHED UNTIL HE GETS INTO THE SECONDARY.

LOOK AT THIS, GOOD KICK OUT BLOCK AND THEN IT BECOMES ABOUT THE SPEED.

NO ONE ON THE FIELD CAN CATCH AMARI ARNOLD ONCE THAT HAPPENS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG KEYS WE TALK ABOUT DURING THE GAME.

>>> HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER AND BROOKS COUNTY FEEDING THIS GAME 7-0 ON IRWIN COUNTY.

THE BROOKS COUNTY OFFENSE GOES BACK OUT THERE, SCORED ON TWO PLACE THEIR FIRST DRIVE.

THEY WILL TAKE A SHOT DOWN FIELD, FAR SIDELINE, IT IS CAUGHT AT THE 48.

FOUNTAIN WITH HIS NINTH CATCH OF THE SEASON CAME BACK FOR THE BALL.

>> TOP SPEED, NICE JOB.

BALL SKILLS.

NOT REALLY PLAYING FOR THE SHOULDER THROW BUT, YOU CAN SEE THE RECEIVER MAKING THE ADJUSTMENT, FOUNTAIN FINDING THE BALL.

>> THAT WAS A 28 YARD CATCH.

FOUNTAIN HAS HAD A CATCHES FOR 211 AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS.

IRWIN COUNTY BURNS A TIMEOUT.

NOT A BAD TIMEOUT TO TAKE.

>> YOU CAN SEE AN ENERGY ABOUT THIS BROOKS COUNTY TEAM COMING INTO THIS GAME.

THEY ARE TIRED OF HEARING THEY CANNOT BE IRWIN COUNTY GOING OUT ON THE FIELD.

A DIFFERENT ENERGY IN THIS TEAM.

IN THE FIRST OFFENSE AND DEFENSE.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLACE OF THE GAME.

THIS IS THE IRWIN COUNTY , ACTUALLY THE BROOKS COUNTY OFFENSE AGAINST THE IRWIN COUNTY DEFENSE.

>> THE FIRST KEY, GET OUT OF THE WAY OF O'DEA.

GET HIM OUT IN THE OPEN SPACE AND LET HIM RUN.

GREAT TACKLING BY IRWIN COUNTY DEFENSE WHEN YOU HAVE SANDERS AND ARNOLD RUNNING THE BALL THE WAY THEY ARE CAPABLE.

GET THEM DOWN EARLY.

SO FAR, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO IT EARLY ON GETTING ARNOLD DOWN ON THAT BIG RUN.

BUT YOU CAN SEE AND SENSE THE ENERGY WATCHING THIS GAME.

PLAYCALLING BEING AGGRESSIVE ON THAT LAST PLAY >> THE KEEPER BY SANDERS, ACROSS THE 30 AND DOWN TO THE 25.

>> I WOULD'VE LOVED TO BE THERE WHEN SANDERS TOLD FREEMAN, I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR QUARTERBACK 5'9", PROBABLY A RECEIVER ON THE NEXT LEVEL BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SPEED AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES THEM SO DANGEROUS.

A GREAT READ, LOOK AT THE BLOCKING UP FRONT.

10-12 YARDS DOWN THE FIELD BEFORE HE HAD TO NEGOTIATE A DEFENDER.

>> I AM GUESSING THAT WAS A SHORT CONVERSATION THEY HAD.

SANDERS, IN FAIRNESS, WAS LIKE I DON'T WANT TO BE A QUARTERBACK BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO PLAY QUARTERBACK IN COLLEGE.

I WANT TO WORK ON THE POSITION I AM GOING TO PLAY IN COLLEGE AND TO THAT HE SAYS LOOK, IF YOU CAN PLAY FOOTBALL, THEY WILL SIGN YOU AND PUT YOU WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT YOU.

>> TALENT IS RECOGNIZED REGARDLESS OF POSITION.

>> THE DEFENSE FOR IRWIN COUNTY BY SANDERS AND THE TACKLER GETS HURT ON THE PLAY.

MARCUS EDWARDS, WE SAW HIM ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL EARLIER.

LOOKS LIKE HE WAS SHAKEN UP ON THE PLAY.

>> SANDERS NOT SURE WHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL.

TRYING TO MAKE THE READ, BIG PENETRATION IN THE MIDDLE.

WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO GET UP IN THE LINE.

>> THIRD DOWN AND SHORT.

ARNOLD ON THE DIRECT SNAP PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.

>> SHOWING YOU THE TOUGHNESS THAT HIS COACH TALKS ABOUT.

KEEPING HIS LEGS AND FEET MOVING AND PUSHING HIMSELF TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.

>> COACH FREEMAN IN HIS 18th SEASON AT THE HEAD COACH , BROOKS COUNTY.

THE NINE YARD LINE.

HE WILL BE HARD TO STOP TONIGHT.

>> ENTERTAINING, THE LEFT GUARD, PUSHED HIM, HIT HIM IN THE BACK AND STILL WAS ABLE TO GET ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR YARDS.

>> SECOND DOWN, DIRECT SNAP ARNOLD, CLOSE TO ANOTHER FIRST DOWN AS HE IS INSIDE THE FIVE.

>> THE ONE THING BROOKS COUNTY IS SHOWING YOU, THEY HAVE A BIG SIZE ADVANTAGE ON THE DEFENSIVE FRONT.

LOOK AT THE LINE, WILSON ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WORKING AND THEN THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS ON THE LEFT.

>> ANOTHER DOSE OF ARNOLD.

HE WILL PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 4 YARD LINE.

HIS COACH SAYS HE DOES NOT HAVE AN EAGLE THAT DEMANDS THE FOOTBALL BUT, WE WANT HIM TO CARRY IT 30 TIMES A GAME.

>> THEIR BEST PLAYER HANDLING THE BALL GIVES THEM THE BEST CHANCE.

RIGHT NOW THEY WILL PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF OJ AND THIS OFFENSIVE LINE TO GET IT DONE INSIDE THE 5.

>> BACK TO ARNOLD, SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE FIRST QUARTER FOR ARNOLD AND TOUCHDOWN FOR BERKS COUNTY.

A 13-0 LEAD.

>> POWER GAME AND THEN THE POWER LOOK AND USE THE ONE THING I KNOW I CAN DO IS OUTRUN YOU.

A NICE BOUNCE TO THE OUTSIDE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> ALMOST A 100 YARD TOUCHDOWN FOR AMARI ARNOLD.

THESE ARE THE KIND OF GUYS THAT YOU LIKE TO BLOCK FORWARD TO.

>> THESE ARE THE GUYS YOU BLOCK HARDER FOR.

YOU KNOW IF YOU CAN GET THEM ON THE NEXT LEVEL, THEY ARE SO DYNAMIC AND ELECTRIC.

RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE SELLING ON THE COUNTER AND BOUNCING ON THE OUTSIDE.

>> EIGHT KARYS, 96 YARDS FOR ARNOLD IN THE GAME.

>> WE SAW MARCUS EDWARDS ON THE GROUND EARLIER.

MAYBE AN ISSUE RUNNING IN HIS GAIT.

WE CANNOT HAVE THAT TALKING ABOUT A GUY LIKE AMARI ARNOLD ON THE OUTSIDE.

>> THE NUMBER 21 PRESSURE ALL TIME IN GEORGIA HISTORY CAME INTO THE GAME WITH 6238 YARDS.

HE PASSED BY HERSCHEL WALKER IN THEIR SEMI FINAL WIN HE ALSO BROKE THE RECORD OF CHRIS COLE, THE ALL-TIME LEADING RUSHER AS YOU ALLUDED TO EARLIER IN BROOKS COUNTY HISTORY.

A STAR ON THEIR LAST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AND ONLY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM IN 1984.

>> HEADED TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN, GEORGIA SOUTHERN PEOPLE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT --WHO IS IN THE NFL RUNNING THE BALL.

ONE OF THOSE GUYS YOU CANNOT JUDGE ON THE SIZE.

NOW IF YOU ARE IRWIN COUNTY YOU COME IN THIS -- YOUR OFFENSE IS NOT BUILT FOR IS TO GET DOWN.

YOU HALF TO PUT A DRIVE TOGETHER.

>> YOU HAVE TO STICK TO YOUR GAME PLAN.

GO BACK AND TRY TO GET THAT FOUR AND FIVE YARDS.

EVENTUALLY, YOU WILL HAVE TO CONVERT THE FOURTH DOWNS.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE KEYS OF THE GAME.

URBAN COUNTY'S OFFENSE VERSUS THE BROOKS COUNTY DEFENSE.

>> PUTTING TWO OR THREE FIRST DOWNS TOGETHER, MAKING SURE, IF YOU DO NOT SCORE THAT BROOKS COUNTY HAS TO GO THE LONG LENGTH OF THE FIELD AND WIN ON THE OTHER SIDE.

ALIGNMENT, WHEN YOU TAKE ON THE WING T YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS IN THEIR GAP SEE YOU CAN GET THE RIGHT CALL AND WRITE ASSIGNMENT FOR WHO TAKES THE BALL ON THE COUNTER BOX.

>> SECOND DOWN AND NINE.

THEY DROPPED THE BALL AND BROOKS COUNTY MIGHT BE ON TOP OF IT.

THEY ARE.

SOLIDAY JUST HAD IT SLIP RIGHT OUT OF HIS HANDS.

AND NUMBER 34 HUNTER BRINSON CAME UP WITH IT.

>> JACKSON COMING OFF THE EDGE WITH THE BIG PRESSURE.

JUST LIFTS IT OUT OF SOLIDAY'S HANDS.

HE CAN SEE THE PRESSURE, TRYING TO GO TO THE QUICK SLANT.

ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AND NOT SURE --NOT ABLE TO DELIVER THE BALL.

COUNTY OFFENSE.

SETTING UP THE HIGH-POWER OFFENSE ONCE AGAIN ON THEIR SIDE OF THE FIELD.

>> FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 23.

SANDERS HAS ALL KINDS OF TIME.

WILL TAKE OFF AND RUN, DIVES FOR THE PYLON AND TOUCHDOWN.

WOW.

SOME KIND OF FAST.

>> JAMAAL SANDERS , THE JUNIOR QUARTERBACK WATCH THE BLAZING SPEED, GOOD PROTECTION, JUST NOWHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL AND THE SIZE TO SHOW YOU REGARDLESS OF POSITION HE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

DYNAMIC AND FAST, BIG TIME PLAY AND WITH HIM AND THE WAY THEY RUN THE BALL, A LOT OF TROUBLE EARLY ON FOR IRWIN COUNTY.

>> CHASTAIN BACK OUT THERE FOR ANOTHER PAT.

A 21-0 LEAD FOR BROOKS COUNTY.

A 23 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY JAMAAL SANDERS AFTER GETTING THE FUMBLE RECOVERY FROM THIS IRWIN COUNTY OFFENSE.

>> NOWHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL.

GOOD PROTECTION, A LOT OF TIME.

PRESSURE FINALLY GETS THERE AND THEN, THE SPEED, THE ATHLETICISM.

>> HOW ABOUT THE DIE FOR THE PYLON?

HE SENSED HE WAS GETTING READY TO STEP OUT OF BOUNDS AND YOU AND I TALK ABOUT THIS GAME , WE KIND OF SINCE AND I AM NOT SAYING THE GAME IS OVER BUT ANYTIME YOU BEAT A TEAM THREE TIMES IN A ROW, THERE IS SO MUCH EMOTIONAL BUILDUP INSIDE A TEAM THAT HAS BEEN BEATEN THREE TIMES IN A ROW.

>> YOU CAN JUST SENSE FROM THE FIRST PLAY UNTIL NOW THAT BROOKS COUNTY CAME IN, UNDERSTANDING IF THEY WERE GOING TO BEAT IRWIN COUNTY, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LIFT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.

AND IRWIN COUNTY, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, NOT THE BIG PLAY STARS ON OFFENSIVELY.

>> THE HANDOFF TO MARSHALL.

DIVES AND IT'S BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> COMING UP THE FIELD, MAKING MARSHALL HAVE TO CUT THE BALL INSIDE .

WHEN HE DID SO, WHAT A FIREPLUG HE HAS BEEN FOR THIS DEFENSE.

>> EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETE, A GREAT YEAR, THE JUNIOR WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.

SECOND DOWN AND 10.

RUN DEEP, A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE PLAY THAT TIME.

THOMAS COMING UP FROM THE SAFETY SPOT TO HELP OUT ON THE TACKLE.

>> GUYS HUSTLING, THEY UNDERSTAND THE KIND OF --THEY ARE FACING.

THEY ARE PLAYING WITH THAT ENERGY LEVEL.

>> THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.

THIS TROJANS DEFENSE GAVE UP 18 POINTS PER GAME THIS SEASON.

HAVE LOOKED REALLY GOOD IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

COULD BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER, SOLIDAY THROWING WILL NOT PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.

AND IRWIN COUNTY WILL HAVE TO PUNT AS THE CLOCK IT'S ZERO AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

WHAT A QUARTER FOR BROOKS COUNTY.

TRIED TO WIN THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1994.

THEY ARE OFF TO A GREAT START IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

>>> WHAT A FIRST QUARTER FOR BROOKS COUNTY.

21 POINTS AND QUARTERBACK JAMAR SANDERS A BIG PART OF THAT.

HE HAD TO BE KIND OF COURSE TO PLAY QUARTER BACK.

ONE OF THE VOICES THAT RESONATED WITH HIM WAS THAT OF FORMER QUARTERBACK MALCOLM PARRISH IN BROOKS COUNTY.

I ASKED HIM WHAT HE TOLD JAMAR ABOUT PLAYING QUARTERBACK.

HE SAID, YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT THE TEAM NEEDS YOU TO DO.

KIND OF LIKE BEING THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD, YOU DO WHAT YOUR FAMILY NEEDS TO DO.

>> ABSOLUTELY, ONE OF THE BEST EVER TO WEAR A BROOKS COUNTY UNIFORM.

A FOUR STAR WHO PLAYED QUARTERBACK FOR THE TROJANS.

NEVER PLAYED CORNERBACK FOR THE TROJANS, WENT TO GEORGIA AND PLAYED CORNERBACK.

>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, A LOT OF IT ABOUT DYNAMICS, CAN YOU CHECK THE BOX FOR SPEED AND HEIGHT AND COACH ABILITY.

A LOT OF GUYS GOT MOVED FROM DIFFERENT POSITIONS .

THAT IS THE COMMON THREAD, JUST LOOKING TO SEE IF YOU HAVE THAT NEXT LEVEL TALENT?

>> CAN YOU PLAY?

IF YOU CAN PLAY, YOU CAN PLAY FOR US.

BROOKS COUNTY BACK ON OFFENSE.

A NICE TACKLE ON THE EDGE.

AS MARCUS EDWARDS , WE HAVE CALLED HIS NAME A LOT, IRWIN COUNTY TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING ANYWAY THEY CAN.

>> THIS TIME, STAYING AT HOME IS MARCUS EDWARDS, STAYING UP FIELD.

GOT BURNT ON THE TOUCHDOWN KEEPING THE SHOULDERS SQUARE AND BRING HIM DOWN.

>> INTERCEPTED, A PICK SIX, TOUCHDOWN, IRWIN COUNTY.

HE READ THAT WELL AND IRWIN COUNTY GETTING BACK IN THE GAME WITH A HUGE DEFENSIVE PLAY.

>> HE IS KNOWN MORE FOR HIS RECEIVER SKILLS.

RIGHT HERE, CATCHING THIS BALL LIKE A RECEIVER.

A LONG THROW FOR SANDERS.

A NICE READ BY HADDON GIVING THIS TEAM JUST WHAT THEY NEEDED TO GET BACK IN THE GAME.

>> IF YOU THOUGHT THAT IRWIN COUNTY WOULD JUST HEAD BACK TO OH STELLA AFTER A BAD FIRST QUARTER YOU CAN THINK AGAIN.

THIS TEAM IS IN THE STATE FINALS FOR THE SEVENTH TIME IN THEY KNOW THE BIG STAGE.

THEY HAVE HAD DISAPPOINTMENT ON THE BIG STAGE AND SUCCESS.

THEY COME UP WITH A BIG PLAY RIGHT THERE TO GET THE PICK SIX AND CUT THE BROOKS COUNTY LEAD TO 14.

>> AS YOU TALKED ABOUT COMING INTO THE GAME, LOOKING FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH EVERYONE HAVING TO CONTRIBUTE AT SOME POINT.

OFFENSE, DEFENSE, SPECIAL TEAMS.

A NICE JOB MAKING THAT WE.

A LONG THROW FOR JAMAAL SANDERS.

>> HE WILL TAKE THE KICKOFF AND --MORE OF THE ANGLE KICKER.

THEY HIT THE SKY BALL, IT WILL GO OUT OF BOUNDS AND WE WILL SEE WHAT IRWIN COUNTY , PARDON ME WHAT BROOKS COUNTY ELECTS TO DO.

>> THE OFFENSES ARE STARTING IN GREAT FIELD POSITION ONCE AGAIN.

>> THEY WILL GET THE BALL AROUND THE 40 YARD LINE.

>> LONG, LOOKING DOWN THE RECEIVER LOOKING DOWN , ALL ABOUT TIMING TRYING TO LOOK OFF THE SAFETY THAT TIME COULD NOT LOOK OFF HADDON.

OFFENSE.

LOOK AT ARNOLD.

>> I GUESS HE RIPPED UP THAT -- LET'S GO BACK TO THE JUICE, NICE JOB PULLING AROUND WILLIAMS.

RIGHT HERE, THIS IS HOW YOU GET CLOSE TO 2300 YARDS ON THE SEASON.

>> ISN'T IT SO REFRESHING TO SAY THAT, 2000 YARD RUSHER.

SUCH AN ANOMALY.

IN THE NFL THEY DO NOT GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT BUT, IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU STILL HAVE THAT.

A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT, 11 CAREER 100 YARD RUSHING GAMES.

HE IS AT 107 ALREADY.

SANDERS.

AND HE IS ELECTRIC WHEN YOU GET OUT ON THE OPEN FIELD.

TOLD US, WE CANNOT ALLOW ARNOLD AND SANDERS TO GET INTO THE OPEN FIELD.

>> IN THE POCKET, NOWHERE TO GO AND JUST THE ATHLETICISM TAKES OVER AS WE TALKED ABOUT.

YOU CAN SEE THE VISION AND THE RUNNING SKILLS.

>> SANDERS COMING TO THE NEAR SIDE, DRAGGED DOWN FROM BEHIND.

THAT IS MARCUS EDWARDS AGAIN, BUSY AT THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER SPOT ALREADY TONIGHT.

>> JAMAAL SANDERS THE SECOND TIME HE HAS -- THE WAY HE RUNS THE BALL EXPECT IT WILL COME OFF THAT TIME, ONCE AGAIN, STAYING HOME FORCES THEM TO THE INSIDE .

>> THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.

ARNOLD AND HE IS ALMOST FIVE YARDS IMMEDIATELY UPON TOUCHING -- >> YOU CAN SEE THE AGGRESSIVENESS ABOUT HIS RUNNING STYLE.

THE DIRECT SNAP NOT EVEN WAITING ON THE BLOCKING TO HAPPEN.

JUST GETTING IN THERE.

I THINK SOMETIMES THAT SURPRISES THE DEFENSE WITH HIS SIZE HE IS WILLING TO RUN IN THERE MORE LIKE A FULLBACK.

>> FIRST AND 10, BALL AT 39.

THERE IS ARNOLD AGAIN.

INTERESTING TO SEE, THAT WAS NOT ARNOLD, HE HAD TO GO TO THE SIDELINE BECAUSE HE HAD THE HELMET COME OFF.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF OFFENSE ARNOLD HAS COMMITTED TO AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN WITH THE NEW HEAD COACH.

CERTAINLY NOT THE --EAGLES FANS HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO WATCHING.

LOOK AT HIM GO AGAIN.

TOUCHDOWN AMARI ARNOLD, HIS THIRD SCORE OF THE NIGHT.

>> GETTING BEHIND WILLIAMS ON THAT LEFT SIDE.

ATTACKING THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

HITTING THE HOLE, LOOK AT THE SPEED, THE BALANCE KEEPING IT UP.

WHAT A BIG TIME PLAYER HE IS SHOWING YOU ALREADY IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> I LIKE YOUR COMPARISON TO -- HE REMINDS ME A LOT, BODY AND SHAPE , DOES HE HAVE THAT SPEED?

MAYBE, I AM NOT SURE.

THERE IS THE PAT, 36 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY ARNOLD.

LOOK AT THIS.

LIKE A BULLET OUT OF A HYPHEN SEVEN, BROOKS COUNTY.

>>> 20 8-7 BROOKS COUNTY LEADING IRWIN COUNTY.

STILL NOT HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER.

>> IT HAS BEEN THE AMARI ARNOLD SHOW SO FAR TONIGHT.

12 CARRIES, 148 YARDS, THREE TOUCHDOWN RUNS.

A 69 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN AND A 36 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.

SNYDER ON THE RETURN FOR IRWIN COUNTY.

THE INDIANS GO BACK ON OFFENSE STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN.

>> WHEN YOU TAKE THE FIELD, THIS INDIAN OFFENSE, I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE MORE PATIENT.

YOU HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN, NOT LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD, JUST TRY TO EXECUTE A DRIVE.

GET DOWNHILL, DO WHAT YOU DO, YOU COME IN THE GAME AVERAGING ALMOST 40 POINTS AGAIN.

>> MARSHALL, THE FRESHMAN MET HEAD-ON AFTER ABOUT A ONE YARD GAIN.

FIRED UP DEFENSE BY BROOKS COUNTY.

THOMAS, EDGINGTON TEAMING UP FOR THE TACKLE.

>> THAT IS THE THING, THEY HAVE TO START MATCHING THE ENERGY LEVEL.

YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF RED JERSEYS, RALLYING TO THE BALL, YOU HAVE THE OFFENSIVE LINE, THE TIGHT END, YOU CANNOT HAVE GUYS JUMPING ON THE BALL CARRIER, YOU HAVE TO PLAY AT A HIGHER PACE.

>> SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT, MARSHALL AGAIN SCRAMBLING FORWARD TO THE 42.

ABOUT THREE YARDS SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN.

>> NICE BLOCKING ON THE EDGE.

JOHNSON, A LATE BLOOMER, 6'4" ABOUT 290.

COACH REALLY FEELS HE IS SOMEONE THAT THE NEXT LEVEL SHOULD LOOK INTO.

AND RIGHT NOW, THIRD AND THREE, EXECUTION IS AT A HIGH, TALKING ABOUT RUNNING THE KIND OF STYLE OF OFFENSE IRWIN COUNTY RUNS.

>> THE MIDDLE, FIRST DOWN CARRY FOR LUNDY .

>> BE WHO YOU ARE, THAT IS WHAT THIS INDIAN OFFENSE IS.

GETTING DOWNHILL.

>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH WILEY.

>> HERE ON THE IRWIN COUNTY SIDELINE.

THE LEFT GUARD HAS HIS -- WORKING ON HIM CONSTANTLY OVER THE LAST QUARTER.

HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO THE FIELD WITH ANY KIND OF CONSISTENCY.

>> AS YOU POINTED OUT, -- >> TOBY BROWN THE RIGHT GUARD PULLING AROUND, NICE JOB, I LOVE THE WAY THAT MARSHALL IS STARTING TO BE ABLE TO SQUARE STARTING TO SEE THE KIND OF OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION RUNNING THE BALL THAT WE EXPECT .

>> SECOND DOWN AND TWO .

APPROACHING THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE SECOND QUARTER.

UP THE MIDDLE, A FIRST DOWN GARY FOR THE INDIANS.

LUNDY.

LUNDY AVERAGING 167.5 YARDS RUSHING.

AND NINE TOUCHDOWNS IN THEIR FOUR PLAYOFF WINS.

>> PATIENT --ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT, ONCE YOU PUT HIM IN THE STARTING LINEUP, THE LIGHTS FINALLY CAME ON AND HE IS VERY DISCIPLINED, EXECUTING THE OFFENSE.

>> MARSHALL AGAIN RUNNING OFF THE RIGHT TACKLE SPOT .

PICKS UP A COUPLE ON THE PLAY.

MARSHALL HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE SO FAR FOR IRWIN COUNTY TONIGHT.

TEAM LEADING 11 CARRIES FOR 46 YARDS.

HIS NUMBERS ON THE SEASON, 705 YARDS ON THE GROUND.

HE IS A COUSIN OF DJ LUNDY TOO.

PASS RIGHT THERE TO ROBERTS, INSIDE THE 10 AND DOWN TO THE 4.

>> BEAUTIFUL PLAY ACTION FAKE.

AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS DRIVE, BEING ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE RUN.

NICE FAKE, NICE PICKUP BY THE BACKS AND A NICE TOUCH ON THE BALL BY CODY SOLIDAY.

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IF YOU >> FIRST AND GOAL TO GO.

MARSHALL GETS IT AND WILL GET CAUGHT BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

PENETRATION ON DEFENSE FROM -- SECOND DOWN AND GOAL FROM AROUND THE FIVE.

>> WE HAVE SEEN HIM AND THESE LINEBACKERS, THEY DO GET THAT PENETRATION, THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF GETTING BACK.

TALK ABOUT MARSHALL NOT SURE WHERE THE FRESHMAN PART OF ALL THIS LOOKS LIKE.

DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A FRESHMAN WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIM OUT THE FIELD.

>> SOLIDAY TURNS AND LOOKS TO THE SIDELINE.

THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, KYLE WILSON CALLING THE PLACE.

TOUCHDOWN, IRWIN COUNTY.

SUCCESSFUL RUN OF THE TRAP.

28-13.

>> NOT SURE IF SOLIDAY WAS DOING A LITTLE POSSUM, HE KIND OF MADE THE DEFENSE RELAX BY ACTING LIKE HE WAS CONFUSED.

NICE TRAP THERE BY TOBY BROWN WITH THE KICK OUT.

AS WE HAVE SEEN WITH LUNDY IN THE DRIVE, POWER RUNNING RIGHT BETWEEN THE GUARDS AND TACKLE AREA OF THE FIELD.

>> THE 22nd TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON FOR LUNDY.

FIRST OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT .

AN IMPRESSIVE 65 YARD DRIVE.

>> THIS WAS AN IRWIN COUNTY OFFENSE.

POWER IN THE MIDDLE.

GET OUT ON THE EDGES.

GET FOUR OR FIVE YARDS AND EXECUTE THE DRIVE.

BE PATIENT, POP PASS TO ROBERTS .

ABLE TO EXECUTE AND PICK UP A BIG LAY.

THAT IS THEIR OFFENSE.

BE PATIENT, STOP LOOKING AT THE SCOREBOARD AND GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE TO GET BACK INTO THE GAME.

>> YOU SAW THE NUMBERS FOR THE MARCUS LUNDY, AND THEIR 41-27 SEMI FINAL WIN AGAINST ELKHART COUNTY.

WHO WILL TAKE THE KICKOFF HERE.

JUST THAT SKY KICK FAIR CAUGHT AT THE 29.

FAIR CAUGHT BY -- BACK IN THE GAME, IRWIN COUNTY.

THEY GIVE UP A BIG PLAY AND GET A LOT OF HILL TO CLIMB BUT A LOT OF TIME TO PLAY.

>> HOW DO YOU STOP AMARI ARNOLD BECOMES THE QUESTION FOR THE IRWIN COUNTY DEFENSE.

HE HAS DOMINATED IN BETWEEN THE TACKLES AND OUT ON THE EDGE.

ONCE AGAIN, HE CAME IN THE GAME KNOWING IT WAS HIS TASK AND THAT IS WHAT --GO AHEAD AND DO.

>> ONE OF OUR RARE FLAGS.

THAT MAN RIGHT THERE HAS BEEN THE STAR OF THE NIGHT.

SANDERS TRIES TO COME TO THE NEAR SIDE, THERE IS MARCUS EDWARDS AGAIN.

HE HAS HAD HIMSELF A BIG FIRST HALF DEFENSIVELY.

>> FULL ME ONCE IT IS MY FAULT, MARCUS EDWARDS GOT FOOLED ON THAT TOUCHDOWN AND SINCE THEN A GOOD EYE ON SANDERS WANTING TO BOUNCE THIS TO THE OUTSIDE.

HE MAKES THE PLAY ON THE OUTSIDE, NICE JOB OF STAYING HOME.

>> FIVE TACKLES FOR EDWARDS ARE READY AND FOUR HAVE BEEN TACKLES FOR LOSS.

IRWIN COUNTY SHOWING SOME TOUGH DEFENSE ON THIS POSSESSION.

GIVING UP 18 POINTS PER GAME.

THEY HAVE GIVEN UP 20 POINTS IN LESS THAN ONE HALF.

THIS IS A THIRD AND 15.

A CHANCE FOR THEM TO GET OFF THE FIELD.

OFF THE BACK FOOT, THROWS IT UP AND BROKEN UP, THEY WERE TRYING TO GO TO ARNOLD ON THE PLAY.

AND BROKEN UP BY THE LINEBACKER.

>> ARNOLD GOING UP THE SIDELINE.

OUT OF NOWHERE, RIGHT THERE, THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER COME INTO THE PLAY AND KNOCK THE BALL AWAY.

WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WILL JAMAAL SANDERS BE ABLE TO DO AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO REMEMBER, EVERYBODY LOOKING FOR THAT TYREEK HILL GUY THAT YOU CAN GET OUT IN SPACE.

>> LET'S SEE, DID THEY GIVE HIM FIVE YARDS BACK OR DID HE COME OFF SITE?

>> IRWIN COUNTY TAKES THE EITHER BECAUSE YOU KEEP THEM FROM RUNNING THE CLOCK ALL THE WAY DOWN.

GIVES YOU SOME TIME TO MAYBE HAVE TIME ON THE CLOCK TO WORK WITH OFFENSIVELY.

>> DON'T TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT TO CASEY SOLIDAY, HE IS UPSET THEY HAVE TO CALL THAT TIMEOUT.

THAT IS JUST ABOUT GROUPING.

THE GROUPS AND TO HAVE TO CALL A TIMEOUT BECAUSE NOT HAVING THE PROPER PEOPLE OUT THERE DRIVES COACHES NUTS.

ONE TIMEOUT, WILL GET THE BALL BACK IN GREAT POSITION.

STILL BE ABLE TO EXECUTE , YOU STILL HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO OUT AND RUN THE BALL.

>> SANDERS IS THE PUNTER.

CAUGHT AT THE 42 AND DOWN IMMEDIATELY.

NICE OPEN FIELD TACKLE.

FOUNTAIN MAKING THE STOP, GOOD COVERAGE ON THE PUNCH.

THAT IS WHERE IRWIN COUNTY WILL GO ON OFFENSE.

34 YARD PUNT .

SOLIDAY BRINGS THE OFFENSE BACK OUT.

>> NO ONE MAIN GUY IN THIS RECEIVING CORPS.

VERY CAPABLE RECEIVERS DOWN THE FIELD.

COMING UP WITH THE BIG CATCH.

AND BROOKS COUNTY, AS MUCH AS THEY MAY RUN THE BALL, YOU CANNOT FORGET YOUR ASSIGNMENT AND GET BOTTLED UP ON THE RUN.

>> THAT WAS BRYCE CLEMENTS.

FIRST TIME HE HAS TOUCHED THE BALL AND BROOKS COUNTY WAS NOT FOOLED.

>> A LOT OF MOVING PARTS HERE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF -- NICE HUSTLE TO THE BALL AS WE TALKED ABOUT.

THE NOSE TACKLE, NUMBER 51 MAKING THE PLAY.

>> 5'11", 219 JUNIOR.

HERE IS A JUSTIN WHO PLAYED DEFENSIVE TACKLE A YEAR AGO AND THEY MOVED HIM TO LINEBACKER.

SOLIDAY DOWNFIELD AT THE 50.

IT IS CAUGHT.

THAT IS HAD IN WHO HAD THE PICK SIX EARLIER IN THE GAME.

HIS FIRST RECEPTION OF THE GAME.

THAT SHOULD BE A FIRST DOWN.

>> A NICE ROUTE, A STOP ROUTE, CURLED UP, BIG TARGET, MAKE YOURSELVES BIG, I LIKE THE WAY HE FINISHED THAT RUN PICKING UP THE FIRST DOWN.

>> CLOCK RUNNING, 90 SECONDS LEFT IN THE QUARTER.

BIG RUN INSIDE THE 30, DOWN FROM BEHIND AT THE 25, THE MARCUS LUNDY GETTING LOOSE.

>> THEY COULD NOT GET THE BALL TO HIM FAST ENOUGH.

TAKING THE BALL, GOOD JOB BLOCKING UP FRONT BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

ONE THING MAURICE FREEMAN TALKED ABOUT -- NICE EXECUTION.

>> SOLIDAY TO THE END ZONE AND INCOMPLETE.

A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR OUT IN FRONT.

>> A NICE TOUCH ON THE BALL, NICE ARM.

>> THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DAD AND COACH HAS LIGHTENED UP A LAST YEAR, HE SAID HE IS PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO HARD ON CODY.

SECOND DOWN AND 10.

LUNDY, BIG HOLE INSIDE THE 10.

RUMBLING DOWN TO THE SEVEN.

LUNDY.

>> BEAUTIFUL EXECUTION IN THE MIDDLE, AS WE HAVE SEEN BETWEEN THE TWO GUARDS AND CENTER, POWER RUN GAME, GREAT VISION.

REALLY POWERFUL, AS YOU CAN SEE, SHAKING OFF TACKLES.

>> BROOKS COUNTY BURNS A TIMEOUT, THEY HAVE THREE.

LET'S TRY TO REGROUP ON DEFENSE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP THIS IRWIN COUNTY TEAM OUT OF THE END ZONE.

IF THEY DON'T, WE HAVE OURSELVES A GAME.

>> MATCHING THE ENERGY LEVEL, AFTER THAT INTERCEPTION WE SAW WITH HADDON EARLY IN THE GAME TO GET ON THE BOARD WITH THE 7.

SINCE THEN, THE OFFENSE HAS COME ALIVE.

TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY RUNNING A TWO MINUTE OFFENSE RUNNING THE BALL.

THEIR GUEST PLAYS HAVE BEEN THE MARCUS LUNDY UP THE MIDDLE.

>> NINE CARRIES, 69 YARDS AND DOES NOT HAVE THE BREAKAWAY SPEED OF -- BUT, HE IS A POWERFUL BACK AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT.

THE WAY THE OFFENSE IS SET UP THIS YEAR, FOUR AND FIVE YARDS AT A TIME IS GOOD ENOUGH.

FIRST AND GOAL TO GO FROM THE 7.

SOLIDAY ON THE KEEPER, CUT DOWN AT THE NUMBER 4.

>> NICE TACKLE BY HENDERSON.

IRWIN COUNTY HAD THE TIMEOUT TO ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO RUN THIS PLAY.

>> THIS IS INTERESTING, THEY JUST USE THEIR THIRD TIMEOUT, ANY THOUGHT OF KICKING A FIELD GOAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE ON THE RUN.

OR, YOU WILL HAVE TO SPIKE THE BALL AND CLOCK THE BALL OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

YOU HAVE NOW LEARNED THAT SAVE IT FOR THE FIELD GOAL TIMEOUT THAT TEAMS TYPICALLY LIKE TO HOLD ON TO.

>> THE SITUATION, YOU HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT YOU GOT DOWN HERE.

LET YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE NO IF WE DO NOT GET IN --LIKE IT IS OVER AND SPIKE THE BALL.

>> 35 SECONDS AND NO TIMEOUT.

YOU HAVE TO RUN REPLAYS QUICKLY.

THAT WILL MOVE REALLY QUICK LIKE YOU SAID.

TRUST ME, BROOKS COUNTY WILL NOT BE QUICK TO GET BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

SOLIDAY RUNNING TO THE EDGE.

HE IS STOPPED AT THE 3 AND NOW IT IS THIRD DOWN AND GOAL.

LET'S SEE IF THEY GET IT BACK TO LUNDY ON THIRD DOWN AND GO.

FIRING AND DROPS.

DO YOU GO FOR THE TOUCHDOWN OR YOU KICK THE FIELD GOAL?

BALL BY SOLIDAY.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RIGHT THERE.

YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH A CATCH FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

NICE JOB , NICE HANDLING THE PRESSURE, GETTING LINED UP, GETTING THE PLAY CALL.

NO NEED TO START PULLING OUT TRICKS LIKE FIELD GOALS.

WHAT ARE THOSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE IRWIN COUNTY OFFENSE.

>> FOURTH AND GOAL, THEY ARE GOING FOR IT FROM THE 2.

HUGE PLAY IN THE GAME , AND UP TO MARSHALL, MARSHALL INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

SHANE MARSHALL TAKES IT IN FOR IRWIN COUNTY .

WITH EIGHT SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE HALF IT IS 28-20.

>> IT TOOK THREE PLACE TO FIGURE OUT LET'S GO BACK TO WHAT GOT US DOWN HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

BLOCKING UP FRONT.

LOOK AT THE EXECUTION.

>> THE KICK IS GOOD, 28-21.

IRWIN COUNTY, ONCE TRAILING 21- 0 , TRAILING 28 HYPHEN SEVEN HAS CUT IT TO 28-21 RIGHT BEFORE HALF ON THE TOUCHDOWN RUN.

>> GOOD EXECUTION RIGHT THERE AND THE POISE OF THE ENTIRE OFFENSE OF THAT SITUATION BEING ABLE TO HANDLE NO TIMEOUTS.

THEY GOT THREE PLAYS OFTEN, 35 SECONDS.

NICE JOB IN >> TWO COUNTIES THAT JUST DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER.

THIS IS THE GAME WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GET.

>> REALLY, A RIVALRY BORN OUT OF COMPETITIVENESS.

THEY ARE NOT NATURAL GEOGRAPHIC RIVALS.

UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, THEY HAD NOT PLAYED IN CLOSE TO 20 YEARS.

YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE SAME REGION, SAME CLASSIFICATION PLAYING FOUR TIMES IN 15 MONTHS.

>> THEY WILL TAKE AMY AND GET TO THE LOCKER ROOM.

28-21 THE SCORE.

THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1994.

IRWIN COUNTY GOING FOR 3 IN A ROW.

THAT FIRST HALF TURNED OUT TO BE REALLY FUN.

BROOKS COUNTY NEEDED THE ENERGY TO TRY TO WIN THIS GAME AND TO SEE THE CHAMPIONSHIP POISE OF IRWIN COUNTY THERE.

THEY STOOD THE EMOTIONAL TIDAL WAVE AND STARTED HITTING BACK INTO THE GAME AFTER THE INTERCEPTION, ESPECIALLY OFFENSIVELY.

>>> WELCOME TO THE HALFTIME SHOW.

WE ARE RIGHT HERE IN ATLANTA, IT IS OFFICIALLY HALFTIME FOR THE SINGLE A PUBLIC GAME BETWEEN IRWIN COUNTY AND BROOKS COUNTY, ONE OF THEM WILL BE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

IRWIN COUNTY WITH A LATE SCORE IN THE HALF, MARSHALL TOOK IT IN WITH EIGHT SECONDS LEFT.

BROOKS COUNTY IS LEADING AT THE HALF WITH A LOT OF FOOT BALL LEFT TO PLAY.

WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

>>> WE HAVE ALREADY CROWNED FOUR STATE CHAMPIONS TODAY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AND SCOREBOARD.

WE START WITH THREE FLAG FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.

THE DIVISION I WINNER SOUTHEAST --DOMINATED 20-0.

THEN THE DIVISION II GAME FOR THE 5A /6 A CLASSIFICATION WHICH WENT INTO TRIPLE OVERTIME.

A FANTASTIC FINISH FOR DODGE COUNTY.

TO ROUND OUT THE FLAG FOOTBALL WE HAD DIVISION III FOR THE 70 CLASSIFICATION HILL GROVE BECAME VICTORIOUS OVER MARIETTA.

JUST BEFORE THE GAME YOU ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW WE WITNESSED THE SINGLE A PRIVATE MATCHUP OF TRINITY AND PRINCE AVENUE, THE DEFENDING CHAMP BUT TRINITY WON AND EXTENDED THEIR SEASON TO 14- OH.

THEY WON 55-28.

OF IRWIN COUNTY AND BROOKS COUNTY, THAT HAS BEEN A FUN HALF.

IRWIN COUNTY HAD A LATE SCORE WITH EIGHT SECONDS LEFT.

A TWO YARD SCORE THAT CLOSED THE GAP WITHIN A TOUCHDOWN.

WE HAVE A LOT MORE FOOTBALL COMING UP.

>>> IT IS TIME TO CATCH UP WITH THE PRINCIPAL, CATCHING UP WITH CHRIS CHASTAIN.

WELCOME BACK, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE THE LAST 12 MONTHS?

>> IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY.

WE ARE GLAD TO HEAR.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO COACH FREEMAN AND HIS PHILOSOPHY OF BRINGING THE HAMMER, NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT IS NOW STRICTLY ATHLETIC.

IT HAS CROSSED OVER INTO THE ACADEMIC WORLD.

>> YES SIR, OUR MOTTO IS BRING THE HAMMER AND LEAVE WITH THE TASSEL.

WE ENCOURAGE THE KIDS TO BRING IT ON THE FIELD AND IN THE CLASSROOM.

IT HAS PAID OFF, OUR GRADUATION RATE HAS GONE FROM 69% TO ALMOST 98% LAST YEAR.

>> WHAT IS IT LIKE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF AN IMPACT PERMEATE THROUGH ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY?

>> IT IS INVALUABLE.

IT IS AN AWESOME SLOGAN THAT GETS US MOTIVATED ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

>> THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT WITH US FOR ANOTHER YEAR HERE ON THE FIELD AT CENTER PARK.

GOOD LUCK IN THE SECOND HALF.

COUNTY WHEN WE COME BACK FROM BREAK, KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON GPB.

>>> WELCOME BACK INTO OUR GPB HALFTIME SHOW.

WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE BROOKS COUNTY PRINCIPAL NOW IT IS TIME FOR IRWIN COUNTY.

>> IT IS TIME TO CATCH UP WITH SCOTT HASKIN .

WELCOME BACK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> , HEAD AND SHOW THE HARDWARE.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, IT IS ABOUT A LOT OF OTHER STUFF.

>> OUR COMMUNITY, KIDS, TEACHERS.

IT IS ABOUT THE ENTIRE CULTURE.

>> WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS ATHLETICALLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS .

YOU ARE CHASING CHAMPIONSHIPS AND CHASING AFTER HISTORY.

>> IT HAS BEEN A BLESSING.

SOMETHING THAT ONE TIME I WAS TOLD YOU BETTER ENJOY IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LAST FOREVER AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO EVERYBODY.

WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE RIDE WE HAVE HAD.

IT IS GREAT TO SEE OUR KIDS EXCEL AND OUR COMMUNITY STAND BEHIND THEM.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE FOOTBALL ON EVERYBODY'S MIND.

IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR THAT WE ARE GETTING READY FOR OTHER SPORTS TO KICKOFF.

WE ARE JUST GLAD TO BE BACK.

>> SUCH A FAMILY DOWN THERE, LOVE TO SEE IT.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE, WE WILL CHAT AFTER THE BREAK, STICK WITH US, WE HAVE SOME FUN STUFF COMING UP INCLUDING OUR PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR GPB HALFTIME SHOW.

IT IS HALFTIME OF OUR SINGLE A PUBLIC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF IRWIN COUNTY AND BROOKS COUNTY.

PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF.

NONE OTHER THAN BROOKS COUNTY'S O.J.

ARNOLD.

THREE TOUCHDOWNS ON THE NIGHT.

69 YARDS, 36 YARDS, GOING TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND HAS 150 YARDS RUSHING IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> LAST TIME I CHECKED, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE LIKE AN O.J.

ARNOLD, HE IS NOT SLOW.

IF YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT ON A STATEWIDE SCALE, YOU ARE LEARNING THAT NIGHT.

TREMENDOUS TALENT, WHEN HE IS IN THE OPEN FIELD, OBVIOUSLY, HARD TO CATCH.

TO THE FLIP SIDE OF THINGS, YOU KNOW WITH THESE TWO NOW REGION RIVALS GOING AT IT JUST BECAUSE --EARLY, DIDN'T MEAN THAT IT -- THE INTERCEPTION, THE SCORE AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER.

THIS IS THE GAME WE HAD ANTICIPATED, WE ANTICIPATED A FORTH.

IT HAS BEEN ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER CATCHING RACK UP.

AN INTERESTING BACK AND FORTH.

ONE SWING AND HEADING BACK THE OTHER DIRECTION.

>> WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING IN THE LAST 24:00?

>> MORE OF THE SAME.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS IT IS A STARING CONTEST OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.

YOU HAVE COACHES LIKE MAURICE FREEMAN WHO WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT BROOKS COUNTY IN 1984.

WHAT EVERYTHING MEANS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR A TEAM THAT HAS GOTTEN CLOSE AND GOTTEN CLOSE EVER SINCE BUT NEVER GOTTEN OVER THE HUMP.

WITH IRWIN COUNTY CHASING AFTER HISTORY AND BEING IN THE SAME CONVERSATION WINNING THREE IN A ROW.

IF THEY WERE TO DO THAT TONIGHT, HOW MUCH DO THEY HAVE LEFT IN THE TANK AFTER THAT FIRST HALF TO BE DOWN BY 7.

THAT WILL BE INTERESTING, HOW DO YOU TRY TO PIN DOWN O.J.

ARNOLD?

THAT IS THE BIGGEST QUESTION.

>> I LOVE THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE THE ELEMENT BEHIND YOU ARE FINE.

COACH FREEMAN SAID HE WANTED THE RAIN TO STOP OR PUT A DOME OVER THE STADIUM.

>> RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT NEED IT, WE WILL NEED IT TOMORROW.

IT IS SAFE AT THE MOMENT .

I THINK IT IS SUPPOSED TO START TO HAPPEN AROUND MIDNIGHT WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE MORNING.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

DON'T FORGET, FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE WOULD LOVE TO SAY HI AND CONNECT WITH YOU.

IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY GO TO -- OR TELL THEM TO DOWNLOAD OUR GPB SPORTS .

THERE ARE MANY WAYS YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH US.

WE HAVE TWO MORE GAMES OF CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES COMING RIGHT HERE ON GPB.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR OUR HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGIONS.

>>> START OF THE THIRD QUARTER, BROOKS COUNTY LEADING IRWIN COUNTY 28-21 IN THE SINGLE A PUBLIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT THE FIRST 24 MINUTES OF THE GAME AS WELL.

>> IT IS THE TALE OF TWO QUARTERS.

ONE TEAM DOMINATING AND ON THE SECOND QUARTER, IRWIN COUNTY DECIDES TO BREAK OUT THEIR RUNNING GAME AND DOMINATE.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS.

SECOND STEP OF THE GAME, O.J.

ARNOLD GOES 69 YARDS LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTNING.

>> STARTED TO BECOME A THEME, O.J.

IN THE OPEN FIELD SHOWING YOU THE BRILLIANT SPEED HE HAD.

>> IT WAS 14-0 IN SANDERS SHOWED HIS STUFF AND THIS MADE IT 14-0.

THEN, YOU HAD JAMAAL SANDERS.

>> JAMAAL SANDERS SHOWING YOU THE EXPLOSIVE SPEED HE HAS DIVING TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.

>> HERE COMES THE PICK SIX BY HADDON.

ENERGY FOR IRWIN COUNTY TO GET THEM BACK IN THE GAME.

ONCE AGAIN, AMARI ARNOLD BREAKING THROUGH THE LINE GETTING OUT INTO OPEN FIELD FOR THE NEXT TOUCHDOWN.

>> FIRST OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT.

THAT WAS THE SECOND BY MARSHALL MAKING IT 28-21 .

TIME FOR OUR COACHES INTERVIEW.

>> YOUR TEAM IS DOWN 28 HYPHEN SEVEN IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

HOW WAS YOUR GROUP ABLE TO CLIMB BACK INTO THE GAME?

>> WE HAD TO MAKE TACKLES -- WE CANNOT CATCH HIM.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT, OUR DEFENSIVE LINE, WAY BIGGER --UP FRONT.

THE DEFENSIVE LINE HAS TO PLAY FASTER AND START TO --OFTEN SALEEKA WE HAVE TO KEEP BEING ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL.

>> LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAD WITH DAMARKAS LUNDY LATE IN THE QUARTER?

>> THEY CHANGED SOME THINGS DEFENSIVELY AND IT TOOK TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT WAS GOING.

>> BEST OF LUCK IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING TAKING A LOOK AT THE STATS.

A BOAT LOAD OF YARDS RUSHING.

>> A CLEAN GAME FOR A STATE GAME ONLY ONE PENALTY IN THE FIRST HALF.

BOTH TEAMS BREAKING OUT THEIR RUSH GAMES.

THEY GET IN TROUBLE WHEN THEY HAVE TO PASS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT IRWIN COUNTY, WITH THE TIME OF POSSESSION, WHAT THEIR HEAD COACH WANTED TO THEM TO DO.

>> NOW TO WHAT COACH SOLIDAY SAID .

WHEN YOU GO INTO A MATCHUP, SECOND MATCHUP OF THE SEASON, YOU KIND OF PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF A CHESS MATCH TRYING TO ANTICIPATE HOW THEY WILL REACT.

>> THEY MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO BROOKS COUNTY STARTING TO RUN BLITZ.

THEY STARTED RUNNING THE TRAP TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE AND HITTING THEM QUICK, ESCAPING THE RUN BLITZ OF THE LINEBACKERS.

>> NOT ONLY DID IRWIN COUNTY GET THE TOUCHDOWN WITH EIGHT SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE HALF, THEY GET THE OPENING KICKOFF IN THE SECOND HALF.

IN EFFECT, THEY GET BACK TO BACK SESSIONS, THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO TIE QUARTER.

>> A HIGH HOPPER AT THE 35.

I THINK THAT WAS SNYDER ON THE KICK RETURN TEAM.

THAT IS WHERE THE INDIANS WILL GO ON OFFENSE.

>> SOLIDAY, 3 OF 6 PASSING .

DAMARKAS LUNDY WITH 69 YARDS ON THE GROUND, MARSHALL WITH 47.

>> TOOK THIS OFFENSIVE LINE AND --TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ATTACK.

THEY ARE IN A GROOVE AND YOU CAN SEE, GETTING BACK TO HOW THEY ENDED THE FIRST HALF.

>> THAT WAS DAMARKAS LUNDY ON THE CARRY.

THEY SAW GLIMPSES OF WHAT HE COULD DO LAST YEAR BUT HE WAS PLAYING BEHIND --IT WASN'T UNTIL THEY LEFT THE PROGRAM THAT HE GOT SERIOUS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.

THAT IS WHEN THEY STARTED TO SEE THE DAMARKAS LUNDY YOU ARE SEEING TONIGHT.

>> YOU CAN SEE THEM TRYING TO CAUSE A LITTLE CONFUSION UP FRONT BY IRWIN COUNTY.

>> THE COUNTER PLAY AND NOTHING DOING AS MARSHALL GETS STOPPED BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> NICE PENETRATION .

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HARVEY AND JACKSON, THE ENDS, VERY ATHLETIC.

NICE PENETRATION .

NOT LETTING DAMARKAS LUNDY GET TO THE OUTSIDE.

>> --WITH 82 TACKLES ON THE SEASON.

THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THIRD DOWN AND ATE.

SOLIDAY , INCOMPLETE .

SHORT.

FOURTH DOWN.

>> YOU CAN TELL BOTH OF THESE TEAMS WHEN THEY FIND THEMSELVES THIRD AND LONG IN THOSE SITUATIONS, THEY EITHER HAVE TO RUN THE BALL, THEY ARE NOT REALLY DEALT TO THROW THE BALL RIGHT THERE.

MAYBE SOMETHING IN HIS NEXT SEASON AS A SENIOR BUT RIGHT NOW, BOTH TEAMS ARE BASED ON BEING ABLE TO STAY IN THIRD AND SHORT AND CONVERT FROM THERE.

>> WHEN THESE TWO TEAMS PLAYED SEPTEMBER 24 THEY WERE COMBINED 8 OF 24 PASSING.

THAT IS WHY THEY RENTED SO MUCH.

FIELDED BY ARNOLD AT THE 33.

FOR THE TROJANS WILL GO ON OFFENSE AFTER A 27 YARD PUNT.

>> FREEMAN AND SANDERS, THEY LOOK EXCITING IT WAS ABOUT GETTING BEHIND THE BIG OFFENSIVE LINE, A GREAT WEIGHT AND SIZE ADVANTAGE UP FRONT.

>> NUMBER 56 , TWO YOUR STARTER ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE SNAPPING THE BALL TO SANDERS.

PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF AT THE START OF THE GAME.

THERE IS ARNOLD AGAIN, SO DIFFICULT TO GET ON THE GROUND.

>> HE IS ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE BLOCKING FRONT.

HE BREAKS THE TACKLE, HIS SHOULDERS ARE SQUARE EVEN THOUGH HE IS A SMALLER BACK.

WHEN YOU HIT THE LINE WITH THAT KIND OF SPEED IT IS HARD TO BRING DOWN.

YOU SEE THE AGGRESSIVENESS HE FINISHES WITH PICKING UP AN EXTRA TWO OR THREE YARDS AT THE END.

>> SANDERS WILL TAKE IT AND IT.

TWO OR THREE YARDS ON THE CARRY FOR SANDERS.

>> IF YOUR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, ONE THING YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOUR DEFENSE, YOU DO NOT A LOT OF BODIES HUSTLING TO THE BALL.

YOU WOULD IMAGINE WITH THIS KIND OF SPEED WITH SANDERS AND ARNOLD, YOU JUST SEE WHITE JERSEYS FLYING ALL OF THE PLACE.

THEY ARE GETTING BEAT, ONLY ONE OR TWO GUYS BEHIND THE BALL.

>> ARNOLD COMES UP ABOUT A FOOT SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.

THIRD DOWN .

BACK TO PAST GOING FOR THE HOME RUN, JUST BEYOND THE OUTSTRETCHED HANDS OF --.

>> HE IS 6'2", 160.

NICE JOB, CROSSING RACK , POST ROUTE TO THE INSIDE.

HAD --BEAT THERE JUST COULD NOT DELIVER THE BALL.

>> YOU CAN TAKE THAT SHOT, YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING FOR IT.

GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE SHOT.

>> HOLD ON, OKAY.

SUPPOSEDLY IT WAS FOURTH AND ONE.

THE SCOREBOARD, THE LINE CHANGED HONEST.

>> BIG PENETRATION BY THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER.

.

>> I BELIEVE IT IS THIRD DOWN NOW.

THAT IS A FIRST DOWN.

COMPLETION TO BROWN, THEIR TOP WIDE RECEIVER COMMITTED TO ALBANY STATE.

48 CATCHES ON THE YEAR, 12 YARD PICK UP.

>> NICE ROUTE, GOOD POCKET TO THROW FROM.

HE COMES INTO THE GAME AVERAGING 23 YARDS A CATCH.

NOT A LOT OF BIG NUMBERS PASSING BUT, BIG TARGETS DOWN THE FIELD IN BROWN.

>> SANDERS DROPPED THE BALL, THEY LOSE YARDAGE ON THE PLAY.

SECOND DOWN AND 16 .

ARNOLD.

TRIPPED UP NICE, OPEN FIELD TACKLE, A ONE YARD GAIN ON THE PLAY.

>> NICE JOB ON THE EDGE.

WORKING DOWN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

MARCUS EDWARDS , EVER SINCE THE EARLY PLAY WHEN HE GOT BEAT TO THE OUTSIDE, HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF DISENGAGING.

>> THIRD AND 15, TO THE SIDELINE, IT IS CAUGHT BY FOUNTAIN AND FOUNTAIN ACTUALLY, WILLIE BROWN, WILL BE BROUGHT DOWN AT THE 18, ABOUT TWO YARDS SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE ADVANTAGE ON THE EDGE.

HAD TO WAIT ON THE BALL AND HERE JUST FIGHTING TRYING TO LOOKED LIKE --MIGHT HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PULL HIS GLOVE OFF.

NICE JOB SETTING UP FOURTH AND SHORT.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS OFFENSE WILL GO FOR IT.

>> 10th PLAY OF THE DRIVE AND ARNOLD HAS THE FIRST DOWN BUT A FLAG DOWN.

WE WILL CHECK THE PENALTY.

>> THE LINE JUDGE DROPPED THE FLAG EARLY.

YOU STILL EXPECT BROOKS COUNTY TO GO FOR IT ON THE SITUATION ?

NOT BIG ON KICKING FIELD GOALS ANYWAY .

>> THERE IS REALLY NO POINT IN WANTING.

FOURTH AND SEVEN.

>> KEEP YOUR EYE ON JAMAAL SANDERS.

IF YOU ARE THIS --DEFENSE, SHOWING PRESSURE COMING UP IN THE GAPS.

>> THE BLITZ IS COMING AND IT IS CAUGHT AT THE 15.

STUMBLING DOWN TO THE 5, HUGE CATCH BY FOUNTAIN.

>> A NICE READ BY SANDERS.

NICE DELIVERY THROWING THE BALL ON THE RUN.

NOT REALLY PART OF HIS GAME.

NICE JOB STAYING ON THE MOVE AND FINDING FOUNTAIN.

>> FIRST AND GOAL TO GO FOR THE TROJANS FROM THE SIX.

WE HAVE MOVEMENT.

WHEN THEY GET INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE THEY ARE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY WILDCAT.

>> DIRECT SNAP TO --EXTRA LINEMAN IN THE GAME.

ACTUALLY HAVE SANDERS OUT TO THE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.

>> LOOK AT THE BIG GUY, WILLIAMS, 320 POUNDS, BLOWUP THAT PLAY.

>> ONLY FIVE FOOT 11, 320.

A SOPHOMORE, HARD TO MOVE.

YOU CAN SEE HIM, WILL NOT BE MOVED .

HE HAS SEEN ENOUGH OF OT COMING UP AT HIM.

>> SECOND DOWN AND GOAL.

ANOTHER FLAT, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE GAME HAS GOTTEN DIRTY AFTER A CLEAN FOR STAFF.

>> THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN'T HAVE IN BROOKS COUNTY.

YOUR GREATEST ASSET IS YOUR ABILITY TO RUN THE BALL AND STAY AHEAD OF THE CHAINS.

NOW, SECOND AND GOAL FROM THE 16 IN THIS SITUATION.

>> SANDERS, HEAVY RUSH COMING, THROWING AND INCOMPLETE INSIDE THE 5 TRYING TO GO TO -- BROKEN UP.

>> SANDERS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT MORE IN THE FASHION OF A RECEIVER, NOT ABLE TO STEP INTO THE THROW .

NOT REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO GO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD .

IN A FOUR DOWN MINDSET.

>> THEY HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED A FIELD GOAL IN TWO YEARS.

THIRD AND GOAL --GETS STONEWALLED .

BIG PLAY BY THE IRWIN COUNTY DEFENSE.

THAT WAS McCOY.

FOURTH AND GOAL.

>> ARNOLD COMING OFF THE FIELD .

NUMBER 21 IN THE GAME FOR HIM.

>> TOUCHDOWN.

ON A FOURTH AND 15.

SANDERS DOING HIS BEST, DONOVAN AND CONVERTING FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> NICE JOB GETTING INSIDE -- THIS TIME ABLE TO STEP INTO IT AND PUT A LITTLE MORE ZIP INTO IT .

A BIG PLAY RECEIVER DOWN THE FIELD.

FOURTH AND 15.

FOURTH AND GOAL FROM THE 15.

THAT IS WHAT WE CALLED IT.

>> CHASTAIN, 35-21.

A 13 PLAY, 67 YARD DRIVE.

SANDERS THROWS IT TO -- TO GET IRWIN COUNTY TO -- >>> BROOKS COUNTY UP OVER IRWIN COUNTY.

YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT THE LUNDY FAMILY, HOW ABOUT THE -- BROTHERS IN IRWIN COUNTY.

THEY ARE FRESHMAN AT KENNESAW STATE BUT SITTING RIGHT BEHIND ME .

I ASKED THEM IF THEY HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR THEIR TEAMMATES ON THE FIELD THEY SAID THEY JUST HAVE TO FOCUS ON DOING THEIR JOB AND SLOWING DOWN AMARI ARNOLD.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

GARLAND WAS THE FRESHMAN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN THE BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE FOR KENNESAW STATE AT THE FCS PLAYOFFS UNTIL THIS PAST WEEKEND LOSING TO EAST TENNESSEE STATE.

>> I WONDER IF MY HIGH SCHOOL LETTERMAN JACKET STILL FITS.

WHAT A DYNAMIC SET OF BROTHERS WHO DOMINATED FOR THIS IRWIN COUNTY TEAM.

>> THEY PUT ON A SHOW IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LAST YEAR THE VICTORY FOR IRWIN COUNTY OVER THIS BROOKS COUNTY TEAM.

RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.

LUNDY GETS STONEWALLED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> BROOKS COUNTY NOT ONLY SCORING GOING UP PUTTING THEMSELVES UP AN EXTRA TOUCHDOWN ON THIS GAME BUT ACTUALLY TAKING A LOT OF TIME OFF THE CLOCK AS WELL IN THIS SITUATION .

>> --HAS SIX TACKLES , THOMAS HAS NINE, ADJUTANT HAS EIGHT, THE LEADING TACKLES.

CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN, PICKED UP EIGHT ON THE PLAY.

>> A NICE JOB, MISDIRECTION HERE.

GOOD BLOCKING TO GET TO THE EDGE.

I LOVE THE WAY HE FINISHED THAT RUN FIGHTING FOR EVERY YARD.

>> THIRD DOWN AND ONE.

IRWIN WENT THREE AND OUT ON THEIR OPENING DRIVE AND BROOKS COUNTY WENT ON THE 13 PLAY DRIVE TO REESTABLISH A TWO TOUCHDOWN LEAD.

A HUGE THIRD AND ONE THIRD AND SIX.

RIGHT TACKLE WILLIAM JOHNSON WITH A FALSE START.

>> FOR A LOT OF TEAMS THIS WOULD BE AN ISSUE.

AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SO MUCH, BOTH OF THESE TEAMS HAVE A FOUR DOWN MINDSET.

LOOK FOR IRWIN COUNTY TO STICK TO THEIR GUNS AND GET DOWNHILL .

IRWIN COUNTY IS 3 OF 7 ON THIRD DOWN IN THIS GAME.

>> WE ARE LATE IN THE THIRD -- SOLIDAY STOPPED SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.

>> GOOD PRESSURE BY JACKSON OF THE FIELD NOT LETTING SOLIDAY GET TO THE EDGE.

KEEPING IT ON THE GROUND, FOURTH AND THREE.

IRWIN COUNTY STILL FEELS LIKE IN THESE SITUATIONS THEY CAN RUN THEIR OFFENSE.

SOLIDAY GOING BACK IN THE GAME.

>> BIG FOURTH DOWN CONVERSION HERE.

GET IT AND KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE.

YOU DON'T, YOU GIVE BROOKS COUNTY A SHORT FIELD AND THEY ALREADY HAVE A TWO TOUCHDOWN LEAD.

SUNDAY, SECOND EFFORT AND DAMARKAS LUNDY PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.

>> THE END CRASHING DOWN, GETTING THE INITIAL HIT ON DAMARKAS LUNDY BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BRING HIM DOWN.

HE GETS THE HIT, JUST NOT ABLE TO BRING THE POWER BACK DOWN.

NICE JOB KEEPING HIS SHOULDERS.

>> I LOVE THE BALANCE OF THE RUNNING BACKS WE HAVE SEEN TONIGHT IN THEIR FALL FORWARD .

>> LUNDY, FOR HIS SIZE, YOU WOULD EXPECT MORE FINESSE.

AFTER CONTACT IT TAKES TWO OR THREE MORE YARDS TO BRING HIM DOWN.

>> CONCERNING NEWS IF YOU ARE A BROOKS COUNTY FAN.

AMARI ARNOLD IS IN THE MEDICAL TENT GETTING ATTENTION.

AROUND THE UPPER BODY, HE IS SITTING UPRIGHT.

THAT IS A SITUATION TO MONITOR SERIOUSLY FOR BROOKS COUNTY.

>> CAN BROOKS COUNTY WIN WITHOUT ARNOLD EVEN WHEN THE LEAD BY TWO TOUCHDOWNS.

THAT IS THE QUESTION.

SOLIDAY BEING CHASED AND HE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.

THAT ANGLE RIGHT HERE, GO OUT WHITE, DID NOT ANTICIPATE THE SPEED OF SOLIDAY, NICE JOB PICKING UP THE FIRST DOWN OUT ON THE EDGE.

>> LESS THAN 30 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

WHAT A DRAMATIC FOURTH QUARTER FINISH WE COULD BE HEADED TO.

UP THE MIDDLE, DAMARKAS LUNDY.

ANOTHER SOLID SIX YARD GAIN.

I KNOW FOLKS AT HOME, NOVICE OFFENSIVE COORDINATORS LIKE ME, ARE SAYING, WHY DON'T THEY DO THAT ON EVERY DOWN.

>> YOU WOULD BE RIGHT, DAMARKAS LUNDY, NOT SURE HE IS HAD A NEGATIVE RUN IN THIS GAME.

THE ALWAYS SEEMS TO FALL FORWARD.

>> YOU CANNOT DO THAT ON EVERY BEEN THERE ALL NIGHT.

WE ARE HEADED TO THE FOURTH IN ATLANTA.

BROOKS COUNTY SEEKING THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN CLOSE TO 30 YEARS.

>>> WE ARE 12:00 AWAY FROM CROWNING A STATE CHAMPION IN SINGLE-A.

THE GOOD NEWS, AMARI ARNOLD IS UP OUT OF THE TENT AND HAS HIS HELMET ON.

>> A BIG DRIVE FOR IRWIN COUNTY TO KEEP PACE IN THE GAME.

BIG PLAY, NICE JOB BY BRYCE CLEMENTS GETTING OUT OF TROUBLE, THE WIDE RECEIVER SCREEN ON THE EDGE.

THE ABILITY TO MAKE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE MISS BY CLEMENTS PICKING UP BIG YARDAGE.

>> A HUGE PLAY RIGHT THERE.

IT WILL BE FIRST AND GOAL AT THE 6 YARD LINE.

A 19 YARD PICKUP .

WRITE UP THE MIDDLE, TOUCHDOWN IRWIN COUNTY.

DAMARKAS LUNDY TAKES IT IN FROM SIX YARDS OUT.

IT IS 35-27.

>> TOOK A COUPLE OF TIMES THE LAST TIME THEY WERE FIRST AND GOAL TO GET AROUND TO THE REST GAME.

THIS TIME, NICE JOB, CANNOT TALK ENOUGH ABOUT THE ABILITY OF DAMARKAS LUNDY TO RUN AFTER CONTACT.

IN THE SITUATIONS, HARD FOR ONE GUY TO BRING HIM DOWN.

BIG TIME TOUCHDOWN.

>> POINT AFTER UP AND GOOD, IT IS 35-28.

DIDN'T SOMEONE JUST SAY THAT -- ALL NIGHT?

>> HIT IN THE HOLE.

YOU SEE CLEARLY, THE DEFENSE IS THERE JUST NOT ABLE TO BRING HIM DOWN.

WHEN I SAY BIG , BIG MENTALITY, STRONG LEGS, ONLY LISTED AT 190.

RUNS AND RUMBLES .

>> YOU GET THE FEELING HE IS A BIG POWER BACK BUT, THE ROSTER LISTING FIVE FOOT 11 190 KIND OF BELIES THAT FACT.

HE HAS 94 YARDS RUSHING ON 15 CARRIES, HIS SECOND OF THE NIGHT.

HE WAS 5 FOR 23.

ON THAT 53, NINE PLAY DRIVE IN IRWIN COUNTY BACK IN THE GAME.

>> THIS TIME THEY GET TO THE END ZONE AND RETURN OPPORTUNITY FROM THE 6 YARD LINE.

THAT IS SANDERS, THE QUARTERBACK ON THE RETURN.

ARNOLD NOT BACK THERE.

>> HE IS WALKING A LITTLE GINGERLY AS WELL.

THAT WAS THE FUNCTION THERE WAS NO AMARI ARNOLD ON THE FIELD AT ALL .

>> SANDERS IN THERE AT QUARTERBACK AFTER THE KICK RETURN.

NOTHING WRONG WITH AMARI ARNOLD, THERE HE GOES.

SPECTACULAR.

86 YARDS.

>> MR. ARNOLD , GRABBING HIS SHOULDER AT THE END BUT NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS VISION AND NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS SPEED.

GREAT BLOCKING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LINE, GETTING BEHIND THE BIG GUARD AND TACKLE.

WILLIAMS AND WILLIAMS AND THEN OUT TO THE RACES.

THIS IS HOW HE STARTED THE GAME WITH A BIG, LONG RUN.

NOT SURE HOW BAD SHOULDER IS BUT STILL PLAYING HUGE FOR HIS TEAM.

>> 19 CARRIES, 257 YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS.

THAT IS A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE.

POINT AFTER IS GOOD.

AMARI ARNOLD WAS IN THE MEDICAL TENT, THEY WERE WORKING ON HIS SHOULDER.

HE COMES BACK OUT, FIRST TIME HE TOUCHES THE BALL, YOU DO NOT NEED THE SHOULDER TO RUN 86 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

IT IS 42-28.

>>> 42-28 THE SCORE FOLLOWING THE LONG TOUCHDOWN RUN BY ARNOLD.

CANNOT ESCAPE THE IRONY THAT THEY KICKED THE BALL DEEP BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO KICK IT TO ARNOLD SO HE COMES OUT AND THE FIRST TIME HE TOUCHES IT HE GOES 86.

THE HIGH BOUNCING KICK TAKEN BY SNYDER WHO GETS TO THE 42.

ARNOLD BACK IN THE MEDICAL TENT AND WE'RE TOLD SO IS QUARTERBACK JAMAAL SANDERS.

A PINCHED NERVE, MAYBE?

>> WE ONLY NEED 11:00 MORE.

THAT IS WHAT YOU TELL HIM , WE NEED JUST A COUPLE OF MORE CARRIES TO SEAL THE DEAL.

WHAT A DYNAMIC PLAYER.

NOT THE RECOGNITION HE PROBABLY WOULD'VE GOTTEN MAYBE IF HE WERE AT A BIGGER PROGRAM.

>> DOWNFIELD AND BROKEN UP.

SOME FINE DEFENSE RIGHT THERE.

>> A NICE BREAK ON THE BALL.

KASON GETTING INSIDE SEEING THE BALL AND GETTING HIS HANDS UP.

CAME INTO THE GAME WITH SEVEN INTERCEPTIONS ON THE SEASON.

SHOWING GREAT BALL SKILLS, GETTING HIS HEAD AROUND, ONLY 5'10", GETTING THE BALL AT THE TOP.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 10, BALL AT THE 48.

LUNDY .

A COUPLE OF PLAY FOR DAMARKAS LUNDY.

JAYLEN SPARKMAN, THE DEFENSIVE TACKLE IN ON THAT PLAY FOR THE TROJANS.

>> WHEN YOU ARE BROOKS COUNTY, WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET BACK TO THAT RUN BLITZ.

EARLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER, DOING A GOOD JOB -- FORCE CODY SOLIDAY AND THE RECEIVERS TO HAVE TO BEAT YOU.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE CHANCES.

YOU WANT TO BEAT THE TWO TIME DEFENDING STATE CHAMPS YOU HAVE TO TAKE CHANCES.

>> THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.

SOLIDAY TO THE FAR SIDE AND INCOMPLETE .

TRYING TO GET IT TO -- >> GREAT COVERAGE OUT ON THE EDGE SO VERSATILE .

EIGHT BIG FILM STUDY GUIDE.

REALLY LUCKY FOR IRWIN COUNTY HE DID NOT INTERCEPT THE BALL.

>> FOURTH AND SEVEN, YOU REALLY HAVE TO GO FOR IT.

>> THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE .

MIGHT HAVE GOT A HAND ON IT, A SUPER PLAY BY HENDERSON.

THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER.

BALL GOES OVER ON DOWNS.

>> IRWIN COUNTY FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE TO KEEP PACE.

RIGHT NOW, THEY LIKE TO PULL THAT BACK OUT AND TRY TO TAKE IN OTHER A COUPLE MINUTES OFF.

>> IF YOU CAN SCORE HERE, BROOKS COUNTY IN ALL LIKELIHOOD WILL PUT THE GAME AWAY.

>> NOT ONLY IS HE FAST BUT PRETTY TOUGH TOO.

>> IT SEEMS THAT IF THEY COULD GET TO THAT SECOND LEVEL -- YOU SEE HIS PERFORMANCE -- TWO TEAMS PLAYED IN THE REGULAR SEASON .

HE HAS ESSENTIALLY TRIPLED HIS NIGHT.

TRIPLED THE YARDS HE HAD IN THE EIGHT PLAY VICTORY FOR IRWIN COUNTY IN THE REGULAR SEASON.

>> HE IS SO DARN FAST, LOOK AT THIS GUY, TURNING THE EDGE AND THERE HE GOES, TOUCHDOWN NUMBER 5.

>> WE MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE IT FROM OJ TO BO ARNOLD.

VERY FEW PEOPLE CAN RUN AT AN ANGLE.

LOOK AT HIM OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD OUTRUN THE ANGLE TO GET TO THE SIDELINE.

YES, DO YOUR THING.

I DO NOT KNOW WHAT A CELEBRATION DANCE IS BUT YOU SHOULD'VE PULLED IT OUT RIGHT THERE AND EXPLAINED TO YOUR COACH LATER WHY.

TIME PLAY.

>> THEY CAN MONOGRAPH THAT GEORGIA COTTON PLAY.

BAT GOOD, 20 CARRIES, 313 YARDS IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> GOOD BLOCKING, BOUNCING.

LOOK AT THE VISION.

THIS BECOMES ABOUT SPEED AND WANTS TO.

MR. ARNOLD IS SHOWING YOU GAME SPEED FOLLOWING HIS LINE, LOOKING AT THE VISION TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE.

FLAT OUT SPEED HEADED TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN.

DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY PROBLEMS WITH HIS NECK RIGHT NOW.

WHEN BIG PLAYS HAPPENED, ADRENALINE FIXES A FEW THINGS IN YOU.

313 YARDS, FIVE TOUCHDOWNS.

WOW.

STILL 9:29 LEFT IN THE GAME.

>> HE HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH.

IT IS RARE, I THINK IN MY LIFETIME, THE SECOND 300 YARD RUSHING GAME I HAVE EVER CALLED.

WHEN YOU DO IT IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THAT IS JUST KIND OF OTHERWORLDLY.

TO EXPECT YOU WILL HAVE A 300 YARD RUSHING GAME IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST THE TEAM THAT WILL GO FOR ITS THIRD STRAIGHT STATE TITLE AND HAS BEATEN YOU THREE TIMES IN A ROW.

>> I HAVE TO GET BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS IN THE PROS BY THE TIME I COULD GET A MASSAGE.

YOU DESERVE IT, MAN.

YOU SAW THE --AT THE START OF THE GAME , WE HAVE TO GET ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.

>> SECOND DOWN AND ONE.

>> MARSHALL ON THE CARRY PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN .

TIME IS RUNNING OUT .

ABOUT THIS GAME.

THIS IRWIN COUNTY RUN GAME HAS BEEN JUST AS IMPRESSIVE WITH MARSHALL AND LUNDY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL.

THEY ARE EXECUTING AND THERE IS RUNNING GOING ON ON THIS FIELD, ARNOLD ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE EXPLOSIVENESS IS MAKING -- >> SOLIDAY RUN DOWN IN THE OPEN FIELD.

DROP THE HAMMER, YOUNG MAN.

>> WE HAVE SEEN HIM MAKE BEAUTIFUL PLACE TONIGHT.

YOU CAN TELL, AS HIS COACH SAID HE IS ONE OF THOSE --GUYS.

HE RARELY GETS EATEN MENTALLY.

STAYING HOME.

GOOD OPEN FIELD TACKLE GETTING OFF THE BLOCK.

NOW, 7:30 TO GO, SECOND DOWN AND 17.

>> SOLIDAY TAKES OFF AND FLIES AT THE 37.

THOMAS COMING UP.

>> IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN I BELIEVE WE SAW THIS LAST YEAR.

>> THIRD DOWN AND 5 PICK >> WHEN HE TELLS US ON OUR ZOOM CALLS THEY ARE BRINGING THE HAMMER, I BELIEVE HIM.

>> THAT IS HIS APPROACH TO THE GAME.

THAT IS HIS STYLE, WHAT HE TRIES TO TEACH HIS TEAM.

A MENTALITY.

>> NOW WE JUST HAVE TO GET HIM TO TAPE THEM TOGETHER.

THEY HAVE BEEN JAMMED SO MUCH YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM SUPPORT EACH OTHER TO EVEN PLAY.

THAT IS THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON TAPE JOB.

>> FOURTH AND FIVE FOR IRWIN COUNTY.

SOLIDAY, PICKED OFF, COULD BE GOING BACK.

STILL ON HIS FEET.

SIX MORE FOR THE TROJANS.

JEREMIAH HENDERSON , SEVEN YARDS ON THE PICK SIX.

IF YOU HAD NOT STARTED TO CELEBRATE YET, YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION.

>> LOOK AT THE VISION OF HENDERSON.

WATCHING THE QUARTERBACK THE WHOLE WAY.

BALL --OUT ON THE EDGE.

NICE JOB BY DEFENSE .

CLOSING THE DOOR ON ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IRWIN COUNTY.

>> 55-28.

HOW SWEET THAT BUS RIDE WILL BE.

WHEN THEY FINALLY PULL BACK INTO TOWN SOMEWHERE AROUND FIVE IN THE MORNING AND YOU WERE SPECULATING THAT IF YOU WON THE GAME YOU DO NOT EVEN GO HOME.

YOU JUST WAIT FOR THAT FIRST SCHOOL BELL AND STRUT THROUGH THE HALLS.

>> YOU FINISH.

THEY INDEED HAVE FINISH.

36-28 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

>> 56-28 BROOKS COUNTY WILL WIN THE SINGLE A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN 2021.

TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLAY OF THE GAME.

FROM THE MEDICAL TENT TO 86 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

>> NOTHING WRONG WITH THE HAMSTRING.

BIG TIME BLOCKING UP FRONT.

AMARI ARNOLD IN HIS SENIOR AND LAST GAME IN BROOKS COUNTY MADE IT ONE TO REMEMBER.

>> 21 KARYS, 320 YARDS, FIVE TOUCHDOWNS AND THAT TOUCHDOWN RUN CAME RIGHT AFTER IRWIN COUNTY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT HAD CUT THE LEAD TO 35-28.

THAT WAS THE BACKBREAKER AND THE INDIANS HAVE NEVER RECOVERED FROM THAT TOUCHDOWN RUN.

>> THE BALL AT THE 38 YARD LINE FOR IRWIN COUNTY .

SOLIDAY WILL STUMBLE FORWARD FOR ABOUT A THREE YARD PICK UP.

>> CODY SOLIDAY GETTING OUTSIDE THE PRESSURE.

STILL DIALING UP THE RUN BLITZ PRESSURE EXPECTING THE RUN.

NICE JOB GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE.

THIS BROOKS COUNTY TEAM -- BACK- TO-BACK CHAMPIONS, STATE CHAMPIONS COMING INTO THE GAME.

12 -2 TO GET TO THIS.

SOME OF THE LONG STAIRS YOU CLIMB WHEN YOU FACE DEFEAT.

>> SECOND DOWN AND ATE.

MARSHALL ON THE SWEET .

MARSHALL GETS A COUPLE MORE ON THE PLAY TROJANS ONLY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CAME IN 1994 .

THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.

FIFTH STATE FINALS APPEARANCE FOR BROOKS COUNTY FIRST EVER APPEARANCE COMING IN 1959.

MORE HISTORY WILL BE MADE TONIGHT.

BIG STOP ON THIRD DOWN AND NOW FOURTH DOWN.

YOU CAP IT OFF WITH A HISTORIC PERFORMANCE.

BY AMARI ARNOLD.

320 YARDS RUSHING.

CAME IN WITH 60 TO 138 YARDS.

-- >> BROOKS COUNTY CAME INTO THE GAME WITH A LOT OF ENERGY.

YOU WOULD EXPECT HE IS THE -- OF THE SEASON, A SUPERSTAR FOR THIS TEAM.

>> THAT WILL GET THE FIRST TOWN AS IRWIN COUNTY KEEPS THE DRIVE GOING.

320 YARDS RUSHING.

FIVE RUSH TOUCHDOWNS .

WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THOSE TOUCHDOWNS, AS YOU WERE ALLUDING TO, TWO OR THREE OF THOSE CAME IN AN ANSWER TO IRWIN COUNTY AFTER THEY SCORE, HE COMES BACK IN TWO OR THREE PLAYS KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THEM TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT 14-21 POINT DEFICIT.

>> SOLIDAY GOING TO THE AIR.

GOING NEAR SIDE AND INTERCEPTED AT THE ONE YARD LINE.

ANOTHER INTERCEPTION FOR THIS BROOKS COUNTY DEFENSE.

>> BEAUTIFUL COVERAGE, BOTH CORNER AND SAFETY IN THE RIGHT SPOT TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING VERTICAL .

COMING UP SHORT, NICE JOB BY -- >> A PAT ON THE BACK FROM FREEMAN, THIS WILL BE CAREER AT BROOKS COUNTY.

AND 235 IN HIS CAREER.

HE WAS THEIR COACH WHEN THEY WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1984.

HE COACHED AT SOUTHWEST AND BRUNSWICK, CAME BACK AND WILL CAP HIS 14th SEASON WITH HIS SECOND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

SANDERS HAS TO GET OUT OF THE END ZONE.

>> JASON KNAPP IN THE END ZONE, TO COME A SECOND TO REALIZE, YOU HAVE TO MOVE OR IT WILL BE A SAFETY.

GOOD JOB OF HIM BRINGING THAT DOWN.

I THINK WE MIGHT BE SEEING SOME EMOTION, THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THOSE, NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE WINNING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BUT BECAUSE THE OPPONENT, ONE OF THE --WANTS TO LET YOU IN BATTLED WITH THESE PLAYERS TO BRING HOME THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> I THINK IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, ALL THE MEMORIES OF THE TEAMS PAST AND TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH COME FLOODING THROUGH YOUR MEMORY.

THEY LOST SEVERAL KIDS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN A TRAGIC CAR ACCIDENT.

NO DOUBT, ALL OF THAT IS COMING BACK.

TO FREEMAN RIGHT NOW.

TEARS OF JOY, TEARS OF SATISFACTION.

TEARS FROM MEMORIES .

IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE BY THE TROJANS TONIGHT.

A WORTHY CHAMPION THEY WILL BE IN 2021.

A DISAPPOINTING END FOR WHAT HAS BEEN A SPECTACULAR RUN FOR IRWIN COUNTY.

CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS, THEY WERE TRYING TO JOIN LICKING COUNTY IN THE HISTORY BOOKS WITH A THIRD STRAIGHT STATE TITLE.

>> A SOLID DAY BEING ABLE TO PUT A LUNCHPAIL TEAM THAT DID NOT HAVE ALL THE TALENT BUT HAVE THE PRIDE IN WORK ETHIC THAT WAS STILL SHINE THROUGH TO GET THEM BACK AND GIVE THEMSELVES A CHANCE TO WIN THREE IN A ROW.

>> IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT BRINGING THE HAMMER, THE HAMMER DOESN'T CRY, DOES IT?

YES IT DOES.

HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS TEAM, HIS PROGRAM.

THAT IS HOW YOU KNOW IN THOSE SITUATIONS, OF SPORTS AT ANY LEVEL.

SOMETIMES PLAYERS, COACHES, PEOPLE READ YOU YOU ARE NOT ABOUT A, NOT PASSIONATE ENOUGH.

WHEN YOU JUST CAN'T FIGHT THE TEARS.

EVERYTHING STARTS FLOODING THROUGH AND REGARDLESS OF WHO IS AROUND, COACH NEEDS A SOFT SHOULDER TO CRY ON.

WE ARE WINDING DOWN THE FINAL 2:00 IN THIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

PLAYERS OUT THERE WATCHING AND COACHES WATCHING NO THESE MOMENTS.

AND JUST HOW MUCH OF A FAMILY YOU BECOME ON THE FOOTBALL AND HOW OFTEN TIMES, YOUR COACH BECOMES LIKE A SECOND FATHER OR AN UNCLE OR BIG BROTHER .

PLAY SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART IN YOUR LIFE.

YOU SEE THE EMOTIONS, THE TEARS FROM THE PLAYERS.

WHICH DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT WHAT YOU THINK THEY WOULD BE FEELING .

OVERCOME WITH THE EMOTION OF SUCH A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT, WINNING A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> GUYS HAVE SACRIFICED AS YOU SEE, JAMAAL SANDERS, A GUY WHO DID NOT THINK IT WAS IN HIS BEST INTEREST TO MOVE FROM RECEIVER TO QUARTERBACK AND HOW SWEET THAT HAS TO BE FOR HIM TO BRING HOME A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> WHAT A GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BECOME GREAT RIVALS.

IRWIN COUNTY GOT THEM LAST YEAR.

BROOKS COUNTY GOT THEM THIS YEAR.

THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO PLAY NEXT YEAR.

AND SETTLE IT ALL.

>> >> YOU GO, THE FINAL SECONDS IN ATLANTA.

56-28 WINNERS, BROOKS COUNTY, STATE CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1994.

RIDING THE BACK OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND THE BIG BACK OF ARNOLD IN AN HISTORIC PERFORMANCE, 320 YARDS RUSHING AND FIVE TOUCHDOWNS.

IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> BROOKS COUNTY BROUGHT A LOT OF ENERGY TO THIS GAME EARLY ON.

OFFENSE, DEFENSE.

EVERYBODY WRITING THE WAY TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE TO BRING HOME THE VICTORY.

OJ ARNOLD SETTING THE PACE, THE SECOND PLAYER OF THE GAME WITH THE BIG TOUCHDOWN RUN AND THEY NEVER LOOKED BACK.

>> THEY CAN MONOGRAM THAT GEORGIA COTTON TOWEL A.

WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY HIM TONIGHT.

>> SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY AROUND.

HE WAS THE HUGE STAR TONIGHT, GIGANTIC TOUCHDOWN RUN, 69 YARDS ON THE SECOND PLAY OF THE GAME.

THEN, WHAT WE SHOWED YOU WAS THE PLAY OF THE GAME, THE 86 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN AFTER IRWIN COUNTY HAD CUT IT AND THAT OPENED THE FLOODGATES FOR BROOKS COUNTY TO PULL IT AWAY.

>> I AM QUITE SURE THAT THEY ARE LOVING THIS.

THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS , ON THE LEFT SIDE, BLOCKING.

AT THE TIGHT END POSITION.

GREAT JOB AND GREAT EFFICIENCY RUNNING THE BALL.

>> HOW ABOUT THE DEFENSE PERFORMANCE AS WELL.

>>> IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR FIRST AND FOREMOST.

THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY IN IRWIN COUNTY , GREAT EFFORT TONIGHT, SHOUT OUT TO IRWIN COUNTY.

IT IS TIME TO PRESENT THE LAST TROPHY FOR NIGHT NUMBER 1 , THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION >> I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE IRWIN COUNTY ON A GREAT SEASON, A GREAT RUN, THE CROWD WAS SUPER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

TONIGHT, THIS NIGHT BELONGED TO BROOKS COUNTY.

DID A GREAT JOB, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY THAT YOU AND YOUR OUTSTANDING PLAYERS EARNED.

>> THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1994 YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT LEFT-HAND AROUND A TROPHY.

HOW DOES IT FEEL?

>> NOT HAPPY -- NOT HEAVY.

HATS OFF TO ONE HECK OF A FOOTBALL TEAM BUT THE TROJANS CAME TO WIN TONIGHT.

>> YOU WANTED AS MANY FOLKS TO WEAR CAMO AS POSSIBLE, THE HUNT IS COMPLETE, TALK ABOUT THIS RIDE TO GET YOU FROM WEEK ONE UNTIL NOW.

>> WE LOST TO TWO POSSIBLE STATE CHAMPIONS.

--WHICH WILL BE PLAYING TOMORROW, WE LOST TO IRWIN COUNTY.

WE LOST TO TWO PRETTY DARN GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM AND ABLE TO MAKE THAT LONG ROAD TO GET HERE.

WE STAYED WITH IT, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT BROOKS COUNTY.

SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE FANS.

>> THE LAST QUESTION .

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY CLOSE TO YOUR HEART AND CLOSE TO YOUR HAND AND HEAD.

THE --I KNOW THEY ARE HERE WITH YOU.

I KNOW --IS HERE WITH YOU TOO.

A LOT OF LOSS IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT YOU HAVE THEM HERE TONIGHT WITH YOU TO CELEBRATE THIS TITLE.

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE A STATE CHAMP.

BRINGING THE HAMMER, YOUR CHAMPIONS IN CLASS A PUBLIC.

>> THEY CERTAINLY DID THAT TONIGHT, A PLEASURE TO WATCH BROOKS COUNTY WIN THAT FIRST STATE TITLE SINCE 1984.

>> A TEAM YOU COULD SEE HAS A BROTHERHOOD AMONGST IT.

IT DID NOT MATTER WHO WAS IN THE GAME.

THEY ALL CAME WITH THE ENERGY YOU NEED YOU CAN SEE AT THE END THE EMOTIONS ON DISPLAY THEY ALL GOT IN AND FINALLY GOT OVER WHAT THEY WANTED TO TAKING THE TROPHY HOME.

A BEAUTIFUL EXECUTION UP FRONT .

>> IT IS ALWAYS AMAZING WHEN YOU SEE THE POST GAME CELEBRATION, THE JUXTAPOSITION OF THE JOY AND TEARS, THE SMILES AND TEARS FLOWING AT THE SAME TIME.

AS THEY POURED OUT THE EMOTION TONIGHT AND AS COACH FREEMAN JUST SAID, THEY EMPTIED THE BUCKET.

AND THEY BROUGHT THE HAMMER.

AND A 56-28 VICTORY FOR BROOKS COUNTY TO WRAP UP THE FIRST DAY, THREE DAYS OF COVERAGE WITH THREE MORE GAMES COMING UP TOMORROW.

THOMASVILLE, THE TEAM HE REFERENCE, ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT BEAT THEM IN THE REGULAR SEASON WILL PLAY FOR THE AA STATE TITLE TOMORROW AT NOON AGAINST FITZGERALD.

>> WE HAVE YET TO MONOGRAM IT BUT, IT IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY BEING MONOGRAMMED RIGHT NOW OJ.

OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME, NO SURPRISE, OJ ARNOLD.

WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU, FINALLY TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL .

TO BRING THE STATE TITLE BACK FIRST TIME SINCE THE MID-90s.

>> IT FEELS GREAT.

WE HAD TO --WE FINALLY DID IT.

>> WHEN YOU BREAK THROUGH THE LINE HIT THAT EDGE, -- WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT YOURSELF HERE ON A MONITOR AND SEE YOU COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY BURST OUT.

DOES THAT SINK IN?

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO SEE YOU DO THIS?

>> IT IS CRAZY.

I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A LOT.

THAT IS WHAT I AM PRETTY MUCH KNOWN FOR.

IT IS AMAZING.

>> DO YOU BLOW YOU AWAY SOMETIMES WITH EVERYTHING YOU ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH?

>> DEFINITELY, I MAKE SOME PLAYS I DO NOT EVEN THINK I CAN MAKE.

>> GOING UP AGAINST IRWIN COUNTY, YOU KNOW IT WILL BE ONE OF THOSE NOT DOWN DRAG OUT GAMES EVERY SINGLE TIME.

NO SURPRISES OUT THERE.

WHAT IS IT LIKE GOING UP AGAINST IRWIN COUNTY FOR THOSE THAT NEVER DO.

>> IT FEELS GOOD, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THIS IS THE TEAM WE WANTED TO PLAY.

IT FEELS GOOD TO GET THIS WIN AND GO BACK HOME WITH A RING.

>> THE BUSINESS IS FINISHED.

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO FINALLY BRING THE HAMMER AND TAKE A TITLE HOME?

>> IT FEELS PRETTY GOOD, I KNOW WE WILL HAVE FANS THAT ARE PROUD OF THIS.

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON BRINGING THE TITLE TO BROOKS COUNTY.

YOU ARE THE GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.

GO CELEBRATE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IT IS ALWAYS FUN TO WATCH YOU DO THOSE INTERVIEWS AND GET TO SEE THE PERSONALITY OF THE PLAYER BEHIND THE GREAT PLAYS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY HE SAYS HE EVEN SURPRISES HIMSELF SOMETIMES.

THAT LAST RUN, HE HAD SO MANY GREAT RUNS.

THAT LAST ONE, THE 56 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN WAS THE ONE THAT HAD OUR JAWS DROPPING.

>> OUT RUNNING THAT ANGLE, I AM QUITE SURE HE DID NOT KNOW HE HAD THAT HERE IN HIM.

WE WILL SEE A LOT OF PERFORMANCES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, NOT SURE ANYTHING BETTER THAN WE SAW TONIGHT IN MR. OJ ARNOLD.

>> YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ THE STORIES ONLINE IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.

WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY BROOKS COUNTY.

A VICTORY OVER IRWIN COUNTY COUNTY TONIGHT.

A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH.

THREE MORE GAMES COMING UP TOMORROW, WE KICK IT OFF AT NOON .

FOR A AND SIX A NOW FOR -- THAT WRAPS UP DAY ONE, WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

DAY TWO.