Football Fridays in Georgia
2024 Football Fridays in Georgia: Gainesville at Roswell
Season 2024 Episode 22 | 3h 38m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch the Gainesville Red Elephants face off against the Roswell Hornets from Ray Manus Stadium.
Watch the Gainesville Red Elephants face off against the Roswell Hornets on Friday, October 25th at 7:30 p.m. from Ray Manus Stadium.
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2024 Football Fridays in Georgia: Gainesville at Roswell
Season 2024 Episode 22 | 3h 38m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU, HEADS UP, GEORGIA, PARK YOUR PHONE WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING, IT SAVES LIVES.
AS WE WELCOME YOU TO ROSWELL, GEORGIA TONIGHT, A SHOWDOWN AS THE NUMBER SIX GAINESVILLE RED ELEPHANTS ARE IN TOWN TO TAKE ON THE FIFTH RANKED ROSWELL HORNETS.
GOOD EVENING, I'M MATT STEWART, JOINED BY 15 YEAR PRO, WAYNE GANDY, AND AFTER TONIGHT, THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE A LOT MORE CLEAR, BUT MAYBE NOT, SO LET'S START WITH ROSWELL, AT 7 AND 1, WE HAVE WON 18 REGIONAL GAMES DATING BACK TO 2021 AND THEY ARE LED BY THEIR FIRST-YEAR STARTER QUARTERBACK, TREY SMITH AVERAGING 250 YARDS PER GAME, HE IS A JUNIOR, DYNAMIC ON THE FIELD, A DUAL THREAT BACK, 14 TOUCHDOWNS, 14 RUSHING, THAT IS KEY , FOR THEM TO HAVE SUCCESS, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO RUN THE BALL, STAY OUT OF THIRD AND LONG AND MAKE SOME PLAYS AROUND THE EDGE.
ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, THE HORNETS HAVE BEEN HIT HARD BY INJURIES BUT THEY STILL HAVE THE DUFFY BROTHERS AT LINEBACKERS.
>> THE SENIOR AND THE JUNIOR, THEY ARE DYNAMIC IN THE MIDDLE, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A TOUGH TASK TONIGHT, THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS MASSIVE, BUT THESE TWO YOUNG MEN HAVE A LOT OF FIRE AND EXPECTED TO MAKE A LOT OF BIG PLAYS.
>> NOW GAINESVILLE, 7 AND 2 ON THE SEASON, THIS IS THEIR REGULAR SEASON FINALE, THEY ARE 33 AND 4 SINCE JOSH NIBLETT CAME OVER TO TAKE OVER THE HEAD COACHING JOB, HE NEVER HAD A STAR SOPHOMORE AT QUARTERBACK , BUT HE HAS ONE THIS YEAR, IN KHARIM HUGHLEY.
>> A VERY MATURE SOPHOMORE THAT HAS BEEN PLAYING , HE CAN MAKE ALL THE THROWS , HE CAN MAKE SOME PLAYS WITH HIS LEGS, HE'S GOING TO NEED THAT TONIGHT AGAINST THIS ROSWELL DEFENSE, BUT BEING CLEAN WITH THE FOOTBALL, ONLY TWO INTERCEPTIONS ON THE SEASON HAS BEEN KEY FOR HIS YOUNG SUCCESS.
>> AND OVER 2000 YARDS PASSING FOR THE 10TH-GRADER, AND THE RED ELEPHANTS ARE DEALING WITH SOME INJURIES AS WELL, THEY STILL HAVE JULIUS COLUMBUS WHO IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT DEFENSIVE LINE.
>> 275, AND HE MISSED GAINESVILLE, HE DEMANDS DOUBLE TEAMS OR HE WILL TAKE OVER THE GAME, MR. COLUMBUS IS A TRUE PLAYER.
>> IT SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME, JUST THE THIRD TIME THEY HAVE EVER PLAYED EACH OTHER, LAST TIME WAS IN THE 2022 STATE SEMI FINALS, THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PICTURE IS PRETTY CLEAR RIGHT NOW, WE COULD GET INTO A MESS, FOR MORE ON THAT, LET'S SEND IT TO JOHN NELSON.
>> GOOD EVENING TO YOU, HOWEVER YOU ARE ACCESSING THIS, LARGE DEVICE OR SMALL, THAT MEANS I GET TO BE THE CLEANER HERE, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THIS A SUBTITLE FOR THE REGION, YOU MIGHT AS WELL CALL IT CHASING MILTON, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THINGS STAND IN THE REGION, MILTON HAS 0, ROSWELL HAS 0, THIS IS THEIR LAST REGULAR-SEASON GAME OF THE YEAR SO THEY ARE GOING TO WAIT AND WATCH WHEN MILTON TAKES ON ROSWELL NEXT WEEK IS IT GOING TO BE THE ONE TRYING TO CHASE AFTER THE THREE?
OR WHATEVER COMBINATION IT IS, THIS ONE IS ONLY ONE OF 20 REGIONS TONIGHT THAT IS IN PLAY, WE COULD HAVE A BETTER PICTURE OVERALL, ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE POSTSEASON, BUT IT STARTS RIGHT HERE, THAT IS THE EARLY STORY FROM THE SIDELINES.
HANNAH, WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> Reporter: WE WILL BE CROWNING A LOT OF REGIONAL CHAMPIONS TONIGHT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SINGLE A DIVISION TWO, IT IS OUR WEB GAME, IF MANCHESTER WINS, THAT COULD SEAL THE DEAL FOR THEIR REGIONAL TITLE THIS YEAR, YOU CAN WATCH IT ON GPB.
COM OR ON THE GPB APP.
THE QUESTION OF THE NIGHT, WHO IS GOING TO WIN THIS ONE, GAINESVILLE OR ROSWELL?
AND STICK AROUND FOR HALFTIME WHERE WE WILL ANNOUNCE THESE REGIONAL CHAMPIONS, WE WILL CATCH UP WITH THE ROSWELL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND UNVEIL THE NOMINEES PLAYER SPOTLIGHTS AND MUCH MORE, BUT UNTIL THEN, MATT AND WAYNE, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU, HANNAH, IT SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME HERE TONIGHT, THERE IS A GOOD LOOK AT JOSH NIBLETT IN HIS THIRD SEASON AS THE HEAD COACH OF THE GAINESVILLE RED ELEPHANTS, HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF RESTORING THIS PROGRAM TO WHAT THEY FEEL IS THE RIGHTFUL POSITION AS THEY MAKE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER EVERY YEAR.
>> THIS PROGRAM IS BUILT UP FROM THE BOTTOM AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO BIG THINGS, HE FEELS LIKE HE HAS A TEAM WITH THE TEMPERAMENT HE WANTS TO BRING TO THE FIELD.
>> Matt: ROSWELL AND GAINESVILLE, THIS IS THE OPENING KICKOFF, BROUGHT TO YOU BY HEADS UP, GEORGIA, PARK YOUR PHONE WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING, IT SAVES LIVES.
A LITTLE KICK TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE FIELD AND A FAIR CATCH IS MADE AT THE 22 YARD LINE BY GRANT COOK, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO SEE ROSWELL OFFENSE START THE GAME, LET'S START WITH THE IMPACT PLAYERS.
>> Wayne: GRANT COOK, HE HAS EVERYTHING, VERSATILITY, EXPLOSIVE PLAYER DOWN THE FIELD, WATCH FOR HIM IN ONE-ON-ONE MATCHUPS WITH KEVIN GUARDADO, AND THE LINEBACKER, SWISS ARMY KNIFE CORDER BACK OF THE DEFENSE, BIG-TIME PRESSURE, BIG TIME PLAYER, HE'S GOING TO BRING A LOT OF PRESSURE TONIGHT.
>> Matt: AND TREY SMITH VOTED THE TEAM CAPTAIN, EVEN THOUGH HE IS A FIRST-YEAR STARTER, 6'1", JUNIOR, HAS COMPLETED 56% OF HIS PASSES AND THE BALL GOES TO CAMPBELL, UP TO THE 46 YARD LINE, FIRST DOWN.
TACKLED BY JONES.
>> Wayne: GETTING THE BALL ON THE EDGE, BIG-TIME THROW RIGHT THERE, JUST TESTING THE DEFENSE EARLY OUT ON THE EDGE, CAMPBELL THE JUNIOR HAVING A BIG SEASON HERE FOR ROSWELL.
>> Matt: 19 CATCHES COMING INTO TONIGHT, QUICK PASS ACROSS THE 50, GOES TO CAMPBELL AGAIN, AND CAMPBELL WILL COAST TO THE FIRST DOWN.
COACH SAID THAT CAMPBELL HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH TREY SMITH MUCH LIKE FORMER WIDE RECEIVER, DYLAN WILLIAMS HAD WITH KJ SMITH.
>> Wayne: THAT IS ALWAYS KEY, THAT COMBO , JUST A QUICK SLAM, MOVING THE BALL AND GETTING IT OUT FAST.
>> Matt: THREE STRAIGHT PASSES GO TO CAMPBELL, FIRST DOWN AT THE 39 YARD LINE.
AND THERE IS CHRIS PREWETT , 48, GOING FOR WIN NUMBER 49 TONIGHT, HE IS THE ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH BY WINNING PERCENTAGE IN ROSWELL HISTORY, AND THEY HAD SOME GREAT ONES, 83% OUT OF THE GAMES HE HAS COACHED HE HAS WON.
>> Wayne: HURRYING TO THE BALL, TRYING TO KEEP THIS GAINESVILLE DEFENSE ON THE EDGE.
>> Matt: SMITH DROPPED FOR A LOSS AT THE 30 YARD LINE, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT ROSWELL ON OFFENSE, DANIEL DAVIS, THE LEFT TACKLE, THE LEADER UP-FRONT, RYAN, KEVIN GUARDADO AND THE SOPHOMORE AT RIGHT TACKLE, DAVENPORT, HALL, SMITH, AND COOK ARE YOUR BACKS AND RECEIVERS.
SECOND DOWN, THE BALL GOES RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE, THAT IS COMPLETE TO SMITH, AS WE MENTIONED, THE PITT COMMIT AND THAT IS HIS SECOND TOUCH.
>> Wayne: HE IS LEADING THE PRESSURE, YOU CAN SEE ALREADY WITH ROSWELL, SMITH IS NOT GOING TO SIT BACK THERE AND PAT ON THE BALL, HE'S GOING TO SET HIS FEET AND THROW THE BALL, NICE TACKLE FROM O'CALLAGHAN.
>> Matt: HEAVY RUSH, FLUSHING SMITH OUT OF THE POCKET , THEY WILL BE GOING FOR THE FIRST DOWN AND MORE, INSIDE THE 20, THE FLAG GOES OUT AS HE CROSSES THE 15 AND OUT OF BOUNDS TO THE 14.
>> Wayne: DAVENPORT ON THE EDGE, THE BIG RECEIVER HERE, THEY WILL GET HIM FOR A HOLD ON THIS PLAY, WHAT A PLAY, THE SAKE RIGHT THERE FROM TREY SMITH, HE HAS BEEN WATCHING KANSAS CITY CHIEFS GAMES RIGHT THERE, BEAUTIFUL PLAY.
THE QUESTION IS, DID HE GET IT FOR THE FIRST TIME BEFORE THE HOLDING WAS CALLED?
10 YARD PENALTY, THIRD DOWN.
>> Matt: THAT ERASES THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Wayne: THESE ARE THE KIND OF PLACE THAT GIVE ROSWELL AN OFFENSIVE CHANCE RIGHT THERE, WE KNOW HE IS THE LEADING RUSHER OF THE TEAM, THEY ARE ON THE EDGE, VERY QUESTIONABLE HOLDING CALL RIGHT THERE.
>> Matt: VERY CLOSE, IT COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY, DAVENPORT WAS CALLED FOR THE HOLD, NOW IT IS GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN.
THIRD DOWN AND SIX.
BECAUSE IT WAS MARKED OFF FROM THE SPOT OF THE HOLD.
>> Wayne: DEFENSIVELY, YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON TREY SMITH IF YOU ARE GAINESVILLE.
>> Matt: AND IT GOES TO SMITH, AND HE'S GOT THE FIRST DOWN.
SINCE MAKING THE TACKLE BUT NOT BEFORE SMITH PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE REGION BANK STARTING LINEUP FOR GAINESVILLE ON DEFENSE, BAILEY, COLUMBUS, TURNER, WILLIAMS, O'CALLAGHAN AND JONES ON THE SECOND LINE AND WATCHING HOLDER, SIMS AND KNIGHT ON THE SECONDARY.
THE NUMBER ONE LINEBACKER IS OUT WITH AN INJURY.
>> Wayne: YOU KNOW WHAT THE OFFENSIVE LINE OF GAINESVILLE CAN DO, HOLDING AGAINST THIS TALENTED DEFENSIVE FRONT.
FALSE START.
FIVE YARD PENALTY.
FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: SECOND PENALTY CALLED ON CHRIS PREWETT'S TEAM, BACK TO THE 31.
>> Wayne: THOSE ARE PLAYS THAT YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE THIS LATE IN THE SEASON, YOU HAVE A POSITIVE DRIVE GOING, NOW YOU GET THE DEFENSE ON FIVE YARDS.
NOT A LOT OF CROWD NOISE, YOU ARE HERE AT HOME.
>> Matt: THAT WAS DAVENPORT IN MOTION AND THE BALL IS FUMBLED AND RECOVERED BY GAINESVILLE AT THE 37 YARD LINE.
MISCOMMUNICATION ON THE HANDOFF AND GAINESVILLE COMES UP WITH THE TURNOVER, DARREL WILLIAMS RECOVERS THE FUMBLE.
>> Wayne: BIG-TIME PRESSURE HERE, COLUMBUS WITH THE PENETRATION, GETTING INTO THE BACKFIELD.
>> Matt: DERON WILLIAMS, NUMBER 34, THE BIG SOPHOMORE GETS THE BALL BACK FOR HIS OFFENSE.
>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA IS PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU TO PARK YOUR PHONE WHILE DRIVING, IT SAVES LIVES.
>> Matt: WELCOME BACK, IT IS TIME TO CATCH UP WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM ROSWELL, COMING TO THEM IS THE $1500 DONATION FROM CIGNA HEALTHCARE, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT HOST ALL WEEK LONG AND A GREAT HOST FOR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS ALL YEAR LONG.
>> WE ARE GLAD TO BE OUT HERE FOR THIS BIG GAME TONIGHT.
>> TO OUR FRIENDS AT ROSWELL, $1500 DONATION FOR ALL THAT THEY DO ALL SEASON LONG.
LET'S SEND IT BACK UPSTAIRS.
>> Matt: ROSWELL COUGH SET UP FOR THEIR FIRST POSSESSION, GAINESVILLE TAKES OVER THE 37 YARD LINE.
FIRST AND 10.
>> Wayne: BIG PENETRATION, CHANGING THE FIELD, NOW IF YOU CAN PLAY COMPLEMENT RAY FOOTBALL HERE FOR THIS GAINESVILLE OFFENSE.
>> Matt: AND THE SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK , KHARIM HUGHLEY , CARMELO BYRD STANDING BEHIND HIM , HE IS GOING FOR THE HOME RUN BALL, AND JEREMIAH WARE WITH THE TOUCHDOWN.
GREAT OFFENSE FROM RUNNING BACK, CARMELO BYRD , NOBODY IS IN HIS FACE WHEN HE GETS OUTSIDE FOR KHARIM HUGHLEY.
THE DEFENSE STOPPING THE RUN, BEAUTIFUL THROW HERE, JUST NO ONE ON THE BACK END FOR WARE.
BIG TIME TOUCHDOWN RIGHT OUT THE GATE FOR GAINESVILLE.
>> Matt: THE GEORGIA SOUTHERN COMMIT WITH HIS NINTH TOUCHDOWN IN THE SEASON, CONVERTING THE ROSWELL TURNOVER INTO ALMOST INSTANT POINTS.
FRANCISCO JANSEN ON, THE KICK IS UP AND GOOD, AND A 7-0 LEAD FOR GAINESVILLE.
>> Wayne: IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PLAY ACTION FAKE UP-FRONT, THIS GAINESVILLE TEAM CAN RUN THE BALL, ROSWELL UNDERSTANDS THAT, THEY HAVE EYES IN THE BACKFIELD, WE ARE JUST SNEAKING DOWN THE FIELD.
GREAT THROW AND CATCH FROM KHARIM HUGHLEY , TO JEREMIAH WARE, THAT IS THAT COMPLEMENTARY FOOTBALL I WAS TALKING ABOUT, ONCE SOMETHING GOES POSITIVE, THEN YOU MAKE A BIG PLAY, THAT IS ALWAYS THE BEST TIME TO GO FOR THOSE BIG PLAYS, PUTTING POINTS ON THE BOARD RIGHT OFF THE BAT FOR GAINESVILLE.
>> Matt: THE 63 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM KHARIM HUGHLEY , AND WHAT A SEASON HE IS HAVING, HE IS REALLY SHAPING UP AND BUILDING THE BASIS AND FOUNDATION FOR WHAT COULD BE A REALLY BIG-TIME CAREER.
>> Wayne: COACH SAID HE JUST HAS IT , ABOUT GETTING ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND PERFORMING, VERY MATURE, WITH A BIG FUTURE.
AND TWO INTERCEPTIONS ON THE SEASON, AS A SOPHOMORE THAT IS A HUGE NUMBER TO PLAY A FULL SEASON WITH ONLY TWO INTERCEPTIONS.
>> Matt: THAT IS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE STATISTIC, HE HAS OVER 2000 YARDS PASSING BUT ONLY TWO INTERCEPTIONS IS THE MOST AMAZING OF THEM ALL.
>> Wayne: THAT IS A FOOTBALL MIND , THAT IS THE IT FACTOR, YOU CAN JUST FEEL IT RIGHT THERE.
>> Matt: SO, THEY WILL MAKE GAINESVILLE FREE KICK, HERE IS HUGHLEY , HE HAS NOT RUN THE BALL A LOT, BUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AGAINST MILTON HE DID HAVE A 40 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN SO HE DEFINITELY HAS THE WHEELS, HE JUST HAS NOT SHOWN IT A LOT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T NEEDED HIM TO COME HE HAS THREE STAR WIDE RECEIVERS, THREE SENIOR WIDE RECEIVERS AND A GREAT RUNNING BACK.
THE KICK IS GOING TO BE TAKEN FROM THE SEVEN.
WRITE UP THE MIDDLE, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 40 -- 41 YARD LINE.
GREAT RETURN THAT TIME FOR ROSWELL.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB RALLYING THE BALL , AND HE GETS THE TOUCHDOWN SAVING TACKLE THERE.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, AND KEEP THAT FROM BEING A TOUCHDOWN, BUT NICE JOB OF GETTING THE BALL AND GETTING TO LEFT FIELD.
LET'S SEE IF ROSWELL CAN GET BACK TO WORK ON OFFENSE, THIS TIME NOT STALLING OUT ON THE TURNOVER.
SO, FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 41.
SMITH ON THE RUN, THE TACKLE AND PICKS UP CLOSE TO 10 YARDS ON THE RUN.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB BY TREY SMITH, DIDN'T LIKE THE THROW ON THE EDGE, DECIDED TO TAKE THE BALL RIGHT THERE, A LITTLE STIFF ARM ON THE EDGE, AND IF YOU ARE GAINESVILLE YOU HAVE TO APPROACH THIS YOUNG MAN AS A RUNNING BACK, THAT IS WHAT HE HAS SHOWN YOU, BUT IN THE OPEN FIELD, HE HAD SOME RUNNING BACKS GOES.
>> Matt: BACK TO THE 46 YARD LINE, THIS YOUNG MAN OFF THE EDGE, THAT IS THE KIND OF CHAOS THEY EXPECT FROM HIM, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, JUST A RUSH ON WESTERFIELD, AND JUST PUSHING HIM BACK, GREAT JOB GETTING OFF THE BLOCK AND MAKING THAT FACT.
FURTHER RUSHERS, SEVEN OFFERS INCLUDING UA STATE AND DUKE.
THIRD DOWN AND FIVE, AND THE THROW AT THE DIRTY FIVE YARD LINE.
GREAT JOB BY TREY SMITH.
TIGHT WINDOW HERE, ON THE EDGE, A LITTLE BIT LATE, THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THOUGHT TO GET IT OUT ON THE EDGE FOR DAVENPORT.
BREAKING ON THE BALL, ALMOST COMING UP WITH AN INTERCEPTION.
UP THE MIDDLE, TREY SMITH WITH THE RUN DOWN TO THE 39 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: THIS IS THE ASPECT OF THIS OFFENSE WITH TREY SMITH, THAT MAKES HIM SO CAPABLE, HE KEEPS THEM OUT ON THOSE THIRD AND LONG SITUATIONS.
SECOND AND FOUR, THE WHOLE PLAYBOOK IS OPEN FOR THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, THEY CAN CALL CARLISLE BUT HIS ABILITY TO RUN IS GOING TO BE KEY AGAINST THE PASS RUSH OF GAINESVILLE.
>> Matt: COMING IN FOR THE THIRD MOST IN RUSHING ON THE SEASON.
AND A BIG, STRONG RUN RIGHT THERE, AT THE 23.
>> Wayne: THE QUICK FEET, THE CUTTING ABILITY OF SMITH RIGHT HERE, THE TWITCHING IS OF THAT YOUNG MAN, 5'9", 170, THE PITT COMMIT.
FIVE YARDS ON THE PLAY.
AND THE THING ABOUT THIS DRIVE, SIMILAR TO THE LAST DRIVE, THEY ARE PLAYING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF PACE, NO PENALTIES ON THIS DRIVE SO FAR.
THAT IS THE KIND OF QUICK DECISION-MAKING THEY WANT IN THAT RPO GAME WITH TREY SMITH.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND SIX, THE BALL AT THE 14 YARD LINE , TREY SMITH AVERAGING A PHENOMENAL 10 1/2 YARDS PER CARRY THROUGH THE FIRST EIGHT GAMES OF THE SEASON.
THE HANDOFF GOES TO SMITH, HE IS CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 15 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: MAY BE THE MOST TALENTED OFFENSIVE WEAPON ON THIS HORNETS OFFENSE , THEY ARE GLAD TO HAVE HIM BACK, HE IS GETTING HEALTHY COME HE HAS BEEN NURSING HIS ANKLE MOST OF THE SEASON, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE ABILITY HE BRINGS TO THE FIELD.
>> Matt: COMMITTED TO THE UNDEFEATED PANTHERS, THEY WON LAST NIGHT, RATED AS THE 14th ATHLETE IN THE COUNTRY.
THEY'VE GOT THE POWER SET NOW.
THE HANDOFF GOES TO PEAL.
NICK PEAL, VERY PHYSICAL, 200 POUNDS, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THAT FORMATION AND THINKING THAT WAS A TRICK PLAY.
NO, THAT IS JUST FOOTBALL RIGHT THERE.
THAT IS WHAT THEY LIKE TO GET FOR NICK PEAL TO HAVE SUCCESS.
>> Matt: CHRIS PREWETT SAID THEY HAVE SCORED TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN THAT FORMATION LAST WEEK.
FIRST AND 10.
KUYPER, TREY SMITH.
DOWN TO THE 6 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: GREAT JOB RUNNING BEHIND HIS PASS THEIR, TREY SMITH, SO EFFECTIVE IN THAT RPO GAME, THE WAY HE CAN RUN THE BALL.
GREAT SEASON AS WE SAID, THE LEADING RUSHER ON THIS TEAM, 14 TOUCHDOWNS AND 10 1/2 YARDS PER CARRY, IMPRESSIVE QUARTERBACK BEING ABLE TO RUN THE BALL.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND FOUR.
TOUCHDOWN, ROSWELL.
>> Wayne: A VERY PHYSICAL RUN HERE, IN THESE SITUATIONS, HE IS JUST RUNNING WITH THAT PHYSICALITY, GOING TO GET THE ASSIST BY DANIEL DAVIS, HIS LEFT TACKLE, PUSHING HIM INTO THE END ZONE, GREAT PHYSICAL DRIVE, BIG-TIME ANSWER HERE BY ROSWELL AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN SCORE BY GAINESVILLE.
>> Matt: 11th RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON FOR NICK PEAL, BETWEEN NICK PEAL AND SMITH, THEY HAVE SCORED 25 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS OUT OF THAT HAMMER FORMATION.
>> Wayne: IT JUST PUTS THE DEFENSE IN A SITUATION, WHO DO I TAKE ?
DO I TAKE THE POWER BACK, THE ABILITY OF TREY SMITH TO PUT THE BALL ON THE EDGE?
NOW 39 FOR 39, TOUCHDOWN RUN BY NICK PEAL, WE ARE TIED AT SEVEN.
>> WELCOME BACK , THE GAME IS TIED AT SEVEN, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY GAME GOING ON HERE, ARRAY, ASSORTMENT OF NETWORKS, MULTI-SCREENINGS TONIGHT, OUR FIRST TRIP TO MOUNT ZION CAROL, WE TAKE A LOOK AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST TEAMS IN SINGLE A RIGHT NOW, THEY NEED TO KEEP PACE TO GET A REGION TITLE.
RIGHT NOW, 14-0 LATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, AND THEY HAVE GREENVILLE IN THEIR LAST GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON.
BACK TO YOU FOR THE REST OF THE FIRST.
>> Matt: THEY ARE RANKED NUMBER ONE , AS THE KICK GOES INTO THE END ZONE AND BANGS OFF OF THE GOALPOST, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE GAME IMPACT PLAYERS.
>> Wayne: EXPLOSIVE RUNNING BACK, CONTACT WITH SMITH, HE LIKES TO DO EVERYTHING , AND DAVENPORT ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE BEST CORNERBACK FOR THIS ROSWELL TEAM, AND NIGEL HALL, WHAT A BIG GAME HE NEEDS TO HAVE FOR HIS TEAM WITH SO MANY INJURIES ALONG THE DEFENSIVE FRONT.
>> Matt: ROSWELL WILL PLAY WITHOUT TWO OF THEIR KEY DEFENSIVE PLAYERS.
THE EDGE RUSHER AND TYLER HARRISON PLAYS ANOTHER DEFENSIVE END POSITION, SO ROSWELL PLAYING THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK WITHOUT THOSE GUYS.
AS CARMELO BYRD GETS THE FIRST HANDOFF, AND DUFFY ON WHAT WILL PROBABLY BE A LOT OF TACKLES TONIGHT.
>> Wayne: THE BROTHERS INSIDE, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET OFF SOME BLOCKS HERE TONIGHT, THEY HAVE A BIG OFFENSIVE LINE IN FRONT OF THEM, THEY HAVE TO MAKE SOME PLAYS AND GET INTO THE BALL.
>> Matt: IT WAS KNOCKED OUT OF HIS HANDS THAT TIME, NICE DEFENSIVE PLAY TO BREAK UP WHAT HAVE BEEN A BIG PASS PLAY.
TWO MASSIVE NFL SIZED TACKLES, AND HERE IS YOUR RECEIVERS, SMITH AND WILLIAMSON.
AND LOOK AT THOSE TACKLES, 77 TITLES AS A SOPHOMORE, HE LOOKS AT LEAST 6'7" AND 350 .
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, ABOUT 275 POUNDS.
DANCING FOR THE FIRST DOWN AND MORE, AND KHARIM HUGHLEY IS FINALLY CHASED DOWN , WHAT A GREAT JOB IN THE POCKET, HE DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, HERE'S THE ASPECT THAT HE HAS NOT SHOWN A LOT OF PEOPLE.
HE CAN RUN THE BALL, THEY ARE SHOWING HIS BURST OF SPEED.
FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: THE HANDOFF GOES TO BYRD AND THEY PICK UP ABOUT THREE YARDS.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTERS ON ROSWELL DEFENSE.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, NICK PEAL, DUFFY, THE BROTHERS, THEY ARE NOT TWINS.
AND IAN FOUST STARTED THE SEASON AS THE GB.
WHAT A GREAT JOB THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE HAS DONE SO FAR THIS YEAR.
SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN, HE IS GOING TO PICK UP ANOTHER COUPLE YARDS UP TO THE 47 YARD LINE AND BRING DOWN THIRD.
>> Wayne: GREAT JOB BY ROSWELL DEFENSE, SCRAPING TO THE OUTSIDE, MAKING BYRD HAVE TO BALANCE ON THE OUTSIDE, HE CAN BOUNCE OFF THE TACKLE, YOU HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER WHOLE -- HOLE.
AS A LINEBACKER, HE SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS MOVING OVER TO RUNNING BACK FOR HIS SENIOR SEASON.
THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.
BYRD KEEPS IT AND PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN, AT THE 49 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: THAT IS THAT PHYSICALITY RIGHT THERE WITH CARMELO BYRD, GETTING BEHIND FINCH, HE IS JUST PUSHING THE PILE, DOUBLE TEAMS UP TO THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER ON DUFFY AND JUST PUSHING FOR THAT FIRST DOWN, DRIVING THE LEGS.
>> Matt: FIRST AND 10, THE BALL SITTING ON THE 49 YARD LINE.
HE MAKES THE CUT AND SCOOTING TO THE OUTSIDE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 40.
>> Wayne: IS ONE OF THOSE DOWNHILL CUTTERS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, NICE JOB, THEY ARE FINDING THE HOLE ON THE BACKSIDE, HE IS GOING TO GET NORTH AND SOUTH, OUT ON THE SIDELINE CATCHING A BREATHER BUT THAT IS WHAT GAINESVILLE COMES TO DO, BRINGING THAT PHYSICALITY WITH THIS BIG OFFENSIVE LINE AND THE ASSORTMENT OF BACKS.
>> Matt: GETTING SOME AIR, GAINESVILLE AVERAGING 240 THROUGH THE AIR, 397 TOTAL PER GAME AND 39 POINTS PER GAME.
KHARIM HUGHLEY, CAUGHT , NICE CATCH AT THE 24 YARD LINE.
GREAT READING ON THE RPO HERE, KING ABOUT 220, JUST TOO MUCH SIZE FOR IAN FOUST, WE SAW THIS YOUNG MAN BEFORE THE GAME, HE HAS SUCH A PHYSICAL PRESENCE THAT YOU ALMOST WANT TO PUT ON DEFENSE AND MAKE HIM DEFENSIVE END, JUST A BIG, PHYSICAL RECEIVER.
>> Matt: GREAT STAR, TIGHT END AND WIDE RECEIVER, COACH JOSH NIBLETT SAID HE CAN ATTACH TO THE LINE, HE IS A VERY PHYSICAL GUY, THEY CAN HOLD ON TO HIM.
KHARIM HUGHLEY CROSSES THE LINE, TOUCHDOWN IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.
>> Wayne: A LOT OF TIMES YOU GET THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS "IT? "
JUST HAVING THAT PRESENCE, ONLY A SOPHOMORE HERE, KEEPING THE SHOULDERS SQUARE, HE UNDERSTANDS WHERE HIS OFFENSE IS MOVING, DELIVERING A STRIKE DOWN THE FIELD, TO WILLIAMSON FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> Matt: LANDON WILLIAMSON WITH HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN CATCH OF THE SEASON, JUST HIS NINTH CATCH OF THE SEASON AND A GREAT JOB AS YOU MENTIONED BY HUGHLEY ACROSS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO GET RID OF THE BALL.
THE KICK IS UP AND GOOD, GAINESVILLE HAS THE LEAD.
>> Wayne: JUST A BEAUTIFUL PRESENCE OF THIS YOUNG SOPHOMORE, KEEP THE SHOULDERS SQUARE, UNDERSTAND WHERE HE IS ON THE FIELD AS HE MOVES TOWARD THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, HE SEES LANDON WILLIAMSON ON THE BACKSIDE, COMING OPEN AND THEN DELIVERING A BEAUTIFUL BALL FOR HIS BIG TIGHT END TO CATCH.
>> Matt: HERE IS A LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING DRIVE, NINE PLAYS, 80 YARDS, GAINESVILLE SCORED ON THEIR FIRST HALF FOLLOWING THE TURNOVER BY ROSWELL.
SO WE'VE HAD FOUR OFFENSIVE POSSESSIONS AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS SCORED IN THE GAME.
>> Wayne: TWO TEAMS THAT OFFENSIVELY UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY ON THE ROSWELL SIDE, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO KEEP PACE BUT THE BRILLIANCE OF KHARIM HUGHLEY AND THE FIRST TWO DRIVES OF GAINESVILLE , HE IS A COLLEGE QUARTERBACK.
COOK ON THE RETURN, GETS DROPPED TO THE 22, THE BALL CAME OUT AFTER THE PLAY, THEY ARE GOING TO RULE HIM DOWN WITH CONTACT ON THE GROUND.
SO THAT IS WHERE ROSWELL GOES ON OFFENSE WITH 28 SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> Wayne: RIGHT HERE AT THE END, YOU CAN SEE THE KNEE AND ELBOW DOWN THERE BEFORE THE BALL CAME OUT.
A BIG BREAK FROM ROSWELL, THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE GAINESVILLE THE BALL RIGHT NOW IN THE POSITION THEY ARE IN.
>> Matt: 52 YARDS, SIX CARRIES, 42 YARDS , GOING TO RUN IT, A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY FOR THE DEFENSE TO OPEN UP, AND HE PICKS UP ANOTHER EIGHT YARDS ON THE PLAY.
>> Wayne: HEAVY PLAY BY SMITH, NO PRESSURE, NO PENETRATION, JET -- GOOD JOB BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE TO ALLOW HIM TO EVEN PAUSE IN THE POCKET AND FAKE AS THOUGH HE WAS GOING TO THROW THE BALL ON THE EDGE.
IMPRESSIVE AFTER CONTACT AS WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, BREAKING TACKLES, TREY SMITH.
THAT WAS THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER, JUST WHAT WE EXPECTED, A LOT OF FIREWORKS.
KHARIM HUGHLEY A BIG PART OF THAT, 14-7 LEAD, GAINESVILLE AS WE GO TO THE SECOND.
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>> THE START OF THE SECOND QUARTER, IN ROSWELL, GEORGIA, GAINESVILLE ON TOP OF THE HORNETS, 14-7, HEADS UP GEORGIA, PARK YOUR PHONE WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING, IT SAVES LIVES.
LOOKING AT THE STATE TITLES, 15 REGION TITLES, TWO IN A ROW, SIX IN THE LAST NINE YEARS, TWO STATE RUNNER-UP FINISHES AND THIS IS THEIR 75th SEASON OF FOOTBALL SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED IN 1950 AND THAT YOUNG MAN IS THE ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH BY WINNING PERCENTAGE IN ROSWELL HISTORY WITH 48 BACK IN HIS FIRST 59 GAMES.
HE HAS TAKEN THEM TO THE QUARTERS, THE SEMI FINALS AND THE QUARTERS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SMITH UP TOP, THAT IS INCOMPLETE AT THE 42 YARD LINE, THAT IS OUR FIRST INCOMPLETION OF THE GAME FROM EITHER QUARTERBACK.
>> Wayne: IT'S ONE OF THOSE PLAYS, TREY SMITH WANTS IT BACK HERE.
SMITH ON THE EDGE, A LITTLE WHEEL ROUTE, HE HAD THE STEP THERE ON THE CORNERBACK, ELIJAH WATSON HAD TO WAIT ON THE BALL AND JUST COULDN'T BRING IT DOWN.
TREY SMITH THROWS THE BALL UP FIELD, THAT IS A POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN, SMITH.
SMITH INJURED HIS ANGLED --ANKLE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, HE HAS MOVED AROUND ON OFFENSE, INSTEAD OF BEING JUST A RUNNING BACK, THEY USED HIM IN THOSE WIDE RECEIVER POSITIONS, THEY HAVE USED HIM IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
FOR A GUY WITH HIS SKILL SET, WHEN THE COACH SAYS YOU MIGHT BE THE MOST TALENTED WEAPON THEY HAVE, THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE HIM THE FOOTBALL IN THE BIGGEST PLAY, AND WITH HIS FOOTBALL IQ, HE IS ABLE TO GET MOVED AROUND, HE CAN BE PUT IN THE SLOT, OR BE PUT OUT WIDE, AND HIS ABILITY TO THROW THE BALL.
WHAT A TREMENDOUS JOB CHRIS PREWETT HAS DONE HERE, THEY HAVE WON 18 CONSECUTIVE REGION GAMES, DATING BACK TO 2021.
48 AND 11 IN HIS FIFTH SEASON, SEMI FINALS IN 2022, 23 THEY WERE IN THE QUARTERFINALS, THREE SEASONS AS THE DEFENSIVE QUARTER BACK, THEN WENT ON TO BE A STAR PLAYER AT LAGRANGE COLLEGE.
HAD A VERY CALM PRESENCE WHEN YOU MEET HIM ON THE FIELD, YOU WOULDN'T THINK HE WAS A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.
COACH CHRIS PREWETT HAS A COOLNESS ABOUT HIS GAME.
>> Matt: UP TOP, IT IS COMING DOWN TO THE 50 YARD LINE, IT IS A SPRINT TO THE END ZONE, ROSWELL, TOUCHDOWN!
>> Wayne: TREY SMITH MISSED ON HIS LAST OPPORTUNITY, DOWN THE SIDELINE BUT, THIS TIME A LITTLE ROLLOUT ON THE EDGE, FINDING GRANT COOK DOWN THE FIELD, GRANT COOK, THE SENIOR, THEIR LEADING RECEIVER, SHOWING YOU THE WHEELS AFTER THE CATCH RIGHT THERE, HE HAS TO DO A LOT AS THE SLOT RECEIVER, THAT WAS A BIG-TIME ROLE BY SMITH AND A BIG RUN AFTER THE CATCH BY GRANT COOK.
AND IT IS 14-14.
WOW!
WHAT A START TO THIS GAME, HOW MANY POINTS WILL IT TAKE TO WIN?
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>> 20 SECONDS INTO THE SECOND QUARTER, GRANT COOK WITH THE TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION, WE ARE TIED AT 14, GAINESVILLE HAS RUN 10 PLAYS .
WE'VE HAD FIVE POSSESSIONS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS, IT IS GOING TO BE THAT KIND OF NIGHT.
>> Wayne: YOU GET THE FEELING THAT ROSWELL IS READY FOR THIS GAME, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP PACE, BOTH OF THESE QUARTERBACKS ARE DUELING IT OUT, RIGHT NOW RECEIVERS ARE MAKING BIG CATCHES.
>> Matt: WE'VE HAD ONLY ONE INCOMPLETION, FOR A COMBINED 9 FOR 10 TO START THE GAME.
BANGING IT THROUGH THE UPRIGHT, HE HAS HAD TOUCHBACK'S WITH ALL BUT FOUR OF HIS KICKS THIS SEASON AND JOSH NIBLETT , 33 AND 4 IN HIS THIRD SEASON AS THE RED ELEPHANTS HEAD COACH, STATE FINALIST IN 2022, QUARTERFINALIST IN 2023, AND OF COURSE IN ALABAMA, HIS RECORD IS QUITE SIMPLY ONE OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED COACHES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
SIX CHAMPIONSHIPS COMING FROM THE SAME TO HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE PLAYED FOR JIM STALLINGS AND THE CRIMSON TIDE.
IT'S JUST HIS INTENSITY, IT IS INFECTIOUS AND HIS TEAM IS CARRYING THAT ONTO THE FIELD.
WARE PICKED UP ABOUT SIX ON THE PLAY.
THESE TWO QUARTERBACKS ARE REALLY SHINING, NOT SURE I WAS READY FOR THIS KIND OF PERFORMANCE SO FAR IN THE GAME, BUT THEY ARE DIALING IT UP, THEY ARE DELIVERING THE BALL ON THE EDGE, WITH ACCURACY.
>> Matt: AND THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT IT, THEY ARE NOT THESE BIG COLLEGE PROSPECT QUARTERBACKS, THEY ARE ALL SMALL GUYS.
THE RUN TO THE 35 YARD LINE, SO CERTAINLY FROM A SKILL SET THEY ARE COLLEGE PROSPECTS BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR SIZE, KHARIM HUGHLEY , 180, NEITHER ONE OF THEM ARE GOING TO KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF WHEN THEY STEP OFF THE BUS.
>> Wayne: NOT A VERY BIG PHYSICAL PRESENCE, BUT AS FAR AS PERFORMING ON THE FIELD, WHAT AN EXCELLENT GAME BOTH OF THESE YOUNG MEN ARE DOING SO FAR.
ONE IS A JUNIOR AND ONE IS A SOPHOMORE.
>> FALSE START.
FIVE YARD PENALTY, THIRD DOWN.
>> Matt: JOSH NIBLETT PLAYED FOR HIS DAD GROWING UP , HE WAS A TWO-TIME ALL-STATE QUARTERBACK HIMSELF.
HAD HIS FIRST COACHING JOB THAT WENT FROM A LOSING PROGRAM TO WINNING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN HIS FINAL YEAR.
THERE IS DAD AND SON ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
AND HIS BROTHER, SO A FAMILY AFFAIR OF FOOTBALL.
KHARIM HUGHLEY UP TOP, CANNOT CONNECT.
THE FIRST INCOMPLETION IN THE GAME FOR KHARIM HUGHLEY.
>> Wayne: YOU CAN TELL, BOTH OF THESE TEAMS, THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THEIR SHOTS DOWN THE FIELD, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE EXPLOSIVE GUYS , JEREMIAH WARE , THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET THE BALL OUT TO HIM.
>> Matt: LIKE JOSH NIBLETT TOLD US, FIELD GOALS ARE NOT GOING TO WIN THE GAME TONIGHT.
>> Wayne: HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE SOME CHANCES AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME EXPLOSIVE PLAYS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS, BE EXPLOSIVE OFFENSIVELY, AND THEY HAVE DONE THAT SO FAR IN THE GAME.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND 15, THE BLITZ COMING OFF THE EDGE, THEY PICK IT UP.
KHARIM HUGHLEY GETS DROPPED AT THE 34 YARD LINE.
AND THIS SCRAMBLE ABILITY BY HUGHLEY IS REALLY CATCHING THIS ROSWELL TEAM, HE DOESN'T DO A LOT OF RUNNING BUT YOU CAN SEE HIS ABILITY TO RUN AFTER IT AND GET SOME TACKLES.
>> Matt: THEY PUT THE BALL DOWN AT THE 33 .
IT IS THIRD AND 12.
AGAIN, ROSWELL BRINGS THE BLITZ WITH DUFFY.
HUGHLEY IN FRONT, AND SACKED AT THE 24 YARD LINE.
NIGEL HALL WITH THE QUARTERBACK SACK.
>> Wayne: BAD SNAP, ABLE TO CORRAL THE BALL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO THROW IT OUT RIGHT THERE, BY HUGHLEY, TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN AS HE HAS DONE ALL NIGHT LONG, JUST DIDN'T FEEL THE PRESSURE BY THE DEFENSIVE END.
THEY REACHED HUGHLEY AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, GETTING OUTSIDE, STILL KEEPING HIS HEAD UP THE FIELD, HE JUST NOT FEEL IT, HE KIND OF RAN INTO HIS KNEE RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE, THEY BUMPED KNEES RIGHT THERE AT THE END, THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE HIM, WITH HARRIS OUT.
>> Matt: THIS WAS A POSITION MANNED A YEAR AGO BY CHASE MORRISON WHO IS NOW A FRESHMAN AT VIRGINIA.
THE GOOD NEWS FOR ALL THESE TEAMS IS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET AN EXTRA WEEK TO PREPARE FOR THE PLAYOFFS.
ROZ -- ROSWELL STILL HAS MILTON NEXT WEEK, THEN A WEEK OFF BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS START FOR THEM, GAINESVILLE IS GOING TO HAVE TWO WEEKS OFF.
THEY ALREADY HAVE THE SCHEDULE PLANNED OUT.
THEY'VE GOT DANCES AND DINNERS AND MOVIES, HE SAYS HE IS A PLANNER, THAT IS HOW HE FEELS HIS SUCCESS IS ALL ABOUT, THAT IS THEIR PLAN TO STAY SHARP AND NOT GET OUT OF SHAPE.
>> Matt: ROSWELL GOT CLOSE TO IT, IT IS GOING TO TAKE A BIG BOUNCE FOR GAINESVILLE AND FIELDED AT THE 38 BY COOK AND THAT IS WHERE ROSWELL IS GOING TO GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
>> Wayne: AND THAT KIND OF PLAY RIGHT THERE BY THE SENIOR, COOK , SOME KEY YARDAGE RIGHT THERE, THE BALL HAD MOMENTUM, HE STEPPED IN FRONT AND CAUGHT THE BALL AND PROBABLY SAVED HIS TEAM 10 YARDS MAKING THAT PLAY.
>> Matt: THAT IS A GREAT POINT, WHEN THE BALL HITS THE GROUND LIKE THAT, A LOT OF PLAYERS ARE GOING TO RUN AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE IT IS A DANGEROUS THING, BUT HE GOT IN FRONT OF IT AND WAS ABLE TO CATCH IT AND SAVED THEM THE 38 YARD LINE INSTEAD OF MAYBE THE 28 YARD LINE.
SO, ROSWELL BACK ON OFFENSE, TIED AT 14.
UP TO THE INTERCEPTION, AND THE FLAG IS OUT, THAT IS A LIVE BALL, THE PLAY IS STILL ALIVE, AND SCOOPED UP BY ROSWELL.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT CLYDE WAS DOING.
CLYDE JONES ON COVERAGE ON GRANT COOK, AND HE SAW THE FLAG COMING OUT, AND IT SEEMS THAT CLYDE JONES SOLVE THE FLAG AS A WHISTLE AND JUST STOPPED PLAYING FOOTBALL BUT HE WAS DEFINITELY STILL LIVE, NO WHISTLE.
HAD IT BEEN RECOVERED BY ROSWELL, THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN THE PLAY AND DECLINED THE PENALTY.
TIGHT COVERAGE HERE BY JONES, YOU CAN SEE HE IS PULLING COOK DOWN, THEN JUST A LITTLE CONFUSION BY HIM, NOT REALLY SURE IF HE SHOULD RUN IT BACK.
>> Matt: DAVENPORT STRIPPED HIM OF THE BALL, NOW HE'S DOWN ON THE GROUND, AT THE 41, BUT THAT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS PLAY BY CLYDE JONES AND NEARLY GAVE ROSWELL THE BALL AT THE 40 YARD LINE.
OR WORSE.
>> Matt: REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THE PLAY, THE PLAY WOULD HAVE BEEN DOWN BUT IN THAT SITUATION, MR. JONES JUST SLIDE DOWN, JUST RUN OUT OF BOUNDS, TAKEOFF, PLAY UNTIL THE END, LET THE REFEREE MAKE THE DECISION BUT DON'T BE CAUGHT IN BETWEEN.
OR EVEN RUN TO THE END ZONE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CALL IS GOING TO BE, YOU ARE ASSUMING YOU KNOW WHAT THE CALL IS GOING TO BE.
SO, FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 38.
TREY SMITH IN THE GRASS, NOW THE QUARTERBACK SACKED AT THE 24 YARD LINE BY JULIUS COLUMBUS.
>> Wayne: THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, JUST KNOCKING THE HANDS, GETTING AN ARM AND TURNING THE SHOULDERS, EXCUSE ME, THAT IS BRANDON BAILEY, 97, ABLE TO PULL ON THE JERSEY OF TREY SMITH, THROW OFF THE TIMING AND HIS BIG BUDDY IN THE MIDDLE, COLUMBUS CLEANING UP FOR THE SACK.
THE THIRD QUARTERBACK SACK OF THE SEASON FOR THE SENIOR, THAT IS THE 21st SACK FOR THIS GAINESVILLE DEFENSE.
NOW SECOND DOWN AND 21, PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE, INCOMPLETE.
LOOKING FOR DAVENPORT.
DOUBLE COVERAGE, IT IS GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN.
TREY SMITH RIGHT THERE, SHOWING HIS ARM TALENT, COACH TALKS ABOUT HOW HE CAN SPREAD IT AROUND THE FIELD, TRYING TO GET THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD ONCE AGAIN TO DAVENPORT.
AND BOTH OF THESE TEAMS, DEFENSIVELY ON THESE LAST TWO DRIVES HAVE SETTLED DOWN AND KEEPING THE RECEIVERS IN FRONT OF THEM.
>> Matt: TREY SMITH CHIPPED IN FOR KJ SMITH, NO RELATION, THE TWO-YEAR STARTER, NOW A FRESHMAN AT NEBRASKA KEARNEY.
THAT IS A BIG STRONG THROW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO SMITH AND IT IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT DOWN.
>> Wayne: THAT IS THE ABILITY OF SMITH, TRYING TO CATCH THE BALL, ALMOST COMING DOWN WITH THE CATCH, HE DID GET TO THE STICKS, THAT SHOWS THE INTELLIGENCE OF HIM, BUT THIS GAINESVILLE DEFENSE FINALLY GETTING A BIG SACK, PUSHING THE OFFENSE TO THE THIRD AND GETTING OFF THE FIELD.
>> Matt: GRANT COOK IS THE PUNTER , A LITTLE RUSH, AND A SHORT KICK, IT IS GOING TO HIT TO THE 42 AND GO OUT OF BOUNDS OR NOT GO OUT OF BOUNDS, BOUNCING ON THE SIDELINE, IT WAS FIELDED BY WILLIAMS ON THE SIDELINE, HE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A RETURN OUT OF IT.
THEY ARE GOING TO PUT THE BALL DOWN AT THE 37 IT LOOKS LIKE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE 41 IS WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO PUT IT.
>> Wayne: RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN SEE HIM POINTING, THE BALL IS GOING OUT, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH COOK ON THE OTHER SIDE.
STEPPING IN IS WILLIAMS.
SO, GAINESVILLE GETS THE BALL BACK WITH 7:51 TO PLAY IN THE HALF, HUGHLEY HAS BEEN SPECTACULAR SO FAR TONIGHT.
MAKING 58% OF HIS PASSES THIS SEASON.
THE HANDOFF GOES TO CARMELO BYRD AND HE PICKS UP THREE DOWN TO THE 38.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB AT THIRD RIGHT THERE, BOUNCING OFF THE TACKLE NUMBER JUST KIDDING THOSE LEGS TURNING IN THE MIDDLE.
PENETRATION BY ALEX LUCAS, HE IS ABLE TO SHUFFLE HIS FEET AND MAKE THE JUMP CUT AND PICK UP A COUPLE YARDS.
CARMELO BYRD OFFERED BY NORTH ALABAMA , CAME IN WITH 738 YARDS RUSHING ON THE SEASON.
WARE IN MOTION BEHIND THE LINE.
HUGHLEY GOING FOR THE HOME RUN BALL , AND A TOUCHDOWN!
WARE BRINGS IT IN FOR A GAINESVILLE TOUCHDOWN.
THEY ARE WORKING TYLER PRESSNALL OUT ON THE EDGE HERE, 6'1", JUST GOING UP TO THE HIGH POINT THERE, WHAT A GREAT CATCH, SO SMOOTH ON THIS CATCH.
JUST CATCHING THAT BALL, RIGHT ABOVE TYLER PRESSNALL WHO NEVER GOT HIS HEAD AROUND TO SEE WHERE THE BALL WAS, JUST A GREAT CATCH BY THE SENIOR THREE-STAR GEORGIA SOUTHERN COMMIT.
THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION OF THE NIGHT ALREADY FOR JEREMIAH WARE, HE IS OVER 700 YARDS RECEIVING NOW FOR THE SEASON.
FRANCISCO JOHNSON MISSED THE P. A. T. , THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR THEM THIS SEASON, THAT IS THE SIXTH HE HAS MISSED.
THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING DRIVE, TWO PLAYS, 41 YARDS IN LESS THAN 1:00 MINUTES.
HUGHLEY AIRING IT OUT ONCE AGAIN DOWN THE FIELD.
WE NEED TO CHECK, ARE YOU SURE HE IS A SOPHOMORE, THESE ARE NOT SOPHOMORE THROWS, THE CONFIDENCE IN WHICH HE IS PLAYING IN THE POCKET, DELIVERING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD, EXPLOSIVE YOUNG SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK, YOU CAN TELL WHY COACH CHRIS PREWETT HAS A SMILE ON HIS FACE, LIKE HE KNOWS SOMETHING WE DON'T.
>> Matt: AND JOSH NIBLETT TOLD US HE DOESN'T ACT LIKE A SOPHOMORE, HE COMMANDS IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND IN THE HUDDLE.
>> Reporter: WE ASKED COACH JOSH NIBLETT EARLIER THIS WEEK, HOW RARE IT IS TO HAVE A SOPHOMORE WHO IS ALPHA ON CAMPUS, HE SAID IT IS RARE AND HE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL QUARTERBACK AT A YOUNG AGE.
>> Matt: THE RETURN OVER ON THE FAR SIDELINE, UP TO THE 32, 33 YARD LINE, THAT IS WHERE ROSWELL IS GOING TO GO BACK ON OFFENSE, BUT WITH THAT STORY, JOHN, NEVER HAD A SOPHOMORE STARTER AT QUARTERBACK AND AT HOOVER, HIS FIRST HEAD COACH, HE HAD A FRESHMAN COME IN AND LEAD THEM TO THE STATE FINALS, THEN HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR, LED THEM TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THAT WAS WAY BACK IN 2003 AND 2004.
>> Wayne: USUALLY WHEN YOU END UP WITH A SOPHOMORE OR FRESHMAN, THAT MEANS YOUR PLAN IS GOING RIGHT, BECAUSE MOST COACHES ARE ALWAYS PLANNING AND LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AND TRYING TO CAN --CONTINUE TO KEEP A VETERAN IN THAT POSITION.
THE BALL AT THE 32 YARD LINE.
AND DRIVEN BACK, THE FIRST CARRY OF THE NIGHT FOR PERRY.
>> Wayne: AND THIS OFFENSIVE LINE OF ROSWELL CONTINUES TO PLAY WELL IN THE RUNNING GAME .
YOU SEE IN THIRD AND LONG, SECOND AND LONG SITUATIONS, THEY WERE ABLE TO HOLD UP IN THE LAST TWO DRIVES AS FAR AS PASS PROTECTION, THEIR OFFENSE IS REALLY NOT A FOUR OR FIVE WIDE RECEIVER OFFENSE, IT IS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO STAY IN THIRD AND MANAGEABLE.
>> Matt: BEHIND GRANT COOK THAT TIME WITH THE SAFETY CLOSING ON HIM FAST, IT IS GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN.
THEY ARE REALLY A RUNNING TEAM, THEY ARE AVERAGING RIGHT AT 231 YARDS RUSHING PER GAME, THEY ARE NOT NEARLY THE PAST HEADY WIDE RECEIVER SET OFFENSE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.
>> Wayne: VERY BALANCED OFFENSE , THIS IS WHERE GAINESVILLE HAS THE ADVANTAGE.
ANOTHER PENALTY ON ROSWELL RIGHT THERE.
>> FALSE START ON THE OFFENSE, FIVE YARD PENALTY, THIRD DOWN.
>> Matt: YOU ALMOST FEEL THE PRESSURE IF YOU ARE ROSWELL ON OFFENSE RIGHT HERE, BUT YOU NEED TO SCORE ON THIS POSSESSION BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE IN A TENNIS MATCH RIGHT NOW AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE WHEN YOU HAVE THE SERVE, YOU CAN'T LET YOUR SERVE GET BROKEN.
>> TIME-OUT CALLED BY CHRIS PREWETT.
WE WILL STEP ASIDE.
>> WELCOME BACK, IN THIS COMMERCIAL BREAK WE SAW SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME, CHRIS PREWETT CALLED THE TIME-OUT, WALKED INTO THE TENT AND LOOKED AT THE iPAD AND THE BIG MONITOR AND TRY TO ANALYZE THE PROBLEM ON THE FLY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME I HAVE SEEN A HEAD COACH DROP EVERYTHING AND CALL A TIME-OUT AND GO UNDER THE TENT HIMSELF TO TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR HAS ALSO HELD ONTO THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES SINCE HE BECAME THE HEAD COACH.
AND AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, THE PRESSURE OF THIS OFFENSE, FEELING LIKE HE HAS TO KEEP PACE, AND THE COACH RIGHT THERE CALLING THE TIME-OUT , STILL FEELING LIKE HE NEEDS TO CONVERT ON THIS THIRD AND LONG.
HEAVY RUSH, SMITH RUNS OUT OF IT AND PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN, WHAT A GUTSY RUN BY TREY SMITH TO GET 13+ AND MOVE THE STICKS.
>> Wayne: SO SMOOTH RIGHT HERE IN THE POCKET, LOOK AT HIS FACE RIGHT THERE, SHOWING THE ABILITY, HIS CALMNESS OUT IN SPACE RIGHT THERE, SO CONFIDENT THAT HE HAS THE SPEED NOT TO BE CAUGHT FROM BEHIND AND A LITTLE MOVE RIGHT THERE ON O'CALLAGHAN TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: THAT IS WHAT IS MOST IMPRESSIVE ABOUT HIM, EVEN WHEN HE IS MOVING FAST, HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS MOVING SLOW.
>> Wayne: HE JUST HAS THAT ABILITY, THIS IS HIS FIRST YEAR STARTING AND HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB SO FAR.
>> Matt: SYNKWAN SMITH STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS, BUT SMITH LOOKS TO BE FULLY HEALTHY , AND THAT ISN'T A FACTOR IN THE RUNNING GAME TONIGHT.
GREAT JUMP RIGHT THERE, DAVENPORT ON THE EDGE.
THE ABILITY TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE BY SMITH TO PICK UP THE EXTRA YARDS.
FIRST AND 10, THE BALL ON THIS 37.
QUICK PASS, THE BALL IS OUT, THAT IS GOING TO BE RULED IN COMPLETION AS THEY TRY TO GET IT QUICKLY TO DAVENPORT.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB COMING UP BY JUDAH KNIGHT, RIGHT ON THE BALL, KNOCKING IT OUT AND BREAKING UP THE PASS RECEPTION.
TREY SMITH GETS THE BALL OUT IN A HURRY.
THEY ARE VERY ACCURATE, ONE STEP, DELIVERING THE BALL, NICE VELOCITY ON THE PASS.
TREY SMITH IS ALSO A BASEBALL PLAYER, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT IN THE WAY HE GETS THE BALL OUT OF THERE QUICKLY, AND THE VELOCITY WITH WHICH HE DELIVERS IT.
THE BALL GOES TO SMITH, SYNKWAN SMITH HAS THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 25.
>> Wayne: HIS DIE VERSATILITY , AS WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS LINING UP, HE IS SO HIGHLY RATED, OUT IN SPACE ONCE AGAIN, PLAYING THAT SLOT POSITION.
>> Matt: YOU CAN SEE WHY THE PITTSBURGH PANTHERS LIKE HIM SO MUCH.
HE MISSED AT THE 15, AND PHILIP AT THE FIVE YARD LINE, BY BRIAN JONES.
ANOTHER QUICK PASS ON THE EDGE HERE, RPO , SHOWING WHY HE IS THERE LEAD RECEIVER RIGHT THERE, JUST HARD TO BRING DOWN IN ONE-ON-ONE COVERAGE.
>> Matt: GRANT COOK IS A SPECIAL PLAYER, HE WAS OFFERED AT HAMPTON CITY, AND NAI.
INTO THE END ZONE FOR ROSWELL .
TREY SMITH ONCE AGAIN, THE BALL ON THE EDGE, SHOWING HIS WHEELS, ABLE TO MOVE THE DEFENSIVE END THERE, AND JaMARCUS SIMS IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, BIG-TIME PLAY THERE FOR ROSWELL.
>> Matt: 21-20, THAT MISSED P. A. T. FROM GAINESVILLE MIGHT COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM.
HE GOT AROUND BAILEY AND THE ABILITY TO CUT THE BALL INSIDE OF THE SAFETY HERE WITH SINS TO GET IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, TREY SMITH IS IN A WINNING MOVE TONIGHT.
SHOWING YOU THE WHOLE BAG OF TRICKS THAT HE HAS.
>> Matt: 15th RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON, FOR TREY SMITH.
>> Reporter: WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS FIRST HALF COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES ON THE REGION'S HALFTIME SHOW AND THE IMPLICATIONS THIS ONE HAS, JOHN WILL BREAK DOWN REGION TITLES ALL OVER THE STATE, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THAT MAKE THAT KID OFFER NOMINEE, BUT THERE IS SOMEBODY ON THE FIELD MAKING OFFERS.
RUMOR HAS IT, THE HELICOPTER SHOULD BE LANDING IN THE PRACTICE FIELDS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AROUND THE THIRD OR FOURTH QUARTER, SO WE ARE ON HELICOPTER WATCH, THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF THEY LANDED AT HALFTIME, SO BE SURE TO STAY TUNED IN, WE ARE TALKING TO THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND WE ARE GOING TO GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON ALL THINGS GEORGIA ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL.
>> Matt: LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, HANNAH.
HE HAS A LITTLE CELEBRATION THING HE DOES WITH THE FANS AND THEY ARE LOVING IT, WHEN HE KICKS THE BALL INTO THE END ZONE, WHAT A BIG WEAPON.
HE IS KICKING IT OFF THE FIELD, WHAT A BIG LEG AND WHILE HE IS A FIVE STAR KICKER .
>> Matt: SO, KHARIM HUGHLEY BRINGS THE OFFENSE BACK OUT FOR GAINESVILLE, THEY ARE DOWN A POINT , AND A WILD FIRST HALF, 31 TOTAL POINTS, WE STILL HAVE JUST UNDER 5:00 LEFT IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
SMITH IS HARD TO GET ON THE GROUND, AND FINALLY THEY DO AND THE BALL COMES OUT, THEY ARE GOING TO RULE IT DOWN.
>> Wayne: THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM DOWN BY CONTACT, WITH A STOP RIGHT THERE, HE WAS FIGHTING FOR YARDS BUT HE WAS STOPPED IN HIS TRACK RIGHT THERE, HE WAS NOT GOING FORWARD, THE GREEN JERSEYS REACHING AND PULLING OUT THE BALL.
HIS PLAYERS ARE PRAISING HIS ABILITY, HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO WITH THE FOOTBALL.
HAD THIS BEEN A GAME IN THE STATE FINALS, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN UNDER REVIEW RIGHT THERE.
GAINESVILLE, THAT IS THEIR FIRST TIME OUT.
>> Matt: SO IF WE HAD A REPLAY, THIS CALL MIGHT HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED, AS YOU MENTIONED, SMITH WAS FIGHTING FOR YARDS, AND IT LOOKED LIKE NUMBER 21, NICK PEAL THE LINEBACKER TOOK IT FROM HIM BEFORE HE HIT THE GROUND.
>> Wayne: RIGHT HERE AT THE END, YOU CAN SEE NICK PEAL GOING FOR HIS TEAMMATES, PULLING IT DOWN, AND HE DEFINITELY HAD THE BALL OUT BEFORE SMITH HIT THE GROUND.
YOU CAN SEE, HE IS TRYING TO WORK, BUT IT WAS NOT ON THE GROUND, THE BALL CAME OUT.
SO AT THAT POINT, WAS THE WHISTLE BLOWN OR DID THE REFEREE THINK THAT FORWARD PROGRESS HAD BEEN STOPPED?
>> Matt: IT LOOKED LIKE FORWARD PROGRESS HAD BEEN STOPPED, BUT THE QUESTION IS, DID THEY BLOW THE PLAY DEAD?
YOU PLAY UNTIL THE WHISTLE.
SECOND DOWN AND TWO.
THE BALL GOES OUT TO WARE.
HE DANCES AROUND AND PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN FOR GAINESVILLE.
AT THE 33 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: THE SPREAD OF OFFENSE, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, ABLE TO RUN THE BALL AND GET IT OUT ON THE EDGE CONSISTENTLY.
AND WE HAVE A PLAYER DOWN HERE, NIGEL HALL, THE SENIOR TACKLE.
THAT IS THE SECOND DEFENSIVE LINEMAN WE HAVE HAD GO DOWN FOR ROSWELL TONIGHT, ISTANBOULIAN HAD TO BE HELPED OFF THE FIELD EARLIER AS WELL.
THEY ARE ALSO PLAYING WITHOUT TYLER HARRISON.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHN.
>> Reporter: A QUICK UPDATE ON ISTANBOULIAN, HE WENT INTO THE TENT AND THEY KIND OF STARTED HIS LEFT ANKLE AND WORKED UP TO THE INSIDE OF THE LEFT KNEE TRYING TO GET SOME RANGE OF MOTION GOING, HE KEPT TELLING HIS TEAMMATES HE WAS OKAY BUT HE HAS REALLY EMERGED SINCE, AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE IS UNDER THE TENT RIGHT NOW, JUST GETTING MORE MONITORING AS WE GO HERE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
>> Matt: THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE, THERE IS A LOOK RIGHT THERE, ISTANBOULIAN , AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD ANY MORE INJURIES ON THE DEFENSE SIDE OF THE BALL.
>> Wayne: I REALLY HOPE THIS YOUNG MAN CAN GET BACK INTO THE GAME, TRYING TO WORK IT OUT, TRYING TO LOOSEN UP THE KNEE.
NIGEL HALL ON THE GROUND, IT LOOKED LIKE HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, AS HE WAS POINTING TO WHILE ON THE GROUND, HE'S TRYING TO WORK IT OUT, MAYBE A PINCHED NERVE BUT THEY DEFINITELY NEED THAT LEADERSHIP UP-FRONT.
>> Matt: THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN IT COMES TO THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON, THE TOLL THE INJURIES CAN HAVE ON YOUR SEASON, WHAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON CAN BE DERAILED BY A COUPLE OF INJURIES BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE DEPTH CHART IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THAT YOU HAVE IN COLLEGE AND CERTAINLY THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
>> Wayne: COACH PREWETT ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT HIS TEAM IS ABOUT 25, 26 PLAYERS, THAT IS ALL THE GUYS HE FEELS HE CAN PUT ON THE FIELD AND WIN WITH, SO THAT DEFENSE, WITH TWO PLAYERS OUT ALREADY, NURSING SOME SHOULDER INJURIES, THEY NEED TO GET ISTANBOULIAN BACK ON THE FIELD.
>> Matt: THAT IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT TONIGHT.
SECOND DOWN AND 10.
SO WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN TELL WHO THEY'VE GOT, THEY'VE GOT SOME DIFFERENT PLAYERS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
>> Wayne: THE YOUNG FRESHMAN , 6'4", 235, HE HAS BEEN PLAYING A LOT AS WELL.
AND ALEX PUTTING HIS HAND IN THE DIRT.
DANIEL WRIGHT IS OUT THERE AS WELL, HE IS A JUNIOR.
AND THE FLAK COMES OUT, SHANE KING ON THAT PLAY.
WORKING OUTSIDE WITH SHANE KING.
>> ON THE DEFENSE, 50 YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN.
>> Wayne: DAVENPORT HOLDING, TURNING THOSE SHOULDERS, IF YOU ARE GOING TO HOLD, DON'T TURN THE SHOULDERS, DON'T GET THE FULL PULL, JUST PULL A LITTLE BIT.
BUT OBVIOUS PASS INTERFERENCE CALL.
>> Matt: FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 38.
>> Matt: KING IN MOTION, BEHIND THE LINE, THAT ONE BOUNCES OUT, AND IT IS GOING TO GET RUN OUT OF BOUNDS BY PRESSNALL AT THE 48 YARD LINE.
NICE JOB ONCE AGAIN, CREATING WHEN NOTHING IS THERE, THEY WILL GET OUT OF THE POCKET, THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE TRYING TO GET THE BALL ON THE EDGE TO KING AGAIN.
NICE DEFENSE BY THE HORNETS, BRINGING PRESSURE LATE TO FORCE THEM OUT THE POCKET.
AND WE HAVE SEEN THIS DEFENSE SHOW A LITTLE MORE BLITZ, WITH THE INJURIES THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DIAL UP A LITTLE MORE PRESSURE WITH THE LINEBACKERS.
FIRST DOWN.
DOWN TO THE 46 YARD LINE.
NICK PEAL MAKING THE TACKLE BUT NOT BEFORE CARMELO BYRD PICKS UP THE FIRST.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE , THE LINEBACKER COMING DOWN RIGHT HERE, BRODY DUFFY JUST MISSING BYRD, COMING ON THE RUN BLITZ, JUST MISSING BYRD, AND THE PHYSICALITY AFTER THE CONTACT, IT IS JUST FUN TO WATCH.
WE HAVE A PENALTY ON GAINESVILLE.
>> Matt: 21-20, ROSWELL ON TOP, RANKED NUMBER FIVE IN THE GPB.
PRIOR TO THE SEASON, GAINESVILLE HAD LOST ONLY TWO GAMES BY A TOTAL OF 10 POINTS, AND JOSH'S FIRST TWO SEASONS, AGAINST LANGSTON HUGHES IN 2022.
>> Wayne: I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO GET THE HORNETS BARKING THE SIGNAL RIGHT THERE AND CAUSING THE OFFENSIVE LINE, AS YOU CAN SEE THE UMPIRE, THEY ARE TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THE DEFENSE LINE.
>> Matt: ROSWELL, THE DEFENSE AND OFFENSE COACHING STAFF TO OUR RIGHT, THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE CALL.
>> Wayne: YOU CAN SEE COACH PREWETT WANTS AN EXPLANATION, RIGHT NEXT TO THE ROSWELL COACHING STAFF, THEY ARE NOT TOO HAPPY EITHER.
>> Matt: UNDERSTANDABLE.
SO, FIRST AND FIVE NOW.
FROM THE 32.
HUGHLEY TO THE POCKET, GOES DEEP AGAIN, THIS TIME CANNOT CONNECT WITH SMITH, THE SOPHOMORE CORNER, RUNNING STEP FOR STEP WITH HIM, AND IT IS GOING TO BE SECOND DOWN AND FIVE.
>> Wayne: GOOD PROTECTION BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE, JUST NOT ABLE TO COME OUT OF THE BREAK RIGHT THERE EARLY ENOUGH, TO SEE THE BALL, TRYING TO LEAD HIM TO THE BACK WAS KHARIM HUGHLEY.
HUGHLEY, NUMBER SEVEN IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA IN PASSING YARDAGE , AND NUMBER ONE IN THE REGION, AT TWO TOUCHDOWN PASSES HERE TONIGHT.
BOUNCING TO THE OUTSIDE, INSIDE TO THE 15, THIRD DOWN TO THE FIVE, AND OUT OF BOUNDS BY IAN FOUST.
>> Wayne: GREAT PLAY ACTION HERE, THEY DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THE BALL RIGHT THERE, THIS YOUNG MAN BREAKING TACKLES, PHYSICALLY DOWN THE FIELD.
33 YARD PICKUP FOR CARMELO BYRD , FIRST AND GOAL FOR GAINESVILLE.
CARMELO BYRD ENDS UP WITH THE BALL AND DIVES FORWARD FOR THE THREE.
>> Wayne: THIS IS WHERE YOU JUST KEEP FEEDING CARMELO BYRD, THE CLOCK IS TICKING, TAKE YOUR TIME , HAVING GREAT SUCCESS ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH KING AND LEFT GUARD.
>> Matt: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE ROSWELL, THAT YOU DON'T USE A TIME-OUT HERE BECAUSE GAINESVILLE IS GOING TO GET THE BALL TO START THE THIRD QUARTER, IF THEY LEAVE NO TIME FOR ROSWELL, THEY ARE KIND OF GETTING A TWO FOR ONE.
HE DIVES FOR THE END ZONE, LET'S SEE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO CALL HERE.
ROSWELL RECOVERED, BUT IT IS HORNETS BALL.
THEY ARE GOING TO RULE HIM DOWN TO THE GROUND .
BUT AS HE TRIED TO STRETCH THE BALL ACROSS THE GOAL LINE WHICH IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS IN THOSE SITUATIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THE BIG HIT BY TYLER PRESSNALL , HE WAS DOWN BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO STRETCH THE BALL OVER.
>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND GOAL, THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE HALF.
AND HUGHLEY DID NOT GET IN, IT IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
DAVENPORT CAME OFF THE EDGE AND DENIED HUGHLEY , NOW WE ARE IN THE FINAL 30 SECONDS, AND THIS IS REALLY BIG RIGHT HERE, TIME-OUT.
>> GAINESVILLE, THEIR SECOND TIME-OUT.
>> Matt: SOMEBODY CAME IN RIGHT HERE.
>> Wayne: THE BALL NEVER CROSSED THE GOAL LINE, GREAT JOB COMING OFF THE EDGE BY DAVENPORT.
I THINK IT WAS NICK PEAL, NUMBER 21 AS I WATCHED THE REPLAY.
HE GAVE HUGHLEY A GLANCING BLOW , SLOWED HIM UP ENOUGH FOR DAVENPORT TO COME OFF THE EDGE AND CLEAN THE TACKLE.
TIME-OUT BY COACH JOSH NIBLETT TO DISCUSS WHAT TO DO AND CALL YOUR FAVORITE PLAY IN THIS SITUATION, YOU WOULD IMAGINE IN A GAME WHERE BOTH OF THE OFFENSES HAVE BEEN MOVING THE BALL, EARLY IN THE GAME YOU GET IT IN THE SECOND HALF, WHY NOT DIAL UP YOUR BEST RUN PLAY.
>> Reporter: UPDATE ON NIGEL HALL , AND THIS DRIVE WENT UP BETWEEN THE LEFT GUARD AND TACKLE, HALL UNDER THE TENT, THEY ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON HIM BUT RIGHT NOW NOT IN A POSITION TO GET BACK INTO THE GAME.
>> Matt: LET'S SEE WHAT GAINESVILLE DOES RIGHT HERE.
THE FINAL PLAY OF THE HALF.
TOUCHDOWN, GAINESVILLE.
FLAG OUT.
THEY ARE GOING TO CHECK THE CALL.
IT MIGHT BE COMING BACK.
>> Wayne: THEY ARE HOLDING ON THE EDGE BY CARMELO BYRD, TRYING TO SECURE THE EDGE HERE.
>> Matt: YOU CAN SEE CARMELO BYRD LOCKED UP THE DEFENDER AND LOOKED OVER HIS SHOULDER TO SEE WHAT SMITH WAS GOING TO DO , CUT OUTSIDE OR CUT INSIDE.
>> Wayne: IN NO MAN'S LAND, NOT SURE WHETHER HE IS GOING TO CONTINUE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE, HE JUST WANTS TO DRIVE HIS FEET, BUT HE COULD MAKE THAT CHOICE.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THEY ARE PULLING HIM DOWN TO THE GROUND, TRYING TO SECURE THE EDGE.
>> Matt: SO, FRANCISCO JOHNSON, IS GOING TO TRY THE 28 YARD KICK, A LITTLE BIT OFF-CENTER.
THE KICK IS ON ITS WAY AND JOHNSON STICKS IT THROUGH THE UPRIGHT.
PUTTING GAINESVILLE ON TOP, 23-21, HOW ABOUT THAT, SOME CONFIDENCE FROM YOUR HEAD COACH, THEY RUN YOU BACK OUT THERE FOR THE FIELD GOAL TO TAKE THE LEAD.
>> Wayne: YOU HAVE TO DO THAT AT SOME POINT DURING THE SEASON, THE GAME MIGHT COME DOWN TO THE FIELD GOAL KICKER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THAT THAT IS IN HIS RANGE, FOR FRANCISCO JOHNSON TO MAKE IT, SO YOU CAN PUT SOME POINTS ON THE BOARD, A POSITIVE DRIVE TO TAKE THE LEAD.
>> Matt: THAT WAS A HUGE DRIVE, TOO.
ADR DRIVE TO FINISH OFF THE HALF.
12 PLAYS.
AND THE BIG NEWS IS THEY GET THE SCORE, TAKE THE LEAD AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THE BALL FIRST TO START THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> Wayne: JUST AS IMPORTANT AS PUTTING POINTS ON THE BOARD IS CONSUMING THE CLOCK AND ENDING THIS HALF BASICALLY WITHOUT SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE AT THE KICKOFF.
>> Matt: THE KICK WILL BE RETURNABLE FROM THE 10 .
STOPPED ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE HALF.
44 TOTAL POINTS AND TWO YOUNG QUARTERBACKS PUTTING ON A SHOW.
THEY ARE SHINING FOR BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS, BEING ABLE TO RUN THE BALL AND GET OUT OF PRESSURE SITUATIONS AND DELIVER THE BALL DOWNFIELD WITH BIG TOUCHDOWN THROWS AS WELL.
>> Matt: EXCITING FIRST HALF , NOT THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE TONIGHT BUT WHO IS GOING TO BE IN THE RUNNING FOR THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT WEEK ON THE LINE?
AS GAINESVILLE GOES TO THE LOCKER ROOM WITH A 23-21 LEAD ON THE STRENGTH OF A 28 YARD FIELD GOAL AT THE END BY FRANCISCO JOHNSON.
TIME FOR OUR COACHES INTERVIEW, DELIVERED BY JOHNNY'S PIZZA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WITH COACH JOSH NIBLETT, YOU'VE GOT THE iPAD OUT ALREADY.
GETTING EVERYTHING PREPPED.
>> YES, THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR US, WHAT A GREAT FOOTBALL TEAM, WE HAVE TO GET OFF THE FIELD ON THIRD DOWN, CATCH SOME OPPORTUNITIES, I LIKE WHAT WE ARE DOING OFFENSIVELY, WE JUST HAVE TO SCORE TOUCHDOWNS, NOT FIELD GOALS.
THE KIDS HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PLAY HARD, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE BALL TO START THE SECOND HALF, SO MAYBE WE CAN GO OUT AND SCORE.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE THE DEFENSE ADJUSTED WELL GOING UP AGAINST THAT ROSWELL OFFENSE.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE, THE QUARTERBACK IS A DYNAMIC ATHLETE, YOU HAVE TO TACKLE BACK.
THEY ARE BIG UP-FRONT, SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE CREASE.
OUR GUYS WILL PLAY WELL IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
>> THAT IS JOSH NIBLETT, THE HEAD COACH.
IT IS A FIGHT HERE IN ROSWELL, WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> WELCOME TO THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW, PRESENTED BY REGIONS, GET BACK INTO THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK, WE ARE AT THE HORNETS NEST FOR THE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN GAINESVILLE AND ROSWELL.
YOU SAW THE RED ELEPHANTS ARE UP 23-21, WHAT A GAME THIS HAS BEEN BUT WE ARE NOT CROWNING A CHAMPION TONIGHT BECAUSE MILTON HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
IF ROSWELL WINS, THEY WILL BE FACING THE EAGLES NEXT WEEK FOR THE TITLE, AND IF GAINESVILLE WINS, THIS WHOLE THING WILL GO BACK INTO THE BLENDER, SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SECOND HALF.
BOTH TEAMS COMBINED HAVE 10 PLAYERS HEADING TO DISTRICT 1 SCHOOLS, NEXT YEAR 20 PLAYERS HAVE OFFERS BUT WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS THAT GET OVERLOOKED WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITING?
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES .
>> THIS WEEK WE START WITH THE WOODSTOCK SENIOR LINEBACKER, ANDREW BURMEISTER, HE HAS AN AVERAGE OF 10 TACKLES PER GAME, HE HAS ALSO HAD SEVEN TOUCHDOWNS, TWO INTERCEPTIONS AND ONE FUMBLE RECOVERY.
NEXT IS SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER, ELISHA PITINO, 33 RECEPTIONS, 506 YARDS AND SIX TOUCHDOWNS THIS SEASON, HE HAS USED HIS TRACK SKILLS TO AVERAGE 15 YARDS PER PASS.
HE HAD 103 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
THEN IT IS SENIOR RUNNING BACK AND LINEBACKER, TJ PEYTON JUNIOR, HE IS ALSO HAVING A MONSTER SEASON, 1400 RUSHING YARDS, 177 RECEIVING YARDS AND 21 TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS.
IN WEEK NINE, HE HAD THE SINGLE-GAME RUSHING RECORD WITH 407 YARDS AND WENT ON TO SCORE SIX RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS.
FINALLY, CHRISTIAN HERITAGE, CARTER NEEDS AN OFFER, HE HAS TOTAL OVER 2400 YARDS ON OFFENSE THIS SEASON WITH 33 TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS, HIS IMPRESSIVE STATS HAVE EARNED HIM HONORABLE MENTION AND FIRST TEAM ALL AREA.
ROSWELL HEAD COACH, CHRIS PREWETT WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SENIOR IMPACT PLAYERS, NIGEL HALL AND GRANT COOK, HE CALLED THEM REAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND HE SAID THAT IS THE BEST COMPLIMENT HE EVER GIVES OUT.
PLEASE REACH OUT TO US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT GPB SPORTS.
WE WILL BE CROWNING SOME PLAYERS, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENC SCOREBOARD, AND THE REGION OF DOOM WHICH IS REGION ONE SIX A, THERE IS A FOUR-WAY TIE AT THE TOP AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST MATCHUPS, RICHMOND HILL, NOT SURPRISED AT ALL THAT IT IS TIED AT SEVEN.
AND WE HAVE FOUR TITLE GAMES IN 6A.
AND IN TRIPLE A , 14-13, AND PAGE NUMBER TWO, ALSO IN TRIPLE A, FANNIN COUNTY LEADING CHRISTIAN HERITAGE 14-7, THAT IS A BIT OF A SURPRISE.
AND ATHENS ACADEMY LEADING RAVENS ACADEMY.
ATHENS ACADEMY LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST REGION WIN.
WE ARE STREAMING RIGHT NOW ON GPB.
ORG AND GPB SPORTS APP.
MANCHESTER LOOKING FOR THAT REGION TITLE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT COMING UP NEXT IS THE GEORGIA PLAYER SPOTLIGHT AND A LOT MORE, WE WILL SEE YOU IN JUST A MINUTE.
>> WELCOME BACK, IT IS HALFTIME, THE RED ELEPHANTS ON TOP, 23-21.
IT IS TIME FOR THE GEORGIA PLAYER SPOTLIGHT, TODAY WE ARE LOOKING AT JEROME BETTIS JUNIOR, HE WANTS TO MAKE HIS OWN MARK, HERE'S HIS STORY.
>> VERY SMART, VERY INTELLIGENT, HAS A KNACK FOR THE GAME, HE DID THINGS ALL SEASON TO WORK ON HIS SPEED.
>> FOR THE MOST PART, HE'S GOING TO CATCH THE BALL, ANYTHING THAT IS IN THE AIR HE IS GOING TO GET IT.
>> THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF WHAT COMES NEXT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE WORK AND THE DEDICATION YOU HAVE TO PUT INTO IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON THE COLLEGE LEVEL SO IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG UPHILL BATTLE BUT HOPEFULLY HE'S READY FOR IT.
>> SO, ME GOING THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING YOU ARE FOLLOWING HIS FOOTSTEPS BUT I KNOW THIS IS ME CREATING MY OWN JOURNEY, SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS FOR ME, WHEN I'M OUT ON THE FIELD IT IS GOING TO LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT THIS TIME.
>> HE IS HEADING TO NOTRE DAME, THE FIGHTING IRISH ARE GETTING A GOOD ONE.
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES, WE WILL BE CATCHING UP WITH THE ROSWELL A. D. , AND JOHN TO CROWN THE REGION CHAMPS, WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPD IS BROUGHT TO YOU PART BY EMC, SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
>> WE ARE CONGRATULATING WILCOX COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ON WINNING THE GSA COOPERATIVE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD, THIS HONORS SCHOOLS THAT EXHIBIT EXEMPLARY SPORTSMANSHIP DURING COMPETITIVE EVENTS, ONLY ONE SCHOOL IN EACH REGION AND EACH CLASSIFICATION IS GOING TO RECEIVE THIS ANNUAL AWARD, GSA TAKES IT INTO CONSIDERATION MAKING THE AWARD A TRIBUTE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
>> WELCOME BACK, I'M HERE WITH ROSWELL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, BEN SUTTER, WHAT A GAME THIS HAS BEEN, GAINESVILLE IS UP, JUST 23-21, THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
>> WE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE A HIGH-SCORING GAME, WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE ISSUED OUT AND WHOEVER SCORES THE MOST POINTS OBVIOUSLY WINS, HOPEFULLY THAT IS US.
>> Reporter: YOU HAD A SPECIAL DEDICATION BEFORE THE GAME, TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
>> WE HAD OUR LONGTIME TRAINER THAT PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR SUDDENLY AND SHE WAS A BIG PART OF OUR TRAINING PROGRAM AND ATHLETIC PROGRAM AND SHE STARTED HERE AT ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL SO WE HAD A BIG DEDICATION, WE HAD HER FAMILY BACK AND HER HUSBAND BACK TO DEDICATE OUR TRAINING ROOM AND ATHLETIC FACILITY TO HER BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT AND SHE IS THE REASON WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE STATE.
SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO HONOR HER ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND TELLING US THAT STORY.
JOHN, COME ON BUDDY.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT REGION TITLES TONIGHT.
>> THERE'S ONLY 20 THAT COULD BE IN PLAY.
>> Reporter: THE REGION OF DOOM , SO, TWO GAMES ARE BEING PLAYED TONIGHT THAT COULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS IN THIS ONE.
TAKE US THROUGH IT, I KNOW RICHMOND HILL WAS ONE THAT REALLY PUT THIS ONE INTO THE BLENDER.
>> IT IS NOW 7-7, THAT IS THE LAST UPDATE THAT WE HAD, CAMDEN IS KIND OF LIKE THIS ONE HERE, 31-21, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT ONE WAS AT THE BREAK, BUT THAT ONE IS LIKE THIS ONE, THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON AFTER WE GO OFF THE AIR, SO KEEP AN EYE ON ALL OF THOSE TEAMS WITH ONE LOSS, ONE QUAD IS THE SAME WAY, SO YES THEY WILL BE MASS AS WE GO ON, DON'T HOLD ME RESPONSIBLE.
>> Reporter: WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH HIM TO TALK ABOUT HOW HE WAS REALLY ABLE TO PUT THIS THING IN THE BLENDER, HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
>> WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS COACHING STAFF THAT PREPARES OUR PLAYERS.
WHEN THE GUYS GO OUT THERE AND THEY PERFORM, WE HAVE A SPECIAL TEAM THIS YEAR, WE ARE NOT REALLY TIPPING THE SCALE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AS FAR AS BIG TIME COLLEGE PROSPECTS BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF GUYS THAT HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF BALL FOR US IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT SETTINGS.
THEY ARE ALL VERY GOOD FRIENDS, SO WE HAVE OF A SPECIAL TEAM THAT REALLY SEPARATES US FROM PROBABLY YOUR AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.
>> Reporter: SO, THE SAME THING GOING ON HERE TONIGHT, IF GAINESVILLE WINS, THIS REGION GOES BACK INTO THE BLENDER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> REMEMBER, THIS IS THEIR LAST REGULAR-SEASON GAME TONIGHT, THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, GAINESVILLE IS PREPARED TO WIN, IF THEY DON'T, THEY MIGHT BE THE THREE AND MILTON AND ROSWELL WILL PLAY NEXT WEEK.
THERE'S THE MATH.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE REGION'S HALFTIME SHOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING GAME, WE ARE STILL ON HELICOPTER WATCH, HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE LANDING TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME PLAYERS HERE AT THE HORNETS NEST, WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED IF THAT HAPPENS.
SO STAY HERE ON GPB, WE WILL SEE YOU RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> GAINESVILLE IS ON TOP OF ROSWELL, THAT WAS A WILD FIRST HALF AS WE GET READY FOR THE START OF THE THIRD QUARTER, LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS, STARTED WITH A ROSWELL FUMBLE ON THE OPENING POSSESSION.
>> A BIG FUMBLE FOR THIS GAINESVILLE TEAM, STALLING THE DRIVE-BY ROSWELL.
GAINESVILLE TAKING THE BALL TO THE 63 YARD TOUCHDOWN.
THAT WAS ON THE VERY FIRST SNAP FOR THEM, NEXT, ROSWELL ANSWERS BACK, THE SEVEN YARD TOUCHDOWN BY NICK PEAL, THEN HUGHLEY AGAIN , FINDING THE END ZONE.
>> ROSWELL WITH A BIG ANSWER, SMITH HOW TO GRANT COOK FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, SHOWING HIS SPEED RIGHT HERE.
>> THAT WAS 20 SECONDS INTO THE SECOND QUARTER, WE WERE TIED AT 14, HUGHLEY WAS HIS THIRD TOUCHDOWN PASS OF THE FIRST HALF, THIS WAS A FABULOUS CATCH.
>> NOW TREY SMITH GETTING OUT ON THE EDGE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN RUN TO PUT HIS TEAM AHEAD, 21-20.
>> THEN A FIELD GOAL BY JOHNSON, WITH JUST SIX SECONDS LEFT IN THE HALF, GETTING GAINESVILLE THE LEAD.
>> THE ABILITY TO THROW THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD BY GAINESVILLE, AGAINST THIS ROSWELL DEFENSE, BUT BOTH OF THESE TEAMS ARE EVENLY MATCHED ACROSS THE BOARD, ONLY ONE TURNOVER IN THE GAME BY ROSWELL, EVEN ON THE FIRST DOWN, THEY ARE EVENLY MATCHED AS WE CAN SEE ON THE SCOREBOARD, 23-21, BOTH QUARTERBACKS PLAYING WITH BRILLIANT EMPLOYEES IN THIS GAME.
IT IS TIME FOR THE COACHES INTERVIEW, DELIVERED TO YOU FROM JOHNNY'S PIZZA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TIME TO SEE WHAT COACH PREWETT HAS TO DELIVER , WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION LIKE BACK THERE?
IT IS CHAOS OUT HERE.
>> JUST TRYING TO CRITIQUE A FEW THINGS, BOTH TEAMS ARE DOING REALLY WELL OFFENSIVELY AND WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET A COUPLE STOPS HERE OR THERE.
WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB, I FEEL LIKE WE ARE BAD IN SOME SITUATIONS, JUST BEING ABLE TO MAKE THAT PLAY IN A CRITICAL MOMENT IS WHAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON.
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP WORKING AND KEEP PLAYING, AS LONG AS WE HAVE KEEP PLAYING, AS LONG AS WE HAVE SOME TIME ON THE CLOCK, WE HAVE A CHANCE.
>> THAT IS COACH PREWETT , BACK OUT TO YOU, MATT.
>> Matt: THANK YOU, JOHN.
THEY ARE COMING OUT AND STARTING THE THIRD QUARTER WITH THE BALL.
>> Wayne: YOU CAN IMAGINE THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO ESTABLISH THE RUN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEYS FOR THIS OFFENSE.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF INJURIES WE ARE NOT SURE ABOUT ON THE ROSWELL DEFENSIVE LINE, THEN YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF GUYS BANGED UP IN THE FIRST HALF, SO A LOT OF PHYSICALITY OUT FOR GAINESVILLE.
>> Matt: THEY WON THEIR ONE AND ONLY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2012 WHEN THEY HAD A GUY NAMED DeSHAWN WATSON AT QUARTERBACK, BRUCE MILLER HEAD COACH, THEY HAVE BEEN IN 12 SEMI FINALS, THEY HAVE PLAYED IN NINE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES OVER 111 SEASONS OF FOOTBALL.
33 REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WELL, BACK TO BACK UNDER JOSH NIBLETT IN 22 AND 23, AND HE ENDED AN EIGHT-YEAR DROUGHT OF NO REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS.
>> Wayne: YOU CAN SEE THE PASSION OF COACH, HE IS A FOOTBALL GUY, JUST LOVES THE GAME , THEY USED TO CALL HIM HOLLYWOOD FOR THE STYLE HE BRINGS TO THE FIELD, YOU CAN JUST SEE THE PASSION AND THE CARE HE HAS WITH THESE PLAYERS AND I THINK THEY ARE STARTING TO TURN THE PROGRAM AROUND IN BIG WAYS.
>> Matt: AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD WITH HIM ONCE IN YOUR CAREER.
>> I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE CROSSED PATHS BACK IN 93, MY SENIOR YEAR AT AUBURN.
I WAS WONDERING WHEN I FIRST SAW HIM ON THE FIELD, HE STILL SEEMED LIKE HE WAS SHOULDERING A LITTLE ANIMOSITY.
THAT WAS THE SECOND TIME PLAYING AT AUBURN, 89 WAS THE FIRST TIME, WHICH I WAS A FRESHMAN THEN, THEN MY SENIOR YEAR, MAKE -- THEY BECAME A TEAM IN 93.
>> Matt: FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA, AND OUR THIRD QUARTER KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY HEADS-UP GEORGIA, PARK YOUR PHONE WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING, IT SAVES LIVES.
THE KICK WILL NOT BE RETURNABLE.
>> Reporter: YOUR ISTANBOULIAN UPDATE, HE WAS TRYING TO DO STOPS AND STARTS AND QUICK STARTS WHEN IT CAME TO THE RUNNING ON THE SURFACE AND THEY TRIED HIM AGAIN ON THE TRACK.
IF I PUT A QUESTION MARK IN THE AIR AS A THOUGHT BUBBLE, THAT IS WHAT I WOULD DO RIGHT NOW, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY QUESTIONABLE.
>> Matt: THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO WATCH HERE TONIGHT, THAT IS TWO DEFENSIVE LINEMAN THEY HAVE LOST BECAUSE OF INJURY ALTHOUGH IT DOES LOOK LIKE NIGEL HALL IS BACK OUT THERE.
>> Wayne: HE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TREATMENT ON THE SHOULDER, THEY DEFINITELY NEED HIM AND ISTANBOULIAN IS OUT ON THE FIELD, GOING TO GIVE IT A GO.
>> Matt: ALL HANDS ON DECK, THIS IS A BIG GAME.
ON THE FIRST SNAP OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
OPEN, AND AT THE 45, SMITH SLIPS THE TACKLE, THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR 80 ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
TOUCHDOWN, GAINESVILLE.
>> Wayne: BIG-PLAY CAPABILITY IS WHAT KHARIM HUGHLEY HAS SHOWN YOU WITH THESE RECEIVERS, THIS TIME GETTING IT TO SMITH, AND WE HAVE A FLAG ON THE FIELD.
LOOKS LIKE MAYBE AFTER THE PLAY, MAY BE EXCESSIVE CELEBRATION HERE, BUT A BIG-TIME THROW, A LITTLE ROLLOUT TO THE RIGHT HERE.
DOWN THE FIELD, SMITH GETS THE TACKLE THERE.
THE BIG TOUCHDOWN TO START OFF A HALF.
THE PENALTY WILL BE ASSESSED.
I BELIEVE ON THE KICKOFF.
BUT AN 80 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS.
HUGHLEY, THE SOPHOMORE HAS UPDATED NUMBERS, FOUR TOUCHDOWNS , TRYING TO RECLASSIFY.
THIS YOUNG MAN THROWING THE BALL WITH THAT KIND OF VELOCITY, BIG-TIME PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
>> Matt: THEY WERE SHOWN A TWO-POINT TRANSFORMATION FOR A MOMENT, NOW THE HOLDER BRINGS HIM IN.
THE SNAPPER IS O'CALLAGHAN.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD AND IT IS UP AND GOOD, 30-21.
HOW ABOUT THIS.
>> Wayne: JUST A LITTLE ROLLOUT, GREAT FAKE, AND THE ABILITY OF SMITH, TO KEEP HIS FEET IN BOUNDS RIGHT THERE.
THE SENIOR, NUMBER 12 JUST COULD NOT PUSH HIM OUT OF BOUNDS, GREAT JOB BY HIM, HE IS BALANCED TO STAY IN BOUNDS FOR THAT BIG TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION.
>> Matt: THIS TAKES US BACK TO OUR CONVERSATION AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER AND HOW BIG IT WAS FOR THEM TO SCORE BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO GET THAT FIRST POSSESSION OF THE THIRD QUARTER, SO THEY'VE HAD A TWO-POINT SWING RIGHT HERE, THEY WENT FROM 21-20 DOWN AND THEY HAVE NOT TOUCHED THE BALL, NOW ROSWELL IS DOWN.
>> Wayne: THEY BASICALLY ATE UP THE CLOCK AND THAT HAVE, NOTHING FOR ROSWELL TO DO, AND NOW RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, THEY SHOW A LITTLE PLAY ACTION, FAKE, AND DOWN THE FIELD TO SMITH.
>> Matt: FOURTH RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON FOR SMITH, AND HUGHLEY IS UP TO 19 TOUCHDOWNS ON THE SEASON , PASSING.
KICKOFF COMING FROM THE 25, ROSWELL SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET SOME GOOD FIELD POSITION OUT OF THIS.
IT IS GOING TO BE TAKEN AT THE 25.
THE RETURN.
ACROSS THE 50, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW BAD THAT PENALTY WAS FOR GAINESVILLE, ROSWELL IS GOING TO START ON THE 47.
I REALLY LIKE THE WAY DRAKE RETURNS THESE KICKS, IT IS THE FEELING THAT HE IS REALLY TRYING TO SCORE, A LOT OF TIMES GUYS ARE TRYING TO GET SOME SOLID YARDS BUT YOU GET THE FEELING HE IS TRYING TO GET BEHIND THE BLOCK AND CROSSING THE FIELD HE IS REALLY CHALLENGING THE COVERAGE TEAM.
HE IS JUST STRAIGHT UP FIELD, TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE, THAT YOUNG MAN, YOUNG SOPHOMORE.
A BIG FIRST HALF FOR HIM, BUT NOW HIS TEAM IS DOWN NINE POINTS, THAT IS THE MOST THEY HAVE BEEN DOWN TONIGHT.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, MISSED HIS TARGET, DAVENPORT.
YOU KNOW WHERE THEY HAVEN'T GONE SO FAR TONIGHT IS THE TIGHT END GURELA .
THEY ARE JUST MISSING DAVENPORT ON THE INSIDE SLANT, PRESSURE IN HIS FACE AND COULD NOT STEP UP TO THE BALL.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT HIS SIZE, 6'3", IMPRESSIVE LOOKING KID, IN WARM-UP COACH TALKED ABOUT HOW HE IS A ONE-ON-ONE MATCHUP GUY THAT THEY TRY TO GET IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS AS THEY BELIEVE HE CAN RUN THOSE 50-50 BALLS.
SECOND DOWN AND 10.
CAMPBELL HAS GOT THE FIRST DOWN.
DOWN TO THE 26.
AND TIP YOUR HAT TO PAT CARLISLE, THIS IS ABOUT BELIEF IN YOUR QUARTERBACK, BASICALLY THE SAME ROUTE, OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD, YOU MISSED ON THE FIRST ONE, DIAL IT UP AND MAKE IT HAPPEN AGAIN, RIGHT THERE, TREY SMITH.
TOUCHDOWN, AS THE HORNETS ANSWER BACK.
TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE FIRST SECONDS OF THE HALF.
BEAUTIFUL JOB BLOCKING OUT ON THE EDGE, ALL THE WAY TO THE SIDELINE, TIPTOEING IS SYNKWAN SMITH, KEEPING HIS FEET IN BOUNDS, TWO BILLION PLAYS, WE SAW HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH SMITH, AND RIGHT THERE, ANOTHER SMITH, SYNKWAN SMITH ABLE TO GET THE TOUCHDOWN FOR ROSWELL.
>> Matt: WHAT A HALF ALREADY, TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN LESS THAN A MINUTE, IT IS 30-28.
NOW GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION I ASKED, IN THE FIRST QUARTER, HOW MANY TAKES IS A -- POINT IS GOING TO TAKE TO GET A WIN TONIGHT?
>> Wayne: WITH JULIUS COLUMBUS, AND SYNKWAN SMITH TO MAKE THAT PLAY HEAVEN.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BOTH OFFENSES CAME INTO THIS GAME THINKING THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO SCORE, AS COACH JOSH NIBLETT SPOKE ABOUT, HE WASN'T FEELING LIKE THIS GAME WAS TOO BIG FOR FIELD GOALS, HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE SOME CHANCES AND THROW THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD, BOTH OF THESE TEAMS, NOW SYNKWAN SMITH GETTING INTO THE ACTION WITH A BIG TOUCHDOWN RUN.
HIS FOURTH RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON.
AND I THINK HE KICKED IT SO FAR, HE KICKED IT TO THE OTHER FIELD.
HE DOESN'T JUST KICK IT INTO THE END ZONE, HE KICKED IT 50 YARDS ON THE GOALPOST.
I KNOW HE HAS A STRONG LEG BUT, WOW, THERE ISN'T EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF A RETURN.
I SAW VIDEO OF HIM ON TWITTER DURING THE SUMMER, HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVE IN HUNGARY, THAT IS WHERE THE FAMILY IS FROM, AND HE WAS VISITING HIS GRANDPARENTS DURING THE SUMMER AND THERE ARE NO FOOTBALL FIELD OR GOALPOSTS IN HUNGRY, SO HE WAS KICKING THE BALL FROM 55 YARDS OUT BETWEEN TREES, TREATING THEM AS THE GOALPOST.
ANOTHER BOMB , HE IS A SHOW UNTO HIMSELF.
>> Wayne: HE SHOWS A LOT OF CONFIDENCE, REALLY BELIEVES IN HIMSELF AND TRUST ME, KICKERS RARELY SHOW ANY KIND OF EMOTION, THEY ARE USUALLY COOL GUYS THAT HOPE YOU MISSED THEM THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE GAME, THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE ATTENTION.
>> Matt: HE IS GOING TO BE KICKING IN COLLEGE , HE IS JUST A JUNIOR, AND A GOOD CHANCE IN THE NFL, TOO.
IF THINGS CONTINUE ON THIS TRAJECTORY FOR HIM.
FIRST AND 10.
SHORT GAIN FOR BYRD RIGHT THERE.
AND ISTANBOULIAN ON THE TACKLE .
TO SEE HIM BACK IN THE MIX, AND NIGEL HALL, KEY PIECES FOR THE DEFENSIVE LINE.
NOT A LOT OF DEPTH GOING INTO THE GAME.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND SIX, CARMELO BYRD GET THAT AGAIN, MOVING UP TO THE 29 YARD LINE, GOING TO BRING DOWN 31 AND NINE.
>> Matt: COACH JOSH NIBLETT SAID RUNNING BACK IS HIS NATURAL POSITION, THEY HAD HIM AT LINEBACKER BECAUSE HE WAS PLAYING THE CHEATS, THEY SAID IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE TO HAVE HIM JUST ON THE SIDELINE, THAT IS WHY THEY HAD HIM AS LINEBACKER.
THREE CONSECUTIVE CARRIES AND HE RUSHED FOR 87 YARDS ON 11 CARRIES IN THE FIRST HALF SO HE IS CLOSE TO NORTH OF 100 YARDS HERE TONIGHT.
>> Wayne: TURNER TO CENTER RIGHT THERE, SECURING THE BALL, THIS OFFENSIVE LINE NEEDS TO GET IN THE GROOVE HERE, THE EXPLOSIVE PLAYS HAVE BEEN THERE, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR FOOT IN THE GROUND AND GET THE RUN GAME GOING.
>> Matt: THE PLAY ACTION, THE PASS OUT TO SMITH, AND VICK DROPS HIM, BUT SMITH GETS THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Wayne: THE ENERGIZER BUNNY, TAZ SMITH, SHORT FOR TASMANIAN, HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR YARDS.
THIRD ON THE RUN, HE JUST DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING PLUS YARDAGE ON EVERY CARRY.
BIG TIME HOLD IN THE MIDDLE BY THOSE GUARDS, TURNER AT CENTER, NO PENETRATION BY THIS ROSWELL LINE, THEY HAVE ALREADY GIVEN UP THE SIZE ADVANTAGE, AND CARMELO BYRD AND THE WAY HE CAN RUN WITH HIS PHYSICALITY AND ESPECIALLY THE CONTACT HE BRINGS.
>> Matt: I FELT LIKE THAT WAS GOING TO BE A BIG CONCERN FOR ROSWELL .
AS THE GAME GOES ON, THEY KEEP LEANING ON WHAT IS ALREADY A THIN DEFENSE OF FRONT FOR ROSWELL.
>> Wayne: BIG PUSH BY FINCH ON THE RIGHT SIDE, A LITTLE ACTION JUST FOLLOWING HIS BLOCKS UP THE FIELD.
>> Matt: NUMBER 76, HE IS THE SMALL GUY, HE HAS BEEN OFFERED BY ATSU.
HUGHLEY GOT A MAN OUT THERE , AGAIN, THIRD TIME THOSE GUYS HAVE TEAMED UP FOR A TOUCHDOWN AND THERE IS A FLAG OUT ON THE PLAY.
>> Wayne: ONCE AGAIN, IAN FOUST OUT ON THE EDGE, AND THAT HAS BEEN A MISMATCH ALL NIGHT LONG, THE SOPHOMORE BUT WE DO HAVE A FLAG ON THE PLAY.
AGAIN, HUGHLEY WITH A BEAUTIFUL PASS DOWN THE FIELD.
>> PASS INTERFERENCE.
>> Matt: YOU DON'T SEE THAT ONE OFTEN.
>> Wayne: ESPECIALLY ON THE OUTSIDE ROUTE, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS JUST A ONE-ON-ONE, MY PLAYER AGAINST YOUR PLAYER, JEREMIAH WARE HAS BEEN WEARING HIS DEFENSE OUT.
>> Matt: HE HAS HAD A GREAT NIGHT BUT THAT ONE GETS ERASED ON HIS PENALTY.
THAT IS GOING TO BACK IT UP TO 44 YARD LINE, INSTEAD OF SIX ON THE BOARD, THEY ARE BACK ON THE -44.
>> Wayne: BEAUTIFUL PASS BY HUGHLEY.
THEY ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE, THEY ARE ABLE TO BLOCK UP-FRONT, NOT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK.
>> Matt: FIRST AND 25, HUGHLEY GOES UNDERNEATH TO SMITH, SMITH DIVES FORWARD TO THE 47.
>> Wayne: NICE TACKLE BY DAVENPORT .
SMITH IS HARD TO BRING DOWN ON A ONE-ON-ONE SITUATION, A LOT OF GRASS ON BOTH SIDES.
DAVENPORT ABLE TO GRAB THAT LEG AND HOLD ON AND GET HIM ON THE GROUND.
>> Matt: YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THE NAME, HE IS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF McKAY DAVENPORT, SECOND DOWN AND 16.
GREAT CUT.
THIRD DOWN TO THE 41.
>> Wayne: GREAT JOB BY BYRD.
KEEPING IT IN RIGHT HERE, THE CUTTING ABILITY, GETTING IT TACKLE, JUST PUTTING HIS FOOT IN THE GROUND AND GETTING UPHILL.
>> Matt: WE JUST DON'T SEE THIS ANYMORE, A TEAM THAT USES PRIMARILY ONE RUNNING BACK, WE ARE USED TO THREE, FOUR, FIVE IN A GAME.
RIGHT NOW, BYRD IS JUST PLAYING SO WELL.
HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS JUST GETTING STARTED.
PENALTY ON GAINESVILLE.
>> FALSE START, FIVE YARD PENALTY, STILL THIRD DOWN.
>> Wayne: THE ROSWELL DEFENSE LINEBACKER IS UP , ON THAT LAST PLAY, GETTING A LITTLE ANTSY, TRYING TO GET INTO THOSE GAPS.
THAT IS WHAT THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO.
THEY WILL HAVE TO BRING SOME BLITZES TO TRY TO GET SOME PRESSURE ON SOME OF THESE THROWS.
TOO MANY TIMES TONIGHT WE HAVE SEEN HIM SITTING IN THE POCKET.
>> Matt: THIRD AND 15, DEEP POCKET DROP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, KING BOUNCES OFF THE TACKLE AND KING IS GOING TO COME UP SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN BY ABOUT FOUR YARDS, MAYBE THREE, IF THEY CAN PULL IT OUT OF THE TERRITORY HERE.
>> Wayne: IF I'M COACH JOSH NIBLETT, YOU HAVE TO FIGURE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IN ANOTHER TWO OR THREE TOUCHDOWNS ON THE BOARD , THE WAY YOUR QUARTERBACK IS PLAYING, THE TIMING, GREAT JOB ON THAT LAST PLAY.
LOOKING OFF OF THE SCREEN, HITTING KING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
>> Matt: GAINESVILLE IS GOING FOR IT.
>> Wayne: IN THIS SITUATION, ROSWELL HAS TO KEEP THEIR EYE ON HUGHLEY.
>> Matt: THE HANDOFF, BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO GET THERE, HE GOT STUCK AND IT IS BRODY DUFFY WHO GRABBED HIM BY THE LEGS, THEN NICK PEAL , THIRD DOWN STOP BY THE ROSWELL DEFENSE, THEY WILL HAVE THE BALL WHEN WE COME BACK.
>> Matt: 5:46 TO PLAY IN THE THIRD CORNER --QUARTER.
GREAT JOB BY BRODY DUFFY, SLOW PLAYING IT RIGHT THERE, LETTING THE BODIES GET OUT OF THE WAY AND GETTING IT TO THE LEGS OF CARMELO BYRD TO GET HIM DOWN, WE HAVE SEEN THAT SO MANY TIMES TONIGHT, BYRD ABLE TO GET TWO OR THREE MORE YARDS OUT OF CONTACT, RIGHT THERE, MAKING THE PLAY.
>> Matt: BYRD GOT A DOUBLE DOSE OF DUFFY RIGHT THERE.
ROSWELL BACK ON OFFENSE.
SYNKWAN SMITH DOWN TO THE 46.
WHAT A BIG BOOST FOR THEIR OFFENSE, IF THEY GET SYNKWAN SMITH BACK, HEALTHY AT THAT RUNNING BACK POSITION.
>> Wayne: SMITH BRINGING THAT LIGHTNING ABILITY, BETWEEN THE TACKLES, VERSATILE AS WE HAVE SEEN, THE RECEIVER IN THE SLOT AS WELL, GETTING THE BALL IN MULTIPLE WAYS, JUST A WEAPON FOR COACH PREWETT.
AVERAGING FIVE CARRIES PER GAME.
SMITH DOWN TO THE 35.
I JUST LOVE THE WAY THAT TREY SMITH IS ABLE TO MAKE THESE CUTS, A LITTLE PUMP FAKE RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE IN HIM AND WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A RUNNING BACK AT THAT POINT, IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A QUARTERBACK RUNNING THE BALL, HE LOOKED LIKE A RUNNING BACK.
DOWN TO THE SEVEN, WE PROBABLY HAVE IT COMING BACK ON A HOLD.
NUMBER 92 , SIGNALING THE WHOLE WAY DOWN THE FIELD THAT SOMEBODY GRABBED HIS FACE MASK AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CALL HERE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE DANIEL DAVIS, THE LEFT TACKLE ON THAT CALL.
>> Matt: I THINK IT WAS BACK BEHIND US NOW.
THAT WIPES OUT A HUGE RUN INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: THAT IS TWO BIG PLAYS, ONE FOR GAINESVILLE, TAKEN OFF THE BOARD, AND RIGHT THERE, A HUGE RUN BY SYNKWAN SMITH , TAKEN OFF THE BOARD WITH A FACE MASK.
BACK TO THE 50, NOW IT IS GOING TO BE FIRST AND 25.
THE PASS THROWN LOW, TRYING TO SQUEEZE IT INTO THE SPACE RIGHT THERE, TERRY.
SECOND DOWN.
>> Wayne: GOING TO THE SHORT SIDE OF THE FIELD RIGHT THERE, ONE OF THE FEW TIMES WE HAVE SEEN A RUSH FOR TREY SMITH, NOT REALLY HAVING THE PRESSURE, JUST WORKING THE SHORT SIDE OF THE FIELD AND THROWING THE BALL INTO THE DIRT.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND 10.
THERE IS GURELA, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD , STILL ON HIS FEET, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 4 YARD LINE.
THE BIG TIGHT END, JUST RUNNING THE SAME ROUTE RIGHT THERE, A LITTLE FAKE ACTION BY TREY SMITH AS THOUGH HE WAS GOING TO DRAW ONCE AGAIN, GETTING GURELA IN THE ROUTE RIGHT THERE, HE IS SHOWING WHY HE IS SO HIGHLY RATED AND WHY HIS COACH RAVES ABOUT HIM RIGHT THERE, SHOWING SPEED AND AGILITY, MAKING A BIG PLAY.
>> Matt: FIRST AND GOAL TO GO FROM THE FOUR.
HANDOFF TO NICK PEAL.
AND TREY SMITH AND THE HORNETS ARE BACK ON TOP.
ANOTHER FLAG COMES OUT AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN.
RPO ONCE AGAIN, THIS TIME JUST FOLLOWING NICK PEAL INTO THE END ZONE, THERE IS TREY SMITH AND NOT SURE IF THE PENALTY HAPPENED BEFORE THE TOUCHDOWN, THAT MIGHT BE WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE.
>> Matt: THE OFFENSE IS STILL OUT ON THE FIELD.
>> THE TOUCHDOWN IS GOOD AFTER THE PLAY, FIRST AND FOUL ON OFFENSE.
>> Matt: WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN HOW DEVASTATING THE 15 YARD PENALTY AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN CAN BE, IT HAPPENED TO GAINESVILLE EARLIER IN THIS QUARTER WHEN THEY DID THE SAME THING, GAVE UP THE SHORT FIELD AND ROSWELL SCORED QUICKLY AFTER THEY SCORED.
CAN'T GIVE EITHER ONE OF THESE QUARTERBACKS THE SHORT FIELD, THE WAY THEY ARE PLAYING TONIGHT WITH THE EXPLOSIVE PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD, WHAT A GREAT DRIVE BY ROSWELL.
NICK PEAL IN THE BACKFIELD, THAT FORMATION, THEY HAVE SCORED A LOT OF TOUCHDOWNS RIGHT THERE.
FOLLOWING HIM WITH THE DRIVE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO LINE UP AND GO FOR TWO HERE.
>> Matt: INTERESTING THAT THEY ARE GOING FOR TWO.
GURELA, INCOMPLETE.
NOT SURE WHY THEY WERE GOING FOR TWO RIGHT THERE.
I MEAN, IT WOULD MAKE IT A TOUCHDOWN, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S MORE THAN A FIELD GOAL ANYWAY.
34-30.
>> Matt: WE DO HAVE SOME GAMES GOING, FINALS, REMEMBER 20 REGIONS ACROSS THE STATE COULD BE DECIDED OR YOU COULD HAVE SOME HEAVY GAMES.
IT IS 35, AND 34 CAMDEN.
THEY ARE GOING FOR A WHILE.
AND PERRY LEADING BENEDICT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
BACK TO YOU, MATT, WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR A HELICOPTER.
>> Matt: HE IS KICKING OFF FROM THE 25, THIS WILL BE A REAL CHALLENGE, CAN HE GET IT TO THE END ZONE FROM THE 25?
>> Wayne: UNUSUAL, TO HAVE ONE OF HIS COVERAGE GUYS ON THE PLAY TO KICK THE BALL.
MAYBE HIS COVERAGE GUY IS FINALLY GOING TO GET THE CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING.
IT IS GOING TO BE CAUGHT AT THE 44 AND A FAIR CATCH MADE, AND THEY GET UP THE SHORT FIELD, I GUESS THEY WERE JUST AFRAID IF THEY KICK IT DEEP, IT MIGHT TURN INTO A LONG RETURN.
BUT WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT, IT DOES MAKE SENSE THEY WOULD GO FOR TWO RIGHT THERE, IF YOU ARE THINKING AHEAD, AND THINKING GAINESVILLE HAS ALREADY MISSED ONE P. A. T. , MAYBE THEY WILL MISS ANOTHER.
>> Wayne: HE HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT THIS YEAR, AND THAT WAS COACH PREWETT EARLY IN THE GAME PLAYING A LITTLE CHESS AGAINST COACH JOSH NIBLETT, MAYBE WE WILL BE IN A SITUATION THAT YOU MIGHT MISS ANOTHER POINT.
>> Matt: THESE TWO QUARTERBACKS HAVE COMBINED FOR 487 YARDS PASSING AND WE ARE STILL IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
BYRD GETS FIVE ON THE PLAY, UP TO 50 .
>> Wayne: EXECUTION IN THE OFFENSIVE LINE, AND YOU CAN SEE AS THIS HALF KEEPS DEVELOPING, GAINESVILLE RUNNING THE BALL MORE CONSISTENTLY, TRYING TO GET THE RUN GAME GOING.
TRYING TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF KHARIM HUGHLEY.
BALL AT THE 50.
DUFFY LEADING THE CHARGE, AS A BUNCH OF GUYS ARE IN ON THAT TACKLE, TWO YARD GAIN, BRINGING UP THIRD DOWN AND SHORT.
>> Wayne: GOOD JOB SMITH NOT GETTING KNOCKED BACK, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO FIGHT UP-FRONT, ESPECIALLY THOSE DUFFY BROTHERS INSIDE.
>> Matt: THEY WANT TO CONTROL THE TEMPO OF THIS GAME.
THAT IS A FIRST DOWN AS THE BALL IS CAUGHT BY WARE AGAIN.
THEY WANT TO PLAY FAST WHEN THEY WANT TO PLAY FAST AND PLAY SLOW WHEN THEY WANT TO PLACE LOW.
>> Wayne: THEY WANT TO DICTATE THE GAME AND CONTINUE TO KEEP THE DEFENSE OFF-BALANCE AND RIGHT THERE, A LITTLE SIDE ARM ACTION.
>> Matt: THE CATCH BY WARE AGAIN, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE NIGHT THEY HAD IN VIRGINIA LAST NIGHT , AGAINST OLD DOMINION ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
HE IS A GREAT COACH, RIGHT HERE WORKING THAT MATCHUP ONCE AGAIN, WARE AND IAN FOUST , THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE GETTING A LOT OF WORK TONIGHT AGAINST THE TOP TALENT, JEREMIAH WARE.
SECOND DOWN AND TWO.
BYRD GETS THE CARRIE, FIRST DOWN, DOWN THE SIDELINE, KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE 20.
>> Wayne: AND YOU CAN SEE THE GROOVE HE IS IN, HE SEES THE DEFENSE AND A LOT OF TIMES , WHERE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE YOU CAN JUST QUIT, LOOK AT HIS STEPS, THE JUMP CUT, THE RUNNING BACKS GET IN GROOVES, TOO.
WHERE YOU CAN FEEL HOW THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO PLAY.
SHUFFLING THE FEET, GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE FOR THE BIG RUN.
>> Matt: DROPPED BY WARE THIS TIME, IAN FOUST WAS THERE TO DELIVER THE BALL .
HE GOT A FEEL OF IT THAT TIME, HE HAS TO GET A LITTLE READ THERE AND NOW YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE DOUBLE MOVE, WHERE JEREMIAH WARE TURNS AND TURNS IT INTO A GOAL ROUTE.
>> Matt: YOU GET THE FEELING THAT IS COMING ANY SECOND.
>> Wayne: IT'S THE NEXT PLAY.
>> Matt: HE'S GOT SOME BLOCKERS , HE STUMBLES ON THE FIELD, 11 YARD LINE.
THIRD DOWN COMING UP.
YOU ALSO GET THE FEELING THAT GAINESVILLE IS LETTING THE AIR OUT OF THE BALL A LITTLE BIT, LET'S GET THIS CLOCK MOVING A LITTLE BIT, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS GAME PLAYED TILL MIDNIGHT AND KEEP THE DEFENSE OUT THERE THAT LONG.
>> Wayne: YOU START FEELING LIKE WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE OFFENSE SIT ON THE SIDELINE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
>> Matt: THE BLITZ TO THE END ZONE, TOUCHDOWN GOES TO WILLIAMSON FOR A SECOND TIME TONIGHT, FIVE TOUCHDOWN PASSES FOR THE SOPHOMORE, KHARIM HUGHLEY .
WE SAW THIS EARLIER IN THE GAME, A LITTLE ROLLOUT AND FINDING WILLIAMSON, THIS TIME WAITING, HOLDING THE BALL PATIENTLY HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, KHARIM HUGHLEY BEING PATIENT, WAITING FOR THE ROUTE TO OPEN UP ON THE BACKSIDE , AND MAKING THE TOUCHDOWN IS LANDON WILLIAMSON.
>> Matt: JOHNSON FOR THE FIELD GOAL.
THE KICK IS UP AND GOOD.
37-34, FIELD GOAL LEAD FOR GAINESVILLE WITH 1:02 TO PLAY, KHARIM HUGHLEY, REMEMBER THE NAME, HE IS SETTING THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT IS GOING TO BE A SPECTACULAR CAREER IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA , A SOPHOMORE WHO BEAT OUT UPPERCLASSMEN IN THE PRESEASON AND ALL OF THEM TRANSFERRED.
THE 10TH-GRADER WON THE JOB, THEN HIT THE EXIT, HE IS 15 FOR 22 AND FIVE TOUCHDOWNS.
>> Wayne: AND WHEN THE COACH SAYS THINGS LIKE HE IS THE DUDE OR HE IS A FOOTBALL PLAYER, OR HE HAS IT, THAT MAKES YOU ANTICIPATE WHAT THAT PLAYER BRINGS TO THE FIELD, AND THIS YOUNG MAN HAS SO MANY TOOLS IN HIS BAG, THE PULLEYS HE SHOWS ON A LOT OF THESE PLAYS, EVEN WHEN THEY BREAK DOWN HIS ABILITY TO EXTEND PLAY AND DELIVER THE BALL SO ACCURATELY ON THE MOVE, WHAT A GREAT NIGHT HE IS HAVING.
>> Matt: HE HAS BEEN OFFERED BY GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE OF THOSE COMING.
>> Wayne: I THINK THAT MIGHT CHANGE WEEKLY IF HE KEEPS PLAYING THE WAY HE IS PLAYING.
WHAT A BIG GAME HE HAS, COACH JOSH NIBLETT HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE IN GAINESVILLE.
>> Matt: TAKEN BY VICK ON THE 14.
STEPPING OUT CLOSE TO THE 50, VICK WAS THAT CLOSE TO TAKING IT THE DISTANCE.
AND GIVING COUSEY PRAISE RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN SEE HIS AGGRESSIVE NATURE, THEY ARE NOT WASTING TIME, GETTING UP THE FIELD FOR BIG YARDAGE.
>> Matt: THIS GAME WITH HUGE REGION IMPLICATIONS, IS D-BACK IF ROSWELL WINS, ROSWELL AND MILTON WILL PLAY NEXT WEEK.
IF GAINESVILLE WINS, THEN IT SETS UP A SITUATION WHERE MILTON WINS IT OUT RIGHT WITH A VICTORY TO ROSWELL, AND IF ROSWELL WINS NEXT WEEK, THEN YOU HAVE A THREE-WAY TIE FOR THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY WILL HAVE TO GO TO TIEBREAKERS.
THAT IS WHAT IS ON THE LINE HERE TONIGHT.
AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE REGION SEVEN 5A STANDINGS, MILTON IS NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE.
AND ROSWELL AND GAINESVILLE RIGHT BEHIND THEM, MILTON BEAT GAINESVILLE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, 42-14.
42-24 I THINK WAS THE FINAL SCORE, THAT GAME PLAYED IN GAINESVILLE.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FINAL PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
NICE TACKLE BY O'CALLAGHAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, THEY WOULD BRING SYNKWAN SMITH DOWN.
WE HAVE REACHED THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD QUARTER IN ROSWELL, GEORGIA.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT FOURTH QUARTER ON DECK, GAINESVILLE ON TOP BY A FIELD GOAL.
>> THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY REMINDING YOU, HEADS UP, PARK YOUR PHONE WHILE DRIVING, IT SAVES LIVES.
WE ARE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, AND WE HAVE OUR GPB ARMY HERE AT RAY MANUS STADIUM , 850 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS, THROUGH THREE QUARTERS OF PLAY.
AND THE HORNETS ON OFFENSE AS WE START THE FOURTH QUARTER.
TREY SMITH, OFF TO THE RACES AND CAUGHT FROM BEHIND.
CAMPBELL NEARLY BROKE IT FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
GREAT RUN BY CAMPBELL, GETTING INTO THE INSIDE RIGHT THERE.
MAKING HIMSELF BIG AS YOU CAN SEE, GREAT BALL, KEEPING IT UP HIGH FOR THE TARGET, AND SMITH PICKS UP NINE ON THE NEXT PLAY.
TREY SMITH, KHARIM HUGHLEY AND SOMETIMES THAT IS ALL IT TAKES, THE OTHER GUY TO BE PLAYING AT A HIGH-LEVEL, MOTIVATING YOU, BOTH OF THESE QUARTERBACKS PLAYING GREAT TONIGHT.
>> Matt: UP THE MIDDLE, SYNKWAN SMITH INSIDE THE FIVE YARD LINE, TOUCHDOWN SAVING TACKLE FOR THE MOMENT, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE FIRST AND GOAL FOR ROSWELL.
BLOCKING IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT THERE, MAKING HIMSELF SKINNY TO PICK UP THOSE EXTRA THREE OR FOUR YARDS.
FIRST AND GOAL, BALL SITTING ON THE THREE.
TREY SMITH GOING TO FILE --FOLLOW NICK PEAL'S BLOCK, GETTING STOPPED AT THE TWO.
IN THIS FORMATION, NICK PEAL IS EITHER THE LEAD BLOCKER FOR SMITH OR HE IS GETTING THE BALL.
IT IS A SIMPLE PLAY BUT IT IS HARD TO STOP, THIS USED TO BE WHAT THEY CALL EVERYDAY FOOTBALL, WHERE YOU JUST LINED THEM UP AND IT WAS MAN AGAINST MAN AND THIS SITUATION, COACH PREWETT SAID HE BASICALLY GOT BACK TO THE BASICS.
WE ARE GOING TO LINE UP, WE WILL HAVE OUR BEST PLAYERS COMING RIGHT AT YOU.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND GOAL.
THE BALL GOES TO NICK PEAL AND HE IS NOT GOING TO GET THERE.
O'CALLAGHAN, TOUCHDOWN.
I THOUGHT O'CALLAGHAN HAD STOPPED HIM, BUT PEAL WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
A LITTLE BOBBLE ON THE SNAP, AND AFTER CONTACT, ABSORBING THE HIT BY THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER, O'CALLAGHAN BOUNCING OFF THE TACKLE, KEEPING THE LEGS DRIVING, NICK PEAL FOR ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN.
SECOND RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT FOR NICK PEAL.
O'CALLAGHAN KNOCKED HIM SIDEWAYS AND HE STILL GOT INTO THE END ZONE.
AND IT IS 41-37.
>> Matt: TOUCHDOWN RUN, NICK PEAL, HE RAN HARD ON THAT ONE .
THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING DRIVE, 51 YARDS, 2:30 MINUTES, 41-37, NICK PEAL, TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
I THINK HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS MY HOUSE, IT SURE IS, THE HAMMER AND THE PHYSICAL LINE, ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN ON THE SEASON TO PUT HIS TEAM AHEAD.
MAKE THAT AN OFFER NOMINEE FROM CHRIS PREWETT .
THE KICK, BOUNCING IN THE END ZONE .
I THINK HIS LEG IS GETTING TIRED, HE IS ONLY MAKING IT TO THE BACK OF THE ROSWELL SIGN, WHAT A GREAT NIGHT OF KICKING OFF FOR THAT YOUNG MAN, ONLY A JUNIOR, BUT WHAT A BIG CAREER HE HAS AHEAD OF HIM.
>> Matt: HIS PARENTS MOVED HERE FROM HUNGARY, HE SAID HE TOLD ME BEFORE THE GAME, HIS DAD GOT THE OFFER FOR HIM TO GO TO COLLEGE AND THEY CAME TO THE STATES, BUT HIS PARENTS STAYED BACK IN THE OLD COUNTRY, AND THEY STAYED WITH THEM THIS LAST SUMMER.
FIRST AND 10 FOR GAINESVILLE.
HUGHLEY HAS FIVE TOUCHDOWN PASSES TONIGHT, AND JEREMIAH WARE HAS BEEN HIS FAVORITE TARGET.
>> Wayne: THE PRESSURE FROM HUGHLEY ONCE AGAIN, AND THEY WORKED THAT AREA OF THE FIELD, IT SEEMS THAT NO MATTER WHERE HE GOES, THEY CAN SEE HIM AND THEY GET COVERAGE TO HIM, THEY ARE GOING TO THROW THE BALL OUT QUICK TO JEREMIAH WARE.
>> Matt: TWO TOUCHDOWNS, CARMELO BYRD, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DO HERE, WE HAVE UNDER 10:00 TO GO, IS IT TOO LONG TO GO ON A LONG TIME CONSUMING DRIVE, BECAUSE IF YOU DO THAT, YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHEW UP THE TIME AND ROSWELL IS GOING TO GET THE BALL.
>> Wayne: I THINK THE COACH KNOWS, THEY CAN TAKE THE AIR OUT OF THE BALL, AND SHORTEN THE GAME, GET IT DOWN TO ONE OR TWO POSSESSIONS AND HOPEFULLY THE BALL IS IN YOUR HAND AT THAT POINT, BUT RIGHT NOW AS FAST AS BOTH OFFENSES HAVE THE ABILITY TO SCORE, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS HIS APPROACH.
>> Matt: KING WITH THE CATCH, BUT NOT DAVENPORT.
IT IS DROPPED.
>> Wayne: DAVENPORT, COMING UP AND GETTING IN THE LEGS OF SHANE KING AND GETTING HIM DOWN.
>> Matt: UNDER 9:00 LEFT IN REGULATION.
LONG THROW, GREAT THROW FROM HUGHLEY TO SMITH, SO IMPRESSED WITH HIS POISE AND WITH THE STRENGTH OF HIS ARM, TOO.
>> Wayne: HE IS MAKING ALL THE THROWS HERE COME OUT ON THE EDGE, DELIVERING IT TO SMITH.
GREAT JOB BY THE CREW TO SHOW YOU HOW TIGHT THAT'S BEEN AND SPIRAL WAS.
DARRELL MILLER WHO IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS, BIG TIME FAN OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS.
THIRD DOWN AND ONE.
FIRST DOWN CATCH BY WARE.
HE DIVES FORWARD TO THE 48.
HUGHLEY AND WARE CALLING IT ALL NIGHT, WORKING ON THE EDGE, GETTING THE BALL OUT QUICK AND THE TOUCH ON THE BALL ALLOWS THESE RECEIVERS TO MAKE A MOVE.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT ON THE BALL A LOT OF TIME THE DEFENSE CATCHES UP TO YOU BUT TONIGHT, HUGHLEY IS GETTING THE BALL OUT IN RHYTHM , THE RECEIVERS ARE ABLE TO CATCH THE BALL AND MAKE SIX MORE YARDS AFTER THE CATCH.
>> Matt: FIRST AND 10.
HUGHLEY, DEEP IN THE MIDDLE AND OFF THE END OF WARE.
IAN FOUST JUMPED IN FRONT OF HIM AND IT ALMOST COST HIM.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE JAMMED HIS FINGER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ISSUING A TIME-OUT.
LATE PRESSURE, TRYING TO GO UP TO THE HIGH POINT AND BRING THE BALL DOWN AND COULDN'T CORRAL IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE HIS HAND AS HE TRIES TO BRACE HIMSELF.
>> Matt: I THINK IT'S HIS HAND, OR HIS WRIST, HE WAS USING HIS HAND TO PLANT AS HE WAS COMING DOWN, TWISTING UNDERNEATH HIM, THAT WOULD BE A HUGE LOSS IF WARE COULDN'T STAY IN THE GAME, NINE CATCHES.
AS THEY ARE ATTENDING TO JEREMIAH WARE, WE WILL STEP ASIDE.
>> Matt: WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A TOUR AND GIVE YOU SCORES ALL AROUND THE STATE TONIGHT, A BIG WIN TONIGHT OVER CHATTAHOOCHEE, AND A BIG ONE IN SOUTH GEORGIA, 40-28.
>> SO, MILTON IS AT 5 AND 0, THEY ARE PLAYING FOR THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP WITHOUT A DOUBT NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
WILL ROSWELL BE PLAYING, OR IS GAINESVILLE STILL GOING TO BE IN THE MIX?
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT OVER THIS FINAL 7:58.
BYRD WITH A STRONG RUN UP THE MIDDLE.
THIS ROSWELL DEFENSE, FORGET ABOUT THE 30 POINTS ON THE BOARD, THIS DEFENSE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB WITH STANDING THE ADVANTAGE THAT GAINESVILLE HAS ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
ALTHOUGH THE SCOREBOARD DOESN'T SHOW, THEY HAVE SOME KEY PLAYERS OUT AND THEY ARE FIGHTING UP-FRONT, THEY MADE A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SECOND HALF TO TRY TO STOP THE RUN GAME, A LITTLE RUN BLITZ ALONG THAT DEFENSIVE LINE.
>> Matt: NO HARRISON FOR ROSWELL AGAIN TONIGHT.
THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.
BYRD, BREAKING THE TACKLE BY NIGEL HALL, BRINGING UP FOURTH DOWN.
>> Matt: NICE JOB, NIGEL HALL GETTING OFF THE BLOCK , WE SAW HIM A LITTLE EARLIER THERE, AND ANOTHER BIG FOURTH DOWN DECISION FROM HEAD COACH JOSH NIBLETT.
IT IS FOURTH DOWN AND ONE FROM THE 39 AND A TIME-OUT GOING TO BE USED BY GAINESVILLE.
THAT IS THEIR FIRST TIME OUT.
WITH 6:39, BYRD HAS BEEN STRONG TONIGHT , HE HAS RUSHED FOR 170 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS ROSWELL DEFENSE IS COMING UP WITH BIG PLAYS ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, DESPITE THEIR DISADVANTAGES.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO GAINESVILLE TO CALL ON THIS ONE?
>> Wayne: THEY HAVE A GOOD OFFENSIVE LINE, JUST CALL THE TIME-OUT AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS IN SYNC, NO FALSE STARTS AND PICK UP HIS FIRST DOWN, JUST PUSH, YOU HAVE TO APPROACH THESE SITUATIONS BY THE GOAL LINE, AND YOU RUN YOUR BEST RUN PLAY.
>> Matt: WHAT A FUN GAME WE HAD HERE TONIGHT, STILL 6:39 BEFORE WE ARE DONE.
HEADING TOWARD A FANTASTIC AND TO THE REGULAR SEASON AND OF COURSE THE PLAYOFFS, ALL FIVE WEEKS INCLUDING ALL OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES RIGHT HERE ON YOUR NETWORK FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, GPB.
>> Matt: FOURTH AND ONE.
LET'S SEE WHAT COACH JOSH NIBLETT DIALS UP HERE.
AND HE'S NOT GOING TO GET THERE, IT DIDN'T WORK, AND IT DOESN'T WORK AGAIN.
INTERESTING , IT IS MORE ABOUT GOING EAST TO WEST, YOU CAN'T GET UP THE FIELD, NOT ABLE TO GENERATE ANY POWER TO BREAK THE TACKLE AND GREAT JOBS BY THE HORNETS, RALLYING FOR THE FOOTBALL.
DUFFY COMING UP WITH THE TACKLE AS SMITH WAS RUNNING BY HIM ON THE JET SWEEP, DUFFY REACHES OUT AND BRINGS HIM BACK, NOW ROSWELL, FOUR POINT LEAD AND THE BALL WITH 6:33 LEFT IN REGULATION.
>> Wayne: WE HAVE SEEN THE ABILITY OF SYNKWAN SMITH TO RUN THE BALL, THEY HAVE A BIG OFFENSIVE LINE AS WELL, WE HAVEN'T TALKED A LOT ABOUT THEM BUT A LOT OF SIZE UP THERE WITH RYAN AND STUBBLEFIELD, A GREAT TIME TO START MILKING THE CLOCK.
>> Matt: THEY HAVE FOUR SENIOR STARTERS ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE , DANIEL DAVIS IS THE BIGGEST GUY, HE IS A TRANSFER FROM CENTRAL GWINNETT BUT HE GREW UP IN ROSWELL AND MOVED OVER TO GWINNETT COUNTY BECAUSE OF HIS DAD'S JOB, NOW HIS DAD GOT A JOB BACK OVER HERE IN FULTON COUNTY.
SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT.
THE PASS GOES OUT COMPLETE, THAT GOES TO THE FIRST DOWN AND THE CATCH AND RUN RIGHT THERE FROM SYNKWAN SMITH.
>> Wayne: THAT WAS A LONG HANDOFF, GETTING IT OUT, YOU CAN SEE SMITH ON THE EDGE, WE SHOWED YOU THAT EXPLOSIVE SPEED HE HAS GETTING UP THE FIELD.
>> Matt: AND IT IS GOING TO BE A FIRST DOWN.
SO THEY GET MORE TIME, FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 50.
SYNKWAN SMITH ON THE RUN, AND DON'T FORGET , WHEN YOU'VE GOT VOROSMARTY ON YOUR TEAM, YOU ARE ALMOST AT THE FIELD GOAL FOR THIS KID.
>> Wayne: RIGHT NOW, SYNKWAN SMITH, 5'7", 170 , HE IS JUST HIDING BEHIND HIS BIG OFFENSIVE LINE, THEY CAN'T FIND HIM, AND THAT IS HOW HE PICKS UP YARDS.
>> Wayne: FROM THE 46.
THE HANDOFF GOES TO NICK PEAL.
DOWN TO THE 29 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: THE HAMMER RIGHT HERE TRYING TO RUN THE BLITZ, AS YOU CAN SEE, BRINGING O'CALLAGHAN AND PICKING THE WRONG HOLE, NICK PEAL SHOWING HIS SPEED RIGHT THERE.
THE RUNNING BACKS ARE THE BEST LINEBACKERS TONIGHT.
THEY ARE ALMOST THE SAME THING, THEY ARE USED TO BEING IN THE BOX, NAVIGATING A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
>> Matt: FIRST AND 10.
THE BALL AT THE 30 , THE CLOCK DOWN TO AN EVEN 5:00, THE PLAY IS DEAD.
>> FALSE START.
FIVE YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: NOW FIRST AND 15 , AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WHEN YOU CALLED CHRIS PREWETT CALM DEMEANOR, YOU WOULD NEVER GUESS HE WAS THE HEAD COACH OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE MIDDLE OF A 41-37 GAME.
YOU CAN'T READ HIM, HE IS JUST THERE, YOU WOULD THINK MAYBE HE IS THE A. D. OF THE SCHOOL, BUT WHAT A GREAT JOB HE IS DOING.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, THIS WILL BURN SOME TIME AS THEY RUN THE BALL FOR A SHORT GAIN.
48 AND 11, I HAD WRITTEN IN MY GAME PREVIEW TODAY, THAT HE IS THE ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH BY PERCENTAGE IN ROSWELL HISTORY.
AND HE TOLD ME DOWN ON THE FIELD, THAT CAUGHT HIM OFFGUARD, I GUESS NOBODY HAD EVER DONE THE RESEARCH TO FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT HE IS, 83% WINNING PERCENTAGE.
GOOD FOR HIM, GREAT GUY.
>> Wayne: A LITTLE CONFUSION HERE, SET TO THE LEFT HERE, SYNKWAN SMITH , FEELING CONFIDENT THAT THE OFFENSIVE SCHEME WAS SET.
ROSWELL CALLS THE TIME-OUT WITH THE CLOCK DOWN TO 4:11.
WE WILL STEP ASIDE, BIG FINISH COMING UP IN ROSWELL.
>> Matt: WELCOME BACK TO RAY MANUS STADIUM, ROSWELL TRYING TO BURN OUT THE CLOCK .
WINNING BIG TONIGHT, THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL AND CENTRAL GEORGIA, AND A SHOCKER IN THE MIDDLE DIVISIONS, THEY HAVE HAD A LONG YEAR, THEY KNOCKED OFF SANDY CREEK TONIGHT SO THAT REGION MIGHT HAVE JUST GONE BACK INTO THE BLENDER, WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED THIS WEEK AND NEXT.
THAT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A HUGE WIN FOR MARY PERSONS, THEY SELF-REPORTED THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE USED AN INELIGIBLE PLAYER THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF, BUT WHEN THEY DISCOVERED IT WAS SELF-REPORTED, THEY HAD TO TAKE A BUNCH OF L'S EARLY IN THE YEAR.
TREY SMITH HAS THE FIRST DOWN, THE SAKE MOVE, STILL ON HIS FEET, TOUCHDOWN ROSWELL!
MR. SMITH, TREY SMITH ONCE AGAIN, SHOWING YOU WHY HE HAS MADE THAT OFFER, FILLING UP THE POCKET, AND HE HAS SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN, ONCE HE BREAKS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S NOT A RUNNING BACK, HE IS IN OPEN FIELD, HE IS AS DANGEROUS AS ANYONE RUNNING THE BALL ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, YOU JUST DON'T GET THAT FEEL THAT HE IS THE QUARTERBACK.
RIGHT THERE, SHOWING YOU ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
11 POINT LEAD, 33 YARD TOUCHDOWN BY TREY SMITH.
AND WHAT IS MORE IMPRESSIVE, THE SAKE MOVE HE HAD AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
RIGHT HERE, MOST QUARTERBACKS GO DOWN.
HERE, HE GOES UP THE FIELD, GOES BACK TO THE OUTSIDE, SHOWS YOU HIS SPEED, HIS CONFIDENCE, HIS INTENSITY, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL RUN.
BRILLIANT PLAY.
A QUARTERBACK MAKING THAT KIND OF A PLAY , REMINDS ME OF A GUY NAMED JACKSON.
>> Matt: AT 350 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE, AND THAT DEAD LEG MOVE RIGHT THERE WHEN THE LINEBACKER IN FRONT OF HIM THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO SLIDE BECAUSE HE WAS AT THE FIRST DOWN MARKER, GAVE HIM THE DEAD LEG AND SPRINTED.
YOU CAN SEE HE IS STILL EXCITED AND HE HAS BEEN PLAYING AT THAT TEMPO THE ENTIRE NIGHT, THERE HASN'T BEEN A DRIVE THAT HE HAS REALLY LET DOWN IN THIS GAME.
AND HE IS A PROGRAM KID, HE HAS BEEN IN THE BRASWELL PROGRAM SINCE HE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
CHRIS PREWETT SAID THEY ARE NOT SURPRISED AT ALL, HE SAID IF YOU HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE GAMES ON THURSDAY NIGHT, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THE --HE CAN DO THIS, SHOWING UP AS A FRESHMAN WITH HIS LITTLE NOTEBOOK SITTING ON THE TEAM MEETINGS AND TAKING NOTES.
>> Wayne: A ROSWELL PRODUCT AND LEADING THIS TEAM, FIRST YEAR STARTING AND HE IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND IN THE FIRST HALF HE REMINDED US OF HOW GREAT OF A RUNNER HE IS, THEN IN THE THIRD HE PULLED BACK AND RIGHT HERE, HE SHOWS US WHY HE CAME INTO THIS GAME, HE IS THE LEADING RUSHER.
>> Matt: THEY HAVE TO MOVE FAST, THAT IS IN THE CATCH BY WARE .
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SCORE AND RECOVER THE ONSIDE KICK, THEN SCORE AGAIN.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALREADY USED A TIME-OUT AND DOWN TO TWO, IF THEY DO SCORE, LOOKING AHEAD DOWN THE ROAD, THEY CAN'T KICK A WAY TO ROSWELL AGAIN.
>> Wayne: WE HAVE SEEN THEM TWICE TONIGHT WITH A BIG STRIKE DOWN THE FIELD.
>> Matt: HUGHLEY AND DAVENPORT NEARLY INTERCEPTED IT AT THE 50 AND THAT WOULD HAVE PUT THE GAME TO BED.
AND IF YOU WERE WONDERING WHEN THE DOUBLE MOVE WAS COMING, RIGHT THERE.
WATCH DAVENPORT, SHOWING YOU THE DEFENSE, WITH THAT 6'2" FRAME.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE SYNKWAN SMITH OUT THERE PLAYING NOW, SO THEY FLIPPED THE CORNERS, THEY'VE GOT DAVENPORT MATCHED UP WITH WARE AND THEY HAVE SYNKWAN SMITH ON THE FIELD PLAYING CORNER .
>> Wayne: WARE TRY TO MAKE THAT DOUBLE MOVE , AND PUTTING SMITH OUT AT CORNER, IS YOUR ANTICIPATION THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GO DEEP AND TRY TO GET IAN FOUST OFF THE FIELD.
>> Matt: HUGHLEY SCRAMBLES , RUNS TO THE SIDELINE AND GETS TO THE STICKS AND PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN OF THE 50, THAT IS ANOTHER BOX TO CHECK FOR HUGHLEY RIGHT THERE, A SOPHOMORE UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE MARKER WAS.
FEELING THE PRESSURE AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE FIRST DOWN MARKER IS, AND REALLY SHOWING YOU SOME SPEED ON THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE.
THE CLOCK IS STILL MOVING, HE MADE IT TO THE MARKER.
HE DID NOT GET THE FIRST DOWN BUT HE LOOKED LIKE HE CLEARLY RAN OUT OF BOUNDS AND THE CLOCK IS FINALLY STOPPED AT 3:04, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO PUT SOME MORE TIME UP THERE.
YES, THEY ARE GOING TO PUT 21 SECONDS BACK ON THE CLOCK.
1030 TOTAL YARDS OF OFFENSE TONIGHT BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS, IN REGION 7 5A, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BIG 12.
HUGHLEY GOING DEEP, AND WHAT A CATCH BY JEREMIAH WARE, TO THE END ZONE, TOUCHDOWN GAINESVILLE AND A FLAG BY THE END OF THE PLAY.
51 YARDS.
SHOWING UP ONCE AGAIN, BRILLIANT CATCH, WE SAW THIS EARLY IN THE GAME.
ONE-ON-ONE OUT ON THE EDGE, KHARIM HUGHLEY TRUSTING JEREMIAH WARE , RIGHT HERE, JUST STEPPING INTO THIS THROW, BEAUTIFUL, KEEPING THE BALL HIGH.
WORKING AGAINST TYLER PRESSNALL.
AFTER THE PLAY, PERSONAL FOUL.
>> Matt: NOW, HALF THE DISTANCE, THAT IS HUGE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING FOR TWO HERE, SO THAT JUST BECAME HALF THE DISTANCE THAN IT TYPICALLY IS.
>> Wayne: AND WE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF BAD PENALTIES TONIGHT ON BOTH TEAMS IN THESE SITUATIONS, THAT HAS HELPED ON THE KICKOFF, NOW THIS TIME IT IS GOING TO BE ON THE EXTRA POINT DRIVE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A TWO-POINT CONVERSION.
GAINESVILLE IS GOING FOR TWO TO TRY TO MAKE THIS ONLY A THREE .
GAME FOR THEM.
AND THE SOPHOMORE, KHARIM HUGHLEY HAS SIX TOUCHDOWN PASSES TONIGHT, THREE OF THEM HAVE GONE TO JEREMIAH WARE WHO HAS 11 RECEPTIONS.
HE CANNOT BE A SOPHOMORE ANYMORE, HE HAS BEEN TOO GOOD.
THAT COMPETITIVE BALANCE THING, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM PLAY AS A SOPHOMORE, THEY ARE GOING TO BUMP HIM UP.
GOING FOR IT ON TWO.
HUGHLEY GOING TO TAKE IT FOR HIMSELF, AND IT IS 48-45 .
>> Wayne: GREAT JOB WITH PATIENTS, NOT PANICKING AND GETTING TO THE CORNER, HE LETS THEM CLEAR OF TRAFFIC ON THAT PLAY.
IT CLEARS OUT, THEN HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR TWO POINTS.
>> Matt: HUGHLEY GETS THE TWO, HE IS 20 AND 29 PASSING WITH SIX TOUCHDOWNS.
>> Wayne: BOTH QUARTERBACKS SO BRILLIANT TONIGHT , HUGHLEY WITH SPECTACULAR PLAYS, THROWING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
THAT IS HUGE, THAT IS A HUGE CALL RIGHT THERE, ONCE AGAIN AFFECTING THE KICKOFF.
WAS IT THE CELEBRATION THAT THEY POSSIBLY CALLED IT AS UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT?
>> Matt: YOU CAN SEE THE VEINS BULGING IN JOSH NIBLETT'S NECK .
WHAT A GAME HERE IN ROSWELL TONIGHT.
SO, EXPECT AN ONSIDE KICK RIGHT HERE.
THAT IS WHAT I THINK, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WITH TWO TIME-OUTS, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE TWO MINUTE TIME-OUT LIKE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, IF YOU DID, THEN I WOULD SAY KICK AWAY, BUT YOU DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN WITH JUST TWO TIME-OUTS.
>> Wayne: YOU CAN SEE THE BALL ON THE SIDE, IT IS ALWAYS KEY THAT THE BALL WILL BOUNCE, THAT HELPS THEM GET COVERAGE OF THE BALL.
COVERED BY ROSWELL, GREAT JOB BY DUFFY TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND GO GET THE BALL.
SO, THAT ACTUALLY WORKS OUT.
BIG BREAK HERE FOR GAINESVILLE IN THIS SITUATION.
ROSWELL DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF ACCEPTING THE PENALTY AND JUST KICKING THE BALL, THEY GET TO RECONNECT.
THE BALL DIDN'T GET ANY BALANCE AND DUFFY STEPPING IT UP, NOT BEING AFRAID TO GO GET THE BALL AND COVER IT UP.
>> Matt: SECOND ATTEMPT.
AGAIN, FUMBLED BY ROSWELL, THIS TIME IT IS CAMPBELL.
THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN HANDLE IT, SO ROSWELL IS GOING TO TAKE OVER AT THE 30 YARD LINE, GAINESVILLE DOES HAVE TWO TIME-OUTS REMAINING, SO ROSWELL CAN'T TOTALLY KILL THE CLOCK HERE, THEY CAN WITH THE FIRST DOWN BUT THE OTHER BAD NEWS IS EVEN IF YOU FORCE ROSWELL INTO A FOURTH DOWN HERE, THEY ARE IN FIELD GOAL RANGE, WHERE IF YOU DECIDE TO DO THAT.
DUFFY IS IN HIS RANGE TO KICK THE BALL BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET SYNKWAN SMITH RUNNING DOWNHILL, POSSIBLY NICK PEAL AS WELL, TRYING TO RUN THE CLOCK OUT, THE FIRST TWO PLAYS IN THIS SITUATION TYPICALLY ARE RUNS.
TREY SMITH INSIDE THE 30 YARD LINE.
DOWN TO THE 28.
AND HE IS LIMPING.
WOW.
TALK ABOUT A HUGE DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU ARE GAINESVILLE, I WILL TAKE A LIMPING TREY SMITH ON THE FIELD.
AND IF YOU SEE HIM IN THAT SITUATION, YOU FEEL LIKE AT LEAST DISPLAY HE IS GOING TO GIVE THE BALL OFF.
>> Matt: EXACTLY , AND THERE YOU GO, LET'S SEE IF THEY BURN THE TIME-OUT RIGHT THERE, AND THEY DO.
>> TIME-OUT, GAINESVILLE.
>> Wayne: THAT IS SMART DEFENSE IN THAT SITUATION , NOTHING TELLS YOU HE IS FAKING IT IN THAT SITUATION.
AS YOU GO TO HAND THE BALL OFF, YOU CAN SEE BIG PRESSURE UP THE FIELD.
THIS IS JUST THE START OF OUR STRETCH RUN INTO THE REGULAR SEASON, THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WE WILL HAVE CHAMPIONSHIPS ON THE LINE, NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, HOW ABOUT THIS ONE.
WE'VE GOT NUMBER ONE CARROLLTON TAKING ON NUMBER FOUR, DOUGLAS COUNTY FOR THE REGION TWO 6A CHAMPIONSHIP, CARROLLTON AND DOUGLAS COUNTY GO UNDEFEATED IN THE REGION, THEY WILL BE PLAYING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE NUMBER ONE SEED IN THE PLAYOFFS NEXT WEEK.
>> Wayne: THAT BIG PHYSICAL LINE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, AND THE MAN HIMSELF, JUJU LEWIS TALKING ABOUT EXCITEMENT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, THAT YOUNG MAN AT CARROLLTON HAS BROUGHT US A LOT OF BIG GAMES IN HIS CAREER.
>> Matt: THIRD AND 10.
TREY SMITH FIRES, YOU'VE GOT TO WONDER, THAT INJURED FOOT, HE DIDN'T GET A LOT ON THE THROW, NOW IT IS FOURTH DOWN.
ARE YOU SURPRISED THEY THREW IT RIGHT THERE BECAUSE THAT STOPS THE CLOCK.
>> THAT IS SURPRISING THEY DIDN'T TAKE THAT TIME TO GET OFF THE BOARD IN THAT SITUATION.
>> Matt: SO, THIS IS GOING TO BE 46, 47 YARD KICK, ACTUALLY MORE LIKE 48 FROM THE RIGHT HASH, THIS WOULD MAKE IT A SIX POINT GAME.
HE IS THREE FOR THREE ON-FIELD GOAL KICKS THIS SEASON.
>> Matt: THEY DIDN'T DROP A FLAG.
THEY CALLED DELAY, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A 53 YARD KICK AND THIS COULD BE FOR THE ROSWELL RECORD, TYE LONG HOLDS THE RECORD.
THIS COULD BE FOR THE RECORD, THE KICK IS ON ITS WAY AND THE KICK IS GOING TO BE NO GOOD.
SO, THE BALL GOES OVER TO GAINESVILLE, DOWN A FIELD GOAL WITH COOL --2:25 TO GO AND WIN ROSWELL SCORE THAT TOUCHDOWN AT THE 3:55 MARK, YOU WERE THINKING, IS GAINESVILLE EVER GOING TO GET BACK INTO THIS GAME?
NOW THEY HAVE A CHANCE.
GAINESVILLE STILL HAS TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN TO WIN THE GAME IN THIS SITUATION, NOT REALLY FEELING SO CONFIDENT IN THEIR KICKING GAME, SO YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THEY ARE GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVE THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN THROWING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD TO JEREMIAH WARE.
THEY HAVE ONE TIME-OUT, PLENTY OF TIME TO WORK THE FIELD.
AND KHARIM HUGHLEY, THE SOPHOMORE, WITH SIX TOUCHDOWN PASSES TONIGHT.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHN.
FOUR CHRIS PREWETT IS UPSET THEY DIDN'T RESET THE PLAY CLOCK, HE IS GIVING THIS I JUDGE AN EARFUL AND ANYBODY WEARING A UNIFORM, LIKE A ZEBRA.
>> Matt: THERE IS A FLAG AT THE 46, I WAS LOOKING FOR IT, THERE IT IS.
AND THAT IS NOT A BAD PENALTY BY THE ROSWELL DEFENSE, IF YOU ARE GETTING BEAT, HOLD THE GUY, IT IS ONLY A 15 YARD PENALTY, BETTER THAN GIVING UP A TOUCHDOWN.
>> Wayne: SYNKWAN SMITH RIGHT THERE, GIVING UP THE INSIDE TO TAZ SMITH.
THAT WAS A GREAT PLAY BY SMITH.
YOU CAN SEE THE AGGRESSIVENESS THAT HUGHLEY HAS, THE GAINESVILLE OFFENSE, THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY DO, THAT IS ATTACK DEEP DOWN THE FIELD.
>> Matt: PRESSURE COMING FROM DUFFY, FORCING HUGHLEY OUT OF THE POCKET, DOWNFIELD, INCOMPLETE.
SECOND DOWN AND 10.
>> Wayne: GOOD PRESSURE BY SMITH, TO KEEP HUGHLEY FROM BEING ABLE TO SET UP AND SURVEY THE FIELD, FORCING HIM TO THROW THE BALL AWAY.
STILL PLENTY OF TIME FOR GAINESVILLE, WE HAVE SEEN HOW EXPLOSIVE THEY ARE IN THESE MATCHUPS.
AS COACH JOSH NIBLETT SAYS, HE DOESN'T CALL PLAYS, HE CALLS PLAYERS, LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH TO GET THIS BALL.
ROSWELL DROPS OUT OF THE BLITZ, AT THE 32 YARD LINE, GOING TO BE DROPPED, IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN, GREAT PRESSURE COMING OFF THE EDGE FOR ISTANBOULIAN , FOR HUGHLEY TO GET RID OF IT QUICKLY.
NOBODY PICKS UP ISTANBOULIAN COMING OFF THE EDGE LIKE THIS.
NOBODY COMES OVER TO BLOCK HIM, DOING A GOOD JOB OF BREAKING DOWN AND NOT LETTING HUGHLEY EVADE HIM, AS YOU CAN SEE, TRYING TO SET UP THE SCREEN , NOBODY BLOCKS HIM, JUST GETTING OUT TO BYRD.
NOW, CAN ROSWELL CONTINUE TO PLAY DEFENSE AT THIS LEVEL AGAINST THIS OFFENSE AND THIS QUARTERBACK?
>> Matt: WE HAVE THIRD AND 12 COMING UP, WITH 1:58 TO GO AND GAINESVILLE JUST USED THEIR LAST TIME-OUT.
ROSWELL HAS DONE A GOOD JOB SO FAR ON THIS POSSESSION OF DENYING AN OPEN RECEIVER WITH JEREMIAH WARE.
>> Wayne: AS WE TALKED ABOUT , THEY GOT IAN FOUST OUT, THEY'VE GOT SYNKWAN SMITH OVER AT CORNER TO BRING A LITTLE MORE SPEED , THEY ARE FORCING EVERYTHING TO BE THROWN UNDERNEATH AND THE DEFENSE OF FRONT HAS COME ALIVE IN THIS DRIVE, GIVING A LITTLE PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE OF HUGHLEY.
HUGHLEY WITH A FANTASTIC NIGHT.
PLAY ACTION, DUFFY COMES IN, HUGHLEY SHRUGS HIM OFF , BYRD STRUGGLING THROUGH TACKLES, STILL ON HIS FEET, INCREDIBLE RUN BY BYRD, TO THE 41 YARD LINE , THAT IS GOING TO BRING UP FOURTH DOWN.
>> Wayne: BYRD NOT GOING DOWN, THE CLOCK IS MOVING AND NOW HE IS DOWN ON THE GROUND.
PRESSURE RIGHT THERE BY DUFFY.
AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THE SITE, WE TALKED ABOUT WITH BYRD, HE IS NOT GOING TO LET YOU BRING HIM DOWN.
>> Matt: CHECK ANOTHER BOX FOR HUGHLEY RIGHT THERE, HE SHRUGGED OFF THAT QUARTERBACK SACK BY DUFFY.
AS HE TRIED TO SHOULDER TACKLE HIM, AND BYRD IS COMING OFF THE FIELD .
WATCH THIS PRESSURE, DUFFY COMING UP, AND HUGHLEY JUST SHAKING HIM OFF .
BYRD MISSING ON THE BLOCK , BUT MAKING IT UP, GETTING OFF THE GROUND, STILL STAYING IN THE PLAY.
HUGHLEY ABLE TO FIND HIM DOWN THE FIELD AND HE FIGHTS FOR EIGHT YARDS TO MAKE IT FOURTH AND FIVE.
>> Matt: I WAS LOOKING AT HIS FOOT, IT LOOKED LIKE HIS ANKLE GOT TWISTED AND BENT UNDERNEATH HIM, THAT APPEARS TO BE WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT, HIS LEFT FOOT, HIS LEFT ANKLE.
WE ARE IN A WIDE-OPEN PRESSBOX, SO WE'VE GOT COACHES OFF TO OUR RIGHT.
IF YOU ARE WONDERING.
BUT THE GREATNESS ABOUT THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE, HE MISSED ON THE BLOCK ON DUFFY, HE DIDN'T STAY ON THE GROUND, HE GOT UP AND MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE THE BALL.
THE QUARTERBACK GIVES IT TO HIM, AND THE SITE, PICKING UP THOSE YARDS TO PUT THEM IN A BETTER SITUATION ON THIS FOURTH DOWN.
RIGHT HERE, HE MISSED ON THE BLOCK, HE MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE.
AND LOOK AT THIS FIGHT RIGHT HERE FOR HIS TEAM.
>> Matt: HERE YOU GO, THE GAME IS ON THE LINE, IT IS FOURTH AND FIVE FROM THE 40, GAINESVILLE HAS GOT TO GET A FIRST DOWN.
HUGHLEY , STILL RUNNING, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 32.
UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE BY HUGHLEY AND WARE TONIGHT.
BRINGING PRESSURE IN THE FACE OF HUGHLEY.
STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD TO PICK UP THAT FIRST DOWN.
APPROACHING 1:00, THE BALL SPOTTED AT THE 33.
HUGHLEY GOING FOR THE TOUCHDOWN AND BEHIND HIS MEN AND OUT OF BOUNDS, AGAIN GOING FOR WARE.
>> Wayne: YOU CAN SEE HIM GOING OUT RIGHT HERE AT LEAST FOR A SECOND TO CATCH HIS BREATH.
WHAT POISE THIS YOUNG MAN HAS SHOWN IN THE POCKET.
THEY ARE BRINGING PRESSURE TO LINEBACKERS, TRYING TO MAKE HIM THROW THE BALL.
UNBELIEVABLE NUMBERS FOR THE SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK TONIGHT.
OVER TO SMITH, INSIDE THE 10, SMITH DOWN TO THE FIVE AND THE FLAG OUT, WE MIGHT HAVE A HOLD DOWNFIELD ON GAINESVILLE, WITH 47 SECONDS, EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT BY TAZ SMITH .
>> Wayne: ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FIELD, GETTING INTO ONE OF THE MOST EXPLOSIVE PLAYERS, SMITH, QUICK SLANT RIGHT HERE IN HIS ABILITY OUT IN SPACE, BREAKING TACKLES AND RIGHT THERE AT THE END, THEY ARE GETTING A HOLDING, 10 YARD PENALTY.
>> Matt: THAT IS GOING TO GIVE HIM THE BALL AROUND THE 14, THEY ARE GOING TO PUT IT DOWN ON THE 15.
47 SECONDS.
FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 15.
GAINESVILLE DOWN THREE.
WARE AND BYRD ARE BACK FOR GAINESVILLE, YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND JEREMIAH WARE DOWN THE FIELD.
THE BALL IS MOVING.
WE ARE IN MOTION.
HUGHLEY LOOKS HIS DIRECTION, THE FLAG ON THE PLAY, HE IS GOING TO RUN IT OUT OF BOUNDS, STOPS THE CLOCK, 24 SECONDS.
CHECK THE CALL, WE MIGHT HAVE A HOLDING COMING UP HERE.
THAT MIGHT BE A MOTION CALL DOWN AT THE RECEIVERS.
THEY ARE DISCUSSING IT WITH COACH PREWETT ON THE SIDELINE.
THE SIDE JUDGE WAS MOTIONING FALSE START.
OR ILLEGAL MOTION ON THAT PLAY.
ILLEGAL FORMATION, OFFENSE, FIVE YARD PENALTY.
SO THAT PUSHES IT BACK TO THE 20 YARD LINE.
AND 24 SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK, AT THE END OF THESE 24 SECONDS, WILL THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP RACE BE A TWO TEAM RACE OR WILL GAINESVILLE STILL BE IN IT, AND THEY WILL BE IF THEY CAN GET THE WIN.
PLENTY OF TIME , THEY HAVE ABOUT THREE OPPORTUNITIES IF YOU MANAGE THE SITUATION RIGHT.
FIRST DOWN IS THE SMART DECISION, THE BALL GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Matt: THE PASS IS THROWN BUT THE CLOCK IS GOING TO RUN, GAINESVILLE HAS TO HUSTLE TO THE LINE.
SECOND DOWN, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THE BALL HERE, THE CLOCK IS STILL RUNNING AND THEY DO SPIKE IT FINALLY.
WE ARE DOWN TO ONE PLAY.
>> Wayne: THAT IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH PROPER MANAGEMENT, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TIME-OUTS, IT IS SHORT IN THE STICKS, YOU'VE GOT THE YARDAGE AT THE EDGE, SO THE RECEIVER CAN GO OUT OF BOUNDS.
A LOT OF TIME THEY ARE TRYING TO GET RESET.
>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND NINE, THAT IS INCONSEQUENTIAL AT THIS POINT.
SEVEN SECONDS.
YOU CAN HEAR THE ROSWELL COACHES YELLING FROM THE BOOTH THAT IT IS NOT A TIME-OUT.
THE PLAY CLOCK IS DOWN TO SIX RIGHT NOW.
IT MIGHT BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME RIGHT HERE, THE PLAY CLOCK AT ONE AND THEY GOT IT OFF JUST IN TIME.
HUGHLEY SCRAMBLING, THROWING, THE BALL IS CAUGHT IN THE END ZONE, GAME OVER, ROSWELL HAS DEFEATED GAINESVILLE, AND ROSWELL WILL PLAY MILTON HAD TO HEAD FOR THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT FRIDAY.
>> Wayne: SCRAMBLING OUT OF THE POCKET, TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO HIS BIG PLAYERS, THE RECEIVER ONCE AGAIN, JEREMIAH WARE, JUST NOT ENOUGH SIDELINE TO GO UP AND GET THE BALL .
ROSWELL PLAYING TIGHT COVERAGE ON THAT DRIVE, GOOD PRESSURE AS WELL, COMING UP WITH A HUGE VICTORY.
>> Matt: AND WARE CAME DOWN WITH IT, HE CAUGHT IT, HE JUST COULDN'T GET THE FEEDBACK.
KEEPING IT HIGH, COMING DOWN, WILLING TO SACRIFICE HIS BODY AND MAKE THE CATCH, JUST NOT ENOUGH SIDELINE, ANOTHER 12 INCHES AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A TOUCHDOWN.
ROSWELL GETS THE W, THEY ARE NOW 5 AND 0 IN THE REGION, GAINESVILLE FINISHES THE SEASON AT 7 AND 3, GAINESVILLE WILL BE THE NUMBER THREE SEED IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS COMING OUT OF REGION SEVEN 5A WHICH MEANS THEY WILL BE ON THE ROAD FOR THE PLAYOFFS WHICH IS STILL THREE WEEKS FROM TONIGHT, AND THEY WILL BE PLAYING ANY COMBINATION OF SEQUOIA OR WOODSTOCK, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, CREEK VIEW AND RIVER RIDGE ARE ALSO IN THE MIX, MOST LIKELY ON THE ROAD AT SEQUOIA IN THE FIRST ROUND.
>> WHAT A BIG-TIME EXCITING PERFORMANCE BY THESE TWO QUARTERBACKS, HUGHLEY AND TREY SMITH, SO DOMINANT THROWING THE BALL BUT ALSO DOMINANT RUNNING TONIGHT.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY BOTH OF THESE TEAMS AND A DELIGHTFUL GAME TO WATCH.
>> WHAT A FUN GAME HERE ON WEEK 11 OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON, OUR COACHES INTERVIEW IS DELIVERED BY JOHNNY'S PIZZA, YOUR ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZERIA.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I THINK YOU CAN OFFICIALLY BREATHE NOW.
>> WHAT A GAME THAT WAS, TWO INCREDIBLE TEAMS GOING BACK AND FORTH, TWO GREAT PROGRAMS BACK AND FORTH, YOU LOOK AT THE STANDINGS, TWO COMMUNITIES GOING BACK AND FORTH, I'M SO PROUD OF THEM, THEY FOUGHT TILL THE VERY END, THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY GOOD TO WIN THAT GAME, THAT SPEAKS ABOUT WHO WE ARE.
SO WE CAN RISE UP IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, IT IS NICE TO SEE THEM COME UP IN A BIG WAY TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: I KNOW FOLKS ARE GOING TO GET BOGGED DOWN IN THE NUMBERS, MATT REFERRED TO THIS REGION AS THE BIG 12 OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT YOUR LINE PLAY AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THEM TO GET THE YARDS AND BE ABLE TO BE THERE IN FRONT, AND DEFENSE OF THE TO GET A HOLD WHEN YOU NEEDED IT.
>> THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE HAS BEEN LEADING US THE WHOLE YEAR, THEY REALLY PERFORMED ABOVE AND BEYOND, THEY ARE DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB, AND THEY PLAY TOGETHER AS ONE, AND OFFENSIVE LINE OBVIOUSLY MAKES US LOOK REALLY GOOD AND THEY ARE ABLE TO DO A LOT.
WE PUT A LOT ON THEIR SHOULDERS, WE PUT A LOT ON THEM.
BOTH TEAMS WENT BACK AND FORTH TONIGHT, I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW FUN OF A GAME THAT WAS TONIGHT, AND AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO COME OUT AND WIN OBVIOUSLY IS AWESOME.
>> Reporter: NOW YOU HAVE A WEEK TO CATCH YOUR BREATH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CHANCE AT THE REGION TITLE RIGHT NOW.
>> ONE GAME AT A TIME, JUST KEEP PLAYING, LIKE I TOLD OUR GUYS, IF YOU HAVE A SECOND, YOU HAVE A CHANCE.
WE HAVE TO PLAY UNTIL THE LAST SECOND.
IT WAS A FUN WIN.
THANKS.
>> Reporter: YOU NEED TO TAKE HIM AWAY FROM US SO WE CAN GO TO THE HOT CHANGE PLAYER OF THE GAME, THAT WAS THE COACHES INTERVIEW, BROUGHT TO US BY OUR FRIENDS AT JOHNNY'S PIZZA.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS BEHIND YOU RIGHT NOW, THE GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE TRYING TO CATCH HER BREATH STILL AFTER THIS.
>> FIRST OFF, HE IS A GREAT GUY, WITHOUT HIM, I'M NOTHING.
THIS IS A GREAT TEAM, WE PICKED EACH OTHER UP.
WHEN THE OFFENSE IS DOWN, THE DEFENSE PICKS THEM UP.
>> Reporter: YOU HAD A COUPLE THROUGH THE AIR AND YOU GOT TO TRUST YOUR LEGS AS WELL, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THIS GROUP BEHIND YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE BATTLING INJURIES, YOU ARE BATTLING NEXT MAN UP, WHAT WAS IT LIKE OUT THERE TONIGHT, TO GET THIS WIN WITH EVERYTHING SWIRLING AROUND THIS PROGRAM ?
>> THIS ISN'T A TEAM, IT IS A FAMILY, WE WORK TOGETHER, WE ALL TRUST EACH OTHER AND LOVE EACH OTHER AND WE ALL PLAY AS ONE.
>> Reporter: RUN THROUGH THAT LAST DRIVE FOR ME TO GET THE EVENTUAL GAME-WINNING SCORE BECAUSE YOU GOT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU, IT WAS LIKE 6:00 MINUTES LEFT ON THE CLOCK, BUT IT DID NOT TAKE 6:00 MINUTES FOR YOU TO GET ON THE BOARD.
THE RUNNING GAME WAS THERE TONIGHT AND YOU WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.
>> I SAW SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE THERE BUT IT DIDN'T, WHEN IN DOUBT, JUST RUN.
AND THAT SET ME UP.
IF MY TEAMMATES GIVE UP, I'M NOT SCORING A TOUCHDOWN, MY OFFENSIVE LINE BLOCKED THEIR BUTTS OFF TODAY.
>> THE GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME, QB EIGHT TONIGHT.
MATT, I'M GETTING OUT OF THERE, IT IS ALL YOURS.
>> AND IN MEMORY OF ROBBIE, THE GREAT QUARTERBACK THAT CAME BEFORE THEM AND KJ SMITH , HIS MEMORY STILL LINGERS HERE AND IT IS STILL VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE ROSWELL FOOTBALL PROGRAM, THAT'S RIGHT, NUMBER FIVE.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE, ROBBIE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF TREY SMITH TONIGHT, WHAT A PERFORMANCE, HE CERTAINLY MADE THEM PAY, JUST LIKE KJ SMITH BEFORE HIM.
NOBODY WANTED TO OFFER HIM BECAUSE HE WAS TOO SMALL TO PLAY QUARTERBACK, JUST LIKE ANOTHER GUY WHO CAME THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND LED THEM TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME A FEW YEARS AGO, MALIK WILLIS, IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
JUST UNDERDOGS WITH CHIPS ON THEIR SHOULDERS AND TREY SMITH IS THE LATEST IN THAT GROUP.
>> WHAT A GREAT PERFORMANCE FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL, HATS OFF TO GAINESVILLE, ROSWELL WITH THEIR QUARTERBACK TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD, IT'S JUST AN EXCITING GAME, THAT YOUNG MAN AND A GREAT PERFORMANCE, SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL SIT AROUND AND APPLAUD.
THE ONLY THING HE DIDN'T DO TONIGHT IS KEEP HIS RUSH AVERAGE, EVERYTHING ELSE HE SUPPLIED US WITH, EXCITING PLAYS, BIG PLAYS WITH HIS LEGS AND ABLE TO THROW THE BALL DOWN DEEP.
>> WHAT A FABULOUS GAME HERE TONIGHT AS ROSWELL WILL PLAY FOR THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT WEEK AT MILTON WITH 48-45 VICTORY OVER GAINESVILLE.
A TOUGH LOSS FOR GAINESVILLE, THEY WILL GO INTO THE PLAYOFFS, STILL A VERY DANGEROUS TEAM.
>> THEY HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO CONTINUE IN THE PLAYOFFS, COACH JOSH NIBLETT ALWAYS HAS A PLAN FOR THEM AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE HUNGRY AND HEALTHY WHEN THE PLAYOFFS START.
>> MICHAEL VICK WATCHING HIS NEPHEW PLAY TONIGHT.
>> WHAT'S UP, SEVEN?
>> BE SURE TO JOIN US FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE CARROLLTON TROJANS RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE TAKE ON DOUGLAS COUNTY TIGERS, THEY WILL BE BATTLING FOR THE REGION TWO 6A CHAMPIONSHIP, THAT WILL BE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, THESE ROSWELL HORNETS TAKING ON THE MILTON EAGLES FOR THE REGION SEVEN 5A CHAMPIONSHIP, SO WE'VE GOT THEM BOTH FOR YOU, ALL OF THAT NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AND STARTING AT 7:30 RIGHT HERE ON GPB.
IF YOU MISSED PORTIONS OF TONIGHT'S GAME OR WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN, YOU CAN CATCH A FULL REPLAY LATER THIS EVENING OR IN THE COMING WEEK AT GPB.
ORG/SPORTS ON DEMAND.
ROSWELL DEFEATS GAINESVILLE, AN ABSOLUTE THRILLER, 48-45 THE FINAL.
FROM OUR STAFF, GPB SPORTS, I'M MATT STEWART, GOOD NIGHT FROM RAY MANUS STADIUM ON THE CAMPUS OF ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL IN ROSWELL, GEORGIA, THIS HAS BEEN A PRESENTATION OF GPB SPORTS.
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