>> GHSA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HERE WE ARE FOR THE SECOND OF FOUR MATCHES TODAY, DOWNTOWN ATLANTA, IT IS THE NORTHEAST RAIDERS AGAINST THE TOOMBS COUNTY BULLDOGS FROM REGION THREE.

WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE JOINING US, LARRY SMITH WITH SAM, WHEN WE SEE THESE PROGRAMS THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF CHAMPIONSHIPS, NOT THE CASE IN THIS MATCHUP.

>> A LITTLE DIFFERENT, THE FIRST TIME FOR BOTH OF THESE TEAMS BUT THEY ARE BOTH EXCITED.

SOME REALLY TALENTED PLAYERS.

>> WE REALLY ENJOYED TALKING TO THE COACHES THIS WEEK AS WELL.

THEY WERE REALLY EMOTIONAL.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO BRING ALL OF THAT.

LET'S START WITH SOME PLAYERS YOU SHOULD WATCH, BEGINNING WITH NORTHEAST.

>> THE QUARTERBACK, THE MAKE THE GUY THAT MAKES THINGS GO, REGINALD GLOVER, THAT IS WHAT HE DOES, HE DOES BIG THINGS FOR THIS TEAM.

WATCH FOR HIM TODAY.

>> ON DEFENSE MR. SAMPSON IS STRONG.

>> SAMPSON DOES IT ALL.

HE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THE TEAM LEADER IN TACKLES AND HE GETS INTO THE SECONDARY.

>> MEANWHILE, FOR TOOMBS COUNTY, THE QUARTERBACK SOMEBODY 30 TOUCHDOWN PASSES THIS SEASON.

>> A GUY PEOPLE WILL GET TO KNOW WELL BECAUSE HE WILL PLAY AT GEORGIA STATE NEXT SEASON.

TJ STANLEY, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS HE HAS PUT UP.

VERY IMPRESSIVE.

>> ANOTHER GENTLEMAN GO INTO THE S.E.C MR. HAYWARD ON DEFENSE.

>> A HEISMAN TROPHY PLAYER THAT PLAYED WELL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL, HERE IS THIS GUY, HAYWARD ON HIS WAY TO FLORIDA.

HE WILL SHOW US SOME GREAT THINGS AS A WIDE RECEIVER TODAY.

>> 50 CATCHES, 13 TOUCHDOWNS ON OF THE YEAR.

THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM IS CODY.

>> DON'T BE A GRINCH.

THAT THE ADVICE THAT HEAD COACH JEREMY WIGGINS GOT SOME OTHER COACHES AS HE WAS COMING HERE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THEY TOLD HIM TO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE SOME TIME TO ENJOY PLAYING AT MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

BUDDY MARTIN, HAS REACHED OUT TO OTHER COACHES ABOUT PLAY IN THIS GAME.

HIS ADVICE WAS TO BRING HIS TEAM UP EARLY.

THEY WEAR CAREER YESTERDAY EARLY TO GET USED TO THE MERCEDES-BENZ ATMOSPHERE.

NORTHEAST CAME UP FROM MACON THIS MORNING.

WE WILL SEE IF THAT HAS ANY ROLE IN THE EARLY PARTS OF THIS GAME.

>> CODY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JERRY McGINNIS SAYING THEY ARE ONLY ABOUT 90 MINUTES FROM THE DOME.

HE CAME UP, HAD A MORNING PRACTICE AND THEY TAKE THE FIELD FIRST.

THE RAIDERS FOR NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL IN MACON.

FIRST TIME EVER TO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, TOOMBS COUNTY MAKING THEIR ENTRANCE AS WELL.

>> HERE, THE BULLDOGS.

JEREMY WIGGINS A ALUMNUS OF NORTHEAST.

HIS OLDER BROTHER PLAYED THERE.

THIS TEAM BROUGHT THE CROWD WITH THEM.

WE WILL GET INTO THE STORY ABOUT WHAT MAKES THINGS SO EMOTIONAL FOR THAT MAN, BUDDY MARTIN, THE ROAD THEY TOOK TO GET TO THIS POINT IS INTERESTING.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT AS WE GO ALONG.

>> A GOOD LOOK AT COACH BUDDY MARTIN.

JEREMY WIGGINS, MEANWHILE, WATCHED HIS SON LAST YEAR AS MERCER REACHED THE QUARTERFINALS, LOSING TWO GEORGIA STATE.

HIS SEVENTH YEAR, NUMBER 54, 28 LOSSES.

HE IS EXCITED AS WELL.

WE ARE TOO IN THIS ONE.

TOOMBS COUNTY WILL GET THE BALL FIRST.

THEY WON THE TOSS.

THEY GET READY IN THE BLOCK --DARK BLUE UNIFORMS.

NORTHEAST IN THE WHITE JERSEYS WITH BLACK TRIM.

BUDDY MARTIN WE HAVE A LOOK AT HIM.

ACTION IS UNDERWAY AND WE CAN'T WAIT.

DABVN WADLEY BACK TO B. C. THIS OPENING KICKOFF BROUGHT TO YOU BY HEADS OF GEORGIA.

THAT KICK IS OUT OF BOUNDS.

A FLAG COMES OUT, OF COURSE.

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR IMPACT PLAYERS.

THESE ARE THE GUYS TO WATCH WHEN TOOMBS COUNTY HAS THE BALL.

WE WILL PUT THAT GRAPHIC UP FOR YOU.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT DABVN WADLEY.

OVER 1000 YARDS RUSHING.

WE TALK ABOUT 1022 OF THE OTHER SIDE, A HARD-HITTING LINEBACKER FOR NORTHEAST.

NUMBER 28, WILLIAMS, HE DOES TREMENDOUS THINGS FOR THEM.

WATCH HIM TODAY.

>> THE KICK WENT OUT OF BOUNDS.

FIRST DOWN AND 10 ON THE 25.

TOOMBS COUNTY 12-1 ON THE SEASON.

WHAT A JOURNEY THEY MAY TO GET TO ATLANTA.

>> THAT WAS A LITTLE HIGH.

>> STARTING LINEUPS PRESENTED TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK.

GONZALEZ, MALONE, LANGSTON, WE WILL FINISH IN A MOMENT.

BACK TO LIVE ACTION.

SECOND 2010.

HANDOFF THIS TIME, HE IS MET FOR A SHORT GAME.

WHAT A JOB DEFENSIVELY.

HE WAS SHOT OUT OF A CANNON, TAYVON SHIVERS.

LET'S FINISH UP THOSE OFFENSIVE STARS.

WE TALKED ABOUT HAYWARD, WE JUST SAW CHANTRY IN THE BACKFIELD.

THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.

A THREE YARD PICK UP FOUR DABVN WADLEY.

WE ARE JUST UNDERWAY.

A DIVISION I GAME.

STANLEY WITH THE PAST.

KNOCKED DOWN.

GOOD JOB BY THE DEFENSE CALLING OUT SHIVERS ONCE AGAIN.

WE GET READY FOR FOURTH DOWN.

AGAIN, STARTERS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK.

THE BACKERS, SAMPSON, BALKCOM AND SHIVERS.

MILEY, DECORIAN BRUNDAGE, KORTNEI WILLIAMS AND MORGAN.

STANLEY IS THE QUARTERBACK.

FOURTH DOWN AND SEVEN.

THE PUNT IS ON ITS WAY TO THE 25.

NICE JOB DEFENSIVELY BY SCOTT, NUMBER 23.

37 YARDS ON THAT KICK.

A FIVE YARD RETURN.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMPACT PLAYERS.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT NICK WOODFORD.

A JOB HE HAS DONE THIS SEASON.

OVER 2500 EUROS ON THE JOB --GROUND.

WATCH FOR HIM.

>> FIRST OFFENSIVE SERIES IS THREE AND OUT.

NOW NORTHEAST WITH THEIR TURN.

HANDOFF TO THE MAN IN MOTION AND HE GOES NOWHERE.

NICK WOODFORD, NUMBER 6, WITH THE CARRY.

ALEX SCOTT WITH THE STOP.

LET'S START WITH THE STARTERS.

UP FRONT, MARSHALL, DANIEL, PARKES AND COOPER.

HOWARD, STUBBS, WOODFORD, JACKSON AND DENSON FOR NORTHEAST.

WE WILL CHECK THE DEFENSE IN A MOMENT.

WOODFORD AGAIN.

LOVE SIDE HE BREAKS A COUPLE OF TACKLES OUT TO THE 40 JUST SHORT OF A FIRST DOWN.

SEVEN YARDS FOR WOODFORD.

LET'S CHECK OUT THE DEFENSE FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

START IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK.

UP FRONT DAVIS, DJ GORDON, HAYDEN BULLARD, THE BACKERS, McDONALD, SCOTT, BURTON AND ROY.

IN THE BACKFIELD IT IS MOORE, HAYWARD, ALEX SCOTT AND MIKE POLKE, HE ALSO PLAYS BOTH WAYS FOR THE BULLDOGS.

GREAT PASS MIDFIELD.

STILL ON HIS FEET.

WHAT A JOB BY REGINALD GLOVER.

FIRST DOWN.

>> LOVER SAID, DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME.

I CAN BURN YOU GOING THE OTHER WAY.

HE GOT A NICE BLOCK ON THE EDGE.

>> JACKSON, NUMBER 8 WITH A NICE BLOCK TO ALLOW HIM TO GET MORE YARDS.

WOODFORD GOING OVER THE 2500 RUSHING YARD MARK FOR THE SEASON.

HE KNOWS HOW TO DO THIS.

GLOVER WILL KEEP IT FOR A SHORT THE GAME.

>> ONE OF THE BIG PLAYERS ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

HERE IS A GOOD LOOK AT GLOVER.

HERE IS THE DEFENSE OF FRONT.

>> QUICK ACTION.

GOOD CROWD FOR BOTH SCHOOLS.

MACON AND TOOMBS COUNTY.

GLOVER ON SECOND DOWN.

LOOKING TO THROW IT THE.

HE HAS A MAN.

HE CAN'T QUITE COME UP WITH IT.

ZAHKIE DENSON GOT A CANNED ON IT BUT COULDN'T BRING IT IN.

>> COULDN'T BRING IT IN.

TRYING TO TAKE THE TOP OFF.

HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE TOP RECEIVERS.

TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.

HE GOT A TIP OF HIS FINGER ON IT BUT COULDN'T BRING IT IN.

>> THAT BRINGS UP THIRD DOWN.

>> ALEX SCOTT THE VENDING.

>> THAT WILL BE A FUN MATCHUP TO WATCH THROUGHOUT THE GAME.

EMPTY BACKFIELD.

GLOVER UP TOP.

BECAUSE GOD IS MAN.

TOUCHDOWN!

NORTHEAST 35 YARDS FOR THE SCORE!

>> HE COMES OUT OF THE BACKFIELD, GIVE CREDIT TO THIS OFFENSIVE LINE.

LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

I LOVE WHEN THE O-LINE IS DOING THAT.

AN EXTRA PIN OF BISCUITS FOR THESE BOYS.

THEY WOKE UP THIS MORNING READY TO PLAY.

HOW ABOUT THAT FOR NICK WOODFORD, FIFTH TOUCHDOWN CATCH OF THE SEASON HIS LONGEST CATCH OF THE SEASON.

THE EXTRA POINT IS BLOCKED.

NO GOOD.

QUICKTIME OUT ON THE FIELD.

WE WILL TAKE ONE AS WELL.

NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, GLOVER, TWO WOODFORD, THEY ARE STRIKING PAYDIRT FIRST HERE AT THE DOME.

>> RIGHT BACK HERE INSIDE THE DOME.

WE SOUGHT NORTHEAST LIKE PAYDIRT FIRST.

LET'S GO DOWN TO CODY.

>> A RIGHT KNEE BRACE ON WOODFORD, HE TORE HIS ACL LAST YEAR, HE SAID HE WANTED TO STAY A PART OF THE TEAM, HE WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO STAY WITH HIS BROTHERS.

HE CAME BACK ON A MISSION FOR HIS SENIOR YEAR AND ALREADY SHOWING OFF IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> NOT BAD.

>> 1000 YARDS LAST YEAR BEFORE THE INJURY.

>> HE HAS HAD A FANTASTIC SEASON.

MIKE POLKE GOING BACK TO GET IT ON A DECENT GAME.

FIRST DOWN AND 10.

17 YARDS ON THE RETURN.

>> GREAT RETURN FROM MIKE POLKE.

NOW WE GET OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE TOOMBS COUNTY OFFENSIVE UNIT AND TJ STANLEY, OUTSTANDING QUARTERBACK.

HE HAS HAD A PHENOMENAL SEASON.

WE WILL SEE HOW THEY RESPOND.

>> YOU SEE THE NUMBERS, SIX PLAYS, 69 YARDS.

IT TOOK THEM ONLY TO: 08 TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.

STANLEY TAKES THE HANDOFF.

GIVES IT TO MIKE POLKE.

MIKE POLKE PASSED THE 40.

A BIG PLAY ON FIRST DOWN FOR THE BULLDOGS.

>> THE FIRST THING IS THE ONLY GETS THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS.

THAT CAME OUT RED HOT.

WATCH HOW QUICKLY HE GETS RID OF IT.

>> SIDE ARM.

A LITTLE PATRICK MAHOMES THROW.

>> JUST A LITTLE BIT.

>> [ LAUGHTER ] TOOMBS COUNTY WITH ITS FIRST FIRST DOWN OF THE BALL GAME.

STANLEY WITH THE KEEP.

THAT LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A TWO YARD GAME BUT HE KEPT GOING.

>> HE IS CAPABLE OF DOING THAT AS WELL.

HE CAN GET SOME TOUGH YARDS.

>> HE WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PART OF TOWN IN A YEAR.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM ON THE NEXT LEVEL.

THAT GIVE WAS TO DABVN WADLEY.

HE IS CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN.

WE WILL SEE WHERE THEY MARK IT.

>> THE STATE WRESTLING CHAMPION.

AND HE IS A RUNNING BACK, MAN.

HERE IS A GOOD LOOK AT HIM.

>> THIRD AND ABOUT A FOOT.

BULLDOGS TRYING TO EQUALIZE.

STANLEY THE KEEPER.

FIRST DOWN.

THAT WAS PRETTY EASY.

NICE ASSIST FOR HIS TEAMMATES WITH A LITTLE SHOVE.

THEY WILL MOVE THE CHAINS.

>> COACH BUDDY MARTIN SAYS HE LOVES HIS OFFENSIVE LINE.

THEY HAVE GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER WITH EACH PASSING WEEK OF THE SEASON.

MALONE, LANGSTON, THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING THE JOB DONE.

>> HE LOVES THIS TEAM.

THEY SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THEMSELVES AND MET THEM THIS YEAR.

BIG MOVE.

DABVN WADLEY OUT IN THE OPEN.

SEVEN YARDS ON THE PICK UP.

WE SOUGHT NORTHEAST OFFENSE MOVE, TOOMBS COUNTY SHAKING OFF SOME OF THE OPENING GAME JITTERS, NOW THEY ARE MOVING THE BALL.

>> JAYLEN GUY LEE.

YOU ARE RIGHT, THE BULLDOGS ARE MOVING IT.

>> HANDOFF AGAIN.

DABVN WADLEY.

WHAT A GREAT STICK.

NICE JOB BY TAILEN SAMPSON ON THE STOP.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT HIM AT THE TOP.

18 TACKLES FOR LOSS THIS SEASON.

HE LIKES MAKING PLAYS IN THE BACKFIELD.

>> HE READ THAT ONE WELL.

HE GOT DABVN WADLEY BEFORE HE COULD TURN THE CORNER TO GET ANY POSITIVE YARDAGE.

DABVN WADLEY IN THE BACKFIELD WITH STANLEY.

NICE JOB.

TAKEN IN BY FLETCHER.

JUST PAST THE 30.

ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR THE BULLDOGS.

>> FLETCHER WITH A NICE CATCH AND SOME NICE MOVES AFTER FOUR YARDS AFTER THE CATCH.

HE CAN DO THAT.

>> JUST PAST THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

TOOMBS COUNTY ON THE MOVE.

STANLEY OUT TO HAYWARD.

HAYWARD.

GONE!

TOUCHDOWN!

29 YARDS AND THE BULLDOGS FROM DABVN WADLEY THE -- TOOMBS COUNTY GET ON THE BOARD.

>> ONCE AGAIN TJ STANLEY SHOWING HIS VERSATILITY.

A LITTLE RPO ACTION.

HE MOVES TO HIS LEFT SIDE THEN FINDS HIS RECEIVER, HERE HE IS, FAKES THE HANDOFF, WILL HE RUN IT, NOBODY IS GOING TO THROW IT.

THIS KID KNOWS HOW TO FINISH.

WE SEE YOU.

>> WEARING THE COLORS AS WELL.

THE ORANGE AND BLUE.

>> WE SAW THAT.

>> THAT KICK IS GOOD.

TOOMBS COUNTY TAKES THE DRIVE, SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

EIGHT PLAYS, 80 YARDS.

TO YOUR POINT BY TJ STANLEY, REALLY IMPRESSIVE ON THAT PLAY.

THAT PUT THEM AT A DISADVANTAGE.

>> SEVERAL WEEKS I GO I TALKED TO SHANNON JARVIS, HE SAID, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF GUYS I PREPARED FOR, ONE WAS TAYLOR HYNEK HE WENT HE WAS IN COLLEGE.

HE SAID THE OTHER WAS JOSH DOBBS.

TWO PRETTY GOOD GUYS WHO ARE CASHING SOME NFL CHECKS THESE DAYS.

THAT IS PRETTY SPECIAL.

>> AND THOSE WERE TWO SPECIAL GUYS, EVEN IN HIGH SCHOOL.

LIKE YOU SAID, MAKING SOME MONEY IN THE HIGHEST LEAGUES.

>> I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HE DOES.

>> TRYING TO CATCH THE RECEIVING TEAM OFF THE BALANCE.

A LOOSE KICK.

ONLY ABOUT 29 YARD LINE.

ABOUT THE 27.

FAIR CATCH.

THAT IS WHERE NORTHEAST WILL START FIRST DOWN AND 10 AFTER THE TOOMBS COUNTY TOUCHDOWN.

>> HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT STANLEY.

>> IT IS A CHESS MATCH EVERY PLAY.

GREAT JOB.

NOTHING DOING.

SCOTT IS THEY ARE, ALEX SCOTT WITH THE STOP.

>> 10 TACKLES FOR LOSS.

HE LIKES TO GET IN THE BACKFIELD AS WELL.

>> NICE JOB STAYING WITH THE PLAYWRIGHT THERE.

-- PLAY RIGHT THERE.

A GOOD LOOK AT SCOTT.

5'10", 180, ONLY A SOPHOMORE.

BUDDY MARKS BULLDOGS.

NO GAIN ON THE PLAY.

LOOK WHO IT IS THIS TIME.

SLADE McDONALD.

THE LINEBACKER MAKING THE TACKLE FOR A LOSS.

>> GIVE WOODFORD CREDIT FOR PULLING THIS ONE IN.

HE HAD TO REACH UP WITH ONE HAND TO PULL IT IN.

A NICE STOP BY McDONALD.

>> AND THAT SLOWED HIM DOWN.

A FOUR YARD LOSS ON THAT PAST PLAY.

THEY HAVE TO GET TO THE 37 YOUR BOND FOR A FIRST DOWN.

A SNAP TO GLOVER BUT A FLAG FIRST.

IT WILL BE AGAINST NORTHEAST.

WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE REFEREES AROUND THE STATE, AROUND THE COUNTRY.

>> THE REFEREE IS MATTHEW DILLON.

>> THIRD DOWN AND 19.

GLOVER.

GREAT JOB BY THE SECONDARY FOR TOOMBS COUNTY TO SHUT DOWN HIS OPTIONS.

NICE GOING ON THE PLAY BUT NOT ENOUGH.

FOURTH DOWN COMING UP FOR NORTHEAST.

AFTER THE 11 YARD PICK UP.

COACH WIGGINS.

WE MENTIONED SEVENTH YEAR AT NORTHEAST.

>> COACHING THAT TEAM IS IN HIS HEART.

HE MEANS IT.

IT IS THE SCHOOL HE WENT TO.

IT MEANS SO MUCH TO HIM.

>> WHAT A JOB HE HAS DONE.

A SHORT PUNT.

IT TAKES A TOOMBS COUNTY ROLL.

23 YARDS.

SO THE BULLDOGS ARE SET UP WITH NICE FIELD POSITION AT MIDFIELD.

THEIR THIRD OFFENSIVE SERIES.

>> WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY DO THIS TIME OFFENSIVELY.

>> IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, POKE PLAYING PACE ACADEMY IN THE FLAG GAME EARLIER.

>> THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL REPEATING AS STATE CHAMPIONS.

>> AS SAM MENTIONED TJ STANLEY HAS SIGNED WITH GEORGIA STATE SO HE WILL BE BACK TO ATLANTA VERY SHORTLY TO CONTINUE HIS CAREER.

FIRST DOWN AND 10 FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

STEALING ON THE KEEP.

SHAKES ONE TACKLE BUT CAN'T ESCAPE THE NEXT ONE.

AMARI WHITE STAYED WITH HIM FOR A TACKLE FOR A LOSS.

>> A PRETTY TALENTED FRONT LINE FOR NORTHEAST.

AMARI WHITE IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS.

63 TACKLES ON THE SEASON.

47 SOLO.

HE WAS WITH FOOLED AT ALL.

HE STAYED HOME TO MAKE THE STOP.

>> NO GAIN ON THAT PLAY.

SECOND DOWN FOR THE BULLDOGS.

WHAT A CATCH!

THAT IS MIKE POLKE ON THE CATCH.

MIKE POLKE, GREAT RECEPTION, GREAT CONCENTRATION.

THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PICKED OFF.

>> GREAT JOB BY POLKE TO KEEP HIS FOCUS.

>> MAKE SOME POSITIVE YARDAGE OUT OF IT.

A SIX YARD GAIN BRINGS UP THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.

HERE IS A LOOK AT MIKE POLKE.

ONE OF THE LEADERS ON THIS TOOMBS COUNTY TEAM.

THE PASS FROM STANLEY COMPLETES FIRST DOWN.

GAVIN FLETCHER.

THE BALL IS ON THE GROUND.

IT CAME OUT.

WE WILL SEE WHAT THE CALL IS.

WAS HE DOWN?

THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IT.

>> NO SIGN YET.

>> NOTHING YET.

THEY ARE GOING TO SAY IT WILL STAY WITH TOOMBS COUNTY.

TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AT THIS.

YOU CAN SEE THE REACTION.

RECOVERED BY AMARI WHITE WHO JUST MADE THE TACKLE ON STANLEY TWO PLAYS EARLIER.

YOU CAN HEAR THE REACTION.

>> Referee: THE RULING IS UNDER FURTHER REVIEW.

>> MATTHEW DILLON MAKING THE CALL.

NOW THE REACTION.

YOU CAN HEAR THE PEOPLE IN THE STANDS.

THEY ARE SHOWING THE REPLAY ON THE GIANT SCREENS AT THE TOP OF THE STADIUM.

ONE MORE LOOK AT IT AGAIN.

>> THE BALL IS LOOSE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS OUT.

THE THING IS HIS NEED TOUCHED BEFORE THE BALL CAME OUT.

>> THAT IS THE QUESTION.

THERE IS ANOTHER ANGLE THAT IS A BETTER LOOK.

>> THE BALL IS OUT BEFORE THE KNEE COMES DOWN.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT IS A VERY CLEAR ANGLE.

>> YEAH.

THE GROUP FROM MAKING VERY VOCAL WHEN THAT PLAY WAS SHOWN ON THE VIDEO BOARD.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE OVERTURNED.

IT WILL BE NORTHEAST BALL.

WE WILL SEE WHAT THE OFFICIAL RULING IS.

HERE WE GO.

>> Referee: AFTER FURTHER REVIEW THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS OVERTURNED.

IT IS A FUMBLE RECOVERED BY NORTHEAST.

>> THAT FROM MATTHEW DILLON.

BOTTOM LINE.

>> LAW AND ORDER BABY LAW AND ORDER.

TOUGH BREAK FOR FLETCHER AS HE MADE A NIFTY MOVE TO GET AROUND THE DEFENDER TO GET THE FIRST DOWN.

NICE JOB BY THE DEFENSE TO FORCE THE TURNOVER.

NORTHEAST MAKES THE STOP.

THAT WILL GIVE THE BALL BACK TO THE OFFENSE.

FIRST DOWN ON THEIR OWN 38 IS WHERE THEY WILL START.

IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US MACON SCORED FIRST, GLOVER WITH A TOUCHDOWN PASS.

THE EXTRA POINT IS THE DIFFERENCE SO FAR.

GLOVER WITH THE KEEPER ON FIRST DOWN.

TAKEN DOWN BY MJ BURTON.

SOPHOMORE LINEBACKER.

SHORT GAME.

>> HE HAD WOODFORD IN MOTION GOING ONE WAY.

GLOVER DECIDED TO TAKE IT THE OTHER WAY TO THE LEFT SIDE.

>> NORTHEAST HIGH WHAT --HIGH SCHOOL OUT OF MACON.

NORTHEAST COUNTY.

GLOVER, FOR KARIS, 39 YARDS.

GLOVER.

HIS HELMET CAME OFF.

THAT IS DANGEROUS.

HE HAS TO COME OUT OF THE GAME FOR A PLAY.

>> SCOTT IN ON THE PLATE TO MAKE THE HIT.

THE HELMET COMES OFF.

THIRD DOWN AND SIX.

>> HELMET TO HELMET HIT.

NORTHEAST WILL BURN A TIME-OUT.

AT THE 1:11 MARKS IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

COACH BUDDY MARTIN OF TOOMBS COUNTY TALKING TO THE OFFICIALS.

>> HE IS PART OF A MIGRATION FROM FLORIDA.

SO MANY COACHES HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY TO GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND HE IS ONE.

FROM A VERY SMALL PLACE, HARDY?

YOU LOOKED IT UP.

>> IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

[ LAUGHTER ] IT IS MAYBE ABOUT 45 MINUTES IN LENGTH FROM BRADINGTON.

>> THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THERE.

>> MAYBE 1:45 SOUTH OF LAKELAND.

I LIVED IN WEST PALM BEACH FOR TWO YEARS, I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE PLACE.

>> HE HAS FOUND A HOME AT 1030.

>> HE HAS.

THAT WILL BRING UP FOURTH DOWN.

AGAIN, THE QUARTERBACK, GLOVER, HAD TO COME OUT BECAUSE HIS HELMET CAME OFF.

THE DIRECT SNAP GOT JUST A COUPLE OF YARDS.

THAT BRINGS THE FOURTH DOWN.

THE PUNTING TEAM WILL COME ON.

>> THAT BRINGS ON THE OTHER WOODFORD, 88.

>> HE WILL PUNT THE BALL.

ONLY 23 YARDS LAST TIME.

HOW I SNAP.

MUCH BETTER KICK THIS TIME.

HE KICKS IT THE WAY.

THAT IS GOING TO WIND UP VERY GOOD FOR THE RAIDERS INSIDE THIS 10 AT THE SEVEN YARD LINE.

48 YARDS ON THAT KICK.

NICE.

>> NICE BOUNCE AND ROLL.

NOT GETTING STYLE POINTS.

VERY EFFECTIVE YOUNG MAN.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

SO, FIRST AND SEVEN FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

COACH MARTIN SAID, REALLY, WE WANT TO BUILD A CULTURE, IT IS ABOUT WHO YOU ARE, WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART, HE SAYS, I WILL NOT LOOK AT THE STANDS BECAUSE I WILL GET TOO EMOTIONAL SEEING EVERYONE WHO DROVE UP FROM TOOMBS COUNTY FOR THIS ONE.

HIS TEAM ON TOP SEVEN-6.

FIRST DOWN FROM THE 7 YARD LINE.

FIRST CARRY OF THE GAME FOR JUSTIN POWELL.

STILL ON HIS FEET.

ABOUT A NINE YARD GAIN.

>> NICE RUN FOR JUSTIN POWELL.

HE FOLLOWS HIS BLOCKS.

KEEPS THE LEGS GOING.

HE RAN FOR SEVEN TOUCHDOWNS IN THE COURSE OF THE SEASON.

>> THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

SPIRITED PLAY ON BOTH SIDES AS THESE TWO PROGRAMS LOOK TO CARVE THEIR NAME IN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LOWER.

WHAT A START TO THIS CLASS 1, DIVISION I MATCHUP.

A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWN PASSES SO FAR.

TOOMBS COUNTY WITH THE ADVANTAGE AS WE ROLL IN TWO QUARTER NUMBER TWO.

>> SECOND QUARTER ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY.

LET'S GO DOWN TO CODY.

>> THIS TOOMBS COUNTY TEAM, THEY WANT TO BE BAD, THAT IS BE A DOG, TO BE DRIVEN, TO GRIND, THEY WANT TO EMBRACE THE GRIND.

THEY CERTAINLY DID THAT AFTER THAT FUMBLE.

>> I LOVE THAT.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS WHY WE LOVE CODY.

GIVING US THE FLAVOR THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW.

I FEEL LIKE CODY IS THE MAN.

SECOND DOWN AND ONE.

STRAIGHT AHEAD.

THAT IS HOWELL AGAIN.

FIRST DOWN.

HERE IS A GOOD LOOK AT POWELL.

SIX FEET, 200 POUNDS, HE IS JUST A JUNIOR.

HANDOFF.

GREAT TACKLE.

NICE JOB BY SANTANA BALKCOM.

POWELL AGAIN ON THE CARRY.

SECOND DOWN.

>> ALSO, ISAIAH STUBBS WAS HELPING ON THAT PLAY.

A NICE STOP BY BALKCOM.

122 TACKLES DURING THE COURSE OF THE SEASON.

HE IS ALWAYS AROUND THE BALL.

>> A FOUR YARD GAIN.

HE HAS GOT A NICE BURST WHEN HE HITS THE HOLE.

THE JUNIOR.

THIS IS WILDS IN MOTION.

HANDOFF UP THE MIDDLE.

CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN.

BUT NOT QUITE.

DABVN WADLEY BACK IN THE GAME ON THAT CARRY.

THIRD DOWN AND ONE.

NO HUDDLE.

>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WADLEY.

IS A LOOK AT WHAT HE HAS DONE ON THE GROUND THIS SEASON.

>> 8.

3 YARDS PER CARRY.

THAT IS A SWEET AVERAGE, I DON'T CARE WHAT LAY --LEVEL YOU ARE PLAYING ON.

HE WILL STAY IN THE GAME.

THIRD DOWN AND ONE FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

WADLEY GETS THE FIRST DOWN.

THEY WILL MOVE THE CHAINS.

FIRST DOWN BULLDOGS.

>> THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT RIGHT NOW IF YOU ARE TOOMBS COUNTY.

YOU HAVE GOT TO CONTROL THE CLOCKS OF IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

>> TOOMBS COUNTY, NOT HUDDLING UP.

RIGHT TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

GETTING INSTRUCTIONS FROM THAT POINTS.

TJ STANLEY THE QUARTERBACK.

HANDOFF AGAIN TO WADLEY.

THIS TIME HE IS THROWN DOWN WITH AUTHORITY.

NUMBER 77 SAYS HOW YOU DO.

>> BIG FELLA MAKING THE PLAY.

WATCH NUMBER 77 IN WHITE.

HE GOT TO HIM QUICKLY TO MAKE THE STOP.

>> A THREE YARD GAIN.

QUICKLY BACK TO THE LINE.

PLENTY OF TIME ON THE PLAY CLOCK.

WADLEY STILL IN THE GAME.

MAN IN MOTION.

STANLEY TO THROW IT.

HE GETS HIS MAN.

FIRST DOWN MIKE POLKE, AGAIN.

WHAT AN IMPACT HE HAS HAD ON THIS GAME ALREADY.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE PLAY ON THAT FIRST POSSESSION.

HE GETS RID OF IT QUICKLY.

POLKE HAS THE PRESENCE OF MIND, BOY, HE TAKES A SHOT BUT HE HANGS ON TO IT.

>> HOW ABOUT STANLEY, 16 YARD PICK UP, 91 YARDS IN THE FIRST HALF.

VERY EFFICIENT.

AT THE 47.

STANLEY, AGAIN, QUICK THROW, HE HAS GOT HIS MAN.

HE HAS GOT ROOM!

MIKE POLKE TOUCHDOWN!

TOOMBS COUNTY!

47 YARDS!

>> STANLEY KNOWS HOW TO GET OUT QUICKLY.

HE HAS GOT SOME GUYS THAT CAN FINISH IT.

HE KNEW HE HAD THE GUY WHO COULD DO THE REST.

>> A LOOK AT TJ STANLEY, HIS REACTION TO THE PLAY.

>> YEAH.

>> [ LAUGHTER ] IT IS ALL ABOUT BUSINESS.

STANLEY WITH THE HOLD FOR ALEX OTERO, THE KICKER.

IT IS GOOD.

WHAT A JOB, STANLEY WITH A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWN PASSES.

12 HAYWARD, ONE TO POLKE.

14-SIXPACK BULLDOGS ON TOP.

>> 14-6 BACK IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

THAT SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

NINE PLAYS, 93 YARDS, IT ONLY TOOK THEM 56 SECONDS TO DO IT.

POLKE WITH HIS FOURTH ON THE SEASON.

47 YARDS ON THAT PLAY, HIS LONGEST PASS RECEPTION ON THE SEASON.

VERY RELAXED RIGHT NOW.

>> HE IS DOING SOMETHING TO STAY OCCUPIED UNTIL HE GETS BACK ON THE FIELD.

>> HE IS A COOL CUSTOMER, TJ STANLEY.

THAT IS TAKEN BY ZAHKIE DENSON.

HE IS STILL ON HIS FEET.

FINALLY TAKEN DOWN BY KORTNEI WILLIAMS.

21 YARDS ON THE RETURN FOR WILLIAMS.

>> HE SHAKES ONE DEFENDER, SHAKES A SECOND ONE, BECAUSE GOT SOME ROOM TO RUN UNTIL THEY PUSH HIM OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> A GOOD LOOK AT THE QUARTERBACK.

REGINALD GLOVER.

TWO OF THREE FOR 31 YARDS.

A TOUCHDOWN PASS TO NICK WOODFORD.

>> Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP.

STOP INFECTION OFFENSE.

FIVE YARD PENALTY.

>> THAT WAS ON THE INTERIOR.

THAT WAS THE CENTER GOING A LITTLE TOO SOON.

>> HEAD COACH, GOOD-LOOKING COACH WIGGINS, SEVENTH SEASON, 54 WINS, 28 LOSSES.

>> PLAYED HIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL AT APPALACHIAN STATE.

>> HE KNOWS HOW TO WIN.

WOODFORD GETS FREE.

FIRST DOWN AND MORE PICS STILL ON HIS FEET.

2500 YARDS ON THE SEASON AND HE ADDS 26 MORE.

FIRST DOWN RAIDERS.

>> HE SHOWS YOU WHY HE HAS HAD THE TREMENDOUS SEASON HE HAS HAD.

THE WAY THAT HE RUNS REMIND YOU OF ANYBODY?

COACH SAYS, HE IS A COMBINATION OF LE'VEON BELL AND SAQUON BARKLEY.

THAT IS NOT A BAD COMBINATION.

>> THE BALL IS LOOSE.

WHO WANTS IT!

NORTHEAST RECOVERS!

WHAT A PLAY!

GREAT JOB BY NUMBER 22, JOSH EVANS.

NO ONE COULD GET THEIR HANDS ON IT.

>> THE BALL COMES FLYING OUT.

NUMBER 22, JOSH EVANS, STATES WITH THE PLAY.

KEEPS AN EYE ON IT.

THAT IS ALL THAT YOU WANT TO DO.

THAT IS ALL THE COACH WANTS YOU TO DO.

RIGHT?

>> A GOOD LOOK HERE.

A GREAT JOB BY HAYDEN ROY TO POKE THE BALL OUT.

IT WOUND UP BEING ADVANTAGE STORE THESE.

FIRST DOWN TRYING TO GET IT TO ZAHKIE DENSON BUT IT IS KNOCKED AWAY BY SCOTT.

MAKE THAT, POLKE, NUMBER 5, MIKE POLKE.

THAT WILL BRING UP SECOND DOWN.

>> POLKE, ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE.

GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY.

>> THE SENIOR DOING IT ON BOTH ENDS, MIKE POLKE.

>> HE IS BOUND FOR MERCER.

>> BY THE WAY, UNOFFICIALLY, 19 YARDS ON THAT FUMBLE GAME.

THAT IS HOW FAR THAT BALL BOUNCED.

WOODFORD AGAIN.

THIRD DOWN.

>> NOT THE WAY COACH WIGGINS WANTS THEM TO GET THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.

>> [ LAUGHTER ] BUT HE WILL TAKE IT.

HE IS NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN.

>> HE WILL TAKE IT.

>> THIRD DOWN AND GOAL.

GLOVER ON THE KEEPER ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

CAN HE GET TO THE PYLON?

INCOMPLETE.

IN HOT PURSUIT, I AM NOT SURE HE WOULD HAVE MADE THE CORNER.

>> HE DECIDED TO THROW IT.

RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF ALEX SCOTT WHO COULDN'T HANG ON TO IT.

ALEX SAYS THAT WAS MINE.

WOW.

>> SEVENTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE COMING UP.

THEY MISSED THE EXTRA POINT EARLIER ON.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TIME-OUT.

AND NORTHEAST CALLING A TIME-OUT.

THEY WILL TALK THIS OVER.

FOURTH DOWN FROM THE THREE.

WHAT A SEASON THEY HAVE HAD, FIRST EVER 10 WINS SEASON.

WE MENTIONED COACH WIGGINS, HE WENT TO SCHOOL AT NORTHEAST, THEIR ONLY REGION TITLE WAS 2009, AS WE TALKED THAT THE TOP, THE FIRST TIME EVER THEY ARE IN THE FINALS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

HERE THEY ARE.

IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

FANTASTIC FULL COACH.

LIKE YOU SAID, A PRODUCT OF HIS SCHOOL, IT IS IN HIS HEART.

IT ALSO MEANS A LOT TO THE CITY OF MACON.

IT IS A LONG TIME SINCE A TEAM FROM MACON HAS PLAYED FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> OF COURSE HE PLAYED AT APPALACHIAN STATE IN COLLEGE.

>> HE DID A LOT OF WINNING.

>> GOOD PROGRAM.

TIME-OUT CALLED BY TOOMBS COUNTY BEFORE THE SNAP.

THEY WANTED TO SEE HOW THEY ARE GOING TO LINE UP.

>> Referee: TIME-OUT TOOMBS COUNTY.

>> SO, TOOMBS COUNTY SAYS HOW ABOUT THE WAY WE GOT HERE?

HERE YOU GO.

WE WILL GIVE THAT TO YOU.

AS WE SAID AT THE TOP, FIRST EVER FINALS APPEARANCE FOR THEM.

REGION FINALIST LAST YEAR.

MADE THE PLAYOFFS EIGHT OF THE LAST NINE YEARS.

120 WINS IN 15 SEASONS.

THIS IS ONLY SEASON NUMBER TWO FOR BUDDY MARTIN.

>> MARTIN TALKED ABOUT LAST SEASON AND HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO SCHEDULE GAMES.

I THINK EVERY COACH WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOU ESTABLISH YOURSELF AS ONE AS THOSE PROGRAMS THE SCHEDULE BECOMES VERY HARD.

THEY PLAYED THE GAME IN ROME, THIS IS WHAT CAUGHT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION THAT FRIDAY NIGHT WE SAW TOOMBS WINNING ON THE ROAD.

THEY GOT OUR ATTENTION BIG-TIME WITH THAT WIN.

>> LIKE YOU SAID, THEY DO THAT THEY HAD SOMETHING THEN.

THEY COULD COMPETE WITH THE BEST IN THE STATE.

GLOVER HANGS ONTO IT.

TOUCHDOWN!

OUT OF THE HANDS OF ISAIAH STUBBS.

THREE YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH AND NORTHEAST BACK ON THE SCOREBOARD AGAIN.

>> IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW YOU GET THERE AS LONG AS YOU GET THERE, RIGHT?

IF YOU CAN FINISH IT THIS WAY.

TOUCHDOWN.

COACH WIGGINS WILL TAKE IT.

GOOD FOR THE RAIDERS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

LAST TIME WE TRIED THIS IS WAS NO GOOD.

DUNN.

WITH THE EXTRA POINT ATTEMPT.

AND THAT ONE IS NO GOOD AS WELL.

>> YOU JUST ROLLS OUT RIGHT.

DON'T TAKE YOUR EYE OFF OF IT.

YOU WANT TO CATCH IT.

SQUEEZE IT.

>> FOR GLOVER THAT WAS A TOSS THAT WAS ALMOST TOO SOFT, BUT HE GETS IT IN.

ISAIAH STUBBS, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON DRIVE, HELPED BY A 19 YARD FUMBLE.

BACK WITHIN TWO POINTS OF TOOMBS COUNTY.

>> THOSE MISSED POINTS COULD COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

IT IS THE LITTLE THINGS WHEN YOU GET TO THIS LEVEL.

>> THE QUARTERBACK, REGINALD GLOVER, THIRD YEAR AS A STARTER.

HE SAID HE TAKES GOOD CARE OF THE BALL AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT SO FAR.

>> 16 TOUCHDOWNS, ONLY THREE INTERCEPTIONS DURING THE COURSE OF THE SEASON.

>> HERE IS THE KICK.

POLKE AT HIS OWN 8.

TO THE LEFT SIDE.

HE HAS GOT SOME ROOM.

POLKE!

NOBODY IN FRONT OF HIM!

MIKE POLKE!

92 YARDS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!

HOW DO LIKE THAT AS AN ANSWER!

>> TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS!

HE TAKES A LITTLE STUTTER STEP THEN GOES TO HIS LEFT.

HE GETS TO SIDELINE AND NO ONE IS GOING TO GET MIKE POLKE.

>> WHEN HE GOT TO MIDFIELD IT WAS OBVIOUS.

WITH HIS SPEED -- WHAT A FIRST HALF FOR THAT YOUNG MAN.

>> THE TRIP TO THE BIG CITY, HUH?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WOW.

A STOP IN PLAY BEFORE THE KICK.

>> Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP, ENCROACHMENT DEFENSE.

LINED UP IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE.

HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL.

RETRY.

>> THEY WILL LINE UP AND TRY IT AGAIN.

MY POLKE GETTING SOME REFRESHMENTS, WELL-EARNED.

>> YEAH, REPLENISH.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

ALEX OTERO THE KICKER TRYING TO GO THREE OF THREE ON EXTRA POINTS IN THIS HALF.

UP AND GOOD.

BUDDY MARTIN'S BULLDOGS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE RETURN.

THIS IS OUR ANGLE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

HE IS OFF TO THE RACES.

NOBODY IS GOING TO CATCH HIM.

WHAT A MOMENT.

>> A GOOD ANGLE RIGHT HERE.

LET'S GO DOWN TO CODY.

>> TALKING ABOUT MIKE POLKE, HE IS MAKING PLAY S ALL PLAYOFFS LONG.

ALSO HAD AN INTERCEPTION IN THE LAST GAME, ALSO A SCOOP AND SCORE IN THAT GAME.

HE HAS BEEN MAKING BIG PLAYS ALL THROUGH THIS TOOMBS COUNTY PLAYOFF RUN.

>> AND WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> AT ONE POINT DURING THE SEASON THEY WENT A MONTH WITHOUT PLAYING A GAME.

THE HURRICANE HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT IN THAT COMMUNITY, THAT SCHOOL, COACH MARTIN HAD NO POWER FOR 16 DAYS.

THAT IS WHY HE GET SO EMOTIONAL ABOUT THE CROWD BEING HERE TODAY.

>> WE SAW A LOT OF CHARACTER ON THIS TEAM THE WAY THEY CAME TOGETHER.

THEY HIT THE WEIGHT ROOM.

THEY WERE THAT DEDICATED.

AND THEY HELPED PASSED US OUT FOOD AND TARPS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL CHARACTER BUILDING MOMENT THAT HE SAW WITH HIS TEAM IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.

>> ALSO THIS COMMUNITY HAS FOLLOWED THEM HERE TO ATLANTA TO SUPPORT THEM TODAY.

THAT IS THE THING COACH GET SO EMOTIONAL ABOUT.

HE SAYS I CAN'T LOOK UP INTO THE STANDS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN THROUGH AND YET THEY ARE HERE TO SUPPORT US TODAY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS HE HAS DONE ON THE GROUND, 2500 YARDS ALREADY, AN INCREDIBLE SEASON FOR HIM.

HE CAME OFF OF THAT INJURY LAST YEAR.

A THREE YARD PICK UP BRINGS UP SECOND DOWN.

WE ARE IN THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE SECOND QUARTER.

SECOND OF FOUR GAMES WE HAVE ON GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCAST.

WE ARE GLAD TO ARE WITH US ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON FROM ATLANTA.

>> IT IS SUPPOSED TO GET UP TO 70.

>> GLOVER WITH THE HANDOFF.

>> THE BLUE JERSEYS ARE EVERYWHERE.

>> SWARMING DEFENSE, ALL FIRED UP.

SCOTT, NUMBER SEVEN AMONG THEM.

>> HE WAS THE LEADER.

HERE IS A LOOK AT IT.

71 TACKLES DURING THE SEASON, 14 TACKLES FOR LOSS.

>> NO GAME.

THIRD DOWN AND 10.

GLOVER TRYING TO GET IT BACK.

HE KEEPS IT.

THAT IS SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.

A 8 YARD GAME.

THAT WILL BRING UP FOURTH DOWN AND TWO.

FROM THEIR OWN 44.

>> DO THEY WANT TO GO FOR IT OR SEND OUT THE SPECIAL TEAMS?

>> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO KICK IT.

WOODFORD COMING OUT.

NOBODY BACK TO RECEIVE YET.

THEY ARE GOING TO LET IT BOUNCE.

THE QUESTION IS CAN HE CATCH UP TO IT AND HE CAN.

AMARI WHITE AT THE THREE.

I AM NOT SURE TOOMBS COUNTY THOUGHT IT WAS A FAKE OR NOT SURE IF THEY THOUGHT IT WAS FOURTH DOWN.

>> I AM NOT SURE WHY THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SOMEONE BACK THERE TO RETURN IT.

ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY JUST SCORED ON A RETURN.

>> THAT WAS STRANGE.

>> THAT MEANS WE GET TO SEE MORE OF TJ STANLEY.

HE HAS BEEN TWIRLING THE BALL ON HIS FINGER FOR A WHILE.

>> ALREADY TWO TOUCHDOWN PASSES FOR HIM TODAY.

ON THE SEASON, 32 TOUCHDOWN PASSES, ONLY TWO INTERCEPTIONS FOR THE JOIN YOU --GEORGIA STATE SIGNEE.

HE WILL MUSTER HIS OFFENSE FROM THEIR OWN THREE YARD LINE.

EMPTY BACKFIELD BEHIND HIM.

THE KEEPER FOR STANLEY.

FIRST DOWN AND MORE.

GREAT JOB BY THE SENIOR QUARTERBACK.

>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHAT MAKES THIS GUY SO SPECIAL AND MAKES HIM SO DIFFICULT TO PLAN FOR.

HE FAKES THE HANDOFF, GOING TO KEEP IT, GETS A NICE BLOCK FROM JUSTICE WILDSS.

NUMBER 3.

THAT HELPS THEM GET THAT FIRST DOWN YARDAGE.

>> 13 YARDS ON THE PICK UP.

A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWN PASSES, MIKE POLKE, A 92 YARD KICKOFF RETURN.

STANLEY GOING UP TOP.

HE ALMOST HAD IT!

MY GOODNESS THAT WAS ALMOST THE CATCH OF THE WEEK BY LAGONZA HAYWARD!

THAT WAS THIS CLOSE TO BEING A SPECIAL SPORTSCENTER TYPE HIGHLIGHT CATS.

>> HE WAS ABLE TO GET A HAND ON IT.

HE WENT OUT OF BOUNDS.

HE KEEPS HIS EYE ON IT.

WHEN HE CATCHES IT HE CATCHES IT OUT OF BOUNDS.

LOOK AT THE SMILE ON HIS FACE.

>> A FOR EFFORT.

THAT WAS OUTSTANDING.

BUT, IT IS AN INCOMPLETE PASS.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY HIS ATTIRE, HE IS ORANGE AND BLUE ALL THE WAY, A FLORIDA GATOR NEXT YEAR TO PLAY DEFENSE.

A PASS TO POLKE.

MIKE POLKE BEGINNING TO RACK UP SOME NUMBERS IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> A QUICK RELEASE AGAIN BY STANLEY.

POLKE, YOU KNOW HE WILL HANG ON TO IT.

MAKE THE YARDS.

THEY WILL MOVE THE CHAINS.

>> A BIG PART OF THE OFFENSE FOR THE BULLDOGS.

HE IS IN MOTION.

HE HAD OFF TO WADLEY.

NICE JOB ON DEFENSE.

1013, WE HAVE CALLED HIS NAME QUITE A BIT.

>> WE HAVE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THEM AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW TODAY.

STICKING WITH WADLEY TO MAKE THE BIG SOLO STOP.

>> PLENTY OF TIME ON THE CLOCK.

THE BULLDOGS FROM TOOMBS COUNTY.

A QUICK FLIP DOES NOT GO VERY FAR TRYING TO GET THE BALL INTO THE HANDS OF JUSTIN WILDS.

NICE THE FENCE BY NUMBER 19.

THAT WILL BRING UP THIRD DOWN.

>> GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY.

YOU WANT TO GET THE BALL IN THE HANDS OF YOUR PLAYMAKER BUT NOTHING GOING ON THAT TIME.

EMMANUEL FORBES WITH THE STOP.

>> THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.

HANDOFF UP THE MIDDLE FOR WADLEY.

A BIG-TIME HIT BY SAMSON.

HE IS THERE AGAIN.

THE NORTHEAST DEFENSE HOLDS AND FORCES THE FOURTH DOWN.

ONE MORE LOOK AT IT.

>> IMPRESSIVE SERIES FOR THE NORTHEAST DEFENSE.

THEY HAVE COME UP BIG TIME.

GIVE THE OFFENSE A CHANCE TO GET THE BALL.

TOOMBS COUNTY DELAYED IN BRINGING THE PUNT TEAM ON, BUT THEY FINALLY DO.

GAVIN FLETCHER IS OUT TO PUNT.

>> WE HAVE A WHISTLE.

>> WE HAVE A WHISTLE BEFORE THE KICK.

TIME-OUT ON THE FIELD.

>> Referee: TIME-OUT.

TIME-OUT TO THESE.

>> NORTHEAST CALLS A TIME-OUT.

IT DID SEEM AS IF TOOMBS COUNTY WAS TRYING TO BURN A LITTLE CLOCK.

THEY WAITED A LONG TIME BEFORE THEY BROUGHT THE PUNT TEAM OUT.

THAT IS THEIR FINAL TIME-OUT FOR NORTHEAST.

AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS THEIR FIRST 10 WIN SEASON.

THEY COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE OPENING ROUND.

HIGH SCORING GAMES IN THE LAST TWO CONTESTS.

FITZGERALD, A TEAM WE HAVE SEEN QUITE A BIT, THEY KNOCKED THEM OUT.

NOW THE RAIDERS ARE IN ATLANTA.

>> THOSE LAST TWO WINS SO IMPRESSIVE.

>> BACK ON THE FIELD.

IT IS SHORT.

OFF TO THE RIGHT.

IT IS GOING TO BOUNCE OUT OF BOUNDS.

MARKED AT THE 35 YARD LINE.

THAT IS WHERE NORTHEAST WILL TAKE OVER.

28 YARDS ON THE KICK.

TAKE A LOOK NOW AT TOOMBS COUNTY AND HOW THEY GOT HERE.

TALK ABOUT SCORING, HOW ABOUT THAT.

THE POINT TOTAL IS 42 POINTS.

THEY CAN PUT SOME POINTS UP IN A HURRY.

>> AND THOSE ARE SOME GOOD TEAMS THAT THEY BEAT TOO.

TOOMBS MADE IT THROUGH THEM ALL AND THEY ARE HERE.

>> NOT ONLY THE OFFENSE, BUT THE DEFENSE.

NORTHEAST TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING.

HE TRIED TO MOVE BEFORE HE HAD THE BALL.

THAT WAS INTENDED FOR JOSH EVANS.

INCOMPLETE PASS THAWS.

SECOND DOWN.

>> YOU HAVE GOT TO LOOK THE BALL ALL THE WAY IN.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

A BIG PART OF THIS RESURGENCE FOR THIS PROUD PROGRAM.

ALREADY A PART OF SCHOOL HISTORY.

TRYING TO ADD TO THAT.

BRING HOME THE TROPHY.

MAN IN MOTION.

SHORT GAIN.

NICE TACKLE.

WE HAVE CALLED WITH ALMOST NAME QUITE A BIT, NUMBER 12, HE WAS PART OF THAT.

>> SLADE McDONALD MAKING THE STOP.

DAVIS, 21, ALSO.

HELPING OUT ON THE STOP.

>> THIRD AND SEVEN NOW.

NORTHEAST MACON TIGHTWAD TOUCHDOWNS BUT THEY MISSED BOTH EXTRA POINT KICKS.

GLOVER GOING DEEP.

IT IS INTERCEPTED BY SCOTT.

WHAT A GREAT JOB DEFENSIVELY.

ALEX SCOTT IS STILL ON HIS FEET.

HE GOES DOWN AT THE 39 BUT THERE IS A FLAG ON THE PLAY.

LET'S SEE WHEN THAT CAME DOWN.

INTERCEPTION.

14 YARDS ON THE RETAIN BUT THEY WILL TALK THIS THROUGH.

WHAT A GREAT JOB BY THE TWO DEFENDERS TO KEEP THE BALL IN THE AIR AND THEN SCOTT GRABBING IT.

TWO FLAGS ON THE FIELD.

THERE IS ONE AT THE 36 YARD LINE BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

THERE IS ONE OVER HERE WHERE THE INTERCEPTION TOOK PLACE.

LET'S LISTEN IN.

>> Referee: THERE ARE TWO FOULS, ONE ON EACH TEAM, ILLEGAL PROCEDURE OFFENSE, FIVE IN THE BACKFIELD.

HOLDING, DEFENSE, THOSE PENALTIES WILL OFFSET, REPLAY THIRD DOWN.

>> [ LAUGHTER ] BOY, THIS IS SUCH A GREAT EFFORT.

WATCH THIS, THE EFFORT, -- >> GAVIN FLETCHER KNOCKED IT UP INTO THE AIR.

>> ALEX SCOTT, GREAT JOB.

THE FLAG CAME AFTER THAT.

THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN HOLDING AHEAD OF TIME BUT THAT WAS A GREAT EFFORT, NO QUESTION.

>> TREMENDOUS EFFORT.

TREMENDOUS EFFORT.

ALL THOSE THINGS THAT TO WORK ON.

KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

BRING IT IN.

>> TOOMBS COUNTY VERY ACTIVE ON DEFENSE IN THIS FIRST HALF.

GLOVER ESCAPES.

HE GETS IT AWAY.

TRYING TO GET IT TO WOODFORD?

JOSH EVANS ALSO IN THE AREA BUT IT FALLS INCOMPLETE.

FOURTH DOWN AND SEVEN.

ARE THEY GOING TO PUNT?

THEY ARE.

>> GLOVER WAS FEELING THE HEAT AND WAS ABLE TO ELUDE THE DEFENDERS.

STILL COULDN'T MAKE AT THE COMPLETION TO KEEP THE DRIVE GOING.

>> HE HAD A LOT OF BLUE SHIRTS IN HIS FACE CHASING HIM.

TOOMBS COUNTY WITH TWO BACK.

MIKE POLKE BUT THEY KICK AWAY FROM HIM.

LAGONZA HAYWARD TAKES THE PUNT.

HE RETURNS IT ACROSS MIDFIELD.

24 YARDS ON THE KICK BUT A 15 YARD RETURN SO TOOMBS COUNTY WITH TWO TIME-OUTS A CHANCE TO GET MORE POINTS ON THE BOARD BEFORE HALF-TIME.

>> YOU DIDN'T WANT IT TO BOUNCE, GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE, ONE MINUTE TO PLAY UNTIL HALF-TIME.

NOW TO BRING TJ STANLEY OUT HERE.

HE HAS GOT SOME TIME TO WORK.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> TOOMBS COUNTY, ALSO WITH TWO TIME-OUTS.

>> 54 SECONDS LEFT.

WE HAVE GOT A FLAG.

>> Referee: ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION DEFENSE.

FIVE YARD PENALTY.

STILL FIRST DOWN.

>> Referee: COACH WIGGINS TRYING TO KEEP HIS GUYS COMPOSE.

>> FIVE YARD PENALTY WILL MOVE IT TO THE 42.

FIRST DOWN FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

NORTHEAST LOOK AT THE BALL FIRST TO START THE SECOND HALF.

STANLEY TO HAYWARD.

NICE MOVE.

INSIDE THE 32 THE 29th.

THEY WILL MOVE THE CHAINS.

GETS OUT OF BOUNDS.

TOOK ONLY FOUR SECONDS OFF THE CLOCK.

ALL DOCS TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME.

WE HAVE GOT JOHN AND HANNAH AT THE HALF.

>> SMART PLAY BY HAYWARD TO STOP THE CLOCK.

YOU ARE EXCITED.

YOU ARE AT THE BIG GAME.

YOU WANT TO MAKE THE BIG PLAY.

>> VETERAN MOVE BY THE SENIOR.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

STANLEY AGAIN.

A FLAG COMING DOWN.

IT MAY BE COMING BACK.

STANLEY GETS OUT OF BOUNDS TO STOP THE CLOCK BUT WE HAVE A FLAG.

IT IS IN THE AREA OF A POSSIBLE HOLDING.

WE WILL SEE WHAT THE OFFICIAL CALL IS.

MATTHEW DILLON HAS BEEN BUSY TODAY.

>> WE HAVE GOT A HOLD.

HERE IS THE SHERIFF.

>> Referee: HOLDING OFFENSE 10 YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

STILL FIRST DOWN.

>> TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.

>> THERE WE GO.

MR. MALONE.

>> YEAH, PRETTY EASY TO MAKE THAT CALL.

>> THERE HE IS.

>> SORRY TO CALL YOU OUT, BUT HE.

-- BUDDY.

THAT NEGATES A NICE PICK UP.

BACK AT THEIR OWN 39.

STANLEY IS UNDER PRESSURE FROM WHITE.

HE HAS HIS MAN.

HE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS.

WHAT A NICE PLAY BY WILDS TO MAKE THAT CATS.

STANLEY, HE IS A COOL CUSTOMER.

HE NEVER GOT RATTLED.

>> I AM TELLING YOU THIS IS A COOL CUSTOMER.

HIS EYES ARE ALWAYS DOWNFIELD.

ALWAYS DOWNFIELD.

FANTASTIC PLAY.

>> OUTSTANDING.

29 YARDS ON THE PICK UP.

NICE PLAY BY JUSTIN WILDS.

OUTSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.

32 SECONDS LEFT.

TWO TIME-OUTS.

WHAT A FIRST HALF FOR THAT YOUNG MAN, TJ STANLEY.

THE PITCH TO WADLEY.

NICE TACKLE BY SAMSON.

HE HAS BEEN BUSY THIS FIRST HALF FOR NORTHEAST.

>> HE TRULY HAS AND HE READ THAT PLAY CORRECTLY.

>> Referee: TIME-OUT TOOMBS COUNTY.

>> NO SURPRISE TOOMBS COUNTY WITH THE TIME-OUT.

THIS IS A GREAT JOB BY SAMSON.

HE BRINGS A PUNCH.

THAT IS WHAT HE HAS DONE ALREADY IN THE FIRST HALF.

THAT IS NOT LAST WEEK.

THAT IS IN UNDER 24 MINUTES.

10 TACKLES ALREADY FOR TAILEN SAMPSON.

>> WE STILL HAVE 24 SECONDS LEFT UNTIL HALF-TIME.

HE IS A BUSY MAN TODAY.

>> HE IS AN IMPRESSIVE YOUNG PLAYER, TAILEN SAMPSON.

>> RIGHT NOW THE TEAM GATHERED AROUND.

YOU TRIED TO SEE WHAT IS PRIORITY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO LET THIS PLAYER BEAT YOU.

YOU DON'T WANT TO LET THAT PLAYER BEAT YOU.

STANLEY IS DIFFICULT TO PLAN FOR.

THEY HAVE BEEN WATCHING GAME FILM ON HIM BUT HERE HE IS IN PERSON.

>> YOU SEE NUMBERS ON THE PAPER THEN YOU SEE THE PLAYER LIVE, WHAT HE CAN DO, HE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.

FIFTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE COMING UP.

TOOMBS COUNTY TRYING TO GET AN IMPORTANT SCORE RIGHT BEFORE HALF-TIME.

TRYING TO EXTEND THE LEAD.

STANLEY LOOKING TO HIS RIGHT.

INCOMPLETE TO THE HANDS OF GAVIN FLETCHER.

COMING RIGHT INTO YOUR TV SCREEN, RIGHT INTO YOUR HOME, LOOK AT THAT, GOOD CAMERAWORK BY OUR GPB CREW.

>> NICE DEFENDING.

>> REMEMBER, THEY HAVE THE BALL WITH 54 SECONDS LEFT.

THEY GOT IT DOWN TO THE 10 IN JUST 34 SECONDS.

>> STILL HAVE 20 SECONDS.

ALSO STILL HAVE A TIME-OUT.

PLAY CLOCK AT 10.

>> THEY ARE TAKING A LOT OF TIME.

STANLEY.

HE IS BROUGHT DOWN.

GREAT JOB BY SHIVERS.

>> NOBODY TOUCHED THIS GUY.

HE IS ALL ALONE.

THERE IS A MISSED ASSIGNMENT.

>> Referee: TIME-OUT TOOMBS COUNTY.

>> THE PROBLEM IS THE CLOCK IS DOWN TO TWO SECONDS.

DO YOU TRY A KICK HERE?

ALEX OTERO.

IT IS FOURTH AND GOAL.

ONLY ONE PLAY LEFT ON THE CLOCK.

BACK AT THE 12.

>> I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO PUT SIX ON THE BOARD.

>> YEAH, THEY ARE HAVING A LONG CONVERSATION, AREN'T THEY?

>> HERE, THE BULLDOGS.

>> AND THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO KICK IT.

GREAT LEG STRENGTH ON THE TEAM.

LINING UP JUST INSIDE THE 20.

AND THEY WERE OFF SIZE.

-- OFFSIDES.

KADAYVIOUS McCALL, NUMBER 7, JUMPED THE GUN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LINE.

HERE IS THE OFFICIAL CALL.

>> Referee: ENCROACHMENT DEFENSE.

HALF OF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL.

FOURTH DOWN.

>> SO YOU ARE AT ABOUT THE 12.

ACTUALLY AT THE NUMBER 8.

A 25 YARD ATTEMPT FOR ALEX OTERO.

UP AND NO PROBLEM.

THAT IS THE WAY IT WILL END.

A GREAT FIRST HALF FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

THEY DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.

TWO TOUCHDOWN PASSES, A KICKOFF RETURN, THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SHORT FIELDS.

THEY GET THREE MORE POINTS BEFORE THEY GO OUT.

GREAT JOB BY THE BULLDOGS IN THE FIRST 24 MINUTES.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THEY TAKE THE LEAD INTO THE LOCKER ROOM WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE.

>> THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS HALFWAY THROUGH, TOOMBS COUNTY UP 24-12.

OUR COACHES INTERVIEW, DELIVERED BY JOHNNY PIZZA, LET'S GO TO CODY.

>> COACH, HOW DO YOU FEEL?

>> THAT WAS BIG IN A GAME LIKE THIS.

>> YOUR PLAYMAKERS ARE MAKING PLAYEDS, WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT MIKE POLKE?

>> A PHENOMENAL BALLPLAYER, A BETTER YOUNG MAN.

>> HALFWAY HOME TO YOUR FIRST TITLE, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOUR TEAM?

>> CONTINUE.

IT AIN'T EVEN CLOSE TO BEING OVER.

CONTINUE TO FIGHT.

>> BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, CODY.

THANKS SO MUCH.

24-12.

WHAT A FIRST HALF.

COOL AS THEY COME, TJ STANLEY FINDING POLKE.

THEY ARE ROCKING AND ROLLING.

WHAT CAN NORTHEAST DO TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT IN THE LOCKER ROOM?

WE WILL FIND OUT.

THE HALF-TIME SHOW IS UP NEXT RIGHT HERE FROM ATLANTA.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS OF THE COOPERATIVE SPIRIT SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD FOR THE LAST CYCLE.

THIS AWARD ON THE SCHOOL THAT EXHIBIT SPORTSMANSHIP DURING COMPETITIVE EVENTS.

ONLY ONE SCHOOL IN EACH REGION IS CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THE AWARD.

THE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL ASPECTS OF SPORTSMANSHIP MAKING THE AWARD A TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THIS AWARD REINFORCES THE PHILOSOPHY THAT EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FROM ATHLETES TO SPECTATORS SHOULD ADHERE TO THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES IT REPRESENTS.

GEORGIA EMC AND THE 35 COOPERATIVES ARE PROUD TO SPONSOR THE SPIRIT SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS THIS YEAR.

>> WELCOME TO THE HALF-TIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGIONS, GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK.

WE ARE AT THE HALF OF THE MATCHUP BETWEEN NORTHEAST AND TOOMBS COUNTY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HALF-TIME SCORE.

>> 12 MEETS 24, THREE AT THE END OF THE HALF.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT THE BIG PLAYEDS.

IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO SEE THE FANTASTIC TALENT ON PLAY.

TOOMBS COUNTY, LAGONZA HAYWARD, YOU GOT TO SEE A 92 YARD KICKOFF RETURN, YOU GOT TO SEE TJ STANLEY.

12.

2 THE PLUS FOR BUDDY MARTIN.

>> TWO NEWCOMERS WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

COMING UP AT 4:00 BURKE COUNTY AND CARVER COLUMBUS.

HERE WE HAVE THE HEAD COACH, FRANKLIN STEVENS, HOW ARE YOU?

>> I AM DOING GREAT.

>> ARE YOU FEELING GOOD ABOUT THIS ONE?

>> OF COURSE.

>> HOW SPECIAL IS THIS SEASON?

>> IT IS UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE KIDS.

THEN SEEING THE KIDS WIN GAME AFTER GAME TO GET BETTER AND BETTER.

NOW WE ARE HERE.

IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

>> YOU START OUT 2-0, WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF IN THAT GAME THAT GOT YOU PREPARED FOR REGION PLAY?

>> WE THOUGHT WE PLAYED BETTER THAN THE SQUARE SHOWED.

WE FELT THEY WERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GET THINGS DONE.

WE HAD A DROPPED PAST, A PENALTY, BUT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD FIX WE WENT HAVE A CHANCE.

AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE OF THAT B. C. GAME WE HAD A CHANCE THEN WE KNEW THE NEXT WEEK IF WE COULD HOLD UP AND HAVE A GREAT SHOWING WE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN HEAD COACH TWO SEASONS BUT YOU PLAYED AT BURKE COUNTY, WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO GO HOME?

>> IT IS INCREDIBLE.

RIGHT NOW I DON'T PROCESS IT BECAUSE I AM BUSY, SEVERAL YEARS FROM NOW, MY WIFE, SHE DOES A GREAT JOB OF SCRAPBOOKING.

SHE PUTS IT ALL OF THESE BOOKS, I LOOK BACK AT IT AND I LIKE IT, SO WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THIS I THINK IT WILL BE AN UNBELIEVABLE FEELING.

>> WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOURSELF AS A HEAD COACH ALONG THE WAY.

YOU AND I GO WAY BACK BUT LET'S HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOURSELF THAT HAS HELPED YOU TO BE THE HEAD COACH YOU ARE TODAY?

>> EACH STOP IS DIFFERENT.

YOU HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NONNEGOTIABLE BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE TO DO THE WORK AND GET EVERYONE IN THE PROGRAM TO BELIEVE.

WITHOUT BELIEF YOU WON'T GET ANYTHING DONE.

SO BEING FLEXIBLE AND DRIVING IT SO EVERYBODY KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

>> THE BEARS DROVE 150 MILES TO BE HERE, WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> THE MAN'S PHONE HAS BEEN BLOWING UP.

LITERALLY.

HIS PHONE HAS BEEN BLOWING UP.

>> COACH STEVENS, WE WILL LET YOU GO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COACH.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE MORE COMING UP.

WE WILL SEE YOU IN JUST A SECOND.

>> WELCOME BACK.

WE ARE ACTING HALF OF THE DIVISION I MATCHUP BETWEEN NORTHEAST AND TOOMBS COUNTY.

BULLDOGS UP 24-12.

A LOT OF TALENT ON THE FIELD, JOHN, AS WE SAW IN THE FIRST HALF.

FOUR PLAYERS COMMITTED ERSSON TO A COLLEGE AND LAGONZA HAYWARD SIGNED WITH FLORIDA ON SIGNING DAY.

WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLAYERS THAT EXCEL, WHAT ABOUT THE PLAYERS HERE THAT NEED OFFERS ON THIS BIG WEEK?

HERE ARE OUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MAKE THAT HIT AN OFFER.

WE START WITH MILTON SENIOR LINEBACKER, HE HOLDS THE TITLE OF TEAM TACKLE LEADER AFTER BACK TO BACK 100 PLUS TACKLES SEASONS.

HE RUNS A 4.

740 YARDER.

HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE WRESTLING TEAM.

HE HOLDS A 3.

9 GPA.

NEXT UP, RUNNING BACK, ALLYSHIP MILLER, HE HAS OVER 1300 YARDS ON THE GROUND.

AND 20 CLEAR TOUCHDOWNS.

HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BASEBALL TEAM.

THEN IT IS NOT TC NEWMAN LINEBACKER SANTANA BALKCOM, ONE OF THE TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYERS FOR THREE SEASONS.

HE HAS LED THE TEAM IN TACKLES THIS YEAR WITH 122 AND A CAREER 267 TACKLES.

HE ALSO PLAYS BASEBALL FOR THE RAIDERS.

NEXT UP, GAVIN FLETCHER, DURING HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON HE WAS AWARDED FIRST TEAM WIDE RECEIVER.

HE AVERAGES 17 YARDS PER CATCH AND SCORED 15 TOUCHDOWNS.

FLETCHER PLACED SECOND IN HIGH JUMP AND GIVE AN HONORABLE MENTION IN BASKETBALL.

FINALLY, HE NEEDS IT MORE OFFERS, HE IS FOURTH ON THE TEAM IN TACKLES THE BANK TIED FOR THE LEAD IN SACKS.

HE ALSO PLAYEDS THREE SPORTS.

>> SANTANA BALKCOM AND ALVIN FLETCHER BOTH PLAYED IN THIS GAME.

IF YOU ARE A SCOUT KEEP YOUR EYES OUT.

SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO MAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP KID AN OFFER.

ALL RIGHT, TIME FOR THE PLAYER SPOTLIGHT.

WE ARE FEATURING TWO BROTHERS WHO HAVE DONE A RARE AND IMPRESSIVE THING.

THEY HAVE SCORED 1000 POINTS IN BASKETBALL.

HERE IS THE STORY.

>> HOW MANY PEOPLE MAKE IT TO 1000 POINTS?

>> I THINK IT WAS FOR INCLUDING ME AND MY BROTHER.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE 1000 POINTS IN HIGH SCHOOL?

>> THAT MEANS YOU SCORE THE BALL A LOT AND YOU WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN.

>> IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS HAPPY.

IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT.

MY DAD WAS HAPPY.

>> IT REFLECTS ON HOW MUCH THEY LOVE EACH OTHER AND HOW MUCH TIME THEY PUT IN AT THE GYM.

TO MAKE IT SPECIAL, AS BROTHERS, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE BROTHERLY LOVE.

>> WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE DUO.

THE DAD IS THE COACH, THAT STORY GIVES ME CHILLS.

COMING UP NEXT WE ARE GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU HAVE MISSED AND WHAT IS TO COME THIS WEEK FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE REGIONS HALF TIME SHOW.

BOTH THE TEAMS COMING A COUPLE OF HOURS UP HERE TO ATLANTA TO COMPETE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

LET'S SHOW THEM THAT HALF-TIME SCORE AGAIN.

>> TRUNK PLAYS HAVE BEEN THE DIFFERENCE.

TOMBS: --TOOMBS COUNTY A 92 YARD KICKOFF RETURN.

24-12, THE LATE FIELD GOAL.

TOOMBS COUNTY HAS KEPT NICK WOODFORD IN CHECK.

HE HAS GOTTEN SOME YARDAGE BUT HE HAS NOT HAD THE BREAKOUT GAME SOME PEOPLE ANTICIPATED.

THEY HAVE KEPT HIM AT CHECK SO FAR.

WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO GET HIM UNLOCKED FOR THE SECOND HALF?

THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION FOR NORTHEAST.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING AT FLAG.

>> IT WAS GOOD TO CATCH UP WITH THE COACH.

POKE GOES BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THEY KNOCKOFF PACE ACADEMY.

THEN YOU HAVE THIS MATCHUP HERE STILL IN THE BALANCE.

AFTER THIS ONE, ONCE AGAIN WE CAUGHT UP WITH FRANKLIN STEVENS, CARVER COLUMBUS COMING FROM THE WESTERN FRONTIER, KICKOFF RIGHT AFTER 4:00.

7:00, GET YOUR DINNER READY.

>> AT YOUR GPB SPORTS APP READY.

>> LANGSTON HUGHES COMING TO THE TABLE TO TAKE ON NATIONALLY RANKED MILTON TONIGHT.

IT IS GOING TO BE A FUN ONE.

WE HAVE HAD LANGSTON HUGHES A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS YEAR, SAME FOR MILTON.

IT WILL BE A TOUGH TEST FOR BOONE WILLIAMS BUT LANGSTON HUGHES HAS NEVER BACKED DOWN.

>> COMING UP, FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE WEEK.

THAT IS IT FOR THE REGIONS HALF-TIME SHOW.

THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR WATCHING.

WE WILL BE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS GAME.

>> HALF-TIME ABOUT TO CLOSE FOR THE CLASS A DIVISION I GAME, TOOMBS COUNTY ON TOP 24-12 AS WE WELCOME YOU BACK.

WE WERE TALKING, THIS WAS EXCITING, WE KNEW WE HAD A GOOD MATCHUP BUT THE TALENT AND SKILL OF TOOMBS COUNTY REALLY SHOWING.

>> ABSOLUTELY THE BUTTERFLIES WERE OFF QUICKLY AND THEY GOT DOWN TO BUSINESS.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT FIRST HALF.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS RIGHT NOW AS WE CHECKED OUT THE FIRST 24 MINUTES OF ACTION.

BOTH OF THESE TEAMS --NEITHER SCHOOL HAS BEEN HERE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

IT WAS NORTHEAST ON TOP FIRST.

>> WOODFORD MAKING THE CATCH AND THE SCORE.

YOU SAW STANLEY DO THAT RPO.

>> THAT MADE IT 7-6.

ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN PASS TO MIKE POLKE.

THAT MADE IT 14-6.

>> THAT IS S. T. E. M. WITH THE TOUCHDOWN.

POLKE SHOWING YOU WHAT HE CAN DO ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE.

T OUT RUNS EVERYBODY.

THIS GUY CAN ACCELERATE.

HE CAN HANDLE HIS BUSINESS.

>> OUTSTANDING.

92 YARDS ON THE RETURN.

THEN THEY HAD THE FIELD GOAL.

LET'S GO DOWN TO CODY WITH COACH BROUGHT TO BY JOHNNY'S PIZZA.

>> HERE WITH JEREMY WIGGINS, YOU KNEW THEY WOULD BE EXPLOSIVE ON OFFENSE, HOW DO YOU LIMIT THE BIG-PLAYS?

>> WE HAVE GOT TO GET THEM IN MANAGEABLE DISTANCE SO WE CAN DO WHAT WE DO BEST.

WE HAVE JUST GOT TO CUT DOWN ON THE MISTAKES AND TAKE OUR OPPORTUNITIES ON OFFENSE.

I AM GLAD TO FINALLY GET THAT FIRST HALF OUT OF THE WAY AND GET EVERYONE SETTLED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

IT WAS NOT OUR NORMAL WARM-UP BUT I THINK WE WILL BE ALL RIGHT.

>> OVER 100 TOTAL YARDS FOR NICK WOODFORD HOW DO GET HIM GOING?

>> WE HAVE GOT TO DO BETTER UP FRONT BLOCKING.

SPREAD THEM OUT A LITTLE BIT.

MIX IT UP AND DO A BETTER JOB UP FRONT.

WE HAVE GOT TO WIN THAT UP FRONT.

>> YOU HAVE PLAYED IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, WHAT WAS YOUR MESSAGE?

>> IT IS ALL OR NOTHING RIGHT NOW.

ONE PLAY AT A TIME.

JUST TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE YOU.

CONTROL WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL.

TAKE ONE PLAY AT A TIME AND GET SOME STOPS ON DEFENSE AND SCORE SOME POINTS.

>> GOOD LUCK IN THE SECOND HALF.

NORTHEAST WILL RECEIVE THE SECOND HALF KICKOFF.

>> CODY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

A GOOD LOOK AT COACH WIGGINS, THE RAIDERS FROM NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL IN MACON AS THEY GET READY TO START THE SECOND HALF.

LET'S RECAP THE FIRST HALF STATS.

YOU CAN SEE THE OFFENSE, 267 TOTAL YARDS, 12 FIRST OUTS, ONLY FOR FOR NORTHEAST.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

PENALTIES, A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR NORTHEAST.

A BIT MORE THAN COACH WIGGINS WANTS TO SEE.

SOME EXPLOSIVE PLAYS FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE THE LEAD.

>> WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE IN THE FINAL TWO QUARTERS?

>> YOU WANT TO RE-ESTABLISH THE RUNNING GAME IF YOU ARE NORTHEAST.

THAT IS THE KEY FOR THEM.

GET WOODFORD GOING.

HE COULD BE A BIG DIFFERENCE MAKER IN GETTING THEM BACK INTO THE GAME.

TOOMBS COUNTY, CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.

OR SPECIAL TEAMS, THE GUYS HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS.

POLKE HAS DONE GREAT THINGS.

THE BIG TIME PLAYERS ARE MAKING BIG-PLAYS.

>> TO ADD TO THAT, RIGHT NOW 1030 HAS TAKEN THE MONTH THEM AWAY, THEY HAVE TAKEN THE CROWD OUT, KIND OF THE A GRINCH, BE A LITTLE NASTY, TAKE ADVANTAGE AND GET SOME FIRST DOWNS.

IT FELT LIKE THEY GOT MORE.

>> IT REALLY DID.

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET FIRST DOWNS.

TRY TO ELIMINATE THE NEGATIVE PLAYS EARLY IN YOUR POSSESSION.

IT CHANGES THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO.

IF YOU FALL BEHIND ON THE FIRST PLAY OF YOUR POSITION.

>> READY TO START THE SECOND HALF IN A MOMENT.

THE RAIDERS WITH 12 WINS ON.

THAT IS A SCHOOL RECORD.

THEY HAD NEVER WON MORE THAN NINE GAMES IN A SEASON.

COACH WIGGINS WAS A PART OF A COUPLE OF THOSE TEAMS WHEN HE PLAYED FOR NORTHEAST MANY YEARS AGO.

TOOMBS COUNTY READY TO KICK IT OFF AS WE BRING YOU THE SECOND HALF KICKOFF BROUGHT TO YOU BY HEADS-UP GEORGIA, PARKING YOUR PHONE WHILE DRIVING SAVES LIVES.

FLETCHER WITH THE KICK.

IT IS SHORT.

BROUGHT OUT IN A HURRY IS TO 12 WITH THE CATCH, WHO ELSE, ONE OF THE BUSIEST GUYS ON THE FIELD, JACORY SCOTT, THE LINEBACKER SENIOR WITH THE START.

>> HE IS PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF IN THE FIRST HALF.

HE WAS A BUSY MAN.

NOTICE THE KICK, THEY ARE VERY INTENTIONAL.

HERE IS REGINALD GLOVER.

THIS IS WHAT HE HAS DONE SO FAR IN THIS GAME.

>> THREE OF SEVEN, 34 YARDS, A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWN PASSES.

IT IS WOODFORD HERE.

BIG HOLE.

FIRST DOWN AND MORE FOR THE SENIOR.

SO HARD TO BRING DOWN.

>> STARTING THE SECOND HALF, LARRY, THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IF YOU ARE COACH WIGGINS.

KEEP HIS FOOTING.

GET THAT EXTRA YARD.

MOVE THE CHAINS.

>> 13 YARDS.

THAT IS A GREAT START.

COMPLETION.

FOURTH OF THE GAME FOR GLOVER.

HE GETS IT TO EVANS.

BIG GAME ON FIRST DOWN.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE SAW FROM TOOMBS.

GLOVER GETTING THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS QUICKLY TO JOSH EVANS.

HE PICKS UP A LITTLE SOMETHING AFTERWARDS.

>> YOU CAN SEE HIS KNEE BRACE FROM THE INJURY AS A JUNIOR.

HE THREW THAT BEHIND HIM.

THAT COULD BE A LIVE BALL.

IT IS INCOMPLETE.

HE TRIED TO GET IT TO EVANS.

TWICE HE HAS THROWN IT BEHIND HIM.

IT ALLOWED THE DEFENSE TO CATCH UP.

NO GAME.

>> HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL WHERE HE IS PUTTING IT.

>> FIVE FIRST DOWNS IN THE GAME FOR COACH WIGGINS AND HIS NORTHEAST OFFENSE.

12 FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

THIRD DOWN PLAY.

HIT.

POWER THROUGH IT FOR THE FIRST DOWN CLOSE TO MIDFIELD.

>> THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED.

YOU NEED TO MOVE THE STICKS.

GET THAT FIRST DOWN.

YOU HAVE A RUNNING BACK THAT YOU KNOW CAN GET IT FOR YOU.

>> 11 CARRY OF THE DAY FOR THE SENIOR, NICK WOODFORD.

60 YARDS ON THE GROUND.

31 RECEIVING YARDS.

A COUPLE OF CATCHES, ONE OF THEM FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

EARLY THIRD QUARTER.

EVANS IN MOTION.

WOODFORD AGAIN.

HE IS GRABBED EARLY.

HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE IS THE LINEBACKER, HAYDEN ROY.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> HAYDEN ROY IS AN AMAZING ATHLETE.

HE DOES EVERYTHING.

EVERY COACH WHICH IS HE HAS A PLAY LIKE HAYDEN ROY.

THE COACH SAYS HE HAS A MENTALITY OF A CALF ROPER.

THAT IS HOW HE APPROACHES THINGS.

HE CAN PLATE LINEBACKER, RUNNING BACK, EVEN A LITTLE QUARTERBACK.

EVERY COACH, ON WHATEVER TEAM, WANTS THAT PLAYER THAT SAYS COACH, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM ME.

HE IS THAT GUY.

>> EMPTY BACKFIELD BEHIND GLOVER.

HE HAS HIS MAN, EVANS.

FIRST DOWN AND MORE.

HE STAYS ON HIS FEET INSIDE THE 35 YARD LINE.

HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 36.

FIRST DOWN ON THE PLAY.

14 YARD PLAY.

>> GLOVER IMPRESSES YOU WITH THAT THROW FIRST OF ALL.

THAT WILL MOVE THE STICKS.

THAT IS A NICE DRIVE FOR THIS NORTHEAST TEAM TO START THE SECOND HALF.

>> THE BEST DRIVE THEY HAVE HAD.

THREE FIRST DOWNS TO START THE SECOND HALF.

>> YOU ARE GOING TO NEED MORE FROM NICK WOODFORD.

>> 12th CARRY OF THE GAME FOR WOODFORD.

TRYING TO TURN THE CORNER.

CAN'T GET IT DONE.

NICE JOB BY ALEX SCOTT.

GREAT PURSUED.

>> RATE PURSUED BY THE BLUE JERSEYS.

DAY WERE NOT GOING TO LET THIS GUY GET TO THE EDGE.

>> GOOD SPEED BY SCOTT.

DIONNE MOORE THE SOPHOMORE DEFENSIVE BACK, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT DEFENSIVE JOB DONE BY NORTHEAST.

FIVE TOTAL TACKLES FOR SCOTT IN THE GAME.

WOODFORD AGAIN.

HE HAS GOT A HOLE.

INSIDE THE 10.

IT IS FIRST AND GOAL FOR THE RAIDERS.

>> HE WANTED THAT ONE.

HE WANTED TO FINISH IT.

NICE PLAY CALL HERE.

RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.

>> 26 YARDS ON THAT PLAY FOR WOODFORD.

>> LAGONZA HAYWARD HAD TO SAVE IT.

>> AS WE MOVE INTO THE RED ZONE PRESENTED BY ALPHA INSURANCE.

FIRST AND GOAL FOR NORTHEAST.

WOODFORD AGAIN.

HE GETS MAYBE A YARD.

SECOND DOWN COMING.

SCOTT AGAIN.

WOODFORD'S THE NUMBERS ON THE SEASON JUST OUTSTANDING.

231 CARRIES, CLOSE TO 100 YARDS TODAY.

10th PLAY OF THE DRIVE.

EMPTY BACKFIELD.

GLOVER KEEPS IT.

TOUCHDOWN!

THAT IS HOW YOU GET THE RAIDERS BACK ON THE BOARD.

>> YOU WANTED TO SEE HOW THE RAIDERS WOULD FINISH THIS AFTER THE WOODFORD RUN THAT GETS THEM DOWN TO THE RED ZONE.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COME UP EMPTY AFTER THEIR MOST PRODUCTIVE DRIVE OF THE GAME.

THAT IS HOW YOU FINISH IT.

>> EXCELLENT JOB.

NOW THE KICKING GAME HAS NOT GONE WELL FOR NORTHEAST BUT THEY ARE GOING TO HOPE THAT THE THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM.

>> THIS BIG CROWD FOR MAKING IS GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER.

>> DEVONDRE DONE.

WE HAVE GOT A FLAG.

>> Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP.

FALSE START OFFENSE.

FIVE YARD PENALTY.

>> THAT IS GOING TO HURT THE RAIDERS.

>> COACH WIGGINS IS STILL GOING TO GO WITH THEM TO KICK IT.

HE CAN GAIN SOME CONFIDENCE IF HE GETS THIS ONE.

A COUPLE OF MISSES EARLY.

>> THAT WAS BLOCKED.

SO, NORTHEAST, THREE TOUCHDOWNS FOR THREE MISSED EXTRA POINTS, WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A THREE POINT GAME IS A SIX POINT GAME BUT THEY GET BACK ON THE BOARD.

REGINALD GLOVER GETTING IT DONE WITH HIS FEET.

MAKING WITH THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> WE CHECKED OUT THE SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

10 PLAYS, WOODFORD, SIX CARRIES, 50 YARDS.

LET'S GO DOWN TO CODY.

>> THEY HAVE PLAYED FROM BEHIND, EARLIER THIS YEAR AGAINST BLECKLEY COUNTY THEY WERE DOWN AT HALF-TIME, CAME BACK TO WIN THAT GAME LED BY NICK WOODFORD.

OF COURSE THEY WERE DOWN 24-12 TO START THIS SECOND HALF.

>> THAT TOOK 3:33 OFF OF THE CLOCK.

NOW IT IS TOOMBS COUNTY'S TURN.

STILL ON HIS FEET.

STILL GOING.

MINCY, 31 YARDS.

HE MADE SOME GREAT YARDS ON THAT RETURN.

>> HE IS SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS MY TURN.

LET ME MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN HERE.

HERE HE IS SHOWING YOU HIS MOVES.

IT TOOK THE KICKER TO BRING HIM DOWN.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

HERE IS TJ STANLEY.

WHAT A FIRST HALF HE HAD.

A COUPLE OF RUNS AS WELL.

A WELL CALLED GAME FOR THE SENIOR FOR THE BULLDOGS.

>> HE PLAYS LIKE HE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE.

>> HE HAS.

HE WILL PLAY AT GEORGIA STATE OF THE NEXT LEVEL.

FIRST DOWN RUN BY WADLEY DOESN'T GO FAR.

>> THAT DEFENSIVE FRONT FOR NORTHEAST ACTIVE, WHITE, AND ZANTAVIUS TOWLES.

>> NOW CAN THE DEFENSE KEEP THE BULLDOGS IN CHECK TO GET THE BALL BACK.

SECOND DOWN AND A. WILDS IN MOTION.

STANLEY.

BEING PRESSURED.

HE MAKES A POSITIVE GAIN AND ALMOST GETS A FIRST DOWN.

GREAT JOB BY THE NORTHEAST DEFENSE, THE SECONDARY, TO SHUT DOWN THE OPTIONS.

THIRD DOWN AND SHORT FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

>> HE MAKES IT SEEM SO EASY.

HE IS NOT UNRAVELED.

NOT FLUSTERED BY ANYTHING THEY ARE THROWING AT HIM.

>> SEVEN YARD PICK UP FOUR STANLEY.

COACH BUDDY MARTIN, SECOND HERE WITH THE PROGRAM.

TRYING TO BRING HOME THE FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

UP TO WADLEY.

HE IS HIT.

THE BALL MAY BE LOOSE.

>> HE MADE THAT FIRST CONTACTED AGAIN, SAMSON IS A PART OF IT.

12, JORDAN WIGGINS.

>> THEY ARE GOING TO MARK IT SHORT.

HE HELD ON TO THE BALL BUT DIDN'T GET THE YARDS THAT HE NEEDED.

IT IS FOURTH AND ABOUT A FOOT.

THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR IT.

STANLEY UNDER CENTER.

THAT BALL MAY BE LOOSE.

EITHER WAY IT IS NORTHEAST 'S BALL.

IT LOOKED LIKE THE BULLDOGS DID GAME POSSESSION BUT IT DOES NOT MATTER, THEY ARE SHORT OF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE EXCHANGE.

THE SNAP.

THE EXCHANGE FROM THE CENTER TO THE QUARTERBACK, STANLEY.

HE HELD ONTO IT BUT WAS DENIED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE FOR THE FIRST DOWN.

SO FAR, THINGS GOING THE WAY OF THE RAIDERS TO START THE SECOND HALF.

THEY ARE BACK ON OFFENSE.

>> WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO IN THIS FIRST SIX MINUTES THEY HAVE DONE.

THEY HAVE GOT MOMENTUM.

THE CROWD YOU HEAR IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE FAITHFUL FROM MACON AND HERE IS A GREAT SHOT OF THEM.

DIRECT SNAP TO WOODFORD.

>> WE HAVE A FLAG.

>> DIDN'T FOOL ANYBODY.

LET'S SEE WHAT THE FLAG IS.

>> Referee: ILLEGAL FORMATION OFFENSE.

>> SO THAT WILL COST THEM.

>> Referee: THAT PENALTY IS DECLINED.

SECOND DOWN.

>> WATCH OUT FOR THE SHERIFF.

[ LAUGHTER ] OUR REFEREE IS MATTHEW DILLON.

>> THAT IS A SECOND DOWN.

NO GAME.

>> COACH WIGGINS IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING.

HE HAS BEEN FORCED TO CALL A TIME-OUT.

>> TOOK HIS HAT OFF, YEAH, HE WAS NOT HAPPY.

>> HE IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.

[ LAUGHTER ] SOMETHING NOT TO HIS LIKING AT ALL.

HE IS FORCED TO BURN A TIME-OUT.

>> YEAH, TOOK HIS HAT OFF, PUT IT BACK ON.

>> HE CAN FEEL THE MOMENTUM.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

LET'S GO DOWN TO CODY FOR MORE ON COACH WIGGINS.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT HIS APALACHEE INSTATE CAREER, HE SAID WHEN HE FIRST GOT TO BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA HE WASN'T SURE HE COULD FIND HIS WAY BACK TO MACON, GEORGIA.

HE ENDED UP BEING AN ALL AMERICAN.

STILL FIFTH ALL-TIME IN TACKLES IN MOUNTAINEER HISTORY.

>> ISN'T THAT SOMETHING.

HANDOFF TO WOODFORD.

HE GETS BACK TO THE LINE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN IT IS THIRD AND LONG FOR THE RAIDERS.

HE TALKS ABOUT HIS TIME AT WARNER ROBINS, SHE WAS PART OF THAT TEAM THE FIRST YEAR, PLAYED TWO GAMES, THEN THE WEATHER HIT, EVERYONE HAD TO GO HOME.

>> THEY WERE SET TO PLAY THE GAME.

THE SNOW WAS COMING DOWN SO HARD THAT THEY.

>> SO HE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE, JUST NOT AS A HEAD COACH.

TRYING TO GET HIS ALMA MATER TO THE STATE TITLE.

HE OVERTHROWS HIS INTENDED TARGET.

TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO NUMBER 4, HOWARD.

FOURTH DOWN AND 10.

THEY WILL HAVE TO PUNT.

>> HERE COMES THE PRESSURE ON GLOVER.

GIVE THE BULLDOGS CREDIT, THEY MADE THEM GET RID OF IT.

HE COULDN'T CONNECT WITH HOWARD.

>> THAT IS A TOUGH ROW.

TRYING TO THROW AGAINST YOUR BODY.

LOOK OUT FOR THIS GUY, MIKE POLKE, HIGH SNAP.

GREAT JOB BY WOODFORD TO CORRAL THAT.

THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS.

WE SAW THAT IN YESTERDAY'S GAME.

IT TURNED THE MOMENTUM OF THE GAME.

>> I THINK COACH IS OKAY WITH THAT KICK BECAUSE HE KICKED IT AWAY FROM NUMBER 2.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THEY DON'T WANT EITHER POLKE OR HAYWARD TO TOUCH THE BALL.

>> TJ STANLEY COMING BACK OUT.

A BAD EXCHANGE ON THAT FOURTH DOWN PLAY.

HE IS RARELY UNDER CENTER.

HAND IN MOTION.

THE THROW BEHIND FLETCHER.

INCOMPLETE.

>> ONCE AGAIN, STEELY IS GETTING THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS QUICK TO THAT RECEIVER CROSSING, HE JUST THREW THAT ONE AT FLETCHER'S BACK POCKET.

>> A GOOD LOOK AT STANLEY.

COACH WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS TEAM, TOOMBS COUNTY, HE SAID THEY WOULD FIGHT OVER A TUG OF WAR ROPE.

HERE IS A GOOD LOOK AT COACH BUDDY MARTIN.

12 WINS AS WELL FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

STANLEY GOING THE WRONG WAY.

HE GETS FLIPPED.

MY GOODNESS!

ELIJAH JORDAN WITH THE SACK.

>> RIGHT AT HIM.

HE WOULD NOT BE DENIED.

>> HELLO.

A BIG LOSS.

A LOSS OF SIX.

THIRD DOWN AND LONG.

>> WE HAVE A WHISTLE HERE.

>> DO IT AGAIN?

>> Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP ENCROACHMENT, DEFENSE.

FIVE YARD PENALTY.

STILL THIRD DOWN.

>> SO THEY GIVE FIVE YARDS BACK THAT THEY JUST GAINED ON THAT SACK.

IT IS NOW A MORE MANAGEABLE THIRD AND 10.

STANLEY.

PASSED LAWS INCOMPLETE.

GOOD DEFENSE AGAIN BY THE RAIDERS.

ANOTHER FOURTH DOWN.

THEY ARE PLAYING GREAT THE DEFENSE.

FLETCHER CAN'T HANG ON TO THAT ONE.

HE HAS BEEN A RELIABLE RECEIVER THIS SEASON.

>> THE NORTHEAST DEFENSE HAS COME OUT TO PLAY IN THE SECOND HALF.

FLETCHER GETS THE PUNT AWAY.

WILLIAMS.

THAT BALL CAME OUT.

THE BALL IS LOOSE.

TOOMBS COUNTY HAS IT!

>> ALEX SCOTT, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME.

>> 44 YARD POND LOST TWO YARDS AND THE BALL ON THE RETURN AND HERE IS HOW IT HAPPENS.

1012 WITH THE BOUNCE, THOUGHT HE HAD SOMETHING GOING.

WHO ELSE, NUMBER 23, ALEX SCOTT.

HOW ANY TIMES HAVE WE CALLED HIS NUMBER TODAY, CM?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

HIT BY NUMBER 15.

KADAYVIOUS McCALL HELPS TO KNOCK IT OUT.

SCOTT WITH THE RECOVERY.

>> AT THE RAIDERS 27.

THREE RECEIVERS SPLIT TO THE LEFT ON THIS ONE.

HERE IS A LOOK AT ALEX SCOTT, BUSY, BUSY TODAY.

PASS INTENDED FOR WILDS TO THE RIGHT.

INCOMPLETE.

>> IT HAPPENED FLAWLESSLY IN THE FIRST HALF.

HIS PASSING COMPLETION WAS GREAT.

LITTLE THINGS ARE OFF.

>> WE WORK TOGETHER TOO OFTEN.

I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME THING.

>> SO EFFICIENT IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> CREDIT THIS NORTHEAST DEFENSE.

THEY CERTAINLY HAVE RAMPED UP THE INTENSITY HERE.

ONE TOUCHDOWN ALREADY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

TRYING TO HOLD THE BULLDOGS HERE ON THE SECOND DOWN.

STANLEY UNDER THREW THAT ONE.

INCOMPLETE PASS.

TRYING TO GET IT INTO THE HANDS OF POLKE AND THAT IS A THIRD DOWN.

>> POLKE HAD HIS HANDS ON IT AND ENDED UP DROPPING IT.

WATCH THIS.

HE DOESN'T HOLD ON TO IT.

>> HE LOOKED UP.

>> WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING YOUR WAY, THINGS AREN'T GOING YOUR WAY.

>> THIRD DOWN AND 10 FOR THE BULLDOGS.

STANLEY WITH GOOD PROTECTION.

IT IS PICKED OFF.

SANTANA BALKCOM!

WHAT A JOB BY THIS NORTHEAST DEFENSE IN THIS THIRD QUARTER.

>> ONCE AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT TJ STANLEY, HE HAD TIME, LARRY, HE HAD TIME.

SOME GRAY BLOCKS UP FRONT.

BALKCOM JUST PICKS IT OFF.

A GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY.

RAIDERS DOING SOME THINGS IN THIS THIRD QUARTER.

>> A 19 YARD RETURN TO KEEP THE RAIDERS IN BUSINESS.

HE HAS GOT THE TURNOVER CHAIN.

LOOK AT WHAT HE HAS SETTLED, THREE TACKLES, THE INTERCEPTION.

THE CROWD FROM MACON IS BACK INTO THIS.

PASS IS COMPLETE.

JACKSON FOR NORTHEAST WITH THE CATS.

-- CATCH.

CAN MACON TAKE ADVANTAGE NOW?

IT HAS BEEN A SERIES OF TURNOVERS IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> THE PLAY OF THIS NORTHEAST DEFENSIVE UNIT HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE IN THE THIRD HALF.

>> IT REALLY HAS.

THE QUARTERBACK WILL KEEP IT HIMSELF.

TACKLED BY ROY.

THIRD DOWN AND LONG FOR THE RAIDERS.

>> GLOVER A LITTLE SLOW GETTING UP.

HE IS THERE ON THE SIDELINES TALKING WITH COACH WIGGINS.

HERE HE GOES BACK OUT.

>> APPROACHING THE TWO MINUTE MARK.

CLASS A CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE.

STILL TWO MORE GAMES TO GO.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

A FLAG BEFORE THE PLAY WAS SNAPPED.

MR. LAW AND ORDER, MATT DILLON.

>> Referee: THERE IS NO FOUL ON THE PLAY.

>> KEEPING LAW AND ORDER WHEN THERE IS NO LAW AND ORDER TO KEEP.

>> JUST IN CASE.

JUST IN CASE SOMETHING BREAKS OUT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US IT WAS 24-12 AT HALF TIME.

NORTHEAST CAME OUT FOR A TOUCHDOWN IN THE OPENING DRIVE.

THEY HAVE MISSED THREE EXTRA POINTS IN THE GAME.

THAT GETS US TO THE SCORE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

GLOVER UP TOP.

THE CLOSEST MAN IS POLKE.

HE MAKES THE INTERCEPTION.

WHAT HASN'T HE DONE TODAY FOR TOOMBS COUNTY?

NOW AN INTERCEPTION.

>> GLOVER THROWS IT OUT THEY ARE TO THE WRONG GUY.

AND POLKE HALLS THIS ONE IN.

MAKING ANOTHER SPECIAL PLAY WHEN HIS TEAM NEEDS IT.

HE HAS BEEN DOING IT ALL DAY LONG.

>> HE HAS.

SIX YARDS ON THE RETURN FOR POLKE.

HEADED TO MERCER NEXT YEAR TO PLAY FOR THE BEARS.

>> FOLKS IN MACON WILL GET A CHANCE TO SEE MORE OF HIM.

>> STANLEY KEEPS IT HIMSELF.

UP THE MIDDLE.

THE LAST THREE PLAYS, THE LAST TWO POSSESSIONS, THE FUMBLE ON THE PUNT, THEN STANLEY THROWS THE INTERCEPTION, THEN GLOVER THROWS THE INTERCEPTION.

THE INTENSITY, YOU CAN FEEL IT BEING RAMPED UP NOW.

A BIT OF URGENCY ON BOTH SIDES.

>> THIS FOURTH QUARTER IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING.

FOLKS, STAY TUNED FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS GAME.

IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING BALL GAME.

>> GOOD PURSUED.

HAYWARD IS STILL FIGHTING.

NICE JOB TO TAKE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NO GAIN OR EVEN A LOSS TO GET POSITIVE YARDS OUT OF IT.

>> HE TOOK ON HALF THE TEAM.

>> HE DID.

>> LOOK AT THE WHITE JERSEYS TRYING TO GET THIS GUY DOWN.

THEY FINALLY GET HIM DOWN.

A SPECIAL PLAYER.

A SPECIAL TALENT.

>> HE REALLY IS.

HEADED TO FLORIDA NEXT YEAR TO PLAY DEFENSE.

HE IS JUST AS IMPRESSIVE ON OFFENSE.

>> HE REALLY IS AND HE GETS TO COME BACK TO THIS BUILDING IN 2026.

THE DOGS AND GATORS WILL PLAY HERE.

HE WILL BE BACK.

BUT HE HAS ANOTHER QUARTER OF FOOTBALL TO PLAY TODAY.

>> HE DOES.

THREE QUARTERS IN THE BOOKS.

12 MINUTES TO GO.

THIS HAS BEEN A THRILLER.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE.

THE FIRST RUMPLED SCHOOLS.

WHO WANTS IT AS WE START THE FOURTH QUARTER.

HARD-HITTING.

BOTH SIDES.

BIG-PLAYS.

FOURTH QUARTER IS NEXT.

>> NORTHEAST TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST TO WIN IT.

TOOMBS COUNTY LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST EVER STATE TITLE.

GOING THROUGH THE HISTORY BOOKS, IN 1975, IN THE SEMI FINALS, THEY BEAT A FOURTH-YEAR COACH OUT OF THE COUNTY, ONE LARRY CAMPBELL.

>> THERE WE GO.

THE PASSION THESE GUYS HAVE FOR THEIR PROGRAMS.

IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH SECOND HALF FOR TJ STANLEY.

HE NEEDS THREE YARDS HERE.

TOOMBS COUNTY HELD SCORELESS IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

WILDS IN MOTION.

WADLEY TAKES THE HANDOFF.

HE IS STOPPED SHORT.

FOURTH AND ABOUT ONE.

A LOOK AT WADLEY.

WE TALKED ABOUT STANLEY AND WHAT HE DID IN THE FIRST HALF COMPARED TO THE THIRD QUARTER.

IN THAT QUARTER, FIVE YARDS WITH AN INTERCEPTION, AFTER HE WAS 11 OF 15 FOR 196 AND TWO SCORES.

COACH MARTIN ELECTS TO PUNT ON FOURTH AND SHORT.

NO RECEIVER BACK FOR NORTHEAST.

WE HAVE SEEN BOTH TEAMS DO THAT THIS GAME.

THEY WILL LET IT ROLL, LET IT ROLL, LET IT ROLL.

I CAN GUARANTEE I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT TWICE.

>> I KNOW IT.

IN A GAME OF THIS MAGNITUDE YOU WANT SOMEBODY BACK THERE TO CATCH THAT BALL.

>> AND WE HAVE GOT A FLAG HERE BACK AT THE 45 YARD LINE.

BACK AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

IF IT STANDS THE 50 YARD PUNT, FOR VIRTUALLY FLETCHER DOES NOT MIND, IT HELPS HIS AVERAGE.

>> NOT AT ALL.

IS A LOOK AT COACH MARTIN AND COACH WIGGINS.

IT WAS AN ALL-STAR GAME IN MACON YEARS AGO, HE WAS THE ASSISTANT COACH, HE TALKED ABOUT HOW COACH WIGGINS WAS AT EVERY MEETING ASKING QUESTIONS.

HE HAD SO MUCH ADMIRATION FOR HIM AND WHAT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO.

>> I KNOW THESE GUYS ALL KNOW EACH OTHER BUT EVERY TIME WE TALK TO THESE COACHES THERE IS ADMIRATION FOR EVERY GUY AND IT IS GENUINE.

COACH HAD A GREAT STORY ABOUT COACH WIGGINS FROM SEVEN YEARS AGO.

A VERY LONG CONVERSATIONS.

WE MAY HAVE TO GET HOTEL ROOMS.

IS IT DINNER PLANS?

>> NOT YET.

ON KICKING PLAYS, WE HAVE A POST SCRIMMAGE KIK ENFORCEMENT, IF THERE IS A FOUL BY THE RECEIVING TEAM DURING THE KICK DOWN THE FIELD THEY CAN STILL KICK THE BALL.

THE CONVERSATION CURRENTLY IS, THE MARKER IS BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, IN HIGH SCHOOL, IF IT HAPPENS BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE DURING A POND PLAY IT IS ENFORCED FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

IT WILL POTENTIALLY GIVES THE BALL BACK TO THE KICKING TEAM FOR A FIRST DOWN.

THAT IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

WHERE WAS THE BLOCK TAKEN PLACE?

AND THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE OF A POTENTIAL PENALTY.

>> Referee: BLOCK AT THE WAIST DEFENSE 15 YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

FIRST DOWN TOOMBS COUNTY.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

THAT WAS HUGE.

WHAT A HUGE TURN OF EVENTS RIGHT NOW.

SO, DAVE, IF YOU CAN, REALLY QUICK, EXPLAIN ABOUT THE CHOP BLOCK ON BOTH SIDES.

>> IN HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE A FREE BLOCKING ZONE WHICH IS FOUR YARDS PRE-SNAP, THEN WE HAVE THE WIGGLE ROOM FROM THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE WHERE YOU CAN BLOCK LOCUM OUTSIDE OF THAT, ACTUALLY A TEAM CANNOT BLOCK LOW, WE SAW THAT LAST NIGHT, WE SAW THE RECEIVING TEAM BLOCKING LOW AS WELL.

>> ALL RIGHT, MY DAVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE ON THIS.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE PENALTIES ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.

THEY HAVE KILLED THESE.

THIS IS A BIG ONE.

IT IS A 15 YARD PENALTY.

YOU GIVE IT THE BALL BACK TO TOOMBS COUNTY AT YOUR 39.

THE OFFENSE HAS STRUGGLED IN THE SECOND HALF.

A HUGE TURN OF EVENTS.

CAN TOOMBS COUNTY TAKE ADVANTAGE.

POWELL IN MOTION.

STANLEY FUMBLES IT.

IT IS NORTHEAST BALL!

WHAT A TURN OF EVENTS!

THIS DEFENSE!

STANLEY TRYING TO PITCH IT TO POWELL WAITED TOO LATE.

GREAT DEFENSIVE HIT.

THEY FORCE THE TURNOVER.

>> THAT IS TAILEN SAMPSON.

HE HAS BEEN DOING IT ALL DAY LONG.

JORDAN WIGGINS COMES AWAY WITH THE FOOTBALL.

WHAT A SECOND HALF FOR NORTHEAST.

>> OH, MY GOODNESS.

NOW IT IS WIGGINS WITH THE TURNOVER CHAIN.

[ LAUGHTER ] A GREAT CROWD MAKING THE 90 MINUTE DRIVE TO MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

JUST A GORGEOUS, SUNNY AFTERNOON IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA, BUT INSIDE, IT IS HEATING UP.

JUST UNDER 11 MINUTES TO GO IN THE GAME.

GLOVER TO WOODFORD.

HE RUNS INTO HIS OWN MAN.

THAT WILL SLOW HIM DOWN.

AND HE HAS BEEN HUGE.

>> HAYDEN ROY WITH THE STOP.

>> WOODFORD CLOSE TO 100 YARDS ON THE DAY.

97 TO BE EXACT.

18 CARRIES.

THANK YOU, KEVIN.

SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN NOW.

AT THIS POINT CAN ANY OFFENSE PUNCHED THROUGH, SINCE THAT OPENING DRIVE FOR NORTHEAST IT HAS BEEN A TURNOVER, TURNOVER, PENALTIES.

>> Referee: FALSE START OFFENSE.

FIVE YARD PENALTY.

STILL SECOND DOWN.

>> THIS HAS GOT TO BE SO FRUSTRATING FOR COACH WIGGINS.

TO HAVE THESE PENALTIES REALLY CURTAIL ANY TYPE OF MOMENTUM.

>> THAT IS 8 PENALTIES AGAINST THE RAIDERS FOR 60 YARDS.

SECOND DOWN AND 12.

APPROACHING 10 MINUTES LEFT IN THE GAME.

GREAT ACTION THROUGHOUT.

AT MERCEDES-BENZ.

STATE TITLE ON THE LINE.

GLOVER TO THROW.

HE DECIDES TO KEEP IT.

AND HE RUNS OUT ABOUNDS.

A SHORT GAIN.

NICE JOB BY THE SECONDARY TO SHUT THINGS DOWN.

THAT WILL BRING UP THIRD DOWN.

>> MJ BURTON CLOSING THINGS DOWN ON GLOVER WHO IS JUST TRYING TO EXTEND THE PLAY, HOPING SOMEONE WOULD BREAK FREE, SOMEONE WOULD COME IN THE CLEAR.

NOW YOU HAVE THIRD AND LONG.

>> A GAIN OF THREE ON THE PLAY.

YARDS HAVE BEEN HARD TO COME BY.

BOTH OF THESE DEFENSES TIGHTENING THE SCREWS.

GLOVER BEING PURSUED FROM BEHIND.

OUT ABOUNDS SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.

FOURTH DOWN AND THREE, A GAIN OF ABOUT SIX JUST PAST MIDFIELD.

HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.

>> HAYDEN ROY WAS COMING.

HE KNEW HE WAS THERE.

HE HAD TO GET RID OF THAT FOOTBALL.

GET OUT ABOUNDS.

>> EITHER HE HEARD FOOTSTEPS OR SOMEONE TOLD HIM.

[ LAUGHTER ] THEY WILL KEEP THE OFFENSE ON THE FIELD AND GO FOR IT.

GLOVER 65 YARDS ON THE GROUND.

63 THROUGH THE AIR.

THEY NEED TO REHEAR.

>> THE PLAY CLOCK IS RUNNING.

>> YEAH, PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO FIVE.

HE JUST GETS IT OFF.

WOODFORD IS BROUGHT DOWN BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

BIG DEFENSE, NUMBER 21, DAVIS.

>> ZAYLEN DAVIS WITH THE BIG STOP.

HERE IS DAVIS RIGHT FROM THE VERY START.

THE GUYS ON THE DEFENSIVE FRONT HAVE BEEN ACTIVE TODAY FOR TOOMBS.

>> YES, THEY HAVE.

WE REFERRED TO WHY TOOMBS HAS GONE TO THIS SEASON.

THE HURRICANE COMING THROUGH THEIR COUNTY.

THEY DID NOT PLAY FOR SIX WEEKS AS A RESULT.

THEY LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THEMSELVES HELPING.

COMMUNITY.

TRYING TO LIFT SOME SPIRITS HERE WINNING THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

FIRST DOWN ON THE RAIDERS 49.

WHAT A CATCH.

HAYWARD MAKES IT HAPPEN.

FIRST DOWN!

>> WHAT THEY WROTE.

>> GREAT CAMERAWORK COMING RIGHT AT YOU.

LAGONZA HAYWARD.

12 YARD PICK UP.

FIRST DOWN.

9:23 TO GO.

TOOMBS COUNTY LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST POINTS OF THE SECOND HALF.

POWELL ON THE CARRY.

CARRYING SOME DEFENDERS WITH HIM.

>> DETERMINED RUNNING THIS PLAY.

LOOK AT HIM STILL MOVING THOSE LEGS.

GREAT EXTRA EFFORT.

>> YEAH.

>> WE HAVE GOT A WHISTLE HERE.

>> Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP, FALSE START, OFFENSE.

FIVE YARD PENALTY.

STILL SECOND DOWN.

>> THIRD PENALTY OF THE GAME AGAINST THE BULLDOGS.

20 YARDS TOTAL.

SECOND DOWN AND NINE.

STANLEY TO FLETCHER.

A CASH ON THE FLAT.

WHO ELSE, NUMBER 10, SANTANA BALKCOM.

HE ALREADY HAS AN INTERCEPTION IN THIS HALF.

NICE TACKLE.

>> HE SIMPLY WOULDN'T LET GO.

>> THIS HAS BEEN A DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE SINCE HALF TIME IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US.

IT IS A THRILL TO WATCH IF YOU LIKE GREAT DEFENSE.

OTHERWISE, IT MIGHT BE FRUSTRATING FOR YOU.

TJ STANLEY --TJ STANLEY HEADED TO GEORGIA STATE NEXT YEAR.

HE STEPS UP.

A BIG HIT BY BALKCOM.

>> BOARD, HE TOOK A HIT.

>> SOMEBODY'S HELMET CAME OFF.

>> NUMBER 88.

HE COULDN'T FIND A RECEIVER.

THE POCKET BROKE DOWN.

BOY, WHAT A HIT, SANTANA BALKCOM.

THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN.

>> STANLEY GETTING THE PLAY CALL FROM THE SIDELINE.

PLENTY OF TIME ON THE PLAY CLOCK.

POWELL IN MOTION.

STANLEY KEEPS IT.

GETS THE FIRST DOWN.

STILL ON HIS FEET INSIDE THE 20.

BIG-PLAY BY TOOMBS COUNTY.

>> THAT IS A GUTSY CALL BY TJ STANLEY.

HERE HE IS WITH THE BIG CALL.

GETTING THE FIRST DOWN WHEN HIS TEAM REALLY NEEDS IT.

>> 12 YARD PICK UP.

STANLEY.

GUTSY CALL ON THIRD DOWN.

POWELL IS HARD TO BRING DOWN.

A COUPLE OF WHITE SHIRTS.

A SHORT GAIN BUT THE CLOCK IS NOW MOVING, GETTING CLOSER TO THE HALFWAY POINT, SIX MINUTES TO GO IN THE GAME.

IF THEY COULD RUN TIME OFF THE CLOCK THEY KEPT GOT A VERY STRONG KICKER.

IF YOU COULD GET THREE OUT OF THIS YOU PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON NORTHEAST TO GET TWO SCORES.

>> YOU DO.

YOU DO.

THEY MADE IT TO THE RED ZONE.

>> RED ZONE BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALPHA INSURANCE.

STANLEY LOOKING TO THROW.

DECIDES TO KEEP IT INSTEAD.

A SHORT GAIN.

>> NOT MUCH THERE.

>> THAT BRINGS UP THIRD DOWN.

A ONE YARD GAIN OVER OFFICIALLY SO DOWN TO THE 12.

>> AMARI WHITE IN ON THE STOP.

HERE ARE YOUR NUMBERS ON TJ STANLEY.

HE DID SO MUCH IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE GAME.

>> EIGHTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.

HAND OFF TO POWELL.

IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!

12 YARDS!

JUSTIN POWELL!

AND TOOMBS COUNTY GETS THERE FIRST POINTS OF THE SECOND HALF.

>> WHAT A WAY TO DO IT.

HE READSS HIS BLOCKERS AND GOES RIGHT IN FOR THE SCORE.

>> BIG TIME PLAY FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

ALEX OTERO ON FOR THE EXTRA POINT.

>> WE HAVE A WHISTLE HERE.

>> AND ANOTHER WHISTLE.

>> Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP, FALSE START, OFFENSE.

FIVE YARD PENALTY.

RETRY.

>> THEY WILL BACK IT UP AND TRY IT AGAIN.

>> WHAT A BIG PLAY FOR THESE BULLDOGS, POWELL AND COACH MARTIN.

>> WITH 5:21 TO GO, YOU ARE RIGHT, IT DOES PUT MORE PRESSURE ON NORTHEAST.

>> THE KICK IS THROUGH.

5:21 TO GO.

IT TOOK TOOMBS COUNTY 18 MINUTES TO GET ON THE BOARDS OF THE SECOND HALF, BUT THEY DO IT.

JUSTIN POWELL WITH THE SCORE AND THE BULLDOGS THAT MUCH CLOSER TO EATING.

>> 31-18 AS WE COME BACK TO MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE WEATHER ISSUES, CODY HAS MORE ON THAT.

>> IN LYONS GEORGIA, RIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE, THE STRONGEST PART OF THAT STORE.

THERE WERE TREES DOWN, AND THEY DID NOT GET TO PLAY THREE WEEKS.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE SCHOOL FOR THREE WEEKS.

COACH SAID SOME GUYS HELPED TO CLEAR ROADS, OTHER GUYS HELPED TO HAND OUT FOOD, THIS COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER AND THE SPIRITS HAVE BEEN LIFTED BY THE BULLDOGS OF TOOMBS COUNTY.

>> ANOTHER SHORTCAKE FOR THEM.

THEY ARE TRYING TO RECOVER IT.

THAT WAS A LIVE BALL BUT SECURED BY KORTNEI WILLIAMS.

THAT WAS JUST A POOCH KICK.

TOOMBS COUNTY ALMOST PICKED IT UP OUT OF THE AIR.

>> SCOTT IS UPSET WITH HIMSELF.

THE BALL BOUNCED OFF OF HIM.

HE WAS VERY UPSET WITH HIMSELF AFTER THAT.

>> THAT MIGHT HAVE SEALED THE GAME.

TAKING MORE TIME OFF OF THE CLOCK AS IT IS.

IT IS NOW NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL OUT OF MACON.

AS CODY MENTIONED, TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST SCHOOL FROM MACON TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

REGINALD GLOVER, 63 YARDS IN THE AIR, 62 YARDS ON THE GROUND.

THAT LAST SCORE, EIGHT PLAYEDS, 69 YARDS.

>> HERE IS A WHISTLE ALREADY.

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

STILL FIRST DOWN.

>> ANOTHER PENALTY, FOR COACH WIGGINS THAT HAS BEEN A KILLER IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> I BELIEVE THAT IS THE 10th PENALTY.

>> YEAH.

>> MAN.

YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT ANY TIME.

ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> LOVER TRYING TO GET IT TO WOODFORD.

JUST PAST HIS GRASP.

ALEX SCOTT IS THERE.

SECOND DOWN.

>> IT IS DIFFICULT FOR WOODFORD TO MAKE THAT CASH BEGIN WITH.

>> WE DO HAVE A FLAG IN THE DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD.

IT COULD BE AGAINST THE DEFENSE.

IT WAS AWAY FROM THE PLAY.

>> Referee: HOLDING, DEFENSE.

10 YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

STILL FIRST DOWN.

>> SO THEY GAIN 10 YARDS ON THE PENALTY BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE FIRST AND 15th THERE IS NO AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.

NOW IT IS FIRST DOWN AND FIVE FOR NORTHEAST.

EMPTY BACKFIELD BEHIND THE GLOVER.

HE TAKES IT HIMSELF.

LEFT SIDE.

BROUGHT DOWN BY HAYDEN ROY SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.

NO, THEY GIVE HIM THE FIRST DOWN.

FIRST DOWN FOR THE RAIDERS.

>> THAT IS SOMETHING POSITIVE.

YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE THINGS.

YOU WANT TO SEE IF YOU CAN BUILD ON THEM.

REGAIN SOME OF THE MOMENTUM THEY HAD EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> THEY NEED TWO SCORES.

THE CLOCK IS RUNNING UNDER FIVE MINUTES.

YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN.

THEY WANT THIS CLOCK TO RUN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

GLOVER TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY.

THROWING IT OUT OF BOUNDS TRYING TO GET IT TO NUMBER 3, ZAHKIE DENSON.

INCOMPLETE.

IT DOES STOP THE CLOCK.

SECOND AND 10.

>> LOVER DID NOT LIKE WHAT HE SAW.

HE BASICALLY THREW IT OUT OF BOUNDS WHEN HE SAW HIS RECEIVER WAS REALLY WELL COVERED.

>> CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE.

GLOVER ON SECOND DOWN.

AGAIN, OUT OF BOUNDS, AGAIN TRYING TO GET IT TO ZAHKIE DENSON.

>> NOW WE HAVE A FLAG DOWN AGAIN.

>> FLAG ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD ON THE 44 YARD LINE.

NOT NEAR THE POINT OF CONTACT.

THEY ARE TALKING NOW TO COACH MARTIN.

IT MAY BE AGAINST NORTHEAST.

>> Referee: INELIGIBLE RECEIVER DOWNFIELD, OFFENSE, THAT PENALTY IS DECLINED.

THIRD DOWN.

>> SO COACH MARTIN WILL TRY TO GET A FIRST DOWN.

TRY TO GAIN 10 YARDS IN THE NEXT TWO PLAYS.

IF THEY DON'T, TOOMBS COUNTY, WILL BE IN VERY GOOD POSITION TO BRING HOME THE FIRST DAY CHAMPIONSHIP IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

THIRD DOWN AND 10.

GLOVER GOING UP TOP.

OVERTHREW HIM TRYING TO GET IT TO HOWARD.

TOO LONG.

HE HAD A STEP ON HIM.

HE JUST COULDN'T CONNECT.

>> HE DID.

HE GOT OPEN.

HE JUST HUNG IT OUT THERE TOO FAR.

>> I LOVED THE CALL.

FOURTH DOWN AND 10 FROM THEIR OWN 43, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO FOR IT.

THEY ARE BRINGING THE KICKER OUT INSTEAD.

JACQAWN WOODFORD.

>> LOW BOUNCING KICK.

KICK RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

CAN'T TURN THE CORNER HERE.

29 YARDS ON THE KICK.

A 12 YARD RETURN.

MORE IMPORTANTLY THE TOOMBS COUNTY DEFENSE HELD AND NOW THE OFFENSE HAS THE BALL.

CAN THEY RUN DOWN THE CLOCK?

THEY ARE THIS CLOSE.

THE FINAL FOUR MINUTES AND CHANGE ARE COMING UP NEXT.

>> CODY?

>> JUST HOW BIG IS FOOTBALL IN TOOMBS COUNTY, COACH MARTIN HAS A WEEKLY COACHING SHOW ON THE TOOMBS COUNTY YOUTUBE CAGE.

-- PAGE.

>> CODY, YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE COCA-COLA WITH A BAG OF CHIPS?

>> I HAVE SEEN VIDEO.

>> I ACTUALLY GREW UP WATCHING THAT SHOW.

>> TOOMBS COUNTY TAKING OVER.

POWELL HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING IN THE SECOND HALF.

HE HAD A TOUCHDOWN RUN A MOMENT AGO.

GOOD SECOND EFFORT.

A GAIN OF FIVE.

THE CLOCK RUNNING FOR THE BULLDOGS.

>> HE HAS BEEN GOOD FOR THAT.

RIGHT NOW YOU WANT TO RUN THE CLOCK.

HE HAS BEEN THE GUY IT.

HE IS STAYING IN THE GAME, HE IS THE GUY THEY WILL GO WITH.

>> 15 YARDS FOR THE SENIOR.

THEY BEGIN TO CELEBRATE JUST A LITTLE BIT.

>> THE CLOCK WORKING ITS WAY DOWN TO THREE MINUTES.

3:09 PLAY.

>> LOTS OF TIME AND THEY ARE WILLING TO TAKE IT.

PLAY CLOCK AT 25.

WE TALKED ABOUT STANLEY, BUT HE HAS DONE THROUGH THE AIR, 58 YARDS RUSHING ON 12 CARRIES, NONE BIGGER THAN THAT ONE.

A FRESH SET OF DOWNS.

WAITING FOR THE PLAY CLOCK.

IT IS AT 10.

STEELY KEEPS AGAIN.

AT THE 40.

STILL ON HIS FEET.

HE SLIDES DOWN AFTER A NINE YARD PICK UP.

THAT WILL KEEP THE CLOCK MOVING.

TWO TIME-OUTS FOR NORTHEAST.

WHEN DO YOU START TAKING THOSE?

>> BOY, SOON.

YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE IT WITHIN THE NEXT MINUTE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING IN THE NEXT 30 SECONDS.

TOOMBS WITH ALL THREE OF THEIR TIME-OUTS.

NORTHEAST WITH TWO.

NOW WE ARE UNDER TWO MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE GAME.

>> SECOND DOWN AND ONE.

HE HAD OFF TO WADLEY.

HE HAS GOT THE FIRST DOWN.

STILL GOING.

>> MOVING THE CHAINS.

WADLEY BACK IN.

>> FOLKS OVER AT TOOMBS CAN START TO FEEL IT NOW.

THE CLOCK IS RUNNING.

THE CROWD ON ITS FEET.

COACH MARTIN, SHOWING THE MOTION.

>> STANLEY.

FIRST DOWN.

STILL GOING.

STANLEY, TOUCHDOWN!

28 YARDS!

WHAT A SEASON, CAREER, FOR TJ STANLEY!

>> WE HAVE SEEN THAT YOUNG MAN BATTLE TODAY.

IT WAS EASY EARLY IN THE GAME.

THINGS GOT TOUGHER IN THE SECOND HALF BUT HE KEPT A LEADING HIS TEAM.

HE TAKES IT IN FOR THE SCORE.

LIKE YOU SAID, THE EXCLAMATION POINT ON THIS GAME.

ON THE SEASON.

>> COACH TALKED ABOUT STANLEY, SAYS HE HAS DECEPTIVE SPEED AND HE SHOWED IT.

ON THIS DRIVE, ALEX OTERO WITH THE EXTRA POINT.

TOOMBS COUNTY UP BY 20 NOW.

ONE MORE LOOK AT IT HERE.

>> THE DEFENDERS COULD NOT BRING HIM DOWN.

>> WHAT A STORY.

LOOK AT THE FANS.

ALL THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS YEAR.

THIS PROGRAM, NEVER PLAYING IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

64 SECONDS AWAY FROM HISTORY.

>> CONSIDERING THEY ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THIS TEAM.

WHAT THIS TEAM GAVE TO THEM.

>> HOW ABOUT STANLEY AS WE CHECKED OUT THE SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

STANLEY 224 IN THE AIR, 95 YARDS ON THE GROUND.

319 TOTAL FOR TJ STANLEY IN HIS FINAL GAME IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AGAIN, HE IS A GEORGIA STATE PANTHER NEXT SEASON.

OUT OF BOUNDS.

STINGLEY BEGAN HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER PLAYING AT ROBERT TOOMBS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.

HE HAS BEEN A BIG STAR.

>> HE HAS BEEN A BIG STAR.

HE HAS DONE TREMENDOUS THINGS.

>> Referee: THE KICK WENT OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> HE HAS LED THIS TEAM TO TWO OF THE GREATEST SEASONS IN THE HISTORY OF THIS SCHOOL.

>> WE TALK ABOUT THEM BEING 12-1 THIS YEAR, THEY WERE 11-2 LAST YEAR.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE SEVENTH YEAR, HOW THEY LOST IN THE PLAYOFFS.

>> THEY WERE HAVING THIS TROUBLE SCHEDULING GAMES.

THEY COULDN'T GET GAMES.

THEY ENDED UP GETTING THE GAME WITH ROME.

>> HANDOFF TO WOODFORD.

YOU CAN SEE THEY MAY BE POSTSEASON, THEY HAVE DONE THAT, THEY ARE HAPPY TO GET THIS FAR.

JACKSON WITH HIS FIRST CATCH.

SOMEBODY CAME PREPARED FROM TOOMBS COUNTY.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT?

>> AS EMOTIONAL AS COACH WAS, NOW THE REAL PRESSURE IS HOLDING IN THOSE EMOTIONS.

>> IF HE IS GOING TO LET IT OUT, GO AHEAD AND LET IT OUT.

HOW ABOUT EMOTIONS -- >> LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.

THERE ARE SMILES AND SOME TEARS, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS TEAM HAS BEEN THROUGH.

>> THEY WANT THOSE RINGS.

THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY, GUYS.

>> A GREAT MOMENT FOR TOOMBS COUNTY.

WHAT A SEASON IT HAS BEEN FOR NORTHEAST OUT OF MACON.

A RECORD SETTING SEASON IN SO MANY WAYS.

WHAT A JOB THEY HAVE DONE TO RESURRECT THIS PROUD PROGRAM.

PUT IT IN A PLACE, NOT EVEN HE WAS IN AS A PLAYER.

>> IT MEANS A LOT TO HIM.

>> RIGHTS, GIVE PROPS TO NORTHEAST.

GREAT FANS FROM MACON COMING IN.

GREAT HISTORY, THE MUSIC, THE CULTURE, AND NOW THE FOOTBALL.

EVANS.

WITH THE CATCH.

YOU CAN SEE THE FAITHFUL FROM MACON.

THEY ARE WATCHING THEMSELVES, SEEING THEMSELVES ON THE BIG SCREEN.

>> THEY HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.

>> IT BELONGS TO THE BULLDOGS.

THE BIG DOGS.

WHAT A SEASON.

WHAT A STORY AS THE TWO COACHES SHOW LOVE AND RESPECT.

TOOMBS COUNTY, ONE LOSS ALL SEASON.

ALL THAT THEY WENT THROUGH, AT ONE POINT, NO POWER.

NO CLASSES.

BUT THEY NEVER LOST FAITH THEMSELVES.

THEY COME OUT ON TOP, STAY CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN 2024.

>> A BIG CELEBRATION ON THE RIDE BACK TONIGHT.

RIGHTFULLY SO.

>> WHAT A DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE IN THIS.

IT WAS AMAZING WHAT THEY DID.

THEY CAME ON STRONG IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND DOMINATED.

>> THEY REALLY DID.

THEY FOUND A WAY TO BE GROUP.

ALL THE WAY TO THE END FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

A TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE.

HERE IS MR. STANLEY, HE WILL KNOW THIS PART OF TOWN LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND.

>> [ LAUGHTER ] >> HE WILL BE JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WHAT A WAY TO FINISH UP HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER.

AGAIN, AS CODY MENTIONED, YOU CAN SEE THAT HATS ON THE SIDELINES THAT SAY BAD.

IT IS AN ACUMEN, BE A DOG.

THEY ARE THE BIG DOGS.

>> OF THE BIG DOGS THAT GET TO EAT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THAT HAT.

IT IS A GOOD YEAR BECAUSE THEY WERE BAD.

>> THAT IS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

STAY TUNED, TROPHY PRESENTATION IS MOMENTS AWAY AND ALSO THE TAILGATE SHOW COMING UP SHORTLY, WE ARE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE DAY, TWO MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS ON THE WAY AFTER THIS AND TOMORROW ANOTHER DAY OF CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL RIGHT HERE ON 10 ONE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE ARE SO HAPPY YOU WILL JOIN US ON GPB.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WE HAVEN'T TALKED MUCH ABOUT OUR HOSTS, MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

IT IS AMAZING.

NOW SEVEN YEARS OLD, I BELIEVE, 2017.

>> LOOK AT THAT, ISN'T THAT SOMETHING.

>> A MOMENT THEY WILL NEVER FORGET.

TOOMBS COUNTY, WHAT A STORY.

24 WINS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

TAKING IT ALL IN.

LET'S GO DOWN TO JOHN NELSON FOR THE TROPHY PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU, IT IS TIME TO START PRESENTING TROPHIES.

PASSING THE HALFWAY POINT, TRYING TO PRESENT OUR TROPHY TO OUR FRIENDS FROM LIONS.

TO DO IT, DR. TIM SCOTT.

>> THANK YOU, JOHN.

CONGRATULATIONS TO NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL ON A GREAT REASON, A GREAT GAME, THE NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND REALLY SUPPORTED.

CONGRATULATIONS ON AN EXCELLENT JOB NOW, FOR THE STATE CHAMPION, TOOMBS COUNTY COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ALL THAT YOU DID.

YOU GUYS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STATE CHAMPION, TOOMBS COUNTY BULLDOGS, ON BEHALF OF ALPHA INSURANCE.

>> WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO GET TO THIS DAY?

>> UNBELIEVABLE.

UNBELIEVABLE.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY.

A SPECIAL GROUP OF YOUNG MEN.

A LOT OF CHARACTER IN THIS GROUP.

A LOT OF FIGHT IN THIS GROUP.

A LOT OF HEART IN THIS GROUP.

THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.

THEY LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.

TOOMBS COUNTY, THANK YOU!

>> THE GAME WAS TIED EARLY ON THAT YOU PUT THE PEDAL DOWN IN THE SECOND QUARTER GETTING SOME CHUNK PLAYS, YOU PUT THE PEDAL ON IN THE SECOND HALF, WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION IN THE HALF-TIME LOCKER ROOM?

>> CONTINUE TO FIGHT.

A LOT OF WORK STILL TO DO.

CONTINUE TO FIGHT.

GO FINISH THE DRILL.

>> AND YOU HAVE DONE THAT, FROM JACKIE JONES, IT IS LIONS AND NOW, STAY CHAMPIONS HERE AT MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

IT IS TOOMBS COUNTY, STATE CHAMPIONS, SEND IT BACK UPSTAIRS TO LARRY TO PUT A BOW ON IT.

>> JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

WHAT AN AFTERNOON.

WHAT A SEASON FOR THESE GUYS AND WHAT A YEAR WITH ALL THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE HURRICANE.

COACH WAS WITHOUT POWER AT HIS HOUSE 16 DAYS.

HE NEVER LOST FAITH.

THEY STAYED TOGETHER.

A GREAT CHARACTER WIN FOR THEM AND WHAT A GREAT CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> THEY SHOWED A LOT OF CHARACTER BECAUSE NORTHEAST CAME OUT WELL IN THE SECOND HALF.

YOU COULD SEE ON THEIR FACES, THE TEARS ON SOME VASES, SOME SMILES WHAT THIS WIN NEEDS TO THIS TEAM, THIS SCHOOL, THIS COMMUNITY.

THESE YOUNG MEN WILL NEVER FORGET.

>> OUTSTANDING TO SEE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE QUARTERBACK, TJ STANLEY, 319 TOTAL YARDS WITH A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN THE FIRST HALF.

MIKE POLKE, SIX CATCHES, 105 YARDS, HE ALSO HAD A 92 YARD KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

A KEY INTERCEPTION AS WELL IN THE SECOND HALF.

THEY GOT THAT FIRST TOUCHDOWN TO MAKE IT 24-18.

PLAYEDS BY POLKE GETTING IT DONE.

YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE SECOND GAME OF THE WEEK?

>> WE HAVE GOT A REALLY GOOD ONE COMING UP TOMORROW.

TWO TEAMS THAT REALLY WORKED HARD TO BE HERE.

WE KNEW ONE WOULD LEAVE WITH A CHAMPION TROPE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

IT WILL BE TOOMBS COUNTY, CONGRATULATIONS.

>> HATS OFF AS WELL FOR NORTHEAST OUT OF MACON.

THE TAILGATE SHOW IS UP NEXT, AFTER THAT, PARK COUNTY VERSUS CARTER COLUMBUS.

THEN THE PANTHERS TAKING ON THE MILTON EAGLES.

AS WE WRAP THINGS UP FROM HERE, WHAT A STORY IT HAS BEEN.

WE GO DOWN TO SANTA CLAUS, GEORGIA, IT IS THE BULLDOGS TO BRING HOME THE GIFTS AT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.

TOOMBS COUNTY GETTING THE WIN OVER NORTHEAST.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

BY THE WAY, CONGRATS TO YOU, YOU MADE IT HALFWAY THROUGH OUR DAY.

SO MUCH MORE TO COME.

WE WILL TAKE A QUICK TIME-OUT THEN JOHN AND HANNAH RIGHT HERE ON GPB.

38-18 IS YOUR FINAL.