>> THE GHSA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY REMINDING YOU HEADS UP, GEORGIA, AS WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM FOR THE 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AS THE 3-1 --13-1 GRAYSON RAMS TAKE ON THE 14-0 CARROLLTON TROJANS.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE BOOTH.

THE CARROLLTON TROJANS HAVE BEEN ON A MISSION TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP EVER SINCE THEIR QUARTERBACK, JUJU LEWIS, THROUGH FOR OVER 500 YARDS AS A FRESHMAN IN THE 2022 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BUT NOW AS HE GOES INTO THE FINAL GAME OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CAREER, THIS IS THE FINAL CHANCE FOR THE GEORGIA PUBLIC PODCASTING OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR TO GET THE JOB DONE.

GRAYSON STANDS IN THE WAY.

THEY HAVE WON FOUR STATE TITLES.

ALL IN THE LAST 14 YEARS.

THEY ARE LED BY THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, OF 18 HERE AT MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

>> MADE WE SHOULD LET ME MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR ORDERED DOWN.

YOU HAVE A 30-YEAR-OLD SECOND-YEAR COACH AND COACH BRYANT, THE BEST DEFENDER IN THE COUNTRY TAKING ON THE QUARTERBACK WHISPERER JOEY KING ON THE BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY.

AND YOU WANT BREAD WITH THAT IS THE QUESTION.

WHAT A GREAT GAME.

LET'S GET TO IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE 6A DEEP DIVE ON CARROLLTON.

THEY'RE TRYING TO FINISH OFF A 15-0 SEASON.

IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN THE 97-YEAR HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM.

THEY ARE LED BY JUJU LEWIS RATED AS HIGH AS THE NUMBER TWO QUARTERBACK IN THE COUNTRY, THE FIVE-STAR ALREADY SIGNED WITH THE COLORADO BUFFALOES.

>> AND ALL THE WORDS IN THE WORLD CAN'T DESCRIBE THE KIND OF QUARTERBACK WE ARE SEEING HERE.

JUJU LEWIS CAN MAKE THE PASS DOWN THE FIELD.

HE HAS A GREAT, TALENTED ARM, QUICK RELEASE, QUICK DECISION, ATHLETIC, STRONG, ACCURATE LEADER.

POISED, ALL THE SUPERLATIVES YOU CAN FIND, THIS YOUNG MAN FITS.

WHAT A GREAT QUARTERBACK AND ALL HE WANTS IS TO LEAD CARROLLTON WITH THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> ALREADY TOP EIGHT IN THE STATE HISTORY OF PASSING TOUCHDOWNS AND PASSING YARDS.

DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, [ INAUDIBLE ] WAS A MADMAN.

>> SO ATHLETIC.

HE IS THE SPARK PLUG THAT GOT THAT DEFENSE GOING LAST WEEK AGAINST BEAUFORT AND THEY ARE GOING TO NEED ALL THAT TONIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THE STORY WITH GRAYSON, ROLLER COASTER ONLY BEGINS TO DESCRIBE IT.

THEY HAVE LOST THEIR SEASON OPENER BUT HAVE NOT LOST SINCE.

AT ONE POINT THEY GO SEVEN WEEKS PLAYING ONLY ONE GAME BECAUSE OF HURRICANE HELENE AND THE CHEMICAL FIRE IN ROCKDALE COUNTY AND THEN THEY HAD TO PLAY FOUR REGULAR-SEASON GAMES IN THE LAST 16 DAYS TO FINISH OUT THE SCHEDULE, AND HERE THEY ARE IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LED BY THEIR DUAL THREAT QUARTERBACK, TRAVIS BURGESS.

>> HE HAS UNLEASHED THOSE LEGS.

HE CAN MAKE PLAYS.

HE IS A BIG QUARTERBACK AND HE'S GOING TO NEED TO MAKE PLAYS RUNNING THE BALL AGAINST THIS DEFENSE.

>> DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, THEY MEAN GREEN FIGHTING MACHINE, TYLER ATKINSON.

>> THE FIVE-STAR, AND LOCKABLE AT TIMES.

127 TACKLES.

11 SACKS.

HE SETS THE TEMPO.

HE IS DOMINATING AND HE IS THE MOST BIG-TIME PLAYER THE GRAYSON HOUSE.

>> THERE IS SO MUCH ELECTRICITY IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW.

I JUST GOT SHOCKED JUST STANDING HERE.

LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO THE SIDELINES.

>> CARROLLTON'S HEAD COACH JOEY KING HAD A DIFFERENT PHRASE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK THIS SEASON AND HE WROTE IT ON THEIR TEAM BREAK.

THE MESSAGE THIS WEEK, PRESS ON, AND HE SHOWED A VIDEO FROM TWO YEARS AGO.

WE WERE ALL THERE CALLING THIS GAME.

IT WAS THE STATE TITLE APPEARANCE THEY WERE LAST IN.

MILL CREEK BEAT THEM BY 35 AND JOEY TALKED TO THE TEAM WHILE THE HAWKS HOISTED THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.

HE WAS PREACHING TO THE UNDERCLASSMEN INSANE LOOK AT THEM OVER THERE.

THAT IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND IF YOU COMMIT I SWEAR TO YOU, YOU WILL BE HOLDING THAT TROPHY UP.

YOU GUYS, HE WAS JUST A FRESHMAN THIS YEAR BUT NOW 42 PLAYERS COMPRISED OF JUNIORS AND SENIORS FOR THAT MESSAGE AND ARE PLAYING HERE TONIGHT SO WE WILL SEE HOW THEY USE THAT SPEECH FROM 2022 AND PRESS ON TOWARDS A POTENTIAL TITLE.

>> THANKS, NIKKI.

AND THAT MILL CREEK TEAM THAT BEAT THEM HAD A GUY NAMED CALEB DOWNS, ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY.

THE MORAL TO THE STORY IS IF YOU ARE GOING TO WIN THE BIGGEST CLASSIFICATION IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, YOU HAD BETTER BRING SOME BOOTS.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME BIG-TIME PLAYERS IN THIS TEAM IS EXPLOSIVE.

A LOT OF TALENT IN THE RECEIVING ROOM.

THIS DEFENSE OF GRAYSON ONLY GIVING UP 12 POINTS PER GAME.

SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE TONIGHT.

JUJU AGAINST THIS DEFENSE.

>> ABSOLUTELY, JUJU VERSUS TYLER OR WILL IT BE SOMEBODY ELSE?

THERE ARE PLENTY OF THE SPORTIVE CASTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL ON BOTH SIDELINES FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO STEP UP AND BE THE HERO TONIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE GRAYSON ON OFFENSE TO START THIS GAME.

>> THERE TAKING A LITTLE TIME TO GET OUT ON THE FIELD.

GRAYSON IS READY TO GO.

LOOKS LIKE THE WHOLE TOWN OF CARROLLTON IS IN THE BUILDING.

BIGGEST CROWD WE'VE HAD HERE FOR THE NIGHT GAME SO FAR.

>> YOU SAW SANTAVIOUS BRYANT.

WHAT A JOB THIS 30-YEAR-OLD COACH HAS DONE.

HE IS 30 YEARS OLD AND ONE OF THE TOP COACHES IN THE STATE.

>> COOL DEMEANOR, A TRUE GENERAL LEADER.

HE KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO AND WHAT IS REQUIRED TO WIN.

HE HAS HIS TEAM POISED TO TAKE THIS CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT.

>> THE OPENING KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY HEADS-UP GEORGIA.

PARK YOUR PHONE WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING.

IT SAVES LIVES.

FINAL GAME OF THE 2024 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE AT MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

WE WILL START WITH THE TOUCHBACK.

AND TRAVIS BURGESS WILL BRING HIS GUYS OUT ON THE FIELD.

WHAT A SEASON THIS YOUNG MAN HAS HAD.

OVER 2000 YARDS PASSING, 22 TOUCHDOWNS, JUST FOUR INTERCEPTIONS AND HE CAN RUN THE BALL, TOO, OVER 500 YARDS RUSHING.

HE IS AVERAGING ABOUT 218 A GAME IN TOTAL OFFENSE.

>> DOES NOT RUN A LOT BUT AVERAGES ABOUT 11 1/2 YARDS WHEN HE DECIDES TO FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

HE IS BIG.

HE IS LONG.

HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO USE THOSE WHEELS TONIGHT I GUESS -- AGAINST THIS DEFENSE OF CARROLLTON.

>> AND HE IS BIG, TOO.

OFFERS ALREADY INCLUDING BOSTON COLLEGE AND ARIZONA STATE.

THE GAME STARTS WITH A RUN BY ELIJAH MILLER.

>> HE NEEDS A BIG GAME TONIGHT.

BIG NICK BROOKS.

A SUNDAY AFTERNOON TALENT.

ON DEFENSE, WOLF, THE LEADING TACKLER, AND ZION COOLEY.

>> HE IS A STAR IN HIS OWN RIGHT LOOKING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL BUT DID NOT SIGN IN THE EARLY PERIOD.

BURGESS PICKED UP 10 YARDS.

IT IS FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 30 YARD LINE.

PLAY ACTION.

IN AND OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE TARGET, ALEX SANCHEZ.

HE IS THERE BIG BODY TARGETED 6'3", 205.

>> WHAT A MATCHUP, SANCHEZ FOR THE STATE COMMIT.

6'7" 175 SENIOR OUT ON THE EDGE DOING A GOOD JOB, COME OVER GET THAT LEFT HAND INTO PLAY WITH NO PASS INTERFERENCE.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 10.

FIRST FLAG OF THE GAME.

MIGHT HAVE HAD MOVEMENT ON THE GRAYSON OFFENSIVE LINE.

>> Referee: FALSE START.

OFFENSE.

FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

>> CHRIS MOORE IS OUR REFEREE AND THERE IS THE WORK --A LOOK AT THE REST OF THE CREW WORKING THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> ALWAYS INTERESTING HOW THE CENTER CAN BE OFFSIDES AND HE HAS THE BALL IN HIS HAND.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 15.

MILLER GETS THE HANDOFF AND HE IS TRACKED DOWN.

LANDED WOLF, WHO ALSO HAD A HUGE GAME AGAINST BEAUFORT IN THE SEMI FINALS.

>> THE SPEED, THE ABILITY TO MAKE TACKLES OUT IN SPACE, LANDON WOLF AND HIS >> ARE --LINEBACKER CAN DOMINATE A FOOTBALL GAME.

THEY GET DOWNHILL FAST.

>> THAT SPEED I THOUGHT REALLY GAVE BUFORD FITS IN THE FINAL --SEMI FINAL GAME A FEW NIGHTS AGO.

BURGESS SCRAMBLING AROUND THE BACK THERE NOW BEING CHASED BY WOLF.

FIRST DOWN, TROJANS SHOWING OFF THE SPEED OF THE BIG 6'6" QUARTERBACK RUNS FOR A FIRST DOWN.

>> YOU FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE.

I MEAN, TRAVIS BURGESS CAN MAKE PLAYS.

THEY ARE GOING UP-TEMPO HERE AFTER THE BIG PLAY.

>> THAT WAS A 32-YARD PICK UP AND NOW, A FLAG OUT.

ANOTHER PROCEDURE PENALTY GOING HERE AGAINST GRAYSON.

>> Referee: FALSE START.

FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

>> RIGHT HERE, BURGESS ON STRIDE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE HE IS MOVING FAST BUT IT 6'6" YOU CAN SEE THE WHEEL RIGHT THERE.

HE'S NOT LOOKING FOR ANYONE TO SLIDE.

HE'S TRYING TO MAKE A BIG PLAY FOR HIS OFFENSE.

>> SO, FIRST AND 15.

BALL IS AT THE 49-YARD LINE.

HIS RUSHING NUMBERS FOR THE SEASON.

THEY HAVE NOT NEEDED HIM AND A LOT OF THE GAMES.

THEY MIGHT NEED THAT HERE TONIGHT.

BURGESS TO THE AIR DELIVERED DOWNFIELD TO THE 36-YARD LINE.

GOES TO TAYLOR.

45th CATCH OF THE SEASON FOR AIDEN TAYLOR.

UP TOP THEY ARE GOING FOR SANCHEZ.

CAN'T GET TO IT AT THE FIVE-YARD LINE.

>> SANCHEZ GOT A STEP THERE ON ARNOUX.

MAN TO MAN COVERAGE.

WITH SPEED JUST NOT ABLE TO COME DOWN WITH THE BALL.

>> THIRD DOWN AND TWO.

BALL IS SITTING AT THE 36.

>> LOVE THE AGGRESSIVENESS RIGHT THERE.

THIS IS A BIG GAME.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT SOME BIG POINTS ON THE BOARD AGAINST THIS JUJU LEWIS OFFENSE.

>> BURGESS FIRES AND IT IS CUT FOR A FIRST DOWN BY TAYLOR, TAYLOR GIVING A STIFF ARM TO THE FACE MASK OF THE DEFENDER HAS THE FIRST DOWN AS HE IS OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 22.

>> 5'10", 163 SENIOR.

GOOD JOB GETTING THE BALL AND MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN AFTER THE CATCH.

GOOD ROUTES AND EXPLOSIVENESS.

>> BALL GOES TO ELIJAH MILLER.

HE IS THERE LEADING RUSHER WITH CLOSE TO 700 YARDS ON THE SEASON SO THEY TRULY SPREAD THE WEALTH OF THAT RUNNING BACK POSITION.

MILLER GETS IT BACK.

AGAIN, THE UP-TEMPO.

TACKLE MADE BY THE CARROLLTON TROJANS ' CJ KELLY.

>> ONLY 205, VERY ATHLETIC INSIDE.

>> BALL IS CAUGHT.

INSIDE CORNER OF THE END ZONE FOR A TOUCHDOWN AROUND THAT THE ONE.

THEY ARE GOING TO SAY THAT SANCHEZ IS OUT OF THE ONE.

>> SANCHEZ IS ARGUING THAT HE FOUL BEHIND THE PYLON THERE ON THAT CATCH.

WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THEY DID NOT REVIEW THIS HERE.

LET'S SEE SANCHEZ RIGHT HERE AS HE FALLS.

HE IS IN THE END ZONE RIGHT THERE.

LOOKS LIKE A TOUCHDOWN.

>> THIS IS GOING TO GO TO REVIEW.

SANTAVIOUS BRYANT.

IT IS BEING REVIEWED RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.

>> GREAT JOB OF SANCHEZ.

BIG BODY.

6'3", 200 POUNDS.

PLAYS PHYSICAL.

LONG ARMS, GOOD POCKET TO THROW FROM RIGHT THERE FOR BURGESS.

RIGHT THERE HE IS BEHIND THAT PYLON.

THE GOAL LINE EXTENDS THROUGHOUT THE FIELD SO DOES NOT MATTER WHERE HE FALLS AT THAT POINT, HE GETS BEHIND THAT PYLON, THAT IS A CLEAR TOUCHDOWN FROM THIS ANGLE.

RIGHT HERE JUST WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER HIS FEET ARE IN BALANCE HERE IT LOOKS LIKE THAT LONG BODY IS A TOUCHDOWN.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE HE FRAMES THE PLAY AND GETS INSIDE THE PYLON THERE BEFORE GOING OUT OF BOUNDS IN THE INSIDE CORNER OF THE END ZONE.

>> WITH EXCITEMENT.

WHAT ENERGY ON THAT DRIVE RIGHT THERE.

>> WHAT A GREAT OPENING DRIVE FOR SANTAVIOUS BRYANT AND HIS TEAM.

TO GO 80 YARDS.

>> Referee: AFTER VIDEO REVIEW, THE RENTER MAINTAINED POSSESSION ACROSS THE GOAL LINE.

TOUCHDOWN.

>> GRAYSON TAKES THE 6-0 LEAD.

ALEX SANCHEZ WITH THE TOUCHDOWN CATCH, HIS 41st RECEPTION OF THE SEASON, AND TOUCHDOWN PASS NUMBER 23 FOR TRAVIS BURGESS.

>> COULD DRIVE THEIR OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR GRAYSON MIXING IT UP KEEPING THIS DEFENSE OFF BALANCE OUTSIDE THE SLOT ABLE TO RUN A COUPLE OF PLAYS.

>> AND THE P. A. T. IS GOOD.

MARTINEZ PUTS IT THROUGH.

THE 7-0, GRAYSON.

THEY TAKE THE LEAD ON CARROLLTON IN THE OPENING THREE MINUTES OF THE 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA IS PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.

>> GRAYSON LEADING CARROLLTON 7-0 OPENING THREE MINUTES OF THE FIRST QUARTER IMPRESSIVE BEGINNING DRIVE FOR THE GRAYSON RAMS GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING DRIVE 11 PLAYS, 80 YARDS, 2:58 AND TRAVIS BURGESS JUST BLOWS DOWN THE FIELD AND NOW JUJU LEWIS, THE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, GETS HIS HANDS ON THE BALL FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

>> YOUNG MAN WHO CAME BACK ON A MISSION WHO FEELS LIKE HE WANTS TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL, RECLASSIFY, HE WANTS THE STATE TITLE.

I EXPECT HIM TO BE LOCKED IN AND READY TO GO HERE.

>> HE IS A THIN CAREER-PASSING YARDS IN STATE HISTORY.

HE IS FIFTH IN CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASS IS IN STATE HISTORY.

AND GRAYSON KICK IT OFF.

INTO THE END ZONE AND NONRETURNABLE, SO CARROLLTON WILL HAVE TO BEGIN FROM THE 20 YARD LINE.

>> SO MUCH EXPECTATION FOR THIS YOUNG MAN TO LIVE UP TO.

HE FEELS THE PRESSURE.

THAT IS ONE OF THOSE ABOUT TIME I GOT TO THIS MOMENT LIKE HE HAS SEEN THAT ON HIS DREAM BOARD.

HE IS READY.

>> YOU LOOKED UP AT THE HALO BOARD AND IT REMINDS YOU AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT GREAT LENGTH HERE THIS WEEK.

THEY ARE STILL HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.

IS GOING TO COLORADO TO START HIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL CAREER BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK IS DONE AND HE LOOKS UP AND SEES HIMSELF ON THE HALO BOARD AND SMILES AT IT.

PROBABLY A MOMENT HE HAS DREAMED ABOUT.

>> Referee: FALSE START.

OFFENSE.

FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

>> TAKING A LITTLE WHILE GETTING TO PLAY HIM BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE REAL SMILES LIKE I HAVE SEEN THIS SOMEWHERE IN MY DREAM BEFORE LINING UP ON THIS FIELD TO MAKE PLAYS WITH THE PRESSURE OF WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP ON ME.

>> HANDOFF GOES TO KIMAURI FARMER.

HE GETS MOST OF IT BACK FROM THE PENALTY UP TO THE 20 YARD LINE.

>> PALMER, THREE-STAR GREAT SPEED OUT OF THE BACK FIELD.

ZACHARY SO EXPLOSIVE OUT OF THE SLOT.

GRAYSON ON DEFENSE GETS OVERLOOKED.

DRE FULLER AND THE TALENT HE BRINGS TO THE FIELD AND ANTHONY DAVIS, GREAT COVERAGE.

>> JOJO MAKING THE TACKLE.

>> BIG PICK IN THE MIDDLE THREE-STAR HEADED TO NORTH CAROLINA STATE.

IT IS HARD TO MOVE PUSHING THE POCKET RIGHT THERE.

CAN'T MOVE THAT KIND OF PRESENCE OUT OF THE MIDDLE.

>> THIRD DOWN AND 10.

JOSIAH VICTOR, 44 TACKLES ON THE SEASON.

RUNNING THE SCREEN AND THE BALL GOT BATTED INTO THE AIR.

INCOMPLETE PASS.

TRYING TO RUN A TUNNEL STREAM PATENT ZACHARY AND THE GRAYSON DEFENSE TYLER ATKINSON STOPPED CARROLLTON ON THE OPENING SERIES.

>> NUMBER 16.

LOOK RIGHT THERE HE READ THAT PLAY.

HE'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU A FIVE-STAR.

HE DID NOT SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR THE PLATE TO DEVELOP.

HE GOES TO BLOW THINGS UP.

>> SO, PUNTING SITUATION HERE FOR CARROLLTON.

JULIAN VARGAS IS STANDING AT HIS SIX-YARD LINE AND PUT IT AWAY AND HE DOES.

DATE BACK TO THE 30 YARD LINE AND DROPPED IN ABLE TO GET BACK ON TOP OF IT IS AIDAN TAYLOR AVOIDING DISASTER RIGHT THERE.

>> BEAUTIFUL PUNT THEREBY VARGAS.

HIGH-PANT.

JUST COULD NOT FIND IT.

COULD BE THE LIGHTS, AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, BEING IN THE STADIUM.

AJ McNEIL AND A BIG BREAK FOR THEM RIGHT NOW COVERING --RECOVERING THE BALL.

>> THEY LOST THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON.

THEY HAVE NOT LOST SINCE BUT THEY HAD ALL KIND OF DIFFICULTIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON WITH HER SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL.

CARROLLTON AND BEAUFORT AND NORTH GWINNETT AND ALL THOSE TEAMS JUST KEPT WINNING.

GRAYSON IS JUST SITTING THERE PRACTICING NOT KNOWING WHEN THEIR NEXT GAME IS GOING TO BE.

>> COACH BRYANT WOULD NOT ALLOW STEPHEN OFFER THAT AS AN EXCUSE.

HE FELT LIKE THOSE PLAYERS HANDLE ALL THE SITUATIONS IN A GREAT WAY, REALLY EXPECTED TO STILL PERFORM EACH AND EVERY TIME THEY WERE CALLED ON THE FIELD.

>> SECOND DOWN AND NINE.

BALL IS AT THE 32.

BURGESS CLEAN POCKET NOW RUNNING OUT OF IT THROWING ON THE RUN.

MAN, HE HAS GOT A STRONG ARM.

HER DOWN AND NINE COMING UP.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINEUP FOR GRAYSON.

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IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE NFL OFFENSIVE CLIMATE LOOKS LIKE IT 18 YEARS OLD LOOK AT NICK BROOKS.

HE SIGNED WITH TAXES AND THERE ARE YOUR BACKS ON THE RECEIVERS ALL OF THEM VERY DANGEROUS.

JOEL BRADFORD IS A GUY COACH SANTAVIOUS BRYANT SET I GOT A HUNCH THIS YOUNG MAN MIGHT HAVE A BIG GAME TONIGHT.

>> HE HAS ON THE WARPAINT RIGHT THERE.

WHAT A TALENT HE IS.

HE IS DEFINITELY A GUY THAT COULD SHOW UP EASILY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.

>> RUNNING THE DRAG RIGHT THERE AND IS CUT RUN FIRST DOWN, NICELY EXECUTED AS THE BALL GOES RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE.

AND, THAT IS JONATHAN STAFFORD, WHO HAS NOT PLAYED SINCE THE FOURTH GAME OF THE SEASON.

THEY DID NOT LET ON THAT HE WAS GOING TO PLAY TODAY.

WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE THAT HE WAS OUT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.

STAFFORD GETS HIM AND MAKES A BIG CATCH.

>> THEY ARE NOT SHYING AWAY FROM ARNOUX.

HE IS THE BEST COVER THEY HAVE, JUST THAT BIG BODY RATHER OF SANCHEZ MAKING A PLAY.

>> BURGESS GOES TO THE OTHER SIDE AND STAFFORD MAKES HIS SECOND CATCH.

IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THEY DON'T HAVE TO OFFER UP INJURY REPORTS LIKE THEY DO IN COLLEGE AND NFL AND IT IS AT THE COACHES DISCRETION TO LET YOU KNOW WHETHER HE'S GOING TO PLAY OR NOT.

WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE STAFFORD WAS NOT PLAIN, BUT GREAT THAT HE IS.

GREAT YOUNG TALENT.

GLAD TO SEE HIM OUT THERE AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

SANCHEZ GALLOPS DOWN TO THE 15 YARD LINE.

>> PHYSICAL, NOT JUST BIG, JUST A PHYSICAL BODY, SANCHEZ.

WATCH HOW HE ABSORBS THAT HIT, BOUNCE IT OFF.

PHYSICAL, DID NOT RUN OUT OF BOUNDS.

WENT BACK INTO THE DEFENDERS THERE, HEADED TO MAYBE STATE, AND SEEMS LIKE HE IS ELECTRIFIED HERE TONIGHT.

>> MAN DOWN FOR CARROLLTON RIGHT NOW.

>> LOOKS LIKE GLEN MIGHT BE DOWN RIGHT THERE.

>> LOOKS LIKE HE IS GRABBING AT HIS LEGS.

ONE OF THOSE SMALLISH LINEBACKER -SIZED DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.

THEY HAVE BEEN SO EFFECTIVE AND THAT HAS KIND OF BEEN THE STORY FOR CARROLLTON.

THEY LOST THEIR MAN IN THE MIDDLE, JACOB LEAVY, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLER MOVED TO FLORIDA TO CONCENTRATE ON THAT SPORT.

THAT WAS A BIG LOSS FOR THEM COMING INTO THE SEASON BUT RICKS AND ELDER AND KELLY AND LOGAN AND THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN WHO JUMPS OVER THERE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE HAS BEEN SUPER EFFECTIVE FOR THE TROJANS THIS SEASON.

>> THOSE SMALL DEFENSIVE TACKLES ARE KIND OF THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THIS GROUP.

THEY SACRIFICE THEIR BODY, SLANTING, ALWAYS GIVING UP SIZE.

EVEN TONIGHT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE DIFFERENTIAL FOR GRAYSON'S O-LINE AND CAROL FRIENDS --CARROLLTON'S DEFENSIVE LINE.

GOOD TO SEE HIM WATCHING OFF THE FIELD THERE JACOB RICKS.

>> GRAYSON THREATENING TO TAKE A TWO-TOUCHDOWN LEAD.

BURGESS SCRAMBLING AROUND BACK THERE GETTING SACKED AT THE 19-YARD LINE.

CJ KELLY WITH THE QUARTERBACK SACK.

>> GREAT ALSO THEREBY KELLY COMING FROM THE BACKSIDE WORKING THROUGH THE BALL HERE.

THERE IS BURGESS TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN, TRYING TO ESCAPE THE POCKET THEN RUNNING INTO KELLY AS HE BACKS UP.

>> THIRD DOWN AND 14.

THE LINE IN THE GAME IS THE FIVE.

>> DUNKS SIT IN THE MIDDLE, MISSED HIS TARGET.

WAS LOOKING FOR TAYLOR INSIDE THE FIVE-YARD LINE.

IT IS FOURTH DOWN.

>> YOU CAN SEE HIM COMING OFF THE FIELD RIGHT THERE.

TAYLOR NEVER GOT HIS HEAD AROUND FOR THAT PASS BY BURGESS.

TRYING TO STRONG-ARM ON THAT SLIDE ROUTE.

>> SO, RICARDO MARTINEZ IS ON FOR A 38-YARD FIELD GOAL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

STEPPER IS FULLER AND THE HOLDER IS TAYLOR AND THE KICK IS GOOD.

38 YARDS.

RICARDO MARTINEZ CONVERTS AND HERE IN THE FIRST SEVEN MINUTES OF THE GAME GRAYSON HAS SCORED 10 POINTS.

>> OFF TO A GREAT START PLAYING WITH THE ENERGY THAT COACH BRYANT NEEDED HIS TEAM TO PLAY WITH ON OFFENSE.

NEEDING THAT CHALLENGE, THE IDEA OF TAKING ON CARROLLTON COMES INTO THE GAME AVERAGING CLOSE TO 50 POINTS PER GAME, 46 POINTS.

IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT AND SCORE RIGHT NOW.

REALLY JUST WALKING THE FIELD, THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD DOING WHAT THEY WANT.

THEY COME UP WITH SEVEN BUT PUNCHED IN THAT THREE TO EXTEND THEIR LEAD.

>> GRAYSON IS WON THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THEY DID IT IN 2011 WHEN THEY SET OUT WALTZED 24-0.

THEY BEAT ROSWELL 23-20 IN OVERTIME, JUST A FANTASTIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

IN 2020 COLLINS HILL TRAVIS HUNTER WAS A JUNIOR THAT YEAR.

THEY BEAT HIM 38-14.

>> HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER.

>> LIKE YOU SAID, IF YOU'RE GOING TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN SIX A OR 7A IN GEORGIA, YOU BETTER HAVE SOME COLLEGE FOOTBALL DUDES READY TO GO.

>> AND, THE KICK IS GOING TO GO OUT OF BOUNDS SO THAT'S GOING TO GIVE CARROLLTON THE BALL AT THE 35 -YARD LINE.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE CARROLLTON SEASON RECAP.

14-0.

AVERAGE MARGIN OF VICTORY, 32 POINTS.

THEY'VE GONE 40+.

THEY WON THEIR 34th REGION CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY ARE IN THEIR 10th STRAIGHT PLAYOFF APPEARANCE, AND 36 IN THE LAST 37 YEARS.

THAT IS ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE STORY.

THIS IS THERE 15th STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME APPEARANCE, FIRST SINCE 2022.

THEY ARE 7-7 ALL-TIME IN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES BUT THEY HAVE NOT WON ONE SINCE 1998 AND THAT IS THE ONLY ONE THEY'VE WON IN THE LAST 49 YEARS.

>> UNDERNEATH IT GOES TO MOSLEY.

BREAKS A COUPLE OF TACKLES.

THERE GOES RYAN MOSLEY, 65 YARDS.

CARROLLTON ON THE BOARD.

>> THAT IS JUST HOW QUICK AND HOW MUCH TALENT IS IN THE RECEIVING ROOM AT CARROLLTON RIGHT THERE, JUST A SIMPLE SLANT ROUTE.

MOSLEY, URIAH POINTS GETTING INSIDE, MAKING A MAN BREAK.

THE JUNIOR RYAN MOSLEY, HUGE PLAY BRINGING BACK SOME OF THAT MOMENTUM TO THE TROJANS.

>> HERNANDEZ ON FOR THE P. A. T. THE HIGH SNAP, AND THIS IS A SHORT PASS AND RYAN MOSLEY DOES ALL THE HEAVY WORK.

TWO TACKLES RIGHT THERE AND THEN A THIRD AND THEN A FOOT RACE.

NOBODY ELSE WAS GOING TO CATCH HIM.

>> 6'2", 180 LONG, BIG RECEIVER ALONG WITH AJ McNEIL, A LOT OF WEAPONS FOR JUJU AND RIGHT THERE SHOWING THE TALENT HE HAS BIG-TIME ATHLETE MOSLEY.

THREE-YARD SLANT RIGHT THERE GETS YOU A BIG TOUCHDOWN.

>> MOSLEY HAS 27 OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA, ALABAMA SOUTH CAROLINA.

13th ATHLETE IN THE COUNTRY.

HE SHOWS OFF HIS ATHLETICISM ON THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE.

17 POINTS ON THE BOARD IN THE FIRST SEVEN MINUTES OF THIS GAME.

FAR CRY FROM WHAT WE SAW IN THE 5 A FINAL LAST NIGHT WHEN WE HAD 77 POINTS SCORED IN THE FIRST HALF.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE GRAYSON SEASON SUMMARY.

13-1, CHAMPIONS OF REGION FOUR GOING 6-0 AVERAGING 36.

5 POINTS PER GAME GIVING UP 11.

5 POINTS PER GAME BUT A SEASON THAT WAS JUST STRANGE IN EVERY WAY, STARTING WITH THE HURRICANE, HURRICANE HELENE, THAT POSTPONED THEIR GAME AGAINST DUKE THAT WE WERE GOING TO TELEVISE ON GBB THAT ENDED UP BEING PLAYED ON NOVEMBER 9th.

ON TOP OF THAT YOU HAD THE FIRE IN ROCKDALE COUNTY AND THEIR REGION ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF ROCKDALE COUNTY AND ALL THOSE TEAMS ARE ON LOCKDOWN AND SHUT DOWN SO GRAYSON HAD NO OPPONENTS TO PLAY FOR NEARLY SIX WEEKS.

BALL IN THE AIR, CUT BY SANCHEZ, BUT HE IS OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> GREAT JOB DOWN THE FIELD THERE BY DORIAN BARNEY JUST NOT GIVING SANCHEZ ANY ROOM TO WORK WITH ON THIS PASS.

DOWN THE FIELD IS BURGESS.

WATCH 18.

HE HAS HIS HEAD AROUND, MISCALCULATED HIS JUMP BUT LOOK HOW CLOSE SANCHEZ IS, JUST NOWHERE REALLY TO CATCH THAT BALL TO COME DOWN WITH IT.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 10 FOLLOWING THE INCOMPLETION.

BURGESS RUNS IT UP FROM THE 27-YARD LINE.

ALL SPRATLING MAKING THE TACKLE.

THAT WAS OUT OVER THE PLACE IN THE SEMIFINALS.

>> JUJU LEWIS WAS OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME BUT THE TROJAN PLAYER OF THE GAME WAS KADAN SPRATLING.

>> RUNNING THE BALL.

ELIJAH MILLER DID NOT GET THE FIRST DOWN, STOPPED AT THE 29.

>> GOOD JOB OF PENETRATION.

BIG-TIME PHYSICAL DEFENSIVE END LINEBACKER KEEPING THE DEFENSE ON THE FIELD THIS CAROLYN --CARROLLTON PAT HERE.

HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO NOT TAKE THIS BALL.

FOURTH AND ONE.

SNAP GOES BACK AND IT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN BY [ INAUDIBLE ] AND HE GETS WARMED UNDER AT THE 42-YARD LINE.

AND THEN A FLAG I THINK DOES COME OUT AT THE END OF THE PLAY.

33-YARD KIT, FIVE-YARD RETURN.

>> POSSIBLE LATE HIT, FACED --FACE MASK RIGHT THERE AT THE END OF THAT PLAY.

>> Referee: 15-YARD PENALTY FROM THE END OF THE RUN.

>> RIGHT AT THE TAIL END OF THIS PLAY, ZACHARY IS GOING DOWN RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE THE SNAGGING OF THAT FACE MASK.

CARROLLTON STARTING THIS DRIVE FROM THE GRAYSON SIDE OF THE FIELD.

>> FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 43.

THEY DO HANDED OFF.

THAT WAS KIYUN COFER.

KIMAURI FARMER, HE KIND OF GETS LOST IN THE CONVERSATION BUT CLOSE TO 1300 YARDS THIS SEASON.

THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE.

SHORT GAIN FOR KIMAURI FARMER.

>> WHAT A CAPABLE BACK HE IS.

1300 YARDS COMING INTO THIS GAME.

20 TOUCHDOWNS RIGHT OUT OF THE BACKFIELD AS WELL IS FOUR RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN'S.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

HE JUST KIND OF GETS LOST IN RIGHT NOW YOU TALK ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF JUJU LEWIS EVERYBODY KIND OF GETS LOST WHEN HE PLAYS.

>> THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.

LINE TO GAIN AS THE 33 AND JUJU LEWIS QUICK PASS OUT THERE.

DID IT HIT THE GROUND?

THAT IS A FIRST DOWN.

PEYTON ZACHARY, 5'5", 163.

HE HAS FIVE OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA.

>> LEWIS RIGHT THERE DID NOT HAVE A LOT ON THAT THROW.

THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM THE FIRST DOWN.

MARKER IS DOWN.

>> FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 31-YARD LINE.

CARROLLTON HOUSE THE BALL THREATENING TO TAKE THE LEAD.

ZION COOLEY WITH THE CATCH AND HE GETS CLOSE TO 10.

>> GREAT HANDS IS A TIGHT INCOMING UNDERNEATH THE COVERAGE RIGHT THERE JUST FOUL AND CATCH TO YOUR BIG-TIME TIGHT END 6'4", 225 HEADED TO EAST CAROLINA.

>> THE MORE I SEE ZION COOLEY, THE MORE I LOVE HIM AS A DEFENDER, AS A DEFENSIVE END OR A TITAN, EITHER ONE.

HAS A LOT OF OPTIONS THERE.

>> AJ McNEIL HERE RIGHT OUT ON THE EDGE.

>> TIME TO RUN A QUICK SCREEN GET THE BALL OUT TO ZACHARY, TREMENDOUS OUT HERE IN SPACE HERE.

WATCH 13 AS HE COMES DOWN JUST HOLDING RIGHT THERE, WRESTLING THE DEFENDER DOWN TO THE GROUND.

>> Referee: HOLDING, OFFENSE.

REPLAY FIRST DOWN.

>> KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FIRST AND 20, 118 WINS AND JUST NINE LOSSES IN HIS NINE SEASONS OF THE HEAD COACH, TWO STATE TITLES COMING AT CARTERSVILLE.

THIS IS THE FIFTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

LET ME CORRECT THAT.

THIS IS THE SIX STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HE HAS PLAYED IN NOW MAKING TWO WITH CARROLLTON.

FOUR WITH CARTERSVILLE.

>> OFFENSIVE UNIT.

EVERYBODY'S LOOKING TO THE SIDELINE.

EVERYONE IS LINED UP WAITING ON FORMATIONS TO COME IN.

A LOT OF INFORMATION BEING PROCESSED.

DEFENSE CHANGING UP LOOKS, COVERAGES TRYING TO CONFUSE JUJU LEWIS.

>> LEWIS FIRES TO COOLEY INSIDE THE 10.

TOUCHDOWN, CARROLLTON.

>> GREAT JOB, ZION COOLEY WORKING OUT OF THE SLOT DOWN LOW.

GOOD FIND HERE BY JUJU LEWIS.

WATCH THE COVERAGE ON THE BACK END.

NO ONE GOES WITH COOLEY RIGHT HERE AS YOU CAN SEE.

NO ONE IS EVEN COVERAGE.

>> LOOKS LIKE GRAYSON WAS PART MAN AND PART ZONE THERE.

NO ONE CARRIED AS I AM COOLEY AS HE CAME OFF THE BALL.

>> SIX TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION FOR COOLEY IN THE P. A. T. BY HERNANDEZ MAKES IT 14-10 SO CARROLLTON FOUL BEHIND 10-0 IN THE FIRST SEVEN MINUTES OF THE GAME AND IT TAKES FOUR MINUTES TO ERASE THE DEFICIT.

>> RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE THE READ BY JUJU BUT NO WHITE JERSEY REALLY PAYING ANY ATTENTION THERE TO COOLEY.

LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE TRYING TO PASS THAT OFF, AND DAVIS WAS PASSING IT OFF BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.

>> JUJU LEWIS WAS TWO MARK TOUCHDOWN PASS IS IN THIS GAME, 144 IN HIS CAREER.

STILL HAS THE KID IN HIM.

THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO CAPTURE AND THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO ALWAYS CONTINUE TO HAVE IN YOU.

THAT IS WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING, THAT YOUTHFULNESS.

WHAT A PLAYER HE IS.

WE SAW HIM AS A FRESHMAN.

NOW HE HAS A GOATEE.

OLD AND WISE.

>> AND BY THIS WEEKEND, HE COULD BE TEAMMATES WITH TRAVIS HUNTER IN COLORADO AS THEY GET READY FOR THEIR BOWL GAME.

HOW ABOUT THAT?

HE WILL BE WALKING IN THE DOOR AS TRAVIS IS WALKING OUT, BUT THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN BOWL PRACTICE.

>> HE CAN JUST LEAVE HIM THE KEYS TO THE FERRARI, JUST PASS THEM AS THEY GO IN.

WHAT A CAREER PUT TOGETHER IN THREE YEARS JUST TO COVER COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY AND RIGHTLY SO.

>> BETTER GET USE TO THE SPOTLIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THE CAMERA WAS THAT WAS SHOOTING HIM.

JUJU, WE GOT LOTS OF CAMERAS.

FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 20.

EMBRACE IT.

YOU'RE GOING TO GO PLAY PRIME TIME.

MILLER UP THE MIDDLE.

ALL THE WAY TO THE 35-YARD LINE, ELIJAH MILLER ON THE RUN.

>> GREAT JOB.

5'9", TWO OF FIVE SENIOR.

>> UP TOP TO THE FAR SIDELINE AND LOOKING FOR STAFFORD.

WHAT A BONUS FOR THEM TO GET STAFFORD BACK.

HE HAD NOT PLAYED SINCE THE FOURTH GAME OF THE SEASON.

THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING AND JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVER WITH 10+ OFFERS ALREADY INCLUDING GEORGIA STATE, VANDERBILT, FLORIDA ATLANTIC BUT THIS IS A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS BEEN LIGHTING UP THE GWINNETT FOOTBALL LEAGUE AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAYER BEFORE HE EVEN GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL.

ALMOST LEGENDARY STATUS.

BALL GOES OUT HERE OVER THE NEARSIDE TO STAFFORD AGAIN, STAFFORD MAKING HIS PRESENCE FELT.

>> JUST A LITTLE QUICK SCREEN OUT ON THE EDGE HERE GET THE BALL.

MOST DYNAMIC PLAYER OUT IN SPACE HERE.

I CAN TESTIFY FOR YOU, MATT, YOU ASKED WHY STAFFORD WAS IN ON THE DEPTH CHART.

HE SAID HE WASN'T GOING TO PLAY.

LOOKS LIKE IS GOING TO PLAY A LOT HERE TONIGHT.

>> HE HAS ALREADY PLAYED A LOT HERE TONIGHT.

TAYLOR CAME IN WITH ONE HAND AND IT IS FOURTH DOWN.

A PUNTING SITUATION HERE FOR GRAYSON.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THAT CARROLLTON GRIEF -- DEFENSE.

WOLF AND HAGAN HAVE NINE OFFERS.

HICKS HAS ALREADY SIGNED WITH TENNESSEE.

BARNEY IS A JUNIOR WHO HAS 40 OFFERS.

SECONDARY IS MAY BE SECOND TO NONE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, MAYBE IN THE NATION.

>> THAT IS WHY WE WERE APPLAUDING THIS GRAYSON OFFENSE THE WAY THEY ATTACKED ON THIS FIRST QUARTER.

WILLING TO CHALLENGE THEM DOWNFIELD, TWO TOP-NOTCH RUNNERS, ARNOUX AND BARNEY.

>> WE HAVE A FLAG DOWN ON THE FIELD SO WE WILL CHECK THE CALL.

>> LOOKS LIKE MAYBE A FALSE START.

A LITTLE DISCUSSION.

I DON'T THINK EITHER TEAM KNOWS YET.

>> FOR A LONG DISCUSSION ON A 35-YARD PUNT.

>> HOLDING, 10-YARD PENALTY ADDED TO THE END.

FIRST AND 10.

>> SO, NO CHANCE TO FORCE THEM TO HAVE TO RE-KICK THIS.

JUST GOING TO ADD IT TO THE END OF THE KICK YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE COACH KING GOING OUT AND ASKING.

>> Referee: CARROLLTON HAS DECIDED TO RE-KICK THE BALL.

10-YARD PENALTY.

>> YES, THAT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE.

>> YEAH, WITH PEYTON ZACHARY BACK THERE YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM AS MANY CHANCES AS POSSIBLE TO PUNT AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.

>> CALL THEREBY COACH KING.

SOMETIMES YOU CATCH A GUY A LITTLE WIND AND HAVING TO REPLAY, RE-KICK THE BALL COVERING OUT.

>> RYAN ORTEGA STANDING AT THE 16-YARD LINE TO KICK IN THERE IS PEYTON ZACHARY AT THE 43.

SNAP WAS A LITTLE OFF CENTER THERE BUT ABLE TO RECOVER AND MOVE IT OUT OF THERE.

ORTEGA.

ZACHARY TAKES IT UP TO 34.

ZACHARY ACROSS THE 50.

THAT IS WHY THEY WANTED TO RE-KICK.

>> THAT IS WHY.

A GUY LIKE HIM ON THE BACK AND IS ALWAYS ONE MISSED TACKLE AWAY FROM SCORING HERE.

GREAT JOB.

ABILITY TO RUN THROUGH TO THE TACKLE.

PAYTON ZACHARY, THREE STAR DYNAMIC.

THAT IS WHAT KING REFERRED TO AS ONE OF THOSE DEPOT SAMUEL TYPE GUYS.

>> FIVE-YARD KICK BUT A 16 YARD RETURN.

GOT A SHOT TO GET THROUGH 11,000 YARDS HERE BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER.

DON'T THINK HE CAN GET THE FOURTH.

FARMER ON THE RUN INSIDE THE 40 YARD LINE DOWN TO THE 39.

>> GOOD JOB ON THAT RIGHT SIDE.

ZERO PENETRATION TO STOP THAT PLAY EASILY GETTING TO THE EDGE.

>> SECOND DOWN AND FOUR.

BALL THROWN THERE ON THE SCREEN TO AJ McNEIL WITH THE FIRST DOWN CATCH.

>> AND PROTECTION BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

TIME FOR THAT PLAY TO DEVELOP THEIR AND THE COULD FIND TO AJ McNEIL.

>> THAT IS THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

CARROLLTON UNDAUNTED, FOUL BEHIND 10-0 BUT SNAPS RIGHT BACK, TAKES A 14-10 LEAD TO THE SECOND QUARTER HERE IN ATLANTA.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER THAT WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING OUT HERE ARE ACTUALLY STUDENT ATHLETES.

THESE STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE ACADEMIC FINALS ALL WEEK.

I TALKED TO COACH BRYANT.

HE SAID GRAYSON ALSO HAD TO --TWO HOUR- FINALS THIS MORNING AND THEN WIN OR LOSE BOTH TEAMS HAVE FINALS FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING.

WHEN WE WERE COVERING THE FIVE A GAME LAST NIGHT I GOT HOME CLOSE TO 12:30 AND I LIVE ABOUT 30 MINUTES AWAY SO CAN YOU IMAGINE BOTH OF THESE TEAMS TOMORROW MORNING, THE STUDENT ATHLETES TAKING EXAMS?

>> NO, I CANNOT.

>> I THINK JUJU HAS A 6:00 A. M. FLIGHT.

>> TO BOULDER, COLORADO.

FIRST CLASS, OF COURSE.

>> FIRST AND 10 FOR THE TROJANS AS WE START THE SECOND QUARTER.

WHEN NIKKI STARTED DELVING INTO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT FINAL EXAMS, I WANTED NO PART OF THAT.

I LEFT THAT BEHIND LONG TIME AGO.

JUJU ON THE THROWBACK CUT BY FARMER.

HE IS OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 11-YARD LINE.

THAT WILL BE ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR CARROLLTON.

>> GREAT JOB.

FINDING FARMER AND ALL THE BODIES OUT ON THE EDGE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN DID A GOOD JOB SLIPPING OUT RIGHT THERE.

YOU CAN SEE THREE BLOCKERS IN FRONT ALMOST COMING UP WITH THE BIG PLAY THERE, JUST MISSED ON THE TACKLE.

>> CARROLLTON IN THE ALPHA INSURANCE RED ZONE.

FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 11-YARD LINE.

QUICK PASSED OUT HERE.

THAT IS KIND OF A BACKWARDS PASS IT LOOKS LIKE TO ZACHARY, AND A FLAG OUT.

>> THE BALL TAKING A LONG TIME TO GET OUTSIDE.

>> SEVERAL TIMES THEY HAVE THROWN THAT PASS TO ZACHARY KIND OF BACKWARDS.

THEY MIGHT BE SETTING UP FOR SOMETHING BIGGER LATER IN THE GAME.

>> DEFINITELY GOT A DOUBLE PASS.

>> Referee: OFFENSE, 10-YARD PENALTY FROM THE END OF THE LINE.

>> SLIPPING, FAKING THE PASS TO ZACHARY AND SLIPPING MOSELEY DOWN THE FIELD WITH HIS SIZE AND SPEED.

>> WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN MOSTLY WITH THE 65-YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH AND RUN TONIGHT.

CARROLLTON HAS ONLY HAD THE BALL FOR 4:15 BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO HOLD THE BALL VERY LONG TO PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD.

THE BALL GOES TO ZACHARY.

HE GETS BLOWN UP RIGHT AWAY AND TYLER ATKINSON IS THERE TO STOP IT.

>> REALLY DON'T WANT TO RUN THAT ROUTE INTO THAT PLAYER RIGHT THERE AS YOU CAN SEE, ZACHARY GOT THAT BALL AND GOT DOWN REAL QUICK WHEN HE LOOKED UP AND 16 WAS IN HIS FACE.

>> ART GBB SPORTS DEFENSIVE PLAYER IN THE AIR AND JUST A JUNIOR.

HE HAS 51 OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA.

HE IS RATED AS HIGH AS THE NUMBER ONE LINEBACKER IN 2026, THE NUMBER ONE PROSPECT IN GEORGIA IN 2026 AND THE NUMBER NINE OVERALL NATIONAL PROSPECT IN 2026.

HE IS A BIG-TIME PLAYER.

>> RIGHT HERE STEPPING UP IN THE HOLE MAKING ANOTHER TACKLE HERE IS ATKINSON.

>>'S NUMBERS ON THE SEASON, 27 TFL, 11 QUARTERBACK SACKS.

HIS CAREER NUMBERS, AND HE IS JUST A JUNIOR, 462 TACKLES, 76 TFL AND 29.

5 QUARTERBACK SACKS WITH A SEASON TO GO.

THIRD AND 11.

JUJU GOING FOR THE FADE.

POPPED UP INTO THE AIR.

JOEY KING DID CATCH IT, BUT HE COULD NOT STAY IN BOUNDS.

>> WORKING THE ONE-ON-ONE MATCHUP, RILEE DREW TRIED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SIZE DIFFERENCE.

GETTING THAT LEFT HAND IN THEIR AND AJ McNEIL TRYING TO RESET HIMSELF AND GET HIS TOES BACK IN.

YOU CAN SEE HE INITIALLY STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS RIGHT THERE.

THAT HE COULD HOPSCOTCH BACK IN BOUNDS BUT CLEARLY YOU CAN SEE HIS TOES STILL ON THE LINE.

>> SO, FOURTH DOWN AND 28-YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT FOR HERNANDEZ.

THE KICK IS ON HIS WAY AND IT IS GOOD.

TOUGH ANGLE THERE FOR HERNANDEZ.

HE MADE IT LOOK EASY AS HE STRIKES IT THROUGH, AND IT IS 17-10, CARROLLTON.

>> 9 OF 11 FIELD GOALS FOR THE SEASON.

THEY ARE JUST GETTING IT INSIDE THAT LEFT UPRIGHT.

IN THE KICKING GAME, IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW IT GOES IN.

IT ONLY MATTERS THAT IT GOES IN.

UP THERE BY CARLOS HERNANDEZ.

>> SO, 17-10, 17 UNANSWERED POINTS FOR CARROLLTON.

THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON SCORING DRIVE, TWO MINUTES TO GET THE THREE.

>> HOW CAN THIS GRAYSON RAM OFFENSE RECAPTURE SOME OF THAT ENERGY THAT THEY STARTED OFF WITH JUST KIND OF WALKING AND MOVING THE BALL AT WILL.

TRAVIS BURGESS IS CONTINUE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND USE HIS ABILITY TO RUN THE BALL HAS REALLY BEEN HURTING THIS CARROLLTON DEFENSE.

>> KICK WILL BE NONRETURNABLE.

SO, WE WILL SEE IF GRAYSON CAN GET BACK ON TRACK HERE OFFENSIVELY AFTER THEY GOT OFF TO SUCH A GREAT START.

IT HAS KIND OF BEEN ALL CARROLLTON FOR THE LAST SEVEN MINUTES ON THE GAME CLOCK.

>> CARROLLTON, ONE OF THE TRUE BLUEBLOODS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO VISIT CARROLLTON TO UNDERSTAND JUST HOW BIG THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WOULD BE TO NOT JUST THE SCHOOL, BUT THE PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY, THE ENTIRE CITY.

>> ELIJAH MILLER STOPPED RIGHT THERE ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

NO RUNNING ROOM FOR ELIJAH MILLER.

>> THERE IS THAT MAN AGAIN, LANDON WOLF.

TO MAKE THE PLAY RIGHT THERE.

OH, EXCUSE ME, THAT IS CJ GAMBLE.

>> THE BALL IMMEDIATELY FLIES AFTER STAFFORD MAKES THE CATCH.

>> WE MAY HAVE AN ILLEGAL SHIFT.

EVERYBODY WAS NOT SAT THERE FOR GRAYSON TO SNAP THE BALL.

>> Referee: OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

REPLACE SECOND DOWN.

>> THAT WILL BACK IT UP TO THE 15-YARD LINE.

>> THIS LATE IN THE SEASON, THIS KIND OF GAME THERE IS A LOT OF LOOKING TO THE SIDELINES.

PLAYS DEVELOPING REAL SLOW.

>> SECOND AND 15.

>> TRYING TO GET THE DEFENSE TO DECLARE.

>> BALL GOES OVER HERE TO STAFFORD AGAIN.

STAFFORD MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME FOR ALL THOSE GAMES THAT HE MISSED.

THAT IS HIS FOURTH CATCH HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.

THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT.

>> LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ROTATING YOUR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN INTO THE GAME.

THE BACKFIELD HERE.

SPREAD THE DEFENSE OUT.

>> SET UP A SCREEN HERE FOR STAFFORD.

IT GETS BLOWN UP.

>> ECHOED 10 ONCE AGAIN JUST TAKING TOO LONG FOR THAT PLAY TO GET IN.

DEFENSE HAD ALL THE TIME TO SURVEY THE FIELD.

ONLY A JUNIOR MAKING ANOTHER BIG PLAY.

>> EIGHT OFFERS INCLUDING TENNESSEE, 59 TACKLES ON THE SEASON BUT HE HAD A DOUBLE-DIGIT TACKLE GAME AGAINST BEAUFORT IN THE STATE SEMIFINALS.

HE IS PLAYED VERY WELL THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF THESE PLAYOFFS.

>> FOURTH DOWN AND 12.

AND THE PUN.

SHORTCAKE.

LET'S SEE WHERE THIS THING IS GOING TO LAND.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A BIG BOUNCE FROM GRAYSON TO BAIL HIM OUT A LITTLE BIT, ENDS UP BEING A 31-YARD KICK.

GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR CARROLLTON AS THEY TAKE OVER WITH 8:55 TO PLAY HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> THEY START IN ENEMY TERRITORY.

COMPLEMENTARY FOOTBALL ON DISPLAY HERE, THIS OFFENSE OF CARROLLTON UP TOP EARLY.

>> THAT OFFENSIVE LINE HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB THIS YEAR KEEPING JUJU LEWIS CLEAN.

ONLY 13 SACKS ALLOWED IN 14 GAMES.

>> HE TAKES IT PERSONAL REPEATING HIS STAR QUARTERBACK CLEAN IN THE POCKET.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE KIND OF TALENT HE HAS BY KEEPING HIM UPRIGHT.

>> LEWIS GOES QUICKLY UNDERNEATH YOUR TO RYAN MOSLEY.

MOSLEY GETS EIGHT ON THE PASS PLAY.

YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE BEEN SO MANY JUJU LEWIS GAMES IN HIS CAREER.

THE THING THAT JUMPS OFF THE PAGE AT ME FOR JUJU IS THAT HE ALWAYS FINDS THE OPEN RECEIVER.

>> HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE IN CONTROL UNDERSTANDING THE OFFENSE, DOWN AND DISTANT, JUST MASTERY HOW HE IS DOING THAT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.

>> FARMER GETS THE LINE, WILL NOT GET THE FIRST DOWN.

GOOD JOB BY THAT GRAYSON DEFENSE.

>> ONE THING ABOUT RECEIVERS, A GUY LIKE JUJU, THEY ALL KNOW IF I CAN GET OPEN I MIGHT GET THE BALL.

THAT IS HOW HE SPREADS AROUND.

GOOD TACKLE THEREBY GRAYSON.

>> Referee: OFFICIALS TIME-OUT.

>> IS THAT WOOTEN RIGHT THERE?

>> IT IS.

HE GOT CRAMPED ON THAT TACKLE.

>> WHAT A PROSPECT HE IS, THE SIZE, A PLUGGER THERE IN THE MIDDLE ONLY A SOPHOMORE 6'2", 308.

>> SEVEN OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND FLORIDA.

SHOWS YOU HIS TREMENDOUS STRENGTH ON THAT PLAY JUST GRABBING KIMAURI FARMER WITH ONE ARM AND YANKING HIM DOWN.

>> STILL WORKING ON THAT RIGHT LEG, MAYBE IT'S IN THE HAMSTRING-AREA.

LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET UP HERE.

TEAMS HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS, PLAYING IN CHILLY TEMPERATURES.

GOT TO HYDRATE, KEEP THAT WATER IN YOU.

HE IS UP ON HIS FEET.

>> SO, SANTAVIOUS BRYANT, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS HIS FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AS A HEAD COACH, IT IS ACTUALLY HIS THIRD OVERALL.

HE IS A MEMBER OF ADAM CARTER'S STAFF IN 2020 WHEN THEY WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THEN TWO YEARS LATER HE WAS PART OF COACH NEW BLITZ' STAFF AT GAINESVILLE.

WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS, HE IS A PHENOMENAL MAN TO TALK TO AND HOLD A CONVERSATION WITH.

YOU CAN SEE WHY GRAYSON IMMEDIATELY GAVE HIM A CALL WHEN ADAM CARTER TOOK A JOB AT LAOS.

31 AND MOVEMENT UP FRONT.

>> FALSE START HERE ON CARROLLTON.

>> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE.

FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

>> PRE-SNAP IS A MENTION FOR BOTH TEAMS, THE PLAY IS TAKING A LONG TIME TO HAPPEN.

I'M SURE BOTH QUARTERBACKS TRYING TO DO A LOT OF READING LOOKING TO THE SIDELINE WAITING ON THE PLAY, JUST NOT SNAPPING TO THE BALL.

THEY'RE HAVING SUCCESS AFTER THE SNAP OF THE PROCEDURE OF GETTING LINED UP, SHUFFLING IN BODIES IS TAKING A LONG TIME.

>> DO YOU THINK THE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT?

JET SWEEP RIGHT THERE.

HE GOT STOPPED.

GREAT PLAY BY JALEN MILLS WILLIAMS, THE MIDDLE SAFETY.

>> CAME IN OUT OF NOWHERE IS NUMBER TWO, MIDDLE OF THE FIELD COMING UP DOING A GREAT JOB BUT FORCING THAT PLAY BACK INTO THE INSIDE, KIYUN COFER, AND MAKING THE PLAY THERE WAS WILLIAMS.

>> HE HAS HAD A GREAT SENIOR SEASON.

>> SPINNING KICK LIKE A HELICOPTER AT THOSE SEVEN-YARD LINE.

AND THAT IS WHERE GRAYSON WILL GO BACK ON OFFENSE.

THE 38-YARD PUNT BY JUJU LEWIS.

>> I HAVE JUST A LITTLE UPDATE ON WAYLON WOOTEN.

HE CAME OFF THE SIDELINE, WENT STRAIGHT TO WATER, CHILLED WATER A LITTLE BIT AND STARTED WALKING AROUND, WINCING, A LITTLE BIT IN PAIN.

WITH HIS LEFT ARM STARTED DOING SOME CIRCLES THAT APPROACHED HIS FELLOW DEFENSIVE LINEMAN SATURDAY WE GOT A FIGHT NOW USE OVER THERE WATCHING THE FILM WITH THEM.

>> IT IS CALLED BEING 15, 16 YEARS OLD.

YOU REBOUND REALLY QUICKLY.

>> MUST BE NICE.

>> THE FEELING OF BEING A SUPERHERO, IT ONLY TAKES A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET.

>> OFF GOES JOEL BRADFORD, UP TO THE 10-YARD LINE.

>> SPECIAL TALENT.

FAST.

BRIGHT FUTURE FOR HIM.

>> MY BAD, THAT IS TURNER.

ASHTON TURNER INTO THE GAME.

HE CARRIES AND BECOMES THE THIRD BACK USED BY GRAYSON HERE THIS EVENING.

>> I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TWO MOUSE --MOUTHPIECES ARE FOR.

ONE IS FOR RUNNING, ONE IS FOR PASS?

>> YOU GOT ME ON THAT ONE.

THIRD DOWN AND SIX.

BURGESS THROWS.

STAFFORD HAVING A GREAT GAME FOR A GUY THAT WAS NOT GOING TO PLAY.

>> THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN BURGESS AND STAFFORD IS PAYING DIVIDENDS.

DOES NOT LOOK LIKE HE HAS BEEN OUT AT ALL OR ELSE HE IS RUNNING THE CONFIDENCE BURGESS HAS GOING TO HIM.

>> HE HAD 99 CATCHES IN ARCHER AS A FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE BEFORE HE EVER GOT TO GRAYSON.

GOT OVER 1100 YARDS RECEIVING IN HIS CAREER.

>> NICE JOB BY BRADFORD THERE MORE OF A POWER BACK.

>> GOING UP TOP.

AND, TAYLOR CANNOT RUN UNDER IT.

>> TAYLOR GETTING A STEP THERE ON AJ.

IT SHOWS YOU THE ARM STRENGTH HE DOES HAVE.

>> THIRD DOWN AND FIVE, BALL AT THE 24.

BURGESS FIRES IN THE MIDDLE.

THAT IS A FIRST DOWN CATCH.

SANCHEZ.

PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.

SANCHEZ.

FOURTH CATCH OF THE GAME FOR HIM.

>> NICE JOB THEREBY SANCHEZ.

LOOK WHERE HE IS ON THE FIELD TO GET TO THE FIRST-DOWN MARK, TURN AROUND, MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE.

>> IT IS FUNNY, I WILL TELL THE STORY TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW MANY WEAPONS GRAYSON HAS, OUR STATS MAN KEVIN BARNES IS WORKING ON STAT SHEETS BEFORE THE GAME HE SAYS OH, SO YOU'RE TELLING ME GRAYSON HAS 15 DIFFERENT GUYS THAT CAN CATCH THE BALL AND I SAID YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.

>> A LOT OF TALENT ON BOTH SIDES.

THAT IS WHY YOU ARE IN THE 6A CHAMPIONSHIP HERE.

>> BURGESS GOING TO RUN IT.

I LOVE THIS PART OF THIS GAME.

LOOK AT HIM.

BURGESS ACROSS THE 50.

DOWN TO THE 45 THAT IS A 22-YARD PICKUP.

>> I LOVE HOW HE DOESN'T HESITATE RIGHT THERE.

NICE BLOCK ON THE EDGE THERE AIDEN TAYLOR.

>> THEN GRAYSON GOING TEMPO HERE.

HANDS THE BALL OFF TO MILLER, WHO IS NOW BACK IN THE GAME AND TIME-OUT HAS BEEN CALLED BY --OH, IT IS AN INJURY TIME-OUT.

LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER CRAMP.

YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AS YOU KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN GOING TO FOOTBALL GAMES ON FRIDAY NIGHTS THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT HAS BEEN ICEBURGH-COLD OUTSIDE IN THE QUARTERFINALS IN THE SEMI FINALS AND NOW NOT ONLY DOES IT HEAT UP WEATHER -WISE HERE IN THE ATLANTA AREA TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s TODAY, YOU COME IN DOORS TO PLAY AND YOU KNOW IT IS VERY HUMID AND HOT DOWN ON THAT FOOTBALL FIELD WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING A GAME SO BODIES HAVE BEEN ACCLIMATED TO THE COLD MAYBE NOT HYDRATING AS MUCH BECAUSE IT IS CALLED A NOTICE OUT AGAIN SO WE ARE SEEING CRAMPS IN THIS GAME TONIGHT.

>> YOU DEFINITELY NATURALLY JUST STOPPED DRINKING AS MUCH FLUID WHEN IT GETS COLDER.

>> EXACTLY BECAUSE IT MAKES IT COLDER.

>> IT MAKES IT COLDER.

IT IS JUST A NATURAL THING.

YOU START DRINKING TEA, COFFEE, THINGS LIKE THAT AND PLAYERS FORGET TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT OF WHAT THEIR ENVIRONMENT IS GOING TO BE.

>> SO, NOW IT'S GOING TO BE SECOND DOWN AND FIVE, BALL AT THE 40.

GRAYSON ON THE MOVE AGAIN.

JUMPED OUT TO A 10-0 LEAD IN THIS GAME BUT NOW THEY TRAIL 17-10 IN THE 6A FINAL.

MILLER GETS SWALLOWED UP RIGHT AWAY.

BIG TIME STOP BY CJ KELLY.

>> GOING UNBLOCKED INTO THE BACKFIELD.

JUST A MISCOMMUNICATION ON THE BLOCKING SCHEME UP FRONT.

EASY TACKLE, EASY PLAY FOR KELLY.

>> THIRD DOWN AND NINE, BURGESS DANCING AROUND THEM SET OFF TO MILLER KNOWS HE'S GOT A FIRST DOWN.

ELIJAH MILLER DOWN INSIDE THE 30 YARD LINE PICKED UP 16 ON THAT PLAY.

>> NICE JOB AND THAT IS WHERE THAT 6'6" FRAME COMES INTO AN ADVANTAGE FOR BURGESS, HE IS ABLE TO SURVEY AND LOOKED DOWN THE FIELD TO FIND MILLER.

>> MILLER GETS ANOTHER FIVE-YARDS DOWN TO THE 25.

ACTUALLY, THEY KEEP ROTATING THOSE GUYS IN THERE.

THAT TIME WAS ASHTON TURNER.

>> SO, TURNER WITH SOME FRESH LEGS CUTS THROUGH THE DEFENSE AND INSIDE THE 10-YARD LINE.

>> TO THE RIGHT, TURNER CUTTING IT BACK AGAINST THE GRAIN AND FINDING A BIG HOLE.

SEE COACH KING SPRINTING DOWN TO CALL A TIME-OUT FOR HIS DEFENSE.

>> GRAYSON GOING UP TEMPO HERE ON CARROLLTON AND THE FRESH LEGS OF ASHTON TURNER RIPPING THROUGH THE DEFENSE.

>> IT IS ALL ABOUT HIS VISION RIGHT HERE, TURNER, THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE.

HE WAS MEANT TO GO TO THE RIGHT.

HE DID NOT FEEL LIKE HE COULD GET OVER THERE, SAW THE HOLE ON THE BACKSIDE, CUT IT BACK THEN JUST MADE IT A PHYSICAL RUN.

FIVE FOOT EIGHT, 195 SOPHOMORE.

WHAT A BRIGHT FUTURE HERE IN THE RUN GAME WITH TURNER AND BRADFORD.

ONLY SOPHOMORES.

>> GRAYSON HAS 121 YARDS RUSHING IN THIS GAME.

67 FOR BURGESS.

31 FOR TURNER AND 21 FOR MILLER.

>> GOOD JOB OF GRAYSON ON THIS DRIVE GETTING BACK TO PHYSICALITY GETTING THE BALL OUT QUICK STAYING AHEAD OF THE CHANGE DRIVING THE BALL, EATING SOME CLOCK.

SEE HOW THE CARROLLTON OFFENSES FUNCTIONING.

LET IT SIT ON THE SIDELINE, PARK IT FOR A FOUL.

>> THEY HAVE GOT CLOSE TO A FIVE-MINUTE TIME OF POSSESSION ADVANTAGE NOW, DOES GRAYSON.

MILLER NOW BOWLS HIS WAY DOWN TO THE 4.

5.

>> GREAT SNAP RIGHT THERE TO MILLER.

THEY LOOK TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING THERE.

GREAT JOB.

>> GETS THE HANDOFF AGAIN.

TOUCHDOWN, GRAYSON.

ON THE 14th PLAY OF THE DRIVE, ELIJAH MILLER TAKES IT IN FOR FIVE YARDS OUT FOR A P. A. T. AWAY FROM GETTING TIED.

>> GETTING BEHIND THAT OFFENSIVE LINE ON THAT RIGHT SIDE AT 285 AND 295 JUST A BIG HOLE THERE FOR ELIJAH MILLER TO GET DOWNHILL AND YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO STOP HIM IN THAT SITUATION, THE POWER THAT HE RUNS WITH.

>> NOW, MARTIN IS ON FOR THE P. A. T. AGENT TAYLOR IS THE HOLDER.

THE KICK IS UP AND GOOD.

WE ARE TIED AT 17-17.

>> SIZE ADVANTAGE UP FRONT FOR GRAYSON.

LOOK AT THE POWER, THE BRUISING RUNNING OF ELIJAH MILLER RIGHT THERE.

LOOK AT THE HOLD PULLING RIGHT THERE KICK OUT BLOCK.

THAT SITUATION JUST NOT ABLE TO BRING HIM DOWN, AJ DRIVING HIM DOWN BUT TOO MUCH MOMENTUM HERE BY MILLER.

>> 12th RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON FOR ELIJAH MILLER AS BROOKS GETS HELP TO THE SIDELINE AND WE DO HAVE FLAGS ON THE FIELD BY THE OFFICIALS HUDDLED INSIDE THE 10, SO WE WILL CHECK THE CALL HERE.

>> Referee: AFTER THE PLAY WAS OVER, PERSONAL FOUL.

15-YARD PENALTY THAT WILL BE ENFORCED ON THE KICK.

>> THEY WERE TALKING TO NICK BROOKS, MAYBE THAT CALL WAS ON HIM AS YOU SAW TRAVIS BURGESS, NOT SURE IF HE WAS HURT OR THEY WERE JUST CALLING THAT PENALTY ON HIM.

BIG BREAK HERE FOR CARROLLTON.

15 YARDS GIVES THEM A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE GREAT FIELD POSITION ON THE KICK UP.

>> THAT MEANS THE KICKOFF IS COMING FROM THE 25 INSTEAD OF 40.

>> COACH KING OUT ON THE FIELD DISCUSSING.

IS HE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER OPTION?

>> I BELIEVE THE ACTION WAS AFTER THE PLAY WAS OVER, SO IT SHOULD BE THE FIELD GOAL WAS SUCCESSFUL AND ON THE KICKOFF.

DAVE REYNOLDS, OUR OFFICIALS EXPERT UP HERE.

THEY'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT, AND YOU CAN SEE BOTH COACHES ARE ON THE FIELD.

CREEPING UP CLOSE TO THE OFFICIALS HUDDLE HERE.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

I NEVER SAW THE PERSONAL FOUL.

SO, IT IS HARD TO COMMENT ON THAT.

I DID NOT SEE IT.

SO, UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN, WATCH 73.

THERE HE IS.

>> RIGHT THERE IS NICK BROOKS.

THAT IS WHAT COACH KING IS LOOKING AT AS A POSSIBLE EJECTION SITUATION AND THAT MIGHT BE WHAT THEY ARE REVIEWING.

THE DEFENDER IS ON THE GROUND AND HE KICKED HIM.

>> SO, DAVE, IS A PLAY LIKE THAT REVIEWABLE FOR EJECTION PURPOSES?

>> WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE IS JUST DISCUSSING.

IF THEY EJECT A PLAYER, IT'S A SERIOUS OFFENSE SO THE CREW HAS TO COME UP WITH THAT DETERMINATION ON THE FIELD SO A CREW CONVERSATION TO GET THAT CALL CORRECT.

>> Referee: AFTER CREW CONFERENCE, NUMBER 73 WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE CONTEST.

>> WOW, THAT IS HUGE.

NUMBER 73 IS NICK BROOKS, CONSENSUS FOUR-STAR RATED AS HIGH AS THE NUMBER 17 OFFENSIVE TACKLE IN THE COUNTRY, AND SIGNED WITH THE TEXAS LONGHORNS.

AND HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> LOOKS LIKE HE'S EXPLAINING THAT HE WAS HOLDING HIS ANKLE RIGHT THERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THE DEFENDER WAS ON THE GROUND, HE KICKED HIM IN THE FACE MASK.

TWO OFFICIALS ARE RIGHT THERE STANDING, SEEING THE PLAY HAPPEN.

>> IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE CARROLLTON PLAYER MIGHT'VE BEEN HOLDING HIS FOOT WAS STILL, I DON'T THINK THAT JUSTIFIES KICKING ANOTHER PLAYER.

THAT IS NOT AN ARGUMENT I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WIN BUT THAT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE LOSS WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY PERHAPS A FUTURE NFL OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FROM YOUR TACKLE POSITION HERE IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> YOU GOT TO PLAY MUSICAL CHAIRS IN YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE.

THE DEPTH CHART SAYS KENNETH ROBY HAS THE MOVE.

THEY WILL HAVE TO FILL IN THE GAP WITH HIM.

>> WITH THE PENALTY IT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN AT THE 17-YARD LINE BY AJ McNEIL.

HE HAS GOT A COUPLE OF KICK RETURN TOUCHDOWNS IN HIS CAREER AND HE HAS A NICE 33-YARD RETURN UP NEAR MIDFIELD.

>> WE HAVE A FLAG ON THE FIELD ON THE 40.

>> NOW THEY'VE DRAWN IT BACK TO AROUND THE 38.

>> LET'S CHECK THE CALL HERE ON PENALTY.

>> Referee: DURING THE RETURN, HOLDING PERIOD 10-YARD PENALTY.

FIRST DOWN.

>> SO, THE SPOT OF THE FOUL WAS THE 38 SO THEY'RE GOING TO END UP PUTTING THE BALL DOWN AT THE 28.

AND SO CARROLLTON GOES BACK ON OFFENSE.

WE ARE NOW TIED AT 17 AGAIN.

>> PLENTY OF TIME FOR JUJU AND HIS OFFENSE TO MOVE THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.

>> YES, MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME FOR CARROLLTON TO PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD HEAD.

SCREEN GOES TO FARMER.

OH MY GOODNESS, WHAT A HIT.

FARMER GETS LEVELED, UPENDED.

>> MITCHELL COACH BRYANT RIGHT THERE CALL SOME HEAT SEEKING MISSILE.

>> THEY HAVE SO MUCH TALENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL BUT ON DEFENSE, TOO.

MITCHOM HAS NOT EVEN MADE STARTER.

YOU CAN SEE HE HAS STARTED SKILL SET.

BALL GOES OUT THERE TO ZACHARY AND ZACHARY OUT OF BOUNDS AFTER A SHORT GAME --GAIN.

>> JUJU TRYING TO WORK THAT BALL DOWN THE MIDDLE.

GOOD JOB BY THE DEFENSE STAINBACK.

ISAAC NEVER BUYING ON THE FAKE, GOT THE BALL TO COOLEY.

>> A FIVE-MINUTE ADVANTAGE FOR GRAYSON AND BALL CONTROL TIED 17-17.

AND THE DOUBLE UP ON THE PLAY ADVANTAGE, TOO.

45 TOTAL PLAYS RUN BY GRAYSON AND JUST 21 RUN BY CARROLLTON.

>> JUJU BEING RUSHED OUT OF THE POCKET AND INCOMPLETE.

AND WE GET THAT QUESTION A LOT.

HOW DO YOU STOP A FIVE STAR QUARTERBACK LIKE JUJU LEWIS?

WELL, IT IS THE SAME WAY YOU STOP ANY GREAT QUARTERBACK.

YOU GET THEM OFF THEIR SPOT.

APPLY A PASS RUSH.

YOU GET PRESSURE ON HIM, SPEED UP THE GAME FOR HIM.

>> MAKE THEM HAVE TO MAKE QUICK DECISIONS RIGHT THERE, THE PURSUIT OF COVINGTON, NUMBER 15, NEVER ALLOWED JUJU TIME DOWN THE FIELD.

>> THE PROBLEM FOR OPPONENTS, THEY'VE ONLY GIVEN UP 13 SACKS OVER YEAR.

THIS IS IN ANDOVER AND KICK, FAIR CATCH.

BUT THERE YOU SAW AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE DEFENSE DOES BRING PRESSURE.

YOU FLUSH THEM OUT OF THE POCKET, MAKING THROW UP THE RUN, DON'T LET HIM SET HIS FEET.

>> CHANGE THE LOOK, CHANGE THE FORMATION, CHANGE THE FRONT.

BRING PRESSURE FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE A YOUNG PLAYER A GREAT PLAYER HAVE TO THINK OF THAT POSITION AND ALWAYS AN ADVANTAGE IS MAKING HIM MAKE PLAYS MOVING AND HAVING HIM MOVE OUT OF THE POCKET.

>> SO, GRAYSON TAKES OVER.

1:54 TO PLAY IN THE HALF.

THEY HAVE ALL THREE TIME-OUTS REMAINING.

TRAVIS BURGESS, 13 AND 22 FOR 136 AND FIVE CARRIES FOR 67.

ELIJAH MILLER GET STOPPED BY LANDON WOLF.

>> A SUPERB TACKLER, LANDON WOLF, AND CJ GAMBLE OUT IN SPACE RIGHT THERE, JUST A GREAT JOB.

ELIJAH MILLER BIGGER, STRONGER, BUT NO ONE PLAYS HARDER THAN WOLF.

>> 80 TACKLES ON THE SEASON FOR WOLF.

BURGESS DANCING AROUND.

THEY GOT HIM.

QUARTERBACK SACK, CARROLLTON.

>> HOW MUCH DOES BROOKS BEING OUT OF THIS GAME GIVE CARROLLTON A LITTLE LIFE HERE TO GET SOME PENETRATION, GET SOME PRESSURE.

>> Referee: SECOND TIME OUT OF THE HALF.

PLEASE RESET THE GAME CLOCK TO 1:24.

>> I AM NOT SAYING THAT NICK BROOKS BEING OUT IS A FUNCTION OF I THAT IS A SACK BUT HIM NOT BEING UP ON THAT OFFENSIVE LINE MAKES THE DEFENSIVE LINE THINK THEY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE.

THEY CAN GET MORE IN ATTACK MODE.

>> SO, THEY'RE GOING TO GET CREDIT.

THAT IS JABARI ELDER.

94.

NOT 34.

IT WAS JABARI ELDER WHO GOT THAT QUARTERBACK SACK FOR CARROLLTON.

TIME-OUT CALLED.

BY CARROLLTON, SO THEY ARE THINKING WE CAN GET THE BALL BACK.

THEY HAVE A VERY COLLEGE -LIKE APPROACH TO THEIR TIME MANAGEMENT AND THAT WE GET A STOP HERE, WE HAVE ONE MORE STOP, WE CAN USE THE TIME-OUT, WE CAN GET THE BALL BACK.

GIVE US ONE MINUTE, WE CAN SCORE AGAIN.

>> WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS HALF TWO PLAYS, ONE PLAY.

THEY CAN GET IN THE END ZONE.

THEY HAVE THAT KIND OF TALENT AND EVEN THE ABILITY FOR ZACHARY AND HIS PUNT RETURN TO GIVE THEM A SHORT FIELD.

>> WE SAW THIS IN THE FIVE A GAME LAST NIGHT WHEN MILTON GOT THE FINAL POSSESSION OF THE FIRST HALF AND SCORED WITH THREE SECONDS LEFT AND THEY GOT THE KICKOFF AND SCORED AGAIN, THAT BACK TO BACK POSSESSIONS.

THAT WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN THE MORNING THAT 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AS THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE BACK TO BACK POSSESSIONS AT THE FIRST HALF AND START OF THE SECOND HALF AND GET SOME SEPARATION FROM LANGSTON HUGHES AND WHAT TO THAT POINT HAD BEEN A BACK-AND-FORTH GAME.

>> JUST A BAD DECISION RIGHT THEREBY AIDEN TAYLOR RUNNING OUT OF BOUNDS, CARROLLTON NOT EVEN HAVING TO USE THEIR TIME-OUT RIGHT THERE IN THAT SITUATION.

YOU GOT TO GET DOWN AND AT LEAST MAKE THEM BURN THAT LAST TIME-OUT.

>> GOT TO BE AWARE OF TIME AND SPACE.

>> THE KICK IS GOING TO BE TAKEN BY ZACHARY AT THE 46-YARD LINE.

>> ZACHARY OFF TO THE RACES.

TOUCHDOWN, CARROLLTON.

AND THERE IS A FLAG DOWN ON THE FIELD.

MIGHT BE COMING BACK.

>> THAT IS THAT ASPECT THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

JOEY KING KNOWING HE HAS THAT KIND OF RETURNER.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT COME BACK FROM THE FLAG.

THAT SHOWS YOU WHY HE WAS BEING AGGRESSIVE CALLING THOSE TIME-OUTS, BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE HAS A HOME RUN HITTER RETURNING PUNTS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WHERE IS THE PENALTY?

>> I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT LITTLE SNAG OF THE JERSEY RIGHT AS ZACHARY CUT UPFIELD AT THE 50, AS THE COVERAGE MAN WAS TRYING TO GET OFF OF LOCKE.

LONG DISCUSSION HERE.

IF IT IS HOLDING, VERY LONG DISCUSSION.

>> IS THAT IT RIGHT THERE?

THAT IS CALEB HUDSON, NUMBER 11.

>> RIGHT UP AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, ZACHARY DECIDES TO GO UPFIELD RIGHT THERE, THAT LITTLE SNAG RIGHT THERE, NUMBER 2, I THINK.

>> Referee: FOUL, HOLDING.

[ INAUDIBLE ] FIRST AND 10.

>> THEY DECLARED IT WAS TWO HOLDING PENALTIES, CARROLLTON RETURNING THE BALL THERE.

>> SO, THAT ERASES THE 55-YARD PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWN BY PEYTON ZACHARY AND PUTS THE BALL BACK DOWN AT THE 40-YARD LINE.

SO, NUMBER 2 UP THERE, JAY HAGAN RIGHT THERE, THAT IS THE HOLD.

>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE HOLDINGS RIGHT HERE, NOT SURE WHERE THE SECOND ONE OCCURRED.

>> BACK ON OFFENSE NOW FOR THE TROJANS, AND JUJU LEWIS JUST HAS TO FIRE THE BALL INTO THE GROUND, AS GRAYSON IS DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB OF GETTING PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK.

>> NICE JOB OF SNIFFING THAT OUT BY CHANDLER COVINGTON FEELING THE BACK, TRYING TO GET OUT, FOLLOWING HIM AND NOWHERE TO GO TO PUT THE BALL THERE FOR JUJU LEWIS.

>> SO, SECOND DOWN AND 10.

BALL AT THE 40.

AGAIN, THE RUSH IS HEAVY AND FUTURE GOING TO BE SACKED.

PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS, TYLER ATKINSON GETTING TO THE QUARTERBACK.

>> THE SPEED HERE OF THIS YOUNG MAN WAS WHY HE IS SO HIGHLY RATED.

6'3", 220 JUNIOR.

WATCH AS JUJU TRIES.

LOOK AT THE SPEED HERE FROM ATKINSON.

WOW.

GOOD JOB OF NOT MAKING THAT A PERSONAL FOUL, BEING TOO ENTHUSIASTIC AND THROWING THEM ON THE GROUND.

NICE JOB THERE, BUT THAT KIND OF SPEED IS JUST AMAZING.

>> THIRD DOWN AND 17.

THE HANDOFF GOES TO KIMAURI FARMER AND FARMER OUT TO THE 29 NEARLY GOT ALL OF IT BACK, A YARD SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN AND CARROLLTON WILL USE THEIR LAST TIME-OUT TO STOP THE CLOCK WITH 36 SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE HALF.

>> BIG DECISION HERE WHETHER TO GO FOR IT ON FOURTH AND ONE.

>> Referee: TIME-OUT, CARROLLTON.

THIRD AND FINAL TIME OUT OF THE HALF.

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

>> THAT IS WHY I WAS SAYING THAT AIDEN TAYLOR WENT OUT OF BOUNDS >> CARROLLTON WOULD'VE HAD THAT TIME-OUT RIGHT THERE TO STOP THE CLOCK.

THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION TO GO FOR IT OR KILL THE CLOCK BUT IT PUT MORE PRESSURE ON THEM TO MAKE THE PLAY.

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT GOING FOR IT RIGHT HERE ON FOURTH AND ONE.

>> THIS KIND OF TIED GAME 17-17 ESPECIALLY WITH HIS FEET, BURGESS CAN MAKE A PLAY UP.

THE SMART THING HERE MAY BE TRYING TO DRAW THEM OFFSIDES AND TAKE THE PENALTY AND PUT THIS BALL AND MORE THAN LIKELY IF YOU GET A SOLID PUNT, GRAYSON WILL JUST TAKE THE HALF.

>> I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO.

YOU LINEUP HERE, YOU TRY TO DRIVE OFFSIDES.

IF YOU DO, YOU HAVE MORE TIME TO RUN A COUPLE MORE PLAYS.

IF NOT, PUNTED AWAY.

THEY SNAP IT.

THEY GIVE IT TO FARMER, BOUNCES OFF THE TACKLE AND PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.

DEFENDER GOT IN THERE, A GLANCING BLOW ON FARMER DID NOT STOP HIM.

NO TIME-OUTS REMAINING.

CARROLLTON SPIKES THE BALL, STOPPING THE CLOCK AT 30 SECONDS.

>> WILLIAMS CAME UP AND COULD NOT GET THE RUNNER DOWN.

>> HAD HE BEEN ABLE TO STICK THE TACKLE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GRAYSON'S BALL, BUT IT IS JUST A GLANCING BLOW OFF OF KUMARI FARMER.

--KIMAURI FARMER.

PROBABLY NEED A GOOD 20 YARDS HERE TO BE IN FIELD-GOAL RANGE.

>> FARMER SCOOTS TO THE OUTSIDE, GETS OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 39.

>> GREAT JOB HERE BY KIMAURI FARMER.

THE HEADS-UP PLAY HERE TO TAKE THIS BALL AND GET OUT OF BOUNDS, NOT TRY TO MAKE A HOME-RUN HIT AND GET TACKLED.

GOT OUT OF BOUNDS TO STOP THE CLOCK.

>> GUTSY PLAY BY KIMAURI FARMER.

20 SECONDS NOW.

BALL IS INTERCEPTED BY WILLIAMS.

SOMEONE GOT THEIR HANDS ON IT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND THEN WILLIAMS TRAILING ON THE PLANE NEARLY GOT THE PICK.

>> CHANDLER COVINGTON RIGHT HERE I WANT TO SAY 15, AS HE COMES UP.

>> IS AT 15 OR 16?

I THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN 16, ATKINSON.

IT'S HARD TO TELL WITH THESE NUMBERS SOMETIMES.

IT MIGHT'VE BEEN ATKINSON WHO POPPED THE BALL UP IN THE AIR.

>> NEARLY INTERCEPTED THERE BY WILLIAMS.

>> IT WAS ATKINSON WHO DEFLECTED THAT PASS.

SECOND DOWN AND 10.

JUJU TAKES A SACK BACK AT THE 44.

THAT MIGHT BE THE END OF THE HALF.

TYLER ATKINSON.

THEY LINE UP.

THEY WANT TO SNAP IT AGAIN.

FLAG OUT.

PLAYERS OFFSIDES.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAD PLAYERS SET.

>> IT SEEMED LIKE CARROLLTON WAS NOT SET EITHER ON THE PLAY.

NOT SURE THAT THE RECEIVERS EVEN SET.

THEY WERE ALL UP ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> THEY WILL HAVE ANOTHER CONFERENCE.

THE DEFENSE WAS OFFSIDES BUT THE OFFENSE I DON'T THINK WAS SET EITHER.

TYLER ATKINSON, DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR HAS BEEN FUN.

>> Referee: THIRD DOWN, SIDELINE WARNING.

>> GOT ALL KINDS OF PENALTIES AND FLAGS AND CALLS HERE THESE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES OF THIS HALF.

LET'S SEE IF CARROLLTON DECIDES TO TRY SOMETHING D. A HAIL MARY DEFINITELY.

THEY ARE ON THE GRAYSON SIDE OF THE FIELD.

JUJU HAS THE ARM STRENGTH TO GET IT TO THE END ZONE.

>> BALL AT THE 49 WITH THREE SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE HALF.

GOT TRIPPED TO THE TOP HALF OF THE FIELD.

NOW, THAT TIME-OUT IS GOING TO BE CALLED BY GRAYSON.

AND THEY ARE WORKING THE CLOCK.

>> Referee: TIME-OUT, GRAYSON.

THAT IS THE FIRST TIME OUT OF THE HALF.

>> YEAH, THEY ARE WORKING THE CLOCK LIKE THIS IS AN NBA GAME.

>> NOT SURE WHAT COACH BRYANT WANTS AN EXPLANATION ON THAT PLAYWRIGHT THERE BUT HE IS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.

>> WITH THIS TIME-OUT YOU, YOU ARE RIGHT.

HE'S GOING OUT THERE TO TALK TO THE OFFICIALS.

WITH THIS TIME-OUT, THOUGH, I AM GUESSING HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE HIS TEAM UNDERSTANDS, KNOCKED THE BALL DOWN.

>> HE WANTS AN EXPLANATION OF SOME SORT RIGHT THERE.

I IMAGINE GRAYSON IS GOING TO GET INTO PREVENT DEFENSE.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET FOUR OR FIVE WHITE JERSEYS JUST GOING TO GO BACK AND STAND OUT THE GOAL LINE.

>> SANTAVIOUS BRYANT YOUNG MAN STARTED HIS COACHING CAREER AS AN OUTSIDE LINEBACKER COACH AT HIS ALMA MATER AT WHEELER, PLAYS COLLEGE BALL AT SHORTER.

ALSO PLAYED A LITTLE BASKETBALL AT WHEELER WHICH THEY ARE KNOWN TO DO.

HIS SENIOR SEASON, SOME GUY YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF, JAYLEN BROWN, WAS A FRESHMAN.

>> BIG-TIME PLAYER HE IS.

>> MIGHT BE THE FINAL PLAN I SAY MIGHT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW.

HANDOFF GOES TO KIMAURI FARMER, HE GOES RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE AND GETS RUN DOWN FROM BEHIND AND THE HALF FINALLY COMES TO A CLOSE.

WHAT A HALF.

6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE NOT DISAPPOINTED.

17-17, AS THEY HEAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM.

FROM A PLACE STANDPOINT, FROM A TIME OF POSSESSION STANDPOINT, GRAYSON IS WINNING THE GAME, BUT IT IS 17-17.

>> TALKING ABOUT TWO TEAMS THAT STARTED OUT HIGH-OCTANE OFFENSE THEN BECAME A DEFENSIVE BATTLE THAN A LOT OF FLAGS CAME OUT ON THE FIELD.

BIG-TIME STRUGGLE FOR BOTH TEAMS IN HALF.

>> TIME NOW FOR OUR HALFTIME INTERVIEW IS PRESENTED BY JON'S PIZZA, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZERIA.

>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN.

SINCE THE FERNANDEZ FIELD GOAL AND TO BE HONEST, THE SECOND QUARTER HAS BEEN SLOW.

WE WILL CALL IT COLORFUL.

WHAT IS THE ASSESSMENT OF YOUR TEAM RIGHT NOW?

>> I THINK OUR KIDS ARE FIGHTING HARD AND WE HAVE GOT TO DO A LOT BETTER JOB OF KEEPING THE QUARTERBACK BOTTLED UP.

THE FIRST QUARTER HE REALLY HURT US WITH THE SITUATIONS.

WE GOT A COUPLE INJURIES PLAGUING US HERE AND THERE BUT OUR GUYS ARE WARRIORS.

WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH THIS GOOD SECOND HALF PLAN.

>> YOU SAID WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US SO HOW DO YOU PRESS ON?

>> WE GOT TO PLAY TURGEON FOR: I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SETTLED IN.

WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET SOME YARDS.

OUR PASS GAME IS BEEN PRETTY GOOD BUT THEIR FRONT SEVEN IS REALLY TOUGH, SO WE GOT TO ANCHOR DOWN INTO WHAT WE DO.

>> SOUNDS GOOD.

PRESS ON.

WE GOT MORE FOOTBALL COMING UP BUT FIRST, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BREAK WE HAVE HANNAH AND NELLY WITH OUR HALFTIME SHOW COMING UP.

KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON GPB.

>> THE GEORGIA 35 ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP COOPERATIVES CONGRATULATE THE WINNERS OF THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD FOR THE PASS CYCLE.

THIS WORD ON ALL'S --HONOR SCHOOLS THAT EXHIBIT EXEMPLARY SPORTSMANSHIP.

ONLY ONE SCHOOL IN EACH REGION IN EACH CLASSIFICATION IS CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THIS ANNUAL AWARD.

THE GSA TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ALL ASPECTS OF SPORTSMANSHIP, MAKING THE AWARD ATTRIBUTE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

INTRODUCED IN 2006, 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 PROCESS PAVING GEORGIA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP COOPERATIVES ARE PROUD TO SPONSOR THE COOPERATIVE SPIRIT SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS THIS YEAR.

>> WELCOME TO THE FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGIONS.

THAT'S JOHN NELSON.

I AM HANNAH GOODEN.

WE ARE LIVE FROM THE BENZ.

IT IS DAY THREE OF THE 2024 GSA BOYS AND GIRLS FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE LAST GAME OF THIS LONG-HAUL.

IT IS THE 6A MATCHUP BETWEEN GRAYSON AND CARROLLTON.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HALFTIME SCORE ON GEORGE'S EMC HALFTIME SCORE.

>> NIKKI GOT TO CATCH UP WITH JOEY KING.

WHEN SHE GETS TO CATCH UP WITH COACH BRYANT I WANT TO GET THE GRAYSON PERSPECTIVE.

GRAYSON HAD A COUPLE OF CHANCES TO GET MORE POINTS ON THE BOARD.

THEY COULD NOT CONVERT.

CARROLLTON, THE OFFENSE HAS BEEN HELD IN CHECK, SO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SECOND HALF?

IT IS ALL TO PLAY FOR HERE AT THE BENZ.

>> WE UNVEILED OUR 2024 GPB ALLSTATE.

GRAYSON LINEBACKER TYLER ATKINSON'S ART DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

JUJU LEWIS IS OUR OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

HE WILL BE HEADING TO COLORADO.

THERE ARE 61 PLAYERS COMBINED TO HAVE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS OR WHO HAVE COMMITTED AND SIGNED.

THAT IS SO MANY IF YOU DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

THAT IS MORE THAN TRIPLE WHAT MOST OF THESE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS HAVE THIS WEEK BUT WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS THAT GET OVERLOOKED?

HERE IS OUR CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION OF MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.

WE START WITH MILTON SENIOR LIGHT BACKER AND FULLBACK HAYDEN.

HE HOLDS THE TITLE OF TEAM TACKLE LEADER.

HE'S GOT WHEELS HITTING OVER 20 MILES PER HOUR ON THE CATAPULT AND RUNS A 4.

78 40 YARD DASH.

HE IS A MEMBER OF THE EAGLES WRESTLING TEAM WHERE HE QUALIFIED AS A STATE PLACER AND HOLDS A 3.

9 GPA.

NEXT UP IS GRAYSON'S SENIOR RUNNING BACK ELIJAH MILLER.

HE HAS 1300 YARDS ON THE GROUND, AVERAGES 5.

5 YARDS PER CARRY AND 20 CAREER TOUCHDOWNS FOR THE RAMS.

HE IS A MEMBER OF THE BASEBALL TEAM AND HAS A 3.

9 ADJUSTED GPA THAN HIS NORTHEAST SENIOR LINEBACKER SANTANA BAUCOM.

HE HAS BEEN ONE OF MID-COUNTY'S TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYERS FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE SEASONS.

HE IS LED THE TEAM IN TACKLES THIS YEAR WITH 122 AND HAS A CAREER 267 TACKLES, 160 ONE OF THOSE, SOLO.

HE ALSO PLAYS BASEBALL.

NEXT UP IS TOOMBS COUNTY JUNIOR GAVIN FLETCHER.

HE WAS AWARDED FIRST TEAM WIDE RECEIVER IN REGION THREE AA.

HE AVERAGES 17 YARDS PER CATCH AND SCORED 15 YARD PER TOUCHDOWN.

HIS MULTITALENTED ATHLETE PLACING A SECOND AND HIGH JUMP AND GIVE AN HONORABLE MENTION IN BASKETBALL.

FINALLY, CARROLLTON JUNIOR LINEBACKER KADAN SPRATLING NEEDS MORE OFFERS.

HE PLAYS THREE SPORTS, WINNING THE 2023 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN DISCUS AND POWER FORWARD ON THE TROJANS BASKETBALL TEAM.

WITH NATIONAL SIGNING DAY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FEBRUARY 5th, MAKE THOSE KIDS SOME OFFERS, AND SOME OF THOSE KIDS ARE GOING HOME WITH TROPHIES.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE ALSO GOT THE CHANCE TO FOCUS ON A LOT OF KIDS THIS FOOTBALL SEASON IN OUR MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER SEGMENTS OR GO BACK INTO THE ARCHIVE.

TAKE A PEEK AT ALL THOSE PLAYERS.

SEE IF THERE ARE SOME PLAYERS STILL LOOKING FOR OFFERS COME FEBRUARY 5 BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF QUALITY TALENT, NOT JUST THE FIVE AND FOUR STARS HERE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA BUT A LOT OF QUALITY TALENT ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> IT'S TIME TO TAKE A BREAK.

WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

THERE IS MORE FROM THE GPB HALFTIME SHOW.

>> WELCOME BACK.

IT IS HALFTIME OF THE 6A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN CARROLLTON AND GRAYSON.

IT'S TIME FOR THE GEORGIA PLAYER SPOTLIGHT AND WE ARE FEATURING A SPECIAL PLAYER WHO CAME OVER FROM RUSSIA JUST TWO YEARS AGO ALREADY MAKING AN IMPACT AND A LEADER ON THE TEAM.

HERE IS HIS STORY.

>> WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, I DID NOT UNDERSTAND A SINGLE WORD SOMEBODY SAID.

>> IS NOT FROM HERE.

HE IS A DIFFERENT CULTURE BUT AFTER TWO YEARS OF BEING HERE, HE IS RESPECTED AS A LEADER ON THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.

HE'S EXTREMELY STRONG.

HE IS OBVIOUSLY GOT THE SIZE BEEN 6'5", 315 POUNDS.

>> HE WAS VERY RAW, NEVER PLAYED FOOTBALL BEFORE BUT VERY DRIVEN, REALLY GOOD YOUNG MAN.

HIGHLY INTELLIGENT.

THAT IS WHAT JUMPED OUT EARLY ON, PICKING UP CONCEPTS AND SCHEMES.

>> PEOPLE ASK WHY YOU KNOW A LOT.

I SAID BECAUSE I SPEND A LOT OF TIME LEARNING ABOUT IT.

>> WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE KID.

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER GREAT SPOTLIGHT.

WE HAVE TO TAKE ONE MORE QUICK BREAK.

COMING UP NEXT WE ARE GOING TO RECAP ALL OF THIS WITH OUR FAVORITE GHSA OFFICIALS.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG WEEK.

WE WILL BE BACK RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE REGION'S HALFTIME SHOW.

THIS IS HALFTIME OF THE 6A BOYS GAME BETWEEN GRAYSON AND CARROLLTON.

NOW WE HAVE DR. ROBIN HINES, DR. TIM SCOTT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

I DON'T WANT TO BURY THE LEAD.

>> SHE IS GOING TO GO RIGHT TO IT.

>> I WANT TO GET THE ANNOUNCEMENT OUT OF THE WAY.

DR. HIGHNESSES NAMESAKE WAS BORN LAST NIGHT --THIS MORNING, AT 3:25 A. M. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THERE HE IS, JAMES ROBERT HINES THE FOURTH.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> GOD HAS BLESSED US AND BOBBY AND RACHEL ARE GOING TO BE OUTSTANDING PARENTS.

>> FANTASTIC AND NOW WE HAVE MORE THAN JUST THAT SHOT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE LIVE FAMILY HERE.

>> YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER AND YOUR WIFE.

THEY DON'T WANT TO BE ON CAMERA BUT WE ARE DOING IT ANYWAYS.

THEY'RE JUST TOO SWEET.

>> THERE YOU GO.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO ONCE AGAIN HOW SOMEONE ADDED TO THE FAMILY?

>> IT FEELS GREAT YOU KNOW TO KEEP THE HINES LEGACY GOING LIKE BOBBY DID, HE GOT THE PRESSURE OFF DOING IT THE FIRST TIME SO WE ARE EXCITED.

WE ARE SO BLESSED.

>> HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THIS WEEKEND EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE INTO THESE PASS THREE DAYS?

>> I THINK IT IS BEEN A GREAT WEEK FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, OUR FANS, OUR COMMUNITIES.

I MEAN, THE PEOPLE HERE AT MERCEDES-BENZ DID A GREAT JOB.

YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB SO I MEAN I DON'T THINK IT COULD HAVE WENT ANY BETTER.

IT WAS REALLY SMOOTH AND THAT IS DUE TO A LOT OF WORK ON THE FRONT END WHICH ACTUALLY STARTED THIS TIME LAST YEAR SO THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON IT SO THAT IS A CREDIT TO EVERYBODY THAT DID THAT SO.

>> AT THE SAME TIME YOU MENTIONED IT'S GOING TO BE -- YOU GET THE REST OF DECEMBER OFF.

MAYBE INTO JANUARY YOU START THINKING ABOUT THINGS BUT IT IS NOT JUST FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 26 OTHER SPORTS ARE GOING ON.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS 370 DAYS A YEAR FOR THE GHSA.

>> IT IS.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

WE HAVE ALREADY SET OUR FIRST DAY, JANUARY 13th WE ARE BRINGING A LOT OF PEOPLE TOGETHER TO REVIEW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT TOURNAMENT THAT WE HAVE HAD AND IT HAS GONE SO SMOOTHLY I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT MERCEDES-BENZ PEOPLE.

THE CROWDS OF BEEN OUTSTANDING.

I EXPECT WE WILL BREAK THOSE RECORDS AND THE GOOD LUCK CHARM IS DR. TIM SCOTT.

HE HAS DONE A SUPER JOB AND WE ARE JUST PROUD TO HAVE THEM.

>> WHAT IS IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY SHOW UP BECAUSE WHEN JEFFERSON AND CALHOUN SHOW UP YOU SEE THE JEFFERSON REAL AND --BLUE AND RED.

WHAT IS IT BEEN LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES COME HERE TO SHOW OFF?

>> IT IS REALLY COOL WHEN YOU WATCH A COMMUNITY GET BEHIND THE SCHOOL AND WATCH THE KIDS WHEN THEY WALK UP ON STAGE THERE TO RECEIVE THE TROPHY AND SOME OF THEM HAVE TEARS IN THEIR EYES AND THEY'RE ALL EXCITED.

OF COURSE WE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES.

BUT, IT'S WONDERFUL THAT OUR COMMUNITIES DO THAT, THAT THE STATE OF GEORGIA HAS THAT AND WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT IN THOSE THAT ARE NOT HERE, THEY'RE WATCHING IT ON TV.

I GET TEXT MESSAGES AND THINGS ALL THE TIME.

>> IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG, HE IS THE NEW GHSA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION FROM DR. HINES HERE.

>> YOU GIVING HIM ALL YOUR SECRETS?

>> HE IS PERFECTLY CAPABLE HIMSELF.

HE IS BEEN WITH THE BEST SCHOOL MAN FOR MANY YEARS AND HE HAS STEPPED INTO THIS ROLE AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

>> WHAT HAS BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK?

>> BEING HERE, FOR ME.

OF COURSE, MY FIRST TIME IN THIS ROLE, AND BEING EVER TO SHARE THAT WITH DR. HINES AND THE STAFF AND MY FAMILY THAT COULD BE HERE.

MY WIFE IS AN EDUCATOR IN THE SCHOOL BUT I HAVE OTHER FAMILY HERE AND JUST HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH THEM.

>> BEFORE WE GO THERE SOMEONE WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US, OUR DEAR FRIEND KEVIN WAS LOST TO US IN JUNE.

HE'S BEEN A GREAT PART OF THE GSA.

WE'VE KNOWN HIM HERE.

WANTED TO GET YOU TO SAY SOME THINGS ABOUT KEVIN.

>> IT MEANS A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, ONE OF THE BEST ATHLETIC DIRECTORS THAT EVER WAS, ONE OF THE BEST COACHES, OFFENSIVE LINE GUYS, A FAMILY MAN, SUCH A WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND FATHER.

WE HAVE NEVER HAD A BETTER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR THAN KEVIN.

THE JOB THAT HE DID WITH FOOTBALL STARTING BASS FISHING AND MAKING IT THE BIGGEST IN THE COUNTRY BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS HIS FRIENDSHIP.

HE HAD THE ABILITY TO BE MY BEST FRIEND AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S BEST FRIEND AND HE IS ABSOLUTELY SORELY MISSED AND IT IS A HOLE THAT WE ARE NEVER GOING TO FILL.

I MEAN, THAT GUY IS ONE-OF-A-KIND FOR SURE, WE MISS HIM.

WE LOVE HIM.

WE LOVE HIS FAMILY.

WE FOLLOW HIS SON.

COACHES IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.

WE FOLLOW THEM CLOSELY AND STAY IN TOUCH WITH HIS WIFE, LYNN AND CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE GUY BUT WE JUST TREMENDOUSLY MISS HIM.

>> AMEN.

>> VERY NICE, WELL SAID.

THANK YOU, DR. HINES.

THANK YOU, DR. SCOTT.

THIS IS THE LAST SHOW FOR US, JOHN.

GOOD JOB.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING THE REGION'S HALFTIME SHOW.

NEXT, THE SECOND HALF OF CARROLLTON AND GRAYSON.

THEY ARE TIED AT 17-17.

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

IT IS COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THIS ON GPB.

>> WILL CONNECT TO MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM AS WE GET READY TO START THE THIRD QUARTER, GRAYSON AND CARROLLTON TIED AT 17-17.

MATT STEWART ALONG WITH WAYNE GANDY.

ANY IDEA HOW THIS GAME IS GOING TO GO?

>> WE DO KNOW THAT CARROLLTON HAS TO COME OUT AND THEY HAVE TO ESTABLISH THEIR RUN GAME AND WIN ON FIRST DOWN AND FOR GRAYSON OFFENSIVELY I THINK THE DEFENSE START PICKING UP THE PACE, BUT OFFENSIVELY, BURGESS, MAKE SOMEPLACE WITH YOUR FEET.

THEY GET IN TROUBLE WHEN THEY TRY TO MAKE THE JUMP PLAYS.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS.

IT WAS GRAYSON THAT CAME OUT AND SCORE THE FIRST 10 POINTS OF THE GAME IN 17 MINUTES.

>> ALEX SANCHEZ ON THE 17-YARD TOUCHDOWN.

>> THEN CARROLLTON GOT TO WORK HERE.

THE 65-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM LEWIS TO MOSLEY.

>> JUJU LEWIS ONCE AGAIN ABLE TO FIND COOLEY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

TO STRETCH THE LEAD HERE FOR CARROLLTON.

>> 31-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS RIGHT THERE THAN THE TOUCHDOWN RUN.

BY ELIJAH MILLER.

17-17 AS WE GET READY TO START THE THIRD QUARTER AND CARROLLTON WILL GET THE BALL FIRST SO THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD.

>> IT SEEMS THAT THE DEFENSE STARTED PICKING UP THE PACE COMING FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES FOR GRAYSON ATTACKING JUJU, GETTING HIM OFF HIS MARK AND THEY FORCED HIM OUT OF THE POCKET WHICH STARTED MAKING THE OFFENSIVE STARTING TO GET HOT BEHIND THE CHAIN AND IT WAS STARTING THE THIRD AND LONG.

>> TIME NOW FOR OUR HALFTIME INTERVIEWS BROUGHT TO YOU BY JOHNNY'S PIZZERIA, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZERIA.

>> COACH, BALL CONTROL -WISE, YOUR TEAM HAS FOUR MINUTES OVER CARROLLTON.

>> WE JUST GOT TO KEEP DOING THE LITTLE THINGS RIGHT.

SOME THINGS WE DID NOT DO WELL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE IN THE FIRST HALF, MOVEMENT HERE IN HALFTIME TO BUILD CLEAN THEM UP AND CAPITALIZE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THOSE DRIVES.

>> DEFENSIVELY SPEAKING YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON JUJU HOLDING THEM DO WHAT THEY CAN REALLY TYPICALLY DO SO HOWEVER YOU FOUND SUCCESS?

>> IT IS EFFORT, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, DOING THE JOB FOR THE MAN NEXT TO YOU.

>> HOW DO YOU MAKE THIS A 15-0 SEASON?

>> FINISH THE GAME.

>> GOOD LUCK IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, NIKKI.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE REAL KEY IS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HEALTH INSURANCE HALFTIME STATS, THEIR ABILITY TO PUT PRESSURE ON JUJU IN THAT SECOND QUARTER CHANGED THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT BUT AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATS, WHAT JUMPS OFF THE PAGE AT YOU?

>> RUSHING YARDS FOR CARROLLTON.

ONLY 19.

THEY SHOULD BE WAY UP THE BOARD AND THEY ONLY HAD ONE FOR SIX ON THIRD DOWN.

THEY CAN THROW THE BALL BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF LONG-DISTANCE SITUATIONS THERE AND GRAYSON WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE PRESSURE.

>> I THINK YOU LOOK AT THE DO.

--DISPARITY AND THE TOTAL PLAYS, 17 PLACE RUN BY CARROLLTON AND CLOSE TO A FOUR-MINUTE TIME OF POSSESSION ADVANTAGE.

I THINK OF GRAYSON CAN KEEP THAT UP THEY MIGHT WALK OUT OF HERE WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.

>> IT IS 15 MINUTES.

IT'S JUST ABOUT GOING OUT AND TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO WIN FIRST AND FOREMOST.

USE THAT SPEED, AS WE SAW THE LINEBACKER START ATTACKING.

THEY STOP SITTING BACK AND WAITING.

THEY MAKE A READ, GO GET THE QUARTERBACK.

WHAT A GREAT JOB IN THAT SECOND QUARTER.

>> THE OTHER THING THAT WILL COME INTO PLAY HERE IN THE SECOND HALF IS HOW DOES GRAYSON ADJUST ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAVING LOST THEIR STAR LEFT TACKLE, NICK BROOKS, WHO GOT EJECTED FROM THE GAME.

HOW THAT IMPACTS THE RUNNING GAME?

WE WILL FIND THAT OUT HERE IN THE NEXT TWO QUARTERS.

THIRD QUARTER KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY HEADS-UP GEORGIA.

PARK YOUR PHONE WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING.

IT SAVES LIVES.

THE KICKOFF WILL SAIL INTO THE END ZONE.

HERE IS A LOOK AT JUJU'S NUMBERS THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF PLAY.

14 OF 19 FOR 174.

DID GET SACKED A COUPLE OF TIMES.

REMEMBER ONLY 13 SACKS IN 14 GAMES.

>> GOOD NUMBERS ACROSS THE BOARD BUT REALLY JUST POOR ON THIRD DOWN.

1 OF 6 ON THIRD DOWN FOR JUJU.

HE IS USUALLY UP AROUND 60, 65 PERCENT ON THIRD DOWN.

>> ABLE TO SPREAD THE BALL AROUND SIX DIFFERENT WIDE RECEIVERS.

THAT IS A TYPICAL JUJU LEWIS KIND OF NIGHT IN THE FIRST SNAP OF THE GAME IN THE FIRST QUARTER GOES TO KIMAURI FARMER.

FARMER, AS YOU MENTIONED, HAS NOT BEEN A BIG FACTOR SO FAR IN THIS GAME.

>> THAT IS HOW YOU FIX THIRD DOWN.

GET THE RUN GAME GOING.

MAKE IT THIRD AND MANAGEABLE SO JUJU DOES NOT HAVE TO SIT BACK IN THE POCKET.

QUICK READS, QUICK DECISIONS, GOOD FIRST-DOWN RUN THERE.

>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX.

BALL AT THE 24.

AND, A PASS BY HUDSON DOWNFIELD FOR MOSLEY.

CANNOT HOLD ON TO IT.

>> GOOD JOB THERE STAYING BACK BY THE CORNER.

YOU SEE STEP FOR STEP THE REVERSE PASS THERE TRYING TO BUY TIME FOR MOSLEY TO GET OVER IT.

DID NOT GET HIS HEAD AROUND TILL LATE WITH MITCHOM BUT GOOD JOB THERE STAYING IN THE FACE THERE OF THE BIGGER MOSLEY.

>> THIRD DOWN AND SIX.

QUICK PASS, INCOMPLETE.

MOSTLY, THE TARGET, I THINK.

HE HAD TWO RECEIVERS KIND OF IN THE GENERAL AREA.

IT IS INCOMPLETE AND CARROLLTON HAS TO PUNT.

>> LOOKS LIKE HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO WORK THAT TO MOSLEY IN THE SLIDE RIGHT THERE.

GOOD JOB BY ANTHONY DAVIS MAKING THAT WINDOW TIGHTER FOR JUJU TO CONNECT.

ONCE AGAIN GRAYSON BEING ABLE TO FORCE THIRD AND LONG ONTO THIS OFFENSIVE CARROLLTON.

>> TAYLOR STANDING DEEP FOR GRAYSON AND JULIAN VARGAS ON THE POT.

GRAYSON HAS GOOD FIELD POSITION FOR THEIR FIRST POSSESSION OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

THAT WAS JUST A 34-YARD KICK.

>> GOOD JOB THERE OF GOING TO GET THAT BALL BY AIDAN TAYLOR.

SO MANY TIMES WE SEE GUYS LET THAT BALL HIT.

THEY LOSE 15, 20 YARDS.

GOOD JOB OF BEING AGGRESSIVE AND SAVING THAT YARDAGE FOR HIS OFFENSE.

>> TRAVIS BURGESS WAS ALSO ABLE TO GET 61 YARDS ON THE GROUND KEEPING IT SIX TIMES.

HE HAS HAD A GOOD GAME, 200 YARDS OF OFFENSE ALREADY IN THIS GAME AND HE ONLY AVERAGES 217 PER GAME SO HE IS WELL ON HIS WAY TO BLOWING BY THAT NUMBER HERE IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 44.

KEEPER BURGESS FAKES THE PASS, GETS DRAGGED OUT FROM BEHIND BY CJ KELLY, WHO HAS HAD A REALLY GOOD GAME FOR THE TROJANS AT THAT DEFENSIVE LINE POSITION.

>> GREAT JOB OF DECISION-MAKING GOING TO GET FIVE TOUGH YARDS BY BURGESS.

>> BACK TO IT, PASS THROWN BEHIND SANCHEZ, INCOMPLETE.

>> ONCE AGAIN, CJ KELLY RIGHT HERE WITH THE PRESSURE, UNABLE TO STEP INTO THE THROW.

SANCHEZ IS OPEN RIGHT THERE, JUST NOT TIME ENOUGH TO STEP INTO THE THROW AND DELIVER IT.

GOOD PRESSURE BY THE DEFENSIVE FRONT.

>> THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.

HANDOFF GOES TO MILLER, AND MILLER WILL NOT GET THE FIRST DOWN.

GOT STOPPED BY THE CARROLLTON DEFENSE.

>> LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO LINE UP AND GO FOR IT HERE.

>> BALL IS SNAPPED.

MILLER DOWN THE SIDELINES.

STOPPED AT THE ONE, THE TWO.

THEY WILL SPOTTED AT THE TWO.

MILLER GOT CUT FROM BEHIND BY SPRATLING.

>> GREAT BLOCKING OUT ON THE EDGE.

MILLER DECIDING TO CUT THIS BALL BACK.

HE WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THE FIRST DOWN, SAW A LOT OF GREEN GRASS IN FRONT OF HIM.

BEHIND HIM CUT BACK AND GOOD LUCK OUT ON THE EDGE THERE BY STAFFORD.

>> 45-YARD RUN BY MILLER AND NOW TURNER GET STOPPED THERE AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> TRYING TO CATCH THIS DEFENSE OFF BALANCE.

>> TURNER DIES FOR THE END ZONE.

DID HE GET IN?

TOUCHDOWN.

GRAYSON BACK ON TOP.

TWO-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR ASHTON TURNER AFTER THE 45-YARD RUN BY MILLER SET IT UP.

>> RIGHT HERE, ELIJAH MILLER BOUNCING WAS TO THE OUTSIDE.

LOOK AT THE RECEIVERS BLOCKING FOR HIM.

GOOD JOB THERE BY STAFFORD.

THIS IS WHAT SETS OF THE TOUCHDOWNS, SPRATLING BARELY CATCHING HIM BEFORE HE GETS TO THE END ZONE THAN JUST POWERING HIMSELF INTO THE END ZONE.

YOU CAN SEE THE BALL OVER THE GOAL LINE.

GOOD CALL BY THE OFFICIAL.

>> MARTINEZ, 24-7 GRAYSON SCORING HERE IN THE OPENING 2+ MINUTES OF THE THIRD QUARTER AFTER A CARROLLTON THREE AND A ZERO SO GRAYSON MOVES QUICKLY TO TAKE THE LEAD HERE IN THE 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> 9:49 TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND GRAYSON NOW BACK ON TOP OF CARROLLTON 24-17, ASHTON TURNER TAKING IT IN TO CATHERS SIX-PLAY 65 YARD DRIVE.

TOOK 1:21 OFF THE CLOCK AND THE 35-YARD RUN BY MILLER SET THAT THING UP.

>> GREAT START TO THE SECOND HALF.

THREE AND OUT.

THE CARROLLTON OFFENSE GET THE BALL BACK, START RUNNING THE BALL.

PHYSICALITY, THE BIG RUN BY MILLER AND THEN JUST BOWLING THE WAY IN THEIR WITH ASHTON TURNER FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> SO, THE KICKOFF COMING FROM [ INAUDIBLE ] HE'S BEEN GREAT AT PUTTING THE BALL IN THERE.

THIS TIME IT CUPS DOWN AT THE FOURTH AND NEIL GETS TO THE 20 AND NO MORE.

>> CAN THIS TROJAN OFFENSE FIND THAT GROOVE THAT WE SAW EARLIER IN THE FIRST QUARTER?

THEY JUST LOOK UNSTOPPABLE.

EVER SINCE THEN IT HAS JUST BEEN KIND OF MISSED CUES, PENALTIES, BAD POSITIONS.

OFFENSIVE LINE IS GOING TO HAVE TO PROTECT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A BETTER JOB RUNNING THE BALL.

>> 42 YARDS OF OFFENSE LAST FOUR POSITIONS FOR JOEY KING'S TEAM.

THEY ONLY HAVE 219 IN THE GAME, GRAYSON SITTING AT 3:13.

LEWIS THROWING ON THE SLANT IS COMPLETE.

PEYTON ZACHARY WITH THE CATCH GOT SIX YARDS ON THE PLAY.

>> CONYERS RUNS ON THE FIELD LATE, GETS INFORMATION AND MAKES THE TACKLE.

>> THE DRIVE GOES TO COOLEY AND TYLER ATKINSON THROWS IT FORWARD.

THAT IS FIRST DOWN FOR CARROLLTON AT THE 41.

>> YOU CAN SEE COACH KING GOING FULL PACE WITH HIS OFFENSE.

>> THEY RUSH, THEY PICK IT UP AT LEAST FOR NOW.

COMPLETE ON THE EDGE THERE TO McNEIL AND McNEIL SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS BY ANTHONY DAVIS ACROSS MIDFIELD.

>> SHORT DROP THEREBY JUJU GETTING THE BALL OUT.

FULL PACE HERE LOOKS LIKE MAYBE A GRAYSON PLAYER IS DOWN.

JOSIAH VICTOR, THE BIG NOSE TACKLE RIGHT THERE.

>> YES, LOOKS LIKE VICTOR IS DOWN RIGHT NOW FOR GRAYSON.

FORTUNATELY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT IS ANYTHING WORSE THAN A CRAMP.

>> BUT, WHAT A CONSCIOUS DECISION HERE BY HEAD COACH JOEY KING FEELING THAT THEIR OFFENSE IS KIND OF SLEEPWALKING.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCEDURE OF GETTING THE PLAY IN AND MOVING AT A FASTER PACE.

THAT FIRST HALF WE SAW A LOT OF STAGNATION BEFORE THE SNAP.

NOW GUYS, THE FIRST COUPLE OF PLAYS OF THIS DRIVE MOVING AROUND AND YOU CAN SEE VICKERS UP ON HIS FEET WALKING IT OFF.

>> JOJO IS THEY LIKE TO CALL HIM.

SOUND WITH NC STATE ON SIGNING DAY ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER OFFERS INCLUDING BOSTON COLLEGE, TO WHOM HE ORIGINALLY COMMITTED.

6'2", 280 SENIOR.

THEY GOT A LOT OF BIG GUYS TO FEED AND NOT GRAYSON LINE, DON'T THEY?

I BET THEY GIVE THAT CAFETERIA A WORKOUT.

>> HIM AND WOOTEN GO IN THERE AND EVERYBODY GETS SCARED.

>> FIRST AND 10, BALL IS AT THE 43.

LEWIS FIRES IN THE MIDDLE AND IT IS AT THE 15-YARD LINE.

ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FOUR.

>> GREAT JOB OF SELLING THIS PLAY ACTION.

GOOD PITCH.

BEAUTIFUL PROTECTION HERE.

PLAY TAKES A LONG TIME HERE FOR McNEIL TO COME OPEN.

GOOD JOB OF WORKING THE POCKET AND DELIVERING THE BALL DOWNFIELD BY LEWIS.

>> 39-YARD COMPLETION.

McNEIL, WHO SIGNED WITH UT BARTON ON NATIONAL SIGNING DAY, THE BIG CATCH THAT'S UP CARROLLTON FIRST AND GOAL TO GO AS THEY TRY TO ANSWER BACK AND TIE THE GAME AGAIN.

>> CONFUSION HERE LATE INTO THE PLAY CLOCK.

NOT SURE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE LINED UP.

>> HANDOFF GOES TO FARMER.

FARMER GETS STOOD UP THERE AT THE THREE-YARD LINE THEN THE BALL POPS OUT.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION THERE OF PERSONNEL GETTING LINED UP LATE.

YOU CAN SEE FOUR OR FIVE BODIES ON THE CARROLLTON SIDELINE SIGNALING PLAYS IN.

>> SECOND DOWN AND GOAL.

BALL ENDED UP IN THE HANDS OF ZACHARY AFTER LOUIS HAD FAKED A PITCH TO FARMER, AND ZACHARY GETS DROPPED FOR A LOSS.

>> KANSAS CITY CHIEFS TRICKERY HERE.

A LITTLE SHUFFLE PASS LIFTED RIGHT THERE, NOT FOLDED ALL, STAYING HOME TO MAKE THAT PLAY IS AUNT DAVIS.

--ANTHONY DAVIS.

>> NOW IT IS THIRD AND GOAL.

>> OFFENSE STILL LOOKS LIKE THERE NOT REALLY SURE WHICH COORDINATION AS YOU CAN SEE GUYS GETTING LINED UP LATE.

>> SNAP AND NOW I PASS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

CARROLLTON BREAKS INTO THE TRICKERY BOOK TO GET THE TOUCHDOWN, AND IS 24-23.

>> GOOD JOB OF SELLING THE RUN UP FRONT BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

JUJU LEWIS LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO RUN THE QUARTERBACK DRAW.

ACTUALLY, DIRECT SNAP TO KIMAURI FARMER WHO WAS IN THE BACKFIELD THERE.

>> JUJU WENT IN MOTION.

>> THEN JUST KIND OF FLINGING IT UP IN THE AIR TO 6'4" TARGET, COOLEY.

>> 24-24.

YES, JUJU AND MOTION TO THE SIDELINE.

KIMAURI FARMER TOOK THE DIRECT SNAP AND SHOT PUT IT THE BALL TO ZION COOLEY FOR THE SCORE.

>> THAT WAS A KNUCKLEBALL.

NO SPIN ON THAT, JUST GET IT OVER THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

GREAT EXECUTION UP FRONT.

>> YOUR GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING DRIVE.

SEVEN PLAY, SEVEN YARD YOU SAID YOU TO GO IN MOTION A FARMER RUNS UP TO THE LINE LOOKS LIKE IS GOING TO RUN THE BALL THEM STOPPED IN KIND OF A POP PASS.

WITH THE SCORE, 24-24, COOLEY GETS HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT.

>> ALWAYS FUNNY HOW THAT PASS AND PRACTICES SO PRECISE THEN YOU GET IN THE GAME AND THE TEMPLE TURNS UP AND YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE BALL OVER THE LINE.

GOOD JOB BY FARMER, OF SELLING THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MOTION.

HE WAS ABLE TO PULL TYLER ATKINSON UP THEN FLIP IT OVER HIS HEAD.

>> ZION COOLEY, WHO DE-COMMITTED FROM NORTH CAROLINA HAS NOT SIGNED YET FROM NATIONAL SIGNING DAY.

STILL PLENTY OF TIME FOR ZION COOLEY, AND EAST CAROLINA REMAINS AMONG HIS 11 OFFERS.

THE NEXT SIGNING DAY COMING UP ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF FEBRUARY.

>> GREAT ANSWER THERE BY CARROLLTON TAKING THE BALL TO GET SOME POINTS.

NOW, CARROLLTON OFFENSE KIND OF WAKING UP AFTER THAT.

>> GRAYSON BACK ON OFFENSE, TIED AGAIN AT 24.

CJ KELLY WITH THE STOP.

>> SO STRONG AND ACTIVE RIGHT THERE.

YOU CAN SEE STOPPING THE RUNNING BACK IN HIS TRACK AS HE CROSSED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> THAT IS THE SIXTH SOLO TACKLE OF THE GAME FOR CJ KELLY.

KADAN SPRATLING MAKING THAT TACKLE RIGHT THERE.

>> GOOD JOB ON THIS ONE THERE BY SPREAD OUT ON THE EDGE, NOT FOLD AT ALL TO MAKE THAT PLAY.

>> RICKS PLUGS THE HOLE AND DRIVES THE RUNNING BACK BACKWARDS AND IT IS FOURTH DOWN.

>> GREAT PENETRATION HERE BY 97 WORKING UP UNDERNEATH THE LEFT TACKLE THERE HITTING THE RUNNING BACK SQUARE RIGHT THERE.

ASHTON TURNER HAD NO CHANCE OF BEING ABLE TO CUT.

THAT IS THE PATIENT --POSITION BROOKS WOULD'VE BEEN IN RIGHT THERE WORKING UNDER THE TACKLE AND MAKING THAT PLAY.

>> LINE DRIVE KICK AND RETURN FOR ZACHARY FROM THE 45 LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO CUT BACK IN THERE AND GET SOME YARDAGE AND HE IS DROPPED AT THE 49.

30-YARD PUNT.

SIX-YARD RETURN.

>> CARROLLTON IN THESE SITUATIONS RIGHT HERE IF YOU ARE GRAYSON YOU'VE GOT A BE LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF PLAY ACTION DEEP BALL QUICK STRIKE OPPORTUNITY.

THIS IS WHEN CARROLLTON LIKES TO GO UP TOP, CHANGE OF POSSESSION, MOMENTUM ON THEIR SIDE.

>> BALL AT THE 49, 51 YARDS AWAY, TIED AT 24-24.

LEWIS GOES TO THE AIR.

ONE-YARD PICKUP ON THE PASS PLAY.

>> NICE TACKLE THERE OUT ON THE EDGE, JAYLEN BELL, THREE-STAR HEADED TO INDIANA.

SOLID TACKLE RIGHT THERE BY THAT YOUNG MAN.

PLAYS WITH SUCH CONFIDENCE OUT ON THE EDGE.

HIGHLY COMPETITIVE SAFETY.

>> BALL GOES TO THE SAME SPOT.

THIS TIME IT IS PEYTON ZACHARY AT THE SIDELINE.

LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTNING.

HE HAS THAT GEAR.

HE KIND OF SHIFTS ABOUT THREE GEARS AT ONE TIME.

THAT FIRST GEAR LOOKS LIKE THE PLAY IS KIND OF OVER WHEN HE TAKES THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF STEPS THEN HE JUST TURNS OVER AND NOW WE'VE GOT ANOTHER GRAYSON PLAYER DOWN.

LOOKS LIKE LONDON GOGGANS.

>> DOES A GREAT JOB OF SHIFTING GEARS RIGHT THERE, SOME KIND OF SLOWS UP, MAKES THE DEFENDER ALSO SLOW UP AND THEN JUST TAKES OFF.

>> THAT IS A GREAT POINT.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS.

HE IS MOVING AT THIS SPEED.

THE DEFENDER HAS TO DE-ACCELERATE TO MATCH HIS SPEED THAN HE IS LIKE PULLS IT DOWN INTO FIFTH GEAR.

>> TAKING A LITTLE TIME.

WE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF GRAYSON PLAYERS DEALING WITH CRAMPS.

>> CARROLLTON TROJANS TRYING TO WIN THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE THE LATE BEN SCOTT LED THEM TO THE TITLE IN 1998.

THERE --THIS IS THE 15th STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

7-7, FOURTH MOST WINS IN THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION SINCE 1970.

BUT, THAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1998, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE ONLY ONE THEY HAVE HAD IN 49 YEARS SO THEY'RE COMING UP ON 50 YEARS.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT ALL THAT STUFF TO BED, START A NEW STREAK.

THAT IS WHY THEY BROUGHT JOEY KING HERE.

YOU SEE THEY ARE HELPING HIM DROWN OFF THE FIELD.

JOEY WAS THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT CARROLLTON.

JUJU ON TOP BROKEN UP.

TRYING TO GET THAT BALL TO McNEIL RIGHT THERE.

>> VAUGHN MITCHOM ONCE AGAIN ON THE COVERAGE OUT ON THE EDGE.

THIS IS A GO-ROUTE TRYING TO GET THE BALL DOWNFIELD WORKING BACK TRYING TO GET THAT BALL.

HE JUST CANNOT COME UP WITH IT RIGHT THERE.

TRIED TO DRAW THE PLAY, AS WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE.

MITCHOM DID NOT GET HIS HEAD AROUND, McNEIL TRYING TO SELL IT AND GET THE BALL.

>> MITCHOM HAS HAD A GOOD GAME.

LEWIS NOW BEING FLUSHED OUT OF THE POCKET, THROWING ON THE RUN LOBS IT OUT OF BOUNDS.

FOURTH DOWN.

>> GREAT JOB OF PURSUIT THERE FROM THE BACKSIDE, CHANDLER COVINGTON ONCE AGAIN.

GOOD JOB THERE.

NOT LETTING JUJU GET HIS HEAD BACK TO THE CENTER.

>> THIRD DOWN.

THAT JUMPS AHEAD ONE DOWN.

THEY HAD ALREADY PUT THE YARD MARKER.

THIRD DOWN AND 10 HERE FROM THE 26.

SETTING UP A SCREEN.

AND, THE BALL IS OUT.

THEY'RE GOING TO ROLL THAT IN INCOMPLETE PASS.

>> TYLER ATKINSON, DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN THE STATE.

WATCH HIM READ THIS GREEN AND COME OUT OF NOWHERE.

PLAY NEVER HAD A CHANCE ONCE HE SAW MOVEMENT OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

16 THEY'RE IN A POSITION TO ALMOST TAKE THE PASS HIMSELF.

>> HE IS AN ABSOLUTE BEAST ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL 43-YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT.

CARLOS HERNANDEZ FROM THE LEFT HALF.

KICK IS ON ITS WAY.

IT HIT THE CROSSBAR.

NO GOOD.

>> THE BEND BUT DON'T BREAK ATTITUDE ON DEFENSE SETS THIS UP HERE, JUST NOT ENOUGH LEG AND HITTING THE BOTTOM CROSSBAR DEAD ON.

LITTLE BIT OF PENETRATION RIGHT THERE BY GRAYSON BUT JUST NOT ENOUGH LEG ON THAT FOR HERNANDEZ.

BALL GOES OVER TO THE 20-YARD LINE.

NOW GRAYSON.

TIED AT 24-24.

STATISTICAL BATTLE NOW EVEN, JUST FOUR-YARDS DIFFERENCE IN TOTAL OFFENSE BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS.

THE BALL GOES TO STAFFORD.

THE STAFFORD WITH HIS TEAM-LEADING SIX CATCH OF THE GAME.

>> GREAT JOB THEREBY STAFFORD STOPPING ON A DIME.

>> MILLER ON THE CARRIE GOING TO LUNCH MOVE FORWARD A COUPLE OF YARDS.

MILLER, THEIR TOP RUSHER TONIGHT NOW HAS 73 YARDS OR THEREABOUTS, SO WE GO UNDER FOUR MINUTES TO PLAY HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

THEY PICK UP THE BLITZ.

NOW THEY FLUSH THEM OUT OF THE POCKET.

ROLLING OFF THE RUNNING COMING UP FROM THE BACK AND TRYING TO GET A SPECTACULAR INTERCEPTION IS RICKS, BUT COULD NOT DO IT.

>> GREAT JOB BURGESS ABLE TO GET OUT OF TROUBLE HERE, DID NOT LIKE THE SLANT, TRYING TO CHANGE FIELD.

THE PRESSURE POKING HIM OUT OF THE POCKET DOING THE SMART THING RIGHT THERE JUST THROWING THE BALL AWAY.

>> THAT WAS THE TAXES SIGNEE, ZELUS HICKS, WHO CAME ON THE BLITZ.

>> STILL PLAYING UP-TEMPO OFFENSIVELY IS GRAYSON.

BETTER JOB ON FIRST DOWN RUNS.

>> SECOND AND 10.

JOEL BRADFORD ON THE RUN PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.

>> GOOD ACCELERATION THEREBY BRADFORD GETTING TO THAT LEFT SIDE, ACCELERATING OVER THE STRETCH THERE.

KADAN SPRATLING TO BRING HIM DOWN.

>> 3:30 TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

BURGESS GOING UP TOP AND DIVING ATTEMPT AT IT, GOING TO COME UP EMPTY.

SANCHEZ, THE TARGET.

RICKS ON THE COVERAGE.

>> GET A HOLDING CALL HERE ON RICKS.

SANCHEZ WORKED UNDERNEATH HIM.

>> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE.

>> GOOD POST-ROUTE THERE BY ALEXANDER SANCHEZ UP TOP.

ON THE PASS INTERFERENCE PART OF THAT HAPPENED EARLIER ON IN THE ROUTE THERE.

>> SO, FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 42 NOW.

BIG RUN BY BRADFORD.

DOWN TO THE 32, AND 10 MORE YARDS AND ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.

>> GOOD JOB BY BRADFORD MAKING HIMSELF SMALL GETTING THROUGH THAT WHOLE PICKING HIS FEET UP ABLE TO GET OUT OF THAT TACKLE.

>> BURGESS BEING CHASED.

QUARTERBACK SACK, BURGESS BACK AT THE 36-YARD LINE.

D. A. LOGAN.

>> GREAT OPTION ONCE AGAIN COMING WITH THE RUN BLITZ RIGHT THERE, NOT EXPECTING IT.

PUSHING ZELUS HICKS WITH THE RUN BLITZ PUSHING BURGESS OUT OF THE POCKET.

>> LOGAN, THE BIGGEST OF THE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN AT 6'2" OFFERED BY GEORGIA SOUTHERN PASS IS COMPLETE TO BRADFORD.

BRADFORD DOWN THE SIDELINE.

TOUCHDOWN, GRAYSON.

THEY'RE GOING TO RULE HE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS.

HE REACHED FOR THE PYLON BUT HE HAD STEPPED OUT ABOUT FOUR YARDS PRIOR.

>> GREAT READ HERE BY BURGESS.

IT'S A LITTLE SWING ROUTE OUT TO BRADFORD, WHO HAS AMAZING SPEED.

>> FROM THE THREE, BRADFORD DRIVEN BACK AND REACHING THE TWO.

NOW, WATCH WHERE HE STEPS OUT.

SWING PASS, EXCELLENT SPEED THERE.

FOR THE OFFENDER.

LET'S SEE WHEN HE STEPS RIGHT THERE ON THAT LEFT LEG WENT OUT OF BOUNDS TRYING TO GATHER HIMSELF.

>> BRADFORD AGAIN AND THIS TIME HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ELIJAH MILLER WHO GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

MILLER SCORES.

GRAYSON IS BACK ON TOP 30-24.

>> GREAT VISION AND BALANCE HERE BY MILLER BOUNCING THIS TO THE OUTSIDE BREAKING THE TACKLE STILL FARMING.

HICKS, TO GET IN THE END ZONE AT THE END RIGHT THERE.

>> 31-24.

SHAPING UP FOR AN INCREDIBLE FOURTH QUARTER.

10 PLAY, 80-YARD DRIVE.

>> GREAT JOB OF EXECUTING THAT SWING PASS TO GET BRADFORD FREE DOWN THE SIDELINE.

YOU CAN SEE BOTH TEAMS WHEN THEY PLAY WITH A LITTLE PACE, PLAY COMES IN AND OUT THERE ABLE JUST TO GET UP TO THE LINE AND PLAY.

THEY ARE MORE EXPLOSIVE OFFENSIVELY.

>> GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING DRIVE 2:26 TO RUN THAT 10-PLAY, 80-YARD DRIVE AND GRAYSON HAS RECLAIMED THE LEAD 31-24.

>> JUST A SWING ROUTE OUT ON THE EDGE HERE.

BRADFORD WITH THE SPEED ONLY A SOPHOMORE AND RIGHT HERE WHEN HE GOES TO GATHER HIMSELF YOU SEE THAT RIGHT FOOT GO OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> CARROLLTON ONCE AGAIN BEHIND.

KICK COMING DOWN AT THE FIVE.

McNEIL GOES TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND McNEIL UP TO THE 32.

THAT IS WHERE CARROLLTON WILL GO BACK ON OFFENSE, 1:52 LEFT HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

JUST A THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE.

>> HOW GOOD YOU FEEL IF YOU ARE GRAYSON?

UP SEVEN, BEST IN TWO MINUTES TO GO IN THE THIRD AGAINST THE TOP NATIONALLY -RANKED TEAM.

YOU'VE GOT TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF.

THEY ARE PLAYING LIKE THAT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.

>> CARROLLTON NUMBER FOUR IN THE NATION BY MAX PROPS.

FARMER GETS BLOWN UP DRIVEN BACK.

>> THE DUDE, THE MAN, THE BEST LINEBACKER IN THE STATE, BEST DEFENDER ALL OVER THE FIELD, SNIFFING OUT ANOTHER RUN RIGHT THERE FOR TFL.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 12.

CJ SHOVELS THE BALL FORWARD, ZACH TRINER PLACE TO GO WITH IT.

>> NOT FOOLED AT ALL, OFFICE 17, THE THREE-STAR HEADED TO GEORGIA STATE NOT FOOLED ON THAT PASS AT ALL.

6'4", 217.

>> THIRD DOWN AND 10.

IN THE POCKET FIRES COMPLETE TO McNEIL AND HE IS RIGHT THERE IN THE STICKS.

THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN.

>> NICE ROUTE ONCE AGAIN AJ McNEIL KNOWING WHERE TO GO AS A SENIOR, BEING SMART, GETTING TO THE YARD MARKER AND GET THAT FIRST DOWN.

>> FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 41-YARD LINE MIGHT BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER RIGHT HERE.

NOW GOES TO McNEIL AGAIN.

HE GETS LEVELED RIGHT AWAY BUT HE HOLDS ON TO IT FOR ABOUT A 40-YARD GAIN AND THAT IS THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

THE GRAYSON SIDE OF THE STADIUM RISES UP HOLDING UP FOUR FINGERS.

12 MINUTES AWAY FROM DECIDING THE 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> WHEN I TALKED TO COACH BRYANT ABOUT THIS FIRST RUN OF THE STATE TITLE AS HEAD COACH HE TOLD ME IT MEANS A LOT.

IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE NOT SHOCKED ABOUT THOUGH.

HE SAID WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WEEK WITH OUR KIDS.

WE JUST GOT TO CONTINUE IT FORWARD AND YOU GUYS KNOW THE GRAYSON HISTORY.

HE SAID KIDS ARE ON THIS TEAM THAT I'M GROWN UP PLAYING BALL FROM FIRST GRADE JUST WANTING TO BE AROUND MAYBE IT IS THE BROTHER OR COUSIN.

THEY WANT TO BE TALKING ABOUT THEIR RING AT THE DINNER TABLE.

>> LEWIS STARTING THE FOURTH QUARTER.

INCOMPLETE.

YES, STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE NOTHING NEW FOR GRAYSON.

THEY'RE GOING FOR THE FOURTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TITLE HERE TONIGHT.

IT ALL STARTED IN 2011 WITH MICKEY CONN LEADING THEM TO THEIR FIRST STATE TITLE.

>> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE.

[ INAUDIBLE ] >> THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY THINGS ABOUT THE GRAYSON STORY IS THEY HAVE WON THREE STATE TITLES GOING FOR THEIR FOURTH.

ALL OF THEM WITH A DIFFERENT HEAD COACH.

>> AND THIS TIME, AROUND A YOUNG HEAD COACH WHO HAS A GREAT DEMEANOR, WHO JUST EXUDES LEADERSHIP.

HIS TEAM RIGHT NOW IS FOLLOWING HIM RIGHT THERE JAYLEN BELL A LITTLE EARLY ON RYAN MOSLEY GOT THE PASS INTERFERENCE.

>> INTERCEPTED AT THE FIVE-YARD LINE.

GRAYSON COMES UP WITH THE PICK.

AND VAUGHN MITCHOM, WHO HAS HAD A HECK OF A GAME, COMES UP WITH A HECK OF A PLAY TO START THE FOURTH QUARTER.

>> SCRAPPY.

MAN TO MAN CORNER, GOING TO FIGHT YOU AT FIVE FOOT NIGHT, 162 HERE, JUJU LEWIS TRYING TO AIR IT OUT.

GREAT JOB BY MITCH AND GETTING HIS HEAD AROUND AS YOU CAN SEE, MAKING HIMSELF THE RECEIVER, ABLE TO HOLD THE BALL AS McNEIL TRIED TO RIP IT OUT RIGHT THERE.

JUST A GREAT JOB AND COACH BRYANT TALKED ABOUT HIM BEING ONE OF THOSE GLUE PIECES, ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT GETS OVERLOOKED, BUT IS KEY TO WHY THEY ARE WINNING.

>> HE HAS GOT TWO PB YOU --U AND OUT INTERCEPTION HERE TONIGHT.

BRADFORD ON THE RUN HITS STONEWALL AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

THAT IS JUST THE SIXTH INTERCEPTION THAT JUJU LEWIS HAS THROWN THIS SEASON.

>> RIGHT THERE JUST AIRING IT OUT AS YOU CONTINUE, MORE OF A 50-50 BALL.

THE RECEIVER WAS NOT OPEN, JUST TRYING TO HANG IT UP THERE AND TRUST HIS RECEIVER TO GO GET IT.

>> SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.

BALL AT THE EIGHT.

BRADFORD BREAKS FREE.

ACROSS THE 30, BRADFORD ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 40.

>> JOE BRADFORD, PART OF THAT SOPHOMORE COMBINATION RIGHT THERE HOBBLING OFF THE FIELD ALONG WITH ASHTON TURNER.

COACH BRYANT SAID THESE TWO YOUNG MEN ARE SPECIAL RIGHT HERE.

LOOK AT THE SPEED OUT ON THE EDGE.

>> BRADLEY GETS TO BURGESS.

>> SPRATLING GETTING MATCHED UP ON MILLER OUT ON THE EDGE.

THAT IS A MISMATCH.

WE TALKED ABOUT SPRATLING AND THE WAY HE CAN RUSH THE PASSER, ESPECIALLY IN PLAYOFFS.

IT IS A MISMATCH BEATING THE RUNNING BACK MILLER, GETTING THE SACK.

>> MILLER STAYS IN THERE AT RUNNING BACK.

MEANTIME ON THE SIDELINE, BRADFORD TRYING TO SHAKE OFF WHATEVER HE CAME UP WITH AFTER THAT LONG RUN.

>> ELIJAH MILLER ON THE RUN.

NOT MUCH DOING RIGHT THERE FOR MILLER.

BRADFORD COMES BACK IN.

>> THIRD AND FOREVER RIGHT HERE FOR BURGESS.

GOING WITH THE HARD COUNT RIGHT THERE DRAWING CJ KELLEY OFFSIDES.

>> Referee: ENCROACHMENT, DEFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

THIRD DOWN.

>> IT IS STILL GOING TO BE THIRD AND LONG, THIRD AND 12.

THE LINE OF GAIN IS THE 50.

BURGESS DELIVERS TO THE FAR SIDE INCOMPLETE TRYING TO GET TO STAFFORD AND IT IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.

>> JUST A LITTLE TOO SOON HERE FOR BURGESS TRYING TO ANTICIPATE THE BREAK OF STAFFORD THERE.

STAFFORD BREAKING IN, BURGESS WAS THROWING MORE ON THE OUT SHOULDER RIGHT THERE.

THEY DISCUSS IT GOING TO THE SIDELINE.

>> SO, THE INTERCEPTION DOES NOT HURT CARROLLTON OTHER THAN IT COST THEM SOME MINUTES ON THE CLOCK.

GOING TO GET THE BALL BACK HERE.

THE PUNT IS GOING TO BE FIELDED BACKPEDALING AT THE 23-YARD LINE BY ZACHARY AND CARROLLTON GOING BACK ON OFFENSE.

AT FIRST, WE WILL STEP ASIDE FOR A TIME-OUT.

NINE MINUTES TO GO WITH THIS ONE.

>> 9:17 LEFT IN REGULATION, GRAYSON LEADING CARROLLTON 31-24 IN THE 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, CARROLLTON TRYING TO WIN THEIR FIRST STATE TITLE SINCE 1998, FINISHED 15-0 THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THEIR 97-YEAR HISTORY.

GRAYSON TRYING TO WIN THEIR FOURTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, ALL OF WHICH HAS COME SINCE 2011.

AND IT IS FIRST AND 10 FROM THE CARROLLTON OFFENSE AT THE 24 YARD LINE AS WE BEGIN OUT OF THIS TIME-OUT.

FARMER ON THE CARRY TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND GETS SUBMARINE DOUBT THERE BY RILEE DREW, THE CORNER.

>> ONE OF THE FEW TIMES WE'VE SEEN FARMER BE ABLE TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE JUST USING THE SPEED.

HAVING SUCCESS, RUNNING THE BALL IS WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO HERE IN THE SECOND HALF, GAINING FOUR YARDS AND >> SECOND DOWN AND SIX.

LEWIS GOES TO ZION COOLEY.

HE HAS BEEN A FAVORITE TARGET HERE TONIGHT AND COOLEY IS CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN.

THAT IS THE FIFTH CATCH FOR COOLEY.

COOLEY HAD ONLY 15 CATCHES IN THE FIRST 14 GAMES.

HE HAS FIVE HERE IN THE STATE FINAL.

LEWIS QUICKLY ON THE SLANT ROUTE THROWS TO ZACHARY.

ZACHARY ACROSS THE 50 DOWN TO THE 49.

>> GREAT JOB OF USING HIS EYES, JUJU LEWIS RIGHT HERE LOOKING LIKE HE WAS GOING TO GO TO THE OUTSIDE.

McNEIL DECIDED TO GO INTO THE SLOT THERE TO ZACHARY.

NICE READ, GOOD ROUTE.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO GRAYSON PLAYERS DOWN.

>> AND, THEY CARROLLTON SIDELINE AND THE STANDS BEHIND THEM ARE NOT HAPPY.

>> JOSIAS VICKERS THERE, HE'S BEEN DEALING WITH CRAMPS ALL NIGHT.

NOT REALLY SURE WHAT.

LOOKS LIKE THE OTHER PLAYER RIGHT THERE.

IS THAT 21?

>> YOU CAN SEE WHY THE CARROLLTON FANS ARE UPSET BECAUSE THE CRAMPS ALWAYS SEEM TO COME WHEN CARROLLTON IS STARTING TO MOVE ON OFFENSE.

>> MAYBE 27, LAWRENCE BROWN, WHO WE SAW A COUPLE OF PLAYS AGO, DEALING WITH SOME CRAMPS, AS WELL.

IT DEFINITELY HAS BEEN A KIND OF ISSUE IN COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE DEFENDER IS TRYING TO KILL THE MOMENTUM OF THE OFFENSE.

BOTH OF THESE PLAYERS OF BEEN DOWN A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT DEALING WITH CRAMPS.

>> OF COURSE, THE SITUATION WHERE THE BROWNS SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUS, BUT IT MIGHT STILL JUST BE A CRAMP, TOO.

VICTOR WAS ABLE TO GET UP AND MOVE PRETTY EASILY BUT BROWN LOOKS LIKE HE IS HAVING TROUBLE JUST GETTING OFF THE FIELD.

>> AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, ONCE CRAMPS HIT YOU, THEY DON'T GO AWAY.

THEY ARE STUCK THERE FOR THE REST OF THE GAME.

YOU CAN TRY TO MANAGE THEM.

YOU CAN HOPE YOU ARE IN A COOL ENVIRONMENT, BUT THEY ARE JUST GOING TO KEEP RECURRING ALL NIGHT LONG AND THAT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE HIS WHOLE LEFT LEG IS STIFFENING UP ON HIM.

>> YES, HE WAS VERY SLOW GETTING OFF THE FIELD.

FIRST AND 10 FOR CARROLLTON AS THE TWO INJURED PLAYERS COME OFF THE FIELD.

BALL IS AT THE 49.

HANDOFF GOES TO FARMER BUT THE PLAY GOT BLOWN DEAD.

WE HAD MOVEMENT AT THE LINE.

>> Referee: OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

>> CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH.

BOTH OF THESE OFFENSES HAVE WORKED WELL WHEN THEY GO UP-TEMPO.

THAT STANDARD PAYS, THEY GET SNAP PENALTIES OR NEGATIVE PLAYS BUT WHEN THEY ARE IN THAT FAST-PACED OFFENSE IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS CLICKING BETTER FOR THEM TONIGHT.

>> SO, FIRST IN 15 NOW FOLLOWING THE PENALTY AGAINST THE TROJANS.

BALL COMES OUT HERE TO ZACHARY.

GETS THROWN OUT OF BOUNDS BY JAYLON WILLIAMS, ENDS UP PICKING UP ABOUT SEVEN ON THE PLATE TO GET BACK ACROSS THE ORIGINAL LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> AJ McNEIL OUT ON THE EDGE.

YOU CAN SEE CARROLLTON ONCE AGAIN AT THE SIDELINE SLOW PACING IT.

>> ZACHARY NOW WITH THE TEAM-LEADING 10 CATCHES IN THIS GAME.

GO BACK TO MOSTLY THIS TIME AND MOSTLY GETS DROPPED ON THE QUICK SLANT AT THE 44-YARD LINE.

RJ ISAAC IN ON THAT TACKLE FOR GRAYSON.

ALONG WITH MICHELMAN AGAIN MITCH HIM JUST KEEPS POPPING UP BACK THERE ON DEFENSE.

>> HE IS TRYING TO CATCH, QUICK READ ON THE SLANT TO THE OUTSIDE USING THAT BIG BODY IS RYAN MOSLEY.

WE'VE SEEN HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT JUST GETTING THAT BODY TO THE QUARTERBACK.

>> THIRD DOWN AND THREE.

UNDER SEVEN MINUTES IN REGULATION.

>> OFF TO FARMER, CUTS ONE WAY, GETS STONEWALLED AND VICTOR BACK IN THE GAME.

STOMPING AROUND BACK THERE LIKE A WILD BOWL.

>> PENETRATION RIGHT THERE HOLDING THE POINT.

GOOD JOB OF GETTING UPFIELD THERE BY ANDRE FULLER.

NOWHERE TO BOUNCE THIS BALL TO BUY FARMER AND THEN THE BIG BODY JOSIAH VICTOR RIGHT THERE AT LEAST FOR THAT PLAYWRIGHT THERE IS FEELING ENERGETIC.

>> FOURTH DOWN, THEY KEEP THE OFFENSE ON THE FIELD HERE, FOURTH AND FOUR.

AT THE 42 1/2.

>> NOW A TIME-OUT IS GOING TO BE CALLED BY CARROLLTON.

5:58 LEFT IN REGULATION, AND A BIG FOURTH DOWN COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?

OUR GPB SPORTS TEAM HERE WITH YOU FOR THE FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME GOING DOWN TO THE FINISH.

GRAYSON LEADING 31-24, AND IT IS FOURTH DOWN AND FOUR FOR CARROLLTON AT THE GRAYSON 43.

JUJU FIRES GOING TO MOSTLY AND IT IS INTERCEPTED.

GRAYSON BRINGING IT BACK THE OTHER WAY.

MITCH HIM, ANOTHER BIG PLAY BY VAUGHN MITCHOM.

>> WHAT A GREAT JOB OF PLAYING CORNER MAN-TO-MAN, TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO RYAN MOSLEY.

GREAT JOB, GREAT POSITION.

UNDERSTAND HE HAD SAFETY OVER TOP RIGHT THERE.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW COACH BRIAN TO RAVED HE WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT HE MAKES BIG PLAYS FOR HIS TEAM.

GREAT JOB BEING ABLE TO CRAWL THAT BALL KNOWING THE DEFENSE.

>> VAUGHN MITCHOM HAD ONE INTERCEPTION THIS SEASON.

HE HAS TWO TONIGHT, BOTH OF THEM FOR THE RAMS, AND THERE IS A PENALTY FLAG DOWN.

I THINK WE HAD SOME CHIPPING US AND SOME SCUFFLING AFTER THAT INTERCEPTION AND THE TACKLE WAS MADE.

>> Referee: TWO FELLS ON THE PLAY.

UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT, OFFENSE.

UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT, DEFENSE.

THOSE PENALTIES WILL CANCEL.

FIRST AND 10.

>> I SEE NICK BROOKS WAS BEEN EJECTED FROM THE GAME.

HE'S DOWN THERE ON THE FIELD.

>> HE IS DOWN THERE CHEERING HIS TEAM ON.

NOT SURE IF THAT IS ALLOWED, BUT HE IS ON THE FIELD.

I GUESS HE DOESN'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE FIELD.

HE IS ON THE FIELD, SO.

AT THE NEXT LEVEL, THE PRO-LEVEL YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY LEAVE THE FIELD.

>> YOU HAVE TO VACATE THE PREMISES.

>> CHEERING ON HIS TEAM HE GOT EJECTED IN THAT FIRST HALF.

WHAT A GREAT PLAY THERE BY VAUGHN MITCHOM, THE SENIOR.

>> WHAT A GAME VAUGHN MITCHOM HAS HAD HERE IN THE 6A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH TWO INTERCEPTIONS.

MAYBE AND SOMETIMES IN THESE BIG GAMES IS THE MOST UNLIKELY OF HEROES TO STEP FORWARD TO GET THE JOB DONE.

>> GOOD JOB OFF THE EDGE RIGHT THERE.

THIS DEFENSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET A BIG STOP HERE.

SHAMAR ARNOUX COMING FROM THAT CORNER SPOT MAKING THAT TACKLE FOR A LOSS.

>> FIVE MINUTES LEFT IN REGULATION.

TURNER IN THERE AT RUNNING BACK.

>> CJ KELLEY OFFSIDES WAS ABLE TO HOLD HIS WATER.

>> TURNER GETS THE SNAP, GOES DOWN TO A 29-YARD LINE.

BUT THERE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS RUNNING BRACK -- BACK GROUP OF TURNER AND MILLER IS KEEP ATTACKING WITH FRESH LEGS.

>> THREE-DIFFERENT TYPES OF RUNNERS, AS WELL.

TURNER BRINGS THE SPEED.

MILKING THE CLOCK HERE BIG THIRD DOWN FOR CARROLLTON AND THEY'VE GOT TO GET OFF THE FIELD.

THAT WILL ALLOW THIS GRAYSON TEAM TO GET ANOTHER THIRD DOWN AND TURN THE CLOCK.

>> THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.

>> TURNER DOWN TO THE 25 AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN AND ONE.

>> BIG DECISION TIME FOR THE YOUNG COACH.

SANTAVIOUS BRYANT IS LEAVING HIS OFFENSE.

HE ASKED TO GO FOR IT HERE IN THE SITUATION.

>> HANDOFF GOES TO ELIJAH MERRILL HER.

-- MILLER.

THERE HE GOES.

TOUCHDOWN, GRAYSON.

>> ELIJAH MILLER WITH THE BIG TOUCHDOWN HERE.

THE FIRST NAIL IN THE COFFIN.

PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON CARROLLTON TO HAVE THE RESPONSE BUT RIGHT HERE, LOOK AT A SEAM OPEN UP FOR THE BIG POWER BACK.

UNTOUCHED FOR THE TOUCHDOWN RIGHT THERE.

GREAT VISION, ABLE TO CUT THAT BACK.

BEAUTIFUL BLOCKING UP FRONT BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND TITAN.

>> MARTINEZ HAS THE P. A. T. UP AND IN, AND A 38-24 LEAD FOR THE GRAYSON RAMS AS ELIJAH MILLER JUST BASHES THROUGH THE CARROLLTON DEFENSE ON A 25-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.

CENTE VS BRYANT --SANTAVIOUS BRYANT NOTE 3:41 FROM LEADING GRAYSON TO THEIR FOURTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> WHAT A GREAT DRIVE THEREBY GRAYSON.

COMPLEMENTARY FOCAL.

YOUR DEFENSE GOES OUT THEY GET A BIG TURNOVER.

MITCH AND GETS HIS SECOND INTERCEPTION.

GREAT RETURN ON THE INTERCEPTION AND THEN THE OFFENSE AT A TIME WHEN THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL.

--SANTAVIOUS BRYANT NOW 3:41 FROM EXECUTION IN THE O-LINE.

BACKS RUNNING.

>> GRAYSON NOW KICKING OFF TO CARROLLTON, TROJANS' BACKS AGAINST THE WALL.

COMING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE THERE AT THE 20 YARD LINE.

McNEIL IS BACK AFTER REACHING THE 30.

AND NOW, JUJU LEWIS, WHO BURST ON THE SCENE IN 2022 AS A FRESHMAN, THROUGH FOR OVER 500 YARDS IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AS A NINTH GRADER, AND THAT NIGHT HE WONDERED HOW MANY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH A WIN, AND HERE WE ARE, A SENIOR, RECLASSIFIED, SKIPPED HIS JUNIOR YEAR.

HERE WE ARE HIS FINAL GAME IN HIS LAST CHANCE, HIS LAST THREE MINUTES AND 35 SECONDS TO LEAD CARROLLTON TO A STATE TITLE.

>> HE WILL SHOW WHY HE IS SO HIGHLY RATED.

SEE HIM FROM DEEP DOWN THE FIELD.

>> THROWING THE DEFENSE FOR GRAYSON HAS JUST BEEN RELENTLESS.

THEY HAVE BEEN AFTER HIM ALL NIGHT.

>> OFF THE EDGE RIGHT THERE CHANDLER COMING UP LOOKING LIKE HE MIGHT BE DEALING WITH THE CRAP HIMSELF.

JUJU LEWIS TRIED TO ROLL AND GET OUTSIDE THE POCKET.

JUST HAS NOT BEEN ON CUE THROWING THE BALL VERTICALLY.

HAD A COUPLE OF PASS IS SHORT OF HIS SECOND HALF.

NOT A LOT OF VERTICALITY TO HIS OFFENSE.

>> INTERCEPTED TWICE IN THIS GAME.

THE BALL GOES TO ZACHARY.

HE GETS DRAGGED DOWN BY DAVIS.

ZACHARY WITH 11 CATCHES NOW IN THIS GAME.

>> GOOD JOB OF GETTING OUT OF BOUNDS.

YOU ALREADY HAD TO BURN A TIME-OUT.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET IN THE END ZONE QUICK.

YOU CAN'T BE ONE OF THOSE HALF DRIVES.

YOU NEED A QUICK STRIKE DOWN THE FIELD.

>> LEWIS BREAKS DOWN.

THEY GOT HIM.

TYLER ATKINSON, DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR SACHS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

THE >> YOU WANTED TO SEE IT.

HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE.

THE DUDE IN THE MIDDLE, THE SPEED.

LOOK AT THE CLOSING SPEED COMING AROUND THE DEFENSE RIGHT THERE ATTACKING THE FOOTBALL.

WHAT A MONSTER.

BIG-TIME PLAYER RIGHT THERE.

EVERYONE IS KNOCKING AT HIS DOOR.

BELIEVE ME THAT.

>> FOURTH DOWN.

TIME-OUT COLD BY GRAYSON.

BEFORE THE BALL COULD BE SNAPPED.

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

>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH NIKKI.

>> COACH BRIAN --BRYANT LIT UP AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT TYLER ATKINSON.

FIRST THING IS THAT HIS PARENTS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND WHEN I ASKED WHAT IT'S LIKE COACHING HIM ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS HE SAYS LOOK HE JUST HAS THIS ABILITY TO GROW AND HE IS CONSTANTLY HUNGRY FOR SUCCESS AND HE DOES NOT CARRY HIMSELF DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OTHER PLAYER.

HE IS ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD AND HE STILL LOVES TO BE COACHED.

>> YES, AND HE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN EVERY OTHER PLAYER BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS LIKE JUJU LEWIS ALREADY MAKING MONEY IN THE AND IL BUT HE SAYS HE IS BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH HIS TEAMMATES.

YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT HE WAS DIFFERENCE BUT FOLKS, HE IS DIFFERENT.

>> HE IS DIFFERENT.

HE PLAYS AT A DIFFERENT SPEED.

>> Adam: IS IN THE STADIUM.

HE JUST TEXT ME HE SAYS THIS ATKINSON KIT IS PRETTY DANG GOOD.

YES, HE IS.

WHAT A GREAT PLAYER HE IS, ONLY A JUNIOR.

THAT HEIGHT AND SPEED, JUST HAVE TO DECIDE WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY HIM IN COLLEGE.

>> FOURTH DOWN.

MAYBE THE FINAL PLAY FOR CARROLLTON RIGHT HERE.

FIVE-YARDS TOUGHER NOW.

>> Referee: FALSE START.

FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

>> GRAYSON'S FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE SEASON WERE DECIDED BY A TOTAL OF TWO POINTS.

THEY HAD A 19-3 LEAD ON CALLAN CELL GOING INTO FOURTH QUARTER IN THEIR SEASON OPENER, AND LOST THAT GAME 20-19.

THE NEXT WEEK, THEY WENT ON THE ROAD AT THOMPSON, THE 7A THOMPSON --CHAMPION IN ALABAMA THIS YEAR AND BEAT THEM BY ONE.

>> PASSED BY LUIS.

GRAYSON HAS IT.

>> LAWRENCE BROWN JR COMING FROM THE BACKSIDE.

GUESS HE RECOVERED FROM THAT CRAP AND DECIDED TO MAKE A PLAY.

THE SPEED FROM THE EDGE.

6'4", 217 JUNIOR AS JUJU LEWIS TRIES TO IMPROVISE AND GET OUTSIDE OF THE POCKET, JUST LOST SIGHT.

A LITTLE MOVE UNDERNEATH KEEP WORKING TO THE BALL AND JUST KNOCKING THE BALL OUT RIGHT THERE.

WHAT A TIME TO GET A BIG-TIME QUARTERBACK SACK AND KNOCKING THE BALL OUT.

>> RATED AS HIGH AS A THREE STAR EDGE RUSHER.

FIVE OFFERS FOR HIM INCLUDING USF, UCF AND ARKANSAS STATE.

THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT IS FOR GRAYSON.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE STATE CHAMPIONS.

>> WOW.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS JAMIE FOXX RIGHT THERE AT FIRST.

>> HANDOFF GOES TO MITCHOM.

CARROLLTON HAS TWO TIME-OUTS REMAINING.

AND THEY JUST USED THEIR FIRST.

OF THOSE TWO.

>> RAN FOR ABOUT SIX MORE SECONDS RIGHT THERE.

THEY DID NOT CALL A TIME-OUT.

THE PAUSE THE CLOCK AT 2:15.

>> YOU, I THOUGHT THEY HAD BURNED THEIR SECOND TIME-OUT, BUT APPARENTLY NOT.

>> GRAYSON, BARRING A COLLAPSE HERE, WILL FINISH THE SEASON 14-1, A SEASON THAT HAS JUST BEEN AS CRAZY AS CAN BE.

AT ONE POINT, [ INAUDIBLE ] THEY PLAYED ONE GAME IN SEVEN WEEKS THEN THEY HAD TO PAY --PLAY A BACKLOADED SCHEDULE, FOUR GAMES IN 16 DAYS TO GET THE SCHEDULE DONE BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS STARTED AND THEN THEY WENT INTO THE PLAYOFFS WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE IN 6A AND HAD THE WEEK OFF BEFORE.

THEY GO INTO THE PLAYOFFS HAVING PLAYED FOUR GAMES IN 16 DAYS, NO EXTRA WEEK OF REST.

>> Referee: TIME-OUT.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT.

>> COACH BRYANT WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS TEAM.

HE HAD NO PROBLEMS, NO ISSUES WITH THE PLAYERS, DID NOT CAUSE ANY COMMOTIONS.

GUYS DID NOT MISS TIME OR PRACTICE OR ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.

HE HAD THE KIND OF MENTAL ATTITUDE AS A TEAM THAT THEY WERE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS AND STILL WIN.

>> YOU PLAYED FOOTBALL ALL YOUR LIFE.

YOU KNOW HOW TOUGH PRACTICES.

HOW ABOUT HOW TOUGH PRACTICE IS WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN YOUR NEXT GAME IS GOING TO BE.

YOU'RE JUST OUT THERE PRACTICING AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW FOR THE NEXT OPPONENT IS OR WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE PLAYED.

>> YOU START BUILDING UP THAT ENERGY, WANT TO RELEASE IT ON SOMEONE AND WHEN THEY DID, THEY WON IN IMPRESSIVE STYLE BUT THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE, SANTAVIOUS BRYANT IN HIS SECOND YEAR AT GRAYSON, HAS EARNED A LOT OF RESPECT AROUND THE STATE TURNING THIS PROGRAM, GETTING IT BACK TO WHERE IT WAS, THE PROMINENCE AND BIG-TIME PLAYERS.

PERSONALITY THAT GOES.

THAT IS A LOT IN ITSELF TO DEAL WITH FOUR AND FIVE STARS AND THE SAGE.

>> THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IS A BIG PART OF THE JOB WHEN YOU TAKE THE GRAYSON JOB IS YOU GOT TO MANAGE THE PERSONALITIES.

YOU'VE GOT A ROSTER FULL OF PLAYERS.

THEY GOT 36 PLAYERS WITH COLLEGE OFFERS ON THE ROSTER AND YOU KNOW, EVERY ONE OF THEM THINKS THEY SHOULD BE STARTING AND PLAYING ALL THE TIME.

YOU'VE GOT TO MANAGE THAT.

>> PLAYING TIME AND ACCOMMODATE NOT JUST THE PLAYERS, BUT PARENTS, AS WELL, KEEPING EVERYBODY HAPPY.

>> CARROLLTON, DID THEY JUST LOSE --USE THEIR LAST TIME-OUT?

BALL GOES OVER ON DOWNS.

CARROLLTON WILL GET IT BACK.

THEY HAVE ONE TIME-OUT REMAINING.

THE TASK IN FRONT OF THEM IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

I WILL SAY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE BUT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

>> ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE SECOND HALF WERE OFFENSE HAS HAD VERY LITTLE VERTICALITY.

MOST ROUTES, QUICK SLANTS, A LOT OF RUN AFTER THE CATCH.

NOTHING DOWN THE FIELD.

THIS BACK END FOR GRAYSON'S DONE A GREAT JOB KEEPING THINGS IN FRONT.

>> JUJU QUARTERBACK SACK BACK AT THE FOUR-YARD LINE AND DAVIS, GREAT LINEBACKER IN HIS OWN RIGHT WITH 34 OFFERS INCLUDING YOUR ALMA MATER.

>> JUST TAKE A SHORT RIDE.

GO WEST, YOUNG MAN.

WE ARE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR GREAT PLAYERS LIKE ANTHONY DAVIS.

>> HE IS STILL A JUNIOR, HE HAS TIME.

BALL IS SPOTTED DOWN AT THE SIX.

TO ZACHARY, AND ZACHARY GOING TO GET STOPPED RIGHT THERE.

GREAT GAME BY THIS DEFENSE TONIGHT JUST CANNOT OVERSTATE JUST HOW BIG THIS DEFENSE HAS BEEN FOR GRAYSON.

>> REALLY STEPPED UP TO THE CHALLENGE OF TAKING ON THE TEAM THAT BASICALLY EACH AND EVERY OPPONENT YOU ARE ABLE TO DROP 40 POINTS ON STARTED OFF FAST.

LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO SCORE A LOT OF POINTS.

STARTED USING THE SPEED.

>> FINAL PLAY OF THE SEASON, GRAYSON WINS.

GRAYSON RAMS HAVE WON THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

ALL RESPECT AND CONGRATULATIONS GO TO SANTAVIOUS BRYANT.

HE IS STILL COACHING.

HE SAW ONE OF HIS PLAYERS OVER THERE TALKING.

>> IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW THAT TO BE THE MOMENT THAT SPOILS THIS MOMENTOUS TIME HERE FOR HIS TEAM.

YOU CAN SEE HIM RIGHT THERE EXPLAINING TO COACH KING FOR HIS PLAYERS, WHAT A GREAT VICTORY HERE FOR THE RAMS AND THE PROGRAM, TAKING ON SUCH A TALENTED TEAM AS CARROLLTON.

WE TALKED ABOUT NATIONALLY RANKED CARROLLTON WITH THE NUMBER TWO PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY, BEING ABLE TO GO TOE FOR TOE FOR THEM IN THIS FIRST HALF AND TAKEN OVER IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS NOW, THEIR SECOND IN FIVE YEARS AND THE AMAZING PART OF THE STORY IS THEY PLUG AND PLAY WITH THEIR HEAD COACHES.

IN 2011 IT WAS MICKEY KOHN.

IN 2016 IT WAS JEFF HERRON.

IN 2020 IT WAS ADAM CARTER.

HERE IN 2024 IT IS SANTAVIOUS BRYANT.

>> TOOK THE BATON AND THEN TWO YEARS, HAS BROUGHT THE CHAMPIONSHIP BACK TO GRAYSON.

WHAT PRIDE HE MUST FEEL AS QUARTERBACK TRAVIS BURGESS, THE JUNIOR MAKING SOME BIG PLAYS, THE RUN GAME, AND OFFENSIVE LINE EVEN WITH NICK BROOKS BEING EJECTED, STILL ABLE TO BE SO POTENT RUNNING THE BALL IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TWO GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYERS OF THE GAME, TYLER ATKINSON WILL BE ONE OF THOSE WITH EIGHT TOTAL TACKLES, SEVEN SOLO TWO QUARTERBACK SACKS, THREE TFL AND VAUGHN MITCHOM IS GOING TO BE THE OTHER UNLIKELY HERO OF THIS GAME WITH TWO HUGE INTERCEPTIONS IN THE SECOND HALF +2 PBU, AND TWO TACKLES AND TYLER ATKINSON, GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

>> WELL DESERVED ESPECIALLY ON THE SIDE.

WE KNEW WHAT TYLER ATKINSON WAS GOING TO BRING TO THIS FIELD.

HE MAKES SPECTACULAR PLAYS FOR HIS TEAM BUT FOR VAUGHN MITCHOM, THE FEISTY CORNER, TWO INTERCEPTIONS ON A PLAYER WHO JUST DOES NOT THROW INTERCEPTIONS IN JUJU LEWIS.

HE CAME IN THE GAME WITH ONLY FIVE INTERCEPTIONS.

HE PICKS UP TWO, NONE BIGGER THAN THAT ONE PICK SIX AT THE END.

>> TYLER ATKINSON IS THE CELEBRITY DOWN ON THE FIELD.

>> WHAT A PLAYER.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING WHERE HE DECIDES TO TAKE HIS TALENT.

ONLY A JUNIOR, GOING TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE OF HIGH SCHOOL.

>> YOU THINK YOU'RE INTERESTED, HOW ABOUT THE 51 TEAMS THAT HAVE OFFERED HIM.

THE 51 TEAMS THAT HAVE OFFERED HIM ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN WHERE HE'S GOING TO GO.

>> TALKING TO COACH AND TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, NO ONE REALLY HAS A FEEL OF WHAT DIRECTION THIS YOUNG MAN IS GOING TO GO.

SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET A SUNDAY AFTERNOON TALENT.

AT THEIR SCHOOL.

>> WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY GREAT PLAYERS.

WE SAW IT AGAIN THIS PASS SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN A YOUNG MAN WE WATCHED HIS CAREER COLLINS HERE --, WET THE TROPHY.

WE'VE SEEN PLAYERS WHO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO WIN THE HEISMAN TROPHY AND EVEN IF THEY DON'T, OTHER PLAYERS ON THE BIG STAGE THAT ARE GOING TO BE FIRST HALF AND ROUND DRAFT PICKS IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL IS EXTRAORDINARY.

>> IT IS A STEP UP TO BEING THE DOMINANT STATE OF FOOTBALL IN THE COUNTRY AND YOU SEE IT WHEN YOU WATCH SUNDAY FOOTBALL HOW YOU SEE SO MANY GUYS NOT JUST WITH GEORGIA OR GEORGIA STATE, BUT BORN AND BRED IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

>> YES, YOU SEE LOTS OF PLAYERS THAT WE CALL THE THEIR GAMES, PLAYING IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

VERY BITTER MOMENT HERE FOR CARROLLTON.

THEY THOUGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THERE YEAR AND UP UNTIL TONIGHT, IT APPEARED THAT IT WOULD BE BUT THAT FREIGHT TRAIN NAMED THE GRAYSON RAMS ROLLED RIGHT OVER HERE --THEM HERE TONIGHT.

>> LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GETTING EVERYONE UP ON THE STAGE.

I HOPE THE STAGE HOLDS.

THE COACH HAS DECIDED TO BRING HIS WHOLE SENIOR CLASS UP THERE.

>> LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO JOHN NELSON.

>> IN THIS MASS OF HUMANITY THAT IS ON THIS DAIS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE OUR LAST TROPHY TO HAND OUT HERE FOR 2024 AND IF I CAN FIND HIM, WHERE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION?

DR. SCOTT, WHERE ARE YOU?

HE'S OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

HI, DR. SCOTT.

GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THE TROPHY.

IF YOU WOULD, GUYS, HANG ON JUST A SECOND.

WE WILL COME TO THE MIDDLE.

I WILL USE MY REACH.

THERE YOU GO, DR. SCOTT.

>> THANK YOU, JOHN.

FIRST OF ALL, I WILL SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT SEASON TO CARROLLTON HIGH SCHOOL AND THE CARROLLTON COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING YOUR TEAM.

WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

NOW, COACH, FOR THE GRAYSON COMMUNITY, WHAT A GREAT SHOWING.

FROM ALPHA INSURANCE ON THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, COACH, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING 2024 6A STATE CHAMPIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS FROM ALPHA INSURANCE.

THEY'RE GOING TO PASS THE TROPHY AROUND.

>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR SEASON, IT STARTS WITH A LOSS.

YOU RUN THE TABLE FROM THERE, BUT YOU GO SEVEN WEEKS, I THINK YOU PLAY ONLY ONCE.

YOU HAD TO PLAY FOUR GAMES I WANT TO SAY IN NOT EVEN THREE WEEKS.

YOU DON'T GET AN OFF WEEK HEADING INTO THE PLAYOFF PITCHER AT ALL, AND YOU NAVIGATED IT ALL FOR A STATE TITLE.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A SEASON THAT HAS BEEN AS CHAOTIC AS THIS, AND COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE?

>> I'M GOING TO BE HONEST.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA HAS EVER GONE THROUGH A SEASON WE WENT THROUGH THIS YEAR.

I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR KIDS FIRST.

THE WAY THEY HANDLED THAT ADVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SEASON, I MEAN, THEY HANDLED IT LIKE PROS SO FOR THEM TO BE HERE ON THE STAGE IN THIS MOMENT AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL THAT, THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR KIDS, THEIR CHARACTER, THEIR BELIEF IN EACH OTHER AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THIS PROGRAM AND THIS COMMUNITY.

>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR DEFENSE BECAUSE DEFENSE TRADITIONALLY MIGHT BE JUST GETTING ONE MORE STOP THAN THE OTHER GUY BUT YOU HAD 12 DISRUPTIONS TONIGHT ON DEFENSE WHETHER WE ARE TALKING PASS BREAKUPS, PICS, PRESSURES, WHATEVER.

YOU PUT IT OUT THERE TONIGHT DEFENSIVELY, 12 DISRUPTIONS GOING OUT AGAINST THIS OFFENSE.

>> I WOULD SAY THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO COME OUT HERE PLAY TOGETHER, PLAY PHYSICAL, PLAY FAST AND GUYS THAT ARE OUT THERE PLAYING FOR EACH OTHER.

THAT IS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN OUR FOOTBALL TEAM IS THE FACT THAT OUR KIDS ARE OUT THERE PLAYING FOR EACH OTHER AND THIS COMMUNITY.

>> OFFENSIVELY, YOU PUT 38 ON THE BOARD.

DID THAT SURPRISE YOU AT ALL?

>> NOW, IT DID NOT.

AND I WILL BE HONEST.

A LOT OF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT OUR DEFENSE BUT IF YOU GO LOOK UP THE NUMBERS ARE OFFENSE HAS PUT UP ALL YEAR, WE'VE GOT TO GIVE THEM THEIR CREDIT.

ARE WE ARE AVERAGING 39 OR 40 POINTS A GAME AT THIS POINT SO THIS IS NO SHOCK TO US.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

>> 20-11, 20-16, 2020 AND NOW IN 2024.

THE TROPHY.

THANKS A LOT.

GO CELEBRATE YOUR --WITH YOUR TEAM.

LET'S SEND IT UPSTAIRS TO WRAP UP.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE ULTIMATE RESPECT HERE TO THIS GRAYSON TEAM AND SANTAVIOUS BRYANT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY TEAM HAS HAD TO NAVIGATE THE ISSUES THAT THEY DEALT WITH THIS SEASON AND GOT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF IT AND WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> I CAN TESTIFY BEING PART OF THAT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS TEAM THAT WENT THROUGH KATRINA AND WE HAD TO GO DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE TRASH CAN AND TRY TO WIN A GAME.

IT WILL KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR GAME.

SALUTE TO THIS TEAM FOR BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT, SHOW UP ON TIME, BE PROFESSIONAL AT A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

>> GREAT RESPECT TO THIS GRAYSON TEAM AND WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO TODAY AND IT SHUT DOWN THE CARROLLTON TEAM THAT I DON'T KNOW WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE SAW CARROLLTON GET SHUT DOWN?

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A TEAM THAT WILL HANG 40 ON ANYONE.

VERTICALITY WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE OFFENSE.

KIMAURI FARMER WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE OFFENSE AND JUJU JUST SEEMED NOT TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT.

HE IS USUALLY COOL AND CALM.

TONIGHT, HE GOT RATTLED AND I THINK THE SPEED OF THAT GRAYSON DEFENSE REALLY THREW HIM OFF.

>> I THINK THE BIG DIFFERENCE MAKER IN THIS GAME AND OTHER GAMES WE SAW JUJU PLAY IS HE NEVER FACED THE PASS RUSH THIS RELENTLESS.

ABOUT THE SECOND QUARTER, THEY TURNED UP THE HEAT ON HIM AND HE NEVER WAS COMFORTABLE AGAIN.

>> HE HAD TO GET OFF THE SPOT.

HE HE HAD TO GET OFF THE SPOT.

HE HAD TO TRY TO MAKE PLAYS OUT OF THE POCKET.

HE JUST DID NOT SEEM VERY COMFORTABLE BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.

HIS RECEIVERS JUST COULD NOT GET BY ON THAT BACK END.

HE DID NOT SEE ANYONE REALLY RUNNING FREE, EVEN THE BALLS THEY CUT IF IT WAS NOT SLANTS, THEY WERE CONTESTED BY VAUGHN MITCHOM AND THOSE GUYS.

>> GRAYSON WAS THE TEAM NO ONE EVER WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT AFTER THEY LOST THEIR OPENING GAME TO COLLEGE HILL AND EVEN THOUGH THEY BEAT THOMPSON, EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT CARROLLTON AND BUFORD AND NORTH WYNETTE AND WE ARE ALL GUILTY OF THAT.

GRAYSON PROVED US WRONG HERE TONIGHT BY FLIPPING CARROLLTON IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> THEY PLAYED WITH A LITTLE CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER I THINK BECAUSE -- >> TIME NOW TO SALUTE OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

WE GOT TWO OF THEM.

TYLER ATKINSON, THE GPB DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND VAUGHN MITCHOM WHO HAD THE GAME OF HIS LIFE WITH TWO INTERCEPTIONS.

>> YES, THESE ARE OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.

YOU HAD TWO INTERCEPTIONS, TWO PBU'S.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER NUMBERS AND IT'S TOO CHAOTIC FOR ME TO HEAR THOSE RIGHT NOW BUT YOUR COACH TOLD US YOU JUST MAKE PLAYS IN BIG MOMENTS.

YOUR TEAMMATES ON THE SIDELINE WAS A MAN, HE IS THE TRUTH.

>> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF MY COACHES, ALL OF MY PARENTS OUT THERE FOR STUFF NONE OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT GOD LIKE I LOOK AT EVERYONE.

LIKE IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF HIM SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO GOD LIKE FOR REAL.

NUMBER ONE FOR REAL.

>> YOU ARE CLOSING OUT YOUR SENIOR YEAR WITH THE STATE TITLE.

YOUR SCHOOL HAS NOT HAD ONE SINCE 2020.

WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO YOUR FELLOW TEAMMATES?

>> IT REALLY IS MY TEAMMATES.

THEY CAME OUT HERE AND DID THEIR JOB.

WE ALL DID OUR JOB LIKE NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE TEAM LIKE THERE IS NO I IN TEAM.

I KNOW WE DIDN'T START GOOD BUT WE FINISHED GOOD.

IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW YOU START, IT'S HOW YOU FINISH FOR REAL.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE TYLER ATKINSON OVER HERE.

EIGHT TACKLES, SEVEN SOLO, TWO SACKS ON THE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND THREE TACKLES FOR LOSS.

HOW DID YOU DO YOUR PART TO HELP YOUR DEFENSE FIND SUCCESS IN SHUTTING DOWN THE NATIONALLY -RANKED CARROLLTON OFFENSE?

>> YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO GOD.

PRAY EVERY NIGHT WITHOUT HIM IT WOULD NOT BE ME AND SO I'VE GOT TO SAY THANK YOU TO GOD THAN I AM THANKFUL FOR MY PARENTS, MY MOM, MY DAD.

TO BE IN THIS MOMENT, TO BE IN THIS POSITION AND I'VE GOT TO GO MY HEAD COACH.

COACH CAME LAST YEAR.

WE LOST IN THE FOURTH ROUND.

HE DID NOT GIVE UP.

FULL DOMINANCE.

MY HEAD COACH PUT US ALL INTO THIS AND WE CAME OUT AND WON STATE THE NEXT YEAR.

I TOLD HIM BY THE END OF THE SEASON WE WERE GOING TO WIN STATE AND WE DID.

THE DEFENSE CAME STRAIGHT DOMINANCE, STRAIGHT DOMINANCE.

WE DIDN'T GIVE UP.

WE DIDN'T GIVE UP.

WE KEPT FIGHTING, KEPT FIGHTING AND I DID MY JOB AND THEY DID THEIR JOB AND THAT IS HOW WE WON.

>> COACH THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY, YOU ARE ALWAYS WANTING MORE AND YOU LOVE COACH.

WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING?

>> I'VE GOT TO SAY MY SUPPORT SYSTEM.

GOD KEEPS ME GOING AND I LOVE THE GAME OF FOOTBALL.

WHAT I CAN GET OUT OF THIS, BUT I CAN BLESS MY PARENTS WITH AND WHAT I CAN BLESS MYSELF WITH.

I LOVE THE GAME OF FOOTBALL AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT AND IT'S JUST FUN.

I PLAY FUN AND DO ME.

>> YOU WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR BUT I ALSO KNOW YOU HAVE 51 OFFERS NOW CAN YOU TELL US MAYBE WHAT BOWL GAME YOU MIGHT BE WATCHING COMING UP?

>> I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING ALL OF THEM, BE WATCHING ALL OF THEM.

>> GOOD ANSWER.

THAT WAS A TRICK QUESTION.

DO YOU HAVE AN ACADEMIC FINAL IN THE MORNING?

>> OH YEAH, YOU KNOW.

SCHOOL COME FIRST.

YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT HAVE A 3.

5 OR HIGHER.

SO SCHOOL COMES FIRST.

AFTER THIS WE GET THE MISSION DONE NOW WE'VE GOT TO GO TAKE OVER THE FINAL AND GET A A ON THAT.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> YES MAN, THANK YOU.

>> MATT AND WAYNE, WE WILL BE SEEN A LOT OF HIM NEXT YEAR.

>> NOT JUST NEXT YEAR BUT IN MANY YEARS TO COME IN COLLEGE AND THEN I'M GUESSING IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE.

WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY THIS GRAYSON DEFENSE LED BY TYLER ATKINSON, OUR GPB SPORTS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

>> FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING, THOSE ARE THE TWO CLASSES TYLER ATKINSON NEEDS TO TAKE BUT WHAT A GREAT PERFORMANCE ESPECIALLY ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE TO BE ABLE TO DOMINATE IN THE SECOND HALF OF CARROLLTON, THE WAY THEY FLEW AROUND ON ALL THREE LEVELS WAS JUST EXCELLENT AND COACH BRYANT HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIS OFFENSE.

HE TOLD US THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD GAME AND THEY DID AND THEY WANTED A 6A CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> THE SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE WITH GRAYSON BEATING CARROLLTON 38-24 IN THE 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

IS THIS WHAT WE EXPECTED WHEN WE LINED UP IN AUGUST 16th WITH MILTON AND BUFORD?

>> WELL, WE GOT ONE OF THE TEAMS WE THOUGHT WOULD BE HERE AND THAT WAS CARROLLTON.

GRAYSON SHOWED US THAT WITH PRIDE AND HUMILITY THEY COULD MAKE IT AS WELL BUT WHAT A GREAT GAME TONIGHT.

WHAT A GREAT GAME LAST NIGHT WE HAD TO CALL AND THEN MARIST AND NORTH OCONEE WAS A GREAT GAME SO GEORGIA FOOTBALL, I LOVE IT.

>> YES.

PARTNER, ANOTHER GREAT SEASON IN THE BOOKS.

JOIN US EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT DURING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON FOR GPB SPORTS FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA.

WE DO THIS EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AND HAVE FUN DOING IT AND WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US TO WATCH IT.

HERE TONIGHT, GRAYSON WINS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, BEATS CARROLLTON 38 -24 AND NOW FOR MY PARTNER, DUANE GANDY, OUR PRODUCER, OUR DIRECTOR, RBP OF SPORTS PROGRAMMING, KEVIN CORKE, OR STATISTICIAN KEVIN BARNES, THAT IS JUST ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND ME.

THE LIST ON YOUR LEFT IS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT.

IT TAKES THAT MANY AND MORE.

THANKS FOR WATCHING IN 2024.