>> THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.

REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.

WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE STADIUM IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

IS TIME FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE BENEDICTS AND CONDUCTS CAME TO TAKE ON THE CEDARTOWN BULLDOGS.

I AM MATT STEWART, JOINED BY RUSTY.

OVER THE LAST DECADE, DANNY HAS TURNED BENEDICTINE INTO A BIG POWERHOUSE.

THEY ARE GOING FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IN NINE YEARS.

UNDER COACH JAMIE ABRAMS.

THE BULLDOGS GOING FOR THEIR FIRST AND ONLY SECOND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1963.

I KNOW THIS CITY IS BUZZING CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, THE FINALISTS --IT'S GREAT WHEN YOU COULD HAVE A QUARTERBACK SECESSION PLAN A YEAR AGO.

STATE TITLE.

NOW THEY HAVE A JUNIOR QUARTERBACK IN LUKE.

>> BEFORE HE EVER TOOK A SNAP OF FOOTBALL, WENT DOWN TO SEE HIM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

MATT, IN PERSON, HE IS LEGIT, 6'4".

I THINK EVERYBODY WILL BE IMPRESSED.

THAT'S A BIG TIME WEAPON.

HE'S A QUARTERBACK WHO IS COMMITTED TO MINNESOTA.

>> HE'S A THREE SPORT ATHLETE.

BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, SUP, 100 METERS.

HE IS A GUY WHO CAN FLAT-OUT GO.

>> DEFENSE, STARTED FOR THE CADETS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP A YEAR AGO.

>> HE'S GOING TO GET PLENTY OF ACTION TODAY.

HE'S PLAYING OFFENSE.

HE WILL HAVE LOCKS, EVERYTHING.

HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A BIG GAME TODAY FOR BENEDICTINE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BULLDOGS.

THEY ARE PERHAPS KNOWN AS THE ALMA MATER OF NICK CHUBB.

HE WILL BE HERE TODAY SUPPORTING THEIR TEAM.

>> HE PRACTICED THIS MORNING.

HE WORKS OUT EVERY DAY AND I WOULD TELL YOU THIS, WE WILL HAVE MORE STORIES ON THIS GROUP.

THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE FIVE YEARS OLD AND SIX YEARS OLD.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME ABSOLUTE BATTLES AFTER STEAMROLLING THROUGH THE REGULAR SEASON.

THE QUARTER FINALS.

THAT OFFENSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THE OPTION OFFENSE RUN BY THE QUARTERBACK, REESE.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CAPTAIN BACK THERE THAT CAN ALSO THROW THE BALL.

I DON'T THINK THEY GET ENOUGH CREDIT THERE.

HE MAKES ALL THE RIGHT READS.

>> AND ABSOLUTE TWO-WAY STAR.

HE'S GOING TO RUN THE FOOTBALL.

ALSO PLAYS SAFETY.

>> JAMIE DIAMOND, HIS DAD HAS BEEN COACHING SINCE THEY WERE 5 AND 6 YEARS OLD.

I HAVE KNOWN HIM .

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS MAN IS PLAYING HIS LAST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME TODAY AS A SENIOR.

>> AS LINEBACKER THEY HAVE THE BEST TACKLING MACHINE IN THE ENTIRE STATE IN A LIE.

>> ZERO HESITATION FOR ME.

POUND FOR POUND, ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

NUMBER 12, WEARING THE OLD SCHOOL MACRO.

HE CAME TODAY, AND WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE HIM.

PEOPLE WILL BE SO IMPRESSED WITH NUMBER 12.

>> 174 TACKLES.

THAT IS NOT A MISPRINT.

CEDARTOWN AND BENEDICTINE , THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, WILEY.

HE'S DOWN IN THE QUAGMIRE.

>> SPOT ON ABOUT THESE KIDS PLAYING HERE SINCE THEY WERE 5 HER 6 YEARS OLD.

TAKE A LOOK AT SOME PICTURES.

WE TALKED TO HEAD COACH ABRAMS, HE SAID THIS IS WHAT FOOTBALL SHOULD BE ABOUT.

AS YOU POINTED OUT, JAMIE, HE WAS THE HEAD COACH AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEY WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

FOR THOSE OF US WHO LOVE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, ONE OF THE REASONS, THESE KIDS HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR ESSENTIALLY THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.

TODAY THEY GET A CHANCE TO PLAY ONE MORE GAME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY AND A CHANCE TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

CEDARTOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1963.

REMEMBER, THEIR DADS WON IN 1985.

I'M EXCITED TO WASH HIS GAME.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT GAME.

NO DOUBT.

AS RUSTY POINTED OUT, BENEDICTINE HAS MADE THIS AN ANNUAL TRADITION.

IT IS A SUPER BIG DEAL FOR CEDARTOWN TODAY.

CEDARTOWN WON THE TOSS AND THEY HAVE ELECTED TO RECEIVE .

THE OPENING KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY , BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.

BUCKLE UP GEORGIA, SEATBELTS SAVE LIVES.

BENEDICTINE IN THEIR WHITE AND MAROON.

THE BULLDOGS LOOKING LIKE THE OAKLAND RAIDERS WITH THE BLACK AND SILVER.

TRIMMED IN RED.

HUDSON GROVE IS TEED UP AND READY TO KICK OFF.

WE ARE UNDERWAY IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THIS WILL BE NONRETURNABLE AS GROWTH KICKS IT ABOUT 70-YARDS, TO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.

OUR FIRST CHANCE TO SEE THE BULLDOGS ON OFFENSE AND THEIR 6'1" 175 POUND CORNERBACK, REESE.

NUMBER FIVE.

THERE IS THE HEAD COACH, JAMIE ABRAMS, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HUDDLE.

A RECORD OF 33 AND FIVE DESTROYED WHAT IS BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN AMAZING.

>> I WAS THERE WHEN HE STARTED HIS OFFENSE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMUNITY WERE NOT SURE ABOUT WHAT HE WAS BRINGING.

THOSE HAVE BEEN ANSWERED BY THE COACH.

>> HANDOFF GOES TO THE BIG FULLBACK.

A 10 YARD GAIN FOR PATRICK GARNER.

PICKS UP 11 AND A FIRST DOWN.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINEUP FOR CEDARTOWN.

GIBSON, DEMPSEY, GREENE, OF FROM.

HARGROVE, DIAMOND, ARE THE RUNNING BACKS.

DAVIS GLAD BETTER, AND -- THE TITAN.

>> I COULD NOT WAIT >> FIRST AND 10, FROM THE 31- YARD LINE.

BULLDOGS, CHAMPIONS.

THE PLAY GETS BLOWN DEAD.

A REMINDER THAT OUR OFFICIAL, DAVE REYNOLDS IS IN THE BOOTH TODAY.

YOU SEE RANDY WATKINS IS THE REFEREE AND THE REST OF THE CREW IS WORKING WITH HIM ON THE FIELD FOR THIS GAME.

>> IT'S ABOUT ANGLES.

YOU GET TRAPPED , WITH A RUNNER RIGHT UNDER YOU.

THE DEFENSE HAS TO STAY DISCIPLINE.

THEY CANNOT COME UPFIELD TOO FAR AGAINST THIS WING.

>> FROM THE 26-YOUR LINE.

>> AN UNBALANCED SHIFT FOR CEDARTOWN.

YOU SEE THEM UNBALANCED TO THE RIGHT.

>> GARDNER, GETS IT AGAIN.

HE GETS STUFFED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

GARDNER, THE 5'11" , 255 POUND SENIOR FULLBACK.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE DEFENSE FOR THE CADETS.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGION.

SIMEON, THOMAS, ALEXANDER.

BAKER, HARDY, WILKES, THE LINEBACKER SPOTS.

THE SECONDARY, BRINSON MAXWELL, BRIAN, AND PAGE.

>> THE COACH TALKED TO US ABOUT STAYING IN FRONT OF THE CHANGE.

OFF THE BACK, THEY ARE SECOND AND 14.

SECOND AND 13, EARLY.

>> THAT IS CRUCIAL FOR THIS TYPE OF OFFENSE.

A RUN AROUND THE EDGE.

THE QUARTERBACK, CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN.

FOR THE CADETS DEFENSE, PLAYING DISCIPLINED FOOTBALL, IT WILL BE SO IMPORTANT TODAY AGAINST THIS OFFENSE.

>> YOU HAVE TO SET THE EDGE.

HE SEE THE FULLBACK, THEY DOUBLE DOWN ON THE OUTSIDE BACKER.

THERE IS REESE WITH THE BIG PLAY.

TO GET IT MARCH MORE MANAGEABLE.

>> YOUR GUARDS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE.

YOU SEE DEMPSEY, THE SENIOR GUARD OUT THERE RUNNING AND BLOCKING FOR THE QUARTERBACK.

ABRAMS, HE CAME TO CEDARTOWN AFTER BEING THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR FOUR YEARS, MOVED TO THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

>> IT'S A NEW ENVIRONMENT.

HAVE NOT BEEN IN THIS SITUATION BEFORE ALL YOUR THINKING, I HAVE TO GET OFF THE BALL.

THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, IT'S A PENALTY.

YOU HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN.

SURVIVE THE FIRST COUPLE OF MINUTES.

>> LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HAVE TO STAY IN FRONT OF THE CHANGE.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN A BAD YARDAGE SITUATION.

THIS IS FOUR AND SEVEN.

>> THIS IS A FLOOD ROW.

HERE WE GO, BOOTLEGGERS >> LOOKING DOWNFIELD.

NOW WE HAVE TO RUN.

BANNER BREAKS THE TACKLE.

THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 42-YARD LINE.

-YARD PICKUP, REESE TANNER.

>> A BOOTLEG, THEY WILL FLOOD THE AREA.

TURNS IT UPFIELD.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SIGN FOR CEDARTOWN.

YOU HAVE TO DEFEND ALL 11.

IF YOU'RE QUARTERBACK, YOU'RE ABLE TO USE YOUR LEGS LIKE HE CAN, THAT CREATES MORE ISSUES FOR DANNY BRETT.

>> 132 WINS.

LOOK WHAT HE'S DONE FOR THE PROGRAM.

NOT DONE MUCH OF ANYTHING FOOTBALL WISE UNTIL HE GOT THERE.

>> ANOTHER RUN INTO THE DEEP OF THE DEFENSE.

THEY WOULD DO THAT A LOT.

THEY WILL TAKE THAT TWO OR THREE IN -- >> YOU START THINKING ABOUT THAT FULLBACK.

YOU HAVE TO KEY HIM.

THE NEXT INCOME YOU HAVE A WING MAN IN MOTION.

THEY ARE ON THE PERIMETER.

>> PATRICK GARDNER, COMING TO THE SIDELINE.

THEY WILL BRING IN , RENT A -- THEY WILL SPLIT OUT WIDE TO THE RIGHT SIDE.

>> THAT IS A LARGE FULLBACK.

>> NFL SIZE FOOTBALL.

>> THE HANDOFF GOES TO DIAMOND.

HARLAN DIAMOND.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE OPENER.

THAT GUY HAS TO MAKE PLACE FOR GETTING ALL BLOCKS.

CONTROL YOUR GAP.

DISCIPLINED DEFENSE.

THIS IS WHERE THEY LIKE TO BE.

THIS IS RIGHT IN THE WHEELHOUSE.

>> THIS IS PERFECT FOR THEM.

IF IT'S FOURTH AND TO -- >> THEY ARE AT THE 50.

SECOND PLAY OF THE DRIVE, COMING UP.

THEY HAVE MOVED IT, 27 YARDS.

TAKEN MAYBE FOUR MINUTES THE DOOR.

INCOMPLETE.

OUT HERE ON THE EDGE.

FOURTH DOWN.

PROBABLY PUNTING.

REESE TANNER IS ALSO THEIR PUNTER.

>> THEY TRY TO CATCH THE DISSENTER --GET THE STEAKS AND TURNS AROUND.

LEFT THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT LOW TO THE EDGE.

GETTING SOME LATE PERSONNEL ON THE FIELD HERE.

REMEMBER, TANNER IS ALSO THEIR HUNTER.

THEY CAN LINE UP -- THEY CAN QUICK A GREAT HERE.

THIS IS NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL PUNTING FORMATION.

LET'S SEE IF HE QUICK GETS -- LINE DRIVE KICK.

HE'S GOING TO AIM FOR THE CORNER.

ROLL DEAD INSIDE THE --THAT IS WHY IT IS SO SPECIAL WHEN YOU HAVE A PUNTER AND A QUARTERBACK, THE ONE IN THE SAME.

CADETS GO ON OFFENSE, WE COME BACK.

>> BENEDICTINE GOING ON OFFENSE.

FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 6-YOUR LINE.

THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN THE CODE AND SENATE OFFENSE.

>> A LOT OF SCHOOLS STILL ON HIM.

RIGHT NOW MY CONVERSATION WITH HIM TELLS ME HE'S VERY STRONG FOR FLORIDA STATE.

>> SAMUEL, THE RUNNING BACK.

HE'S LINED UP NEXT TO -- COLEMAN HAWK --HE'S GOING TO RUN IT.

DUMPED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

ELI, WITH WHAT THE FIRST OF MANY TACKLES WILL BE TODAY.

>> THIS GUY HAS A NOSE FOR THE FOOTBALL.

HE GETS THERE, HE'S UPSET.

>> HIS NUMBERS ARE AT 25 YARDS.

JUST THREE INTERCEPTIONS.

THROWING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THAT IS BRIAN MAKIN THE CATCH.

BROUGHT TO THE 12-YOUR LINE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BENEDICTINE OFFENSE BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGION'S BEING.

GET BACK INTO THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK.

WARD, HE IS A PROSPECT AT TACKLE.

THEN YOU HAVE BRIAN AND MATTHEWS.

BAKER, THOSE ARE THE RECEIVERS.

BRIAN, AND -- THIRD DOWN.

HANDOFF GOES TO SAMUEL.

HE WILL GET DROPPED FOR A LOSS.

GREAT PENETRATION.

>> CEDARTOWN TALKS ABOUT THE SPEED OF THE DEFENSE IN PERSON.

YOU SEE THAT OPENING DRIVE.

THEY ARE TACKLING IN SPACE.

GETTING THE GUY TO THE GROUND.

AS SOON AS HE TOUCHES THE BALL.

>> LET'S SEE WHO TAKES THE PUNT?

THEY HAVE A TEAM OF PUNTERS AND KICKERS.

IT LOOKS LIKE ASHER SIGMAN IS GOING TO TAKE THIS.

THE BALL IS OUT THE 41.

GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR THE STEPPING OUT OF BOUNDS, DIAMOND.

AS A 32-YOUR LINE.

38-YARD PUNT.

16 YARD -RETURN.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MANAGEMENT KEYS TO THE GAME.

>> TALKED ABOUT THAT ON THE FIRST TRY.

CEDARTOWN WAS ABLE TO STAY AHEAD.

HAVE TO STATE CAN -- EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

YOU HAVE TO DO THAT TO WIN.

>> PEST CONTROL OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

THE 32.

BENEDICTINE.

SCRAMBLING.

TAKES A SACK.

BACK AT THE 36 .

>> WATCH NUMBER 5.

HE DOESN'T GIVE UP ON THE PLAY.

STAYS IN HIS LANE.

QUARTERBACK.

GREAT JOB THERE.

STAY DISCIPLINED.

AGAIN, NOT RUNNING PAST REECE.

>> ALEXANDER, 57 TACKLES ON THE SEASON.

TWO QUARTERBACK SACKS.

THAT WAS HIS THIRD.

HANDOFF.

DIAMOND.

GETS TO THE 33.

MAYBE GOT A COUPLE YARDS BACK ON THE PLAY.

ALBERTS, AMONG THOSE ON THE TACKLE FOR THE CADETS.

>> THEY WANT TO GET DIAMOND THE BALL.

ALREADY IN MOTION.

RUNNING THE PLAY.

GOT TO SWEAT THE EDGE.

BENEDICTINE DID A GOOD JOB THERE.

>> WHAT WAS THE FIRST POINT ON YOUR KEYS TO THE GAME?

STAY IN FRONT OF THE CHAINS.

THEY HAD A HARD TIME DOING THAT.

>> IF THEY COULD PICK UP HALF OF THIS AND MAKE A DECISION EASIER FOR JAMIE ABRAMS.

>> THIRD DOWN, SETTING UP A SCREEN.

GETS TO DIAMOND.

DIAMOND IS TACKLE.

CUTTING DOWN TO THE 30.

NICE OPEN FIELD TACKLE BY THE CADETS.

>> GREAT CALL.

JUST AS IMPRESSED WITH BENEDICTINE.

>> WATCH THIS.

GREAT JOB SETTING IT UP.

WATCH THEM CONVERT RATE THERE ON THE BALL.

GET THERE AND MAKE THE TACKLE FOR THE BENEDICTINE DEFENSE.

>> ON THE TACKLE.

NOW IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN AND SEVEN.

LIKELY NOT KICKING A FIELD GOAL.

THEY HAVE NOT DONE MUCH OF THAT THIS YEAR.

>> THEY ARE LETTING THE PLAY CLOCK RUN DOWN.

>> WE ARE DOWN TO FOUR MINUTES WITH THE FIRST QUARTER.

THIS IS THE WAY THEY WANT THIS GAME TO UNFOLD.

LET'S CONTROL THIS GAME.

LET'S CONTROL THE POSSESSION.

LET'S GRIND THIS OUT.

>> FROM BENEDICTINE PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS A GAME YOU MIGHT GET ONLY 7 OR 8 PER SECTIONS -- YOU CAN'T GO 3 AND OUT.

IF YOU DO, TOWN IS GOING TO RUN A LOT OF CLOCK EVERY TIME THEY TOUCH THE BALL.

>> THEY HAVE SHORTENED THE GAME.

THEY HAVE NOT YET SCORED.

THEY HAVE DOMINATED THE TIME OF POSSESSION SO FAR IN THIS GAME.

8 RUNS, TWO PASSES.

CEDARTOWN, THE FIRST QUARTER.

FOURTH AND SEVEN.

>> SEE IF THEY GET TANNER BACK OUT.

GIVING HIM THE RUN, PASS OPTION.

>> GLOVER IN MOTION.

TANNER, GOING TO TRY TO RUN FOR THE FIRST DOWN.

HE'S NOT GOING TO GET IT.

ANOTHER BIG TACKLE AND THE BALL WILL GO OVER ON DOWNS.

>> FROM AFFIRMATION I THOUGHT THEY WOULD DO THAT, AND THEY DID.

THEY TRIED THIS .

>> AS THEY TAKE A LOOK AT THE MANAGEMENT KEYS TO THE GAME FOR BENEDICTINE.

>> WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING IN THAT WEIGHT ROOM IS WORKING.

YOU HAVE TO BUCKLE THAT CHINSTRAP.

CEDARTOWN HAS TO LIMIT THE BIG PLAYS.

>> TRYING TO CONNECT WITH THE JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVER.

HE'S REALLY HAD TO STEP UP.

THEY HAVE HAD SOME LOSSES WITH THE WIDE RECEIVER ROOM OVER THE LAST MONTH OF THE SEASON.

HE'S HAD TO STEP UP AND TAKE ON THAT ROLE .

YOU GOT A GUY THAT CAN GET YOU THE BALL.

ANYTIME, ANYPLACE ON THE FIELD.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 10.

HEAVY RUSH.

THE SIDESTEP.

THROW DOWNFIELD.

TRYING TO CONNECT.

HOUSTON JACKSON.

INCOMPLETE.

THE THIRD AND 10.

A COUPLE OF LONG TRANSFER THEY ARE FACING A THIRD AND 10.

>> THEY ARE AT IT AGAIN.

THEY HAVE HELD THE BALL I THINK ABOUT 30 SECONDS IN THIS POSSESSION.

>> THEY WILL THROW THE BALL, NOT TRYING TO ESTABLISH A RUN AT ALL.

>> TIME OF POSSESSION IN THIS QUARTER, 6:06, CEDARTOWN.

BACK AT THE 18.

HOW ABOUT, ISAIAH JOHNSON, COMING IN AND GIVING A BODY SHOT?

>> WATCH THEM SPLIT THE DOUBLE- TEAM.

>> HE GOT INSIDE OF HIM.

GOOD JOB BY THE CEDARTOWN DEFENSIVE LINE.

>> A FUNNY SITUATION FOR THE CADETS.

SIDESTEP DEFENDER OUT OF BOUNDS.

40-YARD KICK.

THE BULLDOGS WILL BE OPERATING WITH GOOD FIELD POSITION WITH THREE MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

>> FOR BENEDICTINE, WHEN HE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED AT PRACTICE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND THE TRAINERS FLEW INTO ACTION, THEY GAVE CPR FOR 11 MINUTES UNTIL THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED.

HE WAS UNDER TREATMENT FOR 30 MINUTES.

GOT SHOCKED THREE TIMES.

AFTER THAT THERE WAS NO SEVERE DAMAGE.

NO BRAIN DAMAGE OR ORGAN PROBLEMS.

IT'S BEEN A FASCINATING TURNAROUND.

A MIRACULOUS EVENT TO FIND A WAY FOR HIM TO RECOVER.

HE WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO PLAY AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

UNTHINKABLE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

HE'S ONLY A FRESHMAN BUT HE'S A VERY TALENTED KID.

>> ARKANSAS HAS OFFERED THAT YOUNG MAN .

YOU'RE NOT THINKING KENNY STILL PLAY FOOTBALL.

YOU'RE HOPING THAT HE LIVES TO THE THING.

NOW YOU CAN START THINKING ABOUT FOOTBALL AGAIN.

IT LOOKS LIKE FOOTBALL INDEED WILL BE IN HIS FUTURE.

GARDNER BACK.

A FIRST DOWN.

>> THE MEDICAL FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT FOUGHT WITH THAT MAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU SAY TO THEM.

KUDOS TO THEM.

THE STAFF, THE FIRST-AID RESPONDERS TO DO THAT, IT'S A MIRACLE THAT YOUNG MAN IS STANDING THERE.

>> THEY DESERVE A MEDAL OF HONOR.

DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD THAT WOULD BE TO DO FOR 38 MINUTES AND NOT GIVE UP?

>> THE 41.

FIRST CAME HERE FOR XAVIER >> THIS IS SO UP MY ALLEY.

THIS IS 1989 FOOTBALL.

I LOVE IT.

BLOCK DOWN.

BLOCK HIM.

LEFT GUARD, KICKS OUT.

I AM MATT STEWART, ALONG WITH LEGENDARY DRAGON --RUSTY MAN CELL.

SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

>> Matt: HARD-HITTING GOING ON THERE.

DIAMOND, WITH THE CARRIER.

PICKS UP A COUPLE YARDS.

DOWN TO THE 39.

>> RUSTY: THEY DOUBLE TEAMED ON THE SECOND LEVEL.

BACKSIDE GUARD PULLS THE CONDO PLAY.

COMING IN BEHIND IT.

I TALKED TO THE COACH ABOUT THE STRENGTH CONDITIONING.

CHUBB, HAS TRAINED EVERYONE OF THESE KIDS.

HE SAID THAT DIAMOND HAS COME AS FAR AS ANYBODY'S EVER COACHED IN THE WAITING ROOM.

>> Matt: INCOMPLETE.

INSIDE THE 15-YARD LINE.

MAXWELL, THE SOPHOMORE CORNER ON COVERAGE FOR THE CADETS.

FOURTH DOWN, AGAIN.

>> THEY CALL THAT A FLAG ROUTE.

HE'S ON HIS HIP.

HAS TO MAKE A PERFECT THROW THERE.

HE STACKED HIM ON TOP OF HIM.

HE COULDN'T DELIVER IT.

>> THE BULLDOGS ARE 1 FOR 5, THIRD AND FOURTH DOWNS COMBINED IN THE FOURTH , THE FIRST QUARTER.

THEY HAVE HAD FIVE ATTEMPTS.

HE WAS OPEN AT THE 20 YARD LINE.

REECE TANNER MISSED HIM.

THE BALL GOES OVER ON DOWNS.

AGAIN, FOR THE THIRD TIME.

>> Rusty: HE KNOWS HE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY.

HE SAID THAT PLAY UP FOR HIM FORMATION WISE.

WATCH HIM SNEAK FROM THE TITAN POSITION.

POPPED PAST , SET UP PERFECT.

JUST OVERTHROWS HIM.

>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE BENEDICTINE RESUME FOR THE STATE CHAMPS ONE YEAR AGO.

WON 2018.

LIKE WE SAID, HE'S DONE A MARVELOUS JOB WITH THIS PROGRAM.

THE LAST 10 SEASON.

SAMUEL PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.

THAT WILL BE THE FIRST , FIRST DOWN FOR BENEDICTINE AS HE RUNS FOR 12.

>> Rusty: INTERESTING.

I WENT DOWN THERE AND LEARNED THEY HAVE 100 CADETS .

THEY WILL PULL ONE OUT.

YOU SEE THE TACKLE, THEY WILL RUN THEIR COUNTER, GET ON THE EDGE WITH THE RUNNING BACK.

THE SAME PLAY, OTHER SIDE.

>> Matt: SAMUEL, COMING THIS WAY.

LOOKING FOR A BLOCK.

NOT GOING TO GET IT.

ELI BARRELS.

GOD HELP .

THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN THE --PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

>> Rusty: THEY FLIPPED THE FORMATION.

COUNTER COMES BACK.

SETS THE EDGE BY NINE.

ALLOWS HIM TO COME BACK INSIDE OUT.

WHAT A FOOTBALL PLAYER NUMBER 12'S.

>> Matt: TATE HARRIS WAS IN ON THAT TACKLE, AS OF.

THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

THOSE ARE HIS NUMBER --DOWN TO 17 SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

>> Rusty: HIS DAD PLAYED ON THE TEAM DURING THE 1985 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

HE'S GOT CEDARTOWN BLOOD IN HIM.

MOM AND DAD.

TREVOR WE HAVE A PLAYER THAT IS INJURED.

>> Matt: HE'S GOT A GASH ON HIS RIGHT ARM.

THEY ARE WRAPPING IT UP.

HE HAD BLOOD ROLLING DOWN THE INSIDE OF HIS FOREARM.

>> Rusty: HE'S MAD THAT HE IS OUT RIGHT NOW.

>> Matt: GREAT KID.

I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A WHILE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY PLAY HE'S NOT ON THE FIELD.

SECOND DOWN.

GOING SCREEN.

BRIAN.

AT THE 46-YARD LINE.

THE CEDARTOWN DEFENSE REALLY GETTING AFTER RIGHT NOW.

THE BALL.

>> Matt: THIS IS LIKE A WORLD CUP SOCCER MATCH.

IT'S BEEN FUN.

WE ARE HEADING TO THE SECOND QUARTER.

IN ATLANTA.

NO SCORE.

>> Matt: BENEDICTINE AND CEDARTOWN ARE SCORELESS AS WE NO TRUTH TO THE RUMORS THAT THE BULLDOGS ARRIVED FROM -- COUNTY TODAY.

WITH THIS OFFENSE , THEY ARE ON IT.

>> Rusty: YOU DON'T SEE MUCH.

GO BACK TO THE LATE 1980s AND THE EARLY 1990s, THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE --STATE.

JAMIE ABRAMS PUT IT IN.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WERE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

THEY GOT THEM THEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT AGAIN.

>> Matt: IT'S LIKE FASHION, IT IS SO OLD THAT IT IS NEW.

>> AND COME BACK AROUND.

>> Rusty: 15 GAMES, I KNOW ALL OF THESE PLAYS.

I KNOW EVERYTHING.

>> Matt: THIRD AND 14.

SAMUEL GOES IN MOTION TO THE TOP.

HEAVY RUSH.

SIDE STEPS.

THAT BRIAN OUT THERE.

PAST THE 10 YARD LINE.

A FLAG OUT.

COVERAGE THERE.

>> Rusty: I THINK THEY WANT HIM TO TURN BACK AROUND.

WE WILL SEE ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO THIS REPLAY.

>> Matt: DOESN'T TURN BACK AROUND TO FIND THE FOOTBALL.

YOU HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME.

I KNOW FOLKS AT HOME ARE SAYING, WHY DIDN'T HE TURN AROUND AND LOOK FOR THE FOOTBALL?

THAT'S WHEN THE RECEIVER BLOWS BY YOU.

IF YOU'RE SO WORRIED ABOUT NOT GETTING BEAT, AND YOU'RE AFRAID TO TURN AROUND TO LOOK FOR THE FOOTBALL.

>> Matt: YOU HEAR THE DISPLEASURE FROM THE FOLKS AS CEDARTOWN.

IF THEY GET INTO AN OLD-SCHOOL GAME , HE KNOWS ABOUT OLD-SCHOOL >> Rusty: HE'S HAD FLASHBACKS ALL WEEK.

>> Matt: SAMUEL WILL CHANGE DIRECTIONS.

AGAIN, UNDERCUTS.

AFTER A 3-YARD PICKUP.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO WEAR NUMBER 27, YOU BETTER BE A DUKE.

>> Matt: SOPHOMORE.

SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.

HE'S GOING TO RUN UP IN THE POCKET.

THE SIGN LIGHT.

SAM HARRIS, THE OUTSIDE BACKER.

THERE WAS THE CONTACT.

5'7".

SOFTWARE.

>> Rusty: SAM SMITH.

YOU SAID SAM HARRIS.

THAT'S OKAY.

THIRD-DOWN AND SIX.

FUNDS IN THE MIDDLE TO BRIAN.

FIRST DOWN AT THE 23.

>> Rusty: THEY STACK RECEIVERS AT THE TOP.

HE STEPS UP.

HE STEPS UP, CLIMBS THE POCKET A LITTLE BIT AND DELIVERS A BULLET.

>> Matt: 56 CATCHES THIS SEASON.

THAT'S A NICE CATCH, REACHING BEHIND HIM.

>> Rusty: GREAT JOB.

>> Matt: HEADED TO MINNESOTA.

THE OBVIOUS QUESTION, DO YOU KNOW IT IS COLD THERE?

THAT'S WHAT THE COACH SAID TO HIM.

HE SAID, YES, I AM IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE.

ALL KINDS OF TIME FOR HIM TO GET TO THE END ZONE.

RUNS OUT OF REAL ESTATE.

REALLY LOVES WHAT PJ IS DOING WITH THAT PROGRAM.

FOR SOUTH GEORGIA.

>> Rusty: TO BECOME AN NFL FIRST ROUNDER.

RASHOD BATEMAN, MAN, WHAT A BALLER.

AN NFL FIRST ROUNDER.

>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND 10, FROM THE 22.

SAMUEL GETS THE HAND OFF.

TRYING TO GET TO THE EDGE.

WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT.

THAT WAS DeMARCUS GARDNER.

THE CORNERBACK.

>> Rusty: I THOUGHT THAT PLAY WAS 7, 8 YARDS.

BLACK JERSEYS IN THE SCREEN, IN A HURRY.

>> JEREMY IS A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE --TEAM.

YOU MENTIONED THE SPRING COACH.

MIKE.

HE IS A BIG FACTOR.

SCRAMBLING.

BACK AT THE 30.

10-YARD LOSS ON THE PLAY.

>> Rusty: HAD A GUY OPEN IN THE FLAT.

HE CHOSE IT.

>> Matt: HARGROVE AND --GOT TO HIM.

>> Rusty: HAD A CHECK DOWN TOWARD THE SIDELINE AND DECIDED NOT TO GET IT.

THEY DELIVERED THAT ONE.

I KNOW THAT WAS A BALL HE WANTED BACK.

YOU SEE DANNY WHEN HE CAME OFF THE FIELD, FIVE OR SIX YARDS.

>> Matt: ASHER SIGMAN.

THIS IS SOMETHING THEY CAN DO.

HIT THE GOALPOST.

IT WAS A HIGH SNAP.

HOUSTON JACKSON, THE HOLDER HAD TO GET DOWN.

THEY DID.

MAYBE HE THREW HIM OFF A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE ASHER SIGMAN HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD KICKER FOR HIM THIS YEAR.

HIT THE GOALPOST.

WE REMAIN SCORELESS.

>> Rusty: HE HID IT FROM ABOUT HALFWAY UP.

REMEMBER THAT.

WATCH WHERE IT HITS THE GOALPOST FROM THE 46.

THAT IS GOT ABOUT NINE MORE IN THAT EASY.

>> Matt: IT IS NOT GOOD FROM THE 46.

A HITS TO OPERATE.

THE BULLDOGS GO BACK.

OFFENSE AT THE 20.

A DOUBLE WING LOOK.

2-YARD >> Rusty: THEY WILL DO THIS UNTIL THEY GET A SEAM .

IF THEY RUN THE BALL AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.

>> Matt: REECE TANNER.

17 YARDS ON THE GROUND.

YOU SEE HIM GET THE PLAY CALL.

ONE COMPLETION OUT OF FOUR ATTEMPTS.

DIAMOND, SQUIRMS TO THE WHOLE.

UP TO THE 29.

BRIAN HELPS GET THEM ON THE GROUND.

SEVEN YARD PICKUP.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE COACH , THE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH, COACH ABRAMS TOLD HIM THEY WILL LIFT THIS MORNING.

THEY LIFTED THE MORNING OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND GOT ON A BUS AND CAME HERE.

THEY SAID THEY WILL WORK ON FRIDAY MORNING LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO.

TIME IS NUMBERS ON THE YEAR, HE HAS SPARKLE, 1200 PLUS YARDS.

GARDNER.

PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AFTER 35.

>> Rusty: HE'S GOT SOME BUST TO HIM.

HE'S AN ABSOLUTE MONSTER.

LOOK AT THOSE THIGHS.

I DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT.

THAT BIG MAN COMING AT YOU.

SECOND AND NINE, THEY ARE STILL IN THEIR COMFORT ZONE.

TWO RUNNING PLAYS.

>> Matt: GARDNER, COMES TO THE SIDELINE.

FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 35.

DIAMOND.

DIAMOND, GETS ABOUT FOUR ON THE PLAY.

WILKES ALBER, THE LEADING TACKLE, -- >> Rusty: SECOND AND SIX.

RUNNING THE BLOCK.

TAKING A DEEP BREATH.

GRIND THIS THING UP.

THEY HAVE TO GET SOME POINTS OUT IF THEY WILL PLAY LIKE THIS.

THEY ARE VERY COMFORTABLE.

>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND SIX.

>> Rusty: LOOK HOW DEEP THEY ARE.

>> Matt: DIAMOND.

ONE MAN MISSING.

SHOULDER PADS GOING OUT OF BOUNDS FOR 42.

HE HAS STARTED AGAIN.

THOMPSON'S VICTORY OVER FITZGERALD IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP TO DROP HERE AT THE STADIUM.

>> Rusty: THE TEAM HAS BEEN EXPLOSIVE AS OF LATE.

MY GOODNESS.

THE NIGHT YOU GUYS HAD.

>> Matt: I DON'T THINK WE HAD A SCORING PLAY LESS THAN 25- YARDS, THE WHOLE GAME.

THIS GAME, IS THE -- >> Rusty: IT'S SUFFOCATING THAT GAME.

THAT'S THE WAY THIS TEAM PLAYS.

THEY ARE PHYSICAL.

THEY ARE COMING COUNTER.

RIGHT OFF THE TACKLE THERE.

COACH IS DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB THERE.

HE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL A LOT OF PLACES.

>> Matt: HEAD COACH AT LaMARR COUNTY FOR A COUPLE YEARS.

HE WILL GET DROPPED FOR A LOSS.

THEY WILL SPOTTED THERE AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

A FLAG DOWN ON THE FIELD.

>> Rusty: THAT PUTS YOU BEHIND THE CHANGE.

HE HAD SOME MOMENTUM.

JAMIE ABRAMS COMES OUT OF THE COACHING TREE.

>> Rusty: THE FIRST TIME I MET HIM WAS --IF YOU'RE ON THAT STAFF, YOU WILL BE A PHYSICAL FOOTBALL TEAM.

>> Matt: THEY WILL PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT FIRST AND 15.

THEY MAKE IT, SECOND AND 10.

ABRAMS, A PLAY OF THE DRIVE.

HE RELISHES THE OPPORTUNITY.

FOOTBALL IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.

ANOTHER CFL FOR THE DEFENSE AND THE CADETS.

THEY ARE STARTING TO HEAT A LITTLE BIT.

JEREMIAH TIME US.

>> Rusty: THEY GOT ANOTHER BLOCK.

KEPT THE EDGE THAT TIME, UNABLE TO SEAL IT OFF.

GREAT JOB THERE.

>> Matt: PART OF ME.

THAT WAS NOT THOMAS.

HERBIE SCOGGIN.

THEY CALL HIM, THIRD.

HE'S -- THEY JUST CALL HIM, THIRD.

9.5 SACKS.

WHAT A SEASON.

TANNER ON THE RUN.

AT THE 47.

IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN TO THE PUNT.

THEY HAVE NOT PUNTED YET.

THEY DID PUNT ONCE.

>> Rusty: WE TALK ABOUT THIS -- WE KEEP MENTIONING IT, WHEN CEDARTOWN HAS TO PLAY BEHIND, THEY ARE NOT BUILT FOR THAT.

GREAT JOB FOR BENEDICTINE THERE.

>> Matt: TANNER AS LINED UP.

7-YARDS, BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

CEDARTOWN, THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIMEOUT THEY USED.

WE WILL STEP ASIDE.

>> Matt: 4:30 MINUTES TO PLAY.

1963 STATE CHAMPIONS AT THE ONE AND ONLY.

LESSER THEY GOT TO THE SEMI FINALS.

JAMIE ABRAMS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE QUARTERFINALS.

PLAYED IN 1985 AND 2001.

THE LAST TIME THEY HAD BEEN ON A STAGE THIS BIG AND 16 REGION TITLES FOR THE BULLDOGS.

>> Rusty: SAMHAN, WAS THE QUARTERBACK ON THE 2001 TEAM.

>> Matt: FIRST TRADITIONAL PUNT.

BRIAN.

JOB AT THE 21 YARD LINE.

36-YARD KICK.

THEY GO ON THE OFFENSE WITH JUST UNDER 4 1/2 MINUTES TO PLAY.

THAT'S OUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND THE FINAL GAME OF THE NIGHT SCHEDULED FOR A 7:00 START.

DO YOU KNOW HOW RARE IT IS TO HAVE A TEAM THAT IS 14-0, TRYING TO CAP A 15-0 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

CEDARTOWN, TRYING TO DO THAT TODAY.

BOTH TRYING TO DO THAT.

NOTHING DOING.

TO THE RIGHT OF THE DEFENSE.

LET'S CHECK IN WITH WILEY.

>> YOU MENTIONED THAT NICK CHUBB, ON THE SIDELINES TODAY.

IT'S COOL TO HEAR THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT HE CONTINUES TO HAVE AS CEDARTOWN.

VERY CLOSE WITH THE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH.

HE'S ALSO CLOSE WITH THE PLAYERS.

HE SAYS THERE AND LISTENS TO COACH ABRAMS.

REALLY COOL.

>> Matt: THE COACH MADE BY BRIAN AT THE 29.

WILEY CONTINUES THAT STORY .

WHEN ABRAMS GOT THE HEAD COACHING JOB, NICK CHUBB SAT DOWN IN THE FRONT ROW WENT , LIKE HE WAS A PLAYER.

>> LOOK AT THOSE TWO YOUNG MEN.

>> Matt: NICK CHUBB, ONE OF THE BEST HUMANS YOU WILL MEET.

A DOWN TO EARTH NFL SUPERSTAR.

>> Rusty: THAT'S HIS BROTHER THERE.

VERY CLOSE.

PLAYED HERE AS WELL.

>> Matt: FIRST DOWN CARRY.

ROCHON MATTHEWS.

THE FIRST TIME HE HAS TOUCHED THE BALL.

>> Rusty: VERY COOL FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS.

ALLOWED NICK TO GET ON THE PLANE TO COME DOWN.

WE HAVE A MAN DOWN.

>> Referee: OFFICIAL TIMEOUT.

INJURY.

>> Rusty: NUMBER 16 IS DOWN.

THAT IS MIKEY -- >> Matt: MIKEY ESQUIVEL.

HE HAD A SACK EARLIER IN THIS GAME.

LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE LOOKING AT HIS RIGHT ARM , RIGHT SHOULDER.

>> Rusty: I HAVE KNOWN NICK A LONG TIME.

HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM.

A LOT OF TIMES , THEY WANTED HIM TO PREPARE SOMEWHERE ELSE OTHER THAN CEDARTOWN.

HE WAS LIKE, NO, NOT HAPPENING.

I'M WORKING OUT AT THE SCHOOL , AND THIS IS SO MUCH ABOUT THAT MAN.

>> Matt: MIKEY ESQUIVEL BEING HELPED OFF THE FIELD.

BENEDICTINE OPENED THE FIRST ROUND.

SPALDING, VICTIM IN THE SECOND ROUND.

THEY BEAT A GOOD STOCK RIDGE TEAM.

SPEAKING OF A GOOD TROOP , THEY CAN LIGHTED UP.

THEY TOOK CARE OF TRUE.

THAT'S WHY THEY ARE HERE TODAY AT 12 AND 2 UNDER THE COACH.

>> Rusty: THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE BACKING THEM.

HIM AT THE 30.

ELI BARROW.

LEADING THE CHASE.

XAVIER HARGROVE ON THE TACKLE, AS WELL.

>> Rusty: HE HAS TO KNOW THE CLOCK IS TICKING.

HE WILL NOT HAVE A LOT OF TIME WITH THIS DEFENSE.

THEY TRIED TO RUN A DEEP CROSSER ON THE BACKSIDE.

IT WASN'T THERE.

TRY TO GET EVERYTHING FLOWING TO THE RIGHT.

HAVE A RECEIVER COMING BACK ACROSS THE FIELD.

DEEP CROSSING ROUTE BUT CEDARTOWN COVERED IT.

>> Matt: JONES WAS THROWN A BONE.

HE WAS IN ON THAT CHECKUP.

UNDER THREE MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF.

SECOND DOWN.

>> Rusty: IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A 0-0 GREAT FIRST HALF?

>> Matt: IT'S A VERY STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT THAT IS WHAT WE WILL HAVE.

CEDARTOWN DEFENSE HAS HELD BENEDICTINE ABOUT 1 YARD , PER PLAY.

INCOMPLETE AT A 45.

BRIAN, HIS TARGET -- THEY HAVE GOT --OUT OF SEEING AND OUT OF RHYTHM.

THEY MOVED HIM OFF HIS SPOT ALMOST EVERY PASS PLAY.

>> Rusty: THEY TRIED TO RUN THE --TRYING TO PICK SOMEBODY OFF.

ELI BARROW IN HIS SPOT.

AS SOON AS HE BREAKS THAT POCKET, HE TAKES OFF AFTER HIM.

>> Matt: HE FIRES IT.

OUT OF BOUNDS.

AT THE --THAT'S THE EQUALIZER.

CEDARTOWN PLAYING GREAT TEAM DEFENSE PAYMENT HAVE TWO STARS LIKE THESE, YOU GET A PLAY LIKE THAT.

>> Rusty: AN EASY TOSS FOR HIM.

DROPS IT IN THEIR ON THE SIDELINE.

GREAT BALL THERE.

GREAT ROUTE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HE MOVED HIM OUT A LITTLE BIT.

GOT HIM OUTSIDE.

>> Matt: TWO POWER --ONE SENIOR, ONE JUNIOR.

THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

ANYTIME YOU SEE THE BALL TIPPED ON A CROSSING ROUTE, YOU ARE THINKING THE DEEP SAFETY WILL PLUCK IT AND GO THE OTHER WAY.

>> Rusty: THEY BRING A SAFETY HE'S BEEN UNABLE TO CONVERT THERE.

ONLY FIVE OF 10 FOR 41 YARDS.

HE'S BEEN SACKED THREE TIMES BY THIS FEROCIOUS BULLDOG DEFENSE.

>> Rusty: BARREL, IN THE MIDDLE.

RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.

>> Matt: ALL AWAY DOWN TO THE 25.

>> Rusty: WHEN HE MAKES HIS MIND UP, AS SHOWS YOU THE ATHLETICISM.

>> Matt: 33-YARD PICKUP.

TO THE AIR.

ONE-ON-ONE MATCHUP.

TRYING TO GET BRYANT OUT THERE.

THAT RUN REMINDED ME OF A LITTLE BIT OF TREVOR LAWRENCE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

NOBODY THOUGHT HE COULD DO IT.

>> Rusty: TOOK A SHOT.

GOOD JOB.

USED THE SIDELINE TO HELP YOU.

>> Matt: DeMARCUS, GOOD COVERAGE.

1:33, TO GO.

10th PLAY OF THE DRIVE.

SAMUEL IN MOTION, TO THE OUTSIDE.

LOOKS TO THE NO.

BRIAN, CATCH, AT THE 19.

BENEDICTINE HAS ALL THREE TIMEOUTS REMAINING.

THEY DO NOT HAVE TO RUSH.

>> Rusty: GOOD SPECIAL TEAMS.

THEY ARE ALREADY IN RANGE FOR THEIR KICKER.

HE'S GOING TO FIND A ZONE AND SIT DOWN THERE.

HE'S GOT TO GET IT THERE WHILE HE'S OPENING VEZO.

>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A PASS.

WIDE OPEN.

TOUCHDOWN, BENEDICTINE.

IT WAS A GREAT CALL.

HOUSTON JACKSON, DUMPING IT OVER THE SHOULDER OF SAQUON BARKLEY AND.

>> Rusty: AGGRESSIVE CEDARTOWN DEFENSE ALL DAY.

THEY RUN THIS TO THE WHITE SIDE OF THE FIELD.

BRYAN ASKED LIKE HE IS GOING TO BLOCK FOR A SECOND.

HE RELEASES FOR A QUICK TOUCHDOWN.

>> Matt: JACKSON, HE THREW THE TOUCHDOWN PASS VERY GETS IT DOWN.

HE IS GOOD.

7-0, LEAD.

>> Rusty: GOOD PASS.

CEDARTOWN FLYING UP.

IT'S TOO LATE.

CAUGHT THE SOPHOMORE WITH EYES IN THE BACK FIELD.

GREAT CALL IN THAT SPOT.

>> Matt: 19-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM HOUSTON JACKSON.

DOES A QUAN BRYANT.

YOU SEE THAT LAST DRIVE.

THEY ALMOST TRIPLED THE AMOUNT OF YARDS THAT THEY HAD IN THE FIRST YARDS COMBINED.

GOT THE SEVEN POINTS.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

>> Rusty: POINTS WILL BE A PREMIUM HERE.

AS YOU SEE, THE RAIN ON THE COACH, IT'S GETTING UP.

WONDERING HOW THIS WILL AFFECT THE GAME AS WE MOVE FORWARD?

>> Matt: I WOULD THINK IT DOES NOT AFFECT CEDARTOWN THAT MUCH.

>> Rusty: THE BALL IS LIKE.

CAN HOLD.

GOING TO WATCH DIAMOND ON THE KICK RETURN.

>> Matt: HUDSON, THE KICKOFF MAN, THEY'VE GOT A BUNCH OF THOSE GUYS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE NONRETURNABLE.

THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE --THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE HARLEM IRRELEVANT.

KICKING IT TO THE END ZONE.

>> Rusty: THAT'S INVALUABLE .

>> Matt: YOU SEE SO MANY COACHES TODAY, YOU WILL SEE IT THIS WEEKEND , GOING WITH THE DIRECTIONAL CAKES.

THEY DO NOT HAVE A GUY THAT CAN CONSISTENTLY PUT IT IN THE END ZONE.

HERE WITH BENEDICTINE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT TOO MUCH.

>> Rusty: WE START TALKING ABOUT COMFORT ZONES.

57 SECONDS.

DO YOU GO TO THE TWO-MINUTE OFFENSE?

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL GO WITH SHOTGUN.

>> Matt: LET'S SEE WHAT TANNER CAN DO WITH 57 SECONDS LEFT?

CHILLING FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.

THEY COMPLETED OUT HERE AT THE 20-YARD LINE.

IF THREE-YARD PICKUP.

>> Rusty: GARDNER.

TRAUMA GARDNER, HIS FIRST CATCH FOR THE SECOND CATCH OF THE GAME.

SECOND COMPLETION FOR TANNER.

STEADY RAIN IS FALLING HERE AT THE STADIUM IN ATLANTA.

IS BEEN A SOGGY DAY.

THE FACT THAT IT IS FRIDAY, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DRIVE YOUR, YOU MIGHT AS WELL PLAN ON A TWO HOUR TRIP.

UP TO THE 30.

GARDNER.

FIRST DOWN.

MAYBE NOT?

NO, THEY DON'T MOVE THE STATES.

HE CONTINUES TO RUN.

CEDARTOWN HAS ONE TIMEOUT REMAINING.

A LOW SNAP.

TANNER, THROWING OFF HIS BACK FOOT.

AND BUBBLY.

HIS FOURTH DOWN.

YOU DON'T CONVERT THERE.

NOW YOU HAVE A FOURTH AND ONE.

YOU HAVE TO CONVERT IT OR PUNCH IT.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

>> Rusty: YOU HAVE TO PUNCH.

YEAH PLAY TO GOOD THIS FIRST HALF.

BENEDICTINE IS IN FIELD-GOAL RANGE.

>> Matt: IF YOU DON'T CONVERT HERE --THEY WILL ADD ANOTHER CHEAP QUICK THREE POINTS BEFORE HALFTIME.

THEY WILL DROP BACK IN PUNTING FORMATION.

IS STARTING TO COOL DOWN WITH THE RAIN.

WHAT WAS A WARM DAY THIS MORNING, IS STARTING TO GET CHILLIER HERE AT THE PARK.

LINE DRIVE KICK.

BRYAN BOBBLES IT.

HE'S GOING TO GO DOWN AT THE 42.

VERY DANGEROUS PLAY.

IT IS COMING DOWN RIGHT NOW.

BALL SECURITY IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT IF THIS CONTINUES.

>> Matt: IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.

15 SECONDS LEFT.

THREE TIMEOUTS REMAINING.

IN THESE CONDITIONS, HE TAKES A KNEE TO GET TO THE LOCKER ROOM.

>> Rusty: BRYAN DOES NOT WEAR GLOVES.

YOU RARELY SEE THAT.

THAT'S LIKE NOT WEARING GLOVES IN BASEBALL.

>> Matt: HE STANDING BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

THEY TAKE A KNEE AT THE END OF THE HALF.

WE WERE SCORELESS FOR OVER 23 MINUTES IN THE FIRST HALF BEFORE BENEDICTINE GOT A LATE SCORE ON A GADGET PLAY TOUCHDOWN PASS .

HOUSTON JACKSON TO BRYAN.

THEY GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM.

THEY LEAD CEDARTOWN, 7-0.

>> Rusty: GREAT JOB, BOTH DEFENSES.

ONE DRIVE, BENEDICTINE, COVERED IT.

A LOT OF FOOTBALL LEFT.

I WONDER IF THE RAIN IS GOING TO MAKE SOMEBODY GET A SHORT FIELD AT SOME POINT IN THE SECOND HALF?

>> Matt: IT ALMOST HAPPENED RIGHT THERE.

>> Rusty: ABSOLUTELY.

THE FIRST PLAY OF HEAVY RAIN.

>> Matt: THE BULLDOGS PLAYED SOME TREMENDOUS DEFENSE, BUT GAVE UP THE 79-YARD DRIVE.

THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES OF THE FIRST HALF, THEY GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM , WORKING FROM BEHIND.

THEY COME BACK OUT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

THE CADETS WILL BE RECEIVING THE SECOND HALF KICKOFF.

LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO WILEY.

>> THANK YOU.

TELL ME ABOUT THAT TOUCHDOWN PASS.

HAVE YOU EVER RUN THAT PLAY BEFORE?

>> WE HAVE NOT.

WE'VE BEEN PRACTICING ALL YEAR COACH SAID, ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME TO TRY THAT?

THE COACH SAID, WHAT YOU THINK?

WE ROLLED IT AND IT WAS A GREAT JOB BY EVERYBODY.

>> NO BETTER TIME THAN THE STATE FINAL.

TELL ME ABOUT THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS, WHAT HAS YOUR DEFENSE DONE WELL?

>> THE FRONT SEVEN HAS CONTINUED TO PLAY HARD.

WE HAVE TO TACKLE A LITTLE BETTER AND ONCE WE MAKE CONTACT, GET THEM DOWN.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ONE HALF IN THE BOOKS.

LET'S GO TO HANNAH AT THE STUDIO.

I BET YOUR WEATHER IS BETTER THAN MINE?

>> IT IS.

I AM SORRY.

GREAT REPORTING IN THE FIRST HALF.

COMING UP, WE WILL BREAK DOWN WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT'S TO COME WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE.

SPECIAL GUEST , AND MUCH MORE.

NEXT, ON GPB.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGIONS.

WE ARE LIVE FROM THE GPB SPORTS STUDIO.

WE HAVE CROWNED SIX STATE CHAMPIONS SO FAR.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT STILL CALM.

HERE IS THE GAME WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW.

THE CADETS ARE LEADING, 7-0 THE FIRST EVER MEETING .

CEDARTOWN CHASING THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE FIRST SINCE 1963.

BENEDICTINE IS THE DEFENDERS.

THIS MORNING, IT WAS A AA MATCHUP BETWEEN FITZGERALD AND THOMPSON.

THE BULLDOGS WON 32-27.

THIS IS DAY NUMBER TWO.

YESTERDAY WE STARTED THINGS OFF WITH FLAG FOOTBALL.

WE HAD THE DIVISION I MATCHUP AT 11:00 A.M. ESSIE BULLOCK AND HARRIS COUNTY --IT WAS DIVISION II MATCHUP.

14-0.

FINALLY, DIVISION THREE, BLESSED TRINITY AND MILTON.

19-13.

THAT WAS A GREAT GAME.

OUR TACKLE FOOTBALL BEGAN WITH THE --39-31.

THE FIRST WIN IN 30 YEARS.

PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN TOOK DOWN SWINGS BORO .

WE'VE GOT MORE ACTION TODAY.

TONIGHT AT 7:00, THIS IS THE TEAM'S FIRST MEETING.

A MUCH ANTICIPATED MATCHUP.

ON SATURDAY, THE ODDS AT NOON -- SANDY CREEK VERSUS CEDAR GROVE.

AND THEN AT 3:30, WHERE COUNTY AGAINST ANNA ROBBINS.

AND AT 7:00 , MILL CREEK VERSUS CARROLLTON.

WE HAVE TO TAKE IT QUICK BREAK.

STAY WITH US, JOHN HAS A SPECIAL GUEST ON THE FIELD.

WE WILL ALSO NAME OUR PLAY OF THE FIRST HALF.

>> VAPING IS GROWING IN POPULARITY AMONG TEENS.

HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THIS IS KYLIE FROM CIGNA.

WHAT IS VAPING AND WHY SHOULD PARENTS BE CONCERNED?

>> VAPING AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE.

1 AND 4 GEORGIA TEAMS USE ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES HAVE USED THEM IN THE PAST YEAR.

TRADITIONAL CIGARETTES ARE DANGEROUS , A LOT OF TEENS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT VAPES CAN BE JUST AS DANGEROUS.

THEY CONTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF NICOTINE LIKE TRADITIONAL CIGARETTES.

THEY CAN BE PARTICULARLY IMPACTFUL ON A TEENAGE BRAIN THAT IS STILL DEVELOPING.

>> THAT IS SO TRUE.

>> WHY ARE THE RATES GOING UP?

>> A LOT OF TEENS SECONDLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S SAFER THAN CIGARETTES.

THEY SEE THEM AS MORE SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE.

IS NOT AS MUCH OF A STIGMA.

THE MARKETING THAT IS TARGETED AT e-CIGARETTES HAVE BEEN VERY TARGETED AT TEENS.

COLORFUL PACKAGING, APPEALING TO YOUNG CHILDREN.

>> WHAT SHOULD PARENTS DO TO HELP THEIR KIDS KICK THE HABIT?

>> THE NUMBER ONE THING THEY CAN DO, UNDERSTAND WHY?

IS IT TO ACT OUT?

IS IT BECAUSE OF PEER PRESSURE FROM THEIR FRIENDS?

ARE THEY USING VAPES OR OTHER SUBSTANCES TO HELP MANAGE HEALTH CONDITION?

MAKE SURE IF YOU TALK TO YOUR TEENS, UNDERSTAND WHY AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE EDUCATED ON THE DANGERS.

IN THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE TIMES.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE GO TO -- >> WELCOME BACK.

IT IS HAVE TIME BETWEEN CEDARTOWN AND BENEDICTINE.

LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHN AT A RAINY STADIUM, WHO IS STANDING BY WITH THE CEDARTOWN PRINCIPAL.

>> THANK YOU, HANNAH.

THIS IS THE FUNNY THING, SCOTT AND I GO BACK TO HIS TIME DURING FOOTBALL.

SCOTT HAS GONE FROM FOOTBALL , TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND NOW, PRINCIPAL.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> WE ARE PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL AND TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY.

>> WHAT HAS THE WEEK BEEN LIKE GETTING READY FOR THE LAST GAME?

>> IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS TURNED OUT IN FORCE FOR OUR KIDS.

I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF FACES FROM THE PAST THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN FOR A WHILE.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE CEDARTOWN COMMUNITY, MY NEXT QUESTION, WAS IT LIKE TO SEE UNDER THE OVERHANG , DRY, WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SEE THE IMMUNITY COME OUT IN SUPPORT?

>> TO SEE THIS MANY MAKE THE TRIP IN THIS WEATHER, IT SHOWS THE DEDICATION THEY HAVE FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR PROGRAM.

I HOPE OUR KIDS CAN CONTINUE TO REPRESENT IN THE POSITIVE WAY THEY HAVE SO FAR.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ONE PRINCIPAL DOWN AND FATHER FRANK COMING UP ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SCOTT HENDRIX COMING UP .

>> THANKS, JOHN.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE HALFTIME SHOW.

IF YOU ARE JUST NOW JOINING US, IT'S THE TITLE GAME BETWEEN CEDARTOWN AND BENEDICTINE.

HERE IS OUR PLAY OF THE FIRST HALF.

THERE WAS ONE MINUTE TO GO IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

HE HANDS IT OFF TO JACKSON.

HE FINDS RYAN FOR THE FIRST OF THE GAME.

WHAT A PLAY .

THE CADETS HAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM WITH THE LEAD.

7-0 PER AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE MUCH MORE OF THAT IN THE SECOND HALF.

TIME NOW TO CHECK BACK IN WITH JOHN NELSON.

HE HAS THE HEADMASTER ON THE FIELD.

>> WE WERE TALKING TO FATHER FRANK, WHAT WERE YOU SAYING DURING THE FIRST HALF?

>> I COULD WATCH THAT DAY AND NIGHT.

BEAUTIFUL PLAY.

>> IT'S GOOD TO CATCH UP WITH HIM.

REINFORCES WHAT AN ADDICT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

WHAT HAS THE WEEK BEEN LIKE GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER GAME?

>> YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR MASS , AT THE END OF IT, WE SING THE FIGHT SONG.

IT WAS A VERY APPROPRIATE SONG FOR THIS WEEKEND.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED DURING THIS TIME WITH DANNY, IT WAS A TEAM THAT WAS .5 HUNTER, STRUGGLED TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.

NOW THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SEE THIS PROGRESSION?

>> IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE COMMUNITY.

THE PARENTS.

THE STUDENTS.

THEY HAVE RALLIED BEHIND IT.

AS I HAVE TOLD THE COACH, I HAVE TO BELIEVE IT SO MUCH , WHAT'S GOING ON AT BENEDICTINE HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF THE ENTHUSIASM BEING GENERATED THROUGH THIS TEAM.

>> LAST QUESTION, THANKS FOR HANGING OUT, ESPECIALLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS --WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THESE DAYS?

LOT.

IT'S A THING OF BEAUTY.

PLEASE STOP BY TO SEE IT.

IT IS WORTH A LOOK.

>> I HAVE BEEN THERE AND I KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

I SAW THE FINISHING TOUCHES.

FATHER FRANK, GREAT TO SEE YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

BE GOOD TO YOURSELF.

>> THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> THAT'S THE HEADMASTER AND THE PRINCIPAL.

WE ARE SENDING IT BACK TO YOU.

>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE CONDITIONS.

CEDARTOWN HAS PUT UP OVER 40 POINTS IN EIGHT PLUS GAMES THIS SEASON , ARE THE CONDITIONS AFFECTING WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN SO FAR TODAY?

>> LET'S GO TO THE OTHER SIDE.

IT HAS BEEN THE DEFENSE THAT HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY HERE.

YOU HAVE TWO HARD-NOSED DEFENSES AND YOU KNEW THAT IF YOU WERE CEDARTOWN YOU WOULD KEY ON HAWKINS .

YOU KNEW THAT IF YOU ARE BENEDICTINE, YOU WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE OFFENSE THAT WE , THEY GRIND IT OUT, THE POWER YOU HAVE SEEN, WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

I THINK THEY CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT.

IT TAKES A MOMENT WE HAVE TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE PLAYBOOK LIKE WE SAW DURING THE FIRST.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO CATCH FOLKS OFFGUARD IN A GAME THAT HAS BEEN A DEFENSIVE STARING CONTEST.

>> GIVE ME THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM THE DAY , ARE THE FANS STAYING DRY?

ARE THEY STILL OUT THERE?

>> YOU WANT SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE DAY, THIS IS YOUR SIDE FOR THE DAY.

THE SOUNDS OF THE DAY, PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE HAS GONE UNDER THE OVERHANG.

FOR THOSE THAT CAME TO WATCH THE GAMES, THEY GOT SMART, THEY WENT UNDER THE OVERHANG.

THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS FOR BOTH TEAMS.

MATT AND RUSTY WILL SHOW YOU THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND HALF, THEY HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO DRY GROUND.

I DO NOT BLAME THEM.

>> THANKS, JOHN.

YOU STAY DRY, I WILL TALK TO YOU SOON.

EVERYONE FOLLOWING ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES , DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN TAKE THE GAME WITH YOU ON THE GO BY DOWNLOADING THE GPB SPORTS APP.

ONE MORE TIME, A REMINDER THAT WE ARE WATCHING CEDAR GROVE VERSUS BENEDICTINE.

7-0.

THE ACTION IS NOT.

AT 7:00, IT'S A MATCHUP BETWEEN GAINESVILLE AND --TOMORROW, ONE MORE DAY OF GHSA CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE WITH -- IT NEVER STOPS HERE.

THAT IS THAT FOR THE HALFTIME SHOW.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

MORE FROM THE SECOND HALF WITH MATT AND RUSTY.

IS THE BULLDOGS, VERSUS, CADETS.

>> Matt: THE RING CONTINUES TO COME DOWN HARD HERE.

WE GET READY FOR THE START OF THE THIRD QUARTER AT THE STADIUM.

4 A STATE FINAL.

7-0 LEAD FOR THE CADETS.

TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM HOUSTON JACKSON ON THE SWEEP .

>> Rusty: THAT'S WHAT YOU DO FOR A PLAY LIKE THAT.

YOU SAVE YOUR BEST PLAY AND THEY USE IT THERE.

>> Matt: HALFTIME STATS IS WHAT JUMPS OUT.

TOTAL BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS.

>> Rusty: THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, THEY ARE CONTROLLING EVERYTHING.

A BIG DRIVE THERE BY BENEDICTINE.

LOOK AT CEDARTOWN WITH ONLY 13 YARDS.

THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE SOMETHING AT SOME POINT IF THEY WANT TO BRING A FIRST-EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BACK TO THE COUNTY.

>> Matt: WITH THE RAIN THAT'S COMING DOWN, AS YOU POINTED OUT AS WE WERE WRAPPING UP THE FIRST HALF, HOW MUCH OF THAT WILL BE A FACTOR AS WE GO INTO THE SECOND HALF AS FAR AS BALL SECURITY?

>> Rusty: CEDARTOWN WILL NOT UP MIKE --WITH RUNNING THE BALL, THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN HAVE THEM.

IT'S LIGHTNING UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT HAS RAINED HARD THE LAST 25 MINUTES.

>> Matt: THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR, TRYING TO MAKE IT TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW.

IT WILL ALSO BE THEIR FOURTH IN NINE YEARS FOR CEDARTOWN.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN QUITE AS OFTEN.

THE FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SINCE 2001.

THEY ARE TRYING TO WIN IT FOR A SECOND TIME EVER.

THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1963.

>> Rusty: A LOT OF CONNECTION HERE THIS WEEKEND.

>> Matt: JOEY, OUR COACH OF THE YEAR, LEADING THE TROJANS TO A PERFECT RECORD IN THE FINAL.

IT WILL COME TO RANE.

HERE ARE THE LAST SIX PLAYOFF APPEARANCES FOR BENEDICTINE.

YOU SEE THE -- THE 35-28 WIN OVER CARVER COLUMBUS.

GOT KNOCKED OUT BY PEERS COUNTER.

FELL VICTIM TO CEDAR GROVE TWO YEARS IN A ROW BACK IN 2018 AND 2019.

WON A CHAMPIONSHIP OVER FITZGERALD BACK IN 2016.

BACK TO WILEY WHO STANDING BY WITH JAMIE.

>> COACH, YOUR DEFENSE PLAYED A PRETTY GOOD FIRST HALF.

THEY HAVE MET ALL YOUR PAIN WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THEIR OFFER?

>> THEY ARE PLAYING HARD.

TRYING TO MAKE?

>> YES, WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

>> WE WILL SEE IF CEDARTOWN CAN EXECUTE.

>> Rusty: HE'S A MAN OF FEW WORDS.

>> Matt: THEY HAD THE TIME OF POSSESSION, 14 , OF THE 24 MINUTES, IN THE FIRST HALF.

THEY HELD THE BALL.

>> Rusty: BENEDICTINE WAS A LOT BIGGER UPFRONT LAST YEAR AND THE COACH TALKED ABOUT THAT.

YOU TALK ABOUT THIS TEAM AT HALFTIME, A LOT OF THESE KIDS, THIS IS THE LAST HALF OF FOOTBALL.

WHAT WILL IT MEAN TO THEM?

DOWN, 7.

CAN THEY TURN IT?

>> Matt: SPEAKING OF THAT, BENEDICTINE OFFENSIVE LINE, THEY HAVE SENIORS WHO WERE BACKUP JUNIORS, ALASHE.

SENIORS, THIS YEAR.

ALMOST ALL OF THEM GOT IT OUT BY UNDERCLASSMEN THIS YEAR.

>> Rusty: SPRING PRACTICE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS --IT'S IMPORTANT.

>> Matt: THIRD-QUARTER KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.

SEATBELTS SAVE LIVES.

BENEDICTINE, GETTING READY TO GO ON OFFENSE FOR THEY HAVE ONLY ONE SENIOR STARTER ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

DOWN AT THE 25.

A RUGBY SCRUM DEVELOPS AFTER 38.

THAT'S WHERE THE CADETS WILL GO ON OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

QUARTERBACK, LUKEWARM AND HOPE -- 47 YEARS.

10 YARDS.

NOT A LOT OF OFFENSE FROM HIM.

NOT A LOT OF OFFENSE FROM ANYBODY.

5 OF THE 6 PASSES WERE GIVEN TO BRYAN.

THE OTHER ONE WAS A TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM HOUSTON JACKSON.

FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 38.

UNDERNEATH.

MATTHEW.

THE SIDELINE.

OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE >> Rusty: YOU SEE HIM LATE.

LET HIM CLEAR.

HE DOES THE REST.

NICE JOB GETTING NORTH IN A HURRY.

>> Matt: RUSTY, A QUICK TOUCHDOWN BY BENEDICTINE.

CEDARTOWN, TWO SCORES WOULD BE DEVASTATING FOR THE BULLDOGS OFFENSE.

>> Rusty: KNOW.

YOU START THINKING ABOUT , FIVE POSSESSIONS --STILL ONE HERE .

THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE GAME.

A GAME WITHIN A GAME.

WHAT ADJUSTMENT DID YOU MAKE AT HALFTIME?

WHAT DID YOU SEE?

WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO BREATHE AND GO OVER THINGS, WHAT DO YOU TELL YOUR PLAYERS, AND WILL THEY DO IT IN THE SECOND HALF?

>> Matt: PLAY ACTION.

ALL KINDS OF TIME.

CAN'T FIND ANYONE OPEN.

NOW WILL DUMP IT OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> Rusty: THIRD AND 10.

>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND 10 FROM THE 33.

ALMOST IN FIELD-GOAL RANGE.

ON A DRY DAY, THESE CONDITIONS, NOT SO MUCH.

CLOSE, ALREADY.

>> Rusty: CEDARTOWN.

COMING OFF THE EDGE.

GOING TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.

SPIN MOVE DOWN TO THE 12.

21-YARD PICKUP.

COMING FROM SAM SMITH.

HE SAW IT COMING.

>> Rusty: UNABLE TO GET HIM TO THE GROUND.

KROMENHOEK CONVERTS A THIRD AND 10.

>> Matt: FROM THE 12 A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CADETS TO START THIS QUARTER.

MATTHEWS, GOT THE PAGE.

MATTHEWS.

TOUCHDOWN, CADETS.

12-YARD TOUCHDOWN FOR ROCHON MATTHEWS.

BENEDICTINE HAS TAKEN A 13-0 LEAD.

>> Rusty: JUST A RUN HERE.

BODY ON BODY.

HE TAKES A COUPLE CEDARTOWN DEFENDERS THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YARDS TO THE END ZONE.

>> Matt: YOU TALKED ABOUT HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS.

MATTHEWS, BARELY TOUCHED THE BALL AT ALL IN THE FIRST HALF.

HAS A 30 YARD CATCH AND RUN TO START THE QUARTER.

>> Rusty: THEY PINNED THE DEFENSIVE END.

THE GUARD PULLS AROUND.

THIS TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE BEFORE BY KROMENHOEK .

>> Matt: THE GUARD.

NUMBER 64, GOT OUT THERE.

LIKE THE GUARD IS SUPPOSED TO, THROWS THE BLOCK AND SCORES THE TOUCHDOWN.

YOU SEE THE LAST TWO DRIVES FOR BENEDICTINE.

THEY TOTALED ONLY 26 IN GAMES PRIOR.

>> Rusty: THE GUARD PULLED OUT IN GOT ON SECOND LEVEL BLOCKING.

THE RUNNING BACK DID THE REST.

>> Matt: 62 YARDS.

79-YEARS.

BOTH OF THEM GETTING THE FIRST TWO TOUCHDOWNS OF THE DAY.

NOW CEDARTOWN HAS GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED AS THEY GO OUT ON OFFENSE , DOWN, 14-0.

>> Rusty: A BIG DRIVE.

KICKOFF, COMING DOWN AT THE FOUR.

YOUNG, 20 YARD RETURN.

THAT'S WHERE THE BULLDOGS WILL GO ON OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE HAD A CHANCE FOR RETURNED KICK TODAY.

>> Rusty: REECE TANNER LEADING THEM BACK.

SOONER OR LATER, YOU HAVE TO PRODUCE .

>> Matt: TANNER, 7 FOR 19.

3 OF 7 PASSING.

LEADING RUSHER.

DIAMOND, 7 KARIS.

28-YEARS.

PARDON ME, GARDEN.

GARDNER.

DIAMOND GETTING IT.

GETS TO THE EDGE.

HE WILL RUN OUT OF BOUNDS AND PICK UP TWO YARDS.

DIAMOND.

DIAMOND, THE 5'9" SENIOR.

HE'S GETTING SOME INTEREST FROM --SCHOOLS.

>> Rusty: HE WILL GET A LOT OF ATTENTION.

>> Matt: IT WILL BE INTERESTING ON THE SUNNY DAY.

YOU TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT WITH THE TRANSFER PORTAL RULES.

TAKING INTO EFFECT, THE NEW ONES FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

IT REALLY IMPACTS THE MID-MAJOR HIGH SCHOOL GROUP.

>> Rusty: ABSOLUTELY.

RIGHT NOW, THESE COLLEGES ARE ABOUT RECRUITING PORTAL PLAYERS.

>> Matt: COUNTER PLAY.

DIAMOND.

BACK TO THE 31.

STICKING WITH THE GAME PLAN.

>> Rusty: THEY WILL STAY WITHIN THE GAME.

THEY HAVE GOT TO GET SOME POINTS.

THEY HAVE MOVED THE BALL AT TIMES, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONVERT.

STARTED AROUND MID FIELD.

THIRD DOWN AND THREE FROM THE 31.

A BATCH OF PLAYERS COME FOR THE BULLDOGS.

GARDNER.

CHECKING IN.

A BIG RUN BY XAVIER HARGROVE.

JUSTICE THIRD CARRIE OF THE GAME.

LET'S CHECK IN WITH WILEY.

>> TAKE A LOOK AT CEDARTOWN'S OFFENSIVE LINE.

THE RIGHT GUARD, GREEN, WEARING NUMBER 55.

THAT'S IN HONOR OF --HE WAS A BULLDOG.

HE WAS A REAL LIKABLE KID.

ALWAYS SMILING.

IMPACTED A LOT OF KIDS.

WHEN HE PASSED AWAY A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THEY WANTED TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE.

WHAT THEY DO EVERY THURSDAY, THE STRENGTHENING CUSHIONING COACH DECIDES WHO WILL WEAR NUMBER 55 FOR THAT FRIDAY NIGHT GAME.

THIS WEEK IS, DUSTIN GREEN.

>> THAT'S A HUGE HONOR FOR HIM.

>> THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

>> FOR BOTH SIDELINES, WE HAVE HEARD SOME TRAGIC STORIES.

ONE THAT COULD'VE BEEN TRAGIC.

>> Rusty: YOU HAVE SECOND AND FIVE.

YOU GIVE UP FIVE YARDS, HERE YOU ARE.

LIKE YOU DIDN'T GAIN A YARD ON FIRST DOWN.

THAT WOULD DRIVE YOU CRAZY.

>> Matt: THAT WILL BE THE FOURTH PENALTY.

30 YARDS FOR THEY HAVE BEEN TO CONTACT PENALTIES.

FOR CEDARTOWN OFFENSE THAT RELIES ON STAYING IN FRONT OF THE CHAINS, EVEN THESE PENALTIES CAN BE KILLERS.

TANNER, THROWING.

SIDEARM TAWS.

INCOMPLETE.

TRYING TO CONNECT.

OUT THERE, HARGROVE.

NOW, THIRD DOWN AND 10.

>> Rusty: ROLLING OUT OF HERE.

THROWS IT BEHIND HIS WIDE RECEIVER.

DOES IT BEHIND HARGROVE.

AGAIN, THE PENALTY CHANGED THE ENTIRE POSSESSION.

THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

SECOND AND FIVE.

THEY GET A PENALTY.

PUTS THEM AT SECOND AND 10.

>> Matt: THIRD AND 10.

BACKUP QUARTERBACK, LEDBETTER.

LEDBETTER, NOT ABLE TO EVER GET IT OFF .

SUPER DEFENSIVE PLAY.

BY THE THIRD, HERBIE.

>> Rusty: BENEDICTINE HAD IT COVERED DOWN THE FIELD.

YOU SEE HIM IN THE BACK?

NOWHERE TO GO WITH IT.

>> Matt: HERBIE, THE LOVE BUG.

KNOCKS IT DOWN.

FOURTH AND 10.

TANNER, PUNTING.

A WOBBLY KICK.

COMES DOWN, STOPPED RIGHT AWAY BY BARROW.

A FLAG OUT.

THAT WILL BRING DAVE REYNOLDS IN ON THIS ONE.

IT LOOKS LIKE A CLEAN HIT TO ME.

WE WILL GET REYNOLDS HERE ONCE WE HEAR WHAT THE OFFICIALS HAVE TO SAY.

LET'S WAIT AND HEAR WHAT THE CALL IS BEFORE WE HEAR FROM DAVE.

IT LOOKED LIKE A CLEAN HIT TO THE PLAY.

>> Matt: GOOD JOB.

>> Rusty: I LIKE THAT THEY GOT TOGETHER.

WHAT DID YOU SEE?

>> Matt: DAVE?

I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE, I ASSUME WE HAD HELMET TO HELMET CONTACT GREAT GOOD JOB FOR THEM TO PICK THAT FLAG UP.

THAT WAS A GOOD CLEAN HIT.

NICE JOB ON THE CREW.

FIRST AND 10, AT THE 29.

CRUM AND HAWK.

THEY GOT HIM.

BARROW.

JONES AND CAME ON THE BLITZ.

THAT IS MIKEY, WHO IS HOLDING HIS WRIST.

>> Rusty: DIDDY, ON THE TACKLE?

OH AND THEN HE GOT HIT BY BARROW.

>> Matt: ON THE WRIST.

SECOND DOWN.

ANOTHER QUARTERBACK SACK FOR THE CEDARTOWN DEFENSE.

KROMENHOEK.

BLOCK FROM THE BLINDSIDE.

>> Rusty: A FLAG DOWN.

>> Matt: CEDARTOWN IS TEEING OFF RIGHT NOW.

A HOLDING CALLED ON BENEDICTINE.

LET'S SEE IF THEY TAKE THAT OR THE SACK?

>> Rusty: I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE LEFT TACKLE.

>> Referee: HOLDING.

OFFENSE.

DECLINED.

THIRD DOWN.

>> Matt: THEY TAKE THE SACK.

THAT IS FIVE QUARTERBACKS SACKED.

CEDARTOWN DEFENSE IN THIS GAME.

THE HOLDING WAS ON, WALKER.

THAT WAS DECLINED.

KROMENHOEK.

OUT THERE TO BRYAN.

SETTING UP A SCREEN.

BRYAN, ONLY GOING TO GET ABOUT FOUR YARDS ON THE PLAY.

THEY NEEDED 23.

THE CADETS WILL HAVE TO PUNCH.

>> Rusty: THAT WAS A GREAT DEFENSIVE STAND WITH A LOT OF ENERGY.

THIS TEAM IS NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT.

THEY SHOWED IT RIGHT THERE.

ONE OF THE BEST OFFENSIVE SERIES THEY'VE HAD THE GAME.

>> Matt: THE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A TURNOVER.

>> Matt: STILL A SCORE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU WANT TO HAVE GOOD FIELD POSITION HERE.

>> Matt: COMING IN HOT, THEY JUST MISSED IT.

THEY TAKE A KICK AND FILLED IT BACK AS A 38.

DIAMOND, DRAGGED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 38.

A TIMEOUT ON THE FIELD, JUST OVER SIX MINUTES THE PLAY.

>> Matt: 14-0.

BENEDICTINE LEADING THIS ONE AS THE BULLDOGS TAKE OVER AT THEIR OWN 38.

EIGHT GAMES, OVER TWO DAYS.

GARDNER.

GARDNER, PICKS UP -- >> Rusty: IT IS RAINING.

HE HAS NOT SEEN 55 CENTS -- THEY JUST COME DOWNHILL FOR NINE YARDS ON A DIVE PLAY.

>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND ONE.

CROSSING THE 50 AND DOWN TO THE 47.

DAVIS.

THAT IS HIS FIRST CARRY OF THE >> Rusty: HERE IS WHERE CEDARTOWN CANNOT --LIKE THEY DID LAST TIME.

JUST ENDED THAT DRIVE.

STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS.

25-YARD PICKUP.

>> Rusty: THEY COME RIGHT BACK TO.

THIS TIME HE GETS THE SEAM A LITTLE BIT.

MAN, CEDARTOWN NEEDED THAT.

GARDNER, MOVED TO THE PILE.

YOU HOPE YOU GET HELP FROM YOUR TEAMMATES.

DAVIS, OUR MAN KATIE McDONNELL.

TWO YEARS IN A ROW, NAMED THE ALLSTATE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

EXPRESS RED ZONE HERE FOR THE BULLDOGS.

>> Rusty: GOOD JOB THERE.

>> Matt: HARGROVE.

SHORT PICKUP.

THIRD DOWN AND ONE.

COMING UP.

THEM THE BIG PASS.

THEY DO.

THERE IS A WHISTLE.

DID THEY CALL TIMEOUT?

THEY SURE DID.

INTERESTING TIMEOUT ON THIRD AND ONE.

YOU FEEL LIKE THE ODDS ARE YOU WILL NOT STOP THE BIG MAN.

THEY HAD NOT DONE MUCH OF ANYTHING IN FOOTBALL.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME.

THIS PROGRAM STARTED IN 1902.

HE SAW SOMETHING .

WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAW IN THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL, IT'S A MILITARY SCHOOL.

OTHER PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT AS A NEGATIVE.

HE LOOKED AT IT AS A POSITIVE.

>> Rusty: EVERY CADET HERE HAS CUT THEIR HAIR.

I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, WE WILL ALL BE THAT WAY, SINCE 19 AWAY.

>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND ONE.

TANNER LUNGES FORWARD TO THE 11- YARD LINE.

THE RAIN IS COMING DOWN.

THOSE ARE FAT RAINDROPS.

>> Rusty: I'M SURPRISED AT THE SIZE OF THIS CROWD.

THERE ARE A LOT OF CEDARTOWN PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE.

>> Matt: OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> Rusty: TWO TIMES THE ABRAMS HAS COME BACK , BACK TO BACK WITH THIS PLAY.

QUARTERBACK POWER .

IT'S A KEEPER RATE HERE.

THEY LIKE THE RIGHT SIDE RIGHT NOW.

>> Matt: SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.

EIGHTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, COMING UP.

THE DRIVE STARTED AT THE 38.

GARDNER.

LOWERS HIS HEAD TO THE CUT OF THE DEFENDER.

SOMEONE ABSORBED A HUGE SHOCK TO THE MIDSECTION.

>> Rusty: CREDIT TO THE CEDARTOWN OFFENSIVE LINE, THEY ARE MOVING BODIES.

THREE YARDS BEFORE ANYONE TOUCHES THEM.

THAT'S A HUGE PLAYWRIGHT HERE.

>> Matt: NOBODY ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE , EXCEPT FOR MAYBE, GIBSON.

THE SENIOR, 6'3", 285 --THIRD DOWN.

DOES NOT GET IT.

A BIG FOURTH-DOWN COMING UP.

BIG-TIME DECISION FOR ABRAMS.

HAVE TO GO FOR A PERIOD CAN'T TRY TO SETTLE FOR THREE.

THAT WILL NOT REALLY HELP YOU WIN THE GAME.

THAT WAS DIAMOND ON THE CARRIER.

LOOKS LIKE HE GOT A BUSTED BELT, TOO.

FOURTH AND TWO.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO RUN?

>> Rusty: I'M THINKING ABOUT DAVIS.

MAYBE YOU GIVE IT TO THE BIG BULLY ?

>> Matt: GARDNER.

HE DIDN'T GET IT.

HE'S GOING TO BE SHORT.

GOT STOPPED INSIDE THE TWO.

AGAIN.

THIRD TIME THAT CEDARTOWN COME UP SHORT ON FOURTH-DOWN AND THEY DID NOT GET IT.

>> Rusty: THE SPOT FROM THE SIDE JUDGE, WHERE HE RAN IN, I DON'T SEE IT.

WE PUT THE BALL DOWN, THAT'S DIFFERENT.

>> Matt: THEY WILL HAVE THE OLD SCHOOL, BRING THE CHAINS OUT.

>> Rusty: HE JUST MET TWO GUYS.

>> Matt: HE DIDN'T GET IT.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE REPLAY, THE BALL COMES DOWN SHY OF THE 1 .

IT LOOKS LIKE HE GOT A GOOD SPOT.

HE'S GOT A REALLY GOOD SPOT.

ON THE REPLAY, I DIDN'T THINK HE GOT THAT FAR.

HE MIGHT HAVE IT?

WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT REPLAY AGAIN.

I THOUGHT HE GOT A GENEROUS SPOT.

COMES DOWN.

THE BALL IS DOWN RIGHT THERE.

GREAT JOB BY HIM.

TO MOVE THE BALL UP.

WHEN THE BALL HITS THE GROUND, IT WASN'T ON THE 1.

HE DID A GOOD JOB.

KEEPER.

TOUCHDOWN!

CEDARTOWN, ON THE BOARD WITH TWO MINUTES THE PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

TANNER TAKES IT IN, FROM ONE YARD OUT.

>> Rusty: THEY RUN THE SAME PLAY THREE DIFFERENT TIMES ON THE DRIVE.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PLAY THEY WERE GOING TO RUN BEFORE.

THEY COME BACK TO IT ON FIRST ON.

TOUCHDOWN.

WHAT AN ANSWER BY CEDARTOWN.

MY, GOODNESS, WE HAVE HAD SOME FOOTBALL GAMES AT THE STADIUM SO FAR.

>> Matt: TANNER, IS THE HOLDER.

HE GOT IT THROUGH.

THAT THING WAS MIGRATING TOWARD --HE KEPT IT IN.

HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT THE TOUCHDOWN RUN BY TANNER.

>> Rusty: LOOK AT THE BODIES DOWN.

LOOK AT HIM REESTABLISH THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

EASY TOUCHDOWN ON THAT PLAY.

LOOK AT THIS.

MOVING BODIES.

>> Matt: WE HAVE A 14-SEVEN- GAME IN A DECEMBER GEORGIA MONSOON.

THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING DRIVE , 62 YARDS.

TOOK THEM FOUR MINUTES TO GO THE DISTANCE.

>> Rusty: BENEDICTINE OPENED THE SECOND HALF WITH A GREAT DRIVE AND A LOT OF MOMENTUM.

CEDARTOWN, DEFENSIVE STAND.

THEY HAVE HAD IT ALL.

DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS.

A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PLAYERS ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

PLAYED 34 MINUTES IN THIS MESS OF THE WEATHER.

STILL NO TURNOVERS, I HOPE I DIDN'T JUST -- >> Rusty: WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> Matt: IT'S BEEN A CLEAN GAME IN A RAINSTORM.

THE LINE DRIVE KICK, ROLLING ALONG THE DRIVE.

PICKED UP 22.

THIS ONE, BRYAN.

DOWN BY CONTACT.

>> Rusty: THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE BALL.

IT'S A FUMBLE.

THEY ARE TRYING TO SEE WHO HAS GOT IT?

>> Matt: BRYANT RECOVERS HIS OWN FUMBLE.

HE TOOK A BIG HELMET IN THE BACK.

>> Rusty: WATCH NUMBER ONE.

HE GETS THAT BALL BACK ?

>> Matt: YES.

HE WAS LAYING DOWN AND THE BALL ROLLED TO HIS HANDS.

IT CAME BACK TO HIM.

FIRST IN TIME.

FROM THE 43.

>> Rusty: BENEDICTINE FIRST DRIVE, CAME OUT WITH THE FIRST HALF.

>> Matt: THEY SCORED LAST TWO RUNS.

IT IS RECOVERED BY CEDARTOWN.

DIAMOND COMES UP WITH IT.

>> Rusty: THIS DEFENSE, MY GOODNESS -- >> Matt: THEY HAVE SCORED ON TWO OF THE LAST THREE DRIVES.

>> Referee: HOLDING, AGAINST THE OFFENSE.

>> Matt: DON'T BLAME ME.

>> Rusty: I MOVING MY SEAT AWAY FROM YOU.

>> Matt: DIAMOND COMES OVER WITH A BIG SWOOP AND COMES DOWN ON THE BALL.

KNOCKS IT OUT OF THERE.

THEN, RECOVERS.

PICTURE-PERFECT STRIP BY THE SENIOR PLAYING HIS LAST GAME FOR CEDARTOWN.

OFF ON THE POINT OF THE TACKLE AT THE 50.

FIELD FOR A PLAY.

>> Rusty: THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO HIDE IT.

THEY ARE RUNNING TO THE RIGHT.

THE FULLBACK ON THE RIGHT, THE QUARTERBACK KEEPER GOING TO RIGHT, THE --COMING TO THE REPAIR >> Matt: BEHIND GREEN.

WEARING NUMBER 55, BECAUSE HE TRUSTED HIS HEEL IN PRACTICE THIS WEEK.

>> Rusty: HIS DAD PLAYED ON THE 85 -- NICE BLOCK BY DEMPSEY.

CREATES AN ALLEY FOR THE QUARTERBACK TO RUN THROUGH IT.

WE ARE DOWN TO 70 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

THE ONLY TOUCHDOWN FOR THE BULLDOGS COMING A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

>> IT HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT GAME.

BUT BOTH TEAMS ARE SO GOOD ON HANDOFF , DOWN TO THE 39, 38.

GET BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LINE OF SCRIMMAGE DID THAT.

YOU CAN HAVE GREAT GAMES AND WATCH THE LEAD.

AND LOOK BETTER, YOU SEE THAT?

THAT IS OLD-SCHOOL FOOTBALL, THAT IS NEBRASKA.

COUNTER PLAY.

AND WE ENTER INTO THIS LAST QUARTER.

BENEDICTINE , TAKING A LONG TIME, DEFENSIVELY.

A LONG TIME.

GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN UP.

THEY ARE ON THE RUN THERE.

THEY HAVE TWO PLAYS.

THEY WILL GIVE THIS OFFENSE A BREATHER.

WE STILL HAVE ONE QUARTER.

FOURTH QUARTER IS COMING UP.

TWO -TOUCHDOWN LEAD, BUT THE BULLDOGS HAVE BATTLED BACK.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPB , BACK IN THE GAME.

>> THE MOMENTUM IS ON THE SIDE OF THE CEDARTOWN BULLDOGS.

AS YOU MENTIONED , I ASKED BUT HE CAME BACK RIGHT AFTER THAT.

HE IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF THIS CEDARTOWN PROGRAM.

CERTAINLY , THEY MADE A WONDERFUL CONCESSION TO GET THIS PROGRAM BACK IN THE MIX.

>> ONE OF THE BEST-CONDITIONED ATHLETES AND THE WAY HE TAKES CARE OF HIS BODY.

HE STILL , WASHINGTON, GEORGIA.

THEY ALL COME BACK AS WE START THE FOURTH QUARTER.

THEY HAVE IT AT THE BENEDICTINE 36.

>> CEDARTOWN .

>> Referee: FALSE START AGAINST THE OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

>> I BELIEVE THE OFFICIAL THANKS , I BELIEVE THAT IS THE OFFICIAL.

NOW IT IS SOMETHING ALL YEAR LONG.

>> THAT IS A PENALTY ON THE BULLDOGS FOR 40 YARDS.

AND HE IS IN TROUBLE NOW.

HE IS GOING TO GO DOWN BACK AT THE 45 YARD LINE .

>> COUNTER REVERSE, AND RUN 11 GUYS EVERY SINGLE DAY, >> HE HAD 16 TACKLES THIS IS WHERE YOU PUNT.

>> WE SEE COACH ABRAMS AGAIN.

>> Referee: FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

>> THAT SHOULD NOT BE A BIG PROBLEM.

THAT GIVES YOU MORE ROOM TO KICK.

IT IS LINED UP FROM THE LEFT HASH COME YOU WANT TO BE AS FAR TO THE RIGHT AS YOU CAN AND THEN IT COMES DOWN AT THE 5, AND IT WILL GET INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHBACK.

45-YARD KICK I THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD KICK TO THE WIDE SIDE BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS FOR CEDARTOWN.

DIVISION I QUARTERBACK LET'S SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO.

THEY ARE GOING TO RUN IT IN A DIRECT QUARTERBACK RUN.

THERE WAS NOTHING TRICKY ABOUT THAT AT ALL.

>> BODY -ON-BODY A BIG KID LIKE THAT.

>> SECOND DOWN AND THREE.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO RUN TO THE QUARTERBACK AGAIN.

AND HE WOULD BE ABOUT ONE YARD SHORT.

OF THE FIRST DOWN.

NINE YARDS ON HIS FIRST TWO CARRIES AND IT IS THIRD DOWN AND ONE.

YOU MENTIONED HIM, FOUR-STAR JUNIOR QUARTERBACK, RATED AS HIGH AS THE NUMBER NINE QUARTERBACK.

BUT ONLY 81 YARDS PASSING.

>> THAT IS CREDIT TO THE DEFENSE, THEY HAVE HAD HIM UNCOMFORTABLE ALL DAY LONG.

>> THEY GOT THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 30 NOW, WHAT DOES BENEDICTINE DO ?

THEY ARE PUTTING EXTRA BODIES AND LETTING THE QUARTERBACK .

NINE MINUTES LEFT TO GO IN THE SEASON.

>> WAS THAT YOUR PHONE?

>> I HAVE A REAL CAMERA SOMEWHERE.

>> I THINK THE CADETS WILL MOVE THIS TIME.

>> Referee: FALSE START AGAINST THE OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

FIRST DOWN.

>> THAT IS JUST THE SECOND PENALTY , BOTH OF BEEN OF THE FIVE-YARD VARIETY.

THERE ARE NINE MINUTES LEFT TO GO IN THE SEASON.

>> DETAIL AND FOCUS, THAT IS THE LIFE OF A CADET.

AND THEY WILL RUN IT AGAIN, HE GETS TRIPPED UP .

HE WAS ABLE TO LUNGE FORWARD AND GET TO THE ORIGINAL LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> WATCH 13 DROP, BUT NOW HE HAS TO RUN THE BALL, THE GAME WITHIN THE GAME.

CEDARTOWN HAS SHOWN IT ONE TIME AFTER ANOTHER AFTER THE STAFF.

>> SECOND DOWN AND LONG.

HE GOES TO THE FAR SIDE, TRYING TO CONNECT WITH BRYANT .

THIRD DOWN HERE.

BIG THIRD DOWN HERE.

>> IF YOU ARE CEDARTOWN, YOU PROBABLY HAVE TWO POSSESSIONS LEFT.

>> IF YOU GET THE STOP, YOU GET THE STOP BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOUR OFFENSE IS.

>> HERE COMES THE PRESSURE, CANNOT FIND ANYBODY.

BROKEN UP AT THE 43 YARD LINE, TRIED TO GET IT TO ZA'QUAN BRYAN.

DIVING BACK THERE ON THE BACK LINE BEHIND HIM.

FOURTH DOWN.

A LITTLE CHIPPY HERE, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS ON THEIR MIND.

>> HE HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO THIS COMMUNITY .

THIS MAN, I HAVE HEARD ABOUT HIM SINCE HE WAS 5 OR 6.

>> HE IS STANDING AT THE 39 TO TAKE THIS PUNT.

HIGH SNAP.

BENEDICTINE IS GOING TO GET THE BALL BACK.

THEY WENT FOR THE BLOCK AND LEVELED THE PUNTER.

IT WILL BE NOT RUNNING INTO THE PUNTER.

>> WE CAN SEE THAT REPLAY.

THAT PUTS YOUR DEFENSE RIGHT BACK ON THE FIELD.

HIGH SNAP, GETTING IT DONE.

>> THAT IS LIKE A BOWLING PIN KNOCKING IT DOWN.

THAT WAS CLEAN.

I THINK THEY KNOCKED EACH OTHER INTO THE PUNTER.

THEY BOTH HAD THE RIGHT ANGLE , BUT THEN THEY KIND OF COLLIDED RIGHT BEFORE THEY GOT THERE AND THAT TOOK THEM OFF COURSE AND THEY RAN RIGHT INTO THE KICKER.

SO, FIRST AND PEN FOR BENEDICTINE.

THAT GIVES THEM A FRESH SET OF CLOCK.

HE WAITS FOR ELAINE TO OPEN UP, DOWN AT THE 39 YARD LINE, THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN FOR THE CADETS.

THEY ABSOLUTELY CANNOT AFFORD TO LET THEM SCORE HERE.

AND HARLEM DIAMOND COMES BACK TO GATHER HIMSELF UP.

NICE RUN THERE .

BREAKING DOWN, COLEMAN HAWK GETS IT OUT OF THERE.

THEY HAVE GREAT COVERAGE DOWN THERE ON HIM, STRIDE FOR STRIDE WITH HIM.

AND IT IS GOING TO BE SECOND DOWN AND 10 AND WITH PATRICK GARDNER, THEY WILL NOT GIVE THEM SPACE.

>> GO ON THAT GREAT CALL.

IT IS PRETTY GOOD AGAINST THIS QUARTERBACK.

>> THE NINTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE IS COMING UP.

MATTHEWS.

DRIVEN OUT OF BOUNDS.

IF YOU ARE BENEDICTINE, YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT PLAY INBOUND.

THE CLOCK IS RUNNING , BASICALLY COST YOURSELF ABOUT 30 SECONDS.

>> THAT IS 30 MORE SECONDS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO DEFEND.

THIRD DOWN AND ATE, LINE OF GAIN IS 29, THE BALL IS ON THE 37.

WE ARE UNDER EIGHT MINUTES TO PLAY IN REGULATION.

COLEMAN HAWK, PRESSURE , COMING.

DOES CEDARTOWN HAVE IT?

CONSTANTLY BRINGING PRESSURE ON COLEMAN HAWK.

THAT WILL BE THE SIXTH QUARTERBACK SACK FOR THE BULLDOGS, DID THEY GET THE BALL ON TOP OF THAT?

IT IS CEDARTOWN FOOTBALL!

WOW.

WHAT HAD KNOCKING GAME.

BACKSIDE PRESSURE , CARLOS JONES HITTING FROM BEHIND.

GETS THE FOOTBALL OUT.

>> BENEDICTINE HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO RECOVER THAT.

AND THE THROW WAS BACK.

HE NEARLY BROKE IT .

>> IT WAS OPEN.

>> THE GAME COULD BE TIED OR A ONE-POINT GAME, PENDING THE P.A.T.

AND IN MOTION, YOU CAN SEE THEM SNEAK OUT RIGHT HERE AND LOOK DOWN THAT SIDELINED .

THERE IS NOBODY BETTER.

SECOND DOWN AND TWO, BALL , ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 50 FOR THE BULLDOGS.

GARDNER , BIG PASS , AT THE 39.

10-YARD PICKUP FOR PATRICK GARDNER.

TEAM-LEADING 69 YARDS RUSHING FOR GARDNER, FIRST AND 10.

THEY GIVE IT TO GARDNER AGAIN AND IT OPENS UP THE MIDDLE.

AND GARDNER, DOWN TO THE 23.

THEY ARE PUSHING THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> PATRICK GARDNER, 5'11", 255, SENIOR FULLBACK, 11 CARRIES, 13 CARRIES, PARDON ME, 83 YARDS.

>> HE HAD TWO HANDS ON THE BALL AS HE WAS GOING TO GROUND.

>> FIRST AND 10.

GARDNER GETS AGAIN.

STOPPING, JUST A TWO-YARD GAME.

THE FIRST GUY THERE, THE POINT OF CONTACT, ALBERT.

TRYING TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF A BREATHER.

HE IS LAYING INTO THEM RIGHT NOW.

128 YARDS ON THE GROUND FOR THE BULLDOGS IN THE SECOND HALF.

CONTRASTING STYLES , HE IS ABOUT HALF OF PATRICK GARDNER.

AND IF IT SPEEDS.

THAT IS THE THIRD TIME THEY HAD USED HIM, YOU CAN SEE THE TACKLE, BLOCKED DOWN AT THE END.

GLOVER MAKING THE TACKLE AT THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.

COMING DOWN TO IT.

5:30 TO GO IN REGULATION, WITH CEDARTOWN TRYING WITH THIS TYPE SCORE.

THROWING BACK ACROSS.

THAT IS DOWN AT THE 1.

DAVIS, 17-YARD CATCH, FIRST AND GOAL FOR THE BULLDOGS.

>> ALMOST THE GOLDEN RULE, DON'T DO THAT ACROSS THE MIDDLE.

HE SURVEYS THE FIELD AND HE SEES HIS GUY.

HE PICKS UP A HUGE PLAY FOR CEDARTOWN AT THE ONE.

FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE 1.

>> BIG PATRICK GARDNER, INTO THE END ZONE FOR HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY AND IT IS 14-13, THE SCORE.

REECE TANNER'S SECOND RUSHING TOUCHDOWN.

>> JUST FOLLOW THE BLOCKERS.

>> MAY HAVE PATRICK GARDNER IN THERE, THAT TIME IT WAS BASICALLY A GUARD IN THE BACKFIELD.

THIS IS A BIG ONE HERE.

THEY ARE GOING FOR THE P.A.T.

AND DO YOU THINK HIS HEART IS PUMPING A LITTLE BIT?

>> THE KICK IS NO GOOD!

HE MISSED IT!

>> AND BENEDICTINE HOLDS ONTO A ONE-POINT LEAD WITH 4:53 TO GO.

>> THE LAST ONE WAS CLOSE.

THIS ONE , RIGHT HERE >> THEY HAVE CUT IT TO ONE, CEDARTOWN WITH LESS THAN FIVE TO GO.

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>> 4:53 LEFT IN THIS ONE.

BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING OUT THERE, BUCKLE UP YOUR SEATBELT.

IF YOU WERE SITTING AT HOME, BUCKLE UP YOUR BRITCHES.

WE WILL HAVE A DRAMATIC FINISH COMING UP HERE.

AND THIS MISS HERE BY VELASQUEZ MAKES THINGS INTERESTING.

IN THE FINAL FIVE MINUTES, BECAUSE BENEDICTINE HAS THE ONE- POINT LEAD.

>> YOU HAVE TIME, YOUR DEFENSE HAS PLAYED OUTSTANDING OF THE LAST COUPLE OF DRIVES, SPECIAL TEAMS, MATT.

ROUGHING THE PUNTER, MISSING THE POINT.

OTHER THAN THAT, CEDARTOWN HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS SECOND HALF.

>> THAT IS LUKE KROMENHOEK, STANDING ON THE 14 YARD LINE.

THE KICK IS GOING TO GO OVER THE HEAD , OF ZA'QUAN BRYAN, ACTUALLY MATTHEWS , HE TAKES IN THE AT THE 15 YARD LINE, THAT WAS INTERESTING.

>> YES.

I WAS WONDERING IF THEY WERE GOING FOR A TRICK PLAY, AND THROW THE BALL.

>> YEAH.

I AGREE WITH YOU, WITH LUKE KROMENHOEK OUT THERE.

THAT IS THE LATERAL.

YES.

BUT WITH THE KICK GOING THE WAY IT DID , IT DID NOT PRESENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

>> OR YOU TRUST THAT THEY CAN MAKE THE FAIR CATCH.

>> THE LAST TIME THEY HAD THE MOMENTUM, RUNNING THE BALL WITH HIM EARLY, LET'S SEE WHAT THEY DO HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL WANT TO PUT IT IN THE AIR, WITH THE PRESSURE UP FRONT.

THEY ARE TRYING TO RUN THE CLOCK.

LUKE KROMENHOEK WILL RUN IT BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

THAT IS A JOB LIKE RIGHT THERE.

>> HE NEEDS TO TAKE THAT AND PUT IT IN HIS ACCOUNT SOMEWHERE.

>> CEDARTOWN HALL OF FAME.

>> DO THAT LIKE THE CLEMSON ROCK AND RUB THAT THING IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT HAS SEEN COLLISIONS IN THIS TIME.

>> Referee: FALSE START AGAINST THE OFFENSE.

FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

STILL SECOND DOWN.

>> THIRD PENALTY ON THE CADETS.

THEY HAVE PLAYED A CLEAN GAME IN THAT ALL OF THE PENALTIES HAVE BEEN OF THE FIVE-YARD PENALTY, WE HAD THE ONE ROUGHING THE PUNTER.

THAT WAS THE ONLY MAJOR PENALTY WE HAVE HAD, UNDER FOUR TO GO.

RASEAN MATTHEWS IN MOTION, SAMUEL GETS THE HANDOFF, SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS AROUND THE 14, PARDON ME, THAT IS MORE LIKE THE 19.

I GOT MY FIVE-YARD INCREMENTS MIXED UP.

THAT IS GOING TO BE FIRST DOWN.

YOU ARE RIGHT.

I AM LOOKING AT THE WRONG DISTANCE.

>> THIRD DOWN.

MATT, THAT WAS JUST A GOOD TIME- OUT.

>> STOPPING THE CLOCK AT 3:42, THIRD AND FIVE.

THE BULLDOGS HAVE ALL THREE OF THEIR TIME-OUTS REMAINING.

AND LUKE KROMENHOEK IS RUNNING POWER TO THE LEFT, HE IS NOT GOING TO GET THE FIRST DOWN AND HE DID NOT GET OUT OF BOUNDS, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR BENEDICTINE AND BAD FOR CEDARTOWN.

>> Referee: TIME-OUT, CEDARTOWN.

>> SO, HE SAVES 40 SECONDS THERE AND THEY GET THE BALL BACK.

IT LOOKED LIKE.

SO, THE BULLDOGS ARE GOING TO GET THE BALL BACK WHEN WE GET BACK, THE FOURTH DOWN IS COMING UP, AND THE BULLDOGS ARE FACING THE SITUATION.

>> THIS PROGRAM ON GPB IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY SUPPORTERS OF THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING.

>> RUSTY, YOU HAVE GOT TO GIVE IT TO THE FANS.

IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE DAY WEATHERWISE HERE AT CENTER PARC STADIUM.

YOU CANNOT BRING ANY UMBRELLAS IN.

YOU HAVE TO GET SOAKED.

>> YOU HAVE GOT TO WANT TO BE HERE.

AND CEDARTOWN WAITED A LONG TIME.

AND THEY ALSO BROUGHT A LARGE CONTINGENCY FROM SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

>> SO, ON THE PUNT, HIGH SNAP, NO, THEY ARE GOING TO RUN A FAKE.

OH MY GOODNESS, THEY RAN A FAKE FROM THEIR OWN 28 AND THEY GOT STOPPED AT FOURTH AND ONE.

AND CEDARTOWN , NEEDING AT LEAST THREE POINTS FOR THE LEAD AND PERHAPS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP , THEY TAKE OVER THERE.

>> MATT, DO YOU SEE THAT?

THEY HAD HIM BLOCKED.

OH, MAN!

THAT IS THE CHANCE YOU TAKE.

EVERYTHING HAS GOT TO GO PERFECTLY.

>> HE WAS UP THERE AND HE DROPPED IT BUT IT CAME RIGHT TO THEM.

OTHERWISE YOU ARE RIGHT, IT PROBABLY WOULD WORK.

BUT NOW THE BULLDOGS , ON OFFENSE AND A CHANCE TO WIN.

DIAMOND, ON THE CARRY.

DOWN TO THE 20 YARD LINE, AND WILKES , 17 TACKLES TODAY FOR BENEDICTINE.

>> WE TALK ABOUT A LIBERO, THAT MATT HAS BEEN EVERYWHERE FOR BENEDICTINE.

>> THE CLOCK GOES UNDER THREE TO PLAY.

AND BIG PATRICK GARDNER IS IN THERE, HE WILL GET THE ROCK AND HE IS DOWN TO THE 16.

TWO YARDS SHY OF A FIRST DOWN.

HERE IS THAT FAKE PUNT AGAIN, AND THE FAILURE TO PICK IT UP.

IT IS TOUGH WHEN IT DOES NOT WORK.

>> YOU TRY TO KNOCK THEM OUT WITH ONE PUNCH.

>> GARDNER, 15 CARRIES, 88 YARDS.

HE GETS IT AGAIN AND IT IS THE FIRST DOWN.

>> I WILL TELL YOU, MATT.

OTHER THAN THE OPENING DRIVE, DOWN LIKE , COMPLETELY DOWN IN THE SECOND HALF, OFFENSIVELY.

>> BENEDICTINE HAS TWO TIME- OUTS REMAINING.

>> IT IS POURING , MAN.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY DROPPING BUCKETS AT THIS DATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> UNDER TWO TO GO NOW, MOVING THE PILE, GARDNER, OVER THE PILE, INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.

IF YOU ARE BENEDICTINE, DID YOU USE A TIME-OUT?

>> YOU WILL HAVE TO AFTER THIS.

>> YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT OFFENSE, DON'T YOU?

>> IF THEY GET THIRD AND SHORT, BENEDICTINE WILL CALL TIME-OUT.

>> YOU HAVE TO DO WITH THE REALITY THAT CEDARTOWN MAY JUST SCORE HERE.

DIAMOND, OUTSIDE, DRIVES TO THE 5 YARD LINE.

CONTINUES TO RUN DID NOT GET OUT OF BOUNDS AND NOW IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN.

>> THEY LET IT GO.

WE LOOK AT THE DEFENSE, THEY LET IT GO.

>> THEY ARE PLAYING FOR THE STOP.

THEY KNOW THEY DO NOT HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE KICKING GAME.

>> HE LOOKS THROUGH TO THE LEFT.

>> GARDNER, INSIDE THE 1, INSIDE THE 1, DOWN TO THE HALF- YARD LINE, WITH LESS THAN ONE MINUTE TO GO.

AND NOW IF YOU ARE BENEDICTINE, YOU WILL HAVE TO BURN SOME TIME- OUTS.

THE CLOCK IS RUNNING.

STILL NO TIME-OUT CALLED.

THE CADETS, RELYING ON THEIR DEFENSE TO GET A STOP HERE.

GARDNER.

HE DID NOT GET IN AND HE IS STOPPED SHY OF THE ONE.

WE ARE COMING DOWN TO THE GOAL LINE STAND IN THIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> I TOLD YOU, NOTHING WOULD TALK THAT GAME LAST NIGHT AND GUESS WHAT.

>> SO IT IS CEDARTOWN, THEY HAVE ONE TIME-OUT REMAINING.

AND GIVEN THAT MISSED P.A.T.

, THE FIELD GOAL IS OFF THE TABLE, DO YOU THINK?

>> PROBABLY.

YOU ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO STAY ON THE RIGHT AND GO TO THE LEFT.

THEY ARE GOING TO GET A HEAVY DOSE OF GARDNER.

IT IS GOING TO BE GARDNER RIGHT HERE.

>> YOU CAN SEE JAMIE ABRAMS TELLING THE CEDARTOWN BAND TO STOP.

IT HAS TO BE ON THAT END.

GARDNER, THAT MAMMAL SLEEP WELL TONIGHT AND 18 CARRIES, 101 YARDS BUT DOES HE HAVE ONE MORE CARRY AND ONE MORE YARD IN HIM?

>> 102 WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT YARD OF HIS LIFE, IF YOU CAN GET IT.

>> CEDARTOWN.

SEEKING THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1963.

>> THEY NEED ONE YARD.

BENEDICTINE CAN BE TOUGH.

>> SECOND AND GOAL, AND HE GOT STOPPED, REECE TANNER.

AT THE 1 YARD LINE, HE GOT PUSHED BACK.

>> FALL DOWN, PLAY DEAD.

>> AND THE CLOCK IS STILL RUNNING.

24 SECONDS, 23 SECONDS, 21 SECONDS.

THE CLOCK IS STILL RUNNING.

AND THEY ARE STILL MILLING AROUND OUT THERE.

THIRD DOWN, THE CLOCK IS DOWN TO 13 SECONDS.

CEDARTOWN HAS ONE TIME-OUT REMAINING, EIGHT SECONDS.

DID NOT GET IN, THEY WILL HAVE TO USE THE TIME-OUT.

WITH THREE SECONDS LEFT, AND THE TIME-OUT.

AND IT IS FOURTH DOWN AT THE 1 YARD LINE.

>> Referee: TIME-OUT, CEDARTOWN.

>> DO YOU ASK YOUR SENIOR KICKER, ERI VELASQUEZ, WHO MISSED THE P.A.T.

A FEW MOMENTS AGO, YOU PUT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON HIS FOOT?

>> THEY WILL MAKE THE DECISION.

YOU CAN LOOK, COACH ABRAMS IS PULLING THE COACH IS OVER AND THE TEAM OVER.

THE YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE.

LISTEN, THE WEATHER TOO IS CREATING SOME THINGS.

EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PERFECT, THE SNAP, THE HOLD.

LOOK AT ELI BARROW, TALKING TO HIM.

>> AND IT IS RAINING HARDER THAN EVER.

>> I MEAN, IT IS ABSOLUTELY POURING.

>> LOOK AT THE BENEDICTINE STUDENTS SYSTEM TRYING TO MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THEIR TEAM, LOOK AT HOW FAST THEY ARE RUNNING AROUND THE BLEACHERS.

>> THEY ARE STREAMING DOWN TO THIS END OF THE STADIUM.

>> ONE YARD.

>> WHAT IS SEEN.

>> THREE SECONDS, STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> THEY ARE ALL CROWDED UP TO SEE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE 2022 SEASON.

AND IT WILL DECIDE THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

IF CEDARTOWN SUCCEEDS, THEY WILL BE THE STATE CHAMPIONS.

IF BENEDICTINE GETS THE STOP, THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.

HERE WE GO, FOURTH AND ONE WITH THREE SECONDS TO GO IN THIS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

TANNER HANDS OFF TO GARDNER.

HE DID NOT GET IN.

BENEDICTINE, GOAL LINE STAND.

SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR!

WOW!

WHAT A STOP!

A STOP BY BENEDICTINE ON THE 1 YARD LINE.

UNBELIEVABLE FINISH!

>> COACH BRITT BETTER HUG EVERY ONE OF THOSE DEFENSIVE GUYS , BECAUSE THAT WON BENEDICTINE A 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> THE FOURTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE CENTURY- LONG HISTORY OF BENEDICTINE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

ALL FOUR OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE COME UNDER THE LAST NINE YEARS UNDER THEIR HEAD COACH , DANNY BRITT.

>> UNBELIEVABLE, THE MAN TIM CEDARTOWN HAD, THEY HAD THE GOAL ON THE 1 YARD LINE, FIRST AND GOAL WITH TWO TIME-OUTS.

>> THEY RAN FIVE PLAYS, ONCE THEY GOT TO THE 1 YARD LINE.

AND BENEDICTINE STONEWALLED THEM FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP .

>> LOOK AT THAT PENETRATION THERE, JUST REALLY NO MOVEMENT AT ALL.

DID NOT GET ANY YARDS.

>> AND DANNY BRITT, ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS IN THE BUSINESS.

HE GETS ANOTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> HE WILL NEVER FORGET THIS.

THIS COMMUNITY WILL NEVER FORGET THIS ONE.

1 YARD LINE.

>> AND THIS IS A TIGHTLY -KNIT COMMUNITY.

IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER A CENTURY, THE ALUMNI AT BENEDICTINE IS LIKE A COLLEGE ALUMNI.

>> HE SAID THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRAZIEST ENVIRONMENTS HE HAS EVER PLAYED IN.

>> WOW!

WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY THE CADETS WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE.

OF EMOTION .

AFTER YOU SPILL YOUR GUTS OUT THERE FOR 48 MINUTES.

AND THE SENIOR , THE STARTER OF THE LAST TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, THE EMOTION, YOU CANNOT CONTAIN IT ANYMORE.

>> NO, I MEAN I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP , I HAVE CALLED THEM A LONG TIME, AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND LIKE THAT.

ON THE GOAL LINE, FIVE PLAYS FROM THE 1.

>> AMAZING PERFORMANCE BY THE BENEDICTINE DEFENSE WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE.

>> ON THE OTHER SIDE, CEDARTOWN, THIS IS A HEARTBREAKING LOSS FOR A LOT OF KIDS THAT PLAYED TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE FIVE AND SIX YEARS OLD, AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF TEARS IN THAT LOCKER ROOM.

YOU CAN SEE ELI BARROW RIGHT THERE, THE YOUNG MAN WHO THAT FORGET , SEEING HIM PLAY IN THAT UNIFORM.

>> YES, SOME BIG-TIME MEMORIES FOR THIS CEDARTOWN TEAM.

FIRST TEAM IN PROGRAM HISTORY TO GO 14-0.

AND THEY GET STOPPED WITH THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

JUST 1 YARD AWAY FROM THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THEY CAME THAT CLOSE , BUT THAT FAR AWAY.

>> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT BENEDICTINE DEFENSE SAVED WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN A DECISION TO TALK ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME, ON THAT FAKE PUNT THAT DID NOT WORK.

>> AND THE CONGRATULATORY HANDSHAKE LINE , BENEDICTINE, WALKING THROUGH IT AS THE VICTORS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF BALL GAME THAN WE HAD IN OUR FIRST THREE STATE FINALS THIS WEEKEND.

>> UNBELIEVABLE GAME !

>> IT COMES DOWN TO THE ABSOLUTE FINAL PLAY, LUKE KROMENHOEK, JUNIOR QUARTERBACK, HE WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR HE IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO FLORIDA STATE.

HE HAS DONE THAT, LIKE LUKE KROMENHOEK NOW WITH THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TO ADD TO HIS RESUME.

>> WHAT A GUTSY PERFORMANCE BY THIS TEAM.

THEY JUST FOUND A WAY.

CEDARTOWN DOMINATED THEM, DEFENSIVELY, FOR THE MOST PART DURING THE SECOND HALF.

AT THE END OF THE GAME, IRONICALLY, IT WAS THE BENEDICTINE DEFENSE THAT MADE THE FINAL CALL.

>> CEDARTOWN HAD THE BALL FROM THE 24 YARD LINE WITH 3:27 LEFT IN THE GAME, AND THEY COULD NOT GET THE GAME-WINNING TOUCHDOWN.

>> WHAT AN EMOTIONAL ENDING FOR >> LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO NELLIE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MATT AND STUART.

FIRST IN FORMATS, A SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY IN CEDARTOWN FOR THE FANTASTIC SEASON, THE BULLDOGS, ONE OF THE GREATEST GAINS WE HAVE HAD IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT CENTER PARC STADIUM.

IT IS TIME TO PRESENT AT TROPHY TO SOMEONE WHO IS NO TROPHY TO GETTING IT .

AND TO DO THAT, IT IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

>> FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CEDARTOWN ON A GREAT SEASON.

AND I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE CEDARTOWN COMMUNITY FOR THE WAY THAT YOU SUPPORTED YOUR GUYS .

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU WERE AWESOME TODAY.

HOWEVER, I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF NASTY WEATHER, BUT A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR YOU, COACH, THIS IS A BACK- TO-BACK FOR YOU, WHAT A GREAT, HARD-FOUGHT GAME, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO AWARD YOU THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.

>> I APPRECIATE IT.

>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW?

>> I FEEL GREAT.

I AM SO PROUD OF THESE GUYS.

I AM SO PROUD OF WHAT THEY HAVE OVERCOME TOGETHER AND TO MAKE IT A BACK-TO-BACK.

I AM SO VERY PROUD OF THEM.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> I WILL PHRASE THE QUESTION THIS WAY, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A GAME LIKE THIS ONE?

>> I DO NOT THINK SO.

I HAVE BEEN IN A LOT OF GAMES AT THIS POINT, BUT NEVER ONE LIKE THIS.

FOR THE DEFENSE TO COME BACK AND RISE LIKE THAT, THAT IS PRETTY UNBELIEVABLE.

WE ARE TAKING A BACK TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, BABY.

>> ON A DAY LIKE THIS, WITH THE PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED, HOW HARD HAS THIS SEASON BEEN TO BENEDICTINE TO GET HERE TO WIN THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR?

>> I SAID I WAS SO VERY PROUD OF THEM.

WE LOST A BIG GROUP LAST YEAR WE HAVE HAD INJURIES.

WE HAVE LOST PEOPLE FOR ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

BUT TO COME BACK AND HAVE THIS TYPE OF SUCCESS, IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

>> LOOK AT THIS BUNCH.

IT IS A VERY SPECIAL BUNCH OF CADETS THAT YOU HAVE HERE.

WHAT RINGS TRUE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR GROUP OF CADETS?

>> RESILIENCE.

WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT THEY REFUSED TO LET IT BEAT THEM.

I AM SO VERY PROUD OF THEM.

>> GO CELEBRATE WITH YOUR TEAM.

THE BENEDICTINE STATE CHAMPS, ONE MORE TIME.

MATT, STUART, IT IS ALL YOURS.

>> NO DOUBT, BULLDOGS, 13-2 TO FINISH THE SEASON, STATE CHAMPIONS FOR A SECOND -CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

>> I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY, MATT.

ONE YARD.

ONE TEAM WAS GOING TO GET IT OR ONE TEAM WAS GOING TO STOP IT.

THESE GUYS, DOWN TO THE 15th GAME, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, BENEDICTINE, FIVE PLAYS, NOT GET IT.

>> WE WILL BE BACK WITH THE POST GAME SHOW AND WE WILL AWARD THE GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.

SO STICK AROUND.

WE HAVE ONE MORE FINAL COMING UP, THE 6A FINAL IS COMING UP AT 7:00.

14-13, THE FINAL.

BENEDICTINE THE WINNER OVER CEDARTOWN.

FOR OUR DIRECTOR, RYAN BOWLES, AND OUR ENTIRE GPB TEAM, I AM , SAYING SO LONG.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS ON GPB IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY , SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.

>> EVERYONE, WELCOME INTO THE STUDIO, I AM LIVE IN ATLANTA.

THE FRIDAY FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IS IN THE BOOKS AND WE JUST CROWNED OUR SEVENTH TITLE WINNER OF THE WEEK.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT WHAT YOU MISSED.

SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.

AND BENEDICTINE BEAT CEDARTOWN 14-13 ON A LAST-SECOND GOAL LINE STANDS.

THEY DEFEND THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WINNING THEIR FOURTH IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

THIS MORNING, WE HAD THE AA MATCHUP THE BULLDOGS WON 32- 27, TAKING DOWN THE DEFENDING 2A CHAMPIONS TO EARN THEIR FIRST TITLE SINCE 2002.

THIS IS THE SECOND DAY OF CAMPAIGNS, WE HAD GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL THE DIVISION I WINNER BEAT PARIS COUNTY 13-0, THEY GO 39-HER MOTHER IN PROGRAM HISTORY AND THEY GET THEIR SECOND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, THAT IS THE FIRST EVER.

AND NOW, THE VISION TWO, THE LIONS WON TO GO 18-MOTHER ON THE YEAR.

FINALLY, DIVISION THREE, GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM, TRINITY WON IN A CRAZY DOUBLE-OVERTIME MATCHUP, FINALLY, WE HAVE FLAG FOOTBALL, SINGLE-A, 39-31, TWO WINN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS.

AND IN SINGLE-A DIVISION I, PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN PUTDOWN WAYNESBORO, FOR THE WOLVERINES SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP IN THREE YEARS.

WE HAVE MORE ACTION COMING UP TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, BUT FIRST, WE WILL WANT TO CHECK IN WITH JOHN NELSON AT CENTER PARC STADIUM.

HE HAS THE COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME FROM BENEDICTINE.

>> IT IS THAT TIME, WHEN WE CATCH UP WITH OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME, GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION, THE NATURAL CHOICE FOR GEORGIA.

WE HAVE SOMETIMES DONE POSITION PLAYERS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

SERIOUSLY, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A GAME LIKE THAT?

>> NO SIR, IT WAS AWESOME.

THE OFFENSE CAME OUT.

THE DEFENSE DID WHAT WE HAVE DONE ALL YEAR.

IT WAS AMAZING.

>> I WAS ASKING COACH BRITT, WHEN WE WERE AT THEIR AND HE MENTIONED PERSEVERANCE AND STICKING WITH IT.

EARLY IN THE SEASON, THE NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF THE DASH WAS BIGGER , FOR THAT NON-REGION SCHEDULED, IT INCLUDED CHRIS COLUMBUS AND A LOT OF OTHER TEAMS, WHAT WAS THE MINDSET OF THAT GROUP IN THAT NON-REGION'S SCHEDULE, KNOWING THAT IT WAS SETTING YOU UP FOR THIS FINISH?

>> IT WAS A SURPRISE.

THEY SET US UP FOR THIS.

IT WAS A BIG GAME.

AND IT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO WORK ON.

>> THAT GOAL LINE, THAT ACTIVITY, THAT STAND, FIVE PLAYS AT THE 1 YARD LINE, WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND AND ALL OF THAT?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW THAT THEY WERE GIVING IT TO NUMBER 2, JUST HAD TO STAY LOW, LOWEST MAN WON.

>> BENEDICTINE CERTAINLY DID THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE THE GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.

I THINK HE IS GOING TO USE THE TOWEL TO DRY OFF.

NOW GO CELEBRATE WITH HER TEAM.

DO NOT FORGET YOUR HELMET, UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO KEEP IT.

WE HAVE A LINEMAN FOR THE PLAYER OF THE GAME, HANNAH, HOW ABOUT THAT?

>> GOOD THING THAT YOU GAVE THEM THAT HELMET.

NOW, JOHN, CATCH HER BREATH.

WE WANT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH WHAT IS GOING TO COME UP TOMORROW, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE MORE ACTION TONIGHT, THE 6A GAME, BUT THE 3 A MATCHUP, AND AT 3:3, IT WILL BE ONE OF ROBINS, WITH THE DEMONS GOING FOR THEIR SIXTH STRAIGHT YEAR COMPETING FOR THE TITLE, THEY WON THE LAST TWO, AND THEN IT WILL BE THE MATCHUP BETWEEN CARROLLTON AND MILLCREEK ARE PLAYING FOR THEIR FIRST EVER STATE TITLE IN THE 19-YEAR HISTORY.

SO AS THE TEAMS WARM-UP TO GET READY TO TAKE THE FIELD, WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU LIVE INTERVIEWS, PREVIEWING THE UPCOMING GAMES, HEARING FROM BOTH COACHES, BUT FIRST, WE WILL KICK THINGS OFF WITH OUR GPB ALLSTATE TEAM, THE ALL- STARS ON OFFENSE, JOHN NELSON?

>> HERE IS A LOOK AT YOUR GPB ALL-STARS ON OFFENSE 2022, FOR THE QUARTERBACK POSITION, JUNIOR ERIN PHILO, FROM , AND JUJU WILLIS, THE ONLY FRESHMAN ON THE LIST OUT OF CARROLLTON, AND KEEGAN STOVER, SENIOR OUT OF RABUN COUNTY.

AT THE RUNNING BACK POSITION, BROWN FROM SOUTH ATLANTA, HEADING TO PURDUE, TUCKER FROM JOHNSON TUCKER COUNTY, LOOKING FOR A HOME NEXT SEASON ON THE COLLEGE RANKS.

NORTH RICHARDS, THE ONLY SOPHOMORE IN THE RUNNING BACK CORPS, MALACHI, UNDECIDED AS WELL.

JACKSON HAYNES FROM BEAUFORT, HE IS HEADING TO ALABAMA.

WILCOX, HE IS UNDECIDED.

THE ONLY JUNIOR ON THE LIST.

AT TIGHT END, THURMAN, HE IS HEADING TO OHIO STATE, LANDON THOMAS FROM CRAWFORD COUNTY, AND NORTH CROFT, THEY ARE BOTH HEADING TO ATHENS.

SEVEN ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE, HUBLEY FROM HUGHES, HEADING TO GEORGIA, AND HE IS HEADING TO LOUISVILLE, DJ CHESTER FROM EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN, HEADING TO LSU.

IS HEADING TO GEORGIA.

PACE ACADEMY, HEADING TO SOUTH CAROLINA.

FROM DENMARK, HE IS HEADING TO TENNESSEE, AND GABRIEL, FROM NORTH COBB CHRISTIAN, AND SEVEN AT WIDE RECEIVER.

JADEN GIBSON FROM RAVEN COUNTY, UNDECIDED FOR NEXT YEAR.

ALL OF THE WIDE RECEIVER CORE ARE LOOKING FOR HOMES IN THE COLLEGE BANK.

STOCKTON, PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, KENNESAW MOUNTAIN, AND JUNIOR MIKE MATTHEWS, ONE OF TWO IN THE WIDE RECEIVER WAR.

THE JACOBSON , WILCOX COUNTY, THAT LANE FROM MILTON, AND THEN I CAR, THE SECOND JUNIOR ON THE LIST.

WE WILL START OUT WITH GAVIN HALL, TODD FROM LAGRANGE, AND HE IS UNDECIDED FOR NEXT YEAR.

FROM PIERCE COUNTY, HE IS HEADING TO GEORGIA TECH.

AARON GATES FROM TRINITY CHRISTIAN, HEADING TO FLORIDA.

DJ, UNDECIDED AS WELL.

AND THE ONLY JUNIOR ON THE LIST, FROM CARROLLTON, AND GREENWOOD FROM DALTON, HE IS LOOKING FOR HIS COLLEGE IN 2022.

THAT IS YOUR LOOK AT THE GPB ALL-STARS ON OFFENSE.

>> AND LANGSTON HUGHES JUNIOR CORNERBACK AARON NOLAN, THE FOUR-STAR RECRUIT HAS 28 COLLEGE OFFERS IN A BIG DECISION TO MAKE VERY SOON.

LET'S SEND IT TO THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

THIS IS THE VERY BEST THE STATE HAS TO OFFER ON B.

>> HERE IS A LOOK AT YOUR 2022 ALL-STARS ON DEFENSE, STARTING OFF WITH SEVEN ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE, YOU WILL START OFF WITH BIGBEAR PARKER, STILL TRYING TO FIND A HOME.

BURLEY, ALSO ON THE LIST FROM WARNER ROBINS, HE HAS COMMITTED TO CLEMSON.

ELISHA WRITTEN FROM SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN, UNDECIDED AS WELL AS WE COME UP TO SIDING DAY.

OWEN PHILLIPS FROM MILTON, LOOKING FOR A HOME IN 2022.

FROM VALDOSTA, THE ONLY JUNIOR ON THE LIST.

AJ FROM WOODWARD ACADEMY, HE IS HEADING TO CLEMSON.

HE IS ALSO HEADING TO CLEMSON.

SEVEN IN THE LINEBACKER POSITION, STARTING OFF WITH JUNIOR SAMMY BROWN FROM JEFFERSON, ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER INDIVIDUALS MAKE SEASON.

ANDERSON, FROM MILLCREEK, HEADING TO CLEMSON.

WHITFIELD ACADEMY, NORTH CAROLINA.

SMITH FROM GRAYSON, HEADING TO TENNESSEE.

DAVIS , STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE A HOME.

WALKER FROM SLIGH COUNTY, THE ONLY SOPHOMORE ON THE LIST, AND McGUIRE FROM WHITEWATER, HE IS HEADING TO MIAMI.

DEFENSIVE BACKS , HANLEY FROM CEDAR BOROUGH, HE IS HEADING TO OHIO STATE, TERREL, HEADING TO CLEMSON, HUGHES , GOING TO THE PLANE.

JAKE, FROM CAMDEN COUNTY, LOOKING FOR A HOME FOR NEXT YEAR.

BRANDON FROM ST. FRANCIS, HE IS FROM ROSWELL, HE IS UNDECIDED, AJ FROM BEAUFORT, THE ONLY JUNIOR IN THE SECONDARY.

AND YOUR SPECIALISTS, FOUR MAKE THE GPB ALL-STARS IN 2022.

THE KICKER FROM MILLCREEK, HE IS UNDECIDED FOR HIS COLLEGE CHOICE.

AND THE PUNTER, LOOKING FOR A HOME.

LONG SNAPPER , HE IS HEADING TO ARMY.

AND THE RETURN, IT IS MITCHELL, THE JUNIOR OUT OF BRUNSWICK.

THOSE ARE YOUR 2022 GPB ALL- STARS.

>> THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IS THE SENIOR DIVISION LINEMAN, THE FOUR-STAR PROSPECT WHO WILL BE TAKING HIS TALENT TO OHIO STATE NEXT SEASON.

AND THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, KAYLYN DOWNS, HE IS THE NUMBER ONE SAFETY IN THE NATION AND HE HAS A FIVE STAR RATING, HE WILL BE HEADING TO TUSCALOOSA .

SO, WE HAVE EARLY NATIONAL SIGNING DATE COMING UP VERY SOON AND I SAW A LOT OF UNDECIDED ONES ON THIS LIST.

>> YES, AND ALSO COMING UP IN THE GAME THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE NEXT ON THE LIST, YOU HAVE GOT HUBLEY ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE, AND YOU HAVE THURMAN, ONE OF THE TOP TIGHT ENDS IN THE COUNTRY AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE LANGSTON HUGHES IN THE PAST, AND WE HAVE SEEN IT ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS ON GPB, THIS HAS BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HE HAS BECOME A MAGNET, UNDERSTANDABLY SO, FOR HIM TO BECOME A MAGNET FOR A LOT OF THE TEAMS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE, SPECIFICALLY THE AUBURN TIGERS WITH THEIR NEW COACHING STAFF AND THEIR COACHING CHANGE, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST, AS AUBURN TRIES TO MAKE A IMPACT.

IT IS REALLY INTERESTING, BECAUSE I THINK THE MANTRA THAT THEY HAVE TOLD US, COACH WILLIAMSON, HE HAS SAID THAT SAL BOLTON HAS SOMETHING TO SAY AND THEY ARE TRYING TO DO THAT TONIGHT, GOING UP AGAINST GAINESVILLE IN THE 6A FINAL, WILL THEY SAY WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SAY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION WITH WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ON THESE ALL-STARS.

>> COACH OF THE YEAR, THAT IS JOEY KING OF CARROLLTON, WITH THE TROJANS PLAYING IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE YEAR.

THEY DID WITH FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK JUJU WILLIS, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR 2022 GPB ALL-STARS.

STICK WITH US, WE HAVE MORE INTERVIEWS, WE WILL HEAR FROM BOTH COACHES, THAT MUCH MORE AND MORE COMING UP ON THE TAILGATE PARTY FROM GPB.

>> THIS IS CHIEF TRANSIT OFFICER GAIL FRANKLIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THIS IS?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

I WILL GIVE YOU A REVIEW OF EXPRESS.

EXPRESS IS A COMMUTER EXPRESS SERVICE THAT PROVIDES PRINCE FROM 12 COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE ATLANTA METRO REGION.

TO DOWNTOWN, MIDTOWN, AND THE PERIMETER.

THEY HAVE A CENTRAL BUSINESS HUB.

THE SERVICE OPERATES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IN THE A.M. AND P.M.

COMMUTE TIMES.

AND WE OPERATE 27 ROUTES THROUGH 27 PARK-AND-RIDE SCHOLARLY CARRY ABOUT 1.8 MILLION PASSENGERS PER YEAR, AND WE, ANNUALLY, PROBABLY, WE MET ABOUT 44 COUNTIES, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A 12 COUNTY AREA, WE ATTRACT WRITERS FROM OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA.

>> FOR THOSE INTERESTED, WHAT IS THE EXPRESS AREA OF COVERAGE?

>> OUR FIRST AREA IS 12 COUNTIES.

TO THE NORTH , WE GO ALL THE WAY UP TO FORSYTH COUNTY AND WE GO TO EAST COUNTY AND CONYERS.

AND ALL OF THE COUNTIES IN BETWEEN.

>> THAT IS A VERY LARGE AREA OF COVERAGE.

WHAT IS A RETURN TO RIDERSHIP LOOK LIKE, POST COVID?

>> WE HAVE GOT TO FIGURE OUT COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, WHAT EXPRESS NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE, WHETHER WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR SERVICE TIMES, WHETHER WE NEED TO OFFER A DIRECTIONAL SERVICE , WHICH MEANS SERVICE TO THE PARK-AND-RIDE, IN FRONT OF THE PARK-AND-RIDE, WHEN WE NEED LONGER SERVICE DURING THE DAY, INSTEAD OF JUST BEING REPEAT TIMES, SO POST-COVID, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS SERVICE WILL LOOK LIKE.

AND WE WILL BE ENGAGING STARTING THIS WINTER, TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT EXPRESS NEEDS TO DO TO CHANGE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE AN ATTRACTIVE OPTION FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

>> WITH ALL THIS SAID, WHY RIDE EXPRESS?

>> EXPRESS IS A SYSTEM IN WHICH YOU ARE ABLE TO WORK WHILE YOU ARE ON THE BUS, BECAUSE WE OFFER IT WITH USB CHARGING PORTS, AS WELL AS PLUG-IN CHARGE YOUR LAPTOP, YOUR PHONE, AND IT IS A QUIET RIDE AND YOU LEAVE THE DRIVING TO SOMEONE ELSE.

SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES JUST LIKE TO TAKE A NAP ON THEIR WAY INTO TOWN.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT EXPRESS GA.COM >> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPB IS PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU TO BE SAFE ON EVERY TRIP, BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE TAILGATE PARTY, I AM HAVING HANNAH GOODEN .

TIME TO GET YOU READY FOR THE 6A MATCHUP BETWEEN GAINESVILLE AND LANGSTON HUGHES.

BUT FIRST LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH JOHN NELSON, AT CENTER PARC STADIUM, HE HAS THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF SAFETY.

>> HANNAH, IT IS THAT TIME OF THE CATCH UP, AND WE GET TO SEE THE SECOND PLACE WINNER FOR THE BUCKLE UP GEORGIA CONTEST, WE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO GET IN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE INFLUENCE THOSE OF A VERY CERTAIN IMPRESSIONABLE AGE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BUCKLE UP, LET'S VISIT FRANKLIN COUNTY AND CHECK IN ON IT THE WINNER IN THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION.

>> HEY, MAN, AREN'T YOU GOING TO PUT YOUR SEATBELT ON?

>> I'M GOOD.

>> YOU DID NOT BUCKLE UP.

>> YOU DID NOT BUCKLE UP.

>> YOU DID NOT BUCKLE UP.

>> YOU NEVER WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE.

AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT.

>> THAT IS YOUR SECOND-PLACE WINNER, FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY, CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE CREATIVE PROCESS, THOSE OF US IN RECEIVING, PUTTING IT DOWN ON PAPER, TO GETTING IT ALL EDITED, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR YOU?

>> IT TOOK ABOUT ONE WEEK, MAYBE TWO WEEKS TO EDIT BUT THE FILMING PROCESS TOOK ABOUT ONE DAY.

AND IT IT GOT SICK .

I HAD TO TAKE A BREAK.

>> HOW MANY DIFFERENT VERSIONS BEFORE YOU ARE ACTUALLY HAPPY WITH IT.

FIRST IMPRESSION, YES.

BUT THEN NO, DO IT AGAIN, HOW MANY VERSIONS DID IT TAKE BEFORE YOU WERE HAPPY WITH IT?

>> I HAD THE FIRST TIME, IT WAS TOO SHORT.

AND THEN , THE SECOND TIME , I WENT THROUGH IT, I CLEARED IT ALL, AND I DID IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

AND THE THIRD TIME WAS WHAT I LIKE.

>> WHY DID YOU FEEL IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SPREAD THIS MESSAGE THAT YOU DID WITH YOUR PSA?

>> BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE AND PEOPLE ANY ROAD, IT DOES NOT MATTER.

YOU CAN SAVE PEOPLE.

>> IT IS THAT TIME WERE WE HAVE ROBERT HYDRA COME IN FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.

>> LYRIC CASSIDY, YOUR VIDEOS SUMMED UP WHY WE ALL NEED TO BUCKLE UP.

IT HAD A GREAT MESSAGE.

AS A FRESHMAN, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN BE BACK HERE IN YEARS TO COME, YOU HAVE A LOT OF TALENT AND YOU PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SECOND-PLACE PRIZE.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THAT?

>> I DON'T KNOW, IT IS NOT JUST ME, IT WAS EVERYBODY IN MY GROUP.

SO I WILL SEE WHAT I DO WITH IT.

>> BE VERY CAREFUL CHOPPING THAT UP INTO LITTLE PIECES.

LYRIC CASSIDY, SECOND PLACE IN OUR BUCKLE UP GEORGIA GEMMA TIPPING HANNAH, BACK TO YOU.

>> GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING EVERYONE TO BUCKLE UP ALWAYS.

WE HAVE ALSO PARTNERED TO RUN GREAT SPOTLIGHTS ON DESERTING PLAYERS AROUND THE STATE AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN ONE PLAYER TO OFFER A $5000 SCHOLARSHIP AND THAT IS SENIOR DEFENSIVE END SIGNOR CRUISE , WATCH WHAT HAPPENED WITH ME TOLD HIM THE AMAZING NEWS.

>> NOTHING IN LIFE IS EASY.

YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD AND TOGETHER YOU WILL HAVE TO EARN IT.

>> THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT HIS PERSONALITY IS THAT HE IS HUMBLE AND HE IS REALLY CARING AND IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS.

>> THE WORTH ETHIC CAME FROM HIS MOM AND DAD.

>> IT IS WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE THROUGH HARD WORK.

THEY HAVE INSTILLED THOSE KINDS OF QUALITIES.

IT IS WORTH DOING RIGHT AND THE HARD WORK WILL EVENTUALLY PAY OFF.

>> HOW HE PREPARES, WORKS, AND PRACTICES.

YOU WILL GET 110% FROM EVERYTHING HE DOES.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Translator: I BELIEVE THAT EVER SINCE WE GOT HERE , BOTH OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO MEET HIS NEEDS.

AND I THINK HE HAS ALWAYS SEEN THIS, WE HAD TO LEAVE HIM WITH HIS OLDER BROTHERS TO TAKE CARE OF HIM BECAUSE HE WAS THE YOUNGEST KID.

>> THEY ARE REALLY PROUD OF ME TO BE ABLE TO GO TO COLLEGE AND FURTHER MY EDUCATION.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Translator: IT MEANS A LOT TO ME FOR HIM TO REACH HIS GOALS AND DREAMS.

>> I WANT TO GET INTO THE BROADCASTING INDUSTRY.

AND HOPEFULLY FILM FOR SPORTS AND CREATE LITTLE VIDEOS AND STUFF.

>> Translator: WE ARE SAVING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT HIS BROTHERS WILL PITCH IN AND HELP US AND WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO GET HIM TO WHERE HE NEEDS.

>> YOUR HARD WORK HAS INSPIRED US, WE WANT TO AWARD YOU THIS $5000 SCHOLARSHIP TO HELP YOU TO ANY COLLEGE YOU ARE GOING TO.

>> THANK YOU, IT MEANS A LOT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO CAESAR CRUZ FOR WINNING THE SCHOLARSHIP.

WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE IN A PREGAME CONVERSATION TO COME ABOUT SATURDAY.

COMING UP NEXT, WE WILL HEAR FROM BOTH GAINESVILLE AND LANGSTON HUGHES ' HEAD COACHES.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

>> WELCOME BACK.

WE ARE GETTING IT READY FOR THE 6A MATCHUP BETWEEN GAINESVILLE AND LANGSTON HUGHES.

IN ORDER TO DO THAT, LET'S SEND IT BACK TO JOHN NELSON AT CENTER PARC STADIUM.

HE IS STANDING BY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE TOP PLAYERS.

>> RUSTY RAN DOWN AFTER HIS GAME WAS OVER.

>> THAT WAS THE LAST 40 OF MY LIFE.

WITH THAT GAME RIGHT THERE, UNBELIEVABLE FINISH AND JUST A HEARTBREAKING LOSS FOR CEDARTOWN, BUT WHAT AN ANSWER BY THAT ADDICTING.

>> LET'S GET INTO THIS GAME, WE HAVE BEEN TAKE , TALKING A LOT ABOUT LANGSTON HUGHES.

GO TO THE GAINESVILLE SIDE, GIVE ME THE RUSTY SPOT SHADOW.

>> WIDE RECEIVER DARIUS, HE IMPACTS THE GAME AT WIDE RECEIVER AND KICK RETURNER, HE IS THE GUY, LANGSTON HUGHES .

>> WHEN IT COMES TO THE REST OF THE WEEKEND, THIS GUY, THIS GUY, THIS GUY.

WHO IS IT ?

>> LAST NIGHT, WE TALK ABOUT LAST NIGHT, I CANNOT GO ON WITHOUT MENTIONING THE PERFORMANCE , INCREDIBLE, IN DUE TOMORROW, PEOPLE WILL SEE CEDAR GROVE AND HOW TALENTED THEY ARE.

LISTEN, I AM IN THE BUSINESS AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF EYES ON JUJU LEWIS, TOP QUARTERBACK, EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY WANTS TO WATCH HIM AND HE WILL GO AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER, COMMITTED TO ALABAMA.

WE COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT TONIGHT, I LIKE DARIUS CANNON, HE IS THE GUY.

>> WHAT TYPE OF GAME ARE YOU EXPECTING TONIGHT OUT HERE WITH THESE CONDITIONS, IT MAY NOT MATTER.

THE PINBALL MACHINE COULD LIGHT UP ALL NIGHT.

>> LET'S BE HONEST, EVERYBODY, AT THE START OF THE BRACKET, THEY HAVE SAID THAT LANGSTON HUGHES IS THE BIGGEST FAVORITE IN THE BRACKET.

THEY ARE AVERAGING 95 POINTS PER GAME, EVERY POSITION.

I THINK THAT TONIGHT, GAINESVILLE, MAYBE YOU WILL GET A TURNOVER HERE AND THERE.

THEY ARE EXTREMELY WELL COACHED.

TONIGHT, THEY ARE A HEAVY UNDERDOG AGAINST LANGSTON HUGHES.

BUT, THE GEORGIA-COMMITTED TACKLE, AND THE OHIO STATE COMMIT, AND BY THE WAY, YOU HAVE BETA82 COMMITTED TO MIAMI, I COULD GO ON AND ON.

>> THEY GOT DUDES, HANNAH.

THE THREE WORDS FROM RUSTY, THEY GOT DUDES.

>> WHAT A PREVIEW.

DUDES.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH BOTH COACHES TO RECAP THE INCREDIBLE PLAYOFF RUN AND PREVIEW THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, LET'S START WITH GAINESVILLE FIRST-YEAR HEAD COACH, JOSH NIBLETT.

>> HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE IN THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR?

>> IT FEELS UNBELIEVABLE.

IT HAS BEEN AWESOME.

TIRED.

YOU KNOW?

I THINK EVERYBODY IS A LITTLE BIT TIRED BUT EVERYBODY IS EXCITED.

>> DID YOU EVER ANTICIPATE THIS MUCH OF A TURNAROUND THIS QUICKLY WHEN YOU CAME TO GAINESVILLE?

>> FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING , BEING A LEADER , IT IS ALL ABOUT BEING 1-0.

I KNOW WHERE WE NEED TO BE AND WHERE THE DIVISION NEEDS TO BE.

AND I KNOW THE IMPACT THAT YOU ARE MAKING, YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE MOMENT AND EVERYBODY IS FOCUSED IN THE MOMENT, WE WILL HAVE TO LET THE PAST KIND OF DICTATE TO US.

AND SO WE NEED TO STAY IN THE MOMENT.

HERE WE ARE, PLAYING FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> YOU ARE IN ONE OF THE MOST STORIED FOOTBALL TOWNS IN THE >> OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE AT THIS SCHOOL, OUR SCHOOL, OUR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW BEING ABLE TO GET THE ENERGY BACK TO THE LEVEL THAT WE NEED IT TO BE AT, WE GO ON THE ROAD, AND IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

THIS CROWD, THAT WE BRING, IT WILL BE UNBELIEVABLE, TOO.

IT HAS BEEN NEAT TO WATCH OUR COMMUNITY AND TO WATCH EVERYBODY BEING EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> SINCE YOU CAME OVER FROM ALABAMA, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL , WHAT HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU GOT HERE?

>> I HAVE NOT HAD ANY TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT A WHOLE LOT, BUT I DO THINK, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF BEING AT ALABAMA, IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SPREAD OUT, THE THING ABOUT JORDAN, YOU GET SO MANY REALLY GOOD SCHOOLS, REALLY GOOD, TALENTED PLAYERS, LIKE, JUST WITHIN THE FIVE-MILE RADIUS , OR 100 MILE RADIUS, I THINK THE NUMBER GAINED IS A IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDELINE, YOU ARE GOING UP AGAINST A TEAM THAT IS NATIONALLY RANKED WITH A LOT OF TALENT, MUCH LIKE YOURSELF, WHAT DO YOU SEE?

>> UNBELIEVABLE TALENT.

A LOT OF CONFIDENCE.

YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY ARE A DRIVEN TEAM THAT KNEW THAT THEY WANTED TO GET BACK HERE AND FINISH.

BUT YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE GOT TO DO.

YOU HAVE TO BE VERY EXPLOSIVE, OFFENSIVELY.

YOU HAVE TO BE VERY PHYSICAL ON DEFENSE.

BUT, THIS WEEK IT IS ABOUT US.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE WILL MAKE IT ABOUT.

>> GAINESVILLE WAS 5-05 BEFORE COACH NIBLETT CAME IN, AND NOW THE RED ELEPHANTS ARE PLAYING THE LAST GAME THEMSELVES, SINCE THEY LAST WON IT ALL IN 2012.

HOW HAS COACH NIBLETT BEEN ABLE TO TURN THE PROGRAM AROUND SO QUICKLY?

>> I THINK THAT WHEN YOU EVEN LISTEN TO JOSH NIBLETT.

WE HAD IT ON THE CONFERENCE CALL OBVIOUSLY THIS WEEK, WE GOT TO LEARN ABOUT HIM AND THIS GAINESVILLE PROGRAM, AND WHAT HE HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY THE END OF THE CONFERENCE CALL, YOU WOULD HAVE RUN THROUGH THE WALL FOR THIS GUY.

AND YOU KNOW, AFTER HEARING JOSH NIBLETT, IT IS PART OF THE MOTIVATION AND THE MISSION.

HONESTLY, LOOK AT THE MISSION, THEY HAVE DONE IT VERY QUIETLY.

JUST BECAUSE GAINESVILLE IS ABOUT AN HOUR OUT OF ATLANTA.

THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FOCUS ON THEMSELVES AND THEY ARE DOING IT AGAIN TONIGHT.

>> ON THE OTHER SIDE, LANGSTON HUGHES, THEY ARE LOOKING TO AVENGE A HEARTBREAKING LOSS FROM LAST YEAR, HERE IS THEIR HEAD COACH, DANIEL WILLIAMS.

>> YOU MADE IT BACK, I KNOW THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT HOW MUCH DID THAT MOTIVATE THE TEAM LAST SEASON?

>> IT MOTIVATED THEM A LOT.

NOT THE LOSS SO MUCH, BUT THEY KNEW THAT IT WOULD TAKE A LOT TO GET BACK TO WIN THIS GAME.

IT , IT NEVER COMES UP.

LIKE I TOLD THEM WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.

WE ARE EQUIPPED TO DO IT.

>> THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND , AND YOU HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT THEM TO TWO STATE TITLE APPEARANCES, AND NINE TOTAL PLAYOFF RUNS IN ALL, WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT THIS PROGRAM?

>> WE ARE RELATIVELY NEW COMPARED TO EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE PLAYOFF RANKINGS, IT SHOWS THE DEDICATION AND TALENT AND THE COACHING THAT GOES ON.

WE HAVE QUALITY KIDS.

AND WE KNEW THAT IT WAS BETTER.

WE HAVE TO GET GUYS TO BUY-IN AND PLAY TOGETHER.

AND HAVE PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE REALLY ARE.

>> FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING THAT DON'T NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT >> I CANNOT START BRAGGING WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT MY QUARTERBACK, PRENTISS AIR NOLAND.

HE IS A GUY , I WAS TALKING TO HIM EARLIER, HE JUST DOES EVERY THING RIGHT.

AND MY CROSSAGENCY.COM , OFFENSIVE LINE.

THE CORE , OUTSIDE.

AND YOU HAVE BARNES , WILLOUGHBY, THOSE GUYS.

AND THE SOPHOMORE OF THE BUNCH.

BUT HE IS THE FIRECRACKER OF THE BUNCH.

SO YOU HAVE ALSO HOWARD, WHO HAS BEEN A CAPTAIN, JOSHUA HORTON, A NATIONAL NAME.

JAKARRI MARTIN, TERRANCE LOVE, I COULD GO ON ABOUT A LOT OF GUYS.

AND I REALIZED THIS YEAR , LEADERSHIP DOES NOT HAVE A CONTEXT.

>> YOU GOT GAINESVILLE THIS YEAR, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO BEAT THEM?

>> THAT IS THE GREAT THING.

WE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

THEY ARE HAVING A GREAT SEASON LIKE US, THEY FLY AROUND.

WE WILL HAVE TO PLAY FOOTBALL.

YOU KNOW, THESE LAST TWO BALL GAMES HAVE BEEN KIND OF TIGHT.

SO, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT, WE FLY AROUND, OFFENSIVELY, DEFENSIVELY, WE NEED TO MAKE TACKLES AND WE WILL BE FINE.

>> COACH NIBLETT, GOOD LUCK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WHEN I TALKED TO BOONE WILLIAMS, HE WAS CALM, COOL, READY TO GO, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I TALKED TO HIM A YEAR AGO, WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS OF THIS, WE KNOW WHAT PRENTISS AIR NOLAND IS GOING TO DO, WHO ELSE WILL YOU KEEP YOUR EYE ON?

>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HIM ON THE GPB ALL-STARS, BUT I WILL LOOK AT BOTH OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINES FOR LANGSTON HUGHES.

YOU LOOK AT LANGSTON HUGHES, THEY HAVE GREAT ATHLETES AT POSITION.

YOU LOOK AT GAINESVILLE, THEY ARE A GREAT TEAM.

THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THOSE FOUR-STAR, FIVE-STAR, THREE-STAR, THAT RUSTY WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEKEND.

BUT THEY ARE A GREAT TEAM, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM, THEY ARE BETTER THAN THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES , THAT PARTICULAR ARGUMENT.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THE DICHOTOMY OF THIS ONE, OUTSIDE OF OFFENSE, DEFENSE, AND POINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

GREAT INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS THAT ARE DOING FANTASTIC THINGS WITHIN A TEAM STRUCTURE FOR LANGSTON HUGHES AND A GREAT TEAM FOR GAINESVILLE THAT HAS ELEVATED EACH OTHER TO GET HERE TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR.

>> JOHN, THIS IS THE LAST GAME OF DAY TWO CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE HERE ON GPB.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JUST NOW JOINING AND GETTING READY FOR THE 6A MATCHUP, FOCUS ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR THIS WEEK.

>> NAILBITER, NAILBITER, NAILBITER.

FITZGERALD, AND THEIR GAME, WITH THOMPSON GETTING A CHAMPIONSHIP, FANTASTIC BACK AND FORTH.

FITZGERALD, OVER TWO DOZEN JUNIORS, THEY SHOULD BE ONE OF THE FAVORITES COMING BACK IN 2023.

AND THEN, FIVE STOPS AT THE 1 YARD LINE FOR BENEDICTINE, GETTING ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP.

CEDARTOWN, THE BULLDOGS, THE RUNNING GAME WAS WORKING, THE POWER RUNNING GAME WAS WORKING OBAMA THE DEFENSE FOR BENEDICTINE, THEY WILL BE TAKING HOME THE BIG TROPHY BACK TO THE COAST OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

AND THINK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE SEVEN GAMES, HANNAH, WE HAVE , HANNAH, IT SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE.

>> ONE MORE TONIGHT, THREE MORE TOMORROW.

JOHN, TAKE A BREAK.

WE WILL TAKE A BREAK AS WELL.

WE WILL BE BACK WITH THE TAILGATE PARTY IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

>> THE 2022 CHAMPIONSHIP ART PRESENTED BY THE GEORGIA FARM BUREAU, ALWAYS THE HOME TEAM.

>> HOPEFULLY WE HAVE GOTTEN YOU READY FOR THIS 6A MATCHUP BETWEEN GAINESVILLE AND LANGSTON HUGHES.

TOMORROW, DATE NUMBER THREE OF THIS GPB CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE.

AT NOON, WE HAVE THE CEDAR GROVE AND SANDY CREEK GAME, AND CEDAR GROVE HAVE WON THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AND THE NEXT ONE IS AT 3:30, THEY ARE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THEY HAVE WON THE LAST TWO BED AT 7:00, IT IS THE 7A, CARROLLTON VERSUS MILLCREEK, THE HAWKS ARE PLAYING IN THEIR FIRST EVER TITLE GAME IN THEIR 19-YEAR HISTORY.

WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE GPB CHAMPIONSHIP, AND DOWNLOAD THE GPB SPORTS APP, AND WE ARE STREAMING LIVE AT GPB.ORG.

THAT IS IT, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE TAILGATE PARTY, BE SURE TO TUNE BACK IN AT HALFTIME.

>> I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED WATCHING THE STUDENT ATHLETE OF THE WEEK, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK.

>>> THE STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA WE WELCOME YOU TO RAINY CENTER PARC STADIUM AND DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

IT IS THE 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, AS THE LANGSTON HUGHES GAINESVILLE RED ELEPHANTS.

GOOD EVENING, I AM MATT STEWART, JOINED BY NFL FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK WAYNE GANDY .

WHAT A RECLAMATION PROJECT, WHAT JOSH NIBLETT HAS DONE WITH HIS GAINESVILLE PROGRAM, RISING THEM UP FROM MEDIOCRITY, BUT TONIGHT, THEY ARE FACING A LANGSTON HUGHES TEAM THAT HAS PUT TOGETHER ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT SEASONS IN GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HISTORY.

>> THIS RED ELEPHANTS TEAM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TALENT , BUT THE WAY THEY TAKE THE FIELD, THEY MAY BE THE BEST TEAM IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PANTHERS, 14-0, THEY HAVE WON THE SEVEN OF THEIR LAST 28, THE ONLY LOSS, IN THE 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ONE YEAR AGO, THEY ARE TWO POINTS AWAY FROM SETTING THE ALL-TIME SCORING RECORD IN STATE HISTORY, 55 POINTS PER GAME.

THEY ARE BIDDING TEAMS BY 44 POINTS PER GAME AND THEY ARE LED BY THEIR QUARTERBACK, FOUR- STAR JUNIOR, 81, HE HAS CLOSE TO 40 OFFERS.

HE IS THE GPB ALLSTATE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

>> LEGENDARY SEASON, OVER , ALMOST 4000 YARDS.

ONLY FOUR INTERCEPTIONS.

VERY EFFICIENT , GETTING THE BALL OUT QUICK.

HE MAY HAVE TO PLAY TONIGHT.

HE HAS ATHLETIC ABILITY.

>> TONIGHT, YOU NEED THE RUNNING GAME, AND THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON, JEKAIL MIDDLEBROOK HAS BEEN AS GOOD ANY RUNNING BACK IN THE STATE.

>> EXPLOSIVE, GREAT IN THE SCREEN GAME, HE LOVES TO BLOCK.

THE OTHER PLAYERS AROUND HIM, THE OFFENSIVE LINE, WHAT A BIG SEASON HE HAS HAD.

HE IS DOMINANT RIGHT NOW.

>> THEY HAVE SIX PLAYERS, THE PANTHERS, WITH 80-PLUS TACKLES ON THAT DEFENSIVE LINE, BROWN, IN THE SEMI-FINAL WEEK AGAINST ROME, WAS UNLIKABLE.

>> WHAT GREAT PENETRATION.

6'1", ABOUT 250, PHYSICAL, AND PART OF THIS LINE THAT STOPS THE RUN.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GAINESVILLE TEAM, IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO TODAY THAT JOSH NIBLETT RETIRED FROM HOOVER AFTER WINNING SIX STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

TWO DAYS LATER HE WAS NAMED THE GAINESVILLE COACH AND HERE THEY ARE, 14-0, IN THEIR 19 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THEY HAD A KID NAMED WATSON AS THE QUARTERBACK, HE SHATTERED ALL THE PASSING RECORDS AND TOTAL YARDAGE RECORDS.

THEY HAVE A GOOD QUARTERBACK, HE HAS PASSED FOR OVER 31 YARDS, BAXTER WRIGHT.

>> A BRILLIANT GAME MANAGER WHO CAN MAKE PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD, WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT HIM IS HOW TRIES TO GET THE BALL DEEP DOWN THE FIELD TO THOSE RECEIVERS.

>> HE HAS AN EXPLOSIVE RUNNING GAME AND HAVING RAN CLOSE , 20 TOUCHDOWN, NAIM CHEEKS.

>> I AM NOT SURE WHY THIS YOUNG MAN'S RECRUITING IS NOT UP.

HE IS EXPLOSIVE, DYNAMIC, AND AT TIMES, IT LOOKS LIKE THE OTHER TEAM CANNOT TACKLE HIM.

HE IS A BIG PROBLEM , WHETHER IT IS RUN OR PASS FOR THIS GRANT FOR DEFENSE.

>> ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE, THE HIGHEST -RATED PROSPECT FOR THE RED ELEPHANTS, FOUR-STAR JEREMIAH, COMMITTED TO TENNESSEE.

>> MR.

INTENSITY, 21 TACKLES , TONIGHT, THEY WILL HAVE TO GENERATE PRESSURE TO GET PRENTISS AIR NOLAND OFF HIS SPOT.

>> SO IT IS THE GAINESVILLE RED ELEPHANTS, AND A LANGSTON HUGHES PANTHERS, THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, YOU ARE LOOKING LOVELY NIKKI.

>> YES, YOU GUYS ENJOY BEING DRY UP THERE WHILE I AM BEARING THE ELEMENTS.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT LANGSTON HUGHES.

AND GAINESVILLE 'S COACH JOSH NIBLETT SAID WE ARE GOING TO SHOW UP AND PLAY HARD.

THEY HAVE HAD THIS THEY CIRCLED ON THEIR CALENDAR SINCE BEFORE IT STARTED, AND HIS PLAYERS TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER AND THEY WROTE OUT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, 2022 CHAMPIONS, HE SAID IF YOU CANNOT SPEAK IT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN.

HE SAID WE ARE GOING TO COME OUT AND ATM THIS GAME, THAT MEANS ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION.

THEY WILL TACKLE THE MIDDLE.

THEY ARE 14-0 AND CAN PUBLISH THE ULTIMATE MISSION IN WINNING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN ON QUITE THE RUN THIS SEASON, THEY WON THE GOAL LINE STAND AT THE END OF THE GAME AND THEY WILL CERTAINLY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM AGAINST THIS PANTHERS TEAM THAT WE HAVE SEEN MANY TIMES THIS YEAR AND REGARDLESS OF THE COMPETITION THEY MUST DEMOLISH THIS.

>> THEY ARE FAST, BUT THIS BIG OFFENSIVE LINE OF LANGSTON HUGHES HAS TO BE APPROACHED WITH A BIG GAIN BY THIS RED ELEPHANTS FRONT TODAY.

>> DANIEL BOONE WILLIAMS, 40-12 SINCE TAKING OVER.

WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY HIS FIRST SEASON IN 2019, HE HAS GONE 38- 4 OVER THE LAST THREE SEASONS.

THE REGION FIVE 6A CHAMPIONS AND THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT HAS ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR 14 SEASONS, GOING UP AGAINST A GAINESVILLE PROGRAM, BASICALLY AS OLD AS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ITSELF IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

>> SINCE 1919, I THINK.

THAT IS HOW LONG THE RED ELEPHANTS HAVE BEEN AROUND.

AND THE PANTHERS, THEY ONLY HAVE ABOUT 15 OR 20 YEARS UNDER THE BELL.

>> BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.

BUCKLE OF GEORGIA, SEATBELTS SAVE LIVES.

READY TO KICK OFF FOR THE RED ELEPHANTS, WEARING ALL BLACK AND RED NUMBERS.

DOWN AT THE 15 YARD LINE, AND THAT IS JEKAIL MIDDLEBROOK.

HE NEARLY GOT TRIPPED UP, AND HE FALLS FORWARD TO THE 38 YARD LINE, AND THAT IS WHERE THE PANTHERS WILL GO ON OFFENSE.

>> NUMBER 14, SHOESTRING TACKLE RIGHT THERE.

BUT THAT IS MR. JEKAIL MIDDLEBROOK OFF TO THE RACES.

HE KNOWS THAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIG RETURN.

THE SPECIAL GUYS BUT HOW ABOUT THE GUYS UP FRONT.

THAT IS WHERE THE DIFFERENCE HAS REALLY BEEN MADE FOR THIS LANGSTON HUGHES TEAM, THEY HAVE TWO POWER FIVE TACKLES, AND GLOVER , JUST A SOPHOMORE WITH FIVE OFFERS, GEORGIA TECH AMONG THEM.

>> WATSON, AND HE IS 300-PLUS ACROSS THE BOARD >> MIDDLEBROOK STORMS OUT THERE.

TAKES UP ABOUT 12, 13, ON THE OPEN CARRY.

THAT IS A FIRST DOWN ACROSS MIDFIELD.

>> MEITNER, EASILY GOING WITH THE OVERLOAD TO THE LEFT.

BLOCKING OUT IN SPACE.

THIS RUN GAME IS VERY DANGEROUS.

MIDDLEBROOK, AND BACKING HIM UP JUST AS SAVVY.

>> MIDDLEBROOK, THE 42 YARD LINE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WATSON, BAYLOR, MIDDLEBROOK, AND BARNES, WILLOUGHBY, AND JELANI THURMAN, ESPN'S NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION, COMMITTED TO OHIO STATE.

>> BIG AND PHYSICAL OFFENSIVE LINE.

THE DOWN MARKER , ISSUED.

MIGHT HAVE TO GO OLD SCHOOL.

HANDHELD , YOU HAVE TO PULL IT DOWN TO GET IT TO SWITCH OVER.

>> AND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THAT?

>> IT WAS DEFINITELY RELIABLE.

>> IT WAS NOT BLINKING ON AND OFF LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE.

>> YOU NEVER NEEDED TO CHARGE IT.

>> WHILE THEY TRY TO GET THAT FIXED -- >> THE RAIN IS COMING DOWN.

COACH WILLIAMS , HE UNDERSTANDS THE KIND OF PROGRAM HE HAS THIS YEAR.

HIS JOB HAS BEEN TO MOTIVATE THE TALENT AND PLAY UP TO THAT LEVEL.

AND IT HAS BEEN A HIGH-OCTANE LEVEL ON OFFENSE.

SO FAR, TWO BIG RUNS FOR THE PANTHERS.

>> SECOND DOWN AND TWO FROM THE 41.

MIDDLEBROOK GOT HIT IN THE BACKFIELD, HE WILL BE DROPPED.

AS JEREMIAH TELANDER COMES FLYING IN FROM THE LINEBACKER SPOT.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT GAINESVILLE ON DEFENSE, AARON, HOPKINS, THE FRESHMAN, AND A BIG-TIME PROSPECT, JEREMIAH TELANDER, AND COUGAR.

ON THE BACK, RAVEN, BALLARD, CALLAHAN, BROWN, AND SMITH.

THIRD DOWN NOW.

AND A FALSE START FOR LANGSTON HUGHES.

>> Referee: FALSE START ON THE OFFENSE .

PENALTY, FIVE YARDS .

FIRST DOWN >> GREG NORMAN, A REFEREE.

THERE IS THE REST OF THE CREW WORKING THIS 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND WE HAVE OUR OFFICIAL UP IN THE BOOTH TO HELP US OUT WITH ANY CALLS TONIGHT.

NOW, THIRD AND 17 , SHOVEL PASS, THOSE TO MIDDLEBROOK, SWALLOWED UP AT THE 48 YARD LINE, IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN AND A PUNTING SITUATION.

>> ONCE AGAIN, JEREMIAH TELANDER, COMING OUT OF THAT SECONDARY.

AND THE LINEBACKER, BRINGING THE PRESSURE, NICE JOB OF PRENTISS AIR NOLAND.

GREAT DEFENSIVE STAND IN THAT DRIVE AGAINST LANGSTON HUGHES.

OFFSIDE, GOT HIM BEHIND THE STICK.

AND THIS GAINESVILLE DEFENSE, PLAYING WITH A LOT OF ENERGY.

>> FOUR-STAR SAFETY, THEIR PUNTER.

A SHORT TAKE THAT IS WOBBLY AND IT WILL GO OUT OF BOUNDS.

THEY ARE GOING TO SPOTTED AT THE 44.

SO THAT IS JUST AN 11-YARD TAKE AND IT GIVES GAINESVILLE A SHORT FIELD FOR THEIR FIRST POSSESSION.

>> THIS RED ELEPHANTS OFFENSE , BIG PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD.

PLAYMAKING QUARTERBACK IN BAXTER WRIGHT.

LOOK FOR THEM WITH THIS WEATHER TO GET NAIM CHEEKS GOING.

>> A WIN TONIGHT WOULD BE JUST AS LEGENDARY.

FIRST AND 10.

THEY THROW IT OUT HERE, COMPLETE , AND THEY WILL PICK UP FOUR YARDS ON THE PLATE WITH PASS COMPLETION GOING TO NAIM CHEEKS.

>> QUICK PASS, GETS THE BALL OUT TO THEIR BEST PLAYER ON OFFENSE, CHEEKS , OUT IN SPACE.

ALL NIGHT LONG, THAT IS WHAT THEY WILL HAVE TO DO, DEFENSIVELY, RALLIED TO THE BALL.

AND NAIM CHEEKS IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS WITH THAT BARRY SANDERS TYPE OF WIGGLE TO GET OUT OF ANY KIND OF TRAFFIC.

>> THEY ACTUALLY LOST TWO YARDS ON THE PLAY.

SECOND DOWN AND 12.

LONG.

COLLISION AT THE 40 YARD LINE.

THAT WAS REESE ON THE RUN, GOT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, HERE IS A LOOK AT GAINESVILLE, BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK, HOPKINS, GREEN, JONES, COUCH, AND PAIN.

CHEEKS, THE MONEY BACK, THE WIDE RECEIVERS, AND THE JUNIOR TIGHT END.

>> LOOK AT HOW GOOD THIS OFFENSIVE LINE IS, IT COULD BE THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME.

THEY NEED SOME PRESSURE.

>> HE IS IN TROUBLE, GETS AWAY FROM IT, THROWING ON THE RUN, AND IT IS COMPLETE , AND A FIRST DOWN, AS HE CROSSES THE 50.

>> WE HAD A FLAG BACK THERE, MAYBE HOLDING AT THE END OF THAT PLAY.

BIG PRESSURE.

>> Referee: HOLDING ON THE OFFENSE.

THE PENALTY WILL BE 10 YARDS AT THE SPOT OF THE FOUL.

FIRST DOWN.

>> THE BIG TACKLE COMING OFF OF THAT END.

YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, SWIMMING , 65, AND RIGHT THERE, 71, ALEX PAYNE, PULLING THE JERSEY.

GETS ALL OF HER WITH THE PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE.

GREAT PROSPECT, ABOUT 255, ONLY A SOPHOMORE.

>> HE HAS A CHANCE TO BE A GOOD ONE.

>> THIS DEFENSIVE LINE DOES NOT GET A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THE PANTHERS, THEY ROTATE SEVEN OR EIGHT BODIES, BUT THEY GET THE QUARTERBACK.

>> INSTEAD OF A FIRST DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 50, IT IS THIRD AND 35.

>> Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP, FALSE START ON THE OFFENSE, THAT PENALTY IS FIVE YARDS.

>> WAYNE, LET ME ASK YOU, THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUM, HOW MUCH DOES ALL OF THE NOISE CIRCULATE AROUND IN THIS STADIUM, HOW MUCH DOES THAT MESS WITH THE LANGSTON HUGHES ONLINE?

>> IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, EARLY ON, YOU MAY EVEN HAVE TO LOOK IN AT WHAT THE RHYTHM, WHAT THE QUARTERBACK IS GOING TO DO, JUST TO STAY SAFE.

>> TRE REECE IS GOING TO GET STOPPED AT THE 13 YARD LINE AND IT WILL BE A PUNTING SITUATION.

WEATHERSBY, MAKING THAT TACKLE FOR THE PANTHERS.

>> TOUGH GUY THROUGH THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF HEART .

THIS DEFENSIVE LINE, FOR LANGSTON HUGHES, IT IS HARD TO BLOCK THEM AND THEY ARE GREAT AT GETTING OFF BLOCKS WHEN YOU TRY TO RUN THE BALL.

>> DEEP IN THE END ZONE, AND McGEE, STANDING DEEP TO RETURN FOR THE PANTHERS.

LINE DRIVE TAKE, IT WILL BOUNCE IN FAVOR OF GAINESVILLE AND ROLLED DEAD AT THE 44.

45.

AND THAT IS WHERE THE PANTHERS WILL GO ON OFFENSE THE SECOND TIME WHEN WE GET BACK, FOLLOWING THE 43-YARD PUNT.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPB IS PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU TO BE SAFE ON EVERY TRIP.

BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.

>> OPENING 4 1/2 MINUTES, GAINESVILLE AND LANGSTON HUGHES, SCORELESS, WAYNE, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR KEYS TO THE GAME WHEN THE PANTHERS HAVE THE BALL.

>> THIS PANTHERS OFFENSE IS EXPLOSIVE.

SOMETIMES THEY GET INTO TOO MUCH PASSING.

THEY HAVE TO RUN THE BALL WITH MIDDLEBROOK .

ON THE OTHER SIDE, GAINESVILLE, YOU HAVE GOT TO TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM THIS OFFENSE.

RIGHT NOW, THE JOB IS TO TAKE AIR NOLAND MAKE PLAYS IN THIS BAD WEATHER HERE TONIGHT.

>> FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 40 YARD LINE FOR THE PANTHERS, 500 YARDS OF OFFENSE, AVERAGING PER GAME.

22 ON THE GROUND, 227 IN THE ERROR .

>> YOU CAN SEE THOSE LINEBACKERS, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET THAT LINE ANY ROOM TO BREATHE.

>> NOLAND , ONE OF THE FASTEST GUYS ON THE FIELD, AND HE HAS THAT FIRST DOWN AT THE 28.

>> JUST GET IT TO HIM OUT IN SPACE AND YOU CANNOT TAKE THE WRONG ANGLES ON HIM, ONCE AGAIN, BRINGING HIM DOWN THERE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE, YOU WANT TO GET THE BALL TO HIM EARLY AND OFTEN TO MAKE THOSE PLAYS.

>> IT WAS A 27-YARD PICKUP.

HE HAS BEEN OFFERED BY WESTERN KENTUCKY, JAMES MADISON, AND TENNESSEE TECH.

FIRST AND 10, MIDDLEBROOK ON THE RUN.

DOWN TO THE 25, 24 YARD LINE.

THAT IS CARMELO BURR , MAKING THE TACKLE.

>> BO HUGHLEY, BIG RIGHT TACKLE RIGHT THERE.

YOU CANNOT REALLY TELL, 6'7", 290 , IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS IN PAIN.

>> LOOKING AT IS LEFT LEG, YOU CAN SEE HIM GRIMACING AS THEY JUST TOUCH HIS ANKLE.

>> THAT IS ONE OF THE KEYS TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS TEAM, THEY HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ESPECIALLY IN THAT OFFENSIVE LINE.

>> BO HUGHLEY, ESPN NUMBER-10- RANKED TACKLE IN THE COUNTRY.

COMMITTED TO GEORGIA, WITH 21 OTHER OFFERS, INCLUDING MIAMI AND GEORGIA TECH THAT HE COMMITTED TO GEORGIA CLOSE TO 15 MONTHS AGO, NATIONAL SIGNING DAY IS COMING UP .

HE IS NOT SIGNING UNTIL FEBRUARY.

>> HOPEFULLY CAN GET BACK IN THIS GAME.

YOU DO SEE THAT , THOSE ISSUES COMING INTO THE GAME.

>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX.

HANDOFF GOES TO SAVAGE, AND HE GETS DRIVEN BACK, NO GAIN ON THE PLAY.

HOPKINS, MAKING THE TACKLE.

AND THERE IS THE TENNESSEE HEAD COACH , WHAT A GREAT SEASON THE VOLUNTEERS HAD.

JEREMIAH TELANDER, THE LINEBACKER FOR GAINESVILLE, COMMITTED TO THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE 2023 CLASS.

>> IN THE BUILDING , TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO FLIPPING OF THE LINEBACKER.

>> THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.

>> INTERESTING DEFENSE BY GAINESVILLE.

LINEBACKER, OVER CENTER.

BLOCKING ASSIGNMENT.

>> MIDDLEBROOK, DOWN TO THE 18 YARD LINE, GOT SWALLOWED UP RIGHT AWAY.

BUT HE PICKED UP THE FIRST DOWN.

>> GREAT JOB BY JEKAIL MIDDLEBROOK.

RUNNING BEHIND .

SOLID, OUTSTANDING PLAYOFF THIS YOUNG MAN HAS PROVIDED FOR HIS TEAM.

BO HUGHLEY.

AT RIGHT TACKLE.

>> MIDDLEBROOK , HARD RUNNING WITH GAINESVILLE REALLY PURSUING HARD ON DEFENSE.

>> GOOD JOB ON THAT RIGHT DEFENSIVE LINE THERE, STACY HOPKINS, THE ONLY PLAYER ON THIS GAINESVILLE TEAM THAT GOES BOTH WAYS.

>> GOING BOTH WAYS ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

BOTH WAYS LIKE WIDE RECEIVER /CORNERBACK, ISN'T IT?

>> YES IT IS.

AND YOU CAN GET THAT CAREY PEÑA >> AND NOW, NOLAND.

GOT IT OUT OF THERE.

IT IS INCOMPLETE.

NOW, PRENTISS AIR NOLAND DOES NOT GET A LOT OF PRESSURE.

HE WILL GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM AND NOT HAVE HIS UNIFORM WASHED.

>> AND THE LINEBACKER COMING OFF THE EDGE.

KEEPING ALIVE THAT PRESSURE.

>> THE NUMBERS ARE MIND BLOWING.

SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES HERE ON THIS LANGSTON HUGHES TEAM.

UNDER PRESSURE, TRYING TO RUN IT OUT OF THERE, AND HE DOES.

IT STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS AND THAT IS AT THE 7.

>> PRESSURE FROM THE BACKSIDE ONCE AGAIN.

COMING OFF THIS ROLLOUT.

AT NUMBER 29 , GOT OUT OF THE POCKET.

FORCED HIM OUT OF THE POCKET.

AND NOW YOU ARE GOING TO SEE LANGSTON HUGHES -- >> THEY HAVE ANOTHER PLAYER DOWN, THIS IS A GAINESVILLE PLAYER LYING DOWN ON THE GROUND AT THE 4 YARD LINE.

THIS LOOKS LIKE A CRAMPED SITUATION.

NOT TOO SERIOUS.

>> FRESHMAN , OLSEN.

6'3", ABOUT 200 POUNDS.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO JOT THAT NAME DOWN.

WITH HIS SIZE, AT 6'3".

HE CAME INTO THIS GAME WITH SEVEN SACKS.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LANGSTON HUGHES SEASON RECAP, 14-0, GIVING UP 10.5, THEY HAVE OUTSCORED THEIR OPPONENT , 41-PLUS POINTS IN ALL 14 GAMES AND THEY WON THEIR PLAYOFF GAME, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE TOUGHEST OF THE YEAR.