Football Fridays in Georgia
Brookwood vs. Grayson
Season 2021 Episode 7 | 3h 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Brookwood vs. Grayson - Oct. 22, 2021
Alexander Diggs rushed for 234 yards and three touchdowns and quarterback Dylan Lonergan passed for 216 yards and a touchdown as 8th ranked Brookwood won the 4-7A championship with a 35-21 win over 9th ranked and defending state champion Grayson. Diggs’ 51-yard scoring run early in the second half gave the Broncos a 21-0 lead and secured Brookwood’s 11th region all-time championship.
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Football Fridays in Georgia
Brookwood vs. Grayson
Season 2021 Episode 7 | 3h 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Alexander Diggs rushed for 234 yards and three touchdowns and quarterback Dylan Lonergan passed for 216 yards and a touchdown as 8th ranked Brookwood won the 4-7A championship with a 35-21 win over 9th ranked and defending state champion Grayson. Diggs’ 51-yard scoring run early in the second half gave the Broncos a 21-0 lead and secured Brookwood’s 11th region all-time championship.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> THIS IS FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA.
IT IS PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY REMINDING YOU BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
WE WELCOME YOU TO BRETT MOODY FIELD WITH THE FIRST PLACE ON 4-7A AS THE BROOKWOOD BRONCOS TAKE ON THE GRAYSON RAMS.
GOOD EVENING, MATT STEWART JOINED BY THE FORMER TIGERS ALL-AMERICAN FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK AND FIFTH-YEAR PRO MATT GRANDY, AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE SEASON WAS ON THE LINE, BUT GRAYSON OBLITERATED BROOKWOOD WITH THE WAY TO 14-0 AND WINNING THE THIRD STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND NOBODY IS TALKING REVENGE ON THE BROOKWOOD SIDE, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE.
>> REVENGE, COACH.
I KNOW 15-17 LAST YEAR, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT IT THIS WEEK WITH THE PLAYERS AND A LOT OF MOTIVATION IN THIS GAME WITH THE BRONCOS.
>> A YEAR AGO, IT WAS GRAYSON WHO HAD THE HIGHLY RANKED QUARTERBACK IN THE NATION, JAKE GARCIA IN MIAMI AND THIS YEAR, IT IS BROOKWOOD WITH DYLAN LONERGAN WHO DIDN'T GET TO PLAY IN THE GAME LAST YEAR, BECAUSE HE WAS HURT.
>> BIG GAME AND BIG ARM AND BIG TIME TALENT AND FOUR-STAR AND ONE OF THE TOP QUARTERBACKS IN THE STATE, AND 18 TOUCHDOWNS AND TWO INTERCEPTIONS AND THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS YEAR, HE STARTING TO PLAY WITH HIS FEET.
HE IS A DANGEROUS MAN ON THE FIELD TONIGHT.
>> AND WHEN DYLAN IS NOT HANDING THE BALL OFF TO ALEX DIGGS, HE IS THROWING THE BALL TO ALEX.
HE IS THE TOP RUSHER AND RECEIVER ON THE TEAM.
>> HE IS ELUSIVE AND GREAT VISION, AND THE ONE THING THAT HE DID IN THE OFF SEASON, HE HIT THE TRACK WITH THE TRACK TEAM TO IMPROVE HIS SPEED, AND WHAT A SPECIAL PLAYER.
>> ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, THE BIG MAN UP FRONT, MYLES PARKER, AND THEY NEED A BIG GAME FROM HIM AGAINST THE GRAYSON RUNNING ATTACK.
>> AND THESE NUMBERS, YOU MIGHT SEE HIM IN 76 PLAYING THE FULLBACK, BUT HE IS TALENT AND STRONG AND IT IS GOING TO BE HARD TO MOVE HIM OUT OF THE MIDDLE.
>> NOW, TALK ABOUT THE GRAYSON TEAM, BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE SAME TEAM THAT YOU SAW A YEAR AGO WITH GARCIA THROWING THE BALL ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THEY STILL HAVE A LOT OF TALENT, BUT IT IS YOUNG TALENT AND IN FACT, THE QUARTERBACK IS THE SOPHOMORE, AND ONE OF THE HIGHEST SOPHOMORE ATHLETES IN THE COUNTRY, JOJO STONE.
>> IT IS ALL ABOUT RUNNING, AND JOJO STONE IS STEPPING IN TOP FLIGHT ATHLETE AND CORNERBACK OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LABEL HIM, HE IS A DANGEROUS MAN AND GIVES THE TEAM THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN.
>> WELL, WAYNE, IF YOU WANT TO RUN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE GUYS TO DO IT, AND GRAYSON DOES STARTING WITH DENVER SCHROGGS.
>> BIG GRIF, AND HE IS THE TALENT UP FRONT, AND AS HE GOES, THEY NEED HIM TO BLOCK MYLES PARKER TO NIGHT.
>> DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, AND VERY YOUNG, BUT THE HIGHEST PLAYER FOR THE RAMS IS MICHAEL DOUGHERTY, THE SAFETY THEY HAVE MOVED DOWN TO THE SAM LINEBACKER SPOT, BECAUSE OF INJURIES.
>> NUMBER FIVE SAFETY IN THE JUNIOR CLASS, AND PLAYING LINEBACKER, AND CORNER, AND THE COVER SKILLS WILL BE TESTED TONIGHT AGAINST LONERGAN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IT SHOULD BE A FUN ONE, AND GRAYSON AND BROOKWOOD AND THE THIRD MEMBER OF THE TEAM IS JOHN NELSON.
HE IS THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND THERE AT GRAYSON COMMUNITY STADIUM.
>> GOOD EVENING, MATT AND WAYNE, AND ALL OF YOU, AND HOWEVER YOU ARE ACCESSING US, THROUGH A LARGE DEVICE OR SMALL, LET'S SHOW YOU THE STORY.
THE REGION STANDING AND FIVE-TEAM STANDING, AND ONE OF THE TEAMS WILL GO HOME AFTER THE FIRST WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER, AND THIS GAME TONIGHT IS ONE OF 27 ACROSS THE STATE WHERE THE WINNER WILL LEAD THE REGION OR HAVE A SHARE OF LEADING THE REGION GOING INTO ONLY HAVING SAY ONE OR TWO GAMES LEFT IN THE SCHEDULE.
LET'S CATCH UP WITH THE COACHES AND TALK ABOUT UPPER CLASSMEN AND UNDERCLASSMEN AND THE IMPACT.
STARTING WITH BROOKWOOD AND PHILIP JONES.
PHILIP JONES SAID THAT, YES, THEY LOST TWO FIVE-STAR SENIORS AND THEY MOVED OUT WHEN IT CAME TO THIS PARTICULAR SEASON, BUT EVERYONE WHO HAS REMAINED, THEY HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SIXTH AND SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS ARE NOW JUNIORS AND SESENIORS, AND THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE IN A GAME LIKE THIS AND THE IMPORTANCE THERE IN.
AND YOU KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A QUARTERBACK, BUT THE WORD YOUNG IS COMING ACROSS MENTIONING THE STARTING LINEUPS FOR GRAYSON ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.
GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF HOW YOUNG THEY ARE, THE LAST PLAY OF THE GAME AGAINST PARKVIEW, TWO FRESHMEN ON THE FIELD, AND FIVE SOPHOMORES ON THE FIELD, AND 7 OF THE 11, AND THAT IS 65% OF THE 11 THERE.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON ALL 27 GAMES THAT MEAN SOMETHING COMING TO THE TOP, AND ALL OF THE GAMES GOING ON TONIGHT AS WE HEAD INTO GAME EIGHT OF REGION PLAY.
AND HANNAH GOODWIN, WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR PART OF THE WORLD?
>> YES, JOHN.
FIRST PLACE IN REGIONS ALL OVER THE STATE ON THE LINE TONIGHT, AND BIG ONE IN THE CONCRETE PALACE IN VALDOSTA, AND IT IS COLQUITT WITH THAT ONE WE WILL HAVE THE UPDATE FOR YOU ON THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY SHOW AND ALL OF THE TOP GAMES AND STICK AROUND FOR THE POST GAME SHOW AS WE TALK TO THE COACHES LIVE AS THEY COME OFF OF THE FIELD AND INCLUDING THE HEAD COACH OF THE WINNER OF COLQUITT VERSUS LOUNGE.
YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE SCORES AND THE TOP GAMES ALL NIGHT LONG, MATT.
>> THANK YOU, HANNAH.
YOU CANNOT WIN THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT, BUT FIRST PLACE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT IN THE REGION IS GOING TO BE ON THE LINE.
GRAYSON HAS WON THREE STRAIGHT REGION TITLES, AND 10 OF THE LAST 13 YEARS, AND BROOKWOOD IS LOOKING FOR THE FIRST REGION CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 2017.
BROOKWOOD WON THE OPENING TOSS.
THEY HAVE DEFERRED.
THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL BE SEEING GRAYSON ON OFFENSE IN THE START.
AND SO THE KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
BUCKLE, GEORGIA, BECAUSE SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES.
AND THE KICKOFF TAKEN AT THE 10 YARD LINE BY BIN WAHAD, AND HE IS GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE 20, AND THIS IS WHERE THE RAMS WILL START ON OFFENSE.
OUR FIRST CHANCE TO SEE THEIR QUARTERBACK, AND THE 5'10" AND 175-POUND SOPHOMORE JOJO STONE, A FRESHMAN RUNNING BACK FROM LAST YEAR'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
HE IS A FOUR-STAR AND THE NUMBER 12 ATHLETE OF THE CLASS OF 2024 AND 17 OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA, GEORGIA TECH, PENN STATE AND MICHIGAN.
>> JOJO STONE GIVES THEM THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN AS YOU WILL SEE THERE, AND VERY TALENTED WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS AND NOT ASKED TO THROW THE BALL A LOT, AND IT IS ABOUT THE DECISION-MAKING AND THE ABILITY TO EXTEND PLAYS AND PICK UP THOSE BIG FIRST DOWNS WITH HIS FEET.
>> I HAD TO LAUGH WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE STATS THIS WEEK.
THEY HAVE THROWN ONLY THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES AS A TEAM THIS YEAR.
JAKE GARCIA THREW MORE PASSES IN A QUARTER LAST YEAR, AND WE KNOW, BECAUSE WE SAW HIM DO IT.
>> A TWO QUARTERBACK SYSTEM, AND JOJO STONE AND WE WILL SEE RAYNE FRY AS WELL.
BUT IT IS A UL ABOUT THIS OFFENSIVE LINE AND THESE TWO TAILBACKS.
>> FIRST AND TEN FROM THE 29 YARD LINE, AND STONE IS GOING TO ROLL TO HIS RIGHT IN THE GRASP, BUT HE NEARLY THROWS AN INTERCEPTION.
THE LINEBACKER JORDAN DAVENPORT WAS UT OUT THERE, AND NEARLY HAD PICK AS WE LOOK AT THE STARTING LINEUPS LOOKING AT REGENTS BANK, AND YOU HAVE ONE OF THE TOP-RATED SOPHOMORE LINEMEN OF THE COUNTRY, AND HOWARD AND THE BACKS AND TAYLOR AND HUMPHREY AND BOX AND CENEAS.
WHAT A YEAR HE IS HAVING.
>> YES, HE IS BIG AND PHYSICAL, AND 5'10" AND 200 POUNDS.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THEY CAN MOVE THE LINE UP FRONT.
>> FIRST AND TEN FROM THE 39.
RPO, AND STONE IS GOING TO KEEP IT ACROSS THE 49 YARD LINE TO THE 43 AND TAKING A LOOK AT BROOKWOOD AND BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGENTS BANK AND GET BACK INTO THE GAME BY REGENT, AND TO AF FOREMENTIONED PARKER AND WASHINGTON UP FRONT, AND THE LINEBACKERS ARE BROWN, DAVENPORT AND McCAIN, AND BROWN HAD A BIG GAME LAST WEEK IN THE VICTORY OVER NEWTON AND HORNER AND HANES AND ELLIOTT AND CAMPBELL AND PRINCE IN THE SECONDARY.
HORNER IS GETTING THE START AT ROVER OVER THE INJURED RUNAKO DALEY.
SECOND DOWN AND SIX, AND GOING TO THROW THE SCREEN PASS, BUT IT IS BACKWARDS.
THAT BALL IS GOING TO BOUNCE OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 32 YARD LINE.
THAT IS WHERE THEY WILL SPOT IT.
>> THESE ARE THE KIND OF PLAYS THAT THE OFFENSE THAT GRAYSON CANNOT HAVE.
THEY CANNOT TAKE THE NEGATIVE PLAYS.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE PASS GAME TO MAKE UP FOR IT.
A SWING PASS AND JET ACTION BEHIND, AND YOU ARE RIGHT, MATT, IT IS BEHIND THE RECEIVER AND BEHIND THE QUARTERBACK.
A BIG BREAK FOR THEM WITH THE BALL GOING OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> TYLER ROWE IS THE INTENDED RECEIVER.
SO NOW IT IS THIRD DOWN.
VERY LONG.
>> THE BRONCOS' DEFENSE, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO CREATE.
THEY WANT TO CREATE WHERE JOJO STONE HAS TO GO BACK TO THROW AND MAKE PLAYS WITH HIS ARM.
>> THE RUSH IS COMING UP THE MIDDLE FROM DAVENPORT AND NEARLY INTERCEPTED FROM THE 49 YARD LINE BY McCAIN.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
>> NICE DROP THERE BY THE WHEEL LINEBACKER MALCOLM McCAIN NUMBER 25, AND READING THE EYES OF THE QUARTERBACK, AND THE WHOLE PLAY IS JUST NOT ABLE TO COME UP, AND YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE OF McCAIN AND HE HAS DROPPING BACK AT THE WHEEL POSITION, AND NICE TO GETTING INTO THE PASS LANE.
>> FOURTH AND 17, AND McCAIN IS THE 6'0" AND 215-POUND JUNIOR, AND JALEN MILAN A WIDE RECEIVER PUNTS FOR THE RAMS.
HE BOOMS IT OUT OF THERE, AND THE FAIR CATCH IS CALLED FOR AND MADE AT THE 25 YARD LINE BY NILES PRINCE AND THAT IS A 40-YARD PICK FROM MILAN WHO IS AVERAGING JUST UNDER 40 YARDS A KICK, AND THE BRONCOS GOING ON OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT.
AND HERE IS THEIR QUARTERBACK DYLAN LONERGAN WHO COMPLETED CLOSE TO 65% OF THE PASSES THIS SEASON AND OVER 2,000 YARDS AND CLOSE TO 300 YARDS PASSING A GAME.
>> AND HE HAS 54 CARRIES ON THE SEASON, AND MAKING A LOT OF PLAYS WITH THE FEET, AND SHOWING YOU THE DUAL THREAT ABILITY IS LONERGAN.
>> AND FIRST AND TEN IS THE BALL ON THE 29 YARD LINE.
HANDOFF GOES TO DIGGS ON THE QUARTERBACK READ AND A LOSS ON THE PLAY AS THE GRAYSON DEFENSE COMES UP BIG.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT BROOKWOOD ON OFFENSE.
MAZE AND HILL IS THE RETURN TER AT 6'3" AND 345 AND THE BACKS ARE DIGGS AND MASENGILL AND BONNER WHO HAS AN OFFER FROM AIR FORCE.
AND LONERGAN IS GOING TO THROW IT ACROSS THE MIDDLE, AND THAT IS A FIRST DOWN FOR THE BRONCOS WITH A 23-YARD PICKUP.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, DILLON LONERGAN KNOWS WHERE HE WANTS THE GO WITH THE BALL.
HE IS READING THE DEFENSES AND THAT IS ABOUT THE PRESNAP READ, AND DELIVERING IT AND GETTING THE BALL OUT OF HIS HAND QUICKLY AS HE SHOWED.
>> THEY WILL BE GOING QUICKLY HERE, AND THE PROTHRO WITH THE RUNNING BACK HAS IT DOWN TO THE 46.
JAYLEN BELL IS THE FRESHMAN WITH SEVEN OFFERS IN ON THAT TACKLE.
>> NICE JOB OF BOUNCING THAT TO OUTSIDE THERE BY PROTHROW AND TRYING TO PICK IT UP WITH A LOT OF THE SLACK WHEN ALEX DIGGS GOING OUT.
>> AND PROTHROW WITH DIAMOND FORMATION OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN AND NOW SETTING UP IN PLAY ACTION.
LONERGAN IS GOING TO RUN IT.
HE IS GOING TO BE PULLED GOWN AT THE 43 YARD LINE.
JALEN SMITH MAKING THE TACKLE.
THAT IS GOING TO BRING UP THIRD DOWN.
LOOKING AT GRAYSON ON DEFENSE AND BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGENT'S BANK, AND MAX AND KILGORE AND SCOTT ARE NOT BIG LIKE THEY ARE, AND DOUGHERTY AND SMITH AND BURGESS WITH THEIR LEADING TACKLE IS OUT, AND ROWE, AND BELL AND CLEMENTS AND ALSO WOOD IN THE SECONDARY.
BIN WAHAD IS THE ONE I DIDN'T MENTION, AND HE IS COMMITTED TO WEST VIRGINIA.
DIGGS, AND WE WILL SEE WHERE THEY SPOT IT, BECAUSE HE MAY BE SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN THERE AS BIN WAHAD CAME UP TO MAKE THE TACKLE.
>> VERY GOOD JOB BY BIN WAHAD TO COMING UP.
YOU CAN SEE HERE INITIALLY, HE HAD THE FIRST DOWN.
HE IS UPFIELD, AND HE DECIDED TO BOUNCE AND TRYING TO GET OUTSIDE OF BONNER TO TRY TO GET MORE YARDS, BUT IT IS A NICE TACKLE FROM THE BIG TIME PLAYER IN BIN WAHAD.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS ON BIN WAHAD AND HE ISAINEERS IN OVER OFFERS FROM NEBRASKA AND HE IS PLAYING THE ROVER POSITION HERE FOR THE RAMS.
THE SPOT IS ALL IMPORTANT HERE.
WHERE DID THEY SPOT IT?
HOW FAR DID THEY GIVE HIM IN THE FORWARD MOMENTUM?
SO EITHER, IT IS GOING TO BE FIRST DOWN OR FOURTH DOWN AND INCHES.
WE HAVE A GOOD LOOK AT IT THERE FROM DARRELL.
GOING TO BE SHORT, ABOUT A FOOT.
>> YOU SHOULD EXPECT THIS BRONCO OFFENSE WITH A LOT OF CONFIDENCE ON THAT SIDE OF THE BALL TO GET THIS JOB DONE IN THIS SITUATION WITH FOURTH AND INCHES, AND ESPECIALLY WITH DYLAN LONERGAN AND HOW HE HAS BEEN RUNNING THE BALL, AND EVEN UNDER THE PRESSURE, HE IS ABLE TO EXTEND AND GET THE FIRST DOWN.
>> GOOD LOOK AT PHILIP JONES IN THE SEVENTH SEASON AS THE BRONCOS' HEAD COACH, 48-28, AND YOU COULD CALL HIM A BROOKWOOD LIFE, BECAUSE HE STARTED THERE AND A MEMBER OF THE BRONCOS' FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
HIS DAD WAS AN OFFENSIVE LINE COACH THERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND HIS BROTHER TOMMY WHO IS HEAD COACH AT CHEROKEE BLUFF AND UNDEFEATED PLAYED HERE AS WELL.
SO FOURTH AND INCHES FROM JUST OUTSIDE OF THE 41 YARD LINE.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT GRAYSON RAN THE DEFENSE ALL UP ON THE LINE, AND EXPECTING THE QUARTERBACK SNEAK.
>> LONERGAN GETS IT.
>> HE ONLY NEEDED A FOOT, AND HE CERTAINLY GOT A YARD.
SO LONERGAN GETS IT WITH FOURTH DOWN AND INCHES TO GET THE DRIVE GOING HERE FOR THE BRONCOS.
>> NICE JOB TO GET THAT FIRST DOWN, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE THE LINEBACKERS UP THERE ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, AND NOW YOU CAN EXPECT THAT ALL YOU CAN HOPE IS THAT THE LINE STAYS LOW, AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE LINEBACKER COMING UP TO KNOCK THE BALL OUT, AND GOOD JOB TO KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE.
>> THE SEVENTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE HERE.
OUTSCORED THE OPPONENTS 93-32 IN THE THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK.
LONERGAN OVERSHOOTING THE TARGET SCONE BONNER, WHICH IS AN ABSOLUTE SUPERB NAME FOR A TIGHT END OR PRIVATE EYE.
>> HE HAS A LOT OF TALENT IN MR. BONNER.
A FLAG ON THE PLAY, AND GOOD PROTECTION UP THERE BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE, AND JUST TOO HIGH ON THE THROW FROM LONERGAN.
>> Referee: DEFENSE, NO PENALTY, SECOND DOWN.
>> SIDELINE WARNING.
THERE'S GREG DEFORE, AND WE HAVE SEEN HIM HERE PLENTY OF TIMES ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA, AND THERE IS THE REST OF THE REFEREE CREW WORKING THIS FOUR-7A MATCHUP.
THIS IS DATING BACK TO 2004 AND PLAYED LAST YEAR AND OF COURSE, AS WE MENTIONED, GRAYSON CLEANED THEIR CLOCKS.
PROTHRO CARRYING THE BALL, AND PICKS UP ABOUT FIVE ON THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE, AND ZION FERGUSON IS MAKING THE TACKLE.
>> THAT IS WHAT HEAD COACH PHILIP JONES TALKED ABOUT RUNNING THE BALL, AND ONE OF THE KEYS FOR RUNNING THE OFFENSE.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WHEN YOU HAVE A QUARTERBACK LIKE DYLAN LONERGAN, THE SECONDARY IS GOING TO PLAY YOU SOFT, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, AND RUN THE BALL.
NICE JOB BY JUMAL PROTHROW.
>> THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.
HEAVY RUSH.
LONERGAN TOSSES IT TO PROTHROW FOR A FIRST DOWN.
HE MAKES THE CUT AND GETS DOWN CLOSE TO THE 20 YARD LINE, AND THAT IS FERGUSON IN THERE ON THE TACKLE.
>> NICE JOB BY LONERGAN TO SEE THE PRESSURE COMING OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE THERE, BY JALEN SMITH.
COMING CLEAN, AND HE MOVES THE POCKET TO KEEP THE EYES DOWN THE FIELD, AND A BOBBLE ON THE CATCH BY JUMAL PROTHRO AND MAKING IT UP WITH THE HARD RUNNING.
>> AND FROM PROTHROW WITH THE TIGHT END, AND 55 CATCHES FROM THE RUNNING BACK.
IT IS INTERCEPTED AT THE 10 YARD LINE!
IN AND OUT OF THE HANDS OF BONNER.
THEN INTERCEPTED BY THE RAMS.
MYLES WOODS COMES UP WITH THE INTERCEPTION.
BIG MISTAKE BY THE BRONCOS RIGHT HERE.
BONNER JUGGLES IT, AND HITS OFF OF HIS HELMET ACTUALLY, AND WOODS GETS THE PICK, AND GRAYSON HAS THE BALL BACK.
>>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA IS PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU HAVE TO BE SAFE ON EVERY TRIP.
BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
AND ALSO IN PART BY REGENTS BANK AND GEORGIA'S EMC, AND SIGMA AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
>>> TIME FOR THE MOMENT THAT WE HAVE EVERY FRIDAY, THE $1,500 DONATION FROM OUR FRIENDS FROM SIGMA AND WE HAVE SOME HELP THIS WEEK TO HELP US OUT, AND ALSO, BRIAN DEBEER FROM THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ALL WEEK LONG.
>> YES, AND GPB IS SO GREAT FOR OUR PLAYERS AND COACHES AND WE WANT TO THANK SIGMA FOR THE GENEROUS DONATION, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, AND GREAT SENIOR NIGHT.
>> THAT IS THE WORD FROM GRAYSON HIGH SCHOOL, AND THANK YOU FOR THE $1,500 DONATION, AND A BIG PART OF EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT IN GEORGIA.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
THERE HE IS, MILES WOODS COMING UP WITH THE BIG PLAY.
HE HAS BEEN OFFERED BY MINNESOTA AND UCF AND HE IS JUST A SOPHOMORE.
COACH ADAM CARTER IS TELLING US THAT THE SOPHOMORE AND FRESHMAN CLASS, THE CLASSES OF 2024 AND 2025 IS AS TALENTED AS THE ONE HE HAD LAST YEAR THAT RAN THE TABLE, AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD.
>> THEY ARE TALENTED AND LEARNING ON THE JOB.
>> AND NOW, THROWING ON THE RUN AND SLINGING IT DOWN FIELD, AND CAUGHT AT THE 35 YARD LINE.
IF HE WAS INBOUNDS, THAT IS JOHN CENEAS.
>> JOHN STONE IS ATHLETIC, AND THROWING ON THE RUN.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS ON THE CATCH.
JOHN CENEAS ON THE CATCH.
AND DYLAN ELDER CAME IN WITH 500 YARDS RUSHING ON THE SEASON, AND BEST OF THE TEAM WITH 7.6 PER CARRY.
>> AND BIG THERE WITH MYLES PARKER, AND FLYNN ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE, AND GRAYSON'S BIG BODIES AND A LOT OF TALENT.
>> THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT.
TIME FOR STONE, AND COMPLETE AT THE 35, AND IF HE HELD ON, IT IS A FIRST DOWN FOR CADEN HIGH.
EIGHT CATCHES FOR HIM, AND A 12-YARD PICKUP.
>> THAT IS A GOOD PROTECTION UP FRONT, AND GIVING JOJO STONE ALL OF THE TIME.
A NICE DELIVERY OF THE BALL BY HIM, AND RIGHT NOW, GRAYSON WHO WE THOUGHT WOULD JUST RUN THE BALL, AND THEY ARE SHOWING THAT THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PASSING ABILITY.
>> STONE RUNNING RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE TO GET EIGHT YARDS ON THE PLAY.
>> IN THIS OFFENSE, IT IS DIFFERENT THAN BROOKWOOD WHERE YOU WANT TO ESTABLISH THE RUN TO THROW, BUT THEY WANT TO RUN TO GIVE JOJO STONE THAT KIND OF ABILITY.
WE CAN SEE THE FLAG THEREP COING OFF OF THE LINE JUDGE.
TYPICALLY THAT IS HOLDING IN THAT SITUATION.
>> ELDER RAN ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST DOWN, BUT IT IS LOOKING LIKE IT IS ERASED AND PROBABLY A HOLD COMING UP HERE.
>> I WON'T TELL YOU WHY I KNOW THOSE ARE THROWN IN THAT HOLDING AREA.
>> YOU STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT?
>> OH, YEAH.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE -- >> Referee: HOLDING, OFFENSE, 10-YARD PENALTY FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL.
REPEAT SECOND DOWN.
>> WHEN IT IS COMING FROM THE LINE JUDGE, YO GO OVER THERE TO GIVE HIM A PIECE OF YOUR MIND.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE SEEN THAT HOLDING.
>> THAT IS GOING TO ERASE THE FIRST DOWN AND BACK THEM UP TEN YARDS.
>> THAT IS THE SITUATION OF THE RAMS' OFFENSE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE PLAY MISTAKE-FREE AND CLEAN FOOTBALL.
BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY ARE BUILT TO DO.
>> ELDER GETTING THE BALL AGAIN.
A SHORT GAIN FOR ELDER, AND THAT GOING TO BRING UP THIRD DOWN AND LONG FOR THE RAMS.
>> AND DYLAN ELDER WITH JOE TAYLOR, AND THE TWO-HEADED MONSTER AT RUNNING BACK.
ELDER IS THE ONE WITH MORE SPEED, BUT BOTH OF THEM ARE WILLING EVEN AT THEIR SIZE TO RUN IT AT BETWEEN THE TACKLES.
>> AND ELDER AND STONE, AND THAT IS 1,500 YARDS RUSHING.
AND STONE IS GOING TO LET IT LOOSE.
AND HIDE COULD NOT RUN UNDER IT.
AND HE CAN THROW IT A LONG WAY.
SO NOW IT IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN AND PUNTING SITUATION FOR GRAYSON, AND STONE IS 1 OF 5 FOR 12 YARDS IN THIS GAME.
AND ADAM GARDNER IS LOOKING UP FRONT, AND HE IS A DB AND WIDE RECEIVER AND RUNNING BACK AT THE NEXT LEVEL, BUT HE IS GIVING US THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN RIGHT NOW.
MILAN'S PUNT IS GOING TO TAKE A GRAYSON BOUNCE.
FINALLY ROLLS DEAD AROUND THE 20 YARD LINE.
THAT IS WHERE BROOKWOOD IS GOING TO GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
THAT IS A 48-YARD KICK, AND MILAN WITH A 40 AND 48-YARD KICK SO FAR TONIGHT.
>> 4:42 TO PLAY HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
BROOKWOOD IS READY TO GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
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IT IS BETTER THAN SLICED BREAD.
REMEMBER WHEN THEY USED TO ALWAYS SAY THAT.
NO ONE SAYS THAT ANYMORE.
>> YOU WILL HAVE TO TALK TO KEV ABOUT THAT AND SEE WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT BEFORE BREAD WAS SLICED IN THE DAY.
>> BEFORE ME.
AND NOW, LONERGAN WAS INTERCEPTED ON THE OPENING DRIVE AND SO NOW HE IS ON OFFENSE FOR THE SECOND TIME, AND PROTHROW FOR THE SECOND TIME, AND THEIR TOP TACKLER IS OUT WITH INJURY, AND SO 1 OF 4 OF THE GRAYSON FRONT LINE PLAYERS ARE OUT WITH INJURIES.
FERRAR AND LOPEZ ARE OUT.
THAT IS A SLIDING PLAY, AND DID HE MAKE IT?
YES.
THAT IS A 20-YARD PICKUP.
>> NICE ADJUSTMENT THERE BY ALEX DIGGS TO GO DOWN TO GET THE BALL, AND NICE READ FROM THE QUARTERBACK, AND WHAT AN ATHLETE TO GO DOWN THERE TO, AND THAT IS THE STAR AND STAR BACK GOING DOWN TO MAKE THAT CATCH.
>> AND NOW, ALL KINDS OF TIME FOR LONERGAN WHO FIRES A BULLET TO OUTSIDE.
INCOMPLETE.
>> COACH JONES OF BROOKWOOD TALKED ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE, AND THEY HAVE HAD THE UP AND DOWN SEASON, AND THAT THE SECOND KEY THAT HE TALKED ABOUT AFTER ESTABLISHING THE RUN, AND TRYING TO PROTECT AND OFFERING A LOT OF TIME TO DELIVERING THE BALL.
>> AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS HIS BABY.
HE PLAYED AT SOUTH CAROLINA FOR HEAD COACH BRAD SCOTT AND LOU HOLTZ.
>> HE LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT.
>> AND HE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ANYMORE, BUT HE WAS AT ONE POINT.
SECOND DOWN AND 10.
BULLET TO BONNER, AND THAT IS A PICKUP OF SEVEN.
BON SER A REAL WEAPON, AND I SAW HIM MAKING A SPECTACULAR CATCH IN THE CLASSIC OVER THE SHOULDER.
HE HAS AN OFFER FROM AIR FORCE AND RECEIVING INTEREST FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE AND BUCKNELL AND LEHIGH.
>> LAST YEAR, ONLY 29 RECEPTIONS, AND ALREADY 23, AND STILL HAS A UP COME OF GAMES TO GO IN THE SEASON, AND THAT NEW WAVE TIGHT END THAT CAN FLEX OUT IS WHAT BONNER BRINGS.
>> THIRD DOWN AND FOUR, AND THEY RUN A SCREEN PASS TO PROTHROW, AND THAT PLAY IS BROKEN UP, AND HE BOBBLED THE BALL AFTER HE HIT THE GROUND, AND THAT IS DARREN McKENZIE WHO CAME BACK ON THE PLAY TO DROP HIM FOR A LOSS.
>> McKENZIE MAKES THE TACKLE, BUT IT IS JALEN SMITH, AND OUT HE COMES FROM NOWHERE, AND WHAT A BIG TIME PLAYER HE IS, AND LONG AND A TRUE LINEBACKER RIGHT THERE.
HE HAS ALL OF THE INTANGIBLES FOR THE NEXT SEASON IS JALEN SMITH.
>> AND NOW, WAITING TO PUNT IS JALEN NEAL.
AND HE WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO KICK IT.
IT IS GOING TO HIT AND ROLL AND THEN DEAD AT THE 22.
SO GRAYSON IS GOING TO GO ON OFFENSE FOR THE THIRD TIME.
WE CHECK IN WITH JOHN NELSON.
>> AND THE LOOK AT THE SCORES THERE, AS THE GAME IS TIED WITH ROSWELL.
THAT IS NOW 7-7, LATE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
AND IN SOUTH GEORGIA, THERE IS A 7-7 SCORE.
AND JEFFERSON CONTINUES TO ROLL AS THEY LEAD.
AND ONE MORE LATE IN THE FIRST, LEE COUNTY IS LEADING ROBINSON IN REGION 1-6A.
>> HOW MANY ARE ON THE LINE FOR FIRST PLACE?
>> 27, SIR.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
THAT ROSWELL/MILTON GAME IS ANOTHER.
>> ONCE AGAIN -- >> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN.
>> AND THAT IS A NO-NO FOR GRAYSON, BECAUSE THESE PENALTIES WILL MAKE THEIR JOB HARDER.
WE KNOW THAT THEY CAN RUN THE BALL, BUT THE OFFENSE IS JUST NOT BUILT FROM THE LONG DISTANCE, AND IT IS NOT BUILT FOR THE THIRD AND 15 AND THOSE SITUATIONS.
SO THEY HAVE TO STAY IN FRONT OF THE STICKS IN POSITIVE YARDS.
>> THEY HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF CLOSE GAMES THIS YEAR.
5 OF 8 GAMES HAVE BEEN DECIDED BY A SCORE OR LESS.
THEY HAVE GONE 4-1 IN THOSE GAME, AND SO I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THEY DID NOT PLAY ANY GAMES THAT WERE ONE-SCORE GAMES LAST YEAR.
>> A LOT OF THE SENIORS LEAVING AND NOT JUST SENIORS, BUT TALENT.
>> AND 25 PLAYERS WHO HAD COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.
SECOND DOWN AND 15.
THE PASS IS THROWN.
IT IS COMPLETE OVER HERE SHY OF THE 20, AND DOWN TO 26 YARD LINE OR UP TO THE 26 YARD LINE I SHOULD SAY.
THAT IS KEYON WOODS AND THE FIRST CATCH FOR HIM THIS YEAR.
>> AND NICE JOB BY NUMBER 3, MICHAEL HAYES SHOWING HIS RANGE, AND GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE AND GETTING THAT BEFORE THEY GOT STARTED.
>> THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.
STONE IS GOING TO TRY TO RUN FOR THE FIRST DOWN AND NOT GOING TO GET THERE AS HE IS STOPPED AT THE 29 YARD LINE.
>> NICE JOB BY MALL CONN McCAIN, AND IN THAT SITUATION RIGHT THERE, AND FALLING OFF AND GETTING OFF OF THE BLOCK, AND ALL ABOUT HUSTLE FOR THIS DEFENSE.
KAGE HORNER IS NUMBER 37 AND RUSHING BACK INTO THE PLAY TO BRING THIS GRAYSON RAMS' OFFENSE UP TO PUNT AGAIN.
>> AND NOW, 36 YARDS ON THE FIRST KICK TONIGHT.
ANOTHER RAINMAKER COMING DOWN AT THE 30, AND ROLLED DEAD AT THE A 45-YARD KICK.
JALEN MILAN IS A BACKUP WIDE RECEIVER AND NUMBER ONE PUNTER MAY BE THE STAR OF THE GAME SO FAR.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BROOKWOOD RESUME, AND TWO STATE TITLES, AND 1996 UNDER DAVE HUNTER, AND 2010 UNDER MARK CRUZ, AND TWO REGIONAL TITLES LAST ONE COMING IN 2010, AND THEY REACHED THE SEMIFINALS UNDER HEAD COACH PHILIP JONES.
AND MARK CRUZ IS CONTINUING THAT, AND PHILIP JONES IS FOLLOWING IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS, AND IN FACT, PHILIP JONES IS THE FOURTH COACH IN THE PROGRAM'S 40-YEAR HISTORY.
THIS IS THE START OF THE SIXTH POSSESSION OF THIS FIRST QUARTER.
PRETTY QUICK MOVING.
GRAYSON HAS HAD THREE FULL POSSESSIONS, AND BROOKWOOD IS STARTING THE THIRD ONE HERE.
THAT IS A RUN BY DIGGS AS WE TICK DOWN TO 15 SECONDS IN THE QUARTER.
>> WE HAVE SEEN A FLIP OF PERSONALITIES.
ON ONE SIDE, GRAYSON IS TRYING TO THROW THE BALL MORE, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, BROOKWOOD IS TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE RUN TO TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF OF THE THEIR QUARTERBACK DYLAN LONERGAN.
A POCKET FOR LONERGAN, AND NOW HE IS GOING TO RUN OUT OF IT, AND GET STONEWALLED ON JALEN SMITH OF WHAT IS PROBABLY THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT DYLAN IS GOING TO TAKE WHAT DEFENSE GIVES HIM.
SOFT COVERAGE, AND HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF PLAYS WITH HIS FEET TONIGHT.
>> AND SCORELESS AT GRAYSON COMMUNITY STADIUM, AND BROOKLYN ON OFFENSE WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE BATTLE FOR THE NUMBER ONE SPOT HERE IN REGION 7-A.
>>> THE START OF THE SECOND QUARTER.
SCORELESS HERE AT GRAYSON.
MATT STEWART WITH WAYNE GANDY AND JOHN NELSON AND MATT GOODWIN WITH THE GP ARMY HERE BRINGING YOU FRIDAY FOOTBALL.
GRAYSON WITH THREE POSSESSIONS AND SCORELESS.
BROOKWOOD WITH THE THIRD POSSESSION.
THEY HAVE A THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN FROM THE 30 AS WE BEGIN THE SECOND QUARTER.
>> EMPTY BACKFIELD.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON LONERGAN IN THESE SITUATIONS, BECAUSE HE CAN RUN.
>> THE FIRST DOWN TOSS TO THE FAR SIDE, AND CAUGHT BY BRYCE DOPSON AND A FIRST-DOWN PITCH OF EIGHT YARDS.
LONERGAN IS 7 OF 10 FOR 75 YARDS SO FAR IN THE GAME.
>> NICE JOB, AND THAT IS WHAT HE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SHOW TONIGHT, THE PATIENCE AS YOU CAN SEE, AND THIS IS EKD DARE, THESE LINEBACKERS, THEY HAD TO GET EVERYTHING BEHIND THEM RIGHT NOW, AND EVERYTHING HAS TO BE WORKED IN FRONT, AND NICE JOB TO BE CAUGHT BY THE QUARTERBACK, AND THE RECEIVER.
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS COMING INTO 7A HERE, AND NOTHING DOING AGAINST THE GRAYSON DEFENSE AS HE IS STONEWALLED THERE AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BY MICHAEL DOUGHERTY WHO WE HIGHLIGHTED AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW.
>> WHAT A PLAYER TO LINE HIM UP, AND YOU CAN SEE HIM COMING FROM ALL SPOTS.
I AM NOT SURE IF HE IS AT THE LINEBACKER OR THE SAFETY COMING OFF OF THE EDGE.
THE PHYSICALITY, AND WILLING TO PUT HIS HEAD IN THERE, AND 6'1", AND ONLY ABOUT 190, BUT HE IS ONE OF THE TOP JUNIORS IN THE COUNTRY.
>> AND NUMBER FIVE RATED SAFETY IN THE JUNIOR CLASS, AND OFFERS FROM GEORGIA, LONERGAN, CLEMSON AND MISSISSIPPI STATE.
THE PASS IS CAUGHT DOWNFIELD, AND OUT OF THE HANDS OF BONNER, AND IT IS DOUGHERTY WHO DROPPED BACK IN COVERAGE THAT TIME.
>> NICE JOB BY THE SECONDARY CONTINUING TO PLAY SOFT, AND ONLY RUSHING THREE REALLY WITH THE SPY THERE IN JALEN SMITH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CROWD OF GREEN JERSEYS THERE ON STONE BONNER.
WE HAVE SEEN LONERGAN TONIGHT KIND OF FLOATING THE BALL UP IN THE MIDDLE TO THE BIG TIGHT END.
YOU WANT TO SET YOUR FEET FOR A LITTLE HEAT ON AND MAKE SURE THAT UP AGAINST THIS TALENTED SECONDARY TO DELIVER THAT BALL.
>> THE SIXTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE FOR THE BRONCOS, BUT NOW IT IS THIRD DOWN AND 11, AND THE LINE TO GAIN IS JUST SHY OF THE 49.
FIRES IT COMPLETE, AND DIGGS DOWN TO THE 44.
>> ALEXANDER DIGGS, AND WE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF BIG TIME CATCHES.
MAYBE IT IS TIME TO FLEX HIM OUT, AND PUT HIM IN THE SLOT.
HE IS THAT KIND OF PLAYER, AND WHEN YOU SEE HIM RUNNING THE ROUTES, AND CATCHING THE BALL, YOU THINK THAT HE IS A WIDE RECEIVER ANYWAY, AND HE IS A GREAT TALENT, AND IMPROVES SPEED, AND SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET A GYM WHEN THEY BRING HIM INTO THE PROGRAM.
>> LONERGAN IS GOING TO STEP OUT OF BOUNDS, BUT IT IS PROBABLY ALL FOR NAUGHT.
AND DIGGS HAS ONE OFFER FROM DAVIDSON AND COACH JONES SAY THAT MOST COLLEGE COACHES SAY THAT HE IS A STEP TOO SLOW OR AN INCH TOO SHORT, BUT HE PRODUCES, AND MAKES PLAYS HAPPEN.
>> WHEN YOU BRING IN THE SLOT RECEIVER, IT IS ALL ABOUT FINDING THE OPEN AREA, AND PICKING UP THE FIRST DOWNS, AND YOU WILL SEE IT ON EACH LEVEL.
THE QUARTERBACK, REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED, WES WELKER FOR THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOT FANS, HE WAS THAT KIND OF RECEIVER.
>> Referee: FIVE-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT, REPEAT FIRST DOWN.
>> IT WAS NOT A HOLD AT LEAST.
>> AND DOUGHERTY, WHAT A PLAYER, AND ALEXANDER DOUGHERTY, YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET THE FIRST DOWNS.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS FOR DOUGHERTY ON THE CAREER, AND HE IS A JUNIOR AND PLAYING SINCE HIS FRESHMAN YEAR.
THERE'S A HOLD RIGHT THERE IF THEY CATCH IT.
I DID NOT SEE A FLAG GO DOWN AS DOUGHERTY RUNS FOR THE FIRST DOWN, BUT CORREY MAYS HAD HIM IN A STRANGLEHOLD COMING OFF OF THE EDGE, AND HE MUST HAVE MISSED IT.
>> YOU SEE 51 THERE, MAYS HOLDING DOUGHERTY RUSHING.
DYLAN LONERGAN, AND THAT IS THE WRINKLE OF HIM TAKING THE STEP, AND WHEN TO PULL THE BALL, AND THAT IS THE PATIENCE TONIGHT TO TAKE WHAT THE RAMS GIVE HIM, AND KEEP THIS DRIVE ALIVE.
>> LONERGAN IS 8 OF 12 FOR 92 YARDS AND SECOND DOWN AND ONE.
SPEED SWEEP TO DOPSON, AND THAT IS DANGEROUS PASS, AND YOU CAN SEE JORDAN POINTING THAT HIS FOOT WAS INBOUNDS.
>> IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THE FEET WERE INBOUND, AND HE BOBBLED THE BALL LATE, AND YOU CAN SEE HIM TURNING AROUND.
I AM NOT SURE THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE INTERCEPTION FOR THE TEAM.
>> AND DIGGS IS SLASHING THROUGH THE LINE, AND INSIDE OF THE 20, AND DIGGS DIVES FOR THE END ZONE, AND THAT IS TOUCHDOWN.
>> SO YOU SEE, MATT, ONLY ONE OFFER?
WELL, SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO CALL TO GIVE HIM THE SECOND OFFER.
WHAT A DYNAMIC PLAY RIGHT HERE SHOWING THE SPEED.
I DON'T THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD IT BREAKING THROUGH THE LINE, AND THE STIFF ARM TO GET TO THE SIDELINE, AND LOOK AT THE EFFORT THERE JUMPING FROM THE 4 YARD LINE, AND ONLY LISTED AT 5'8" AND 190, AND WHAT A BIG TIME PLAY THAT WAS FOR ALEXANDER DIGGS.
>> 35-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN, AND THE P.A.T.
BY J.J. SILVA IS GOOD.
TWO MINUTES INTO THE SECOND QUARTER, BROOKWOOD IS THE FIRST TEAM TO JUMP ON THE SCOREBOARD.
DIGGS CUTTING THROUGH THE HOLE, AND SPRINTS TO THE END ZONE.
>> SO ALEXANDER DIGGS GETS GRAYSON BEHIND HERE WITH THE 7-0 LEAD BROOKWOOD, AND A 35-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN AND CAPPING A 74-YARD DRIVE.
>> I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE IMMEASURABLES ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY, BUT TURN ON THE IP TA, AND -- TURN ON THE TAPE, AND WATCH ALEXANDER DIGGS EXPLODING THERE TO JUMP INTO THE END ZONE.
THAT IS THE RUN THEY WERE STARTING TO ESTABLISH HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> AND BROOKWOOD WITH 64 YARDS RUSHING, AND GRAYSON WITH 19 THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER PLUS.
AND NOW THIS KICKOFF COMES DOWN AT THE 10, AND BIN WAHAD WANTS THE RETURN.
HE IS UP TO THE 30, AND ABOUT A 20-YARD KICK RETURN BY BIN WAHAD, THE WEST VIRGINIA COMMIT, AND THAT IS BE GRAYSON GOES BACK ON OFFENSE.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE GRAYSON RAMS' RESUME, AND THREE STATE TITLES ALL COMING IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, AND 2011, '16, '20.
THEY HAVE HAD WINS IN 13 OF THE 20 SEASONS.
163-30 IS THAT RECORD.
NOT TOO BAD.
JOJO STONE ON THE CARRY, AND BRYCE FREEMAN THE LINEBACKER MAKING THE STOP.
>> AND THE FIRST THING THAT YOU TO LOVE ABOUT JOJO STONE, AND I AM SURE THAT COACH CARTER WAS TRYING TO CONVEY THAT TO US THIS WEEK IS THE HUMBLENESS TO COME IN AND TAKE THAT POSITION AS THE KIDS TODAY THEY WON'T LET YOU MOVE THEM WHERE THEY DON'T WANT TO PLAY, AND WHAT A GOOD JOB HE HAS DONE FOR THE TEAM.
>> AND NOTHING DOING THERE, AS THE PLAY IS THROWN BACK FROM McCAIN, THE LINEBACKER.
TOUGH SLEDDING WITH MILES PARKER AND A LOT OF SPACE IS BEING EATEN UP BETWEEN THERE, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE TALENT OF GRIFFIN SCRUGGS THERE AT THE CENTER.
>> AND 42, ERIC SIMMONS WITH THE BACKUP DEFENSIVE END.
THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.
A HEAVY RUSH COMING FROM SIMMONS AND THE BALL IS BOBBLED AND DROPPED AT THE 36 AS THE BRONCO S HAD A POCKET.
>> THERE WAS A GOOD POCKET TO THROW FROM BY STONE, BUT NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE CATCH IS THE RECEIVER CINEAS.
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AND GET ALL OF THE BIG NEWS IN RECRUITING, AND SORRY, WAYNE, ANOTHER BIG WEEK FOR GEORGIA AND GETTING BIG COMMITMENTS FROM BIG DEFENSIVE LINEMAN BEAR ALEXANDER OUT OF IMG, AND MIKE WILLIAMS FROM THE SOUTHERN CAL COMMIT FLIPPED TO GEORGIA THIS WEEK, AND ALI DUPUIS ALSO FLIPPED.
AND IF YOU MISSED IT AT 7:00, WE WILL BE REPLAYING THE SHOW TONIGHT RIGHT AFTER THE GAME IS OVER, AND ALSO AVAILABLE IN OUR ON-DEMAND ON THE WEBSITE AND THROUGH THE APP ANY TIME YOU WANT TO WATCH IT.
SECOND DOWN AND NINE.
COMPLETE THE PROTHRO AND GOT SOME BLOCKERS.
THE FIRST COMPLETION TO PROTHRO AS HE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 40.
A FLAG IS DOWN ON THE PLAY.
17-YARD PICKUP.
>> I THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE A FLAG ON THE OUTSIDE OF MILES MASSENGILL, AND A GOOD PLAY DESIGN BY THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR PETEY FLATS.
THERE WAS NOWHERE TO THROW.
>> AND KATZ HAS BEEN ON THE STAFF NOW FOR TEN YEARS, AND A LIFER.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOME INTERFERENCE, BUT YOU WILL GET THE GIST, IT IS PENALTY THERE AGAINST BROOKWOOD TO BACK IT UP.
LONERGAN WITH 23 OFFERS AND JUST VISITED THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS AND TOOK AN OFFICIAL VISIT THE TO WATCH THE BULLDOGS PLAYING KENTUCKY LAST WEEK.
HIS DAD WAS BACKUP QUARTERBACK, AND BACKED UP TODD BLACKLEDGE AT PENN STATE, AND SO A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE THERE TO CONSIDER THE NITTANY LIONS AS WELL.
THAT IS PROTHROW.
>> IT IS ALL ABOUT LONERGAN AND THIS GAME TO SEE THE THREE-MAN RUSHK AND PLAYING SOFT.
SO THEY WON'T LET THE BRONCO OFFENSE WHO AVERAGES 34 POINTS GAME TO GET DEEP.
THEY WILL MAKE THEM DRIVE DOWN THE FIELD.
RIGHT NOW, DYLAN LONERGAN IS A GOOD JOB BEING PATIENT TO TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE THEM.
>> HE IS A BIG TIME BASEBALL PROSPECT, AND MIGHT BE A DUAL SPORT IF HE IS NOT TAKEN HIGH IN THE MLB DRAFT AS WELL, AND PLAY PRO BASEBALL.
LONERGAN DANCING AND DUMPING IT OFF ON THE DRAG TO DOPSON, AND THIS IS THE SECOND CATCH OF THE GAME FOR DOPSON WHO CAME IN WITH SIX CATCHES ON THE SEASON.
>> NICE JOB ONCE AGAIN, AND ONLY THREE-MAN RUSH, AND THE LINE IS HOLDING UP TO GIVE LONERGAN ENOUGH TIME TO WAIT ON HIS RECEIVER TO COME UNDERNEATH THERE.
NICE PATIENCE AND TAKING ONCE AGAIN WHAT THE RAMS ARE GIVING THEM, AND KEEPING THE DRIVE ALIVE IS DYLAN LONERGAN.
>> FIRST AND TEN.
THEY SWING IT OUT TO PROTHRO.
AND NOW, BACK OUT THE BLOCK HIM FOR THE SCREEN, AND SHORT SCREEN FOR THE BRONCOS.
>> AND I LIKE THE DEMEANOR FOR JUMAL PROTHRO AND WE HAVE SEEN IT A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH THE HANDS ON THE EDGE, HE IS NOT GOING TO GO OUT OF BOUNDS, AND YOU CAN GET IT OUT OF HIS MIND THAT HE IS GOING TO RUN AND CONCEDE, BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO TRY TO GET EVERY INCH HE CAN UP THE FIELD.
>> TO ME, I AM REALLY AMAZED HOW MUCH THE RUNNING BACKS ARE INVOLVED IN THE PASSING GAME.
YOU DON'T SEE IT AS MUCH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AS WE ARE SEEING FROM BROOKWOOD TONIGHT.
HEAVY RUSH, AND RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE TRYING TO SQUEEZE IT IN THE TIGHT SPOT TO BONNER AND DOUGHERTY WAS ON THE COVERAGE.
I BELIEVE IT IS DOUGHERTY ON THE COVERAGE, AND THIRD DOWN AND TEN.
>> AND TO PIGGYBACK WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, MATT, THIS OFFENSE, THE BATS WILL HAVE TO DO IT THE REST OF THE SEASON TO HAVE SUCCESS, AND THIS GRAYSON DEFENSE IS TALENTED ON THE BACK END, AND ONLY RUSHING THREE PEOPLE, AND SPYING THE LINEBACKER, AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THEM DRIVE THE BALL WHICH MEANS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CHECKDOWNS WHICH IS TYPICALLY THE RUNNING BACK.
>> A TIME-OUT IS CALLED, AND WHO CALLED IT?
THE OFFICIAL STEPPED IN AND BLEW THE WHISTLE.
>> SO THIRD DOWN AND TEN AND NOT SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE.
>> AND SO LONERGAN IS GOING TO GO DOWN AS A QUARTERBACK SACK.
SYD HARZE COMES UP WITH A QUARTERBACK SACK.
HIS SECOND OF THE SEASON.
>> LAST TIME WE SAW HARZE COME UP WITH THE THREE-MAN RUSH AND COME UP WITH THE PRESSURE.
NICE JOB OF SWITCHING IT UP BY THIS RAMS' DEFENSE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO CONFUSE LONERGAN, AND THIS TIME, INSTEAD OF SPYING, HE DOGGED AND CAME IN TO GET THE SACK WITH HARZE.
>> AND THE FLAG OUT AND THE FAIR CATCH IS MADE AT THE 34, BUT A FLAG OUT AT THE POINT OF THE PUNT, AND WE WILL CHECK THE CALL.
THAT WAS A 34-YARD KICK.
>> THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE EDGE, AND I COULDN'T TELL IF HE COULD GET A HAND ON THE BALL, AND COULDN'T TELL FROM IT.
>> NO.
>> Referee: RUNNING INTO THE KICKER, THE RECEIVING TEAM, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, AND THE RECEIVING TEAM HAS ELECTED TO HAVE IT ADDED ON TO THE SUCCEEDING SPOT, FIRST DOWN.
>> SO INSTEAD OF ADDING ON TO THE FIVE YARDS AND KICKING IT AGAIN, THEY WILL JUST PUSH IT BACK ANOTHER FIVE YARDS FROM THE 34 TO THE 29.
IT WAS RUNNING INTO THE KICKER AND NOT ROUGHING THE KICKER.
>> NOT SURE HOW THAT IS NOT ROUGHING THE KICKER IN THAT SITUATION.
>> HE WAS IN THE AIR ON ONE LEG, AND THEY RAN INTO HIM.
>> THAT IS BREAK FOR GRAYSON IN THAT SITUATION.
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FIRST DOWN FOR BROOKWOOD.
>> CERTAINLY LOOKED LIKE IT FROM MY VANTAGE POINT.
>> FIRST AND TEN, AND GRAYSON BACK ON OFFENSE, AND A SNAP THERE TO JOJO STONE.
THAT IS JUST A QUARTERBACK RUN RIGHT BACK UP THE MIDDLE BY STONE.
>> I EXPECT THIS RAMS' OFFENSE TO START TO GET INTO THE RUNNING GAME.
THEY HAVE TRIED TO COME OUT, AND THROW THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD, AND MAKE IT AN UGLY GAME, AND THEN TRY TO KEEP PACE FROM THE BRONCOS ONLY UP 7-0 AT THE MOMENT.
>> THE BRONCOS HAVE HELD THEM TO 33 YARDS RUSHING SO FAR, AND THEY HAVE AVERAGED JUST 2:36 A GAME, AND SECOND DOWN, AND HIGH THROW.
HE SAILED IT ON THERE.
THE AND WIDE OPEN.
YOU HAVE TO HIT CADEN HIGH ON THAT PLAY.
THIRD AND THREE.
>> YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GO OUT ON THE THIRD DOWN, AND RUNNING, AND YOU HAVE JOE TAYLOR AND ELDER BACK THERE, AND OVER 230 YARD A GAME RUSHING, AND RIGHT NOW, I GET THE FEELING THAT YOU ARE KIND OF BAILING THIS BRONCO DEFENSE OUT.
>> YOU HAVE A BIG OFFENSIVE LINE, AND YOU HAVE BIG RUNNING BACKS.
AND YOU HAVE JOJO STONE, AND HE IS GOING TO GET THE FIRST DOWN THERE AT THE 41 WITH DAVENPORT MAKING THE TACKLE.
I'D BE INCLINED TO DO THAT UNTIL THEY STOP IT.
>> THIS IS A QUARTERBACK DRAW AS YOU CAN SEE BY STONE, AND BARELY LETTING THE RUNNING BACK GET TO HIM AND YOU CAN SEE HOW FAST HE IS, AND JUST AS THEY NEED TO START, AND RUNNING THE BALL A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> AND STONE CAN GO ON THE RUN, AND CINEAS IS RUNNING BY THE SCREEN, AND GOOD JOB BY CINEAS DOING A LOT OF THE WORK BY HIMSELF PICKING UP FIVE.
>> GOING WITH THE SHORT PASSING GAME, AND LITTLE ROLL OUT.
RPO AND GETTING THE BALL OUT ON THE EDGE, AND TRYING TO GET IT TO YOUR RECEIVER QUICK.
A NICE JOB RIGHT THERE BY CINEAS, AND PICKING UP THE POSITIVE YARDS WITH A LOT OF BRONCOS AROUND HIM.
>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX.
THE BALL IS AT THE 44 AS WE ARE UNDER 5:00 HERE TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF.
ELDER IS UP TO THE 50 YARD LINE.
>> NICE VISION BY ELDER KNOWN AS THE SPEEDSTER, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE LATERAL MOVEMENT, THE BOUNCE, AND GETTING BACK TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND GETTING UPFIELD.
>> I HAVEN'T SEEN JOE TAYLOR SINCE THE OPENING DRIVE.
WE WILL SEE IF HE HAS BEEN INJURED IN SOME WAY, BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN HIM OUT THERE MUCH.
ELDER IS DRAGGED DOWN FROM BEHIND BY PRINCETON BROWN.
>> THE SEASON THAT HE IS HAVING, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT A HAT ON HIM, AND A SENIOR WITH A HIGH MOTOR, AND JUST COMING UNBLOCKED.
ALMOST TAKING THE HANDOFF FROM THE QUARTERBACK.
>> THE TOP RETURNING TACKLER FROM A YEAR AGO, AND STONE RUNS TO THE NEAR SIDE.
HE IS GOING TO GET INSIDE OF THE 50 AND THE 48, AND DAVENPORT IS THE LINEBACKER COMING UP FROM THE MIC SPOT TO SLOW DOWN THAT RUN.
>> DAVENPORT AND McCAIN, THE TWO INSIDE LINEBACKERS, 32, 25, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PHYSICALITY WHEN THEY ARE GETTING TO THE BALL, THEY ARE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING ON YOU.
JOJO STONE IS NOT THE BIGGEST OF QUARTERBACKS, AND BIG HIT BY DAVENPORT.
>> THEY BRING BACK ALMOST ALL OF THE DEFENSE FROM A YEAR AGO.
YOU HEARD JOHN TALK ABOUT MARQUIS DROVES AND KILLEBREW IS ONE OF THOSE, AND COMMITTING TO KENTUCKY.
WE HAVE A TIME-OUT HERE.
>> 3:30 TO PLAY HERE IN THE FIRST HALF, AND A BROOKWOOD LEAD.
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THERE YOU GO.
THE BALL AT THE 39.
>> AND NOW, THIRD AND NINE, AND YOU HAVE DONE THE WORK ON THE FIRST TWO, SO YOU NEED TO CREATE THE FIRST DOWN.
>> AND NOW, THAT IS KAI >> JOJO STONE ONCE AGAIN STEPPING BACK AND KIND OF UNLOADING AND THROWING UP THE BALL, AND GOOD DEFENSE THERE, AND ESPECIALLY ON THE BACK END.
THE SAFETY, AND NOBODY IS FOOLED STAYING BACK AND NOWHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL.
>> AND SO, THIS IS THE FIFTH PUNT OF THE FIRST HALF, AND IT IS ANOTHER BOOMER.
RETREATING INSIDE OF THE 15!
AND GRAYSON IS ON TOP OF IT, AS BROOKWOOD FUMBLES THE PUNT RETURN.
MYLES WOODS COMES UP WITH THE FUMBLE RECOVERY TO SET UP A GRAYSON OFFENSE WITH A SHORT FIELD.
>> BOOMING PUNT.
MILES PRINCE CALLS FOR THE FAIR CATCH, AND HE JUST CANNOT COME UP WITH THE BALL FOR BROOKWOOD.
YOU CAN SEE THE FAIR CATCH SIGNAL, AND THEN HE JUST DIDN'T, AND HE DIDN'T GET THE FEET SET UNDERNEATH THE BALL, AND BIG BREAK FOR GRAYSON WHO OFFENSIVELY HAS NOT BEEN IN THE SITUATION ALL NIGHT.
>> JOE TAYLOR IS IN THERE AT RUNNING BACK, AND ONLY HAS TWO CARRIES SO FAR IN THE GAME.
>> Referee: OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN.
>> CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH FOR THE GRAYSON OFFENSE.
THEY ARE NOT BUILT FOR THE PRE-SNAP PENALTY, AND ONCE AGAIN, GETTING GOOD FIELD POSITION, AND NOW, FIRST AND 15, AND WE HAVE SEEN IT SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT IN THIS HALF, AND THEY ARE JUST PUTTING THEMSELVES IN A BAD SITUATION, AND MAKING A BIG PLAY OFF OF THE BOARD, AND IN THIS POSITION, A GOOD FIELD POSITION.
>> ANY TIME THEY GAIN A GOOD MOMENTUM OR RHYTHM, THEY GET A PENALTY.
STONE IS GOING TO FOLLOW TO A CONVOY OF BLOCKERS, AND HE IS NOT GOING TO GET TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND STOPPED ON THE PLAY.
PRINCETON BROWN WAS THERE, AND SO WAS MIKE THE MENACE, MICHAEL HAYNES THE CORNERBACK.
>> BIG PRESSURE FROM 20, TYLER WASHINGTON, THE SENIOR PLAYING WITH THE BANGED UP SHOULDER.
A GREAT EDGE PRESSURE BY HIM, AND FORCING JOJO TO BOUNCE IT TO OUTSIDE.
>> TAYLOR, NO GO.
HE GOT STONEWALLED ON THE PLAY, AND STONE IS COMING OUT OF TO PLAY.
HE WAS BANGED UP ON THE PREVIOUS RUN IT APPEARS.
>> 20, AGAIN, TYLER WASHINGTON, AND THIS TIME COMING UNDERNEATH THE BLOCK THERE.
RUNNING THE PLAY DOWN FROM BEHIND.
VERY ATHLETIC DEFENSIVE END, AND 6'1", 235.
>> SO RAYNE FRY IS COMING INTO THE BALL GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT HE WOULD PLAY.
>> WONDER IF THE TIME-OUT IS JUST A FUNCTION OF GETTING JOJO STONE BACK INTO BE THE GAME.
I AM NOT SURE IF HE IS HURT OR AS MUCH AS ADAM CARTER JUST WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM FOR A PLAY.
>> WELL, HE GRABBED THE RIBS, AND LOOKED LIKE HE FELL ON TOP OF THE FOOTBALL WHEN HE WAS TACKLED ON THE SWEEP PLAY TWO PLAYS AGO.
HE JOINS THE OFFENSIVE HUDDLE.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH HANNAH TO SEE WHAT IS COMING UP AT HALFTIME.
>> AND A QUICK UPDATE.
TIED 14-14 IN VALDOSTA WITH COLQUITT AND WE WILL HAVE MORE COMING UP.
WE WILL CHECK IN AND LOOK AT THE PLAYERS OF THE FIRST HALF ALL COMING UP ON THE GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU, HANNAH.
23-13 WITH MILTON LEADING ROSWELL, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE 27 WITH FIRST PLACE ON THE LINE HERE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA TONIGHT AS IS THIS ONE, FIRST PLACE REGION 4 7A.
>> KNOWING WHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL.
>> GOING TO THE END ZONE, AND JUMP BALL -- INTERCEPTED AT THE GOAL LINE.
GOT SOME BLOCKERS OUT THERE, AND PATRICK CAMPBELL CARRYING IT BACK ACROSS THE 50.
>> SIMILAR TO JOJO STONE ON THESE GO ROUTES AND RAYNE FRY REALLY JUST THROWING IT UP.
AND PATRICK CAMPBELL IN GREAT POSITION AS YOU CAN SEE HIM BREAKING ON THE BALL.
HE WAS BACK WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON TO COVERAGE.
JUST KIND OF KEEPING PACE AND WAITING ON THE CARAVAN TO PICK UP AS MUCH YARDAGE AS HE CAN WITH THE BIG PLAYS THERE ON THE SITUATION, AND PATRICK CAMPBELL IS WAITING TO FEED HIS TEAM AT MIDFIELD WITH THREE TIME-OUTS AND 1:55 ABLE TO PUT SOME POINTS ON THE BOARD IF YOU ARE DYLAN LONERGAN.
>> THAT IS SO COSTLY, BECAUSE THEY WERE PERHAPS ABOUT TO TIE UP THE GAME, AND NOW BROOKWOOD WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP TWO TOUCHDOWNS HERE.
AND DIGGS RATTLING OFF EIGHT YARDS REAL QUICK HERE.
>> ALEXANDER DIGGS ONCE AGAIN SHOWING YOU THE BURST WITH THE READ OPTION THERE.
HANDOFF AND IN THIS SITUATION, AND IN A GOOD SITUATION WITH THE THREE TIME-OUTS, AND YOU WANT TO WALK THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
YOU CAN CALL ANYTHING FOR THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR P.J.KATZ IN THE SITUATION.
>> LONERGAN GOING TO STEP UP AND RUN FOR THE FIRST DOWN AND GET OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 26.
>> THAT WAS CLOSE TO BEING OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> YES, FROM THE VANTAGE POINT, YOU CAN SEE 11 HERE AT THE END OF THE RUN COMING UP ON LONERGAN.
>> AND HE TAKES HIS TIME.
>> AND YOU TAKE YOUR TIME IF YOU ARE BROOKWOOD TRYING TO GET THE DRIVE TOGETHER AND YOU WANT THE CLOCK TO WORK DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE YOU WANT IT TO BE THE LAST DRIVE OF THE HALF.
>> SEVEN CARRIES AND 40 YARDS FOR DIGGS.
AND NOW, THAT IS THROWN OUT TO PICK UP EIGHT ON THE PLAY, AND THIS IS GOING TO STOP THE CLOCK.
>> AND DID I MENTION THAT JU MAR PROTHRO IS NOT GOING TO RUN OUT OF BOUNDS.
NICE READ BY LONERGAN.
HE PUMPED FAKE IT AS HE WAS GOING TO THROW THE SWING PASS TO GET THE SECONDARY TO COME UP, AND THEN HE FOUND THAT HE HAD TO GO BACK OVER TO JUMAL PROTHROW AND BACK ON THE BOUNDARY, THROWING HARD AND SQUARE THE SHOULDERS UP, AND ATTACKING THE DEFENSE.
>> AND NOW, 89, STONE BONNER IS FLEXED OUT AS THE LONE WIDE RECEIVER AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, AND HANDING OFF, AND THIS IS THE FIRST DOWN CARRY, DOWN CLOSE TO THE 15 YARD LINE GOES PROTHRO AND SEE IF A TIME-OUT WAS CALLED THERE.
THE CLOCK DID STOP.
THEY ARE MOVING THE CHAINS.
IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A TIME-OUT AND THE CLOCK IS RUNNING AGAIN.
LONERGAN GOING UP TOP AND PROTHROW, TOUCHDOWN, BROOKWOOD.
16 YARDS, AND LONERGAN WITH THE TOUCHDOWN TOSS IN A 13-0 LEAD FOR BRONCOS.
>> WE SAW THIS EARLIER WITH JUMAL PROTHRO AND NOBODY GOING WITH HIM IN THIS SITUATION.
I AM NOT SURE IF JALEN SMITH FELT LIKE HE HAD THE FLAT, BUT NO ONE GOES WITH JUMAL PROTHRO THERE AND A NICE FIND BY LONERGAN, AND BIG TIME INTERCEPTION BY CAMPBELL TO SET THIS DRIVE UP, AND GOING DOWN TO GET SEVEN.
>> SILVA WITH THE P.A.T., AND 14-0 LEAD FOR BROOKWOOD.
AND SIX PLAYS AND 43 YARDS FOR THE BRONCOS.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO CALL A TIME-OUT TO GET THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> ROLLING OUT THREE MEN ONCE AGAIN, AND BIG HIT THERE BY MILES WOOD TRYING TO KNOCK THE BALL OUT.
YOU CAN SEE INITIALLY, JALEN SMITH GOING OUT INTO THE FLAT WITH PROTHROW, BUT THEN HE LETS HIM GO.
NICE JOB BY PROTHROW HOLDING ON TO BALL WITH THE BIG HIT.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT HIM AND DIGGS, RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE THE PASSING GAME.
YOU KNOW, THEY ARE THE RUN GAME, AND THE PASSING GAME BETWEEN THE BOTH OF THEM.
>> DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS THERE, BECAUSE IT APPEARED THAT GRAYSON WAS ABOUT TO TIE THE SCORE OR MAKE IT 7-3, BUT INSTEAD, BROOKWOOD IS UP TWO TOUCHDOWNS WITH 19 SECONDS LEFT HERE IN SECOND QUARTER.
>> WHAT A TOUGH SITUATION FOR HIM TO COME IN NOT PLAYING ALL NIGHT LONG AND THEN EXPECTED TO MAKE A BIG PLAY.
>> GRAYSON HAS TO GET ON TOP OF THAT, AND THEY HAVE FIELDED IT ON THE HOP, AND BIN WAHAD TAKES BAITK TO 25.
ONLY 16 SECONDS LEFT HERE FOR GRAYSON, AND YOU CAN EXPECT THEM TO TAKE A KNEE TO AVOID ANYTHING BAD HAPPENING FROM HERE ON OUT.
>> AND THE GAME IS WITHIN THEIR GRASP, AND THEY HAVE TO GET INTO THE HALFTIME AND PLUG BACK INTO EACH OTHER.
ONE THING THAT IS STICKING OUT IS THE ENERGY OF GRAYSON TONIGHT OFFENSIVELY JUST SEEMS TO BE VERY LOW.
>> YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE GONE INTO WHAT YOU WOULD REFER TO A VICTORY FORMATION, AND THIS IS A GET TO THE LOCKER ROOM WITHOUT ANY MORE DISASTERS FORMATION.
THEY TAKE A KNEE, AND THE CLOCK WILL RUN OUT HERE, AND BROOKWOOD IS PUMMELED BY THE GRAYSON TEAM A YEAR AGO, WITH THE 14-0 LEAD ON ADAM CARTER'S TEAM AS THEY HEAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM.
>> I AM QUITE SURE THAT COACH CARTER IS GOING TO HAVE A FEW CHOICE WORDS FOR THE OFFENSE AS THEY WERE HANDLED IN FIRST HALF, AND COACH LIKE HIM WITH THE INTENSITY IS THE PRE-SNAP PLAYS THAT ALWAYS SEEMED TO PULL THEM OFF OF THEIR POSITIVE PLAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL SEND IT TO NELLY STANDING BY WITH COACH JONES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
BIG TURN OF MOMENTUM THERE RIGHT AT THE END THE HALF.
IT WAS THE MUFF, AND THEN IT ENDS UP THAT YOU GET THE PICK, DOUBLE COVERAGE GOING BACK THE OTHER WAY, AND SCORING TO MAKE IT A TWO-SCORE GAME.
>> ABSOLUTELY, HUGE.
PATRICK CAMPBELL ON THE PICK AND GREAT RETURN.
OUR OFFENSE PRACTICES THE 2:00 SITUATIONSES ALL OF THE TIME.
WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE THREE TIME-OUTS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO USE ONE.
DYLAN WAS COMPOSE AND HIT JUMAL PROTHROW ON THE WHEEL ROUTE.
>> SO THE DEFENSE IS STEPPING UP BIG, AND THEN YOU GET THE SCORE ON THE BOARD, AND THEN SECOND.
>> YES, GRAYSON IS PLAYING LIGHTS OUT, AND RUNNING AROUND AND WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT, AND CONTINUE TO BE IN THE SECOND HALF AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE FOOTBALL, AND THEN DEFENSIVELY, WE ARE PLAYING LIGHTS OUT RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO RUN TO THE BALL WELL AND TACKLE, AND THEN JUST KEEP EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF US.
>> YOU WILL GET THE STEPS IN TO GET TO TALK TO THE TEAM AT HALF.
AND HANNAH, I BELIEVE THE HALFTIME SHOW STARTS WITH YOU RIGHT NOW?
>> YES, JOHN.
SURPRISED BY THE DEFENSIVE EFFORT IN THIS ONE, AND THE GAMES WHERE THE SAME THEME IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
WE HAVE ALL OF THE TOP SCORES ROLLING IN FROM AROUND THE STATE, AND WE WILL CHECK IN WITH THOSE ON THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THIS ON GPB.
>> WE HAVE AN APP HERE CALLED AUTO COACH TO ALLOW YOU THE LOG THE HOURS THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DRIVE.
IT IS ALSO GOING TO RECORD THE WEATHER CONDITIONS DAY OR NIGHT.
>> IT IS GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO MONITOR AND MODEL ALL OF THE BEHAVIORS THAT YOU WANT AS A TEENAGER, AND WHILE GIVING YOU THE BEST SKILLS THAT YOU NEED TO IMPART UPON THE TEENAGER TO ENSURE THEY ARE SAFE DRIVERS ON THEIR OWN.
>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL KNOW OWHAT TO DO BUT NOT OW THO TEACH IT.
THE AUTO COACH IS GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN TO THE SIMPLE LEVEL TO TEACH YOUR TEEN HOW THE DRIVE.
>> THE AUTO COACH APP IS GOING TO GIVE YOU TEN CHAPTERS OF CURRICULUM FROM THE BASIC MANEUVERS TO THE FAR MORE INTENSIVE MANEUVERS LIKE SCANNING AND DRIVING AROUND BIG TRUCKS.
AND IT IS AN APP TO WALK YOU THROUGH HOW THE TRAIN YOUR CHILD AS IF YOU WERE A TRAINED DRIVER'S ED INSTRUCTOR YOURSELF.
>>> HEY, EVERYONE.
WELCOME INTO THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGIONS GET BACK INTO THE GAME.
I'M HANNAH GOODIN, AND COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE STUDIOS IN ATLANTA WHERE IT IS HALFTIME OF BROOKWOOD AND GRAYSON, AND BOTH VYING FOR THE TOP SPOT IN 7-A IN LOGANVILLE.
BRONCOS UP 14-0, AND BEFORE WE RECAP THE FIRST HALF WITH JOHN LATER IN THE SHOW, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU 27 OTHER MATCHUPS WITH MAJOR IMPLICATIONS ON THE LINE IN THEIR REGIONS, BUT HERE IS THE TOP TEN.
WE WILL START WITH THE UPPER CLASSIFICATIONS.
WORK OUR WAY DOWN.
THIS IS THE GEORGIA EMT SCOREBOARDS, AND GEORGIA EMT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
AND LOOKING AT REGION 7-1-A.
AND LOOKING AT THE ONLY UNBEATEN TEAMS IN REGION 7-5-A AND THINK WILL WIN THE REGION, AND RIGHT NOW THE EAGLES UP OVER THE HORNETS, 23-17.
PLAYING FOR FIRST PLACE IN REGION 1-A LEE COUNTY, IT IS OVER ROBBINS.
AND LOOKING AT VALDOSTA BEHIND.
AND NOW LOOKING AT SIX TEAMS CHASING THREE SPOTS WITH RECORDS OF 2-2, AND TWO OF THEM GOING UP, EASTSIDE UP BIG OVER JACKSON COUNTY, 23-0.
QUAD-A.
FIRST PLACE AND REGION 4 ON THE LINE, AND THE LOSER IS BACK INTO THE BLENDER.
SPAULDING UP.
AND THE WINNER OF NEW HAMPSTEAD, AND BENEDICTINE IS LIKELY TO BE THE WINNER.
FOR THE ONE AND TWO SPOT, THEY ARE TIED AT 7-7.
AND THOMAS FITZGERALD ARE THE ONLY UNBEATENS THERE.
AND EACH OF THE TEAMS HAVE WON TWO OF THE PAST FIFE TITLES, AND THIS A HUGE MATCHUP, AND FITZGERALD UP 8-7.
AND EAST GEORGIA RIVALS FOR THE TOP SEED WASHINGTON WILT UP OVER LINCOLN COUNTY, 8-0.
WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE OF THIS WHEN WE CHECK IN LATER IN THE SHOW WITH JOHN.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU AND OF COURSE IN THE POST GAME SHOW.
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE BAND AND NAME OUR GPB PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF OF COURSE ALL RIGHT HERE ON GPB.
>>> THE 30 MEMBERSHIP COOPERATIVES CONGRATULATE THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN EACH REGION ARE CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THIS ANNUAL AWARD.
WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL ASPECTS OF SPORTSMANSHIP.
>> THE GREATER ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IS PROUD TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD FOR THE SPORTSMANSHIP SHOWN ON THE CAMPUS, THE STUDENT ATHLETES AND OUR STUDENTS WHO COME TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS.
AND WE WANT TO DEVELOP THE CHARACTER OF THE STUDENTS AND THE COACHES, AND WE TEACH IT ALL OF THE TIME, AND I AM THRILLED THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZED IN THIS WAY.
>> THIS AWARD MEANS A LOT TO THE SCHOOL, BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT FINE ARTS AND SCHOOL EXCELLENCE, AND TO BE AWARDED ON A YEAR WHERE WE HAD GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS ON THE COURT AND ON THE FIELD, AND TO BE REWARDED FOR OUR EXCELLENCE IN WHAT WE HAVE DONE ON HOW WE HAVE SUCCEEDED IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.
>> JACKSON EMT IS PROUD TO PRESENT GREATER ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS WITH THE COOPERATIVE AWARD FOR INTEGRITY AND SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SPARTAN COMMUNITY.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
IT IS HALFTIME OF THE BIG REGION 7-A-4 BATTLE BETWEEN GRAYSON AND BROOKWOOD.
THIS IS ALL DEFENSE IN THE FIRST QUART EARTH.
SO TO THE SECOND QUARTER WHERE THE GPB PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF ALEX DIGGS GETS US ON THE BOARD.
AND THIRD DOWN, DIGGS SLASHES THROUGH THE LINE AND DIVES INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME.
JUMAR PROTHROW WOULD SCORE AS WELL.
AND A FEW UPDATES.
LOUNGE UP 28-14 OVER COLQUITT COUNTY, AND CORRECTION ON THE VALDOSTA SCORE, AS THEY ARE UP 17-0.
THEY CAN'T MAKE THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR, SO THEY ARE TRYING TO SPOIL THE FUN FOR EVERYONE ELSE THERE IN THEIR REGION.
ALL RIGHT.
GUYS, LOTS MORE COMING UP ON THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY HALFTIME SHOW, AND STAY WITH US HERE ON GPB.
AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE COVID HERE, THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC CONTINUES TO GROW STATEWIDE.
DR. ROBERT HAMILTON THE SENIOR MEDICAL DIRECTOR HERE IS HELPING PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION.
DR. HAMILTON, HOW BIG IS THE OPIOID CRISIS?
>> IT IS NOT GOING AWAY AND IT GOT WORSE, AND IN GEORGIA INCREASED 36% IN THE CRISIS.
A LOT OF THAT IS CONTRIBUTED TO FENTANYL WHICH IS 30 TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN HEROIN.
IT IS INCREASING, AND WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS WITH THE OPIOID CRISIS, BUT WITH COVID COMING ON, WE LOST SOME GROUND.
>> WE ARE HEARING ABOUT THIS WITH ADULT, BUT IS IT AN ISSUE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND WHAT SHOULD ADULT DOS?
>> YES, AND THE ADULTS ARE SURPRISED, BUT KIDS ARE INTRODUCED TO FENTANYL, AND DRUGS THEY DIDN'T KNOW WERE THERE.
THIS INCREASES THE LETHALITY OF DRUGS THAT THEY SOMETIMES GET OUT OF DRUGS IN THEIR PARENTS' MEDICINE CHEST.
SO BE ALERT OF SLUGGISHNESS, AND STAYING IN THEIR ROOM, AND THINGS THAT ARE SOMETIMES TYPICAL OF TEENAGED BEHAVIOR.
IF YOU HAVE EXTRA OPIOIDS AROUND THE HOUSE, GET RID OF THEM.
>> HOW CAN YOU HELP THOSE STRUGGLING?
>> LEND A EAR, AND DON'T JUDGE THEM, AND HELP THEM TO GET HELP IF THAT WHAT THEY ARE SEEKING.
IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, THERE IS HELP THROUGH SIGMA AND THERE IS A GEORGIA CRISIS LINE, AND GRAPHIC THERE TO HELP PEOPLE GET HELP.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION OF HOW TO STAY HEALTHY, GO TO SIGMA.COM, AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
>>> GOOD MORNING, IT IS 8:00 WHEREVER YOU ARE IN GEORGIA.
GLAD YOU ARE LISTENING.
>> SHOW YOUR SUPPORT BY GOING TO GPB.ORG.
♪♪ >>> WELCOME BACK TO THE FRIDAY NIGHT HALFTIME GEORGIA FOOTBALL, AND TIME TO CHECK IN WITH JOHN IN LOGANVILLE, AND THE BRONCOS ARE UP 14-0, AND HOW ABOUT THE BROOKWOOD DEFENSE?
>> YEAH, AND WE KNEW GOING IN THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A TOUGH SLOG FOR GRAYSON.
GRAYSON WAS GOING TO HAVE TO RUN THE BALL.
IT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASK COACH CARTER COMING OUT.
WE KNEW THAT BROOKWOOD'S DEFENSE WOULD BE STOUT.
THEY HAVE STIFLED THE RUNNING GAME, AND SO IT IS KIND OF FORCING A QUARTERBACK WHO IS NOT REALLY A QUARTERBACK TO TRY TO DO QUARTERBACK THINGS.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE WERE TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE JOJO STONE WHO WOULD BE ON THE CREST OF TO FIELD, AND THROWING TO HIS RIGHT, AND IT WOULD END UP OVERTHROWING THE RECEIVERS AND NOT TAKING THE CROWN OF THE FIELD IN PLAY, AND SOMETHING TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU HAVE INEXPERIENCED QUARTERBACK IN PLAY, AND YOU HAVE THE ONE PASS THAT WAS A LATERAL AND ONE PASS THAT WAS UP OVER THE TOP TO TRY TO GET THE SCREEN GAME IN PLAY.
AND SO IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH THE COACH IN A FEW MINUTES OF HOW THEY MAY CHANGE THINGS IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> AND AT HALFTIME, IT IS SENIOR NIGHT, AND WHAT IS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE THERE AND WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?
>> A LOT OF SENIORS IS WHAT I HAVE SEEN.
BEFORE THE GAME, WHEN WE WERE CATCHING UP WITH ADI ADIBARE.
THIS IS BAND'S PRESENTATION, AND WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE BAND WITH A LOT OF SENIOR, IT IS A GREAT CELEBRATION.
THAT WHAT THE FOOTBALL SCHEDULES ARE ALL ABOUT FOR THE SENIORS TO SHOWCASE ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE DEDICATED A LOT OF THEIR TIME FOR WHAT GOES ON IN THE WEEK, AND THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY.
WE ARE SEEING IT FIRSTHAND HERE IN LOGANVILLE.
>> BOTH OF THE TEAMS ARE TRYING TO TAKE SOLE POSSESSION HERE IN 7-A.
UPDATE, MONROE SCORED, AND THIS IS 14-7 IN REGION 14-A.
WHAT OTHER SCORES DO YOU HAVE?
>> THAT IS INTERESTING TO ME, BECAUSE YOU TWO TEAMS IN MONROE AREA, AND MONCONY COUNTY, AND BEHIND THEM, WITH STEVENS COUNTY, AND HART COUNTY BEHIND AT THE HALF, SO IN THIS REGION, FOUR TEAMS SEPARATED BY ONE LOSS GOING INTO TONIGHT, YOU WILL HAVE RESULTS LIKE THIS.
THE LOUN AND COLQUITT COUNTY GAME IS BACK AND FORTH AND REGION 1-7A AND LOUN WAS BACK AND FOURTH AND THEY ARE UP BY TWO SCORES.
LEE COUNTY HAS BEEN PUTTING THE PEDAL DOWN EARLY TO ASSERT THEMSELVES AT THE TOP OF 1-6A.
AND WARNER ROBBINS WAS TIED WITH WINLESS WAYNE COUNTY EARLY ON, AND THAT WAS 7-7, AND THEN WARNER ROBBINS SCORES THREE IN A ROW TO MAKE IT 28-7, AND FITZGERALD AND THOMASVILLE GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND SWAINSBORO AND JEFFSBORO GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND NOW IT IS 8-0, AND THE YELLOW JACKETS ARE RANKED ATOP THE DISTRICT.
AND SO THE ONES DECIDING THE THREES AND THE FOURS AND THE REGIONS IN THE BLENDER, SO A LOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK AND NEXT TWO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SEAT BELT IS FASTENED AS WE GET INTO THE BUSINESS END OF THE SCHEDULE ON THE REGION PLAY IN A LOT OF THE PLACES.
>> JOHN, HOW ABOUT THIS, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE STATS, BUT RAVEN SUP OVER ELDER COUNTY, AND GUNTER STOCK WAS JUST A FEW YARDS TO BREAK THE RECORD, AND I AM GUESSING THAT HE HAS GOT IT.
>> YES, HE HAS THROWN FOR FOUR, AND CHASING TREVOR LAWRENCE AND GOING UP AGAINST ELBERT COUNTY, AND THEY HAVE RABURN COUNTY, TOO, AND THEY HAVE OUTDISTANCED THEMSELVES FROM THE BLUE DEVILS EARLY ON IN THIS ONE, AND WHAT WE WILL BE WONDERING AS THE SEASON CONTINUES THE GO FOR GUNTER STOCKTON AND RABURN COUNTY, HOW MANY RECORDS DOES HE KNOCK OFF AS WE GO HERE IN THE SEASON, AND WHAT ARE THE FINAL NUMBERS LIKE?
DOES HE TURN IT INTO A HORIZON JOB, AND MAKE IT THAT MUCH DIFFICULT FOR THE NEXT GUY TO CHASE GUNTER STOCKTON'S RECORDS.
>> YES, AND WE WILL GO TO THE POST GAME SHOW AND TRY TO GET THE THOUGHTS ON GUNTER.
AND THE MARCHING BAND IS PERFORMING THERE ON SENIOR NIGHT.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
♪♪ ♪♪ >>> IT IS SENIOR NIGHT NOR BAND MEMBERS, TOO, AND BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE BY THE RAM.
THE ACTION NEVER STOPS HERE AT GPB SPORTS, AND DON'T MISS THE KICKOFF ON FACEBOOK LIVE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH JOHN AND I, AND WE WILL PREVIEW WHAT IS TO COME, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN.
AND BEST PART, WE CAN CHAT WITH YOU LIVE IN FACEBOOK SECTION.
JOIN US THERE, AND WE HAVE A WEEKLY PODCAST.
WE DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT WE CUT UP ON THE FOOTBALL WEEKLY IN GEORGIA, AND CHECK THAT OUT WHERE YOU GET THE PODCAST.
AND STICK AROUND WITH ME ON THE POST GAME SHOW, AND WE WILL TRY TO GET AS MANY COACHES AS WE CAN AS THEY TAKE FIRST PLACE IN REGIONS ALL AROUND THE STATE.
THERE ARE RECORDS ON THE LINE, AND A BIG COACHING 300th WIN THAT COULD HAPPEN, AND WITH ARE TRYING TO GET THE COACHES ON SO YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS IT WITH ME ON THE FOOTBALL IN GEORGIA FRIDAY PRESENTED BY REGIONS, AND WE WILL HAVE SO MUCH MORE COMING UP, AND IT IS BROOKWOOD AND GRAYSON WITH SECOND HALF COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THIS ON GPB.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
IT IS THE BRONCOS WITH A 14-0 LEAD OVER THE GRAYSON RAMS IN THE BATTLE FOR SOLE POSSESSION FOR FIRST PLACE IN REGION 4-7A.
I'M MATT STEWART WITH WAYNE GANDY, AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ALEX DIGGS' 12 TOUCHES WITH 124 TOTAL YARDS OF OFFENSE IN THE FIRST HALF, AND HOW ABOUT THE BRONCOS' DEFENSE?
>> WELL, THE DEFENSE IN THE WAY THEY HAVE JUST ATTACKED AND CONFUSE AND THE THING ABOUT THEM, THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING GREAT TACKLES.
THEY HAVE HELD GRAYSON TO ONLY ONE 10-YARD GAIN.
OTHER THAN THAT, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL.
>> YEAH, TYLER WASHINGTON, THE DEFENSIVE END, AND THE OFFER FROM AKRON, AND ALSO, PRINCETON BROWN HAS TWO TACKLES FOR LOSS, AND PATRICK CAMPBELL CAME UP WITH A GAME-CHANGING INTERCEPTION LATE IN THE FIRST HALF, AND THAT IS WHY BROOKWOOD HAS THIS 14-0 LEAD.
WE GO BACK TO NELLY WHO IS STANDING BY WITH THE RAMS' HEAD COACH ADAM CARTER.
>> THANK YOU, MATT.
BACK BREAKER THERE AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, AND WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION TO TRY TO GIVE THEM THE SHORT TERM MEMORY TO GET READY FOR THE THIRD?
>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT ALL YEAR START FAST, AND FINISH.
WE HAVE BEEN OUTCOACHED AND OUTPLAY AND WE HAVE TO GET SOME ANSWERS AND GET THE KIDS TO RESPOND.
>> AND THE RUNNING GAME, AND IT IS VERY, VERY TOUGH TO GO AGAINST THAT DEFENSE WHERE YOU HAVE HAD JOJO TO DOING THE QUARTERBACK THING, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN THAT SUCCESSFUL, AND ANY KIND OF CHANGE OR GOING WITH WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING?
>> WE KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE TOUGH TO RUN AGAINST THEM, AND THROWING WOULD NOT BE A BIG POSITIVE FOR US, AND SO, YEAH, WE WILL MAKE A CHANGE.
WE WILL GO WITH C.J.
FRANKLIN AT QUARTERBACK, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO THERE IS THE CHANGE IN THE THIRD QUARTER, THE CHANGE OF QUARTERBACK.
>> WE NEED THE BIG BREAKING NEWS BANNER GOING ACROSS THERE.
IT IS GOING TO BE BROOKWOOD IN THE BALL GAME, AND ALEX DIGGS HAS BEEN SPECTACULAR.
>> AND EARLY IN THE GAME, AND GETTING TO EDGE WITH THE STIFF ARM, AND DIVING INTO THE END ZONE TO GIVE HIS TEAM THE LEAD EARLY ON.
RIGHT HERE, PATRICK CAMPBELL COMING OVER FROM THE SAFETY POSITION, AND RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF WITH THE BIG INTERCEPTION, AND BRINGING IT BACK AND SETTING UP THE TEAM WITH GREAT FIELD POSITION.
>> AND THEN PROTHROW ON THE GOOD END OF THE TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM DYLAN LONERGAN.
>> AND NICE THROW CONCENTRATING AND TAKING THE BIG HIT, AND TAKING THE 14-0 HIT.
>> LONERGAN WAS 14 OF 19 PASSING AND ONE TOUCHDOWN AND HE ALSO THREW AN INTERCEPTION, BUT DOMINATION BY BROOKWOOD, AND 218 YARDS OF OFFENSE.
THEY TRIPLED UP GRAYSON IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE RUSHING YARD, AND GRAYSON COMES IN 236 YARDS A GAME, AND NOW WHERE IS JOE TAYLOR, AND DILLON ELDER IN THIS SITUATION, AND BROOKWOOD IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THOSE TWO BACKS IN THE PAST GAME HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.WAYNE, PENALTIES, THEY ARE NOT THAT BAD, BUT THEY ARE HAPPENING WHEN THEY WOULD GET SOME CONTINUITY OR MOMENTUM IN THE OFFENSE.
THEY WOULD GET A FLAG AND SLOW THEM DOWN.
>> ESPECIALLY WITH THE FUMBLE RECOVERY, AND THEN IT WOULD BE FIRST AND 15 AND THEN THE TURNOVER.
>> AND SO LONERGAN AGAIN THE FOUR-STAR QUARTERBACK, NUMBER SIX JUNIOR QUARTERBACK IN THE NATION, AND NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, THIS BROOKWOOD TEAM, AND COACH WOULD NOT SAY REVENGE, BUT THEY CAME IN HERE WITH A CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER AFTER BEING ROLLED OVER AND STEAMROLLED BY THIS GRAYSON TEAM A YEAR AGO, AND THEY TRYING TO GET A MEASURE OF PAYBACK, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TO BE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO BE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEAT.
>> AND PLAYING A CLEAN GAME ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL, AND PLAYING WITH A LOT OF ENERGY, AND BUSINESS-LIKE ATTITUDE WITH THE BROOKWOOD TEAM TONIGHT, BOTH SIDES, AND DYLAN LONERGAN, THE PATIENCE HE HAS SHOWN OFFENSIVELY.
>> THE SECOND HALF KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES.
BROOKWOOD ALREADY WITH THE LATE TOUCHDOWN TO TAKE A TWO TOUCHDOWN LEAD INTO THE THIRD QUARTER WITH NOW A CHANCE TO BUILD ON THAT AS THEY GET THE BALL FIRST TO START THE SECOND HALF.
YOU SAW ALEX DIGGS STANDING DEEP, AND NILES PRINCE STANDING BACK THERE AS WELL, AND JIMMY GONZALEZ HAS IT TEED UP AND READY TO GO FOR THE RAMS WHEN THEY COME OUT ON OFFENSE, THEY WILL HAVE A NEW QUARTERBACK.
A LITTLE POP-UP KICK WILL BE TAKEN INSIDE OF THE 30 YARD LINE, AND THE RETURN WILL BE ACROSS THE 30 YARD LINE BY MAKAI WILLIAMS, AND THAT IS WHERE THE BRONCOS WILL GO ON THE OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE IN THIS THIRD QUARTER.
THEY HAVE WON THREE STRAIGHT AFTER STARTING THE SEASON 2-2.
THEY'LL CLOSE OUT THEIR SEASON WITH THE GAMES AGAINST SOUTHWOOD AND PARK VIEW, THE TRADITIONAL BATTLE, AND THAT IS AT THE END OF THE SCHEDULE, BUT VICTORY HERE TONIGHT BY NO MEANS WINS THE REGIONAL TITLE, BUT PUTS THEM IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT IF THEY CAN GET IT.
>> VERY EFFICIENT FIRST HALF BY LONERGAN AND YOU EXPECT THAT WITH THE KIND OF TALENT THAT HE HAS, AND 14 OF 19, AND 135.
A BIG TOUCHDOWN THROW THERE AT THE END TO PROTHROW.
AND NICE TALENT AND THE THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT HIM SO FAR IN THE GAME IS THE PATIENCE, AND EVEN WITH A COUPLE OF RUNS, YOU SAW HIM TAKING WHAT THE DEFENSE GIVES HIM AND NOT TRYING TO FORCE ANYTHING.
>> AND EVEN PHILIP JONES BROUGHT IT UP WITH THE INTERVIEW WITH NELLY, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE BALL AND TAKE IT DOWN TO SCORE USING THE CLOCK, AND DID NOT USE A TIME-OUT.
SEVENTH RUSH OF THE GAME FOR LONERGAN, AND GOT A FEW YARDS.
>> AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET SOME POSITIVE YARDS.
>> HE IS A BIG KID, 200 POUNDS AND 6'2".
SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT.
FIRING UNDERNEATH, AND THE CATCH IS GOING TO BE MADE BY NILES PRINCE, AND THE FIRST GRAB OF THE NIGHT FOR HIM, AND THE 10th OF THE SEASON.
THE TWO-WAY STARTER FOR THIS BROOKWOOD TEAM, AND REMEMBER BACK WHEN WE STARTED THE GAME, AND JOHN TALKED ABOUT THE FOUR-STAR PLAYERS WHO LEFT, AND MILES WHO IS COMMITTED TO GEORGIA AND TWO PLAYERS WHO LEFT FOR NORTH GWINNETT, AND KILLEBREW WHO LEFT, AND SO YOU SOME THREE STARS AND A FOUR STAR WHO EXITED THE PROGRAM, BUT IT REALLY GAVE THIS BROOKWOOD TEAM A LOT THE PLAY FOR, AND LOT OF MOTIVATION WHEN THOSE GUYS WALKED OUT OF THE DOOR.
THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.
THAT IS A FIRST-DOWN CATCH ACROSS THE 45 FOR CAMPBELL WHO HAD THE 54-YARD INTERCEPTION RETURN TO SET UP THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER WITH HIS CATCH.
THAT IS A NINE-YARD RECEPTION.
>> EMPTY BACKFIELD AND THROW AND CATCH AND BEHIND THE RECEIVER THERE IS LONERGAN ON THE THROW.
WITH ALL OF THAT TALENT THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT, MATT, LEAVING, LONERGAN IS IN THE SITUATION WHERE HE WANTS TO PROVE THAT HE CAN CARRY THE TEAM, AND SO FAR IN THIS GAME, HE IS SHOWING IT.
>> WOW, WHAT A SPIN MOVE BY DIGGS!
KISS HIM GOOD-BYE.
TOUCHDOWN, BROOKWOOD.
>>, SO ONLY ONE OFFER, MATT?
ONLY ONE OFFER.
>> I THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER CANDIDATE FOR THE NEXT 2021 SHOW.
>> ALEXANDER DIGGS IS DIGGING ON THE PLAY.
AND COMING OFF OF THE RIGHT SIDE, RIGHT HERE.
VISION, THE SPIN MOVE TO GET OUT OF THE TACKLE THERE OF JALEN SMITH, AND HE IS SHOWING YOU THE SPEED.
LITTLE MORE SPEED IN THE LEGS THAN YOU THINK WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING HIM RUN THE BALL.
NICE JOB BLOCKING UP FRONT, AND A BIG TIME RUN BY DIGGS.
>> 51-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY DIGGS AND SILVA WITH THE P.A.T.
>> 21-0, BIG NIGHT FOR ALEX DIGGS.
98 YARDS RUSHING.
HE HAS HAD A 35 AND 51-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN IN THE GAME, AND HE HAS ALSO HAD 71 RECEIVING FOR 181 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE FEET AND THE ATHLETIC ABILITY, AND THE SPEED GETTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF DANIELS AND THE GREAT EXECUTION UP FRONT, AND THE BIG TIME RUNNER THE BACKFIELD.
>> AND A LOT OF OUTSTANDING DEEP FOR GRAYSON AND THEY ANGLE TO THE FARSIDE, AND THEY TAKE IT TO THE 15.
THE 15-YARD RETURN FOR BIN WAHAD.
THAT IS BRYCE FREEMAN IN ON THE TACKLE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING C.J.
FRANKLIN, AND YOU HEARD HEAD COACH ADAM CARTER TELL JOHN NELSON AT HALFTIME THEY WERE MAKING A CHANGE WITH THE QUARTERBACK, AND GOING WITH THE 5'10" AND 190-POUND FRESHMAN AT QUARTERBACK.
>> WE THOUGHT IN THIS SITUATION, AND ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THE SITUATION THAT RAYNE FRY HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE LINEUP BACKING UP JOJO STONE, AND NOW THE FRESHMAN GETS A CHANCE TO GO OUT AND SHINE.
>> HANDING THE BALL OFF TO ELDER, AND DYLAN ELDER WHO HAS GOTTEN THE BULK OF THE CARRIES FOR GRAYSON HERE TONIGHT, INSTEAD OF JOE TAYLOR.
TAYLOR WITH THREE CARRIES FOR 11 YARDS IN THE FIRST HALF.
SO THE QUESTION NOW BECOMES IF YOU ARE GOING C.J.
FRANKLIN AT QUARTERBACK, WHERE DO YOU PUT JOJO STONE?
AND THE BALL IS FUMBLED.
FRANKLIN, DID HE GET ON TOP OF IT OR BROOKWOOD?
BROOKWOOD SAYS THEY HAVE GOT IT.
NO INDICATION FROM THE OFFICIALS JUST YET.
THEY ARE STILL WRESTLING FOR IT, AND BROOKWOOD HAS GOT IT.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
PRINCETON BROWN COMING OUT OF THE PILE, AND C.J.
FRANKLIN, THE FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK COULD NOT HANDLE THE SNAP, AND THE BRONCOS GOT IT BACK.
>> THIS IS ALL ABOUT TAKING YOUR EYE OFF OF THE BALL, AND DIFFERENT LOOK THAT THE BALL IS NOT PRECISE, BUT IT IS DO-ABLE FOR C.J.
FRANKLIN, AND YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT HIS NERVES ARE HIGH, AND DOWN 21-0, AND COMING IN, AND TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER GEAR FOR THIS OFFENSE, AND JUST BAD BREAK THERE FOR GRAYSON.
>> WE WILL SEE WHAT THE GRAYSON DEFENSE CAN DO HERE WITH THE BACKS SLAMMED AGAINST THE WALL.
LONERGAN IS GOING TO STEP UP.
SLIP OUT OF A COUPLE OF TACKLES, INSIDE OF THE 20, AND LONERGAN SIDESTEPS WOODS OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> NICE BLITZ PICKED UP BY ALEXANDER DIGGS COMING OFF OF THE RIGHT SIDE, AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE DYLAN LONERGAN HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE 15 PICKING UP THE BLITZ.
AND HE HAS MUCH BETTER STRENGTH AND SPEED FOR LONERGAN, AND YOU THINK HE IS A POCKET PASSER, BUT COMING OUT OF THE SQUAT, AND HE IS 6'2", AND 205 AND SHOWING YOU THE SPEED DOWN THE SIDELINE.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT HE HAS A THICK TORSO AND LOWER BODY.
DIGGS WITH ANOTHER SPIN MOVE.
AND ALEX DIGGS IS PUTTING ON A SHOW HERE ON GPB AS HE IS ABLE TO GET INSIDE OF THE 10 YARD LINE.
>> ONCE AGAIN GOING TO THE SPIN MOVE.
GOOD BALANCE ON THE OUTSIDE, AND GOOD READ TO BOUNCE IT OUT THERE AS WELL, AND LOOK AT THAT MOVE THAT HE PUT ON MYLES WOOD.
THAT IS ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS ON THE DEFENSE THAT HE LEFT STANDING AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, AND NICE JOB, AND HELLO, MR. DIGGS.
>> DIGGS IS RUNNING IT IN FOR THE THIRD TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT, AND 27-0 LEAD FOR THE BRONCOS.
>> EXCELLENT EXECUTION UP FRONT BY THE LINE.
MAYS, ORTEGA, DANIELS, AND THIS IS AN OLD TRADITIONAL COUNTER PLAY HERE WITH THE GUARD AND THE TACKLE PULLING.
ONCE AGAIN SHOWING YOU THE VISION AND THE FOOTWORK RIGHT THERE IS ALEX DIGGS MAKING BIN WAHAD MISS TO GO INTO THE END ZONE.
>> 11th RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON, AS SILVA PUTS THE P.A.T.
THROUGH, AND BROOKWOOD HAS DOUBLED THE LEAD IN THE FIRST THREE MINUTES OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY ALEX DIGGS NOW.
10 CARRIES FOR 113 YARDS.
HE IS WITH THE 77 YARDS RECEIVING, HE IS AT 190 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE, AND STILL EARLY IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
>> WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE EXCITED FOR IF YOU ARE A BRONCO FAN IN THE GAME IS HOW THE OFFENSE AND THE DEFENSE ARE RESPONDING TO EACH OTHER AFTER BOTH TURNOVERS, THE PICK IN THE FIRST HALF BY CAMPBELL, AND THE OFFENSE HITS THE FIELD, AND TOUCHDOWN RIGHT THERE, AND THE FUMBLE ON THE SNAP, AND THE DEFENSE GETS THE BALL, AND THE OFFENSE DOWN THE FIELD, AND THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN, AND THAT IS HOW THIS TEAM IS BUILT.
THEY ARE BUILT ON THE PRINCIPLE OF TEAM, AND COACH JONES HAS TO BE HAPPY.
BUT YOU SAY THAT HE HAS ONE OFFER THOUGH?
I AM STILL, MAYBE THAT STAT IS WRONG.
[ LAUGHTER ] COACH SAID IT HIMSELF.
HE HAS AN OFFER FROM DAVISON, AND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WILDCATS.
BUT HE WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO GET SOME MORE.
GIVE HIM SOME CHOICES, SOME VARIETY, AND SOMETHING TO CHOOSE FROM.
BUT, HEY, GIVE DAVISON SOME CREDIT FOR RECOGNIZING WHAT NOBODY ELSE HAS RECOGNIZED UP TO THIS POINT.
FOR WHATEVER REASON.
>> AND THIS RAMS' OFFENSE, AND THE TEAM IN GENERAL AS WE SHOWED YOU ADAM CARTER WITH ONLY FOUR LOSSES, AND HOW DO YOU RESPOND THAT THIS IS WHERE YOU USED TO BE DOMINATING THE TEAM AS YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER 17 IS IN THE LINEUP AT QUARTERBACK.
>> AGAIN, THEY HAD JOJO STONE IN THE BACKFIELD, AND HE HAD THE CARRY RIGHT THERE.
AND YOU KNOW, COACH ADAM CARTER HAD JOJO STONE AT QUARTERBACK GAVE THEM THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO WIN, BUT RIGHT NOW, HE IS LINED UP AS A RUNNING RECEIVER, WIDE BACK WOULD BE THE BEST SHOT.
SO THEY WILL THROW IT TO STONE, AND STONE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
YOU POINTED IT OUT EARLIER, WAYNE.
I MEAN, THE KID HAS SPEED.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HE HAS THAT INTANGIBLE, AND HE HAS THE SPEED THAT YOU CANNOT COACH.
YOU EITHER HAVE IT OR YOU DON'T.
>> FOUR-STAR ATHLETE, AND AFTER THIS GAME, THIS MIGHT BE HIS POSITION FOR THE TEAM TO HAVE SUCCESS, YOU ARE RIGHT, MATT WITH FRY AT QUARTERBACK.
HE IS TOO DYNAMIC TO BE WASTING IN A SITUATION TO GET HIM OUT THERE IN THE EXPLOSIVE PLAYS IN OPEN SPACE.
>> TAYLOR WITH THE CARRY UP TO THE 50 YARD LINE, AND GRAYSON IS SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF LIFE UP HERE ON OFFENSE.
TAYLOR WITH THE FIRST DOWN CARRY.
BIG JEREMY JOHNSON IN ON THAT TACKLE FOR BROOKWOOD HERE.
YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, BECAUSE THIS IS A BROOKWOOD TEAM THAT ONLY LOST FOUR GAMES SINCE ADAM CARTER BECAME HEAD COACH, AND THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT LOSING, BUT IT IS A YOUNG TEAM.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COACH CARTER HAS TRIED TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE AND EXPECTATION WITH THE BEST TEAM IN GEORGIA HISTORY LAST SEASON.
BIG SHOES TO FILL, AND REALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO FILL THEM AT LEAST RIGHT NOW.
>> THESE WERE THE PLAYERS WHO WERE SITTING THERE WATCHING THOSE SENIORS GOING OUT TO DESTROY THE COMPETITION, AND YOU ARE HOPING THAT IT CATCHES ON FAST, AND WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE TEAM COMING INTO THIS THE GAME, 6-2, AND A LOT OF CLOSE WINS THAT SHOWS THE ATTITUDE, AND MATURITY.
THEY ARE JUST GOING AGAINST A WELL COACHED TEAM IN BROOKWOOD TONIGHT.
>> STOPPED IN THE BACKFIELD.
NO RUNNING ROOM, AND THIS IS LANGSTON JONES TEAMING UP.
>> AND ANOTHER ONE OF THE BIG BODIES IN THE MIDDLE IS LANGSTON JONES, AND NOT MISTAKEN, AND YOU CAN'T MISS HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN, HE IS 6'1", AND 290, AND HAVING A GREAT SENIOR YEAR.
>> THAT IS CINEAS THERE AT THE 29 YARD LINE.
>> WE HAVE SEEN CINEAS TARGETED SEVERAL TIMES OUT THERE TONIGHT.
6'2", AND ALMOST 200 POUNDS OUT THERE ON THE EDGE.
>> FRY IS WITH THE QUICK FIRE, AND ALMOST TIPPED AT THE LINE, BUT CINEAS ABLE TO HAUL IT IN, AS PRINCE MAKES THE TACKLE.
>> WORKING THAT SHORT SIDE OF THE FIELD.
CINEAS, AND JOJO STONE HAD BUILT UP A GOOD COMBINATION OF QUARTERBACK TO RECEIVER, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE IN CINEAS HERE.
>> 6'2", AND 290.
>> ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
>> YES, BUILT WELL.
JOJO STONE CUTTING THROUGH THE DEFENSE, AND TOUCHDOWN GRAYSON.
21-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY JOJO STONE.
GRAYSON TRYING TO START THEIR COMEBACK.
>> AND AS I SAID, FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, THIS IS MAYBE HOW YOU HAVE TO USE JOJO STONE COMING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD HERE.
LOOK AT THE VISION AND THE SPEED AND THE ELUSIVENESS.
ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
GET HIM OUT IN THE OPEN SPACE, AND USE THAT TALENT TO YOUR, YOUR TEAM'S BEST ABILITY.
I KNOW THAT WE PUT HIM AT QUARTERBACK, BUT HE IS LOOKING COMFORTABLE.
>> YEAH.
>> IN THAT SITUATION RIGHT THERE OUT OF THE BACKFIELD RUNNING THE BALL.
>> THAT IS A SIX-PLAY DRIVE, AND GONZALEZ WITH THE SNAP DOWN, AND IT IS 28-7.
SO GRAYSON FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER ON OFFENSE WITH THE NEW QUARTERBACK TAKING THE SNAPS, AND JOJO STONE DOING HIS THING.
>>> SO JOJO STONE CARRIES THE BALL IN FROM 24 YARYARDS OUT TO MAKE IT 28-7.
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JOJO STONE HAD MORE YARDS ON THAT DRIVE RUSHING AND RECEIVING.
23 RUSHING AND 29 RECEIVING THAN PASSING IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> BIG TIME PLAYER AND FOUR-TIME ATHLETE, AND ONLY A SOPHOMORE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE VERSATILITY THAT HE SHOWED ON THAT DRIVE.
>> SO NOW, IT IS INCUMBENT ON THIS GRAYSON DEFENSE TO TRY TO SLOWDOWN THE BRONCOS, AND NILES PRINCE WITH A BIG RETURN FOLLOWING THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> THAT IS A BIG DRIVE AND BIG TOUCHDOWN BY GRAYSON, AND YOU HAD TO HAVE THAT FEELING, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T SCORE ON THAT DRIVE, YOU CAN GET EVERYTHING TO SCORE TO PUT IT ON THE SUITCASES TO GO HOME, AND KEEP PACE, AND ESPECIALLY THE WAY THAT THE BRONCOS' DEFENSE IS OPERATING TONIGHT.
>> AND YOU SAW THE NUMBERS TONIGHT, GRAYSON HAD MORE YARDS ON THAT DRIVE THERE, AND THE FIRST SCORING DRIVE ON THE NIGHT THAN THEY HAD ACCUMULATED UP TO THAT POINT.
68-67.
LONERGAN.
THERE'S DIGGS AGAIN FROM THE 50 TO THE 47.
>> THE FACTOR ABOUT DIGGS WHEN I TALK ABOUT ONE OFFER, AND HIS VERSATILITY FROM THE BACKFIELD TO THE RECEIVER, AND JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU'D HAVE MORE EYES ON HIM WITH THE ABILITY THAT HE HAS CATCHING THE BALL.
>> WELL, HOPEFULLY HE IS OPENING UP EYES TONIGHT FOR FOLKS AROUND THE SOUTHEAST TO SEE HIM TONIGHT, AND THE DM ON THE TWITTER IS GOING TO BE BLOWING UP TONIGHT.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT ANY TIME HE HAS THE BALL IN HIS HAND, HE HAS A SENSE OF ANGER OR RAGE THAT HE SEEMS TO RUN WITH, AND HE IS A PHYSICAL RUNNER.
>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX, AND THE CATCH IS MADE BY MASSENGILL AT THE 49 YARD LINE, BUT HE IS DROPPED RIGHT AWAY BY MUMU BIN WAHAD.
>> NICE CATCH ONCE AGAIN BY ALEX DIGGS OUT THERE IN THAT SLOT.
HE IS A NICE SPECIMEN OF A ROAR OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL HIM, AND A BIG BODY, AND HE IS HEADED TO WEST VIRGINIA.
>> HE IS VERSATILE, AND PLAY SAFETY AND CORNER POSITION, AND HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THAT AS THE CORNER.
PHYSICAL, PUT TOGETHER WELL, AND GREAT ATHLETIC AND BALL SKILLS, AND GREAT IN THE KICK RETURN GAME, AND NOW, A MAN DOWNFIELD, AND LOOKS LIKE HE IS RELEASED TOO FAST DOWNFIELD ON THAT PASS PLAY.
>> Referee: INELIGIBLE RECEIVER DOWNFIELD, OFFENSE, FIVE YARDS FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT, REPEAT SECOND DOWN.
DECLINED THE FOUL.
THIRD DOWN.
>> SO, THEY WANT TO GET THE BALL BACK, AND THEY WILL PASS UP THE YARDAGE TO MAKE IT THIRD DOWN NOW.
>> DANGEROUS IN THIS SITUATION AS LONERGAN THE QUARTERBACK, BECAUSE HE HAS SHOWN YOU THE ABILITY TO PULL THE BALL.
THIS GRAYSON DEFENSE FOR THE MOST PART OF THIS GAME ONLY RUSHED THREE.
THEY HAD SOMEONE SPYING.
>> LITTLE CURIOUS THE DECLINE THAT PENALTY, DON'T YOU THINK?
>> WELL, NOT THE CREATE THE SECOND AND 11 IN THIS SITUATION.
>> AND BONNER GETTING COMPLETE, AND WON'T GET THE FIRST DOWN.
AND BIN WAHAD WITH THE TEXTBOOK TACKLE GRABBED HIS LEG AND WOULD NOT LET HIM STRETCH.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT BIN WAHAD AND THE PHYSICAL SIZE OUT THERE ON THE EDGE, AND THAT IS WHERE IT SHOWS UP IN THESE PLAYS.
THE SAFETY DOING A GOOD JOB TO GET THE HEAD TO THE OUTSIDE AND BRINGING DOWN BONNER.
IN THE SITUATION THAT BROOKWOOD WOULDN'T GO FOR IT IN THE THIRD AND ONE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS FOR THE BALL, AND SENDING OUT THE PUNT TEAM.
I AM CURIOUS WHY COACH JONES WOULD NOT GO FOR IT.
>> WELL, WATCHING GRAYSON.
THEY HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME, AND ALL KEEND SKINDS OF YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED, THEY HAD THE PLAYERS IN THE MOVEMENT, AND MADE GRAYSON JUMP OFFSIDES.
>> Referee: ENCROACHMENT, DEFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, THE FIRST DOWN.
>> EACH AND EVERY PUNT, WE HAVE SEEN THIS, SOME FUNKY FORMATIONS WHERE THEY SEEM TO EXPLODE, AND FOUR GUYS MOVE TO THE NUMBER, AND THEN THEY COME BACK, AND THIS TIME, THEY ARE CATCHING GRAY ZONKS AND WHEN THAT EXPLOSIVE KIND OF DYNAMIC SNAP HAPPENS, THE DEFENSE SOMETIMES DOES, AND THE EASY FIVE, AND GOOD EXECUTION BY THE PUNT TEAM.
>> NEW SET OF DOWNS BY BROOKWOOD, AND FIRST AND TEN FROM THE 33.
LONERGAN IS RUNNING FROM THE FAR SIDE OF THE FIELD.
TACKLED AS HE IS GOING OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> ONCE AGAIN, PLAYING ON THE EDGE.
WE SAW IT IN THE FIRST HALF.
LONERGAN RUNNING AND GOING OUT OF BOUNDS.
JALEN SMITH, AND THAT REAL MIDDLE LINEBACKER MENTALITY, AND IF YOU MAKE ME RUN TO THE SIDELINE, I'M GOING TO HIT SOMEBODY.
>> JALEN SMITH IS THE JUNIOR LINEBACKER WHO HAS HAD SIX OFFERS INCLUDING PITT, BOSTON COLLEGE AND WEST VIRGINIA.
PROTHRO, STOPPED SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN.
EASTON BURGESS IS FILLING IN NOR INJURED JERREL FERRAR.
>> LANGSTON JONES IS CHECKING IN TO PLAY THE TIGHT END OUT ON THE EDGE.
>> SON OF FORMER ATLANTA FALCONS RUNNING BACK KEITH JONES.
THIRD DOWN, AND PROTHRO TRYING TO GO UP AND OVER.
WE WILL SEE WHERE THEY SPOT IT.
HE IS GOING TO BE SHORT, I BELIEVE, BUT HE IS GOING TO BE WITHIN INSIDE OF A YARD FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
FOURTH DOWN AND LESS THAN A YARD TO GO.
>> NICE JOB BY JALEN SMITH.
BIG PHYSICAL LINEBACKER COMING TO MEET THE GUARD AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> THEY GAVE HIM THE FIRST DOWN.
SO, HE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AND THE DIVE OVER THE TOP OF THE PILE.
>> ONE THING I KNOW WITH PROTHRO, THEY ARE HAVING HIM LISTED AT 175, BUT LOOKING AT HIM FROM THIS ANGLE, HE IS LOOKING 195, AND HE RUNS VERY PHYSICAL.
>> A COUPLE OF YARDS FOR DIGDZ RIGHT THERE.
>> I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DIGGS AND LONERGAN AND PROTHRO BUT THIS OFFENSIVE LINE IS HOLDING HIS OWN.
AND JONES IS TALKING ABOUT ZACH UNDERWOOD, AND THE OFFENSIVE COACH, AND THESE GUYS WITH THE UP AND DOWN SEASON, BUT THEY ARE A BIG LINE UP FRONT.
THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.
>> PROTECTION FOR LONERGAN.
HE THROWS UNDERNEATH FOR DIGGS.
THIS TIME, THEY STOP HIM IN HIS TRACKS THAT IS JALEN SMITH WHO MADE THE TACKLE, AND ENDS UP TO GRAB HIS RIGHT FOOT AT THE END OF THE PLAY, AND HOPE HE IS OKAY.
>> THAT IS MICHAEL DOUGHERTY AS WELL COMING UP FROM THE SAFETY POSITION.
QUICK READ HERE, AND GET RID OF THE BALL, AND LOOKING AT MICHAEL DOUGHERTY COMING UP.
WE HAVE NOT SAID HIS NAME A LOT, BUT HE IS ONE OF THE IMPACT PLAYERS WHO CAN ALWAYS BE AROUND THE BALL.
>> SO THIRD DOWN AND SIX.
THERE'S A GOOD LOOK AT MICHAEL DOUGHERTY.
HE HAS 33 OFFERS.
GEORGIA, LSU, TENNESSEE, CLEMSON, AND MISSISSIPPI STATE AMONG THEM.
HE IS STILL A JUNIOR.
THE PASS IS INTERCEPTED!
IT COULD BE A PICK SIX OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR GRAYSON.
LONERGAN MAKES THE BODY SLAM TACKLE AT THE 42 YARD LINE.
INTERCEPTED BY MICHAEL WOODS OR MYLES WOODS.
PARDON ME, MYLES WOODS, AND THAT IS HIS SECOND INTERCEPTION OF THE NIGHT.
>> GOOD ACTION UP FRONT, AND NOT FOOLED AT ALL.
READING THE QUARTERBACK'S EYES, AND JUMPING THE ROUTE ON STONE BONNER.
NICE TACKLE BY LONERGAN, BUT NICE INTERCEPTION AS BROOKWOOD WAS MARCHING TO PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT LONERGAN WAS UPSET ABOUT THAT PICK?
POORLY DESIGNED PLAY THERE.
I THINK THAT THEY WILL TRY TO -- NOW, THERE IS SOME SMACK TALKING GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
JOJO STONE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS KICKED IN THE HELMET AS HE WAS GETTING UP.
PURELY ACCIDENTAL, I AM SURE, BUT THEY WILL TRY TO HAVE A DOUBLE PASS.
>> I WAS THINKING OF IN THE POSITION OF HOW STONE WAS ROLLING BACK, AND HE WOULD CATCH AND THROW IT TO SOMEONE.
>> TAYLOR GETS TIED UP BY MYLES PARKER, AND NOW IT IS GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN, AND THAT IS PROBABLY THE FINAL PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER, AND IT WAS.
SO GRAYSON WITH A LOT OF WORK TO DO AS WE HEAD TO THE FOURTH.
BROOKWOOD LEADING 28-7 AS WE HEAD TO THE FOURTH, BUT THE RAMS HAVE THE BALL WHEN WE GET BACK.
>>> THE START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER AT GRAYSON COMMUNITY STADIUM, AND THE RAMS ARE IN A DEEP HOLE TRAILING BROOKWOOD IN THIS BATTLE FOR FIRST PLACE IN REGION 4-7A AND MATT STEWART ALONG WITH WAYNE GANDY AND REMEMBER WHEN GAME IS OVER, IT IS NOT OVER, AND THE ALL FAMOUS GPB SPORTS SHOW FOLLOWS OUR GAME, AND UPDATE ON ALL OF THE BIG SCORES AND THE INTERVIEWS WITH COACHES FROM AROUND THE STATE.
FRY THROWS IT INCOMPLETE TO JOE VOE STONE ON THE FIRST THROW OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.
>> COMING UP FROM THE SAFETY POSITION IS PATRICK CAMPBELL, AND WE SAW HIM WITH THE INTERCEPTION OF THE FIRST HALF COMING UP TO MEET MR. STONE ONCE AGAIN, AND NICE JOB BY HIM TO GET THE SPEEDY RECEIVER DOWN QUICKLY.
BRONCOS ARE CREATING THE THIRD AND LONG, AND REGARDLESS WHO IS AT QUARTERBACK, THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO CREATE, BECAUSE THE OFFENSE OF THE RAMS IS NOT BUILT FOR THAT SITUATION.
>> SO ON THE FOURTH DOWN AND SIX IN A PUNTING SITUATION, WE HAVE A FLAG.
TIME-OUT CALLED BY BROOKWOOD, AND SO WE WILL STEP ASIDE AND TAKE IT, AND PERHAPS THEY THOUGHT THAT GRAYSON WOULD TRY SOME TRICKERY HERE.
>> EARLY FOURTH QUARTER FOLLOWING THE TIME-OUT BY BROOKWOOD AND IT IS GRAYSON WHO WERE LINED UP TO PUNT, AND THEY ARE STILL LINED UP TO PUNT.
LOOKING TO SEE IF IN THOSE BLOCKING BAGS, I SEE ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE A POTENTIAL BALL RUNNER HERE, AND NO, THE SNAP IS GOING TO GO ALL OF THE WAY BACK, AND MILAN IS GOING TO PUNT IT AGAIN.
HE HAS HAD A GOOD NIGHT PUNTING THE BALL, AND HE IS GOING TO PUNT THEM INSIDE, AND THE BALL IS OVER THE END LINE.
HE HAD TROUBLE, AND HE WANTED TO BAT IT BACK WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE THING TO DO, AND IT IS OVER THE GOAL LINE.
OUT TO 20.
IT WAS A 55-YARD PUNT, AND WE CHECK IN WITH NELLY.
>> MATT, WE ARE STARTING TO GET SOME FINAL SCORES AND ONE OF THE EARLY FINALS THAT WE NEED TO GIVE YOU IS AND UPSET IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH SWAINSBORO WITH UNDER A MINUTE THE GO, AND JEFF DAVIS LOSES THAT 18-14, SO THEY FALL TO THE RANKS OF THE UNBEATEN AND PROBABLY FALL OUT OF THE GPB TOP TEN.
AND ALSO, AFTER LOSING TO WARE LAST WEEK, THEY REBOUND, AND ALSO, WITH CENTRAL BACK AND FORTH, THEY ARE UP IN THE THIRD.
>> ALSO HERE IN THE METRO AREA, BEAR CREEK BARELY BEAT NEWTON IN A NONREGIONAL GAME.
AND DIGGS IS DOING WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING ALL NIGHT, SLASHING OUT FOR THE 10-PLUS-YARD GAIN, AND HOPE HE IS OKAY, BUT HE IS SLOW TO GET UP.
>> RUN RUNNING THE COUNTER ONCE AGAIN, AND DIGGS WITH THE PATIENCE TO GET AROUND THE GUARD AND SECURE THE BLOCK.
RUNNING PHYSICAL.
RIGHT THERE, LOOKING LIKE MAYBE HE FELL ON THAT RIGHT SHOULDER AS HE WENT DOWN.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SHOULDER, THAT ARM WAS UNDERNOOET HIM, BUT HE IS WORKING TOO HARD AND NOW HE IS CRAMPING.
>> THAT IS GOOD NEWS IT IS A CRAMP.
12 CARRIES FOR OVER 200 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE IN THE GAME TONIGHT.
THEY CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE RIGHT CALF MUSCLE.
HE ALSO HAS 99 YARDS RECEIVING.
SO 234 YARDS FOR ALEX DIGGS TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, COACH PHILIP JONES HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS KID ALL SEASON LONG ABOUT HOW HE IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED PLAYERS IN THE STATE, AND GETTING A CHANCE TO SEE HIM TONIGHT, I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH THAT.
>> AND THESE ARE NOT CRAMPS FROM LACK OF CONDITIONING.
IT IS CRAMPS FROM THE HIGH PERFORMANCE.
HE HAS PUT ON A DISPLAY TONIGHT.
I WONDER WHERE THE OLD PICKLE JAR JUICE IS TO GET RID OF THE CRAMPS.
>> AND PROFLOW IS GOING TO BE DROPPED FOR THE LOSS.
THAT IS MICHAEL DOUGHERTY, THE SECOND TFL FOR HIM TONIGHT.
>> THE THING THAT YOU LIKE ABOUT MICHAEL DOUGHERTY AND JALEN SMITH IS THAT WHEN THEY COME UP FROM THOSE LINEBACKER POSITIONS, THEY ARE BIG TIME TACKLERS, AND YOU GO DOWN WHEREVER THEY MEET YOU AT, AND NICE JOB TO GET HIS HEAD IN THE RIGHT POSITION TO GET HIM DOWN.
>> BONNER -- LONERGAN IS THROWING ACROSS HIS BODY, AND BONNER WAS SEPARATED BY THE BALL BY THE AFOREMENTIONED MICHAEL DOUGHERTY.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE IN MICHAEL DOUGHERTY RIGHT THERE.
HE IS STILL TRYING TO GET HIS TEAM TO PLAY BALL.
TAKING ON THE CHALLENGE OF STONE BURNER, AND LOOKING AT THE RANGE THERE.
HUSTLING TO THE BALL, AND TAKING ON THE BIG TIGHT END, AND NICE JOB.
>> WE HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH HIM TONIGHT.
JUST IMAGINE THAT HE IS 165 RIGHT NOW, AND HE IS GOING TO BE A BIG KID WITH THAT BIG SIX FOOT FRAME.
PROBABLY GOING TO GROW BIGGER, TOO.
>> EMPTY BACKFIELD AND WAITING FOR THE BALL TO COME OUT OF LONERGAN'S HAND QUICK.
>> THIRD AND 14 AND HEAVY RUSH, AND JALEN SMITH GETTING AFTER HIM, AND LONERGAN IS GOING TO THROW A BULLET ON THE RUN, BUT HE CAN'T CONNECT WITH MASSENGILL, BUT IT IS BIN WAHAD WITH THE TOUCH, AND GRAYSON GETS THE BALL BACK.
IT IS A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.
ESPECIALLY IF THEY CAN CREATE A BIG PLAY ON SPECIAL TEAMS.
>> A GOOD PRESSURE THERE BY SMITH TO GET LONERGAN OFF OF THE SPOT.
THAT PLAY WAS DEAD FROM THE BEGINNING, AND NOT GIVING HIS TIME, AND THIRD AND 15, AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE RECEIVERS TIME.
GOOD JOB FROM THE DEFENSE.
>> LOADING UP THE LINE, AND SEE IF THEY COME AFTER THE PUNT.
THEY DO.
I THINK MAYBE THEY GOT A PIECE OF IT, BECAUSE IT WAS WOBBLY COMING OUT OF THERE, BUT HE STILL HAD ENOUGH FORCE TO GET IF FROM THE 50 TO THE 37, AND 33-YARD KICK, BUT THERE IS A FLAG.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN INDICATION OF A PERSONAL FOUL.
>> YES, PERSONAL FOUL.
>> BUT IF YOU GET A PIECE OF IT, IT IS FREE GAME, RIGHT?
>> THAT IS THE DISCUSSION THEY WILL HAVE.
THE PUNT COVERAGE TEAM HIT THE BALL.
>> IF YOU HIT THE BALL -- >> EVERYTHING IS LIVE.
CERTAIN LIVE AT THIS POINT.
>> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, ROUGHING THE KICKER.
RECEIVING TEAM, 15-YARD PENALTY.
AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.
>> I THINK THAT BROOKWOOD MAY HAVE CAUGHT A BREAK ON THIS.
WAS THAT BALL HIT?
YEAH, I THINK SO.
I THINK THAT WAS EASTON BURGESS WHO GOT A PIECE OF THAT BALL.
THE OFFICIALS DIDN'T SEE IT THAT WAY, AND PERHAPS THEY GOT IT THROUGH THERE WITHOUT IT BEING TOUCHED, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT.
>> AND THE WAY THAT THE BALL FLUTTERED THROUGH THE AIR IN THAT SITUATION.
JUST SEEMED LIKE HE GOT A PIECE OF IT.
>> SO BROOKWOOD IS BACK ON OFFENSE AND DIGGS IS TRYING TO MAKE A CUT.
HE SLIPPED ON THE GRASS, AND ACTUALLY, THAT IS PROTHRO THAT TIME.
>> GOOD JOB BY AUSTIN SCOTT, THE DEFENSIVE TACKLE MAKING PROTHRO GO TO OUTSIDE AS HE LOST HIS FOOTING, AND LOSING A YARD.
BROOKWOOD, IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT, AND PUT IT TOGETHER EARLY ON IN THE GAME, AND YOU ARE JUST TAKING WHAT THE DEFENSE, AND TRYING TO EAT SOME OF THE CLOCK, AND HIT A COUPLE OF FIRST DOWNS.
>> LONERGAN IS GOING TO RUN THIS WAY.
ACROSS THE 50 AND PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID IN THE FIRST HALF REALLY RESONATES WITH ME WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING DYLAN LONERGAN IS HIS PATIENCE.
NEVER IN A PANIC.
EVEN THOUGH YOU BOBBLED THE SNAP, HE WAS NOT IN A PANIC.
>> COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE OFFENSE.
SEEMS TO JUST HAVE THAT POISE AS A JUNIOR.
WE KNEW LAST YEAR WATCHING AS HE MADE THE STEPS FORWARD THAT HE HAD LEADERSHIP.
>> AND THE OFFERS, AND ANOTHER ONE FROM STANFORD THIS WEEK.
THEY KEEP COMING IN FOR THE JUNIOR.
>> ONCE AGAIN SHOWING YOU THE ATHLETIC ABILITY THERE.
AND NOT AFRAID TO SOLIDIFY THE THEY HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS OF HIM PULLING THE BALL.
RIGHT THERE GOING BETWEEN THE TACKLES AND PICKING UP FOUR YARDS.
>> IF YOU WANT THE HEAR WHAT DYLAN HAD TO SAY ABOUT HIS RECRUITING, YOU CAN CATCH THAT THE "RECRUITING 2021" AFTER THE POST GAME SHOW.
AND HANNAH GOODIN HAD A CHANCE THE TALK TO HIM AFTER THE WEEK, AND TALK ABOUT THE RECRUITING PROCESS.
PROTHROW DIVING FOR FIRST DOWN AT THE 33.
>> GOOD JOB UP FRONT ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
JOHN SMITH AND J.T.
HIELD WITH THE HOLTON BACKSIDE WITH THE BOUNCEBACK.
>> WHEN YOU MENTIONED J.T.
HILL, AND HE MIGHT WORK HIMSELF INTO A COLLEGE PROSPECT.
HE STARTED THE SEASON AT 6'4", AND 345 AND, COACH JONES SAYS HE HAS WORKED HARD TO GET DOWN TO 330.
BIG GUY.
>> WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SCREEN, HE POPS OUT.
>> BIG GUY.
I DON'T ENVY ANY KIND OF DEFENSIVE LINEMAN TRYING TO GET AROUND HIM.
THEY ARE BIG GUYS, TOO.
>> AND THE THING, TOO, WITH THE LOSING OF THE WEIGHT THERE FOR HILL IS THE CONDITIONING.
SO HE CAN GO DEEPER IN GAME, AND STILL PLAY AT A HIGH LEVEL.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS THE SIZE AND EVERYBODY WANTS THOSE AS BIG AS YOU CAN, BUT THERE IS THE SWEET SPOT WHERE YOU JUST DIG ENOUGH, AND J.T.
HILL IS TRYING TO FIND THAT LOSING SOME WEIGHT, BUT HE IS A WIDE BIG BODY.
>> PROTHROW.
AND HE IS GOING TO KIND OF GO BACK TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, ALEX DIGGS AND WILL SOMEBODY SEE HIM, MAKE HIM AN OFFER BEYOND WHAT HE HAS GOT, AND THE SAME WITH J.T.
HILL.
I LOOK AT HIM, AND I THINK THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY COULD WORK WITH.
>> MOVING HIM INSIDE OF THE RIGHT GUARD SITUATION.
HE HAS LONG ARMS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AND IT IS ALL ABOUT CONTINUING TO GET IN SHAPE.
USE HIS TECHNIQUE.
>> BROOKWOOD IS DOING THE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO, WAYNE, EATING UP THE CLOCK.
SHORTEN THE GAME, AND CHEW UP SOME YARDS AND GET ANOTHER SCORE AND TURN THE LIGHTS OUT.
>> Referee: DELAY OF GAME, OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, FIRST THE DOWN.
>> IN THIS SITUATION, NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT BROOKWOOD, AND IT IS FIRST AND TEN, AND THE WAY TO JUMAL PROTHRO AND WITH A VETERAN LEADER LIKE DYLAN LONERGAN, AND YOU SHOULD SNAP IT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE CALLED IN THE GAME AT THIS POINT.
>> 11th PLAY OF THE DRIVE.
BONNER WITH THE CATCH, INSIDE OF THE 5.
AND BONNER IS ALL OF THE WAY DOWN TO THE 2 OR 1 YARD LINE.
25-YARD PICKUP.
>> GOOD RECOGNITION BY LONERGAN AND BONNER.
RECOGNIZING THE SOFT COVERAGE.
NO ONE IN FRONT OF BONNER.
JUST GET THE BALL OUT OF YOUR HAND.
YOU SEE RIGHT HERE, THERE IS NO ONE WITHIN FIVE YARDS PLAYING BONNER SOFT.
NICE READ THERE BY THE QUARTERBACK TO GET HIM THE BALL.
GOOD JOB OF HIM, AND HE DOES NOT REALLY SEEM TO POSSESS THAT KIND OF MOXIE AT THE END OF THE PLAY, BUT YOU SAW HIM FINISH THAT CATCH.
THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE FROM THE BIG TIGHT END.
>> FIRST AND GOAL THE GO FOR THE BRONCOS.
PROTHRO HIT IN THE BACKFIELD BY DOUGHERTY.
MICHAEL DOUGHERTY HAS PUT ON A NICE SHOW, AND THE THIRD TACKLE FOR LOSS TONIGHT.
IT IS COMING IN A LOSING EFFORT, BUT FOLKS HAVE SEEN MICHAEL DOUGHERTY FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY ARE IMPRESSED.
>> COMING OFF OF THE EDGE, AND ALL-OUT EFFORT, AND WE SAW HIM A COUPLE OF PLAYS AGO, AND NOT MOTIVATED AND LOOKING UP AT THE SCOREBOARD AND PLAYING AT THAT PEDIGREE THAT YOU EXPECT FROM THE PLAYER OF GRAYSON THE PLAY AT, AND THAT IS WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW AT THE FIELD.
>> SECOND AND GOAL.
GOING TO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE, AND BONNER IS TRYING TO MAKE A BACKHANDED RUN.
HE HAS HAD A VERY GOOD GAME, A FUMBLE RECEPTION, AND FUMBLE RECOVERY.
LONERGAN IS 21 OF 29 FOR 201 YARDS.
>> IN THAT SITUATION, IT IS NICE TO SEE LONERGAN MOVING OUT OF THE POCKET, AND ROLLING HIM TO THE WIDE SIDE OF THE FIELD, AND THE WAY WE HAVE SEEN HIM RUNNING THE BALL, IT PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE DEFENSE AS HE IS ROLLING OUT, AND ROLLING TOWARDS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> THIRD AND GOAL.
AND PROTHRO IS GOING TO RUN IT IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN FOR BROOKWOOD.
BUT THERE IS A FLAG DOWN, AND FOUR-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR PRO FLOW FIT STANDS.
>> NICE JUMP CUT TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE AND GOOD BLOCKING BY STONE BONNER, BUT I AM NOT SURE IF THIS PLAY IS GOING TO STAND.
>> Referee: HOLDING, OFFENSE, 10-YARD PENALTY FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL, REPEAT THIRD DOWN.
>> SO THAT ERASES THE SCORE BY PROTHRO.
PHILIP JONES, AND HE WON A REGIONAL TITLE IN 2017, AND THEY WON 11 THAT YEAR, AND GOT TO THE STATE FINALS, AND A VICTORY HERE TONIGHT PUTS THEM IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO WIN THEIR FIRST REGION TITLE SINCE THEN.
IT WOULD BE THEIR 11th IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
STILL HAVE GAMES LEFT AGAINST LAMAR AND SOUTHLAND COMETS, AND TO CLOSE IT OUT AGAINST PARKVIEW.
THAT ONE INSIDE OF THE 5 YARD LINE, AND DOWN TO THE 1, AND MYLES PRINCE IS TRYING TO STRETCH OUT TO GET THAT BALL OVER THE GOAL LINE.
THEY WILL RULE HIM DOWN TO THE 1.
IT IS FOURTH AND GOAL.
>> AND THREE-MAN RUSH, AND GOOD PROTECTION UP FRONT, AND GOOD THROW THERE BY LONERGAN, AND KEEPING THE BALL LOW, AND ONLY PRINCE CAN COME UP WITH IT.
TRYING TO STRETCH OUT.
I AM PRETTY SURE THAT THE OFFENSE WILL STAY ON THE FIELD TO TRY TO HAMMER THIS HOME, AND PUT IT AWAY.
>> FOURTH AND GOAL, AND YOU ARE RIGHT, BROOKWOOD IS GOING TO GO FOR IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE GRASS STAINS ON THE JERSEY OF NILZ PRINCE THERE, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF ANYMORE, BUT THEY ARE PLAYING ON REAL GRASS THERE AT GRAYSON COMMUNITY STADIUM.
GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN TIDE TO GET THAT OUT.
>> WE USED TO COUNT ALL OF THAT LIKE MARKS IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND HOW MUCH GRASS YOU HAD.
>> ON THE JERSEY?
>> IT WAS LIKE SLIDING IN BASEBALL.
YOU USED TO WANT TO BE LIKE THE GREAT PETE ROSE AND HAVE A LOT OF DIRT ON YOU [ LAUGHTER ] >> MYLES PRINCE HAS GRASS ALL OVER HIM, AND CHECKING IN WITH NELLY.
>> FINALS IN SOUTH GEORGIA AND ONE OF THE TOUGH ONES THAT WAS A TOP TEN IN THE REGIONAL 11-1A, THOMASVILLE KNOCKING OFF FITZGERALD TONIGHT, AND 15-8 FINAL SCORE, AND FITZGERALD HAD 8-7, AND THOMASVILLE SCORES THE EVENTUAL GAME WINNING SCORE, AND THOMASVILLE IS THE ONE SEED OUT OF THERE, AND FITZGERALD IS THE TWO SEED IF THINGS FOLLOW SUIT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGULAR SEASON, AND COFFEE IN 1-5A, AND THAT IS GOING TO SET IT UP IN REGION 5A, AND ROBBINS PUT UP 70 AGAINST WAYNE COUNTY, AND CLINCH'S PLAYOFF MIGHT BE IN JEOPARDY HERE.
THEY MAY NOT BE AROUND IN A LONG TIME AFTER LOSING BY 40.
AND MORE COMING UP ON THE POST GAME SHOW.
>> THANK YOU, NELLY, FOR THE SCORE UPDATES AND DETAILS ON ALL OF THOSE AND MORE, AND INTERVIEWS WITH ALL OF THE TOP COACHES COMING UP IN THE GPB POST GAME SHOW WITH HANNAH GOODIN.
FOURTH AND GOAL, AND THE BRONCOS PUSH IT IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> HEAVY PACKAGE IN THE GAME.
AND ERIC SIMMONS AND JORDAN WITH THE BIG BODIES IN THERE, AND OVER THE TOP WITH THE QUARTERBACK, AND STRETCH INTO THE END ZONE HERE.
>> LONERGAN DIVING RIGHT OVER THE PILE AFTER THE BIG UGLIES UP FRONT MASHED DOWN THE DEFENSIVE LINE AND MADE IT AN EASY LEAP.
SILVA WITH THE P.A.T.
35-7, BROOKWOOD, AND THEY WILL GET THAT MEASURE OF REVENGE, EVEN IF THEY DID NOT TALK ABOUT IT THIS WEEK, THEY WILL GET IT HERE TONIGHT.
>>> SO UNDER 5:00, AND PRETTY SURE THAT BROOKWOOD IS GOING TO WIN THIS ONE, AND WAYNE, THE PLAY OF THE GAME TO SHARE WITH YOUR BESTY, AND WE GO TO THE BACK OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> AND DIGGS BREAKING THE TACKLES AND BURSTING SPEED, AND A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE BY HIM, CATCHING THE BALL AND RUNNING IT BETWEEN THE TACKLES.
>> 12 CARRIES AND 135 YARDS.
ONE OF THE THREE TOUCHDOWN RUNS TONIGHT.
TOUCHDOWN RUNS OF 51, 35 FOR HIM TONIGHT, AND 5 YARDS.
YOU CAN SEE 234 YARDS TOTAL WHEN YOU THROW IN THE 99 YARDS OF RECEIVING AS WELL.
QUITE A PERFORMANCE FOR THAT YOUNG MAN WHO COACH PHILIP JONES CALLS THE LEADER OF THE SENIOR GROUP.
NELLY TALKED ABOUT THAT WHEN WE STARTED THIS GAME.
THIS IS A BROOKWOOD TEAM THAT A LOT OF THE KIDS, AND IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THE KIDS HAVE BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE 6 YEAR-OLD, AND GOING BACK TO FIRST AND SECOND GRADE.
>> Referee: ENCROACHMENT AND THE KICKING TEAM.
>> PLAYING IN THAT GWINNETT FOOTBALL LEAGUE THAT HAS BEEN ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THAT COUNTY, AND NO COINCIDENCE, GWINNETT COUNTY IS ONE OF THE TOP COUNTIES, IF NOT THE TOP COUNTY FOR FOOTBALL IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
>> COACH JONES TALKS ABOUT THAT IS SOME OF THE GLUE THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT IN THE TEAM, BECAUSE THEY ARE FAMILIAR AND GREAT FRIENDS ON AND OFF OF THE FIELD.
>> THAT KICK IS BOBBLED AN BIN WAHAD PICKS IT UP.
BIN WAHAD OUT TO 50, AND MAN TO BEAT.
AND THEY CAN'T GET A HOLD OF HIM, AND HE TAKES IT ALL OF THE WAY FOR THE GRAYSON TOUCHDOWN FOR 84 YARDS.
>> ONE OF THE WORDS I HAVE IN MY NOTES OF BIN WAHAD IS PLAYMAKER.
AND WE HAVE SEEN HIM DEFENSIVELY MAKE A LOT OF PLAYS TONIGHT.
HERE BOBBLING THE SNAP, AND THEN SHOWING YOU THAT ATHLETIC ABILITY THAT MAKES HIM A THREE-STAR OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD, AND TAKING A LITTLE DERRICK HENRY, AND CREATING SPACE WITH THE STIFF ARM AND BIG TIME TOUCHDOWN BY BIG TIME TALENT.
>> AND SO OFTEN YOU WILL SEE THAT ON THE KICK RETURN WHEN THERE IS A LITTLE BOBBLE IT THROWS OFF THE TIMING AND THE KICK COVERAGE TEAM GETS FURTHER DOWN IN THE LANES THAN THEY NEED TO BE AND THEN YOU BEAT THE FRONT LINE THERE, AND IT IS STRAIGHT SHOT TO THE END ZONE.
>> NOT ONLY OUT OF YOUR LANES, BUT IT IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY THE INTENSITY, AND ALMOST THINK THAT YOU HAVE WON THE PLAY, BECAUSE THE GUY HAS BOBBLED THE BALL RIGHT THERE AND FINDING THE LANE AND STILL GOING, AND EXECUTING UP FRONT WITH THE BLOCKING, AND THEN IT JUST BECAME ABOUT A TALENTED PLAYER IN BIN WAHAD.
>> BIG HIGHLIGHT FOR THE RAMS ON A NIGHT WHEN THEY HAVE NOT HAD NEARLY ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH BROOKWOOD.
>> YOU COULD SEE THE FRUSTRATION, AND YOU COULD SEE THAT IT IS COMING IN THE LOSS, SO IT IS NOT REALLY FOR A PLAYER LIKE HIM COUNT.
THEN HE SAW THE BIG CAMERA, AND THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD SAY HELLO TO HIS MOM.
>> BROKE DOWN TO SMILE.
>> HE IS STILL A TEENAGER.
>> AND ENJOY THE MOMENT.
YOU WON'T WIN THE BATTLE TONIGHT, BUT YOU HAVE CLINCHED A PLAYOFF SPOT.
SO YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE IN THE PLAYOFFS.
PROBABLY A NUMBER TWO SEED COMING OUT OF THE REGION FOUR WITH THIS DEFEAT TONIGHT, BUT ONE GAME LEFT WITH THIS GRAYSON SCHEDULE, AND PLAYING AT NEWTON NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE REGULAR SEASON FINALE, AND NEWTON GAVE THEM NO PRECALL HERE.
AND THE HAWK HAD TO BATTLE THE RAMS TO PULL IT OUT 21-14 TONIGHT.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE REGIONS STANDINGS.
YOU WILL SEE THAT BROOKWOOD IS GOING TO BE 2-0, AND GRAYSON FALLS TO 2-1.
NEWTON PLAYED NONREGION TONIGHT, SO THEY ARE 1-1, AND PARKVIEW WON TONIGHT, SO THEY ARE 1-2, AND SOUTH GWINNETT IS GOING TO DROP TO 0-2, AND JOHN SUCCINCTLY DESCRIBED IN THE BROADCAST BEFORE WE STARTED AT 7:30, ONE OF THE FIVE WILL BE LEFT OUT OF THE PICTURE, AND RIGHT NOW WITH THE PARKVIEW VICTORY TONIGHT, IT IS LOOKING LIKE THE TEAM MIGHT BE SOUTH GWINNETT, BUT THEY ARE NEXT UP FOR BROOKWOOD NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
>> GOOD TO SEE ALEXANDER DIGGS BACK IN THE GAME.
WE SAW HIM LEAVE WITH WHAT IS LOOKING LIKE CRAMPS EARLIER EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE UP 21 AND MILKING THE CLOCK, IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT SIGN OF HIM GOING FORWARD THAT IT WAS NOTHING SERIOUS.
>> THE PASS IS COMPLETE TO MASSENGILL.
BIN WAHAD IN ON THE TACKLE.
HE GOING TO PLAY FOR NEAL BROWN IN WEST VIRGINIA.
>> NICE SCREEN BY DYLAN LONERGAN.
I'M NOT SURE IF THESE QUICK PASSES ARE DESIGNED OR HE IS JUST BREEDING SO MUCH SOFT COVERAGE THAT HE CAN TAKE THE EASY THREE OR FOUR YARDS TO GET THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS.
>> IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT TRANSPIRES FOR LONERGAN OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
HE TOLD HANNAH GOODIN ON THE RECRUITING 2021 THIS WEEK THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO BE MAKING HIS DECISION OF WHERE TO PLAY HIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR, THE SUMMER OF 2022 AT THE EARLIEST, AND PROBABLY WANTS TO GET THE DECISION OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE HIS SENIOR YEAR BEGINS, BECAUSE THAT DECISION IS GOING TO INVOLVE BASEBALL.
SO WHEREVER HE CHOOSES, IT IS GOING TO BE A BASEBALL, AND A GOOD BASEBALL PROGRAM, AND SO THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE IN THE SOUTHEAST WITH THE FOOTBALL/BASEBALL COMBO, BUT IT IS A BIG FACTOR IN THE DECISION AS WELL.
IN GEORGIA LAST WEEK, NOT ONLY DID HE GO TO THE FOOTBALL GAME, BUT THE BASEBALL TEAMS ARE IN THE MID OF THE FALL PRACTICE, AND HE DROPPED BY FOLEY FIELD AND VISITED THE BULLDOGS' BASEBALL PROGRAM UP THERE AS WELL.
>> I AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY SCHOLARSHIPS DOES GEORGIA, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE 28 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED.
WHAT'S THE LIMIT NOW?
>> WELL, WITH THE COMMITMENTS FROM BEAR ALEXANDER OUT OF IMG, AND MICHAEL WILLIAMS WHO FLIPPED FROM SOUTHERN CAL TO GEORGIA, AND THE PLAYER FROM FLIPPED FROM FLORIDA STATE, AND THOSE THREE COMMITMENTS THIS WEEK, THEY JUMPED FROM THREE TO ONE IN THE RECRUITING RANKINGS, AND NOT ONLY NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION ON THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT IN RECRUITING RANKINGS.
>> I WOULD TRY TO HATE ON UGA, BUT I WENT THERE ON ONE OF MY RECRUITING TRIPS A LONG TIME AGO.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU?
>> WHEN RAY GOFF FIRST GOT THE JOB, AND HE RECRUITED ME TO GEORGIA AND I TOOK A TRIP THERE.
>> THAT IS THE THING ABOUT THE RECRUITING STORIES IS THAT YOU CAN COUNT ON IT.
EVERY KID WHO GOES ON THE TRIP SAYS IT WAS CRAZY AND WILD AND I HAD A GREAT TIME.
I AM WAITING FOR THE KID WHO SAID THAT I HAD A TERRIBLE TIME.
NOW, THAT IS THE STORY.
THEY ALL HAVE GREAT TIME.
AND SO TO SPEAK, THEY ARE WINED AND DINED BY THE UNIVERSITY TRYING TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION.
THAT IS JUST SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY SERVED ALCOHOL.
DAVENPORT WITH THE TACKLE THERE FOR THE BRONCOS.
LONERGAN IS NOT GOING TO GET THE 200 YARDS THAT HE IS AVERAGING PASSING, BUT PUSHING UP TO 300 YARDS WITH THE RUN GAME AND THE PASS GAME.
>> AND TALKING ABOUT WITH THE PASS GAME, HE HAS TO CONDITION HIMSELF AS HE DID TONIGHT TO TAKE WHAT THE TEAM GIVES HIM.
THEY WERE NOT GOING TO GIVE HIM ANY MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE DOWN THE FIELD, AND SO HE NEVER HAS THAT CHANCE TO GET DEEP DOWN THE FIELD, AND HE HAS TO WORK IT.
>> AND WE SAW THAT PASS FROM FRY TO JOJO STONE.
FOR GRAYSON GOING FORWARD, YOU THINK THAT STONE, YOU KNOW, TAKING HIM OUT OF THE QUARTERBACK, AND GOING 6-0 AS A STARTER, BUT I TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU, GETTING HIM OUT IN SPACE WHERE HE CAN REALLY USE HIS EXPLOSIVENESS.
INTERCEPTED!
INTERCEPTION FOR THE BRONCOS.
MYLES MAYHORN WITH THE PICK.
>> NICE JOB BY MAYHORN AND SINKING BACK INTO THE COVERAGE AND READING THE QUARTERBACK'S EYES.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, AND LOOKING AT THE RECEIVER DOWN THE WHOLE WAY THERE WAS RAYNE FRY AND TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO HUMPHREY AND A NICE BREAK ON THE BALL THERE.
>> HE GOT THE MONEY BAG.
>> THE MONEY BAG.
OKAY.
THROWING THE LOOT OUT [ LAUGHTER ] NOT SURE IF IT IS REAL, BUT SOMEBODY PICKED IT UP LIKE THERE WERE REAL DOLLARS IN THERE.
>> I AM THINKING NOT.
>> YOU KNOW, GRAYSON IS FEELING THE PAINS OF RELOADING, AND THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF TALENT, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO REPLACE A GUY LIKE JAKE GARCIA WHO WAS THE NUMBER FIVE RATED QUARTERBACK IN THE COUNTRY, AND NOW THE SIGNEE WITH THE HURRICANES.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANOTHER NUMBER FIVE QUARTERBACK OF THE NATION SITTING THERE WAITING.
>> AND A GUY WHO HAS INSTANTLY MADE YOUR TEAM VERTICAL, AND INSTANTLY STRETCHED THE DEFENSE AND MADE THEM PLAY THE WHOLE FIELD.
>> YES.
>> AS SOON AS HE HIT THE FIELD, EVERYBODY HAD TO WONDER IF THE BALL WAS COMING THEIR WAY, AND HE EXPLOITED THE FIELD, AND HE DID A GREAT JOB LEADING HIS TEAM.
>> IF YOU'LL REMEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN GRAYSON BEAT BROOKWOOD, PROTHRO ON THE CARRY, AND 58-17, GARCIA DID NOT START THE GAME, BUT THEY BROUGHT HIM IN, IN THE FIRST QUARTER, AND IMMEDIATELY APPARENT, AS YOU ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THE LAST GRAYSON PLAYOFF APPEARANCE, BUT IT WAS APPARENT THAT HE WAS IMMEDIATE GAME-CHANGER AS THEY DEFEATED KOLSON TO GO 14-0.
BUT HE WAS IMMEDIATELY, HE WAS A GAME-CHANGER FOR THE GRAYSON TEAM WHEN HE CAME ON, AND HE WAS IMMEDIATELY THE STARTING QUARTERBACK.
>> WHEN HE CAME ON, THE RECEIVING CORPS, AND IT IS LIKE THEY GOT TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL, AND THEY GOT FASTER, AND THAT IS WHEN THEY STARTED TO GENERATE A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL OF OFFENSE.
>> THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FINAL PLAY OF THE NIGHT.
SO BROOKWOOD WITH THE IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT, AND THEY ARE NOW IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO WIN THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2017, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, PHILIP JONES, ONE OF THE REALLY GOOD GUYS IN GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
THEY HAVE A GOOD TIME VISITING WITH PHILIP, AND HIS TEAM GETS A BIG WIN HERE TONIGHT, AS HE EMBRACES ADAM CARTER, ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS, TOO, ON THE TOUGH END OF A 35-14 FINAL HERE TONIGHT, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BROOKWOOD AND UPWARDLY MOBILE WITH THE VICTORY HERE, AND 2-0 IN THE REGION 4-7 AA.
>> HE CAN LEAVE HAPPY WITH THE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.
HE CAME IN TO RUN AND PROTECT LONERGAN, AND HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT AND DEFENSIVELY, HE CAME IN TO STOP THE RUN AND FORCE GRAYSON TO THROW THE BALL, AND HE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, AND A COMPLETE TEAM WIN FOR BROOKWOOD.
>> NATURALLY SO, WE END UP MIGRATING TO THE OFFENSIVE STORY, AND THAT IS THE WAY IT TYPICALLY GOES, BUT I THINK THAT YOU ARE RIGHT, AND WE FOCUSED ON ALEX DIGGS WITH A SPECTACULAR DAY, AND LONERGAN WAS STEADY EDDIE AND SHOWING US EVERYTHING THAT WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD SEE OUT OF HIM, BUT THE BROOKWOOD OFFENSE WAS A BIG EQUATION.
>> AND LOOKING OVER THE WHOLE DEFENSE, THERE WAS NO BIG NAME THAT PARTICULARLY JUMPS OUT ON YOU, AND IT IS ALL ABOUT EFFORT, AND HUSTLE, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW THAT TONIGHT, AND KEEP THE PRESSURE, AND WIN THE FIRST AND SECOND DOWN, AND A LOT OF TIME GRAYSON HELPED THEM OUT WITH PENALTIES AND THIRD AND LONG, AND REGARDLESS OF WHO HELPED THEM OUT AT QUARTERBACK, THEY WERE IN A BAD SITUATION.
>> JOHN NELSON IS MAKING THE SPRINT DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE, AND THE ONLY TIME TONIGHT THAT ANYBODY HAS BEATEN ALEX DIGGS IN A FOOTRACE.
WHAT HA PERFORMANCE.
I AM GUESSING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN GUESS WHO THE GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME PLAYER IS GOING TO BE.
IT WAS REALLY FUN TO SEE HIM PLAY TONIGHT, AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, ALEX DIGGS WAS THE ONE OFFER FROM DAVIS WHO EPITOMIZES WHAT BROOKWOOD PROGRAM IS ABOUT.
>> FOCUSED TEAM, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE LEADER IS A STAR IN THE MAKING.
AND EVERYBODY SEEMED TO BE EXECUTING AT A HIGH LEVEL AND GUYS LIKE ALEX DIGGS AND JUMAL PROTHRO IS FILLING IN, AND BECOMING SUPERSTARS.
>> 137 YARDS RUSHING AND 99 RECEIVING AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS AND THE BESTIES PLAY OF THE GAME, AND NOW JOHN NELSON GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.
>> 236 TOTAL YARDS OF OFFENSE, AND ALEX, CONGRATULATION, AND REGION WIN, AND REGION RIVAL AND YOU LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD AND PUT 35 ON GRAYSON TONIGHT, AND WHAT IS THE WEEK LIKE GETTING READY FOR THE BIG GAME TONIGHT.
>> WELL, FIRST, I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THE PROTECTION AND HEALTH FOR THE GAME, AND THANK THE OFFENSIVE LINE FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE THE PLAYS AND WE REALLY JUST CAME INTO THE GAME TO DO OUR GAME, AND WE WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
>> SO THEN, LET ME ASK YOU THIS, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU PRACTICE THAT SUPERMAN DIVE FROM LIKE THE 4 YARD LINE, AND IS THAT THE LONGEST THAT YOU HAVE JUMPED 12 FEET?
>> WELL, I KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO SCORE, AND I KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO DO WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO SCORE?
>> SO YOU JUMPED 12 FEET?
>> PRETTY MUCH.
>> THAT OFFENSIVE LINE, YOU PRIDED YOURSELF TO HELP DYLAN OUT WITH THE OFFENSIVE GAME, AND VERY, VERY BALANCED THIS SEASON, AND WHAT IS THAT LIKE TO SEE THINGS THE CONTINUE TO GROW WITH THIS BIG WIN?
>> I LOVE TO SEE THE OFFENSIVE LINE WHEN WE MAKE BIG RUNS AND BIG PASSES, AND THEY CAME TOGETHER SINCE LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, AND WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF BIG PLAYS AND ALL GLORY TO THEM.
>> IF I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WOULD HAVE BEATEN GRAYSON 35-14 BEFORE THE GAME STARTED, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TOLD ME?
>> I WOULD HAVE AGREED, BECAUSE WE HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN OUR TEAM.
WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT NEED TO DO WITH OUR TEAM.
>> ALEX DIGGS FOR ONE NIGHT, GRAYSON AND LOGANVILLE, AND YOU ARE COTTON GROWERS PLAYER OF THE GAME.
THAT IS GOING HOME WITH YOU.
AND STICKING AROUND FOR YOUR THOUGHTS OF THE GAME TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND RECRUITING 2021, WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER THERE.
AND HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME WE GET ON THE AIR NEXT WEEK, HE IS GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE OFFER, AND HE IS CERTAINLY IN MY MIND EARNED THAT.
>> AND I LOVE WHEN HE SAID THAT HE GAVE ALL OF THE CREDIT TO THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF SECURING THE BLOCKS TO LET HIM GET INTO THE NEXT LEVEL AND EXPLOITING THE LINEBACKER AND SECONDARY CORE WHEN HE HAD A CHANCE.
>> AND YOU SAW DYLAN LONERGAN THERE, AND HE IS LISTENING TO THE COACH RIGHT THERE, TO GIVE THE POST GAME SPEECH.
WHAT A SOLID QUARTERBACK HE IS.
NOT ANYTHING REALLY SPECTACULAR TONIGHT, BUT JUST ALL-AROUND SOLID AND IN CONTROL OF THE GAME, AND NEVER PANICKED, AND NEVER RUSHED.
EN WHEN THERE WAS A PRESSURE APPLIED OR SOMETHING NEGATIVE MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED, HE WAS ABLE TO RECOUP, AND CONTROL THE GAME.
>> TOTALLY POISED AND COOL, LIKE YOU SAID, AND YOU NEVER SAW HIM RATTLED NO MATTER HOW TO PLAY WAS NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE EVEN ON THE RUNS, AND SHOWED SOME MOXIE ON THE TACKLE ON THAT INTERCEPTION, AND WE HAVE TO GIVE HIM SOME CREDIT THERE.
HE WAS LETTING OUT A LITTLE RAGE THAT HE THREW THAT INTERCEPTION.
>> NO DOUBT.
A BIG GAME FOR LONERGAN HERE TONIGHT AS HE THROWS FOR 211 AND RUSHES FOR 65.
BIG PERFORMANCE BY HIM, AND A BIG PERFORMANCE ALL OF THE WAY AROUND FOR THE BROOKWOOD BRONCOS TONIGHT.
THEY RESPONDED AFTER BEING BEATEN BY THIS GRAYSON TEAM, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GRAYSON TEAM 58-17 A YEAR AGO, AND THEN LOSING FOUR POWER 5 CONFERENCE PLAYERS WHO TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE PROGRAM, AND FOR THEM TO RESPOND THE WAY THEY HAVE THIS YEAR TO BEAT GRAYSON THE WAY THEY DID TONIGHT, TO PUT THEMSELVES IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO WIN A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP I THINK SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
>> REVENGE.
I SAID IT AT THE BEGINNING AND GREAT JOB BY THEM AND AS YOU TALKED ABOUT LOSING TALENT, AND THIS IS WHAT IS MOTIVATING AT THIS POINT.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
HEAD COACH PHILIP JONES IS STANDING BY WITH NELLY.
>> THANK YOU, MATT.
HOW SATISFYING WAS GIVING THAT POST GAME SPEECH CONSIDERING WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR ON YOUR TURF?
>> WELL, I AM SO PROUD OF THIS TEAM AS A WHOLE.
THEY SAW A LOT OF ADVERSITY IN THE OFF SEASON, AND SO, WE HAVE, GRAYSON HAS HAD OUR NUMBER SIX YEARS IN A ROW, AND SO IT IS DEFINITELY SATISFYING TO COME HERE WITH YOU, AND SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE, WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM, AND SO, WE PROVED IT TONIGHT, AND LONG WAY TO GO, AND IT IS THE SECOND REGIONAL WIN, AND IN ALL PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE TWO MORE TO GO, AND WHEN YOU CAN COME IN HERE TO WIN A GAME LIKE THIS, IT IS A BIG DEAL.
>> WHEN ALEX DIGGS IS ONLY LOOKED AT BY DAVISON COMING INTO THIS, AND WHAT IS IT LIKE TO HAVE HIM NOT A BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE, BUT REINFORCING PERFORMANCE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS ALL YEAR, AND I'M GLAD THAT HE GOT THE EXPOSURE, AND HE WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR WHATEVER REASON BY A LOT OF THE COLLEGE COACHESSH AND I HOPE THEY SEE THE GUY WHO HAS THE HEART OF A LION AND HE IS A FREAKING BALLER.
HE HAS DONE SPECIAL THINGS FOR US SINCE HE WAS 6 YEARS OLD IN BROOKWOOD PROGRAM, AND HE IS CONTINUING THE DO THEM TODAY.
I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF HIM, AND 4.00 GPA AND WORK ETHIC, AND CHARACTER OFF OF THE CHARTS.
>> MAKE THAT KID A OFFER.
>> MAKE HIM AN OFFER.
>> AND TALK ABOUT THE DEFENSE A LITTLE BIT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THEY WERE STOUT TONIGHT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND YOU KNEW THAT GRAYSON WOULD WANT TO RUN WITH ALL OF THE ATHLETES.
>> RIGHT.
>> YOU KEPT THEM CONTAIN AND GRAYSON ON THE HEELS, AND THEY HAD TO DO THINGS THAT WERE ATYPICAL FROM WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
>> YES, THE GOAL WAS TO COME IN, AND MAKE THE OFFENSE PLAY LEFT-HANDED.
AND WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB STOPPING THE RUN, AND THAT IS NO DIFFERENT TONIGHT.
THEY HAVE DYNAMIC ATHLETES, AND THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB UP FRONT BLOCKING, AND THEY HAVE GOTTEN US A FEW TIMES IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AND THEY GOT AUS LITTLE BIT, BUT ALL IN ALL, COACH SNYDER, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, AND THEY HAVE PLAYED THEIR TAILS OFF, AND DID A GOOD JOB RUNNING TO THE FOOTBALL AND TACKLING, AND IT SHOWED AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.
PROUD OF THEM.
>> BIG WIN FOR YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU HAVE A LONG WALK TO CATCH UP TO THE TEAM TO GET BACK TO SNELLVILLE.
>> THANK YOU, AND PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
>> COACH JONES GETS THE WIN TONIGHT, AND MATT AND WAYNE, THEY ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LADDER HERE IN THE REGION.
FIVE TEAM, AND ONLY FOUR GO, AND BROOKWOOD IS AT THE TOP OF THE LADDER.
>> WE KNOW THEY WILL GO, BUT IN WHAT POSITION.
RIGHT NOW, IN THE NUMBER ONE SPOT.
WE WILL SEE IF IF THEY CAN FINISH IT OUT.
NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, IT IS ANOTHER BATTLE FOR A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 5A AS THE FOURTH-RANKED CALHOUN YELLOWJACKETS TAKE ON THE NUMBER ONE RANKED AND UNDEFEATED CARTERSVILLE PURPLE HURRICANES FOR THE REGION TITLE THAT IS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT RIGHT HERE ON GPB, AND THE COVERAGE IS GOING TO START AT 7:00 WITH THE RECRUITING 2021, AND THEN IT IS THE JACKETS AND THE CANES AT 7:30.
HERE TONIGHT, BROOKWOOD IN THE DRIVERS SEAT TO WIN THE REGION 4-7A TITLE WITH A CONVINCING 35-14 VICTORY OVER GRAYSON.
AND NOW FOR WAYNE GANDY AND HANNAH GOODIN, AND JOHN NELSON AND THE ENTIRE GPB TEAM, I'M MATT STEWART.
GOOD NIGHT.
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