>>> WELCOME TO THE POSTGAME SHOW HERE ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS HERE.

GPB, AT BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA, SEAT BELTS, SAVE LIVES.

WE TRY TO WHITTLE THE FIELD DOWN TO 256, WE'RE STARTING TO GET FINALS IN.

WE'RE STARTING TO GET THE LAY OF THE LAND WHEN IT COMES TO ACTION IN THE EIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.

REGION 1 5A.

AND ONE GUY THAT'S GOTTEN TO SEE IT, THE HEAD COACH OF THE TROJANS.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> WHAT WERE YOU DOING TONIGHT?

WERE YU WATCHING EVERYBODY ELSE?

YOU DIDN'T HAVE A GAME ON THE BOARD ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT.

>> OUR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR IS UP AT WOODWARD SCOUTING THAT GAME.

HE HAD TO GO TO ATLANTA TO SEE HIS PARENTS.

HE'S UP SCOUTING THAT GAME.

WE GAVE OUR KIDS OFF.

I CLIMBED UP IN A TREE MOST OF THE DAY.

GOT HOME JUST IN TIME TO WATCH THIS WOODWARD AND CREEKSIDE GAME.

>> I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT ONE SPOT SHADOWED.

LET'S TALK ABOUT 1 5A.

AND THOSE THAT HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN REGION 1 5A, I MAINTAIN IT'S ONE OF THE TOUGHEST REGIONS IN THE STATE BECAUSE YOU HAVE QUALITY TALENT IN A SPRINT FOR FOUR REGION GAMES.

IT'S WARNER ROBBINS, YOU AND VETERANS AND WAYNE.

>> IT'S TOUGH.

THE GAME LAST WEEK CAME DOWN TO THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, TO BEAT WARE.

WARE WITHOUT IT'S A TOUGH REGION.

THE REGION WE'VE BEEN IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.

THEY WON FIVE OF THE SIX YEARS.

AND TWO OF THE FIVE, THE STATE CHAMPION AND THE RUNNER-UP CAME OUT OF OUR REGION.

IT'S TOUGH.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS ABOUT TEAM IN THE REGULAR SEASON, KNOWING THAT THE NONREGION SCHEDULE HAD TO GET YOU READY?

WHAT'S YOUR TAKEAWAY.

>> Stacey: >> OUR KIDS PLAY HARD.

WE PLAYED GOOD IN SPECIAL TEAMS.

WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENT.

THAT'S OUR NEMESIS AND WHAT WE HAVE TO GET IN GEAR IF WE MAKE A RUN IN THE PLAYOFFS.

WE HAVE TO GET BETTER AND MORE CONSISTENT IN THE RED ZONE.

HELP OUR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS.

WE DID A GOOD JOB OF THOSE PARTS OF THE GAME.

VERY CONSISTENT.

A LOT OF INJURIES.

IT HURT US OFFENOFFENSIVELY.

THE BEST PLAYER WAS OUT.

AND HE GOT HURT AGAIN.

SEVERAL OFFENSIVE LINEMEN.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF ADVERSITY.

CAN'T USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE.

WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET THE JOB DONE AND BETTER.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING THESE TEAMS TONIGHT.

ONE THE RANKED TWO AND ONE IS RANKED FOUR.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF SIZE AND SPEED.

THEY LOOK WELL COACHED.

WE HAVE TO GET BETTER QUICK ON OFFENSE, TO PULL OUT A VICTORY.

>> CONTINUE YOUR INTEL ON WOODWARD AND CREEKSIDE.

SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY IN DOUGLAS.

WE'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU SOON.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> ROBBIE PRUITT, THE HEAD COACH OF THE COFFEE TROJANS.

HE'S IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND PORTION OF THE BRACKET.

YOU CAN DO THAT IN PEN.

COFFEE WILL PLAY THE LOSER OF WOODWARD ACADEMY AND CREEKSIDE.

WE'LL KEEP YOU UP-TO-DATE.

THE COFFEE COACHING STAFF IS GETTING READY FOR THAT ONE.

IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND PORTION OF THE UPPER LEFT-HAND BRACKET, COFFEE HAS TO TRAVEL TO ATLANTA TO TAKE ON THE LOSER OF WOODWARD AND CREEKSIDE.

TIME TO BRING MATT STUART INTO THE CONVERSATION.

MATT HAS PROBABLY DISPOSED OF A GOOD TWO LITERS OF WATER, AFTER CALLING THE DOMINANT WIN OFFOEGBU FORD OVER DACULA.

WE CATCH UP WITH COACH PRUITT AND WE GOT TO PULL THE CURTAIN BACK ON 1 5A.

NORTH OF THE NAT LINE, STOUT COMPETITION.

>> NO DOUBT.

THEY ARE 8-2.

TWO LOSSES TO TWO OF THE BEST IN THE STATE, WARE COUNTY AND WARNER ROBBINS.

WARNER ROBBINS, UNTIL WARE COUNTY BEAT THEM.

WE THOUGHT THAT WARNER ROBBINS WAS UNBEATABLE.

THEY HAD THE HUGE WIN.

BUT COFFEE GOING ON THE ROAD.

THIS IS JUST STATUS QUO FOR THEM.

THEY HAVE BEEN TO THE QUARTERFINALS OR BETTER FIVE-CONSECUTIVE SEASONS.

THEY PLAYED IN THE 27 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW FOR THEM TO PLAY WOODWARD OR CREEKSIDE, UP IN ATLANTA.

THIS IS WHAT THEY DO EVERY YEAR.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG OBSTACLE OR SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO GET USED TO.

THEY ARE USED TO GETTING ON THE BUS, PACK A LUNCH AND A DINNER AND PLAY UP HERE.

THEY WILL BE READY FOR EITHER ONE OF THOSE TEAMS.

>> SPEAKING OF REGION 1 5A, WE CAN HAVE THE HEAD COACH OF THE WARE COUNTY GATORS.

JASON STRICKLAND, ON THE POSTGAME SHOW, AFTER A BIG WIN OF WARE COUNTY, REGION 1 5A.

IT'S JOHN AND MATT IN ATLANTA.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

>> APPRECIATE YOU, BUDDY.

ALWAYS.

>> TAKEAWAYS FROM TONIGHT.

I KNOW THAT IT WAS A DOMINANT WIN FOR YOU.

BUT AS YOU HAD A CHANCE TO DIGEST WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT ARE COME SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS?

>> WELL, I MEAN, WE HAD ATROCIOUS WEATHER HERE TONIGHT.

O WE WANTED TO SEE HOW OUR GUYS WOULD RESPOND.

WE HAVE BEEN HARPING ON HOW WE PLAY NOT WHO WE PLAY.

REALLY COLD AND REALLY WET.

AND PROUD OF OUR EFFORT.

GOT TO PLAY A BUNCH OF KIDS.

THE OLDER GUYS, THE LEADERSHIP, REALLY COACHING THE YOUNGER KIDS, VERY EXCITING TO SEE.

>> MATT, GO AHEAD WITH A QUESTION.

>> COACH, YOU PLAY IN A BRUTAL REGION.

YOUR VICTORY OVER WARNER ROBINS, EVERYBODY WAS THINKING THE DEMONS WERE UNBEATABLE.

YOU PROVED THAT NOT TO BE THE CASE.

TAKE ME BACK TO THAT VICTORY AND HOW THAT SET THE STAGE FOR YOU GUYS.

>> SO MANY TEAMS HELPED.

AND YOU CAN'T HELP THAT PROUD.

THEY DON'T NEED ANY HELP.

THEY'RE SO WELL-COACHED.

YOU CAN'T TURN THE BALL OVER.

MISS A BUNCH OF TACKLES.

THEY ARE JUST GOING TO KILL YOU.

REALLY, OUR MESSAGE TO OUR GUYS.

MAKE THEM BEAT US.

WE HAD A GOOD WEEK OF PRACTICE.

GETTING BACK TO HOW WE PLAY, NOT WHO WE PLAY.

OUR GUYS FELT LIKE THEY WERE CLOSE LAST YEAR.

WE PLAYED A GOOD PORTION OF THE GAME.

SO, ABOUT THREE POINTS.

WE FELT LIKE WE WERE RIGHT THERE.

ANYTIME I PLAY THIS, WE HAVE NORTON AND THOSE GUYS, THEY WILL RUN OUT THERE FOR US.

WE FELT LIKE WE HAVE A SHOT.

THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS.

>> YOU MENTIONED CASTELLANOS.

BIG NEWS WITH NORTON AND IOWA STATE.

TELL US ABOUT HIS DECISION, AND WHAT HE HAS MEANT TO YOU GUYS THIS YEAR.

>> IOWA STATE HAS BEEN ON HIM FOR A LONG TIME.

THEY JUMPED ON HIM.

I THOUGHT THEY HAD DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.

REALLY DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO CONVINCE HIM OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A CYCLONE.

THEY WENT OUT THERE FOR A VISIT WHEN THEY WERE PLAYING OKLAHOMA STATE.

MET WITH HIS FAMILY AND MET WITH ME.

WE HAD ZOOM CALLS TO COACH CAMPBELL.

ONE OF THOSE DEALS.

HE'S A SMALL DOWN GUY.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE DONE, EVEN HALL, THE KID THEY GOT NOW, AN NFL DRAFT PROSPECT.

I THOUGHT THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF SELLING IT TO GET HIM OUT THERE AND GET HIM TO GO PLAY.

HE'S A GUY THAT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT DISTANCE.

HE WANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THE NEXT LEVEL AND GET A COLLEGE DEGREE.

HE HAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

FOR US, HE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE FOR US.

HE IS ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT KIDS I'VE BEEN RND EVER.

HE'S THE SAME GUY EVERY DAY.

HE IS ALWAYS IN AN UPBEAT MOOD.

GOT A BIG, BEAUTIFUL SMILE ON HIS FACE ALL THE TIME.

AT THE END OF IT, HE IS 215 POUNDS AND RUNS LIKE A DEER.

HE'S A LOT OF FUN TO HAVE.

>> THAT'S A HUGE GET FOR IOWA STATE TO GET HIM.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR QUARTERBACK, THOMAS CASTELLANOS, WHO HAS COMMITTED TO UCF, GOING TO PLAY WITH THE KNIGHTS AND GUS MALZAHN, WHAT HE HAS MEANT FOR YOUR PROGRAM.

FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE HIM, HOPE PLAY THEY GET A CHANCE TO SEE HIM.

TELL US ABOUT HIM.

>> A SPECIAL KID.

I THINK, PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN ACCUSTOMED TO HIM, YOU KNO -- PEOPLE THINK HE'S A 25-YEAR-OLD GUY.

THEY FORGET HE'S JUST TURNED 18 AND HE'S DOING THESE MIRACLES ON FRIDAY NIGHTS.

WE GO AS HE GOES.

AS COMPASSIONATE ABOUT FOOTBALL.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A GUY THAT REALLY CHANGES THE WEIGHT OF THE FIELD WHEN HE WALKS OUT THERE, HE IS THAT GUY.

HE'S BEEN A TON OF FUN TO COACH.

I CAN'T IMAGINE FIGURING OUT WHO WILL REPLACE HIM BECAUSE HE IS THAT GUY.

HE IS A SPECIAL TALENT.

>> JASON STRICKLAND, A BIG WIN TONIGHT.

IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING IN PEN, IT'S TIME TO PUT WARE COUNTY IN LOW RIGHT IN THE BRACKET.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US HERE.

WE'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU.

AND IN LOW RIGHT, AS YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION, IT IS CALHOUN IN THE SECOND ROUND, THAT WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL FROM CALHOUN, DOWN TO WARE COUNTY FOR ROUND NUMBER TWO.

LET'S TAKE A PEEK AND SEE WHERE WE ARE.

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF CATCHING UP WITH TWO COACHES?

>> THAT WAS GREAT.

THEY WILL BE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE GAME AND OUT.

YOU HEARD WHAT I SAY ABOUT COFFEE.

THESE GUYS WILL MAKE DEEP RUNS.

THE THING THAT IS MOST INTRIGUING ABOUT THE 5A PLAYOFFS, OR ONE OF THE THINGS, IS THE CROSSOVER MATCH-UP.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE POSSIBLY CALHOUN, WHO WE SAW LAST WEEK ON FOOTBALL FRIDAY AND ALL OF THE TALENT THEY HAVE, HAVING TO GO TO WARE COUNTY AND WARNER ROBINS, COMING UP TO CARTERSVILLE FOR THE SECOND ROUND.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CARTERSVILLE RANKED NUMBER ONE.

WARNER ROBINS NUMBER THREE.

A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, COMING IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

AND THAT'S INCREDIBLY INTRIGUING MATCH-UP FOR JUST THE SECOND WEEK OF THE PLAYOFFS.

AND SOME TEAM IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR SEASON ENDED A LOT EARLIER THAN ANYBODY ANTICIPATED.

>> YEAH.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TWO TOP TEN TEAMS, WHOEVER IT IS.

WHEN WE CAUGHT UP WITH ROBBIE PRUITT, TWO GOING AT IT.

WOODWARD, CREEKSIDE, COFFEE, ALL IN THE TOP TEN.

TWO WILL BE SQUARING OFF IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND SECTION OF THE BRACKET WHEN IT COMES TO ROUND NUMBER ONE.

>> AND THAT COFFEE MATCH-UP AGAINST WOODWARD OR CREEKSIDE, I BELIEVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT WILL BE THE ONLY MATCH-UP OF TOP TEN TEAMS, OUT OF ALL THE "A" CLASSIFICATIONS.

THE ONLY TOP TEN RANKED TEAMS.

>> A PEEK AT THE SCORES AND SHOW YOU THE UPDATES.

WE WANTED TO DO WITH OUR SCOREBOARD TONIGHT WAS SHOW YOU THE 15 GAMES THAT ONES AND TWOS WOULD BE DECIDED BY THE END OF THE NIGHT.

McEACHERN, COMING OVER PEPLEBROOK.

LOOKS LIKE HE GETS THE SHUTOUT.

REGION SEVEN, NUMBER ONE, ARCHER.

6-0, IN REGION, 6-4 OVERALL.

NORCROSS.

ARCHER, ONE.

NORCROSS.

MEADOWCREEK, YOUR THREE, WITH THEIR WIN OVER DISCOVERY.

DULUTH AND DUNWOODY.

JONES COUNTY, THEY ARE A REGION CHAMPION.

THEY COME BACK TO WIN 23-21, 21-13.

RIVERDALE, KNOCKS OFF LUELLA.

THAT ONE IS IN THE FOURTH.

PIERCE AND APPLING.

IT IS TORRENTIAL RAINS.

HE IS TELLING THE TRUTH.

PIERCE COUNTY LEADING APPLING LATE.

WE WILL TRY TO GRAB RYAN HEARING IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

ROCKMORT, HOLDING ON AT HOME, AGAINST RINGOLD.

COLOMBIA TO SOUTH ATLANTA.

BACK-TO-BACK REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR FANNIN COUNTY.

DOMINANT NIGHT.

METTAR, LEADING 17-0.

THAT ONE IS IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

THAT'S THE LAST UPDATE WE HAD THERE ON THAT PARTICULAR SCORE IN SINGLE-A.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON.

WE'LL CATCH UP WITH COACHES AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN ALL EIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT ARE HEADING TO GEORGIA STATE IN FIVE WEEKS' TIME.

IT'S THE POSTGAME SHOW HERE ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA, BROUGHT TO US BY OUR FRIENDS AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.

>>> WE ARE GETTING YOU READY FOR THE FIELD OF 256, THAT WILL MAKE THE 256 SLOTS AVAILABLE, AS WE HEAD TO GEORGIA STATE.

I'M IN ONE STUDIO AT GPB.

MATT IS ACROSS THE HALL, AFTER CALLING A DOMINANT WIN FOR BUFORD OVER DACULA TONIGHT.

WE GO THROUGH THINGS, WE TALKED ABOUT 5A A LOT.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S PIQUED YOUR INTEREST AS WE ARE HERE EARLY IN THE 10:00 HOUR?

>> I WAS GOING TO GO BACK AND HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SCORE GOURD THAT YOU SHOWED RIGHT BEFORE THE BREAK, IN THE BIG BATTLE BETWEEN PIERCE AND APPLING.

A TEAM THAT HAD RISEN TO NUMBER TWO.

AND PIERCE LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT'S A FINAL.

THEY HAVE WON THE REGION TITLE, FINISHING UP 8-2, IN THE REGULAR SEASON, AS THEY LOOK TO DEFEND THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FROM A YEAR AGO.

A GREAT JOB BY RYAN HEARING.

THEY JUST KEEP GETTING THE JOB DONE.

PIERCE COUNTY, A SOLID, GOOD PROGRAM.

THEY ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE PLAYOFFS AS A ONE SEED OUT OF THE REGION.

LOOKING TO DEFEND THEIR STATE TITLE.

THAT SMACKS ME.

FANNIN, A GREAT BACKSTORY THAT GOES MUCH DEEPER AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN WINNING A REGION TITLE TONIGHT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM ON WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.

NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

ATLANTA AREA, YOU KNOW, HAVE FLOWN UNDER THE RADAR A LITTLE BIT.

RODNEY HACKNEY HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH THAT RIVERDALE RAIDERS PROGRAM.

WON THE REGION TITLE, BACK-TO-BACK.

LAST YEAR, GOT TO THE QUARTERFINALS.

THAT'S A TEAM THAT THEY FLY OUT OF THE RADAR, OUT OF CLAYTON COUNTY.

THEY GET PLAYOFF WINS.

THEY GO IN AS A ONE SEED.

HOW ABOUT THE JOB SOUTH ATLANTA HAS DONE.

THIS IS BACK-TO-BACK YEARS NOW, THEY HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

QUIETLY, THEY BUILD THEMSELVES A FINE PROGRAM IN SOUTH FULTON COUNTY.

>> SINCE YOU OPENED THE DOOR ON AA, LET'S TALK ABOUT AA AND SEE THE ACTION THAT WE KNOW SO FAR.

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN REGION 2.

SWAINSBORO.

DOWN IN LOW LEFT, THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING.

>> I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE GUNNER MAN IS GOING TO BE.

>> I'M BUILDING.

I'M BUILDING TO THE GUNNER MAN.

SO, COOL YOUR JETS.

LOW LEFT, AS YOU FILL THINGS OUT, FITZGERALD, BREMEN, AND FANNIN COUNTY.

AN OPENING MATCH-UP OF BREMEN AND FANNIN COUNTY GOING ON WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN AA.

ALSO ON THE BOARD, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU MENTIONED SOUTH ATLANTA, WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SOUTH ATLANTA, EARLY OUT AND BLECKLEY.

AND LOW RIGHT, IN THE AA BRACKET.

JEFF DAVIS, AS THE TWO SEED OUT OF REGION TWO, IS IN THE SAME MINIBRACKET THAT RABIN COUNTY.

DADE COUNTY IS IN THE MINIBRACKET BELOW.

AND THOMASVILLE IS LOW RIGHT.

EARLY REDURENS.

JEFF DAVIS, RABUN AND THOMASVILLE.

GUNNER STACK ON THE WILL HAVE GREAT OPPONENTS, PLAYING THE NUMBER FOUR TEAM OUT OF REGION SIX.

THEN, THOMASVILLE, LURKING A LITTLE BIT FOR RABUN, IN A QUARTERFINAL, TO GET OUT OF THE LOW RIGHT BRACKET.

>> WE KNOW THEY CAN LIGHT UP THE SCOREBOARD.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

HOW MANY POINTS?

WHAT WOULD BE THE OVER/UNDER ON A RABUN AND THOMASVILLE MATCH-UP?

THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING.

AND SUBPLOTS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON RECRUITING 2021, THAT WE WILL REAIR FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF OUR BROCKETTOLOGY.

WITH GUNNER, HE SET THE STATE TOUCHDOWN PASSING RECORD, BREAKING TREVOR LAWRENCE'S RECORD, WITH HIS 167th TOUCHDOWN PASS.

HE IS LIKELY, IF THEY GET TWO WINS IN THE PLAYOFFS, HE WILL LIKELY BREAK DESHAUN WATSON'S ALL-TIME TOTAL OFFENSE RECORD.

IF THEY MAKE A RUN TO THE SEMIS, MAYBE EVEN THE FINALS, MIGHT BE NECESSARY FOR THIS, HE WOULD HAVE A SHOT AT BREAKING TREVOR'S ALL-TIME YARDAGE PASSING RECORD.

I KNOW ALL OF THE SUBPLOTS ARE MINOR TO THE OVERALL STORY.

TRYING TO GET THE SHAW FAMILY A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THERE IN RABUN AND THE TOWN, TIGER, A CHANCE TO HOIST THE TROPHY AT GEORGIA STATE.

AND THINGS TO KEEP IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, AS RABUN MAKES A RUN IN THE STATE FLORIDAS.

AND BLECKLEY COUNTY, WHAT A SEASON THEY PUT TOGETHER, AFTER LOSING BIG MIMS.

AMAR'IOUS MIMS, THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN THEY GRADUATED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

AND COACH LASSITER HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.

I BELIEVE THEY ARE 10-0.

>> THEY ARE UNDEFEATED.

THE ROYALS HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

THAT'S A TEAM WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON HERE IN THE AA STATE PLAYOFFS.

>> LET'S GO TO SINGLE-A AND GET EARLY RETURNS ON THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SIDE.

IRWIN COUNTY, THE ONE YOU'RE FOCUSING ON.

GMC PREP, HAVE WON THEIR FIRST WIN.

SINCE 1930.

SO, GMC IS A ONE SEED.

THEY HAD MITCHELL COUNTY, A TOUGH TWO SEED.

BUT YOU HAVE WILCOX COUNTY, AND WILCOX AND IRWIN COUNTY AND WILCOX.

ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU HAVE INTERESTING, WITH TURNER COUNTY, AND BOWDEN, BROOKS COUNTY, AS A TWO SEED, MIGHT HAVE TO PLAY PELHAM.

THEY SHINE AS FOR FOLKS PLAYING FOR A GAME 15.

>> ANOTHER TEAM THAT'S THROWN UNDER THE RADAR.

WE'VE HAD CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY RANKED A LOT MORE THAN THE STATE RANKING AND POLLS.

A ONE-POINT LOSS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

CHATTAHOOCHEE, A TEAM TO WATCH.

LET'S SEE HOW FAR THEY CAN TAKE THIS THING.

THAT WILL BE A FUN WATCH.

AND THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, IS IT GOING TO BE SOMEBODY OTHER THAN BROOKS AND IRWIN?

THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE BEEN ONE-TWO, AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

PLAYED FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.

WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THOSE TWO GUYS, THOSE TWO TEAMS, ARE THE ONES THAT EMERGE AGAIN, AND COME TO ATLANTA.

THAT REGION RIVALRY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> LET'S GO BACK DOWN TO THE COAST THIS TIME AND CATCH UP WITH ANOTHER FRIEND OF GPB, THE HEAD COACH OF BRUNSWICK, THAT HAD TO GO INTO THE GRINDER TONIGHT TO GET A WIN.

IT'S JOHN AND MATT UP HERE FOR THE POSTGAME SHOW.

>> HEY, GUYS.

FEELS GREAT TO BE REGION CHAMPIONS.

>> REGION TWO OUT OF CLASS 6A.

IS A GRINDER.

YOU WERE UNDEFEATED.

RANKED TOP FIVE MOST OF THE SEASON.

WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR SEASON AND YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE TEN GAMES, WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUR TEAM, 6-0, IN REGION PLAY?

>> WE WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME SOME ADVERSITY.

OUR DEFENSE PLAYED PHENOMENAL.

THAT'S THE REASON WE WON IT.

ONE THING, IN TEAM PLAY, THAT'S SOMETHING OUR TEAM PLAYS FOR EACH OTHER.

THERE WERE GAMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHERE OUR DEFENSE, YOU KNOW, HAD TO COME UP STRONG AND HELP US OUT.

THAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.

WE WON GAMES.

GREAT TEAM PLAY.

TONIGHT, ANOTHER ONE.

>> THE GREAT BASKETBALL COACH LIVES DOWN THERE ON THE COAST.

HE'S BEEN HITTING ME ON MY TWITTER ALL YEAR LONG.

I'M LOOKING BACK AND I SEE NO ZEROS IN THE LOSS COLUMN UNTIL THIS YEAR.

>> FOR ME, IT'S MY FIRST SEASON IN THE REGULAR SEASON.

FOR BRUNSWICK, THEY DID IT BACK IN 1999.

THAT WAS THE LAST UNDEFEATED REGULAR SEASON.

>> TELL ME ABOUT THE GLYNN ACADEMY WIN.

YOU STEAMROLLED EVERYBODY ON THE SCHEDULE.

THAT WAS THE 17-14 OVERTIME WIN.

HOW BIG WAS THAT WIN TO SET THE STAGE FOR HOW YOU FINISHED OFF THE BACK HALF OF THE SCHEDULE AND GOING INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS AS THE NUMBER ONE SEED?

>> ANYTIME YOU GET A WIN OVER YOUR RIVAL, IT'S FANTASTIC.

THAT WAS THE FIRST REGION WIN.

THAT WAS A DOUBLE -- A DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR US, IN A GOOD WAY.

GLYNN ACADEMY AND BRUNSWICK, THESE TWO TEAMS LINE UP TO PLAY EACH OTHER, IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT BALL GAME FOR US TO COME AWAY WITH THAT WIN.

IT DID HELP US.

>> AT THE SAME TIME, YOU COUNT ON YOUR SOPHOMORE KICKER, TO WIN IN OVERTIME.

THAT'S GOT TO GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE IN A KEY SITUATION LIKE THAT, YEAH?

>> THAT SOPHOMORE KICKER HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.

HE ADDED THREE MORE EXTRA POINTS TONIGHT.

HE HAS TO BE CLOSE, I THINK HE MIGHT BE LEADING 6A, IN SCORING FOR ALL KICKERS.

>> TELL ME ABOUT A COUPLE OF YOUR GUYS WHO ARE BIG-TIME PROSPECTS.

CHARLTON ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND THOMAS ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE.

TELL THE FOLKS AROUND THE STATE ABOUT THE TALENT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> WELL, THOMAS IS NOW A JUNIOR.

>> THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.

>> YEAH.

HE WAS PHENOMENAL.

HE WILL SHOW WHY HE IS THE NUMBER FOUR-RANKED DEFENSIVE TACKLE IN THE NATION FOR HIS CLASS.

HE IS A PHENOMENAL YOUNG MAN.

HE HAD A HECK OF A GAME TONIGHT.

CHARLTON IS PLAYING WITH A HURT FOOT.

HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.

WORKING HARD, PLAYING THROUGH PAIN THERE.

HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE THING ROLLING.

WE HAVE A SOPHOMORE, EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT.

THE NAME IS DEVIN SMITH.

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER, 6'3".

THIS KID IS A BALLPLAYER.

HE'S DOING INCREDIBLE THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES HE WILL BE IN THE BACKFIELD TONIGHT.

>> HE'S JUST A SOPHOMORE, RIGHT?

>> JUST A SOPHOMORE.

HE IS A STUD.

>> LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT GUY PLAY.

THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US.

>> OH, YEAH.

HE'S GOING TO BE UP AND COMING.

AND ANOTHER SOPHOMORE, TERRY MITCHELL.

HE HAD ANOTHER ELECTRIFYING CATCH ON DEEP POST.

JUST RAN AWAY FROM EVERYBODY FOR A NICE TOUCHDOWN, AS WELL.

HE IS SOMEONE ELSE THAT WILL BE SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> COACH, THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

SHAWN PENDER, THE HEAD COACH OF THE BRUNSWICK PIRATES, RUNNING THE TABLE.

6-0 IN REGION, 10-0, OVER ALL, AFTER WINNING OVER EFFINGHAM COUNTY AND JOHN FORD TONIGHT.

LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE TRYING TO GET INTEL FOR RECRUITING.

>> YEAH.

>> ASKING ABOUT THE YOUNG GUYS THAT HE'S GOT.

THIS TEAM RAN THE TABLE.

>> YEAH.

THEY HAVE GREAT PLAYERS.

ANY COACH WILL TELL YOU, THAT'S WHERE YOU WIN GAMES.

CHARLTON, COMMITTED TO FLORIDA STATE.

SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS BANGED UP A LITTLE BIT.

HELPING OUT ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

AND THOMAS, JUST AN ABSOLUTE STUD, A BEAST, JUNIOR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.

AND DEVIN SMITH, THE SOPHOMORE THERE, WHO WE'RE GOING TO BE KEEPING OUR EYE ON, AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH RECRUITING 2021, NATIONAL SIGNING DAY.

AND TO THE QUOTE/UNQUOTE OFF SEASON.

>> THERE NEVER IS AN OFF-SEASON.

>> JUST THAT TIME WHEN FOOTBALL SEASON ISN'T BEING PLAYED.

BUT RECRUITING CONTINUES.

THAT'S WHY WE ENJOY, YOU AND I HOSTING, RECRUITING 2021, GETTING TO KNOW ABOUT THE PLAYERS.

YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW COACH PENDER LIT UP WHEN WE GIVE THE COACHES AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US ABOUT THEIR GUYS.

THEY REALLY LIGHT UP.

>>> TIME TO CATCH UP WITH A FRIEND IN THE MOUNTAIN REGION, CHAD CHEATOM.

YOU HAVE A CROWD.

YOU HAVE AN AUDIENCE THERE, CHAD.

>> YOU GOT AN AUDIENCE THERE.

THE BEAUTY OF TECHNOLOGY.

LET'S SEE EVERYBODY CELEBRATE.

WHERE IS THAT TROPHY AT?

THAT'S TREMENDOUS.

I HAVE TO ASK COACH SOME QUESTIONS.

KEEP IT TO A DULL ROAR.

WE GOT SOME STUFF THAT WE NEED TO ASK COACH ABOUT.

TONIGHT WAS A GRINDER FOR YOU, CHAD.

TALK ABOUT THIS ONE UP THERE ON A VERY SPECIAL SENIOR NIGHT.

>> YEAH.

DOWN 14-7, I THINK AT HALFTIME.

THEY PLAYED REALLY TOUGH.

CAME A LONG WAY.

THEY HIT US IN THE MOUTH EARLY.

HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT HALFTIME.

OUR KIDS DID A GREAT JOB.

THEY FOUGHT ALL NIGHT LONG.

>> MATT, GO AHEAD.

>> TELL ME WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN A GAME LIKE THIS, CHAMPIONSHIP DOWN THE LINE.

AND TO BE ABLE TO LOOK YOUR GUYS IN THE EYES IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

AND THEN, TO WATCH THAT COME TO FRUITION IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS, AS THEY COME BACK AND WIN.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

HOW DO YOU GET TO THAT POINT WHERE YOU CAN DO THAT?

AND THE FEELING THAT YOUR HEART WHEN YOU WATCH THEM DO IT.

>> THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THESE GUYS HAVE HAD SINCE THEY STARTED DURING THE OFF-SEASON AND WORKOUTS AT 6:30 IN THE MORNING, LAST JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

WE CAME IN HERE AT HALFTIME.

WE HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

THESE GUYS WERE READY TO PLAY.

CHALLENGED A LITTLE BIT ON THE FIRST DRIVE.

PICKED THEM TWICE.

THESE GUYS ARE RETILL YENT.

THEY'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.

THEY ARE IN BIG GAMES LAST YEAR.

THEY KNEW THE DEAL.

IT'S A JOY TO WATCH THEM PLAY.

>> LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, CHAD.

YOU'RE A HOMETOWN GUY.

YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS TO FANNIN COUNTY.

VERY SPECIAL ON ONE FRONT.

FOR YOU, COMING BACK TO COACH, IT'S ALMOST AMPLIFIED AND IS SPECIAL FOR A GROUP OF JUNIORS PLAYING FOR ONE GROUP OF SENIORS.

>> JACKSON WAS WITH US ON THE SIDELINE.

HE'S BACK THERE.

>> THAT'S SPECIAL.

WE'RE GOING TO ENJOY THIS HERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

>> I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THE LAST QUESTION.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TRADITION.

AND YOUR FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT WAS A BATTLE.

YOU WENT 10-12.

YOU'RE 18-2, THE LAST TWO YEARS GOING INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

WHAT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE PROGRAM?

>> THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS, WE WERE IN AAA.

WE HEAD THE PLAYOFFS AND THEN PLAYED CALHOUN INTO THE NEXT YEAR.

WE HAD A FIRST WIN.

THEY LIVED THE CALHOUN AND THE CEDAR GROVE YEARS.

THE PACE AND THE HEARD AND THE FITZGERALD.

A LOT OF THEM PLAYED IN IT.

THEY KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE.

WHEN YOU PLAY IN BIG GAMES OVER THE YEAR, YOU CAN DEVELOP A PROGRAM.

>> TELL ME ABOUT THE YOUNG MEN BEHIND YOU.

THOSE MEN HAVE WORKED HARD.

>> THOSE ARE ROAD WARRIORS.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT COMES FROM.

>> THE ROAD WARRIORS.

>> I THINK THEY LOOK LIKE GENE SIMMONS AND ALL THOSE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.

ALICE COOPER.

>> OR A COMBINATION THEREOF.

>> CHAD, GUYS, CONGRATULATIONS.

I'M SAYING THIS TO EVERYONE ON THE SCREEN.

CONGRATULATIONS ON BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

BREMEN COMING TO BLUE RIDGE.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT.

THANKS ALL OF YOU.

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

>> IT IS.

>> THAT'S WHAT FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ARE ALL ABOUT.

SEEING THOSE REACTIONS.

EVERYBODY IN THE COACHES OFFICE.

SETH REESE, THE QUARTERBACK FOR FANNIN COUNTY, IS WEARING JACKSON'S NUMBER 23.

JACKSON HAS BEEN FIGHTING A BRAIN TUMOR.

THIS SEASON, SETH, AT SENIOR NIGHT TONIGHT, SAID JACKSON IS ONE OF HIS ROLE MODELS AND HIS HERO.

THEY CHANGED NUMBERS.

SETH REESE IS WEARING 23.

SETH WENT BACK TO NUMBER 5.

AND JACKSON WAS WEARING 23.

GREAT TO SEE HIM THERE.

>> WE'LL KEEP AN YOU ON THAT.

WHEN WE COME BACK, MORE COACHES IN THE QUEUE.

WE GET YOU READY FOR THE POSTSEASON ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO FOOTBALL FRIDAYS AND POSTGAME SHOW.

GREAT TO CATCH UP WITH CHAD AND THE COUNTY REBELS.

BREMEN COMING THEIR WAY.

THEY ARE IN THE LOW LEFT SECTION.

AS WE WERE LOOKING AT AA, AS WE FILL IN FANNIN COUNTY AND DADE COUNTY IN THAT REGION, YOU'RE LOOKING AT LOW LEFT, IN THE MINIBRACKET THAT IS LOW LEFT, FITZGERALD AND BREMEN AND FANNIN COUNTY.

FITZGERALD IS LURKING THERE.

>> FITZGERALD JUST SUFFERED THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE YEAR.

THE TOP HALF OF THOSE AA RANKINGS, YOU NEVER KNOW HOW IT WILL SHAKE OUT, ONCE WE GET INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

THERE'S SO MANY POWERFUL TEAMS AT THE TOP HALF OF THE 55 RANKINGS.

IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING RUN, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

A LOT HAS TO DO WITH THE COIN TOSS.

WHO ENDS UP PLAYING AT HOME.

IT'S NOT THE BE-ALL END-ALL.

HERE IN THE STATE, SOME TIMES, GOING ON THE ROAD AND GOING ON THE ROAD ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TEAMS HAVING TO MAKE FIVE-HOUR BUS TRIPS.

IT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH ASSIGNMENT.

IT IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE COIN TOSS ONCE WE GET INTO THE QUARTERFINAL ROUND AND THE SEMIFINAL ROUND.

>> LET'S DROP OUT OF AA AND HEAD TO 7A.

JOINING US THE HEAD COACH OF THE ARCHER TIGERS.

IT'S JOHN AND MATT HERE IN THE STUDIO.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WIN AND THE REGION TITLE, WINNING OVER NORCROFT.

>> THANK YOU, GUYS.

I APPRECIATE IT.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR SEASON, YOU RUN THE TABLE IN REGION, BUT BECAUSE OF THE REGION ITSELF, IT'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF GAMES.

YOU HAVE TO SCHEDULE.

AND YOU'VE DONE THIS BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF.

COME THE NEXT TIME OF YEAR.

YOU'VE WANTED TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF LEADING INTO REGION PLAY.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN AFTER THE ROUGH START?

>> TONIGHT WAS A GREAT TRIBUTE TO WHAT WE DID PLAY EARLY ON IN THE YEAR.

GREAT COMPETITION.

NORCROSS, THEY'RE GREAT ON DEFENSE.

I SAID, LOOK.

WE MISSED A COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE DIDN'T BEAT OURSELVES.

YOU GET ON THE HIGH-LEVEL GAME.

A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, LIKE WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, YOU'RE PLAYING A GREAT OPPONENT, AND YOU CAN'T BEAT YOURSELF.

AND WE DID A GREAT JOB TONIGHT OF NOT DOING THAT.

>> I THINK I'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE.

YOU GO 0-4, IN REGION.

YOU RUN THE TABLE IN THE REGION.

YOU GO INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS AS THE NUMBER ONE SEED.

THIS ALMOST SEEMS LIKE A YEARLY HABIT WITH YOU GUYS.

YOU TYPICALLY ARE MAKING DEEP RUNS IN THE PLAYOFFS WITH FOUR LOSSES.

YOU USE THAT NONREGION AS KIND OF YOUR TEST TUBE TO FIGURE OUT YOUR TEAM.

WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR TEAM IN THE NONREGION THAT ALLOWED YOU TO RUN THE TABLE AND WIN THE REGION?

>> WE GET OUR KIDS FROM UP HERE.

WE DON'T GET THEM FROM OTHER PLACES.

SOMETIMES IT TAKES US TO GET THOSE GUYS GOING AND GET THEM CAUGHT UP WITH THE SPEED OF THE GAME.

WE'RE PROUD OF THEM.

THEY'RE ARCHER TIGERS THROUGH AND THROUGH.

THEY KNOW HOW TO BATTLE AND FIGHT AND CLAW.

>> FIVE SHUTOUTS.

ALLOWED ONE TOUCHDOWN IN REGION PLAY.

YOU HAVE CALEB WOODEN THERE, ONE OF THE TOP PROSPECTS ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

TELL ME WHAT WAS EFFECTIVE FOR YOU GUYS IN THE REGION WHERE YOU WERE PITCHING SHUTOUTS EVERY NIGHT?

WE TELL THE KIDS IF YOU PREPARE YOURSELF, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FLY AROUND ON FRIDAY.

INTERCEPT THE DEEP BALL AND NO LONG RUNS AND BE GREAT TACKLINGERS.

IF YOU DEEP THE THREE INGREDIENTS.

>> YOU'RE ON THE LOW LEFT, AS WE FILL OUT THE BRACKETS IN PEN.

YOUR QUADRANT IS ONE OF THE TOUGHER QUADRANTS OUT THERE.

YOUR QUADRANT IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.

THOSE ARE CHALLENGES YOU NEVER BACK DOWN FROM.

>> YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A RUN.

YOU'RE GOING THE PLAY SOME GREAT PEOPLE.

WE'RE NO STRANGER TO THAT.

WE'RE JUST CONCENTRATING ON GETTING TO BEAT.

I SEE COLQUITT AND BRADFORD.

NOT LOOKING THAT FAR AHEAD.

I AM.

YOU HAVE A TEAM THAT WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A DEEP RUN IN THE PLAYOFFS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO WIN IT ALL, YOU HAVE TO BEAT SOMEBODY, ONE OR TWO GUYS LIKE THAT ALONG THE WAY ANYHOW.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, WE JUST DON'T.

WE GET READY TO PLAY AND COMPETE.

>> THE HEAD COACH OF THE ARCHER TIGERS.

CONGRATS KNOCKING OFF NORCROSS TONIGHT.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US ON THE POSTGAME SHOW.

WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE.

>> THANKS, GUYS.

>> ANDY DIRE, ONE OF THE HEAD COACHES IN THE TOUGHER QUADRANT AROUND.

YOU LOOK AT THAT QUADRANT, IT'S COLQUITT, IT'S ARCHER, NEWNAN AND BROOKWOOD.

>> BROOKWOOD AND NEWNAN.

THE LOWER SECTION IS ALL FILLED UP.

NORTH QUINNETTE, SOUTH FORSYTHE.

YOU HAVE ARCHER.

>> THEY WERE DOWN.

AND ARCHER HAD A CHANCE TO COME AWAY WITH THE WIN.

THE PACKERS GOT A BLOCKED P.A.T.

AND ENDED UP WINNING BY ONE POINT.

I WAS REFERRING TO THE COACH, KNOWING HE DIDN'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD AND LOOK AHEAD TO A SECOND-ROUND MATCH-UP, WITH ALPHARETTA ON THE SCHEDULE.

I SAW THE BIG WIN OVER GRAYSON.

THAT'S A TEAM THAT'S COMING TOGETHER LATE AS THE SEASON GOES ON.

WE SAW THAT WHEN THEY PLAYED GRAYSON HERE ON GPB A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

THEY GOT AN OUTSTANDING QUARTERBACK IN DYLAN LONERGAN.

YOU GOT THAT PIECE TO THE PUZZLE AND PROTECT HIM AND YOU CAN GO A LONG WAY.

YOU HAVE A GREAT KID IN ALEX DIGGS.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, OUTSTANDING PLAYER THAT CAN DO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS ON OFFENSE.

RUNNING THE BALL.

WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THAT WAS A FINAL TEAM.

>> GOING FROM 7A TO CLASS A PRIVATE.

STRAIGHT OUT OF MEMPHIS.

WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.

WE COULD HAVE A SEPARATE CONVERSATION ABOUT WRESTLING IN THE 1980s, THE GUY THAT MADE IT TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR, HEAD COACH OF TRINITY CHRISTIAN.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US ON THE POSTGAME SHOW.

>> HADN'T HEARD A LOT OF THOSE REFERENCES.

THAT'S GOOD.

>> DOMINANT EFFORT OF THE NIGHT, AT THE TOP OF THE LEDDER.

YOU BEAT PACILLI HANDILY.

I'VE BEEN COACHING FOR 26 YEARS AND WE JUST PLAYED THE BEST HALF OF FOOTBALL, ANY TEAM I COACHED.

PLAYING A GOOD TEAM, RANKED SEVENTH IN THE STATE.

IT WAS 56-0, AT HALF.

SPECIAL TONIGHT.

TONIGHT IS SENIOR NIGHT.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL GROUP OF BOYS.

ABOUT 18 SENIORS ON THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.

GOOD SIZE FOR ANYBODY.

BUT A SINGLE-A PROGRAM, WITH A GOOD NUMBER OF KIDS.

COULDN'T HAVE PLAYED BETTER.

I GOT TWO BOYS IN THIS GROUP.

TWO OF MY OWN SONS ARE IN THERE, QUARTERBACK AND RECEIVER.

THEY PLAYED FANTASTIC.

AS A DADDY, I'M SO GLAD, MY TWO BOYS GET TO GRADUATE AND GET TO PLAY BALL, WITH THIS GROUP OF SENIORS HERE AT TRINITY.

>> HOW GRATIFYING IS THIS FOR YOUR PROGRAM?

YOU'RE RELATIVELY NEW TO THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

YOU WERE PLAYING IN THE GISA, AND WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THAT ORGANIZATION.

AND THEN, A MOVE UP TO GHSA.

YOU MAKE THE RUN IN THE STATE MR MRS LAST YEAR AND GET TO THE FINALS.

EVERYONE IS ASKING, WHAT IS TRINITY CHRISTIAN?

NOW EVERYONE KNOWS.

YOU DOMINATED.

YOU ARE THE NUMBER ONE TO WIN THE STATE TITLE THIS YEAR.

I FEEL CONFIDENT IN SAYING THAT.

HOW GRATIFYING HAS IT BEEN TO MOVE UP -- JUST TO MOVE FROM GISA AND HAVE SUCCESS IN THE GHSA.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS MY FIFTH SEASON HERE AT TRINITY.

YOU'RE RIGHT, MY FIRST SEASON WAS TRINITY'S LAST YEAR -- IN THE GISA.

WE ONLY HAD 12 GRADUATING CLASSES.

TRINITY IS A YOUNG SCHOOL.

WHAT DREW ME HERE WAS A LOT OF AWESOME, FANTASTIC PEOPLE, WHO WERE HUNGRY.

THEY SAID, WE WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING SPECIAL.

HONESTLY, WE WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING SPECIAL AND HONOR THE LORD.

HOW WE DO IT IS A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

SO, TO BE QUITE HONEST, MY FIRST YEAR, WE CAME OVER AND TOOK OVER A PROGRAM FIVE YEARS AGO, I THINK WAS RANKED DEAD-LAST IN GISA.

PLAYED FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, OUR FIRST YEAR, AND MADE THE TRANSITION, WENT 7-4, AND 8-3, SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

VICE VERSA.

AND LAST YEAR, WITH WE WERE FORTUNATE LAST YEAR.

WE GOT HEALTHY AT THE RIGHT TIME.

WE WERE BANGED UP ALL DURING THE YEAR.

A GREAT GROUP OF KIDS AND MADE A NICE LITTLE RUN.

DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY ALONG THE WAY.

JUST WON EACH GAME ENOUGH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PLAY 15 GAMES.

ANYBODY WILL TELL YOU, IT'S INVALUABLE, THE DIFFERENCE OF GETTING TO PLAY 15 GAMES IN A SEASON, THE EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR KIDS, INCREDIBLE.

AND OF COURSE, WE RETURNED A REALLY GOOD GROUP.

I ONLY HAD TWO SENIOR STARTERS ON THE TEAM LAST YEAR.

I NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE.

IT'S GRATIFYING.

WE TALK ABOUT CLIMBING.

WE SAY, MAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE A CAMPER AND YOU'RE HAPPY WITH IT OR YOU DECIDE TO QUIT BECAUSE CLIMBING IS HARD OR YOU GET UP EVERY DAY AND YOU CLIMB.

WHAT I'M PROUD OF IS NOT SO MUCH, JUST THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, I'M PROUD OF ALL OF THE WORK THESE KIDS HAVE PUT IN FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

WE WORK THEM HARD YEAR-ROUND.

AND HOPEFULLY, BLESSING FOR THEM, THAT THEY BUILT PRERELATIONSHIPS.

WE ARE BUILT ON PREPARATION AND BROTHERHOOD.

WE WANT TO WORK HARD AND LOVE DEEP.

THAT'S OUR RECIPE.

>> YOU'RE STILL CLIMBING THE YOU SAID LAST YEAR, YOU DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY.

YOU'VE DONE THAT THIS YEAR.

YOU'VE BEEN WINNING BY HUGE MARGINS, EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT.

SO, GIVEN THAT, AND GOING INTO THE PLAYOFFS, WHAT CONCERNS YOU, SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR.

COMPLACENCY OR BEATING OURSELVES, COME INTO YOUR LEXICON?

>> YEAH.

I TELL ALL OF MY FOOTBALL TEAMS, I'M A BIG JOHN WOODEN DISCIPLE, AND HIS DEAL WAS BEING THE BEST YOU CAN BE.

I TELL OUR KIDS EVERY WEEK, OUR OPPONENT IS NOT OUR ENEMY.

OUR ENEMY, GENERALLY IS YOURSELF.

YOUR ENEMY, YOU JUST SAID IT, IS COMPLACENCY, OR I HAD ENOUGH.

OR I'M SATISFIED.

OUR DEAL, I TELL OUR KIDS ALL THE TIME, IF SOMEBODY BEATS US, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

MY LIFE IS NOT GOING TO BE MADE OR NOT MADE ON WINNING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OR NOT.

ONE TEAM I DON'T WANT TO BEAT US IS TRINITY CHRISTIAN.

WE DON'T WANT TO BEAT OURSELVES.

WE TALK ABOUT SILLY PENALTIES OR NOT WORKING HARD.

NOT PLAYING AS HARD AS WE CAN ON A SNAP.

YOU KNOW, ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD HURT OURSELVES.

AND SO, THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS IS.

I WILL TELL YOU, TONIGHT IS ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS THAT WE PREACH THAT.

OUR KIDS CAME OUT AND DID AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB.

GOT TO MENTION, DAVID DALLAS, OUR QUARTERBACK IN THE FIRST HALF, WAS 17 FOR 21, FOR 346 YARDS AND THREW FOUR TOUCHDOWNS.

AN UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE.

YOU HAVE ALL OF THE RECEIVERS AROUND YOU.

SO PROUD OF ALL OF OUR KIDS.

PROUD OF OUR KIDS HOW THEY WORK.

PROUD OF OUR PROGRAM, IN GENERAL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE, THAT BELIEVE THAT FOOTBALL AND ATHLETICS ARE GOOD FOR YOUNG MEN AND GOOD FOR YOUNG WOMEN.

IT'S A BLESSING TO BE IN A PLACE THAT KNOWS ATHLETICS AND FOOTBALL MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN A KID'S LIFE.

>> I KNOW THAT YOU CAN GO EAR MUFFS NOW.

A LOT OF FOLKS ARE THINKING, HE'S THE FAVORITE RIGHT NOW FOR CLASS-A PRIVATE.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

YOUR FIRST GAME IS IN TWO WEEKS.

>> GUYS, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

>> LET'S TAKE A PEEK AT SINGLE-A PRIVATE.

LET'S GAUGE THE LANDSCAPE, AS WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS HOPPING INTO THE BATTER'S BOX.

>> IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT CAN CHALLENGE TCS?

THEY BEAT ELKA THIS YEAR.

THEY BEAT FELLOWSHIP THIS YEAR.

THOSE ARE GOOD TEAMS.

IT'S LIKE THE BUFORD EFFECT.

IT'S NOT LIKE TEAMS THAT PLAY BUFORD ARE BAD.

THEY'RE JUST SO MUCH BETTER.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN SINGLE-A PRIVATE.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, AS YOU FILL IN PEN, THAT YOU CAN DO NOW, TRINITY CHRISTIAN IS LOW LEFT.

ABSOLUTELY LOW LEFT IN THE QUADRANT.

THEY GOT THE FIRST ROUND BYE IN THEIR QUADRANT.

THEY GOT ATHENS CHRISTIAN, DARLINGTON, THE OTHER NUMBER ONE SEED, ABOVE THEM.

AND HEBREW CHRISTIAN IS THERE, AS WELL, LOW LEFT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU GOT HOLY INNOCENT, WHO IS UP IN THE UPPER LEFT INSIDE.

I WILL POSE -- I WILL PUT EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN TO THE FLOOR AT 4-6, COMING IN AND MAKING A DEEP RUN OUT OF THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.

YOU ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL OF GAMES IN YOUR REGION.

IT IS THE TRUE DEFINITION OF A MINIREGION.

HE HAD TO GO OUT OF STATE TO PLAY GAMES.

>> THEY PLAYED IN CINCINNATI.

>> WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, I WOULD POSIT THAT IT WOULD BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

WE'VE BEEN SKIPPING AROUND IN CLASSES.

LET'S SKIP TO ANOTHER REGION CHAMP.

A GUY THAT CAME UP WITH A BIG WIN TONIGHT.

LET'S GO TO McEACHERN.

CONGRATS ON THE BIG WIN.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR REGION -- >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> WE CAN.

YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

STAY IN THAT CAR.

DON'T MOVE FROM THAT SPOT.

>> OKAY.

>> YOU LOOK AT YOUR REGION PLAY, YOU RUN THE TABLE AT 4-0, AND YOU'RE 6-4 ON THE SEASON, WHAT DID YOU LEARN IN REGION PLAY AFTER GETTING THROUGH THE ROUGH NONREGION START?

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT WHEN IS IT GOING TO COME TOGETHER.

AND WE HAD A CHANGE OF MINDSET.

AND WE -- THE OTHER THING, WE -- A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK -- WE'RE GOING TO DO IT EVERY WEEK.

WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT GUYS WANT TO RUN FOUR QUARTERS.

-- BY OUR KIDS AND OUR COACHES, THOSE GUYS PLAYING WITH EMOTION, HAVE FUN.

AND I THOUGHT OUR SENIORS FOUND A WAY TO TAKE SOME LEADERSHIP, OWNERSHIP OF THE PROGRAM.

LEADERSHIP IS ONE THING AND OWNERSHIP IS ANOTHER THING.

I THOUGHT THEY DID A GREAT JOB THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

THEY NEVER PANICKED.

THEY SEEMED TO BE HAVING FUN.

EVERYBODY IS FOND OF WINNING.

HAVING FUN WAS A BIG PART OF IT.

WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING FOR IT.

WE ARE MAKING THE PLAYS.

AND WE HAD SOME GUYS COME OF AGE -- THOSE GUYS ARE KIND OF YOUNG.

REALLY YOUNG, INEXPERIENCED.

AND PLAYING BETTER AND BETTER.

AND OTHER GUYS PLAYING BETTER.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE PLAYING SOME VERY GOOD TEAMS.

>> YES, YOU HAVE.

COACH, YOU WERE 2-4 WHEN YOU STARTED OCTOBER.

AND THAT'S NOT THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS PLACE TO BE.

I'M SURE THERE WERE SOME STERN CONVERSATIONS, MAKE SOME SOUL-SEARCHING, SOME DIFFICULT PRACTICES.

WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT YOUR TEAM, AT 2-4, IN OCTOBER, YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO TURN IT AROUND OVER THE NEXT MONTH AND YOU GO INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS AS A REGION CHAMP?

>> AS I SAID, ABOUT OUR KIDS AND OUR COACHES.

IT WAS FUNDAMENTAL, THE EXCITEMENT, THE ENTHUSIASM, OWNERSHIP, LEADERSHIP.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN THE PROGRAM.

WE WANT BACK TO A TRAINING MINDSET AND THAT DRILL THAT WE DO.

THE DRILL WE DO, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF MOVED AWAY FROM IT.

WE STARTED DOING IT AGAIN.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, OUR KIDS WERE ENJOYING IT.

IT WAS BECOMING MORE PHYSICAL.

THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO DO.

BECOMING A PHYSICAL OFFENSE AND A PHYSICAL DEFENSE.

WE FELT WE NEED TO THROW THE BALL AND WE WERE THERE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT THROWING THE BALL WHEN YOU NEED TO.

YOU GOT THE GUY TO DO THAT, PULL THE TRIGGER, BRYCE ARCHIE GOING INTO TONIGHT.

21 TOUCHDOWN PASSES, 5 INTERCEPTIONS.

TELL ME ABOUT THE SEASON YOU GOT FROM YOUR SENIOR Q.B.

>> LAST YEAR, I TOLD EVERYBODY, I GOT ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS IN THE STATE.

LAST YEAR, I THOUGHT WE DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING.

WE WERE VERY YOUNG.

WE STRUGGLED.

WE COULDN'T DO A GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING HIM.

THIS YEAR, WE WERE DOING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PROTECTING HIM.

AND HE'S GOT SOME GUYS AND A GUY, THAT CAN GET IT DONE.

WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE, THAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN THE POCKET AND HE COMES OUT OF THE POCKET, CAN CREATE PLAYS.

IT DOESN'T HURT THAT HE IS THROWING THE BALL TO CALEB.

SOME OTHER TEAMS, THEY HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH LEADERSHIP.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE GUY.

THAT'S CALEB WEBB.

61 CATCHES COMING INTO TONIGHT'S BALL GAME.

HE'S COMMITTED TO EAST CAROLINA OR WAS AT SOME POINT.

HAVING A FABULOUS SENIOR SEASON.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT -- I THINK WE JUST LOST COACH.

I WAS GOING TO ASK HIM.

WE WILL SAVE THAT CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER TIME THERE.

>> WELL -- >> I WANTED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CALEB WEBB.

I KNOW SOME BIGGER PROGRAMS, NOTHING AGAINST -- I KNOW SOME BIGGER PROGRAMS ARE STARTING TO LATCH INTO HIS PIPELINE.

>> IS THIS WHERE WE ASK T.S.

FOR THE TRUMPET FANFARE AND POINT INTO THE CAMERA AND SAY MAKE THAT KID A BETTER OFFER?

>> YEAH.

>> YOU LOOK AT McEACHERN.

AND McEACHERN, THEY'RE IN THE UPPER LEFT QUADRANT, AS YOU FILL OUT YOUR 7A BRACKET.

YOUR BOTTOM LINE, McEACHERN, IS IN THE SAME BRACKET AS MILL CREEK AND TIFT.

THE MINIBRACKET WITH McEACHERN, COULD BE A SECOND ROUND MATCH-UP, IF EVERYTHING WOULD HOLD TO SEATING.

MILL CREEK WOULD VISIT McEACHERN, IN THE UPPER LEFT, AS YOU LOOK AT THINGS IN 7A.

WE GOT TO CATCH UP WITH COACH STEPHENS.

SAME WITH COACH DYER.

THEY'RE HAVING TO SCHEDULE OUTSIDE.

THEY WILL HAVE TO SCHEDULE FOLKS THAT REALLY HONESTLY, HEY, I NEED A GAME.

YOU GOT A GAME.

IT HAPPENS TO BE TOUGH OPPOSITION.

IF YOU'RE IN THE NONREGION PLAY AND THE NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF THE DASH IS BIGGER THAN THE ONE TO THE LEFT OF THE DASH, DON'T BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

REGION IS WHERE YOU MAKE YOUR HAY.

AND McEACHERN, KNOCKING OFF PEBBLEBROOK AND GETTING A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> IT'S A DIFFICULT THING, TO SCHEDULE NONREGION THINGS.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN THE POSITION THEY ARE IN.

SO MANY ELSE.

WE COULD RATTLE OFF ALL OF THE NAMES OF THE COACHES IN 7A, THOSE THAT ARE RUNNING BIG-TIME PROGRAMS OR WINNING PROGRAMS.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO SCHEDULE.

WHO WANTS TO PLAY ARCHER?

WHO WANTS TO PLAY McEACHERN, OR MILL CREEK IN THE NONREGION SCHEDULE AND FACE A POSSIBLE BATTERY?

THAT'S WHY YOU END UP WITH GREAT MATCH-UPS BEFORE REGION PLAY BEGINS, BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST LIKE A TOURNAMENT, WITH BIG-TIME SCHOOLS AND REPUTATIONS AND PROGRAMS END UP PLAYING EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE TO PLAY.

SO, IT'S HARD TO SCHEDULE THOSE GAMES SOMETIMES.

>> LET'S GO TO AAA.

HEAD COACH OF THE YELLOW JACKETS.

THANKS FOR HANGING OUT.

CONGRATS ON THE WIN OVER RINGGOLD.

HOW DIFFICULT HAS IT BEEN?

>> YOU GET TO 8-1, 9-0.

WHAT HAS THE RUN BEEN LIKE FOR YOU TO GET THROUGH REGION PLAY TO GET TO A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP?

>> IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY.

WE PLAY EIGHT REGION GAMES IN OUR REGION.

WE'VE HAD SOME BATTLES THROUGH THIS THING.

JUST LIKE EVERY TEAM, YOU GOT TO FACE ADVERSITY.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE INJURIES.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE GAMES WHERE YOU DON'T PLAY WELL.

YOU KNOW, WE PLAYED SOME HARD, REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAMS IN RING.

>> John: GOLD.

A LOT OF THEM WERE LOOKING AT THEIR TURNAROUND AND WHAT COACH ATKINS DID AROUND THERE.

BEING 0-10 AND NOW HE'S 9-0, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE FIRST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

HERE, WE'VE DONE IT IN AA AND TWICE IN AAA.

>> YOU CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND THE NUMBER OF LOSSES YOU'VE HAD.

HOW DOES THIS TEAM STACK UP WITH THAT ONE?

I THINK YOU WERE 11-1, THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

HOW DOES THIS TEAM STACK UP WITH THE ONE THAT GOT YOU TO THE BIG GAME?

>> IT'S NOT THE SAME.

WE GOT DIFFERENT PLAYERS.

YOU KNOW, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE MORE WELL-ROUNDED, AS A FOOTBALL TEAM THIS YEAR.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE BETTER.

2018, HAD A SPECIAL BUNCH OF SENIORS THAT WERE CLOSE.

THOSE TEAMS AND THOSE YEARS THAT YOU HAVE, IT COMES DOWN TO CHARACTER.

IT COMES DOWN TO HOW CLOSE THE LOCKER ROOM IS.

SO, IT'S DIFFERENT.

ATHLETICALLY, WE FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT BE BETTER.

>> TELL ME ABOUT JOJO HANES, YOUR JUNIOR.

>> JOJO IS A SPECIAL PLAYER.

HE'S BEEN GIMPY FOR THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

HE HURT HIS ANKLE IN A SCRIMMAGE GAME, AGAINST CARROLLTON.

WE DIDN'T PLAY.

AND HE WAS ROCKING AND ROLLING AND TWEAKED IT AGAIN.

HE REINJURED IT AGAIN.

ONLY GOT TWO CARRIES TONIGHT.

OUR QUARTERBACK WENT DOWN.

OUR STARTING QUARTERBACK, WENT DOWN WHO IS A SOPHOMORE, GUIDING THE CHIP FOR US AND PLAYING EXTREMELY WELL.

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON OVERCOMING THAT ADVERSITY.

YOU TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER IN OUR CONVERSATION.

A LOT OF EMOTION ON THAT ON THE RINGGOLD SIDE.

THEY WERE HAVING A HISTORIC SEASON.

HOW DIFFICULT DID THAT MAKE TONIGHT'S REGION CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY GOING UP AGAINST THE TEAM THAT, UNLIKE YOUR PROGRAM, YOU'VE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT.

TRYING TO DO THAT AND HAVE A GREAT SEASON.

>> YEAH.

WE'VE BEEN THERE.

2016, WHEN I TOOK OVER THIS PROGRAM, WE WERE TRYING TO GET THERE.

WE HAVE A SEASON PROGRAM AND WE LOST ONE GAME IN THOSE SIX YEARS.

YOU FACE THE TEAM THAT HAS ALL OF THE MOMENTUM AND THE HOPE AND THE BELIEF, THEIR COMMUNITY JUST SHOWED UP.

IT WAS A SEA OF BLUE ON THEIR SIDE.

IT WAS ELECTRIC.

THAT'S WHAT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS ABOUT.

THE STORIES THAT ARE TRYING.

AND THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY DONE IT.

IT WAS A GREAT FOOTBALL GAME.

IT WAS A HARD-FOUGHT FOOTBALL GAME.

OUR DEFENSE PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL.

ANYTIME WE CAN HOLD A TEAM TO SIX POINTS AND AVERAGING AROUND 47, WE FEEL LIKE WE DID SOMETHING SPECIAL.

>> NO DOUBT.

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, YOU MENTIONED WHAT FOOTBALL MEANS TO ROCKMART.

WE TALKED ABOUT CONSISTENCY.

IT COMES TO AAA, I WOULD MAINTAIN THAT AAA IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST CLASSES AROUND, WHEN IT COMES TO COMPETITION ACROSS THE BOARD.

WHERE WOULD YOU PUT AAA WHEN IT COMES TO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN THE STATE?

>> WE FEEL LIKE AAA IS A VERY, VERY TOUGH CLASSIFICATION.

LAST YEAR, WE'RE SITTING THERE WITH ONE REGULAR SEASON LOSS IN THE SECOND ROUND.

WE BATTLED CEDAR GROVE IN THREE OVERTIMES AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THAT GAME.

THERE'S NO EASY GAMES IN AAA.

JUST TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

OUR REGION IS REALLY TOUGH.

LOOKING AT SCORES AND WHO THEY PLAYED, THEY'RE JUST AS TOUGH.

THIS IS A TOUGH CLASSIFICATION IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

>> COACH, THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US HERE.

CONGRATS ON THE BIG WIN AGAINST A VERY TOUGH RINGGOLD TEAM.

WE KNOW NOW, AS WE FILL THINGS IN, YOU ARE IN THE UPPER RIGHT SECTION.

COACH, THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.

WE'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU SOON.

>> THANK YOU, GUYS.

>> BEN PARSON.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL TRY AND PUT A BOW ON THINGS AS WE TRIM THE FIELD TO 256, THE PLAYOFFS BEGIN NEXT WEEKEND.

>>> THE POST GAME SHOW HERE.

BEN NELSON WITH MY BESTY, MATT.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE EARLY INTEL, AND CATCHING UP WITH A LOT OF COACHES, THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY COOL TO CATCH UP WITH.

I HAVE TO BREAK THE FOURTH WALL.

THE INTERVIEW WE DID WITH CHAD, THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST WE'VE DONE HERE.

THAT WAS FUN TO SEE ALL OF THAT JOY IN THAT -- CRAMMED INTO THAT COACH'S OFFICE.

LET'S GO THROUGH THE BRACKETS, AND THE INFORMATION AS WE HAVE THEM.

UPPER LEFT IN 7A.

TIFT IS YOUR THREE.

THEY WILL BE PLAYING THE REGION 3 NUMBER TWO.

YOU HAVE TIFT, DULUTH, AND WEST FORSYTH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> WE SAW WEST FORSYTH AND MILL CREEK.

MILL CREEK HAD A BIG 38-10 WIN OVER THE WOLVERINES, INCOMING THAT NIGHT.

TIFT, TWO OUT OF THE THREE, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> TEAM TWO OUT OF REGION THREE.

>> DIDN'T MARIETTA BEAT WALTON TONIGHT.

>> THAT IS TRUE.

>> THEY WOULD AT 3-2, GET THE TIEBREAKER OVER WALTON.

YOUR THREE WOULD BE WALTON IN THE TIEBREAKER.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT?

MARIETTA GETS A HOME GAME AFTER ALL.

THEY WILL BE HOSTING TIFT COUNTY NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.

THAT SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING MATCH-UP.

THAT MARIETTA TEAM HAS BEEN HIT OR MISS EVERY WEEK.

IT'S BEEN UP-AND-DOWN TEAM.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.

SEE IF THEY WERE UP TONIGHT.

>> DOWN.

WHAT THIS MEANS IS, THAT WALTON, AS THE NUMBER THREE TEAM OUT OF REGION THREE, HAS TO GO TO THE HOG PEN.

YOU HAVE ARCHER, GWINNETT, AND NOONAN.

THE FOUR TEAM WOULD BE ALPHARETTA.

IT'S WALTON, COLQUITT, ARCHER, NORTH GWINNETT, SOUTH FORSYTH, AND WALTON.

>> REMEMBER HOW THEY OPENED THE SEASON?

WITH AN OVERTIME VICTORY OVER LOWNDES?

THE REGION CHAMPION THAT BEAT COLQUITT COUNTY.

WALTON HAD THE VICTORY OVER LOWNDES, IN MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

STUMBLED DOWN THE STRETCH WITH THE LOSS TO MARIETTA.

NOW, THEY GO ON THE ROAD AGAINST COLQUITT COUNTY.

WE KNOW THAT WALTON IS CAPABLE.

WE'VE SEEN THEM DO IT, AT ONE POINT.

THEY WERE RANKED NUMBER FOUR IN 7A.

NOW, HAVING TO MAKE THAT FOUR-HOUR TRIP OR FOUR-PLUS-HOUR TRIP.

>> WALTON, COLQUITT, PLPHARETTA, ARCHER, NORTH GWINNETT, FORSYTH.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE INFORMATION HERE.

YOUR THREE SEED IS EAST COWETA, AFTER THEIR LOSS TONIGHT.

THEY GO TO GRAYSON.

EAST COWETA AND GRAYSON.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, TO DENMARK, AND MEADOW CREEK.

IT'S ROSWELL, AND COME DEN COUNTY.

EAST COWETA IS YOUR THREE.

ROSWELL IS THE TWO.

THAT'S THE TOP RIGHT.

>> LAST YEAR, WE HAD CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE FIRST ROUND HERE ON GPB.

THEY CAME UP TO ATLANTA.

PUT A REAL BATTLE WITH PARKVIEW ON THE FIELD.

AND PARKVIEW ENDED UP WINNING THAT GAME IN OVERTIME.

THEY GOT THEIR HANDS FULL AGAINST THIS NORTH COBB TEAM, THAT'S STACKED WITH MARQUIS KILLEBREW, ON RECRUITING 2021.

AND THE FOUR-STAR WIDE RECEIVER COMMITTED TO GEORGIA.

SINGLETON, ONE OF THE MOST FUN QUARTERBACKS I'VE SEEN PLAY ALL SEASON.

A JUNIOR.

HE'S GOING TO BE HUGE NEXT YEAR, AS A SENIOR.

CAMDEN COUNTY GOT SOME WORK CUT OUT NEXT NORTH COBB.

>> LET'S WRAP UP 7A.

THE FOUR, NUMBER THREE, WE TRAVEL TO PEBBLEBROOK.

NORCROSS, AND CHEROKEE, AND REGION THREE'S NUMBER FOUR, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME COMBINATION OF HARRISON, HEADING TO LOWNDES.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT THERE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LAM.

>> John: BERT STARS.

HIS SENIOR YEAR, HE MAKES THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

YOU GOT TO PLAY COLLEGE HILL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO LAMBERT MAKING THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

WHERE THAT PROGRAM HAS COME FROM.

I KNOW THEY ARE EXCITED.

THEY WILL GIVE COLLINS HILL THEIR BEST SHOT.

>> LET'S BLOW THROUGH 6A.

LET'S BLOW THROUGH.

UPPER LEFT, HOUSTON COUNTY.

ROME, GO LOW LEFT.

NORTHSIDE WARNER ROBINS, LAKESIDE EVANS, TO DOUGLAS COUNTY.

THEY ARE THE FOUR BECAUSE OF THE MATHA WAS INVOLVED OUT OF REGION FIVE.

WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE MATH INVOLVED THERE.

ON THE BOARD, YOU HAVE ALLATOONA.

LET'S GO TO THE UPPER RIGHT.

RICHMOND HILL, AND KEN SAW MOUNTAIN.

AND THE BUY WILL LOSE THE BYE WEEK.

>> BYE IS GOING TO LOSE IN THE UPPER RIGHT.

LOW RIGHT AND WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

ALSO ON THE BOARD, IT IS LOW RIGHT, EFFINGHAM COUNTY.

YOU WILL HAVE SINGLE-A.

AND RICHMOND HILL, AS THE TWO SEED OUT OF REGION TWO.

THEY COME OUT WITH THE TWO SEED.

LEE COUNTY, AND SO, MATT, ONCE AGAIN, WE LOOK AT 6A, ON THE WHOLE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR BRACKET FOR THE QUARTERFINALS, LOW RIGHT, IN 6A.

LEE COUNTY AND BUFORD, IN THE SAME BRACKET.

>> WHAT DID CAL DO TO ANYBODY?

WE SAW BUFORD TONIGHT HERE.

AND LET ME TELL YOU.

THE FALCONS DON'T HAVE AN EASY MATCH-UP.

THIS IS A GREAT SEASON.

I THINK THEY FINISHED UP 8-2.

FOR THE TEN-GAME RECORD.

THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING MATCH-UP.

POPE AT DACULA.

LOSING BIG TO BUFORD.

BUFORD THE REMATCH OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN 2020, 34-31, GOT AN EMMY NOMINATION, SO GOOD.

IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, UNLESS SOMEBODY JUMPS UP AND PULLS OFF UPSET.

WAITING FOR THE LOSER OF WOODWARD AND CREEKSIDE.

GOING LOW LEFT AND SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

WARNER ROBINS AND CARNERSVILLE.

A POSSIBLE SECOND-ROUND MATCH-UP.

LET'S GO UPPER RIGHT.

SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW.

CONGRATULATIONS TO TIM BARREN FOR WINNING THE REGION TITLE.

DUTCHTOWN IS THE NUMBER TWO TEAM.

DUTCHTOWN IN THE OTHER MATCH-UP, WAITING THE THREE SEED THERE.

WE KNOW THEM.

VETERANS.

THE FOUR SEED, OUT OF REGION NUMBER ONE.

AND LET'S GO LOW RIGHT.

TRYING TO FILL IN HOLES.

THE BIGGEST THING THERE, IT COMES TO 5A, IS COOL HUN.

WOODWARD BEAT CREEKSIDE.

THE GAME IS AT CREEKSIDE.

THANK YOU, DR.

CRAFT FOR WATCHING THE SHOW AND LETTING US KNOW.

THAT'S THE MATCH-UP, UPPER LEFT.

CREEKSIDE WILL BE HOSTING COFFEE.

BUT CALHOUN AND WARE COUNTY, YOUR 5A.

>> WOODWARD BEAT CREEKSIDE TONIGHT.

COFFEE, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO COLLEGE PARK, GOES TO FULTON COUNTY AND WILL PLAY CREEKSIDE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE 5A STATE PLAYOFFS.

HECK OF A BALL GAME.

THAT'S A MATCH-UP OF TWO TOP TEN TEAMS.

AND AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE ONLY TOP TEN MATCH-UP IN EVERY ONE OF THE EIGHT CLASSIFICATIONS.

>> LET'S GO TO QUAD-A, BEFORE AAA.

UPPER LEFT, JENKINS, JEFFERSON, AND THEY ARE WORK AS A TWO SEED.

LOW LEFT, SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW HERE.

NEW HAMPSTEAD, AND WAITING FOR ONES HERE IN AAA.

LET'S GO UPPER RIGHT.

AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW, CEDAR SHOLES, AND EVERYBODY LOOKING AT BENEDICTINE.

>> THE REGION CHAMPIONS BY VIRTUE OF THEIR PREVIOUS NUMBER ONE-RANKED JEFFERSON, THE 2020 STATE FINALIST, FROM A YEAR AGO.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.

THE TITANS CAME OFF OF A HUGE VICTORY.

WHAT DOES THE PATH LOOK LIKE THE REST OF THE WAY.

AND WHAT DOES JEFFERSON'S PATH LOOK LIKE THE REST OF THE WAY.

GENE CATHCART WILL GO INTO THE PLAYOFFS AS A NUMBER ONE SEED.

SECOND ROUND, YOU'RE PROBABLY ON THE ROAD.

MAYBE ON THE ROAD FOR THE REST OF THE WAY.

>> LET'S GO TO AAA.

THE FIRST QUESTION, HAVE YOU DRIED OUT YET?

>> IT WAS AN UGLY NIGHT.

I FELT LIKE WE WERE IN GREEN BAY.

IT WAS AN UGLY NIGHT.

WE ENDED UP PULLING OUT A BIG WIN TONIGHT.

>> THE DIFFERENCE BEING, IF YOU HAD BEEN IN GREEN BAY, WHAT WAS FALLING WOULD HAVE BEEN FROZEN.

YOU CAN BE THANKFUL FOR THAT.

8-2, AS YOU GO INTO THE STATE'S PLAYOFFS.

YOU HAD A LOT OF SENIORS LEFT.

YOU HAD REPLACING TO DO.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT LAST YEAR'S TEAM.

WHAT DID THE STARTERS LEARN FROM LAST YEAR'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUN?

>> THE BIGGEST THING WE PREACH ALL THE TIME, IS BE COACHABLE.

BE COACHABLE.

DO WHAT WE ASK YOU TO DO.

AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, IT'S OUR FAULT.

DO WHAT WE ASK YOU TO DO.

BE COACHABLE.

IT'S AMAZING, AS GOOD AS I'VE SEEN IN MY CAREER.

OUR KIDS ARE COACHABLE.

THAT MAKES MY LIFE SO EASY.

I PROMISE I'M NOT A GREAT COACH.

BUT I HAVE GREAT PLAYERS.

>> WE TALKED TO BIFF PARSON FROM ROCKMART JUST A BIT AGO.

HE IS IN THE SAME HALF OF THE BRACKET YOU ARE.

I WANT TO GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, AS WELL.

NOT A LOT OF FOLKS GET TO WATCH AAA FOOTBALL.

YOU'RE IN ONE OF THE TOUGHEST REGIONS OUT THERE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE TOP TWO TEAMS THAT ARE IN IT.

BREAK DOWN AAA FOOTBALL FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE NEVER SEEN IT AND HOW TOUGH IT IS BE STATE-WIDE.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T CLAIM TO KNOW ANYTHING.

BUT YOU HAVE COMPETITION, FROM ONE TO TEN.

IN AAA, YOU DO IN THE PLAYOFFS.

TEN TEAMS THAT MAKE -- TEN GOOD TEAMS.

YOU GOT CEDAR GROVE, AND SANDY CREEK, MONROE AREA, US, APPLING, OF COURSE, PEACH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUALITY TEAMS, IN YOUR TOP TEN.

I THINK THERE'S MORE COMPETITION IN AAA THAN ANY OTHER CLASS.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S BETTER TEAMS IN AAA, PER SE.

THERE'S PROBABLY A BETTER TEAM IN AAAAAA, BUT IN COMPETITION, I THINK AAA IS THE MOST COMPETITIVE CLASS IN GEORGIA.

>> YOU'RE TWO TOUCHDOWNS AWAY FROM BEING UNDEFEATED ON THE YEAR.

RANK TOPPED FIVE.

RABUN COUNTY, RANKED NUMBER ONE.

THOSE DON'T COUNT AGAINST YOU.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THOSE GAMES THAT GOT YOU READY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUN OR PLAYOFF RUN, YOU'RE READY TO EMBARK ON.

>> WE HAD A BIG COVID OUTBREAK DOWN HERE.

I MEAN, WE HAD GUYS THAT HAD TO USE THE OFFENSIVE LINE ON THURSDAY, THAT HAD NEVER PLAYED THE POSITION BEFORE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR TAILBOOK, EITHER.

s YOU HAVE A TEAM THAT IS NOT TOO BAD.

WE GET EVERYBODY BACK.

EVERYBODY BACK AND HEALTHY, WE WILL BE A TOUGH FOOTBALL TEAM.

AND THE FOURTH QUARTER, AGAINST FISHER, WE HAD THREE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN GET HURT.

JUST DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF AN OFFENSIVE LINE IN THE RABUN GAME.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO WIN.

OUR TAILBACK WASN'T QUITE BACK TO WHERE HE IS NOW.

NOW, LINEMEN BACK, RAN FOR 285.

OUR SCHEDULE, YOU MAY LOSE A GAME OR TWO, WHEN YOU PLAY GOOD PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU GET BETTER WHEN YOU PLAY GOOD PEOPLE.

YOU GO OUT WINNING 72-0, YOU DON'T LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO STUDY YOURSELF.

YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT GAME.

WHEN YOU LOSE, YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING, EVERY MISTAKE, AND I THINK IT MAKES YOU BETTER.

NOBODY WANTS TO LOSE.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO 15-0 EVERY YEAR.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU LOSE, YOU END UP STUDYING YOURSELF A LITTLE HARDER.

AND YOU FIGURE OUT, WHERE DO I GOT TO IMPROVE?

AND SOMETIMES IT HELPS YOU.

>> LET ME ASK YOU ONE QUESTION OFF THE BEATEN PATH BEFORE WE CLOSE THINGS OUT HERE.

I KNOW FOOTBALL, PIERCE COUNTY, IT'S A HUGE DEAL.

I KNOW THIS PREDATES YOU BEFORE YOU WERE THE HEAD COACH.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE THE STARTING QUARTERBACK, THE NUMBER ONE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM, IN THE NATION, COME FROM THE PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE NOW COACHING AND WITH A KID THAT WAS BARELY RECRUITED COMING OUT OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL?

>> WELL, FIRST OFF, TALKING ABOUT STETSON, THAT JUST TELLS YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE -- YOU WANT TO WORK AND YOU CAN PLAY THIS GAME, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.

HE'S FROM BLACKSHEER, GEORGIA.

PROBABLY GOT THE BEST TEAM IN THE COUNTRY, GEORGIA.

THAT SPEAKS TO KIDS HERE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE 6'4" TO BE GOOD AT THIS GAME.

HOW HARD YOU WORK IS YOUR DECISION AND YOUR GIFT BACK TO GOD.

SO, ANYBODY CAN DO IT.

NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO IT.

ANYBODY CAN DO IT.

WHAT A SUCCESS STORY HE IS.

BEING FROM PIERCE COUNTY, I GET PEOPLE THAT CALL ME AND SAY, THE QUARTERBACK FROM GEORGIA.

HE'S FROM PIERCE COUNTY.

I DIDN'T GET TO COACH HIM.

BUT HE IS FROM PIERCE COUNTY, GEORGIA.

THIS IS A HEAVILY POPULATED.

WE HAVE A LOT OF TOBACCO AND COTTON.

IT'S NOT LIKE LIVING IN DeKALB COUNTY.

9,000 PEOPLE HERE.

EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY.

IT'S A GOOD, GOD-FEARING COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S NEAT TO SEE, THE QUARTERBACK FROM GEORGIA IS FROM PIERCE COUNTY.

>> AND EVERYBODY KNOWS STETSON BENNETT.

>> STETSON IS A GREAT KID.

YOU KNOW, YOU WATCH HIM ON THE SIDELINE.

HE DOESN'T HAVE A BUNCH OF JUNK IN HIM.

HE GOES OUT THERE AND LEADS THE TEAM.

HE'S FUN TO WATCH.

BOTH HIS BROTHERS PLAYED FOR US.

THEY'RE SENIORS.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB FOR US.

IT'S BEEN A SPECIAL YEAR.

>> RYAN HEARING, THE HEAD COACH OF THE PIERCE COUNTY BEARS.

TRYING TO DRY OUT AFTER THE MONSOON THERE.

CONGRATS WITH THE WIN OVER APPLING.

WE HAVE FOUR MINUTES TO GO.

WE HAVE FOUR BRACKETS.

SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

LET'S BLOW THROUGH THEM HERE AND GO THROUGH 30,000 FEET.

AAA, LONG COUNTY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BLUE TIDE.

YOU MAKE IT IN AS A THREE SEED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

THE BLUESIDE.

WHITE COUNTY IS YOUR FOUR.

ADAIRSVILLE IS YOUR FOUR.

HARLEM AND CHRIS.

APPLING COUNTY, THERE'S YOUR TWO.

CHEROKEE BLUFF.

AND HART COUNTY.

THAT IS PACK A LUNCH, PACK A DINNER.

AND THOMPSON IS YOUR REGION CHAMP.

UPPER LEFT -- UPPER RIGHT.

MARY PERSONS AND BURKE.

AND STEPHENS COUNTY.

AND BRANTLEY COUNTY, LIBERTY COUNTY, THAT'S YOUR ONE AND YOUR FOUR.

RIGHT AND LOW RIGHT.

MORGAN COUNTY AND PEACH.

PEACH IS LURKING.

NORTH MURRAY, THE MOUNTAINEERS WILL GET MONROE AREA.

DAWSON COUNTY IS YOUR SEVENTH.

PIERCE COUNTY IS YOUR ONE.

GO TO AA.

COOK IS YOUR THREE SEED.

ELBERT COUNTY, AND SHANNON JARVIS GOES THERE.

LOW LEFT, LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW.

FITZGERALD, BREMEN, FANNIN COUNTY.

BREMEN, GOES TO FANNIN.

UNION COUNTY, PUTNAM COUNTY.

UPPER RIGHT, SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW HERE.

IT IS WEST SIDE AUGUSTA AS YOUR TWO.

SOUTH ATLANTA, YOUR REGION CHAMP OUT OF REGION SIX.

AND PEPERIL.

LET'S GO LOW RIGHT.

IT IS JEFF DAVIS HAS YOUR TWO SEED, IN THE 3-2.

JEFF DAVIS.

RABUN COUNTY IS YOUR ONE.

JEFF CO AND DAVIS.

DADE COUNTY, NUMBER TWO.

THERE AGAINST THOMASVILLE.

THAT'S YOUR ONE.

YOUR BOTTOM RIGHT IN AA.

HOLY INNOCENCE WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE SEED.

REGION FIVE IS HOLY INNOCENT.

EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN, A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP, AT 4-6.

LOW LEFT.

SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

ATHENS CHRISTIAN, IS YOUR THREE SEED.

BELOW THAT, THE BYE WEEK WILL LOSE TO TRINITY CHRISTIAN.

LANDMARK CHRISTIAN IS YOUR THREE.

THEY TAKE ON PACELLI.

WESLEYAN IS YOUR TWO SEED.

BOTTOM RIGHT, IT IS BROOKSTONE, KINGS RIDGE, MT.

VERNON, IS THE THREE SEED.

PUBLIC.

IT'S ECI, AS THE TWO.

LOW LEFT, AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW.

MCA AND MITCHELL.

GREAT SEASON FOR GMC.

WILCOX, YOUR REGION CHAMPS OUT OF REGION ONE.

TURNER COUNTY, YOU THREE.

BOWDEN IS THE ONE SEED.

CONGRATS TO ACE CHARTER, THEY'RE THE THREE SEED.

METTAR IS YOUR REGION CHAMP OUT OF REGION THREE.

BROOKS COUNTY.

AND WARREN COUNTY, THE SCREAMING DEVILS, AND PELHAM, YOUR ONE AND FOUR.

>> DO YOU REALIZE THAT SANDY CREEK BEAT CEDAR GROVE TONIGHT?

>> THE 49-35.

>> YEAH.

THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS.

A HUGE WIN FOR THE FIGHTING PATRIOTS AFTER THEY WERE BEATEN BY CARVER ATLANTA, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

>> SO, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE FIELD OF 64-4.

A LITTLE NORTH OF 400, DOWN TO 256.

EVERYTHING WILL BE SETTLED BY MONDAY NIGHT, WHEN WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING.

WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.

WE GOT Q.R.

CODES, APPS, GPB.ORG.

ALL OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA.

MATT, THANKS FOR BEING A GREAT PARTNER AND HANGING OUT WITH ME ALL NIGHT.

>> YOU BET.

ENJOYED IT.

>> PLAY IT SAFE, EVERYBODY.

THE PLAYOFFS ARE COMING UP AROUND THE CORNER.

WE'RE GOING TO CATCH OUR BREATH FOR 15, 20 MINUTES.

THANKS FOR ALL OF THE COACHES.

ALL OF THE SCHOOLS.

ALL OF THE GREATEST, FOR PUTTING THE POSTGAME SHOW IS.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY BEHIND THE SCENES.

YOU KICK BUTT.

GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.

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