Football Fridays in Georgia
Calhoun at Cartersville
Season 2022 Episode 15 | 3h 41m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP AS WE WELCOME YOU TONIGHT.
A REGION OPENER AS THE CALHOUN YELLOWJACKETS HAVE COME TO TOWN TO TAKE ON CARTERSVILLE PURPLE HURRICANES.
GOOD EVENING.
OBVIOUSLY IS NOT FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE ARE MORE THAN 100 GAMES ACROSS THE STATE OUT OF CONCERN OVER HURRICANE IAN.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE CERTAINLY WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS DEVASTATING STORM.
A BIG BRAGGING RIGHTS GAME.
THE WINNER WILL BE THE OVERWHELMING FAVORITE TO GO AHEAD AND WIN THE REGION >> CALHOUN COMING TO PROVE THEIR BETTER THAN 3-2.
CARTERSVILLE HERE TO WIN THEIR 63rd REGIONAL GAME IN A ROW.
>> THE PROGRAM HURRICANES HAVE WON 10 STRAIGHT.
THEY HAVE THE NUMBER ONE SCORING DEFENSE, MAKE THAT THE NUMBER THREE SCORING OFFENSE.
THEY ARE DOING IT WITH TWO QUARTERBACKS.
THE SENIOR WHO WAITED HIS TURN AND THE FRESHMAN WHO WILL BE ONE OF THE TOP YOUNG QUARTERBACKS IN THE STATE .
>> WHAT A DYNAMIC DUO.
CLOSE TO 1000 YARDS PASSING BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
ONLY TWO INTERCEPTIONS FOR THESE TWO.
THE POCKET PASSER WITH A TALENTED ARM.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT OFFENSIVE LINE WITH TWO POWER OF 5 OFFENSIVE TACKLES.
JONATHAN KLEIN WHO HAS COMMITTED TO UCF, AND THE JUNIOR MALACHI TOLLIVER.
>> TWO ANCHORS ON THIS OFFENSIVE LINE THAT AVERAGES ABOUT 285 POUNDS.
VERY TALENTED, VERY PHYSICAL.
LOOK FOR THEM TO TRY TO LEAN ON PEOPLE AND DOMINATE.
>> MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER NOMINEE.
HE HAS THE PEDIGREE.
HIS BROTHER START IN THIS PROGRAM AND IS NOW A ROOKIE WITH THE CLEVELAND BROWNS.
>> HE IS THE GUY THEY LOOK TO MAKE BIG PLAYS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
HE IS LEADING THIS DOMINATING DEFENSE .
THROUGH FIVE GAMES, 35 POINTS.
>> CALHOUN HAS NOT LOST TWO GAMES IN THE FIRST FIVE GAMES OF THE SEASON SINCE 2016.
THEY GOT TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP A YEAR AGO AND ONLY HAD FIVE STARTERS BACK.
THEY HAD A BRAND-NEW QUARTERBACK.
>> THE YOUNG JR. SPREADS THE BALL AROUND.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE OFTEN SO HARD TO DEFEND.
HE GETS THE BALL OUT QUICK .
THEY ARE GOING TO ME THAT TONIGHT.
HE IS EXCEEDING HIS COACHES EXPECTATIONS AND HE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A BIG GAME AGAINST A GREAT DEFENSE.
AN KAYDEN WILLIAMS WITH OFFERS FROM GEORGIA TECH AND BOSTON COLLEGE.
>> DOING MOST OF HIS DAMAGE AND CATCHING THE BALL THIS SEASON.
IN THIS GAME TONIGHT THEY WILL NEED TO KEEP THIS DEFENSE BALANCE.
THEY ARE GOING TO MEET HIS LEGS TO COME UP WITH A LOT OF YARDS.
>> THEY PLAY A LOT OF GUYS BIRTH --BOTH WAYS.
>> A FLEET WIDE RECEIVER AND THE BEST QUARTERBACK THAT THEY HAVE.
EXPECT FOR HIM TO HAVE A BIT GAME WITH PLACED DOWN THE FIELD TO MAKE SOME YARDS FOR THIS OFFENSE THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME DRIVING THE BALL.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
IT IS THE CALHOUN YELLOWJACKETS AND THE CARTERSVILLE PURPLE HURRICANES.
IT SHOULD BE A FUN ONE.
NIKKI IS STANDING BY .
>> HEY, GUYS.
LET ME TELL YOU REALLY QUICKLY HUGS, HANDSHAKES AND RESPECT IS EXACTLY WHAT THESE TWO COACHES HAVE FOR EACH OTHER.
THAT IS WHAT COACH FOSTER TOLD ME.
HE DESCRIBED IT AS TWO GREAT STADIUMS AND TWO WONDERFUL COMMITTEES THAT HAVE REALLY EMBRACED HER ATHLETIC PROGRAM.
HE DESCRIBED IT AS A BLESSING AND RIVALRY.
COACH FOSTER AND STEPHENSON CAME IN AND TOOK ON VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS.
COACH STEVENSON TOLD ME OF COURSE THEY TALKED ABOUT THE FOOTBALL STUFF , BUT THEY ALSO AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TALK ABOUT THE OFF THE FIELD DUTIES.
BOTH OF THESE COACHES WHEN THEY TOOK OVER THE REINS THEY HAD A KID DURING THE BALL SEASON.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SLEEPING GOING ON.
COACHES TOLD ME ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING ABOUT EACH OTHER.
THEY SAID WE KNOW HE'S A GOOD COACH.
HE'S AN EVEN BETTER MAN.
AND HE IS SO GOOD AT HOW HE LOVES AND LEADS HIS FAMILY, PLAYERS INCLUDED, IN OFF THE FIELD.
IS GOING TO BE A REALLY FUN GAME.
HANNAH, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU.
WHICH YOU WERE HERE ON THE FIELD.
>> I WISH THAT I WAS THERE.
YOU AND I KNOW A LOT ABOUT BABIES AND NO SLEEPING.
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE ON THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS.
JOHN WILL JOIN ME AND STUDIO SHORTLY.
YOU GUYS ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS THE GAME TONIGHT, BETWEEN TWO CROSSTOWN RIVALS.
BLESSED TRINITY AND ROSWELL, CHECK IT OUT BY DOWNLOADING THE GPB SPORTS APP.
STICK AROUND AFTER THE GAME FOR THE POSTGAME SHOW WHERE WE CHECK IN WITH COACHES ALL ACROSS THE STATE AS REGION PLAY BEGINS TONIGHT.
IN THE MEANTIME I WAS THE YOU MATT, TAKE IT AWAY.
'S >> HERE IS A CHANCE TO PLAY ALONG AT HOME AND GPB SPORTS.
GO TO THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN AND PICK THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S GAME.
CARTERSVILLE WON THE TOSS AND THEY WILL RECEIVE.
THEY PLAYED LAST YEAR AND WE HAD IT FOR YOU RIGHT HERE ON GPB SPORTS.
A 21-14 VICTORY.
JAKE PARKER OPENED UP THE SCORING WITH A TOUCHDOWN STRIKE.
RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF A BIG PLAY AND THE PURPLE HURRICANES TOOK A 14-0 LEAD INTO THE LOCKER ROOM.
YOU WILL SEE KAYDEN WILLIAMS TONIGHT.
MALACHI JEFFRIES WITH A BIG RUN.
THE FINAL SCORE OF THE NIGHT , CHRISTIAN UP TOP TO THE FRESHMAN WIDE RECEIVER.
YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE TRUE BLUEBLOODS WITH A LOT TO BRAG ABOUT.
BOTH HAVE WON FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH MULTIPLES IN THE LAST DECADE.
CALHOUN IN 11 FINALS, NINE IN THE LAST 17 YEARS.
CARTERSVILLE WITH SIX STATE FINAL APPEARANCES.
THEY LOST BOTH OF THOSE.
BOTH OF THEM HAVE 23 REGION TITLES.
THIS IS THE KICKER, CALHOUN HAS THE ALL-TIME REGION WINNING STREAK IN STATE HISTORY AT 119 GAMES.
THAT MEANS CARTERSVILLE NOW HAS THE LONGEST ACTIVE STREAK AT 62 GAMES.
THEY HAVE NOT LOST A REGION GAME SINCE 2011.
>> WHAT A BIG RIVALRY.
THEY ARE ONLY ABOUT 20-25 MILES APART.
>> OPENING KICKOFF BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE OF GEORGIA.
SEATBELTS SAVE LIVES.
CARLOS LOPEZ HAS A READY TO GO.
AND MOROCCO IS STANDING THE FOR THE PURPLE HURRICANES.
WE ARE UNDERWAY IN BARTOW COUNTY.
TAKEN AT THE 8POINTLINE BY WILKEY.
CALHOUN COMES UP WITH THE BALL ON AN 18 YARD RETURN.
IT LOOKS LIKE CALHOUN HAS THE BALL.
CHRISTIAN SMITH LOOKS LIKE HE HAS RECALLED WILL --RECOVERED A FUMBLE.
LET'S WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE OFFICIALS SAY.
>> CHRISTIAN SMITH CAME OUT OF THE PILE AFTER THE RETURN BY WILKIE .
CALHOUN INDEED DID RECOVER THE FUMBLE ON THE OPENING KICKOFF.
COAL STEVENSON'S TEAM OFF TO A GREAT START.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
THE BALL COMES OUT RIGHT THERE BEFORE HIS KNEE HITS THE GROUND.
TEAM.
THEY ARE GOING TO NEED A COUPLE OF TURNOVERS TONIGHT.
>> KAYDEN WILLIAMS CRASHES DOWN INSIDE THE 15 YARD LINE, INMAN MAKING THE TACKLE.
>> TREY TOWNSEND UP TO THE LINE REALLY QUICK.
KAYDEN WILLIAMS GETS ANOTHER HANDOFF.
HE SCHOOLS INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE AND DOWN TO THE NINE.
>> A LITTLE PACE, GETTING IT TO THEIR BEST OFFENSIVE WEAPON.
WILLIAMS HASN'T DONE A LOT OF RUNNING FOR THIS TEAM SO FAR .
IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF CARRIES YOU CAN SEE THE TALENT THAT HE POSSESSES.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 4.
MISCOMMUNICATION, THEY GET THE HANDOFF TO WILLIAMS, HE LUNGES FORWARD AND GETS A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE PLAY.
>> A LITTLE CONFUSION ON THE HANDOFF.
WILLIAMS LOOKS LIKE HE MAY HAVE STEPPED TO THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BALL.
GOOD JOB CLEARING THAT UP AND GETTING THE BALL BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE .
>> TOWNSEND 6'1", 61% COMPLETION .
1181 YARDS, 10 TOUCHDOWNS AND SIX PICKS.
HE GETS HERE AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE THAT TIME AND DID NOT PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
>> A BIG DECISION EARLY IN THE GAME.
HAVING SOME SUCCESS RUNNING THE BALL.
GETTING OFF THE BLOCK RIGHT THERE LATE, ABLE TO GET INTO THE LEGS OF WILLIAMS AND GET HIM DOWN.
>> LET'S SEE WHO'S GOING TO TAKE IT.
THEY TRIED A FIELD GOAL, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING FOR IT.
IT IS FOURTH DOWN AND 3.
>> TOWNSEND ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT.
INCOMPLETE AT THE GOAL LINE.
THE BALL GOES OVER ON DOWNS.
TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO ISAAC BROOKS AT THE GOAL LINE, AND CARTERSVILLE COMES OUT WITH THE STOP.
>> AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT BALL DOWN.
>> YOU SEE NUMBER TWO RIGHT THERE FOR THE SHORT PASS.
TOWNSEND DECIDING TO TRY TO GO FOR THE WHOLE THING AND GET A TOUCHDOWN.
THIS DEFENSE BY THE HURRICANES.
AN GAMBLE WILL START THE GAME AT QUARTERBACK.
THE SENIOR 5'10", 175 COMPLETED 60% OF HIS PASSES.
HE IS NOT PLAY THE LAST TWO GAMES BECAUSE OF AN ANKLE INJURY SUFFERED IN THE ALTOONA WIN.
AND THE FIRST AREA OF THE GAME GOES TO JEFFRIES.
JEFFRIES GETS A COUPLE OF YARDS OFF THE RIGHT TACKLE.
HALF OF THE SEASON THROWING THE BALL.
THEY ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE RUN EARLY AND BRING MORE BALANCE TO THEIR OFFENSE.
A TALENTED RUNNING BACK IN MALACHI JEFFRIES.
>> HE IS RUSH FOR 248 YARDS ON 46 CARRIES.
JUST UNDER 50 YARDS PER GAME.
SECOND DOWN AND 5.
GAMBLE LUNGES FORWARD AND PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 27.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CARTERSVILLE OFFENSE, PRESENTED BY REGIONS BANK.
THERE IS KLEIN AND TOLLIVER THE TACKLES IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THE YOU HAVE BRYCE, FLETCHER, AND TOBER THE WIDE RECEIVER AND JEFFRIES THE RUNNING BACK .
>> HE DECIDED TO RUN AND PICK UP THAT FIRST DOWN.
THAT IS WHAT THE SENIOR QUARTERBACK GIVES HIS OFFICE.
THE ABILITY TO SCRAMBLE OR RUN THE BALL.
>> FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 27.
A PUNK FAKE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE INTERCEPTED AT THE 40 YARD LINE BY CURTIS.
CURTIS ON THE RETURN TAKES IT BACK TO THE 25.
>> BIG TIME PRESSURE IN THE FACE OF GAMBLE.
>> CAM CURTIS COMES UP WITH THE INTERCEPTION , HIS FIRST OF THE SEASON .
A SECOND TURNOVER FOR CARTERSVILLE IN THE FIRST 3+ MINUTES OF THE GAME.
THE YELLOWJACKETS WILL HAVE IT AT THE 25 YARD LINE WHEN WE GET BACK.
>> CALHOUN HAS IT AGAIN IN GREAT FIELD POSITION.
RECOVERED A FUMBLE ON THE OPENING KICKOFF.
FROM CHRISTIAN GREGORY'S .
THE NOSE TACKLE AND THE INTERCEPTION BY CAM CURTIS.
>> GREGORY ALMOST CLOSE LINING CAMPBELL TO BRING THEM DOWN WITH THE PRESSURE AND A NICE PIC BY THE CORNER .
THIS IS SETTING UP TO BE HOW CALHOUN WOULD IMAGINE THEY WERE GOING TO WIN THE GAME.
SOME TURNOVERS, AND THIS OFFENSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.
>> CALHOUN HAS BEEN THE TEAMS MAKE BITTEN BY TURNOVERS IN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS.
WILLIAMS WITH A BIG RUN.
KAYDEN WILLIAMS WHO HAS BEEN MORE OF A PASS RECEIVING RUNNING BY THE FIRST FIVE GAMES, REALLY GETTING ON THE GROUND HERE TONIGHT.
>> THIS IS WHAT WE IMAGINED THEY WOULD HAVE TO BRING MORE BALANCE .
BALL RIGHT NOW.
>> THE SIX CARRY OF THE NIGHT FOR WILLIAMS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TWO YARD LINE.
>> COMING INTO THE GAME ONLY 311 YARDS RUSHING FOR HIM.
HE IS A BIG TIME PROSPECT.
NICE BLOCKING BY WILLIAMS ON THE PULL AROUND .
KAYDEN WILLIAMS STARTING TO DOMINATE EARLY.
>> FIRST AND GOAL TO GO.
SIX CARRIES, 40 YARDS FOR WILLIAMS ALREADY IN THIS GAME.
WILLIAMS PUNCHES IT IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> A LOT OF BODIES RIGHT THERE.
KAYDEN WILLIAMS DIDN'T GET IN.
YOU SEE THE YELLOWJACKETS HURRYING TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
SECOND DOWN AND GOAL AND THIS TIME WILLIAMS GETS IT IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
HIS FIFTH RUSHING TOUCHDOWN FOR THE SEASON.
WE EXPECTED TO SEE CALHOUN COME OUT SWINGING THE BALL.
IT'S BEEN WILLIAMS PRETTY MUCH EVERY PLAY SO FAR TONIGHT.
>> A TREMENDOUS PUSH IN THE MIDDLE THERE FOR THE YELLOWJACKETS.
THOSE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES .
IF CALHOUN IS GOING TO WIN THIS GAME THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SHORT FEELS PROVIDED BY TURNOVERS.
>> FOUR PLACE AND 25 YARDS.
CALHOUN ON TOP 7-0.
QUARTERBACK KEEPER RIGHT THERE BY TOWNSEND, PUNCHING IT IN.
SECOND RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON FOR HIM.
WHAT A START FOR CALHOUN TONIGHT.
HERE IS A LOOK AT YOUR SCORING DRIVE .
CAPITALIZING ON CARTERSVILLE TURNOVERS SO FAR TONIGHT.
>> YOU HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE BREAKS .
THIS TEAM DID IT IN THIS DRIVE, THE FIRST DRIVE COMING UP SHORT TRYING TO PASS THE BALL INTO THE END ZONE .
THIS TIME THE CAPITAL ON THE GROUND AND THEN PUSHING IT AND THERE WITH TOWNSEND TO GET ON THE BOARD EARLY .
>> THE LAST TWO MEETINGS CALHOUN TURNED THE BALL OVER ON THE SECOND PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE.
TONIGHT THE SCRIPT HAS FLIPPED.
IT IS CARTERSVILLE WITH THE TURNOVER, FUMBLING THE OPENING KICKOFF.
DIDN'T GIVE UP ANY POINTS ON THAT ONE, WITHIN THE INTERCEPTION LEADS TO THE TOUCHDOWN RUN BY TREY TOWNSEND .
THIS ONE IS GOING TO HIT, THAT'S ALIVE BALL THAT THEY HAVE TO PICK UP RIGHT AWAY.
FLACKS ALL OVER THE FIELD.
OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 27 YARD LINE.
>> A DANGEROUS PLAY THERE IN THAT SITUATION YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE BEHIND THE BALL.
YOU WANT THE BALL TO DROP IN FRONT OF YOU.
>> THAT THING CHECKED UP THE TWO YARD LINE.
>> THERE IS GREG NORMAN AND THE REST OF THE OFFICIATING CREW WORKING TONIGHT REGION 7, 5A OPENER.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TURNOVERS AND THEN THE INTERCEPTION.
TO HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN THE OFFENSE.
IT'S A HIGH-POWERED 39 POINTS PER GAME TEAM.
THEY HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN AND START PLAYING WITH THAT CONFIDENCE.
>> THEY SCORED AT LEAST FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN EVERY GAME THIS SEASON.
MALACHI JEFFRIES WITH A BIG HOLE UP THE MIDDLE.
HE'S UP TO THE 42 YARD LINE.
>> THE BIG FELLOW COMING UP THE MIDDLE, 5'11", 210 POUNDS.
ONE OF THOSE THROWBACK POWER RUNNERS SHOWING YOU THE SPEED AND THE ABILITY TO FINISH THE RUN.
YOU CAN SEE THIS SECONDARY DOES NOT WANT TO SEE A MAN OF THAT SIZE AND SPEED.
>> HE IS BIGGER THAN EVERY ONE OF THE LINEBACKERS BY AT LEAST 10 POUNDS, SOMETIMES 20-30 POUNDS.
THROWING THE BALL COMPLETE THE MOROCCO WILKEY, DRIVEN OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE >> A NICE JOB OF BLOCKING BY THE RECEIVER.
FLETCHER OUT FRONT GETTING THE BALL TO MOROCCO WILKEY.
THE WIDE RECEIVER SCREENED , SECURING THE BLOCK.
KEEPING THE DEFENSE HONEST.
YOU CAN CONTINUE TO RUN THAT BALL WITH MALACHI JEFFRIES.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 6, BALL AT THE 35 YARD LINE.
MOROCCO WILKEY GOES IN MOTION BEHIND THE LINE.
PLAY ACTION COMPLETE AT THE 42 YARD LINE.
THAT IS A FIRST DOWN FOR CARTERSVILLE .
TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CALHOUN DEFENSE, BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK.
GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK.
GREGORY AND BELL ON THAT DEFENSIVE LINE, THREE BACKERS , BRANDON,, AND SMITH.
AND THE SECONDARY .
ALL FIVE OF THOSE GUYS KNEW FROM LAST YEAR'S 2021 STATE FINALS TEAM.
>> A NICE JOB I BOW, TAKING WHAT THE DEFENSE GIVES THEM.
>> RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, HE PICKS UP ABOUT SEVEN ON THE PLAY.
>> THEY ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM BACK.
HE IS HEALTHY AND HE CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THE LINEUP.
CAMPBELL LISTED AT 5'10", 175.
NOT SHYING AWAY FROM CONTACT RUNNING THE BALL.
>> HE STARTED THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE SEASON, AND INJURED AN ANKLE IN THE WIN TO ALATOONA.
THE PAST AND COMPLETE AT THE 50 YARD LINE.
WHEN HE CAUGHT IT?
THAT IS THEIR TOP WIDE RECEIVER, AND THE NEPHEW OF FORMER ATLANTA FALCONS, NICK BEASLEY.
>> A NICE READ ON THE EDGE .
SNIFFING IT OUT FOR THE DEFENSE.
>> THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN, BALL AT THE 39 .
>> SHOWING PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
>> CAMPBELL SET UP, INCOMPLETE INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.
ROMO PACE WAS THE INTENDED TARGET.
NO FLAG, FOURTH DOWN.
>> HE DOESN'T GET A LOT OF ACTION.
GOOD POCKET TO THROW THE BALL .
HE REALLY JUST COULDN'T COME UP WITH THE CATCH.
ROMO PACE HAD A STEP ON CURTIS, NOT ABLE TO BRING THE BALL DOWN OVER HIS SHOULDER.
>> YOU SAID IT OFF OF THE OPEN, NOT ONLY A DYNAMIC WIDE RECEIVER, PROBABLY THE BEST QUARTERBACK AS WELL.
>> COACH STEPHENSON TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF HIS PLAYERS HAVING TO GO BOTH WAYS AND HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THESE COOL NIGHTS WHERE THEY CAN KEEP THE ENERGY UP.
>> DROPPING IT DOWN AT THE FIVE YARD LINE.
THAT IS A 49 YARD KIT, BUT CALHOUN WILL GET THE BALL AT THE 20 YARD LINE WHEN WE GET BACK.
>> WELCOME BACK INTO OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS .
IT IS TIME TO CATCH UP WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM CARTERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE HANDOVER A $1500 DONATION FOR OUR FRIENDS OVER AT CIGNA TO OUR FRIENDS RIGHT HERE AT CARTERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
COACH, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING A FOOTBALL FAN OF OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA AND A FAN AND FRIEND TO GPB SPORTS.
>> WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR FOOTBALL PROGRAM.
THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS.
>> AND THANK YOU, LADIES, YOU DID A ANTACID JOB.
>> ALWAYS FUN WHEN WE COME TO WEINMAN STADIUM.
WE HAVE A GREAT ENVIRONMENT, DESPITE THE FACT THEY MOVE THE GAME THURSDAY NIGHT, WE HAVE A PACKED HOUSE HERE.
BACK ON OFFENSE GOES CALHOUN AND HANDS OFF THE BALL FOR WILLIAMS AS HE PICKS UP ANOTHER CLOSE TO FIVE ON THE PLAY.
SEVEN CARRIES FOR 40 YARDS PRIOR TO THAT CARRY.
THERE IS A FLAG ON THE FIELD.
>> COACH STEPHENSON, YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE ENERGY HIS TEAM HAS TAKEN THE FIELD WITH.
THEY HAVE GOTTEN THIS RUNNING GAME GOING.
IT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM.
THEY'RE PLAYING WITH THE KIND OF ENERGY AND POISE TO PULL OFF THIS VICTORY.
>> THERE IS A LOOK AT TOWNSEND, HE'S NOT HAPPY WITH THE CALL.
3411 IN HIS FOURTH SEASON.
STILL LOOKING FOR HIS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP, EVEN THOUGH HE GOT THE TEAM TO THE FINALS LAST YEAR.
THEY HAVE NOT WON A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 2018.
FIRST AND 20, WILLIAMS GETS IT AGAIN.
HE GETS ABOUT 3 YARDS ON THE PLAY THAT TIME.
COCHRAN MAKING THE TACKLE FOR THE PURPLE HURRICANES.
TAKING A LOOK AT THE CALHOUN OFFENSE BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK.
YOU HAVE FELL AND WELLS, AND THE BROTHERS ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE .
THOMAS, CURTIS, WILLIAMS, BROOKS, AND WINSTON, A FOUR- STAR TIDING WHO ALREADY HAS SEVEN OFFERS.
WE EXPECT >> NOT A BIG OFFENSIVE LINE.
YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE GOOD AT GETTING ON AND STAYING ON LOCKS.
>> ANOTHER WHISTLE AND A TIMEOUT CALLED BY THE PURPLE HURRICANES.
CALHOUN, 3-0 ON THE ROAD THIS SEASON.
THEIR TWO LOSSES SO FAR HAVE BEEN AT HOME TO A VERY GOOD TEAM , BLESSED TRINITY AND CEDARTOWN.
SPEAKING OF BLESSED TRINITY, THAT IS OUR WEB GAME TONIGHT AS THE TITANS ARE TAKING ON THEIR CROSSTOWN RIVALS, THE ROSWELL HORNETS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WITH A 12-0 LEAD FOR ROSWELL .
ROSWELL RANKED NUMBER FOUR AND BLESSED TRINITY CURRENTLY RIGHT NUMBER EIGHT.
THE REASON WHY THEY HAVE TO NEVER PLAY BEFORE EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER IS, BLESSED TRINITY WENT ON SOME LOWER-CLASS VACATIONS.
NOT UNTIL NOW ARE THEY PLAYING IN THE SAME REGION TO PLAY EACH OTHER.
>> BOTH COACHES TALKED ABOUT YOU CAN THROUGHOUT ANY KIND OF RECORD WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A RIVALRY.
THESE KIDS GREW UP IN THE SAME COMMITTEE.
IT KIND OF TAKES AWAY THE LUSTER OF FEAR.
RIGHT NOW CALHOUN IS PLAYING WITH A LOT OF CONFIDENCE, ESTABLISHING A RUN EARLY AND GETTING SOME TURNOVERS.
IT IS TIME FOR THIS HURRICANE DEFENSE TO STEP UP.
>> WE ASK CONNOR FOSTER HOW BIG OR BRAGGING RIGHTS?
HE SAID ALL I KNOW IS THESE KIDS ARE GROWN UP PLAYING AGAINST AN WITH EACH OTHER ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH KINDERGARTEN.
THE PASS INCOMPLETE OVER ON THE SIDELINE.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THE GAME FOR CALHOUN BROUGHT TO YOU BY GREATER PEST MANAGEMENT.
>> WIN FIRST DOWN, STAY OUT OF THIRD ALONG.
YOU CANNOT PASS AGAINST THIS DEFENSE.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RUN PLAYS ON FIRST DOWN AS WE'VE SEEN WITH WILLIAMS AND CARTERSVILLE'S DEFENSE.
THEY FEEL LIKE THIS OFFENSE CANNOT TAKE THE BALL , DRIVE 60 OR 70 YARDS AND SCORE.
>> PLAYING TWICE TONIGHT, THE CARTERSVILLE DEFENSE HAVE BEEN PUT IN A BAD SPOT TURNOVERS.
THE PASS INCOMPLETE ON THE FAR SIDE LINE TRYING TO GO TO MORGAN.
IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN, A PUNTING SITUATION COMING UP FOR THE YELLOW JACKETS.
>> THE EARLY HOLDING PENALTY PUTTING THEM BEHIND THE SIX.
JUST A TOUGH DEFENSE TO THROW THE BALL AGAINST.
THEY HAVE PLAYERS AND TALENT AT EACH LEVEL.
THOSE ARE THE SITUATIONS CALHOUN HAS TO STAY OUT OF.
>> ANDREW PURDY IS ON THE PUNT.
HE IS A ALABAMA ACE BALL COMMIT.
THE BALL IS GOING TO COME DOWN AT THE 46 YARD LINE .
RETURNED BY COLIN FLETCHER INSIDE THE 50 YARD LINE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME CARTERSVILLE IS GOING TO HAVE GOOD FIELD POSITION, A 5 YARD RETURN BY FLETCHER.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THE GAME WHEN CARTERSVILLE HAS THE BALL.
>> LEAN ON THEM.
THEY WANT TO TAKE THIS BIG OFFENSIVE LINE ACROSS THE BOARD.
THESE BIG RUNNING BACKS, ESPECIALLY MALACHI JEFFRIES CONTINUES TO RUN THE BALL AND WHERE CALHOUN OUT.
CALHOUN HAS TO WIN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
THE DEFENSIVE LINE LIKES TO MOVE AROUND.
THEY HAVE TO GET OFF BLOCKS.
>> RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE MALACHI JEFFRIES GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE.
TOUCHDOWN, CARTERSVILLE !
>> RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE .
A GREAT BLOCK BY THE CENTER.
A NICE TRAP THERE BY DJ.
THAT'S THE ONE THING WITH JEFFRIES THAT IS SNEAKY, HE IS FAST.
I THINK A LOT OF TEAMS FEEL LIKE HE'S NOT AS FAST, BUT HE CAN RUN THE BALL.
NICE JOB ANSWERING ON THAT SHORT FIELD.
>> THE PAT WILL BE TAKEN BY RYAN JOHNSON, A BASEBALL COMMIT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
SHORTSTOP FOR THE PURPLE HURRICANES ON THE BASEBALL DIAMOND.
HE PUTS IT UP AND IN AND WE ARE TIED AT SEVEN.
MALACHI JEFFRIES WITH HIS SEVENTH RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON.
GOING UNTOUCHED DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DEFENSE.
WE CANNOT TALK ENOUGH ABOUT THIS OFFENSIVE LINE .
JUST AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH ONE OF THE KEYS, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THIS LINE AND GET THESE RUNNING BACKS GOING RIGHT THERE WITH A BIG RUN.
>> SOME OFFERS , NO DIVISION I OFFERS JUST YET.
COACH FOSTER FEELS LIKE IF THEY ARE PATIENT THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY OUT THERE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A PROGRAM WILL TAKE THAT BIGGER BY.
THERE JUST WAITING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP FOR MALACHI JEFFRIES .
>> 6 FEET 5 FOOT -- 6'11", I THINK WHAT TEAMS WILL LOVE, SHOWING MORSE BEAT THAN HE IS KNOWN FOR.
KNOWING TO BE MORE OF A BRUISER.
>> RYAN JOHNSON READY TO KICK OFF.
THIS ONE IS GOING TO GO INTO THE END ZONE, THE NINTH TOUCHBACK FOR RYAN JOHNSON THIS SEASON.
HE'S NEW TO THE GAME, HE'S BEEN A BASEBALL GUY.
HE CAME OUT FOR FOOTBALL THIS YEAR.
HE'S BEEN A REAL FIND FOR THIS CARTERSVILLE TEAM.
>> COHEN IS GOING TO GET THE BALL AT THE 35 WITH 3:52 LEFT IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> THAT DRAMATICALLY CHANGES THINGS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FIRST AND 10 .
I WAS WONDERING WHY COACH STEPHENSON WAS SO UPSET.
NOW WE KNOW THE OFFICIALS HAD IT TURNED AROUND .
>> HIS BODY LANGUAGE DIDN'T SAY I HAVE 15 YARDS, IT SAID I LOST 15 YARDS.
BACKED UP IN A WHOLE IS THIS CALHOUN OFFENSE.
IF THEY CAN GET THIS RUNNING GAME BACK ON TRACK.
>> CADEN WILLIAMS AGAIN, JUST A COUPLE OF YARDS.
>> MAYBE THE STRONGEST GUY ON THIS CALHOUN TEAM .
SO FAR GIVING THEM JUST WHAT THEY NEED TO TRY TO FIND SOME BALANCE IN THIS OFFENSE TO TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF OF TREY TOWNSEND.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 8.
AND IT IS CAUGHT UP THE 44 YARD LINE.
WHAT A CATCH.
FALLING BACKWARDS, DUSTIN KEARNS.
>> A NICE JOB FINDING HIS BALL, GETTING BEHIND THE DEFENSE.
A NICE JOB OF ADJUSTING TO THE BALL IN THE AIR AND COMING UP WITH A BIG PLAY.
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF PLAYS THAT CARTERSVILLE CAME INTO THE GAME TO TRY TO TAKE AWAY.
>> 38 YARD RECEPTION FOR DUSTIN KEARNS.
>> AT 5 YARD MARKOFF COMING AFTER THE GREAT CATCH.
>> THOSE TWO-WAY PLAYERS , COACH TALKED ABOUT HE IS ONE OF THOSE DEEP THREATS .
>> THEY ARE REALLY DEEP AT THE WIDE RECEIVER POSITION.
A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THEY PLAYED SO MANY PEOPLE BOTH WAYS.
CADEN WILLIAMS GETS ABOUT 4 YARDS BACK AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CARTERSVILLE DEFENSE BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK.
>> CADEN WILLIAMS AGAIN, HE'S GOING TO GET A STEADY DOSE TONIGHT.
>> A NICE JOB ON THE LEFT SIDE.
LEFT GUARD, LEFT TACKLE.
YOU HAD ABOUT OVER 1000 YARDS LAST YEAR RUSHING.
ON THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE TO PICK UP AT 7 YARDS WITH PATIENTS.
>> LEONARD NOW A FRESHMAN AT NAVY.
EVEN SPLITTING DUTY STILL RUSHED FOR OVER 1000 YARDS.
11 CARRIES FOR 63 YARDS IN THE FIRST QUARTER TONIGHT.
CADEN WILLIAMS AGAIN, ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.
DOWN INSIDE THE 20 AND FINALLY OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 11.
WHAT A SHOW CADEN WILLIAMS IS PUTTING ON HERE TONIGHT.
>> STIFF ARM, NICE BLOCKING THE RECEIVER.
NOT HOLDING.
TOMLINSON ON THE EDGE .
WILLIAMS PUTTING HIS INPUT ON THE GAME.
>> A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE PLAY.
HE REMINDS ME A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE SAW FROM BEN HALL LAST WEEK.
WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A GAME LIKE THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE WILLIAMS IS KIND OF IN A SIMILAR SPOT.
>> LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I CAN DO FOR REAL.
>> SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.
THE BALL IS AT THE TWO YARD LINE.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE RED ZONE TONIGHT.
13 CARRIES, 87 YARDS FOR WILLIAMS ALREADY.
THIS IS JUST HIS SECOND CARRY OF THE SEASON.
ABOUT THREE OR FOUR ON THE PLAY.
>> FOLLOWING THE BIG TACKLE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST QUARTER AS THE TEAMS ARE ALREADY HEADED DOWN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD.
CALHOUN HAS NOT BEEN CARTERSVILLE SINCE 2009.
THEY HAVE LOST FOUR IN A ROW IN THE SERIES.
HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER WE ARE TIED AT SEVEN AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO SCORE AGAIN AS WE HEAD TO THE SECOND .
>> 7-7 AS WE START THE SECOND QUARTER .
TIED AT A TOUCHDOWN OF PEACE.
CALHOUN HAS BEEN IN THE RED ZONE AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND PERIOD.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON A NURSE TONIGHT.
THIRD DOWN AND 5.
THEY CAN PICK UP A FIRST DOWN AT THE TWO.
WILLIAMS TRYING TO GET OUTSIDE AND IS GOING TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE ONE YARD LINE.
THEY ARE GOING TO RULE HE WAS DOWN AT THE ONE.
THAT IS A FIRST AND GOAL TO GO COMING UP FOR THE JACKETS.
>> GOAL MIDDLE.
BOUNCING TO THE OUTSIDE, SHOULDERS SQUARE TRYING TO DRIVE INTO THE END ZONE.
>> 14 CARRIES AND 93 YARDS FOR WILLIAMS .
AGAIN, A QUARTERBACK KEEPER.
I DON'T THINK THEY WERE ABLE TO PUSH TOWNSEND IN THE END ZONE OR WERE THEY?
THERE IS THE CALL COMING IN LATE.
TOWNSEND WITH HIS SECOND OF THE GAME.
AN NICE ANSWER FOR CARTERSVILLE TAKING THE DRIVE, A BIG PLAY TO DUSTIN KERNS.
RIGHT HERE, A LOT OF MASSIVE BODIES.
INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
IMPRESSED WITH THE ENERGY AND EFFORT.
ESTABLISHING RUNS, PLAYING PHYSICAL FOOTBALL.
>> IT IS A 14-7 LEAD FOR CALHOUN.
CAME INTO THE GAME EXPECTING TO SEE A LOT OF TOWNSEND.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF CADEN WILLIAMS AND HIS LEGS AND TO MAKE SURE 1 YARD QUARTERBACK SNEAKS BY TOWNSEND FOR THE CALHOUN SCORING.
AN POWERFUL OF AN OFFENSE TO COME IN AND GIVE THEM TOO MANY OPPORTUNITIES, ESTABLISHING THE RUN .
TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF OF YOUR QUARTERBACK.
RIGHT NOW THE YELLOWJACKETS OFFENSIVELY CAME IN EXPECTING THE CARTERSVILLE OFFENSIVE LINE TO DOMINATE.
CALHOUN IS DOING THE JOB NOW.
>> LET'S GO OVER TO ROSS WELL, OUR WEB GAME TONIGHT.
ROTHWELL RANKED NUMBER FOUR IN 6A, LEAVING TRINITY 19-0 RIGHT NOW.
THE HORNETS OFF TO A GREAT START IN THEIR FIRST EVER MEETING AGAINST THE TITANS.
CARTERSVILLE READY TO GET THE BALL BACK.
WILKEY STANDING DEEP.
THE KICK COMING DOWN AT THE 15 YARD LINE.
FLETCHER ON THE RETURN.
FLETCHER GETS SUBMARINES AND FALLS FORWARD TO THE 35.
PRETTY GOOD FIELD POSITION FOR THE PURPLE HURRICANES AS THEY GO BACK DOWN ON OFFENSE, TRAILING BY A TOUCHDOWN.
GETTING THE BALL INTO THE HANDS OF MALACHI JEFFRIES FOR THE BIG RUN.
I EXPECT TO START SEEING MORE OF JEFFRIES AND THIS OFFENSIVE LINE TO START PAYING DIVIDENDS IN THIS QUARTER.
>> NATE RUSSELL TAKING HIS FIRST APPEARANCE TONIGHT AS A QUARTERBACK.
THE 6'2" FRESHMAN WITH SO MUCH PROMISE EATING A CHANCE TO PLAY SOME SNAPS.
WERE TOLD THIS TO BE THE WAY THAT IT WAS PLAYED OUT.
JEFFRIES FUMBLES AND CALHOUN HAS IT.
THE DEFENSIVE END FALLS ON TOP OF THE FUMBLE, A THIRD TURNOVER FOR CARTERSVILLE TONIGHT.
>> PLAYING HARD AND PLAYING FAST IS CALHOUN.
CHRISTIAN SMITH TAKING THAT LEFT-HAND AND KNOCKING THE BALL OUT.
GETTING OFF THE BLOCK OF MALACHI TOLIVER .
ONCE AGAIN DEFENSE, SPECIAL TEAMS SETTING UP A SHORT FIELD FOR THEIR OFFENSE.
>> CARTERSVILLE COMMITTED ONLY THREE TURNOVERS IN THEIR FIRST FIVE GAMES, ONLY ONE FUMBLE.
THEY HAVE FUMBLED TWICE TONIGHT AND THROWN AN INTERCEPTION.
>> ENERGY AND EFFORT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE YELLOWJACKETS ARE PLAYING WITH BOTH OF THOSE BETTER THAN CARTERSVILLE.
AN WINSTON DELIVER SOME PUNISHMENT.
>> THE COACH SAYS THAT HE HAS "IT" JUST SOMETHING OTHER PLAYERS DON'T HAVE.
COMING DOWN THE SIDELINE, THE PHYSICALITY AT THE END , SHOWING YOU WHY SO MANY PEOPLE THINK HE'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE GREAT TIGHT ENDS.
SIX WITH 3 INCHES, 230, WOW.
>> THEY GIVE IT TO CADEN STUCK RIGHT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
EVERYBODY FEELING GOO-GOO-GA-GA OVER THAT CATCH AND RUN .
>> CALHOUN STILL TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE RUN.
>> WINSTON WITH SEVEN OFFERS INCLUDING TENNESSEE, OHIO STATE, AND NC STATE.
HE TOOK AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT LAST WEEKEND.
SECOND DOWN AND 10.
PLAY ACTION, TOWNSEND.
INSIDE THE 5 AND DOWN TO THE 2, CURTIS WITH HIS FIRST CATCH.
>> NICE ACTION ALLOWING CURTIS TO GET OUT.
KEEPING IT UP HIGH, SO THAT THE RECEIVER CAN CATCH IT AND MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.
PHYSICALITY AT THE END OF RUNS, AT THE END OF CATCHES.
AN 16 CATCHES OF THE SEASON FOR CURTIS IT IS FIRST AND GOAL TO GO.
I BELIEVE IT TIMEOUT WILL BE CALLED HERE BY CALHOUN.
FIRST AND GOAL TO GO COMING UP FOR THE YELLOWJACKETS.
A TIMEOUT, LOOKING TO GO UP TWO SCORES .
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NIKKI.
>> HEY THERE, GUYS.
WHEN I TALKED TO COACH STEVENS I ASKED HIM TO DESCRIBE IT.
HE SAID RESILIENT .
HE SAYS HE ALSO KNOWS THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
GETTING LAST YEAR, HE SAYS WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW, THE BIGGEST PAIN IS THE GOING PAIN.
HE'S AT THE TWO LOSSES IN THE FIRST GAME STUNG.
HE SAID WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IT FROM A PROGRAM STANDPOINT BECAUSE LOSING TWO GAMES IS TOUGH, BUT WINNING AT CARTERSVILLE, THAT COULD BE BIG.
AN NO DOUBT ABOUT IT , IT WILL PUT THEM IN THE DRIVERS SEAT TO WIN THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT WOULD ALSO SNAP THE PURPLE HURRICANES 62 GAME REGION WINNING STREAK, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE AMONG CURRENT TEAMS, AND NUMBER FIVE ALL-TIME IN STATE HISTORY.
THE JACKETS HOLD THE ALL-TIME RECORD AT 119.
TOWNSEND, A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS.
THREE OF SIX PASSING FOR 68 YARDS.
MOST OF IT COMING ON THIS POSITION.
A SLOW SNAP, THE PLAY DEAD BEFORE THEY COULD GET IT OFF.
COMING OUT OF A TIMEOUT GETTING A FALSE START.
THIS OFFENSE IS IN A GROOVE.
THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RUN THE BALL.
'S >> CADEN WILLIAMS LUNGES DOWN TO THE 4 YARD LINE AFTER THAT PENALTY.
THAT WILL PUT WILLIAMS AT ABOUT 98 YARDS, 13 MINUTES INTO THE GAME.
>> WILLIAMS ONCE AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE, BLOCKED.
HE CAME INTO THIS GAME TALKING ABOUT WINNING THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
THIS OFFENSIVE LINE SO FAR IS DOING JUST THAT .
>> SECOND DOWN AND GOAL FROM THE 4 YARD LINE.
WILLIAMS CLOSE TO THE GOAL LINE INSIDE THE 1.
GOING TO BRING UP THIRD DOWN AND GOAL.
>> AS SOON AS YOU GET THE HANDOFF THERE IS A DEFENDER RIGHT IN HIS FACE.
AND NICE JOB WORKING HARD IN THIS FIRST HALF.
>> WILLIAMS GOING TO CUT IN AND SCORE A TOUCHDOWN.
THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN RUN OF THE NIGHT FOR WILLIAMS.
IT IS 20-7.
CALHOUN HAS NOW SCORED MORE POINTS TONIGHT IN A QUARTER PLUS THEN THEY DID IN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS.
PUSHING IT INTO THE END ZONE.
FINALLY GETTING A LITTLE REWARD.
>> THAT IS HIS RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON.
LOPEZ PICKS IT UP .
21-7, CALHOUN LEADING THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE STATE.
WHAT A START FOR THE YELLOWJACKETS, TRYING TO SNAP A LONG REGION STREAK FOR THE PURPLE HURRICANES.
>> 21-7, CALHOUN HAS JUMPED OUT TO A TWO TOUCHDOWN LEAD ON CARTERSVILLE.
AFTER THAT FUMBLED RECOVERY KELLY WELLS THEY WENT SIX PLAYS, FOR YARDS.
WILLIAMS CARRIED 9 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN ON THE DRIVE.
TOWNSEND 2 FOR 2, 30 YARDS PASSING ON THE DRIVE.
>> A NICE JOB DELIVERING THE BALL AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THE OFFENSIVE LINE SO FAR.
HIS VISION, HIS PASSING ABILITY.
>> LOPEZ KICKOFF.
CAUGHT AT THE 38 YARD LINE .
THAT IS WHERE THE PURPLE HURRICANES WILL GO OFF ON OFFENSE AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE YELLOWJACKETS RESUME BROUGHT TO YOU BY DBH DB.
WIN BY LEARNING ABOUT SAFE USAGE OF PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS.
THE FIRST EIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1952.
THEY HAVE WON THREE IN THE LAST DECADE.
23 REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS, 18 IN A ROW BETWEEN 2001 AND 2018.
OF COURSE THEIR LEGENDARY COACH A PART OF A LOT OF THAT SUCCESS.
THEY WON 119 REGION GAMES IN A ROW , WHICH IS THE ALL-TIME STATE RECORD.
JEFFRIES EVER LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
THEIR LITTLE GAME.
IT LOOKS LIKE NATHAN FULLER IN THERE TO HELP WITH THE TACKLE.
>> A NICE JOB BY THE DEFENSIVE LINE.
THE BIG FELLOW THERE, 53 IN THE MIDDLE.
ABOUT 6'4", 290 POUNDS.
AN IMPOSING FIGURE OVER THE CENTER.
CHECK THAT SCALE.
HE LOOKS A LITTLE MORE THAN 290 TO ME.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 9.
CARTERSVILLE HAVE BEEN PLAYING BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL ALL NIGHT COMMITTING THREE TURNOVERS.
INTERCEPTED!
INSIDE THE 50 YARD LINE , GRIFFIN ON THE RETURN DOWN TO THE 42 .
GRIFFIN WITH THE MOVE.
>> GREAT PROTECTION, ONLY A THREE-MAN RUSH.
NO PRESSURE, CLEAR POCKET, DELIVER THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
EXPECTING HIS RECEIVER TO BE MAYBE A LITTLE DEEPER .
THAT ONE A BIG BREAK AND A NICE JOB ON THE SAFETY COMING UP THERE IS AN INTERCEPTION.
>> FOUR TURNOVERS FOR THE PURPLE HURRICANE TONIGHT, FOUR TURNOVER IN THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF THE GAME.
THAT'S ONE MORE THAN THEY HAD IN THEIR FIRST FIVE GAMES COMBINED.
>> DOWN THE FIELD , STRIKE .
THAT'S GOING TO BE A TOUCHDOWN, CALHOUN!
TOWNSEND WITH A BULLET , 42 YARDS.
IT IS 27-7.
>> HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, PROTEINS LOVE TO GO FOR THE BIG PLAY AFTER THE TURNOVER.
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT DUSTIN KERNS, STARTING SAFETY.
HE IS A BIG DOWN THE PLAY RECEIVER.
A BEAUTIFUL THROW BY TOWNSEND .
A BIG TOUCHDOWN.
>> LOW-PASS WITH THE PAD.
THERE IS A FLAG DOWN ON THE FIELD.
>> LET'S SEE WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT.
>> WELL IT WAS DECLINED.
HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT THE TOUCHDOWN STRIKE FROM TOWNSEND TO KEARNS.
11 TOUCHDOWNS FOR TOWNSEND , AND THE BEST BALL HE IS THROWN ALL NIGHT.
>> AND NOT STOP PICKING UP THE >> WE'VE HEARD HIM SAY THAT THREE TIMES NOW.
WHY ARE THEY KICKING AGAIN?
DID THEY NOT MAKE IT?
I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THROUGH.
MAYBE THEY MISSED AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE KICKING IT AGAIN.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD.
THIS ONE IS GOOD.
IT IS 28-7.
>> AN ABSOLUTE STUNNING DEVELOPMENT WHERE CALHOUN LEADS CARTERSVILLE 20-7 AND A 42 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS , RIGHT AFTER THE INTERCEPTION BY GRIFFIN.
THAT IS OUR SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NIKI.
>> THIS WEEK ON OUR PHONE CALLS COACH STEPHENSON WAS RAVING ABOUT ADAM HOLLY.
HE WAS QUICK TO GIVE HIM A LOT OF CREDIT BECAUSE HE SAYS HE HE IS SO GOOD WITH QUARTERBACK.
HE ALSO SAID THAT HE IS EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS.
THAT HE HAS REALLY STEPPED UP IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE.
HE OFTEN THREW IN ABOUT HOW IT ALLOWS THEM TO PLAY A LITTLE MORE CANDY CRUSH.
I'LL CATCH UP WITH HIM AT THE END OF THE GAME TO SEE WHAT THE SCORE IS.
>> THEY CAN PLAY SOME CANDY CRUSH ON THE RIGHT UP TO CALHOUN IF THINGS KEEP GOING LIKE THIS.
>> ENERGY AND EFFORT SEEM TO BE THE KEY.
THE YELLOWJACKETS JUST PLAYING AT A DIFFERENT PACE.
IT WAS SOMETHING YOU FELT LIKE CARTERSVILLE IS GOING TO COME IN THE GAME WITH.
>> PRICE STANDING DEEP.
THIS WON'T GET TO HIM.
IT WILL BE FIELDED AT THE 33 YARD LINE.
THAT IS WHERE CARTERSVILLE WILL GO ON OFFENSE.
THAT WAS ADAM'S FIELDING THAT KICK.
PURPLE HURRICANE .
NOW WHO WILL BE AT QUARTERBACK?
WILLOUGHBY RUSSELL?
OR IS IT GOING TO BE GAMBLE ?
THE FUMBLE NOT HIS FAULT.
>> BEING ABLE TO RUN THE BALL, YOU CAN SEE THEM GOING OUT ONTO THE FIELD.
>> GAMBLE BY OUT THERE.
TRYING TO GET THIS OFFENSE GOING.
THEY HAVE BEEN THEIR OWN WORST ENEMY , COMMITTEE FOUR TURNOVERS, THREE BY THE OFFENSE, WHEN ON SPECIAL TEAMS.
>> A NICE JOB I RESENT .
A LOT OF BODIES IN THE BOX .
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SUCCESS.
>> GRIFFIN IS GOING TO GET A LOT OF SUCCESS.
GRIFFIN ALREADY HAD AN INTERCEPTION AND A COUPLE OF TACKLES IN THIS GAME.
UP THE MIDDLE, AND PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 45.
>> GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY OTHER THAN THE FUMBLE , SHOULDERS SQUARE.
THE KIND OF ATTITUDE THEY HAD GOING INTO THE GAME WHEN PAUL GAMBLE WAS OUT THERE.
TRYING TO DRIVE THE BALL .
>> THEY HAVE TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO PANIC.
THEY HAVE THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND THE RUNNING BACK TO RUN THEMSELVES BACK INTO THE GAME.
CHRISTIAN GREGORY LEADING THE WAY TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> GOING EARLY WITH THE EARLY PRESSURE THAT TURNED INTO AN INTERCEPTION.
DEFINITELY FITTING THE BILL .
THIS DEFENSIVE LINE AND OFFENSIVE LINE, BOTH ARE STEPPING UP.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 10.
PLAY ACTION , FIRST DOWN.
THAT IS PRICE SPINNING OUT OF A TACKLE AND THEN IS DROPPED BY THE QUARTERBACK.
THE LINEBACKER MAKING THE TACKLE.
A FIRST DOWN CATCH BY PRICE.
>> A HUGE SLANT ROUTE BY PRICE.
TIME TO GET HIM GOING.
YOU ARE RIGHT, THEY CAN SHOW THAT PATIENCE.
THEY HAVE AN EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE.
THEY KEEP PUTTING PLACE TOGETHER ON THIS DRIVE.
'S >> HE GETS DRAGGED DOWN BY GRIFFIN.
THAT'S ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR CARTERSVILLE.
>> PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON HIM.
THE OUT ROUTE GETTING THE BALL INTO HIS HANDS, PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON GRIFFIN TO MAKE THE TACKLE.
>> BACK TO MALACHI JEFFRIES.
THEY ARE SO GOOD AT THE PLAY ACTION.
THEY CAN KEEP FEEDING JEFFRIES THE BALL AND THAT WILL OPEN THEM UP TO THE POTENTIAL PLAY DOWNFIELD.
JEFFRIES HAD A LONG 47 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR CARTERSVILLE ONLY SCORE SO FAR TONIGHT.
PURPLE HURRICANE DRIVING AGAIN, THEY HAVE IT INSIDE THE 30, TIME FOR GAMBLE UP TOP, AND INCOMPLETE.
GRIFFIN ON THE COVERAGE.
>> GRIFFIN TAKES IT ONCE AGAIN ONLY THREE RUSHERS ON THE DEFENSE.
THE OFFENSIVE RUN ABLE TO GET IT IN TIME FOR THE PLAY TO DEVELOP.
HE NEVER GOT HIS HEAD AROUND THE TIMING, BUT YOU CAN SEE A GOOD NO CALL BY THAT PLAY.
>> THIRD AND 4, EIGHTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE RIGHT HERE.
JEFFRIES IS HIT IN THE BACKFIELD.
TFL FOR THE CALHOUN DEFENSE.
ONCE AGAIN IT IS GREGORY'S LEADING THE WAY .
>> A GOOD STANCE BY THE DEFENSE.
>> FOURTH AND 6, TIME OUT CALLED BY CALHOUN.
CALHOUN CALLS THE TIMEOUT ON CARTERSVILLE FOURTH AND 6.
WE WILL STEP ASIDE.
DECISION TIME HERE FOR CARTERSVILLE.
>> FIVE MINUTES LEFT IN THE FOURTH HALF, BIG FOURTH DOWN COMING UP FOR CARTERSVILLE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR RESUME BROUGHT TO YOU BY DBHDD.
FOUR TIMES STATE CHAMPIONS.
THEY GOT BACK TO THE FINALS IN 2018 AND 2020.
THE RECORD SINCE 2012 130-10.
THEY HAVE WON 10 STRAIGHT REGION TITLES.
AND THERE LONG REGION WINNING STREAK CURRENTLY 62 STRAIGHT GAMES IN JEOPARDY HERE TONIGHT AS THEY TRAIL BY THREE TOUCHDOWNS.
GAMBLE INTO THE POCKET, DELIVERS DOWNFIELD.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A FIRST DOWN CATCH AND RUN BY COLIN FLETCHER WITH SECOND AND THIRD EFFORT .
>> NICE DEFENSE.
CHRISTIAN SMITH THE LINEBACKER NOT ABLE TO, WITH A TACKLE.
HE IS RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT.
COLIN FLETCHER DOING WORK TO GET OUT OF THAT TACKLE AND PICK UP A HUGE FIRST DOWN.
>> FOURTH AND SIX, THEY CONVERT FROM THE 21.
JEFFRIES GAPING HOLE.
TOUCHDOWN, CARTERSVILLE!
>> ONCE AGAIN RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE OF THE DEFENSE.
PHYSICAL, SHOULDERS SQUARE, RUNNING THROUGH THE TACKLE.
SHOWING YOU THAT/SPEED ONCE HE ON THE BOARD ONCE AGAIN IS CARTERSVILLE.
>> MALACHI JEFFRIES NOW OVER 100 YARDS RUSHING AND TOUCHDOWN RUN THE 47 AND 21 YARDS.
>> BIG-TIME PLAYER STEPPING UP IN THE BRIGHT LIGHTS.
WATCHING WILLIAMS FOR CALHOUN DOMINATE THE GAME.
HAVING A GREAT NIGHT, OTHER THAN THE FUMBLE HE IS SHOWING YOU HARD RUNNING, ESPECIALLY AND BETWEEN THE TACKLES.
>> SCORING DRIVE, TEMPLATES, 67 YARDS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S RIBBON CAMPAIGN.
THAT IS WHAT I WAS SAY, DON'T PANIC.
DON'T GET AWAY FROM THIS GUY.
THIS GUY IS A DIFFERENCE MAKER.
CALHOUN HAS NOT SHOWN THE ABILITY TO GET THEM ON THE GROUND IN THE OPEN FIELD.
>> I THINK AGAINST CARTERSVILLE THAT CHANCE.
HE BALANCES THE OFFENSE.
HAVE HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES NECESSARILY.
BUT TONIGHT GOING FORWARD THESE OFFENSES WILL HAVE TO SHOW MORE BALANCE AND THEY HAVE THE PERSONNEL TO DO IT.MALACHI JEFFRIES IS A BIG-TIME PLAYER .
>> THE KICK FROM JOHNSON WILL SAIL INTO THE END ZONE.
CALHOUN IS GOING TO BRING THE YARD OUT TO THE 28 YARD LINE.
28-14 WITH FIVE MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF.
AN SURPRISING FIRST HALF WITH THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN 5A HAVEN'T GIVING UP 28 POINTS.
THEY HAD GIVEN UP AN AVERAGE OF SEVEN PER GAME.
>> A COUPLE OF BAD HANDS WITH THIS DEFENSE, BUT THEY ARE STILL NOT PLAYING AT THE TEMPLE THAT CALHOUN SEEMS TO BE.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PICK ENERGY TO STOP THIS OFFENSE.
>> TREY TOWNSEND REPLACING TRISTAN THE WHIZ, WHO IS NOW AT BERRY COLLEGE.
FIRST AND 10 .
TOWNSEND DIRECTS THIS NOT RIGHT TO WILLIAMS.
HE PICKED UP JUST 1 YARD ON THE PLAY .
>> A NICE TACKLE.
HIKING THROUGH THE CROWD OF BODIES.
KEEPING THE DEFENSE ON THIS.
>> THEY ARE HAPPY TO GET THEM BACK.
HE MISSED THEIR LAST COUPLE OF GAMES WITH ANY INJURY.
HE IS A TWO YEAR STARTER.
SECOND DOWN AND 9, FALL IS AT 21.
WILLIAMS DIVES FORWARD PICKS UP FOUR ON THE PLAY .
>> TALK ABOUT THIS OFFENSIVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT TACKLE , THE OTHER GUYS ARE JUST SCRAPPY, HARD-NOSED PLAYERS, ESTABLISHING THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND GIVING THIS OFFENSE A CHANCE.
>> THIRD-DOWN AND 5.
YOU SEE THE SAFETY CREEPING IN ON THE EDGE RIGHT THERE.
>> SHOWING PRESSURE .
'S >> ANOTHER GREAT CATCH AND COLLISION IN THE OPEN FIELD.
IT TAKES THREE GUYS TO GET WINSTON ON THE GROUND.
20 YARD PICKUP.
HE IS FUN TO WATCH.
>> ADAMS CHALLENGING HIM .
THE PHYSICAL SAFETY FOR CARTERSVILLE.
BY THAT NAME.
>> PUT FOUR!
>> THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.
>> PLAY ACTION, TOWNSEND ROLLING TO HIS RIGHT.
IT IS CAUGHT ON THE EDGE AND IMMEDIATELY OUT OF BOUNDS.
A LITTLE GAME ON THE PLAY.
BISHOP MAKING THE CATCH.
>> HE WANTS TO GET AWAY FROM WILLIAMS, ESPECIALLY WITH A NICE LEAVE HERE.
ONLY THREE MINUTES.
YOU WANT TO TRY TO EAT UP AS MUCH OF THE BLOCK AND GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SCORE, BUT NOT GIVE CARTERSVILLE THE BALL BACK.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 12.
I AGREE.
YOU SENSE THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE DOWN BY TWO TOUCHDOWNS THEY ARE KIND OF SNEAKY BACK INTO THE MOMENTUM CATEGORY.
THE DIRECT SNAP TO WILLIAMS, HE TRIES TO BALANCE IT OUTSIDE AND HIS SUBMARINE AT THE ORIGINAL >> A GOOD JOB OF STAYING INBOUND AND NOT LETTING DEFENSE FORCE THEM OUT OF BOUNDS.
CARTERSVILLE, YOU'VE DONE THE WORK, YOU HAVE THIRD AND LONG, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO CREATE.
>> THIRD DOWN AND 9 COMING UP.
HURRICANE HAVE TWO TIMEOUTS REMAINING.
THE FLAG IS DROPPED.
I THINK THEY MIGHT'VE HAD TOO MANY MEN ON THE FIELD.
THEY ARE GOING TO WAIT IT OFF.
IT LOOKS LIKE WINSTON WAS LATE GETTING OFF THE FIELD.
APPARENTLY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DROP A PENALTY FLAG.
HE IS GOING TO BE A FUN ONE TO WATCH.
YOU KNOW GEORGIA IS GOING TO GET ON THIS GUY.
>> I JUST NEED ONE VISIT ABOUT 110 MILES OF 85 SOUTH.
IF I COULD JUST GET THEM DOWN THERE FOR A VISIT.
>> RIGHT NOW TENNESSEE, OHIO STATE, NC STATE AMONG HIS SEVEN OFFERS.
HE'S JUST HALFWAY THROUGH HIS 10 GREAT SEASON.
THIRD DOWN AND 9 FROM THE 46.
AND OFF GOES WILLIAMS.
HE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
FOURTH DOWN .
THE PURPLE HURRICANES GOING TO GET THE BALL BACK.
LET'S SEE IF THEY BURN A TIMEOUT, THEY DO.
>> CHRISTIAN LAND OH, NUMBER SIX COMING IN FOR THE TACKLE.
AND NOW THE BIG HIT TO FINISH THEM OFF.
CALHOUN JUST KEEPING IT SAFE, TRYING TO KEEP THE CLOCK RUNNING.
DELAYED DRAW.
MAKES HIM LONG FIELD HERE WITH 1:51 LEFT AND ONLY ONE TIMEOUT.
>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH HANNAH.
>> REGION PLAY UNDERWAY ALL ACROSS THE STATE AND THE MATCHUP'S THAT WILL BREAK THE WINNING STREAKS, INCLUDING WHEN CREE TRYING TO HAND SUCH OR NET IS FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON.
SCORES AND MORE, JOHN IS HERE COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR THE WARNING.
FOURTH AND 9 COMING UP.
I WAS ONLY JOKING.
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR CALHOUN.
THEY HAVE A GOOD SET OF PARTNERS HERE.
ANDREW HAS BEEN THE GUY THE LAST FOUR WEEKS.
THEY HAVE TO LEG TO PIN HIM DEEP.
TOWNSEND IS STILL OUT THERE.
>> I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THEY ARE GOING FOR IT HERE ON FOURTH AND 9.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS MORE LIKE FOUR THIN 4.
STILL SHOCKED THAT THEY ARE GOING FOR IT.
MAYBE TRYING TO PULL THEM OFF SITE HERE.
HE GETS IT OUT OF THERE.
AND IT HIT THE RETURNER!
CALHOUN DOWNS THE BALL AT THE ONE YARD LINE.
CALHOUN WOULD'VE BEEN ON TOP OF THAT BALL.
I REALLY THOUGHT IT HIT FLETCHER.
>> YOU REALLY DON'T EXPECT THIS KIND OF PLAY FROM FLETCHER, THE SENIOR.
YOU SEE THAT THE BALL IS ROLLING AND BOUNCING.
YOU IMAGINE GET AWAY FROM THE BALL.
>> IT'S HARD TO TELL RIGHT THERE.
>> IT IS THE BOTTOM OF HIS CALF, HIS LEFT LEG.
>> THAT WAS TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.
>> HE TRIES TO JUMP AWAY FROM IT.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE IT HIT HIM .
APPARENTLY NOT.
JEFFRIES FIGHTS TO GET BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE .
KELLY WELLS IN ON THE TACKLE ALONG WITH CHRISTIAN SMITH.
>> A NICE JOB.
5'9", ABOUT 200 POUNDS.
I LIKE HOW HE GETS DOWNFIELD TO MEET GUYS LIKE MALACHI JEFFRIES AND.
>> THAT IS WHY THEY ALWAYS TELL YOU ON THE PUNT , JUST RUN AWAY FROM THEM.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY IS GOING TO BOUNCE.
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING ONE WAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT IS BOUNCED INTO YOUR LEG.
.
AS A RETURN MAN YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER TO DO IT YOURSELF.
>> JEFFRIES GETS DROPPED FOR A YARD LOSS AND THERE IS A FLAG ON THE FIELD AS WELL.
>> THAT IS GOING TO BE THIRD- DOWN.
IF YOU ARE CALHOUN YOU MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT A TIMEOUT, YOU HAVE ONE LEFT.
I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD DECLINE THIS PENALTY.
>> IF YOU GET THE STOP RIGHT HERE AND YOU ARE CALHOUN ... >> HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO THAT, WHATEVER IT WAS.
YOU WANT TO CALL THE TIMEOUT AND FORCED THEM TO PUT THE BALL FROM THE END ZONE AND GET EVERYBODY AFTER THE PUNT.
>> THEY DO HAVE THAT ONE TIMEOUT REMAINING.
THIS'LL BE A SHORT INFORMATION LIKE WE SAW IN THE DOLPHINS GAME ON SUNDAY.
RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, JEFFRIES DOESN'T GET THE FIRST DOWN.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL MR. GREG NORTON TO CAN THE MICROPHONE.
THE CLOCK STOPS AT 15 SECONDS.
I BELIEVE CALHOUN DID CALL A TIMEOUT.
>> A NICE JOB .
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING CLEAR STAY INBOUNDS.
GIVE THEM A CHANCE FOR A HAIL MARY.
>> DO YOU GO FOR THE RETURN OR THE PUNT BLOCK?
>> I GO FOR THE PUNT BLOCK.
STAY AGGRESSIVE, TRY TO BLOCK THE POT.
SAVE YARDAGE, GIVE YOUR ORDER BY AN OFFICER CHANCE TO THROW SOMETHING DOWN INTO THE END ZONE.
>> I THINK YOU ALSO WANT TO BE AGGRESSIVE.
OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE A MISTAKE, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO LET THAT BALL HIT AND BOUNCE AND CHEW UP A BUNCH OF TIME.
YOU WANT TO MAKE THE CATCH.
>> YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO FILL THE BALL SO THAT YARDAGE AND TIME IS TICKING ON THE CLOCK AS WELL.
CALHOUN HAS PUT A MASTERFUL FIRST HALF TOGETHER AS A TEAM IN ALL THREE PHASES.
>> CAPITALIZE ON THE FOUR TURNOVERS BY CARTERSVILLE, LEAVING 28-14.
SERIES WAS BACK IN 2009.
THAT WAS FIVE MEETINGS AGO WITH A 38-10 WIN.
ALL THESE PLAYERS WERE JUST BEING BORN OR STILL IN KINDERGARTEN WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
THEY BRING THE PUNT UNIT ON .
ONE OF THE BEST PUNTERS IN THE STATE , 45 YARD AVERAGE .
KICKS IT OUT OF THERE.
A HIT AT THE 48 YARD LINE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO.
YOU WANTED TO FEEL THE BALL AND NOW THE CLOCK IS DOWN TO FOUR SECONDS.
IF YOU COME UP AND MAKE THE FAIR CATCH YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE MAYBE EIGHT OR NINE.
>> YOU WOULD'VE HAD THE BALL AT MIDFIELD AND THE QUARTERBACKS REALLY WOULD'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO GET THE BALL TO THE END ZONE.
>> THEY MADE A MISTAKE RIGHT YOU CANNOT THROW A HAIL MARY.
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT .
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU COME UP AND FIELD THE PUNT .
>> I THINK THEY ARE DISCUSSING THEIR WHICH UMPIRE IS GOING TO TAKE ANY HERE IN THE SITUATION.
>> THERE CHANCE TO HAVE ONE FINAL PLAY WAS CONTINGENT UPON FIELDING THE PUNT.
AND THERE IS THE ME BY TOWNSEND.
NONETHELESS, IT HAS BEEN A GREAT FIRST HALF FOR CALHOUN.
28-14, YELLOWJACKETS WITH A STUNNING TWO TOUCHDOWN LEAD ON CARTERSVILLE AS THE TEAMS HEAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM.
A BIG FIRST HALF BY WILLIAMS.
THERE THREE STAR RUNNING BACK WITH 100 YARDS RUSHING.
CALHOUN UP TWO SCORES, 113 YARDS RUSHING FOR WILLIAMS IN THAT FIRST HALF.
>> THIS OFFENSE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TURNOVERS.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE OF THE YELLOWJACKETS HOLDING HIS OWN AND GIVING WILLIAMS A CHANCE.
THE DEFENSE JUST FLYING AROUND MAKING PLAYS.
MAKING IT HARD FOR THE HURRICANES TO THROW THE BALL.
>> THE GOOD NEWS FOR CARTERSVILLE IS YOUR NOT SO FAR OF THE GAME THAT YOU HAVE TO SCRAP THE GAME PLAN.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NIKI.
>> ALL RIGHT, COACH STEPHENSON, THIS WEEK YOU TOLD ME YOU WILL BE TICKLED TO DEATH IF YOU ARE UP AT HALFTIME AND YOU GOT TO TALK WITH ME HEADING INTO THE LOCKER ROOM.
WHAT YOU LIKE IN YOUR TEAM RIGHT NOW?
>> WE ARE PLAYING HARD.
IS GOING TO BE A FOUR WONDERFUL BALLGAME.
THEY BEEN DOWN AND CAME BACK TO WIN.
WE KNOW THIS SECOND HALF IS WILL GO IN AND GET SOME THINGS CORRECTED AND COME BACK AND PLAY JUST HIS HEART.
>> HOW DO YOU PLAN TO START FAST AND NEUTRALIZE THAT DEFENSE?
>> IT'S TOUGH, LIMITING THE FIRST PLAY EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE.
IT'S WHAT IS GOING TO TAKE.
WE EXPECT A FULL QUARTER FOOTBALL GAME AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GET.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GO OUT AND CONTROL THE POCKET LITTLE BIT.
>> GOOD LUCK IN THE SECOND HALF.
IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE A CALHOUN HOME GAME RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU TEXTED ME SAYING HOW LOUD IT WAS.
GUYS, STICK WITH US.
COMING UP WE WE'LL HEAR FROM THE NUMBER THREE RECORD IN THE STATE, UPDATE YOU ON THE TOP PERSON I GAME.
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PLAY OF THE FIRST HALF AND CHECK IN WITH JOHN, IT'S ALL NEXT RIGHT HERE ON GPB SPORTS.
>> DID YOU KNOW THE SAME AREA OF ONE FOOTBALL FIELD CAN CONTAIN UP TO 95 TERMITE COLONIES?
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED FREIGHT A PEST MANAGEMENT TO DEFEND YOUR HOME.
>> WELCOME TO THE HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGIONS.
GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK.
WE ARE LIVE FROM THE GPB SPORTS SPORTS STUDIO IN ATLANTA.
A FUN FACT, THE PROPER HURRICANES HAVE WON 62 CONSECUTIVE REGION GAMES BY TWO 2011, THE FIFTH LONGEST STREAK IN HISTORY.
ONE TEAM TRYING TO GET BACK ON TRACK IS WARNER ROBINS.
WE FEATURE THE DEMONS THIS SEASON WHERE WE SAW THE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN IN ACTION.
HE COMMITTED TO CLEMSON IN JUNE OVER GEORGIA AND MICHIGAN STATE.
HERE IS WHY.
>> THE TIGER CULTURE IS ALMOST THE SAME CULTURE THAT I HAVE AT HOME.
EVERYTHING THE COACH SWEENEY PREACHES, I FELL INTO IT.
I'M WITH IT.
I BELIEVE IT.
THE COACHES JUST TOLD ME PREPARED TO PLAY ACROSS LINE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DIFFERENT SCHEMES THEY COME UP WITH.
DEFENSIVE TACKLE, BUT DEREK IS THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
>> WARNER ROBINS UP 3-0.
CLEMSON WILL BE LOSING SOME TOP LYMAN NEXT YEAR.
WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF PURPLE AND ORANGE SOON.
TO WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW CHECK OUT THIS WEEK'S EPISODE OF RECRUITING 2022 .
IT WILL RE-AIR RIGHT AFTER THE POSTGAME SHOW.
STAY WITH US, GUYS.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH NIKKI AND JOHN RIGHT AFTER THIS .
>> WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THIS IN ADULTS, WHAT ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, WHAT SHOULD PARENTS TO ?
>> IT'S A BIG ISSUE FOR ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EXPOSED IN WAY SHE MIGHT NOT THINK OF.
PERHAPS A PRESCRIPTION FOR DINNER PROCEDURE, MAYBE A PRESCRIPTION FOR TOO MANY THAT WILL LAST BEYOND THE TIME THEY NEEDED IT.
OR OTHER MEDICAL PROCEDURES.
ANYTIME YOU HAVE AN INJURY YOU GET A PRESCRIPTION FOR OPIOIDS.
PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES ABOUT WHAT THEY SHOULD DO.
MOST OF ALL, LIMIT IT TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT >> HOW CAN VIEWERS HELP A LOVED ONE STRUGGLING WITH AN OPIOID ADDICTION?
>> YOU NEED TO HAVE A HONEST CONVERSATION TO SAY YOU SEEM TO BE HAVING A PROBLEM.
YOU ARE TAKING IT ON THE TIME IT SHOULD BE AND GET SOME SUPPORT.
A LOT OF WHICH YOU CAN FIND THROUGH RESOURCES LIKE CIGNA.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT INFORMATION.
AGAIN, WWW.CIGNA.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION.
>> WELCOME BACK.
YELLOWJACKETS UP 28-14.
REGION PLAY UNDERWAY TONIGHT ACROSS THE STATE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIGGEST GAMES.
GEORGIA EMC, SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
ALL OF THESE GAMES ARE BEING PLAYED TONIGHT.
WILL START WITH A GAME IN LAWRENCEVILLE.
MILLCREEK PULLING AWAY FROM CENTRAL WHEN IT 30-0.
IT'S ALSO A BATTLE FOR THE EARLY LEAD IN REGION FOUR, 7A PARKVIEW IS ON TOP OF SOUTH WHEN IT.
TWO OF THE TWO RANKED TEAMS ARE GOING GET IT.
LEE COUNTY TAKING A BIG LEAD OVER HOUSTON COUNTY 36-0.
THEY HAVE A 21-7 LEAVE.
AND IT'S THE FIRST EVER MEETING BETWEEN CALLAWAY AND COLUMBIA IN REGION FIVE.
THAT ONE IS SCORELESS IN THE SECOND.
FOR MORE SPORTS AND TO TAKE THE GAME WITH YOU ON THE GO SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
TIME NOW TO CHECK IN WITH NIKKI.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FIRST HALF?
THE CALHOUN OFFENSE AND DEFENSE HAS BEEN REALLY CLICKING.
>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE COMING INTO THIS GAME, COACH STEVENSON INCLUDED NOT THAT HIS TEAM WILL BE UP BY TWO TOUCHDOWNS HEADING INTO HALFTIME.
THE GAME STARTED WITH ALL CARTERSVILLE MOMENTUM AND THEN IT BECAME THE TREY TOWNSEND AND CADEN WILLIAMS SHOW.
THEY ARE ELECTRIFYING RIGHT NOW.
THE COACH WAS RAVING ABOUT HIS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND QUARTERBACK COACH THIS SEASON.
HE REALLY LIKES THE TRIO AND MAN, ARE THEY PERFORMING.
>> THANK YOU, NIKKI.
YOU WILL TAKE A HALFTIME BREAK.
YOU DESERVE IT.
>> JOHN HAS ALSO ARRIVED.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR WEB GAME?
AND WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
>> I KNOW, IF YOU PUT ON THE SUPERMAN OUTFIT NOW IT HAS BEEN ALL ROSS WELL ALL THE TIME.
THE FIRST TIME THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE MET.
LOOKING AT THE ACTION, QUARTER.
IT HAS BEEN ALL MORNINGS.
IT WAS 26-0 AT THE BREAK AND THEY SCORE A TOUCHDOWN WITH ABOUT 90 SECONDS AGO IN THE FIRST HALF.
26-0, THE FIRST TIME THESE TWO HAVE A PERMIT.
SAM CRENSHAW DID A GREAT COLUMN ON IT.
THIS ONE HAS BEEN ALL ALL THE TIME TONIGHT.
ROSWELL MAKING A STATEMENT.
THESE TWO SCHOOLS SEPARATED BY ABOUT TWO PAR FIVES IF YOU HAVE GOOD DISTANCE ON YOUR DRIVER.
BY THE WAY THIS GAME BROUGHT TO US BY OUR FRIENDS AT BRAD PEST MANAGEMENT.
26-0, THIRD QUARTER.
>> I GUESS I HAVE TO SHERRY STUDIO WITH YOU FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING.
WE ALSO HAVE THE POSTGAME COMING UP.
STAY RIGHT THERE.
WE WANT YOU TO UPDATE US ON SCORES.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS ON GPB SPORTS .
>> WELCOME BACK TO THE FOOTBALL FRIDAYS HALFTIME SHOW IS ABOUT REGIONS.
THE YELLOWJACKETS UP 28-14.
HERE IS OUR PLAY OF THE FIRST HALF.
SECOND QUARTER, NATE RUSSELL LOOKING DOWNFIELD.
IT IS INTERCEPTED DOWN TO THE 42.
THAT IS THE FOURTH TURNOVER OF THE GAME FOR THE YELLOWJACKETS, MORE THAN THE FIRST FIVE GAMES COMBINED LEADING TO ANOTHER CALHOUN SCORE.
THEY GO UP 28-7.
NOW THE SCORES 28-14 AT THE HALF.
THE GPB SPORTS CHALLENGE.
CARTERSVILLE IS OUR WINNER.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK .
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OUR NEXT CHALLENGE WILL BE BETWEEN NORTH COBB AND WALTON.
THAT IS OUR GAME OF THE WEEK.
WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING OUR STREAMING MATCHUP IN THE CHALLENGE AS WELL.
AS PROMISED, WE ARE GOING TO CHECK BACK IN WITH JOHN TO GET SOME OF THOSE TOP SCORES FROM AROUND THE STATE.
JOHN, WHAT STANDS OUT?
>> FIRST AND FOREMOST IT IS HOMECOMING AROUND THE STATE.
IT IS HOMECOMING AT MILLCREEK AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS BEFORE COMING HERE.
WE HAVE WORKED THE HOMECOMING KING AND QUEEN ARE CHIMING THE S JOHNNY MIKELL AND KELLY REINHARDT.
7-0, CALLAWAY AT COLUMBIA.
THAT IS AN INTERESTING ONE .
GOING UP AGAINST THE CAVALIERS OF CALLAWAY.
A TOUGH TEST FOR COLUMBIA.
CLARK CENTRAL LEADING BY SCORE OF 17-0.
JOHNSON COUNTY , TUCKER, MAKE THAT KID A BETTER OFFER.
THAT IS THE FINAL, BACK TO YOU.
>> LESTER IS LEAVING JOHNS CREEK.
STICK WITH US, AFTER THE SHOW WILL HAVE THE POSTGAME SHOW.
WILL HAVE COACHES ON STANDBY ALL AROUND THE STATE LIVE TO TALK TO US.
DO NOT MISS IT.
WILL HAVE MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS .
>> WELCOME BACK, IT IS HALF TIME HERE WITH A 28-14 LEAD FOR CALHOUN OVER CARTERSVILLE.
I THE IMPRESSION THIS GAME IS A LONG WAY FROM BEING OVER.
>> YOU FEEL LIKE CARTERSVILLE IS GOING TO COME OUT IN THE SECOND HALF AND PLAY WITH THAT ENERGY BEING AT HOME, THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE COACHING ENERGY.
CALHOUN HAS PLAYED A PERFECT GAME SO FAR.
>> OPENING KICKOFF FUMBLE BY CARTERSVILLE.
CALHOUN GOT STOP INSIDE THE FIVE YARD LINE.
AFTER AN INTERCEPTION, THE TOUCHDOWN RUN TOWNSEND MADE IT 7-0.
>> THE BIG RUN BY MALACHI JEFFRIES TO GET CARTERSVILLE ON THE BOARD AND BACK INTO THE GAME.
>> 47 YARDS ON THE RUN.
TOWNSEND FROM 1 YARD OUT MAKES A 14-7.
AND THEN WILLIAMS WITH HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN RUN OF THE GAME AND A 21-7 LEADER THAT POINT.
>> A BIG PASS HERE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN TO SPREAD THAT LEAD FOR THE YELLOWJACKETS.
AN 28-7, 21 YARDS RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE .
YOU GET THE IDEA AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRST HALF STATS, IF THEY COULD JUST KEEP GIVING THE BALL TO JEFFRIES IT COULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY IN THE SECOND HALF.
BOTH TEAMS WITH OVER 100 YARDS RUSHING IN THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS .
>> BOTH TEAMS CAME OUT TO ESTABLISH THE RUN.
THE BIG PLAY DOWN THE FIELD.
CARTERSVILLE WITH THREE, CALHOUN WAS FIVE.
THE TURNOVER BATTLE IS REALLY WHY CALHOUN HAS THIS BIG LEAD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LET'S SEND IT TO NIKKI STANDING BY .
>> COACH FOSTER, WE TALK THIS WEEK ABOUT YOU BEING INTENTIONAL WITH IMPROVEMENT, WHERE DO YOU START IN THE SECOND HALF?
>> THEY WON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE IN THE FIRST HALF.
THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
WE FELT LIKE WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEM SLOW DOWN.
>> YOU AND I BOTH KNOW TWO TOUCHDOWNS IS A WHOLE LOT.
HOW CAN YOU EXECUTE HIGHER ON OFFENSE?
>> JUST CONTROL THE FOOTBALL.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN SWITCH AROUND IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> ALL RIGHT, SECOND HALF.
>> 28-14 THE LEAD FOR CALHOUN, TRYING TO KNOCK OFF CARTERSVILLE AND SNAP THE PURPLE HURRICANE 62 GAME REGION WINNING STREAK.
TO JUMP THEMSELVES INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT HERE IN REGION 7, 5A.
I KNOW WAS THE FIRST REGION GAME.
THESE TWO ARE FAR AND AWAY THE HEAVY FAVORITES TO COMPETE.
THE WINNER OF THE NICE BALLGAME WILL PUT THEMSELVES IN THE DRIVER SEAT TO BE THE REGION CHAMPION.
IT'S THE END OF OCTOBER AND FIRST OF NOVEMBER.
>> YOU REALLY FEEL THE MESSAGE HAS GOTTEN OVER TO HIS TEAM.
EVERYTHING THEY FEEL WHEN IS AHEAD OF THEM.
IT IS STARTING HERE TONIGHT WITH ENERGY, EFFORT, AND TRYING A FAVORITE IN CARTERSVILLE.
>> BOTH TEAMS KNOW FIRSTHAND WINNING THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP ISN'T THE BE-ALL - END-ALL.
BOTH GOT INTO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE LAST TWO YEARS AS A NUMBER TWO SEED.
CARTERSVILLE IN 2020 AND CALHOUN LAST YEAR .
BOTH TIMES LOSING TO WARNER ROBINS.
WE WILL SEE IF IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY HERE FOR THE PURPLE HURRICANE AS WE GET READY TO START THE THIRD QUARTER.
THERE IS NO DOUBT, THE TURNOVERS HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST FACTOR IN THIS SCORE.
>> IT DOESN'T ALWAYS TELL THE STORY.
IN THIS GAME THEY DEFINITELY HAVE.
CALHOUN SEEMS TO GET ENERGIZED EARLY ON IN THE GAME.
THEY CONVERTED THOSE TURNOVERS TO TOUCHDOWNS.
>> THE TURNOVERS, THE INTERCEPTION RIGHT THERE BY KIM CURTIS, AND THEN THE STRIP BY CHRISTIAN SMITH, THE FORMER RECOVERY.
THAT LED TO A SCORE AS KELLY WELLS JUMPED ON TOP OF THE BALL.
ONE OF TWO INTERCEPTIONS IN THAT FIRST HALF.
>> WHAT IS SCARY, CARTERSVILLE, THE FIRST TWO POSSESSIONS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, TURNOVERS.
THE FIRST TWO IN THE SECOND QUARTER , TURNOVERS.
LET'S SEE HOW THEY DO TO START THE SECOND HALF.
>> OPENING KICKOFF BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
SEATBELTS SAVE LIVES.
THE THIRD QUARTER IS UNDERWAY.
THE BALL IS GOING TO GO OUT OF BOUNDS.
CALHOUN WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF MAKING THEM KICK AGAIN OR TAKING THE BALL AT THE 35.
>> GOOD FIELD POSITION FOR THE YELLOWJACKETS , THEIR FIRST POSSESSION OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> VERY IMPORTANT TO GET A START HERE IN THE SECOND HALF.
TRY TO TAKE SOME OF THE AIR OUT OF THIS HURRICANE DEFENSE.
THEY ARE GOING TO COME OUT WITH ENERGY.
TRY TO MATCH THEIR PHYSICALITY.
CALHOUN RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH THERE UP, THEY STILL FEEL THE PRESSURE IS ON THEM TO CONTINUE TO PLAY WELL.
>> THE HANDOFF GOES TO WILLIAMS.
THEY HAD HIM FOR A LOST SEVERAL TIMES AND HE STILL PICKS UP A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE PLAY .
>> A NICE JOB OF RUNNING THROUGH TACKLES BY WILLIAMS.
THIS IS LIKE A 3 YARD LOSS THAT HE TURNS INTO A 4 YARD GAME.
PART OF THAT IS THE STRENGTH THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
POUND FOR POUND ONE OF THE GUYS THAT THEY WEIGHT ROOM WARRIOR SURE YOU THE POWER GETTING OUT OF 45 TACKLES.
>> WILLIAMS 22 CARRIES, 113 YARDS RUSHING IN THE FIRST HALF.
HE GETS THE BALL AGAIN.
THIS IS THE WILLIAMS WE SAW A YEAR AGO THAT WAS SUCH A BIG PART.
WE SAW SO MUCH OF HIS LAST YEAR AS A SOPHOMORE.
THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THEM GOING SO FAR THIS YEAR, PRIMARILY BECAUSE TEAMS WERE LOADING THE BOX AGAINST CALHOUN IN THE FIRST FIVE GAMES THIS SEASON .
>> THIRD AND EIGHT.
HURRICANE, THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO FORCE PLAY TOWNSEND.
WE'VE SEEN SITUATIONS FIRST HALF, LATE DRAWS TRYING TO PICK UP A FIRST DOWN.
>> TOWNSEND DELIVERS, AND INCOMPLETE, TRYING TO SQUEEZE IT INTO A TIGHT SPOT.
A FREE OUT FOR CALHOUN.
THEY WILL HAVE TO PUNT THE BALL AWAY.
>> AFTER THE CATCH, HOW HE PUSHES HIS WAY FORWARD OVER THE SECONDARY, TRYING TO GET THAT BALL INSIDE OF THREE PEOPLE .
>> FLETCHER STANDING DEEP FOR CARTERSVILLE.
HE WILL KICK IT FROM THE 25th.
FLETCHER CALLED A FAIR CATCH AND MADE IT AT THE YARD LINE.
THAT IS WHERE CARTERSVILLE GOES ON OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> THE CARTERSVILLE OFFENSE STARTED WITH GETTING THE BALL WHEN GIVEN THE CHANCE YOU CAN IMAGINE THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY TRY TO FORCE THE ISSUE RUNNING THE BALL WITH HIM IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> GAMBLE, THE SENIOR BY OUT THERE TO START THIS THIRD QUARTER.
HE WAS EXPELLED BRIEFLY IN THAT FIRST HALF.
FIRST AND 10, JEFFRIES GETS THE FIRST HANDOFF AND GETS STOPPED BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE I HOST OF YELLOWJACKETS.
>> A NICE JOB PLAYING UP FEEL, FORCING THE RUN BACK INSIDE.
YOU SEE NUMBER FIVE, ANDREW MEDINA, THE LEFT GUARD TRYING TO BLOCK HIM.
A NICE JOB FORCING THAT BACK TO THE REST OF THAT DEFENSE TO TRY TO STOP MALACHI JEFFRIES.
>> ON THE SECOND DOWN AND 10.
IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.
CLOSER TO THE 40.
>> AN OUT ROUTE RIGHT THERE.
NICE AND CLEAN.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE TWO HAD A QUARTERBACK.
IT SEEMS CAMPBELL MIGHT BE GETTING THAT NOT HERE .
>> HE IS 79, 48 YARDS AND AN INTERCEPTION IN THE FIRST HALF.
IF THEY MOVE IT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN.
A GOOD JOB I PAUL CAMPBELL, THE HARD COUNT .
AND IT'S ALL THREE DEFENSES RIGHT THERE .
A NICE JOB BY HIM TO DRAW HIM OFF .
>> FIRST AND 10.
JEFFRIES STOPPED AGAIN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
THE DEFENSES MATCHING.
THIS IS A TALENTED OFFENSIVE LINE.
THE YELLOWJACKETS GETTING OFF THE BLOCK, STAYING LOW, STAYING UNDER THE PAST.
AN THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN FOR STEVENSON.
HE FELT LIKE THEY HAVE TO MATCH THE INTENSITY AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
THEY KNEW CARTERSVILLE HAD THOSE POWER FIVE TACKLES.
THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB .
PLAY ACTION, OFF THE HANDS OF FLETCHER AND NEARLY INTERCEPTED .
>> YOU CAN SEE FLETCHER RIGHT THERE.
BRING THE BALL DOWN .
NO PRESSURE, NO HANDS IN HIS FACE.
YOU SEE AN CONCERTED EFFORT TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO FLETCHER.
>> THIRD DOWN AND NINE .
THE LINE TO GAIN IS THE OTHER 46 1/2.
GAMBLE DELIVERS DOWNFIELD .
KEARNS HAD AN INTERCEPTION.
IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
>> NOT REALLY SURE WHAT HE SAW DOWN THE FIELD.
YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE HURRICANE RECEIVERS IN THE SAME AREA .
LUCKILY FOR HIM KEARNS DID MAKE THE PLAY FOR THE INTERCEPTION.
>> I ALWAYS THINK IT IS TOUGH WHEN YOU PLAY TWO QUARTERBACKS.
IT IS HARD FOR ONE TO GET INTO A RHYTHM IF YOU TAKEN IN AND OUT.
GAMBLE MY PLAY THE REST OF THE HALF, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT HE WAS NOT CLOSE ON THAT PASS.
>> DEFINITELY AT THE QUARTERBACK POSITION, BEING ABLE TO SEE THINGS AND PROCESS THEM AS THEY HAPPEN.
>> CURTIS PICKED UP A LONG PUNT AND RETURNED IT TO THE 22 YARD LINE.
A 41 YARD KICK.
WE WILL STEP ASIDE AS CALHOUN GETS READY TO GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
>> 20-14, THE YELLOWJACKETS GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR CALHOUN THROUGH THEIR FIRST FIVE GAMES.
THE THING IS GOING TO STAND OUT TO ME IF THEY WERE AVERAGING LESS THAN 57 YARDS RUSHING PER GAME.
THEY HAVE 120 ALREADY TONIGHT.
>> AND THE YOU HAVE THAT PHYSICALITY.
WILLIAMS DOMINATING THIS GAME.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PLAYING A PRETTY CLEAN GAME , NO TURNOVERS AND NO MISTAKES.
>> THEY GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
FIRST AND 10 AT THE 22.
>> YOUR OFFENSE IS REALLY NOT CLICKING.
THIS DEFENSE REALLY NEEDS TO STAND UP.
YOU, TO THE GAME WITH DOMINANT DEFENSE.
CALHOUN PLAYING AT A DIFFERENT TEMPO.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO START GIVING TO THREE AND OUT .
>> YOU MENTIONED THAT 120 YARDS RUSHING .
VIRTUALLY ALL OF IT BY WILLIAMS.
TOWNSEND ROLLING AND THROWING.
AND A FIRST DOWN AT THE 38 YARD LINE.
CURTIS, HIS SECOND CATCH OF THE GAME GOES FOR 15 YARDS.
>> A DEEP OUT ROUTE BY CURTIS.
HE'LL PUT HIS IMPRINT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.
WHAT A TALENTED PLAYER HE IS.
>> HIS BROTHER IS AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN UP IN TENNESSEE.
HE ALSO PLAYED IN THE YELLOWJACKETS PROGRAM.
FIRST AND 10, ALL THAT THE 38.
THE HANDOFF WENT THE WRONG WAY.
WILLIAMS DROPPED .
THE TACKLE FOR LOSS.
>> TIME FOR HIM AND HIS DEFENSE TO WAKE UP.
I'M NOT SURE, WE SAW THIS PLAY EARLIER IN THE GAME AND THOUGHT IT WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION ON THE HANDOFF.
I'M NOT SURE THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MISDIRECTION TO THE DEFENSE.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 11.
CAME IN WITH 24 ON THE SEASON.
VERSATILE DEFENSIVE PLAYER CAN PLAY OUTSIDE LINEBACKER .
COMING OFF THE EDGE .
TOWNSEND AND KEARNS CANNOT COME OUT WITH IT.
GOOD COVERAGE DOWNFIELD BY THE SAFETY .
>> GOOD PICKUP BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE .
GIVING KEARNS A CHANCE MAY BE A TAD EARLY .
HE GOT AWAY WITH IT ON THAT ONE.
>> THIRD-DOWN AND 11, BALL AT THE 37.
THIRD POSSESSION OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
UNABLE TO DO MUCH YET.
BACK AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
THE BALL COMES OUT AND THE PURPLE HURRICANES AND THAT WITH IT AS COCHRAN HAS RECOVERED A FUMBLE BUT THERE IS A FLAG ON THE FIELD.
>> TOWNSEND TRYING TO SET UP THE SCREEN.
AND WHEN HE GOES TO BRING THE BALL BACK IN YOU CAN SEE COCHRAN TAKE THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS.
>> WHAT HE SAID.
>> WATCH THE PLAY DEVELOP.
IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE TRYING TO GO RIGHT HERE.
AS HE WENT TO PULL THE BALL DOWN AND BRACE FOR THE SACK, COCHRAN TAKES THE BALL FROM HIS HAND.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS DEFENSE WAKING UP AND GIVING THEIR OFFENSE A SHORT STEEL.
NICE JOB ON THAT DRIVE.
>> FIRST TURNOVER BY THE YELLOWJACKETS TONIGHT.
IT SETS UP THE PURPLE HURRICANES, FIRST AND 10.
TIGHTER .
CAMPBELL STAYS IN A QUARTERBACK.
THERE IS A FLAG.
THERE WILL BE A MOTION PENALTY OF SOME TYPE ON CARTERSVILLE.
>> A LOT OF MOVEMENT AND THAT SNAP A LITTLE EARLY OVER HIS HEAD.
>> CONNOR FOSTER GOING FOR HIS 40th WIN AS THE CARTERSVILLE COACH TONIGHT.
39-4 AFTER HE REPLACED JOEY KING WHO IS NOW AT CARROLLTON.
JEFFRIES LOWERS HIS HELMET AND BATTERS HIS WAY FORWARD FOR A COUPLE OF YARDS.
>> IT'S TIME FOR THIS OFFENSIVE LINE TO START SHOWING WHY THERE IS SO MUCH APPLAUSE FOR THEM.
JEFFRIES ADDING ON THE BIG PLAYS .
HE IS PHYSICAL AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.
>> ANOTHER PROCEDURE PENALTY.
>> THIS IS VERY SURPRISING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING.
ALL THE SENIORS AND JUNIORS IN THIS LINEUP.
THE MISTAKES, RATHER TURNOVERS OR PENALTIES IT IS KILLING THE ENERGY OF THE OFFENSE .
>> CARTERSVILLE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE.
THEY BEEN RIGHT 115 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.
THE THIRD LONGEST IN THE STATE.
CAMPBELL GOING UP TOP.
INTERCEPTED !
PARDON ME, IT IS HIS SECOND OF THE NIGHT .
AND THE BALL GOES BACK TO THE YELLOWJACKETS.
AN MAKE THIS KID AN OFFER.
HIS COACH COULD NOT TALK ENOUGH ABOUT THEM.
YOU CAN SEE HIS HEAD IT'S ROUND.
AND THEN YOU REMEMBER HE'S THE BEST RECEIVER.
THOSE COUNTER CATCHES CAN EASILY BE MADE BY HIM .
A GREAT JOB GOING UP AND BRING IT UP BALL DOWN, 'S >> TWO INTERCEPTIONS FOR CURTIS TONIGHT .
A HUGE ONE RIGHT THERE WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE CARTERSVILLE WAS ABOUT TO GET RIGHT BACK IN THE GAME.
TWO CATCHERS ON OFFENSE, TOO INTERCEPTIONS ON DEFENSE.
I AGREE WITH YOU, MAKE THE KID AN OFFER.
AND WILLIAMS IS TRACKED DOWN FROM BEHIND.
>> SHOWING THAT LEADERSHIP THAT THIS DEFENSE NEEDS.
A NICE JOB BY HIM ON THAT TACKLE ON WILLIAMS.
>> UP TO SIX TACKLES TONIGHT WITH A QUARTERBACK SACK AND A TFL.
HIS BROTHER, MILLER, WAS A STAR TIED AND DURING THE TRIP DOLORES DAYS.
WENT ON AND PLAY FOR NICK SABAN AND NOW A ROOKIE WITH THE CLEVELAND BROWNS.
SECOND DOWN AND 11 .
CURTIS GETS HIS FIRST CARRY OF THE GAME UP TO THE 26 YARD LINE AND A FLAG OUT .
>> COMING FROM THAT SAFETY POSITION , COACH TALKED ABOUT IT .
YOU CAN JUST HEAR THAT PLAY DEVELOP.
A LOT OF TIMES PLAYS CONTINUE TO BOUNCE TO THE OUTSIDE.
AND NOW A HOLDING CALL ON CALHOUN.
'S >> THE MARKOFF GOING AGAINST CALHOUN.
THAT WILL PUSH IT BACK TO ABOUT THE 10 YARD LINE.
SECOND AND 19 .
>> SECOND AND 19.
RIGHT NOW ONLY A THREE-MAN RUSH.
>> NOW IT BREAKS DOWN AND A CARTERSVILLE.
COCHRAN, JUST MINUTES AFTER HE STRIPPED THE BALL AWAY FROM TOWNSEND HE GETS THE QUARTERBACK SACK.
>> A GOOD JOB OF STAYING ACTIVE, WORKING, GOING INSIDE OF THE LEFT TACKLE .
COMING UP WITH THE PLAY .
YOU SAW HIM ON THE LAST DRIVE.
AND NOW MAKING ANOTHER PLAY .
A GREAT TIME FOR HIM TO START BEING ACTIVE AND MAKE THOSE KINDS OF PLAYS.
ONLY A THREE-MAN RUSH.
YOU HAVE TO STEP UP AND BE ABLE TO GIVE YOUR QUARTERBACK MORE TIME.
>> THIRD AND 27.
THE BALL BACK TO THE THREE .
CADEN WILLIAMS TRYING TO BOUNCE IT OUTSIDE.
AND HE'S GOING TO GET DROPPED AT THE 10 YARD LINE ADAMS.
AND ANOTHER FLAG OUT.
THE GAME HAS GOTTEN SLOPPY HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> ONCE AGAIN THIS HOLDING CALL , IT'S JUST A FUNCTION OF WILLIAMS TRYING TO BOUNCE IT TO THE OUTSIDE.
THE TIGHT ENDS AND THE RECEIVERS, THEY START SEEING HIM COME THEIR WAY AND SAYING WHAT THEY FEEL HIS INTENTION IS AND IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE TO FIGHT.
WHEN YOUR JOB IS NOT BLOCKING IT'S VERY EASY TO DO .
>> THE YELLOWJACKETS PUNTING OUT OF THEIR OWN END ZONE.
STANDING ABOUT 3 YARDS DEEP IN THE END ZONE KICKING FROM THE GOAL LINE.
GETS IT TO THE 40 .
BOUNCES AND TAKES THE 10 YARD ROLE .
THAT IS WHERE CARTERSVILLE GOES BACK ON OFFENSE.
A 40 YARD KICK.
GOOD FIELD POSITION FOR THE BACK .
>> THE CARTERSVILLE DEFENSE MAKING SOME BIG STOPS TONIGHT.
ONE NAME THAT YOU'VE HEARD OF IT IS MILES FOR US.
HE'S THE BROTHER OF MILLER WHO PLAYED FOR CARTERSVILLE.
HE WILL BE ROLLING INTO TOWN ON SUNDAY WITH THE CLEVELAND BROWNS.
WE HEARD FROM HIM HE SAID THE PAST TWO YEARS HE'S REALLY ENJOY TRAINING IN THE OFF-SEASON WITH THEM.
IT STARTED OFF WITH HIM BEING 160 POUNDS STRUGGLING IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TO NOW A 225 POUND SENIOR LINEBACKER.
HE SET THE GAP IS CLOSING CLOSELY.
HE SAID HE'S DOING MORE IN THE WEIGHT ROOM ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
HE SAYS I LOVE HIS WORK ETHIC, BUT I LOVE WHO HE IS AND I'M MORE PROUD OF WHO HE IS MORE THAN ANYTHING.
HE ALSO SAYS HE TUNES IN ON FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER PRACTICE TO CHECK IN.
HOPEFULLY HE'S TUNING IN ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
WE HAVE A GOOD BALL GAME GOING ON THIS EVENING.
>> A GREAT STORY.
MILES HAS REALLY BLOSSOMED AS A PLAYER.
STILL LOOKING FOR THE FIRST OFFER.
SIX TACKLES, QUARTERBACK SACK.
GAMBLE PICKING UP FOUR ON HIS FIRST CARRY OF THIS POSSESSION.
GOING TO RUN IT AGAIN.
GAMBLE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN UP THIS OFFENSE.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BECOME A DANGEROUS RUNNER.
YOU WANT TO KEEP THIS GAME CLOSE.
>> FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 40.
THE RENT HAVE TO PLAY HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
EIGHT OF 13 PASSING, 56 YARDS.
THROWN A COUPLE OF INTERCEPTIONS.
FIVE TOTAL TURNOVERS FOR CARTERSVILLE TONIGHT.
ON CHARACTERISTIC OF THEM.
PASS COMPLETE , A 3 YARD PICKUP PRICE.
>> NOT SURE IF CAMPBELL PAUSED HE IS WAITING AND HE JUST KIND OF LETS THE DEFENSE CATCH UP TO HIM.
A NICE TACKLE BY CURTIS .
>> HE'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH.
HE'S BEEN AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED.
HE'S BEEN GETTING IT DONE ON BOTH SIDES TONIGHT.
A COUPLE OF INTERCEPTIONS.
JEFFRIES GETS ABOUT THREE ON THAT PLAY.
16 CARRIES FOR 1:14 AND A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS PRIOR TO THAT CARRY.
>> A LOT OF YARDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE .
BIG POWERFUL , SHOWING YOU THAT RUNNING BACK SPEED.
>> 47 AND 21 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUNS TONIGHT.
THE ONLY TWO SCORES FOR CARTERSVILLE.
THE DEFENSE INSIDE THE 20.
FIRST DOWN, CARTERSVILLE.
AN A GREAT JOB ONCE AGAIN.
HOW HE CELEBRATES.
ONCE HE SEES HE'S IN THE OPEN HE GETS ANOTHER YEAR .
DOES IT TAKE TWO OR THREE GUYS TO BRAND DOWN EACH AND EVERY CARRY .
>> HE IS 40 POUNDS LIGHTER THAN MALACHI JEFFRIES.
FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 18.
JEFFRIES ON THE SIDELINE .
THE SHORT SIDE AND HE IS TACKLED AFTER A 2 YARD GAIN.
CHRISTIAN SMITH MAKING A STOP FOR THE YELLOWJACKETS.
>> A NICE JOB OFF THE BLOCK.
SMITH MADE A LOT OF PLAYS TONIGHT.
HE STANDS ONLY ABOUT 5'9", 200.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE LINEBACKER PLACED ON LAST YEAR'S TEAM.
HE RUNS RIGHT INTO THE DEFENSE.
NO GAIN HARLEY ON THE PLAY.
CHRISTIAN BELL TAG TEAMING FOR THE TACKLE.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE EXTENSION ON THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN .
AND NICE JOB THERE .
>> THE FINAL 23 SECONDS OF THIS SCORELESS THIRD QUARTER.
IT IS JOHNATHAN CLINE, THE LEFT TACKLE, COMMITTED TO UCF OVER MEMPHIS, AND EAST CAROLINA.
HE TOOK AN OFFICIAL VISIT LAST WEEKEND.
JEFFRIES INSIDE THE 10 .
THAT IS ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR CARTERSVILLE ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER .
12 YARD PICKUP FOR JEFFRIES AFTER GAMBLE HAD FUMBLED THE BALL.
WE ARE HEADING TO THE FOURTH QUARTER.
THE PURPLE HURRICANE STILL DOWN TWO TOUCHDOWNS .
THEY WILL HAVE FIRST AND GOAL TO GO WHEN WE COME BACK.
>> BUCKLE UP, WE ARE HEADED TO THE FOURTH QUARTER.
CALHOUN LEADING CARTERSVILLE.
THE PURPLE HURRICANES HAVE FIRST AND GOAL TO GO AS WE BEGIN THE FINAL 12 MINUTES AT A PACKED HOUSE.
AND STEWART ALONG WITH WAYNE GANDY.
DON'T FORGET THE POSTGAME SHOW IS COMING UP FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THIS GAME.
IT ALL THE BIG SCORES ON THIS THURSDAY NIGHT OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA .
>> TRYING TO GET THE REFEREES MICROPHONE STRAIGHT NOW.
QUARTER.
CARTERSVILLE STARTING TO MARCH BACK TO THE SIDELINE.
WHAT A GAME FOR MALACHI JEFFRIES.
20 CARRIES, 146 YARDS.
A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS.
IF I WAS THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR I AM GIVING HIM THE BALL .
>> I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET A HEAVY DOSE ON THE NEXT PLAYS.
>> HE IS TIED UP WITH A LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
DUSTIN KERNS FREE SAFETY COMING FROM DEEP IN THE SECONDARY TO MAKE THE TACKLE.
'S >> COMING EAGERLY TO TAKE THIS BALL OFF OF THE EDGE .
CAMPBELL BARELY KEEPING POSSESSION OF THE BALL.
AND NICE JOB COMING IN TRYING TO GET THAT BALL OFF.
>> HE'S ONE OF THEIR TWO-WAY STARS REPLACING GAUGE.
THE RUNNING BACK IN THAT SAFETY POSITION.
AND NOW IT IS SECOND AND GOAL FROM THE FIVE YARD LINE.
IS THE TEMPLATE THE DRIVE.
HANDOFF, TOUCHDOWN, CARTERSVILLE!
>> CAMPBELL DECIDING YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL JUST GET THE BALL TO JEFFRIES THIS TIME .
WHEN YOU GET IN THOSE SITUATIONS IT'S JUST HARD TO STOP .
FINDING THAT SPOT AND THEN ATTACKING.
YOU SEE STARTING TO THE LEFT, BOUNCING OFF TACKLES.
ISAAC TRYING TO BRING THEM DOWN.
WHAT A WEAPON TO HAVE IN THAT KIND OF SITUATION.
>> THIRD TOUCHDOWN RUN OF THE NIGHT FOR THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, MALACHI JEFFRIES.
HE HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE BEAST.
146 SHARDS RUSHING FOR HIM .
A 50 YARD DRIVE.
CARTERSVILLE BACK IN THE GAME.
THEY WERE DOWN 28-7 IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
THEY HAVE CUT IT TO A TOUCHDOWN DEFICIT .
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT'S CHECK IN ON OUR MULTI SCREEN EXPERIENCE.
THIS ONE IS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
IT'S BEEN ALL ROSWELL AUNT LONG.
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TIME WINDING DOWN.
ROSWELL UP BEFORE-10.
THEY TRIED TO KICK A FIELD GOAL .
THEY CUT IT TO 34-3.
THEY DIDN'T GET THE ONSIDE KICK AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
TIME RUNNING OUT BEFORE OUR MULTI SCREEN EXPERIENCE.
BROOKER KNOCKS OFF ARCHER.
THEY COLLECT THEIR FIRST WIN OVER THE TIGERS SINCE 2012, ENDING A FOUR GAMES GET IN THE SERIES.
ALSO, RAVEN COUNTY GOES TO FELLOWSHIP AND GETS A BIG WIN ON THE ROAD.
ALSO IN ROSWELL .
BACK TO YOU.
>> RYAN JOHNSON WITH THE KICKOFF AT THE GOAL LINE AND THAT WILL NOT BE RETURNABLE.
CALHOUN WILL HAVE TO OPERATE FROM THE 20 YARD LINE AFTER THE BIG DRIVE FUELED BY MALACHI JEFFRIES TO GET CARTERSVILLE WITHIN A TOUCHDOWN.
>> THE GAME SHAPING UP KIND OF HOW WE FIGURED.
IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE DOWN TO THE WIRE, A PLAY HERE, A PLAY THERE.
THE COACH SAID AT HALFTIME IT WAS GOING TO BE A FOUR QUARTER GAME, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE STARTING TO HAVE IN FRONT OF US AS CARTERSVILLE HAS GOTTEN BACK INTO THIS GAME .
>> WE'VE HAD A GREAT SHOWDOWN AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING DRIVE.
JEFFRIES 5 FOR 36 ON THE DRIVE AND NOW WITH THREE TOUCHDOWNS ON THE NIGHT.
IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE A GREAT SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THESE TWO FINE RUNNING BACKS.
WILLIAMS WITH HIS 28 CARRIES PER GAME.
A BIG LOSS ON THE PLAY.
JADEN ATKINS .
>> BIG TIME PENETRATION HEREBY ATKINS.
YOU CAN SEE 55 SHUTTING THE BLOCK OF THE CENTER, KEEPING THAT SHOULDER FREE .
GRABBING WILLIAMS FROM THE BACK.
IT'S THE KIND OF INDICATION THAT YOU NEED FROM YOUR D-LINE WHEN YOU WANT TO STOP THE RUN.
>> 82 YARD LOSS ON THE PLAY AS THEY STOP THE BALL AT THE 18 YARD LINE.
WILLIAMS, 20 CARRIES FOR 112, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT OUTSIDE OF THE FIRST 13 MINUTES OF THIS GAME.
>> CURTIS IN MOTION.
TOWNSEND IN THE POCKET .
BREAKING DOWN THE RUN .
SLIDING DOWN TO THE 19 YARD LINE AS MYLES FORRISTALL WAS FAST.
>> NOWHERE TO GO WITH THIS BALL FOR TOWNSEND.
SETTING UP THEIR RECEIVER SCREEN .
COULDN'T FIND HIS NEXT ROUTE.
>> SLOWLY IN HIS SECOND HALF , STARTING TO PLAY WITH THE ENERGY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT .
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE BEING HELD BY LANCE MOULTON, THE RIGHT GUARD AS HE TRIED TO COME THROUGH WITH THE PRESSURE.
>> THAT WILL PUSH THE BALL BACK TO THE SIX YARD LINE.
SECOND AND 24 .
THE CARTERSVILLE DEFENSE HAS GIVEN UP ONLY ONE LONG DRIVE.
AN 80 YARD DRIVE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
EVERYTHING ELSE GENERATED OFF OF TURNOVERS BY THE OFFENSE.
THERE IS MYLES FORRISTALL GETTING TO THE RUNNING BACK, DROPPING HIM TO THE FIVE YARD LINE.
>> AND NICE JOB OF TOWNSEND GOING DOWN TO GET THE BALL OFF THE GROUND.
WHAT THOSE SNAPS DOES IS TAKES THE QUARTERBACKS EYE OFF BEING ABLE TO READ THE DEFENSIVE FRONT.
JUST HAVING TO HAND THE BALL OFF TO SAVE THE PLAY.
MYLES FORRISTALL STARTING TO TAKE OVER.
ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT CAN COME OFF THE EDGE.
ALSO EFFECTIVE PLAYING THAT INSIDE LINEBACKER POSITION.
>> EIGHT TACKLES, AND A CFL INCLUDED.
THIRD AND 24.
HIS SECOND CARRY OF THE GAME.
AND FLETCHER WAS THERE LEAVING THE FIRED UP DEFENSE.
CALHOUN WILL HAVE TO PUNT FROM DEEP.
>> A NICE JOB COMING OFF THE EDGE, SLICING THROUGH THE DEFENSE.
YOU SEE FLETCHER ON THE PLATE THE DEFENSE GIVING THEIR OFFENSE A SHORT FIELD TO WORK ON.
IT'S GOING TO HIT .
THE FAIR CATCH CALL FOR BY FLETCHER.
HE TAKES ON THE BALANCE AND SO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 50 , FOR CARTERSVILLE AS THEY GO BACK ON OFFENSE, DOWN A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
>> CARTERSVILLE GOING BACK ON OFFENSE DOWN THE TOUCHDOWN, 8:30 TO PLAY IN REGULATION.
COMING OF THE GAME THEY HAD THE THIRD HIGHEST SCORING OFFENSE IN 5A.
THERE WERE GOING FOR 142 AGAIN BRUSHING.
THEY ARE AT 171 TONIGHT.
ONLY 59 YARDS PASSING TONIGHT.
>> A TOTAL TURN OF EVENTS FOR THIS OFFENSE.
THEY HAVE COME IN, THEY CONTINUE WITH THIS OFFENSIVE LINE STARTING TO LEAN ON THE DEFENSE.
THEY ARE STARTING TO GET THE JOB DONE.
>> JEFFRIES TRYING TO CUT BACK IN THE WHOLE .
DROPPED AFTER A 3 YARD GAME.
>> THE SECOND HALF HAS REALLY BEEN ABOUT THIS DEFENSE.
THEY'VE COME OUT, THEY HAVE PLAYED PHYSICAL.
THEY WERE DEALT SOME BAD HANDS , BUT THEY HAVE STOOD UP .
THEY ALLOW THEIR OFFENSE TO START THE LAST COUPLE DRIVES ON THEIRS I --THEIR SIDE OF THE FIELD.
>> SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN .
GOING TO GET RUN TO THE GROUND.
WHAT ARE GAME CHRISTIAN GREGORY HAS HAD TONIGHT .
>> A GREAT JOB .
LONG AND AGGRESSIVE RIGHT THERE.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU REMEMBER WHO PUT YOU ON THE GROUND THERE.
>> THIRD-DOWN AND SIX .
SURPRISING HE IS NOT ON THE FIELD DURING THIS CRITICAL POSSESSION , ESPECIALLY WITH THIRD AND 6 COMING UP.
>> SHOWING SOME TOUGHNESS HERE.
HE WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE BALL.
CHRISTIAN SMITH, THE LINEBACKER RIGHT IN HIS FACE.
A NICE ROUTE BY PRICE.
>> THE SECOND CATCH OF THE NIGHT FOR PRICE, DOWN TO THE 36 >> ONCE AGAIN IN THE GAME.
MALACHI JEFFRIES ON THE SIDELINE.
>> DOWN TO THE 31 YARD LINE.
I WONDER IF JEFFRIES IS BANGED UP AT ALL?
SECOND DOWN COMING UP SECOND OUT OF FOUR.
THEY GAVE LANDO SIX ON THE PLAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE HIS RIGHT LEG, IT MAY BE A CRAMP HE'S TRYING TO STRETCH OUT.
SECOND DOWN AND 4.
THE YELLOWJACKETS HAVE GOT IT!
FLETCHER COMES UP WITH THE BALL .
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO RULE HE WAS DOWN.
I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK THAT BALL IS OUT BEFORE HIS KNEE IS ON THE GROUND.
WELL, MAYBE NOT.
>> THE OFFICIALS GOT IT RIGHT.
NOW IT'S GOING TO BE THIRD-DOWN AND FOUR.
>> A LITTLE WOOZY STANDING OVER THERE.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE McBRIDE IN THERE AS THE RUNNING BACK .
A HANDOFF TO HIM.
GOING FOR THE HOME RUN .
CAUGHT BY FLETCHER FOR THE TOUCHDOWN !
>> A NICE JOB SHOWING PATIENTS IN THE POCKET AND THE STRONG HANDS BY FLETCHER.
GIVING HIS RECEIVER A CHANCE, KEEPING THE BALL HIGH FOR HIM.
STRONG HANDS TO CATCH THE BALL.
YOU CAN SEE NUMBER 26 COME IN LATE AND TRY TO PULL IT OUT.
>> FLETCHER WILL BE THE HOLDER.
THE KICK IS UP .
28-28.
CARTERSVILLE HAS RALLIED FROM A 28-7 DEFICIT, GAMBLED 28 YARDS TO FLETCHER FOR THE EQUALIZER .
>> COACH FOSTER AND THE PROPER HURRICANES ALL ABOUT PLANTING THE FLAG.
NORMALLY WITH THE A LOT OF FLAGS PLANTED HERE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WIND THEY ARE NOT OUT HERE.
THEY HAVE COME SO CLOSE TO STATE TITLES HE SAYS WE HAVE TO ASK WHAT IS GOING TO PUT US OVER THE HUMP?
HE SAYS WE HAVE TO REFLECT AND MAKE SMALL CHANGES, BMI WITH EACH STEP OF THE JOURNEY, UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY WANT TO BE IN THE END.
HE SAYS IT TAKES CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN TOGETHER, STAY FOCUSED ON EACH OPPORTUNITY.
RIGHT BEFORE THE OFFENSIVE DRIVE THE CODE SAID WE ARE STILL IN IT.
AND THEY SURE ARE, THEY TIED IT UP AT 28.
>> THEY LOST THE BLESSED CHAMPIONSHIP 20-20.
THEY HAVE A 23 GAME WINNING STREAK AGAINST OPPONENTS NOT NAMED ONE OF ROBIN'S.
OUTSIDE OF THAT THEY HAVE BEEN EVERYBODY ELSE INCLUDING CALHOUN TWICE.
THEY HAVE NOW PULLED EVEN 28-28 WITH FIVE MINUTES LEFT IN REGULATION.
THE YELLOWJACKETS GOING BACK ON OFFENSE .
>> WHERE WITH THIS OFFENSE GO?
WILLIAMS DOMINATED THE FIRST QUARTER AND A HALF.
THIS HURRICANE DEFENSE HAS TAKEN THAT OPTION AWAY.
CAN TREY TOWNSEND ON THIS DRIVE FIND THE BIG TIDING CAT.
WE HAVE SEEN WHAT KEARNS CAN DO DEEP DOWN THE FIELD.
THEY ARE PLAYING THE TIGHT BOX TO TAKE AWAY THE RUN.
>> FLETCHER ON THE SIDELINE JUST THAT THE 28 YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH TO EVEN UP THE SCORE.
WILLIAMS, CAN THEY GET BACK TO HIM?
-2 YARDS FOR HIM RUSHING IN THE SECOND HALF.
THE BALL IS IN THE AIR AND OFF THE HANDS OF WINSTON.
THEY WERE LISTENING TO YOU, WAYNE.
>> A NICE JOB BY CHRIS TAKING ON THE BIG PASS.
ONLY 5'11", 160.
STANDING THERE WITH WINSTON.
AND NICE JOB OF BREAKING THE PASS UP .
AN CHRIS RYAN HAS REALLY TAKEN IN LEADERSHIP ROLE FOR THE PROPER HURRICANES THIS YEAR.
TOWNSEND ROLLING, THROWING ON THE RUN, INCOMPLETE.
SO THE TWO GUYS YOU SICK OF THE BALL TWO, IT'S WHO THEY TRIED TO GET THE BALL TO ON THESE FIRST TWO SNAPS.
>> HARD ON THE RIGHT-HANDER QUARTERBACK.
AND NICE ROUTE BY CURTIS.
NOT ABLE TO, WITH THE THROW .
THEY ARE ATTACKING AND WE SEEM THEY CONTINUE TO GIVE THEIR OFFENSE A SHORT FIELD.
WHAT A TIME TO DO THAT NOW WITH 4:57 LEFT ON THE CLOCK.
>> IF YOU HAD A DROP PLAY THIS MIGHT BE THE TIME TO RUN IT.
STAYING WITH THE AIR ATTACK.
TOWNSEND HIT AND IT IS CAUGHT OUT OF BOUNDS.
IS THAT AN INTERCEPTION?
I DON'T THINK HE GOT HIS FEET DOWN.
>> ALLOWING RYAN TO COME OVER .
WINSTON, WHO YOU WOULD IMAGINE IN THIS SITUATION WOULD PUT THE BRACKET ON.
>> HE DID HOLD ONTO IT, BUT HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.
FOURTH DOWN THERE PUNTING.
STANDING INSIDE HIS 10 YARD LINE.
GETS IT OUT OF THERE.
A HIGH KICK, THEY ARE CATCH CALLS WERE MADE AT THE 39 YARD LINE.
A 42 YOUR KICK.
WE'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY GOOD PUNTING FROM THESE TEAMS TONIGHT.
>> HOW CAN THE YELLOWJACKETS DEFENSE STAND UP ?
WE DON'T KNOW, JEFFRIES AND LANDOVER BOTH OUT THERE THE LAST COUPLE OF PLAYS.
SO WHO IS COMING IN AT THE RUNNING BACK POSITION HERE?
I THINK JEFFRIES, YOU SEE HIM GOING BACK IN THE GAME .
HE WORKED OUT THAT CRAMP.
LET'S SEE IF HE CAN FINISH HIS GAME.
A GREAT TIME FOR THIS OFFENSIVE LINE TO TAKE OVER THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
'S >> 22 CARRIES FOR 152 YARDS.
CARTERSVILLE NOW EVEN UP WITH CALHOUN.
AND A NICE TACKLE GRIFFIN COMING UP FROM THAT CORNER SPOT.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE JEFFRIES IS REALLY STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW .
>> IT'S A COOL NIGHT .
WE ARE SHOWING YOU GREAT VISION GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE.
LIKE YOU SAID, WHEN HE GOT UP IT SEEMED LIKE MAYBE HE WAS CRAMPING .
YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL ONCE THE CRAMPING HAPPENS.
THEY DON'T GO AWAY.
YOU CAN GIVE OF THEM.
YOU HOPE TO GET A COUPLE OF PLAYS.
>> I THINK THEY HAVE MET RIGHT BACK IN THERE.
AS YOU POINTED OUT, LANDO TOOK A BIG HIT AND HE GOT SHAKEN UP.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL SEE LANDO.
THEY ARE DOWN TO THEIR THIRD BACK.
THERE IS LANDO AND NOW HE IS BACK IN THE GAME.
LANDO WITH A COUPLE OF CARRIES, 9 YARDS HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER .
>> WE'VE SEEN THE QUARTERBACK NOT SHY AWAY FROM CONTACT .
>> PLAY ACTION, AND IT IS CAUGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 50 .
THAT IS PRICED COMING UP WITH ANOTHER BIG CATCH.
A 16 YARD PICKUP .
THAT WILL MOVE THE SIX.
>> STARING DOWN PRICE THE HOLD FIRM.
HE COULDN'T GET HIS FEET SET.
HE STILL HAD ENOUGH ARM STRENGTH TO GET THAT BALL AWAY FROM CURTIS.
>> UNDER 3:30 TO PLAY IN REGULATION.
SHOVE OUT OF BOUNDS BY CURTIS.
>> THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR WORKING THE SHORT PASSING GAME AS HIS RUN GAME.
WE TALKED ABOUT JEFFRIES BANGED UP, THE BALL QUICKLY ON THE QUARTERBACKS HAND.
JUST GETTING FOUR OR 5 YARDS.
YOU WANT THIS TO BE THE LAST DRIVE IF YOU CAN .
>> SECOND DOWN AND THREE.
PUNK FAKE PLAY ACTION UP TOP, INCOMPLETE.
CURTIS WAS THERE RUNNING WITH THEM.
THIRD DOWN AND THREE.
>> IT'S NOT A BAD CALL RIGHT THERE TO TAKE A SHOT, FIGURING YOU ARE IN FOUR DOWN TERRITORY .
>> NOT AT ALL .
>> YOU PLAY HERE, YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE QUARTERBACK .
>> LANDO ON THE RUN IS NOT GOING TO GET THE FIRST DOWN .
THAT WAS CALEB COMING UP FROM HIS ROVER POSITION.
IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN AND SHORT .
'S >> TRUE DECISION TIME HERE .
FOURTH DOWN .
YOU CAN STILL SEE HIM HIT THAT HOLE WITH THE KIND OF FIRE THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IN THAT SITUATION.
THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR IT.
>> GAME ON THE LINE RIGHT HERE FROM THE SEVEN .
AND THEY JUMPED OFFSIDE.
GAMBLE CAME RUSHING UP TO THE LINE .
HE DRAWS CALHOUN OFFSIDE.
WHAT A PLAY BY GAMBLE .
>> UPSET AT ALL SEASON LONG, QUARTERBACK UNDER CENTER, TRICK PLAY.
WHENEVER THE QUARTERBACK IS UNDER CENTER AND IT IS NOT ON THE GOAL LINE IT COULD BE A TRICK PLAY .
COMING UP OUT OF THE SHOTGUN, UNDERNEATH CENTER, THE VOICE IS LOUD, DEFENSES ARE AGGRESSIVE.
GOT THEM UPSIDE.
>> BALL GOES TO FLETCHER, OUT OF BOUNDS BY GRIFFIN INSIDE THE 30 YARD LINE.
>> WORKING THAT SHORT PASSING GAME TO THE RIGHT SIDE.
THIS TIME FLETCHER WAS TRYING TO GRIND OUT THREE OR 4 YARDS OF PLAY.
A REALLY CONFIDENT RUN GAME WITH THE INJURIES THEY SEEM TO HAVE SUSTAINED HERE LATE IN THE GAME.
>> CARTERSVILLE HAS ONE FIELD GOAL MAKE ON THE SEASON FROM JESUS GUTIERREZ.
SECOND DOWN AND 5.
HANDOFF, AND HE IS GOING TO BE STOPPED.
THAT WAS CHRISTIAN SMITH ON THE TACKLE.
TO ME HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S RUNNING.
AN VERY GENTLY RUNNING AND BETWEEN THE TACKLES, BRACING FOR CONTACT FOR GETS THERE.
>> HE TOOK A BIG HIT .
>> YOU CAN SEE JEFFRIES COMING BACK IN THE GAME.
BOTH RUNNING BACKS TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE GAME .
>> THIRD DOWN AND 3 FROM THE 25.
GAMBLE LOOKS TO THE SIDELINE.
HE TELLS HIS LINEMAN TO PLAY .
HANDOFF, JEFFRIES.
NOT GOING TO GET THE FIRST DOWN.
A BIG STOP BY THE YELLOWJACKETS DEFENSE.
AND IT IS FOURTH DOWN, JUST OVER A MINUTE LEFT IN REGULATION.
AN BIG-TIME PENETRATION BY NUMBER 12 .
JADEN AKIN'S SLIDING UNDERNEATH TO MAKE THE PLAY .
AND NICE JOB .
>> LINEBACKER NATHAN FULLER HAVING TROUBLE GETTING OFF THE FIELD.
HE GOT SHAKEN UP ON THAT PLAY .
IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN AND THREE .
THE BIDDING UPON WHERE THEY ARE SETTING THE BALL DOWN YOU ARE LOOKING AT A FIELD GOAL OF 40+ , IF THAT'S WHAT THEY ELECT TO TRY TO DO HERE .
FULLER FINALLY UNDER HIS OWN POWER ABLE TO MARCH OFF THE FIELD.
THAT IS YOUR TWO-YEAR STARTER COMING OFF THE FIELD FOR A CRITICAL FOURTH-DOWN PLAY.
YOU CAN SEE HE IS HIGHLY AGITATED ABOUT HAVING TO COME OFF THE FIELD .
>> IS PROBABLY TELLING COACH CALL A TIMEOUT, IF YOU GET A TIMEOUT I CAN GET BACK IN.
>> TIMEOUT CALLED I CARTERSVILLE.
IT LOOKED LIKE THEY ARE GOING FOR IT RIGHT HERE .
LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVE ONLY ONE FIELD GOAL MAKE ON THE SEASON.
CARTERSVILLE TRADITIONALLY HAS A GREAT KICKING PROGRAM, BUT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A HIGH- PRESSURE KICK THAT WILL BE 40+, MAYBE CLOSER TO 45 RIGHT HERE .
HANNAH, WHAT'S COMING UP IN THE POSTGAME SHOW?
>> FINAL SCORE IS ROLLING IN FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
ROSWELL EBT 41-10.
AND PARKVIEW BE SOFT WHEN IT 41- 7.
A TOUGH REGION TEST TONIGHT.
IT'S ALL COMING UP ON THE POSTGAME SHOW.
WE HAVE MORE SCORES AND COACHES COMING OFF THE FIELD ON THE BUS AS THEY HEAD BACK HOME.
IT'S THE POSTGAME SHOW.
STICK AROUND.
WHERE THE GAMES GET REAL.
AND THAT IS THEIR FIELD-GOAL KICKER .
HE DOES NOT HAVE A FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT ON THE SEASON.
LIKE WE SAID EARLIER, HE IS A FIRST-YEAR KICKER, A BASEBALL PLAYER WHO HAS COMMITTED TO PLAY FOR GEORGIA AS A RIGHT-HANDED SHORTSTOP.
HE WAS ONE OF THEIR TOP TWO STARTERS ON THEIR STATE FINALIST TEAM BACK IN THE SPRING.
HE STAYS ON THE SIDELINE AND THE PURPLE HURRICANE GOING FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN AND 3.
>> WEARS ABOUT GOING?
>> YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TO YOUR BEST PLAYER.
MALACHI JEFFRIES.
I THINK THEY WERE SETTING UP FOR ANOTHER HARD COUNT.
>> THE TIMEOUT CALLS .
AGAIN, THERE ARE GOING TO TRY TO DRAW >> YOUR FOURTH AND 3 JUST CAME A FOURTH AND 8.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO CALL OUT HIS FIELD-GOAL KICKER IN THIS SITUATION.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT A 47 YARD KICK .
THE BALL IS GOING TO BE PLACED AT THE 30.
FLETCHER IS THE HOLDER .
ADAMS IS THE LONG SNAPPER.
RYAN JOHNSON THE PURPLE HURRICANES BASEBALL STAR AND FUTURE GEORGIA BULLDOG IS GOING TO TRY TO KICK HIM INTO THE LEAD .
SNAP DOWN, KICK IS ON ITS WAY.
AND THE KICK IS GOING TO BE NO GOOD.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD THE DISTANCE, BUT IT CURVED TO THE RIGHT.
IT JUST KIND OF FADED ON HIM.
>> THE 5 YARD LOSS , YOU IMAGINE IF HE WOULD'VE JUDGE THAT CLOSE OF THE CARIBBEAN THREE POINTS.
YOU GOT A GOOD KICK ON IT.
THE BALL JUST STATED TO THE RIGHT IN.
>> HE'S LIKE SOMEONE MOVED THE GOALPOST.
IT WAS HEADED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
AS A GOT THE DISTANCE IT FADED TO THE RIGHT.
A GOOD TRY BY RYAN JOHNSON.
NOW THE BALL GOES OVER TO CALHOUN AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
THE HANDOFF GOES TO WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS PICKS UP SEVEN ON THE PLAY TO THE 27 .
THE YELLOWJACKETS DO HAVE TWO TIMEOUTS REMAINING.
>> IMAGINE IN THAT SITUATION IT TURNS OR IT CURVES .
YOU TRY TO PICK UP A BIG CHUNK PLAY AND THE OPPORTUNITY MAYBE FOR A HAIL MARY.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE PLAYING FOR OVERTIME.
THEY HAVE TWO TIMEOUTS REMAINING.
WE ARE DOWN TO 20 SECONDS.
THEY'RE PLAYING FOR OVERTIME.
WILLIAMS, THAT MIGHT BE THE FINAL PLAY OF REGULATION GREAT RIVALRY THEY BEEN PLAYING SINCE 1926 IS HEADED TO OVERTIME.
CARTERSVILLE CALLING A TIMEOUT WITH SIX SECONDS.
I MEAN, CARTERSVILLE HAD THREE REMAINING .
IF THEY FELT LIKE CALHOUN WAS JUST TRYING TO TAKE IT TO OVERTIME THEY SHOULD OF BURNED TIMEOUTS QUICKER THAN THIS.
>> YOU DEFINITELY COULD SAVE SOME CLOCKS IF YOU ARE IN THE MINDSET OF FORCING YOU TO GO FOR THE BLOCK ON THE PUNT.
>> I AM REALLY SURPRISED THEY CALL THE TIMEOUT THERE.
WITH SIX SECONDS LEFT IT ALLOWS CALHOUN TO TAKE A FREE SHOT.
>> SOMETHING DOWN THE FIELD.
YOUR BIG PLAY RECEIVER OR TIGHTEND , SOMETHING TOWARD THE END ZONE.
>> THEY WERE GOING TO LET IT ROLL TO ZERO AND GO TO OVERTIME.
LET'S SEE IF CARTERSVILLE LED THEM OFF THE HOOK YEAR BY CALLING THAT TIMEOUT.
SIX SECONDS, THREE-MAN RUSH .
AND THEY ARE JUST GOING TO HANDOFF TO WILLIAMS AGAIN.
HE RACES OF THE OPEN FIELD AND DROPS ON THE FINAL PLAY OF REGULATION BY CHRIS RYAN.
WE ARE HEADED TO OVERTIME.
WHAT A GAME TONIGHT.
CALHOUN PULLS IT OUT TO A 28-7 LEAD AS CARTERSVILLE SHOOTING THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT WITH TURNOVERS.
THEY HAVE COMMITTED FIVE TONIGHT.
THE PURPLE HURRICANE FINALLY STRAIGHTENING THAT PROBLEM OUT AND HAVE COME BACK TO TIE IT UP.
>> THEY SLOWLY LET THIS TEAM CREEK BACK INTO THE GAME .
YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND TRY TO BEAT THE CHAMPS.
IN THIS INSTANCE CARTERSVILLE DEFENSE WOKE UP IN THAT SECOND HALF GIVING THEIR OFFICE A SHORT FIELD.
AND NOW TRYING TO FIND SOME EXPLOSION.
>> HERE IS MALACHI JEFFRIES.
WHAT A GAME HE HAS HAD TONIGHT .
BANGED UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
YOU WONDER WHAT MIGHT'VE BEEN HAD HE NOT GOTTEN NICKED UP.
HE WAS SLOWED BY CRAMPS OR SOME INJURY IN HIS LEGS .
WOULD WE BE GOING TO OVERTIME HAVE BEEN NOT HAPPENED?
>> IN LOOKING AT THEM RIGHT THERE HE DOESN'T NECESSARILY LOOK LIKE HE'S GOING BACK IN THE GAME.
HE SEEMS LIKE HE IS MORE IN A BODY LANGUAGE.
MAYBE HE'S DONE FOR THE NIGHT.
>> 24 CARRIES FOR 157 YARDS, WILL HE BE A FACTOR IN OVERTIME?
WAITING FOR THE COIN TOSS.
IT'S LIKE OVER --OTHER OVERTIME'S.
THEY WILL HAVE A COIN TOSS AND THE TEAM WILL CHOOSE IF THEY WANT TO BE ON THE OFFENSE OR DEFENSE FIRST.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE OVERTIME RULES.
EACH TEAM GETS A POSSESSION .
EACH PERIOD BEGINS AT THE 15 YARD LINE .
YOU CAN SCORE A TOUCHDOWN FIELD GOAL AND WE MUST USE A TWO POINT CONVERSION IF WE GET TO A THIRD OVERTIME.
CLAY STEPHENSON, THE FOURTH- YEAR HEAD COACH OF THE YELLOWJACKETS, HIS COUNTERPART FOURTH-YEAR HEAD COACH AT CARTERSVILLE.
THESE PROGRAMS SO SIMILAR.
BOTH WITH FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
BOTH 23 REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
PROBABLY THE TWO MOST FORMIDABLE POWERS NORTH OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA UP I-75 IN THE STATE.
THEY HAVE PLAYED A BALLGAME TONIGHT AND WILL NEED OVERTIME TO DECIDE IT.
>> WHICH OFFENSIVE LINE AND DEFENSIVE LINE WILL CONTROL THIS GAME AS IT WINDS DOWN IN OVERTIME?
IT'S BEEN THE TALE OF TWO HALVES.
>> CARTERSVILLE WINNING THE TOSS.
TYPICALLY IN THIS SITUATION YOU WILL WANT TO BE ON DEFENSE FIRST.
>> YOUR OFFENSE GETS ITS CHANCE, WHAT THEY NEED TO WIN THE GAME.
THE CARTERSVILLE DEFENSE HAS BEEN DOMINANT .
REALLY SLOWED DOWN CALHOUN, ESPECIALLY THE RUSH GAME.
IF THEY CAN DO THAT NOW WHERE WILL CALHOUN GO?
WE SAW THEM TRY TO GET THE BALL TO WINSTON.
TRYING TO LOOSEN UP THE MIDDLE OF THIS DEFENSE.
>> WILLIAMS 130 YARDS RUSHING TONIGHT ON 32 CARRIES.
OVER 100 YARDS IN THE FIRST HALF.
JUST A SMATTERING OF YARDS IN THE SECOND HALF.
AT ONE POINT HE WAS -2 YARDS IN THE SECOND HALF.
HE'S PICKED UP A FEW GARBAGE YARDS AS THEY WERE KILLING THE CLOCK AT THE END OF REGULATION.
JUST 27 YARDS IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH COMBINED .
HERE WE GO, CALHOUN GETS THE BALL FIRST.
TRYING TO SNAP CARTERSVILLE 62 GAME WINNING STREAK AND WIN IN THIS SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2009 .
TOWNSEND THE QUARTERBACK HANDS OFF TO WILLIAMS.
RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, TOUCHDOWN, CALHOUN!
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG.
WILLIAMS, 15 YARDS.
THE JACKETS ON TOP OF THE 4-28.
>> A GREAT JOB ON THE LEFT SIDE.
AND NICE KICK OUT BLOCK .
WE SAW THIS EARLY .
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE SAW CADEN WILLIAMS GETTING LOOSE.
WHAT A GREAT TIME TO WAKE UP.
>> CARLOS LOPEZ, THE HOLDER IS ISAAC RAIN.
THE KICK IS UP AND GOOD .
A SEVEN POINT LEAD FOR CALHOUN .
CADEN WILLIAMS, A MONSTER NIGHT .
>> LOOK AT THE BLOCKING.
AND NICE JOB BY NUMBER 42 .
BEN WILLIAMS COMING AROUND.
LOOK AT THE STATE FARM BY CADEN WILLIAMS ON THE CORNER TO GET INTO THE END ZONE .
ADAMS, THE SAFETY DOING ALL HE CAN BUT COULDN'T BRING THEM DOWN .
THE YOUNG MAN RIGHT HERE HAD A BIG GAME IN THAT FIRST QUARTER AND A HALF.
ENGAGED AND READY TO TAKE OVER IN OVERTIME.
>> BACK ON OFFENSE, CARTERSVILLE MAY NEED TO HAVE A TOUCHDOWN TO TIE IT UP OR IT COMES DOWN TO A TWO POINT CONVERSION TO WIN .
WHAT A DYNAMIC ATMOSPHERE WE HAVE HAD TONIGHT ON A THURSDAY NIGHT, THE GAME MOVED UP LIKE SO MANY OTHERS IN THE STATE BECAUSE OF HURRICANE IAN.
>> YOU SEE MALACHI JEFFRIES BACK INTO THE GAME .
YOU SEE HOW EFFECTIVE HE CAN BE IN THIS OVERTIME.
>> IT IS BROKEN UP AND NEARLY INTO THE GAME RIGHT THERE WITH AN INTERCEPTION IF CHRISTIAN SMITH COULDN'T COME UP WITH IT.
>> READING THE EYES OF THE QUARTERBACK, AND NICE JOB DROPPING OUT AND KNOCKING UP ON CELL .
>> THE GAME NEARLY ENDED RIGHT THERE.
>> YOU JUST COULDN'T COME UP WITH THE CATCH.
>> IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN.
SECOND DOWN AND 10.
THE BALL AT THE 15 YARD LINE.
TRYING TO KICK IT TO THE OUTSIDE.
INSIDE THE 10, INSIDE THE FIVE.
PICKED UP A FIRST DOWN.
I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY BLATANT HOLD AS GAMBLE WAS TRYING TO GET OUTSIDE.
THAT'S GOING TO REALLY PUSH THEM BACK DEEP .
>> THE BIG LEFT TACKLE THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS HOLDING CHRISTIAN SMITH.
>> THAT'S GOING TO PUSH IT BACK TO THE 27.
>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT THEY TALK ABOUT AS YOU RUN KEEPS BOUNCING BACK THE LEFT TACKLE IS EXPECTED THE BALL TO GO INSIDE.
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW HE FINDS THE RUNNER ON THE OUTSIDE.
THAT IS THE CORRECT CALL ON THAT PLAY.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 18 ON THE 23.
TACKLED AT THE 15.
IS GOING TO BRING UP THIRD DOWN AND 10.
>> THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL.
GREAT COVERAGE FROM THE SECONDARY.
GOOD PROTECTION BY THE O-LINE.
JUST NOWHERE TO GO.
WINSTON , EXCUSE ME.
>> COACH STEPHENSON SAID WE USE THEM IN THE BIG MOMENTS AND THIS IS A BIG MOMENT.
THEY'VE GOT THEM IN THERE ON DEFENSE.
THIRD DOWN, LET'S CALL IT 11.
THE LINE TO GAIN IS THE FIVE.
GAMBLE PASS COMPLETE, TOUCHDOWN, CARTERSVILLE!
CONNOR BRASSFIELD , HE WAS WIDE OPEN .
THEY WERE UNSUSPECTING .
IT'S HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN CATCH OF THE SEASON.
IT IS 35-34.
>> THE PRESSURE ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE, EVERYBODY IS COMING TO THE PARTY.
AND NICE FIND BY GAMBLE.
NO ONE DISCOVERING HIM.
>> FOR THE TIME.
THE KICK IS UP AND GOOD.
IT IS 35-35.
FACING THIRD AND 11 , CONNOR BRASSFIELD HAD NOT CAUGHT A PASS ALL YEAR.
THEY ARE NOT COVERING HIM, WHY WOULD THEY?
>> HE SNUCK OUT OF THE BACKFIELD RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEFENSE.
IT'S AT A TIME THAT HE RECOGNIZED IT WAS TOO LATE AND HE WAS IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> THAT IS THE PERFECT TIME TO RUN THAT PLAY.
WE ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT NUMBER 44.
>> WHAT A GREAT TIME TO BE ANONYMOUS IF YOU ARE CONNOR BRASSFIELD.
>> TIED AT 35 AND NOW CARTERSVILLE WILL START THIS OVERTIME PERIOD ON OFFENSE.
>> HE'S GOING BACK OUT THERE.
LOOK, COACH, I CAN CATCH ANOTHER.
I THINK THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR HIM THIS TIME.
SO CARTERSVILLE ON OFFENSE TIED UP 35-35 AS WE ARE NOW IN OUR SECOND OVERTIME.
GAMBLE IN THE YEAR.
TOUCHDOWN, CARTERSVILLE!
41-35 .
AND THE FIRST TIME THAT CARTERSVILLE HAS HAD THE LEAD TONIGHT COMES ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE SECOND OVERTIME .
>> A BEAUTIFUL ROUTE HERE BY BRYCE.
MATCHED UP OVER THERE.
A DEEP SLANT ROUTE .
AND NICE FIND BY GAMBLE.
HE CAME INTO THIS GAME MORE OF A GAME MANAGER AND HAS EXPLODED INTO A TOP RIGHT PASSER TRYING TO GET THIS WIN FOR HIS TEAM.
>> RYAN JOHNSON MAKES A 42-35.
AND NOW CALHOUN GOES ON OFFENSE.
THEY ARE TRAILING FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT.
HOW TOUGH IS THAT ?
TO LEAVE AND BE NO LESS THAN TIED THE ENTIRE NIGHT, BUT NOW GOING OUT ON OFFENSE HAVING TO SCORE OR THE GAME BE OVER .
>> WILLIAMS WITH THE FIRST OVERTIME POSSESSION .
I IMAGINE HE'S GOING TO BE A CONSISTENT TARGET IN THIS SET OF DOWNS .
>> HERE COMES CALHOUN ON OFFENSE IN THE FIRST OVERTIME THEY SCORED ON THE FIRST MAP 15 YARD RUN WILLIAMS.
LET'S SEE IF THEY GO BACK TO THEIR THREE STAR RUNNING BACK .
THEY DO .
HE KICKS IT TO THE OUTSIDE.
AND DOWN TO THE FIVE.
THERE IS A FLAG.
WE PROBABLY HAVE A HOLDING.
WAYNE, WHO SEEM A NUMBER IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED IT.
>> I GET THE HIGHS, THAT IS HOW I KNOW IT.
I INSTANTLY RECOGNIZE A HOLDING CALL.
EASILY SEE HERE.
RIGHT THERE, 56 AT THE LINE BY .
>> CHRISTIAN SMITH IN THERE TO BLOCK.
SO CALHOUN KIND OF IN THE POSITION THAT CARTERSVILLE WAS IN DURING THE PREVIOUS OVERTIME.
NOW THEY ARE PLAYING BACK BEHIND THE 20 .
BALL DOWN AT THE 25, FIRST AND 20 .
>> YOU SAW THEM OPEN UP THE PASS .
THEY MAY FIND SOMEWHERE TO GO WITH CURTIS OR WINSTON.
>> TOWNSEND TO THE AIR, DRIVEN OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
THAT IS A 4 YARD PICKUP FOR WINSTON.
>> WHAT A BIG LUXURY AND A BIG TARGET.
A LOT OF NUMBERS TO THROW TO.
SHOWING GREAT HANDS .
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IS GOING TO BE LIKE AS A SENIOR?
>> HE DOES NOT LIKE A SOPHOMORE IN ANY KIND OF WAY .
>> FOUR-STAR TIDING, SEVEN OFFERS.
IT WILL PROBABLY BE ABOUT 40 THE TIME HE GETS TO HIS SENIOR YEAR.
HE MIGHT DOUBLE THEM AFTER TONIGHT.
SECOND DOWN , 16 .
TOWNSEND MOVES UP IN THE POCKET .
DOWN TO THE 13 YARD LINE.
>> TAKING A BIG HIT THERE AT THE END.
>> HE GOT A SHOULDER JAMMED INTO THE DIRT OR THE GRASS , NOT THE DIRT.
>> HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING DOWN THE FIELD, DOING THE SMART THING, TUCKING THE BALL AND RUNNING.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL SIDES GETTING FRUSTRATED.
THE NOSE TACKLE FALLING IN.
A NICE JOB BY HIM PICKING UP SOME YARDAGE.
>> THIRD DOWN AND 8.
AN WINSTON DOWN TO THE SEVEN.
ACTUALLY CURTIS.
HE WAS BURIED UNDER SO MANY PLAYERS I COULDN'T TELL WHO IT WAS.
AND NOW WAS FOURTH DOWN, WE'VE COME DOWN TO ONE PLAY .
FOURTH AND 3.
THE LINE TO GAIN IS THE FIVE.
YOU HAVE TO GET THERE TO KEEP THE GAME GOING.
THE TIMEOUT CALLED BY IF YOU ARE CONNOR FOSTER WHERE YOU THINK THE BALL IS GOING?
>> I WOULD TRY TO GET IT TO WINSTON MYSELF.
HE'S A BIG TARGET.
TURN AROUND AND LET ME HIT YOU WITH THE NUMBERS.
YOU'VE SEEN IT A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THIS SITUATION.
THEY HAVE DONE A DELAY DRAW .
I SAID I WOULD TAKE THE BALL IF I AM TREY TOWNSEND AND TRY TO FIND MY BIG, TIDYING.
>> WHAT IS YOUR BEST FOURTH AND THREE PLAY?
CARTERSVILLE COMING INTO THIS GAME AND NOT EATING UP A FOURTH DOWN CONVERSION THE ENTIRE SEASON .
THE DEFENSE OUT THERE FOR A BIG FOURTH-DOWN ATTEMPT.
RIGHT HERE, GAME ON THE LINE.
CALHOUN AT ONE POINT LEAD 28-7 .
CARTERSVILLE DID NOT TIE IT UP UNTIL FIVE MINUTES REMAINING IN REGULATION.
NOW WE ARE ONE PLAY AWAY FROM A DRAMATIC CARTERSVILLE VICTORY OR ONE PLAY AWAY FROM CALHOUN KEEPING THIS GAME ALIVE.
FOURTH VAN -- AND 3. .
NOW THEY ARE GOING TO CALLING TIMEOUT.
THIS WAS KIND OF LIKE A BASKETBALL OUT OF BOUNDS PLAY .
>> CALHOUN TRYING TO DRUM OFF SIDES, HARD COUNT, GOOD DISCIPLINE BY CARTERSVILLE .
TRYING TO GET THE EASY FIVE HERE WITHOUT HAVING TO DO ANY WORK .
IT IS CALHOUN.
>> HARD TO THINK THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THIS SITUATION.
WE SAW CALHOUN JUMP IN A CRITICAL SITUATION WHEN CARTERSVILLE WAS ABLE TO PULL THAT STUNT.
STILL FOURTH AND 3.
THEY WERE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATES, MEMBERS OF A 1999 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AT CARTERSVILLE .
CHATMAN HAD BEEN AT BEAUFORT FOR 7 SEASONS.
HE WAS HIRED TO BE THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, NOW IN HIS SECOND YEAR IN THAT POSITION.
CONNOR WAS IN DC BEFORE HIM.
FOURTH-DOWN AND THREE FROM THE EIGHT YARD LINE.
GAME ON THE LINE.
TOWNSEND ROLLING.
HE'S GOING TO THROW IT TO WINSTON, HE CATCHES IT AND HE SCORES A TOUCHDOWN!
WAYNE, YOU CALLED IT !
>> WINSTON IS JUST HARD TO STOP IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
A LITTLE ROLLOUT , A NICE JOB OF HIM , THE DEFENSE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE AGGRESSIVENESS .
OUT JUMPING RIGHT THERE TO GRAB THAT BALL .
>> HERE IS THE IMPORTANT PAT .
LOW-PASS WHO HAS MISSED THREE THIS SEASON , ISAAC GREENE, THE HOLDER , AGAINST THE SNAPPER.
THEY GET IT DOWN.
THE KICK IS UP AND IT IS GOOD .
IT IS 42-42.
WE WON'T HAVE ANYMORE PAT KICKS.
WILL BE HEADING TO THE THIRD OVERTIME.
>> I THINK CALHOUN AND CARTERSVILLE WANTED TO PLAY ON FRIDAY AND THEY ARE JUST GOING TO PLAY IT OUT .
THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR ROLLING THE QUARTERBACK .
LETTING THE BIG TIDING SQUEEZE TO THE OUTSIDE .
YOU CAN IMAGINE IN THAT SITUATION IT WILL DRAW A CROWD, OUT JUMPING COCHRAN, , WITH THE CATCH AND THEN THE EXPLOSION TO THE END ZONE.
NOT SURE THAT SKILLED IN THE LOCKER ROOM IS CORRECT .
BIG, EXPLOSIVE.
THREE STAR TIDING CAT.
>> FOUR STAR .
>> EXCUSE ME.
>> SEVEN OFFERS, AS I MENTIONED.
HE WAS AT TENNESSEE LAST WEEKEND .
HE IS A TALENT .
IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING TO WATCH AND PLAY THESE NEXT COUPLE OF SEASONS.
AND COACH SAYS HE STILL THAT GUY THAT DOES THE LITTLE THINGS.
HE STILL DOES A GREAT JOB OF STUDYING THE GAME, HE PICKS UP THE TRASH IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
THE RECRUITING HAVING GOTTEN TO HIM.
IS NOT TOO BIG TO DO THE LITTLE THINGS.
WILLIAMS , INSIDE THE FIVE AND WILLIAMS DOWN TO THE THREE .
>> WILLIAMS HAS FOUND SOME KIND OF WAY TO GET FRESH DURING THIS OVERTIME .
DEFINITELY FOUND SOMETHING ON THE SIDELINE TO GIVE THEM SOME ENERGY.
>> 34 CARRIES FOR 157.
WILLIAMS PULLED HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN .
IT IS 48-42 .
>> A GREAT JOB GETTING BEHIND THAT OFFENSIVE LINE, RUNNING BEHIND , PULLING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.
A GOOD JOB ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LINE.
>> GOING FOR 2 HERE.
WE ARE IN THE THIRD OVERTIME.
I WILL BE INCLINED ONE OF TWO OPTIONS, EITHER GIVE THE BALL TO WILLIAMS OR THROW IT TO WINSTON.
>> THOSE ARE YOUR GO GUYS.
IT IS GO TIME.
YOU SEE WINSTON AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.
>> THE TIMEOUT IS GOING TO BE CALLED .
CALHOUN CALLS THE TIMEOUT FACING THE TWO POINT CONVERSION TRY.
LET'S BACKTRACK THREE HOURS TO WHERE WE START THE GAME .
>> BACK ON OFFENSE, CARTERSVILLE DOWN EIGHT.
THEY WILL HAVE IT FIRST AND GOAL TO GO.
BRYCE WITH THE BIG CATCH, EXECUTED NICELY.
>> HE'S COME ALIVE HERE IN THE LAST QUARTER AND A HALF.
GOOD BLOCKING BY FLETCHER .
SECURE THAT CATCH.
AND NICE JOB GETTING UP THE FIELD.
>> THE BIG TIME SOPHOMORE PLAYING UP IN NORTH GEORGIA LIKE HIS UNCLE, NICK BEASLEY DID.
FIRST AND GOAL TO GO.
IT IS 50-48 .
>> THE CATO WILLIAMS TOUCHDOWN JUST BARRELING HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.
AND NICE JOB BY NUMBER 43 .
JUST RUNNING AND DRAGGING PEOPLE INTO THE END ZONE.
HE WON'T BE DENIED.
>> NOW THE TWO POINT CONVERSION.
CARTERSVILLE HAS TO GET IT TO KEEP THE GAME GOING OR CALHOUN WILL WIN.
JEFFRIES LINES UP NEXT TO GAMBLE.
CARTERSVILLE CALLS THE TIMEOUT .
NOW TO CONVERT ON THE TWO-POINT PLAY OR THE GAME IS OVER.
GOING BACK TO JEFFRIES, HE LOOKED LIKE EVEN AFTER HE SCORED ON THE TOUCHDOWN RUN, HE STILL LOOKS LIKE HE'S NOT 100% WITH THAT LEG.
>> IT DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE WHATEVER IS WRONG WITH THAT LEG, CRAMP OR SORE ANKLE , HE IS NOT PHYSICALLY AS CAPABLE AS WE HAVE SEEN HIM.
HE IS THE GUY THAT HAVE GOTTEN IF HIS HANDS COULD TOUCH THIS BALL ON THIS PLAY, ESPECIALLY BEHIND THIS OFFENSIVE LINE.
>> 25 CARRIES, 160 YARDS.
FOUR TOUCHDOWNS FOR MALACHI JEFFRIES.
ONE PLACE TO KEEP THE GAME GOING.
A TWO POINT CONVERSION TRY FOR THE PROPER HURRICANE.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A MAN-TO- MAN SITUATION.
>> THIRD OVERTIME.
GAMBLE KNOCKED IT IN.
CALHOUN HAS WON AND ENDED CARTERSVILLE 62 GAME REGION WINNING STREAK!
>> RIGHT HERE , THIS CALHOUN DEFENSE .
THREE OR FOUR BODIES IN THE BACKFIELD WITH NOWHERE TO GO.
>> WHAT A VICTORY FOR CALHOUN.
THEY JUMPED OUT TO A 28-7 LEAD AND THEN HELD ON AS CARTERSVILLE TIED UP WITH FIVE MINUTES LEFT IN REGULATION.
THEY OUTLAST THE PROPER HURRICANE IN OVERTIME HITTING ONE MORE TWO-POINT CONVERSION THAN THEY DID.
>> LOOK AT THE BODIES, THE WHITE JERSEYS COMING FROM THAT BACKSIDE.
CHRISTIAN SMITH, WITH CALL THAT NAME A LOT TONIGHT.
MASON FULLER IN ON THE TACKLE AS WELL.
WHAT A TIME FOR THAT DEFENSE TO SHOW UP.
LOOK AT THE REACTION FROM CLAY STEVENSON.
>> HE GETS HIS FIRST WIN EVER AS A HEAD COACH AGAINST CARTERSVILLE .
>> A PACKED HOUSE TONIGHT IN >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAD IN THAT SQUEEZE BOTTLE OVER THERE, BUT HE CAME ALIVE IN OVERTIME.
A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE BY HIM.
YOU CAN SEE THE EMOTIONS.
>> THIS CALHOUN TEAM, LIKE WE'VE SAID BEFORE AT THE START OF THE GAME, 3-2.
THEY HAD AND LOST TWO GAMES IN THEIR FIRST FIVE SINCE THE 2016 SEASON.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN EYE- OPENER FOR THEM AND HUMBLE THEM A LITTLE BIT.
THOSE LOSSES STRONG.
THEY STILL DON'T HAVE A HOME VICTORY, THEY WILL TRY TO GET THEIR FIRST HOME VICTORY NEXT WEEK.
THEY ARE NOW 4-0 ON THE ROAD AND THE BIGGEST ONE IN QUITE SOME TIME COMING TONIGHT 50-48.
YOU SEE THE TEARS, YOU SEE THE EMOTIONS.
KAYDEN WILLIAMS PLAYED HIS GUTS OUT TONIGHT.
HE WILL BE OUR COTTON COMMISSION OR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME AS SOON AS THEY BREAK THAT HUDDLE AND HE CAN GET OVER THERE AND TALK TO NIKKI.
>> THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
HE AND HIS OFFENSIVE LINE REALLY WENT TO WORK, ESTABLISHED THE RUNNING GAME THAT THEY NEEDED TO TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF OF TOWNSEND.
>> AND THE 62 GAME REGION WINNING STREAK DATING BACK TO 2011 FOR CARTERSVILLE WILL END HERE TONIGHT.
IT TOOK THREE OVERTIMES TO STOP IT.
SO CARTERSVILLE DROPS TO 0-1 IN THE REGION.
NO ONE HAS SAID THAT ABOUT THEM IN OVER A DECADE.
CALHOUN CAME OUT FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS, JUMPING OUT TO A THREE TOUCHDOWN LEAVE WITH AN HISTORIC VICTORY, JUST THEIR SEVENTH IN THE ALL-TIME SERIES OUT OF 39 GAMES.
LET'S GO TO NIKKI STANTON BY WITH OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME .
>> THAT'S RIGHT, WE HEARD THE NAME A LOT TONIGHT, KAYDEN WILLIAMS.
I SAW YOU ON THE FIELD AFTER THE TRIPLE OVERTIME.
WHAT ARE YOU FEELING?
>> WE HAVEN'T BEEN THIS TEAM SINCE THE EARLY 2000.
WE'VE PUT IN SO MUCH WORK AND IT PAID OFF.
I'M JUST EMOTIONAL.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT .
WE WENT INTO THREE OVERTIMES, IT'S CRAZY.
>> IT'S A LOT TO REMEMBER.
>> IS A GOOD TEAM, YOU HAD A KILLER NIGHT.
35 CARATS, 160 YARDS, THREE TOUCHDOWNS AND A 2POINTCONVERSION .
>> I HAVE TO DO WHAT IT TAKES I WORK MY BUTT OFF ALL SUMMER.
I WAS TRAINING FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND IT IS PAYING OFF.
>> DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE YOU WANT TO TELL THE FANS AT HOME?
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU WATCHING.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A HURRICANE BUT THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN.
>> THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
GO CELEBRATE WITH YOUR TEAM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR COACH TO SHOW UP.
IT'S BEEN A WILD NIGHT IN THESE GUYS.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME AND THE LAST TIME THEY BE CARTERSVILLE.
KAYDEN WILLIAMS WAS PROBABLY TWO OR THREE.
HE CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THE YELLOWJACKETS BEAT THEM.
>> I WILL TELL YOU THIS, YOU WITH THESE GAMES YOU CAN CRY WHEN YOU GET THAT VICTORY.
HE WELL DESERVES THAT PLAYER OF THE GAME.
WHAT A GREAT JOB EARLY AND LATE HE DID FOR HIS TEAM.
>> HE HAD -2 YARDS IN THE SECOND HALF, BUT CAME ALIVE IN OVERTIME.
>> WE SAW YOU GUYS BE DOMINANT THROUGHOUT OVERTIME.
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD?
>> WE WENT BACK TO WHAT WE WAS DOING EARLY AND JUST HAMMERED IT IN.
I HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT THIS YEAR AND TO GET THIS WIN, >> COACH HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS DISTORT WIN ?
>> THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
WE HAVE 90 KIDS WHO PUT THE HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS PROGRAM.
THIS CAME RIGHT HERE IS ALL THAT MATTERS.
>> IT PUT YOU FURTHER WHEN IT COMES TO THE REGION AND TO THAT PLAYOFF PUSH AND WAS STATEMENT DOES THAT MAKE ?
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF FOOTBALL TO PLAY IN THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A GREAT WIN AND I AM VERY PROUD OF THEM.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO ENJOY THIS ONE .
SUBMIT TALK ARE YOU IN FIRST GRADE AND STILL UP AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY?
>> MY VOICE IS GONE.
>> AND HE MIGHT BE LATE ONE SCHOOL.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN COACH.
>> JOIN US NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AND WE HAVE ANOTHER FABULOUS GAME FOR YOU.
THE LAWYERS TAKE ON THE WALTON RAIDERS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER RECRUITING 2022.
YOU HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF RIVALRY GANGS AND THEY ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE THIS ONE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND GET BACK TO BUSINESS.
WHAT A WIN FOR CALHOUN TONIGHT.
>> YOU GET A LOT OF VOTES FROM THE CALHOUN KIDS.
WHAT A WILD GAME.
50-48 AND CALHOUN WINS IN TRIPLE OVERTIME AND THE IN THE PURPLE HURRICANE DECADE-LONG WHEN HE STREET.
WE CAN ONLY HOPE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT IS AS FUN AS THIS ONE.
50-40 THE FINAL AND CALHOUN IS THE WINNER.
FOR OUR ENTIRE TEAM I AM MATT STEWART, GOOD NIGHT.
STICK AROUND AND JON NELSON AND HANNAH GOODIN IS ON DECK WITH THE GPB POST GAME SHOW .
>> WELCOME TO THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY POST GAME SHOW.
THAT IS JON NELSON AND I AM HANNAH GOODIN AND IF YOU JUST JOINED US IT WAS A HUGE BATTLE BETWEEN CALHOUN AND CARTERSVILLE WITH THE TRIPLE OVERTIME.
JON ARE YOU STILL HANGING IN THERE?
>> THIS POST GAME SHOW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CAFFEINE BECAUSE WE HAVE DEFINITELY HAD OUR FILL AND READY TO TALK TO COACHES ABOUT A WILD NIGHT.
>> IT IS A TWO DAY KIND OF NIGHT.
>> WE HAVE A COACH ON THE LINE THAT IS MORE RESTED THAT WE THAT IS SEAN CALHOUN BECAUSE THEY BEAT LINCOLN OUT OF FLORIDA LAST NIGHT 30-7.
BUT COACH YOU HAVE A BIG REGION BATTLE LOOMING AND YOU ARE IN ONE OF THE TOUGHEST REGIONS IN THE STATE.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOUR TEAM AS YOU ARE 6-0 ON THE YEAR?
>> HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I THINK WE ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
RECORD WISE WE ARE EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
WE ARE ALL 0-0, AND WE ARE GOING INTO OUR OFF WEEK WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED AND THEN WE START THIS REGION SCHEDULED.
AND LIKE YOU SAID HANNAH IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THINGS ARE RIGHT NOW FOR YOU OBVIOUSLY YOUR WEEK ACCELERATED TO PLAYING MIDWEEK.
HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT TO GET EVERYTHING ORCHESTRATED WITH TALLAHASSEE LINCOLN TO GET THAT GAME PLAYED TWO DAYS EARLIER THAN IT NORMALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN?
>> IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
I NEVER WANT TO PLAY ON A WEDNESDAY AGAIN.
MUCH EASIER FOR THE COACHES BUT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE PLAYERS.
WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT ON SUNDAY AND OUR KIDS WAS VERY EXCITED.
THE BIG THING IS WE DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE A GAME.
THEY COULDN'T PLAY IT ON SATURDAY BECAUSE FOREST STATE HAD A HOME GAME.
NOW THE WEATHER WILL BE FANTASTIC, AND WE GOT IT IN AND IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT.
>> WE WISH THAT WE WAS WHERE YOU WAS ON THE COUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING INTO NIGHT AND IT HAS BEEN FUN TO WATCH YOU IN YOUR FIRST SEASON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> HE ACTUALLY HAS A WEEK AND A HALF AND THE NEXT ONE FOR HIM IS CAMDEN COUNTY.
HE HAS SOME TIME TO HEAL SOME WOUNDS FROM A VERY TALENTED SQUAD.
>> COST ACCOUNTING IS A TOUGH PLACE TO COACH.
HE HAS GONE 6-0 AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HIM AND THE TEAM ?
>> HE HAS THE PEDIGREE FROM THAT TIME THERE AND KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE IN THE CAULDRON , AND IT IS A POINT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO THE STAFF IN PARTICULAR, AND YOU HAVE THREE COACHES IN REGION ONE, SEVEN A THAT HAVE TIES TO HIM.
YOU HAVE SEAN CALHOUN AND THE WINNERS REAL CLASSIC, AND NEXT WEEK YOU HAVE COACHES WHO ARE IN 17 A AND KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO MOTIVATE.
>> IN CENTRAL GEORGIA AND LET'S GO TO THE COACH AS GARRETT GRADY IS JOINING US AS THEY WON 56-39 ON WEDNESDAY.
THEY WENT 6-0 ON THE YEAR BUT COACH BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE GAME I KNOW THAT HURRICANE IAN IS BEARING DOWN ON THE COAST.
WHERE ARE YOU AND HOW ARE YOUR PLAYERS AND WHAT IS UPDATE ON THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE THERE?
>> THIS IS NOTHING NEW LIVING ON THE COAST.
THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT BEFORE.
BUT WE WANT TO STAY COMMUNICATING WITH OUR PLAYERS AND FAMILY , AND THEIR SAFETY IS NUMBER 1.
EVERYONE IS DOING GOOD RIGHT NOW.
EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD AND WE WAS BACK HERE LAST NIGHT AND EVERYTHING WAS PUT UP.
EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD RIGHT NOW.
>> COACH THIS IS YOUR FIRST SEASON THERE AND THE GUY CHARGE AT BRUNSWICK, AND WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE YOU TO GET THE KEYS TO THE CAR TAKING OVER?
>> IT IS DEFINITELY BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
I HAVE BEEN WITH COACH FOR NINE YEARS COACHING TOGETHER, AND I STEPPED INTO THIS ROLE AND IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME AND IT IS MY GOAL AS A HEAD COACH.
TO LEAD THIS TEAM HAS BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I'M VERY HAPPY FOR.
EVERYTHING IS GOING REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE GETTING OUR GUYS TO GROW EVERY WEEK AND GET BETTER.
THEY ARE PLAYING WITH A LOT OF HEART RIGHT NOW.
>> COACH BRADY WAS COMMUNICATING WITH YOU DURING THE GAME AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THIS TIME TO CALL IN AND CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCH A SUCCESSFUL SEASON.
WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT ELSE YOU DO THIS YEAR.
>> I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO IN COVERING HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
>> BE SAFE AND BE WELL AND WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU AND KEEP AN EYE ON EVERYTHING GOING ON THERE.
>> THANK YOU AND YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
>> SO COOL OF HIM TO CALL HIM.
WE HEAR THAT THE HURRICANE IS SITTING BRUNSWICK, >> KEEPING AN EYE ON ALL THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE PEOPLE IN FLORIDA.
WITH THE CANCELLATION TO HAPPEN THIS WEEK IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, THAT IS CAUGHT UP WITH THESE TWO TO COACHES.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME POSTPONEMENTS AND NOT REGION TO REGION PLAYING INTO THAT.
YOU HAVE 40 GAMES THAT WAS STUCK ON FRIDAY AND THREE GAMES ON SATURDAY INVOLVING TEAMS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
ONE GAME HAS BEEN SHIFTED TO MONDAY BECAUSE WHAT IS GOING ON.
WE MADE THE POINT EARLIER TODAY AND HANNAH YOU HAVE TO SIT HERE, 132 GAME SHIFTED TO YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
264 SCHOOLS WITH ADMINISTRATORS AND A LOT GOING ON THERE TO MAKE SURE AND OFFICIALS AS WELL, ALL OF THEM PLAYING THE PART TO GET THINGS DONE TO GET A MAJORITY OF THE SCHEDULE PLATE HERE IN GEORGIA.
>> ANOTHER TEAM THAT PLAYED TONIGHT, LET'S GO TO WILL BURN WERE HEAD COACH ERIC GODFREY IS WITH US.
YOU PULLED OUT THE WIN AGAINST SOUTH GWINNETT AND COACH TELL US ABOUT YOUR GAME TONIGHT .
>> WE PROBABLY PLAYED OUR BEST FOOTBALL TONIGHT.
WE MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS FROM LAST WEEK AND WE WORKED ON OUR PRACTICE.
WE CAME OUT PRETTY HOT AND THE KIDS PLAYED PRETTY WELL AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM TONIGHT.
>> I WILL THE EASY CHAIR FEEL FOR YOU AS YOU HEAD INTO THE BYE WEEK?
>> BEING 1-0 IN THE REGION AND IT IS VERY BIG AND DOES FEEL GOOD GOING INTO A BYE WEEK KNOW WE CAN GET THE WIN UNDER OUR BELT.
WE STILL HAVE TO GET BETTER AS WE CAN BE 1-0 THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
THEY HAVE A GOOD MENTALITY TO GET BETTER EACH WEEK.
>> COACH YOU HAVE REALLY TURNED THINGS AROUND THE SEASON.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE KEY TO THAT?
>> INSURANCE HAS HELPED A LOT.
THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT AND THEY ARE ALL IN AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO GET BETTER ALL THE WAY FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE GAME.
IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN FOR SURE.
>> ENJOY THAT COUCH AS WE ARE SO JEALOUS OF YOU RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING IN AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE WEST OF THE REGION SCHEDULE AND I'M SURE WE WILL TALK TO YOU SOON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THEY GO FROM IT USED TO BE THE BOSS CALLING HIM BUT NOW THE COUCH.
SO LAME.
>> YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A TRIPLE OVERTIME GAME?
>> WE NEED TO GET A COUCH.
>> IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ELEVATED.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME BELOW THE LEVEL.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH LOSING AT MILL CREEK AND THAT WAS SIX DAYS AGO.
A TOUGH TURNAROUND AGAINST THE TOP RANKED TEAM, TURNING AROUND AND GETTING THE GAME TONIGHT AGAINST SOUTH GWINNETT.
RIGHT NOW YOU ARE LOOKING AT A TEAM THAT IS 5-1 AND TAKING AFTER THE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR TO BE THE ONE MINUS TO SEE IN REGION PLAY.
THE GAME TO REBOUND.
>> WE SEE THE TICKER AT THE BOTTOM AND FINAL SCORES AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE IS IN THE FINALS AT THIS POINT.
SOMETHING THAT STICKS OUT TO ME IS THE GAME IN LAWRENCEVILLE.
MILL CREEK DEFEATED CENTRAL GWINNETT.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A WAKE- UP CALL FOR WHAT THE BLACK KNIGHTS HAVE BEEN DOING.
YOU GET THREE OR NOT REGION SCHEDULE.
THERE IS A LEVEL OF EXPECTATION, AND I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE DOMINANCE OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN WITH MILL CREEK COMING OUT OF THE BOX.
THEY ARE NOW 6-0 AND SEEING WHAT THEY WANT TO HAVE DONE, AND THE TAKE THE FIRST POSITIVE STEPS AND GETTING READY FOR GAME SIX AND BEYOND.
YOU ARE PUTTING UP A MARKER IF YOU ARE FROM CENTRAL GWINNETT YOU WILL TAKE LESSONS AND APPLY FORWARD TO GET YOU READY FOR THAT RUNNING SEASON TWO FOR THE REMAINING GAMES YOU HAVE ON THE SCHEDULE.
>> ANOTHER GAME LIKE THAT AND TWO OF THE THREE TEAMS WAS PLAYING.
LOTS OF BIG SCORES TONIGHT.
REGION PLAY REALLY BRINGS IT OUT.
>> WHEN HANNAH USES THE R WORD, REGION, THAT IS A GOOD WORD.
WE WAS HEADED TO TRIPLE OVERTIME.
>> WE ARE STILL IN REGULATION.
WE HAVE COACHES CALLING IN RIGHT NOW BUT WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK .
STICK WITH THIS AS MORE TO COME ON THE POST GAME SHOW NEXT.
>> WELCOME FRIDAY POST GAME SHOW.
REMIND YOU TO BUCKLE OF GEORGIA AND IF YOU ARE JOINING US, I AM HANNAH GOODIN AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR CORNER JON?
>> I'M CHECKING TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON AROUND THE STATE WITH A LOT OF KEY MATCHUPS.
CALLAWAY AND COLUMBIA WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.
A WIN OVER ARCHER AND CHECKING ON AND SEEING, WE HAVE NOTICED A LOT OF OFFENSE TONIGHT, AND IN SOME INSTANCES THERE WAS A LOT OF OFFENSE, BUT I THINK IT IS DEFENSE AND QUICK TURNS FOR A LOT OF THESE TEAMS WE ARE LOOKING AT.
>> TIME TO GO TO FORT VALLEY WERE HEAD COACH DARREN MILES IS JOINING US.
THEY PLAYED PEACH COUNTY AND PUT OUT THE WIN TO GO 4-1.
HEY COACH AND WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WIN >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> THERE HE IS, 8-6, AND I THINK IT SPEAKS TO WHERE YOUR DEFENSE IS RIGHT NOW.
WHEN IT COMES TO CARVER ATLANTA, A TOP 10 RIGHT TEAM FOR THE SEASON HEADING AGAIN, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU LIKE TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF AND GAMES LIKE THIS AGAINST A VERY TOUGH PEACH COUNTY TEAM.
WAS IT'S A WAY THAT YOU THOUGHT OF A WORKOUT TONIGHT A SINGLE- DIGIT SCORE?
>> WE DEFINITELY LIKE TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF AND CHALLENGE THE PLAYERS.
THE WIN NIGHT WAS VERY SPECIAL FROM THE FACT THEY WAS ON A ROLL.
THE GUYS ARE WELL COACHED, AND WE NEEDED THAT.
THEY WORK REALLY HARD AND GAVE UP TWO PHIL GOES TONIGHT.
THAT SEEMS TO BE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME.
>> COACH YOU HAVE ONE MORE NOT REGION GAME, AND DID YOU GET TO REGION PLAY AGAINST SANDY CREEK ON OCTOBER 14.
WHAT IS YOUR TEAM NEED TO WORK ON LEADING INTO THAT GAME?
>> PLAY FOUR QUARTERS AND WE PUT UP SEVEN POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF AND 14 POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF.
WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER 40 MINUTES AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.
WE HAD A LOT OF PENALTIES TONIGHT THAT KILLED SOME DRIVES AND THEIR DRIVES ALIVE.
SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON.
>> A GREAT WIN AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING IN ON THE BUS AND I HOPE YOU GET HOME SAFE.
>> 18 SEASONS FOR DARREN MILES AS THE HEAD COACH AT CARVER ATLANTA.
THEY MADE IT TO THE LAST GAME AND FINISHED 11-3 AND IT WAS ONLY THE THIRD TIME THAT CARVER ATLANTA HAD A WINNING SEASON IN HIS 10 YEAR.
HE HAS TURNED AROUND THE PROGRAM AND COMING OUT OF THE BLOCKS AT 3-1.
HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GUYS AND WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT WANT TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES.
COACH MILES AND CARVER HAVE EVOLVED INTO THAT KIND OF A PROGRAM.
WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE PLAYOFFS, YOU MENTIONED GOING UP AGAINST A TEAM LIKE BUFORD, AND YOU WIN THAT ONE 41-16, BUT AT ONE POINT IN THAT GAME YOU IS UP IF YOU WAS CARVER 60-15, AND CARVER ATLANTA IS TO LEARN LESSONS GOING UP AGAINST A TEAM LIKE BUFORD AND YOU GET THE WIN AGAINST A STOUT DEFENSE.
YOU WANT TO TEST YOURSELF ON THE ROAD BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PREPARE YOURSELF.
WITH CARVER ATLANTA THE WAY THINGS ARE FOR THEM THEY ARE IN A MANY REGION.
ONLY FOUR TEAMS IN THAT REGION.
THEY ONLY HAVE THREE REGION GAMES.
COMBINE THAT WITH THE IDEA OF FINDING SEVEN NOT REGION GAMES YOU GET MATCHUPS LIKE THIS.
>> WE GO TO SIX A NOW FOR OUR STREAM GAME.
THIS GAME THE TEAM WAS ONLY A MILE APART AND THEY PLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER TONIGHT PULLING OUT THE WIN 41-10.
HEAD COACH CHRIS PRUITT IS ON THE LINE AND TELL ME ABOUT THIS GAME AND WHAT WAS CLICKING ON OFFENSE.
>> I THINK WE HAD A GOOD PLAN OUR TEAM EXECUTED REALLY WELL.
RUSHED FOR A GOOD NUMBER OF YARDS, AND REALLY OUR HATS ARE OFF TO OUR KIDS AS THE EXECUTED A GREAT GAME PLAN AND WAS HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS.
>> YOU ARE 5-1 RIGHT NOW AS YOU ARE HEADED INTO THE SECOND HALF OF YOUR SCHEDULE.
THE LAST TIME HE WAS ON I WANTED TO ASK YOU FOR A PROGRESS REPORT .
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE CONTINUING TO PROGRESS AND WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE NEEDING SOME WORK AS YOU'RE GETTING INTO THE MEAT OF THE REGION SCHEDULE?
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THAT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE EACH WEEK AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE VICTORY AND NOT SATISFIED WITH BEATING SOMEBODY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON.
WE ARE GOING TO GET ALL OF OUR GOALS THAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO DO.
WE HAVE NINE GAMES LEFT AND WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AND HOPEFULLY OUR KIDS WILL CONTINUE TO BUY IN AND CONTINUE TO GET BETTER EACH WEEK .
>> COACH THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU ARE TWO MINUS OH AND REGION PLAY.
DON'T GO TO JAKARTA MY ALMA MATER THAT YOU PLAY FRIDAY.
>> WE WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEM FOR YOU .
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN .
>> WHY DID I KNOW THAT YOU GOING TO ASK THAT?
>> I WAS ASKING FOR THEM TO NOT DO WHAT THEY HAVE PLAN TO DO.
>> DO YOU SEE HOW THIS IS HERE?
SHE IS ASKING FOR MERCY.
>> THIS IS MY SHOW AND I CAN DO IT.
>> HER SHOW AND IT IS 11:30 PM AT NIGHT, AND SHE WILL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO A CODE FOR A FUTURE MATCHUP, LIKE CAN YOU TAKE IT EASY ON MY ALMA MATER?
I NEVER ANTICIPATED THAT COMING FROM HANNAH WHEN IT COMES TO DISCUSSING LASSITER HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT HANNAH WANTS.
>> A BIG WIN TONIGHT 40-14.
>> LASSITER WITH THE WIN TONIGHT AND THEY ARE 3-2 GOING UP AGAINST 5-1 ROSS WELL NEXT WEEK.
WE WILL HAVE THIS ONE CIRCLED ON THE POST GAME SHOW TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT HAPPENS HERE, AND WE WILL SEE IF CHRIS PRUITT LIVES UP TO HIS PROMISE ABOUT TAKING IT EASY ON LASSITER .
>> I DON'T THINK HE PROMISED ANYTHING.
HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
>> I THOUGHT I HEARD HIM SAY HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
>> WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING AROUND THE STATE IN FOOTBALL?
>> A LOT OF BIG GAMES TONIGHT AND WE HAD MATCHUPS ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
YOU HAVE RAVEN COUNTY WHO CONTINUES THEIR TRACK AROUND THE STATE.
HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS TEAM IS ROAD READY.
HE GOES TO FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN AND I FIGURE WE WILL DISCUSS ALL THREE TEAMS THAT YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH GO DRIVER AND MID IRON AND GO AMONG ALL THREE.
FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN LOSES TONIGHT .
THEY WANT TO TEST HIMSELF ON THE ROAD AND FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WILL RESPOND TO THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS TONIGHT.
YOU HAD CALLAWAY KNOCKING OFF COLUMBIA TONIGHT.
A BIG WIN FOR THE CAVALIERS BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN COLUMBIA HAS HAD A GREAT START THIS SEASON, MASHED UP WITH CALLAWAY AS WELL.
THEY GET THE WIN AGAINST A VERY TOUGH COLUMBIA TEAM TONIGHT.
THAT IS JUST TWO OF THE ONE OF 12 MATCHES WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON.
>> LET'S GO TO COVINGTON AND WE US.
THEY BEAT NEWTON 26-0 TO GO BY -1 ON THE YEAR.
SO COACH WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AFTER THIS ONE?
>> IT WAS A BATTLE AND BOTH TEAMS PLAYED REALLY HARD TONIGHT.
WE STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT IN THE FIRST HALF AND CHALLENGE THE KIDS AT HALFTIME AND THEY COME OUT IN THE SECOND HALF, AND PROBABLY WAS ONE OF OUR BETTER HALVES OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON.
>> WE ASKED ABOUT PROGRESSION HERE A LOT ON THE SHOW.
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE SECOND HALF OF YOUR SCHEDULE?
WITH THE WIN YOU ARE ON THE BACK OF YOUR SCHEDULE AT 5-1 WITH FOUR GAMES LEFT ON YOUR SCHEDULE.
WHERE YOU THINK YOU ARE RIGHT NOW COACH CARTER?
>> I STILL THINK WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WE ARE.
YOU ARE TO THE POINT IN THE SEASON WHERE YOU KNOW SOMETHINGS, AND I DO THINK WE ARE IN ONE OF THE HARDEST REGIONS.
WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET HERSELF A BETTER PLAYING, AND NOT WORRY WHO IS NEXT BUT JUST GET BETTER.
>> BEFORE WE LOSE YOUR SIGNAL LET'S SEE THE GUYS BEHIND YOU.
WHICH BUS ARE YOU ON?
>> THE DEFENSIVE BUS.
>> THEY ARE NOT ASLEEP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING IN COACH.
>> THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU.
>> COACH CARTER ON THE DEFENSIVE BUS AFTER THE EFFORT TONIGHT AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE THEY ARE HANGING OUT WITH THE DEFENSIVE GUYS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAME OUT WITH EFFORT THEY DID TONIGHT.
HE HAS A BYE WEEK NEXT WEEK >> WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT GRAYSON THIS SEASON?
>> YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM ADAM CARTER, AND IT IS TRYING TO GET YOURSELF ACQUAINTED WITH WHO YOU ARE BEFORE YOU GET INTO THE SECOND SEASON.
YOU START WITH MARIETTA AND GET A 20 POINT WIN.
THEN YOU PLAY EAGLES LANDING AND ONCE AGAIN ANTICIPATED.
BECAUSE NO ONE WILL PLAY YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR PEDIGREE YOU END UP WITH TWO GAMES ON THE BOARD WITH SOUTH CAROLINA.
SHUT THEM OUT 28-0 AND THEN YOU PLAY SPARTANBURG AT HOME AND PUT 51 ON THEM.
I THINK THE GAME WITH A BIT OF A WAKE-UP CALL, AND WE TALKED TO TEAMS TONIGHT ABOUT BEING CHALLENGED AFTER LOSSES AND HOW DO YOU RESPOND?
GRAYSON LOSES LAST WEEK.
REGION PLAY AGAINST NEWTON AND HOW DO YOU RESPOND?
YOU COME OUT SLOW OUT OF THE BLOCKS AND YOU ARE CHALLENGED BY ADAM CARTER, AND YOU GET THE WIN AND YOU HAVE EARNED ON A SHORT TURNAROUND, YOU GO ON THE ROAD AND THEN TURN AROUND FIVE DAYS LATER AND PLAYED THIS GAME TO GET A SHUT OUT.
>> IF YOU WAS FOLLOWING US THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WE HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD WHERE WE HAVE OUR TOP FIVE GAMES WE ARE WATCHING THROUGH THE NIGHT AND ONE OF THOSE WE HAVE MENTIONED WITH MILL CREEK VERSUS CENTRAL GWINNETT, AND WE HAVE THE HEAD COACH JOINING US NOW.
THIS WAS BETWEEN TWO UNBEATEN TEAMS.
YOU NOW GO 5-0 AND YOU ARE ON TOP OF REGION EIGHT .
HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO PULL OUT A BIG WIN OVER A REGION OPPONENT?
OF THE GAME THEY CAME TO PLAY TONIGHT.
HE THREW FOR 300 YARDS AND HAYDEN CLARK HAD A GREAT NIGHT.
THREE GUYS WITH TOUCHDOWN SCORING IN PASSING, AND SPECIAL TEAMS HAD A BLOCK OF A POINT- AFTER-TOUCHDOWN.
>> I ADMITTED, AND I'M GOING TO PULL RANK HERE.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP.
>> WE WILL ALLOW IT JON.
>> ONE IS ABOUT THE REGION PLAY AT WORK AND YOU THINK YOU ARE RIGHT NOW ?
NOW CENTRAL, COACH WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE AS A TEAM GOING INTO YOUR BYE WEEK ?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION AND I THINK WE ARE A WELL-ROUNDED OFFENSE, AS WE CAN THROW THE BALL AND RUN IT, AND OUR DEFENSE IS PLAYING FAST AND PHYSICAL AND WE HAVE SOME WEAPONS ON DEFENSE.
REALLY THE TOUGH PART IS OUR NON-REGION SCHEDULE HAS PREPARED US FOR A TOUGH REGION SCHEDULE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE STATE CHAMPIONS IN OUR REGION, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO WORK IN THE OFF WEEK, AND GET READY TO GO 1-0 THE NEXT WEEK.
>> THE REASON I PULLED RANK IS I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT A PARTICULAR MOMENT THAT HAPPENED TONIGHT AND I SHOWED IT TO HANNAH THE MOMENT WE CAME ON THE DAY FOR THE POST GAME.
YOU GOT TO ESCORT SOMEBODY BECAUSE IT IS HOMECOMING AT MILL CREEK, AND WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN ESCORT FOR SOMEONE THAT IS VERY SPECIAL TO YOU ?
>> IT IS UNBELIEVABLE AND I HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR 27 YEARS, AND TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE WITH MY DAUGHTER, I THINK I SHOWED YOU A PICTURE, AND I PRESS BOX, AND SHE WOULD JUST SIT IN MY LAP, AND TO SEE HER AS A FRESHMAN, IT WAS SPECIAL FOR HER BEING THE HOMECOMING , AND FOR ME TO ESCORT HER IT WAS SPECIAL TO ME.
I GOT A PICTURE AND IT MAKES THE SPECIAL TOO.
>> CONGRATULATIONS COACH BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH A SPECIAL MOMENT AND WE'RE HAPPY FOR THE WIN AND YOUR DAUGHTER AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
>> THANK YOU AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB WITH HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.
I LOVE YOU FOR THE COVERAGE OF GEORGIA.
>> THANK YOU COACH.
I STARTED MY NIGHT WITH JOSH LOVELADY AND WE IN THE NIGHT WITH JOSH LOVELADY.
VERY COOL AND WE WILL HAVE VISUAL EVIDENCE OF THIS ON COUNTDOWN TO KICK OFF NEXT WEEK TO TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HAVE JOSH LOVELADY IS COURTING HIS DAUGHTER.
VERY COOL STUFF THAT WE GOT TO SEE TONIGHT.
THAT IS WHAT HOMECOMING IS ALL ABOUT.
>> EVERY THURSDAY FACEBOOK LIVE WITH JON AND I AND DO NOT MISS IT.
WE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WITH A WHILE GAME AS WALTON PULLED OUT THE WIN WITH A LAST-MINUTE FIELD GOAL 51-49.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE FEATURED ON OUR FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK NEXT FRIDAY.
>> FOOTBALL FRIDAY AND ONCE AGAIN AND WALTON A LOT OF OFFENSE.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE WITH THIS COLLISION OF STYLE ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:30 PM.
THEM WHEN WE KNOW WHAT OUR WHISKEY MS. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW SO YOU CAN HAVE YOUR MULTI SCREEN EXPERIENCE FOR ANOTHER FOOTBALL FRIDAY.
>> UNDEFEATED AND 5-0, AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO FEATURE THEM.
>> THE CARDINALS HAVE HAD A FANTASTIC START TO THE SEASON AND WE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE WHAT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO BUILD WITH THE MUSTANGS.
>> 11:41 PM FOR THOSE OF YOU STILL WATCHING AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
THIS WAS A REALLY FUN ONE JON.
>> I HAVE CAFFEINE WAITING ON ME ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR HEADING FOR HOME .
>> THAT IS JON NELSON AND I AM HANNAH GOODIN AND FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CONTROL ROOM AND WE HAVE DIRECTORS HANGING IN THERE AND THE WHOLE CREW MUCH AND WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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