Football Fridays in Georgia
Coffee at Creekside 2021: Postgame Show
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Hannah Goodin checks in with coaches and reporters about HSFB around the state.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> WELCOME IN TO OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA POSTGAME SHOW PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, WE JUST WITNESSED A GREAT GAME OF COFFEE AT CREEKSIDE.
CREEKSIDE TAKING THE WIN AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT GAMES GOING ON TONIGHT.
I'M NIKKI PALMER IN THE GPB STUDIOS IN ATLANTA AND WE'VE GOT A LOT COMING YOUR WAY.
SO GET COMFORTABLE.
GET IN YOUR FAVORITE SEAT IN THE HOUSE OR WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING US FROM.
GRAB YOUR SNACK AND WE'VE GOT A LOT COMING YOUR WAY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING IN OUR PAL TO BANTER THE BRACKETS WITH ME.
JOHN NELSON, WELCOME IN.
ARE YOU READY TO DO THIS THING?
ROUND ONE OF THE PLAYOFFS AND WE'VE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND A LOT OF PAPER TO GO THROUGH.
>> A LOT OF PAPER TONIGHT TO GO THROUGH.
EVEN MORE PAPER TOMORROW TO GO THROUGH AND THAT'S WHERE WHEN WE BRING IN OUR FIRST GUEST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THE OTHER PAPERS WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THIS DISCUSSION WHEN WE BRING IN COACHES WHO ARE PLAYING TOMORROW.
REMEMBER, NOT EVERYONE PLAYED TONIGHT.
NOT EVERYONE IS PLAYING TOMORROW BECAUSE OF BUYS AND SINGLE A ET CETERA, 6A, THEY PLAY TOMORROW.
THE DECISION AT THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION PLAYED TO HAVE THE TOP OFFICIATING CREWS FOR ALL OF THE HOME GAMES THIS FIRST ROUND.
AFTER THE FIRST ROUND, THEN EVERYBODY GOES BACK TO FRIDAY.
SO NEXT FRIDAY IS WHEN JONATHAN GOETZ OF EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN WILL STEP TO THE FLOOR AND INITIALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE HERITAGE AS HIS FIRST ROUND MATCH-UP BUT YOU, SIR, WILL BE WAITING LIKE THE REST OF US TO FIGURE OUT THE WINNER OF ATHENS ACADEMY.
THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US ON THE POSTGAME SHOW.
>> THANK YOU GUYS.
WE HAD A NICE FRIDAY NIGHT OFF.
NICE WEEKEND OFF.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN, I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT THAT WIN/LOSS RECORD OF THE CHARGERS AND SAY THERE'S A BIGGER NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF THE DASH THAN THE LEFT OF THE DASH BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF TWO FACTORS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO KIND OF WORK WITH ON THE FLY.
FACT YOU'RE TRULY A MINI REGION AND YOU GUYS ARE HAVING TO SCHEDULE TEAMS FROM OUT OF STATE TO FILL IN THAT TEN GAME GRID, HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO BE EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN RIGHT NOW?
>> IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.
YOU'VE GOT TO FIND EIGHT GAMES.
YOU'VE GOT TWO GAMES IN YOUR REGION AND THEN YOU HAVE TO FIND EIGHT GAMES.
SO WE FOUND OURSELVES PLAYING WOODWARD, BLESSED TRINITY.
I FELT LIKE I WENT THROUGH THE 5A STATE PLAYOFFS ALREADY.
BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
YOU KIND OF JUST ROLL WITH IT AND HOPEFULLY, YOU CAN WIN YOUR REGION AND THEN GET ROLLING IN THE PLAYOFFS.
>> COACH, YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE MANY A TIME.
WHAT MAKES THIS YEAR DIFFERENT FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM?
>> I DON'T KNOW, IF IT'S ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE HAD RECORDS OF BEING 4-6 BEFORE AND WE MADE IT TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST, THE TOUGH PARTS KEEPING YOUR TEAMS TOGETHER.
HEY, WE'RE NOT A BAD TEAM.
WE LOST TO WOODWARD BY THREE.
BLESSED TRINITY BY THREE.
WE'RE VERY COMPETITIVE AND HOPEFULLY, THE GOAL FOR EVERYBODY THAT YOU'RE PLAYING YOUR BEST FOOTBALL IN PLAYOFF TIME IN NOVEMBER, IN DECEMBER AND THAT'S HOPEFULLY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> WHEN YOU'RE IN A SITUATION THAT IS CHALLENGING AS YOU ARE, HOW CHALLENGING IS IT FOR YOU AND THE COACHING STAFF KNOWING THE EXPECTATION LEVEL YOU HAVE ON YOURSELVES AND HAVING TO DO ALL OF THESE OTHER EXTERNAL THINGS TO CHASE A CHAMPIONSHIP EVERY SINGLE YEAR?
>> YEAH, IT'S REALLY HARD.
YOU KNOW, AS COACHES, WE HAVE THE PATH THAT SHOWS, OKAY, WE CAN LOSE GAMES AND STILL MAKE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS, STILL MAKE IT TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BUT YOU HAVE A NEW GROUP OF PARENTS AND KIDS EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT MAYBE HAVE NOT BEEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME ENCOURAGING AND MOTIVATING AND JUST TRYING TO HOLD IT ALL TOGETHER AND CREATING BELIEF, BUT I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE THIS GROUP I HAVE, I DO FEEL LIKE THEY'VE HELD IT TOGETHER AND I DO THINK WE'RE PLAYING OUR BEST FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW.
>> LOVE IT, COACH.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THAT BEST FOOTBALL FOR EAGLES LANDING NEXT WEEK.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
HOPEFULLY WE TALK TO YOU NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
>> TAKE IT EASY, COACH.
SO JOHN, WE'RE HAVING A TICKER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
IF YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT SCORES OR UPDATING YOUR BRACKET AT HOME, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TICKER AND UPDATE AWAY.
JOHN, YOU WERE REFERENCING THAT THERE'S A FEW TEAMS NOT PLAYING THAT WOULD BE THE SINGLE "A," PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.
WE HEARD FROM COACH JONATHAN GOETZ FROM EAGLES LANDING.
ANY OTHER MATCH-UPS WE SHOULD BE CIRCLING AND PAY ATTENTION TO NEXT WEEK?
>> SINCE WE LOVE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN EQUALLY HERE AT GPB, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MATCH-UPS AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THE BRACKETS AT THE END OF THE SHOW AS WELL TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE LAY OF THE LAND.
A COUPLE OF KEY MATCH-UPS THAT ARE TWO THREES, STRATFORD ACADEMY.
THAT'S ONE WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT AS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY, FROM JONATHAN'S PERSPECTIVE, WHO'S HE GOING TO BE PLAYING?
ATHENS ACADEMY WHO'S HOSTING?
THAT'S A GAME A LOT OF FOLKS WILL HAVE ON THEIR SPOT.
SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN GOING TO SQUARE, ONE TO KEEP AN EYE ON LOW LEFT.
YOU LOOK AT ATHENS CHRISTIAN AND ST. FRANCIS, THE WINNER OF THAT ONE.
A FIRST ROUND BYE.
THEY WAIT FOR THAT MATCH-UP AND EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN IN THE SEMIFINALS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
A COLLISION COURSE FOR FOLKS AS THEY FILL OUT THEIR BRACKET ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, A COUPLE OF OTHER TEAMS GIVE YOU A MINI BRACKET IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND PART WHEN IT COMES TO SINGLE A PRIVATE.
CAVALRY, BUT THE OTHER SECTION, WE DEAL WITH WESLEYAN AND UPPER RIGHT TO YOU HAVE THREE TOP TEN TEAMS, CAVALRY.
ALL IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND SECTION.
THE CURSORY CLASS A PRIVATE.
>> SO, JOHN, ON THE LINE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NONE OTHER THAN PRINCE AVENUE'S GREG, A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF OUR SHOW.
THEY TECHNICALLY WON BY FORFEIT, COACH.
YOU GUYS ARE 10-1.
WOLVERINES LOOKING GOOD HEADING INTO THIS NEXT WEEK, COACH.
HOW'S IT LOOKING?
>> RESTED, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK.
>> AND SO, OF COURSE, SINCE COACH VANDER GRIP WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT A RUNDOWN AND FORMAT, HE KNEW THAT WE WERE LEAVING OUT HIS BRACKET GETTING INTO THIS CONVERSATION, SO HE GETS TO KEEP EVERYBODY HEALTHY FOR ONE MORE WEEK AND THEN HOW MUCH SCOUTING WERE YOU ABLE TO DO TONIGHT, YOU AND YOUR STAFF WITH BROOKSTONE AND WHAT WAS THE SCOUTING PROCESS LIKE WITH THAT RIGHT THERE WITH YOU KNOWING THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE NEXT WEEK?
WHAT'S THE SCOUTING PROCESS LIKE ON AN OFF WEEK WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING NEXT WEEK?
>> YOU CAN GET A LOT OF VIDEO, SO WE HAVE VIDEO OF BROOKSTONE AND WHITFIELD.
SO WE SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS SCHEMING EACH ONE OF THEM.
BROOKSTONE RUNS, SO A COUPLE OF DAYS LOOKING AND THEN WHITFIELD RUNS THE SPREAD.
THOSE GUYS PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT.
OUR WHOLE STAFF WATCHING THE GAME.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT THE REST OF YOUR PARTICULAR BRACKET, DOWN BELOW YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING AT FPD, MOUNT VERNON AND AQUINAS AND A LOT OF FOLKS, IF THEY LOOK AT THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE BRACKET AND LOOKING ABOVE YOU AS WELL AND LOOKING AT THOSE THREE RANKED TEAMS THAT YOU COULD BE FACING IF YOU MAKE YOUR WAY INTO GAME 14 OR THAT SEMIFINAL ROUND.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR HALF OF THE BRACKET, WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE CHALLENGES THAT COULD BE FACING AND ALL THAT OTHER COMPETITION THERE WITH YOU ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE?
>> WELL, I THINK OUR SCHEDULES SETS UP WELL FOR US.
WE PLAY FIVE TOP TEN TEAMS THIS YEAR.
SO YOU PLAY THOSE GAMES TO HELP PREPARE YOU FOR WEEK 13 AND 14, SO WHEN YOUR KIDS FACE PRESSURE, YOU'VE ALREADY HOPEFULLY DONE THAT AND PREPARED FOR IT.
AS WE LOOK FORWARD, IF THINGS GO AS THEY SHOULD, WE THINK WE PROBABLY GET FTD, THE THIRD ROUND AND THEN A REMATCH THIS SEASON.
>> COACH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME SO MUCH.
THANKS FOR JUST TAKING THE TIME TO CALL IN.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING YOU FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON AND BEST OF LUCK.
>> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS DO FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
>> OF COURSE, COACH.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DISRUPTION, IF YOU WILL.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW DISRUPTIVE GAMES TODAY.
A FEW UPSETS, IF YOU WILL.
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH SOME THAT TOOK YOU BY SURPRISE?
>> JEFFERSON, REALLY.
THAT ONE IS THE ONE THAT LEAKS OUT TO YOU.
AND WITH THAT ONE, YOU KNOW THAT CHARTER AND WINSTON GORDON, THEY WANT TO, DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS ARE, SLOW THINGS DOWN AND TRY TO TURN THINGS INTO WHAT WE SAW WITH CREEKSIDE HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR GAME WITH COFFEE THAT WAS JUST ON THE AIR WITH US AT GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING WHERE THEY WANT TO SLOW THINGS DOWN, MILK THE CLOCK AND KEEP WITH THE JEFFERSON OFFENSE AND TURNED INTO A DEFENSIVE GAME.
LATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
GETS THE LATE SCORE AND THEY DON'T GET THE 2 POINT CONVERSION BUT THEY HOLD ON TO WIN AND A LOT OF FOLKS, I MEAN, A LOT OF FOLKS SITTING THERE THINKING, OKAY, COMING OUT OF ONE SIDE, JEFFERSON IS AN ANGRY TWO SEED COMING OUT OF THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
HAZEL CHARTER WITH ONE OF THE SIGNATURE WINS FOR ME TONIGHT WITH THE FINALS TRICKLING IN.
>> GOOD STUFF.
TOLD FROM CLARK CENTRAL IS ON THE LINE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN.
HOW DID YOUR TEAM GET IT DONE TONIGHT?
>> JUST A FAST START?
KIDS PLAYED WELL AND KIND OF SET THE TEMPO FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT.
>> WHEN YOU'RE IN A REGION LIKE THE ONE YOU'RE IN, THIS SEASON WHERE YOU GUYS WERE HITTING FULL SONG AND REGION PLAY AND THEN THE REST OF IT WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTE, I MEAN, IT WAS A JUMBLE HEADING INTO THE LAST WEEK OF THE REGENTS SCHEDULE.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE THE TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIGHTING TO BE THE TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO SEE THE ACTION BEHIND YOU SINCE YOU HAD CLINCHED REGENTS SO QUICKLY?
>> IT WASN'T EASY.
WE HAD TEAM ROAD WINS.
AND THAT, WE WERE IN GOOD SHAPE.
BUT IT WAS COMPETITIVE REGION AND A LOT OF GOOD TEAMS, THEY GOT BEAT.
SO THAT WAS SURPRISING AND I DON'T KNOW THE OTHER SCORES.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT JACKSON DID, BUT THERE WERE SOME GOOD FOOTBALL TEAMS IN OUR REGION AND IT WAS PRETTY BALANCED.
WE WERE FORTUNATE AND GOT OFF TO A GOOD START AND HAVE PLAYED REALLY WELL ON THE ROAD.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE MATCH-UP AND WHAT CAN COW SAY IN ORDER TO PULL OUT A WIN FOR THEM?
>> THEY LIKE TO RUN THE BALL.
WE HAVE A LITTLE ON THEM, OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL GET SOME MORE BUT THEY'VE BEEN IN THIS SECOND, THIRD ROUND.
THEY KNOW HOW TO THIS TIME OF YEAR AND FORTUNATELY FOR US, WE'RE AT HOME.
SO I THINK WE'LL BE READY.
I THINK A COUPLE OF GUYS DINGED UP TONIGHT.
REALLY PLAYING WELL AND HOPEFULLY, WE CAN KEEP MOVING DOWN THAT PATH.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST ON YOUR NEXT GAME AND WE'LL TALK TO YOU SOON.
>>.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
>> YEAH.
HEY, JOHN, LET'S CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER 2A TEAMS.
WHAT WE HAVE IN QUAD.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THAT QUADRANT?
>> LET ME FIND THAT SHEET OF PAPER.
>> IT WAS AN INTERESTING NIGHT.
ONE OF THE TESTY TWO THREES.
FANNAH AND BREEMAN AND THE COUNTY REBELS PUT IT DOWN SECOND HALF, THEY GO ON TO WIN.
SO THEY GET THEIR REMATCH, THIS ONE IN THE MOUNTAINS NEXT WEEK.
GOING TO BE BIG WITH THE UP TOP AND LOVE IT IN COMPLETE CONTROL TONIGHT OVER UNION COUNTY.
THEY PUT UP THE BIG NUMBERS THERE.
TO THE SECOND ROUND AND PUTNAM WITH THEIR CONTINUED SEASON KNOCKING OFF EAST WARRENS AND WILL HAVE TO GO ON THE ROAD TO EATONTON AND ADDING TO THE RIGHT OF THE DASH.
FANTASTIC SEASON FOR PUTNAM COUNTY BUT I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS LOOK AT FITZGERALD AND FANNING COUNTY IN THE MOUNTAIN THERE.
>> SPEAKING OF FITZGERALD, WE ACTUALLY HAVE COACH PRUITT ON THE LINE, COACH, 15-6.
YOU GUYS WON THIS REGULAR SEASON MATCH-UP AND YOU CAME OUT VICTORIOUS AGAIN.
WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE THIS GAME?
>> WELL, IT WAS A HARD FOUGHT GAME.
YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THE FIRST GAME WE BEAT 15-6 AND THEY COME BACK TO GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO PLAY AND 15-6 AND KIND OF TIT FOR TAT AND ABLE TO SCORE IN THE SECOND HALF AND GO UP 15-0.
A LATE TOUCHDOWN, MAKE IT 15-6 AND WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD ON.
THEY'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD TEAM, A REALLY STRONG DEFENSE AND THEY GAVE US ALL WE WANTED AND A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE.
>> AND YOU'RE DOING IT, COACH, IN ONE OF THE TOUGHEST REGIONS IN THE STATE.
I THINK REGARDLESS OF CLASSIFICATION, I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE DRAWN TO YOU AND THEY'RE DRAWN TO THOMASVILLE THERE IN REGION ONE.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE TWO OF YOU.
YOU'VE HAD TO DO THINGS IN A VERY HARD-FOUGHT REGION TO GET THAT HOME GAME THERE AT JC STADIUM IN ROUND ONE.
>> OUR REGION WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT.
REGION SCHEDULE DIFFICULT.
TESTED FOR SURE.
RIDING THE BOOK OF UGLY WINGS RIGHT NOW BUT AT THIS POINT IT WILL TAKE YOU AND A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT BUT GO BACK TO WORK.
SO REALLY PROUD OF OUR KIDS AND IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE YOU SURVIVE IN ADVANCE AND FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT TONIGHT.
>> COACH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WIN.
GOOD LUCK AGAINST FANA NEXT WEEK, WE'LL BE WATCHING AND HOPEFULLY TALK TO YOU SOON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK Y'ALL.
>> JOHN, LET'S GO AHEAD.
GOT YOUR QUADS READY?
SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER ONE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO 3A, IF YOU WILL.
TOP LEFT.
THAT ONE IS COMPLETE.
>> I'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
>> WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAKE IT AWAY?
>> SOUTHEAST BULLOCK GETS THE WIN IN BROOKLYN.
MIKE AND THE BLUE TIDE WITH THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY THAT THEY GO TO BROOKLYN.
THE 29-22 AT HOME IN WATKINSVILLE.
OCONEE COUNTY, THE PACK A LUNCH AND A DINNER TRIP FOR THEM AS OCONEE COUNTY TAKES ON CHRIS, A MASSIVE SECOND ROUND MATCH-UP IN TRIPLE A.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE COUGARS LOOK FANTASTIC IN THE SHUTOUT TO 8-3.
JOHN, HANG TIGHT.
DO NOT GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THE BRACKET BANTER, IF YOU WILL, COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.
STICK TO OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA POST-GAME SHOW PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> SCORES ALL AROUND THE STATE, IN ROUND ONE OF THE PLAYOFFS.
ROUND TWO GEARING UP AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A TICKER AT THE BOTTOM PORTION OF YOUR SCREEN.
ALL THE UPDATED SCORES BUT NOW WITH JOHN NELSON.
LET'S GO THROUGH SOME OF THE BRACKETS.
WE COVERED A FEW OF THEM ALREADY BUT LET'S LOOK AT 7A.
A FEW GAMES THAT ENDED EARLY.
AS WE'RE FILLING OUT THAT 7A BRACKET IN THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER.
WHAT YOU GOT FOR ME?
>> DOUBLE UP TIP TONIGHT.
FIRST SEASON AS HEAD COACH OF THE BLUE DEVILS ENDS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS AS MARIETTA GETS TO DO THEIR BIG WIN BY MILTON.
45-14.
FIRST TIME IN THE PLAYOFFS IN QUITE SOME TIME SINCE THE MID '90s.
SO NEXT WEEK, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MARIETTA TRAVEL TO MILTON IN ROUND TWO AS THEY ADVANCE TO THE SECOND LINE.
BELOW THEM, WEST FORSYTH, MILCREEK PUTS 49 ON THE BOARD.
IT TOOK TWO OVERTIMES TO BEAT SOUTH GWINNETT.
THE FINAL SCORE THERE WAS 34-28 IN DOUBLE OVERTIMES.
SO IN YOUR UPPER LEFT SECTION OF THE BRACKET, MAIR YET THAT TRAVELS TO MILTON AND MILCREEK HAS TO TRAVEL.
MILL CREEK IS YOUR TWO.
THEY TRAVEL TO CATCH UP WITH FRANKLIN STEVENS AND THAT APPARENTLY UPPER BRACKET WAS BROUGHT BY THE LETTER.
PUBLIC BROADCASTING.
>> THAT GAME WAS APPARENTLY WILD FOLLOWING IT ON TWITTER WHILE WATCHING OUR GAME.
DOUBLE OVERTIME.
INSANE.
>> ONCE AGAIN.
NOT THE ONLY GAME THAT'S GONE TO FREE FOOTBALL TONIGHT BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOU GET INTO THIS SEASON AND YOU'RE GETTING THESE WILD RESULTS THAT ARE COMING HERE IN THIS FIRST ROUND AND SEEING WHO'S ADVANCING TO THE SECOND LINE ON THE DASH AS WE ALL FILL OUT OUR BRACKETS.
IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING EVENING SO FAR.
>> IT'S GOING TO KEEP GETTING INTERESTING.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND BRACKET.
A MATCH-UP THAT'S CIRCLED.
>> RIGHT THERE.
>> SO EXCITING WITH WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
>> THE FIRST ONE RIGHT THERE ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
AND THE PACKERS SEASON IS DONE LOSING 41-17.
WALTON HAD A BIG LEAD IN THIS ONE AND THEY KEPT THEIR DISTANCE.
SO THE WALTON RAIDERS.
THEY ARE THE ROAD WARRIORS SO FAR.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN THIS WEEK.
ARCHER PUT 46 ON THE BOARD.
THEY BEAT ALPHARETTA.
46-7.
WALTON AND ARCHER ADVANCING TO LINE NUMBER TWO.
ALSO IN THAT MINI BRACKET DOWN LOW, NORTH GWINNETT BASICALLY DOUBLES UP SOUTH FORSYTH BY THE SCORE OF 15.
THEY, HOWEVER, GO TO BROOKWOOD NEXT WEEK.
52 ON NEWNAN TONIGHT.
THEIR 3 SEED GOING TO ARCHER TO TAKE ON ANDY DIER AND THEN TAKE ON PHILIP JONES AND THE BROOKWOOD BRONCOS.
WALTON AT ARCHER.
NORTH GWINNETT AND THEN LINE NUMBER TWO.
>> GOOD STUFF.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS TRAIN ROLLING.
LET'S LOOK AT 7A TOP RIGHT.
TOP LEFT, BOTTOM RIGHT.
>> IT'S ALL GOOD.
DISTANCED HIMSELF EARLY.
THEY HAD THE GAME IN CONTROL.
SO GRAYSON ADVANCES AS WELL TO THE SECOND ROUND.
THEY'LL HAVE TO GO TO DENMARK.
NORTH OF ATLANTA AND THEY'LL PLAY THE DANES.
PUT UP A BIG NUMBER TONIGHT ON MOUNTAINVIEW, GRAYSON AT DENMARK IN ROUND NUMBER TWO.
ROSWELL BEATS MEADOW CREEK.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS 52-0 AT THE BREAK AND SO ROSWELL IS YOUR 2 SEED.
THEY WIN, BUT NOW THEY GET TO GO TO NORTH COBB AND EMORY, NORTH COBB BEATS CAMDEN COUNTY.
44-6 TO UPPER RIGHT.
GRAYSON AT DENMARK IN ROUND TWO.
ROSWELL, WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA HERE IN 2021.
TRAVELS TO NORTH COBB TO TAKE ON THE WARRIORS.
BIG MATCH-UP THERE WITH ROSWELL AND NORTH COBB, UPPER RIGHT IN THE SECOND ROUND.
>> I'LL GIVE YOU ONE GUESS WHERE I'M GOING NEXT.
I'M GOING TO GO BOTTOM RIGHT.
SO 7A.
BOTTOM RIGHT.
WHILE YOU TAKE US THROUGH THAT QUADRANT, I WANT YOU TO BE THINKING THROUGH WHO HAS THE EASIEST PATH AND WHO MIGHT HAVE THE MOST CHALLENGING PATH TO COME OUT VICTORIOUS IN THIS 7A CLASSIFICATION.
>> BACK AND FORTH GAMES.
THE FIRST ONE, PEBBLE BROOK AND PARK VIEW.
PEBBLE BROOK REBOUNDS AFTER LOSING THEIR LAST GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON TO GO TO 8-1-1.
NOW 9-1-1.
56 TONIGHT ON LAMBERT.
ROUND NUMBER TWO.
NORCROSS, NO REAL SURPRISE WE SEE.
MAKING IT OUT OF ROUND NUMBER ONE BUT THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE CONCRETE PALACE.
HARRISON AND 8:00 KICK.
BUT HAS BEEN IN CONTROL.
NORCROSS.
WE SEND THEM TO PLAY EACH OTHER BUT A LITTLE LATER ON ROUND NUMBER TWO.
PEBBLE BROOK AND NORCROSS, WE KNOW WHAT NORCROSS WANTS TO DO BUT THEY HAVE TO DO IT ON THE ROAD AS A 2 SEED.
THAT'S PRETTY STRONG DOWN THERE, LOW RIGHT.
>> OKAY.
I LOVE IT.
JOHN, WE ARE GOING TO CRISSCROSS BACK TO TRIPLE A.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 41-0 SHUTOUT.
COUGARS MOVE TO 8-3 AND I'M BEING TOLD THAT WE HAVE COACH MIGUEL PATRICK ON THE LINE.
COACH, CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HOW YOU FEELING?
>> AS ALWAYS, GREAT TO WIN A PLAYOFF AND SURVIVING TO NEXT WEEK.
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A TALL, TALL TASK COMING OUR WAY, BUT WE'LL BE UP FOR IT.
>> COACH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS WHERE YOU PUT 41 ON THE BOARD IN A WIN, WHAT CAN YOU TAKE AWAY FROM A GAME WHERE YOU ARE AS DOMINANT AS YOU WERE GETTING PREPARED FOR A GAME THAT A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE ALREADY CIRCLED FOR THEIR ROUND TWO MARQUEE MATCH-UP?
FOLKS LOOKING AT OCONEE COUNTY AND GO, I WANT TO WATCH THIS GAME.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF TONIGHT THAT YOU CAN TAKE GOING FORWARD?
>> WELL, WE LEARNED THAT WE STILL GOT SO MUCH BETTER THAT WE CAN BE.
WE PUT 41 POINTS ON THE BOARD.
WE STILL HAD A LOT OF MISTAKES AND TURNED THE BALL OVER A FEW TIMES.
SO 41 POINTS IS NOWHERE NEAR WHERE WE COULD HAVE DONE TONIGHT AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT OURSELVES.
WE CAN BE SO MUCH BETTER AND WE'RE JUST A YOUNG FOOTBALL TEAM.
WE'VE GOT SO MUCH BETTER, SO MUCH MORE TO IMPROVE ON.
>> YEAH, MAYBE MAKE IT 48-0 NEXT WEEK, COACH.
>> NICK, DON'T TELL THE FOLKS IN WATKINSVILLE THAT NOW, COME ON.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, COACH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD LUCK FOR ROUND TWO.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, COACH.
>> WOW.
>> I WAS MOTIVATING HIM, JOHN.
>> I KNOW YOU WERE.
AND REALLY, SERIOUSLY, YOU LOOK AT OCONEE COUNTY, AND I REFER TO THESE TWO SEEDS THAT WERE CHALLENGING FOR REGENTS TITLE AND LOSE IN THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
OCONEE IS ANGRY 2 SEED BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE TO DO IT ON THE ROAD.
MIGUEL PATRICK HAVING TAKEN CEDAR GROVE TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR.
KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE THESE KIND OF RUNS.
GOES TO KORDEAL.
FOR THOSE WHO GET TO COVER IT AND WATCH IT, IT'S A FUN ONE.
FOR THE FANS IN CHRIS AND OCONEE AND THOSE OF THE COACHING STAFF, THEY'LL BE PULLING THEIR HAIR OUT ALL WEEK.
A GREAT GAME ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
>> GOOD STUFF.
IT'S ONLY GETTING BETTER.
WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED HERE AND WE'VE GOT NONE OTHER THAN OUR FRIEND COACH ELENI GREGORY ON THE LINE.
BIG, BIG DOMINANT WIN TONIGHT.
COACH, YOU ARE IN FAMILIAR TERRITORY RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLAYOFFS.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING THOUGH AFTER THIS ONE, WHAT MAKES IT SO SIGNIFICANT?
>> I THINK, YOU KNOW, TOLD THE KIDS ALL WEEK, I THINK THE FIRST PLAYOFF GAME, GETTING THAT WIN IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE TO MAKE A RUN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY A ONE SEED, PLAYING A FOUR SEED AND GET YOUR KIDS DIALLED IN AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE NOT LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD.
JUST A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THERE TO BE A LETDOWN ISSUE AND I'M JUST REAL PROUD OF OUR KIDS AND STAFF FOR BEING LOCKED IN AND DOING WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND GOING 1-0.
>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE IDENTITY OF YOUR TEAM RIGHT NOW?
I MEAN, YOU JUST CONTINUE TO DOMINATE WEEK AFTER WEEK.
>> WE JUST GOT TO REALLY CLOSE GROUP AND VERY COMMITTED KIDS AND JUST FUN TO COACH.
GOT TALENT WHICH HELPS AND GREAT COACHING STAFF AND JUST A REALLY COMPLETE FOOTBALL TEAM AND JUST GOT TO STAY HEALTHY AND STAY FOCUSED AND JUST KEEP THE TRAIN ON THE TRACKS RIGHT NOW.
WHERE IT'S NOT JUST ATTENTION FROM FOLKS LIKE US BUT THE STUDENT ATHLETES, HOW DIFFICULT IS IT WEEK BY WEEK BY WEEK TO TRY AND GO 1-0?
.
>> WE TRY TO TELL OUR KIDS, DON'T BLOCK IT OUT.
OUR KIDS ARE GOOD ABOUT WANTING TO GET BETTER AND GET COACHED AND CLEANING UP MISTAKES AND THEN WEEK OF PREPARATION.
WHAT YOU DO, WHAT YOU DO MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY ON FRIDAY.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FILM STUDY DURING THE WEEK AND WE TELL OUR KIDS, EVERY WEEK WE PLAY THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION AND WE PLAY TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS EVERY WEEK.
SO THAT'S HOW WE APPROACH EACH WEEK.
IS IT EASY?
NO.
15 TO 18-YEAR-OLD KIDS AND YOU'VE GOT TO GET THEM AND JUST ALL THE DISTRACTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE, TO RERACK ONE MORE WEEK AND THAT'S EVERYBODY'S CHALLENGE AND THE TEAM THAT DOES IT, AND CAN DO THAT IS THE TEAM THAT'S GOING TO WIN IT.
>> YOU DO IT AND YOU WIN IT, COACH.
SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE COACH OF A NATIONALLY RANKED TEAM.
CONGRATS ON YOUR WIN.
GOOD LUCK AGAINST PEBBLE BROOK AND WE'LL TALK TO YOU SOON.
JOHN, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OVER NOW TO OUR QUAD A.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR BRAIN WORKING TOP RIGHT.
>> I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
GOT IT.
>> OKAY.
>> SO TAKE ME THROUGH THAT BRACKET.
WE SAW AN ABSOLUTE SHUTDOWN GAME BENEDICT.
WERE THERE ANY OTHERS IN THIS QUADRANT THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO YOU?
>> LET'S TAKE A PEEK.
WINS 49-7 OVER CEDAR AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET LEGRANGE.
GREAT STORY HERE.
FOR THOSE THAT KNOW THE HEAD COACH AT LOUISIANA, THEY'RE RELATED, THEY'RE BROTHERS.
THE COACHING FAMILY OF THE NAPERS, NOW TAKEN LEGRANGE AS A 3 SEED, TRADITIONALLY TOUGH TEAM IN THE PLAYOFFS, THEY'RE NOW GOING TO GET SPAULDING NEXT WEEK.
GREAT WIN FOR THE GRANGERS AND HERITAGE, THIS ONE IS TIGHT ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND GIVE THE CREDIT FOR BEING THE 2 SEED AND THEY NOW HAVE TO PACK A LUNCH AND A DINNER AND MAYBE A MIDNIGHT SNACK BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO FROM THE SOUTHERN CRESCENT AND GO DOWN TO THE COACH BENEDICT AND IN CONTROL EARLY IN THIS ONE, A BIG GAME, 59-0 OVER THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL.
SO I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT MARIST AND BENEDICT AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S LOOKING.
>> WELL, BENEDICT AND YOU MENTIONED A 59-0 ABSOLUTE SHUTOUT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING IN THE HEAD COACH FOR BENEDICT, COACH DANNY.
WELCOME IN TO THE SHOW.
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU GUYS HAVE GOT IT DONE TONIGHT.
HOW'S IT FEEL?
>> WE CAN BE A VERY EXPLOSIVE FOOTBALL TEAM WITH THE ATTITUDE PLAY RIGHT NOW.
>> WITH HOLDEN AND QUARTERBACK FOR YOU AND THE CADETS.
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SEE THE GAME GROW OVER THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS TO WHERE IT IS NOW AS YOU GUYS ARE CHASING THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE CLASSIFICATION?
>> HE HAS AN ARM AND CAN PUT BALLS IN PLACES THAT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
>> SEE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT WILL BE.
PRETTY TOUGH TO STOP.
>> COACH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
CONGRATS ON AN ABSOLUTE DOMINANT WIN THIS EVENING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING YOU REST OF THE SEASON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, COACH.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE A, AREN'T WE?
>> I THINK WE ARE.
YES.
WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE A AND WE ARE GOING TO CHECK OUT THE TOP RIGHT.
SIT SWIFTER?
>> RIGHT FOOT RED, BLUE.
>> THIS IS BRACKETOLOGY TWISTER.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M FEELING.
CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH THIS BRACKET?
ANY SURPRISES?
>> I GOT SOME STORY LINES IN HERE.
SOUTH ATLANTA, CONGRATS TO THEM.
THEY WERE IN CONTROL TONIGHT.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO WIN BEFORE THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE MINI BRACKET, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO JOHN, AFTER 41 SEASONS OF CALLING INDIAN SPORT HANGING UP HIS MICROPHONE TONIGHT WITH A LOSS IN THE GAME AGAINST WEST SIDE AUGUSTA IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, AND DOES NOT ADVANCE.
PEPPERELL AND CALLAWAY, TRYING TO GET TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR.
THEY DID IT AT HOME AGAINST THE TOUGH TEAM SO THEY ADVANCE.
IN THIS MINI BRACKET UPPER RIGHT HAS THE TOUGHEST RUN TONIGHT I WOULD SAY.
UPSET ALERT FOR MOST OF THE EVENING.
THEY HAD THE SIRENS ON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN FOR US HERE AT GPB FOR THE LONGEST TIME DOWN 16-6 COME BACK 20-16.
GUT CHECK FOR VAUGHN AND THE ROYALS TONIGHT.
AND THEY'LL HOST CALLAWAY ANOTHER GREAT SECOND ROUND GAME NEXT SEASON.
AND BLAKELY, NIKKI, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE UPPER RIGHT HAND SIDE WITH YOUR BRACKET IN DOUBLE A.
>> COACH VAUGHN LASSITER ON THE LINE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, THE PLAYOFF BEARD, NICELY DONE, COACH.
>> YOU COULDN'T GROW THAT IF YOU TRIED.
>> THAT WOULD TAKE ME, COACH, YOU KNOW ME.
IT WOULD TAKE ME ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO GROW SOMETHING THAT IS A PLAYOFF BEARD THAT'S THAT RICH.
I AM ASSUMING THAT'S DOING TO STAY THAT WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE SEASON.
THAT'S HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK WITH THE PLAYOFF BEARD.
>> THAT WOULD TAKE ME SEVEN YEARS TO GROW.
BUT HOW MUCH OF A GUT CHECK WAS IT TONIGHT FOR MOST OF THE GAME, HOW MUCH OF A GUT CHECK WAS IT?
>> BIG TIME BUT KNEW THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS GOING TO BE.
GOOD AS THEY ARE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
GOOD AS THE THINGS WE PLAY.
THEY WERE PHYSICAL, A LOT OF TEAMS SPEED, THEY TACKLED WELL.
THEY JUST PLAYED REALLY WELL TONIGHT.
PRETTY MUCH DOMINATED THE WHOLE GAME UNTIL THE END AND I JUST AM SO PROUD OF OUR GUYS AND HOW THEY PUSH AND KEPT WORKING.
KEPT FINDING WAYS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND MADE A COUPLE OF PLAYS AT THE END TO HELP US AND IT WAS A FUN GAME TO WIN.
>> COACH, YOUR TEAM REMAINS UNDEFEATED 10-0 WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE AT THIS POINT IN THE SEASON.
HOW DOES YOUR TEAM CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND MOREOVER, HOW DO YOU HELP THEM AVOID COMPLACENCY IN KNOWING YOU'RE NOT DONE YET?
>> IT'S TOUGH.
WE'RE 11-0 TONIGHT.
THE FIRST REGION CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE BLAKELY COUNTY BECAME ITS OWN SCHOOL AND THOSE ARE THINGS THE GUYS ARE JUST HEARING OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE STREETS AND HOW GOOD THEY ARE.
TIMES THEY DESERVE THE WIN AND PLAYED REALLY WELL AND PLAY GREAT AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ROUND IT IS.
THEY DID THAT.
THEY LEARNED TO FIND WAYS TO WIN.
AND REALLY, GOT SOME YOUNG GUYS.
WE'RE JUNIOR HEAVY.
IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING, NOT JUST THE REST OF THIS YEAR BUT NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
>> SPECIAL SEASON FOR THEM INDEED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
GOOD LUCK AGAINST CALLAWAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING YOU.
>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING ME ON.
>> THANK YOU, COACH.
>> ALL RIGHT, DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE BRACKET UPDATES FOR YOU AND FINAL SCORES COMING IN FROM AROUND THE STATE.
WE'RE IN ROUND ONE OF THE PLAYOFFS AND THIS IS THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA POSTGAME SHOW PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
BUCKLE UP GEORGIA, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> WELCOME BACK IN FOR THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY POSTGAME SHOW.
OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
WE ALREADY HAD A PACKED POSTGAME SHOW TALKING TO COACHING ALL AROUND THE STATE RIGHT OFF OF THEIR WIN OFF THE FIELD.
WE HAD A LOT OF FUN BUT SOME MORE CLASSIFICATIONS TO GO THROUGH.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING IN MY PAL, NELLY.
WHY DON'T YOU COME IN.
LET'S HAVE A LITTLE BANTER OF THE BRACKETS, IF YOU WILL.
START WITH 5A AND WHY DON'T YOU JUST GIVE ME A BROAD STROKE, IF YOU WILL, OF THE CLASSIFICATION.
WHO WASN'T EXPECTED TO D HERE AND WHO MIGHT HAVE THE EASIEST TASK?
>> MATCH-UPS AS WE KNOW EVERYBODY'S ADVANCING.
YOU SAW THAT HERE ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.
INTERESTING TEST FOR CREEKSIDE.
THEY'RE GOING TO ST. PIUS.
THAT MIGHT TAKE AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES, BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE.
WHITEWATER, NUMBER ONE TEAM AND THEY WOULD GET THE WIN.
BOTTOM LEFT AND SHOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
I THINK THAT WOULD DICTATE WHO'S GOING TO END UP IN THE SEMIFINAL ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
GOING DOWN LOW LEFT AND TAKE A PEEK THERE.
THE CARTERSVILLE BRACKET.
THE MATCH-UP RIGHT THERE.
WARNER ROBINS WITH THE WIN TONIGHT.
CARTERSVILLE WITH THE WIN.
REMATCH OF A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
EXCLAMATE.
TIMES NEW ROMAN.
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO USE, THAT'S THE MATCH-UP RIGHT THERE.
JONES COUNTY.
HARRIS OVER DUCH COUNTY.
A BIG WIN FOR TIM BEAREN AND THE BIG WIN FOR THEM AS THEY KNOCK OFF JACKSON COUNTY.
THE PANTHERS AND HEAD COACH RICH.
BLESSED TRINITY, SOUTHWEST, WOODWARD IN CONTROL EARLY BEATING VETERANS IN A 1-4.
BLESSED TRINITY, WOODWARD.
PEOPLE LOOKING AT THAT ONE.
QUALITY TEAMS MAKING IT LINE NUMBER TWO.
SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
STARS MILL WITH THE WIN OVER UNION GROVE.
PARK CENTRAL.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING MATCH-UP THERE.
CALHOUN AND WEAR COUNTY.
THAT'S THE NUMBER TWO MATCH-UP IN 5A.
BOTTOM RIGHT.
VETERANS MEMORIAL STADIUM.
BEATS DECATUR.
7:45, DOESN'T MATTER, CALHOUN GOT THE WIN.
IN CONTROL EARLY.
CALHOUN AND WEAR IS A SNEAKY NUMBER TWO MATCH-UP.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT WARNER ROBINS, CARTERSVILLE, CALHOUN AND WEAR.
THOSE ARE THE TWO MARQUEE MATCH-UPS IN 5A, NIKKI.
>> ALL RIGHT.
DO YOU THINK THE STATE CHAMPION WILL COME FROM ONE OF THOSE TWO GAMES, JOHN?
>> I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS LOOK AT WEAR COUNTY COMING OUT OF THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
AND A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT THE WINNER OF THIS, THE ONE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE WITH ROBINSON AND CARTERSVILLE AS THE ONE THAT GETS THE ADVANCED TRACK THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WOULD GET THE WAY THINGS WOULD COME OUT OF THE LEFT.
>> COMING OUT OF THE LEFT, THE RIGHT, LOVE IT.
LET'S GO TO QUAD A REAL QUICK IF YOU WILL.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE ME THROUGH THAT CLASSIFICATION.
>> BIG WIN FOR DOHERTY TONIGHT OVER JENKINS.
44-17.
RIVERDALE OVER CENTRAL CAROL.
THIS IS ONCE AGAIN THE UPSET OF THE NIGHT SO FAR.
WINNING AT JEFFERSON.
12-10.
GOING TO MEMORIAL NOW TO TAKE ON CARVER COLUMBUS.
HOW DOES HAZEL CHARTER RESPOND?
DOWN THROUGH THREE QUARTERS, CAME ON TWO QUICK SCORES TO BEAT WEST LAWRENCE.
LET'S GO LOW LEFT AND SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.
CAROL WITH THE WIN IN THE BACK, NOW TRAVEL TO CEDAR TOWN, 55 ON HAMPTON.
KNOCKING OFF HARDAWAY.
KEEP ON EYE ON PERRY AND CEDAR TOWN.
TOP IN THE QUAD A RANKS.
UPPER RIGHT, SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
ONCE AGAIN, LEGRANGE GETS THE WIN OVER BALDWIN.
BIG WIN FOR MATT NAPIER AND THEN INTERESTING TEST WITH LEGRANGE.
A WIN WITH A TIE GAME LATE.
ADVANCES TO TAKE ON BENEDICT AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT THAT ONE, THE QUARTERFINAL ON THANKSGIVING WEEKEND TOP RIGHT.
LET'S GO LOW RIGHT.
SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SPAULDING WITH THE TRIP ON THURSDAY.
HALFTIME TONIGHT.
SPAULDING, AND NORTH OCONEE IN CONTROL.
INTERESTING THERE AS THEY GET SPAULDING ON THE ROAD.
ONE OF THE MORE UNDERRATED OFFENSES IN THE STATE.
BUT THEY HAVE TO GO TO BAINBRIDGE, 42 ON THE BOARD.
SHUTOUT ISLAND.
JEFF LITTLETON, ABLE TO CLAMP DOWN BAINBRIDGE, A LOT OF FOLKS WITH THAT ONE LOOKING AT THE QUARTERFINAL ON THANKSGIVING WEEKEND.
LOW RIGHT.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE TO TAKE A BREATH.
NELLY.
>> HE DOES NOW.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO ANOTHER BRACKET TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.
>> REAL QUICK OUT OF QUAD A, WHO DO YOU THINK HAS THE EASIEST TASK TO COME OUT ON TOP?
>> EASIEST PATH, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF CHALLENGES THEMES HERE.
AN INTERESTING QUARTERFINAL WITH BENEDICT.
IF THAT FOLLOWS THROUGH, BAINBRIDGE, AND NORTH OCONEE, SUSTAINED LATE IN THE YEAR OFF JEFFERSON FOR THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
I THINK ROEBL 16 QUALITY TEAMS HERE.
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW ROUND TWO POPS UP.
>> OKAY.
MULTIHEADED MONSTER, I GET IT.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO TO TRIPLE A.
FINISH OUT WITH TRIPLE A, SHALL WE?
>> ONCE AGAIN, REVIEWING WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.
SOUTHEAST BULLOCK WITH THE WIN, BROOKLYN OVER LONG COUNTY.
GREAT SEASON FOR THE BLUE TIDE.
CEDAR GROVE, 79 ON THE BOARD TONIGHT AS THEY HOSTED WHITE COUNTY.
COMES TO ATLANTA.
OCONEE COUNTY AND THE ONE YOU CIRCLE IN TRIPLE A.
THEY HAVE TO GO TO CATCH UP WITH MIGUEL PATRICK.
THAT'S ONE TO PUT A CIRCLE ON IN TOP LEFT.
LOW LEFT AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE'VE GOT THERE.
THE WIN OVER JOHNSON AND SAVANNAH.
CHEROKEE BLUFF.
GREAT STORY.
HAS TO TRAVEL TO SEE WHAT COACH JONES HAS BUILT AT CHEROKEE BLUFF KNOCKING OFF GAC TONIGHT.
THE BACK AND FORTH, GREAT SEASON SO FAR WITH COACH AND THEY PLAY THOMPSON, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE YARD.
THAT ONE IS INTERESTING, BOTTOM LEFT.
UPPER RIGHT, SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
BURKE COUNTY, KNOCKED OFF.
48-21.
THEY WILL TAKE ON STEVENS COUNTY WITH THE UPSET IS OVER ROCK MARK.
ANOTHER BIG ONE.
THEY TALKED WITH PARSON LAST WEEK.
THEY COME IN AS A 4 SEED TO KNOCK OFF WITH STEVENS AT WAYNE, IN WAYNESBORO.
AND LIBERTY COUNTY BEATS BRANTLEY COUNTY 32.
THAT ONE OPENS UP A LOT WITH STEVENS COUNTY KNOCKING OFF.
LOW RIGHT.
SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW HERE.
PEACH COUNTY BEATING MORGAN COUNTY WITH 42-3.
MONROE AREA.
PUT 58 ON NORTH MURRAY.
THAT'S ONE YOU CIRCLE NEXT WEEK.
DAWSON COUNTY.
WINDSOR FOREST.
INTERESTING HERE.
PEACH, MONROE AREA, PIERCE COUNTY, THAT LOW RIGHT BRACKET, NICK, THAT ONE IS A STOUT ONE TOO IN TRIPLE A.
>> WHEW.
CAN YOU BREATHE NOW?
>> I WILL WHEN THE RED LIGHT GOES OFF AND WE'RE HEADING HOME.
>> LIKE MY UNDER 5 SOCCER TEAM, GET THE WIGGLES OUT.
>> EXACTLY.
>> JOHN, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NOT ONLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE BUT YOUR PASSION FOR THE GAME AND FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FANS EVERYWHERE.
YOU, SIR, ARE LEGENDARY IN YOUR OWN RIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US OUT.
>> TOMORROW, ALL DAY.
GET YOUR BRACKETS OUT.
>> WE'LL HAVE THEM OUT.
I'LL SLEEP WITH THESE PAPERS.
UNDER MY PILLOW FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW?
>> AS IT SHOULD.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA POSTGAME SHOW PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO NOT ONLY THE TEAMS, THE COACHES THAT CALLED IN ALL OF OUR CREW HERE AT GPB.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF THE TEAMS AND FANS AND THE PLAYOFFS.
JOIN US AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
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