Football Fridays in Georgia
Colquitt County vs. Lowndes
Season 2016 Episode 8 | 3h 26m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Colquitt County vs. Lowndes - Oct. 28, 2016
Ty Leggett’s 55-yard TD run with 5:25 to play gave Colquitt Co. a 42-35 win over Lowndes and the 7 1-A Region title. Colquitt QB Jay Saunders had two rushing TD’s and two passing TD’s as the Packers built a 35-14 halftime lead. Lowndes roared back when QB Michael Barrett had his fourth rushing TD of the night to tie the game at 35, but Leggett’s heroics gave Colquitt the winning score.
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Football Fridays in Georgia
Colquitt County vs. Lowndes
Season 2016 Episode 8 | 3h 26m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Ty Leggett’s 55-yard TD run with 5:25 to play gave Colquitt Co. a 42-35 win over Lowndes and the 7 1-A Region title. Colquitt QB Jay Saunders had two rushing TD’s and two passing TD’s as the Packers built a 35-14 halftime lead. Lowndes roared back when QB Michael Barrett had his fourth rushing TD of the night to tie the game at 35, but Leggett’s heroics gave Colquitt the winning score.
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>>> WELCOME TO MACK THARPE STADIUM.
THEY CALL IT THE HOG PEN IN MOULTRIE FOR ANOTHER FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA.
TONIGHT IT'S THE REGION ONE 7-A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AS THE NUMBER 6 LOWNDES VIKINGS MEET THE NUMBER 7 AND TWO-TIME DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION COLQUITT COUNTY PACKERS AS WE LOOK AT THE REGION STANDINGS YOU CAN SEE THE MATH IS SIMPLE.
WIN TONIGHT.
YOU'RE THE REGION CHAMPION AND A NUMBER ONE SEED.
THE LOSER WILL BE THE RUNNER-UP AND A NUMBER TWO SEED.
GOOD EVENING, I'M MATT STEWART JOINED BY THE LEGENDARY BIG CHUCK SMITH.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S TOO MUCH.
>> THIS IS THE 41st ALL TIME MEETING BETWEEN THE SOUTH GEORGIA RIVALS.
THEY DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER MUCH.
IN THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 2000s, LOWNDES WON SEVEN REGIONAL TITLES AND THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THE PACKERS WON TWO STRAIGHT STATE TITLES AND THEY HAVE THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> LOWNDES HASN'T WON ONE SINCE OH 2010.
THEY ARE HUNGRY, TRYING TO EAT.
THEY ARE TRYING TO GO FROM NUMBER 3.
WITH THE CROWD BEING ELECTRIC LIKE IT IS THEY HAVE A HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.
>> WE HAVE THE TOP SCORING OFFENSE.
IT'S THE LOWNDES VIKINGS AVERAGING OVER 43 POINTS PER GAME LED BY MICHAEL BARRETT.
>> THAT'S PHENOMENAL.
KNOWING LAST YEAR HE WAS A LINEBACKER.
HE CAN RUN.
HE CAN THROW FOR TOUCHDOWNS.
MICHAEL BARRETT IS ONE OF THE MOST ELECTRIFYING PLAYERS IN GEORGIA.
>> THEY WILL HAVE TO GET DEFENSIVE STOPS TONIGHT.
DURING THE FIVE-GAME WINNING STREAK THEY HELD OPPONENTS TO TWO TOUCHDOWNS OR LESS.
THEY CAN GET IT DONE ON DEFENSE LED BY THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER JUNIOR IN THE COUNTRY J.J. PETERSON.
>> J.J. IS NUMBER ONE.
HE WAS DID I HAVE END TO STRONG LINEBACKER.
THAT WAS A BETTER POSITION FOR HIM.
HE HAS TO BE A MENACE TODAY IF THEY ARE TO BE EFFECTIVE.
>> HE LEADS THE PACKERS WITH FIVE AND A HALF QUARTERBACK SACKS.
HE'LL TELL YOU WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT BEYOND THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.
>> GOOD EVENING TO YOU.
GOOD EVENING CHUCK.
GPB TV, GPB.ORG OR THE GPB SPORTS APP.
HOW DID WE GET TO THIS TIME AND PLACE?
LAST WEEK LOWNDES KNOCKED OFF CAMDEN TO GET TO THE UNDEFEATED PART OF 2-0.
LAST WEEK WE SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED WITH COLQUITT AND TIFT.
A FIELD GOAL BY FITZGERALD.
SAUNDERS, 15 TO 23.
236 AND 2.
37-13 THE FINAL THERE AS COLQUITT KNOCKS OFF TO GET UNDEFEATED AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TONIGHT?
YOU WIN.
YOU PROBABLY MAKE IT TO A COIN FLIP IN THE QUARTER FINALS AGAINST GRAYSON.
YOU LOSE, YOU'RE THE TWO SEED AND GUESS WHAT, YOU END UP HAVING TO GO TO NORCROSS.
YOU HAVE TO BE A LUNATIC TO HAVE TO GO TO SEE THAT PARTICULAR GAME AS THE SECOND ROUND MATCH-UP.
THAT'S WHAT'S IN STORE.
21 GAMES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACEMENT GAMES ALSO IN PLAY.
EXAMPLE, THE WINNER HERE IF THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS THAT'S THE KIND OF YEAR IT'S BEEN FOR 2016 WHEN IT COMES TO A LOT OF TEAMS MAKING IT TO THE POST SEASON.
MATT AND CHUCK, IF YOU WOULD, LIGHT A SPECIAL COLQUITT COUNTY CANDLE.
>> LET'S KICK IT.
>> IT'S LIT.
>> COLQUITT COUNTY WON THE COUNTY.
THEY HAVE DEFERRED UNTIL THE SECOND HALF.
THIS IS THE LEGENDARY COACH OF THE COLQUITT COUNTY PACKERS.
RUSH PROBST.
NOW IN HIS NINTH SEASON WITH THE PACKERS.
28 SEASONS OVERALL WITH THE 267 VICTORIES.
SEVEN STATE TITLES TO HIS CREDIT.
TWO WITH COLQUITT.
THE LAST TWO IN GEORGIA AND FIVE WITH HOOVER.
IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
PACKED HOUSE HERE AT THE HOG PEN.
>> PACKED HOUSE.
>> PACKERS HAVE WON TWO STRAIGHT, THREE STRAIGHT ACTUALLY.
FOUR OF FIVE IN THE SERIES ALTHOUGH LOWNDES LEADS THE OVERALL SERIES 24-16.
PACKERS 42-20 WINNERS LAST SEASON.
IT'S BEEN A STREAKY SERIES.
CURRENTLY COLQUITT IN THE MIDDLE OF A LONG STREAK.
>> YOU CAN'T FIT NOBODY ELSE IN HERE.
ONLY THE FIRE MARSHAL WILL STOP PEOPLE FROM COMING IN HERE TODAY.
IT IS PACKED.
THE GUYS ARE READY.
THEY ARE FIRED UP LIKE I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
>> ISAAC MALAGAN, THE SENIOR KICKER WILL GET THE GAME STARTED.
29 OF THE 46 KICKS THIS SEASON HAVE BEEN TOUCHBACKS.
>> WE WERE WATCHING IN THE PREGAME.
HE HAS A LEG ON HIM.
HE CAN BOOT IT.
>> PACKERS HAVE WON FIVE STRAIGHT SINCE STARTING THE SEASON 0-4 AGAINST VERY TOUGH COMPETITION.
>> YOUNG TEAMS GROWING UP.
YOUNG TEAMS.
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
>> VIKINGS WON EIGHT STRAIGHT SINCE THE SEASON OPENING LOSS TO THE CROSS TOWN RIVAL.
MALAGAN BOOTS IT INTO THE END ZONE.
THE VIKINGS WILL START AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
THAT'S THE HEADS UP GEORGIA KICK OFF.
DISTRACTED DRIVING TAKES LIVES.
MICHAEL BARRETT IS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR THE LOWNDES VIKINGS.
>> GOT TO HAVE A BIG NIGHT TONIGHT.
GOT TO BE ABLE TO RUN AND MAKE PLAYS WITH HIS ARM.
>> 1892 YARDS PASSING.
18 TOUCHDOWNS.
THREE INTERCEPTIONS.
HE AVERAGES 210 A GAME IN THE AIR AND 78 A GAME ON THE GROUND.
BARRETT WILL RUN IT ON THE FIRST PLAY.
BARRETT, NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
BRIAN MERIT THERE TO LEAD THE CHARGE AND MAKE THE TACKLE.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE LOWNDES VIKINGS ON OFFENSE.
FOUR SENIORS ON THE STARTING OFFENSIVE LINE LED BY THE LEFT TACKLE TUCKER BARNES WHO IS COMMITTED TO BROWN.
THE VIKINGS WIDE RECEIVERS AND RUNNING BACKS.
THEY ARE MISSING XAVIER JENKINS TONIGHT.
HE'S OUT WITH A KNEE INJURY SUFFERED AGAINST CAMDEN LAST WEEK.
HE'S A STAR WIDE RECEIVER.
BARRETT ON THE KEEPER.
J.J. PETERSON HOPS ON HIS BACK WITH BRIAN MERIT IN ON HIS SECOND CONSECUTIVE TACKLE.
AS WE LOOK AT THE PACKERS NELSON LEWIS AT DEFENSIVE END.
THEIR TOP TACKLER ON THE LINE.
THERE'S J.J. PETERSON.
THE FOUR-STAR AND NUMBER TWO RANKED OUTSIDE LINEBACKER IN THE JUNIOR CLASS.
SHAWN SHAMBURGER A TRANSFER INTO THE PROGRAM WITH SIX OFFERS.
AUBURN IS LEADER.
HE'S AN ESPN 3 STAR.
BARRETT BACK TO PASS AND THROWS COMPLETE TO HARRIS.
A FIRST DOWN FOR HARRIS DOWN THE SIDELINE.
SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS ACROSS THE 50 YARD LINE.
>> NICE PROTECTION BY LOWNDES.
MICHAEL BARRETT HAS A CLEAN POCKET.
NICE THROW, NICE CATCH.
SPREADS THEM OUT.
ACROSS THE MIDDLE.
>> HARRIS WITH THE TEAM LEADING 28th CATCH OF THE SEASON.
THEY SPOT HIM OUT.
FIRST AND 10 FOR THE VIKINGS AT MIDFIELD.
BARRETT ON THE KEEPER.
NO RUNNING ROOM THAT TIME.
HE RUNS INTO NELSON LEWIS.
WILLIE DEBRUCE WAS THERE AS WELL.
>> THEY ARE FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES.
WE TALKED ABOUT BARRETT RUNNING THE BALL THREE TIMES ALREADY SO FAR.
THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING POWER PLAYS, FLEXING THEIR MUSCLE A LITTLE BIT AGAINST COLQUITT.
>> PICKED UP THREE ON THE PLAY.
SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.
THE BALL NOW AT THE COLQUITT 47.
TISDALE'S FIRST QUARTER.
DOWN AT THE 32 YARD LINE BEFORE BEING TACKLED BY SHAMBURGER.
>> NICE JOB BY BARRETT.
>> BARRETT CARRIED THE BALL THREE TIMES.
THEY GAVE THE RUNNING BACK A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
NICE JOB BY THE OFFENSE.
>> FIRST AND 10 FOR THE VIKINGS AT THE PACKERS 32 YARD LINE.
THEY HAVE MOVED IT 48 YARDS SINCE STARTING ON THE 20.
TISDALE DOWN TO THE 20.
FINALLY TOUCHDOWN SAVING TACKLE AT THE TEN YARD LINE.
571 YARDS RUSHING ON THE SEASON.
>> NICE RUN.
THEY HAVE BEEN FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES.
WE TALK ABOUT BARRETT CARRYING THE BALL.
YOU SEE TRAVIS TISDALE, NUMBER 6.
OUTSIDE ZONE PLAY SET UP BY EARLIER RUNS BY MICHAEL BARRETT.
>> TISDALE AVERAGES 7.1 PER CARRY.
TO THE AIR AND BROKEN UP BY WILLIE DEBRUCE.
HAD HE HELD ONTO THAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE IT BACK.
>> GOOD DISGUISE BY THE PACKERS DEFENSE.
THEY WERE IN COVERAGE HERE.
HAD FIVE IN COVERAGE SITTING THERE.
HE'LL LOOK BACK AND SAY, I WISH WE HAD THAT.
NICE JOB THOUGH.
EXCELLENT JOB GETTING INTO THE ZONE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE PLAYING IN.
GOOD JOB.
>> SECOND DOWN AND GOAL.
BALL AT THE 9.
THE PLAY GETS BLOWN DEAD.
>> FALSE START.
OFFENSIVE LINE DIDN'T GET SET THAT TIME.
MICHAEL BARRETT TRIED TO UP TEMPO THE DEFENSE.
COLQUITT HAD PROBLEMS GETTING THE PLAYER BACK ON THE FIELD.
BARRETT TRIED TO UP TEMPO THE DEFENSE.
IT BACKFIRED ON HIM.
>> BOB PRESTON IS OUR OFFICIAL, OUR REFEREE.
A TIME-OUT HAS BEEN CALLED BY COLQUITT COUNTY.
>> HE MIGHT HAVE WAVED IT OFF.
>> YEAH.
I THINK -- >> DID THEY?
>> THEY SPOTTED THE BALL AT THE NINE.
THEY HAVE NOT MARKED OFF A PENALTY.
THEY HAVE WAVED IT OFF.
THEY PICKED UP THE FLAG.
>> IT WAS MOVEMENT.
I'M BLIND.
I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON.
>> I THINK THEY WILL SAY COLQUITT COUNTY HAD THE TIME-OUT BEFORE THE PENALTY.
>> EXACTLY.
>> THEY WERE STILL FIGHTING TO GET THE 12th MAN OFF THE FIELD.
NICE JOB BY COACH GETTING THE GUYS OFF THE FIELD.
THEY HAD TO CALL A TIME-OUT.
HE HAD TO AT THAT POINT.
>> THIS PACKERS TEAM STARTED 0-4.
NO TEAM HAS EVER STARTED A SEASON 0-4 AND WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT -- >> THIS TEAM IS YOUNG.
>> REMEMBER THIS NOW.
THEY PLAYED ONE OF THE HARDEST SCHEDULES IN GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HISTORY THE FIRST FOUR.
>> PLAYED MILL CREEK.
LOST TO THEM IN THE GEORGIA DOME.
LOST TO PLANTATION FLORIDA'S AMERICAN HERITAGE HERE ON THIS FIELD.
NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAME.
LOST TO TUCKER BY ONE POINT.
A GAME THEY LOST IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND THEY GOT WHIPPED BADLY BY THE NUMBER TWO RANKED TEAM IN THE STATE ROSWELL.
BARRETT REDIRECTING TRAFFIC.
ON THE WRONG SIDES.
NOW HE'S GOT IT STRAIGHT.
KYLE IN MOTION.
THEY FAKE THE SWEEP.
THEY RUN IT UP THE MIDDLE DOWN TO THE 2 YARD LINE.
THAT IS A SOLIDLY BUILT KID ABLE TO RUN IT LIKE A FULLBACK.
>> HE RUNS LIKE A FULLBACK.
BOUNCED OFF WITH THREE TACKLERS UP THE MIDDLE.
HE'S DRAGGING THE BALL CARRIERS.
TOMMY WATSON HAS A NICE SET-UP NOW.
HE'S STANDING UP.
BARRETT IN THE MIDDLE.
DON'T BE SURPRISED IF HE RUNS IT BACK.
THAT'S THE SUCCESS ON THE FIRST DRIVE.
THIS WILL BE INTERESTING.
THE VIKINGS HAVEN'T KICKED A FIELD GOAL ALL SEASON LONG.
LET'S SEE IF THEY DO SO IF THEY DON'T CONVERT.
THEY WILL FACE FOURTH DOWN.
THEY DIDN'T GET IN.
>> THAT DEFENSE FORMED A WALL.
>> HARRIS TRIED TO DIVE OVER THE LINE.
AND GOT STOPPED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
BY ALAN KEY.
AND WILLIE DEBRUCE.
>> WE CALL IT A NOODLE HIT.
WHEN THEY HIT YOU, YOU CAN GO RIGHT DOWN.
NICE TACKLE.
>> NOW A TIME-OUT HAS BEEN CALLED BY LOWNDES.
WITH 4th AND GOAL AT THE ONE YARD LINE.
CHUCK, YOU HAVE NOT KICKED A FIELD GOAL ALL SEASON LONG.
IN FACT, YOU HAVE ONLY ATTEMPTED TWO.
>> RIGHT.
>> NOW IN THE BIG GAME, VERY FIRST DRIVE.
FOURTH AND ONE AT THE ONE YARD LINE.
>> I'M RUNNING MICHAEL BARRETT.
THIS ENTIRE YEAR I'M GIVING HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN THE POWER PLAY.
HE'S HAD SUCCESS SO FAR.
>> THEY HANDED IT OFF TO HARRIS AND NOT BARRETT.
>> THEY BANGED HIM IN THE MIDDLE.
THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING SUCCESS WITH THE INSIDE ZONE.
THEY HAD TIS DALE ON THE OUTSIDE.
WE TALKED ABOUT MATCHING UP.
JUST TRYING TO MATCH UP.
SOME OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW IS SETTING UP THE NEXT SERIES WHICH IS A BIG PLAY HERE.
>> THIS IS AN OFFENSIVE LINE THAT HASN'T HAD A HOLDING PENALTY.
HE CALLS HIM THE MAYFLOWER MOVING COMPANY FOR A REASON.
>> LOOK AT NUMBER 61 THERE.
6'7", 250-POUND JUNIOR.
>> T-FORMATION.
>> BARRETT GOES UP AND OVER FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> I'M GOING WITH MY MONEY MAN.
HE JUST CASHED IN.
HE'S BEEN DOING IT ALL YEAR.
>> MICHAEL BARRETT GIVES THE VIKINGS THE EARLY LEAD ON THE 11th PLAY OF THE DRIVE.
80-YARD DRIVE.
HE JUMPS IN FROM THE ONE ON FOURTH DOWN.
LOWNDES HAS TAKEN A 6-0 LEAD.
>> WHEN YOU'RE ON THE ROAD AND YOU ARE IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT YOU GO FOR IT HERE AT 4th AND ONE ON THE GOAL LINE.
MacPHERSON, THE HEAD COACH OF LOWNDES GAVE A HUGE INFUSION OF CONFIDENCE FOR HIS OFFENSE.
>> MICHAEL BARRETT WITH HIS 12th TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON.
AND THE P.A.T.
BY COLTON BROOM IS GOOD.
AND THE VIKINGS HAVE A 7-0 LEAD.
LOWNDES GOES 80 YARDS.
THE FIRST TIME THEY TOUCHED IT, THE PACKERS WILL BE ON OFFENSE WHEN WE COME BACK.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE HOG PEN.
THEY WERE GOING FROM ONE END OF THE FIELD TO THE OTHER.
IT'S TIME TO KICK IT FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT.
ONE OF THE GAMES THAT COULD SETTLE ACTION AND IT'S A FIELD GOAL ON THE GOAL.
3-0 EARLY ON.
THE EARLY 6-0 LEAD IN A MUST WIN GAME FOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR TO ADVANCE.
THEY HAVE A POSSIBLE CHANCE OF MAKING THE PLAYOFFS AFTER WEEK TEN.
MORE AS WE GO BACK UPSTAIRS.
>> THAT'S MAYBE AN EARLY PEEK AT A FIRST ROUND OPPONENT FOR EITHER OF THE TEAMS.
IN THE FIRST ROUND REGION ONE MATCHED UP AGAINST REGION THREE.
THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN REGION ONE WHICH WILL BE THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S BALL GAME WOULD PLAY THE NUMBER FOUR TEAM.
IT COULD BE THE BLUE DEVILS.
>> YOU WANT A WIN TODAY.
YOU DON'T WANT THAT SITUATION TO HAPPEN FOR YOU.
WHOEVER WINS HERE TODAY THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOST -- GET TWO GAMES AND THEY MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE FOR FOUR.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BALL GAME.
THE TWO GUARANTEED AT HOME PROVIDED YOU STAY IN THE PLAYOFFS.
THEN YOU GET A COIN FLIP STARTING IN THE QUARTER FINALS.
YOU COULD POSSIBLY PLAY ALL FOUR AT HOME OR END UP LIKE COLQUITT COUNTY AND LOSE THE COIN TOSS EVERY WEEK AND PLAY THREE ON THE ROAD LIKE LAST YEAR.
DIDN'T PREVENT THEM FROM WINNING THE SECOND STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
SEEMS LIKE NORCROSS THAT YOU CAN'T SLEEP ON WHEN THINKING ABOUT THE PLAYOFFS.
YOU HAVE COLQUITT, LOWNDES.
THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE BEST PLAYOFF YEARS EVER.
THERE ARE SO MANY TEAMS EVENLY MATCHED.
>> THAT'S WHAT COACH PROBST THINKS.
HE SAID HIS VOTE FOR THE BEST TEAM IN THE STATE WAS MILL CREEK.
THOUGHT ROSWELL AND GRAYSON HAD TALENT.
FROM A TEAM CHEMISTRY STANDPOINT HE SAID HE WOULD GIVE THE COACH OF THE YEAR VOTE TO SHANNON JARVIS.
FELT LIKE MILL CREEK IS CURRENTLY THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE GPB 7-A TOP TEN.
ERIC PAULO WILL KICK OFF FOR THE VIKINGS.
J.J. PETERSON WILL TAKE IT AT THE 2 YARD LINE.
FAKES THE REVERSE.
J.J. PETERSON'S GOT SPACE.
ACROSS THE 40.
THERE HE GOES.
J.J. PETERSON WILL TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE.
A 98-YARD KICK RETURN BY J.J. PETERSON.
WE TOLD YOU ABOUT IT ON DEFENSE TONIGHT.
OH, YEAH.
HE'S ON SPECIAL TEAMS, TOO.
>> PLAY MAKERS MAKE BIG PLAYS.
J.J. PETERSON COMES DOWNHILL.
A COUPLE OF MOVES.
A JAB HERE, A STEP THERE.
NICE JOB.
THE NUMBER 13 HAD A HUGE BLOCK TO SPRING HIM ON THE PLATE.
IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.
>> RYAN FITZGERALD WITH THE P.A.T.
TIED AT 7.
JUST LIKE THAT.
WHAT A RETURN BY J.J. PETERSON.
YOU CAN SEE WHY.
YOU SEE THE TOUCHDOWN REPLAY.
THIS GUY IS AN OUTSIDE LINEBACKER.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT HE PROJECTED.
>> EXCELLENT BLOCKING ACROSS THE BOARD.
LOOK AT NUMBER 23.
EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER.
NICE JOB.
IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.
THAT'S HOW YOU ANSWER WHEN THE OPPONENT COMES TO YOUR HOUSE AND SCORES FIRST.
NOTHING WORSE THAN THAT.
NICE JOB SPECIAL TEAMS ANSWERING.
>> 6'2", 202 POUND RETURN MAN THERE.
>> HE'S GOT THAT GROWN MAN.
I SAW THE BIG GUNS.
THAT'S HOW THEY BREED THEM IN FOOTBALL.
ESPECIALLY HERE IN MOULTRIE, GEORGIA.
>> THAT WAS JUST SPECTACULAR.
98-YARD RETURN BY J.J. PETERSON.
JUST LIKE THAT WE ARE TIED AGAIN.
HE'S STILL JUST A JUNIOR.
>> HE RAN IT LIKE A FULL GROWN DOG.
>> RUSH PROBST SAID ONCE HE CAN GET HIS LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO THE GAME TO MATCH THE LEVEL OF STARDOM HE'S ALREADY ACHIEVED IN THE RECRUITING RANKS HE'LL BE SOMETHING.
THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
>> THE CHALLENGE IS LIVING UP TO THE EXPECTATIONS.
HE JUST DID.
MALAGON WILL KICK IT OFF FOR THE PACKERS.
>> YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PUT 50 ON THE BOARD TO WIN THIS GAME.
>> HE'LL TAKE IT.
ACTUALLY THAT'S HARRIS.
HARRIS UP TO THE 22 YARD LINE.
HARRIS ON THE URN ARE.
THE VIKINGS WENT 80 YARDS THE FIRST TIME THEY TOUCHED THE BALL.
THEY ARE 78 YARDS FROM THE END ZONE AS THEY BEGIN THEIR SECOND POSSESSION.
WHAT A GREAT ATMOSPHERE HERE TONIGHT.
>> THIS IS SPECIAL.
THIS IS WHAT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SHOULD BE ABOUT.
WHAT A GREAT TESTMENT TO THE GOOD FOLKS AT MOULTRIE AND IF IN LOWNDES.
>> YEP.
LOWNDES HIGH SCHOOL, 52 MINUTES FROM COLQUITT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY PACKED OUT THEIR SIDE.
MICHAEL BARRETT LOOK AT THAT.
FIST DOWN CARRY.
IS THIS A QUARTERBACK?
THIS IS A ROLLING BALL OF THUNDER.
HE'S CARRYING FIVE, SIX GUYS.
CARRIED THE COLQUITT DEFENDERS.
THEY ARE TRYING TO PULL THE BALL OUT INSTEAD OF GETTING THEM DOWN.
>> BIG RUN BY MICHAEL BARRETT.
FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
INTERCEPTED BY SHAMBURGER.
BACK TO THE 40.
TACKLED BY SMITH.
BAD PASS THERE BY MICHAEL BARRETT INTO THE ARMS OF SHAMBURGER.
HIS FOURTH PICK OF THE SEASON.
NOW THE PACKERS HAVE IT AGAIN.
>> TOUGH ONE FOR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR BUBBA WALKER.
THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING A MAN IN PRESSURE.
THEY GO COVER TOO.
THE LINEBACKER CONFUSES BARRETT.
NICE DISGUISE BY THE DEFENSE.
>> THAT'S JUST THE FOURTH INTERCEPTION THAT BARRETT HAS THROWN ALL SEASON.
FIRST AND TEN.
BALL AT THE 40.
FOR JAY SAUNDERS.
AND THE PACKERS OFFENSE.
THEY GO ON OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT.
SAUNDERS GOING TO SWING THE BALL OUT THERE TO POWELL.
POWELL ACROSS THE 30.
POWELL DRIVEN OUT OF BOUNDS BY THE SAFETY.
A BIG PICK-UP FOR THE PACKERS ON THE FIRST SNAP FROM SCRIMMAGE.
>> NICE RUN.
GREAT DESIGN BY THE COLQUITT OFFENSE.
A COUPLE OF FAKES WITH THE RUNNING BACK.
YOU FIND THE SWING SCREEN TO THE RUNNING BACK.
VERY NICE DESIGN.
>> TY POWELL WITH THE TEAM LEADING 35th CATCH OF THE SEASON.
A BIG POP BY MOORE AT THE END OF THE PLAY.
FIRST AND 10.
BALL IS AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
SAUNDER, 12 TOUCHDOWNS, FIVE INTERCEPTIONS.
199 A GAME.
ON EDWARDS.
THE FRESHMAN RUNNING BACK.
EDWARDS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 5 YARD LINE.
EDWARDS WAS 1-2 ALL SEASON LONG FOR THE RUSHING LEAD IN REGION ONE.
>> IT WAS A GREAT JOB.
GETS A LITTLE DIPSY DOO AND GETS DOWNHILL FAST.
BREAKING TACKLES.
EDWARDS IS AVERAGING 6.2 PER CARRY.
HE'S A SOLID RUNNING BACK.
A BIG TIMER GETS AFTER IT.
>> EDWARDS GETS IT AGAIN.
INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
A FLAG DOWN ON THE PLAY.
A HOLDING CALL.
GOING TO TAKE IT BACK.
THAT'S A GOOD LOOK AT EDWARDS RIGHT THERE.
GOOD BLOCKING ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
INSIDE ZONE PLAY BY COLQUITT.
SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE GOT TOO MANY HANDS ON THEM TO PUT IT DOWN.
>> THEY SHAKE THEIR HEAD IN DISAPPROVAL.
BACK TO THE 12 YARD LINE.
PRESSURE COMING.
THEY SET UP THE SCREEN FOR EDWARDS.
EDWARDS INSIDE THE 5.
HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE.
UNLESS HE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> A WELL DESIGNED PLAY THERE ALSO.
GETTING BACK TO THE SPOT.
NICE JOB BEING PATIENT BY JAY SAUNDERS, QUARTERBACK.
>> SAUNDERS TAKES IT HIMSELF.
INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
JAY SAUNDERS, THREE-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN WITH THE PACKERS ON TOP 13-7.
>> SAUNDERS DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB TAKING THE BALL GOING DOWNHILLMENT ALSO CHUGGING ALONG CARRYING A FEW LOWNDES VIKINGS WITH HIM INTO THE END ZONE.
>> NOW SAUNDERS WILL HOLD FOR FITZGERALD AND THE P.A.T.
14-7.
A FOUR-PLAY, 40-YARD DRIVE FOLLOWING THE INTERCEPTION BY SHAMBURGER AS YOU LOOK AT THE TOUCHDOWN REPLAY.
>> SAUNDERS IS USUALLY KNOWN FOR PASSING.
HE HAS 1793 YARDS.
HE SHOWS HE CAN ALSO DO IT WITH HIS LEG.
NICE MOVE THERE BY JAY SAUNDERS.
>> THIRD TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON FOR SAUNDERS.
ON TOP 14-7.
YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR THE TWO OFFENSES AND THEY ARE MIND BOGGLING.
THE PACKERS.
IT WAS A DOWN YEAR.
THE PACKERS ARE AVERAGING AND THE VIKINGS ARE AVERAGING 427 YARDS.
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THERE ARE PLAY MAKERS ACROSS THE BOARD.
YOU LIKE TO GO IN THE FIELD BEFORE, LOOK AT THE GUY, SEE THE SHAPES AND SIZES OF THEM.
BOTH HAVE GROWN MEN.
GREAT-LOOKING ATHLETES ON BOTH SIDELINES.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE ATHLETES AS BOTH OF THE TEAMS DO YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SCORE POINTS PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO SPREAD FOUR WIDES OUT LIKE BOTH DID.
TWO QUARTERBACKS THAT ARE BALLERS.
>> NUMBER 47 WHO CAN TAKE A KICK BACK.
HE'S ALREADY DONE IT TONIGHT.
>> HE'S GOT THE FRESH HAIR CUT FOR THE BIG GAME.
>> THE KICK WILL BE NONRETURNABLE.
THE VIKINGS HAVE TO START AGAIN.
AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
WE CHECK IN WITH JOHN NELSON.
>> ALL RIGHT, CHUCK.
TIME TO HELP ME OUT.
WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW?
>> KICK IT.
>> LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE PYATT DEFENSE IS COMING UP BIG.
PICK 6, 80 YARDS TO THE HOUSE AND ANOTHER INTERCEPTION SET UP A FIVE-PLAY, 53-YARD DRIVE.
ST. PYATT LEADING 21-0.
THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS AT 2-8.
BACK UPSTAIRS.
>> WOW.
MAKE THE PLAYOFFS AT 2-8.
>> COULD BE A BIG SERIES HERE FOR LOWNDES.
RIGHT NOW YOU SEE COLQUITT.
LOWNDES HAS TO MAKE THE MOVES HERE.
>> TISDALE ON THE CARRY.
PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
11 YARDS ON THE PLAY.
DAWSON MAKES THE TACKLE FOR THE PACKERS.
>> HE HAS POWER.
WHEN COLQUITT, ANYONE HIT HIM HE'S DRAGGING HIM AT LEAST ANOTHER THREE YARDS.
>> YOU TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.
TISDALE CAN BOWL WITH THE BEST OF THEM.
>> HE CAN.
GREAT SIZE.
FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 31.
MICHAEL BARRETT REPLACING THREE-YEAR STARTER AUSTIN DIXON.
PLAYED LINEBACKER LAST YEAR.
TISDALE ON THE CARRY.
PICKS UP ABOUT FOUR ON THE PLAY.
NELSON LEWIS MAKING THE TACKLE.
FOR THE PACKERS.
>> GOT THE INSIDE ZONE PLAY.
OPTIONING OFF THE DEFENSIVE END.
SEES THE END VERY DISCIPLINED WHICH HAPPENED HERE.
BARRETT GIVES IT TO THE RUNNING BACK INSIDE THE ZONE.
INSIDE THE TACKLES.
>> I BELIEVE IT WAS LEWIS WHO HIT HIM FIRST.
NELSON LEWIS HOPPED ON TOP OF HIM.
LOOK AT THE GUY JUST CONTINUING TO MOTOR FORWARD.
HE WAS A TOUGH GUY ON THE GROUND.
HE PICKED UP THE FIST DOWN.
ANOTHER TOUGH RUN BY THE QUARTERBACK.
MICHAEL BARRETT.
>> THE BULLDOZER.
WHEN THEY NEED THE SURE FIRE YARDS YOU SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
WE TALKED ABOUT MICHAEL BARRETT HAS TO HAVE A BIG GAME.
INSIDE ZONE HERE.
HE DECIDES TO KEEP IT.
TAKES IT.
HE STOPPED RIGHT HERE.
HE GETS AFTER CONTACT ALMOST EIGHT YARDS AFTER CONTACT ON THAT PLAY.
TOUGH GUY.
TOUGH RUNNER.
>> VIKINGS HEAD COACH RANDY McPHERSON SAID HE BRINGS A LINEBACKER MENTALITY TO THE QUARTERBACK POSITION.
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ON DISPLAY HERE TONIGHT.
NOTHING DOING FOR TISDALE THAT TIME.
HE GETS RIGHT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> GOOD CALL BEING DISCIPLINED.
WHEN YOU PLAY AGAINST A SPREAD TEAM AND YOU HAVE A QUARTERBACK THAT'S OPTIONING OFF SOMETHING ON DEFENSE YOU HAVE TO BE DISCIPLINED.
THE LINE MEN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIVE.
THE TWO INSIDE DEEP TACKLES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIVE IN THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER.
THE DEFENSIVE ENDS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUARTERBACK.
THEY HAVE BEEN BANGING THEM INSIDE ON THE RUN.
WATCH OUT FOR THE OUTSIDE.
>> SECOND DOWN AND TEN.
THE PASS IS COMPLETE.
KYLE DOWN FIELD AND TO THE 30 YARD LINE.
FIRST CATCH OF THE NIGHT BY KYLE.
WE TOLD YOU WITHOUT THE TOP WIDE RECEIVERS.
HARRIS HAD A BIG CATCH AND KYLE HAS, TOO.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
THEY KEEP SETTING THEM UP INSIDE.
YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE OUTSIDE.
GREAT SET UP.
LOOKS LIKE A RUN UP TO ME.
IT WAS A PASS.
>> 26-YARD PICK-UP FOR KYLE.
THAT'S HIS PER-CATCH AVERAGE THIS SEASON WHICH IS TOPS ON THE TEAM.
THE BALL FIRED TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND INTERCEPTED.
NELSON LEWIS FUMBLED THE BALL.
THE PACKERS GOT BACK ON TOP OF IT.
A SECOND TURNOVER HERE BY THE LOWNDES VIKINGS.
NELSON LEWIS WITH THE INTERCEPTION AND McKEEVER COVERED THE FUMBLE.
>> WHEN YOU GET YOUR HANDS UP -- ACTUALLY THROWS IT OFF THE OFFENSIVE GUARDS BACK.
BARRETT THAT TIME OFF THE BACK.
BIG FOR COLQUITT.
>> IT WAS THOMAS, NUMBER 18 WHO RECOVERED THE FUMBLE BY NELSON LEWIS.
NOW THE PACKERS HAVE IT AT THEIR OWN 32 YARD LINE.
STOPPING A VIKINGS DRIVE IN ITS TRACKS.
SAUNDERS TO THE AIR.
THAT'S A COMPLETION TO THE TIGHT END.
SHENKER ACROSS MIDFIELD.
FINALLY RUN OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 42 YARD LINE.
JOHN SAMUEL SHENKER.
THEY ARE HIGH ON THIS GUY.
THEY FEEL IF HE CAN HAVE A BIG RUN HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH THEY COULD GET TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAIN.
>> NICE JOB.
HE RAN A SLANT ROUTE.
SLANT ROUTE LINED UP WIDE.
HAS A LOT OF RANGE.
COLLEGE COACHES AROUND THE COUNTRY LOVE HIS RANGE AND ABILITY TO LINEBACKER UP TIGHT AND WIDE.
>> 26-YARD PICK UP.
BALL IN THE VIKINGS SIDE OF THE 50.
SAUNDERS GIVEN TIME TO THROW.
IT IS COMPLETE.
PONDER WITH HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE BALL GAME.
HE'S DRIVEN OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 35.
THAT'S A SEVEN-YARD PICK UP FOR PONDER.
>> LOWNDES IS PLAYING OFF THE RECEIVERS.
THAT'S AN EASY THROWING CATCH FOR WIDE RECEIVERS.
JAY SAUNDERS WOULD PICK THEM APART IF THEY ARE PLAYING THE ZONE.
THEY ARE ALMOST TEN YARDS OFF THE BALL.
>> SECOND DOWN AND TWO.
CARTER THE CORNER BACK IS THEIR TOP INTERCEPTION GUY.
THEY SWING THE BALL TO EDWARDS WHO CRASHES DOWN TO THE 27-YARD LINE.
EDWARDS, THE FRESHMAN RUNNING BACK PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PACKERS ON OFFENSE.
BEING RECRUITED BY NAVY.
THE LEFT GUARD OFFERED BY UAB.
THE FRESHMAN RUNNING BACK EDWARDS.
HEAD COACH SAYS IT LOOKS LIKE NICK CHUB TO HIM.
>> HE DOES.
BUILT LIKE HIM A LITTLE BIT.
>> TY LEGGET IN MOTION.
THEY THROW FOR THE END ZONE.
IT'S CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN BY THE TIGHT END JOSH HADLEY.
THE TIGHT END, JUST HIS SECOND CATCH OF THE YEAR.
IT IS A BIG ONE.
>> STARTS WITH GREAT PROTECTION.
JAY SAUNDERS COULD HAVE SAT BACK THERE FOR ANOTHER FIVE SECONDS.
WHAT GREAT PROTECTION.
COLQUITT DESERVES CREDIT.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE PROTECTION TO LET THE RECEIVERS GET BACK DOWN FIELD.
>> FITZGERALD, P.A.T.
AND THE PACKERS WHO FELL BEHIND 7-0 AFTER THE VIKINGS OPENING DRIVE.
SCORED 21 UNANSWERED POINTS AS WE LOOK AT THE TCSG REPLAY.
>> GOOD JOB STAYING ALIVE.
HE HAS A CORNER ROUTE.
SAUNDERS DOESN'T HAVE TIME WITHOUT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE PROTECTION.
FOR THE COLQUITT OFFENSIVE LINE.
THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
GREAT JOB.
I DON'T THINK JAY SAUNDERS HAS BEEN PRESSURED YET.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU SAY ALSO?
JEFF HAMMOND, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR.
I'M LIKING THIS DESIGN.
THIS OFFENSE IS REALLY, REALLY HARD TO FIGURE OUT.
REALLY, REALLY WELL PLAYED BY JEFF HAMMOND, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR SETTING THIS GAME PLAN UP TODAY.
>> A FIVE-PLAY, 68-YARD DRIVE.
FOLLOWING THE INTERCEPTION BY NELSON LEWIS.
AND BOTH OF THE VIKINGS TURNOVERS, CHUCK, HAVE TURNED INTO TOUCHDOWNS FOR THE PACKERS.
>> THAT'S WHAT COACH PROBST TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING PLAYS.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES.
WHEN YOU GET A BREAK YOU HAVE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY AND SCORE.
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE HERE IS MADE SCOTT SIX.
>> IT WAS COACH PROBST'S BELIEF IF YOU COMMITTED THREE TURNOVERS YOU COULD NOT WIN THE GAME.
THE VIKINGS HAVE COMMITTED TWO ALREADY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> PROBST WAS TALKING LIKE A PROPHET.
ALL THE GAMES HAVE BEEN WELL CONTESTED EXCEPT LAST YEAR.
THIS RIVALRY IS ABOUT GOING BACK.
THE IMPORTANT PART, YOU'RE LOWNDES ON THE ROAD.
STILL YOU SEE THE TEAM IS HOT.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THE MOMENTUM GOING BACK ON YOUR SIDE.
>> THIS RIVALRY IS 4-4 SINCE PROBST ARRIVED AT COLQUITT COUNTY.
THE PACKERS OUTSCORED THE VIKINGS 124-54.
THE LAST WIN FOR THE VIKINGS IN THE SERIES ON THE FIELD.
17-14 IN 2012.
>> THAT OFFENSIVE LINE HAS DONE WELL.
>> MICHAEL BARRETT ON THE CARRY.
PICKS UP FOUR ON THE PLAY.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER THIS HAS BEEN A STREAKY SERIES DATING BACK TO ITS BEGINNINGS.
IN 1978.
LOWNDES WON NINE OF THE FIRST 11.
COLQUITT COUNTY BEHIND HEAD COACH JIM HUGHES WON NINE STRAIGHT.
THEN LOWNDES 14 OF 15.
THE SHERIFF THEN ARRIVED IN MOULTRIE NAMED PROBST.
IT'S BEEN THE PACKERS SERIES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
WE HAVE A PENALTY HERE AGAINST THE VIKINGS.
>> ALL RIGHT, JOHN NELSON.
WE HAVE OUR FIRST FALSE START.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT FROM LOWNDES.
THEY DIDN'T GET RATTLED.
DIDN'T GET PENALTIES.
>> NOW SECOND DOWN AND 11.
MICHAEL BARRETT.
EIGHT CARRIES, 50 YARDS SO FAR.
J.D.
LEE GETS HIS FIRST CARRY OF THE BALL GAME.
LEE PICKS UP JUST A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE PLAY.
>> NICE JOB BY THE COLQUITT FRONT.
EVERYBODY HAD THEIR GUESS.
YOU HAVE TO BE DISCIPLINED.
THEY DID A FRAET JOB.
>> ONE OF THE UNTOLD STORIES OF THE PACKERS TEAM HAS BEEN THE DEFENSE.
THEY HAVE HELD THREE OF THE LAST FIVE OPPONENTS TO TWO TOUCHDOWNS OR LESS.
BARRETT STEPS UP.
HAS TIME.
THROWS.
OFF THE HAND OF HARRIS TO THE 35-YARD LINE.
YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR LOWNDES TO WIN WITHOUT THE TOP WIDE RECEIVER.
XAVIER JENKINS THE ESPN 3 STAR WHO COMMITTED TO GEORGIA, STILL HAS OFFERS FROM LOUISVILLE AND MISSISSIPPI STATE.
HE'S INJURED TONIGHT OUT WITH A KNEE INJURY.
THEY HOPE TO GET HIM BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS.
>> BLOCK THERE.
>> PUNT BY SHAW WILL BE FAIR CAUGHT AT THE 48 YARD LINE BY TORY PONDER.
THAT'S WHERE THE PACKERS GO BACK WITH 41 SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE HALF.
GREAT FIELD POSITION AS WE THROW IT DOWN TO JOHN NELSON WHO WILL KICK IT.
>> THERE YOU GO.
LET'S KICK IT AND SHOW YOU SWAMP WAR.
IF CLINCH COUNTY WINS THEY ARE ONE OF 21 TEAMS THAT COULD GET YOU A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP RIGHT NOW.
YOU SEE THE SCORE.
IT WAS 8-0.
IT'S NOW 8-3 IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
RIGHT NOW 38th IN THE POWER RANKINGS.
COULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN 27 YEARS.
THAT'S IF THEY DON'T MAKE TOYOTA THE PLAYOFFS.
THAT'S A FIRST.
14-3.
P.A.T.
COMING FOR CLINCH COUNTY.
>> THIS IS A BIG DEFENSIVE SERIES FOR THE VIKINGS.
THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A STOP.
THE CATCH AND RUN.
HARD TIME GETTING HIM ON THE GROUND.
FINALLY THE TACKLE.
HOLMES WAY DOWN FIELD TACKLES SLOAN.
THAT'S A BIG PICK UP FOR THE PACKERS.
THE PACKERS SCORE HERE.
THE VIKINGS ARE IN DEEP EARLY TROUBLE.
>> GOOD JOB BY THE SENIOR.
5'10", 150.
SLOAN GETS HIS HEAD AROUND, CATCHES THE BALL AND MAKES YARDS AFTER THE CATCH.
>> 18-YARD PICK-UP.
HAND OFF INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
EDWARDS PICKS UP FOUR ON THE PLAY.
>> HAD GOOD SPEED.
TIPTOEING AND DANCING BACK AND FORTH.
PICKS UP FOUR YARDS, FIVE.
>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX.
THAT'S THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> THAT'S A SOUTH GEORGIA TURN.
YOU HAVE TO BOW YOUR NECK.
WE'LL SEE HOW THEY DO HERE.
TO THE SECOND QUARTER.
>> WELL, THE GAME STARTED WELL FOR THE VIKINGS.
THEY DROVE 80 YARDS ON THE FIRST POSSESSION.
THAT WAS SHORT-LIVED.
J.J. PETERSON TOOK IT BACK 98 YARDS.
BID BY SHAMBURGER.
TWO TURNOVERS LED TO TWO PACKERS TOUCHDOWNS.
COLQUITT COUNTY HAS THE 21-7 LEAD AFTER ONE.
RIGHT NOW HOOVER IS LOSING TO GRAYSON, 6-0 IN AN INTERSTATE BATTLE.
THE COLQUITT TEAM COULD FACE THEM IN THE QUARTER FINALS OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR IF THE BRACKETS PLAY OUT WITH THE FAVORITES WINNING.
ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREAT HIGH SCHOOL COACHES.
REALLY GOOD TALKING BALL WITH HIM.
WHEN YOU LISTEN TO HIM YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH BALL AND HOW MUCH HE KNOWS, A CREDIT TO GEORGIA.
>> THE VIKINGS ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE HERE.
HAND OFF TO LEGGETT.
GOT TACKLED A TT 20 YARD LINE.
TY JUST GASHED HIM FOR TEN YARDS.
>> LOOKED LIKE HE HAD A ROCKET CONNECTED TO HIS FEET.
DECIDES TO GIVE IT HIM.
WATCH THIS.
HE JUST SIZZLES.
REALLY, REALLY FAST.
>> THERE WAS THE FACE MASKING PENALTY THERE ON MOORE.
SO THAT WILL -- YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY WILL SPOT THIS AFTER THE MARK OFF.
I BELIEVE IT WILL BE THE TEN YARD LINE VIKINGS ARE GETTING READY TO FALL BEHIND IN THE FIRST 13 MINUTES.
>> EDWARDS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
EDWARDS GOT STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS.
SHAW WAS THE FIRST GUY TO HIT HIM.
>> NICE JOB BY LOWNDES.
THE VIKINGS SWARMING TO THE BALL.
NICE JOB COMPETING.
PARTICULARLY ON THE ROAD, I LIKE THE WAY THEY ARE RUNNING TO THE BALL.
VIKINGS DEFENSE WITH TWO SHUT OUTS THIS SEASON AGAINST PALM BEACH FLORIDA BAY SIDE.
THEY HAVE ALSO SURRENDERED FOUR GAMES THIS SEASON INCLUDING THE LOSS TO VALDOSTA.
THROW TO TEPID ZONE.
JUST BEYOND THE OUTSTRETCHED HANDS OF SLOAN.
A LOSS TO THE CLASS TOWN RIVALS IN THE WINTERSVILLE CLASSIC.
THEY HAVE RATTLE OFF EIGHT STRAIGHT VICTORIES.
THEY HAVE NOT SCORED LESS THAN 35 POINTS IN ANY GAME.
ONLY TWO OF THE GAMES HAVE BEEN DECIDED BY LESS THAN 21 POINTS.
THIS IS THE FIRST THIRD DOWN FOR RANDY McPHERSON'S TEAM TONIGHT.
THIRD DOWN ON DEFENSE, THAT IS.
CAUGHT FOR A TOUCHDOWN BY PONDER.
27-7.
>> NICE JOB BY SAUNDERS, SITTING BACK IN THE POCKET.
FINDING AN OPEN RECEIVER.
AGAIN YOU CAN THROW.
YOU CAN CATCH.
WITHOUT THE BIG GUYS ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE, NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE.
BEST BLOCKING I HAVE SEEN SO FAR IN THE FIRST HALF PROTECTION WISE FROM AN OFFENSE THIS YEAR.
28-7.
WE LOOK AT THE TOUCHDOWN REPLAY.
>> GREAT JOB AGAIN BY THE FRONT.
LOWNDES ENDS UP SENDING PRESSURE.
THEY BRING A FIFTH BLITZER.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE OF COLQUITT DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I HAVE TO GIVE THEM CREDIT.
RIGSBY, HOWARD, LISTEN.
THEY ARE PROTECTED.
YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES WAS IN THE POCKET THEY ARE PROTECTING.
THE FIRST OFFENSIVE PROTECTION EF SEEN ALL YEAR ON GPB AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE GAMES.
THEY ARE THE MVPs OF THE GAME.
>> FOURTH TOUCHDOWN CATCH OF THE SEASON FOR PONDER.
DOWN TO JOHN NELSON.
TIME TO SHOW YOU 7-A.
THIS IS A 33-YARD FIELD GOAL TO MAKE IT 10-0.
YOU KNOW THE LEFT HAND, HOCKEN MA, TOUCHDOWN PASS.
17-0 LEADING MARIETTA.
THE PEDAL DOWN 17-0 IN THE SECOND.
BACK UPSTAIRS.
>> MATT STEWART AND THE GPB WITH YOU IN SOUTH GEORGIA TONIGHT.
>> THE FIRE MARSHAL SHUT IT DOWN.
THE KICK OFF.
NONRETURNABLE.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE HAD THE FIRE MARSHAL AT THE GATE COUNTING PEOPLE.
>> PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT.
>> I'M SURE WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAN SEATS IN THIS STADIUM TONIGHT.
THE PACKERS TRYING TO WIN THE THIRD STRAIGHT REGION CHAMPIONSHIP JUMPED OUT TO A 28-7 LEAD FOLLOWING THE SIXTH PLAY.
52-YARD DRIVE.
NOW THE VIKINGS HAVE TO DO THINGS.
THEY HAVE TO HOLD THE BALL FOR A WHILE AND GET POINTS OUT OF IT.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
JEFF HAMMOND HAS TO FIGURE IT OUT.
THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR LOWNDES HAS TO GET BACK TO WHAT THEY DO BEST -- RUN THE BALL.
>> HAND OFF.
TISDALE.
ONLY A COUPLE YARDS ON THE PLAY.
SHAM BURGER MAKING THE TACKLE.
>> RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT COLQUITT.
THEY ARE LOADING UP THE BOX.
THEY ARE EXPECTING A RUN.
WHEN LOWNDES PASSES, COLQUITT IS DROPPING BACK IN THE ZONE.
THEY ARE DROPPING SEVEN BACK.
RUSHING FORWARD.
>> SECOND AND SEVEN FROM THE 23.
IT'S CAUGHT BY HARRIS.
THEN A BIG HIT BY BARGE.
HARRIS HOLDS ON FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
>> GOOD JOB ON THE SLANT ROUTE.
TUCK IT AWAY.
NICE JOB GETTING THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS.
MAKING A NICE THROWING CATCH.
>> McPHERSON SAYS MICHAEL BARRETT, THEY KNEW HE WOULD BE A GOOD QUARTERBACK.
HE'S EXCEEDED EVEN HIS EXPECTATIONS.
HAND OFF TO TISDALE.
A BIG HOLE.
DAWSON FINALLY GETS HIM ON THE GROUND.
NOT UNTIL HE CROSSES THE 50 DOWN TO THE 45.
>> EXCELLENT JOB.
NICE RUN.
OUTSIDE ZONE PLAY.
HE TAKES IT AND GETS THERE.
NOT A LOT OF SHAKING AND BAKING.
NICE RUN BY TISDALE.
>> GOT A LITTLE NICK CHUB IN HIM.
>> FIRST AND 10.
BALL AT THE 45 YARD LINE.
NOW TISDALE SPRINTS OUTSIDE.
>> AND A TIME-OUT.
CALLED BY LOWNDES.
>> I HAD TO BELIEVE ON THE LAST PLAY.
THEY WERE GOING TO CALL A ONE BACK POWER.
TAKE A CHANCE GOING IN THE MIDDLE.
EVERY TIME THEY HAVE THROWN IT IT'S AN INTERCEPTION OR A BAD BREAK.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING HERE?
THEY ARE RUNNING THE BALL, HAVING SUCCESS.
THEY HAVE HAD BAD BREAKS.
>> AS MENTIONED OFF THE TOP LOWNDES IS SHOOTING FOR THE FIRST REGION TITLE SINCE 2010.
THEY HAVE WON FIVE STRAIGHT CHAMPIONS.
AS YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN 2004 AND 2007 THEY WON THREE OF FOUR YEARS.
THE RECORD SINCE 1996.
11 REGION TITLES.
THEY HAD FOUR COACHES THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS BUT ONLY FOUR IN THE LAST 40.
FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS IT'S BEEN THAT MAN, RANDY McPHERSON.
>> RANDY McPHERSON, GREAT COACH.
UNDERSTANDS HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THE PLAYERS.
BROUGHT THIS PROGRAM TO PLACES WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN THOUGHT THEY WOULD NEVER BE PARTICULARLY WITH THE BULLY ACROSS TOWN.
>> BARRETT UP TOP.
THROWING.
NEARLY INTERCEPTED.
>> I CAN COUNT A LITTLE BIT.
FOUR WIDE RECEIVERS GOING OUT.
SIX DEFENSIVE BACKS IN THE ZONE WAITING FOR THE BALL.
THEY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
I WOULD LIKE THEM TO SEND IT FOUR DEEP AND TAKE OFF A RUN WITH IT.
>> OFF TO TISDALE.
NELSON LEWIS WITH THE INTERCEPTION EARLIER IN THE BALL GAME.
MADE THE TACKLE RIGHT THERE.
>> NICE TACKLE TAKING THEM DOWN AND WRAPPING THEM UP.
SCRAPING TO THE BALL.
COLQUITT DEFENSE IS PLAYING GOOD BALL NOW.
>> NELSON CAME INTO THE BALL GAME WITH 38 TACKLE OPS THE SEASON.
HE'S PICKED THAT UP.
HE HAD ONE LAST WEEK.
KYLE.
IT'S FOURTH DOWN.
>> KYLE WAS WIDE OPEN THAT TIME.
COLQUITT ENDED UP SENDING PRESSURE.
MICHAEL BARRETT GOT RATTLED THEN.
TRIED TO GET THE BALL OUT TOO QUICK.
THE ROUTE WASN'T DEVELOPED.
DIDN'T GET HIS HEAD BACK TURNED AROUND TOWARD THE QUARTERBACK.
IT DOESN'T GET HERE.
HE RUSHES ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
COLQUITT WITH SEVEN-MAN PRESSURE WHICH THEY HAVEN'T DONE THE ENTIRE GAME.
RATTLED BARRETT.
>> FAIR CATCH IS MADE AT THE 13-YARD LINE.
THAT'S WHERE THE PACKERS WILL GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
THEY ALREADY HAVE A THREE TOUCHDOWN LEAD.
>> OKAY, MATT.
LET ME TAKE YOU IN IF I'M A PACKER.
I'M TRYING TO PUT THAT FINAL STAMP ON THIS FIRST HALF SAYING WE ARE -- IT IS OUR SHOW.
YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO MEASURE UP TO US.
IF YOU'RE THE VIKINGS YOU HAVE TO BOW YOUR NECK.
YOU CAN'T GIVE UP ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN.
LOWNDES ARE A SECOND HALF TEAM.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
>> ALWAYS HIDE BEHIND THE LARGER LINE MAN.
SAUNDERS.
JAY SAUNDERS OFF TO THE RACES.
BRENT CARTER FINALLY RUNS HIM DOWN AT THE 35.
TALK ABOUT ELEMENTS OF SURPRISE.
>> IT WAS A BIG TIME PASSER.
I DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD THE WHEELS.
NICE JOB BY SAUNDERS.
HE OPTIONS OFF THE DEFENSIVE END.
THE DEFENSIVE END GOES FOR IT.
GETS BLOCKED.
IT STAYS OUTSIDE.
EXCELLENT BLOCKING.
SAUNDERS MADE A GREAT READ OFF THE DEFENSIVE END.
THE DEFENSIVE END GOT BLOCKED.
EXCELLENT JOB.
>> 37-YARD RUN BY SAUNDERS TO THE AIR HE GOES THROUGH THE HANDS OF PONDER.
>> BEHIND HIM.
>> LOOK HERE.
THAT WAS A NICE RUN.
SAUNDERS HAD BIG SHOES TO FILL WHEN HE TOOK OVER THIS YEAR.
HIS LAST TWO SEASONS.
NOW THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
>> SO MANY DIFFERENT FORMATIONS.
BALL FUMBLED.
LEGGETT DIDN'T GET ON TOP OF IT.
TRIED TO FALL ON TOP AND DIDN'T.
DAVID, THE NOSE GUARD WAS THERE TO HOP ON IT.
>> YOU NEEDED SOMETHING TO STOP THE BLEEDING.
IT WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION.
SIMPLE HAND OFF.
LOOKS LIKE JAY SAUNDERS HAD THE BALL HIGH.
YOU TRIED TO PUT THE BALL UP TO THE BELLY BUTTON.
THAT'S WHERE JAY HAD A MISCOMMUNICATION.
BUMBLE IN THE BACK FIELD.
LOWNDES HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE MOMENTUM GOING IN HALFTIME.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU, CHUCK.
IT IS HIS FOURTH FUMBLE OF THE SEASON.
GOOD POINT THERE.
>> A HIGH HAND OFF.
FIRST AND 10 NOW FOR THE VIKINGS.
SEE IF THEY CAN CASH IN.
BARRETT IN PRESSURE.
COULD NOT HOLD ONTO IT.
J.J. PETERSON.
REMINDING THEM OF HOW WIDE OPEN HE WAS WHEN HE DROPPED IT.
>> KYLE IS GOING TO HAVE A DREAM ABOUT THIS ONE LATER ON.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE BALL.
>> EVERYTHING IS CRUMBLING AROUND HIM.
GETS THE BALL OFF.
KYLE HAS TO MAKE THIS CATCH.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO WIN A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP IN MOULTRIE, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE PLAYS.
>> McPHERSON THOUGHT THEY HAD A BIG GAINER THERE, IF NOT A TOUCHDOWN.
SECOND AND TEN.
>> WANT TO KEEP IT AND BEAR IT.
WRESTLED TO THE GROUND.
BY ALAN KEY.
>> KEY HAS BEEN ACTIVE.
GOOD JOB GETTING OFF THE BLOCK.
USING HIS HANDS AND SNATCHING OFF THE BLOCK.
THAT'S WHAT DEFENSIVE COACHES LIKE.
YOU WANT A GUY THAT'S SUDDEN.
GETS THERE, DOES A GOOD JOB.
GETTING BARRETT ON THE GROUND.
>> BIG SHOES FOR KEY TO FILL THIS YEAR.
HE TOOK OVER AT LINEBACKER.
FOR BULL BARGE.
>> LOVE BULL BARGE.
>> PLAYING IN SOUTH ALABAMA.
>> THAT WAS MY GUY.
BULL BARGE.
THAT BOY WAS THICKER THAN A SNICKERS.
HE ENDED UP FIGHTING HIM, TOO.
THAT WAS WILLIE DEBRUCE.
>> THAT'S BARGE.
NOW THIRD AND SHORT.
BARRETT WILL RUN FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
>> FROM A FOOTBALL STRATEGY STANDPOINT.
THINK ABOUT THIS.
THIRD AND EIGHT IS DIFFERENT FROM THIRD AND TWO.
MY EYES GET TO RED.
CUT BACK FOR TISDALE DOWN TO THE 39 YARD LINE.
PICKS UP A SOLID EIGHT ON THE PLAY.
DID YOU SEE HOW LONG HE HELD IT ON THE ZONE READ.
HE HELD IT IN THE BELLY OF THE RUNNING BACK FOR AT LEAST TWO OR THREE SECONDS.
HARRIS IN MOTION.
KYLE GETS ANOTHER CHANCE AT IT.
CAN'T RUN UNDER IT.
>> INSIDE ZONE.
PUMP IT.
KYLE WAS THERE.
JUST OVER THREW IT.
COLQUITT ISN'T HAVING A LOT OF GREAT PRESSURE FROM THE D LINE.
THEY ARE HAVING JUST ENOUGH.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IS BARRETT IS RUSHING IT.
SOMETIMES YOU GET HIT A FEW TIMES AND YOU'RE A RUNNER YOU DON'T GET YOUR WITS BACK.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE GUYS ARE COMING FROM.
HE HAS TO BE CALM, MAKE BETTER THROWS.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE PLAYS LATER IN THE GAME.
>> BARRETT COMPLETED OVER 66% OF PASS THIS IS SEASON.
ONLY THREE OF 11 TONIGHT.
RUNS INTO A STONE WALL.
THEY ARE GOING TO BLOW IT DEAD BACK AT THE 37 YARD LINE.
BARRETT ENDED UP ALL THE WAY UP AT THE 47.
THEY ARE NOT INVITING THEM TO THANKSGIVING OFTEN.
>> NOPE.
>> LIKE ANY BOXER MY GOOD FRIEND EVANDER HOLY FIELD.
IF YOU GET HIT ENOUGH EVERYBODY GETS AFFECTED.
MICHAEL BARRETT IS THE ENTIRE OFFENSE RUNNING THE BALL.
HE'S THROWING IT AND RUNNING IT.
SOME OF THE OTHER PLAYERS HAVE TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF OF HIM.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE PREGAME.
HIGHLY AGITATED.
THOUGHT THEY HAD BLOWN THE PLAY DEAD AT THE 37 AFTER BARRETT ON SECOND AND THIRD EFFORT HAD GOT THE BALL TO THE 47.
>> THAT'S THE EXTRA THE DEFENSIVE GUYS DO TO ROUGH YOU UP A LITTLE BIT.
>> NOW IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN.
>> YEAH.
BARRETT GIVING A WORKMAN EFFORT NOW.
NOSE OF THE FOOTBALL.
>> DO YOU SEE HOW BIGAMY EYES ARE?
>> I COULD SEE ATLANTA FROM HERE.
THEY NEEDED THAT THOUGH.
>> I CAN SEE IT REAL GOOD WHEN WE GET THE CAMERA DOWN.
THAT'S WES NICHOLS WORKING HARD.
>> I LIKE THE MONITOR HERE.
HAVING TO USE THE BINOCULARS.
>> CHUCK SMITH, MONITOR MAN.
>> THERE YOU GO.
THE VIKINGS PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
FIRST AND TEN, BALL AT THE 37 YARD LINE.
>> BARRETT IS THE CATALYST TO MAKE THE OFFENSE GO FOR LOWNDES.
>> 60 YARDS RUSHING.
11 CARRIES.
HIS PASSING IS WHAT HE'S LACKED IN TONIGHT.
ONLY 3 OF 11 FOR 55 YARDS.
HAND OFF GOES TO LEE.
LEE CUTS INSIDE.
DOWN TO THE 21 YARD LINE.
SHAMBURGER TACKLES.
THAT'S A FIRST DOWN CARRY FOR LEE.
>> THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S A WAY TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF THE QUARTERBACK.
LEE TAKES IT, GETS DOWNHILL.
OUTSIDE ZONE PLAY.
OUTSIDE THE TACKLE.
NICE JOB AGAIN.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT MICHAEL BARRETT HAVING VISION.
KNOWING WHEN TO GIVE IT TO THE RUNNING BACK OR KEEP IT.
>> IMPRESSED BY THE VIKINGS GROUND GAME.
HE CAME OFF THE EDGE FROM THE BLITZ AND RAN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BACK FIELD AND RAN DOWN HIS MAN.
>> THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SIX.
>> HERE HE COMES.
HE'LL TACKLE BARRETT.
I WOULD GET THAT GUY.
>> GREAT EFFORT.
HE'S GOING TO GET GRADING POINTS.
THAT'S AN EFFORT.
INSTEAD OF GETTING TWO POINTS.
HE CAME INTO THE BALL GAME LEADING TACKLER WITH 64 STOPS ON THE YEAR.
FIRST DOWN, ZONE READ.
BARRETT KEEPS IT.
NICE SHIFTY MOVE.
RUNS FOR THE PYLON AND GETS THERE.
>> HE'S A MAGICIAN.
HARD TO TELL EXACTLY WHAT HE'S DOING.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT.
>> THAT TIME THE DEFENSIVE END ENDED UP CRASHING DOWN.
EXCELLENT JOB BY BARRETT HAVING HIS EYES ON THE WORK GETTING DOWN FIELD.
WHEN HE GETS IN THE SECONDARY, WELCOME TO THE PARTY Y'ALL.
>> LOOK AT THE CUT.
HE HAD ALAN KEY FALLING ON HIS FACE.
P.A.T.
BY COLTON BROOM IS GOOD.
28-14.
LOWNDES REALLY NEEDED THAT.
>> ASK ME HOW BIG THAT WAS.
ASK ME HOW BIG IT WAS.
>> HOW BIG WAS IT?
>> HUGE.
MEGA.
>> HUGE!
>> SO BIG.
>> BARRETT'S 17-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN TO CUT THE PACKERS LEAD IN HALF.
CHUCK SMITH HAS BEEN MOVED UP TO VARSITY, MAN.
THE TEAM IS PLAYING THEM, NOT SO MUCH.
>> ARCHER PLAYED ALL FIVE TEAMS RANKED IN THE CURRENT GPB 7-A TOP TEN.
THEY PLAY THREE OF THE TOP SIX.
>> COLQUITT IS PLAYOFF READY.
THEY PLAY TEAMS AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET.
ANY TIME YOU PLAY A TOUGH SCHEDULE IT BUILDS CHARACTER AND RESILIENCE.
WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THE TEAM HAS DONE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO BIG THINGS IN THE PLAYOFFS.
>> WELL, IF YOU ARE BROOM YOU DON'T WANT TO KICK IT TO THAT GUY AGAIN.
WILLIE DEBRUCE HAS IT GO OFF THE HANDS.
PETERSON PICKS IT UP.
PETERSON THIS TIME WILL GET GANG TACKLED AT THE 11-YARD LINE.
>> THAT WAS A HIT.
>> THEY WERE DETERMINED NOT TO LET HIM GET HIS HANDS ON THE BALL.
HE STILL DID.
>> LIMPING A LITTLE BIT OFF THE FIELD.
>> A YOUNG MAN, YOU JUST GET DOWN.
THERE WAS NOTHING TO GAIN ON THAT.
11 GUYS ALREADY HAD BROKEN THROUGH THE WALL.
THEY WERE BASICALLY COMING DOWN TO HIT YOU.
>> HERE'S JAY SAUNDERS.
WHAT A NIGHT SO FAR.
7 OF 9.
116.
TWO TOUCHDOWN PASSES.
HE'S ALSO RUN THE BALL THREE TIMES FOR 40 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN.
>> JAY HAS BEEN DANGEROUS TONIGHT.
>> BACK TO THE AIR HE GOES.
COMPLETE.
DANCING AROUND.
THEY WILL LOSE YARDS ON THAT PLAY ON THE PASS COMPLETION.
TO POWELL.
ACTUALLY LOST A COUPLE OF YARDS.
>> SWING PASS.
GOOD JOB BY LOWNDES.
DEFENSE FORMING TO THE BALL.
11 ON THE BALL.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW.
GOOD STUFF.
WALKER.
GOT HIS GUY SWARMING.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 12.
AGAIN, NOTHING HAPPENING.
THAT'S CONSECUTIVE STONE WALLS BY THE VIKINGS ON THE HAND OFF TO EDWARDS.
>> LOOKS LIKE THE VIKINGS ON THE LINE.
MANNING UP.
DOING A GOOD JOB.
COLQUITT HAS TO FIND THE ANSWER.
PACKERS 1 FOR 1 ON THIRD DOWN.
SAUNDERS RUNNING, THROWING.
FIRST DOWN BY PONDER.
GOOD JOB BY SAUNDERS TO KEEP THE PLAY ALIVE LONG ENOUGH TO GET TO AN OPEN MAN.
>> EXCELLENT JOB.
THEY GET A THREE-MAN RUSH.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS IN MY OPINION WHEN YOU RUSH THREE AND YOU CAN'T GET PRESSURE.
YOU HAVE A QUARTERBACK THAT'S SMART LIKE THIS YOU HAVE TO FIND A HOLE AND MAKE A GREAT PLAY.
>> SAUNDERS KEEPS IT AGAIN.
ANOTHER BIG RUN.
WAITING FOR HIS BLOCKERS TO GET DOWN FIELD.
PONDER THROWS A BLOCK.
FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN BY SHAW WAY DOWN FIELD.
ANOTHER HUGE RUN FOR JAY SAUNDERS.
>> HE'S DANGEROUS.
I'M TELLING YOU.
HE IS COMPLETELY IN CONTROL OF THE GAME NOW.
HE'S MAKING PLAYS WITH HIS ARM.
MAKING PLAYS WITH THE LEG.
HE'S HAVING A HECK OF A GAME NOW.
I AIN'T SURPRISED.
HE'S A BALLER.
>> 42-YARD PICK-UP FOR JAY SAUNDERS.
PACKERS HAVE IT AT THE VIKINGS 37.
THAT'S SINGLETARY IN MOTION.
THEY GO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
SHENKER DOWN TO THE 20 YARD LINE.
>> IT WAS BASICALLY A GO ROUTE.
GOOD JOB FINDING IT.
GOOD JOB BY THE TIGHT END.
THIS IS A GOOD-LOOKING TIGHT END.
6'4", 229.
TACKLED BY DAVIS.
>> YOU HAVE A GUY RUNNING IT NOW.
LOWNDES COUNTY IS OFF BALANCE.
GOT TO TAKE AWAY SOMETHING.
YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE UP RUNS AND PASSES.
COMMIT.
YOU HAVE TO GET AFTER THE QUARTERBACK HERE.
A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN YOU HAVE DONE.
>> SECOND DOWN AND THREE.
BALL AT THE 13 YARD LINE.
PACKERS TRYING TO SCORE AGAIN.
EDWARDS GETS THE HAND OFF.
MASSIVE BLOCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINE AND A FIRST DOWN CARRY INSIDE THE 5 FOR EDWARDS.
WATCH THE MASSIVE BLOCK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LINE HERE.
BAM.
JUST TOOK OUT JEFFREY DAVIS.
I THINK THAT WAS TYLER HOWARD, NUMBER 65.
I THINK IT WAS HOWARD THAT TOOK OUT JEFFREY DAVIS.
>> THIS OFFENSIVE LINE, NUMBER 70.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB ON PASS PROTECTION.
>> THE TIME-OUT HAVE BEEN CALLING AS THE PACKERS HAVE IT FIRST AND GOAL TO GO INSIDE THE 5 YARD LINE.
RANDY McPHERSON'S TEAM LOST THREE IN A ROW IN THE RIVALRY IN DANGER OF GOING BACK DOWN BY THREE TOUCHDOWNS AGAIN BEFORE HALFTIME.
I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE BLOCK HERE.
THEY JUST TOOK OUT JEFFREY DAVIS.
THEIR TOP TACKLER ON THE TEAM.
THAT WAS TYLER HOWARD.
>> STOKES.
THAT'S WHAT YOU LOVE.
THEY ARE WIDE BODIES, MAN.
YOU LOVE THE GUYS.
WHEN THEY GET NEXT TO EACH OTHER IT'S A BUNCH OF HIPPOS.
WHEN THEY COME AFTER YOU THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
WHAT'S THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE WORLD?
HIPPO.
DID YOU KNOW?
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
>> DO YOUR RESEARCH.
>> IF THEY SIT ON YOU THAT'S THE END.
>> GREAT JOB NOW.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS IN TOTAL CONTROL.
THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB PROTECTING JAY SAUNDERS.
THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB RUNNING THE BALL.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU ASK FROM A GROUP OF BIG BOYS.
>> FIRST AND GOAL TO GO FROM THE FOUR.
TEN OF 12 PASSING 148.
FOUR OF 82 AND A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN.
SHAW MAKING THE TACKLE AND THE RUN INTO THE TEETH OF THE DEFENSE THERE.
SIX CARRIES TONIGHT.
TWO CARRIES FOR 19.
WHAT A MOVE BY SAUNDERS HAVING HIMSELF A NICE FAKE OUT THE DEFENDER AND DANCED INTO THE END ZONE.
FAKED THE PITCH, TOOK IT IN.
34 TO 14.
>> JEFF HAMMOND SPREADS OUT.
FAKE IT IS INSIDE ZONE.
SAUNDERS HAS THE MAGNIFICENT NIGHT.
GOING FOR TWO HERE.
GIVING THEM SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.
>> GOT MY HEAD SPINNING.
>> FITZGERALD P.A.T., 35-14.
JAY SAUNDERS SCORES HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT ON THE TOUCHDOWN REPLAY.
WATCH THIS FACE.
>> WELCOME TO MY HOUSE.
HAVING A HECK OF A GAME HERE TODAY.
TOTAL CONTROL OF THE OFFENSE.
DRIVING THE CAR EVERY TIME INTO THE END ZONE.
HARD TO STOP.
35 NOW.
GOING INTO HALFTIME.
>> YOU KNOW, COACH PROBST SAID, WHAT CLICKED ON THE FIVE-GAME WINNING STREAK YOU'RE ON NOW.
THERE IS NOTHING MAGICAL OTHER THAN WE WEREN'T PLAYING NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMS EVERY WEEK.
THEY OPENED AGAINST MILL CREEK.
THEY PLAYED AMERICAN HERITAGE OUT OF PLANTATION FLORIDA.
HAD A LEAD GOING TO THE FOURTH QUARTER.
ROSWELL IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
GOT THEM BACK.
>> EVERYBODY IN THE COLQUITT COMMUNITY IN THE PROGRAM KNEW THEY WERE YOUNG.
COMING OUT OF IT.
WHEN YOU MEASURE UP AGAINST THE TEAMS THEY WERE GETTING DESTROYED.
INTO THE END ZONE.
THE VIKINGS HAD IT AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
THEY PLAYED THE FOUR GAMES.
NOT LIKE THE SCHEDULE GOT THAT MUCH EASIER.
THEY BLEW OUT A TEAM RANKED NUMBER ONE IN 6-A NOW.
>> THEY ARE PLAYING NORCROSS TONIGHT FOR THE REGION 7 CHAMPIONSHIP.
ROSWELL.
THEY'RE BALLING.
>> VIKINGS BACK ON OFFENSE AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
THEY HAVE NO TIME-OUTS REMAINING.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER THEY JUST TRY TO RUN THE CLOCK OUT HERE AND IN THE HALF.
NOT BEEN A GOOD HALF FOR THEM.
IT STARTED WELL.
THEY HAVE RUN THE BALL WELL.
TWO CRITICAL TURNOVERS.
BY COLQUITT COUNTY AND THE KICK OFF RETURN TOUCHDOWN BY J.J. PETERSON.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE BALL GAME NOW.
>> YOU GET A TOUCHDOWN BY MICHAEL BARRETT.
COMES BACK AND PUT SEVEN ON THE BOARD TO MATCH THEM.
>> OH, YEAH.
OBVIOUSLY DO THE MATH.
YOU CAN'T GET INTO A MATCH NOW.
YOU HAVE TO COME UP TO STOPS.
>> YOU HAVE TO SCORE BIG IN THE SECOND HALF.
FIRST AND 10 FOR THE VIKINGS.
BALL AT THE 20.
>> HAND OFF GOES.
BODY SLAM AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> NICE JOB.
NICE JOB OFF ON THE BLOCK.
>> MERIT IS A SOPHOMORE, THE LEADING TACKLER ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE.
54 STOPS ON THE SEASON COMING INTO TONIGHT.
>> COACH SAID HE'S BEEN STEPPING UP.
YOU CAN LOOK AT HIM HERE.
GREAT SIZE.
HE'LL BE GOOD FOR THE PACKERS.
GUESS WHO CALLED THE TIME-OUT?
COACH PROBST.
HE WANTS THE BALL BACK AGAIN BEFORE HALFTIME.
>> TIME TO KICK IT, GUYS.
ALEXANDER, 21 GAMES GOING INTO TONIGHT COULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR CHAMPION.
HERE'S ONE OF THEM.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY OUR FRIENDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.
7-7.
IT WAS THE FIRST INDICATION WE HAD.
THEY MISSED THE POINT AFTER.
HEADED TO THE SECOND QUARTER.
A CAME THAT WILL DECIDE THE ONE AND TWO MORE THAN LIKELY IN THE REGION.
7-6.
ALEXANDER WITH THE LEAD SECOND QUARTER.
OTHER NEWS NORTH SIDE.
HOUSTON COUNTY LEADS 31-28 AT THE HALF.
GOOD NEWS IN GAME NINE NOW.
YOU HAVE TO WIN AGAINST VALDOSTA NEXT WEEK.
>> SECOND DOWN.
BARRETT KEEPING IT.
RUNS INTO HIS OWN MAN.
SURGES FORWARD AND PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
BARGE HAS A HARD TIME GETTING HIM ON THE GROUND BUT DOES.
AT THE 30 YARD LINE.
35 YARD LINE.
THAT WILL MOVE THE STICKS.
LET'S SEE.
LIKELY, I'M GUESSING DID THEY CALL HIM.
COLQUITT WON'T CALL ANOTHER TIME-OUT AFTER THE FIRST DOWN.
>> LOOKS LIKE HERE LOWNDES WILL TRY TO GET BARRETT ANOTHER RUN.
MAYBE TAKE A SHOT DOWN FIELD.
>> IF YOU CAN GET A RUN LIKE THAT MAYBE YOU CAN GET THE BALL CLOSE TO MIDFIELD.
>> COMMUNICATING WITH THE SIDELINE.
MAYBE THEY WILL TAKE A SHOT.
>> DOWN TO 15 SECONDS.
TISDALE.
UP TO THE 50 YARD LINE.
TISDALE FINALLY STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS WITH FIVE SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.
THAT STOPS THE CLOCK.
45 YARD LINE.
I WOULD THROW IT TO THE END ZONE.
>> NOW A SHOT.
>> SEND EVERYBODY DEEP.
THROW IT AS FAR AS YOU CAN.
>> I LIKE TRAVIS TISDALE.
SOPHOMORE, 5'11".
180.
GOT SOME JUICE.
>> THREE ON THE NEAR SIDE.
HERE COMES THE HAIL MARY.
BARRETT STEPS UP.
FIRES AS DEEP AS HE CAN GO.
IT'S GOING TO BE INTERCEPTED OR BROKEN UP?
DID THEY RULE INTERCEPTION OR NOT?
THAT'S AN INTERCEPTION.
OR WAS IT?
>> HARD TO SEE.
>> WELL, NUMBER 7 FOR LOWNDES ENDED UP WITH THE BALL.
THAT'S WASHINGTON.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS AN INTERCEPTION.
THAT'S THE END OF THE HALF.
COLQUITT COUNTY TAKES A 35-14 LEAD.
IT WAS NOT CAUGHT BY EITHER TEAM.
SO 35-14 COLQUITT COUNTY HEADS TO THE LOCKER ROOM WITH A THREE TOUCHDOWN LEAD.
>> DO YOU THINK PROBST IS SATISFY?
>> NO.
>> HIS FACE DOESN'T CHANGE WHETHER IT'S A TOUCHDOWN OR A FUMBLE.
I LIKE IT.
>> SPEAKING OF RUSH HE'S STANDING BY WITH JOHN NELSON.
>> IT WAS A RHETORICAL WE CAN.
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE FIRST HALF.
HE SAID NO.
YOUR ANSWER?
>> NO.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE PLEASED WE SCORED.
OBVIOUSLY I'M PLEASED WITH THE FUMBLE THAT GAVE HIM THE 14.
WE HAVE TO BE UP 35-7.
SAME SITUATION.
COULD HAVE GOT IT BACK.
MAY HAVE PUT IT AWAY BUT WE DIDN'T.
THE WAY THESE THINGS GO SHD PLAY IT LIKE 0-0.
>> HE'LL BE WORKING ON MORE STUFF.
WE GET BACK TO RUSH'S IDEAS.
HALFTIME SHOW OFFICIALLY STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> RUSH IS HAPPY.
BUT NOT COMPLETELY.
>> I LOVE THE MENTALITY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
COMING UP ON THE FOOTBALL FRIDAYS GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW.
WE'LL HEAR FROM THE LOWNDES MARCHING BAND AND HAVE SCORES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
>> PLUS, WE'LL INFORM YOU WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.
JOHN NELSON GOES TO THE PLACE HE'S FAMILIAR WITH.
WE'LL SEE HIM IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AND TALK WITH PROUD PARENTS.
THAT AND MORE COMING UP IN THE GPB HALFTIME SHOW.
SEE YOU IN A FEW.
>>> WE ARE LIVE FROM GEORGIA FOR THE PACKERS LEADING LOWNDES 35-14 AT THE HALF.
THE LOWNDES MARCHING BAND IS READY TO TAKE THE FIELD.
FIRST WE CHECK IN WITH JACKIE WITH THE LATEST OF THE FANS BUZZING ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB.
>> THANK YOU, MARK.
LET'S GET TO TWEETS.
DON'T FORGET ON TWITTER YOU CAN CAST YOUR VOTE IN THE POLL WE HAVE.
SO FAR COLQUITT COUNTY IS TOTALLY OWNING THE POLL.
71% THINK THEY WILL WIN THIS BALL GAME.
LOWNDES, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
SHOW YOUR SPIRIT.
FIND US ON TWITTER.
CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE, MARK ROBERTS WATCHING FROM THE SPORTS APP WHICH IS FREE.
DOWNLOAD IT IN THE APP STORE AND STAY UP TO DATE.
WE HAVE SCOTT CHIMING IN, SHOWING US LOVE.
LOVES WHEN WE COME TO TOWN.
SO DO WE.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE IN MOULTRIE.
AND JADA SAYING COLQUITT WILL WIN TONIGHT.
>> WE HAD TO BRING THIS BACK UP.
WITH HALLOWEEN COMING UP HERE IN A FEW DAYS.
THIS IS A KID FROM MILL CREEK WHO DRESSED UP AS COACH PROBST FOR SPIRIT WEEK.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE THE LITTLE HEAD BUTT SITUATION HAPPENING.
WE FOUND THIS PHOTO TO SHARE FROM A FAN IN THE STANDS.
BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF THE GAME IN SOUTH GEORGIA.
DARREN CHIMING IN SAYING WITNESSING GREATNESS FOR LOWNDES HIGH SCHOOL SHOWING THEM LOVE.
THIS GUY IS JUST AWESOME.
WATCHING THE WORLD SERIES AND THE GAME HERE AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE.
SEND YOUR PHOTOS HERE.
FIND US ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND SNAPCHAT.
MORE COMING UP THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
>> NOW LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHN NELSON.
HE'S IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.
>> TIME TO BE IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.
WE ARE SURROUNDED BY BRIDGEMAN.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> YOU AS WELL.
WHAT A GREAT NIGHT FOR FOOTBALL.
LOTS GOING ON.
BRIDGEMAN BROUGHT HOME FIRST IN CLASS AT RECENT COMPETITIONS.
JUST GOT BACK FOR 17 LOWNDES STUDENTS.
OUR AIR FORCE ROTC IS WINNING AS WELL IN BAINBRIDGE.
LOTS GOING ON T. GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM IS STILL IN THE ELITE 8 IN COLUMBUS.
SHE'S HERE TODAY.
TIME TO PLAY THE GAME SWEEPING GEORGIA.
ARE YOU SMARTER?
HERE WE GO.
A RECENT POLL OF HALLOWEEN CANDY CONSUMPTION FOUND WHICH CONFECTION IS THE TOP SELLER IN GEORGIA?
AIRHEADS, PIXIE STICKS OR CANDY CORN?
>> I THINK GEORGIA IS A CLASSIC STATE.
I WILL GO WITH THE CLASSIC CANDY CORN.
>> IT IS PIXIE STIX.
>> OH, DARN.
>> THE CANDY FLAVORED POWDER THAT MAKES A MESS.
CANDY CORN DOESN'T COUNT AS A VEGETABLE, KIDS.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
>> ONE ROUND DOWN.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK IN A BIT WITH THE OTHER HALF.
>> I'M WITH PRINCIPAL McCALL.
I LIKED CANDY CORN.
>> I THOUGHT CANDY CORN.
>> A BIG PART OF THE PAGEANTRY OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES IS LISTENING TO THE BAND.
WE'LL LISTEN TO THE LOWNDES BAND NOW FROM REGIONS BANK.
REMEMBER, WE'LL STREAM THE PERFORMANCE LIVE ON OUR GPB FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE'LL ARCHIVE IT SO YOU CAN WATCH AGAIN WHENEVER YOU WANT.
LET'S LISTEN TO THE LOWNDES HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND.
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>> GREAT JOB BY THE LOWNDES MARCHING BAND.
WE ARE STREAMING THIS LIVE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
CHECK IT OUT.
THEY ARE PLAYING THE ENTIRE PERFORMANCE NOW AND AT THE POST GAME SHOW WE'LL HAVE THE 50th REGIMENT MARCHING BAND FROM COLQUITT PLAY THEIR PERFORMANCE AS THEY GET READY FOR A BIG BAND OFF TOMORROW.
>> THEY WILL PLAY WHEN THE GAME IS OVER.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN CUT TO THEM IN THE POST GAME SHOW.
>> UP NEXT ON THE GPB HALFTIME SHOW WE'LL HEAR FROM JOHN NELSON WHO TAKES A TRIP TO A VERY SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
>> AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE 411 FROM PROUD PARENTS AND WE'LL HAVE SCORES FROM AROUND THE ENTIRE STATE OF GEORGIA.
ALL THE GAMES YOU WANT TO KNOW AHEAD WHEN THE HALFTIME SHOW CONTINUES AFTER THIS ON GPB.
>>> WE ARE BACK IN MOULTRIE, GEORGIA.
COLQUITT LEADING 35-14 IN A GAME THAT WILL DECIDE THE REGION ONE 7-A CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 2016.
>> WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE LOWNDES HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND.
THE 50th REGIMENT WILL BE PERFORMING AND WE'LL STREAM IT LIVE ON THE GPB SPORTS FACEBOOK PAGE.
MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN ON FACEBOOK.
ALSO DURING THE POST GAME SHOW.
THEY WILL BE PERFORMING AFTER THE GAME.
IT WILL BE STREAMING LIVE ON FACEBOOK.
BEFORE THAT IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER SHOW THAT'S THE BEST ONE.
FUN, QUIRKY ARE YOU SMARTER?
>> WHAT DID YOU KNOW AN WHEN DID YOU KNOW IT?
NOT GOOD QUESTIONS FROM THE SENATE BUT IT'S A PIECE OF CAKE ON ARE YOU SMARTER.
>> WE'LL GET TO IT.
WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON.
GO RIGHT THROUGH IT.
>> WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON.
A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.
FIRST OF ALL WE HAD SEVERAL NATIONAL WINNERS AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE.
THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
WE ARE PROUD OF THEM.
THEY DO A LOT OF WORK AND SHOTS.
THEY PUBLICIZED ALL OF OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE MORNING.
IT'S BEEN GOOD.
PARENT NIGHT HAS BEEN A BIG HIT THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE TAKEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
THE PARENTS HAVE BEEN RECEPTIVE.
THEY ARE ENJOYING THAT.
I'M THANKFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY WHICH RAISED A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE UNITED WAY.
>> TIME TO PLAY THE GAME.
IT'S TIME FOR A ROUND OF ARE YOU SMARTER.
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL IS DIPPING A TOE INTO THE ATLANTA BUSINESS ARENA.
WITH A SHOE SIZE OF 23 THAT'S A BIG TOE.
WHAT'S HE DOING?
RESTORING THE CYCLORAMA AT THE HISTORY CENTER, MAKING THE BIG CHICKEN HIS OWN OR A KRISPY KREME IN MIDTOWN?
WHICH IS IT?
>> I LIKE DOUGHNUTS.
I HAVE TO GO WITH THE KRISPY KREME.
>> HOT DOUGHNUTS NOW SHOULD BE THE HASHTAG.
LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S THE KRISPY KREME.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE ICONIC KRISPY KREME.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING BACK AGAIN.
>> GOOD DEAL.
BACK TO ARE YOU SMARTER.
>> WELL, SHAQUILLE COULDN'T MAKE FREE THROWS.
HE CAN MAKE GLAZED DOUGHNUTS.
HERE ARE SCORES FROM THE GEORGIA EMC SCORE BOARD.
NO TROUBLE WITH WOODSTOCK.
52-0.
GRAYSON OVER HOOVER.
REGION 7.
15-0 AT THE HALF.
LEADING BY A FIELD GOAL.
AT THE HALF.
BIG GAME.
ALEXANDER MADE 7-7 IN THE FIRST NOW.
ELSEWHERE AROUND THE GREAT STATE OF GEORGIA, WE HAVE GLEN ACADEMY.
NO TROUBLE WITH THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE BEAUFORD.
JONES COUNTY A TOUCHDOWN BETTER THAN STOCKBRIDGE.
A FIELD GOAL.
A WINNER TONIGHT.
>> STILL PLAYING.
YOU CAN WATCH THEM NOW LIVE ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
FIND US ON FACEBOOK.
WE ARE STILL PLAYING.
IT MAY FEEL THE SEASON IS COMING TO AN END.
WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.
HERE IS THE SCHEDULE FROM THE GEORGIA EMC.
WE ARE BACK IN THE STUDIO.
SEEING WHO MAKES THE BRACKET.
THEN THE POST SEASON KICKS OFF FOR FIVE EXCITING WEEKS OF PLAYOFF FOOTBALL.
THE FIRST ROUND KICKS OFF NOVEMBER 11.
GPB SPORTS IS YOUR SOURCE FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FOR EIGHT GAMES AND THE GEORGIA DOME OF DECEMBER 9 AND 10.
>> JOHN NELSON REJOINS US FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF BACK ROADS AND BACK FIELDS.
>> THE NATURAL CHOICE.
PREFER GEORGIA.
YOU HIT THE ROAD TO CAVE SPRING.
>> IT WAS BASED ON A QUESTION WE HAD.
THE QUESTION WAS HOW.
WE VISITED THE GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
THE ANSWER IS IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ON FOOTBALL FRIDAY.
>> SHOTGUN.
18, JEREMIAH.
>> WE PLAY FOOTBALL.
YOU WOULD BE AMAZED AT HOW WE ARE PLAYING.
PEOPLE ARE, OH, THAT'S HOW YOU PLAY.
YEAH.
IT'S COOL.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU PLAY.
>> WE WANT TO SHOW A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND HEART.
LEAVE OUR HEARTS ON THE FIELD.
SHOWING PEOPLE ARE WRONG AND PROVE TO THEM.
WE SIGN BACK IT UP.
CAN'T WE TAKE IT AWAY.
IT'S FUN.
IT IS AN ENJOYMENT TO WATCH.
SOMETIMES EVEN THE LITTLE THINGS, YOU KNOW.
I HAD A KID THIS YEAR MAKE A REALLY GOOD TACKLE.
PROBABLY THE BEST TACKLE HE'S MADE ALL YEAR.
HE GOT UP LIKE I TACKLED A GUY.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ALL YEAR.
YEAH, GREAT TACKLE.
WE LEARNED A LOT OF IT BY WATCHING COLLEGES AND WATCHING OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS PLAY.
DIFFERENT COMPETITIONS.
SHOW THEM WE CAN PLAY.
SHOTGUN 18.
DOUBLE FLAG.
BOTH OF YOU.
PASS BLOCKING.
AS SOON AS YOU MAKE THE FAKE AIN'T NONE OF THESE GUYS BLOCKING.
THEY WILL GIVE A CHICKEN SHOT AND GO.
YOU HAVE TO GET DEFENSIVE END.
THIS PERSON TELLS US YOU CAN'T.
COME ON OUT.
I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> HE'S ACTUALLY FRO HERE.
ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TEAMS, NO SURPRISE.
THE PACKERS.
THAT WAS A BLAST TO GO SEE THE GUYS UP AT GPB.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORIES WE HAVE DONE HERE AT GEORGIA PUBLIC.
>> SO MANY GREAT PLACES.
BROUGHT TO DWRU BY THE COTTON COMMISSION.
>> THE NATURAL CHOICE.
>> GREAT JOB THIS WEEK.
LET'S GO TO JACKIE NOW.
TIME FOR RENT CHECK.
WE CHECK IN WITH THE PARENTS.
>> JOINING ME NOW IS THE WALKER FAMILY.
ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR RENT CHECK?
>> WHOOP WHOOP!
>> WHAT IS HIS FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?
>> GOT TO BE MATH.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> MATH.
>> YOU'RE BOTH CORRECT.
IN HIS FAVORITE PREGAME MEAL?
>> PREGAME MEAL?
THEY ALWAYS EAT CHICK-FIL-A.
>> I TOLD YOU.
MOMS ALWAYS KNOW.
>> HIS DREAM JOB WOULD BE -- THIS IS EASY.
I KNOW THIS ONE.
>> A RAPPER.
>> MUSIC.
A CAREER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
YOU'RE 3 FOR 3.
YOU GET GPB SWAG.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THAT'S THE WAY TO GO.
BACK UP TO THE BOOTH TO CALL THE SECOND HALF OF THE GAME.
FIRST WE CHECK INTO THE CAREER PLAY OF THE GAME.
WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE POST GAME SHOW.
>> THEY FIND THEMSELVES DOWN AT THE FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS.
>> J.J. PETERSON WITH THE 98-YARD KICK OFF RETURN TOUCHDOWN TO TIE IT AT 7 AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN RUN BY MICHAEL BARRETT AND JAY SAUNDERS TOOK IT FROM THREE YARDS OUT.
COLQUITT HAD A 14-7 LEAD.
FOLLOWING THE SECOND OF TWO INTERCEPTIONS THROWN BY BARRETT IN THE FIRST HALF.
THE TOUCHDOWN PASS TO HADLY, THE TIGHT END.
IT WAS 21-7 AFTER ONE QUARTER.
SOME HAVE TO MAKE PLAYS AT THE WIDE RECEIVER POSITION.
>> THAT WAS A TOUCHDOWN RUN BY BARRETT.
ONE OF TWO TOUCHDOWN RUNS IN THE FIRST HALF.
THE PACKERS WITH TOUCHDOWNS OFF BOTH TURNOVERS.
>> YOU CAN'T SAY LOWNDES DIDN'T HAVE THE BALL.
THEY HAD IT 14 MINUTES AS OPPOSED TO COLQUITT'S NINE.
THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUSH IN THE TURNOVERS.
THEY WERE HUGE.
AS YOU ALLUDED TO EARLIER.
THEY TURN IN THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> BOTH TURNED IN AN INTERCEPTION.
INTERCEPTION BY LEWIS.
TWO TOUCHDOWNS SCORE BID THE PACKERS.
OFF THE TWO SCORES.
OF COURSE THE J.J. PETERSON.
KICK OFF RETURN WAS ALSO BIG.
LOWNDES, YOU SAW THE 55 YARDS PASSING.
THEY ARE MISSING THIS GUY TONIGHT.
XAVIER JENKINS, THE HIGHEST RATED PROSPECT ON THE FIELD.
THEY COULD GET TO THE SECOND ROUND AND BEYOND.
>> COACH TALKED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO STRETCH THE FIELD.
THAT'S WHAT YOU LOSE.
IF YOU HAVE YOUR NUMBER ONE RECEIVER GETTING DEEP.
HE MIGHT HAVE MADE A COUPLE OF PLAYS THAT WERE DROPPED WHEN MICHAEL BARRETT MADE GREAT THROWS.
>> THE THIRD QUARTER KICK OFF BROUGHT TO YOU BY HEADS UP GEORGIA.
DISTRACTED DRIVERS TAKE LIVES.
>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT THERE.
THE VIKINGS RECOVER.
>> COACH McPHERSON HAS A TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE.
COMES ON WITH THE ON SIDE KICK.
I LIKE IT.
YOU HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE.
>> THE LOWNDES VIKINGS ROLL THE DICE ON THE VERY FIRST PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER AND RECOVER AN ON SIDE KICK.
EXECUTED BY THE KICKER.
>> DID IT GO TEN KWARDS BEFORE HE TOUCHED IT?
>> NO.
PROBST IS VERY UPSET.
YOU SAW THE REPLAY.
THE BALL WAS TOUCHED EIGHT YARDS.
GOT TO GO TEN.
IT WAS FIELDED AT THE 48 YARD LINE.
SPOTTED AT THE 50.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS FIELDED AT THE 48.
TIME-OUT HAS BEEN CALLED BY COLQUITT COUNTY.
>> IT DIDN'T GO TEN YARDS.
I COULD SEE IT WITH THE NAKED EYE.
ON THE FIELD, A LOT OF PIECES MOVING.
MISTAKES HAPPEN.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WHERE IS THE BALL TOUCHED?
CLEARLY CAUGHT SHORT OF THE 50 YARD LINE.
IT HAD TO GO TEN YARDS.
IT SHOULD BE COLQUITT COUNTY'S BALL.
>> THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THIS FOR THE RECEIVING TEAM WHICH IS COLQUITT COUNTY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE BALL.
EVERYBODY WOULD KICK IT FOUR AND FIVE YARDS.
>> YEP.
>> COLQUITT COUNTY TRYING TO MAKE IT.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR PROBST THEY DON'T HAVE THE FLAG TO THROW FOR A REPLAY IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
>> HE'S RILING UP THE CROWD.
THE COLQUITT CROWD LOVES WHAT COACH PROBST IS DOING.
GETTING THEM THE BUSINESS.
IT APPEARED THEY TOUCHED THE BALL.
ABLE TO GRAB IT OFF THE BOUNCE.
HE DID IT AT THE 48, 49 YARD LINE.
HAD TO GO TO THE 50.
THE VIKINGS WILL GO ON OFFENSE.
LOWNDES WANTED A PENALTY CALLED ON RUSH.
HE CALLED A TIME-OUT FROM THE NUMBERS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IN TURN.
BARRETT GOING TO TAKE A SACK.
THE DOUBLE TEAM.
11-YARD LOSS.
>> NICE CALL RIGHT HERE.
>> BARGE COMES UP THE INSIDE FROM THE COVERAGE POSITION.
CATCHES MICHAEL BARRETT OFF GUARD.
>> NICE JOB BY BARGE.
SECOND DOWN AND 21.
BARRETT HEAVY RUSH.
THEY SET UP THE SCREEN FOR TISDALE ACROSS THE 40.
DOWN TO THE 35.
PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> NICE JOB ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
NICE JOB ON THE SCREEN PASS.
GOOD JOB BY THE RUNNING BACK.
WE TALKED ABOUT HIM THE ENTIRE GAME.
TISDALE HAS SOME.
COMING BACK ON COLQUITT.
>> MOVING ON THEIR FEET.
>> PROBST ASKING WHO THE PENALTY WAS ON.
PERSONAL FOUL ON THE PACKERS.
A 15-YARD MARK OFF AT THE END OF THE RUN WILL GIVE THE VIKINGS THE BALL AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
>> ON THE SIDELINE.
LOUNZ, THE ON SIDE KICK PUT THEM IN A POSITION TO SCORE.
>> BARRETT.
TO KYLE.
HE GOT WHACKED BY BARGE.
>> GOING TO BE A PERSONAL FOUL ON THAT.
UNSPORTSMAN LIKE.
>> GUESS WHAT.
HE MIGHT HAVE HURT HIMSELF CELEBRATING.
>> YEAH.
>> PULLED SOMETHING.
IN THE CELEBRATION HE SNAPPED THE ARMS.
>> I THINK HE LANDED FUNNY ON THE ANKLE.
AS HE WAS CELEBRATING.
>> HE MAKES A GREAT PLAY HERE BREAKING UP THE PASS.
THAT WAS NICE.
GOOD COMPETITIVE NATURE.
RIGHT HERE THEY ARE NOT HEARING IT.
HE MIGHT HAVE HURT HIMSELF WITH THE STOMP.
>> THE OFFICIALS WILL MARK OFF THE UNSPORTSMAN LIKE PENALTY HERE.
>> THEY ARE SAYING NO TAUNTING.
YOU MADE A GOOD PLAY.
IT'S OKAY TO CELEBRATE BUT NOT THAT KIND.
>> 25 YARDS OF THE DRIVE FOR THE PENALTIES.
FIRST AND GOAL TO GO FROM THE TEN YARD LINE FOR THE VIKINGS.
PUMP FAKE.
LOOKING FOR KYLE IN THE CORNER.
>> OVER THROWS KYLE.
MICHAEL BARRETT.
HE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET THE PASS ALL GAME LONG.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT LONG EVERY TIME.
A LITTLE BIT LONG.
>> BARRETT NOW 5 FOR 15 IN THE GAME PASSING.
TOUGH NIGHT FOR HIM THROUGH THE AIR.
HE'S DONE HIS DAMAGE ON THE GROUND.
TWO TOUCHDOWN RUNS TONIGHT.
SECOND AND GOAL.
HE'LL KEEP IT.
HE'S GOING INTO THE ENZONE.
NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS LEGS, FOLKS.
>> HE'S A TOUGH SUCKER RUNNING THE BALL.
I'M TELLING YOU.
MICHAEL BARRETT.
HE'S AS EFFECTIVE AS ANY RUNNING BACK THIS YEAR IN ANY OF THE GAMES WE HAVE DONE.
INSIDE ZONE PLAY.
THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF THE LOWNDES VIKINGS OFFENSE TO THE OUTSIDE ZONE.
INSIDE.
THIS QUARTERBACK DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB KEEPING THE BALL DEEP IN THE POCKET OF THE RUNNING BACK.
THAT'S HOW YOU ARE TAUGHT TO DO IT.
THAT'S A SPECIAL SKILL YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP OVER TIME.
IT WILL BE GOOD.
>> IT IS 35-21.
REMEMBER HOW THE DRIVE STARTED WITH THE BREAK FOR THE VIKINGS WHEN IT CLEARLY APPEARED THEY HAD ILLEGALLY RECOVERED AN ON SIDE KICK.
A THREE-PLAY 50-YARD DRIVE.
25 OF THE 50 YARDS WERE PACKERS PENALTY YARDS.
>> THEY CAUGHT COLQUITT BY SURPRISE.
MAKING THE CALL ON THE SECOND HALF.
EXACTLY ANDER.
McPHERSON.
SEVEN AT THE HALF.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
UNTIL THIS ACTION HAPPENED.
SLANT AND A SCORE.
GOES ALL THE WAY LEFT TO RIGHT.
NOW 17-7 AT THAT POINT.
NOW 17-14.
MAZE LEADING ALEXANDER.
UNDER FOUR MINUTES TO GO.
THIS IS A ONE AND A TWO.
>> ALEXANDER.
THIS IS EASILY THE BIGGEST FEELINGS THEY HAVE HAD IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
LOWNDES WITH THE THREE-PLAY, 50 YARD DRIVE FOLLOWED THE ON SIDE KICK RECOVERED BE I THE VIKINGS.
RANDY McPHERSON'S TEAM HAS CUT THE PACKERS LEAD TO TWO SCORES.
>> GOOD POINT IN THE FIRST HALF.
TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY OF LOWNDES RUNNING THE BALL.
THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS ON THE GROUND.
ANY TIME THEY TRIED TO THROW IT THEY HAVE HAD BAD LUCK.
TO WIN THE GAME TODAY HAD TO MAKE PLAYS WITH THE ARM ALSO.
>> HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO IT TONIGHT.
THE RECEIVERS AT TIMES HAVEN'T HELPED OUT EITHER.
KICK WILL BE TAKEN BY J.J. PETERSON.
WATCH FOR HIM.
HE'S ALREADY TAKEN ONE BACK TONIGHT.
PETERSON GOT KNOCKED SIDEWAYS AT THE 42 YARD LINE.
BIG HIT ON THE RETURN.
A BIG RETURN NONETHELESS.
>> THAT KID HAS SKILLS.
THAT JUMP CUT HE DID WAS SO NASTY.
LET'S ENJOY IT.
WATCH THE JUMP CUT HERE.
I LOVE IT.
GOT TO GET THE SHOULDERS DOWN.
THAT AIN'T THE HIT YOU WANT.
PROTECT YOURSELF, BUDDY.
>> HE DID TAKE A HIT.
HE'S OVER THERE TAKING A KNEE ON THE SIDELINE.
SAUNDERS THROWS COMPLETE TO PONDER.
SAUNDERS HAS BEEN ON THE MONEY.
12 OF 14 TONIGHT IN OVER 150 YARDS IN THE AIR.
>> SAUNDER HAS BEEN MONEY ALL NIGHT LONG.
>> HE'S RUSHED FOR 85 YARDS, TOO.
>> YEP.
GOING NO HUDDLE TRYING TO UP TEMPO LOWNDES.
>> FIRST AND 10 BALL TACKLED BY DAVIS AT THE 40 YARD LINE AFTER A PICK-UP OF FOUR.
>> REALLY GOOD JOB BY BOON.
LOWNDES ON DEFENSE SCRAPING, GETTING TO THE BALL.
BALL AT THE 40 YARD LINE.
HE COMES OUT.
INTERCEPTED AT THE 26 YARD LINE.
STEWART GOING BACK THE OTHER WAY.
HAS TO BEAT THE QUARTERBACK.
SAUNDERS GETS HIM ON THE GROUND AT THE 25.
STEWART WITH THE PICK.
HIS SECOND OF THE SEASON.
IT'S A BIG ONE.
THE VIKINGS ARE THIS CLOSE TO BEING BACK IN THE GAME.
>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE INABILITY TO PRESSURE THE QUARTERBACK.
FIRST TIME IN THE GAME JAY SAUNDERS WAS THREATENED.
GOOD PASS RUSH MADE HIM GET THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS FAST.
NOW IT'S OFF TO THE RACES.
THE LOWNDES DEFENSE GETS PASS RUSH.
>> FIRST AND 10 NOW FOR THE VIKINGS.
THEY TAKE OVER THE PACKERS 24.
I'M NOT TELLING THEM HOW TO DO THEIR BUSINESS.
I WOULD RUN MICHAEL BARRETT UNTIL HE COULDN'T RUN IT ANYMORE.
FIRST AND 10.
NOT MUCH RUNNING ROOM FOR BARRETT AS HE GETS STOPPED AFTER JUST A TWO-YARD GAIN.
J.J. PETERSON IN ON THE PACKERS.
DIDN'T GET THE BLOCK.
16 CARRIES.
93 YARDS FOR BARRETT TONIGHT.
HE HAS SCORED ALL THREE OF THE TOUCHDOWNS.
THE KIDS A BEAST.
HANDS OFF TO TISDALE THIS TIME.
PETERSON HIT HIM AT THE 18 YARD LINE.
ONE THING THAT MAKES BARRETT.
HE HOLDS IT DEEP.
IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH HOW HE HANDLES THAT BALL.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S SPECIAL WHEN YOU ARE A SPREAD OPTION QUARTERBACK.
TWO DOWN TERRITORY HERE.
>> DON'T SECOND GUESS YOURSELF.
HE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
HE MIGHT HAVE GONE THE DISTANCE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE UP NORTH IN GEORGIA HAVE SEEN THIS KID AND THE PLAY MAKERS TONIGHT.
THIS GUY RIGHT HERE IS BEAST MODE.
HE'S IN SERIOUS PAIN NOW.
LET'S SEE IF THEY RUN IT BACK TO HIM AGAIN.
THEY HAVE TISDALE IN THERE.
FIRST AND 10.
THEY WILL HAND OFF TO TISDALE.
NOT A LOT OF RUNNING ROOM.
TISDALE PICKS UP A COUPLE ON THE PLAY.
111 YARDS RUSHING.
BARRETT WITH 98.
TISDALE DOWN TO THE SEVEN YARD LINE.
I WONDER IF HE SEES BARRETT HAS THE CRAMPS.
>> TISDALE HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE BECAUSE OF A SACRIFICE.
THAT BARNETT IS DOING.
>> 112 FOR TISDALE TONIGHT.
HE WAS IN A SCRUM.
FIRST HE TRIED TO STRETCH THE CALVES.
HE'S NOT 100%.
HE'S WORKING THROUGH IT.
OFF THE HANDS OF MARCUS GARY.
THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TWO FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS THE ENTIRE YEAR.
THEY HAVE NOT HIT ONE.
HERE ON FOURTH AND SIX, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY GO FOR IT AT THE 8 YARD LINE.
NOW IT JUST REDUCES THE THROWING AREA YOU CAN THROW.
THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH A QUARTERBACK HAVING CHALLENGES THROWING THE BALL.
BACKED UP AGAINST THE END ZONE.
A LOT OF DEFENDERS IN THE AREA.
>> 4th AND 6th FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
THEY NEED 8 FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
PUMP FAKE.
HE CAN'T RUN THAT WELL.
HE THROWS INCOMPLETE.
HARRIS PLEADS WITH THE OFFICIALS THAT HE CAUGHT THE BALL.
BUT THAT'S AN INCOMPLETION.
>> IT WAS CAUGHT, GUYS.
HERE WE GO.
I THINK THEY ARE WORKING ON THIS.
THEY THINK IT WAS CAUGHT AND THAT THERE WAS HAND-CHECKING WITH ONE OF THE OTHER RECEIVERS HERE ON THEIR SIDE OF THE FIELD.
>> INCOMPLETE.
GOOD CALL BY THE REF.
NICE JOB, STRIPES.
>> THE PACKERS TAKE OVER ON OFFENSE AT THE 8 YARD LINE.
HAND OFF GOES TO LEGGETT.
LOWNDES DOESN'T GET ANYTHING.
THAT'S A 25-YARD FIELD GOAL.
YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THREE OUT OF THAT.
>> NO QUESTION.
THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
ALSO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT LOWNDES'S INABILITY TO DO ANYTHING THROUGH THE AIR.
LESS THAN 75 YARDS PASSING.
>> IT WAS FOURTH AND SIX.
BARRETT COULDN'T RUN IT.
>> RIGHT.
>> THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH THE AIR.
PASS IS CAUGHT BY SHENKER, HIS THIRD GRAB OF THE GAME.
UP AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
IF THEY GET 30 MORE CATCHES OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR BASICALLY 30 CATCHES OVER THE NEXT MONTH IN THE PLAYOFFS, WE'LL BE STATE CHAMPIONS AGAIN OR PLAY FOR IT.
RUSH FEELS LIKE WHAT SEPARATES HIS SPREAD OFFENSE IS THEY UTILIZE A LEGITIMATE TIGHT END.
>> I ALWAYS WONDER WHY MORE TEAMS DON'T USE THE TIGHT END TO WORK THE MIDDLE.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE THE DEFENSE IN THE FIELD WHEN YOU HAVE A TIGHT END THAT COULD CATCH IT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> DO WE HAVE AN OFF SIDE ON THE VIKINGS?
>> GUY IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE.
WHO WAS THAT?
>> THE 5 YARD MARK OFF MAKES IT SECOND DOWN AND FOUR.
SINGLETARY IN MOTION.
THEY LOOK HIS WAY AND THROW IT TO HIM.
THE CATCH AND RUN.
WE HAVE A FLAG OUT ON THE PLAY AS WELL.
>> HOLDING IS COMING BACK.
>> IF IT'S THERE ON THE EDGE IT IS ON TY POWELL.
>> THAT WAS A BEAR HUG.
IT WASN'T JUST REGULAR HOLDING.
IT WAS LIKE A BEAR HUG HOLD.
>> THAT'S A HAPPY TO SEE YOU HOLD.
>> YEAH.
MICHIGAN.
HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A LONG TIME.
GREAT PLAY.
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO HOLD HIM HERE.
>> WATCH 17 ON THE EDGE.
YOU NEVER WANT TO BLOCK BEHIND THE BALL.
EVEN WHEN THE BALL IS NEXT TO YOU.
THAT WILL LEAVE HIM TWO YARDS SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.
COMES FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL.
FRED STEWART HAD THE PICK EARLIER AND MAKES THE TACKLE.
>> IT'S BEEN INTERESTING FOR THE LOWNDES DEFENSE.
JOHNSON WAS CALLED OUT OF RETIREMENT AND HE'S BEEN A DIFFERENCE.
THEY NEED A LOT OF JOHNSON MAGIC TO SLOW DOWN THE OFFENSE.
FIRST AND TEN BALL AT THE 37.
NICE COVERAGE THERE.
THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR THERE IN THE BLACK SHIRT FOR THE VIKINGS.
HE WORKED FOR PROBST AT HOOVER FOR A COUPLE OF SEASONS.
HE WAS RUSH'S DEFENSIVE LINE COACH.
>> HE'S A GREAT COORDINATOR.
GOT A GREAT STAFF.
>> THIS IS HIS SECOND YEAR AT LOWNDES.
13 YEARS IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
BRAD STEWART WITH A NICE OPEN FIELD TACKLE.
DROPPING EDWARDS IN HIS TRACKS FOR A LOSS.
>> AT HALFTIME YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
THEY HAVE PEP IN THEIR STEP.
THEY ATE THEIR SPINACH TESTIMONY FRED STEWART HAD A BIG QUARTER.
FRED SAID HE'S THE MOST GIFTED ON DEFENSE.
AN INTIMIDATING TACKLER.
>> SEE IF THEY SEND PRESSURE.
SEE WHAT THE PASS RUSH LOOKS LIKE.
IT WILL BE HUGE ON THE PLAY.
>> INCOMPLETE ON THE SIDELINE.
BRENT CARTER ON THE COVERAGE.
KEPT PONDER FROM MAKING THE CATCH.
THAT'S THE FIRST THIRD DOWN THE PACKERS FAILED TO CONVERT TONIGHT.
>> NICE JOB BY LOWNDES GETTING THE QUARTERBACK OFF THE SPOT.
SAUNDERS COULDN'T SIT BACK THERE.
NICE COVERAGE BY THE VIKINGS.
BIG PLAY.
>> SHENKER, THE PUNTER.
OF COURSE ALSO THE TIGHT END.
STANDS AT THE 19 YARD LINE TO KICK.
THAT'S A NICE KICK FROM HIM.
HARRIS WILL TAKE IT AT THE 28.
WE ARE BRINGING YOU THE SOUTH GEORGIA CLASSIC.
THE 41st ALL TIME MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO REGION ONE RIVALS.
>> I'VE GOT A FEELING WE COULD BE HEADED THAT.
A TIME-OUT CALLED ON THE FIELD.
WE ARE LATE IN THE THIRD.
THE 1976 CHAMPIONSHIP IN SUGAR BOWL.
THE LOWNDES LEGENDS.
YOU PLAYED WITH RANDALL GODFREY.
>> OUR KIDS ARE THERE.
LOVE SOME RANDALL.
SMITH PLAYED AT FLORIDA STATE.
OUT OF TALLAHASSEE IN THE 2014 DRAFT.
>> MICHAEL BARRETT HAS BEEN DOMINANT RUNNING THE BALL.
HOPEFULLY THEY GOT RID OF THE CRAMPS.
HE'LL HAND IT OFF AGAIN.
THEY WILL THROW A PASS.
SWEET PASS.
THAT WAS A NICE JOB.
42 YARD COMPLETION.
TISDALE WEAVING THROUGH TRAFFIC INSIDE THE FIVE YARD LINE.
THEY ARE COMING DOWN, MAKING BIG BLOCKS.
LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE 15 '04 LINE MEN ON THE FIELD.
FIRST AND GOAL TO GO FOR THE VIKINGS.
BARRETT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME DRIVE HE'S HAD.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S THE CRAMPS THAT SLOWED IMDOWN A LITTLE BIT.
HE DIDN'T HAVE THE FORCE WHEN HE HIT THE TACKLER THIS TIME.
>> HE DIDN'T.
MAYBE HE DID A LITTLE BIT.
THEY PUT THAT THING THERE.
PLAY CLOCK IS DOWN TO 11 ALREADY.
THEY HAVE TO HUSTLE NOW.
PLAY CLOCK AT 6.
>> HAND OFF AND HARRIS GETS IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
HARRIS THREW THE TOUCHDOWN PASS TO GET IT IN CLOSE.
IT IS NOW 35-27.
NOW IT IS A SIX-POINT GAMEMENT.
>> MAN.
>> HOW ABOUT THE RIVER BOAT GAMBLER.
McPHERSON ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS.
THEY COME UP WITH BIG PLAYS.
THEY RECOVER AN INSIDE HIT AND RUN A TWO POINT CONVERSION.
EXCELLENT JOB.
HERE'S THE PLAY THAT MAKES IT HAPPEN.
HARRIS, THEY HAD A SWEET PASS.
DOWN TO KYLE.
HE RUNS, DANCES, DIPS AND DIVES.
GETS THEM IN POSITION TO SCORE THE TOUCHDOWN.
TYSON HARRIS DOES A GOOD JOB GETTING THE BALL OVER.
THIS IS WHERE RANDY McPHERSON COMES INTO PLAY.
THEY HAVE COME UP BIG ON THREE OCCASIONS IN THIS THIRD QUARTER TO GET BACK IN THE BALL GAME.
THEY WERE INSIDE THE TEN AND TURNED IT OVER ON DOWNS.
THEY COULD BE IN THE LEAD NOW.
>> I HAVE TO GIVE JOHN NELSON CREDIT.
WE TALKED BEFORE THE GAME.
THIS IS A SECOND HALF TEAM.
THIS LOWNDES TEAM, THIS AIN'T THE FIRST TIME THEY GOT BEHIND AND CAME BACK ROLLING AND HAD A BIG WIN.
PETERSON.
THERE IS HITTING GOING ON WITH THE KICK OFF.
PETERSON GETS DROPPED AT THE 12 YARD LINE.
VERY POOR FIELD POSITION.
THEY GO BACK WITH A BUCK 50.
>> LET ME GO BACK TO THE TWO POINT CONVERSION.
THEY STOPPED GARY PUTTING IT ON.
COMING OFF THE SIDELINE.
WHISPERED IN HIS EAR.
THAT WAS THE TRIGGER FOR THE TWO POINT TO USE HIM AS THE HAMMER TO CUT IT TO A SIX-POINT GAME.
>> WHAT A GAME.
LOOKS LIKE PETERSON IS SHAKEN UP AS HE GOES TO THE SIDELINES.
THE PACKERS BACK ON OFFENSE.
THE VIKINGS HAVE GRABBED THE MOMENTUM.
HAND OFF -- NO.
KEEPER BY SAUNDERS.
PICKS UP THREE ON THE PLAY.
>> I LOVE A GAME WHEN EVERY PLAY IS CONTESTED.
EVERY PLAY IS THE NEXT BIG PLAY.
IT'S THE REGION TROPHY YOU WANT AND ALSO THE PLAYOFF BRACKETING YOU WANT AS WELL.
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BRACKET YOU HAVE TO PLAY THROUGH TO GET TO THE GEORGIA DOME.
SECOND DOWN AND SIX.
SAUNDERS, HEAVY RUSH.
THEY HAVE TO RULE IT INCOMPLETE.
IT WAS JEFFREY DAVIS THAT CAUSED HIM TO DROP IT.
>> GRIFFIN, NUMBER 90.
6'2", 265.
GETS THE FIRST HIT ON SAUNDERS TODAY.
BIG HIT ON THE QUARTERBACK ROUGHING THEM UP A LITTLE BIT.
IT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU.
>> KEEP WEARING THE YOUNG MAN.
>> NICE HIT ON SAUNDERS.
>> FINAL MINUTE OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
SAUNDERS.
THAT'S COMPLETE OVERALL ON THE FAR SIDE.
THAT GOES FOR A FIRST DOWN.
>> HE HAD A CLEAN POCKET.
SAUNDER HAD A LOT OF TIME.
THE KEY WILL BE PRESSURE.
THEY HAVE TO GET PRESSURE.
TALKING ABOUT THE VIKINGS DEFENSIVE FRONT.
>> WE HAVE SEEN WHEN SAUNDERS IS GIVEN TIME.
HE'LL DICE YOU UP.
>> HE LOOKS AT THREE DIFFERENT RECEIVERS.
NICE PROGRESSION.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD LOOK RIGHT THERE.
EDWARDS GETS THE HAND OFF.
EDWARDS PICKED UP SIX OR SEVEN ON THE PLAY.
THAT WAS A GOOD REPLAY.
HE'S KNOCKING THEM DOWN.
>> RIGHT.
>>.
>> WHAT YOU GOT DOWN THERE ON BARRETT.
>> A LOT OF FOLKS WOULD PAY GOOD MONEY TO GET THE MASSAGE.
BOTH ICED AND A LOT OF FLUIDS GOING IN.
GETS READY FOR THE FOURTH.
>> THEY NEED HIM.
SECOND DOWN.
NOTHING DOING.
EDWARDS GOT STONE WALLED AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
THAT WAS OWENS.
BIG NUMBER 44 AS THE FOURTH QUARTER IS UPON US.
>> THE FINGERS ARE UP FOR NUMBER FOUR.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
>> THIS PLACE IS AWESOME.
>> THIRD QUARTER IS DONE IN MOULTRIE, GEORGIA.
THE QUARTER STARTED WITH AN ON SIDE KICK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY RECOVERED BY THE VIKINGS.
THEY CASHED IN ON THE BREAK ON THE MICHAEL BARRETT TOUCHDOWN RUN.
>> TYSON HARRIS TOOK IT IN AS WELL.
IT IS A SIX-POINT GAME AS WE HEAD TO THE FOURTH.
>>> THE GPB TEAM WITH YOU IN THE HOG PEN.
MACK THARPE SEASON.
THE 7-A CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE TONIGHT.
THE VIKINGS SCORED 15 UNANSWERED POINTS HERE IN THE SECOND HALF TO CUT THE PACKERS ONCE 21-POINT LEAD TO SIX.
BALL AT THE 35.
HAND OFF TO EDWARDS.
EDWARDS WILL NOT GET THERE.
>> I THINK THAT WAS HOLMES.
DAVIS IN ON THE PLAY AS WELL.
FOURTH DOWN AND LET'S SEE.
THEY HAVEN'T SENT THE PUNT UNIT ON YET.
NOW THEY DO.
FOURTH DOWN AND TWO IN THEIR OWN END.
>> NICE JOB BY NUMBER 40 HOLMES.
>> SHENKER STANDING AT THE 23 TO PUNT.
HE BOOMS IT OVER THE HEADS OF THE BACKS TO HIT AT THE 20.
ROLLS FIVE YARDS DEAD AT THE 15.
LET'S CHECK THE FLAG HERE.
LOWNDES MIGHT MAKE HIM KICK IT AGAIN.
ILLEGAL SHIFT WILL BE THE CALL ON THE PACKERS.
THE VIKINGS WILL MAKE THEM KICK IT OVER.
>> COACH PROBST TALKED ABOUT LIVE LIMITING MISTAKES.
STARTING TO COME BACK AND BITE HIM IN THE BUTT.
THEY HAVE TO PULL IT TOGETHER TO WIN THE GAME.
RIGHT NOW LOWNDES IS FIGHTING.
I TALKED ABOUT THE MOMENTUM SHIFT.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE WAY THEY MOVE.
YOU COULD JUST TELL OVER THE YEARS WATCHING BALL.
YOU COULD KIND OF SEE LOWNDES WITH MORE PEP IN THEIR STEP.
>> SHENKER WILL PUNT AGAIN THIS TIME HE'S STANDING AT HIS 17 WITH THE BALL AT THE 30.
HARRIS AND KYLE DEEP FOR THE VIKINGS.
BACK AROUND THEIR OWN 30.
THE PLAY GETS BLOWN DEAD AGAIN.
THIS TIME BEFORE THEY COULD KICK IT.
>> ARE THEY ALIGNED WRONG?
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS.
>> ANOTHER ILLEGAL PROCEDURE THIS TIME.
>> OKAY.
>> THAT'S BACK-TO-BACK SHIFT PENALTY.
NOW A PROCEDURE PENALTY ON THE PUNT TEAM FOR THE PACKERS.
>> I WONDERED ABOUT THE EXOTIC LOOK.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE ILLEGAL FORMATION.
THAT WASN'T IT.
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME.
EXOTIC FORMATION HERE.
COLQUITT IS REELING NOW.
>> NOW THEY WILL TRY TO PUNT AGAIN.
SHENKER STANDING AT HIS 11.
TRYING TO SET UP A RETURN.
THEY KICK IT OVER THE HEAD OF KYLE.
BOUNCES BACKWARDS AND THE PACKERS GET ON TOP OF IT.
AT THE 41 YARD LINE.
GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR THE VIKINGS AS THEY TAKE OVER THE FIRST POSSESSION OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.
59 YARDS AWAY FROM TYING THE GAME.
>> I REMEMBER IN THE KEYS TO THE GAME.
BARRETT HAS TO WIN FOR THE TEAM.
HE'S DONE THIS WITH HIS LEGS.
HIM AND TISDALE HAVE RAN THE BALL TO GET BACK IN THE GAME WHICH IS SHOCKING VERSUS A DEFENS LIKE COLQUITT.
>> BARRETT HAD TIME TO GET HYDRATED.
GET A MASSAGE.
SCORED THE TWO-POINT CONVERSION LATE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
HAND OFF TO TISDALE.
TISDALE WITH 132 YARDS RUSHING TONIGHT.
>> BUBBA WALKER, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT COLQUITT COUNTY IS TRYING TO THROW EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK AT THEM.
THEY CAN'T STOP THE RUNS.
THEY ARE HAVING A PROBLEM STOPPING THE RUN.
THAT TELL MESS THE OFFENSIVE LINE FROM LOWNDES COUNTY HAS TAKEN CONTROL.
>> VIKINGS HAVE OVER 250 YARDS RUSHING IN THIS GAME.
TISDALE GETS IT AGAIN.
GOT A NICE BLOCK ON THE EDGE.
TISDALE ACROSS THE 50 YARD LINE HAS A FIRST DOWN.
THEY ARE FIRING OFF THE BALL.
WATCH THEM FIRE OFF THE BALL.
BOOM.
LOOK AT THAT.
THE DOUBLE TEAM.
KENDRICK GRAY COMING OFF THE SEENER I DON'T.
6'4", 290.
GETTING AFTER IT.
BARRETT ACROSS THE 30.
THE 20.
BARRETT DOWN TO THE 12 YARD LINE BEFORE FINALLY BEING STOPPED BY DAWSON.
WE TALKED ABOUT ENACTING YOUR WILL UPON SOMEONE.
WHAT YOU SEE NOW, LOWNDES, THEY ARE PHYSICALLY TAKING THE DEFENSE APART NOW.
COLQUITT COUNTY WITH PHYSICAL FOOTBALL.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE DEMORALIZING THAN WHEN YOU CAN'T STOP THE RUN.
I HAVE BEEN ON MANY GAMES LIKE THIS.
THERE IS NOTHING WORSE.
THEY HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT.
THEY HAVE TO MAN UP.
>> ALED HOING PENALTY.
THEY ARE WAY BACK NOW.
AT THEIR OWN 39 YARD LINE.
COSTLY PENALTY.
TISDALE CAUGHT BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
BIG TACKLE BY LEWIS TO DROP HIM FOR A LOSS.
>> NICE PLAY.
TACKLE FOR LOSS.
HE HAS OUTSIDE CONTAINMENT.
THAT'S WHERE HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
GOOD JOB.
NOW AT SECOND DOWN AND 20.
TISDALE INSIDE THE 20.
CALEB DAWSON, A TOUCHDOWN-SAVING TACKLE.
WOW.
HOW DID TISDALE GET SO WIDE OPEN?
>> I'LL TELL YOU HOW.
THEY PUT EVERYBODY IN THE BOX.
HE GETS VERTICAL.
HE GOES DOWNHILL.
GETS VERTICAL ON THE DEEP ROUTE AND THE SAFETIES ARE PLAYING CLOSE TO THE LINE.
TISDALE GETS THE ROCK AGAIN.
RUNNING HARD.
STOPPED AT THAT TIME TEN YARD LINE.
PICKED UP SIX ON THE PLAY.
>> I KEEP THINKING OF WHAT JOHN NELSON SAID EARLY BEFORE THE GAME.
LOWNDES COUNTY VIKINGS ARE A SECOND HALF TEAM.
THEY ARE ROLLING.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
HE LEARNED HOW TO BOUNCE IN HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR, TOO.
SECOND DOWN AND THREE.
>> HE'S A GOOD ONE.
>> AROUND THE EDGE.
KEEPS HIM FROM TURNING THE RN COOER.
THIRD DOWN NOW.
>> WHAT DO YOU NOTICE HERE.
EVERY PERSON THAT MAKES THE TACKLE OF THE DEFENSIVE BACK.
THE FIRST LEVEL D LINE.
THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING MAN HANDLED SECOND LINE.
IT'S NOT A GOOD RECIPE HERE.
GOING TO THE FOUR MINUTES.
WHEN IT GETS HERE.
LET'S SEE IF IT SHOWS UP.
>> A HALF YARD SHORT.
VIKINGS 4 OF 8 ON THE THIRD DOWNS.
IT'S ABOUT A YARD LESS THAN THAT.
THIS IS A FIRST DOWN AS THEY GO FORWARD.
FIRST AND GOAL TO GO FOR THE VIKINGS.
>> I LOVE IT.
THEY GOT THE WIDE BODIES.
HENDERSON AT CENTER.
51.
OFFENSIVE GUARD.
THEY HAVE BIG BUTTS SIDE TO SIDE.
RUNNING QUARTERBACK THAT CAN'T BE STOPPED.
FIRST TO GO FOR THE VIKINGS.
SEVEN AND A HALF MINUTES TO PLAY IN REGULATION.
KEEPER.
BOUNCES OUTSIDE.
GETS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
WE ARE TIED AT 35.
>> ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW.
IF YOU TOLD ME THAT WE'D HAVE A 35-35 TIE THE WAY IT WAS GOING FOR LOWNDES COUNTY, REMEMBER THE BIG STORY NOW COLQUITT COUNTY HAS NOT SCORED IN THE SECOND HALF.
ALL LOWNDES.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN OUTSCORED 21-0.
>> LOOK AT THE BABY FACED ASSASSIN.
GOT THE BEARD ALREADY.
GOOD-LOOKING YOUNG MAN.
TO GIVE THE VIKINGS THE LEAD.
BOBBLED AND BLOCKED.
THEY NEVER GOT THE SNAP DOWN.
WE ARE TIED AT 35.
SECOND WEEK IN A ROW HERE ON GPB.
WE HAVE SEEN A P.A.T.
FACTOR IN BIG.
WE SAY WHAT IS THAT.
HE TRIED TO KICK IT AGAIN, RIGHT?
>> THAT SHOWS YOU THEY DON'T HAVE A GREAT KICKING GAME.
THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THEY GOT THE MOMENTUM.
>> MICHAEL BARRETT WITH THREE TOUCHDOWN RUNS TONIGHT.
FOUR TOUCHDOWN RUNS TONIGHT WITH THIS ONE.
WE ARE TIED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
THE SNAP WAS BOBBLED AND THEN THE KICK.
>> HE CHARLIE BROWNED HIM WITH THE BALL.
>> WATCH NUMBER 85 CHRISTOPHER FOSTER.
HE BOBBLED IT, PUT IT DOWN AND MOVED IT WHEN HE TRIED TO KICK IT.
>> THEY HAVE SEEN THAT ONE.
HE CHARLIE BROWNED THEM.
>> WATCH.
>> THEY GOT IT SET UP.
NOW HE'LL KICK IT.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> WHY DID HE PICK UP THE BALL?
>> I GUESS HE WAS TRYING TO REPOSITION IT.
>> TRYING TO REPOSITION IT.
IT'S EASIER FOR US.
IT WAS A HUMOROUS PLAY.
>> VALIANT EFFORT.
THAT'S A BIG PLAY IN THE GAME.
WE SAW IT HAPPEN.
THE BROOK WOOD PARK VIEW.
GPB.
PARK VIEW SCORED A TOUCHDOWN TO MAKE IT 24-23 IN OVERTIME.
THEY HAD TO KICK THE P.A.T.
TO GO TO A SECOND OVERTIME.
HERE LOWNDES HAVING SCORED 21 CONSECUTIVE POINTS.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GET THE 22ND POINT FOR THE LEAD.
IT SHOWS YOU THE P.A.T.
IS IMPORTANT.
>> HUGE.
>> SPECIAL TEAMS.
BOTH TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SPECIAL TEAMS.
COLQUITT HAD A RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
YOU SAW THE PLAY THERE.
>> IT'S THE OLD COMMERCIAL ABOUT THE CAR.
IT IS THE IMPORTANT PLAYS.
>> PREACH ON.
WE ARE TIED AT 35 WITH 7:18 TO GO.
PAULO KICKS OFF FOR THE VIKINGS.
KICK WILL BE TAKEN AT THE 9 YARD LINE.
EDWARDS BATTLES FORWARD TO THE 32.
>> THEY'VE GOT IT.
NO INDICATION YET FROM THE OFFICIALS.
THE OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS DEAD, I BELIEVE.
BOB PRESTON IS OUR REFEREE.
HE HAS NOT GIVEN US A SYMBOL.
>> THE EYE IN THE SKY DON'T LIE.
WE'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT HERE IN A SECOND.
DID WE HAVE A PENALTY FLAG HERE?
>> WE HAD A PENALTY FLAG.
WE HAVE A HOLDING ON THE PACKERS.
>> SETTING THEM BACK.
BIG PLAYS.
INABILITY TO RUN THE BALL, THROW THE BALL.
BIG FIRST HALF.
HASN'T HAD THAT.
A LOT OF CREDIT TO LOWNDES COUNTY.
>> EDWARDS ON THE RETURN.
>> INCONCLUSIVE.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE IT.
>> I THOUGHT THE MOMENTUM WAS STOPPED.
GOOD CALL.
>> THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING.
>> LOWNDES COUNTY.
THEY WENT IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
McPHERSON.
THEY ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
THEY HAVE TAKEN THE BALL AWAY FROM COLQUITT COUNTY.
>> THEIR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR SIGNALLING IN THE PLAYS.
SECOND DOWN AND SIX.
FIRES, COMPLETE AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
EDWARDS WITH THE CATCH.
LET'S SEE.
DID HE GET THE FIRST DOWN?
MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT SHORT.
>> GUYS ARE DROPPING DEEP.
SIMPLE CURL ROUTE BY THE RECEIVER.
GOOD THROW BY SAUNDERS.
>> A LITTLE BIT SHORT.
THIRD AN ONE.
>> THEY SPOT THE BALL ON THE 20 YARD LINE.
THEY'VE GOT TO GET TO THE 20 AND THREE-QUARTERS, I THINK.
>> THIS IS A BIG PLAY.
DON'T GIVE MICHAEL BARRETT THE BALL AGAIN.
THEY'RE HOT.
YOU HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE POINTS.
>> LATE MAN ON THE FIELD.
FOR THE PACKERS.
A TIME-OUT CALLED BY COLQUITT COUNTY.
>> REMEMBER.
NOW COMING BACK WITH THE TIME-OUT.
REMEMBER COACH PROBST USED THE TIME-OUT EARLY ON WITH THE ON SIDE KICK.
>> THEY HAVE ONLY ONE LEFT.
>> ONE LEFT.
>> HE USED THE TIME-OUT TO ARGUE.
NOW HE'S DOWN TO ONE TO GO IN A TIE BALL GAME.
>> WITH THE LAST PLAY YOU HAD A RUNNER ON THE FIELD.
THEY HAD ONLY TEN MEN ON THE FIELD.
ANOTHER MISTAKE COMING BACK TO BITE HIM IN THE BUTT.
RIGHT NOW THE TEMPO AND IT'S NOT GOING COLQUITT COUNTY'S WAY.
>> WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PACKERS IN THE SECOND HALF?
REMEMBER WHEN NELLIE TALKED TO PROBST AT HALFTIME.
YOU KNOW, HE SAID WE HAVE TO COME OUT AND APPROACH THE SECOND HALF LIKE 0-0 BUT THEY HAVEN'T.
>> I RESPECT WHAT COACH SAID.
REMEMBER, HE SAID THESE GAMES ALWAYS COME DOWN TO THE SECOND HALF.
IT'S HARD TO SEE IT THE WAY IT WAS GOING.
COMPLETELY DOMINATING.
DID THEY TAKE THE PEDAL OFF THE METAL, THE PLAYERS?
I DOUBT IT.
LET'S GIVE LOWNDES COUNTY CREDIT.
THE GAMES ARE ABOUT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.
GO IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
YOU WANT TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
THEY CLEARLY MADE THE RIGHT ADJUSTMENTS AND THEY HAVE BEEN ROLLING EVER SINCE.
>> HERE'S WHAT'S AT STAKE.
THE WINNER OF THE BALL GAME FINISHES 3-0 IN THE REGION.
THEY WILL BE THE CHAMPION AND THE NUMBER ONE SEED.
THE LOSER WILL BE 2-1.
THE NUMBER 2 SEED GOING INTO THE STATE PLAYOFFS.
THIRD DOWN AND ONE HERE.
HAND OFF FIRST DOWN CARRY.
>> BIG PLAY RIGHT THERE.
GOT TWO WHEN HE NEEDED JUST ABOUT ONE.
MORE THAN ENOUGH AND THE PACKERS KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE.
RUSH TOLD US WHEN WE SPOKE TO HIM ON THE PHONE THIS WEEK.
HE SAID, LOOK, I SEE THE GAME GOING TO THE FINAL FOUR MINUTES WITH US OR LOWNDES WITH A CHANCE TO WIN.
LOOKS LIKE THAT WILL BE THE CASE.
>> SO TRUE.
SAUNDERS GIVEN TIME.
PUMPS IT DOWN FIELD.
CAUGHT BY SLOAN FOR A FIRST DOWN AT THE 44 YARD LINE.
>> THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE.
ANY TIME YOU RUSH THREE YOU HAVE FIVE PROTECTORS.
EXCELLENT PROTECTION AGAIN BY THE COLQUITT OFFENSIVE LINE.
SAUNDERS HAS A CLEAN POCKET.
NO ONE IN HIS THROWING LANE IS ABLE TO DELIVER THE BALL WHERE HE NEEDS IT TO BE FOR A BIG FIRST DOWN.
>> 221 YARDS PASSING FOR SAUNDERS TONIGHT.
A TIME-OUT HAS BEEN CALLED BY THE OFFICIALS.
I BELIEVE TOMMY OWENS, THE LINEBACKER WAS STUMBLING OFF THE FIELD.
HE WAS SHAKEN UP ON THE TACKLE.
HE COULDN'T GET TO THE SIDELINE BEFORE COLLAPSING.
THAT STOPS THE CLOCK WITH 5:36 TO PLAY.
5:30 LEFT TO DECIDE THE REGION ONE 7-A CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE'LL HAVE IT WHEN WE GET BACK.
FL US LINE >>> TIED AT 35 WITH 5:36 TO PLAY.
>> LET'S KICK IT.
>> WE'LL COME BACK ON CAMERA TO DO IT FOR A HOOVER UPDATE.
THIS IS A GAME HOOVER MET.
HERE'S HOW IT HAPPENED.
TELL ME IF I HAVE TO TILT IT.
THERE IT IS.
THERE'S HOW IT HAPPENED.
22-14.
THERE IS THE PROOF.
BACK UPSTAIRS YOU HAVE TO LOVE MODERN TECHNOLOGY.
>> IT'S COOL.
YOU CAN WATCH ANY GAME, ANYWHERE, ANY TIME.
>> GLAD YOU GOT RID OF THE FLIP PHONE.
>> MARK HARMON SPILL ONLY HAS 1-G ON HIS NEW PHONE.
ONE.
>> IT'S NOT A FLIP?
CAN'T TEXT ON THE FLIP.
>> HE GOT RID OF THE FLIP.
LATE 20th CENTURY.
CLOSE.
>> RUSH PROBST TOLD US WE WERE GOING TO GET A TRUE TASTE OF SOUTH GEORGIA FOOTBALL TONIGHT.
EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO SAY IT WOULD BE ONE FOR THE AGES.
ET'S BEEN A GOOD ONE.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
DOWN THE SIDELINE!
HE WILL SCORE!
>> PUT THE HEAD BACK.
WHEN YOU SEE THE HEAD GO BACK HE'S RUNNING HARD.
OUTSIDE ZONE PLAY.
NICE WORK.
BIG TOUCHDOWN AND HUGE PLAY.
FINALLY COLQUITT GETS ON THE BOARDS IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> FIRST POINTS OF THE SECOND HALF FOR THE COLQUITT COUNTY PACKERS BACK ON TOP 41-35.
AS WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN IN THE BALL GAME THE ALL IMPORTANT P.A.T.
MAKES IT 42-35.
TY LEGGETT WITH A 55-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN AS WE LOOK AT THE TOUCHDOWN REPLAY.
>> EVERYBODY GETS A BODY ON A BODY.
TO THE HOUSE.
>> WITH THE DOG CHASING AFTER YOU, YOU THROW THE HEAD BACK.
IT'S JUST ROLLING.
>> YOU TRY TO GET AS AERODYNAMIC AS POSSIBLE.
>> I LOVE IT.
LOOK AT HIM LIKE HE HIT THE 40.
>> HE BROKE THE TAPE.
>> GREAT BLOCKING AGAIN.
BIG TIME PLAY NOW.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
CAN MICHAEL BARRETT AND THE LOWNDES COUNTY VIKINGS ANSWER.
THE KEY IS IF THEY SCORE, DO THEY TRY TO FIELD GOAL AGAIN.
GO FOR TWO.
IT COULD COME DOWN TO A TWO-POINT GAME.
A TWO-POINT OPPORTUNITY.
LET ME SAY.
>> FIVE PLAYS.
89 YARDS AND THE FINAL 55 COVERED BY THE CHURNING LEGS OF LEGGETT.
42-35 FOR THE REGION ONE 7-A CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> WHAT FUN WE HAVE HAD TONIGHT IN THE HOG PEN.
I WROTE IN MY BLOG IF WE ARE GOING TO THE HOG PEN WE SHOULD HAVE GOOD BARBECUE.
>> SHOUT OUT TO MY NEW BUDDY JOAKIM.
THE BEST BARBECUE SAUCE IN GEORGIA.
>> KICKED IT THROUGH THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.
THE VIKINGS WILL START AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
THAT'S NOT BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THEM TONIGHT.
80 YARDS AND THEY HAVE HAD DRIVES OF 59 YARDS.
THE FIRST DRIVE OF THE NIGHT WAS AN 11 PLAY 80 YARD DRIVE TO GET ON THE BOARDS.
THEY HAVE DONE IT BEFORE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT LOWNDES DOES BEST -- RUN THE BALL WITH BARRETT AND TISDALE.
WHAT'S BEEN THE ACHILLES HEEL SO FAR FOR COLQUITT IN THE SECOND HALF?
STOPPING THE RUN.
YOU EITHER GET IT DONE OR YOU DON'T.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WILL DO.
BARRETT HAS TO MAKE A PASS OR TWO ON THE SERIES.
>> THE BLITZ COMING OFF THE EDGE.
BARRETT TO THE OUTSIDE.
10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35.
39 YARDS ON THE CARRY FOR BARRETT.
I LOVE THAT KID.
HE IS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH.
>> THEY SEND PRESSURE.
COLQUITT SENDS A BLITZ.
BARRETT SENDS THE BLIP.
THERE WAS ONE LESS GUY BACK THERE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEND THE BLITZ YOU BETTER GET IT.
BARRETT AGAIN.
DOWN TO THE 32 AND A HALF YARD LINE.
HE GETS ANOTHER EIGHT YARDS ON THE PLAY.
22 CARRIES NOW FOR BARRETT.
HE'S RIGHT AT 150 YARDS RUSHING TONIGHT.
>> HE'S RAN THE EQUIVALENT OF 250 DRAGGING PEOPLE WITH HIM.
IF YOU COUNTED THE BROKEN TACKLES AFTER THIS WEEK, 25, 30.
UNBELIEVABLE NUMBER OF TACKLES HE'S BROKE TODAY.
>> SECOND DOWN AND ONE FROM THE 32.
IF YOU'RE LOWNDES YOU DON'T WANT TO SCORE TOO FAST.
A BODY SLAM BY BRIAN MERIT.
>> FOR A FIRST DOWN.
FORWARD FOR ANOTHER TWO YARDS.
THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO TAKE IT DOWN HARD AND HEAVY.
DUDE IS TOUGH.
>> HE'S GOT BUTCHES AND BRUISES.
>> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ICE TUBS EARLIER.
THE NFL, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO HAVE.
HE'LL HAVE ICE BAGS ON HIM TOMORROW.
BOTH TEAMS ARE BALLING.
IT'S DOWN TO FOUR MINUTES.
>> YEP.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> WE ARE UNDER FOUR MINUTES TO PLAY.
MARKOV AGAINST THE VIKINGS.
>> McPHERSON AND PROBST GOT TOGETHER WHEN THEY PUT IT TOGETHER THE REGION SCHEDULE.
THEY SAW THEY WOULD PLAY THE GAME THE FINAL WEEK OF THE SEASON.
THEY SAID LET'S MOVE UP, PLAY IT ON THE 28.
GET OURSELVES A WEEK OFF BEFORE.
THEY KNEW BOTH WOULD BE BEAT UP BAD AFTER THIS GAME.
TWO GREAT TEAMS.
>> THEY HAVE A WEEK TO REST BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS START REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY WIN OR LOSE.
BARRETT ON THE CARRY INSIDE THE 30 DOWN TO THE 29.
NOW REMEMBER THE PACKERS ARE DOWN TO ONE TIME-OUT.
THEY DON'T HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTROL THE CLOCK DEFENSIVELY.
THEY ONLY HAVE THE ONE TIME-OUT.
THE VIKINGS HAVE ALL THREE OF THEIRS.
IF I'M THE VIKINGS I WILL HAVE THE BALL AS LATE ON THE PLAY CLOCK AS I CAN.
I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE TOO MUCH TIME FOR THE PACKERS.
>> A RUN OR MAYBE A SCREEN AT SOME POINT HERE.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO THROW THE BALL.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
GARY MAKES THE CATCH.
LEWIS MADE A NICE TACKLE.
>> WE HAVE AN INJURY HERE.
>> YEP.
>> MARCUS GARY SLOW TO GET UP.
>> SHORT PASS.
DIDN'T GET MUCH OUT OF IT.
BIG PLAY HERE.
SIMPLE OUT ROUTE.
A GOOD FIVE YARDS UP FIELD TO THE SIDELINE.
EXCELLENT DEFENSE.
THIRD AND TEN.
THEY HAVE TO GET TO THE 19.
>> I DON'T THINK RUNNING IS OUT OF THE PICTURE.
>> I WOULD RUN IT.
BUT THEY WILL PASS IT.
UP TOP FOR TISDALE AND HE CAUGHT IT.
NO, HE DROPPED IT.
>> BROKEN UP.
NICE PLAY ON THE EDGE BY THE LINEBACKER.
TO SEPARATE TISDALE FROM THE BALL.
FOURTH DOWN AND TEN.
NICE PLAY.
THE BALL GOT THERE.
THE VIKINGS JUST BURNED A TIME-OUT.
>> NICE TOUCH BY BARRETT HERE.
TOUGH CATCH.
YOU CAN MAKE IT.
NICE DESIGNED PLAY.
EVEN BETTER ON THE DEFENSE.
>> YOU SURPRISED THEY WENT TO THE AIR BACK TO BACK THERE?
GARY ON THE EDGE AND TISDALE DOWN FIELD.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE RUN.
THEY DO IT.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE A PLAY WITH THE ARM HERE AT SOME POINT.
THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN RUN DOWN FIELD.
>> I THOUGHT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH THEM OFF GUARD.
>> THEY CAUGHT THEM OFF GUARD.
THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY.
BUT HERE I WOULD GIVE THEM A RUN PASS OPPORTUNITY.
GET HIM OUT OF THE POCKET.
LET HIM DO HIS THING.
>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH NELSON WHEN WE KICK IT.
>> CHUCK SMITH, HELP ME OUT.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
>> KICK IT.
>> WE'LL GIVE YOU THE UPDATE WITH MAZE AND ALEXANDER LATE THIRD.
YOU SAW WHAT IT WAS AT 21-17.
THIS ONE'S BACK AND FORTH.
24-21.
THEN IT WAS 31-28.
THAT WAS WITH 1:40 TO GO IN THE THIRD.
THAT'S THE UPDATE.
THEY ARE GOING AT IT WITH HAY MAKERS.
BACK UPSTAIRS.
VIKINGS HAVE ONLY TWO TIME-OUTS REMAINING.
FOURTH DOWN AND TEN.
>> ROLL TO THE RIGHT.
RUN-PASS OPPORTUNITY.
>> THEY STACKED THE WIDE RECEIVES ONE, TWO, THREE.
THIS IS A DOUBLE PASS.
KYLE PICKED IT UP AND THROWS IT TO BARRETT.
>> THEY HAD IT SET UP.
THEY HAD A GREAT PLAY.
KYLE COULDN'T GET BARRETT THE PASS.
MAN.
>> THE TIMING WAS OFF.
>> I THINK THE PASS TO KYLE WAS LOW TO GET THEM TO TAKE THE INCOMPLETION WHEN IT'S NOT.
PURPOSELY YOU THROW IT LOW SO THE DEFENSE IS THINKING IT IS INCOMPLETE WHEN IT IS JUST A LATERAL.
>> HE THREW IT AT HIS FEET ON PURPOSE.
>> DID IT HIT THE GROUND?
THEY TRY TO GET IT TO PAUSE.
KYLE'S JOB WAS TO KICK IT TO HIM.
NOW THE PACKERS TRYING.
JUST HAD THE 55-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME NOW.
PUT THE PACKERS ON TOP.
PROBST KNOWS WHAT BUTTERS HIS BREAD.
HE WENT BACK TO THE OUTSIDE ZONE PLAY THERE WHERE THE SUCCESS WAS.
>> THEY HAVE TWO TIME-OUTS REMAINING HERE.
I'M GUESSING YOU USE IT ON THE NEXT PLAY.
>> YES.
>> AND ON THE NEXT PLAY.
>> YEP.
GOT TO GET A STOP HERE.
>> IT'S UNFORTUNATE THEY HAD TO BURN A TIME-OUT HERE.
THEY WANTED TO SET SOMETHING UP.
LIKE I SAID.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD HAVE WORKED.
THEY DIDN'T EXECUTE IT.
EDWARDS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A TIME-OUT CALLED BY THE VIKINGS.
THAT STOPS THE CLOCK WITH 1:46.
THEY HAVE ONE TIME-OUT REMAINING.
NEEDED TO WIN TONIGHT.
HOUSTON COUNTY NEEDED SOME HELP.
ONCE I TURN MY PHONE BACK ON.
THERE IS THE SCORE BOARD FROM FREEDOM FIELD.
THE LARGE NUMBER GOES TO HOUSTON COUNTY.
BEATING NORTH SIDE 45-35.
VALDOSTA NEXT WEEK COMES TO FREEDOM FIELD.
WIN AND YOU'RE IN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY.
THE LO COS HAVE A LIFE IN GAME TEN.
BACK UPSTAIRS.
WE ARE DOWN TO THE FINAL 1:46.
THE VIKINGS HAVE ONE TIME-OUT LEFT.
IT'S A THIRD AND THREE.
IF THEY STOP THEM HERE THEY WILL HAVE A LITTLE LIFE LEFT.
IF THE PACKERS GET A FIRST DOWN, THE GAME IS OVER.
>> YOU HAVE TO RUN THE BALL.
PUNT IT AND PLAY DEFENSE IF YOU DON'T GET THE FIRST DOWN.
THINK ABOUT IT.
LOWNDES HASN'T DONE SOMETHING STILL WITH THEIR ARMS.
I'M EXPECTING A RUN HERE.
IN PLACE OF THE DEFENSE HERE.
FROM COLQUITT.
>> THIRD DOWN AND THREE.
>> HERE'S YOUR GAME.
>> HAND OFF EDWARDS.
EDWARDS UP TO THE 38 YARD LINE, 39 IF HE GOT ACROSS THE 39 THE GAME IS OVER.
THAT'S A FIRST DOWN AND THE PACKERS CAN FINISH THIS ONE OFF.
JUST 1:31 AWAY FROM THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> A BIG RUN BY EDWARDS TO MOVE THE STICKS WHEN THEY NEEDED IT MOST.
SAUNDERS FOR ME WAS TAKING THE KNEE AND THE VIKINGS WILL USE THEIR LAST TIME-OUT.
>> TOUGH RUN STICKING HIS FACE IN THERE.
DRIVING THE LEGS BY EDWARDS.
THAT WAS A TOUGH RUN.
HE WOULDN'T BE DENIED.
>> JOIN US NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA INSIDE EDITION.
A FULL FOUR HOURS OF THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE REGULAR SEASON.
WE'LL HAVE COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE PLAYOFF PICTURE ACROSS THE STATE AS THE TEAMS WRAP UP THE REGULAR SEASON.
WE'LL HAVE BIG TIME COACHES IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA LOOKING AT THE BRACKETS AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE START OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS.
TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT.
>> LOTS OF KICKING IT WITH NELLIE.
FULL BLAST FOR YOU.
>> THAT'S NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
>> IS THAT A HASHTAG?
>> FULL BLAST.
NOBODY KNOWS FOOTBALL.
YOU'RE A GURU.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>> SPELL IT.
>> G-O-O-R-O-O.
GURU.
>> GREAT JOB ON THE SIDELINES.
>> VIKINGS HAVE NO MORE TOUTS.
SAUNDERS TAKES A KNEE AND THAT WILL DO IT.
NOW IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN.
PLAY CLOCK HASN'T BEEN RESET YET AND THE GAME CLOCK CONTINUES TO RUN.
LET'S SEE.
THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO SNAP IT ONE MORE TIME.
THERE GOES THE PLAY CLOCK.
THEY HAVE TO SNAP IT ONCE MOREMENT.
>> MILL CREEK IS THE REGION CHAMP.
IT LOOKS LIKE MOUNTAIN VIEW IS IN AT 4-2.
COLLINS HILL AND PEACH TREE RIDGE FIGHTING FOR 3, 4, 5.
WE'LL SEE A LOT OF THAT NEXT WEEK.
EVERYBODY POSITIONING FOR THE PLAYOFFS.
>> SAUNDERS TAKES THE KNEE AND THAT WILL DO IT.
>> WHOA!
CONGRATULATIONS COLQUITT COUNTY.
EXCELLENT GAME.
WE WISH EVERYBODY COULD BE A WINNER.
COLQUITT FINISHED IT OUT.
>> PACKERS WILL TAKE A SIX-GAME WINNING STREAK INTO THE PLAYOFFS.
THEY STARTED 0-4.
THEY HAVE WON SIX IN A ROW.
THEY SNAPPED THE LOWNDES VIKINGS WINNING STREAK AT EIGHT GAMES TONIGHT AS THE VIKINGS WRAP UP THE REGULAR SEASON AT 8-2.
THEY WILL GO INTO THE PLAYOFFS AS A NUMBER 2 SEED.
COLQUITT COUNTY WITH A BIG 55-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FROM TY LEGGETT WITH FIVE AND A HALF MINUTES REMAINING SURVIVES HERE AGAINST LOWNDES TONIGHT.
42-35.
AGAIN, JOIN US IN STUDIO NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE GPB TEAM IN STUDIO FOR FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA.
FOR CHUCK SMITH I'M MATT STEWART.
THE POST GAME SHOW IS NEXT.
WE SEND IT DOWN TO JOHN NELSON.
>> THERE WAS A WORD YOU USED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
SURVIVAL.
YOU GOT THROUGH THE FIRST SECTION.
NOW IT'S ANOTHER SURVIVAL MOMENT TONIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE RANDY McPHERSON A HAND.
THEY WHIPPED OUR BUTT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
WE SURVIVED AT THE END.
THE LEGGETT RUN AS GOOD AS IT GETS.
ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS.
LOWNDES IS A PROUD TEAM.
TWO GOOD TEAMS BATTLED TONIGHT.
WE HAD ONE MORE PLAY THAN THEY DID.
THAT'S IT.
>> WHERE ARE YOU NOW AS A TEAM, DO YOU THINK?
>> WE ARE STILL GROWING AS A TEAM.
WE REALLY WANTED THE WIN BAD, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE.
THE PLAYERS, ASSISTANT COACHES.
WE STUNK IT UP SOME IN THE THIRD.
A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH LOWNDES, NOT US.
THEY'RE A PROUD PROGRAM.
8-1.
THEY HAD US ON THE ROPES.
THEY HAVE THE TWO-POINT CONVERSION.
IF THEY SCORED HE'S GOING FOR TWO AGAIN TRYING TO WIN THE GAME.
WE HAD TO KEEP HIM OUT.
I WAS PROUD OF THE DEFENSE ON THE LAST DRIVE.
WE MADE ONE MORE PLAY.
THAT'S IT.
NO MORE, NO LESS.
I GIVE CREDIT TO LOWNDES AND TO OUR PLAYERS FINDING A WAY TO WIN THE GAME.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
GO CELEBRATE.
>> LET'S CELEBRATE.
NEXT WEEK AT HOME.
THANK GOODNESS.
>> WE ARE GRABBING JAY SAUNDERS.
PLAYER OF THE GAME.
>> WE ARE LIVE HERE IN MOULTRIE, GEORGIA.
WHAT A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE.
COLQUITT OVER LOWNDES.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU LOVE TO SEE.
THE RESILIENCY.
THEY WERE IN IT THE ENTIRE TIME.
THEY FOUGHT HARD.
THAT'S WHAT YOU EXPECT IN GAMES LIKE THIS.
>> CHECK OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM TODAY'S GAME.
THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM.
IT WAS A HIGH SCORING MATCH-UP.
FIRST QUARTER, JAY SAUNDERS LOOKING TO FIND SOMEBODY HE FINDS OPEN IN THE END ZONE.
THIS GAVE COLQUITT COUNTY A 21-7 LEAD.
MICHAEL BARRETT.
RIGHT BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST HALF.
IT'S 35-14 AT THE HALF.
THIRD QUARTER IS ALL LOWNDES.
MICHAEL BARRETT, NINE YARDS.
35-21.
MICHAEL BARRETT.
HERE'S YOUR GAME WINNER.
HE GOES 55 YARDS WITH THE GAME WINNING TOUCHDOWN.
THE PACKERS WIN THE REGION ONE 7 A CHAMPIONSHIP.
EVEN PLAYED HARD TONIGHT.
>> DON'T TELL ME THERE IS NOT HEART IN THE GAME.
BOTH TEAMS.
A GOOD HARD FOUGHT GAME.
>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHN NELSON FOR THE PLAYER OF THE GAME.
>> IT IS QB 3.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE KNOWING THE GAME WAS AS BIG AS IT WAS?
>> LOWNDES IS A BIG GAME.
THIS TIME IT WAS FOR THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE HAD A GREAT WEEK OF PREPARATION THIS WEEK.
THE GUYS ARE READY.
WE WERE FOCUSED.
GREAT WEEK IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.
COACH HAMMOND DID A GREAT JOB.
WE CAME OUT AND EXECUTED TONIGHT.
>> WHEN THE OFFENSE IS FLOATING THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WORD I CAN USE.
THIS OFFENSE FLOATS.
DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS LIKE WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING.
>> WHEN EVERYBODY IS DOING THEIR JOB.
THAT'S OUR MOTTO IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.
WHEN WE ARE DOING THAT WE ARE HARD TO STOP.
WE SHOWED IT TONIGHT.
NOT SO MUCH.
WHAT WAS THE VIBE LIKE ON THE SIDELINE?
>> I KEPT WALKING UP AND DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
WE'RE GOOD.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A PLAY.
THEY TRUSTED ME.
I'M GLAD THEY DID.
IT WORKED OUT WELL.
>> TIME FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S NOT REVERSE.
>> THAT GOES WITH THE TOWEL.
YOU CAN KEEP THE TOWEL AND THE TROPHY.
>> PRETTY GOOD BIRTHDAY PRESENT TOMORROW.
>> THERE YOU GO.
JACKIE WISHED YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THE MISS.
THAT'S A HABIT.
>> BACK TO THE SET BEFORE THIS GOES ANY PLACE ELSE.
>> LET'S GET BACK.
WE HAD A POLL GOING ON.
EVERYONE SPOKE EARLY ON AND THAT WASN'T GOING TO CHANGE.
71% SAID COLQUITT COUNTY WOULD WIN.
LEE IS WATCHING FROM LAS VEGAS.
THE PACKERS FAN.
WE JUST LOVE THIS PHOTO FROM LETHBRIDGE KA.
THANKS FOR SENDING THIS.
A SMALL FAN HERE.
SO CUTE.
WE HAVE LARRY CHIMING IN WITH THIS LITTLE FAN CELEBRATING THE PACKERS TOUCHDOWN.
THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER FAN WATCHING SAYING WHAT A GAME.
THOSE WHO TUNED OUT SHOULD TUNE IN.
WE WOULD SECOND THAT.
THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
HANG OUT WITH US NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
SPEAKING OF J.J. PETERSON HE'S OUR PLAY OF THE GAME.
LET'S GET TO THAT.
THIS CAME EARLY ON.
HUGE PLAY BY PETERSON.
LET'S CALL IT A KICK SIX.
A KICK OFF RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
HE RUNS, FINDS THE OPEN SPACE DOWN THE SIDELINE.
WEAVES AND BOBS.
ASIDE FROM THAT, WHAT A POWERFUL RUNNER.
THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE COLQUITT THE FIRST POINTS ON THE BOARD.
TIE IT AT 7 EARLY ON IN THE GAME.
THE PLAY OF THE GAME TO J.J. PETERSON.
>> THANKS, MISS JACKIE.
LOTS OF BIG IMPORTANT GAMES FROM ALL AROUND THE STATE.
WE START OUT WITH ROSWELL.
NO PROBLEM WITH WOODSTOCK.
GRAY SON LEADS HOOVER, ALABAMA.
PROBST'S OLD STOMPING GROUNDS.
IT IS NORCROSS WINNING THE REGION TITLE OVER BROOK WOOD 21-0.
VALDOSTA UP 15-10 IN THE FOURTH.
HOUSTON COUNTY REMAINS ALIVE.
THEY BEAT NORTH SIDE BY 10.
45-35.
IN THE FOURTH, MAZE LEADING ALEXANDER IN A HUGE GAME THERE.
ELSEWHERE AROUND THE STATE OF GEORGIA WE'VE GOT GLEN ACADEMY.
NO TROUBLE WITH THAT.
BEAUFORD OVER LOGANVILLE.
STOCKBRIDGE OVER JONES COUNTY.
THAT GAME IN THE FOURTH.
THOMPSON LEADS BURKE COUNTY.
FINAL THERE.
BENEDICTINE TOP RANKED OVER METER, 50-0.
WE HAVE HAD QUITE A GAME HERE TONIGHT.
OF COURSE COLQUITT COUNTY NOW IN A POSITION TO GO FOR A THREEPEAT.
THREE IN A ROW.
THEY WON BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS LAST YEAR.
LET'S LOOK AT THE WAY BACK MACHINE FOR THE CALL ON THIS ONE.
>> WELCOME TO THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 6-A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
14-0 COLQUITT COUNTY PACKERS TAKE ON THE 14-0 ROSWELL HORNETS.
>> NEALY TO THE FAR SIDE.
IT'S CAUGHT.
IT'S GOING TO GO.
81 YARDS ON THE SECOND PLAY OF THE GAME.
A.J.
SMITH WHO GOT THE GAME WINNING TOUCHDOWN WITH TEN SECONDS LEFT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT GETS THE HORNETS ON THE BOARD JUST 46 SECONDS INTO THE GAME.
PULLED HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE.
HIT HIM IN THE BACK FIELD AND STILL COULDN'T STOP HIM.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> PARISH UP TOP.
THE SPECTACULAR TOUCHDOWN CATCH.
COLQUITT COUNTY IS TAKING A 20-10 LEAD.
THEY HAVE SET A NEW GEORGIA STATE SCORING RECORD AT THE SAME TIME.
>> MARTINEZ HAS 3 IS CAREER FIELD GOALS.
HE'S 31 OF 45 IN HIS CAREER.
HE HAS TWO FIELD GOALS FROM TYING THE STATE RECORD FOR FIELD GOALS IN A CAREER.
AND THIS IS A 31-YARD ATTEMPT.
IT WILL BE THE THIRD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN COLQUITT COUNTY HISTORY.
TALKING ABOUT A LONG HISTORY.
OVER 100 YEARS OF FOOTBALL GOING BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE MOULTRIE HIGH SCHOOL PACKERS.
THIS IS FOR THE RECORD.
PROBST GETS MARTINEZ A CHANCE TO SET THE RECORD.
A 42-YARD ATTEMPT.
AND IT IS GOOD.
>> ANOTHER RECORD.
MARTINEZ NOW HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST FIELD GOALS IN A CAREER.
THAT'S CAREER FIELD GOAL NUMBER 34.
>> YOU KNOW WE SAW EARLIER THE LOWNDES HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND.
COLQUITT'S BAND IS PERFORMING NOW.
WE'LL LISTEN IN TO THE PERFORMANCE FROM REGIONS BANK.
IT'S STREAMING LIVE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
YOU CAN FIND IT THROUGH FACEBOOK LIVE AND SEE LOWNDES FROM EARLIER.
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WE'LL GO TO JOHN NELSON.
IT'S DOWN TO THE FINAL FEW MINUTES.
ISN'T IT?
>> WE ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH IN THIS ONE AS WE KICK IT.
WE ARE 21 GAMES TONIGHT.
WE CAN DECIDE REGION CHAMPS.
FOUR OF THE GAMES HAVE ONE VERSUS TWO.
TWO MATCH-UPS.
WINNER BEGINS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE LOSER GETS THE TWO SEED.
GOING BACK AND FORTH.
THEY HAVE BEEN TRADING BLOWS.
THIS ONE HAS GONE FROM 28-24 ALEXANDER HALFWAY THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER.
1:40 LEFT IN THE THIRD.
31-28.
THAT WAS WHERE WE HAD IT LAST AT 31-28 LATE THIRD QUARTER.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER FINAL SCORES FROM WHAT'S GOING ON AS TO WHO PLAYS.
BEN DETECTIVEINE.
BEAUFORD HAD A TOUGH TEST WITH LOGANVILLE TONIGHT.
A BIG WINNER TONIGHT OVER COLUMBUS.
DALTON.
LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.
ABOUT A HUNDRED SECONDS TO GO REGULATION.
MAZE IS LEADING 31-28.
THIS GAME BEING PLAYED AT LAKE BS WOOD STADIUM WITH THE BALL AT THE 40 YARD LINE.
THERE HAS TO BE ACTION QUICKLY.
IT LOOKS LIKE 90 SECONDS.
NO ONE IN A HURRY.
THIS IS BIG ON A SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT.
THIRD AND EIGHT NOW.
COMING UP.
ALL MAZE WANTS IS A WAY TO HANG ONTO THE LEAD.
LOOKS LIKE AN OFF TACKLE PLAY TO GET A FEW YARDS AND SEE WHAT ELSE IS MOVING ON THERE.
ONCE AGAIN LOOKS LIKE A TIME-OUT CALLED WITH 1:04 TO GO.
THAT WILL STOP THE CLOCK THERE.
64 SECONDS.
MAZE LEADING ALEXANDER 31-28.
THEY ARE IN A TIME-OUT.
LET'S GO THROUGH OTHER FINALS.
EAST COWITA WINNER.
FITZGERALD OVER EARLY COUNTY 40-6.
JEFFERSON IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT IN THE REGION WINNING 35-7 OVER STEPHENS COUNTY.
KEL OVER WOODLAND CARTERSVILLE.
MARY PERSONS PLAYING IN GAME TEN NEXT WEEK FOR THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER THE 49-7 WIN OVER PERRY.
NORCROSS WILL BE THE REGION CHAMP WITH THE WIN.
41-7.
NEXT WEEK IN THE REGION.
THREE TEAMS AND TWO PLAYOFF SPOTS.
GOING FOR TWO SPOTS WITH THOSE THREE TEAMS.
PARK VIEW REBOUND.
ROME OVER WOODSTOCK.
SANDY CREEK BIG.
HANGING ON 15-14.
NOW BACK TO MAZE AND ALEXANDER.
KEEP READING FINALS AS WE SEE PLAYS DEVELOP THERE.
>> YOU SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE TO GO.
LESS THAN A MINUTE TO GO.
31-28.
INCOMPLETE PASS THERE LONG.
LAKEWOOD STADIUM.
MAZE TRYING TO HANG ON AS WELL.
1-2.
WINNER WILL BE THE REGION CHAMP.
LOSER IS THE 2 SEED COMING IN.
ONE OF THE BIG STORIES FROM THE EVENING CAME IN AT 0-8.
THIS IS A TURNOVER ON DOWNS.
BARRING SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN MAZE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
CHECK THE GPB APP WITH THE FINALS.
SAINT PIOUS WINS TONIGHT.
IF THEY WIN NEXT WEEK AT 2-8 THEY ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS.
THEY PLAYED ONE OF THE TOUGHEST SCHEDULES IN THE CLASS.
1-8.
THEY WIN THEY ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS AT 2-8 NEXT WEEK.
>> COACH PAUL WOULD HAVE THE BEST 2-8 TEAM IN THE STATE.
>> ONE MORE FROM THE COAST.
JENKINS GETS THE FIRST REGIONS CHAMPIONSHIP.
SINCE SUPER BOWL ONE WAS PLAYED.
>> WOW.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO JENKINS ON THE COAST.
>> OKAY.
THAT WRAPS UP THINGS TONIGHT FROM MOULTRIE, GEORGIA.
REGION ONE CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN DECIDED.
>> HARD TO BELIEVE IT WAS THE LAST FRIDAY IN RL TERMS OF CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM AROUND THE STATE.
>> PERFECT TIME FOR ANOTHER INSIDE EDITION INSIDE GEORGIA IN THE STUDIO.
>> HIGHLIGHTS AND DRAMA ALL OVER THE STATE.
WE'LL GET READY FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF THE PLAYOFFS AS THE POST SEASON KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR.
>> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT GPB SPORTS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WATCHING.
THANKS TO THE FOLKS AT MOULTRIE.
ALL THE FOLKS AT COLQUITT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
VERY HOSPITABLE.
IT WAS A GREAT VICTORY FOR THE PACKERS.
TOUGH FOR LOWNDES WHO PLAYED A GREAT GAME.
42-35 IS THE FINAL THERE.
FOR ALL OF US HERE FROM THE SET IN MOULTRIE, WE WISH YOU A GOOD NIGHT.
SEE YOU NEXT WEEK IN THE STUDIO.
>> SO LONG!
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