Football Fridays in Georgia
Creekside at Cartersville: Postgame Show 2021
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Hannah Goodin checks in with coaches and reporters about HSFB around the state.
Hannah Goodin checks in with coaches and reporters about high school football games around the state.
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Creekside at Cartersville: Postgame Show 2021
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Hannah Goodin checks in with coaches and reporters about high school football games around the state.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HEY, EVERYONE, WELCOME INTO THE BRAND-NEW FRIDAYS POST GAME SHOW BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S HIGHWAY SAFETY AND DON'T FORGET TO BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE STUDIOS HERE IN ATLANTA, WE HAVE WRAPPED UP THE FIRST BROADCAST OF THE SEASON.
TWO OF THE TOP TEAMS IN 5-A GOING AT IT.
IT WAS CREEKSIDE VERSUS CARTERSVILLE, AND THE FINAL SCORE PURPLE HURRICANES 17-14 IN A HUGE DEFENSIVE BATTLE.
ON THIS SHOW, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS TO CHECK IN WITH MATT FOR HIGHLIGHTS AND IN-GAME ANALYSIS WITH WILEY ON THE FIELD, AND THE TOP SCORES AND WE HAVE THREE COACHES WAITING TO TALK TO US LIVE AFTER SOME BIG WINS.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE LIVE TV AND WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO TALK TO THE COACHES AND REPORTERS ALL OVER GEORGIA TO GET THE FINAL SCORES AND MORE ANALYSIS.
OKAY.
FIRST, LET'S SEND IT ACROSS THE HALL TO MY PARTNER IN CRIME, MATT STEWART.
>> WOW, WHAT A SPECTACULAR GAME, AND AS WAYNE GANDY SAID AT THE END OF THE BROADCAST, DEFENSE IS BACK.
AND WE SAW IT LAST WEEKEND AND THIS WEEK AGAIN AS WE KICK OFF OUR GPB BROADCASTS.
CARTERSVILLE KNOCKING OFF FOURTH-RANKED CREEKSIDE, AND THEY HAVE BEATEN GRAYSON IN THE OPENER AND THEN WESTLAKE AND A CHANCE HERE TO KNOCK OFF CARTERSVILLE, AND THEN THEY COME UP WITH THE BIG 17-14 VICTORY.
IF YOU ARE JUST NOW TUNING IN, AND WALKING IN THE DOOR FROM WATCHING YOUR FAVORITE FOOTBALL TEAM WATCHING, REMEMBER, THIS IS A GAME THAT WILL REPLAY IN THE ENTIRETY COMING UP SHORTLY.
FIRST SCORE OF THE NIGHT CAME UP OFF OF A CREEKSIDE TURNOVER, AND ROBINSON WITH THE SCOOP AFTER FORRISTALL FORCED THE FUMBLE, AND LETT COUGHED IT UP.
THREE PLAYS LATER, JAKE PARKER TO JACOB RAY WITH A 15-YARD PASS.
CARTERSVILLE LED 7-0.
CREEKSIDE GETS ON THE BOARD IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
DAIQUAN WHITE JUMPED THE ROUTE.
LOOKS LIKE 21 IN THAT UNIFORM, EXCEPT HE IS WEARING 4.
ONE OF THE BIG TIME JUNIOR CORNER PROSPECTS IN THE NATION.
68-YARD PICK SIX.
IT WAS 7-6.
THIRD QUARTER.
THE BLOCKED PUNT BY SAUNDERS, AND B.J.
COWERT PICKS IT UP, AND RUMBLING AND BUMBLING 23 YARDS FOR THE SCORE.
CREEKSIDE GOES FOR TWO, AND THE ONLY POINTS SCORED BY THE OFFENSE TONIGHT.
LETT ON THE PASS TO WHITE.
IT WAS 14-10 AT THAT POINT.
IT WOULD STAY THAT WAY UNTIL FINAL 2:00.
PHILLIP SCHILTZ WHO HAD HAD HIS PUNT BLOCKED THAT LED TO THE LEAD FOR CREEKSIDE WITH THE MEASURE OF REDEMPTION ON THE 21-YARD RECEIVING END OF THE TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM JACOB PARKER.
OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME, AND THE 17-14 VICTORY FOR THE PURPLE HURRICANES.
TONIGHT, LET'S SEND IT BACK THE HANNAH.
>> THANK YOU, MATT.
I THINK THAT WE PICKED A GOOD GAME TO COVER FOR THE FIRST ONE.
ANOTHER GOOD GAME ACROSS THE STATE IS NORCROSS VERSUS SOUTH GWINNETT, AND IT WAS NORCROSS WHO PULLED IT OUT.
AND COACH KEITH MALOOF WHO PULLED IT OUT.
TELL ME ABOUT THE GAME TONIGHT.
>> WE STARTED OUT GREAT DEFENSE IN THE FIRST HALF, AND THEN IN THE SECOND HALF, WE FOUND A WAY TO WIN THE BALL GAME IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, AND THE DEFENSE STOOD UP AGAIN AND MADE A BIG STOP AFTER WE STORED.
WE GOT A COUPLE OF FIRST DOWNS AND RAN OUT THE CLOCK, AND REAL PROUD OF OUR KIDS.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SCORE, AND FUMBLED IN THE END ZONE.
THEY RECOVERED IT, AND FROM THERE IT WAS A DEFENSIVE BATTLE.
THE REST OF THE NIGHT UNTIL WE FOUND A WAY TO GET INTO THE END ZONE, AND ABOUT MIDDLE OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.
>> THIS IS SO COOL.
WE ARE GETTING TO TALK TO YOU JUST AFTER THE GAME, AND LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE IN THE OFFICE.
WHAT DID YOU SAY TO THE TEAM AFTER THE GAME?
>> I SAID KEEP PLAYING GREAT DEFENSE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WEAPONS ON OFFENSE, AND IT IS GOING TO COME AROUND FOR US DOWN THE ROAD.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PLAY REALLY GOOD AND DEFENSIVELY, WE HAVE PLAYED OUTSTANDING ALL YEAR LONG, AND A FEW BREAKDOWNS HERE AND, THERE AND THIS IS WHY I FEEL LIKE THIS TEAM DOWN THE ROAD IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WEAPONS ON OFFENSE THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO GET THE BALL TO, AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE TOP TIGHT ENDS IN THE NATION AS A JUNIOR, LAWSON LUCKY, AND PEOPLE ARE SPOTTING ON HIM, SO WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE DOWN THE ROAD TO FIND WAYS TO GET HIM THE BALL.
SO WE HAVE PLAYMAKERS AND A OFFENSIVE LINE TO BE PROUD OF HIM TONIGHT, AND IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND WE HAVE MANAGED THE GAME, AND ABLE TO GET TWO OR THREE BIG FIRST DOWNS TO RUN THE CLOCK OUT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE TIME, AND WE WILL GET BACK TO CELEBRATING WITH THE TEAM, AND YOUR WIN AGAINST DUNWOODY.
>> THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
>> AND NOW, MORE TOP SCORES IN THE STATE ON THE SCOREBOARD.
AND GEORGIA EMC IS SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT MARIETTA COMING BACK AGAINST NUMBER 8, CAMDEN COUNTY, AND 40-17 IS THE FINAL IN THAT ONE.
TWO OF THE TOP SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRAMS AT IT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, AND BATTLING BACK, AND THEY COULDN'T DO IT, BECAUSE LEE COUNTY PULLED IT OUT BY A FIELD GOAL, 24-21.
AND NORTH SIDE WON AND A STING FOR THOSE FOLKS FROM WARNER ROBBINS.
AND SANDY CREEK BEAT STARS MILS 23-16, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TO HEAD COACH BRAD GARVIN IN A MOMENT.
AND NOW, GOING TO BENEDICTINE WHO HAS DEFEATED NORTH OCONEY.
AND THEN IN AA IT IS FITZGERALD DEFEATING DODGE COUNTY 15-6.
FINALLY IN SINGLE A PRIVATE, THE FINAL 28-0.
I AM BEING TOLD THAT THE JEFFERSON HEAD COACH GENE CAPCART IS STANDING BY AFTER THEY HAVE JUST WON, AND HEY, COACH, TELL ME ABOUT THE GAME TONIGHT.
>> GO, COACH.
CAN YOU TALK?
TELL US ABOUT THE GAME.
>> LOOKS LIKE SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
AGAIN THAT SCORE WAS 41-14, AND THEIR NEXT THE GAME WILL BE A REGION GAME AT HOME AGAINST FLOWERING BRANCH.
WE WILL TRY TO GET HIM BACK ON THE LINE, BUT FOR NOW LET'S CHECK IN WITH THE SIDELINE REPORTER WILEY BALLARD CHECKING IN FOR JON NELSON.
AND WHAT DID YOU SEE?
>> WE SAW A LOT FROM THE SIDELINE INCLUDING A HECK OF A FINISH.
WHAT STUCK OUT FOR ME THROUGHOUT TONIGHT WAS THE SUPPORT NOT JUST FROM THE HOMESTANDING CARTERSVILLE FANS WHO FLOODED THE FIELD AFTER THE CLOCK HIT 0:00, BUT THE FANS FROM FULTON WHO CAME UP TO BE LOUD AND PROUD ALL GAME, AND I KNOW THAT CARTERSVILLE GOT THE WIN, AND IT IS A PROGRAM WHO IS USED TO WINNING AT A EXTREMELY HIGH LEVEL.
ALREADY, TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THREE YEARS, BUT FOR CREEKSIDE, IF IT IS ANY SOLACE FOR THEIR FANS, THEY HAVE LONG ROADS AHEAD OF THEM FOR TRAVELING IN THE PLAYOFF, BECAUSE THIS IS A DEFENSE WHO HAS A CHANCE TO BE SPECIAL.
I WAS TAKEN ABACK AT THE ENERGY LEVEL AND WHETHER IT IS A PERSONAL FOUL THE GIVE CARTERSVILLE A FIRST DOWN OR THE TURNOVER TO GIVE CARTERSVILLE ADVANTAGEOUS FIELD POSITION, THE DEFENSE WAS SPECTACULAR, AND THE NAME YOU HAVE TO KNOW IS JAKE PARKER, THE QUARTERBACK, AND THE PROGRAM PLAYER AND THE GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME, AND THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN PASS IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES TO PHILLIP SCHILTZ TO WIN THE GAME FOR CARTERSVILLE.
AND CARTERSVILLE IS KNOWN FOR THE QUARTERBACKS, AND I AM NOT GOING TO SAY HE IS TREVOR LAWRENCE, BUT HE HAD A BIG NIGHT TONIGHT, AND GREAT TO SEE A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS WORKED HARD TO WAIT HIS TURN TO LEAD HIS TEAM TO VICTORY.
>> WILEY, I KNOW THAT YOU WERE STRUGGLING WITH THE LOUD NOISE AT THE STADIUM, AND THE P.A.
WAS BOOMING, AND THE FANS IN THE STAND AND WHAT WAS LYTIC TO BE -- WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE AT A FULL CAPACITY STANDS?
>> WELL, IT WAS GREAT.
AND IF IT IS LOUD, I WILL TAKE IT.
BOTH FAN BASES SHOWED UP PROUD TONIGHT.
AND IF MY EARS ARE RINGING TOMORROW MORNING, THIS IS WORTH IT, BECAUSE IT WAS A BLAST HERE AT THE STADIUM.
>> THANK YOU, WILEY.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, THAT IS THE GAME TONIGHT, CREEKSIDE VERSUS CARTERSVILLE.
AND THE WINNERS THERE THE PURPLE HURRICANES, CARTERSVILLE OVER CREEKSIDE, 17-14.
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE REPORTER FROM ALL OVER THE STATE OF GEORGIA, AND THIS IS THE POST GAME SHOW RIGHT HERE ON GPB.
>>> SWEETHEART, PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT.
>> I GOT IT, MOM.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO GPB SPORTS GAME POST GAME SHOW BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S POST GAME SHOW AND DON'T FORGET TO BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH THE SANDY CREEK HEAD COACH BRETT GARVIN WHO JUST WON 37-16, AND HEY, COACH, WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR GAME?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I GIVE MY HAT OFF OR TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THE OTHER TEAM, BECAUSE THEY RUN THE OFFENSE EXTREMELY WELL.
AND CHAD DOES AN AMAZING JOB WITH THOSE GUYS.
AND IT WAS 16-16 AT THE HALF, AND CLOSE GAME, AND THEY SCORED RIGHT AT THE END OF THE HALF AS THE TIME EXPIRED TO TIE THE GAME.
THEY HAD A GREAT GAME PLAN.
WE CAME OUT AND MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS AND THE KIDS RESPONDED REAL WELL.
THEY CAME OUT IN THE SECOND HALF TO DO WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO AND MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS WE ASKED THEM TO DO, AND PLAYED A MUCH BETTER SECOND HALF.
>> WHAT WERE THE ADJUSTMENTS, BECAUSE YOU CERTAINLY PULLED AWAY.
>> WELL, WE WERE KIND OF, KIND OF TOLD OUR KIDS, HEY, WE ARE SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LINING UP EXACTLY RIGHT, AND WE ARE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE, BECAUSE WE ARE ACTING LIKE WE ARE LITTLE CONFUSED AND THEN WE KIND OF SETTLED DOWN IN THE SECOND HALF, AND GOT LINED UP, AND PRESENTED THE FRONTS THAT WE WANTED THE PRESENT TO THEM, AND THEN THEY PLAYED MUCH BETTER.
>> YOUR NEXT GAME AGAINST WESTMINSTER, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING OUT OF THAT ONE?
>> VERY WELL COACHED TEAM.
THEY HAVE MADE VERY FEW MISTAKE, AND WE HAVE SEEN A LITTLE BIT ON FILM.
THEY DO WHAT THEY DO REALLY WELL, AND THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIGHT END AND GAME MANAGER AT QUARTERBACK, AND THAT IS THE FIRST REGION GAME, AND SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A BIG TEST FOR US.
>> YES.
>> AND SO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED SUNDAY AND WE'LL SEE.
>> LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, COACH, IT WAS A BIG HOME GAME FOR YOU AND WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO HAVE THE FANS IN THE STAND AND THE COMMUNITY RALLYING AROUND YOU GUYS?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY HAS WORKED REALLY HARD.
THAT I DID A BUNCH OF RENOVATIONS TO THE FRONT OF THE STADIUM AND FIX IT EDFIXED UP THE FRONT.
THEY ADDED THE L.E.D.
LIGHTING, AND WE GOT THE SHOW THAT OFF.
MY HAT IS OFF TO DR. PATTERSON AND THE LOCAL BOARD AND THEY DID A LOT OF HARD WORK TO GET IT GOING, AND THE KIDS ENJOYED THE FLASHING LIGHT, AND IT GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADACHE, BUT THEY ENJOYED IT.
IT WAS A GREAT ATMOSPHERE TONIGHT, AND CROSS TOWN RIVAL, AND SO IT IS NOT MUCH BETTER THAN THAT FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, COACH GARVIN, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US LIVE ON OUR SHOW.
>> THANK YOU, HANNAH, I APPRECIATE IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
TIME NOW TO GET MORE SCORES.
WE KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO SEE MORE SCORES.
SO WE WILL GET THE GEORGIA EMC SCOREBOARD.
SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
AND THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN THESE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MORE.
KENNESAW THERE WITH THE RUNNING SCORE THERE.
AND ARCHER AND GRAYSON, AND GRAYSON IS UP 15-13.
AND SALEM BEAT COFFEY THERE.
AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, BUFORD UP THERE.
AND GOOD STORY THERE OF MYERS PARK, THE TEAM FROM CHARLOTTE TRAVELING DOWN THE ATLANTA.
SO WE HAVE MORE TO COME, AND WE WILL CHECK IN WITH OUR FRIENDS AT ESPN COASTAL AND GET SOME MORE IN-GAME ANALYSIS, AND STICK WITH US HERE ON THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY POST GAME SHOW.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY AND POST GAME SHOW SPRENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S HIGHWAY SAFETY AND THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US.
IT IS 10:50 AND AFTER THE GAME WRAPPED UP, CREEKSIDE AND CARTERSVILLE, AND THE PURPLE HURRICANES WIN THAT ONE 17-14.
AND BACK WITH MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MATT, AND WAYNE AND WILEY AND WE WERE MISSING JON NELSON, AND HE WAS BEING HONORED TONIGHT AT THE EMMY'S SILVER CIRCLE.
WHEN YOU GET THAT HONOR FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE SAME LOCATION OR SERVICE OR ENTITY AND HE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR 27 YEARS AND YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT.
AND THERE HE IS ON THE FAR LEFT WITH HIS AWARD BEING HONORED TONIGHT AND HE GAVE A SPEECH AS.
WE HIS WIFE PATTY SENT ME THE VIDEO AND I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH IT LATER.
CONGRATULATIONS, JON, AND WELL DESERVED.
HE HAS HAD A EMMY NOMINATION, AND GABBY LAST YEAR AND THE BESTI HAVE EVER WORKED WITH, AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU TONIGHT.
AND WAY TO GO, JON.
HE SENT US THAT PICTURE.
ALL RIGHT.
SPEAKING OF JON, WE HAVE SO MUCH PROGRAMMING HERE ON GPB THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT.
WE ARE LIVE EVERY THURSDAY AT NOON, "COUNTDOWN TO GPB SPORTS" AND WE RECAP THE WEEK BEFORE AND PREVIEW WHAT IS TO COME, AND BEST PART WE INTERACT WITH THE COMMENT LIVE AND THE REGULARS THERE, AND IT IS FUN TO SEE.
IT LOOKS LIKE SINCE THIS IS LIVE TV, AND IT IS LOOKING LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER GUESTS THAT WE HAD LINED UP ARE NOT COMING THROUGH, BUT WE ARE SAVE IT FOR NEXT WEEK.
WE CAN'T PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE FOR THE FIRST SHOW, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SHOWING AND ONE MORE THING THAT THE PRODUCER WANTS YOU TO KNOW DON'T FORGET "RECRUITING 2021" AND IT IS BRAND-NEW LAST YEAR, AND IT GOT AN EMMY NOMINATION, AND IT IS WITH JON AND MATT AND I, AND WE TALK TO THE TOP RECRUITS OF THE COUNTRY, AND EACH WEEK, WE TRY TO FIND SOMEONE IN THE TOP 25 TO INTERVIEW LIVE ON ZOOM.
IT IS A COOL SHOW AND IT WILL BE REAIRING RIGHT AFTER THIS.
SO IF YOU CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF GPB SPORTS, STICK AROUND, BECAUSE "RECRUITING 2021" IS GOING TO RE-AIR RIGHT AFTER THIS, AND CATCH IT ON THE PLATFORM @GPBSPORTS AND ALSO AT GPBSPORTS.ORG.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AROUND THE STATE, AND EVERYBODY BE SAFE DRIVING HOME, AND WHEN WE SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
BYE, GUYS.
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