Football Fridays in Georgia
Mill Creek vs. West Forsyth
Season 2021 Episode 2 | 2h 51m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Mill Creek vs. West Forsyth - Sept. 17, 2021
Mill Creek’s Zykai Wimby blocked a field goal in the final minute of the first half and Zach Jolley returned it 85 yards for a touchdown to give Mill Creek a 17-7 halftime lead. The Hawks would add three third quarter touchdowns on their way to a 38-10 win over West Forsyth. Mill Creek’s Caleb Downs, one of the nation’s top junior safeties, had 139 All-Purpose yards and scored a touchdown.
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Football Fridays in Georgia
Mill Creek vs. West Forsyth
Season 2021 Episode 2 | 2h 51m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Mill Creek’s Zykai Wimby blocked a field goal in the final minute of the first half and Zach Jolley returned it 85 yards for a touchdown to give Mill Creek a 17-7 halftime lead. The Hawks would add three third quarter touchdowns on their way to a 38-10 win over West Forsyth. Mill Creek’s Caleb Downs, one of the nation’s top junior safeties, had 139 All-Purpose yards and scored a touchdown.
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AS WE WELCOME YOU TO WOLVERINE STADIUM AND COMING FOR A BIG SEVEN DAY REGION BATTLE AS THE HAWKS TAKE ON THE NUMBER NINE WEST VERSAILLES WOLVERINES.
AND GOOD EVENING, I'M MATT STEWART JOINED BY FORMER AUBURN TIGERS ALL AMERICAN FIRST NFL DRAFT PICK AND 15 YEAR PRO, WAYNE GANDY.
WHAT A YEAR A DIFFERENCE MAKES FOR MIL CREEK A YEAR AGO, A RASH OF SEASON ENDING INJURIES AND POSTPONEMENTS.
A TON OF CLOSE LOSSES.
THEY FINISH 5-6, FIRST LOSING RECORD SINCE 2006.
BUT THEY STARTED 2021 3-0 LED BY THE NUMBER ONE JUNIOR SAFETY IN THE COUNTRY, CALEB DOWNS.
>> CALEB DOWNS.
I CALLED HIM JACK BECAUSE HE DOES SO MANY THINGS FOR THIS TEAM.
HE PLAYS RUNNING BACK.
HE'S THROWN A COUPLE OF PASSES AND HE DOMINATES ON DEFENSE ON THE SAFETY POSITION.
A TOP RATED DEFENSE, ONLY 10 POINTS A GAME AND HE'S THE STAR OF THAT DEFENSE.
>> HE HAS 29 OFFERS.
HE'S A FOUR STAR NORTH CAROLINA MAY BE THE LEADER THOUGH.
HIS BROTHER JOSH IS A STAR AT WIDE RECEIVER ALREADY THERE WITH THE TAR HEELS.
ON OFFENSE, THE HAWKS.
MORE BALANCE THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN, LED BY THEIR TWO YEAR STARTER, JUNIOR QUARTERBACK, CLARK.
>> DUE TO INJURY AND COVID SITUATIONS, BUT HE HAS MATURED AND BALANCED THIS OFFENSE.
HE HAS A STRONG ARM MAKING GREAT DECISIONS.
FOUR TOUCHDOWNS, SEVEN INTERCEPTIONS.
>> THEIR SECOND REGION CHAMPIONSHIP MADE IT TO THE QUARTERFINALS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN PROGRAM HEFT.
BIG REASON WHY THE NUMBER TWO TIGHT END IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
HUGE OFFENSIVE WEAPON IS OSCAR.
>> OSCAR.
WHAT A GREAT TIGHT END.
225.
SPEED, GREAT HANDS.
THE THING COACH LOVES ABOUT HIM, HE'S A WILLING BLOCKER FROM THE TIGHT END POSITION.
WHAT A PLAYER.
>> HE HAS THE TOP FOUR, GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, SOUTH CAROLINA AND CLEMSON.
EXPECTED TO MAKE HIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN EARLY OCTOBER.
DEFENSIVELY, THE WOLVERINES LED BY TWO TACKLING MACHINE JUNIORS AND RILEY McKEE.
>> BEST OF FRIENDS.
THEY PUSH EACH OTHER OUT ON THE FIELD.
THEY'RE A DYNAMIC DUO AND AS THEY PLAY, SO DOES THIS DEFENSE.
WATCH FOR THEM TO GET DOWNHILL TO MAKE PLAYS EARLY.
>> THAT'S THE STORY ON THE GREAT FOOTBALL MATCH-UP IN GEORGIA.
THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, JOHN NELSON.
BACK FROM RECEIVING HIS MAJOR AWARD LAST WEEK.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM BACK.
HOW DO THINGS THERE LOOK?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GREAT TO BE BACK.
GOOD EVENING TO YOU.
THANKS FOR ACCESSING US.
LARGE OR SMALL.
A LOT OF SCHOOLS HERE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA IN PLAY.
THEY ARE NOT.
WHAT DO YOU LEARN FROM SEASON ONE?
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
THIS IS NOT HIS SCHEDULE.
THIS WAS INHERITED FOR HIM BUT HE SAID WITH THE SCHEDULE I HAVE, I COULD HAVE BEEN 0-4 AND STILL COULD HAVE HAD A VERY GOOD TEAM.
HE IS DEFINITELY NOT 0-4.
ON THE FLIP SIDE, FOR MILL CREEK, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE HAWKS, EACH TIME SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE REGION GAMES.
IT COULD BE PLAYING FROM BEHIND.
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY.
IT COULD BE PENALTIES.
IT COULD BE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT WILL GET YOU FROM SEASON ONE TO SEASON TWO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE READY FOR SEASON THREE.
SPEAKING OF REGION PLAY, WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON ALL THAT.
HANNAH, WHAT'S ON YOUR HIND TONIGHT?
>> YES, WE ARE, JOHN.
SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
WE'LL BE CHECKING BACK WITH YOU ON A FRIDAY.
DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE BRAND-NEW POSTGAME SHOW.
WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM JOHN.
WE'LL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS.
TOP SCORES AROUND THE STATE AND HEAR FROM COACHES AND MEDIA MEMBERS LIVE ON THE SHOW AS THEIR GAMES WRAP UP.
Y I CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH THESE TWO.
SEND IT BACK ACROSS THE HALL TO MATT AND WAYNE TO GET THINGS STARTED.
>> THANK YOU, HANNAH.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT BALL GAME.
WE HAVE THE FIFTH ALL-TIME MEETING BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS.
THEY MET LAST YEAR, WAYNE, AND MILL CREEK WON 20-17 ON A 74 YARD PUNT RETURN IN THE FINAL MINUTES.
WHAT WAS EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT THIS VICTORY FOR THE HAWKS WAS THEY WON THE GAME WITHOUT SCORING AN OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN.
THE ONLY TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> WE LOOK AT THIS TEAM ONCE AGAIN LED BY THIS TOP RATED DEFENSE.
MAY BE THE BEST DEFENSE IN THE STATE.
LOVE THE BLOCK UP MAN TO MAN, YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING GOING ON THE GROUND EARLY.
>> WELL, MILL CREEK WON THE TOSS.
THEY HAVE DEFERRED UNTIL THE SECOND HALF AND OUR OPENING KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE-UP GEORGIA.
SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES.
SO THE HAWKS IN THE WHITE JERSEYS TONIGHT, THE VEGAS GOLD MAY BE BLUE AND CARDINAL RED.
TRACE BUTCHER IS SET TO KICK IT OFF FOR THE HAWKS.
HE'S 71% TOUCHBACK ON HIS KICKOFF THIS SEASON AND WEST FORSYTH WITH HARRISON DEEP.
IT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN A YARD DEEP IN THE END ZONE.
NON-RETURNABLE, SO THE 20 YARD LINE IS WHERE THE WOLVERINES START ON OFFENSE AND THEY'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD QUARTERBACK TOO, WAYNE, IN KEEGAN STOEGER.
>> GOOD AT EXTENDING THE PLAYS, GOOD AT COMING INTO HIS OWN THIS SEASON, MAKING GOOD DECISIONS AS A STRONG ARM CAN THROW THE BALL AROUND TO KEEP HIS OFFENSE BALANCED.
>> YOU SEE THE NUMBERS, 57% COMPLETION RATE, 627 THROUGH THE AIR.
AN AVERAGE OF 209 A GAME OF SIX TOUCHDOWNS AND TWO INTERCEPTIONS AND THE MAN WHO LINES UP MIND HIM, PAYTON.
HAS THERE BEEN A BIGGER STORY RUSHING THE BALL IN 7A.
LOOKS LIKE HE GOT PULLED DOWN BY THE FACE MASK.
AND THAT WAS A PENALTY RIGHT THERE.
JAMAL ANDERSON IS GOING TO BE CALLED FOR THE PENALTY IF.
>> A LITTLE COUNTER TO THE LEFT HERE.
TRYING TO GET OUT ON THE EDGE.
>> 15 YARD PENALTY FROM THE END OF THE RUN.
FIRST DOWN.
>> YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, CLEARLY, PERSONAL FOUL.
YANKING AND BRINGING THE RUNNER DOWN.
STRECCO BY THE FACE MASK.
CAN'T GIVE IF YOU'RE MILL CREEK NO MATTER HOW GREAT YOU ARE.
LIKE THAT IN WEST FORSYTH.
JAMAL ANDERSON, IF THE NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR, IT SHOULD.
HE IS THE SON OF THE ORIGINAL DIRTY BIRD.
JAMAL ANDERSON, THE ATLANTA FALCONS RUNNING BACK.
SO FIRST IN 10 FOR WEST FORSYTH AT THE 35 YARD LINE.
PLAY ACTION.
THAT'S THE CATCH AND OUT OF BOUNDS, CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN MARKER AS HE IS TACKLED BY BRYSON TAYLOR THE SAFETY AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT TONIGHT'S STARTERS PRESENTED BY REGENTS BANK.
GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK.
FREEMAN UP FRONT, BOTH TACKLES WITH COLLEGE OFFERS.
VAN HORN, AND HARRIS, THE BACKS AND THE RECEIVERS.
>> WHAT A BIG TARGET TO HELP OUT IN THE FLAT RIGHT THERE.
EASY TO FIND HIM.
WATCH THE WOLVERINE OFFENSE.
MOVE HIM AROUND AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE HAWKS CAN DOUBLE TEAM.
>> THAT WAS THE 20th CATCH OF THE SEASON.
RYDER STEWART ON THE RUN.
PICKS UP ONE.
BRANDON ACRES MAKING THE TACKLES FOR THE HAWKS.
TONIGHT'S STARTERS PRESENTED BY REGENTS BANK, BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK.
HAWKS UP FRONT.
WHO JUST MADE THE TACKLE, THE LINE BACKERS ARE ANDERSON, MITCHELL AND JOLLY.
AND IN THE SECONDARY, HENDERSON, DOWNS, TAYLOR AND WILLIAMS.
SO IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN NOW AND 8.
YOU CAN SEE, HE IS REALLY BUILT UP HIS BODY SINCE LAST YEAR A JUNIOR.
>> STANDING IN THERE.
JAMAL ANDERSON COMING WITH THE GREAT PRESSURE FROM THE OUTSIDE.
SEES THE BIG TARGET RIGHT THERE.
NO MISSING S AMISSING, COMING ACROSS.
THE BIG CATCH FOR THE OFFENSE AND WHEN YOU WATCH ALL NIGHT LONG, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HIM INSIDE OUTSIDE.
MORE RECEIVERS AND A TIGHT END AND BLOCKER AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.
>> AVERAGING 107 YARDS RECEIVING PER GAME.
HE'S NUMBER 5 IN 7A IN RECEIVING YARDS.
>> PREVIOUS SPOT.
THIRD DOWN.
>> AND THAT'S MARK, OUR REFEREE TONIGHT AND THE REST OF THE CREW WORKING THIS MATCH-UP.
THAT WILL BRING THIRD DOWN NOW AFTER THE MARK-UP.
LINED GAMES, THE 45.
WOLVERINES 2-1 ON THE SEASON COMING OFF A 51-35 WIN OVER THEN WALDEN.
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.
SOBER UNDER PRESSURE.
TAKE A SACK BACK TO THE 45 YARD LINE.
DROPPED BY KEVIN MITCHELL.
THE MIKE LINEBACKER.
>> ON THE INSIDE, TWO TOP RATED LINE BACKERS.
JUST KNOWS WHERE TO GO WITH THIS BALL RIGHT HERE.
A BETTER JOB, STOEBER EXTENDING THE PLAY BUT CAN'T OUTRUN THE SPEED OF KEVIN MITCHELL BARRELLING DOWN ON HIM.
ONLY 5-9, ABOUT 195 POUNDS BUT HE IS A TACKLING MACHINE FROM THAT MIKE POSITION.
>> ASHTON VAN HORN, THE PUNTER, AVERAGING 37 YARDS PER PUNT WITH THE LONG OF 46.
GOING TO BE FIELDED AT THE 22 YARD LINE AND HE IS DANGEROUS.
GOING TO GET THAT BALL IN HIS HAND.
YOU SAW, HE HAD A MAN RIGHT UP ON HIM AND STILL GETS 20 YARDS ON THE RETURN.
>> TOUGH AND TENACIOUS.
YOU KNOW THAT COMING FROM THE SAFETY POSITION.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO START MARKING DOWN HOW MANY PLAYS CAN GO DOWN, DOMINATE THIS GAME RIGHT THERE ON THE PUNT RETURN.
GETTINGYARDAGE SETTING UP HIS OFFENSE.
>> COMPLETION RATE.
ZERO INTERCEPTIONS.
BALL AT THE 40 AFTER A 20 YARD RETURN.
DONOVAN JOURNEY GETS 10 YARDS OR CLOSE TO IT ON THE FIRST CARRY OF THE BALL GAME AND HERE IS THE STARTING LINE-UP PRESENTED BY REGENTS BANK.
GET BACK IN THE GAME OF REGENTS BANK.
LINE TO THE LEFT TACKLE SPOT AND OVER THE RIGHT GUARD.
THE PROSPECT IN THE FUTURE.
GARCIA AND THE LINE AND THEN JENKINS JOURNEY GREEN AND WOOD, THE RECEIVERS AND BACKS.
>> BIG OFFENSIVE LINE IN THIS SEASON, DONOVAN JOURNEY TAKING A BIG STEP FORWARD, RUNNING BEHIND IT.
>> WOOD ON THE SCREEN PASS.
JUST A SECOND CATCH OF THE SEASON FOR McKELL WOOD.
>> CLARK, COMING INTO HIS OWN THIS YEAR, PUTTING HIS NAME ON THE BOARD.
ONLY A JUNIOR.
6 FEET.
205 POUNDS.
AND SIMILAR TO THE QUARTERBACK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD.
>> SECOND AND 10.
KEEPING THE PLAY ALIVE AS THE POCKET PLAYS DOWN.
THE SECOND DOWN RUN FOR CLARK.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE HE'S MATURED IN KEEPING THE PLAY ALIVE WHEN THE POCKET BREAKS DOWN AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTERS PRESENTED BY REGENTS BANK.
BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK.
DEFENSIVELY FOR THE WOLVERINES.
BEEN A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
HOLMAN, McALESTER UP FRONT.
TOLD HER ABOUT HERBERT ALREADY.
JOINS HIM ON THE SECOND LINE AND THEN ALLEN, HUDSON, BROWN, AND BROCKMAN IN THE SECONDARY, REPLACING TWO REALLY FINE SAFETIES FROM A YEAR AGO.
AND COACH SAYS THEY'RE GETTING THERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT THERE YET.
>> NICE JOB THERE BY JOURNEY.
GETTING WHAT HE CAN.
PUTTING HIS FOOT IN THE GROUND.
ONLY LISTED AT 170 POUNDS HERE.
A LITTLE QUICK PITCH TO THE OUTSIDE.
NOT TRYING AS MANY SMALL BACKS TO BOUNCE IT TO THE OUTSIDE.
HE IS WILLING TO GO INSIDE AND RUN PHYSICAL.
>> REPLACING JOSH BATTLE WHO IS NOW AT CHATTANOOGA AS A FRESHMAN DEFENSIVE BACK.
SECOND DOWN AND 7, LINED THE GAIN AS THE 25.
POCKET FOR CLARK.
GOING FOR THE HOME RUN.
GOT A MAN OUT THERE.
AND IT'S DROPPED.
WOOD HAS A TOUCHDOWN AND LET IT GO RIGHT THROUGH HIS HANDS.
>> GREAT PROTECTION UP FRONT FOR CLARK.
THIS OFFENSIVE LINE.
BIG OLD LINE.
AVERAGING ABOUT 280 POUNDS.
LOOK AT THIS PROTECTION.
GIVING HIM TIME TO GET THIS BALL OUT TO WOOD AND YOU CAN SEE, THIS REMINDS ME OF LAST NIGHT.
THE TOUCHDOWN, BUT RIGHT THERE, HE SEES IT.
HE FEELS IT.
HE KNOWS HE HAS SEVEN FORCED TEAMS.
>> THIRD DOWN AND 7.
NOW THEY ARE IN FIELD GOAL RANGE.
ALREADY HIT A 56-YARDER THIS SEASON.
THAT WAS IN MERCEDES BENZ STADIUM.
GOING TO STEP OUT OF BOUNDS SHY OF THE MARKERS.
SO LET'S SEE ON FOURTH DOWN WHETHER THEY GO FOR 3 OR GO FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
>> A LITTLE HAPPY FEET RIGHT HERE BY HAYDEN CLARK.
REALLY, NO PRESSURE IN HIS FACE.
JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE READ ON THE DEFENSE AND DECIDED TO GET AS MUCH AS HE CAN.
HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
NO INTERCEPTIONS.
EXTENDING PLAYS RIGHT THERE.
YOU LIKE TO SEE HIM SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE PATIENCE.
>> HERE'S BUTCHER.
THIS IS GOING TO BE 47 YARD KICK FROM THE LEFT.
HE'S 7-11 ON THE SEASON AND HE IS NOW 8-12 ON THE SEASON.
47 YARD FIELD GOAL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HE MADE IT LOOK LIKE NOTHING.
WHAT A WEAPON.
MILL CREEK HAS THE EARLY LEAD.
>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGE, REMINDING YOU TO BE SAFE ON EVERY TRIP.
BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
AND BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY REGENTS BANK.
GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK.
GEORGIA.
SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
CIGNA.
TOGETHER ALL THE WAY AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, A GREAT PARTNER FOR FOOTBALL FRIDAY.
>> WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED WE ARE FOR CIGNA AND GPB IS HERE.
IT'S BEEN A FUN WEEK AND A FUN NIGHT SO FAR.
AND JUST THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR OUR WHOLE ENTIRE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> MILL CREEK TONIGHT AND THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS FROM CIGNA.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, NELLY.
AND THANKS TO BRENT PHILLIPS AND THE GREAT PEOPLE AT WEST FORSYTH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE A PART OF THEIR BIG FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA.
47 YARD KICK BY BUTCHER GIVES MILL CREEK THE EARLY LEAD.
>> YOU SAW THAT BALL GO OVER WITH A GOOD 18 YARDS MORE.
LEGS BY HIM.
>> AND THIS KICK WILL BE NON-RETURNABLE.
BOOTS IT WITHIN A YARD OF THE BACK LINE THERE IN THE END ZONE.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WEST FORSYTH HAS TO START AT THE 20 AND NOT ONLY IS HE A HUGE WEAPON WITH THE FIELD GOAL, ANOTHER ONE OF THE FACTORS IS IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, AS LONG AS THE KICK GOES OVER THAT GOAL LINE, IT COMES TO THE 20s LIKE A PUNT.
SO IF YOU'VE GOT A KID LIKE THAT, YOU CAN TRY TO BOOT LONG FIELD GOALS ALL NIGHT AND IT DOESN'T COME BACK TO THE SPOT OF THE KICK LIKE IT DOES IN THE NFL.
>> BIG KEY IS TO HAVE A GREAT PLACE KICKER AND THEY HAVE ONE IN BUTCHER.
>> SO WEST FORSYTH ON OFFENSE FOR THE SECOND TIME TONIGHT.
THAT WAS INCOMPLETE.
>> DRAWS A CROWD NO MATTER WHERE HE GOES.
GOOD DEFENSIVE STAND RIGHT THERE.
THIS MILL CREEK HALT DEFENSE.
THEY LOVE AND PRIDE THEMSELVES ON MAN TO MAN COVERAGE.
>> SO THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TARGET DELP THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
OVER 1,000 YARDS RECEIVING.
MILL CREEK LEADING WEST FORSYTH.
THREE LEADING ON THE FIELD GOAL AND RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE OF THE HANDOFF.
RUNNING ON THIS MILL CREEK TEAM IS GOING TO BE HARD.
THEY'RE GIVING UP LESS THAN 70 YARDS RUSHING PER GAME.
>> DOWN RIGHT THERE COMING FROM THE SAFETY POSITION.
MEETING THE PACK AND THIS GAME OF THE WOLVERINES GOING TO HAVE TO GET GOING.
YOU CAN'T PLAY AGAINST THIS KIND OF DEFENSE IN SECOND AND THIRD.
>> THE NUMBER THREE RUSHER.
465 YARDS.
267 COMING LAST WEEK IN THE WIN AGAINST WALTON.
STOBER.
COMPLETES FOR DELP AND REACHING FOR THE MARKER.
I DON'T THINK HE GOT THERE.
>> THIS IS WHY WE ARE HIGH ON JAMAL ANDERSON DOING SOMETHING AT THAT NEXT LEVEL.
HE'S LONG AND HE'S ATHLETIC AND WHEN YOU CAN GET OUT HERE AS NUMBER ONE RIGHT THERE AND COVER THE KIND OF PLAYER OSCAR DELP AND COMING UP SHORT THERE TRYING TO GET THE FERUS DOWN.
FIRST DOWN.
COVER THE TIGHT END.
>> IF WE GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE REPLAY RIGHT THERE, HE HELD HIS ARM BACK.
HE KNEW THAT DELPH WAS GOING TO TRY TO REACH THE BALL OUT THERE AND BREAK THE PLANE OF THE FIRST DOWN MARKER AND DOWN THERE AND DIDN'T LET HIM REACH.
SUPER PLAY BY JAMAL ANDERSON.
VAN HORN'S A PUNT.
A HIGH ONE THAT'S GOING TO HIT AND BOUNCE AND FIELDED ON THE BOUNCE AND MAKES IT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 50 YARD LINE.
25 YARD KICK.
SO WATCH THIS PLAY AGAIN BY JAMAL ANDERSON.
THE HOLD, DELPH'S ARM BACK BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO REACH FOR THE STICKS.
>> GREAT EFFORT GETTING OFF THE GROUND RIGHT THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AROUND THE FOOTBALL WORLD RIGHT THERE MAKING THAT PLAY.
NICE JOB BY HIM ON ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY IN OSCAR DELPH.
>> TOP TWO TIGHT ENDS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
JAKE JOHNSON AND COMMITTED TO LSU AND OSCAR DELPH RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
RATED NUMBER TWO.
THEY'LL SWING IT OUT HERE TO WINBY.
MAKES TWO MEN MISS AND PICKS UP 18 OR 19 ON THE PLAY BEFORE BEING RUN DOWN BY THE NOSE TACKLE.
JAY HELSTO.
>> TOP ATHLETE OUT ON THE EDGE AND LOOK AT THIS FOOTWORK BY WIMBLEY.
MAKING TWO RIGHT THERE AND TALKING A HEARTBEAT AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN.
GREAT EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE TO STOP THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> THAT WAS A 17 YARD PICK-UP.
THEY'RE GOING FOR THE HOME RUN.
MAN, WIDE OPEN.
IT WAS WOOD AGAIN.
>> THIS TIME, CLARK TOO MUCH.
>> GOOD PROTECTION UP FRONT ONCE AGAIN TO LET THIS PLAY DEVELOP DOWN FIELD FOR WOOD AND THIS IS ONE THAT HAYDEN CLARK IS GOING TO WANT BACK, JUST SHOW A LITTLE PATIENCE.
WE SAW IN THE LAST DRIVE, A LITTLE HAPPY FEET.
JUST GOT TO SLOW DOWN YOUR NERVE RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN McKELL WOOD JUST CANNOT CONNECT DOWN THE FIELD EARLY IN THE GAME.
>> NO RUNNING ROOM FOR JOURNEY RIGHT THERE.
THAT WAS HERBERT.
COMING UP FROM HIS LINEBACKER SPOT THAT MAKES THE INITIAL CONTACT.
>> SOME OF THE DOWNHILL PHYSICAL PLAY THAT HERBERT MAKES.
NOT THAT BIG OF A LINEBACKER BUT VERY PHYSICAL.
YOU CAN SEE, HE'S GOING TO MAKE SURE HE LETS YOU KNOW HE PUT THAT HAT ON JOURNEY.
>> 6'2".
210 JUNIOR.
FEELS LIKE IF HE CAN PUT ON 20 POUNDS, HE'LL BE A BIG TIME COLLEGE PROSPECT.
HE'S JUST A JUNIOR AND STARTED EVERY GAME AS A SOPHOMORE AND WAS FIRST TEAM ALL REGION.
HEAVY RUSH.
GET IT OUT THERE TO JOURNEY DOWN THE SIDELINE.
FIRST DOWN PICK OFF McKEEFE INTO THE END ZONE BY PUSHING HIM OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> GOOD HANDS BY JOURNEY.
NICE READ THERE BY CLARK.
THE SWING ROUTE.
TAKING WHAT THE DEFENSE GIVES YOU AND HOW EXPLOSIVE IS THIS YOUNG MAN.
ONLY 5'10".
175.
MADE HIMSELF INTO A DANGEROUS WEAPON.
>> THAT WAS ACTUALLY STRECCO ON THE TACKLE.
CLARK ON THE BOOTLEG.
COMPLETE.
INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE ONE.
THAT'S THURMAN HARRIS.
THE FORMER QUARTERBACK WHO GOT BEAT OUT OF THE JOB AND MOVED INTO FULL BACK.
>> THIS IS HOW YOU FINISH THE RUN.
WHEN YOU WANT TO WIN GAMES MILL CREEK IS 3-0.
THIS IS WHY YOUR TEAM IS 3-0.
JUST A SIMPLE ROLLOUT, GET THE BALL OUT TO YOUR FULLBACK AND WATCH HOW HE FINISHES THIS RUN.
HE'S NOT LOOKING FOR THE SIDELINE.
HE'S LOOKING FOR THE END ZONE AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE WHEN YOU TRY TO WIN A BIG GAME.
PLAYERS GIVE THAT KIND OF EFFORT.
>> FIRST AND GOAL TO GO FROM THE 1.
JOURNEY, TOUCH DOWN MILLCREEK.
>> NICE DRIVE.
CONSISTENT.
PLAYS THERE BY HAYDEN.
GET THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD ONCE AGAIN, JOURNEY.
I KNOW WE KNEW ABOUT STREKKO.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE KNOCKING BACK THE DEFENSIVE FRONT.
HE'S SMALL BY THE COACH SAID HE RUNS ABOUT 30 POUNDS HEAVIER AND JOURNEY RIGHT THERE SHOWING ON THAT GOAL LINE RUN.
>> SIXTH RUSHING TOUCHDOWN THIS SEASON FOR JOURNEY.
BUTCHER PUTS IT THROUGH.
13 OF 15 THIS SEASON AND MILLCREEK OFF TO AN IMPRESSIVE START.
JOURNEY PUNCHES IT IN.
HAWKS ON TOP.
10-0.
>> CIGNA IS A PROUD PARTNER.
TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH, WELL BEING AND PEACE OF MIND OF THOSE WE SERVE.
LEARN MORE AT CIGNA.COM/TAKECONTROL TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT YOUR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING.
>>> SCORES FROM EVERY GAME AROUND THE STATE.
>> YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE RUN.
THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR GOALS IS THAT THEY WOULD COME IN THIS GAME.
TRY TO GET THE RUN GAME GOING.
ATTACK THIS HAWK DEFENSE RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE AND SO FAR, KIND OF SHIED AWAY FROM THAT.
GOT TO GET PAYTON GOING.
>> NON-RETURNABLE.
SO BUTCHER ALREADY MADE HIS PRESENCE FELT IN THIS GAME.
A 47 YARD FIELD GOAL.
P.A.T.
AND THREE TOUCHBACKS.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS TEAM, HAYDEN CLARK.
THREE DIFFERENT RECEIVERS HE HIT ON THAT LAST DRIVE AND WHEN YOU PLAY THE KIND OF DEFENSE THAT MILLCREEK IS PLAYING THIS FAR IN THE SEASON AND BUTCHER IN THE LONG LEG, YOU CAN SEE WHY THEY ARE 3-0.
>> WEST FORSYTH GOING FOR PROGRAM WIN NUMBER 100.
LAST WEEK IN THE HIGHEST RANKED VICTORY IN PROGRAM HISTORY BUT THEY'RE ALREADY IN A DIFFICULT SPOT HERE JUST 8 MINUTES INTO THIS GAME DOWN 10-0.
>> PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN ACROSS THE 30.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE GREAT VISION MAKING THE CUT AND THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE TO WIN AGAINST THIS HAWKS DEFENSE.
YOU HAVE TO EARN THE TOUGH YARDS.
RUN UP THE MIDDLE.
A LITTLE UNDERSIDES ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WEAR ON HIM IF YOU'RE A WOLVERINE.
>> THAT WAS ACTUALLY BRYSON TAYLOR, THE OTHER SAFETY WHO CAME UP TO MAKE THE STOP THAT TIME AS STRECCO GETS THE BALL AGAIN.
SHORT GAME FOR HIM.
GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL DAILY PLAYER OF THE WEEK AFTER HIS RECORD SIX TOUCHDOWNS AGAINST WALTON LAST WEEK.
PROGRAM RECORD SCORING FROM 37-14.
1-6.
38 AND 30 YARDS.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE LAST WEEK AGAINST THE RAIDERS.
>> SCHOOL RECORD AND 20 YEARS FROM NOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE 10 OR 11 TOUCHDOWNS.
>> 4-16 SO FAR, RUSHING THE BALL TONIGHT.
STOVER.
COMPLETE.
OFF TO THE RACES.
FIRST DOWN CATCH AND RUN.
BACK AT HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE SEASON.
BIG ONE.
>> IN THE PARK.
IT'S RIGHT HERE.
NICE DELIVERY.
RECEIVER NOT HAVING TO BREAK STRIDE AND BAG IT IN THIS RECEIVING CORPS.
YOU HAVE TO BE EXCITED.
LAST WEEK, CREEKSIDE.
WHEN YOU SEE THAT MAN TO MAN DEFENSE OUT ON THE CORNER, YOU HAVE TO GET EXCITED AS A RECEIVER.
I'M JUST SAYING, THERE'S NOTHING BUT GREEN GRASS BEHIND YOUR DEFENDER.
>> THAT WAS A 32 YARD PICK-UP.
IT'S ABOUT 7 ON THAT PLAY.
>> THERE WAS ONE THING ABOUT THIS DEFENSE.
MILL CREEK IS UNDERSIZED, DO A LOT OF ROTATION.
YOU SEE IN THIS DRIVE, THIS IS WHAT YOU GOT TO HIT, THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
UNTIL YOU GET THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
>> MAKING THE TRANSFER FROM FORSYTH CENTRAL.
COUNTY RIVAL AND SAID WHEN YOU GET HERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE COMPETITION WITH RYDER STEWART WHO FINISHED UP LAST YEAR AS THE NUMBER ONE RUNNING BACK.
BIG THIRD DOWN.
KEEP THIS DRIVE GOING TO GET BACK IN THIS GAME.
WHERE YOU BEEN YOUNG MAN?
RULE THAT INCOMPLETE BECAUSE HE COULDN'T KEEP HIS FEET INBOUNDS.
>> GOOD PROTECTION UP FRONT.
BRIAN WILLIAMS THERE WHO'S HAVING AN OUTSTANDING SEASON.
A LOT OF ROOM TO BRING DOWN THAT.
>> HE'S GOING TO TRY A 45 YARD KICK.
THIS IS CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD BUT NOT STRAIGHT ON.
KICK IS BLOCKED.
DON'T TOUCH IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PICK IT UP.
HE PICKED IT UP.
IT'S A LIVE BALL.
WHY DO THEY KEEP IMPERSONAING LEON?
LET THE BALL GO.
IT'S GOING POUND AT THE 20 INSTEAD.
GET IT AT THE 7.
>> ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES YOU PULL CALEB DOWN TO THE SIDE AND DO TOO MUCH YOUNG MAN IN THIS SITUATION HERE.
LONG KICK.
LOW TRAJECTORY RIGHT THERE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE THE TALENT TO TAKE THIS BACK A HUNDRED YARDS BUT IN THIS SITUATION, LET THE BALL DIE DOWN.
>> STAY ON THE SIDELINE.
TACKLE HIM, TACKLE HIM.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH THAT.
THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD RULES IN ALL OF FOOTBALL AND I REFERENCED LEON.
IT SHOWS YOU, GOES ALL THE WAY UP.
NFL PLAYERS HAD TO CONSTANTLY BE REMINDED ON A BLOCKED KICK.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH IT IF IT'S BEYOND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
IT'S A DEAD BALL UNLESS, OF COURSE, THE TEAM TOUCHES IT AND THEN IT'S A LIVE BALL AGAIN.
>> TRUST ME.
HE KNOWS HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED AWAY FROM THE BALL.
PUT HIS TEAM INSIDE THE TEAM.
NEVER WANTED TO DO THAT, GIVE UP FIELD POSITION.
>> SETTING UP ACROSS THE MIDDLE.
DOWN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
LOOKS LIKE HE GOT A PIECE OF THAT ACROSS THE MIDDLE.
>> OFF HIS BACK FOOT RIGHT HERE.
NOT ABLE TO GET ANYTHING OFF HIS BALL AND NOT ABLE TO FIND THE RECEIVER COMING UNDERNEATH ON THAT SHALLOW ROUTE.
>> FELL ON TOP OF IT.
IT'S BEEN A COMPLETE PASS.
UP TOP AND TRYING TO CONNECT OVER HERE ON THE NEAR SIDELINE WITH JENKINS.
AND IT'S FOURTH DOWN.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUNT OUT OF THEIR OWN END MAKE.
>> MAKING UP FOR A BAD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT.
GET YOUR TEAM THE FIELD POSITION.
>> JACOB IS GOING TO PUNT FOR MILL CREEK.
>> BACK AT THE 40 YARD LINE.
AND RYDER STEWART ON THE RETURN UP TO THE 50 YARD LINE AS THE FIRST QUARTER COMES TO A CLOSE.
THAT WAS A 56 YARD BOOST.
WOLVERINES BACK ON OFFENSE WHEN WE COME BACK AND START THE SECOND QUARTER.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE DAN.
10-0.
MILL CREEK.
BEFORE WE GET IT BACK, GIVE YOU SOME SCORES AROUND THE STATE.
A LOT OF THE RANKED TEAMS IN THE GBP POLL ARE OUT AFTER THEIR EARLY LEAD.
EXAMPLE, LEE COUNTY.
RIVER RED.
ROSWELL.
CORN BREAD BOWL.
LEADING IN THE FIRST.
14-7.
LEARNING WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO FOOTBALL.
AND MATT FITZGERALD LEADING DOWN SOUTH.
8-6 FIRST QUARTER.
BACK TO YOU IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
>> SO BALL AT THE 48 YARD LINE.
AND PASS IS BATTED DOWN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> YOU EXPECT THEM TO ESTABLISH THIS AGAINST MILL CREEK AND THIS DEFENSE.
>> WE'VE SEEN EARLY GO FOR THESE DEFENSES, DOING A GOOD JOB OF BATTING THIS BALL DOWN.
>> 75 YARDS PASSING.
SO FAR IN THIS GAME.
NOTHING NEW.
PLAY GOT BLOWN UP AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
LEADING THE CHARGE.
ABOUT FOUR GUYS HITTING AT THE SAME TIME.
>> OUT ON THE EDGE.
NOT BEING FOOLED AT ALL.
FORCING THIS BACK END TO HAVE IT.
JOSH ONLY A SOPHOMORE, BUT LOOK AT THAT RIGHT THERE.
ABOUT 205 POUNDS.
HE'S PHYSICAL IN THAT MIDDLE.
>> COACH JOSH SAID THAT GUY CAUSES HAVOC OUT OF THE FOUR LINE BACKERS, HE'S GOT THE FEWEST TACKLES.
HE SAID DON'T LET THAT FOOL YOU.
THIS GUY REALLY BLOWS UP PLAYS.
RIGHT THERE.
THIRD DOWN AND 9.
AND OVERTHROWS THE TARGET.
STEWART AT THE 43 YARD LINE AND THEN BEHIND HIM WAS VAN HORN.
INCOMPLETE.
AND NOW IT'S FOURTH DOWN.
>> TWO RECEIVERS IN THE SAME SPOT.
WASN'T SURE WHERE KEEGAN STOEGER WAS GOING.
YOU WANT TO BELIEVE HE KIND OF OVERTHREW THE UNDERNEATH RECEIVER RIGHT THERE.
BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THEY'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET IT GOING IN THIS RUN GAME AND TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF OF KEEGAN STOVER OF TRYING TO BEAT THIS MAN TO MAN AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE OF MILL CREEK.
>> AT THE 15 YARD LINE.
MADE A COUPLE OF MEN MISS.
YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR THAT GUY.
THERE'S A BLOCK.
DOWN TO THE 50.
HE MIGHT GO.
SEVERAL HEN TO GET THROUGH AND FINALLY BLOCKED DOWN AT THE 18 YARD LINE.
WHAT A RETURN BY CALEB DOWNS.
68 YARDS.
>> CALEB DOWNS.
DOMINANT AS WE TALKED ABOUT PLAYER.
DOMINATES IN SO MANY WAYS, BUT WATCH NUMBER 23.
IN MODERN FOOTBALL RIGHT HERE, HE PULLED UP AND DID NOT TRY TO MAKE THE BIG HIT.
SO MUCH DISCIPLINE SHOWN IN THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE.
IF HE WOULD HAVE COME BACK TO MAKE THE CRACK BACK IN A BIG WAY, THEY WOULD HAVE CALLED A PERSONAL FOUL.
NICE JOB BY HIM.
>> GETS THE ROCK INSIDE THE 15 AND DOWN TO THE 12.
MILL CREEK THREATENING TO TAKE A 17 POINT LEAD HERE EARLY IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
>> BOTH ON THAT RIGHT SIDE.
GOOD BLOCKING.
NOT THE BIGGEST, BUT YOU COULD SEE HIM REALLY SQUARE THE SHOULDERS UP.
HE'S LOOKING FOR CONTACT.
HE'S OKAY AT 175 POUNDS TAKING ON SEASON LINE BACKERS.
>> SIX CARRIES, CLOSE TO 20 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN.
GETS THE BALL AGAIN.
ABLE TO MAKE IT DOWN INSIDE THE 11.
THIS MILL CREEK TEAM LOOKS GOOD.
THEY'RE OFF TO A GREAT START HERE TONIGHT.
BUT THEY ARE CLICKING ON ALL CYLINDERS RIGHT NOW.
>> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WAS HE KIND OF TOOK PRIDE AND BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL, HIS TEAM IS FAST AND PHYSICAL.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE SHOWING IT.
WOLVERINE DEFENSE.
KEEP YOUR EYE ON CLARK.
DON'T LET HIM EXTEND THE PLAY AND GET HIM WITH THE FEET.
>> THE JUMP BALL ON THE FADE AND THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN FOR MILL CREEK.
OR DID HE DROP IT?
IT IS A TOUCHDOWN.
>> DOESN'T SEEM TO BE REACTING.
SCORED A TOUCHDOWN.
KIND OF CLAPPED HIS HANDS TOGETHER AS THOUGH HE DIDN'T GET THE 7 POINTS HERE.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO RULE HIM OUT OF BOUNDS.
OKAY?
REMEMBER, WE'RE CALLING THE GAME FROM THE STUDIO.
SO WE'RE AT THE MERCY, YEAH, HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.
SO THEY'LL BRING BUTCHER FOR ANOTHER FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT.
THIS WILL BE A 28-YARDER AND IT IS UP AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE GOT IT.
HE MISSED IT.
HE NEEDED TO HOOK IT INSIDE THE UPRIGHTS AND HE KICKED IT STRAIGHT.
SO HE HIT A 47-YARDER BUT HE HISSED A 28-YARDER AND THE SCORE REMAINS 10-0 MILL CREEK IN GEORGIA.MISSED A 28-YARDER AND THE SCORE REMAINS 10-0 MILL CREEK IN GEORGIA.
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BOISTEROUS.
WOLVERINES BACK ON OFFENSE AT THE 20 YARD LINE.
STILL LOOKING TO GET SOMETHING GOING AGAINST THIS STINGY MILL CREEK DEFENSE.
>> THERE EARLY IN THE GAME.
>> HE ALLUDED THE DEFENDER WITH THE GAME.
>> SOME OF THE PATIENCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR OUT OF STRECCO.
QUICK FEET RIGHT HERE.
TO GET OUT OF THE TACKLE AND SHOWS YOU THE BURST WE'RE STARTING TO SEE.
>> THAT WAS WHAT WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE.
WHEN HE MADE THE SHIFT, STUCK HIS FOOT IN THE GROUND, HOW QUICKLY HE ACCELERATED.
>> NOT GOING ANYWHERE THIS TIME.
KEVIN MITCHELL WITH THE TACKLE FOR LOSS.
>> NICE JOB.
KEVIN MITCHELL.
MAKING THE READ.
GETTING OFF THE BLOCK RIGHT THERE.
BEATING THE TIGHT END TO THE INSIDE.
COOPER JOHNSON.
NICE JOB BY HIM.
>> NOT THE BIGGEST WE TALKED ABOUT OF DEFENSES.
OUTSIDE OF BOB'S WELL ON THE D-LINE BUT THEY ARE QUICK AND THEY PLAY FAST.
>> BIG JOB OF THE D LINE.
LET THE LINEBACKER MAKE THE TACKLES.
SECOND DOWN AND 12.
THAT WAS BRYSON TAYLOR ON THE COVERAGE.
THEY CALL HIM SPIDER-MAN BECAUSE OF HIS LONG ARMS AND LEGS.
>> 6'2".
175 POUNDS.
BASKETBALL, TRACK.
TRY TO GET THE BALL TO THE BEST PLAYER.
A LITTLE BEHIND THERE IS A THROW BY STOVER.
YOU DON'T WANT THIS BALL AROUND THIS SECONDARY.
FIVE INTERCEPTIONS, ALL READY THROUGH THE FIRST THREE GAMES AS A UNIT.
>> TAYLOR'S BEEN OFFERED BY NEW MEXICO'S HOUSTON BAPTIST AND NOW THIRD DOWN AND 12.
>> FIRST CATCH OF THE NIGHT BY JASON HARRIS.
>> ONCE AGAIN, NICE PROTECTION.
THIS PLAY TAKES A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP CLEAN POCKETS TO THROW FROM.
CATCHING IT AT ITS HIGH POINT IS HARRIS.
NICE JOB.
BIG CONVERSION THERE TO KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING AND WHEN YOU WATCH THIS TEAM, THAT'S THE THING.
THEY GET A COUPLE OF PLAYS GOING AND THEN THEY STALL OUT.
NICE DRIVE GOING SO FAR.
>> STOVER THROWS A NICE BALL.
BIG STRONG ARM.
6'4".
DEFINITELY A COLLEGE PROSPECT.
>> MAKING HIM HAVE TO BOUNCE YOU HAVE TO BE IMPRESSIVED BY MILL CREEK WITH HOW FAST THEY RESPOND TO THE BALL.
>> 137 YARDS OF OFFENSE PER GAME.
CAME IN FORCED 12 TAKEAWAYS IN THE FIRST THREE GAMES.
GOING BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE.
BIG COLLISION ON THAT FAR SIDELINE.
PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AFTER GETTING SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS BY JAYVON HENDERSON.
>> NICE JOB.
DROPPING OUT LATE TO DOUBLE TEAM OSCAR DELPH.
YOU CAN SEE THREE PEOPLE AROUND DELPH.
NOBODY TAKING ON PAYTON.
NICE JOB OF HIM FINDING OUT ON A BIG TIME PLAY.
>> LEADING RUSHER FOR A YEAR AGO.
NOW MAYBE.
GETS ABOUT THREE ON THE PLAY THAT TIME.
ACTUALLY HAD A SEASON CUT SHORT AT THE END OF THE YEAR A YEAR AGO.
KNEE INJURY AND THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN A PRETTY BIG SCRAMBLE.
THAT'S WHERE RYDER STEWART IS A FRESHMAN.
NOW THEY WERE STARTING THE FRESHMAN IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR.
BEAT NORTH AND RAN IN.
>> IT'S REALLY JUMPED ON THE SCENE RIGHT NOW STARLETING TO SHOW YOU WHY HE'S SO VALUABLE TO THE OFFENSE IN THE RUN AND PASS.
>> GOT BY ONE MAN.
HE IS REALLY SHIFTY.
>> RIGHT THERE.
IN THE GROUND.
NICE LITTLE SWING ROUTE.
GETTING HIM OUT IN SPACE THERE.
MAKING KEVIN MITCHELL MISS.
>> I KNOW WE GOT SOME COLLEGE COACHES WATCHING TONIGHT.
OF COURSE, HIGHLIGHTED ON OUR RECRUITING 2021 SHOW.
MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER NOMINEE.
I KNOW HE'S JUST A JUNIOR BUT HERE'S A GUY I THINK THAT WARRANTS SOME LOOKS.
FIRST IN 10 AT THE 25.
STOVER GOING FOR THE END ZONE.
AND INCOMPLETE.
THAT WAS RYDER STEWART.
FIND A WAY TO GET AT THE SAME TIME.
>> TOO MANY TIMES LAST TIME SHOWING YOU WHY HE'S SUCH A HIGHLY RATED SAFETY.
ABLE TO TAKE TIGHT ENDS.
WHAT AN ATHLETE.
190 AND THEN YOU JUST SEE THE BRIGHT FUTURE THAT HE MAY HAVE.
LOOK AT THE PHYSICALITY HE HAS.
HE HAS THE BALL WHEN HE SEES.
GOT HIS HEAD AROUND.
ALL THE TALENT.
>> ALREADY HAS TEN CAREER INTERCEPTIONS.
TIED FOR THE PROGRAM RECORD.
STRAIN PASS.
TOUCHDOWN, WEST FORSYTH.
>> SET UP NICELY.
25 YARDS AND THE WOLVERINES ARE BACK IN THE GAME.
>> HERE'S WHERE YOU HAVE TO SALUTE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR JACOB NICHOLS.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE.
SETTING UP THAT SCREEN AND IT'S JUST A CONVEY TO THE END ZONE THERE FOR PAYTON.
>> YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MILL CREEK'S AGGRESSIVENESS RIGHT THERE.
USE IT AGAINST HIM.
THE B.A.T.
AND WEST FORSYTH IS BACK IN THE GAME.
A LITTLE LOLLIPOP PASS TO HIM AND HE DOES THE REST.
>>> HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER.
10-7 LEAD FOR MILL CREEK ON THAT DRIVE.
STREKO, A WHOLE LOT OF STREKO.
3-10 RUSHING.
3-51 RECEIVING.
AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE WOLVERINES RESUME.
STATE QUARTERFINALS A YEAR AGO.
9-4 UNTIL THEY RAN INTO GRAYSON IN THE ROUND OF 8.
DEFENDING REGION CHAMPIONS FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
BEEN IN THE PLAYOFFS TEN OF THE LAST 14 YEARS AND THEIR BEST SEASON RECORD-WISE COMING IN 2011 UNDER FRANK KEPLER WHO STARTED THE PROGRAM.
THIS IS JUST THE 14th YEAR OF FOOTBALL OF THIS STILL RELATIVELY NEW SCHOOL.
DELIVERS IT DOWNFIELD.
TAKING IT AT THE 3 YARD LINE.
AND THE RETURN UP TO THE 29 YARD LINE ON THE PLAY.
THAT WAS JAYVON HENDERSON ON THE RETURN.
24 YARDS AND THE HAWKS GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
>> NICE JOB ON THAT LAST DRIVE FROM WEST FORSYTH TO GET THEMSELVES BACK IN THIS GAME.
WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THAT FIRST QUARTER AND A HALF FOR HOW THE GAME WAS GOING.
YOU THINK MILL CREEK WOULD BE UP BIGGER BUT THEY KIND OF WEATHERED THE STORM.
GOT THEMSELVES BACK IN THIS GAME AND GET THEMSELVES A CHANCE.
>> SO FIRST AND 10.
AT THE 28.
JOURNEY GETS THE HANDOFF AND HE'S GOING TO BE DROPPED FOR A LOSS BACK AT THE 25 YARD LINE.
THAT'S RILEY McKEE.
>> NICE JOB ONCE AGAIN BY JAY AS WELL.
GETTING THAT PENETRATION.
ALLOWING McKEE TO GET DOWNHILL AND MAKE THAT PLAY.
YOU TALK ABOUT THIS DEFENSE.
NOT A LOT OF BRAND NAMES ON IT.
BUT THEY PLAYED GOOD SOLID FUNDAMENTAL DEFENSE.
>> 4.5 TACKLES THIS SEASON.
AND THAT PASS GOT PADDED DOWN.
I THINK THAT'S AN INCOMPLETE PASS, ISN'T IT?
IT DID HIT THE GROUND, DIDN'T IT?
OR DID MY EYES FOOL ME.
THAT WAS HOLMAN, I BELIEVE, WHO BATTED IT IN THE AIR AND THEN JOURNEY PICKED IT UP ON THE BOUNCE.
>> DEFINITELY GETTING HERE ON THE SWING ROUTE TO GET IT TO THE OUTSIDE.
AT THE LINE.
CAME VERY CLOSE.
THE BALL DID HIT THE GROUND.
>> THEY BRING IT BACK TO THE 20 YARD LINE WHICH IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
>> GOOD JOB BY JOURNEY, NOT KNOWING IF IT WAS CONSIDERED LATERAL AT THAT POINT.
CLARK GOING UP.
MY GOODNESS.
BRENDAN JENKINS BROKE FREE IN THE LAST MOMENT BUT THE PASS FROM CLARK WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG.
>> RIGHT NOW, CLARK NOT REAL EFFECTIVE GETTING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
AND THEN HE COULDN'T CONNECT RIGHT THERE.
NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE BIG PLAY.
ONCE AGAIN, STILL IN THIS GAME.
THEY'VE KIND OF BEEN DOMINATED UP UNTIL THAT LAST DRIVE BUT THEY'VE GIVEN THEMSELVES A CHANCE SET UP THE OFFENSE ONCE AGAIN.
>> THE PUNT FROM ULRICK.
AND IT WILL BE DOWNED AT THE 35 YARD LINE AND THAT'S WHERE THE WOLVERINES WILL GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
45 YARD PUNT FOR ULRICK AND LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH HANNAH GOOD.
>> THANKS, MAC.
COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES.
FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA PRESENTED BY REGENTS.
WE'LL HAVE ALL THE TOP SCORERS AROUND THE GET.
MY ALMA MATER TIED WITH 21-21.
THAT'S THE BETTER GAME THAN I THOUGHT.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE BANDS, CHECK IN WITH JOHN, FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS AND OF COURSE, OUR PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF.
AND I THINK WE MIGHT KNOW WHO THAT IS, BUT STILL, FOUR MINUTES TO GO, MATT.
>> THANK YOU.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
STILL YOUR ALMA MATER.
ALL THESE YEARS LATER.
>> IT NEVER GOES AWAY.
MY ALMA MATER BACK IN FLORIDA CAN'T SEEM TO PUT ANY KIND OF WINNING SEASON TOGETHER.
>> NAMED AFTER YOU.
YOU NEED TO STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
SO FIRST IN 10, BALL AT THE 33.
>> NO RUNNING ROOM.
THAT WAS RYDER STEWART GETTING THE CARRY THAT TIME.
>> NICE JOB BY NICK AND WE'VE SEEN THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THIS IS HOW YOU BECOME ONE OF THE TOP RATED DEFENSES IN THE STATE.
REGARDLESS OF SIZE, YOU HAVE SEEN THIS MILL CREEK DEFENSE GET OFF BLOCKS AND THEY ALL RALLY TO THE BALL AND A LITTLE UNDERSIDE.
ONE OR TWO BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE EFFORT FOR THEM.
>> COACH SAID THEY ROTATE GUYS IN ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE.
THEIR JOB IS TO GO IN AND PLAY WITH THEIR HAIR ON FIRE.
GET SOME AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE COME IN.
RUSHED OVER AS THEY DELIVER AND BROKEN UP AT THE 49 YARD LINE BY HENDERSON.
LOOKING FOR A FLAG, BUT HENDERSON ON THE COVERAGE.
AND STOVER GOT LEVELLED AS THEY LET THE BALL GO.
>> BARRELLING DOWN AT HIM RIGHT THERE.
KEVIN MITCHELL, NOT ALLOWING HIM TO THROW.
GET INTO THE NICE COVERAGE HERE BY HENDERSON AND THIS SECONDARY HAS BEEN UP TO THE TASK ALL YEARLONG REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY PLAYED.
LINING UP AND PLAYING MAN TO MAN COVERAGE WITH DEFENSE.
>> MITCHELL HAVING A BIG FIRST HALF.
HE'S GOT TACKLE AND A QUARTER BACK SACK.
THIS FOURTH OF THE SEASON.
THAT WAS JUST A QUARTER BACK HIT RIGHT THERE BUT EFFECTIVE ENOUGH.
THIRD AND 11.
THROWN AND ATHLETE.
THEY DON'T COMPLETE THE TACKLE AND HARRIS GETS ACROSS THE 50.
JUST SHOOK OFF THE TACKLE.
>> HENDERSON.
WE TALKED ABOUT HIM ON THE LAST PLAY WHEN YOU PLAY MAN TO MAN, PLAY WITH AN EFFORT, THERE'S NO ONE BEHIND YOU.
NO ONE TO STOP ME IF I CAN GET PAST THIS DEFENDER.
BIG PICK-UP THERE.
IT WAS A STRONG THROW.
REALLY MADE A BIG JUMP IN HIS GAME WITH A SOPHOMORE STARTER A YEAR AGO.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE A COLLEGE PROSPECT.
HE'S GOT THE SIZE AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOT THE ARMS.
>> THAT'S THE THING THAT STICKS OUT TO ME.
NEVER SEEING HIM PLAY BEFORE.
HE LOOKS THE PART.
220.
ONLY A JUNIOR.
GIVE HIM ANOTHER INCH.
ANOTHER 15 POUNDS.
MAKING GREAT DECISIONS WITH HIS DISCIPLINE DOWN THE FIELD.
EARLY ON, THEY WERE RANKED IN THE POLLS.
DOING WELL.
AT THE BREAK, LEADING 35-3 IN MIDDLE GEORGIA.
>> WE'LL GET YOU CAUGHT UP AT HALFTIME.
STEWART WAS COVERED BY THE DEFENSIVE END.
GAVIN THERE.
GOES INCOMPLETE.
>> TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.
TRYING TO GO ON THE SIDE OF THE FIELD.
NICE READ BY MILL CREEK.
AGAINST WALTON.
GOING FOR THE HOME RUN SEPARATION.
CAUGHT INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.
>> NICE JOB INSIDE THE RECEIVER.
WITH THE CATCH.
PLAY ACTION FAKE.
YOU KNEW ONCE THEY ESTABLISHED PAYTON STREKO, THEY COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PLAY ACTION FAKE.
>> FIRST TO GO FOR THE WOLVERINES, A CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD.
RICOCHETTED OFF HIM AND NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER FOUR.
BATTLING, PUSHING.
>> ACTUALLY THE ONE WHO DEFLECTED IT.
GOT HIS HANDS IN THERE.
SECOND DOWN AND GOAL.
BALL AT THE 6.
>> THE WAY RUNNING THE BALL.
>> THEY GO TO STREKO CAN AND HE'S GOING TO BE CAUGHT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
GREAT PENETRATION BY JOSH.
HE CUT THAT PLAY OFF QUICKLY.
>> 34 BRANDON.
GETTING IN THE WAY.
JAMAL ANDERSON.
MAKING STREKO WORK AND THEN ANGLING COMING IN WITH THE PHYSICALITY.
HE'S KNOWN FOR BRINGING DOWN STREKO.
>> NOW THIRD DOWN AND GOAL FROM THE SIXTH.
PRESSURE COMING OFF THE EDGE HERE.
STEPS UP AND RUNS.
FOURTH DOWN AND GOAL FROM THE 3.
AT THIS POINT, YOU SETTLE FOR THREE, RIGHT?
>> TAKE THE THREE.
GOING WITH SOME POSITIVE ENERGY.
A DEFENSE.
STOOD UP AGAINST THIS OFFENSE AND RIGHT HERE, LOOKING WITH THAT EYE.
LET'S GO FOR IT.
TIME-OUT CAN CALLED.
FORCING THE TIME-OUT.
MAKE SURE WHEN I DO KICK THIS BALL OFF.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THREE TIME-OUTS TO WORK.
BUT HAVE BEEN VERY SURPRISING IF THEY HAD SNAPPED THE BALL AND WENT FOR IT IN THAT SITUATION.
>> SO DO YOU EXPECT COMING OUT OF THIS TIME-OUT THE FIELD GOAL?
>> YES, I EXPECT THE FIELD GOAL IN THIS GAME EVEN TAKE THAT ENERGY TRYING TO GO IN THE HALF.
TIE IT UP.
GET READY FOR A HOT SECOND HALF.
>> IT WOULD BE A 20 YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT RIGHT HERE.
>> SECOND SEASON.
THE HEAD COACH OF THE WOLVERINES.
A 6.
REGION 67A.
COACH OF THE YEAR A YEAR AGO.
11-5.
FOR EIGHT SEASONS.
AND NOW THEY DO BRING THE FIELD GOAL UNIT ON.
FROM ASH.
THE CHIP SHOT 20-YARDER.
BLOCKED.
SCOOPS.
RETURN OPPORTUNITY.
THAT'S JOLLY DOWN THE SIDELINE.
ONE MAN TO BEAT.
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT BACK ALL THE WAY.
TOUCHDOWN, MILL CREEK.
85 YARDS AND THERE'S A FLAG DOWN ON THE FIELD.
>> NICE JOB.
PRESSURE COMING FROM THAT LEFT SIDE.
MIGHT HAVE A CELEBRATION PENALTY HERE.
>> I THINK I TELL BREATH.
GOOD.
GOING TO BE GOOD.
WEST FORSYTH.
THAT'S THEIR FIRST.
>> IT WAS HONEST.
85 YARD BLOCK KICK RETURN INSTEAD OF A 10-10 GAME, MAKING IT 17-7 RIGHT HERE.
>> BIG TIME PRESSURE TO GET INSIDE.
COMING OFF THAT LEFT SIDE 17-7.
MILL CREEK.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S NUMBER ONE, RIGHT?
>> FROM THAT ANGLE.
>> BASKETBALL FRAME.
LAID OUT AND GOT HIS HAND ON THAT BALL.
>> I THINK IT'S NUMBER ONE RIGHT HERE WHO BLOCKS IT.
>> WHOLE OPERATION.
>> LOOKS LIKE IT WAS NUMBER SIX.
>> SAW HIM EARLY WITH THE BIG CATCH.
NICE JOB OF HIM COMING OFF WITH THE PRESSURE.
>> IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK HE BLOCKED THE FIRST FIELD GOAL TOO.
TWO BLOCKED FIELD GOALS IN THE GAME.
SECOND BLOCK TURNING INTO AN 85 YARD RETURN BY THAT MAN RIGHT THERE.
ZACH JOLLY.
>> AS A FORMER PLAYER, I THOUGHT THEY HAD A CATEGORY WITH THE BLOCKER GETS MORE CREDIT.
WITH THE SITUATION.
COMING OFF THE EDGE.
SLOW OPERATION THERE BY THE WOLVERINES.
BIG TIME BLOCK FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> THE BIG KEY NOW FOR WEST FORSYTH.
>> 5 YARD PENALTY.
FREE KICK.
>> REGROUPING HERE.
I MEAN, THAT REALLY LET THE AIR OUT OF YOUR BALLOON.
PUMPING YOUR BALLOON.
YOU HAD ALL THE MOMENTUM.
GETTING READY TO GO FOR IT AND SCORE A TOUCHDOWN AND TAKE THE LEAD AND THEN YOU DECIDE, OH, WE'LL JUST TAKE THE THREE AND TIE AND THEN DOWN 10 AGAIN.
>> LOOKING FOR ANSWERS, TRYING TO COME UP WITH A WAY FOR THE TEAM RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN DOMINATED DEFENSIVELY.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOT SHOWING UP TONIGHT.
>> THE KICK INSIDE THE 5 AND RETURNABLE.
>> JASON HARRIS UP TO THE 35 YARD LINE AND JUST UNDER A MINUTE TO PLAY HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.
26 YARD RETURN RIGHT THERE.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MILL CREEK RESUME.
JOSH AND HIS THIRD SEASON GOING FOR WIN NUMBER 19 TONIGHT.
THE PLAYOFFS, 7 STRAIGHT YEARS.
TWO REGION TITLES.
2015 AND 2016.
THEY WERE STATE SEMIFINALISTS.
THOSE ARE THE BEST YEARS, OF COURSE, 13-1.
COMING IN THE PLAYOFFS.
THEY WERE IN THE QUARTERFINALS IN THE FIRST SEASON BACK IN 2019.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE OPEN, TOOK A STEP BACK LAST YEAR.
JUST A REALLY HARD YEAR ALL THE WAY AROUND AND HAD A LOSING RECORD FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2006 WHICH WAS THE THIRD YEAR OF THE PROGRAM.
THIS IS YEAR NUMBER 18 NOW.
>> CATCH THERE BETWEEN STOVER AND DELPHDELPH.
EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GOING TO YOUR BIG TARGET.
LOOKING HIM DOWN THE WHOLE WAY WHEN HE MAKES THESE STROLLS.
>> NEARLY INTERCEPTED RIGHT THERE.
JAYDEN LEWIS.
SENIOR CORNERS COME ON.
6'1".
CORNER POSITION NEARLY HAD THE FIX.
>> SOLID IMPROVEMENT AND COACH TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW HE TAKES THE CHALLENGE, TAKING ON THE BIG TIGHT END AND THE BIG RECEIVER.
EVEN THOUGH HE'S A SMALLER GUY, THAT'S THE KIND OF ATTITUDE HE HAS.
>> SO GIVEN WHAT WE JUST SAW RIGHT THERE, DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO JUST KNEEL DOWN AND GET OUT OF THIS HALF AT THIS POINT?
>> I THINK WE SHOULD KNEEL DOWN, TAKE THE HALF.
COUNT OURSELVES FORTUNATE ONLY TO BE DOWN 10 AT THIS SITUATION.
>> HAND OFF STREKO.
KEVIN MITCHELL IN THERE ON THAT TACKLE, MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FINAL PLAY OF THE SECOND QUARTER.
>> WHAT A WILD SWING.
WE WERE ABOUT TO BE 10-10 OR 14-10.
17-7 AFTER THAT.
WEST FORSYTH HAS TO REGROUP AND GET SOME CONFIDENCE BACK.
I MEAN, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN FEEL THE AIR COME OUT OF THE STADIUM AFTER THAT BIG PLAY BY MILL CREEK ON SPECIAL TEAMS.
IT'S 17-7 HAWKS.
HALFWAY THROUGH THE GAME.
>> GET HIS THOUGHT ON THE FIRST HALF.
STREKO, 11 OF 21 FOR 192 BUT DOWN TEN.
ONLY ONE TOUCHDOWN IN THE FIRST HALF DESPITE THE NUMBERS.
>> BECAME A SUPER STAR IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
SHOWING US WHY WE CAME INTO THIS GAME EXPECTING A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE BY HIM.
HAD TO DO A LOT THROUGH THE AIR CATCHING THE BALL OUT ON THE SWING ROUTES AND THE SCREENS, BUT IF YOU WEAR FORSYTH.
STILL IN THIS GAME.
JUST GOT TO COME OUT WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
>> I THINK I SAID STREKO, I MEANT STOGER.
11 OF 21.
>> CATCH UP WITH COACH LOVELADY.
LOOKING LIKE IT MIGHT BE A TIE BUT THE SPECIAL TEAMS EFFORT THE OTHER WAY.
>> GREAT EFFORT.
TEAM EFFORT.
THE BLOCK KEEPS SCORES, HUGE MOMENTUM.
GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS.
>> THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE THE EARLY LEAD.
THEN THEY WERE COMING BACK WORKING THE UNDERNEATH STUFF BECAUSE THEY WERE CLEARING EVERYBODY OUT, GETTING A LOT OF YARDS TO GET BACK INTO THIS GAME.
HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT?
>> WE'RE NOT GETTING PRESSURE.
I DID A GREAT JOB UP FRONT ON PASS PROTECTION AND GIVING HIM TIME WITH THE ELECTRIC GUYS ON THE OUTSIDE.
SO PUTTING SOME PRESSURE ON THE SECONDARY RIGHT NOW.
EITHER APPLY PRESSURE, OR COVERAGE.
ONE OR THE OTHER.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
CATCH UP IN THE SECOND HALF.
MILL CREEK UP 17-7.
I BELIEVE THE HALFTIME SHOW STARTS BECAUSE YOU HAVE STUFF TO TALK ABOUT.
>> GOOD STUFF.
WHAT A FIRST HALF.
NOT EXACTLY THE OFFENSIVE SHOWING.
SPECIAL TEAMS ON FIRE.
FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS.
ALL THE SCORES AROUND THE STATES AND WE WILL BREAK DOWN WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS GAME WITH JOHN AS WELL AS THE BAND.
IT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT ON THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGIONS RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> I'M HANNAH WITH MEGAN GIBSON.
HE'S HERE TO TELL US ALL ABOUT THE BEST PRACTICES FOR CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEATS.
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT CHECKED ON A REGULAR BASIS?
>> A WONDERFUL QUESTION.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANT CHILDREN TO HAVE THEIR SEATS CHECKED IS BECAUSE THREE OUT OF FOUR CAR SEATS ARE MISUSED IN SOME WAY THAT COULD COMPROMISE THEIR SAFETY.
THAT'S A STATISTIC THAT COMES FROM THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ADMINISTRATION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE KNOW THAT IN GEORGIA AND NATIONWIDE, MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES ARE ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF PREVENTABLE INJURY AND DEATH AGES 1 TO 14.
>> HOW CAN PARENTS AND GUARDIANS MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT SEAT FOR THEIR CHILD?
>> A PLETHORA OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
THEY CAN VISIT THE CAR SHEET MANUFACTURER'S WEB SITE FOR INFORMATION AND ALSO COME OUT AND VISIT A CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY TECHNICIAN.
>> WHAT ARE EVEN MORE RESOURCES THAT PARENTS AND GUARDIANS CAN USE TO ENSURE THEY'RE MAACING THE RIGHT CHOICES?
>> WE ARE HAVING A STATEWIDE PUSH FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 20th CALLED NATIONAL CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK TO GET ALL OF THIS WONDERFUL INFORMATION FOR FREE AND HAVE PERSONALIZED INFORMATION DELIVERED TO THEM THAT WILL HELP THEM FIGURE OUT THE SELECTION, THE INSTALLATION, HARNESSING ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL COMPONENTS.
>> HOW CAN WE SPREAD THIS MESSAGE EVEN MORE?
>> WE ENCOURAGE OUR CAREGIVERS TO VISIT US AT GAHIGHWAYSAFETY GAHIGHWAYSAFETY.ORG AND FOR THE VIRTUAL SEAT CHECKS.
ONCE A CAREGIVER HAS AN OPPONENT WITH A TECHNICIAN, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.
PUT THE GOOD INFORMATION OUT THERE AND ENCOURAGE YOUR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO COME TO US.
WE WANT TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS TO HELP KEEP THEIR CHILDREN SAFE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND ENJOY DOING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND SHE SAID IT, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.
WORD OF MOUTH IS BEST.
IT'S REALLY GREAT WE GET TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
>>> THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY IS HOSTING THE FIRST FREE HANDS ON CLINIC FOR NEWLY LICENSED TEAM DRIVERS ON SEPTEMBER 25th AND 26th AT ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
>> GO TO DRIVING SKILLS FOR LIFE.
INFLUENCE VEHICLE CRASHES.
>> COVID PROTOCOLS IN ALL PLACE AND WILL BE WEARING MASKS IN VEHICLES.
>> PLEASE, WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT.
>> I GOT IT, MOM.
>> IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, SO MANY TOMORROWS CAN DISAPPEAR.
BUCKLE UP FOR YOUR FUTURE.
EVERY TIME.
A MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
>> AND MORNING SIGNALS THE START OF BUSINESS, ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP COOPERATIVES RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
>> GOOD BUSINESS.
SO BUSINESS IS GOOD.
>>> 17-7.
LET'S LOOK AROUND THE REST OF THE STATE.
THE LAST FRIDAY SOUTH GEORGIA, THE CORN BREAD BOWL AND THE OTHER NON-REGION BATTLE IN THE SOUTH ON THE BOARD.
SHOWING OFF WHY THEY'RE 3-0 AND THE LAST SCORE.
LATEST SCORE JUST IN ON THIS PAGE.
DOWN TO THE CLASSES.
FITZGERALD LEADING 15-6 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS.
PLAYING CLINCH.
TRIPLE A MATCH-UP.
AND THEN TWO TEAMS TRYING TO GET TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR.
LEADING THOMAS, 14-6 AND FINALLY, PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.
WESLEYAN SCORELESS.
21-21.
THAT'S THE SCORE THAT I HAVE MY ALMA MATER.
ALL RIGHT GUYS.
IT IS TIME FOR THE BAND, THE WEST FORSYTH MARCHING BAND PERFORMED BEFORE THE GAME.
IN THE KINDERGARTEN.
LET'S CHECK OUT THE BAND'S PERFORMANCE.
>> AWESOME JOB, GUYS.
NAME OUR GPB PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF.
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>>> MILL CREEK VERSUS WEST FORSYTH.
17-7.
THIS WAS A CLOSE ONE IN THE FIRST HALF.
MILL CREEK PUT A STOP TO THAT.
HE'S THE PLAYER IN THE FIRST HALF.
LET'S CHECK OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS.
HE HAD TWO FIELD GOALS IN THE GAME.
YOU HEARD THAT.
TWO.
THERE'S THE FIRST ONE.
THEN HE'LL DO IT AGAIN ONE MORE TIME.
THIS ONE RAN BACK FOR A TOUCHDOWN WITH A MINUTE LEFT IN THE GAME.
NELSON.
UP NEXT TO SEE HIS THOUGHTS ON GAME AND WHAT STORY LINES HE'S BEEN FOLLOWING AS WELL AS THE UPDATED SCORE.
WE'LL SEE YOU IN JUST A MINUTE.
>>> MANY DON'T GET THE HELP AND CARE THEY NEED AND DON'T EVEN REALIZE THEY HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.
>> WHAT ARE THE WARNING SIGNS THIS TEENS THAT MAY INDICATE STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL HEALTH?
>> GENERAL WARNING SIGNS TO PAY ATTENTION TO WOULD BE CHANGE IN SLEEP HABITS, CHANGE IN APPETITE, INABILITY TO COMPLETE TASKS.
DECREASE IN MOTIVATION AND A LACK OF INTEREST IN SPORTS AND HOBBIES.
SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS ANY TYPES OF HOW THEY'RE MAINTAINING OR MANAGING THESE STRUGGLES.
CHANGE IN FRIENDS, GROUPS OF FRIENDS AND ALSO, PAY ATTENTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO ANY ALERTS AROUND SADNESS OR SELF-HARM ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR.
>> THAT'S SO GOOD TO KNOW.
AND WHAT WAYS CAN WE SUPPORT OUR TEEN'S MENTAL HEALTH DURING THIS TOUGH TIME?
>> MAKING SURE THAT YOU REALLY HAVE OPEN DIALOGUE.
IT'S ESSENTIAL.
ASK THEM HOW THEY'RE DOING.
ARE THEY DOING WELL?
ENCOURAGE AND BE SUPPORTIVE.
AND MAINTAINING THAT DIALOGUE.
AS WELL AS UNDERSTAND WHAT MIGHT BE INCREASED AMOUNTS OF STRESS FOR THEM.
CHANGING SCHOOLS, EXAMS, ANY TYPE OF ISSUES WITH THEIR FRIENDS OR SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THEN JUST OVERALL, BE SUPPORTIVE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO A PROVIDER, A MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER OR YOUR PEDIATRICIAN TO >> THIS IS SUCH GREAT ADVICE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
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THANKS FOR WATCHING.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK.
CHECK IN WITH JOHN NELSON COMING GEORGIA ON THE FIELD.
WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN SO FAR IN THE FIRST HALF OF MILL CREEK IN WEST FORSYTH?
ON TOP, 17-7.
>> WELL, IT'S THE BIGGEST THING THAT I NOTICE IN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COACH OUT TO THE 10-0 LEAD AND THEN I TALK TO COACH ABOUT IT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THEY NOTICE THAT THEY COULD WORK THE UNDERNEATH ROUTES AND YOU GOT TO SEE ALL OF THE RECEIVERS GO LONG, ALL OF THE SECONDARY AND LINE BACKERS.
THE LINE OPEN SPACE WITH THE OUT ROUTES THAT WERE CREATING SUCCESS FOR WEST FORSYTH AND GETTING THEM BACK IN THE GAME BUT JUST THE ONE MOMENT, LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ON SPECIAL TEAMS, YOU GET A BLOCK, YOU GET A SCOOP IN SCORING AND BACK THE OTHER WAY.
CONVERSATION.
BECAUSE OF A MOMENT LIKE THAT, GOT TO REBOUND QUICKLY IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> YEAH, JOHN.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT INTERVIEW TO SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
GIVE US AN UPDATE TO OTHER SCORES THAT YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING AROUND THE STATE.
>> A LOT OF THE RANKED TEAMS, THEY'RE WINNING BIG.
CALHOUN WINNING BIG.
AN EYE ON THAT ONE.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING SCORERS FROM SOUTH GEORGIA.
AT JC.
THEY'RE NOW THREE MINUTES INTO THE THIRD QUARTER.
A KEEPER FROM KEVIN MAKING IT 15-13.
THAT'S GOING TO BE TIGHT.
IN THE FIRST HALF, HOW BIG OF A NUMBER IS THAT GOING TO BE?
KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT ONE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL.
>> WE SEE THE GAME BEHIND YOU PLAYING AT HALFTIME.
THAT'S FUN AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JOHN, WE WILL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU ON OUR BRAND-NEW POST-GAME SHOW.
THAT WILL BE RIGHT AFTER THE GAME.
MAYBE WE'LL HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADER.
THE POSTGAME SHOW.
PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
THIS IS WHERE WE WILL RECAP OUR GAME.
WE WILL SHOW HIGHLIGHTS, BUT THE BEST PART IS LIVE INTERVIEWS WITH COACHES AND MEDIA MEMBERS RIGHT AFTER GAMES FINISHED.
WE'VE GOT THREE COACHES ON LAST WEEK.
WE HAD A FREEZING MOMENT WITH COACH BECAUSE HE WAS ACTUALLY ON THE BUS HEADING BACK TO THE SCHOOL.
SO FIND OUT WHICH COACH WILL HAVE ON THIS WEEK ALL AFTER THE GAME.
FOR NOW, THAT'S IT FOR THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA POSTGAME SHOW.
HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGENTS.
STICK WITH US.
THERE WILL BE MORE FROM MILL CREEK, WEST FORSYTH WITH MATT AND WAYNE RIGHT AFTER THIS.
.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
IT IS HALFTIME AT WEST FORSYTH.
MILL CREEK LEADING THE WOLVERINES 17-7.
SEND IT TO JOHN NELSON.
>> WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION LIKE CONSIDERING WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST MINUTE AND A HALF WHEN YOU WERE GOING FOR THE GAME LEADING SCORER?
AND THEN THEY GET THE SCOOP AND SCORE THE OTHER WAY?
>> AT THAT POINT, YOU DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT OR IT'S OVER.
THE PLAY IS DONE AND OVER.
OBVIOUSLY, OUR SPECIAL TEAMS NOT NEARLY GOOD ENOUGH.
A LOT OF WEAPONS, WE KNEW THAT GOING INTO IT.
THAT'S GOING INTO SPECIAL TEAMS.
100%.
OUR KIDS FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT HOW WE MATCH UP WITH THEM.
JUST GOT TO START MAKING PLAYS ON SPECIAL TEAMS.
>> ON OFFENSE THOUGH, DOWN 10-0.
YOU SAW THE STUFF UNDERNEATH AND THAT WAS REALLY GETTING INTO THE YARDAGE TO GET BACK IN THE GAME.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEY'VE GOT AN AWFULLY GOOD DEFENSE.
THEY'LL GIVE UP A LOT OF POINTS.
SAFETY IS SUPER AGGRESSIVE.
WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MITIGATE THAT A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE CATCH SOMETHING WHEN WE GET BEHIND THEM AND WHEN WE DON'T, CONTINUE TO GO AT THEM AND RUN THE FOOTBALL.
WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AT IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THE SECOND HALF.
>> HEAD COACH.
GOT STATS AND HIGHLIGHTS TO GET US READY FOR THE NEXT 24 MINUTES.
>> YES, SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYS BY MILL CREEK.
BIG PUNT RETURN.
BY CALEB.
ONE THAT WAS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
AND LOSING BY 10 POINTS.
>> TURNOVERS AND SPECIAL TEAMS WHAT YOU ALWAYS LOOK FOR AND RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE LOSING ON THE WEST FORSYTH SIDE.
>> LOOK AT THE FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS.
MILL CREEK.
JUMPING ON THE BOARD FIRST.
FIRST POSSESSION, BIG.
>> EXCITING WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A FIELD GOAL KICKER IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT CAN GO FOR 50 YARDS.
TO GET THEM GOING.
>> NEXT, POSSESSION.
TOUCHDOWN BY CALEB JOURNEY.
OR BY DONOVAN JOURNEY.
MADE IT 10-0.
THERE WAS THE BLOCK.
FIELD GOAL BY ZACH JOLLY.
PUT HIM UP.
85 YARD KICK.
KIND OF GETTING THESE HIGHLIGHTS OUT OF SEQUENCE HERE.
THIS IS NOT HOW THEY HAPPENED IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT THIS WAS THE TOUCHDOWN PASS TO PAYTON STREKO RIGHT THERE BY KEEGAN.
>> BIG SECOND QUARTER THERE FOR PAYTON TO GIVE HIS TEAM A CHANCE TO KEEP HIM IN THIS GAME.
GOT TO GET SOME MOMENTUM EARLY AGAINST THIS DEFENSE WITH MILL CREEK.
>> THERE YOU SEE THE WHOPPING ADVANTAGE FOR WEST FORSYTH.
MILL CREEK IN THE TOTAL YARDS.
IT'S JUST THE FIRST DOWN.
JUST ABOUT EVERY OFFENSIVE CATEGORY.
WEST FORSYTH HAS DOMINATED, YET THEY'RE DOWN 10 POINTS.
>> PASSING YARDS, ESPECIALLY BY GETTING HOT THERE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
NOT ABLE TO GET THE BALL YET BUT MILL CREEK IS BEING GREAT ON SPECIAL TEAMS AND PLAYING TENACIOUS DEFENSE.
>> FOUR CATCHES FOR 27 YARDS IN THE FIRST HALF.
PRETTY APPARENT.
MILL CREEK IS SAYING, OKAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BEAT US, SOMEBODY OTHER THAN OSCAR DELPH.
>> THE WOLVERINES, PRETTY CLEAN GAME IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS FAR AS PENALTIES GO.
BUT WEST FORSYTH, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO START TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING OTHER THAN DELPH TO GET THEM GOING IN THE PASSING GAME.
>> GOT TO CLEAN UP THOSE MISTAKES IN THE SPECIAL TEAMS.
AGAIN, TWO BLOCKED FIELD GOALS.
ONE THAT WAS TAKEN BACK 85 YARDS BY ZACH JOLLY TO WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 10-10 GAME INSTEAD BECAME A 17-7 LEAD.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW WEST FORSYTH RESPONDS.
YOU HEARD THE COMMENTS FROM COACH RIGHT THERE.
CAN THEY COME BACK AND GET IN THE GAME?
THE SECOND HALF KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE-UP GEORGIA.
BUCKLE-UP GEORGIA, SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES.
AND THE KICK FROM PATRAGLIA.
THAT'S WHERE MILL CREEK IS GOING TO GO ON OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> TIP YOUR CAP TO THE WOLVERINES IN THEIR DEFENSE.
MAKING MILL CREEK WORK FOR EVERY YARD.
DIDN'T HAVE A BIG HALF.
COULDN'T GET GOING.
THEY ARE HOLDING THEIR OWN.
7 POINTS SO FAR IN THIS GAME.
>> FOR 52 YARDS AND QUITE FRANKLY, HE MISSED SOME TARGETS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TOUCHDOWNS IN THAT FIRST HALF.
>> FROM THE 28 YARD LINE, WE START THE THIRD QUARTER.
PASS COMPLETE TO CALEB DOWNS.
PICKS UP A FIRST DOWN.
SMART PLAY.
COME OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM.
GET THE BALL TO CALEB DOWNS.
>> THEY TRY TO LIMIT HIS PLAYS ON OFFENSE THIS YEAR.
PUNT RETURN, KICK RETURN AND SAFETY.
WATCH TO SEE HIM TRY TO HAVE A BIG HALF HERE.
MILL CREEK DID NOT SCORE OUT OF IT.
BACK-TO-BACK TOUCHES.
WE DIDN'T GET HIM THE BALL ENOUGH IN THE FIRST HALF.
THE SECOND HALF, BY GIVING THE BALL TWICE IN A ROW.
>> WHEN YOU SEE HIM WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS, YOU FORGET ABOUT WHAT HE DOES DEFENSIVELY AND THINKING, WOW, THAT WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETE.
FAST, PHYSICAL AND PROBABLY THE MOST DANGEROUS OFFENSIVE WEAPON.
>> I HAD A FEELING HE MIGHT BE DOING MORE THAN 40% ON OFFENSE IN THE SECOND HALF.
PLAY ACTION.
CLARK BEING CHASED BY McALLIS TER.
THROWN DOWN FIELD.
THE BALL TO WOOD.
THAT WILL BRING UP THIRD DOWN AND 2.
>> HERE'S AN AREA THAT CLARK HAS IMPROVED A LOT THIS YEAR.
EX-TENDING THE PLAY, GETTING OUTSIDE THE POCKET.
CANNOT CONNECT WITH WOOD SO FAR IN THIS GAME.
AVOIDING THE PRESSURE.
COULDN'T COME UP WITH IT.
>> MILL CREEK.
3-0 START THIS SEASON.
BEST SEASON START SINCE 2017.
>> JOURNEY.
FIRST DOWN RUN.
MAKING THE TACKLE.
9 YARD PICK-UP.
>> NICE JOB COMING OFF THAT LEFT SIDE.
GOOD ZONE, BLOCKING.
>> LOVE HOW THEY GET TO THE HASH MARK.
PUT THE FOOT IN THE GROUND.
GOING UP FIELD FOR BIG POSITIVE YARDS.
>> GOT A MAN OPEN OVER THERE ON THE FAR SIDE.
AND WILL BE INBOUNDS.
THAT WAS WOOD WITH THE CATCH AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A CATCH AT THE 21 YARD LINE.
>> GOOD PROTECTION.
POCKET DROVE FROM.
NICE AIR UNDER THE BALL.
HAVING TO DROP IT BETWEEN TWO DEFENDERS AND GOOD JOB OF GETTING YOUR HAND UNDER THE BALL BY NUMBER FOUR WOODS.
BRINGS US IN.
>> FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 21.
THROWING FORWARD TO THE 11 YARD LINE.
THAT'S THE FIRST TOUCH HERE ON THIS OPENING SERIES.
>> HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TALENTED AND ATHLETIC, THE LITTLE JET SWEEP.
KNOW WHERE TO GO.
I'M GOING TO MAKE FOUR PEOPLE MISS.
I'M GOING TO GET MY SHOW.
I'M GOING TO RUN OVER SOMEONE TO GET ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR YARDS.
WHAT A PLAYER HE IS.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 1.
CLARK.
DROPS BACK AT THE 21 YARD LINE.
AND HERBERT CAME OUT WITH THE FOOTBALL BUT I THINK NOT GOING TO BE A FUMBLE.
WE'LL CHECK THE PENALTY FLAG.
PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A HOLD HERE.
>> JET ACTION SWEEP.
HAWK OFFENSE.
>> PERSONAL FOUL.
FACE MASK ON THE DEFENSE.
RESULTS IN THE FIRST DOWN.
>> GOT IT.
>> HERBERT.
RAN BY.
GOT THE PIECE OF THE FACE MASK.
TRYING TO REACH AND BRING HIM DOWN.
FIRST AND GOAL TO GO.
JUST INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.
>> KEEP YOUR EYES ON NUMBER TWO.
THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN, I THINK, FOR MILL CREEK.
>> TO GET THEIR BEST PLAYER ON THE FIELD GOING.
RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN SEE WITH THE PLAY, RIGHT, STICKING THE BALL ON THE LINE.
NICE JOB AND GOOD JOB ON THAT LEFT SIDE OF THAT LINE.
ALLOWING THAT LONG PLAY TO DEVELOP HERE TO THE EDGE.
AND A 24-7 LEAD.
A HUGE SWING AS MILL CREEK SCORED LATE IN THE FIRST HALF.
THEY SCORE THE FIRST TIME.
THEY TOUCH THE BALL IN THE SECOND HALF.
THEY HAVE THEIR LARGEST LEAD OF THE NIGHT.
>>> 9 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN TO GIVE MILL CREEK THE 24-7 LEAD.
YOUNG MAN'S GOT 29 OFFERS INCLUDING NORTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, ALABAMA, CLEMSON, OHIO STATE.
NOTRE DAME, FLORIDA STATE, HE VISITED ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS SINCE JUNE 1st.
SO HE'S MAKING THE ROUNDS BUT NORTH CAROLINA PROBABLY THE LEADER.
>> WHAT A TALENT HE SHOWS YOU ON THAT DRIVE.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
LET'S NOT PLAY AROUND.
HE DOMINATED A DRIVE ON EVERY POSSESSION.
SHOWS YOU THE SPECIAL PLAYER HE IS.
>> ANGLE THE KICK TO THE FAR SIDELINE.
THE 28 YARD LINE AND BASICALLY NO RETURN RIGHT THERE ON THAT PLAY AS BRYCE ALLEN GETS DROPPED RIGHT AWAY.
TO PUT A BOW ON THE STORY, BROTHER JOSH WITH A FOUR STAR OUT OF NORTH GGWINETT.
DRE, YOU HEARD OF HIM.
HIS DAD WAS AN NFL RUNNING BACK.
SO THE WOLVERINES GOT SOME WORK TO DO NOW.
STREKO RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.
FOUR STAR.
NUMBER ONE RATED SAFETY IN THE NATION.
IN THE JUNIOR CLASS.
GOT FIRST OFFER IN THE EIGHTH GRADE BUT KENT STATE.
>> SO AMAZING HOW THEY CAN FIND KIDS THAT ARE 12, 13.
BUT HE HAS LIVED UP AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, NOT PLAYING DEFENSE AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
YOU'VE GOT TO KIND OF PICK YOUR POISON ON WHERE YOU WANT TO PLAY HIM.
DOMINANT ON OFFENSE.
>> SECOND DOWN.
CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN.
YARD IT RIGHT THERE.
MAKING THE TACKLE.
NUMBER 37.
GETTING THE CHANCE TO PLAY SOME SAFETY ON THE SIDELINE.
AND WE HAVE A MAN DOWN FROM MILL CREEK RIGHT NOW.
JOSH DEALING WITH THE CRAMP.
HE HAD A BIG FIRST HALF WITH THE TACKLE FOR LOSS.
>> SOPHOMORE, AS YOU CAN SEE.
HIS STAR AND THE RATING.
HE IS A HECK OF A PLAYER FROM THAT INSIDE.
GREAT SIZE AT 5'11".
205.
A SOPHOMORE AS I SAID.
HIS PHYSICALITY IS WHAT REALLY SETS HIM APART FROM A LOT OF YOUNG PLAYERS.
>> SO THEY'RE ANGLING OFF THE FIELD AS DOWNS COMES BACK ON.
I THINK THIS IS JUST A CRAMP, SO HE PROBABLY WON'T BE ON THE SIDELINE TOO LONG.
I THOUGHT THAT THEY PICKED UP THE FIRST DOWN THERE, BUT APPARENTLY NOT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN AND 1 FOR WEST FORSYTH.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE WITH THE YELLOW LINE.
THE INDICATOR, THEN HE GOT IT.
BUT LET'S SEE WHERE THEY SPOT IT.
THAT WILL BE THE KEY.
>> JOLLY WITH THE PENETRATION.
BIG TIME PENETRATION.
WE CAN'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT HOW THIS SMALL DEFENSE GETS OFF THE BLOCK.
YOU CAN SEE WEST FORSYTH LINING UP.
>> DIDN'T GET IT.
>> DIDN'T GET THE FIRST DOWN, LOOKING TO ROLL THE DICE EARLY HERE IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> WELL, YOU'VE GOT THE FIRST DOWN HERE.
BASICALLY THE GAME MIGHT BE OVER IF YOU DON'T.
MILL CREEK.
OH MY GOODNESS.
REACHES.
LET'S SEE WHERE HE SPOTS IT.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE AN OLD FASHIONED MEASUREMENT RIGHT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT HE GOT IT.
>> I STILL CONSIDER IT THE CHAIN GAME.
IN THE NEW SOCIETY, YOU CAN'T MAKE UP THE OLD CHAIN GANG COMING OUT.
YOU DON'T SEE THIS A LOT BUT GREAT PENETRATION BY MILL CREEK.
JUST NOT LETTING STOVER GO ANYWHERE ON THE QUARTERBACK SNEAK.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW IT VERY SHORTLY HERE.
OUR CAMERAMAN RIGHT THERE ON TOP OF IT.
BIG PITCH FOR THE STEELERS FAN.
WORKING GAMES TOGETHER FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HE WAS RIGHT DOWN THERE AND GOT THAT SHOT.
>> INCHES TAUGHT AS A KID.
FOOTBALL IS ALL ABOUT THE PARTICULARS AND YOU CAN SEE ONLY AN INCH AWAY FROM A FIRST DOWN, COMING UP SHORT.
FORSYTH AND ONCE AGAIN, TAKING THE FIELD QUICKLY.
TAKES A SHOT HIMSELF.
INSIDE THE 10.
JOURNEY TO THE END ZONE AND THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN FROM MILL CREEK.
39 YARD RUN.
WELL, THEY TOOK A SHOT.
JUST NOT THE CONVENTIONAL WAY.
JOURNEY RUNS IT IN.
>> GREAT BLOCKING.
WIDE RECEIVERS OUT ON THE EDGE AS WELL.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
McDUFFY, AND THE VISION HERE OF DONOVAN JOURNEY TO BOUNCE THIS TO THE OUTSIDE AND THEN IT JUST BECOMES ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.
RUNNING THROUGH TACKLES.
SCORE THAT BIG TOUCHDOWN.
>> KICK SPINS THROUGH THERE AND IT'S 31-7.
HOW DRAMATICALLY THIS GAME HAS CHANGED IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES ON THE GAME CLOCK.
THIS GAME IS NOW A 31-7 LEAD FOR MILL CREEK.
>>> TWO TOUCHDOWNS MILL CREEK.
CAN 85 YARD BLOCK.
THE END OF THE FIRST HALF.
21 UNANSWERED POINTS BY THE HAWKS AS THEY'VE OPENED UP A 24 POINT LEAD.
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AND NOW MILL CREEK, KICKING OFF.
CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
WHAT CAN WEST FORSYTH TO DO TO GET BACK IN THIS GAME.
>> WE OPENED THIS HALF, WONDERING IF WEST FORSYTH COULD SHAKE OFF THAT FIELD GOAL TOUCHDOWN AND SO FAR, THEY HAVE NOT ANSWERED THE BILL.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START TRYING TO GET THE BALL DOWN FIELD.
THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT.
PLAYING ONE OF THE TOP SECONDARIES IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
RIGHT NOW, KEEGAN HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM.
NOT ABLE TO GET HIS BIG TARGET.
FLEXES OUT.
TAKE HIM AWAY.
BEEN IN THE INTERCEPTION.
>> ON THE NEAR SIDE.
THE 24 YARD LINE.
TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO COOPER JOHNSON.
YOUNG MAN COMMITTED TO CHARLESTON SOUTHERN.
>> RAN A LITTLE QUICK OUT.
WHEN HE LINES UP AT THE NATURAL TIGHT END SPOT DOWN CLOSE WITHIN THE BOX.
THEY PLAY MAN.
START GET THIS OFFENSE GOING.
GET ACTION GOING RUNNING THE BALL.
>> 156.
FAR CRY FROM THAT SO FAR TONIGHT.
STREKO GETS TACKLED IN THE BACK FIELD BY JAMAL ANDERSON.
FOUR TACKLES FOR THE BIG OUTSIDE LINEBACKER SO FAR TONIGHT.
>> NICE JOB BY ANDERSON.
STICKING THE TACKLE.
STANDING HIM UP AND SHEDDING THE BLOCK.
ONE THING WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF IS THIS DEFENSE IS GREAT AT GETTING OFF BLOCKS.
>> NOW THIRD DOWN.
>> RUNNING THE STOP ROUTE.
THAT'S HOW YOU BEAT THE DOUBLE COVER.
BACK THROW TO HIM.
>> DON'T LET CALEB DOWN.
SAFETY AND JAMAL ANDERSON, GET UNDERNEATH.
TAKE WHAT THE DEFENSE GIVES YOU RIGHT HERE.
NOT LETTING THE DOUBLE COVERAGE COME UP ON HIM.
GOOD JOB THERE, READING THE QUARTERBACK BY OSCAR DELPH TO GET THAT CATCH.
>> 17 YARD PICK-UP.
GETS HIM THE FIRST DOWN.
>> HEAVY RUSH.
HOT READ RIGHT THERE.
AND STOVER HAD TO GET RID OF IT IN A HURRY.
>> NICE ROUTE THERE.
COMING UP WITH THE CATCH.
YOU EXPECT THE KIND OF TALENT THAT OSCAR DELPH HAS TO LEAVE THE BALL IN.
NOT SURE IF HIS EYES KIND OF CREEPED UP OVER THE NUMBER TWO, CALEB DOWNS COMING UP UNDERNEATH.
>> AT THE 32 YARD LINE.
RYDER STEWART DOWN FIELD.
BIG TIME CATCH AND BAILED OUT STOVER THERE.
THREW IT UP FOR GRABS BECAUSE THROWING ON THE RUN AND STEWART CAME BACK AND GOT IT.
>> PRESSURE COMING UP AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LINE.
>> BRYSON TAYLOR WHO I THINK WAS ON THE COVERAGE, RIGHT?
JUST CRAMPED UP A LITTLE BIT?
THAT WAS A 32 YARD PICK-UP.
A COUPLE OF REALLY BIG PASSES BY STOVER.
>> GOOD JOB STOBER EXTENDING THE PLAY.
>> THEY ONLY HAVE A TOUCHDOWN RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
SO RYDER STEWART.
THEY FOUND A SPOT FOR HIM.
CAME ONLY THREE CATCHES ON THE SEASON.
TOLD US THEY WERE GOING TO FIND A WAY TO GET STEWART, THE NUMBER TWO RUNNING BACK AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY FOUND A SPOT AT WIDE RECEIVER TONIGHT.
>> GETTING THAT KIND OF TALENT AS YOU CAN SEE DOWN THE FIELD AND THE BEST THING ABOUT HIM BEING A RUNNING BACK IS HIS ABILITY TO CATCH THE BALL AT THE RECEIVER'S SPOT.
>> TO THE END ZONE.
NOW ON THE SLANT.
TRYING TO CONNECT WITH BAGGETT WITH A COUPLE OF CATCHES IN THE FIRST HALF.
BRINGS UP SECOND DOWN.
I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, DOWN 24 AND WITH 17 MINUTES LEFT ON THE GAME CLOCK, WEST FORSYTH PRETTY MUCH HAS TO SCORE EVERY TIME THEY TOUCH THE BALL AND GET A STOP EVERY TIME THEY'RE ON DEFENSE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SHOT AT WINNING THIS GAME.
>> KEEGAN HAS GOTTEN IN A RHYTHM.
THE NEAR SECOND QUARTER THROWING THE BALL.
MILL CREEK.
HE'S SHOWING THE ABILITY TO EXTEND THE PLAY AND MAKE HIM, FORCE HIM TO THROW THE BALL FROM THE POCKET.
>> THIS IS TOUGH.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A DEFENSE THAT'S ONLY GIVING UP 10 POINTS A GAME THROUGH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS.
MINUS YARDS IN THE RUSH GAME.
THEY JUST DON'T LET TEAMS RUN AWAY AGAINST THEM AND THE EFFORT THAT THEY PLAY WITH IS JUST HARD TO GET IN THE END ZONE.
NOW THE SPIEL HAS SHRUNK.
YOU'VE GOT TO START GETTING THE BALL OUT FAST AND HIT THIS DEFENSIVE FORWARD, THIS MAN TO MAN DEFENSE CAN REACT.
>> THEY CAN PICK UP A FIRST DOWN AT THE 3.
THIRD DOWN AND 8.
THROW IT THROUGH TRAFFIC AND CONNECT AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
COMING WITH THE PRESSURE NUMBER 40 THERE.
NOT GIVING ENOUGH TIME TO SET UP AND THIS IS WHAT YOU EXPECT.
THIS TEAM PRIDES ITSELF ON THE ABILITY TO PLAY MAN TO MAN AND BRING THE PRESSURE AND VERY INTERESTING CALL HERE.
NOT GOING FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN.
>> FIELD GOAL PASS IN THE GAME.
THE LINE DRIVE KICK THAT GETS THROUGH.
SO A 28 YARD KICK BY PATRAGLIA.
SURPRISED THEY SETTLED FOR THREE THERE.
DOES MAKE IT A THREE TOUCHDOWN GAME.
4:23 TO PLAY HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
CHECK IN WITH KNELLY.
>> SCORES THAT HAVE FLIP-FLOPPED.
SINCE IT'S COME BACK LATE IN THE SECOND HALF.
THAT ONE IS NOW 16-14.
ALSO, FIRST FINAL IN THE BOOK.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.
BIG NUMBERS EARLY AGAIN.
35-0 AT ONE POINT.
THAT ONE FINISHES UP 49-9.
FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN TRYING TO REBOUND AFTER A BIG LOSS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THEY ARE UP 35-14.
A BATTLE OF TEAMS THAT SHOULD BE HOVERING IN AROUND THE TOP TEN.
LEADING NORTH AND ONCE AGAIN, OTHER SCORERS.
AND A BIT OF A BACK AND FORTH.
DISTANCING THEMSELVES AS WELL AND IT LOOKS LIKE MARIETTA IS LEADING BARTLEY AT THE HALF.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
KEEP IT AWAY FROM CALEB AT ALL COSTS.
RETURNS AT 3 YARDS.
>> THE GREAT FIELD POSITION TO START WITH, BUT I GUESS IT BEATS THE ALTERNATIVE OF HAVING CALEB TAKE IT BACK A COUPLE YARDS.
>> THE KICKOFF TEAM SOMETIMES GETS A LAX THAT IS GOING TO DO THE WORK FOR THEM AND DON'T COVER AND STAY DISCIPLINED.
AND SOMEONE IS ABLE TO GET THE BALL AND BOUNCE IT TO THE OUTSIDE.
>> SO 31-10 NOW AS THE HAWKS GO BACK.
GET BLOWN DEAD BEFORE WE CAN GET THINGS STARTED.
TIME-OUT CALLED BY MILL CREEK.
SO JOSH LOVELADY OBVIOUSLY SAW SOMETHING THERE.
31-10 LEAD FOR THE MILL CREEK HAWKS.
ONLY FIVE WINS A YEAR AGO.
FOURTH WIN OF THE SEASON AND THEY'VE BEEN IMPRESSIVE HERE TONIGHT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR SCHEDULE.
AFTER TONIGHT, THEY'VE GOT GREAT NEXT WEEK AT HOME AND THAT WRAPS UP A PRETTY DAUNTING NON-REGION SCHEDULE.
THOSE ARE ALL BIG NAME PROGRAMS AND THEN OPEN UP CONFERENCE PLAY.
A REGION LAY WITH NORTH GUINET AND THEN BEATING TONIGHT AND COLLINS HILL.
THE NUMBER ONE RANKED TEAM IN THE STATE COMING UP ON OCTOBER 29th.
>> COACH LOVELADY.
PULL YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE TO DECIDE AND TELL HIM BIG FELLAS, THE GAME IS YOURS.
GO TO WORK.
>> GOING TO THE AIR AND INN COMPLETE.
TRYING TO CONNECT WITH WOOD.
KEEP THE CHAIN AND THE CLOCK MOVING.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 10.
AND JOURNEY PICKS UP THREE YARDS ON THE PLAY UP TO THE 40.
NUMBER 67.
SOPHOMORE AND FEELS LIKE THIS YOUNG MAN WILL GROW UP INTO A POWER FIVE OFFENSIVE LINE.
>> GROW INTO 6-6 THIS LINE AVERAGING 480.
IT'S TIME TO PUT THAT INTO ACTION RIGHT THERE ON THE LAST CARRY.
NUMBER 22 FOR THE HAWKS.
>> CLARK, ACROSS THE MIDDLE.
FIRST DOWN AND MORE.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 33 YARD LINE.
WIMBY.
28 YARD ON THAT PLAY.
>> NICE PATIENCE BY HAYDEN CLARK HERE.
CHECKING THE SWING ROUTE AND THEN JUST LETTING WIMBY, WAITING ON THAT LONG DRAG ROUTE ACROSS THE FIELD AND YOU JUST START GETTING THAT FEEL THAT THE HAWKS ARE JUST PLAYING HARDER NOW THAN WEST FORSYTH.
>> 33.
AND WEST FORSYTH JUST GIFTED THE HAWKS 5 YARDS RIGHT THERE.
>> DEFENSE, 5 YARD PENALTY.
STILL FIRST DOWN.
>> TOUGH NIGHT FOR WEST FORSYTH.
AFTER ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST WINS EVER IN THE SECOND SEASON HISTORY EVER LAST WEEK.
WALTON TO COME BACK HOME AND MILL CREEK'S GOT A 31-10 LEAD ON THEM AS THE CLOCK IS WIND DOWN HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> ROBINSON ON THE CARRY AGAIN?
>> NICE INSIDE JOB RUNNING THE BALL.
SMALL BACKS, BUT RUN WITH A LOT OF POWER.
NICE JOB BY ROBINSON, COVERING UP THERE.
LITTLE COUNTER ACTION.
A LITTLE POWER TO THE WEAK SIDE.
>> HE MOVED FROM NORTH CAROLINA IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR AND BY THE END OF THE SEASON, HE'D WON THE STARTING JOB.
THE STARTER THIS YEAR AS A SENIOR.
AND OF COURSE, THEY DIDN'T PLAY FOOTBALL.
THEY WERE SHUT DOWN.
THEY DIDN'T PLAY IN NORTH CAROLINA.
SO HE WAS LIKE A LOT OF KIDS.
THEY'RE LOOKING AROUND.
I WANT TO PLAY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
WE DON'T GET RED SHIRT YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
I GOT TO GO FIND SOMEPLACE.
MOVED IN WITH FAMILY THAT LIVED HERE IN THE GUINET AREA AND STARTING CENTER FOR THE HAWKS.
>> THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
>> ROBINSON AGAIN ON THE CARRY AS THE HAWKS JUST CHEWING UP THE YARDS AND THE TIME AT THE SAME TIME.
>> JOE ROBINSON PUTTING HIS NAME IN THE HAT HERE IN THIS DRIVE INSIDE TACKLE RUNS.
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU EXPECT UP 21 POINTS.
NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SCORE, BUT THE TALENT THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE UP FRONT.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 6 INSIDE THE FINAL MINUTE OF THIS THIRD QUARTER.
BACK IN THERE.
AS HE TACKLED THAT TO 6 YARD LINE.
HUDSON BROWN THERE.
SOPHOMORE FREE SAFETY THERE TO CHECK THE FLAG.
>> OUT THERE ON THE EDGE BY WOOD.
>> HOLDING ON THE OFFENSE.
10 YARD PENALTY FROM THE FOUL.
REPLAY SECOND DOWN.
>> LONG BLOCK HERE.
JOURNEY STRETCHING THIS OUT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT LEFT HAND THERE.
WOOD.
THE OUTSIDE, NOT THAT DRAMATIC.
RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE REFEREE.
THE LINE JUDGE.
>> GUESS WHAT POSITION JOSH LOVELADY?
>> OFFENSIVE LINEMAN.
I THINK THEY MAKE THE BEST COACHES.
CLARK TO THE END ZONE AND ONE HANDED CATCH.
DID THEY GET HIS FEET DOWN?
TOUCHDOWN MILL CREEK.
OR MAYBE NOT.
YOU SEE HIS REACTION.
YEP, WELL, IT IS A TOUCHDOWN.
THAT'S A GREAT ONE HANDED CATCH BY BRENDAN JENKINS.
37-10.
>> 6'2".
RUN A LITTLE CORNER ROUTE.
PUT SOME AIR ON THE BALL.
HAYDEN CLARK.
PROTECTION.
PUT IT OUT THERE.
AND BECOMING A COMMON HIGHLIGHT FROM RECEIVERS AROUND THE COUNTRY IS THE ONE HANDED CATCH.
>> P.A.P.
JENKINS WITH HIS THIRD TOUCHDOWN RECEIVING OF THE SEASON.
38-10 AS MILL CREEK HAS OUTSCORED WEST FORSYTH 21-3 IN THIS THIRD QUARTER.
>> AND THE GOOD PART ABOUT THIS IS NOT JUST THE ONE HANDED CATCH BUT JENKINS, BUT THE SPACE IN WHICH HE RAN HIS ROUTE TO GIVE CLARK ENOUGH ROOM TO DROP THIS BALL IN AND RIGHT THERE, PULLING IT IN.
>> GOT THE FOOT DOWN.
STUCK THE LANDING.
DIDN'T BOBBLE IT.
SO NO QUESTION ABOUT, DID HE CONTROL THE BALL?
HE DID IT ALL RIGHT THERE.
NICE PLAY BY BRENDAN JENKINS.
>> YOU LOVE WITH THE ONE HANDED CATCH WITH THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.
NICE JOB THERE BY BRANDON JACOBS.
INTO THIS GAME, AVERAGING AROUND 29 YARDS A CATCH.
JENKINS.
HE'S MAKING A LOT OF BIG YARDS ON FEW CATCHES.
>> KICK WILL BE NON-RETURNABLE.
SO WEST FORSYTH.
CHECK A FLAG HERE.
BARRING A DRAMATIC COMEBACK IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND YOU JUST THINK BACK.
JUST DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THAT LONG AGO THEY WERE POISED TO MAYBE TAKE THE LEAD IN THIS GAME.
MILL CREEK CHANGED.
AND I MENTIONED WHEN THEY BLOCK THAT FIELD GOAL, YOU COULD KIND OF FEEL THE AIR COME OUT OF THE STADIUM AND YOU WONDER, YOU KNOW, WAS IT THAT OR WAS IT JUST MILL CREEK PLAYED BETTER IN THE THIRD QUARTER?
OR MAYBE A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THAT?
>> THE RECEIVING TEAM.
10 YARD PENALTY.
FIRST DOWN.
>> THE FUNCTION OF THAT ONE PLAY DOES SEEM TO BE PUNCTURED THE AIR OUT OF THAT BALLOON FOR WEST FORSYTH.
THEY HAD THE MOMENTUM.
THEY WERE GOING DOWN THE FIELD.
THEY WERE COMPETING AGAINST THE TOP RATE DEFENSE AND NOW THEY FIND THEMSELVES MAKING MENTAL ERRORS, MAKING PENALTIES AND GIVING UP BIG PLAYS.
>> PRETTY AMAZING.
OVER 250 YARDS.
GOT ONE OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN.
>> PENETRATION BY THE HAWKS THERE ON DEFENSE.
MULLINS MAKING THE TACKLE AND WHAT WAS PROBABLY THE FINAL PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> WOLVERINE IN HIS OFFENSE.
YOU'VE GOT TO STILL PLAY WITH A LOT OF PRIDE.
STILL EARLY ON IN THE SEASON.
YOU GOT TO GET SOME MOMENTUM GOING INTO NEXT WEEK.
YOU JUST CAN'T LET THIS DEFENSE START DOMINATING YOU LIKE THEY ARE.
>> WOW.
THE THIRD QUARTER BELONGS TO MILL CREEK.
THEY OUTSCORE THE WOLVERINES 21-3 IN THE QUARTER.
THEY'LL TAKE A 38-10 LEAD TO THE FOURTH.
>>> START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.
IT IS THE NUMBER FOUR MILL CREEK LEADING THE NINTH RANKED WEST FORSYTH WOLVERINES.
38-10 AS WE START THE FINAL 12 MINUTES.
WITH WAYNE GANDY.
JOHN NELSON AND STICK AROUND.
DON'T FORGET.
WHEN YOU GAME IS OVER, FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ISN'T OVER.
WE'VE GOT THE POSTGAME SHOW COMING UP WITH HANNAH AND JOHN.
SCORES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
INTERVIEWS WITH COACHES ALL OVER THE STATE.
STICK AROUND FOR THAT.
AND HARRIS PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN WITH THE SECOND EFFORT.
>> PRETTY AMAZING.
STATS CAN TRICK YOU.
OVER A 300 YARD PASSING NIGHT TONIGHT AND YET HIS TEAM LIKELY HOPELESSLY BEHIND.
>> DONE A GOOD JOB GETTING THE BALL OUT.
HANDLING THE PRESSURE.
NOT ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY KEEP SOMETHING GOING ON THE DRIVE.
FINALLY FINDING A SECOND TARGET HERE IN THIS SECOND HALF.
>> PUTS UP A COUPLE OF YARDS.
280 FOR THE GAME GAIN.
ALL OVER THE FIELD.
OFFENSIVE, DEFENSIVE, WHAT A PLAYER.
>> UNDER 11 MINUTES TO PLAY.
>> HITTING THE BACKFIELD.
RUNNING GAME HERE IN THE SECOND HALF.
ALLEN SANCHEZ ON THE TACKLE.
>> PENETRATION AND RAVED ABOUT HOW HE PLAYED 87 GUYS.
PLAYS A LOT OF PEOPLE TO KEEP HIM FRESH.
YOU CAN SEE AS YOU SAID EARLIER, THEY PLAY WITH HAIR ON FIRE.
THEY GET PENETRATION.
A LOT OF WORK BEING PUT IN FOR DEFENSIVE LINE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF GUYS.
>> WE'LL STEP ASIDE WHILE THEY THINK THINGS OVER.
>>> 38-10 MILL CREEK.
GET YOU READY FOR THE POSTGAME SHOW AFTER ZEROS ON THE CLOCK.
MORE FINALS TRICKLING IN.
COUNTING A WIN TONIGHT WITH THE DEFENDING CHAMP.
THEY KNOCKED OFF GETTING READY FOR THE 33-13.
REGION PLAY PREPARES.
PEACH COUNTY AND THAT RIVALRY GAME, 35-13.
NEWTON SHUTTING OUT IN THE THIRD.
25-0.
FINAL SCORE AT DUBLIN.
>> NEWTON IS A VERY GOOD TEAM.
THEY'LL BE A FACTOR IN THIS REGION ALONG WITH MILL CREEK.
THROW AND COMPLETE TO JASON HARRIS AND NOW IT'S FOURTH DOWN.
>> ONCE AGAIN, ONLY A FULL MAN RUSH.
A LOT OF PRESSURE IN THE FACE OF STOVER.
NOT ABLE TO STEP INTO THAT PASS WITH JAYDEN HARRIS AND THIS MILL CREEK DEFENSE IS GETTING EACH AND EVERY PLAY MORE AND MORE AGGRESSIVE.
>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY KIND OF A GUT CHECK TIME.
NOT GOING TO WIN THIS GAME AND TALKING TO THE TEAM ON THE SIDELINE DURING THE TIME-OUT.
HE SAID IT WAS FUN.
KIND OF A CHECK FOR THEM.
AND WOOD ON THE RETURN BUT NOW GOT THE REGION COMING UP.
NORTH FORSYTH KNOCKED OVER FIRST.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE GAMES.
YOU COME IN TO WATCH THE FILM ON MONDAY.
>> THE RETURN TEAMS.
10 YARD PENALTY.
WITH THE FOUL.
FIRST DOWN.
>> COACHES HAVE SLICED TOGETHER THE LAST QUARTER OF PLAY.
AND WANTS YOU TO SEE, THIS IS WHERE YOU LEFT OFF FROM THE LAST WEEK.
THIS IS THE MENTALITY THAT WE HAVE TO OVERCOME.
THERE IS LOSING BECAUSE OF THE OPPONENT THAT'S BATING YOU AND THEN LOSING BECAUSE OF LACK OF EFFORT.
PLAYING EFFORT ON OFFENSE.
>> JOE ROBINSON ON THE RUN RIGHT THERE.
AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT, YOU PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR A LONG TIME.
15 YEARS IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AFTER A STELLAR CAREER.
YOU HEAR COACHES TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT OF TIME BUT IT'S TRUTH.
HOW DO YOU PLAY WHEN YOU'RE FACED WITH ADVERSITY.
THEIR ADVERSITY CAME WHEN THE FIELD GOAL GOT BLOCKED AND RETURNED 85 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
WELL, THEY'VE BEEN OUTSCORED 21-3.
>> THEY'VE LOST COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITY AND THEY'RE PLAYING WITH NO EFFORT.
YOU DON'T SEE ANYONE JUMPING OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
WANT TO GET OUT AND AS YOU ALLUDED TO, EARLY ON IN HIGH SCHOOL, DIDN'T WIN A LOT OF GAMES FOR MYSELF AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS GOING TO HELP ME DOWN THE ROAD.
OF LEARNING HOW TO PLAY REGARDLESS.
YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY ALL OUT REGARDLESS OF THE SCOREBOARD AND YOU SEE WEST FORSYTH IN THE LAST NINE.
>> YOU'RE NOT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND WIN.
COACHES LOOK FOR EFFORT.
SECOND QUARTER WHEN YOU WERE STILL IN THE GAME.
A GREAT LEARNING LESSON FOR THE TEAM.
AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING.
SHORT END OF THIS ONE TONIGHT.
STEP OUT OF BOUNDS WITH THE 33 YARD LINE.
THAT SAID, YOU LOOK AT MILL CREEK AND HOW DID THEY FACE ADVERSITY?
AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF.
THEY DOMINATED THE GAME IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, WITH A DIFFERENT INTENSITY AND MENTALITY.
>> HOW THEY STARTED THE SECOND HALF.
THE SECOND HALF, THEY PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE.
PHYSICALLY AND CONFIDENCE-WISE ON WEST FORSYTH.
>> ULRICH PUNT.
TAKEN AT THE 26 YARD LINE.
>> THE TOUCHDOWNS BUT I SAID, YOU COULD SEE HOW THEY'RE PLAYING AT THIS COACHING STAFF FEELS LIKE, HEY, WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOME GROOVE.
THIS IS HOW WE END THIS GAME.
THIS COULD BE THAT SNOWBALL WITH A GAME OR TWO IN A ROW BASED ON ONE PLAY.
YOU SAW THE COACH AT HALFTIME.
WE CAME BACK OUT.
THAT'S ONE PLAY WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT MENTALITY.
>> GETS OUT OF THERE QUICKLY AND INCOMPLETE.
THE 2-2 LOSS HERE TONIGHT AND REGION BUT ALSO RIVALS.
ALL COUNTY SCHOOLS.
FORSYTH CENTRAL.
DENMARK.
OUTSIDE OF GAINESVILLE, THAT'S THE ONLY TEAM THAT'S NOT IN YOUR COUNTY AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG GAME ON OCTOBER 22nd.
>> I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
EVERYTHING WE WANT IS STILL AHEAD OF US.
WE'VE GOT TO PICK IT UP AND START PLAYING A LITTLE BETTER HERE.
>> INCOMPLETE.
TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO VAN HORN RIGHT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE ROBBED IT OR THE DEFENDER GOT HIS HAND IN THERE.
EITHER WAY, IT'S INCOMPLETE.
THIRD DOWN.
>> THE BALL BY KEEGAN STOVER AND I'VE SEEN HIM KIND OF LEAN TO THE RIGHT.
NOT SURE IF IT'S HIS RIBS OR ARM IS BOTHERING BUT LOOKS REAL UNCOMFORTABLE HERE.
THESE LAST COUPLE OF THROWS.
>> TAKEN SOME SHOTS HERE IN THE SECOND HALF.
>>A FLAG OUT.
>> 15 YARD PENALTY.
DOWN THE FIELD.
THREW THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS.
VERY FORTUNATE TO GET THAT CALL.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE PASS INTERFERENCE WITH THE QUARTERBACK THAT PUSHED OUT OF BOUNDS.
STOVER JUST DOESN'T LOOK VERY COMFORTABLE THROWING THE BALL.
WE'VE SEEN HIM THROW MUCH BETTER EARLIER IN THIS GAME.
>> GOT BLOWN UP RIGHT AWAY READ NICELY BY THE MILL CREEK DEFENSE.
ZACH JOLLY WHO HAD THE BIG FIELD GOAL TOUCHDOWN IN THE FIRST HALF.
MAKING THE TACKLE RIGHT THERE.
>> FLYING AROUND ON THIS TONIGHT.
MITCHELL AND GLEN.
A TOP RATED DEFENSE AND YOU CAN SEE WHY MAKE SURE HE DIDN'T CATCH IT.
>> FIND DELPH IN THE PLAY WITH THE BIG CATCH.
THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON.
JUST FAVORING THAT ON.
>> TAKING SOME SHOTS OVER THE LEFT ARM, DOESN'T IT?
>> WE HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH FROM HIM SINCE THAT POINT IN THE GAME.
>> TOUCHDOWN DRIVE.
FOURTH DOWN AND 5 HERE.
17 CARRIES.
THEY WENT FOR 267 AND SIX SCORES LAST WEEK AGAINST WALDEN.
MILL CREEK HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF TAKING THAT PART OF THE OFFENSIVE WAY.
>> THE PASS SO STEWART DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK SO HARD TO GET THAT CORRAL.
UNDERSTANDING THIS DEFENSE PLAYS HARD AND GET UP QUICKLY.
>> THREE CATCHES.
55 YARDS FOR RYDER STEWART TONIGHT.
>> 2 OR 5.
ONE OR THE OTHER.
>> MIGHT HAVE BEEN FIVE.
>> CAN'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT THIS MILL CREEK SECONDARY.
>> STOVER.
BEING DRAGGED DOWN, TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO VAN HORN.
SECOND WEEK IN A ROW THOUGH.
>> NUMBER 95 NICK.
>> SAW HIM EARLIER WITH THE PENETRATION.
GOING TO TAKE A SACK AND THAT IS RIGHT THERE, MENTIONED HIS NAME.
NUMBER 88.
NICK MAXEY COMING OFF WITH THE QUARTERBACK SACK.
>> I THINK THE BIG KEY IS THEY ARE SO DEEP ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE.
THEY CAN DO WHAT A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS CAN'T DO.
THE IDEA OF ROTATING DEFENSIVE LINE AND KEEPING THEM FRESH.
VERY MUCH A COLLEGE AND NFL KIND OF THING BUT NOT A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOLS CAN NECESSARILY DO THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE BODIES TO DO IT AND YOU SEE IT HERE IN THE SECOND HALF.
THEY'VE GOT FRESH GUYS ROTATING IN AGAINST AN OFFENSIVE LINE THAT'S BEEN PLAYING EVERY SNAP.
>> BODIES AND TRUST.
FROM THE HEAD COACH THAT WHOEVER I PUT IN WILL BE IMPACTFUL AND COMFORTABLE GOING WITH THE TWO OR THREE NAMES.
YOU CAN SEE WHY NO MATTER WHO HE PUTS IN THE GAME.
ALL OUT EFFORT.
>> YEP.
>> SHORT GAME FOR STREKO RIGHT THERE.
HAWKS WILL BE 4-0.
GRAYSON NEXT WEEK AND THE REGENTS SCHEDULE AFTER THAT.
LOOKING A WHOLE LOT MORE LIKE THE TEAM THEY WERE IN 2019 WHEN THEY WENT 10-0 AND GOT TO THE STATE QUARTERFINALS THAN THE TEAM THAT WAS 5-6 LAST YEAR.
>> RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ON SCHEDULE TO MEET THEIR MARK SO FAR.
40 POINTS ON OFFENSE.
10 POINTS ON DEFENSE.
NOT A MATH TEACHER BUT THAT'S A WINNING FORMULA NO MATTER WHERE YOU ADD THAT UP.
>> FOLLOWING THE 32 LINE PUNT.
VAN HORN.
>> CIGNA IS A PROUD PARTNER OF FOOTBALL FRIDAY.
WELL BEING, PEACE OF MIND OF THOSE WE SERVE.
LEARN MORE AT CIGNA.COM/TAKE CONTROL TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT YOUR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING.
>>> 38-10.
NUMBER FOUR, MILL CREEK.
WEST FORSYTH.
LOOK AT THE PLAY OF THE GAME PRESENTED BY BESTIES.
SHARE WITH YOUR BESTIE FINAL MINUTE OF THE FIRST HALF.
THE BLOCK BY WIMBY.
SECOND BLOCK FIELD GOAL OF THE NIGHT.
SCOOPED UP BY ZACH.
JOLLY.
AND HE TOOK IT BACK 85 YARDS.
THE SCORE SO THAT DEFINITELY CHANGED THE GAME.
>> TOOK ALL THE MOMENTUM FROM WEST FORSYTH.
GAVE IT TO MILL CREEK AND THEY HAVEN'T LOOKED BACK SINCE.
BIG IN THE SECOND HALF.
OFFENSIVELY AND WHAT GAME THEY PUT TOGETHER AS WE EXPECTED.
>> BESTIE PLAYER OF THE GAME.
SINCE THAT PLAY INCLUDING THAT SCORE RIGHT THERE.
THEY HAVE OUTSCORED WEST FORSYTH.
OUTSCORED 21-3 IN THE TRY TO FINISH THIS OFF FROM THE GROUND AND GET OUT OF HERE.
HEAD BACK.
>> THEY'LL HAVE A NICE TEXT CHAIN.
BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER HERE AT MILL CREEK.
STARTED THE PROGRAM AND THEN STEPPED ASIDE TO BECOME THE A.D. AND WENT BACK UP TO COACHING AT ALBERT COUNTY.
COME FROM THE COACH TEAM TREE.
ON THAT TEXT CHAIN, THEY GOT TOMMY JONES, HEAD COACH.
ANDY DIRE.
THE ARCHER COACH.
ALL OF THESE GUYS CONNECTED.
BASICALLY, THEIR ENTIRE LIVES GOING BACK TO THEIR PLAYING DAYS BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL OR COACH AND THEN ASSISTANT COACHES AND THEN AS HEAD COACHES.
>> DEFENSE.
5 YARD PENALTY.
THE RESULT IN THE FIRST DOWN.
>> ON THE TEXT CHAIN, I WONDER WHO WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE JOKESTER.
HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S THAT GUY.
>> THEY ALL GOT A SENSE OF HUMOR, BUT YEAH.
>> HE'S CONTINUED THE POSITION.
OFFENSIVE LINE.
MILL CREEK HAS FOREVER BEEN KNOWN AS ONE OF THE STATE'S TOP PRODUCERS OF OFFENSIVE LINE MEN.
THEY'VE GOT A GOOD ONE THIS YEAR TOO.
MAYBE NOT QUITE AS BIG.
THEY'RE BIG BUT BIG UP THERE BEFORE.
GOOD SIZES IN THE 280 PLUS RANGE.
>> HIGH GPA.
WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR GPA?
>> 3.75.
BACK WHEN IT WAS HARD TO GET GRADES BACK IN THOSE DAYS.
IT WAS HARD.
>> THEY DIDN'T JUST GIVE YOU A'S BACK THEN.
BUT GARCIA, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GARCIA, THE CENTER.
NUMBER 68.
HE'S GOT A 3.9 GPA AND PLAYED IN THE BAND JUST LIKE MY MAN RIGHT HERE.
WAYNE GANDY.
YOU PLAYED IN THE BAND, DIDN'T YOU?
>> I DID.
THAT HOT CORDUROY.
YOU KNOW, POLYESTER.
IT WAS SO THICK.
AND AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE, I STARTED ON THE BIGGEST DRUM THEY HAD BECAUSE I WAS -- >> THE BIGGEST GUY.
>> THE BIGGEST GUY.
BUT IT WAS FUN TIMES BEING IN THE BAND.
>> JUST LIKE ALFONSO GARCIA RIGHT THERE.
GOT THE MOHAWK WORKING.
YOU NEVER DID A MOHAWK, DID YOU?
>> I'VE BEEN WITH THE SAME HAIRCUT SINCE 1984.
IT WORKS FOR ME.
>> FINAL SECONDS ROLLING DOWN HERE.
MILL CREEK.
ANOTHER WIN.
4-0 IN THE SEASON.
IMPRESSIVE WIN.
I MEAN, THE TEAMS THEY HAVE BEATEN ALONG THE WAY.
AND WEST FORSYTH, TO THAT ILLUSTRIOUS LIST.
THEY'VE ALL BEEN GOOD ONES.
AND WEST FORSYTH BECOMES ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR VICTIMS.
38-10 HAWKS.
CONVINCING WINNERS, PULLING AWAY WITH A BIG SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY THAT WE JUST SHOWED YOU A FEW MOMENTS AGO AND THEN A DOMINATING SECOND HALF WHERE THEY JUST SIMPLY SHUT DOWN THIS WOLVERINES OFFENSE.
WOLVERINES OFFENSE THAT WAS AVERAGING 40 POINTS PER GAME THEMSELVES.
SCORED 51 LAST WEEK.
AND MILL CREEK TOOK CARE OF THEM TONIGHT.
STICK AROUND.
WE'VE GOT PLENTY MORE TO COME FOR YOU.
DON'T CHANGE THAT CHANNEL.
WE'VE GOT THE POSTGAME SHOW COMING UP.
JOHN NELSON IS GOING TO TALK TO HEAD COACH JOSH LOVELADY IN A MOMENT AND WE WILL AWARD OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.
BIG TIME INTERVIEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE COMING UP IN OUR POSTGAME SHOW.
YOU'LL WANT TO STICK AROUND AND ENJOY THAT.
BUT WAYNE, MILL CREEK, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
>> ON DEFENSE LIVING UP TO WHAT THEY'RE KNOWN FOR THIS YEAR.
FLYING AROUND MAN TO MAN IN THE SECONDARY AND A LOT OF EFFORT AND GREAT TACKLING.
ANDERSON AND JOLLY AND THOSE GUYS.
IT'S JUST THE PRESSURE.
JOSH INSIDE WITH MITCHELL AND THEN THE SECONDARY OF HENDERSON AND WILLIAMS TAYLOR STANDING UP TO THE CALLS, REALLY SHOWING AND LEADING THE WAY FROM THE SECONDARY POSITION AND THEN OFFENSIVELY, THAT SECOND HALF GETTING DOWN INTO SOME OF THE ACTION.
>> YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE AS WE GET LATER IN THE SEASON AND IT'S NOT QUITE AS HOT AND THEY CAN USE KALEB DOWNS ON OFFENSE EVEN MORE.
I CAN SEE HIM IN THE PLAYOFFS PRETTY MUCH PLAYING EVERY SNAP ALMOST THE ENTIRE GAME.
>> JOURNEY, THE RUNNING BACK.
HE SHOWS YOU A LOT OF SLASHING ABILITY LITTLE MORE SPEED THAN I WAS EXPECTING, BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE AND HIS OFFENSIVE LINE JUST CONTINUING TO GET BETTER.
>> SO MILL CREEK NOW, 4-0.
WEST FORSYTH WITH SOME SOUL SEARCHING TO DO NOW AFTER A BIG WIN LAST WEEK AT WALTON.
A BIG LOSS AT HOME HERE TONIGHT AND THEY'RE 2-2 AS THEY GET READY FOR REGION PLAY, BUT KNOWING DAVE, HE'LL HAVE IT READY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
BACK IN SHAPE AND READY TO GO WHEN THE GAMES REALLY START COUNTING TOWARDS THE PLAYOFFS.
MILL CREEK'S GOT ONE MORE NON-REGION GAME TO GO AND THAT'S GRAYSON NEXT WEEK.
NELLY STANDING BY WITH HEAD COACH JOSH LOVELADY.
>> OUR GEORGIA COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.
CALEB DOWN.
THE CHARLES WOODSON AWARD BEING ALL AROUND THE FIELD.
THERE WAS A TURNING POINT WITH THE BLACK FIELD GOAL, LATE SECOND QUARTER AND YOU GUYS PUT THE PEDAL DOWN FROM THERE.
WHAT WAS THE THIRD QUARTER LIKE FROM THE LOCKER ROOM?
>> KEEP UP ON THE NECK.
TRYING HARD AS WE CAN TO MAKE THEM AS POSSIBLE AND AS A TEAM, CAME OUT AND COMPETED.
THAT'S ALL I CAN ASK FOR.
>> SO YOU LOOK AT THIS NON-REGION SCHEDULE.
YOU GUYS HAVE MOTORED THROUGH IT PRETTY WELL BUT IT WAS TOUGH SLEDDING ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
WHAT WERE THE HANDFUL OF GAMES TONIGHT FOR MILL CREEK LIKE?
>> EVERYTHING WAS HARD FOUGHT.
HARD PRACTICE TO GET WHERE WE ARE AT NOW AND WE FOUND OUR IDENTITY.
>> WHAT'S YOUR IDENTITY?
ARE YOU HELPING OUT TOO?
WHAT'S YOUR IDENTITY?
>> I DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HELP MY TEAM WIN.
ANYTHING POSSIBLE I CAN DO TO HELP.
>> THE GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSIONER PLAYER OF THE GAME.
THE NATURAL.
CONGRATULATIONS.
SO ENJOY YOUR NIGHT AND LET'S CATCH UP WITH YOU SOON WITH THE MILL CREEK.
TIME TO TAG OUT.
TAKE YOUR HELMET AND HAVE FUN.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> GOOD LOOKING GUY.
>> NON-REGION SCHEDULE.
VERY, VERY TOUGH.
YOU'VE DONE THAT ON PURPOSE AND WHEN YOU AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER THIS WEEK, YOU LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR TEAM EACH AND EVERY TIME.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOUR TEAM THAT WAS DIFFERENT TONIGHT?
>> YOU NEVER KNOW UNTIL YOU LOOK AT THE FILM ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAD, MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, WHATEVER IT IS.
OR JUST QUALITY OPPONENT.
THEY JUST PLAY WELL.
BOTH BARRELS AND WHAT I WAS PROUD OF RIGHT NOW, WE RESPONDED.
CAME OUT THERE, CHALLENGED OUR KIDS TO SAY COME OUT IN THIRD QUARTER.
GOOD DEFENSE AND CONTROL US, CONTROL OUR CONTROLLABLES AND THEY DID.
I'M PROUD OF HOW WE SAT THERE AND CAME OUT WHENEVER THE MOMENTUM SWINGING AND GOT IT DONE.
>> I KNOW WE WERE ALL FOCUSED ON DOWNS WE DEALT COMING INTO THE GAME AND MADE SURE HE WAS PINNED DOWN.
A GREAT JOB OF PINNING DOWN ALL OF THE OFFENSIVE FIRE POWER THEY HAD.
THE DEFENSE ONCE AGAIN STOPPED FOR YOU.
>> AND WE TALK ABOUT OUR FOUR PRINCIPLES.
NUMBER ONE THING IS PLAYING GREAT DEFENSE.
WHAT'S TOUGH, THEY'LL BE DOING THIS A LONG TIME.
MAKING A GREAT RUN.
SO BALANCED, SO MANY WEAPONS.
VERY GOOD TEAM BUT OUR GUYS WERE FLYING AROUND HAVING FUN.
>> COACH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WIN.
CALEB, THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.
I KNOW IT'S A LONG RIDE HOME.
ENJOY.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
>> THAT IS THE STORY HERE.
MILL CREEK DOMINANT IN THE THIRD QUARTER WINS IT 38-10.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
THEY OUTSCORED WEST FORSYTH THE REST OF THE WAY.
28-3 TO TURN THIS CLOSE GAME INTO A ROUTE.
SO MILL CREEK HAWKS NOW 4-0 ON THE SEASON WITH AN IMPRESSIVE VICTORY HERE TONIGHT.
NOW FOR MY ENTIRE TEAM, WAYNE GANDY, JOHN NELSON, HANNAH GOODEN.
OUR SPECTACULAR GPB ARMY.
I'M MATT STEWART.
SO LONG FOR NOW.
STICK AROUND.
THE POSTGAME SHOW IS COMING UP NEXT.
MILL CREEK, A BIG 38-10 WIN OVER WEST FORSYTH.
>>> WELCOME TO THE POSTGAME SHOW.
I'M HERE IN THE SPORTS STUDIO IN ATLANTA.
WE JUST WRAPPED UP OUR GAME OF THE WEEK WEST FORSYTH VERSUS MILL CREEK WHERE THE HAWKS WON 38-10 TO GO 4-0 ON THE SEASON.
WOLVERINES FALL TO 2-2.
ON THIS SHOW, WE ARE GOING TO CHECK IN WITH JOHN TO RECAP THE GAME AND LOTS OF SCORES AND CHECK IN ALL AROUND THE STATE WITH COACHES AND MEDIA MEMBERS LIVE BUT FIRST, WE WANT TO GET TO OUR TOP SCORES ON THE GEORGIA'S SCOREBOARD.
EMC'S SO MUCH MORE ELECTRICITY.
AT THE STADIUM, DEFEATED 24-14 TO GO 4-0 ON THE YEAR.
GEORGIA BEAT IRWIN TO WIN THE 2021 EDITION OF THE CORN BREAD BOWL.
16-14 WAS THE FINAL.
A GAME THAT IS STILL GOING ON.
A SOUTHERN BATTLE.
UP OVER BAINBRIDGE.
35-15 WAITING ON THE FINAL SCORE IN THAT ONE.
THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN 5A GOES 4-0 WITH THE 49-9 WIN OVER HOUSE AND COUNTY PROVING WHY THEY ARE THE NUMBER ONE TEAM THERE.
AND CAME BACK TO BE A CLOSE ONE.
24-22.
WORKING OUR WAY DOWN THE CLASSES.
FITZGERALD DEFEATED 29-13.
PIERCE COUNTY DEFEATED CLINCH COUNTY.
33-13.
THOMPSON STADIUM.
SANDY CREEK BEST 44-14 AND THEN OCONEE COUNTY BEAT THOMASVILLE 20-6 AND ONE MORE STILL GOING ON.
UP OVER PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.
10-7 WAITING ON THE FINAL SCORE.
WHEELER, MY ALMA MATER.
IF THAT SCORE IS WRONG, TWEET ME AND WE WILL GET THAT ONE CORRECT.
WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IN WITH JOHN NELSON COVERING THE GAME.
WHAT SCORES DO YOU HAVE?
>> ALREADY A BIG WINNER OVER THE LEE COUNTY THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA PODCAST AND THEY KNOW THEY'VE ANTICIPATED.
64-14.
28-13.
WINNER OVER CAMPBELL BY THE SCORE OF 41-21.
BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT AND NORTH AND BROOKLYN KEEPING AN EYE ON SOUTH.
THEY'RE COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
KEEP AN EYE ON THEM AS WELL.
THE WIN TONIGHT.
32-10.
AND CAMDEN COUNTY AGAINST OAKLEY OUT OF FLORIDA.
CAMDEN COUNTY IN CONTROL AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR NON-REGION SCHEDULE BECAUSE REMEMBER, REGION 17 A IS ONE OF THE SPRINTS TO GET READY FOR.
INTERESTING ALSO A WINNER OVER THOMASVILLE IN WATKINSVILLE BY THE SCORE OF 20-6.
TWO COACHES THAT WILL CHALLENGE EACH OTHER ANYTIME, ANYPLACE.
THOMASVILLE READY TO TAKE ON ANYBODY ANYWHERE.
>> TOUGH NON-REGION SCHEDULE.
>> THE COACH IS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
THE MIRROR MOST OF THE TIME.
>> DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU.
RECAP OUR GAME OF THE WEEK.
A GAME OUT OF FLORIDA.
THE FINAL SCORE WAS 7-0 TO GO 3-1 ON THE YEAR.
WE WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH FANS TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
>> WHO MADE THE SCHEDULE?
HOW DO YOU GET TO PLAY THESE HARD GAMES?
AND JUST A GREAT FOOTBALL GAME.
AN OLD FASHIONED HARD KNOCKING DEFENSIVE BATTLE FOOTBALL GAME.
>> GET GOING IN THAT?
49 YARDS PASSING.
IT'S JUST A REALLY QUIET NIGHT FOR THE OFFENSE.
>> WHAT WAS THE IDEA BEHIND SCHEDULING SUCH A TOUGH OPPONENT OUT OF FLORIDA?
>> WELL, ALWAYS SCHEDULES.
EARLIER.
ALWAYS A TOUGH SCHEDULE AND JUST TRY TO GET READY TO PLAY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.
COACH ATHLETES SAID AFTER THE GAME, HE THINKS THEIR GUYS, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG GUYS CAN LEARN FROM THIS AND TAKE IT FORWARD AND BE READY WHEN THE REGION PLAY STARTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STANDING BY.
GREAT TO HEAR BUFORD SCHEDULE.
COMING UP NEXT, WE'LL SEE IF THEY CAN BOUNCE BACK.
CHECK BACK IN WITH JOHN.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE BUFORD GAME?
>> WE WERE DISCUSSING A LOT ABOUT NON-REGION SCHEDULES AND I THINK WHEN YOU'RE DISCUSSING BUFORD SPECIFICALLY, IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE TEAMS THAT FOLKS ARE NOT REALLY ALL THAT JACKED UP AND THEY'RE INTERESTED ABOUT PLAYING BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THE END RESULT MAY BE.
YOU WANT TO STAY HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE.
HAVING TO SCHEDULE OUT OF STATE.
LASTLY, IT WAS MYERS PARK OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
IN 3A IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND SO IT'S REALLY TOUGH FOR COACH AND BUFORD TO SCHEDULE IN STATE BECAUSE OF WHAT THE END RESULT IS AND SO WHAT YOU ARE HAVING TO DO NOW IF YOU'RE A BUFORD OR LEE COUNTY, IF YOU'RE HAVING TO SCHEDULE OUT OF STATE TO FILL IN A GRID AND IT GETS VERY TOUGH AND SOMETIMES, A MATCH-UP LIKE YOU DID TONIGHT WHERE IT'S JUST VERY TOUGH DEFENSE BUT GUARANTEE YOU THIS WITH COACH ALLEN BUFORD, THEY'LL TAKE THIS FILM AND REMIND THE BUFORD PLAYERS THAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH TO GET TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR, BUT YOU HAVE TO PLAY BETTER THAN WHAT YOU DID TONIGHT.
A LOT OF LESSONS THAT WILL BE LEARNED FROM THE TAPE TONIGHT FROM BUFORD AND DONHAN.
>> MAYBE NOBODY WANTS THE PLAY THE CHANCE.
TOO GOOD.
FIRST COACH ON THE LINE.
HEAD COACH JUSTIN ROGERS.
THEY JUST DEFEATED HERITAGE 55-0 TO GO 4-1 ON THE YEAR.
COACH ROVRGE ROGERS, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR GAME.
HUGE WIN.
>> LIKE WE SAY, WE'VE HAD A TOUGH LITTLE STRETCH GOING IN.
THE ENERGY COMING DOWN.
SOME SPECIAL TEAMS AND THEN BLOCKING FOUR KICKS.
AND PUT US IN SHORT FIELD IN THE ENTIRE NIGHT.
CAPITALIZE ON THEIR MISTAKES EARLY AND GET OUT AND GET A BIG WIN AND PLAY A LOT OF KIDS WHICH IS IMPORTANT AS WE'RE DEVELOPING DEPTH.
>> YOU HAVE A REALLY YOUNG TEAM.
A LOT OF SOPHOMORES.
WHAT DID YOU SEE OUT OF THEM?
>> THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST PROUD OF THEIR GROWTH.
YOU CAN REALLY SEE, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE CITY WATCHING THESE YOUNG MEN GROW UP AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO GET BETTER WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT.
ALWAYS AND DOING WHAT'S ASKED OF THEM.
>> UP NEXT.
NORTH SIDE WARNER ROBBINS AT HOME.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE COACHES THAT SCHEDULES TOUGH.
WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THAT ONE?
>> ANOTHER TRADITION RICH PROGRAM.
THEY EXPECT TO WIN.
>> ON DEFENSE TO POSSESS THE BALL.
>> WAITING AROUND COACH ROGERS.
APPRECIATE IT.
TWO HOME GAMES LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE.
LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH JOHN.
JOHN, THOUGHTS ON THE COUNTY GAME.
>> WHAT COACH WAS DISCUSSING, A VERY YOUNG LEARNING SIDE WIN 43-7.
SEEN THE GOOD AND THE BAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND YOU'RE LEARNING FROM THAT BIG LOSS IN CITY AND YOU APPLIED IT TONIGHT TO THE GAME AGAINST RICHMOND HILL.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY RESPOND AGAINST THE COUNTY BUT WE TALK ABOUT NORTH SIDE, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WILL PLAY ANYBODY IN THIS NON-REGION SCHEDULE THEY'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
JUSTIN ROGERS.
WE'VE SEEN HIS VERY, VERY STOUT NON-REGION SCHEDULE FOR A VERY YOUNG TEAM THAT YOU HOPE, BY THE TIME YOU GET PAST THE NORTH SIDE GAME AND GET INTO REGION PLAY, THAT YOU'LL BE READY FOR THAT VERY TOUGH REGION AND SO ONCE AGAIN, IT'S COOL FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE GETTING TO SEE ALL OF THESE NON-REGION MATCH-UPS AND JUST THE VARIETY THAT YOU'RE GETTING.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S GOT TO BE ONE OF THOSE HEAD SCRATCHERS AND REALLY, ONE THAT DRIVES YOU CRAZY.
TALKING TO JUSTIN ROGERS, ONE OF THE REASONS HIS HAIR HAS GROWN GRAY AS IT HAS THE LAST FEW YEARS.
>> BETTER WATCH OUT.
>> THEY ARE THERE.
>> THANKS, JOHN.
STICK AROUND, THE NEXT COACH IS ON THE LINE.
GREGORY JUST DEFEATED IN THE NON-REGION GAME.
HEY, COACH GREGORY.
TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR GAME.
>> JUST WENT OUT THERE AND GET A LOT OF KIDS IN THE GAME.
GOT A CHANCE TO PLAY A LOT OF SENIORS IN THE SECOND HALF THAT AREN'T STARTERS AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IN THE GAME THAT WAS CITY.
>> WHAT'S THE ATMOSPHERE BEEN LIKE AND HOW WAS THE ATMOSPHERE OF THIS PARTICULAR GAME?
>> THAT WAS OUR FIRST GAME.
OF COURSE, ON THE ROAD.
TO BE BACK HOME AWESOME FOR THE KIDS AND COMMUNITY AND NICE BEING HOME TONIGHT.
>> BACK AT HOME LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE.
WE HAVE MORE COACHES, MORE MEDIA MEMBERS WAITING ON THE LINE.
THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA POSTGAME SHOW.
IT'S ALL RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO FOOTBALL FRIDAY.
OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
I'M COMING THE YOU LIVE FROM THE SPORTS STUDIOS IN ATLANTA.
OUR GAME OF THE WEEK WAS WEST FORSYTH VERSUS CREEK.
HAWKS WON 38-10.
IT WAS A NIGHT OF SPECIAL TEAMS AND I WANT TO BRING IN JOHN NELSON BACK TO RECAP THE GAME.
TWO BLOCKED FIELD GOALS AND SOME DEFENSIVE BATTLES.
MILL CREEK KIND OF OPENED THINGS WIDE UP IN THE SECOND HALF.
TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW.
>> WELL, YOU GO INTO THE SECOND QUARTER AND YOU'RE SEEING WEST FORSYTH DRIVING IN FOR GAME TIME.
IT DID IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE WITH A BLOCK COMING OFF CLEAN.
YOU GET THE BLOCK AND END UP WITH A SCOOP AND SCORE GOING FROM THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN TO THE LEFT.
KEEP THE PEDAL ON.
MILL CREEK, ONE HANDED GRAB WHICH WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE DAYS SO WHEN YOU GET A 21-3 ADVANTAGE IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AND IT COMES AT YOU FROM OFFENSE, DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS.
ALL THREE PHASES WORKING TONIGHT FOR MILL CREEK.
THAT'S WHY LOOKED AT AS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE TEAMS ACROSS THE STATE REGARDLESS OF WHAT POLL YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
YOU GET TWO BLOCKS ON THE NIGHT AND ENDS UP WITH POINTS THE OTHER WAY AND OFFENSE IS WHY IT'S OFF THE BOARD.
BIG OFFENSIVE NUMBERS.
ON THE LINE, THEY JUST BEAT ON THE YEAR.
>> I THINK OUR GUYS PLAYED A HIGH LEVEL.
WE GOT OFF TO A SLUGGISH START.
THEY HUNKERED DOWN AND PLAYED WELL IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN OUT OF YOUR TEAM SO FAR THIS SEASON AND WHAT DID YOU LIKE TONIGHT?
>> YEAH, I THINK OUR TEAM IS REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB OF STAYING TOGETHER.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THEM A LOT ABOUT WHAT LEGACY YOU WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND AT OUR SCHOOL.
AND REALLY STAY CONSISTENT.
WE HAVE A TOP, REALLY GOOD MOMENT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF MOMENTS THAT MAY GO BAD.
WE TRY TO REALLY LEVEL THAT OFF AND REALLY PLAY ON A CONSISTENT LEVEL IF WE'RE GOING TO GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
>> YOUR NEXT GAME IS AGAINST CROSS TOWN RIVAL WALTON.
WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS IN THAT ONE?
>> YEAH.
COACH DOES A GREAT JOB.
I THINK WE PLAYED THREE GAMES IN A ROW.
OVERTIME.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT MATCH-UP.
I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE WELL COACHED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PHYSICAL.
THEY'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT PUTS YOU IN A LOT OF BAD SITUATIONS AND REALLY TEST YOU.
EVERY DIFFERENT ASPECT, SPECIAL TEAMS, OFFENSE, DEFENSE.
WORK CUT OUT FOR US.
WE'VE GOT TO STICK TO THE GAME PLAN.
A GOOD WEEK OF PRACTICE.
WE'LL SEE YOU ON FRIDAY HOW IT GOES.
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ONE.
COACH, ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR NIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH JOHN.
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE GAME AND I HEAR YOU HAVE FINAL SCORES TRICKLING IN?
>> WE'VE GOT FINALS TRICKLING IN.
SOME LATE FOURTH QUARTER ACTION.
AN EARLY TEST.
YOU CAUGHT UP WITH COACH PRUITT.
HE TOLD YOU WHAT THE EARLY LAY OF THE LAND WAS BUT PUT THE PEDAL DOWN THEMSELVES AND GOT SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM AND THE OPPONENTS.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING.
IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING MATCH-UP.
TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER GAMES ON THE BOARD.
WHAT WAS GOING ON AND KNOCKS OFF BROOKE WOOD.
FUMBLED INSIDE THEIR OWN WITH ABOUT FOUR MINUTES TO GO.
CONVERTED TO GET AN 8 POINT LEAD TO MAKE IT 38-33.
BROOKE WOOD SCORED TO MAKE IT 35-37.
GETS THE WIN, 35-33.
THEY GO TO 3-1 ON THE YEAR.
ALSO, KEEPING AN EYE ON SOUTH PALDING.
LEADING BIG EARLY AND NOW 34-32 AND LATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
AND IF YOU'RE A FAN OF PALDING, YOU'RE GETTING BIG WINS ON THE BOAR AND BIG STATEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE TONIGHT BY THE END OF THE NIGHT LEADING INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
OUR NEXT COACH ON THE LINE IS HEAD COACH BILL STEWART.
10-7.
HEY COACH.
THAT'S A CLOSE GAME.
TELL US ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.
>> EVERY TIME WE PLAYED THEM.
LAST YEA -- EVERY TIME WE PLAYED THEM, IT'S ALWAYS A VERY TOUGH GAME AND ALWAYS IS A DEFENSIVE OUT.
AND SO IT WAS ONE OF THOSE GAMES WHERE THE FOOTBALL GAME, GREAT COACHING STAFF AND IT WOULD BE A TOUGH GAME.
>> WHERE ARE YOU CALLING US IN FROM?
LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE WALKING AROUND THE FACILITIES.
>> YEAH, I'M ABOUT TO GET ON THE BUS.
I'M STILL AT ARCHER.
>> GOOD STUFF.
YOUR NEXT GAME IS AGAINST NORTH COBB.
3-2 ON THE SEASON NOW.
PREVIEW THAT GAME FOR US.
>> THEY'RE LOADED WITH TALENT.
AT OUR PLACE.
JUST THEM.
THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY A TOP TIER QUARTERBACK AND SOME WEAPONS.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE GROUP AND KNOW THEY'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO ANOTHER REAL TOUGH BATTLE AGAINST A TEAM THAT HAS A LOT OF TALENT.
>> WE'LL LET YOU GET ON THE BUS WITH YOUR TEAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING IN TO THE SHOW.
JOHN, WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE NORTH ARCHER GAME TONIGHT?
MAKING HIS WAY TO THE BUS AND LOSING SERVICE.
>> I LOVE THAT.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT.
ONCE AGAIN, THE INFORMATION COMING RIGHT OFF OF THE FIELD.
RIGHT ON TO THE BUS.
AND THESE MATCH-UPS WITH COACHES THAT KNOW EACH OTHER A GREAT DEAL.
THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF SECRETS.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET THESE GRINDERS OF THE GAMES INTO THE TEAMS AND SO, ONCE AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT DEFENSE AND WITH YOUNG TEAMS, DEFENSE PROBABLY COMES ALONG BEFORE YOUR OFFENSE DOES.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING BOTH OF THESE TEAMS WITH PLAYOFF RUNS BENEATH THEM BUT THE OFFENSE INTO REGION PLACE AND THEN THE PLAYOFF RUNS.
SO THIS WAS JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ABSOLUTE GRINDERS THAT IF YOU'RE A FAN OF PITCHING DUELS IN BASEBALL, THESE ARE THE KIND CAN YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.
BEFORE I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA, KEEPING AN EYE ON THE YELLOW JACKETS.
BLUE TIE AND JORDAN DOING WELL.
A BIG ONE 39-6 AND NORTH SIDE, TALKED ABOUT THEM KNOCKING OUT HILL 43-7.
OVER BAINBRIDGE.
BIG WINNER AND THEN FITZGERALD WITH A BIG NUMBER.
KNOCKING OFF ACADEMY BY THE SCORE OF 42-0 OUT OF REGION 15A TONIGHT.
THAT'S JUST ANOTHER SMALL SAMPLE OF ALL THE SCORES HERE IN NON-REGION PLAY FOR THE MOST PART THIS EVENING.
>> NO ONE THAT KEEPS UP WITH THESE SCORES MORE THAN YOU.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU HAVE THEM.
THE LATEST ONES ALL THE TIME.
>> IT'S SPEED DIAL.
SO LITERALLY, SPEED DIAL ENFORCES AND HOPING THOUGH.
IT'S HOPING THAT WHEN YOU'RE TYPING IN, YOUR FAT FINGERSER DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU AND SEND THE WRONG DIRECTION WHEN YOU TRY TO FIND SCORES.
LITERALLY, IT'S AN INTENSE PIECE OF CONCENTRATION.
IT COMES UP, WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
IT'S LIKE HOLDING A MIKE KRONE IN ONE HAND AND HOPING YOUR FINGER DOESN'T BETRAY YOU WITH THE OTHER.
>> TRINITY CHRISTIAN FANS, ON THE LINE.
THEY JUST BEAT LANDMARK CHRISTIAN, A NON-REGION BATTLE.
51-0.
THAT OFFENSE COACH, WHAT WAS CLICKING TONIGHT?
>> WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME, GUYS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
REAL PROUD OF OUR KIDS, BUT REALLY FOR ME, THE PLACE I START THOUGH IS OUR SPECIAL TEAMS.
WE PLAYED AND BLOCKED TWO PODS AND GO TO TURNOVER ON THE KICKOFF.
THAT SPURRED ON THE OFFENSE.
ALWAYS GOOD TO SCORE POINTS LIKE THAT, BUT REAL PROUD OF THOSE SPECIAL TEAMS BUT TO BE QUITE HONEST, WE HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN TONIGHT THAT REALLY OVERSHADOWED THE GAME FOR US.
I HAD A CALL JUST THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FROM A MOM WHO WANTED TO SET SOMETHING UP FOR HER BECAUSE OF A 24-YEAR-OLD SON.
DUSTIN PIERCE AND AS A YOUNG MAN AND POTENTIALLY IN THE MIND STAGE OF HIS LIFE AND REACHED OUT TO SAY, HEY, HE'S GOT A BUCKET LIST WITH TRINITY FOOTBALL.
HE WOULD LOVE TO COME AND SPIN THE GAME WITH YOU GUYS AND SO IT WAS SUCH A BLESSING FOR US TODAY.
IT WAS ALSO 51-0.
HOMECOMING.
BUT DUSTIN PIERCE COMPLETELY OVERSHADOWED IT.
A YOUNG MAN WITH HEALTH ISSUES HIS ENTIRE LIFE CAME AND WALKED WITH US.
HE WAS ONE OF OUR CAPTAINS TONIGHT AT THE COIN FLIP.
RAN THROUGH THE BANNER WITH IT.
STOOD RIGHT AT THE SIDELINE AND IT WAS A TREMENDOUS BLESSING FOR US A TO BE PART OF THAT.
WE HAVE A VERSE WE TALK AROUND HERE.
LORD, TEACH ME TO NUMBER MY DAYS TO HAVE A HEART OF WISDOM AND A YOUNG MAN WHO LITERALLY, HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED AND HE SPENT TIME WITH US TONIGHT.
IT WAS SUCH A BLESSING AND HONOR.
SO TO ME, HE WAS KIND OF THE STAR OF THE SHOW TONIGHT FOR US.
>> THAT GIVES ME CHILLS AND AS A FORMER S.E.C.
SIDELINE REPORTER, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THAT STORY.
I LOVE THAT.
YOU GUYS ARE SO GRACIOUS FOR MAKING HIM THE SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT.
ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
ANOTHER NON-REGION BATTLE.
YOU'RE 5-0.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE TO GO 6-0?
>> I'VE BEEN AT TRINITY NOW FOR FIVE YEARS AND ACTUALLY, THE THREE YEARS BEFORE THAT, I WAS THE ASSISTANT HEAD AT DC AND SO I MEAN, WE GOT, THERE'S A PREMIER PROGRAM.
EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T WIN IT, WE PLAYED FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP.
ELCA IS THE PREMIER SCHOOL.
WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE BETTER.
WE'RE GOING TO PLAY EACH OTHER NEXT WEEK.
I IMAGINE, WE'LL PROBABLY SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN IN THE PLAYOFFS.
THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE ONLY TIME WE'LL SEE EACH OTHER.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO PLAY GREAT TRINITY FOOTBALL NEXT WEEK.
WE'LL BE A BETTER FOOTBALL TEAM AFTER PLAYING THOSE GUYS IN TWO WEEKS AND TO MEET THEM, THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO JUST HAND YOU A GAME.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND WIN IT.
AND THAT WILL BE EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND SHARING THAT GREAT STORY WITH US TONIGHT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> JOHN, WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT COACH DALLAS HAD TO SAY AND THEIR GAME AND THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE HOMECOMING?
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.
AND THAT REALLY ISSONIICATIONS OF WHAT FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IS ALL ABOUT.
SHARE A BUCKET LIST WITH SOMEBODY AND BE PART OF WHAT THESE NIGHTS ARE.
AND WHEN YOU GET TO HEAR THESE KINDS OF STORIES, THEN WHAT THAT DOES IS YOU GET TO SHARE THAT STORY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS WATCHING US TONIGHT WHO WILL WATCH THIS LATER, WHO WILL WATCH THIS AFTER THE FACT GETS TO SHARE IN A PIECE OF THAT STORY AND WE ALL GET TO CARRY THAT KNOWLEDGE FORWARD.
AND I THINK THAT, TO ME, IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO THIS AND WHY IT MEANS SO MUCH WHEN IT COMES TO FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.
THAT WAS GREAT STUFF.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN.
THAT IS IT FOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SCORE KNOWLEDGE.
ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK TONIGHT AND BRINGING US ALL THOSE GOOD STORIES AS WELL.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
AND GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
>> SEE YOU.
GREAT TO BE BACK.
2:16 ON MONDAY FOR THE FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA PODCAST.
GREAT JOB EVERYBODY BACK THERE TONIGHT.
>> THANKS, JOHN.
SEE YOU THEN.
ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT ONE LAST PAGE OF SCORES TO SHARE WITH YOU AS WELL.
GEORGIA SCOREBOARD.
SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
THAT TOP ONE WE DO HAVE THE FINAL SCORE.
WASHINGTON COUNTY DEFEATED EVAN 43-26.
SOME FINALS AT THE BOTTOM.
DALTON 56-15 AND A PEACH COUNTY BEAT 35-13.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE FINAL SCORES ON THOSE OTHER ONES AS WELL.
SO WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED.
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND SOCIAL MEDIA AT GPB SPORTS.
FOR ALL OF THE LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES.
WE HAVE CONTENT COMING AT YOU FROM ALL ANGLES HERE AT GPB AND ONE THING JOHN AND I LIKE TO DO IS COUNT DOWN TO KICKOFF.
RECRUITING 2021.
IT IS OUR EMMY NOMINATED SHOW WITH MATT AND MYSELF, AIRS EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 AND THEN IT WILL REAIR RIGHT AFTER THIS ON GPB.ORG/SPORTS.
MY HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK, I GET TO INTERVIEW ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS OF THE STATE ON ZOOM.
YOU CAN WATCH THAT EACH WEEK.
WHAT I WAS SAYING BEFORE IS COUNTING DOWN TO KICKOFF.
EVERY THURSDAY AT NOON.
THIS IS LIVE ON FACEBOOK.
YOU GUYS, IT'S SUCH A FUN SHOW.
WE CHECK IN LIVE WITH THE FACEBOOK COMMENTS SECTION WITH OUR REGULARS AND EVERYBODY THAT WATCHES.
WE RECAP AND PREVIEW.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN.
IF JOHN SAYS THE WORD OF THE WEEK, HE USUALLY HAS TO DO PUSH-UPS.
JOIN US FOR COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF.
WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON OUR PLATFORMS.
GAME OF THE WEEK.
DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW US ON SPORTS ON ALL OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO SEE WHICH GAME WE WILL BE AT NEXT.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S THE SECOND SHOW.
THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA POSTGAME SHOW PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE NIGHT, THANKS FOR WATCHING, AND BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
>> SWEETHEART, DON'T FORGET TO WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT.
>> I GOT IT, MOM.
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