Football Fridays in Georgia
Westlake vs. Lovejoy
Season 2020 Episode 1007 | 2h 45m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Westlake vs. Lovejoy - Nov. 13, 2020
In an emotional game that honored the tragic loss of Westlake principal Jamar Robinson and his wife Ann, the Westlake Lions routed Lovejoy 51-0 to clinch the Region 4-6A title. The Westlake players voted to play the game in honor of Robinson and his wife. In the top highlight of the season, Corzavius Smart had a 64-yard TD run where he pulled back up his pants pulled down by a would-be tackler.
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Football Fridays in Georgia
Westlake vs. Lovejoy
Season 2020 Episode 1007 | 2h 45m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
In an emotional game that honored the tragic loss of Westlake principal Jamar Robinson and his wife Ann, the Westlake Lions routed Lovejoy 51-0 to clinch the Region 4-6A title. The Westlake players voted to play the game in honor of Robinson and his wife. In the top highlight of the season, Corzavius Smart had a 64-yard TD run where he pulled back up his pants pulled down by a would-be tackler.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
WELCOME TO WESTLAKE STADIUM IN COLLEGE PARK.
HUGE REGION FOUR, 6A SHOW DOWN, THE LOVEJOY WILDCATS TAKE ON THE WESTLAKE LIONS.
I'M MATT STEWART JOINED BY FORMER TIGERS ALL-AMERICAN, 15-YEAR PRO WAYNE GANDY.
ONCE IN A WHILE REAL WORLD INTERJECTS ITSELF INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WORLD, TRAGICALLY KILLED IN ACCIDENT VACATIONING IN PUERTO RICO.
WAYNE YOU WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF TRAGEDIES, ENDURED A LOT IN YOUR NFL CAREER.
YOU WERE MEMBER OF THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA HIT.
MUCH LIKE THE WESTLAKE PLAYERS, YOUR SAINTS TEAMMATES VOTED TO KEEP PLAYING.
>> SOMETHING THAT BRINGS A TEAM TOGETHER, ATHLETE, ESPECIALLY FOOTBALL PLAYER, TAUGHT TO DEAL WITH SUDDEN CHANGE.
THIS YOUNG MEN'S LIVES, THIS IS A BIG MOMENT.
DEALING WITH A LOT OF EMOTIONS.
SIMILAR TO NEW ORLEANS WHEN WE HAD TO MOVE QUICKLY OUT TO CALIFORNIA, BACK TO TEXAS.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND HOPE YOU CAN DEAL WITH THE EMOTION BUT HEART GOES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND HIGH SCHOOL.
>> NO DOUBT.
GOING TO BE EMOTIONAL NIGHT.
ALREADY HAS BEEN, SOMBER MOOD AT WESTLAKE STADIUM WHERE JON NELSON IS STANDING BY.
>> BEFORE THE GAME, MATT, THERE WAS A BIT OF A PREGAME CEREMONY, BOTH TEAMS TOOK A KNEE.
BAND FOR WESTLAKE HAD A BIT OF A TRIBUTE AND TRIBUTE OVER THE P.A.
SYSTEM.
TALKING ABOUT JAMAR ROBINSON, VIEWED HIMSELF AS LEAD LEARNER AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
DRESSED TO THE NINE.
DRESSING DOWN EVERY SINGLE EVENT HE WOULD, FOR HIM THAT'S HIGH TOPS AS OPPOSED TO DRESS SHOES.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR GREEN, OVERCOME, A.D.
FOR FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS WAS HERE, PART OF THIS AS WELL, SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THE WESTLAKE COMMUNITY.
WHEN YOU TALK TO A.D.
KRAFT AND GREEN AND FIND OUT ABOUT JAMAR ROBINSON, LEADER, STAR, ONE OF A KIND INDIVIDUAL AND CHAMPION, AND HE ALWAYS WANTED HIS STUDENTS TO DARE GREATLY AND THEY WILL DO THAT.
EVERYBODY IS ROBINSON STRONG.
HANNAH?
>> THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WITH THE ROBINSON FAMILY AND WESTLAKE COMMUNITY.
GAME MUST GO ON, THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD HAVE WANTED FOR THE PLAYERS, THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY.
REGION TITLE ON THE LINE FOR THE LIONS TONIGHT AND OTHER REGION CHAMPIONS COULD BE CROWNED AS WELL AROUND THE STATE.
YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON THE GPB SPORTS APP.
SCAN THE CODE WITH YOUR PHONE.
MATT.
>> THANK YOU HANNAH.
WE'LL DIG INTO SOME FOOTBALL AND MOVE ALONG.
HARD TO DO BUT WE'LL TRY.
REGION STANDINGS.
WESTLAKE CAN WIN THEIR SEVENTH STRAIGHT REGION CHAMPIONSHIP BY WINNING OUT LAST TWO WEEKS OF THE SEASON OR CLINCH TONIGHT WITH VICTORY.
LOVEJOY IS STILL IN RUNNING FOR THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP, THEY MUST ALSO WIN TONIGHT AND AGAINST NORTH ATLANTA AND PULL FOR TUCKER TO BEAT HUGHES TONIGHT.
WAYNE, THIS WESTLAKE TEAM LIKE THE RAMS WE SAW A WEEK AGO, STACKED WITH COLLEGE FOOTBALL TALENT.
THREE POWER FIVE WEFRZ.
>> MAKING RY JOHNSON'S JOB EASY.
BIG TARGETS TO HIT.
LEO BLACKBURN, SECOND YEAR SEVER.
AND CLEMSON COMMIT DACARI COLLINS IS POSSIBLY BEST SEVER COACH BOBBY MAY HAS EVER HAD ON THE FIELD.
GREAT ROUTES AND ELUSIVE.
>> COMMITTED TO CLEMSON 14 MONTHS.
AND JACQUIZZ SMITH IS BIG-TIME SEVER AS WELL.
LIONS HAVE TWO POWER FIVE CORNERS.
NATE WIGGINS.
>> Brian: SCHMITT COMMITTED TO LSU, AND SOPHOMORE WITH 15 OFFERS.
>> BIG NATE AT 6'3", 4.4 SPEED, MAYBE FASTER, HE CAN PLAY ALL OVER THE FIELD, LONG, GREAT RANGE, AND AVIEON TERRELL, BROTHER OF A.J.
TERRELL OF THE FALCONS.
>> EDGAR CARSON DIDN'T EXPECT THE TEAM TO BE THIS GOOD BUT THEY ARE.
EXPLOSIVE ON OFFENSE.
LED BY ANTONIO JONES.
>> RECEIVER, CORNERBACK, NOT HIGHLY RECRUITED BUT MAKING BIG NAME.
>> WILDCATS GIVING UP LESS THAN TEN POINTS PER GAME, LED BY DOMINATING TACKLE, ISRAEL.
>> HE PLAYS HARD, ATHLETIC.
55 TACKLES, 15 SACKS AND 35 TACKLES FOR LOSS.
THAT'S A VIDEO GAME.
>> THAT'S THE TALENT THEY HAVE TODAY.
THAT'S NOT JUST TODAY FOR THOSE TWO SCHOOLS.
BEEN PUTTING OUT NFL TALENT FOR A LONG TIME.
MORE ON THAT, BACK TO NELLY.
>> YOU MENTIONED WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE PRESENT TENSE.
GO BACK TO THE PAST, LED US TO WHERE WE ARE.
HOME SIDE, WESTLAKE.
UNION ROAD SOUTHWEST THERE'S A SIGN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD CELEBRATING CAM NEWTON.
YOU MENTIONED TERRELL FAMILY, ADAM "PAC-MAN" JONES, AND NOW CHANCE AND NFL TEAM BEING THE TENNESSEE TITANS.
FLIP SIDE, TALK ABOUT THE OTHER TEAM GOING ON WITH LOVEJOY.
GOT A LOT OF FOLKS ONCE AGAIN.
SOMEONE VERY FAMILIAR TO WAYNE GANDY, MARIO PHANNEN.
WILLIAMS, SCOTT.
WE'RE AT WESTLAKE, I USUALLY MENTION CANDLES.
LIGHT A BLUE FLAME TO KICK IT OFF.
>> TALENT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
LOVEJOY WON THE TOSS, THEY HAVE DEFERRED.
WE'LL SEE WESTLAKE ON OFFENSE.
OPENING KICKOFF BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA, SEATBELTS SAVE LIVES.
ANTONIO JONES IS KICKING OFF FOR LOVEJOY.
SHORT KICK, TAKEN AT 24 YARD LINE.
DeMARCO WILLIAMS ACROSS THE 50, TO THE OTHER 45, GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR THE WESTLAKE LIONS AS THEY START ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 50 FOLLOWING A 31-YARD RETURN BY DeMARCO WILLIAMS.
>> ONE THING LOVEJOY AND COACH TALKED ABOUT IS TRYING TO NOT KICK THE BALL TO DYNAMIC PLAYERS.
SWIM KICK STILL TURNING INTO BIG YARDS.
SO MUCH TALENT IN SKILL POSITIONS FOR WESTLAKE.
>> WESTLAKE QUARTERBACK RY JOHNSON, GOING TO BE A PROSPECT TOO.
6'2", 195 SOPHOMORE.
OVER 1,700 YARDS PASSING.
MULBAH ON THE FIRST HAND-OFF OF THE BALL GAME.
GOT STUCK AT LOVEJOY.
VERY LITTLE GAIN.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE REGENCE BANK STARTING LINEUP.
BACKS AND SEVERS, BLACKBURN, SHOWWELL, DIXON, COLLINS AND MULBAH.
THAT WAS MULBAH ON THE CARRY, THAT WAS AL BARBER ON THE TACKLE.
QUICK PASS TO BLACKBURN, TEN-PLUS YARDS ON THE PLAY, DOWN TO THE 44.
>> Brian: THAT'S WHAT BLACKBURN BRINGS TO THE OFFENSE.
BIG, PHYSICAL, JUST A QUICK RECEIVER SCREEN.
PHYSICAL FINISH FOR HIM.
>> ANTONIO JONES ON THE BACK, CALLED NAME FIVE TIMES ALREADY.
TO DACARI COLLINS, MAKES A MAN MISS, DOWN INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.
>> RY JOHNSON IS GOING TO BE SPECIAL BUT RIGHT NOW HE HAS A LOT OF CANDY IN HIS BAG.
ONE SIDE OF THE FIELD, THROW TO BLACKBURN WITH THE PHYSICALITY.
AND OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD, DYNAMIC, FAST, ELUSIVE DACARI COLLINS.
>> NET SWEEP, DROPPED FOR A LOSS BY AL BARBER.
>> NICE JOB BY BARBER.
LOVEJOY DEFENSE IS NOT BIGGEST ACROSS THE BOARD.
DON'T HAVE THE BIG SLUGS, ESPECIALLY WITH FRESHMAN MICHAI BOIRESU OUT.
>> SECOND AND GOAL FROM THE 12.
AND THE BALL GOT SNAPPED AND ALERTLY RY JOHNSON SAW IT SITTING THERE ON THE GROUND AND WAS ABLE TO DIVE ON TOP OF IT.
>> Referee: FIVE-YARD PENALTY, SECOND DOWN.
>> CENTER SEEMS TO HAVE HEARD THE QUARTERBACK SAY SOMETHING.
ALMOST A TURNOVER.
>> ROBERT YOUNG AND REST OF THE CREW WORKING THE REGION FOUR DIVISION MATCHUP.
WORKING IN REVERSE AFTER A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PLAYS.
RY JOHNSON, THEY'RE HOLDING HIS LEG AND NOT LETTING HIM GET ANYWHERE.
NOLAN JONES WITH THE TACKLE.
LOVEJOY DEFENSE BY REGENTS BANK.
IN THE SECONDARY.
SO NOW THIRD DOWN AND GOAL.
SCREEN PASS TO BLACKBURN, STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS, NO GAIN.
FOURTH DOWN.
>> NICE PEEL BACK THERE.
GETTING IN THE PASSING LANE.
WESTLAKE TRYING AN UNDERNEATH PASSING ROUTE.
>> GOING TO TRY A FIELD GOAL.
NOT MADE ONE THIS YEAR.
GRANT ROUNDTREE, ON THE WAY AND IS GOING TO BE NO GOOD.
PUSHED IT OFF TO THE RIGHT.
SO WESTLAKE AFTER FIRST AND GOAL AT 8 YARD LINE, WAYNE, COMES UP EMPTY.
WE'LL STEP ASIDE AS LOVEJOY GETS READY TO GO ON OFFENSE.
FIRST CIGNA PRESENTATION WITH JOHN NELSON.
>> THANKS, IT'S THAT TIME ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS TO THANK OUR FRIENDS FROM CIGNA FOR THE DONATION TO WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
HERE IS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, CARL GREEN.
THANKS FOR BEING A GREAT FRIEND OF GPB AND FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.
>> THANKS FOR COMING OUT.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TONIGHT, IT'S A TOUGH NIGHT FOR US, FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF OUR PRINCIPAL.
BUT WE'RE HERE TO FIGHT FOR HIM.
>> EVERYONE ROBINSON STRONG INDEED.
THANKS TO FRIENDS FROM CIGNA, $1,500 DONATION.
FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA CONTINUES AFTER THIS.
>> PRESENTED BY GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
BUCKLE UP GEORGIA, ALSO BY REGENTS BANK.
TIME TO EXPECT MORE.
GEORGIA'S EMC, SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
CIGNA, TOGETHER ALL THE WAY, AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.
>>> BOBBY MAY, HEAD COACH OF THE WESTLAKE LIONS, RESPLENDENT IN HIS SUIT IN HONOR OF ROBINSON, MAN WHO HIRED HIM AS HEAD COACH, PROMOTED FROM OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR.
MAN WHO GAVE HIM HIS SHOT TO BE HEAD COACH AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> AS WE TALKED TO HIM, HIS ENERGY LEVEL WAS DONE, MIND AND THOUGHTS SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT HAD TO GET HIS TEAM PREPARED TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT.
>> STEPHIN CRAIG TAKING A SHOT ON THE FIRST PLAY, BROKEN UP BY TERRELL.
LOVEJOY, REGENTS BANK STARTING LINEUP.
SMITH, JONES, SKANDRETT AND CORRELL.
>> TERRELL, FIRST CARRY, NEARLY TEN YARDS ON THE PLAY.
>> THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT IF YOU'RE LOVEJOY.
RUNNING, KEEP EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE ON THE SIDELINE.
GOOD POWER, DOWNHILL RUNNING.
FINISHING THE RUN, BIG BACKS FOR THIS LOVEJOY TEAM.
>> GOT A COUPLE OF POWER BACKS.
JAKARRI TERRELL, AND SOPHOMORE MIDDLEBROOK.
SHOT OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD, LOOKING FOR ANTONIO JONES, NATE WIGGINS ON THE COVERAGE.
REGENTS BANK STARTING DEFENSE FOR THE LIONS.
TERRELL, WILLIAMS, LEE AND WIGGINS IN THE SECONDARY.
SON OF TONY GILBERT AT LINEBACKER.
LOCKET AND McCONNELL ARE POWER GUYS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DEFENSIVE LINE.
>> LOVEJOY GOING TO TRY TO TEST THE TOP RATED CORNERS, GET BIG PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD.
>> CRAIG BOBBLES THE SNAP, ABLE TO GET BACK ON TOP OF IT, TAKES A BIG LOSS ON THE PLAY.
CRAIG HAS COMPLETED 58% OF HIS PASSES AND ALSO RUSHED FOR THREE TOUCHDOWNS.
ARE YOU SURPRISED THEY TOOK A SHOT AT TWO CORNERS OFF THE BAT?
>> VERY SHOCKED.
COACH CARSON TALKED ABOUT TAKE THE AIR OUT OF THE BALL, TRYING TO KILL SOME OF THE FLOP.
RIGHT NOW IN FIRST DRIVE GOING FOR THE HOME RUN.
>> THIRD AND 15 NOW.
SCREEN PAST AND THROUGH.
PUNTING SITUATION FOR LOVEJOY.
>> SNUFFED OUT BY THE LINEBACKER, HAY.
THERE'S NO ROOM TO GO.
IF YOU'RE LOVEJOY, GOT TO ESTABLISH THE RUN GAME AND STAY IN FRONT OF THE STICKS.
THIS DEFENSE WITH THIS SECONDARY AND ABILITY TO PLAY A LOT OF MAN, THEY HAVE A LOT OF TRICKS IN THEIR BAG IN THE FRONT SEVEN.
>> SENIOR PUNTER.
PLAY IS BLOWN DEAD.
SPECIAL TEAMS EXPECTED TO BE A BIG FACTOR TONIGHT.
WESTLAKE HAS SCORED A LOT OFF SPECIAL TEAMS.
FOUR SPECIAL TEAM KICK RETURNS FOR TOUCHDOWNS ALREADY THIS SEASON.
>> THEY TAKE PRIDE IN THAT CONCEPT.
COACH BOBBY MAY NEEDS SPECIAL TEAMS TO PLAY WELL, AND THEY HAVE.
DIFFICULT PART OF THE GAME FOR LOVEJOY.
>> GETS IT OUT OF THERE, TAKES 11 OR 12-YARD ROLL IN FAVOR OF LOVEJOY AND WESTLAKE WILL TAKE OVER AT 49 YARD LINE AS WE LOOK AT BEVY OF PROSPECTS FOR WESTLAKE.
NATE WIGGINS, NUMBER SEVEN RATED SENIOR CORNER IN THE COUNTRY COMMITTED TO LSU.
DACARI COLLINS, FOUR STAR WIDE RECEIVER.
LEO BLACKBURN AND DeMARCO WILLIAMS, SAFETY, OLE MISS.
AND McCONNELL AT DEFENSIVE END GOING TO ILLINOIS.
NICE CATCH AT 31 YARD LINE.
FIRST DOWN FOR COREY ALLEN.
>> NICE PROTECTION, JOHNSON STEPPING INTO THE THROW.
AND UNDERRATED PART OF THE RERECEIVING CORPS.
HE'S THE COOL ATTITUDE THEY NEED.
>> BLACKBURN DOWN TO THE 23 YARD LINE.
ANTONIO JONES GRABBED HIM BY THE ANKLE, WOULDN'T LET HIM GET AWAY.
NICE GAIN ON FIRST DOWN FOR WESTLAKE.
>> TESTING THE CORNERS AGAIN.
ATHLETE WITH THE SIZE OF BLACKBURN THERE, YOU CAN SEE NOT A LOT OF WIGGLE.
MAKES A CUT, GOES UPFIELD.
BIG TIGHT END BODY ON THE CORNER.
>> RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, MULBAH PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> TALKED ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE LOVEJOY BACKS.
WESTLAKE IS NOT LACKING IN SIZE AT RUNNING BACK EITHER.
MULBAH, 5'11", 215.
BIG PHYSICAL BACK, JUNIOR TAILBACK.
>> 91 CARRIES COMING IN, 7.2 A CARRY, SEVEN TOUCHDOWNS.
DOUBLE MOVE, GOING UP TOP.
NEARLY INTERCEPTED.
COREY ALLEN THE INTENDED TARGET AND CAMERON HENRY THE SAFETY ON THE COVERAGE.
>> NICE JOB BY HENRY.
>> THAT WAS COREY DIXON, PARDON ME, NOT COREY ALLEN, ON THE ROUTE.
>> HAVING GOOD YEAR IS HENRY AT SAFETY POSITION.
DEVELOPING INTO A D1 TALENT.
ONLY A JUNIOR, HAVING THAT KIND OF SEASON PUTS YOU ON THE MAP NEXT YEAR.
>> SECOND DOWN AND TEN, INSIDE THE 15 YARD LINE, RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, MULBAH, TOUCHDOWN, WESTLAKE!
>> BIG-TIME BLOCKING UP FRONT BY THIS OFFENSIVE FELINE.
HAVEN'T GOT INTO THEIR RUSH GAME MUCH BUT HERE DOWNHILL TO MULBAH, SEVEN, EIGHT YARDS ACROSS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BEFORE COMING INTO CONTACT WITH ANY DEFENDER.
>> ROUNDTREE FOR THE P.A.T.
ISAIAH JEFFERSON IS HOLDER.
KICK UP AND GOOD.
ROUNDTREE 19 FOR 21 ON P.A.T.s THIS SEASON.
ZINA MULBAH TAKES IT IN, WESTLAKE ON THE BOARD FIRST HERE ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.
>>> 7-0 WESTLAKE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
GEORGIA PECAN COMMISSION AND PECAN FARMERS FROM GEORGIA, GROW A NATURALLY DELICIOUS SNACK.
GENERATIONS OF GEORGIANS HAVE SNACKED ON THEM.
GEORGIA'S NUT.
ZINA MULBAH WITH THE 14-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN TO CAP A 49-YARD TOUCHDOWN DRIVE.
TOOK A LITTLE MORE THAN A MINUTE FOR WESTLAKE TO GET IT IN THE END ZONE.
NOW THE LIONS READY TO KICK OFF.
GRANT ROUNDTREE.
WITH ANTONIO JONES AND KINCHEN DEEP.
BOTH KICKING TEAMS SHOWING RESPECT FOR THE OTHER'S RETURN GAME.
>> BOTH NOT TRYING TO KICK OFF TO DEEP THREATS.
DYNAMIC ATHLETES IN THE SKILL POSITION.
CAN LOVEJOY COME OUT AND ESTABLISH THE RUN.
LAST DRIVE OF WESTLAKE, CENTER OF JOHNSON, MOTA, ALMOND START DOMINATING.
LOVEJOY HAS TO TRY TO SLOW IT DOWN.
>> LOVEJOY IS SPLIT EVENLY, 162 ON THE GROUND PER GAME, 168 ON THE GROUND.
ABOUT 330 A GAME.
THEY GO ON THE GROUND THERE, BARELY BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
MADE BY HALL ON THE RUN BY CARAEL.
>> DOES A GOOD JOB OF GETTING OFF THE BLOCKS AS YOU SEE ALL NIGHT LONG.
THEY DON'T STAY BLOCKED, USE THE ATHLETIC ABILITY.
THEY CAN MAKE PLAYS.
>> BOBICALLY MAY CALLS HALL THE GLUE GUY ON THE LINE.
CRAIG UNDER RUSH.
GOING TO GO DOWN AT 33.
QUARTERBACK SACK FOR THE LIONS.
AMIR WILLIAMS WITH HIS SECOND QUARTERBACK SACK OF THE SEASON.
>> JUT STANDING JOB OF PUSHING THE POCKET.
PUSHING THE GUARD BACK INTO THE QUARTERBACK'S LAP.
SHOWING A BURST OF SPEED.
BOBBY MAY TALKED ABOUT BEST DEFENSIVE LINEMAN THEY HAVE.
JUNIOR, 6 FEET, 285, EXPLOSIVENESS THERE.
>> NOT BIG ENOUGH TO BE A POWER FIVE GUY BUT HAS THE STATS.
SCREEN PASS, COMPLETE TO ANTONIO JONES.
HE MAKES A COUPLE OF PEOPLE MISS AND GETS POSITIVE YARDAGE BEFORE GOING DOWN.
>> THESE WESTLAKE DEFENDERS ARE NOT GOING TO STAY BLOCKED.
WHOEVER COMES OUT TO BLOCK THEM, THEY'RE THE BLOCK, DISRUPTS THE PLAY.
NICE JOB RALLYING TO THE BALL AS WHOLE DEFENSE.
>> WHAT THEY HAVEN'T DONE IS CONTROL THE CLOCK, WHAT COACH CARSON SAID THEY WANTED TO DO.
NOW THEY HAVE TO PUNT IT TWICE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE PUNTERS AND KICKERS TONIGHT, DON'T WANT TO KICK TO THE GUYS MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
GOOD JOB HERE KEEPING IT OUTSIDE THE NUMBERS.
>> NICE RAINBOW PUNT BY PAYNE THERE, 33 YARDS, NO RETURN.
LEADS US TO CHECK IN WITH NELLY TO GET SOME SCORES.
>> LOT OF GAMES WILL DETERMINE REGION CHAMPS NOW.
LEE COUNTY, 20-0.
BROOKS COUNTY LEADING TURNER 14-6.
THOMASVILLE UP 21-0.
CARTERSVILLE UP 3-0.
MORE AS WE GO.
>> THAT'S BIG SCORE WITH LEE COUNTY EARLY IN THE BALL GAME.
HAND-OFF TO CORZAVIUS SMART.
FIRST RUN OF THE GAME.
>> STOPPING THAT RUN BEFORE IT STARTED.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR BEST OUT OF HIM EVERY GAME.
35th TFL OF THE SEASON.
LONG PASS, COMPLETE AND FIRST DOWN FOR WESTLAKE.
LONG PASS BY RY JOHNSON TO T.J.
BOOKER, MAKING HIS FIFTH START OF THE SEASON, PICKS UP 16.
>> SECONDARY IS GOING TO HAVE HANDS FULL ALL NIGHT LONG.
SO MANY DYNAMIC RECEIVERS.
BETTER CATCH UP HIGH.
ONCE THEY GET THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS THEY'RE SHOWING YOU THEY'RE DANGER AS A CORPS.
>> HAND-OFF GOES TO SMART AGAIN, HE PICKS UP A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE PLAY RIGHT THERE.
>> JUST HARD TO DEFEND THIS OFFENSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CALIBER OF RECEIVER AND TURN AROUND BEHIND MULBAH AND SMART COMING IN, 6'1", 230.
LOT OF HARD WORK EXPECTED TONIGHT BY LOVEJOY AND DEFENSE.
>> LINEBACKER IS BIGGEST LOSSES OF YEAR AGO, JOHNSON IS COMPLETE, BLACKBURN -- I THINK IT WAS DACARI COLLINS, IT WAS, NINE-YARD PICKUP, FIRST DOWN FOR WESTLAKE.
>> ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW WAS HEAD COACH BOBBY MAY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH IS TALLEST.
THEY CAN GO UP AND GET IT, SHOWING YOU HOW DYNAMIC THEY ARE AFTER THE CATCH.
>> OVER 600 FOR THE SEASON.
JOHNSON -- THAT'S BLACKBURN, THAT'S A FIRST DOWN, AND BLACKBURN DOWN AT 31 YARD LINE BY SKANDRETT.
FLAG DOWN AS WELL.
>> GREAT PROTECTION BY OFFENSIVE LINE.
>> FACE MASK.
>> 32-YARD GAIN, 17 FOR CATCH, 15 FOR THE PENALTY.
>> SOMETIMES IT'S THE THROW, SOMETIMES IT'S THE CATCH.
THIS PLAY IS ALL ABOUT THE PROTECTION.
ALL KINDS OF TIME TO DELIVER THE BALL, GETTING TO BIG TARGET, BLACKBURN.
BARBER REACHING OUT, TRYING TO GET SOMETHING TO BRING HIM DOWN, GETTING THAT MASK.
MAKING A MENTAL ERROR, GIVING THEM EVEN MORE YARDAGE IN THE DRIVE.
>> EVEN THOUGH COLLINS IS THE HIGHEST RATED WIDE RECEIVER, COACH MAY FEELS LIKE BLACKBURN MAY HAVE GREATER UPSIDE.
6'5", 215 FRAME.
CAN PLAY HIM IN THE SLOT, ALL OVER.
GEORGIA TECH HAS BIG PLANS FOR HIM.
>> ANOTHER MEGATRON.
>> JOHNSON GOING FOR THE END ZONE, TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE.
COREY DIXON WITH THE TOUCHDOWN CATCH, THIRD OF THE SEASON.
16 YARDS AND WESTLAKE WITH A 13-0 LEAD.
>> GREAT PROTECTION, NICE JOB BY SMART, NUMBER 27, FULLBACK COMING UP, PICKING UP CLEAN JERSEY HERE.
BIG PLAY, NATE WIGGINS, LSU COMMIT, MAKING BIG GRAB.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT WAS WIGGINS.
I THINK I SAID DIXON.
WIGGINS MADE THE CATCH.
>> ALL NATE WIGGINS DOES IS CATCH TOUCHDOWNS.
HALF OF HIS CATCHES ARE TOUCHDOWNS.
BIG PLAYER FOR LSU.
>> RY JOHNSON TO NATE WIGGINS.
>> CLEAN POCKET TO THROW FROM, GETTING BEHIND THE SAFETY THERE.
HENRY, NATE WIGGINS GOING UP, THROWING HIGH IS JOHNSON.
GOING TO GET IT AT THE TOP OF THE CATCH IS WIGGINS.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, CLEAN POCKET.
TRUST YOUR ATHLETE, HE HAS GREAT BALL SKILLS, YOU KNOW THAT AS CORNERBACK.
SHOWING GREAT, STRONG HANDS TO BRING THAT TOUCHDOWN.
>> YEAH, HE'S GOT THE ABILITY TO PLAY WIDE RECEIVER, CORNERBACK, AT LSU.
BUT A 6'3" WIDE RECEIVER AND 63 CORNERBACK.
WIDE RECEIVERS, DIME A DOZEN, CORNERS, VALUABLE.
>> RARELY COME AROUND AT 6'3" AND HIS AGE COULD GROW ANOTHER INCH BEFORE HE WALKS ON LSU's CAMPUS.
HAS THE NEXT LEVEL AND EVEN THE PROS ARE STARTING TO CHANGE TO GET BLACKBURN AND HYBRID TIGHT ENDS.
>> KICK TAKEN AT 22 YARD LINE.
ANTONIO JONES CUTTING BACK.
MIGHT HAVE HAD FACE MASK THERE.
WE WILL.
AIFION TERRELL GOT HIM WITH THE FACE MASK.
SO LOVEJOY WILL BE THE RECIPIENT OF THE PERSONAL FOUL.
>> Referee: FOUL, FACE MASK.
15-YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN.
>> LET'S SEE IF LOVEJOY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT RIGHT HERE.
>> ANTONIO JONES TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
JUST HOLDING ON TO THE FACE MASK THERE IS TERRELL.
I THINK THESE TEAMS, BOTH KNOW HOW DYNAMIC SOMEONE LIKE JONES IS ONCE HE HAS THE BALL IN HIS HANDS.
LOT OF PRESSURE TO GET HIM ON THE GROUND BEFORE HE GETS GOING.
SEE IF LOVEJOY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS BIG PENALTY AND GREAT FIELD POSITION.
>> BIG BROTHER IS LIKELY THERE, A.J.
TERRELL, WASN'T LONG AGO HE WAS PLAYING FOR WESTLAKE.
ATLANTA FALCONS HAVE THE WEEK OFF, A.J.
USUALLY THERE WHEN FKZ ARE IN TOWN LIKE THIS WEEK.
NOT MUCH THERE, NICE TACKLE BY NUMBER 5, McCONNELL.
>> TOO MUCH PENETRATION UPFIELD.
THEY DON'T STAY LOCKED.
GREAT SIZE ON THE EDGE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ILLINOIS COMMIT.
6'4", 265.
>> PROBABLY GOING TO PLAY INSIDE AT THE NEXT LEVEL.
NO GAIN, LOST A COUPLE OF YARDS BY TREVON KITCHEN ON THAT CARRY.
BIG LOSS ON THE COMPLETION TO CAMERON SMITH.
THAT'S WILLIAMS, THE MISCOMMIT.
>> SEE THE BALL, GET THE BALL, THAT'S WHAT DEMARKO WILLIAMS DOES ON THIS PLAY.
LIKE A BLUR TO MAKE THE PLAY.
WHAT A TALENTED SECONDARY WESTLAKE HAS.
>> YOU'RE NOT KIDDING.
THREE POWER FIVE GUYS BACK THERE.
WILLIAMS PLAYING SAFETY FOR THE LIONS, LOCKDOWN CORNER COMMITTED TO OLE MISS IN JUNE.
TEN OTHER OFFERS.
END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
IT'S ALL WESTLAKE TONIGHT.
LIONS TRYING TO LOCK DOWN SEVENTH STRAIGHT REGION CHAMPIONSHIP, OFF TO GOOD START, 14-0.
>>> START OF THE SECOND QUARTER, WESTLAKE LIONS LEADING LOVEJOY 14-0, MATT WITH WAYNE, JOHN AND HANNA, ENTIRE GPB ARMY IN TWO CAMPUSES, COLLEGE PARK AND GPB STUDIOS IN ATLANTA.
WESTLAKE STARTS AT THE 40 YARD LINE IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THIRD AND 15 -- PARDON ME, LOVEJOY.
AND CRAIG GOING TO TAKE A SACK.
BACK AT THE 32 YARD LINE.
THIS WESTLAKE DEFENSE PLAYING SOME INSPIRED BALL TONIGHT.
>> JAMUND HALL COMING UP, MISCOMMUNICATION UP FRONT.
CRAIG TRYING TO GET RID OF THE BALL QUICKLY.
DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME.
THIS SECONDARY ALLOWS YOU TO PIN BACK YOUR EARS AND GO GET THE QUARTERBACK, KNOWING IT'S HARD TO FIND ROOM TO THROW THE BALL WITH THIS LEVEL OF TALENT BACK THERE.
>> AND LOVEJOY -- AND THE BALL GETS OVER THE HEAD OF PAYNE, THAT'S GOING TO BE A SAFETY.
THINGS GO FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR LOVEJOY, AS THE SNAP FROM KINCHEN WAS OVER THE HEAD AND INTO THE END ZONE.
>> THIS IS A MAJOR FOCUS, ADVANTAGE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE, HERE JUST CATCHING A BREAK.
BALL TWO OR THREE YARDS OVER PAYNE'S HEAD, JUST NOT THE ABILITY TO GET THE BALL AT ALL.
AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, HE KNEW IT FROM THE SNAP THAT IT WAS HIGH, DOING EVERYTHING TO TRY TO RECOVER.
AND RIGHT THERE REALLY DIDN'T RECOVER THE BALL FOR THE SAFETY.
>> LOVEJOY WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE OFFICIAL BLEW A QUICK WHISTLE AND CALLED IT A SAFETY.
HE NEVER POSSESSED THE BALL, FELL ON TOP OF IT, SQUIRTED OUT UNDERNEATH HIM.
>> BENEFITTED BY QUICK WHISTLE.
ACCEPTING HE HAD THE BALL.
HEAD COACH EDGAR CARSON GOING BACK THERE.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WESTLAKE NEEDS NO HELP TO WIN THIS GAME TONIGHT, THEY HAVE THE EMOTIONAL EDGE.
ALREADY SEEN THEY MIGHT HAVE THE TALENT EDGE, CAN'T MAKE THESE MISCUES.
>> BAD START.
NUMBER 58 RIGHT THERE, BIG MICHAI BIOREAU, THEY COULD USE HIS PRESENCE TONIGHT BUT DON'T HAVE HIM NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS BECAUSE OF A NECK INJURY.
KICKOFF FROM THE 20 YARD LINE FOLLOWING THE SAFETY, RETURNABLE FOR WESTLAKE.
THIS IS DANGEROUS, THEY SET UP A WALL AND BLACKBURN UP TO THE 47 YARD LINE -- THAT'S WIGGINS, PARDON ME, HAVING TROUBLE WITH DARK NUMBERS ON DARK JERSEY.
THAT WAS WIGGINS ON THE RETURN AND GREAT FIELD POSITION AT 47 YARD LINE, 14-YARD RETURN.
AND WE DO HAVE A FLAG DOWN ON THE FIELD AS WELL.
>> YOU WERE 100% CONNECT, IT HAPPENED IN FRONT OF ME, A QUICK WHISTLE, AND NO REALLY POSSESSION IN THE END ZONE, VERY FORTUNATE IT WAS ONLY TWO INSTEAD OF SIX.
>> BOBBY MAY'S TEAM IN SECOND SEASON AS WESTLAKE HEAD COACH GOING FOR SECOND STRAIGHT REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE'S OUT OF SOUTH FLORIDA, CAME FROM SUN COAST HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE WAS THE HEAD COACH.
HE DID NOT KNOW KAREEM REED, THE HEAD COACH, WHEN HE CAME UP TO APPLY FOR THE JOB.
HE JUST INTERVIEWED AND WON IT.
>> DONE A GREAT JOB SINCE TAKING OVER THIS SEASON.
REALLY HAS THIS TEAM HUMMING.
THING HE TALKED ABOUT WAS BUILDING DEPTH TO KEEP THIS CONTINUING.
BIG PENALTY AGAINST WESTLAKE TO PUSH THEM BACK.
>> FAKED HAND-OFF TO WIGGINS, FIRE TO THE OUTSIDE, THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETE TO COLLINS.
AT THE 27 YARD LINE.
THAT'S THE THIRD CATCH FOR COLLINS TONIGHT.
>> ONCE AGAIN, JUST GREAT PROTECTION UP FRONT, ALLOWING JOHNSON THE QUARTERBACK TO SURVEY THE FIELD.
JUST NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THIS KIND OF RECEIVING CORPS IF HE HAS THAT KIND OF TIME TO THROW THE BALL.
>> THREE CATCHES, 38 YARDS FOR DACARI COLLINS.
SECOND DOWN.
RUNNING A SWEEP FOR WIGGINS.
SO WIGGINS, FIRST DOWN AND MORE, AND WIGGINS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 46 YARD LINE BEFORE TACKLED BY FRESHMAN JORDAN THOMPSON.
>> WHAT AN ATHLETE WIGGINS IS, SEEMS SO CONFIDENT WITH BALL IN HIS HANDS.
CONFIDENT IN SPEED, COULD SEE AS HE APPROACHED THE CORNER, FELT NO STRESS.
ON A WAL GLIDING AROUND THE FIELD, FINISHING THE RUN, BIG-TIME PLAYER, KNOWN FOR SKILLS AT CORNER BUT WHAT AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON HE IS.
>> 28-YARD PICKUP.
WESTLAKE RESUME.
SIX STRAIGHT REGION TITLES.
THEY CAN MAKE IT SEVEN IN A ROW THIS YEAR.
THEY'RE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT RIGHT NOW.
35-2 RECORD, MOVED DOWN FROM 6A, WERE IN 7A.
CLINCHED EIGHTH PLAYOFF APPEARANCE.
LAST IN SEMIFINALS IN 2016, AND QUARTERFINALS BEFORE THAT AS WELL.
THERE'S OUR QR CODE.
BRING YOUR PHONE UP TO SCAN THAT CODE AND DOWNLOAD THE GPB SPORTS APP TO YOUR PHONE LIKE YOU WERE DOING, RIGHT WAYNE?
>> I WAS.
>> I SAW IT.
JOHNSON UP THE MIDDLE, STOPPED AT 42 YARD LINE.
>> ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
DEFINITELY SHOWING YOU HE HAS THAT POWER FIVE FUTURE.
6'3", 200 POUNDS, AND THING YOU LOVE ABOUT THIS GAME SO FAR FOR WESTLAKE, OFFENSIVELY THEY CAME IN TO WIN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
THEY'VE DONE THAT AND CREATE BIG PLAYS.
AND JOHNSON KEEPING HIMSELF AHEAD OF THE STICKS, FEELING PRESSURE, GETTING UPFIELD AND POSITIVE YARDS.
>> WESTLAKE IS NUMBER ONE SCORING OFFENSE IN 6A, AT 39 POINTS PER GAME.
DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SLOWING DOWN TONIGHT.
MULBAH DOWN INSIDE THE 30 YARD LINE.
13-YARD PICKUP.
36 YARDS RUSHING ON FOUR CARRIES DON'T.
>> PHYSICAL, DOWNHILL AND DEPENDABLE.
GOOD BLOCKING IN MIDDLE, POWER RUNNING, RUNNING THROUGH ARM TACKLES.
BALL SECURITY, FALLING FORWARD.
>> MULBAH GETS IT AGAIN, RAMS BODY IN THERE, THREE YARDS ON THE PLAY.
GOING TO BRING UP SECOND DOWN.
>> WESTLAKE TEAM DOING A GOOD JOB SO FAR IN THIS FIRST HALF OF DEEPING FROM TAKING OVER THE GAME INSIDE.
THEY'RE NOT TALLEST LINE BUT TOP NOTCH BLOCKERS INSIDE.
JUST DON'T GET A LOT OF CREDIT.
>> 73, LEFT TACKLE, COMMITTED TO GEORGIA TECH.
THIS TIME THE PLAY GETS BLOWN UP, NO RUNNING ROOM THAT TIME.
TACKLE MADE BY NUMBER 25, ELIJAH CHHOEUNG, DEFENSIVE END.
>> SNIFFING THIS OUT, COMING WITH THE PRESSURE.
>> CHECK THE FLAG HERE, MIGHT HAVE OFFSIDE ON LOVEJOY.
IT'S BEEN ALL WESTLAKE.
16-0, OVER 70 YARDS RUSHING FOR WESTLAKE, MINUS TEN FOR LOVEJOY.
>> LITTLE SMALL THINGS, YOU IMAGINE THAT MAYBE WESTLAKE WOULD HAVE CAME IN THE GAME WITH THE EMOTION AND HAVE MISCUES.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE CONFIDENT IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND EXECUTING THIS OFFENSE.
>> POP PASS, NOT MUCH OF A GAIN RIGHT THERE.
JORDAN THOMPSON MAKING THE TACKLE ON DACARI COLLINS AND ANOTHER FLAG ON THE PLAY.
YOU WONDER IF THE SCHEDULE IS CATCHING UP WITH LOVEJOY A A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS THEIR THIRD GAME IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS.
THEY'RE GOING TO WAVE THE FLAG OFF.
THEY PLAYED LAST MONDAY NIGHT, GAME THAT WAS DELAYED BY COVID.
BEAT TUCKER, CAME BACK AND SUFFERED FIRST LOSS ON FRIDAY TO HUGHES, THEN PLAYING AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
LOT OF GAMES.
>> 20-18, TEAM NOT THAT DEEP, KEY PLAYERS HAVING TO GO BOTH WAYS.
LOT OF FOOTBALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
>> FOURTH AND FIVE, LIONS GOING FOR IT HERE.
TIME-OUT CALLED BY THE LIONS.
WE'LL STEP ASIDE WITH THEM.
BIG FOURTH DOWN COMING UP FOR WESTLAKE WHEN WE GET BACK.
ALREADY HAVE A 16-0 LEAD.
>>> FOURTH DOWN AND FIVE FOR WESTLAKE AT THE 24 YARD LINE.
HEAVY RUSHES COMING.
JOHNSON STANDS IN THE POCKET, GOES UP TOP AND IT'S INCOMPLETE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO LEO BLACKBURN THERE, BROKEN UP BY NOLAN JONES, GOING TO GO OVER ON DOWNS.
>> NICE JOB OF NOLAN JONES, PLAYING NICKEL POSITION, VOCAL LEADER, HAVING STELLAR YEAR FOR THEM.
FALLING BACK AND UNABLE TO COME UP WITH CATCH IS BLACKBURN.
GOOD PRESSURE BY LOVEJOY UP FRONT.
IN THE MIDDLE YOU CAN SEE THE GOOD BALL SKILLS KNOCKING IT AWAY.
>> BLACKBURN NEARLY CAME UP WITH IT NONETHELESS.
LOVEJOY DEFENSIVELY HAD TO HAVE THAT.
COULDN'T GIVE UP THE SCORE THERE.
>> INTERESTING CALL TO GO FOR END ZONE INSTEAD OF FIVE YARDS.
>> RUNNING SNIDE SCREEN TO GET THOSE FIVE YARDS.
FIRST AND TEN FOR LOVEJOY, BACK ON OFFENSE, TRYING TO GET SOMETHING STARTED.
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT YET, JAKARRI TERRELL GETS BROUGHT DOWN AFTER SHORT GAIN.
>> NICE JOB GOING DOWN THE LINE, GREAT TECHNIQUE, GETTING OFF BLOCKS IS FRONT SEVEN FOR WESTLAKE.
>> 22 1/2 TACKLES ON THE SEASON, 8 1/2 FOR LOSS.
THAT WAS A THREE-YARD GAIN FOR TERRELL, LOVEJOY STILL IN NEGATIVE NUMBERS ON RUSHING RIGHT NOW.
GOING TO GO BACK TO THE GROUND AGAIN.
TERRELL TAKES A LOSS.
>> ONCE AGAIN, CAN'T TALK ENOUGH HOW IMPRESSIVE SO FAR IN THIS 1 1/2 QUARTERS THAT YOUNG, >> BOBBY MAY SAYS ZEEN YOUNG IS GOING TO BE BIG-TIME PROSPECT.
YOU THINK?
I THINK SO.
THAT WAS HIS THIRD AND A HALF TACKLE FOR LOSS THIS SEASON.
INTERCEPTED AT THE 27 YARD LINE, GOING ALL THE WAY BACK, TOUCHDOWN WESTLAKE!
ADRIAN HAYE, THE LINEBACKER.
THEY MAY HAVE SPOTTED HIM OUT-OF-BOUNDS ON THE SIDELINE AND NO TOUCHDOWN.
IF IT STANDS, 28 YARDS ON THE SCORE.
>> GREAT JOB OF READING HIS KEYS, EYES OF THE QUARTERBACK.
FALLING INTO THE INTERCEPTION.
TRYING TO STAY INBOUNDS.
>> RIGHT THERE.
>> JUST ENOUGH BY THE QUARTERBACK CRAIG TO KNOCK HIM OUT INSIDE THE 5.
BUT WHAT A JOB OF READING THE QUARTERBACK EYES FROM THE BACK POSITION.
GETTING IN THE FLAT.
NICE HANDS AS WELL.
>> IT WAS CLOSE.
TIGHT ROPING ALL THE WAY DOWN, STEPPED OUT AT 3, BARELY.
FIRST AND GOAL.
>> WOW, WESTLAKE ON THE VERGE OF GOING UP THREE TOUCHDOWNS HERE PLUS A SAFETY.
THIS LOVEJOY TEAM PLAYING UNCHARACTERISTICALLY POOR TONIGHT.
WESTLAKE PLAYING INSPIRED FOOTBALL, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
LIONS USE A TIME-OUT, THINK THEY WANTED TO GO FOR TWO.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH HANNAH IN STUDIO "A."
>> REGION TITLE ON THE LINE.
CHAMPIONS ALL OVER THE STATE, AFTER TONIGHT, ONE WEEK LEFT OF THE REGULAR SEASON.
REGION ONE, 7A, WILDCATS UP 7-0, TRYING TO CLINCH FIRST TITLE SINCE 2013.
TROJANS UP OVER THE WILDCATS IN THAT ONE.
REGION SEVEN 5A, UPDATED SCORES AND MORE AT HALFTIME.
>> THANKS FOR THE UPDATES ON THE SCOREBOARDS.
SURPRISING SCORES UP THERE WITH CAMDEN LEADING LEE COUNTY WITH A BIG NUMBER EARLY AND MILL CREEK LEADING COLLINS HILL.
MILL CREEK TRYING TO BE A ROAD BLOCK.
GOING FOR TWO.
MULBAH WILL NOT GET IN.
SO WESTLAKE -- NOT GOING FOR TWO, GOING FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
I WAS GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF RIGHT THERE.
>> BAD SNAP, THROWING THE TIMING OFF ON THIS PLAY BY THE OFFENSIVE GUARD, JUST THREW EVERYTHING OFF ON THAT SNAP.
>> MULBAH DOES SCORE THE TOUCHDOWN THIS TIME ON EIGHTH CARRY OF THE BALL GAME.
NOW IT'S 22-0.
>> ZINA MULBAH GOING IN FOR SECOND SCORE OF THE NIGHT.
BIG, PHYSICAL, 5'11", 215 JUNIOR, STARTING TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF HERE.
BAD SNAP ONCE AGAIN PULLING JOHNSON TO THE RIGHT.
FORTUNATELY IT WAS SIDE OF THE BALL THAT MULBAH WAS RUNNING TO.
HANDED IT OFF, ONE CUT, DOWNHILL FOR THE TOUCHDOWN FOR MULBAH.
>> 22-0, THEY KICK HERE, AND ROUNDTREE PUTS IT THROUGH.
23-0 LEAD FOR WESTLAKE.
ALL LIONS HERE ON SOMBER NIGHT IN COLLEGE PARK AS THEY HONOR THEIR FALLEN PRINCIPAL.
>>> ZINA MULBAH WITH SECOND TOUCHDOWN RUN OF THE NIGHT AND WESTLAKE UP 23-0.
SET UP BY ADRYAN HAYE'S INTERCEPTION.
>> TRYING TO GET IN THE END ZONE, KNOCKED OUT OUTSIDE THE FIVE BY CRAIG THE QUARTERBACK.
SECOND TRY FOR THE SCORE, ZINA MULBAH GOING IN, BIG, PHYSICAL RUN INTO THE END ZONE.
YOU COULD SEE HIM, PRINCIPAL ROBINSON STILL ON HIS MIND, GOING OVER TO THE REACH AND SALUTING HIM AND HIS WIFE ANN MARIE, TOUCHING MOMENT RIGHT THERE.
>> IF YOU'RE JUST NOW JOINING US, PRINCIPAL ROBINSON AND HIS WIFE DIED TRAGICALLY IN ACCIDENT VACATIONING IN PUERTO RICO THIS WEEK AND KIDS VOTED TO PLAY IN HIS HONOR, SAID WE GOT TO WIN THIS GAME FOR HIM.
JAMAR ROBINSON WAS AT EVERY ATHLETE EVENT, NOT JUST FOOTBALL GAMES BUT ALL THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, A VERY ACTIVE PRINCIPAL.
ON THE RETURN, THAT'S JEFFEN KINCHEN, DOWN AT 35 YARD LINE WHERE LOVEJOY WILL GO ON OFFENSE IN DESPERATE NEED OF SOMETHING GOOD TO HAPPEN.
MINUS FOUR TOTAL OFFENSE IN THE GAME.
>> TOO MANY THIRD AND AS LONG AS AND PENALTIES.
OFFENSE CAME IN THE GAME, KEY NUMBER ONE, NO TURNOVERS.
KEY NUMBER TWO, CONTROL THE CLOCK.
IN THE FIRST HALF THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO EITHER.
>> NOPE.
NOT AT ALL.
SO CRAIG BACK IN IN THE SHOT GUN.
RUN BY TERRELL, GETS FOUR ON THE PLAY.
WE HAVE A WESTLAKE PLAYER DOWN.
WE'LL CHECK THE INJURY.
>> NICE JOB BY TERRELL GETTING YARDAGE ON THE PLAY.
LINEBACKER SNIFFED IT OUT, JUST DIDN'T COME UP WITH THE TACKLE.
NUMBER 10 -- >> THAT'S ACTUALLY ISAIAH JEFFERSON, NUMBER 18.
HELPED TO THE SIDELINE, THE SENIOR SAFETY, HURT ON THE PLAY.
HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE OKAY AS HE'S HOLDING ON TO THAT LEFT HAND.
>> A LITTLE WINDED RIGHT THERE, TRYING TO WALK IT OFF.
THIS WESTLAKE DEFENSE ALLOWS THE FRONT 7 TO BE AGGRESSIVE.
NOWHERE TO GO FOR LOVEJOY.
>> TERRELL, CLOSE TO FIRST DOWN ON THE CARRY THERE, LOTT MAKES THE TACKLE FOR WESTLAKE.
WILDCATS 6-1 ON THE SEASON, CLINCHED EIGHTH STRAIGHT PLAYOFF BERTH AND CAN WIN THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A VICTORY TONIGHT AND WIN BY HUGHES OVER TUCKER.
OR IF THEY DON'T GET THAT, THEY CAN BEAT TUCKER NEXT WEEK AND CLINCH THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> Referee: DEFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
>> NICE, HARD COUNT BY THE QUARTERBACK, CRAIG, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS DEFENSIVE FRONT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
WAY THIS SECONDARY IS BUILT, ALLOWS THEM TO PIN THEIR HEADS BACK.
THAT'S HOW YOU DEFEAT THEM, TRY TO GET THEM ON THEIR HEELS, SLOW THEM DOWN A LITTLE.
>> OH, MAN, STOPPED FOR A LOSS IN THE BEELD BY LOTT.
>> NICE JOB BY LOTT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEFENSE.
BIG FELLOWS IN THE MIDDLE, MORTON AND WILLIAMS HOLDING UP TRAFFIC AND LIKE A MISSILE.
NOT A SMALL GUY, 5'10", 200 POUNDS, GOOD SOLID TACKLE THERE.
DEFENSE PLAYING WITH A LOT OF ENERGY TONIGHT.
>> BY THAT COUNT FOUR TACKLES FOR LOSS AND TWO QUARTERBACK SACKS FOR THE WESTLAKE DEFENSE.
THAT'S LOTT AGAIN, PLAYING LIKE A BEAST OUT THERE, KNOCKING DOWN TERRELL.
>> WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM ANDREWS.
THEY HIT THE OFFENSIVE LINE -- SELDOM DO YOU GO INTO A GAME WITH DEFENSIVE LINES AND ENDS BIGGER.
>> 12 OFFERS, ALABAMA, TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA.
RIGHT ON THE MIDDLE BY KINCHEN, STILL ON HIS FEET.
DIDN'T WRAP HIM UP, A YARD SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.
GREAT EFFORT.
>> MASHUP OF BODIES, PULLING RIGHT GUARD THERE.
ANYWHERE TO GO, KEEPING HEAD UP.
SPINNING OUT.
NICE TACKLE.
GIVING UP THAT FIRST DOWN BY TERRELL.
>> ACTUALLY, THEY GAVE HIM THE FIRST DOWN.
I THOUGHT HE WAS SHORT OF THE MARKER MYSELF, AND TIME-OUT CALLED BY LOVEJOY.
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COLLEGE SENIORS NEEDING FINANCIAL AID, COMPLETE YOUR GAFUTURES.ORG.
AND LET'S CHECK IN NELLY FOR SCORES.
>> RABEN LEADING UNION.
28-0, NO SURPRISE.
BIG GAME SO FAR FOR STOCKTON.
LEADING BACON COUNTY, 14-7.
CAMDEN HAS TIED WITH LOWNDES, AND EARLY COUNTING BACK AND FORTH LEADING.
WHITFIELD ACADEMY WINNING 7-6, AND COMMERCE EARLY LEAD IN SINGLE "A," MATT.
>> THANK YOU, NELLY.
FIRST AND 10, CARSON'S TEAM GOT WORK DOWN.
FIRST AND TEN FROM THE WESTLAKE 46.
HEAVY RUSH.
CRAIG STANDS, HIT AS HE THROWS.
LOOKING FOR SCANDRETT.
NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT TO HIM, COMMIT TO EASTERN MICHIGAN.
SAFETY, WIDE RECEIVER FOR THE WILDCATS.
>> TALENT BUT TALENT CAN'T GET THE BALL DOWNFIELD.
YOU HAVE A DRIVE GOING.
DOESN'T IT FEEL LIKE THE GAME IS ON THE LINE FOR LOVEJOY?
>> THEY'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
>> THEY'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING IN THIS DRIVE GOING INTO HALF TO HAVE ANY HOPES OF GETTING BACK IN THIS GAME AND WIN.
>> CRAIG IS 2 OF 8 PASSING FOR FOUR YARDS.
KINCHEN IN MOTION, GOING TO RUN A QUARTERBACK DRAW.
FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THAT FROM CRAIG.
GETS TO 42 YARD LINE.
TACKLED BY BRANDON MORTON.
>> MORTON AND LOTT -- THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
TALKED ABOUT RUNNING DRAWS AND SCREENS, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE AGGRESSIVE DEFENSIVE FRONT.
LOVEJOY, THIS IS STARTING TO BE FOUR DOWN TERRITORY, 23-0 IN THIS GAME AS WELL.
>> CRAIG, THE FIRST-YEAR QUARTERBACK REPLACING ARNOLD NOW AT EASTERN KENTUCKY.
THIRD DOWN, CRAIG, RUSHED, QUARTERBACK SACK BACK AT FACE-TO-FACE YARD LINE.
CRUSHED BY RICK KIE LOTT.
>> TALKED ABOUT THE AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE UP FRONT OF THE LIONS.
THIS TIME SHOWS BLITZ AND THEY CAME, UNBLOCKED HERE, GREAT ACCELERATION TO THE BALL BY LOTT.
>> THIRD QUARTERBACK SACK OF THE HALF FOR THE LIONS.
>> NOWHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL, LOOKING TO GET IT OUT QUICK.
BUT CORNERBACKS, WIGGINS AND TERRELL, NOT GOING TO GET THAT SLANT OFTEN AS YOU WANT.
>> HIGH SNAP AGAIN, PAYNE HAS TO GET UP THERE TO GET IT, FAIR CATCH CALLED.
GOING TO BE CATCH INTERFERENCE THERE AS LOVEJOY RAN INTO THE RECEIVER.
THAT WAS T.J.
BOOKER BACK TO CATCH THE PUNT, AND HE WAS INTERFERED WITH.
>> NUMBER 24, JUST CAN'T HAVE THIS AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME, 15 YARDS, BAILING THEM OUT.
>> Referee: CATCH INTERFERENCE, KICKING TEAM, 15-YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN.
>> JOIN US EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT FOR RECRUITING 2020, BIGGEST RECRUITING NEWS, INTERVIEW THE BIGGEST PLAYERS, WE'LL REPLAY THE SHOW TONIGHT AFTER TONIGHT'S GAME.
NUMBER TWO OUTSIDE LINEBACKER IN THE NATION IS GOING TO ANNOUNCE HIS DECISION ON WEDNESDAY.
PLUS HANNAH GOODEN'S CONVERSATION WITH FOUR STAR JAKE GARCIA.
IF YOU MISSED IT LIVE, CATCH THE REPLAY AFTER OUR GAME.
>> HOW AGGRESSIVE WILL WESTLAKE BE ON THIS DRIVE?
THEY HAVE A TIME-OUT.
THEY'VE PLAYED WITH BIG PLAYS, ESPECIALLY ON THE EDGE TRYING TO GET TO THE RECEIVERS.
>> GOING TO TAKE THE HOME RUN SHOT HERE.
PRETTY BALL BY RY JOHNSON.
HELD IT UP -- CAUGHT ANYWAY!
GOT THROUGH THE HANDS OF SCANDRETT INTO THE HANDS OF BLACKBURN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
I THOUGHT SCANDRETT HAD IT, BUT SOMEHOW GOT THROUGH HIS MITTS INTO THE HAND OF BLACKBURN, A 66-YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH.
>> GOING FOR OF THE HOME RUN RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF.
BIG PLAY DOWN TO THEIR BIG RECEIVER LEO BLACKBURN WHO HAS HAD A GREAT HALF.
GEORGIA TECH COMMIT.
RY JOHNSON, BALL A LITTLE UNDERTHROWN, GIVING SCANDRETT THE ABILITY TO GET BACK INTO THE PLAY.
>> BLACKBURN WITH HIS FOURTH TOUCHDOWN CATCH OF THE SEASON AND WESTLAKE WITH A 30-0 HALFTIME LEAD.
HOW DID THIS BALL GET THROUGH SCANDRETT'S HANDS?
>> GREAT PROTECTION, ABLE TO STEP INTO THE THROW.
YOU CAN SEE SCANDRETT RIGHT THERE WHEN HE WENT TO CATCH THE BALL, ALMOST -- YOU SEE HIM RELAX, WENT TO A CASUAL APPROACH OF INTERCEPTING THIS BALL INSTEAD OF SNATCHING IT.
KIND OF LETTING THE BALL COME TO HIM, GOING RIGHT THROUGH HIS HANDS INTO THE HANDS OF LEO BLACKBURN.
>> THAT WAS A PERFECT DESCRIPTION, WAYNE.
INSTEAD BEING AGGRESSIVE AND ATTACKING THE BALL, GETTING HANDS OUT IN FRONT OF YOU AND ATTACKING YOU, HE LET THE BALL COME INTO HIM, ALLOWED BLACKBURN TO JUST SNATCH IT FROM HIM.
>> GREAT PLAY TO END THE HALF, TALKED ABOUT LOVEJOY ON THEIR LAST DRIVE.
THAT WAS DRIVE THEY NEEDED TO HAVE.
COULDN'T COME UP WITH ANY POINTS.
PUNTING THE BALL OFF, HAVING BIG PENALTY BY KINCHEN ON THE PUNT RETURN, INTERFERENCE GAVE THEM 15 YARDS AND BOBBY MAY AND THIS OFFENSE -- OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR GOING FOR THE HOME RUN.
THOSE KIND OF RECEIVERS, WAY THE LINE IS PROTECTING, JUST FELT LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO GO DOWNFIELD.
>> COACH CARSON KNEW THEY WERE STEPPING INTO A SITUATION WHERE WESTLAKE WOULD HAVE THE EMOTIONAL EDGE TONIGHT.
NO DOUBT.
WESTLAKE HAS OUTPLAYED THEM EVERY CAPACITY POSSIBLE HERE THIS EVENING.
AND THESE KIND OF PLAYS GOT TO DRIVE YOU CRAZY IF YOU'RE COACH CARSON.
>> SCANDRETT BREAKING ON THE BALL, GREAT POSITION BUT RIGHT HERE JUST BACKED OFF, MISJUDGED THE BALL.
INSTEAD OF GOING TO SNATCH IT OUT OF THE AIR.
GREAT CONCENTRATION BY BLACKBURN, WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THE PROSPECT OF WHERE HE MIGHT GO, ONLY SECOND YEAR AS FULL TIME RECEIVER.
>> HE WAS A QUARTERBACK BEFORE THIS.
>> 6'4", ABOUT 220.
REAL BIG FIGURE DOWN THE FIELD TO THROW TO IF YOU'RE JOHNSON.
>> HE COMMITTED TO GEORGIA TECH OVER 25 OTHER OFFERS INCLUDING ILLINOIS, VIRGINIA AND ARIZONA STATE.
ANNOUNCED ONE WEEK FOR GEORGIA TECH AFTER LEFTWICH COMMITTED.
ANTONIO JONES, PICKS UP ABOUT THREE YARDS ON THE PLAY, TACKLED BY DEMARKO WILLIAMS.
>> NICE JOB OF ADRYAN HAYE AS WELL, GETTING OFF THE BLOCK, SHOWING HIS KEYS, GETTING IN TO CATCH ANTONIO JONES BEFORE HE COULD DO TOO MUCH DAMAGE.
>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX FROM THE 30 YARD LINE AS WE GO UNDER A MINUTE TO PLAY HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.
LOVEJOY CAN'T GET TO THE LOCKER ROOM SOON ENOUGH.
>> VERY CASUAL, GETTING LINED UP, GET POINTS BEFORE THE HALF FINISHES.
>> TERRELL PICKS UP A COUPLE OF YARDS THERE.
ANOTHER FLAG ON THE PLAY AS WILLIAMS MAKES THE TACKLE.
THERE'S BLACKBURN.
WHAT A TALENT HE IS.
HE SAID HE CHOSE GEORGIA TECH IN PART BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
SAID I WANT TO STAY CLOSE TO HOME.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
COACHES ARE TELLING HIM HE'LL PLAY WIDE RECEIVER, BE A BIG PART OF THE GEORGIA TECH OFFENSE IN THE FUTURE.
NO FLAG ON THE PLAY, THEY PICKED IT UP.
>> SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR BLACKBURN.
HIS COACH TALKED ABOUT HE'S NOWHERE NEAR WHERE HE MAY BE AS TALENT IN THE FUTURE.
GEORGIA TECH GOT THEM A GREAT PROSPECT FOR 2021.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
WE'VE REACHED THE END OF THE FIRST HALF.
GEORGIA TECH FANS GOT TO BE EXCITED WITH WHAT THEY'VE SEEN FROM LEO BLACKBURN HERE TONIGHT.
OF COURSE GEORGIA TECH AMONG A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, GEORGIA INCLUDED THAT, GOT BANGED BY COVID-19 THIS WEEK.
TECH WAS GOING TO PLAY PITT AND GEORGIA MISSOURI, THREE OTHER GAMES IN S.E.C.
WE'RE JUST THANKFUL TO BE PLAYING FOOTBALL THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
>> HAVING A GREAT GAME IS WESTLAKE IN THIS FIRST HALF.
YOU WATCH THIS OFFENSE, KEYS THEY CAME IN, WIN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, CHECK, CREATE BIG PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD, CHECK.
AND 30-0 GOING IN AT HALF, PLAYING WITH A LOT OF CONFIDENCE EVERY PHASE OF THE GAME.
>> BOBBY MAY SAID HIS TEAM WANTED TO WIN THIS GAME FOR PRINCIPAL JAMAR ROBINSON AND THEY'VE PUT ON QUITE A SHOW IN HIS HONOR AND IN HIS MEMORY TONIGHT.
30-0 LEAD ON LOVEJOY, A TEAM THAT UNTIL THIS TIME A WEEK AGO WAS 7-0 ON THE SEASON.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NELLY.
>> DOMINANT PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST HALF, OBVIOUSLY EMOTIONAL, AND RESPONDED FIRST 24 MINUTES.
>> I'M PROUD OF THE WAY THEY'RE FIGHTING.
CAME OUT WITH ENTHUSIASM, JUST GOT TO FINISH NOW.
>> KNOWING FULL WELL THE PROSPECT YOU HAVE FOR PRINCIPAL ROBINSON, COMING OUT IN SUIT, VERY CLASSY MOVE.
>> YEAH, HE NEVER MISSED A GAME.
AND HE WAS ALWAYS IN A SUIT, WHETHER IT WAS 100 DEGREES OR NOT, ALWAYS JOKE THAT YOU CAN WEAR A REGULAR SHIRT IF YOU WANT TO YOU, BUT HE ALWAYS CHOSE A SUIT.
SOMETHING I CAN DO FOR HIM.
>> DRESS SHOES, HIGH TOPS WAS CASUAL FOR HIM.
HALFTIME IS GOING TO BE EMOTIONAL, GO AHEAD AND HANG OUT.
>> THANKS.
>> DOMINANT SO FAR FROM WESTLAKE.
HANNAH, TO YOU.
>> WESTLAKE ON ITS WAY TO WINNING THE REGION FOUR 6A TITLE FOR PRINCIPAL ROBINSON.
WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH JOHN FOR THAT CEREMONY AND PRINCIPAL ROBINSON AT HALFTIME.
WE'LL HAVE MORE SCORES FROM AROUND THE STATE.
AFTER TONIGHT, ONE WEEK LEFT OF THE REGULAR SEASON.
REGION CHAMPS ARE BEING CLINCHED LEFT AND RIGHT.
AND WE'LL NAME OUR GPB PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF COMING UP ON GPB.
>>> WELCOME INTO THE GPB STUDIOS.
LOVEJOY VERSUS WESTLAKE.
LIONS UP 30-0, COULD CLINCH THE REGION TITLE.
WHO ELSE COULD BE CROWNED AROUND THE STATE?
IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
PLAYING FOR TWO SEED IN REGION ONE, 7A, CAMDEN COUNTY AND LOWNDES, TIED AT 7-7.
EAGLES UP 14-10.
TROJANS 27-0.
SORRY WILDCATS FANS, LOT TO COME BACK.
CALHOUN BATTLING, HURRICANES UP 17-7.
AND FOR SECOND PLACE IN REGION EIGHT "A" ALL TIED 7-7 THERE.
CEDAR TOWN CAN CLINCH FIRST TITLE SINCE 2011.
UP 20-0.
REGION SEVEN, 3A, TIED 17-17, AND 8-0 GRAYSON UP 21-0 OVER NEWTON.
QUARTERBACK JAKE GARCIA IS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT, NUMBER FOUR -- IN THE COUNTRY, AND HAD A LONG YEAR AND TRIP FROM THE WEST COAST TO THE EAST COAST.
LET'S LISTEN TO MY INTERVIEW WITH HIM.
>> JAKE IT'S BEEN CRAZY YEAR FOR YOU.
WEST COAST TO EAST COAST, WHAT HAS THIS SEASON BEEN LIKE FOR YOU?
>> BEEN A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS, BUT AT THE END, I PLAN ON HAVING IT ALL WORK OUT AND IT'S WORKED OUT TO THIS POINT.
JUST A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO PLAY FOOTBALL.
I PLAN ON WINNING THE STATE CHAMP, THAT WAS MY GOAL, THAT'S MY GOAL HERE, STATE AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> AND YOU MIGHT JUST DO THAT THIS SEASON.
BEFORE WE TALK FOOTBALL, WHAT IS BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM ALL OF THE MOVEMENT?
>> BEEN ABLE TO ADAPT TO NEW SITUATIONS, ADAPT TO NEW GROUPS OF KIDS AND COACHES AND DIFFERENT STYLES OF COACHING, DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOTBALL.
DIFFERENT OFFENSES.
AND JUST BEING ABLE TO PICK UP OFFENSES QUICKLY.
BEEN IN TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AND PICKED IT UP PRETTY QUICKLY.
PLAYED GAME WITHIN SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PICK THAT STUFF UP, ALSO PREPARED ME FOR COLLEGE.
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
>> GARCIA'S COMMITTED TO USC, HE'S AND NOT STRAYING FROM THE TROJANS.
CHECK THIS OUT ON "RECRUITING 2020," AIRED BEFORE THE GAME, AND WILL AIR AFTER.
OR ON DEMAND.
STICK WITH US, FOOTBALL FLORIDA IN GEORGIA REPORT.
GPB PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF NEXT.
>>> WELCOME BACK, HALFTIME OF WESTLAKE VERSUS LOVEJOY.
IT'S ALL LIONS ON OFFENSE SO FAR.
AND RUNNING BACK ZINA MULBAH HAS CARRIED THE LOAD, AS OUR GPB PLAYER OF THE HALF.
RY JOHNSON HANDS OFF TO MULBAH UP THE MIDDLE.
WESTLAKE, 7-0 ON THE BOARD FIRST.
MULBAH A 15-YARDER, EIGHT CARRIES FOR 37 YARDS AND TWO TDs.
POWERING THROUGH FOR THE NINTH TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON.
SALUTE TO PRESIDENT ROBINSON.
WESTLAKE UP 30-0, CONGRATULATIONS ZINA MULBAH, YOU'RE OUR PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF.
NEXT, JOHN WITH WHAT IS GOING ON WITH HALFTIME AT COLLEGE PARK.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW BY REGENTS.
I'M HANNAH GOODEN.
WESTLAKE COMMUNITY IS MISSING PRINCIPAL JAMAR ROBINSON TONIGHT, HE AND HIS WIFE TRAGICALLY PASSED IN PUERTO RICO ON VACATION.
THEY'VE BEEN HONORING HIM ALL NIGHT, JOHN, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?
>> HALFTIME, MIGHTY MARCHING LIONS HAD A PERFORMANCE OF ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES AND BAND ITSELF WAS STATIC.
PERFORMED IN PLACE, ONLY MOVEMENT FROM THE DANCE TEAM AND DRUM MAJOR BECAUSE MR.
ROBINSON WAS A DRUM MAJOR AT FLORIDA A&M.
GRADUATE OF SOUTHWEST DeKALB HERE IN INDIANA.
GOT OTHER DEGREES AFTER UNDERGRAD AT GEORGIA STATE AND GEORGIA SOUTHERN.
THERE WAS A PROCESSION AND CEREMONY BEFORE THE GAME HAPPENED, BOTH TEAMS TOOK KNEE IN RESPECTIVE END ZONES, GREAT SHOW OF UNITY.
LOT OF FOLKS FROM FULTON COUNTY, LOT OF WESTLAKE COMMUNITY HERE ON THE TRACK TO WATCH EVERYTHING GOING ON.
GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE FANS IN THE STANDS, GREAT SHOWING OF SUPPORT.
LOT OF #ROBINSONSTRONG T-SHIRTS THAT THE TEAM WAS WARMING UP IN.
LOT OF EMOTION HERE.
CARL GREEN WAS OVERCOME AT ONE POINT PUTTING WREATHS ON THE END ZONE.
VERY EMOTIONAL AND IT SHOWED UP IN THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
BIG MARGINS AND GREAT PLAYS FOR WESTLAKE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN, HEARTS OUT TO WESTLAKE COMMUNITY AND ROBINSONS, ALL FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THINK OF YOU GUYS.
TRY TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON "COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF" WITH JOHN AND I. MATT AND WAYNE, BACK TO YOU FOR THE SECOND HALF.
>> THANK YOU, HANNAH, IT'S SOMBER NIGHT.
STRANGE MIXTURE.
SOMBER NIGHT AND CELEBRATION OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYING THEIR HEARTS OUT, PUTTING A BEATING ON LOVEJOY RIGHT NOW.
>> REALLY TOOK THE FIELD TO SHOW THEIR PRINCIPAL WHO WE KNOW IS WATCHING HOW DYNAMIC AND GRATEFUL THEY WERE FOR HIS ATTENDANCE OF EVERY GAME.
THEY PLAYED EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, HARD-NOSED GAME FOR HIM.
>> REALLY GOTTEN AFTER IT ON DEFENSE AS WELL.
TALKED A LOT ABOUT OFFENSES.
LOOK BACK AT HIGHLIGHTS, IF WE'RE READY TO GO WITH THOSE.
JUMPED OUT EARLY ON THEM WITH THE TOUCHDOWN RUN BY MULBAH ON THE SECOND POSSESSION.
>> PHYSICAL BLOCKING UP FRONT WITH THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
GIVING TIME TO JOHNSON, THROWING UP FOR NATE WIGGINS TO MAKE THE BIG PLAY THERE.
>> EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT HAPPENED TO LOVEJOY, SNAP OVER THE HEAD OF THE PUNTER PAYNE, THEY CALLED THAT SAFETY.
16-0, EARLY IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THEN MULBAH, ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN RUN.
>> JUST A PHYSICAL RUN, SHOWING RESPECT TO HIS FALLEN PRINCIPAL, MR.
ROBINSON.
>> SUPER PLAY HERE BY LEO BLACKBURN, GEORGIA TECH COMMIT, JUST TO SNATCH THE BALL AWAY FROM QUENTAVIUS SCANDRETT ON THE TOUCHDOWN CATCH.
AND THE STATS ARE AS LOPSIDED AS THE SCOREBOARD.
11 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE FOR LOVEJOY AND 252 FOR WESTLAKE.
>> I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU SEE THE TWO TURNOVERS BY LOVEJOY.
YOU CAN'T BEAT TEAM LIKE WESTLAKE WITH THOSE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT FIVE-YARD PLUS PLAYS, 12 FOR WESTLAKE, FOUR FOR LOVEJOY.
>> WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE MESSAGE WAS FOR LOVEJOY IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
GOT A LOT OF WORK TO GET BACK IN THE GAME AND MAKE IT COMPETITIVE.
SEE IF THEY CAN DO IT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK FOR THE START OF THE SECOND HALF IN JUST A MOMENT.
>>> BACK FOR THE START OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
SIXTH RANKED WESTLAKE LIONS TAKING ANOTHER BIG STEP TOWARDS SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE REGION TITLE.
TO CLINCH NIGHT, WIN OVER LOVEJOY, GOOD SHAPE THERE, AND FOR HUGHES TO BEAT TUCKER.
IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WESTLAKE DOES PLAY TUCKER NEXT WEEK AND WINNER OF THAT BALL GAME WILL BE THE REGION CHAMPION.
IF TURK WINS TONIGHT.
LOOKS LIKE ALL FOUR TEAMS ARE GOOD SHAPE TO BE COMING OUT OF REGION FOUR, 6A TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.
LOVEJOY IF THEY DON'T WIN TONIGHT, DROP TO 2-2 AND HAVE TO BEAT NORTH ATLANTA NEXT WEEK IF THEY WIN TONIGHT.
COULD BE FOR PLAYOFF SPOT.
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE.
GET NELLY TO WORK ON GETTING US A HUGHES AND TUCKER SCORE IF HE CAN.
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE BIG BEARING ON WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT AND NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
BOTTOM LINE, WESTLAKE IN GOOD SHAPE.
>> THEY CAME OUT EMOTIONALLY CHARGED, PLAYING ON THE EMOTION.
BIG PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD, WITH THE SECONDARY AND AGGRESSIVENESS OF THE DEFENSIVE FRONT, NO ROOM FOR THE BACKS TO RUN AND LITTLE TIME FOR CRAIG TO THROW THE BALL.
>> IF YOU'RE A GEORGIA TECH FAN, HOW EXCITED ARE YOU TO SEE LEO BLACKBURN TONIGHT AND WHAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO?
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIM AND STATURE OF 6'5", 215, JUST IMAGINE HIM DOING SIMILAR THINGS, THROW THE BALL, GET TO HIM QUICK, MAKE PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD.
PITTMAN WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, LOOKS LIKE THAT KIND OF PLAYER THAT GEORGIA TECH IS GETTING, THREE STAR.
BUT PERFORMED IN BIG WAY TONIGHT.
>> THREE STAR TIGHT END IS HOW HE'S RATED BUT WHETHER HE LINES UP TIGHT AND PLAYS TIGHT END I DON'T KNOW, YOU CAN SEE HOW DANGEROUS HE IS IN SPACE.
SAW THAT ON THE 66-YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH.
FOUR CATCHES FOR 93 YARDS IN THAT FIRST HALF.
>> VERY IMPRESSED HOW HE CAN GET BEHIND THE CORNER.
WHEN YOU COME IN THE GAME AND SEE THAT SIZE, FIGURE HE DOESN'T HAVE THE TOP END SPEED.
BUT ON THAT TOUCHDOWN GRAB AGAINST SCANDRETT, HE WAS BEHIND SCANDRETT, GUY KNOWN FOR HIS SPEED, BIG TARGET DOWN THE FIELD, NICE SOFT HANDS.
>> MEANTIME LOVEJOY, PROUD PROGRAM, HAVING THEIR BEST SEASON SINCE 2013.
SEE THOSE FOUR YEARS RIGHT HERE?
THAT IS THE GLORY YEARS OF THE LOVEJOY FOOTBALL PROGRAM, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
IN THOSE FOUR YEARS COMBINED 47-6.
AND WHEN THEY STARTED 7-0 THIS YEAR, THAT WAS THEIR BEST START SINCE THE 2013 SEASON WHEN THEY ALSO WON THEIR FIRST SEVEN GAMES.
>> HEAD COACH EDGAR CARSON TALKED ABOUT HE WASN'T READY TO PUT THIS TEAM WITH THAT GROUP, HE THOUGHT HE HAD A TALENTED TEAM.
WAS SURPRISED HOW GREAT THEY HAD DONE.
>> COACH CARSON WITH NELLY ON THE FIELD.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD YOU TOO LONG.
WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM AT HALF?
>> LISTEN, FIRST HALF, WE LAID AN EGG, SECOND HALF WE HAVE TO FIGHT AND MAKE IT A BALL GAME.
I KNOW HAS BEEN A LONG THREE GAMES IN 11 DAYS BUT CAN'T MAKE EXCUSES, GOT TO COMPETE.
GET IT TURNED AROUND.
>> WE'LL SEE YOU IN SECOND HALF.
THANKS COACH.
THERE YOU GO, MATT, SECOND HALF'S ALL YOURS.
>> YOU KNEW THAT COACH CARSON WAS GOING TO BE BLUNT.
SECOND HALF KICKOFF BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA, SEATBELTS SAVE LIVES.
LOVEJOY WILL TAKE OVER AT THE 33 YARD LINE AS THE KICKOFF WAS COVERED BY NOLAN JONES.
WE'LL SEE IF LOVEJOY CAN GET SOMETHING GOING WITH 11 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE IN THAT FIRST HALF.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE LOVEJOY TEAM THAT'S PLAYED THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE SEASON.
AS YOU HEARD COACH CARSON REFER TO THREE GAMES IN 11 DAYS, BEAT TUCKER, TWO MONDAYS AGO.
LAST SATURDAY NIGHT FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON TO HUGHES, NOW PLAYING AGAIN ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
AND RUN INTO A BUZZSAW AGAINST WESTLAKE TEAM.
CRAIG IN THE AIR, POSITIVE PLAY, COMPLETE TO CAMERON SMITH, CLOSE TO FIRST DOWN -- THEY GOT IT, MOVE THE STICKS.
>> ZIP ON THE PASS BY CRAIG, GETTING ON THE EDGE TO SMITHMENT WANT TO GET HIM GOING, GET THE BALL OUT YOUR HAND, LET THE RECEIVERS DO THE WORK.
NICE THROW THERE, GIVING HIM THE ABILITY TO RUN AFTER THE CATCH.
POSITIVE YARDS TO START THIS HALF.
>> I'M IMAGINING THAT COACH CARSON PROBABLY PEELED SOME PAINT AS THEY LIKE TO SAY IN THE LOCKER ROOM, PROBABLY DIDN'T SUGAR COAT IT.
DIDN'T WITH US, LAID AN EGG IS WHAT HE SAID.
HE'S RIGHT, THEY DID.
CRAIG BACK TO PASS.
GUNS IT, ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.
LOOKS LIKE DIFFERENT LOVEJOY TEAM RIGHT THERE, WAY THEY'VE APPROACHED THE SECOND HALF OFFENSIVELY.
SCANDRETT WITH HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME.
>> DIFFERENT BODY LANGUAGE AND ZIP ON THE BALL.
ONCE AGAIN, NICE BALL BY CRAIG, GOOD PROTECTION UP FRONT.
COULDN'T SAY THAT IN THE FIRST HALF, WITH ALL THE PENETRATION OF WESTLAKE, NICE DELIVERY OF THE BALL, TWO POSITIVE PLAYS TO START THE HALF.
>> I LOVE TO SEE THIS.
WHETHER LOVEJOY COMES BACK OR NOT, IT'S HARD TO WIN THIS GAME BUT LOVE THE WAY THEY CAME OUT, APPROACH DIFFERENT, NOT HANGING HEADS.
CRAIG CHASED.
SACK AT 45.
RELENTLESS PASS RUSH, SED McCONNELL GETTING TO HIM.
>> NOWHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL, TOP NOTCH SECONDARY, GETTING OFF THE BLOCK IS HALL TO BRING HIM DOWN.
GOOD PROTECTION IN THE MIDDLE, YOU LIKE TO HAVE THAT BACK AND STEP UP IN THE POCKET INSTEAD OF ROLL OUT TO THE EDGE AS WITH HALL AND McCONNELL, GOOD EXPLOSION, ONCE THEY SEE COLOR, CAN GET TO IT.
>> FOUR SACKS FOR THE WESTLAKE DEFENSE TONIGHT.
NOW IT'S SECOND DOWN AND 20.
>> SOME OF THE PROBLEM OF THE FIRST HALF.
>> NOW THIRD DOWN AND LONG.
JAKARRI TERRELL WAS STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS.
NINE CARRIES IN THE FIRST HALF, NOT A LOT FOR THEIR NUMBER ONE NB.
>> KNEW A LOT ABOUT THE SECONDARY BUT RAKI LOTT, HE'S MAKING PLAYS TONIGHT, INSIDE AND OUT, BIG PLAYS.
>> UNOFFICIALLY SIX TACKLES TONIGHT.
ONE FOR LOSS AND A QUARTERBACK SACK.
THIRD DOWN AND 18 FOR LOVEJOY.
CRAIG GOING HOME RUN, FAR SIDELINE, OUT-OF-BOUNDS.
DEMARKO WILLIAMS STEP FOR STEP.
STARTED WELL.
COUPLE OF BIG PLAYS, HUGE DEFENSIVE PLAY BY WESTLAKE DEFENSE AND THAT WAS THAT.
>> WHAT A LUXURY TO HAVE DEMARKO WILLIAMS LINED UP AT SAFETY.
ARGUABLY IN CONVERSATION AS BEST CORNER PLAYING SAFETY.
NOWHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL, GIVING THE RECEIVER NO ROOM AND NOWHERE TO LAY THAT BALL FOR CRAIG.
>> T.J.
BOOKER STANDING DEEP.
ANOTHER BAD SNAP AND PAYNE MIGHT HAVE HURT HIMSELF JUMPING BACK TO GET ON THAT BALL AT THE 13 YARD LINE.
NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE A BAD SNAP, NOW YOUR PUNTER IS HURT.
>> SECOND TIME IN THE GAME WE'VE SEEN THIS, GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION OF THE FIELD, JUST A HIGH SNAP.
NO REAL ABILITY TO JUMP UP, BRING THAT BALL DOWN THIS TIME.
GETTING ON IT EARLY, FIRST TIME IT WAS A SAFETY.
AFTER TWO POSITIVE PLAYS TO START THAT FIRST DRIVE, JUST FALLING BACK TO THAT FIRST HALF ENERGY AGAIN IS LOVEJOY.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE HURT HIS ANKLE.
FIRST AND TEN FOR WESTLAKE AT THE 12 YARD LINE.
KEEPER, RY JOHNSON.
AND JOHNSON DOWN TO THE 6 YARD LINE.
TACKLED BY CAMERON HENRY.
WESTLAKE POISED FOR ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> 14 YARDS A CARRY WHEN HE DECIDES TO RUN.
>> RUN RIGHT INTO THE TEETH OF THE DEFENSE.
AHMED BRIMAH MAKING THAT TACKLE FOR LOVEJOY.
>> THEY JUST LIKE TO POUND.
ZINA MULBAH, BIG, PHYSICAL BACK, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SCORE BUT KEEP EYE ON JOHNSON AS WELL, WAY THE SECONDARY IS HAVING TO PLAY THESE BIG RECEIVERS.
>> THIRD DOWN AND TWO, MULBAH HAS THE FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 3 YARD LINE.
>> BIG, PHYSICAL, BETWEEN THE TACKLE.
GOOD COMPLEMENT FOR THIS OFFENSIVE SCHEME.
NOT ABLE TO DROP EIGHT MEN IN THE BOX TO STOP YOUR RUN GAME AND THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.
>> MULBAH, THIRD TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT FOR ZINA MULBAH.
CRASHES IN FROM TWO YARDS OUT.
36-0.
>> SIMILAR AS LAST RUSHING TOUCHDOWN, MULBAH.
GETTING BEHIND HIS PADS AND FALLING FORWARD.
READ ZONE, PULLING A LITTLE TRAP ACTION.
NOT ABLE TO GET THE BLOCK ON HIM, BUT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.
>> P.A.T.
BY ROUNDTREE.
MULBAH FOUND THE END ZONE THREE TIMES TONIGHT.
WESTLAKE IN A ROUT, 37-0 IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
PAET.
>>> 37-0, SIX RANKED WESTLAKE LIONS IN TOTAL COMMAND AND DOMINATION TONIGHT.
GEORGIA PECAN COMMISSION AND PECAN FARMERS FROM GEORGIA GROW A NATURALLY DELICIOUS SNACK PACKED WITH ANTIOXIDANTS.
GENERATIONS OF GEORGIANS HAVE SNACKED ON HOME-GROWN, LOCAL PECANS, A PROUD SUPPORTER OF HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
THIS IS GEORGIA'S NUT.
THINKING OF PECAN PIE WITH THANKSGIVING COMING UP.
SCAN THE QR CODE ON THE SCREEN THERE, DOWNLOAD INSTANTLY THE GPB SPORTS APP, KEEP UP WITH ALL THE SCORES AROUND THE STATE, WATCH THE GAME ON THE GPB APP.
READ THE BLOGS AND CHECK OUT WEEKLY RANKINGS.
FAIR CATCH MADE AT THE 30 YARD LINE, THAT'S WHERE LOVEJOY WILL GO ON OFFENSE.
MINUS 36 YARDS OF OFFENSE TONIGHT FOR LOVEJOY.
>> REALLY CAME OUT WITH A DIFFERENT ENERGY IN THAT FIRST SET OF DOWNS TO START THIS HALF, AND THEN AFTER THE BIG SACK THERE BY JAMUND HALL, BEHIND THE STICKS AGAIN.
YOU CAN'T PLAY THIS DEFENSE IF IT'S SECOND AND THIRD AND LONG ALL NIGHT LONG.
KEYS TO THE GAME, NUMBER ONE FOR OFFENSE WAS TURNOVERS, SO FAR THREE BIG TURNOVERS SETTING UP EASY TOUCHDOWNS FOR WESTLAKE.
>> EIGHT NEGATIVE YARD PLAYS FOR WESTLAKE DEFENSE.
FOUR QUARTERBACK SACKS, FOUR TACKLES FOR LOSS.
GOES TO TERRELL, SUBMARINED AT 37 YARD LINE.
>> NICE TACKLE BY ISAIAH JEFFERSON, COMING TO GET BACK INTO THIS PLAY.
GOOD BLOCKING, PULLING OFFENSIVE TACKLE AND GUARD TO GET OUTSIDE.
GOOD OPEN FIELD TACKLE THERE BY JEFFERSON.
>> LIKE TO SEE WHAT THIS WESTLAKE TEAM'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IN THE PLAYOFFS.
LAST YEAR THEY GOT UPSET FIRST ROUND BY CHEROKEE AFTER WINNING THE REGION TITLE.
ONE SEED, IF THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE OUT OF REGION FOUR, WOULD BE MATCHED UP WITH FOUR SEED OUT OF REGION ONE.
ANTONIO JONES TRYING TO CLEAR THE EDGE, ONLY GETS ABOUT A YARD ON THE PLAY.
TACKLED BY ADRYAN HAYE, WHO HAD THAT INTERCEPTION AND NEAR PICK SIX EARLIER IN THE GAME.
>> ONE OF THE FEW TIMES THAT LOVEJOY IS ABLE TO GET TO THE CORNER.
HOW IMPRESSIVE HAS HAYE BEEN, SHOWING HIS RANGE FROM THAT LINEBACKER POSITION, HE'S BEEN ABLE TO RUN DOWN A LOT OF PLAYS TO THAT SIDELINE.
>> AND HE'S 6'2", 190, GOOD LOOKING PLAYER.
LOT OF SPEED, GOT SOME LENGTH.
THEY'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF TALENT, DON'T THEY?
NOT JUST GUYS WITH STARS BY THEIR NAMES.
KINCHEN ON THE CARRY.
>> THIS IS WHAT WE CAME, THINKING THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE TERRELL AND KINCHEN AND TRY TO CONTROL THE CLOCK.
YOU COULD TELL EARLY ON THIS WESTLAKE DEFENSIVE FRONT WAS PLAYING WITH A LOT OF ENERGY, GETTING OFF THE BLOCKS AND JUST NOT GIVING ANY GROUND TO GET THE RUN GAME GOING.
>> FOLKS, THIS LOVEJOY TEAM, UNTIL BEING BEATEN BY HUGHES LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, HAD WON EIGHT IN A ROW, DATING BACK TO THE END OF LAST SEASON.
THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET SMASHED WITH A TWO-GAME LOSING STREAK HERE.
WRONG TIME OF THE YEAR, NEXT TO LAST WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON, FIND YOURSELF HAVING TO WIN LAST DAY OF THE REGULAR SEASON TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS, CLINCH A SPOT.
CRAIG GOING UP TOP, AND SCANDRETT CANNOT RUN UNDER IT, GOT DEMARKO WILLIAMS RIGHT WITH HIM.
JOIN US NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT HERE ON GPB, REGION CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE, REGION SEVEN, 7A TITLE, ARCHER TIGERS TRAVEL TO TAKE ON THE THIRD RANKED BLUE DEVILS.
UNDEFEATED NOR CROSS, WHAT A SEASON THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER.
AGAINST ARCHER NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT ON GPB.
>> LOVEJOY TRYING TO USE THAT HARD COUNT TO GET WESTLAKE.
SHOWN A LOT OF DISCIPLINE SINCE THE FIRST OFFSIDE PENALTY.
>> THIRD DOWN AND FOUR, KINCHEN NOT GOING TO GET CLOSE.
HE RAN INTO A STONE WALL.
>> THAT MAN AGAIN, ADRYAN HAYE.
LINEBACKING CORPS HAVING A GOOD GAME AGAINST HAYE AND LOTT.
SOLID TACKLING FROM THE LINEBACKERS OF WESTLAKE.
>> FOURTH AND FOUR, LOVEJOY GOING TO GO FOR IT HERE, UNDER FIVE MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
HAYE WITH AN INTERCEPTION TONIGHT.
NOPE, THEY'RE GOING TO PUNT IT.
I THINK IT WAS ANTONIO JONES WHO PUNTED IT.
FIELDED AT 15 YARD LINE BY BOOKER, HE'S UP TO 29, THAT'S WHERE WESTLAKE WILL GO ON OFFENSE.
WE'LL STEP ASIDE AS THEY COME BACK OUT ON THE FIELD.
35-YARD PUNT AND 14-YARD RETURN.
>>> 37-0, WESTLAKE LEADING LOVEJOY LATE THIRD QUARTER.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN "RECRUITING 2020," WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
WE'LL REPLAY IT FOR YOU IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THIS GAME.
LATEST ON THE NUMBER TWO OUTSIDE LINEBACKER IN THE NATION, GOING TO ANNOUNCE DECISION ON WEDNESDAY.
NEWS OF THAT.
PLUS HANNA GOODEN'S CONVERSATION WITH NUMBER FOUR RANKED PRO STYLE QUARTERBACK IN THE NATION FROM GRAYSON, JAKE GARCIA.
COMING UP AFTER THE GAME ON GPB.
WE'LL ALSO GO TO DEPTH WITH THE WESTLAKE PLAYERS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO MUCH TONIGHT.
ALL LIVED UP TO EXPECTATIONS, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
JOHNSON GOING KEEP.
DIDN'T GO THIS TIME.
JUST THIRD INCOMPLETION FOR JOHNSON TONIGHT.
>> BUMP BETWEEN MIDDLEBROOK AND COLLINS DOWN THE SIDELINE, ONE THAT COLLINS IS GOING TO VIEW TOMORROW KNOWING HE COULD HAVE GOT ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN.
AFTER THE CONTACT, LITTLE BIT OFF BALANCE, BALL TO HIS CHEST, NOT ABLE TO CATCH WITH HIS HANDS.
>> HE COMMITTED TO CLEMSON SEPTEMBER 2019, JUST STARTING JUNIOR YEAR.
SMART ON THE CARRY.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NELLY.
>> ALL RIGHT, JUST TO GIVE YOU UPDATE, LATE KICKOFF TONIGHT, 8:00 WAS SCHEDULED KICK BETWEEN HUGHES AND TUCKER.
STILL WAITING ON THE SCORE.
NORCROSS OFF, NINE GAMES IN THE BARN.
NEXT WEEK IS SEASON FINALE.
ARCHER WAS WINNING BIG AT HALF AGAINST DULUTH.
>> WE'LL SEE ARCHER AND NORCROSS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE, JOHNSON FIRES TO BLACKBURN, TAKEN DOWN AT 41 YARD LINE.
>> PITCH AND CATCH BETWEEN JOHNSON AND BLACKBURN, USING BIG BODY, AGGRESSIVE RUN AFTER THE CATCH TO GET THIS FIRST DOWN, ABOUT A YARD SHY OF THE FIRST, 6'4", 6'5", 215 FRAME, BAD SITUATION FOR CAMERON SMITH TO BE IN.
>> FIVE CATCHES FOR 101 FOR BLACKBURN, INCLUDING A SCORE.
WESTLAKE WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING TO THE LINE, THEY'LL TAKE A PENALTY.
>> ONE OF THE SCARY THINGS ME AND YOU DISCUSSED AT HALFTIME, WE TALKED ABOUT BLACKBURN AND COLLINS, NATE WIGGINS, BUT NOT SMOKEN ABOUT JACQUES SMITH, ANOTHER COMMIT.
>> HE'S MAKE A COUPLE OF TACKLES AS SAFETY.
BIG RUN BY CORZAVIUS SMART, HAD HIS PANTS PULLED DOWN, PULLED THEM UP, GOING TO SCORE THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> MONSTER BODY, BUILT LIKE A BRICK HOUSE.
IN MY SHORT COMMENTATING CAREER, MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE BEST RUN I'VE SEEN.
TAKE THE TIME -- >> PRESENCE OF MIND TO PULL HIS BRITCHES BACK UP WHILE RUNNING AND GET THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> STILL SCORE THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> I'M ON TELEVISION, CAN'T DO THAT TO ME.
>> PHYSICAL, DOWNHILL RUN FOR CORZAVIUS SMART.
HE'LL BE TELLING THAT STORY FOREVER.
>> JUST HEARD SOMEBODY SAY YOU'RE ON TV.
YEAH, HE KNEW IT, THAT'S WHY HE PULLED HIS PANTS BACK UP.
WOW, 64 YARDS, HE'S GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
>> JUST DOWN BLOCKING ON THE RIGHT SIDE, NICE BLOCK, WATCH THE STIFF ARMS HERE, FINISHING THE RUN, PULLS HIS PANTS UP, STILL NOT ABLE TO BRING HIM DOWN, IT IS FANTASTIC RUN.
WE KNOW ABOUT THE SIZE, HERE SHOWING US THE SPEED AND THE CONCENTRATION TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.
BIG-TIME RUN THERE BY SMART.
>> I KNOW IT'S ANOTHER NETWORK, BUT I THINK THAT'S GOT TO BE "SPORTS CENTER" TOP TEN NOMINEE HERE.
I MEAN -- >> TAKING A PAGE FROM DERRICK HENRY WITH THE STIFF ARM, STIFF ARMING TWO PLAYERS DOWN.
SALUTE THE SMART RIGHT THERE FOR THAT TOUCHDOWN RUN.
NEVER SAY NOTHING.
>> THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
>> I DON'T THINK HE HAD A BELT IN THOSE FANS TONIGHT.
>> CORZAVIUS SMART WITH THE 54-YARD MOON SHOT TOUCHDOWN RUN.
>> THAT'S THE SCARY THING WE TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT THE RECEIVERS, WAY THE LINE IS BLOCKING, THESE TWO BACKS, NOT A LOT OF NOTORIETY, BUT THEY CONTRIBUTE IN THE WAY THEY'VE ASKED ON THIS TEAM, WHICH IS DOWNHILL, IN THE BOX RUNS, AGGRESSIVE, ATTACK THE LINE, GET WHAT YOU CAN.
>> I MEAN HE BLASTED TWO GUYS ON THAT PLAY.
I MEAN HE JUST ABUSED TWO LOVEJOY DEFENDERS ON THAT PLAY.
>> NOT SURE WHAT COACH COULD BE TELLING HIM ABOUT THAT RUN.
>> GAVE US -- LOOK AT THOSE GUNS RIGHT THERE.
GOT THE SLEEVES ALL ROLLED UP SO WE CAN SEE WHAT HE'S BEEN WORKING ON IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.
>> WHAT A GREAT RUN THAT WAS.
>> HERE, YOU TAKE IT.
AND TREVON KINCHEN WITH A NICE RETURN, FINALLY DRAGGED DOWN AT 40 YARD LINE.
THAT'S WHERE LOVEJOY'S GOING TO GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
>> THERE'S A WEAKNESS TO THIS WESTLAKE TEAM, MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT IN THEIR ABILITY TO KICK THE BALL OFF AND IN THE FIELD GOAL GAME.
BEEN ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH SOME POOCHED KICKOFFS, BUT GOOD RETURN HERE, GETTING IT INTO THE HANDS OF KINCHEN, THIS IS THE ATTITUDE YOU EXPECT IN LOVEJOY COMING IN 7-1, TO CONTINUE TO PLAY.
>> LOVEJOY GOING BACK ON OFFENSE HERE FROM THE 40 YARD LINE.
>> LIKE THEY'VE INSTALLED KINCHEN AT QUARTERBACK.
>> AND THE HAND-OFF GOES TO TERRELL.
PICKS UP A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE PLAY.
IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE, WAYNE, CAN'T HAVE BETTER PLAY THAN THAT REST OF THE SEASON WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOP THAT PLAY REST OF THE SEASON.
KINCHEN HAS TAKEN OVER AT QUARTERBACK.
5'9" SOPHOMORE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REWARD OR PENALTY, GET IN TO PLAY QUARTERBACK, DOWN LIKE THIS.
>> TWO BAD SNAPS ON THE PUNT TEAM, BALL JUST NOT GETTING UP.
ALL ON THE CENTER, NO HIKE TO THE BALL.
NERVES ALREADY BOUNCING AROUND AS NEW QUARTERBACK, DON'T WANT ISSUES SNAPPING THE BALL, CREATING ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WESTLAKE HAS FEASTED ON TONIGHT.
>> DOWN AT 34 YARD LINE.
SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN ABOUT FOUR YARDS AND FLAG DOWN AS WELL.
16-YARD PICKUP FOR KINCHEN.
LOOKED LIKE A BLIND SIDE BLOCK CALL.
INSTEAD OF FOURTH AND FOUR, IT'S FOURTH AND FOREVER.
WELL, MIGHT BE THIRD DOWN.
LET'S SEE WHERE THEY THROW THE FLAG HERE.
>> COACH CARSON I THINK IS THINKING BY PUTTING KINCHEN IN, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE AGGRESSIVE FRONT WITH HIS ABILITY TO RUN AND SCRAMBLE AND MAKE PLAYS WITH HIS LEGS, SOMETHING THAT CRAIG'S NOT ADAPT TO DO.
BUT AGAIN, BIG PLAYS, NEGATED BY PENALTIES, MISCUES WITH THE SNAPS, REALLY HAVE SET LOVEJOY BACK.
>>> KINCHEN GETTING WORK IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
WE'LL BE HAVING A RUNNING CLOCK IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
THIRD DOWN AND LONG HERE, KINCHEN GOING DOWN AT 49 YARD LINE, THAT'S RAKI LOTT AGAIN.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
SEVEN TACKLES FOR LOTT.
>> IMPRESSIVE GAME, DOWNHILL THAT HE BRINGS.
WATCH HOW HE SEES THIS AND GOES AND GETS THE BALL.
WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF MIDDLE LINEBACKER.
HE'S DONE THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN TONIGHT, ONCE HE SEES THAT COLOR, SEES THAT YOU MIGHT BE COMMITTED TO RUNNING THAT BALL, HE COMES DOWN AND GETS YOU.
LISTED AT 5'11", 200.
BUT HE FLOWS ON THE BALL LIKE HE'S 215, 220.
>> ANOTHER RIDICULOUSLY HIGH SNAP.
>> Referee: ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION, DEFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
>> ONE THING THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON IN PRACTICE WHERE THEY PLAY NORTH ATLANTA IN REGULAR SEASON FINALE, SNAPS.
ANTONIO JONES IS PUNTING AFTER JAYLEN PAYNE, NUMBER ONE PUNTER, WAS HURT BECAUSE OF A BAD SNAP.
THAT'S A GOOD SNAP.
AND JONES GETS IT OUT, TAKES TO 15 YARD LINE, AND TREVON KINCHEN THROWS HIM DOWN AT 11, THAT'S WHERE LOVEJOY WILL GO ON OFFENSE WITH JUST 20 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> SINCE PUSHED INTO DUTIES OF PUNTING, ANTONIO JONES HAS DONE IMPRESSIVE JOB, GETS BALL OUT QUICK, GOOD HEIGHT, GOOD COVERAGE BY KINCHEN TO BRING THE RETURN MAN DOWN.
>> ANTONIO JONES, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ON THE FIELD HE CAN'T DO.
>> SHOWN IT TONIGHT IN THE RETURN GAME, PUNTED THE BALL, PLAYS CORNER.
>> RETURNS KICKS, KICKS OFF.
HE DOES IT ALL.
JUST HASN'T HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM HIS TEAMMATES TONIGHT.
BEEN A ROTTEN NIGHT FOR LOVEJOY.
ON WHAT OTHERWISE HAS BEEN GREAT SEASON FOR HIM.
CHRISTIAN BURKS.
BOBBY MAY GETTING THE STARTERS OUT AS WE HEAD TO THE FOURTH QUARTER.
>> HE WAS QUARTERBACK BUT SEEMED SURPRISE THAT RUNNING BACK DIDN'T TAKE THE BALL.
>> LOVEJOY CLOSING IN, ANOTHER BIG STEP TO REGION TIGHT.
MULBAH SCORED THREE TIMES TONIGHT, AND THIS MAN WITH THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEASON.
>>> WELCOME BACK, HEADING INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LOVEJOY VERSUS WESTLAKE.
LIONS HOLDING STRONG, LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO CLINCH THE TITLE.
REST OF THE STATE, LOWNDES IS UP IN REGION ONE, 7A.
COLLINS HILL TRYING TO CLINCH FIRST TITLE SINCE 2013, UP OVER MILL CREEK 21-10.
REGION ONE 6A FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP, LEE COUNTY LOOKS TO BE TAKING IT 34-7.
5A CHAMPIONSHIP, CARTERSVILLE IN THE LEAD.
17-14.
AND ATHENS ACADEMY HANDILY BEATING GEORGE WALTON ACADEMIC.
>> I WOULD LIKE A LEE COUNTY/WESTLAKE GAME, WOULD BE FUN WITH ALL THE ATHLETES ON THE FIELD AT THE SAME TIME.
RUN.
>> NICE JOB BY BURKS, DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE ROUTES HE SAW, TRYING TO GET A QUICK SLANT, FELT THE PRESSURE HERE.
TUCKING THE BALL AWAY.
NICE JOB BY HIM.
>> THAT'S JAQUEZ SMITH.
LOOK AT HIM, DANG.
THESE GUYS BEEN WORKING IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.
>> BIG, PHYSICAL AFTER THE CATCH.
VERY IMPRESSIVE, NOT LOOKING FOR SIDELINE OR STEPPING UP, BUILT LIKE THAT, WHY WOULD I?
>> BOBBY MAY SAID HE WAS BUILT LIKE NFL SAFETY, HE'S NOT KIDDING.
LOVEJOY PLAYER DOWN ON THE FIELD, WE'LL STEP ASIDE.
>>> WELCOME BACK, ONE MINUTE GONE.
SHOCKER OUT OF SOUTH GEORGIA, FIRST FINAL IN THE BOOKS TONIGHT, DEFENDING STATE CHAMP IRWIN COUNTY GOES DOWN TO CLINCH, 13-0, DRIVING FOR FINAL SCORE, DOWN 6-0 AT THAT POINT, ENDED UP GOING THE OTHER WAY, 13-0, BIG WIN FOR CLINCH TONIGHT.
AND ON THE BOARD FOURTH QUARTER, SEE THE PLAYER TAKEN OFF THE FIELD HERE, GOOD TO SEE.
ONE MORE SCORE BEFORE WE GO, LEE COUNTY IN CONTROL OVER VALDOSTA.
MORE AFTER THIS, DOMINANT PERFORMANCE BY THE LIONS TONIGHT.
>>> WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE OFFENSE, IT IS 44-0.
BUT THERE IS THE NOTHING PART OF THAT SCORE.
RAKI LOTT, MONSTER GAME FOR WESTLAKE.
SAY IT NOW, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
I THINK I'M NOMINATING HIM FOR MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER SEGMENT ON "RECRUITING 2020" NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
DOESN'T HAVE OFFERS AS FAR AS I KNOW.
MAKE RAKI LOTT AN OFFER, SOMEBODY.
UNOFFICIALLY SEVEN TACKLES, SACK, TACKLE FOR LOSS.
GOOD LOOKING LINEBACKER, 5'11", 200.
>> BEEN ABLE TO SHOW PHYSICALITY INSIDE THE BLOCK, OUTSIDE, SHOW SPEED, MAKE TACKLES.
>> HEAVY RUSH, BURKS SCRAMBLING AROUND BACK THERE, AND FINALLY TAKEN DOWN BY JACOBY GILBERT, 25.
TONY GILBERT, STAR LINEBACKER FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS THAT'S HIS SON -- PARDON ME, GETTING SIDES MIXED UP.
25 FOR LOVEJOY, THAT'S ELIJAH CHHOEUNG.
WE'LL FIND TONY GILBERT'S SON IN WESTLAKE.
BURKS, SCRAMBLING, INCOMPLETE.
>> WE'VE SEEN HEADINESS OF BURKES IN HIS PLAY, SINCE BEING INSTALLED INTO THE OFFENSE, GETTING OUTSIDE THE POCKET, GETTING THE BALL BACK TO THE RECEIVER TO SHOW HE'S OUTSIDE THE POCKET AND THROWING THE BALL AWAY.
EARLIER SCRAMBLED TO GET A BIG RUN.
>> FIRST PUNT OF THE NIGHT I BELIEVE.
BLACKBURN, HE DOESN'T DO THAT WELL BUT GETS A BIG BOUNCE OF ABOUT 15 YARDS AND ROLLS DEAD AT 41 YARD LINE, WHERE LOVEJOY WILL TAKE OVER.
31-YARD KICK.
TURNED OUT OKAY.
ABOUT 15 OR 16 ON THE BOUNCE.
>> TALK ABOUT GOING FORWARD.
IF WE'VE SEEN ANYTHING TONIGHT THAT COULD BE ACHILLES HEEL FOR WESTLAKE, IT'S THE KICKING GAME.
THEY'RE DYNAMIC WITH RETURNS AND COVERAGE, BUT THE KICKERS THEMSELVES ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND THEIR GAME THIS SEASON.
>> GOT A RUNNING CLOCK HERE ON OUT.
WESTLAKE WILL IMPROVE TO 4-0 IN REGION FOUR 6A, AND THEY CANNOT CLINCH BY THEMSELVES TONIGHT, CAN CLINCH A SHARE.
DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH TUCKER AND HUGHES GAME.
THAT'S ANTONIO JONES AND DEMARKO WILLIAMS RIDES HIM OUT-OF-BOUNDS AND TWO GUYS LOCK HORNS FACE MASK TO FACE MASK, EXCHANGE WORDS AND SEPARATE.
WESTLAKE WILL IMPROVE TO 4-0 IN THE REGION.
UNLESS HUGHES BEATS TUCKER TONIGHT, WESTLAKE WILL HAVE TO BEAT TUCKER NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT TO CLINCH THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> NICE JOB OF THROW AND CATCH THERE TO ANTONIO JONES, GIVEN TIME, KINCHEN -- HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER THE BALL WITH THE PRESSURE FROM THE DEFENSIVE FRONT.
>> KINCHEN UP TOP, INCOMPLETE.
SCANDRETT WAS IN THE AREA CODE.
>> NOT ON THE SAME PAGE.
SOME OF THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED.
YOU PUT IN THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK WITH THAT FIRST UNIT, THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY WHO HE WORKS WITH IN PRACTICE.
NOT SURE WHERE KINCHEN WAS GOING WITH THAT BALL.
LOVEJOY TAKING A LONG TIME TO FIGURE OUT PERSONNEL GROUPINGS.
LOOKING TO THE SIDELINES.
NOT SURE WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO LINE UP.
>> HEAVY RUSH.
KINCHEN GOING TO STEP OUT-OF-BOUNDS.
BARELY GOT BACK TO THE STICKS.
NELLY, WHAT YOU GOT FOR US?
>> UPDATING OPPONENTS, ARCHER BEAT DULUTH, FINAL.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
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THERE'S JACOBY GILBERT.
TONY GILBERT'S SON.
STAR FOR THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS.
AND THE BALL OFF THE HANDS OF ANTONIO JONES.
NATE WIGGINS ON THE COVERAGE.
COMES FROM ATHLETIC FAMILY.
DAD PLAYED FOOTBALL, MAMA RAN TRACK AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
ENJOYING WHAT HAS BEEN A SPECTACULAR NIGHT FOR WESTLAKE ON A NIGHT WHERE THEY VOWED TO WIN THE GAME IN HONOR OF THEIR PRINCIPAL, JAMAR ROBINSON, THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT TOOK MR.
ROBINSON AND HIS WIFE, ANN MARIE'S LIFE THIS WEEK IN PUERTO RICO.
YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WAYNE WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS BEING AN ESCAPE FROM THAT, GET OUT THERE AND HAVE NORMAL FOOTBALL NIGHT.
BOOKER ON THE LONG RETURN.
MIGHT TAKE IT BACK ALL THE WAY.
AND HE WILL.
T.J.
BOOKER!
BREAKS THE TAPE, 90-YARD TOUCHDOWN RETURN BY T.J.
BOOKER, THAT'S THEIR FIFTH KICK RETURN TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON, AND IT IS 50-0.
>> OUTSTANDING BLOCKING BY THE RETURN TEAM.
ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO T.J.
BOOKER, GETTING BEHIND THE BLOCKS.
CORRIDOR HERE ON THIS RETURN.
MAKES THOSE INITIAL GUYS MISS, THIS ALLEYWAY, A STIFF ARM, NOW IT'S JUST A FOOT RACE HE'S WINNING, GETTING THERE.
BIG PLAY.
WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR SPECIAL TEAMS AND THE RETURN GAME.
IT'S SOMETHING SPECIAL TO WATCH HOW THEY RETURN PUNTS AND KICKOFFS.
IT'S A VARIETY OF GUYS BACK THERE YOU MIGHT HAVE TO KICK TO.
BIG PLAY BY HIM.
>> 50-0.
YOU KNOW, IN OUR BUSINESS WE SAY THIS A LOT, WE DIDN'T EXPECT THIS.
BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T EXPECT THIS.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A STRAIGHT-UP EVEN BATTLE.
READ THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL DAILY, THEY HAVE THE MAXWELL LINE, IT'S NOT A BETTING LINE BUT THEY DO THE NUMBERS.
WESTLAKE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE-POINT FAVORITE TONIGHT.
THEY'RE WINNING BY 51 WITH FIVE TO PLAY.
>>> 51-0, NUMBER SIX WESTLAKE LIONS THROTTLING LOVEJOY TONIGHT.
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NOT KIDDING, SUPPOSED TO BE ONE-POINT GAME TONIGHT.
>> COME IN THIS GAME, WESTLAKE RANKED NUMBER SIX.
SOME RANKING SYSTEMS HAD LOVEJOY AS TOP TEN TEAM.
>> WE HAD LOVEJOY IN OUR TOP TEN UNTIL UPSET BY HUGHES, AND STILL RANKED NUMBER NINE IN COMPOSITE RANKINGS, WHICH TAKES GPB AND SCORE ATLANTA AND ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION, PUTS THEM TOGETHER FOR COMPOSITE, AND RANKED NUMBER NINE IN THE STATE.
>> NEITHER PHASE OF LOVEJOY'S TEAM HAS STOOD UP TONIGHT.
OFFENSE WITH TURNOVERS COULDN'T CONTROL THE CLOCK, DEFENSE COULDN'T TAKE AWAY THE BIG PLAY, AND SPECIAL TEAMS, IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG MONDAY MEETING.
BETWEEN THE BAD SNAPS AND RETURN RIGHT THERE, NOT BEEN A GOOD NIGHT FOR LOVEJOY ANY PHASE OF THE GAME.
>> GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT IN A HURRY I. THEY PLAY THURSDAY NIGHT.
REGULAR SEASON FINALE AGAINST NORTH ATLANTA WILL BE AT HOME, 12 OAKS STADIUM, AGAINST NORTH ATLANTA THURSDAY NIGHT.
JOACARI TERRELL ON THE RUN.
>> HUSTLING TO THE BALL, STRAIGHT DEFENSE.
YOU SAID IT A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE SECOND HALF, WE COME HERE, KNOW ABOUT THE NAMES OFFENSIVELY, WHAT THEY'VE PUT UP, 39 POINTS A GAME.
THIS DEFENSE HAS JUST BEEN DOMINATING HERE.
THEY'VE NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE THIS WHOLE GAME.
>> NO.
THEY'VE BEEN SWARMING LIKE SHARKS IN THE WATER.
JUST AFTER LOVEJOY ALL NIGHT.
LIKE THAT.
THANKS GUYS FOR LISTENING TO ME.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROSPECT.
GREAT PENETRATION BY THE DEFENSIVE FRONT.
>> THESE ARE THE BACKUPS, THEY LOOK GREAT.
LAST YEAR ONLY HAD 13 SENIORS ON THE ROSTER, ONLY FOUR OF THOSE REALLY PLAYED.
28 SENIORS THIS YEAR AND BOBBY MAY HAS A TEAM HE HAS GOT TO FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT.
INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT WESTLAKE CAN DO IN THE PLAYOFFS.
AS I MENTIONED, THEY WERE UPSET BY CHEROKEE IN THE FIRST ROUND.
>> Referee: DEFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, THIRD DOWN.
>> HAD DEEP RUNS, SEMIFINALS, BEAT BY ROSWELL IN 2016, YEAR GRAYSON LAST WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WESTLAKE PLAYING NOW IN 6A, NOT 7A THE PREVIOUS SIX REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS.
HERE IN 6A, LOOK TO GET ONE AGAIN, BUT TUCKER STILL STANDS IN THE WAY.
GOT TO BEAT THEM NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT TO GET THAT.
ALL RIGHTY.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR GEORGIA PECANS PLAY OF THE GAME.
OUR MAN, CORZAVIUS SMART.
WITH THE PLAY OF THE SEASON.
>> WHAT A POWERFUL RUN THAT WAS, SO MANY WAYS WITH THE STIFF ARM, BIG BACK, NOT REALLY KNOWN FOR HIS SPEED, BUT AS WE SAID, FOCUS OF REMEMBERING AFTER HIS PANTS WAS PULLED DOWN, PULL THEM UP, STILL SCORE A TOUCHDOWN.
ONE FOR THE AGES.
>> CORZAVIUS SMART, 64-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN, OUR GEORGIA PECANS PLAY OF THE GAME.
HOME-GROWN GEORGIA PECANS, THIS IS GEORGIA'S NUT.
>> EVEN AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME, STILL TAKING A LONG TIME TO GET THE PLAY IN.
>> WELL, THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE PUT OUT OF THEIR MISERY.
DOWN TO 60 SECONDS LEFT IN THIS.
JAKARRI PONDER ON THE RUN, FRESHMAN.
PROBABLY DID NOT EXPECT TO BE IN THIS GAME TONIGHT.
BUT HERE HE IS.
FINAL PLAY COMING UP RIGHT HERE.
AS WESTLAKE WILL IMPROVE TO 7-1, 4-0 IN THE REGION, HEADING INTO BIG GAME NEXT WEEK AGAINST TUCKER.
Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT TUCKER.
PONDER TAKEN DOWN AT THE 40 AND THAT SHOULD DO IT.
WHAT A NIGHT FOR WESTLAKE.
THEIR PRINCIPAL, JAMAR ROBINSON, CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD.
WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD ANYWAY, BUT CERTAINLY PROUD WITH WHAT HIS TEAM DID TONIGHT IN HIS MEMORY, IN HIS HONOR.
BIG LOSS FOR THAT COMMUNITY, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
AND THE HEALING HAS JUST BEGUN.
JUST NOW STARTED.
STILL A LOT MORE TEARS AND SADNESS TO COME AFTER THIS NIGHT, BUT AT LEAST IN THIS MOMENT THEY CAN CELEBRATE.
>> DOMINANT IN EVERY PHASE OF THE GAME, PHYSICAL, FAST, IN TUNE.
NOT SURE IF THEY HAD THE REGION ON THEIR MIND, BUT SEEMED LIKE THE ENTIRE TEAM HAD THEIR PRINCIPAL, MR.
ROBINSON, ON THEIR MIND.
>> YEP.
>> ALL RIGHT, TIME NOW TO SALUTE GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME, ZINA MULBAH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MATT, GEORGIA COTTON PLAYER OF THE GAME.
TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR YOUR GUYS TO PREPARE FOR THIS GAME.
>> COMING IN, WE KNEW WHEN HE HAD TO WORK HARD REGARDLESS.
THEY HAD LOVEJOY BEATING US EARLIER IN THE SEASON.
WE HAD TO WORK HARD REGARDLESS AND THEN GOT THE SURPRISE OF THE DEATH OF MR.
ROBINSON, HAD TO LEAVE IT ON THE FIELD FOR HIM, PLAY FOR HIM.
>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT HE MEANS TO THE WESTLAKE COMMUNITY?
>> HAPPY, JUMPING AROUND, ENCOURAGING, HAPPIEST PERSON YOU'LL EVER MEET.
>> WHAT CAN YOU TAKE AWAY FROM A NIGHT LIKE THIS ABOUT YOUR TEAM?
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO IMPROVE ON AFTER WIN THIS BIG?
>> JUST STAYING IN THE GAME.
AFTER WE WENT UP, STARTED PLAYING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WE STAY IN THE GAME, PLAY TO OUR ABILITY, UNSTOPPABLE.
>> ZINA MULBAH, GEORGIA COTTON PLAYER OF THE GAME.
THANKS FOR HANGING OUT.
MATT, BOBBY MAY COMING UP AROUND THE CORNER.
>> THANK YOU, NELLY.
CEREMONIES AND TRIBUTES WILL CONTINUE HERE AT END OF THE GAME, WAYNE.
PLAYERS, CHEERLEADERS, BAND, ALL GOING TO GATHER AND WALK OUT OF THE STADIUM WITH CANDLES TO CLOSE OUT THE NIGHT.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE, 51-0 THE FINAL BY WESTLAKE AS THEY TAKE ANOTHER BIG STEP TOWARDS SEVENTH STRAIGHT REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> NO PHASE DID THEY NOT DOMINATE.
RUN, THROW, AND LINEBACKERS LIKE LOTT ALLOWED TO SHINE.
>> HUGE NIGHT, LOT OF STARS.
RAKI LOTT ON DEFENSE PLAYED HUGE TONIGHT.
LEO BLACKBURN PLAYED HUGE.
QUARTERBACK RY JOHNSON MADE ALL THE THROWS, JUST ALL THE WAY AROUND A HUGE NIGHT FOR THE WESTLAKE LIONS.
>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD TO COME IN THIS GAME WITH, HEAVY HEARTS, ESPECIALLY FOR A PRINCIPAL IT SEEMS EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO PLUG INTO AND GET ENERGY, EXCITING AND HONOR TO CALL THIS GAME AND SEE THIS TEAM PERFORM FOR PRINCIPAL ROBINSON.
>> BOBBY MAY IS WITH NELLY, READY TO GO AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MATT.
WHEN YOU SEE THIS DEVELOP BRACING OF CELEBRATION OF LIFE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
>> MEANS A LOT.
COMMUNITY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF HURT AND COMMUNITY PUT ON A SHOW FOR THEM.
>> BALANCED EFFORT, LOT OF GUYS PITCHING IN.
PERSONIFICATION OF YOUR SEASON TO DATE.
>> KNEW WOULD TAKE A GROUP EFFORT AND EVERYBODY DID IT FOR MR.
ROBINSON.
LOOKING AT SCOREBOARD LIKE THAT, DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU?
>> WHEN WE PLAY TO OUR ABILITY, NOBODY CAN BEAT US.
GOT TO CONTINUE TO PUT IT TOGETHER THREE PHASES OF THE GAME AND WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
>> THANKS FOR BEING WITH US ON A TOUGH WEEK.
WE'LL BE WATCHING.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
>> COACH MAY ON A TOUGH NIGHT, DEMANDING AND DOMINANT VICTORY.
BACK TO YOU.
>> YOU COULD HEAR HIS VOICE CRACKING A LITTLE BIT THERE.
TOUGH WEEK FOR HIM.
BUT TONIGHT THEY DID THEIR PRINCIPAL PROUD.
>> LOT OF EMOTION, BIG PLAYS THROUGHOUT THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.
AND THIS PRINCIPAL ROBINSON CHEER MIGHT BE WHAT PULLS THEM REST OF THE SEASON.
>> ZINA MULBAH, 11 CARRIES, THREE TOUCHDOWNS, GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.
WESTLAKE TEAM HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE IN THE PLAYOFFS, BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE THEY MADE A DEEP RUN.
BUT I BELIEVE WHAT BOBBY MAY SAID THERE, IF THEY PLAY LIKE THEY PLAYED TONIGHT, WILL BE TOUGH FOR ANYBODY IN THE STATE TO BEAT THEM.
>> WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO PROTECT THE QUARTERBACK WITH THAT RECEIVING CORPS, KEEP THAT BOX CLEAN FOR THE BIG BACKS LIKE MULBAH TO RUN DOWNHILL, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE HARD TO STOP THIS TEAM.
CAME IN AVERAGING 39 POINTS, PUT UP 51 TONIGHT.
>> THAT WAS THE THING, OFFENSE WE KNEW ABOUT, IT WAS DEFENSE, SWARMING DEFENSE TONIGHT WAS THE THING THAT JUMPED OFF THE PAGE AT ME.
I WASN'T REALLY EXPECTING THAT, I AM REALLY IMPRESSED BY WHAT I SAW FROM WESTLAKE DEFENSE TONIGHT.
>> YOU CAN TAKE SECONDARY AT ANY LEVEL AND PLAY MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE, ALLOWS THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR ALL KINDS OF TIME TO DRAW UP THINGS, YOU SEE THE PRESSURE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET.
>> JOIN US NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, CAP REGULAR SEASON COVERAGE WITH A HUGE REGION SEVEN 7A BATTLE, CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AS ARCHER TIGERS TAKE ON UNDEFEATED NORCROSS BLUE DEVILS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT RIGHT HERE ON GPB.
AFTER THAT WE START THE MARCH TO ATLANTA, AND THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY THE SIXTH RANKED WESTLAKE LIONS TONIGHT AS THEY CRUSHED THE LOVEJOY WILDCATS 51-0.
NOW FOR MY PARTNER WAYNE GANDY, JON NELSON, HANNAH GOODIN, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KEVIN, STEVE, A.J., KEVIN, I'M MATT STEWART, GOOD NIGHT FROM WESTLAKE AND HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE WESTLAKE FAMILIES AND FAMILY OF PRINCIPAL JAMAR ROBINSON AND HIS WIFE, ANN MARIE.
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