Football Fridays in Georgia
GHSA 1A Private Final: ELCA vs. Aquinas
Season 2015 Episode 12 | 3h 12m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
GHSA 1A Private Final: ELCA vs. Aquinas - Dec. 12, 2015
ELCA scored 22 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to defeat Aquinas 35-14 to win the state 1-A Private championship. QB DJ Hammond had two fourth quarter scores, and Caleb Hood added a 100-yard interception return. Aquinas’ Lorenzo Holmes returned the opening kick 99-yards for a TD, but ELCA quickly responded before taking charge in the final quarter.
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Football Fridays in Georgia
GHSA 1A Private Final: ELCA vs. Aquinas
Season 2015 Episode 12 | 3h 12m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
ELCA scored 22 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to defeat Aquinas 35-14 to win the state 1-A Private championship. QB DJ Hammond had two fourth quarter scores, and Caleb Hood added a 100-yard interception return. Aquinas’ Lorenzo Holmes returned the opening kick 99-yards for a TD, but ELCA quickly responded before taking charge in the final quarter.
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I TOLD YOU I'D GET YOU TO THE DO MORE.
SAFE SOUND AND ON TIME.
YEAH.
WELL, THANKFULLY WE ARE SAFE.
WE BARELY MADE IT BUT WE MADE IT AND I THINK THE NEXT TIME I SHOULD TAKE THE KEYS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S SO HARD ABOUT FINDING THE GOLD ONE.
IT'S A PRINCESS.
YOU'RE SOUNDING A LITTLE BIT LIKE AN INTERGALACTIC, BACKSEAT DRIVER NOW, COME ON.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WE JUST HAD TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN.
STAR WARS COMES OUT NEXT WEEKEND.
SO WE'RE HAVING SOME FUN HERE WITH THAT.
ALRIGHT, HI AGAIN.
EVERYBODY AND WELCOME.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND HERE ON GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING.
WE ARE LIVE AT THE GEORGIA DOME, AS WE GET READY FOR DAY, TWO OF THIS FOOTBALL, FIESTA OF TACKLES TOUCHDOWNS AND TROPHY, PRESENTATIONS.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, OVER 400 TEAMS DREAMED OF BEING HERE, RIGHT NOW.
ONLY FOUR TEAMS REMAIN YESTERDAY.
THREE TEAMS HOISTED.
THOSE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHIES.
HI, WE WILL CROWN FOR MORE TODAY.
HI AGAIN, EVERYBODY.
I'M MARK, HARMON, AND I'M JACKIE BRITTAIN AND WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU A 50-YARD LINE, VIEW OF ALL THE ACTION TAKING PLACE.
US ON THE FIELD.
YESTERDAY, WAS CERTAINLY AN EXCITING DAY TODAY.
PROMISES TO BE THE SAME.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S SET THE LINEUP FOR TODAY.
WE'VE GOT FOUR BIG GAMES COMING YOUR WAY.
AND RIGHT AT THE BAT.
WE'VE GOT SINGLE A PRIVATE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN THE EAGLES.
LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY CHARGERS, THE 2012, CHAMPS AND THE FIGHTING IRISH OF AQUINAS OUT OF AUGUSTA WHO WON THE TITLE IN 2013.
THE TO A GAME PIT SPACE ACADEMIES NIGHTS, LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST GHSA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.
GOING AGAINST THE PURPLE HURRICANE OF FITZGERALD LOOKING FOR THERE.
FIRST FOOTBALL TITLE SINCE 1948 AT IN THE FOR A GAME.
IT'S UNDEFEATED TOP-RANKED, 14, AND OH, THE PURPLE HURRICANES OF CARTERSVILLE.
TAKING ON THE DEFENDING 4A STATE CHAMPION, BUFORD WOLVES WHO ARE GOING FOR THEIR 12TH STATE TITLES.
AND FINALLY, IN THE 6A SEASON CAPPER TONIGHT AROUND 8:00.
IT'S A BATTLE OF UNBEATENS 14-0 AND DEFENDING CHAMPION COLQUITT COUNTY TAKING ON THE 14 AND A HORNET'S OF ROSWELL.
AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF ACTION ONLINE IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AND SNAPCHAT FIND US AT GPB SPORTS AND DEFINITELY WANT TO FIND US ESPECIALLY TODAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTEST GOING ON AND YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN SOME REALLY COOL PRIZES.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, THE GEORGIA DOME DOES NOT ALLOW ANIMALS.
SO HE HAD TO LEAVE CHEWY INSIDE THE MILLENNIUM FALCON, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SOMEONE ALSO LEFT THE KEYS INSIDE.
SO I'M GONNA BLAME THAT ONE ON MARK.
SO HE'S TAKING OFF.
HE'S OUT OF HERE.
HE'S OUT TRAVELING, THE WORLD.
HE'S BEEN TO CANADA.
HE'S BEEN TO TIBET AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S GOING TODAY.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN.
WE NEED YOUR HELP IN DECODING THE COORDINATES OF WHERE CHEWY IS HEADED NEXT.
SO HERE ARE THE COORDINATES, 29 DEGREES, 52 MINUTES, 16 SECONDS.
AND 31 DEGREES, 12 MINUTES, 59 SECONDS EAST.
CAN YOU DECODE?
THIS AND FIGURE OUT WHERE IT IS?
YOU HAVE TO USE THE COUNTRY AND THE CITY AND YOU HAVE TO TWEET US @GPBSPORTS, USING THE HASHTAG CHEWY UNLEASHED AND YOU CAN WIN A FREE MINI IPAD, COURTESY OF OUR FRIENDS FROM THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
NOW, YOU CAN ENTER AS MANY TIMES AS YOU'D LIKE, BUT YOU CAN ONLY WIN ONCE SO BE SURE TO TWEET US JOIN THE CONVERSATION, USE THE HASHTAG DOME WARS.
SEND US YOUR PHOTOS.
YOU COULD ALSO WIN SOME SELFIE STICK.
X AS WELL IN THE BEST PHOTOS THAT MAKE IT ON THE AIR, WILL WIN THE SELFIE STICKS.
JUST TELL US WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING, WHO YOU'RE ROOTING FOR, AND WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING OUT OF THESE BIG MATCHUPS HERE TODAY.
IT IS THE BIGGEST WEEKEND OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL YEAR.
IT IS CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND, AND TODAY FOR MORE TEAMS WILL ACHIEVE THEIR DREAM OF BECOMING STATE CHAMPIONS.
SO, BUCKLE UP.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT RIDE.
IT'S TIME FOR DOME WARS TO BEGIN.
AND FIRST UP, ITS THE SINGLE, A PRIVATE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH EAGLE'S LANDING, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY AND AQUINAS.
LIVE ON GPB.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO A BREAKFAST BUFFET OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
IT'S GONNA BE A DANDY EAGLE'S, LANDING CHRISTIAN.
THEY WERE HERE LAST YEAR AQUINAS FIGHTING IRISH.
THEY WERE HERE, TWO YEARS AGO.
THERE ARE NO STRANGERS TO THE DOME.
IT'S GOING TO BE A DANDY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT CLASS A PRIVATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
TOMMY PALMER ALONG WITH SAM CRENSHAW, AND WE'RE SET TO BRING YOU THE ACTION.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PLAYERS, GREAT TEAMS AS WE KICK OFF.
DAY 2.
LET'S GO TO EAGLE'S.
LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, SAM, TELL US ABOUT THAT.
LET'S DO THAT.
TOMMY YESTERDAY.
WE HAD TWO TEAMS IN THE CLASS EGGS PUBLIC THAT STUCK TO THE GROUND THAT THEY MORE BALANCED.
THE TEXTURE START WITH EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN.
THEY GOT A QUARTERBACK ON THE GUY MAKES THINGS HAPPEN.
DJ HAMMOND FOR HIS SENIOR YEAR.
THIS GUY CAN DO IT FOR THE ARE ALSO IN THE GROUND WITH THE PASS FOR 1,100 YARDS, 10 TOUCHDOWNS AND RAN FOR 13 TOUCHDOWNS VERSATILITY AND HE LEAVES THIS FOOTBALL.
DO YOU KNOW?
OBJECTS ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.
YOU GOT CHASE BURDETTE.
HE IS THE HITMAN EVEN PLAY STOMACH FULL BACK ON OFFENSE.
BUT THIS IS WHAT HE DOES FOR YOU.
LET ME 42.
TACKLES SACKS, EVEN AN INTERCEPTION.
WATCH OUT FOR NUMBER 33.
AQUINAS BRINGS GAME AS WELL.
SAM.
TELL US ABOUT THE AQUINAS FIGHTING IRISH FROM AUGUSTA.
THEY'VE MADE THE TRIP DOWN THE ROAD FROM OUT 20 YEARS.
THEY MADE IT TO THE GEORGIA DOME.
THEY REALLY TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, TALK ABOUT THIS TEAM.
THEY GOT A QUARTERBACK THAT MAKES THINGS HAPPENED TO LIAM WELCH.
HAVING A BIG, BIG CEEZE.
BUT THE IRISH TOOK ALMOST 2,000 YARDS PASSING AT 18 TOUCHDOWNS AND SEVEN ON THE GROUND.
LIKE I SAID, JUST LIKE HAVING THIS GUY'S VIRTUAL ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, THE HITMAN IS TJ SMITH.
YOU WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR HIM.
FIFTY.
SEVEN, TACKLES HAVE BEEN IN ON INTERCEPTIONS FUMBLES.
HE'S CALLS THIS GUY REEKS.
HAVOC ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.
WATCH OUT FOR HIM TODAY.
WE'VE GOT PLAYERS.
WE'VE GOT TEAMS.
WE'VE GOT A CROWD.
IT'S TIME TO WATCH SOME HIGH SCHOOL, FOOTBALL.
LET'S GO DOWN TO NICKI NOTO ON THE SIDELINES.
NIKKI.
THANK TOMMY.
WELCOME BACK, YOU GUYS, FOR SOME DAY TO ACTION.
NOW, IF THERE ARE TWO FOOTBALL TEAMS, YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE CLASS SINGLE A PRIVATE GAMES.
IT'S ALL ABOUT EAGLES, LANDING AND AQUINAS A YEAR AFTER YEAR, THEY COMPETE, AND THEY ALWAYS END UP IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OR SO.
IT SEEMS.
SO, IN 2012, EAGLES LANDING TOOK HOME THE STATE TITLE IN 2013.
- TOOK HOME THE STATE TITLE IN 2014.
EAGLES LANDING MADE IT BACK TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WERE ULTIMATELY THEY GOT BEAT BY MOUNT PARAN, WHO HAPPENED TO KNOCK OUT AQUINAS IN THE SEMI-FINAL.
NOW, AS AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN, ONE WOULD ASSUME THAT THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A RIVALRY GOING ON, BUT THAT COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG.
COACHES TOLD ME THAT THERE IS ZERO FAMILIARITY WITH EACH OTHER.
THEY DON'T HAVE COMMON OPPONENTS TOMMY STAND.
THAT'S ALL GOING TO CHANGE IN THIS GAME THIS MORNING BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT TO GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER REALLY WELL.
GUYS, ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE READY FOR ACTION AQUINAS IN THEIR TRADITIONAL IRISH GOLD AND GREEN JAMES LEONARD AND HIS THIRD SEASON.
PRETTY DOGGONE.
GOOD RECORD THERE FOR A YOUNG COACH AT ONE TIME.
HE WAS THE YOUNGEST HEAD FOOTBALL, COACH AND STATE OF GEORGIA COACH LEONARD HAS DONE YEOMAN WORK WITH THIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED AN AWFUL LOT DOWN IN AUGUSTA PEOPLE DOWN THERE, VERY PROUD OF IT.
ALL RIGHT HERE.
LANDING CHRISTIAN IN WHITE.
HAHA, DRIVING KICK AT THE ONE.
GOT A LOT OF TERRITORY FOR THE SLOW 99-YARD, TOUCHDOWN, RETURN, VARENNES.
OH HOMS.
GOOD MORNING.
HELLO, TESTING.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, IF YOU'RE NOT AWAKE BEFORE THIS, YOU'RE WIDE AWAKE.
NOW.
WOW!
WHAT A WAY TO START PER ENZO HOME?
TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA RISE.
PLAY, HERE WE GO.
LOOK AT THE BLOCK.
BOOM, GETS THROUGH THAT HOLE AND HE'S ALREADY TO THE SECOND LEVEL THIRD LEVEL.
HE'S GONE.
THERE'S NOBODY OUT THERE FOR HIM ALL THE WAY FROM THE TOUCHDOWN.
HE LOOKED BACK TWICE, JUST A GLIMPSE NOTHING THERE.
HERE'S THE EXTRA POINT UP FAN, GOOD.
WHAT A WAY TO START THIS FOOTBALL GAME.
WHAT IS START DATE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP?
WE GET HERE IN THE GEORGIA DOME, LITTLE EXCITEMENT, YOUNG MAN, A CONCERN ON THE EXTRA POINT.
HOLMES.
GOT A BLOCK RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE.
HE WAS GONE.
OH MAN, NOT GONNA CATCH HIM ALL THE WAY FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
AQUINAS HAS COME IN HERE.
YOU GOT ON THE BOARD.
FIRST, THE MOST ELECTRIFYING WAY.
WOW, I TELL YOU WHAT, OUR BLOOD PUMPING EARLY DIDN'T YOU DON'T NEED MORE COFFEE AFTER THAT.
I'M TELLING YOU, THAT'S AS FAR AS YOU CAN TAKE IT IN HIGH SCHOOL UNLESS YOU GET IT ON A HALF YARD LINE.
THAT'S IT.
WHEN YOU OPEN A GAME THAT WAY THAT KIND OF, THAT KIND OF BRINGS EVERYBODY TOGETHER FOR A TEAM MEETING ON THE SIDELINES ACROSS THE WAY THAT HAVE TALKED ABOUT A LIFT AND TALK ABOUT A MEMORY.
WE STILL GOT THE REST OF THE GAME TO PLAY BUT WE TALK ABOUT MEMORIES WHEN YOU GET TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
WE TALKED ABOUT MEMORIES WHEN YOU GET TO LIVE THIS EXPERIENCE, NOT EVERYBODY GETS TO TO DO THAT.
AND TO COME HERE AND TO START THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN THIS KIND OF FASHION.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOUNG MAN WILL NEVER EVER EVER FORGET.
YEAH, HANKINSON IS KICKING A LITTLE SHORT, POOCH KICK DOWN TO 225 TAKING THERE ABOUT YOU.
A LITTLE JUKING GOING ON AT THE 35 SO HOOD NUMBER 10, BUT THAT ONE.
YEAH, I TELL YOU WHAT, WATCH 33 NOT JUST ON DEFENSE WITH WATCH HIM ON OFFENSE.
THIS GUY IS THE REAL DEAL.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT COACH.
GUESS.
YEP.
WHO HAS REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB NINTH SEASON.
EXCELLENT RECORD, THEY PLAY TOUGH EARLY IN THE YEAR, THEY PLAY UP AND CLASSIFICATION.
WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER TRACK, RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, GONNA FAKE THIS SPEED, SWEET, AND THEN HAND TO THE UP BACK BEHIND HAMMOND, WHO IS A GREAT QUARTERBACK.
THIS GUY CAN REALLY GET IT DONE.
HE WAS HERE A YEAR AGO, AS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK SHOULD BE NO.
DO MIGHTEST FOR EAGLES.
LANDING IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS.
YES, OF THE SEASON, HE CAN THROW HAMMOND OUTSIDE GOT A BLOCK AT THE CORNER.
HAMMOND PETS BACK, DOWN TO THE 30, YARD LINE GOES HAMMOND.
WE SAW THOUGH AND HE GETS UP A LITTLE BIT THERE.
LIKE HE LIKE HE AGGRAVATED SOMETHING WHEN HE WENT DOWN AND NOW HE'S HOBBLING A BIT.
HOPE HE CAN WALK THAT OFF AND SHAKE THAT OFF AND CONTINUE TO PLAY.
TAKE A LOOK AT HIM.
ANOTHER LOOK GOT TO THE CORNER.
GOOD STIFF ARM.
PERFORM TWICE NOT ONCE BUT TWICE AND RAN OVER THE SECONDARY.
DOES THE BIG STOP?
BIG STOP.
AND ONE OF THE GUYS IN THERE'S A NAME WE CALL BEFORE THE GAME?
TJ AND SAID, BUT THEN THE OF HIS TAG TEAM PARTNER ARTISTS BANKS, REGION'S BANK STARTING LINEUP FOR ELCA MARTIN YATES AUSTIN BIRD.
CONNOR, ALBRECHT JAKE DALLAS AND CHANDLER READS IN THE BACKFIELD.
LUKE GEAR LIGHT.
SEE, MERIT IN QUEEN, GOT A BLOCK ON THE CORNER.
GEORGE WELCH.
LIAM WELCH, HAS BABY, BROTHER.
I HATE TO CALL HIM BABY.
BUT HE'S A YOUNG BROTHER.
HE'S A SOPHOMORE.
AND LIAM IS A SENIOR, AND HE COMES OUT OF THERE.
HE COMES OUT OF THERE WITH IT.
YOU SEE GEAR WITH THE RUN.
MAKES THE CUT AND RIGHT THERE.
YEAH.
AND PULLED IT OUT HOLMES, PULLED IT OUT, YANKED, IT OUT OF THERE.
HE'S BEEN ON TWO BIG PLAYS SO FAR.
THIS GAME IS STILL YOUNG.
WELL LOOKING TO THROW GOT A MAN OUT THERE AND DROP.
OH NO.
OH MY GOD, DEEP PASS WAS INTENDED FOR GIBBS.
HE WAS IN STRIDE AND THE THROW WAS ON MONEY, YOU KNOW, I GET THE FEELING SAM JUST INITIALLY HERE.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE WILL BE LOOK DIFFERENT IN THE NUMBERS OF LIAM WELCH.
WHAT HE'S DONE THIS SEASON, REMARKABLE BOTH ON THE GROUND AND THROUGH THE AIR 117 OUT OF 197.
THAT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF HE WAS ON TARGET ON THAT BUTTON.
SHORT SLOT LEFT GONNA RUN THE POWER, UP THE MIDDLE UP ACROSS THE 26-YARD LINE, 15 AND ANGELO, DURHAM A RUN THERE, MAIS ON THE TACKLE.
HERE'S THE REGION'S BANK STARTING LINEUP FOR AQUINAS.
CRAWFORD, PATRICK IV, SCOTT HOGUE AND EVANS.
THE WIDE OUTS AND A QUARTERBACK WHITE DURHAM, NEIL WELCH AND GIBBS TO BEGIN THE GAME.
THIRD DOWN AND SIX.
NOW, WE'RE JUST UNDER WAY.
IF YOU MISSED THE OPENING KICK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT EVER AGAIN.
WELL, JUST WELL, JUST GONNA RUN THE OPTION TO THE LEFT SIDE, CALL A FRIEND AND ASK THEM.
IT WAS TOO TOO.
PRETTY TO MISS WHEN ITSELF TO DEATH MONTERO BURDEN ON THE STOP.
THEY'RE SLOWING DOWN.
WELL, EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY DEFENSE IN THE 353.
HARDEMAN BOYD AND THE BACKERS ARE DALLAS.
ALEXANDER BREWERY AT BURNETT, AND YOUNGBLOOD AND MAZE.
AND IN THE SECONDARY, YOU GOT NOTES HOOD AND DOUGLAS FOURTH DOWN AND FIVE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO KICK IT AWAY HERE.
HANKINSON WILL KICK IT AWAY.
STANDINGS WILL GOT A WHISTLE YOU STANDING BACK AT HIS 15.
AQUINAS TIMERS OF HANNAH'S, WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND IF YOU'RE GOOD, WE MAY SHOW YOU THE OPENING PLAY WHEN WE RETURN AT OUR BREAKFAST BUFFET AND THE GEORGIA DOME AQUINAS OF AUGUSTA EAGLE'S.
LANDING CHRISTIAN.
THE GHSA CHAMPIONSHIP IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY REGIONS BANK.
IT'S TIME TO EXPECT MORE GEORGE'S, ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP, CORPORATION LIGHTING AWAY.
TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA, LEARN MORE EARN, MORE CIGNA TOGETHER, ALL THE WAY AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
THANK YOU.
THE GHSA WOULD LIKE TO THANK GEORGIA FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.
WE'VE HAD IT ALL DROPPED PASSES.
KICKOFF RETURNS WON'T.
YES, WE HAVE THAT YESTERDAY IF YOU MISSED IT, IF YOU WERE LATE GETTING ON THE TV, HERE WE GO.
HERE'S WHAT YOU MISSED.
RIZZO HOMES.
GETTING THIS GAME OFF TO A GOOD START AND THAT'S HOW WE STARTED FOLKS.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
WE THOUGHT YOU JUST WE THOUGHT WE JUST GET YOU UP TO SPEED.
THERE YOU GO.
HANKINSON STANDING BACK AT 15, GONNA KICK IT AWAY FROM THERE.
OH, MY HOWITZER SHOT.
LOOK AT THAT.
AND PICKED UP AT THE 35 HOOD.
WHAT IN THE WORLD?
YOU THINK AS COACHES GONNA SAY SOMETHING?
SAY SOMETHING WHEN HE GETS A LITTLE TOUGH TO THE SIDELINE.
THERE'S COACH GAS.
NOW.
HE WAS 10TH GRADER.
YEAH.
THERE'S A LOOK AT IT.
YEAH.
WHOOPS, THE FIRST ONE TO HIM, WAS THE COACH.
YEAH.
LET ME HAVE A LITTLE WORD WITH YOU.
HERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT.
HAMMOND.
STUDENT BODY LEFT, GOT A BLOCK ON THE CORNER AND OUT OF BOUNDS THAT PUT ABOUT 46 YARD LINE.
QUARTERBACKS AND SHOWING YOU, THEY DON'T MIND CALL IT OUR NUMBER AND THEN THEY BOTH HAVE NIFTY TO DO WITH IF I HAD WAS A DIRECT SNAP AND HE HANDS IT OFF TO HIM.
DEFINITELY MERIT ON THE CARRIER DOWN THE CARRIAGE.
FIRST DOWN.
HAMMOND SENDS IN AN OCEAN.
LITTLE INSIDE TRAP, GOT A BLOCK GOT TRIPPED, BUT WE WOULD HAVE SEEN ANOTHER POWDER RIVER RUN.
NO DOWN TO THE 45 YARD LINE, TJ SMITH.
THE ONE THAT CALLED HIM, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE THE GAME STARTED AND WATCH.
HE IS THE ONE WHO REALLY SAVES THIS.
PLAY SOUTH.
WE BOUGHT ANY FURTHER.
LOOK AT THEIR JOSH.
HOPE JOSH.
HOPE HE GRABS HIM AND STOPS AND BIG STOP THERE BY TJ SMITH WHISTLE AND A FOUL ARE RATHER.
NO FLAG.
THAT ANYBODY MOVE.
IS THAT WHAT IT WAS?
YES, FALSE START.
YES OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
CHECK IT OUT.
IT'S NOT REAL HAPPY ON THE SIDELINES, KNOW AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME.
WHICH YOU CAN UNDERSTAND?
YEAH.
THEY SPREAD THEIR WIDE RECEIVER IS AS WIDE AS ANY FOOTBALL TEAM I'VE EVER SEEN.
EVEN THE MOTION GUY BACK TO MERIT, GIVE UP THE MIDDLE.
TREVOR GEAR.
REGIONS BANK PRESENTS THE AQUINAS FIGHTING IRISH DEFENSE FOUR-MAN FRONT EVANS POGUE IV.
AND AG.
THE BACKERS ARE DOUGLAS BANKS, BLANKNESS AND SMITH AND IN THE SECONDARY HOMES, WELCH AND GIBBS.
GOOD DEFENSE.
ANOTHER FIRST DOWN HAMMOND'S.
GOT HIM IN A RHYTHM NOW.
GOT TO GIVE ON THE DIE.
A LOT OF TERRITORY OUT THERE MAKES A CUT FLAG DOWN AT THE 7-YARD LINE.
JOSH, MAYS WITH THE RUN.
THEY'RE NOT STOPPING THERE BY TJ SMITH, WAY, DOWNFIELD CATS AND HELP DOWN THERE FROM JUSTIN GIBBS IN THE SECONDARY.
GOING TO BRING THIS ONE BACK THOUGH.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO CALL A BLOCK IN THE BACK OR CLIP.
THE OFFICIALS ARE STEVE YOUR ELBOW HARRISON, MARK STATE, AND JOHN HEATH CHRISTMAS RYAN, KOVAC AND TIPTON ON THE OFFENSE TEN-YARD PENALTY FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL.
THE GAME WAS ALSO THE FIRST DOWN FIRST DOWN.
TALK ABOUT EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN IN THE WAY.
THEY GET PREPARED FOR THE POSTSEASON BY THE STRONG SEASON THEY HAVE BEFORE THEY GET INTO THEIR REGIONS.
SURE.
THEY KICKED OFF WITH NORTH FLORIDA, CHRISTIAN STOCKBRIDGE, GREATER ATLANTA.
CHRISTIAN KNOWS YOUR FIRST 3 AND MOUNT PISGAH CHRISTIAN IN WHITEWATER AND WOODWARD ACADEMY.
THAT'S A THAT'S A NICE START.
IF YOU SURVIVE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY, JOSH MAYS ON THE CARRY.
AND ON TO STOP TJ SMITH.
HE IS A BUSY MAN TODAY, ISN'T HE?
IS, HE CALLED HIS NAME A LOT ALREADY.
HE'S VERY ACTIVE TEMP.
HAMMOND, GOT TO GIVE ON TO DIVE DOWN TO THE 23 YARD LINE.
JOSEPH DOUGLAS, ONE OF THE BACKERS.
ONE OF THE FIRST TO TOUCH HIM THERE.
MAYOR'S ON THE CARRY.
HERE WE GO.
THIRD DOWN AND THREE.
MOTION.
HAMMOND.
FAKES, COUGH, AND BREAKS.
IT'S A CUTTER TO GET THE FIRST DOWN AND MORE.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR FAITH?
COULDN'T GET HIM DOWN.
A DJ JACKSON, FINALLY HORSE COUNTY, GREEN JERSEYS HERE, THAT HAVE CONTACT WITH HIM ON THIS PLAY.
THERE'S ONE, THERE'S TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX.
THAT'S JUST DETERMINATION AND WILL EAGLES LANDING.
NOW WITH BOW.
TREVOR GEAR ON TO CARRY ACROSS THE RIGHT SIDE.
I TELL YOU WHAT, THEY ARE GETTING TEMPO.
NO HUDDLE.
HAMMOND ONCE MORE GIVE INSIDE GOOD DEFENSE, THAT TIME BY AQUINAS.
EXCELLENT DEFENSE.
TREVOR GEAR.
THE FIRST OR CHECK THAT, JOHN PARISH THE FIRST TO HIT HIM DOWN THEIR GEAR ON THE CARING OF JOSEPH, DOUGLAS 44 IN ON THAT STUFF, TOO.
DIFFERENT LOOKING FORMATION THIS TIME.
THEY RUN MOTION.
EVERY PLAY.
GOING TO RUN THE TRAP RIGHT AT THE MIDDLE DOWN TO THE 23.
YARD LINE.
TREVOR GEAR ON THE CARRY ONCE MORE.
THEY RIPPING UP PRETTY GOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINE HERE.
WE'RE GETTING SOME GOOD ACTION UPFRONT FROM THIS EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN OFFENSIVE LINE WORK AND I THINK THEY'VE GONE TO WORK.
BROUGHT THEIR LUNCH PAIL TODAY UP, AND DID HE GET IN TOUCH DOWN?
WE'RE FINISHED HERE.
YES, THEY GIVE HIM THE TOUCHDOWN.
HE WENT AIRBORNE.
HE DIDN'T COME DOWN THAT WAY, THOUGH.
DID HE TAKE A LOOK AT IT?
HERE?
IT IS.
TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA.
TOUCHDOWN REPLAY.
WATCH HIM GO UP AND DOWN.
HELLO, AND IT'S NO MISTAKE.
THEY GOING TO E, GOES TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT LINE TO GO OVER.
HE'S FOLLOWING BIG NUMBER 78 AS CHANDLER.
HE'S HE'S COMMITTED TO CLEMSON DOING A BIG JOB.
HE'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS GETTING THINGS.
MOVED AROUND UP FRONT FOR YOU GUYS.
LANDING CHRISTIAN COMING UP BAND.
GOOD.
DRILL THAT ONE NICELY.
ALEX US RIHANNA KICK, LET'S GO DOWN TO NICKI NOTO ON THE SIDELINES.
TOMMY SAM.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO COACH GUEST THIS WEEK.
HE SAID IN ORDER FOR THEM TO WIN THIS GAME.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE RUN GAME EARLY AND GO AHEAD AND SET THAT TEMPO.
HE ALSO SAID WE'RE JUST NOT A TEAM THAT STARTS OFF HOT.
SO WE'VE GOT A GRANT GRIND YOU DOWN AND WHERE HE DOWN AND AGAIN THAT ALL COMES BACK TO ESTABLISHING THAT RUN GAME IN FINDING THE TEMPO GUYS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT OFFENSIVE LINE.
JUST WENT TO WORK.
LET'S SAY, G. MINELLI RECLINED YATES BIRD.
I'LL BREAK DALLAS AND REEVES.
THEY GETTING THE JOB DONE.
TCSG TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA SCORING DRIVE, 12 PLAYS 65 YARDS TIME OF POSSESSION, THREE MINUTES, 45 SECONDS FOR THE AQUINAS DEFENSE IN ALL FAIRNESS.
THAT FELT LIKE AN ETERNITY.
YOU'D REALLY DO IT REALLY DID THE WAY THAT THE WAY THAT DRIVE BY IT.
YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYBODY TOUCHING THAT TOUCHING THAT QUICK BALL ON THAT DRIVE TO, THAT'S WHERE HE WILL KICK IT OFF FOR EAGLES, LANDING DEEP TO RECEIVE.
RECEIVE AS OUR MAIN MAN TODAY FOR RENZO HOMES.
LET'S SEE IF HE CAN DUPLICATE THIS.
HE'S BACK AT THE FIVE.
LET'S SEE IF HE KICKS IT TO HIM.
IF I DON'T KNOW IF I DO THAT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW.
YES, HE IS.
THERE IT IS.
NO, HE KICKED IT AWAY FROM HIM A LITTLE.
WHOOPS.
AND HE PICKS IT UP AND GOT A BLOCK.
BUT NOT ENOUGH UP TO THE 18, YARD LINE, GOOD COVERAGE THAT TIME HOLMES GOES DOWN AT 17.
BIG HIT ABOUT 28 XAVIER LANGSTON COMING IN.
MAKE A SPECIAL TEAM.
STOP.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT JUST THE DROPPING AND PICKING UP OF THAT KICK MESSES UP THE TIMING OF THE BLOCKING ON A KICK RETURN.
IT REALLY DOES.
IT REALLY DOES THAT LITTLE THING.
EVERYTHING IS TIMING AND IT TIMED OUT PERFECTLY ON THAT OPENING KICKOFF.
THE START THE GAME.
YES, IT DID TO TELL UP.
18.
WELCH BRINGS THEM UP.
LIAM WELCH TO THE LEFT SIDE, HANDS OFF TO HIS RUNNING BACK GOING LEFT SIDE, D'ANGELO DURHAM, WHO IS THE LEADING RUSHER ON HIS TEAM SAID?
YEP, 154 CARRIES OVER THE SEASON, 1284 YARD 17 TOUCHDOWNS.
SO HE'S THE GUY THAT NUMBER OF THEM WHO ARE VERY CAPABLE OF CARRYING THE BALL, BUT HE HAS BEEN THE BEST ONE THAT'S EASY.
WE HAVE CALLED AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL RUNNING BACK HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY BRING SOME RUNNING BACKS AND WE'LL GRAB SOME NAMES LATER NAMES, LIKE BRENDAN DOUGLAS AND A FEW OTHERS WHO HAVE COME THROUGH.
WE'RE IN THE GREEN AND GOLD, AND THEY COULD TOTE THE MAIL AS WE SAY.
GOT A WHISTLE HERE.
YEAH, BUT ON THE DEFENSE, ESPECIALLY 5U S THAT YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE COACH GUESS IS GOING TO RELAX AT ALL ON THE SIDELINES TODAY.
HE'S JUST HE'S PACING ALL YOUR MOVES THE WHOLE TIME.
HE DOESN'T STAY STILL, BUT THERE YOU GO.
HE'S WALKING AGAIN.
IF I WERE, IF I WERE PLAYING I WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK TOWARD THE B****.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR MY NAME CALLED.
IT'S SECOND DOWN WELCH.
GIVES TO HIS RUNNING BACK.
NOT MUCH THERE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, NOTHING THERE.
GOD WRAPPED HIM UP RIGHT THERE.
STOP YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER 36 YEARS IN A BIG STOP THERE.
GRIFFIN, ALEXANDER FROM ALEXANDER.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DEFENSE.
WOW.
THERE ARE SOME WARS GOING ON DOWN THERE.
HE DIDN'T NEED MY TIP.
DID HE KNOW NOT?
WE GOT TWO HANDLES.
I GOT THIS ONE.
ALMOST ALL MY OWN DORAMA WAS NOT HAPPY ON THAT.
THIRD DOWN AND LESS THAN A YARD WELCH VETERAN QUARTERBACK.
HE WAS HERE AS A SOPHOMORE GOING TO RUN IT RIGHT AT THE MIDDLE TO DURHAM AND FAKE THE SHORT PASS TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND HE GOT THE FIRST DOWN.
THAT'S A GREAT EXTRA GRIP.
GREAT SECOND EFFORT, YOU KNOW, MOST RUNNING BACKS WHO RUN IT AS MUCH AS DURHAM DOES DURING THE COURSE OF A GAME.
HAVE GOT TO GET WARMED UP.
WE USED, WE USED TO CALL IT LATHERED UP FROM CARING SO MUCH YOU GO, YOU KNOW.
AND THE MORE HE CARRIES THE BETTER, HE'S GOING TO GET HE'LL POP IT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THAT'S A GOOD DEFENSIVE FRONT.
WE'VE GOT WORKING DOWN THERE WITH THEIR LUNCH.
PAILS HERE FOR EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN.
THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF SIDES THERE.
A LOT OF SIZE.
WELCH GONNA RUN THE OPTION.
DURHAM NOTHING THERE.
NOTHING THERE, GREAT SOLO.
STOP.
WHO'S OUT THERE, 43, CALEB, DALLAS, 44, BIG, BIG IN THAT STOP PLAY.
WHAT DID JONATHAN JONATHAN YOUNGBLOOD THAT THEY'RE NICE.
NICE.
STOP.
HOLD HIM UP THEIR LOSS OF TWO ON THE PLAY.
ACTUALLY THREE SECOND DOWN 13.
NOW IMPRESSIVE THING ABOUT 44.
HE'S A NINTH GRADER.
LOT OF GOOD YOUNG PLAYERS IN TODAY'S WORLD SOMETHING.
YEAH.
WE SAW ONE YESTERDAY.
YEP.
BLANCHE, A FRESHMAN.
WHO LOOKED ANYTHING, LIKE A FRESHMAN, THE GIVE UP THE MIDDLE.
ONCE AGAIN, CLOSE-IN FIGHTING BY BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL OFFENSIVE LINE FROM AQUINAS, GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO WORK AGAINST THIS EAGLES.
353 SETUP.
THERE'S THEY'VE GOT SOME GOOD SIGNS THERE.
TAKE A LOOK AT 76.
HE'S A HELLO.
PATRICK IV, JUNIOR TACKLE OVER THERE AND ON THE OTHER SIDE 79-76 ETHAN CRAWFORD.
THERE'S THERE'S SOME GOOD SIZE UP THERE.
NEED TO GET WARMED UP GUYS.
ITS THIRD AND 11.
WELSH DROPPING LOOKING TO THROW STUNT BY THE DEFENSE OVER SHOTTING UP AT ABOUT THE 40 INTENDED FOR BRADLEY WHITE.
WHITE WAS OPEN JUST OVERSHOT HIM A LITTLE BIT.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
NOW WELCH, LIAM WELCH AND THROW IT AGAIN.
HE ALREADY HIT ONE DOWN HERE.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SIX.
YEP.
REMEMBER THAT ONE.
THAT WAS THE PASTA.
JUSTIN GIBBS.
YEAH, AND HE'S BEEN ONE OF HIS HANDS, GIVES 31 RECEPTIONS THIS SEASON FOR THAT ONE.
JUST GOT AWAY WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE HAND.
DEFINITELY.
KREMLIN'S HANK & SONS GOING TO DROP BACK TO THE 15 AND KICK IT AWAY.
CALEB HOOD BACK THAT A RECEIVE.
WHAT?
WE GOT A FLAG ON THE LEGAL SUBSTITUTION ON THE OFFENSE.
FIVE YARD PENALTY, MAY 4TH DOWN ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION, BROKE THE HUBBLE TOO MANY GUYS.
WE MIGHT NEED TO CHECK.
YEAH, IT'LL HIT CAP.
THERE WE MIGHT NEED TO CHECK WITH COACH JAMES LEONARD, SEE HOW HE'S FARING ON THE SIDELINES THAT HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
KNOW, IF THIS GAME THIS STAGE DID YOU SEASON?
THOSE KIND OF MISTAKES SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO ANY IN AT ANY POINT AT THIS POINT IN THE SEASON OF THIS IS THE END OF THE SEASON.
THOSE THINGS NEEDED TO HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT HANKINSON ANOTHER HOWITZER SHOT OR HE PUTS IT HIGH IN THE AIR, CAUGHT AT THE 15.
NO BREAKING OF THE NO, RETURN, 30 YARD KICK, BUT IT WAS WAY IN THE DOME.
JOSEPH NEIL, NICK, NICK GREAT, GREAT SOLO, STOP THERE, BUT WE GOT A FLAG ON THE FIELD.
OKAY.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
CALEB HOOD ON THE RETURN.
THEY'RE POINTING TOWARD EAGLES LANDING.
ILLEGAL BLOCK IN THE BACK ON THE RECEIVING, TEAM YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN, BLOCK, IN THE BACK FOR EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN.
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OUR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR?
THE SATELLITE COORDINATES ARE ON THE SCREEN.
DECODE THEM AND TWEET US YOUR ANSWER AT GPB SPORTS.
HASHTAG CHEWY.
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IF YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE WITH THE RIGHT ANSWER, YOU'LL WIN AN IPAD MINI.
DO IT.
ALL RIGHT.
RIGHT ACROSS THE RIGHT SIDE.
IT LOOKS JUST EARLY ON, I KNOW WHERE THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT IT LOOKS EARLY ON.
LIKE THE EAGLES LANDING OFFENSIVE LINE IS WINNING THE BATTLE.
WHEN THE BELL OF ATTACKS AGAINST RUNNING BY THE FED RIGHT SIDE.
THEY GOT IT COMES UP WITH A BIG STOP THERE TO STOP.
HIM IS GEORGE WELCH, 22 FOR THE TIME, BEING NEED ME TO SAY THAT AND THEN WE GOT A STUNT AND WE GOT A RUNNING BACK ALMOST KILLED.
GEARS, OKAY, YOU CAN GET SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE.
NOW, LOOK AT THIS WILL ADVANCE DEFENSE HIT.
THEN, LOOK AT THAT.
GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU?
IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU, BOY.
HE WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME WITH ME EVANS, WHO'S TO GET INTO THAT SECONDARY EIGHT SACKS.
THIS SEASON, BEING RECORDED.
YEAH, HAMMOND SCREEN.
PASS GOT A BLOCK.
AND DOWN AT THE 39 YARD LINE.
WHAT AN APPROPRIATE CALL AT THE RIGHT TIME.
JACOB THE LOOP.
YES, 20-YARD.
PAST RECEPTION.
THAT'S EXECUTED PERFECTLY STARTS OUT.
ONE DIRECTION.
THROWS BACK THE OTHER WAY.
HE'S GOT THE BLOCKERS IN FRONT OF HIM AND LUKE KNOWS WHAT TO DO.
ONCE HE MAKES THE CATCH.
YES.
HE DOES.
NICE YARDS AFTER THE CATCH THAT HANNAH HANDS ON.
THE DOC.
I'VE GOT A BLOCK AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THIS BEVY OF RUNNING BACKS.
THEY RUN OUT THERE FROM EAGLES.
LANDING IS SOMETHING SPECIAL, JOSH.
MAYS ON THE CARRY THERE.
AND WHO'S THERE TO MAKE THE STOP?
REALLY, HE'S STILL BE RUNNING TJ SMITH.
THE GUY WE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE PLAYED ONE.
WE'VE HAD SOME INTERESTING FOOTBALL ACTION TO GET YOU UNDER WAY HERE.
IT HAS REALLY BEEN A GOOD ONE SO FAR.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH QUARTER.
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IT SHOULD BE ONE WAY OUT OF THE BALL GAME TONIGHT.
BACK AT THE DORMS.
727 EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN AND AQUINAS.
IT'S BEEN A GOOD FIRST QUARTER, LOT OF ACTIVITY, DOWNTON ABBEY RETURNS FOR ITS FINAL SEASON ON JANUARY 3RD, BUT BEFORE THE PREMIERE OF SEASON 6 CATCH UP ON ALL OF THE ACTION FROM LAST SEASON, SUNDAY NIGHTS AT 7, THIS DECEMBER GPB IS YOUR HOME FOR DOWNTON ABBEY AND ALL THE GREAT MASTERPIECE SERIES SUNDAY NIGHT IS DRAMA NIGHT ON GPB.
WE GOT SOME DRAMA ON THE FIELD.
WE GOT SOME LAUNDRY ON THE PILL.
YEAH.
EAGLES LANDING, REALLY GOT THE TENT ROAD GOING ENCROACHMENT.
ON THE DEFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
COACH LETTERS, NOT GONNA BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT GIVES THEM A FIRST DOWN.
HE IS NOT A HAPPY MAN RIGHT NOW.
JUNK RIGHT, DEFENSIVE END.
STRONG SIDE NOW THE RIGHT SIDE DIRECT SNAP HAMMOND GEAR, BREAKS ATTACK OF THEIR TO DOWN AT THE 20.
WE'RE GETTING GREAT BLOCKING UP FRONT.
WE'RE GETTING GOOD ANGLE BLOCKING AND EAGLES LANDINGS.
WINNING THE BATTLE AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE RIGHT NOW THAT SECOND LEVEL DOES WORKING OUT.
THOSE LINEBACKERS ARE TEST BANKS AND TJ SMITH TO GET THE REAL WORK OUT BACK THERE.
NICE CROSS BLOCK DOWN THERE TO GEAR NOTHING THERE ON THAT ONE.
BUT WHEN YOU GET THAT GOOD CROSS BLOCK COMING THROUGH THERE.
YEP.
LOOKS LIKE THE GATES OPENED UP.
WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING BACK.
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT CONSISTENTLY SO FAR IN THIS GAME STRONG, RIGHT?
DIVE PLAY UP, AND OVER DOWN TO THE 15 YARD LINE.
VERY CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN GOES TREVOR GEAR.
TWIN GEAR AND AND MAZE LIVING.
THE GUYS HAVE BEEN GETTING A GOOD THINGS DONE.
THERE ARE THE WORKHORSES AND WE GET AN OCCASIONAL CARRY FROM CAN MERIT AS WELL IN THE SLOT IN MOTION RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE GEAR KNOCK DOWN OUTSIDE OF THE 10 BACK AT THE 13 YARD LINE GOES UP THERE AND JOSEPH DOUGLAS.
IS THERE TO GREET HIM ALONG WITH TJ SMITH.
MAKING THE STOP FOR AQUINAS.
AND DOUGLAS IF MEMORY SERVES ME.
CORRECT, IS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF BRANDON DOUGLASS.
RUNNING BACK FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, WHO ALSO CARRIED IT PRETTY WELL.
YES, WANT TO SURE DID.
WINGBACK, REVERSE, NOTHING THERE.
AND NOW THERE IS SOMETHING THERE.
HE'S DOWN TO THE 10 YARD LINE, A NICE TWIST, AND TURNS THROWING THEM OUT.
IT LOOKED LIKE NOTHING WAS GOING TO BE THERE AT ALL FOR JOSH.
HOPE HE TAKES HIS HAND OFF THE LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO STRING IT OUT, PRETTY GOOD THERE, BUT HE STILL MANAGES TO STAY ON HIS FEET AND GET AHEAD PICK UP ABOUT FOUR YARDS THERE.
DOUGLAS MADE THE STOP ON THAT.
GOING TO RUN THE DIVE RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE GEAR.
NOTHING.
THERE IS GOOD DEFENSE BY AQUINAS GOOD MOVEMENT BY THE LINEBACKERS ON THAT ONE.
SAM.
TOOMEY 22.
GEORGE WILKES COMES ON TO MAKE THE STOP.
IT SHOULD GREAT WORK BY THE DEFENSE HERE.
HE'S ACTUALLY THE SAFETY.
HE WAS COMING BACK FROM THE SECONDARY.
BECOMES A LITTLE TO PUT A LITTLE STING ON IT.
DIDN'T HE?
NICE STUFF?
RIDE, EM, COWBOY.
4TH & 4.
ARE THEY GOING FOR ALL OF IT HERE?
YES.
ARE WE GOING TO KICK IT AND LOCATE BRICK IT?
OKAY.
27-YARD FIELD GOAL.
GOOD SNAP.
KICK IS GOOD.
ALEX.
SO SRI SRI WITH THE KICK.
NICE JOB.
THAT'S A THREE-PART THING.
LET'S GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM AND HEAR THE TALK, THE COACH GUESS GAVE THE EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY CHARGERS BEFORE TODAY'S GAME.
ALL RIGHT.
AND ALL YEAR LONG, I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ESPECIALLY WITH THE OLD LINE, CHOP WOOD, SHOP WOOD, CHOPPED WOOD, CHOPPED WOULD CHOP WOOD.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, GUYS.
IT AIN'T, IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT THE AXE AND THE TREE.
OKAY, IT'S HOW SHARP IS THE AXE.
IF THE AXE IS SHARP, IF THE BLADE IS SHARP, IT WILL CUT THROUGH THE TREE.
ARE YOU LIKE THAT WITH TOMMY?
I'M READY TO PLAY.
I LIKE THAT SURI TO KICK IT AWAY AND BACK DEEP TO RECEIVE VARENNES.
OH HOMS BACK AT THE 5.
THEY'RE TRYING TO KICK THAT THING AWAY FROM HIM AND I DON'T REALLY BLAME THEM.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
THAT'S VERY KICKS.
AND IT GOES INTO THE END ZONE.
HE DIDN'T EVEN MAKE AN OFFER FOR IT ON THAT ONE.
THAT'S RE OBVIOUSLY GOT WARMED UP ON HIS KICK AND SAID THAT TO ME ONE TIME.
YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO KICK IT IN THE END ZONE THIS TIME.
SO FAR, VERY GOOD FOOTBALL GAME 6:50.
A LOT OF WHAT WE EXPECTED IN THESE TWO, QUARTERBACKS.
WE'VE GOT TWO OUTSTANDING QUARTERBACKS, AND I THINK LIAM WELCH IS GONNA START MOTIVATING IT DOWN TO FEEL.
THREE WIVES WELCH.
GOOD PAST.
THERE'S GOT A MAN OUT THERE UP TO ABOUT THE 28 YARD LINE WHERE HE'S KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS.
EXCELLENT, THROW OVER THERE.
JOSEPH, NEAL WITH THE RECEPTION.
HE TCSG SCORING DRIVE 11 PLAYS 53 YARDS, TIME OF POSSESSION, 358 DRIVE.
THAT'S GOOD.
USE OF THE CLOCK.
BOTH OF THEIR SCORING DRIVES HAVE BEEN ALMOST WITHIN 30 SECONDS OF EACH OTHER.
VERY PATTERN.
GOT A BLOCK UP TO THE 31-YARD LINE.
THAT'S JOSEPH, DOUGLAS.
MAKING THE RUN THAT 55 CARRIES OVER 300 YARDS AND 10 TOUCHDOWNS THIS SEASON.
SO WHEN HE GETS A CHANCE TO TOUCH AND HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO.
I WONDER IF HIS OLDER BROTHER TAKES HIM OUT IN THE YARD ON THE WEEKENDS.
THAT'S A, HERE'S HOW IT'S GOING TO DO THIS.
THERE YOU GO.
TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S PRETTY GOOD SIZE.
AND HE'S YOUNG WELCH.
FAKES IT DROPPING THROW AWAY TO HIGH, PASS INTENDED FOR JUSTIN GIBBS OUT THERE.
THE WIDE RECEIVER.
THIS IS A YOUNG AQUINAS TEAM.
WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN THE LIST OF PLAYERS WHO ARE ON THE FIELD, THEY'RE YOUNG.
THEY ARE THE WELCH.
THIS GUY KNOWS HOW TO THROW A FOOTBALL, IF HE GETS IT, IF HE GETS THE RADAR SET IN.
HE CAN TAKE IT, HE CAN MAKE IT A LONG DAY FOR THE OTHER TEAM.
HE CAN WELCH, GONNA GET TACOS DOWN TO THE 47, YARD LINE, DURHAM.
WHAT MAKES HIM SO SPECIAL, AND KEEPING THAT BALANCE, JUST TO GET THAT NEXT TO YOU THAT EXTRA OTHER THAN BEER.
ONCE YOU GET GREAT BLOCK OF THE MIDDLE THERE, ELUDE A COUPLE OF DEFENDERS LEAN FORWARD WITH AN EXTRA THREE TO FOUR YARDS, AND THE END OF THAT.
CARRY.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING BALLET, LIKE ABOUT A GREAT RUNNING BACK.
THEY JUST GOT THAT GOOD FLUID MOTION GOING TO GIVE IT TO HIM AGAIN.
DURHAM.
NOT MUCH THERE, GAIN OF ONLY A COUPLE.
HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE SHOVE.
HE GOT.
AT THE END OF THAT HOSE.
MOST OF THE FITNESS THEY'RE 45, HARRISON TAYLOR IN ON THAT STUFF.
ALSO 36 GRIFFIN, ALEXANDER TURNING IN BACK THAT TIME IF YOU LOOK AT HIS HELMET WITH THE STICKERS ON HIS HELMET, OBVIOUSLY, HE'S HAD A GOOD YEAR.
IT'S VERY GOOD YOU OR ELSE HE GOT INTO THE COACH'S OFFICE FROM THE COACH WASN'T THERE.
I WOULDN'T THINK THAT I PREFER TO BELIEVE HE'S HAD A GOOD JOB HERE AS WELL THAT THE 47 AND I HANDED THE DORM AGAIN.
WHO'S GOING TO PLOW AHEAD DOWN.
THE 45 GAIN OF ONLY A COUPLE.
GOOD DEFENSE.
THAT TIME.
I TELL YOU WHAT, THOSE BACKERS FOR EAGLE'S LANDING, CHRISTIAN ARE THE REAL DEAL.
CHASE BURDETTE HAS BEEN SPECIAL.
JUST STAY AND RIDE IN THERE P. AND NUMBER 36, GRIFFIN, ALEXANDER HAVE REALLY GONE TO WORK ON THE INSIDE.
I WANT US GOING TO CALL TIMEOUT ON THIRD DOWN AND SIX.
LET'S TAKE A BREAK WITH THEM.
IT'S TIMEOUT.
TIMEOUT DOWN ON THE FIELD EAGLE'S, LANDING CHRISTIAN 10, AQUINAS.
SEVEN MORE HOT.
HEAVY ACTION FROM THE DOME.
WE RETURN GARNER FROM FOREST, PARK HIGH SCHOOL SPARKED.
AN INTEREST IN ME TO REALLY PUSH ME AND EDUCATION TO BE MORE THAN JUST A STUDENT ATHLETE WHO KNOW EACH AND EVERY DAY.
SHE CHALLENGED ME TO BE A LEADER, A ROLE MODEL, AND SOMEBODY POSITIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
CAN NEVER THANK HER ENOUGH FOR, FOR WHAT ALL SHE'S DONE FOR ME.
AND THERE ARE TEACHERS JUST LIKE MISS GARNER, ALL OVER THE STATE OF GEORGIA TODAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE LINEBACKERS FROM EAGLE'S LANDING?
CHRISTIAN GET ME YOUR ANALOGY OF A SAYING.
THESE GUYS ARE LIKE LIKE GETTING THERE ALL OVER THE FIELD AND THEY SHOW YOU WHAT WAS HELP TO GET THIS TEAM TO THIS POINT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THINK WHAT HAMMOND WILL NOT FIT ON OFFICE INSIDE, BUT THIS DEFENSE, AS LOOKING FORMAL, AND THE GUYS UP FRONT, THE THREE UP FRONT.
I'VE BEEN GETTING THE WORK DONE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE AT ALL SOME DEFENSIVE UNIT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOOD LINEBACKERS.
IF YOU GOING TO HAVE THAT THREE-MAN FRONT, YOU JUST HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY GREAT LINEBACKERS WHO CAN RUN.
AND THEY'VE GOT A HAVE THEM HERE.
AND THOSE THROUGH THAT, PUT THEIR HANDS ON THE GROUND ARE NOT BAD.
EITHER.
ARE THAT BAD?
LOOK AT THERE.
THAT'S CHASE BURDETTE.
HE'S A GUY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
LOOK AT THE STICKERS.
LOOK AT THOSE THREE THAT PUT THEIR HANDS ON THE GROUND RIGHT HERE.
LET'S WATCH THEM A LITTLE BIT HERE.
WELCH DROPPING THE THROW IN TROUBLE, BIG TROUBLE BACK AT THE 49 YARD, LOVE THE GUISE OF, PUT THE HANDS ON THE GROUND.
THEY BROUGHT THE PRESSURE, THAT TIME BURDETTE MADE THE TACKLE, BUT THE THREE WITH THE HANDS ON THE GROUND AND CLEANSE IT UP.
THERE'S A DALTON POWDER, BUT THOSE GUYS ARE THE ONES WHO GOT IT STARTED LOOKING REALLY GOOD AT THIS.
HERE COMES THE PRESSURE.
WOW, RIGHT THERE.
MY TAROT BOYD, ALMOST HAD HIM.
THE BRUNETTE COMES IN FOR THE FINISH, HANKINSON IS GOING TO KICK IT AWAY.
NOW, BACK AT THE 37, YARD LINE.
IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE TRYING TO DO A SCREEN HANKINSON OFF THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT.
ALMOST HIT ONE OF THE WIDE RECEIVERS IN THE HEAD.
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THIS THURSDAY AT 9 P.M. LEFT THINGS LIKE THAT.
YEAH, IT'S HOLIDAY SEASON.
WE'RE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS.
THERE WERE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY.
THAT'S SOMETHING.
HAVE YOU BOUGHT MY PRESENT YET?
I KNOW YOU.
I KNOW.
I'VE BEEN THOUGH.
YOU'VE BEEN GOOD THIS YEAR.
SO THERE'S A PRESENT.
THERE YOU GO.
YOU'VE BEEN GOOD.
I'VE BEEN TOLD YOU'VE BEEN REAL GOOD THIS YOUR TIME.
THERE YOU GO.
HAND OFF TO THE RUNNING BACK OFF THE RIGHT SIDE.
TREVOR GEAR.
ON THE CARRY GAIN OF A SHORT ONE, WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION EARLY IN THE GAME HAS TURNED INTO BUSINESS WORK, GOT A BLOCK AT THE CORNER.
SCREEN PASS TO THE RIGHT DAMN MERIT.
MAKE IT A NICE CATCHING AND I PICK IT UP SOME YARDS AFTERWARDS HAMMOND WITH A NICE THROW.
THIS GUY RUNS MORE YARDAGE THAN ANYBODY ELSE WITH HIS MOTION AND WITH HIS PATTERNS ON EVERY PLAY, STRONG RIDE DIRECT SNAP TO HAPPEN TO FELL ON IT BACK AT THE 20 THAT HAPPEN, BUT HE DID THE SMART THING JUST TO FALL ON IT AND TO TRY TO PICK IT UP.
TRY TO MAKE ANY TYPE OF PLAY.
THERE YOU GO.
LOOK AT IT.
IT JUST WENT THROUGH HIS HANDS.
I BELIEVE MAYBE A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT BUT SINCE HE'S RIGHT-HANDED, THAT'S WHERE HE NEEDED TO PUT IT, RIGHT.
WE JUST GOT AWAY FROM BECAUSE OR HAVE YOU SEEN THAT GUY?
THAT'S PLAYING OVER MY HEAD RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, THE NOSE GUARD OR THE NOSE TACKLE, AS THEY SAW THIS.
WOW.
BIG BUT GOTTA BLOCK, DANGER WILL ROBINSON GOT A BLOCK AT THE CORNER AT OUT OF ALVES AT 43 YARD LINE, GEORGE WELCH, NICE.
NICE RETURN.
THEIR COACH LEONARD ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH HIS TEAM BEFORE TODAY'S GAME TO INSPIRE THEM.
LET'S GO INSIDE THE DRESSING ROOM.
EVERYBODY IN THE STATE'S, PICKING YOU LOSE BY LIKE 21 OR SO.
SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY'S DOWN AND IT'S TOO MANY PEOPLE.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS.
ALL RIGHT.
GO OUT THERE AND DO WHAT YOU'VE BEEN COACHED TO DO.
YEAH SENIORS.
YOU LAST TIME ABOUT 80.
ALL RIGHT, ATO.
LAST TIME YOU DO THIS.
MAKE IT COUNT.
ALL RIGHT, DO IT TOGETHER?
LOVE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.
LET'S GO WIN.
LET'S GO.
IS IT SHORT TO THE POINT TO THE POINT THOUGH?
YEAH, HE'S HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB WITH THIS PROGRAM, FOR A YOUNG YOUNG COACH YOUNG COACHING THERE.
CAUSE HE'S A, HE'S ONE OF THE FINEST GRADUATE AND ONE OF THE VICTORIES THIS SEASON AND MAKES IT KNOW THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT COURSE.
THEY BEAT LINCOLN COUNTY.
TREMENDOUS HERITAGE FAMILYWIZE THROUGH AQUINAS FROM THE LEONARD FAMILY.
YEAH, THE GIVE WAS TO DURHAM UP THE MIDDLE.
VERY LITTLE THERE.
GAIN OF A BIT GAIN OF 4.
SECOND DOWN AND SIX NOW WELCH GOING TO BRING THEM UP, SPREAD THEM OUT, GOT DURING HIS LONE SETBACK.
WELL, IT'S GONNA RUN UP GONNA BE CAUGHT AND THROWN THOSE THREE UP FRONT.
WHY NOT?
ALSO JENNA THE YOUNGBLOOD 44.
JUST GRABBED ONTO HIM AND HIS WOULD LET IT GO.
HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT WATCH 444.
HE'S GONNA BE THE FIRST GUY THERE.
MONTERO BOY RIGHT THERE AND HE JUST HOLDS ONTO HIM.
SO EVERYBODY ELSE CAN GET.
THERE.
THERE ARE THOSE TWO LINEBACKERS AND MONTERO BOYD GOING TO HELP OUT.
NOT THAT THEY NEEDED ANY HELP DO BUT 44 GOT THEIR FIRST.
HE SAID HE'S MINE, BUT Y'ALL COME GET HIM.
I TELL YOU THESE FIVE LINEBACKERS.
THEY ARE PLAYING ALL OVER THE FIELD.
BUT THOSE THREE GUYS UP FRONT.
THERE'S A STUNT COMING OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OVER AT THE 22 YARD LINE.
GOODNESS.
GRACIOUS.
ISAIAH MAYS.
WHAT'S THIS WELCH IN A HURRY THROWS AND THAT'S JOSH.
MAYS VERSE THAT.
ISAIAH MAYS COMES IN TO HELP FINISH.
GOOD COVERAGE OVER THERE.
EAGLES LANDING HAS GOT PLAYERS.
YES, WE DO.
THEY DO IGUANA AQUINAS HAS PLAYERS IN EVERYBODY'S PLAYING.
WELL AT THIS POINT, HANKINSON GONNA KICK IT AWAY AGAIN.
ROLLED IT BACK.
THERE IS ANOTHER NICE HIGH.
HIGH POINT.
JUICY.
NUMBER EIGHT, JUST STAND.
STILL.
I DON'T WANT IT HITTING ME IN THE HEAD.
TREY, DOUGLAS.
DOWNFIELD, COVERING 35-YARD PUNT.
IT'S A GREAT HANG TIME OUT OF THAT.
WHEN HE'S DONE THE LAST, THE LAST COUPLE OF PUNCHES, YOU HUNG UP THERE.
SO THERE'S NO CHANCE OF RETURN.
YEAH, HE'S DOING THAT CONSISTENTLY.
ALEX, ESSARY HAD A NICE 49 -YARD PUNT.
THERE WAS A 28-YARD RETURN ON THAT AND NOW WE'VE GOT EAGLES LANDING WITH THE BALL YET AGAIN, AS THE FIRST HALF IS GETTING AWAY FROM US HERE.
IT'S KIND OF SLOWED WITH THE ACTION HAMMOND THROWING OUT OF BOUNDS.
GOOD PRESSURE THAT TIME BY THE LINEBACKER FOR THE IRISH.
JOSEPH DOUGLAS THAT SOPHOMORE LINEBACKER.
DID LOOK LIKE THOSE WHERE HAMAN WANTED TO GO WITH THAT ONE, BUT HE SAW THE PRESSURE COMING AND REALLY JUST WANTED TO GET GET RID OF BUT IN AN AREA WHERE THERE'S NOBODY HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH IT.
LOOK AT DOUGLAS HERE.
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT WAS IN A HURRY.
GONNA RUN THE SPEED, SWEET GOT BE KNOCKED DOWN AT THE 39 YARD LINE.
JOSH HOLD ONTO CARING AND BIG NUMBER 65 AT DEFENSIVE END.
WILL EVANS ON THE STOP.
INTERESTING THING ABOUT EVANS.
HE'S THE SENIOR ONE OF THE VERY FEW THINGS ON THIS AQUINAS TEAM HANUMAN.
ROLLING.
THE THROW MISSED THE TACKLE.
NOW, GOT TIME.
THROW IT BACK ACROSS THE FIELD DIDN'T COMPLAIN MAN GOOD PRESSURE AT TOM BY THE DEFENSIVE END.
HE ALMOST GOT EVEN IN DEEP DEEP TERRITORY BACK THERE ELEVENS.
YOU TALKED ABOUT HIM.
HE'S A SENIOR EIGHT SACKS, 12 TACKLES FOR LOSS THIS SEASON.
HE'LL LOSE ONE DEFENDER RIGHT THERE, BUT YOU WILL NOT GET AWAY FROM EVANS.
MAKING THE BACON THE BIG PRESSURE ON HIM THERE.
DJ JACKSON.
ALSO BACK.
THEY'RE HURRYING.
HE EVEN WANTED TO LEVELING.
HE THOUGHT BETTER, I PULLED UP BUT HE PUT IT UP PRESSURE ON HIM TO FORCE HIM.
DID THAT MAKE THE COMPLETION?
I TELL YOU WHAT JACKSON AND EVANS HAVE BEEN BUSY.
HE'S ON THE MOVE FOLKS.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE I LITTLE CHEWBACCA IS HEADED.
THE SATELLITE COORDINATES ARE ON THE SCREEN.
DECODE THEM AND TWEET US YOUR GUESSES AT GPB SPORTS.
HASHTAG CHEWY UNLEASHED.
YOU COULD WIN AN IPAD MINI.
IF YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON TO FIGURE OUT HIS DESTINATION, THAT COULD BE MOST ANYONE.
OH, OF COURSE.
WOW.
WOW.
I'M LOOKING.
YEAH, A LITTLE THOSE COORDINATES.
SOMEBODY AT HOME WILL GET IT THOUGH.
OKAY.
YEAH, I THINK SO, BUT WE CAN'T WIN.
UNFORTUNATELY.
I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS GREAT.
THE GREAT GIFT GETS IT IS HAVE YOU GOT A MINUTE?
32 TO GO HERE BEFORE HALF -TIME.
TAKE A LOOK AT TJ SMITH NUMBER 9 THERE IN THE HUDDLE MAN.
YOU TALKING ABOUT A FINE -LOOKING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER.
HE'S, HE'S THE GUY WHO MAKES THAT DEFENSE GO AND YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE HE'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I MEAN, HE'S THE GUY FROM SIDELINE TO SIDELINE.
HE'S ONE OF THE GUYS WHO MAKES THINGS HAPPEN.
HE'S DONE IT ALL SEASON LONG FOR THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.
HE ALONG WITH NUMBER EIGHT, OUR TEST BANKS.
SOME GUYS YOU JUST YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PATROLLING AND FEEL.
THEY'VE BEEN THE KEYS TO THIS DEFENSE OF SELF-DEFENSE FOR AQUINAS HAVING SUCCESSFULLY SEASON.
LIKE THE WAY, HE'S DIRECTING TRAFFIC OUT THERE.
GOT TO PUT IT AWAY AGAIN.
WOW, ANOTHER LONG, LONG PUNT.
EAGLE'S LANDING, CHRISTIAN 41-YARD, PUNT THAT TIME 49 THE LAST TIME.
NO RETURN ON THAT ONE.
HE IS GETTING IT DONE IS YOUNG.
ALEX US HURRY.
AS A FIELD GOAL, 27 YARD, AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME, SO FAR.
YEAH.
NO LOOK.
- NOW WITH THE MINUTE, 22 TO GO AND A HALF A DAY, GOING TO TAKE THE BALL AND STARTING FROM THEIR OWN 20 AND SEE IF THEY CAN GET SOME POINTS ON THE BOARD IN CLOSED.
IN THE GRANGE GOING TO GET SOME POINTS ON THE BOARD.
YOU'RE GOING TO THE LOCKER ROOM.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SEE SOMETHING DEEP HERE.
THEY'VE NOT RUN ANYTHING.
DEEP SO FAR BEAT PATTERN WELCH, SENIOR QUARTERBACK DROPPING LOOKING TO THROW GONNA MAN OUT THERE, BOBBLED IT, AND DROPPED IT UP AT THE 28 YARD.
GIVES JUST HAVING A TOUGH TIME THIS MORNING.
THAT'S THE SECOND ONE.
THAT'S A SAYING THE LONG ONE THAT WENT THROUGH HIS ARMS EARLIER.
AND THIS WOODEN.
HE'S BEEN A RELIABLE SET OF HANDS FOR HIM.
31 CATCHES THIS SEASON.
SURE.
HE'S OUT THERE AND THERE'S A PASS.
NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
IT WAS A LITTLE BEHIND IT BUT NOT TERRIBLY BEHIND IT.
BUT HE GOT BOTH HANDS ON.
IT.
JUST COULDN'T PULL IT IN.
I LOVE WELCH'S FORM.
HE IS PICTURE PERFECT WITH HIS THROWING FORM.
HE THROWS IT AS NICELY AS ANY HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK.
YOU'LL SEE ANYWHERE.
PERFECT.
POSTURE WHEN HE THROWS THAT THING.
WELCH.
GOT A WHISTLE WHISTLE.
GOT A TIMEOUT EAGLE'S.
LANDING CHRISTIAN YOUR TIME OUT.
YEAH, I THINK THE FEELING OF THEY CAN GET A GOOD STOP HERE.
NOW.
THEY MET YOU, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GET THE BALL BACK WITH SOME SOME GOOD FIELD POSITION BEFORE THE CLOCK RUNS OUT.
WE'RE WE'RE PLAYING FIELD POSITION NOW, WHICH IS KIND OF NORMAL IN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GOT A 10-7 FOOTBALL GAME IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING FOOLISH.
KNOW YOU DO YOU REALLY DON'T, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO SOMETHING THAT AND RIGHT.
NOW, THE THING IS, WE CAN GO OUT NOW AND GET A STOP, ALL THEM, SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO AS FAR AS AS FAR AS GETTING, MAYBE THE BACK BEFORE THE TIME RUNS OUT.
WE'LL SEE.
WELL, EAGLES LANDING GETS IT BACK IN THE SECOND HALF.
THEY WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO DEFER.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE EAGLES, LANDING CHARGERS RESUME STATE CHAMPIONS IN 2012 IN 1996 AND 2014 VERY UNIQUE TEAM.
THEY STARTED 0 AND 6 17 STRAIGHT TO MAKE IT TO THE FINAL.
THEY HAVE EIGHT REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS, FIVE STRAIGHT RECORD, SINCE 2010, 65 AND 15.
THEY'VE KNOWN THE JOY OF VICTORY AND VERY LITTLE OF THE AGONY OF DEFEAT EIGHT STRAIGHT PLAYOFFS.
AT LEAST THE SECOND ROUND OF PLAY.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS, ALWAYS FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND ONCE WE MENTIONED, ALSO THAT THE STRENGTH OF THE SCHEDULE THAT THEY PLAY IN THE FREE REGION PRE REGION SCHEDULE THAT THEY ALWAYS PLAY HERE AS ALWAYS, DESIGNED WITH THIS TIME OF YEARS, WITH LOOKING FORWARD TO WELL, BRINGS THEM UP.
EVERYBODY SPREAD OUT ON THE WIDE RECEIVERS, GOOD PROTECTION WELCH, THROWING COMPLETE.
AND OUT OF BOUNDS PASS IS COMPLETE TO HIS BROTHER DOOR, GEORGE WELCH.
BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
NOW, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
NICE ROUTE.
LOOK AT HIS FORM.
HE THROWS IT AS WELL.
AS ANYBODY REALLY DOES.
COACH LEONARD TALKS ABOUT HOW MUCH THESE GUYS THROW TOGETHER THROWN TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD FIND EACH OTHER WITH THE LIGHTS OUT.
YEAH.
NO, WE HAVE THE KIND OF TIME AND THEN YOU THROW INTO SOMEONE THAT LONG, THIRD AND SHORT.
NOW, THIRD DOWN AND THREE WELCH, BRINGS THEM UP THREE WIVES TO THE LEFT.
GOOD.
SNAP TOO HIGH.
GOOD BE INTERCEPTED.
WHAT DO THEY CALL IT?
NO.
HIT THE GROUND, HIT THE CARPET.
ALMOST RE-DUG RIGHT.
DOUGLAS.
YES, RIGHT THERE.
FOURTH DOWN.
NOW FOR AQUINAS MINUTE.
SIX LEFT BEFORE.
HALF TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
GOOD THROW LITTLE TOO HIGH.
YEAH, IT HIT THE GROUND OR HIT THE CARPET.
BUT AS WE MENTIONED WITH THE TIMEOUT, LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE, YOU THREW THE PASS.
INCOMPLETION STOPS THE CLOCK AGAIN.
MINUTE, SIX AND GO AND A HALF.
HE GOES LANDY CHRISTIANE ABOUT TO GET THE BALL BACK AND THE GEORGE WELCH RECEPTION.
HE WENT OUT OF BOUNDS.
REMEMBER?
YEP, HANKINSON END-OVER-END KICK.
ON A BOUNCE AND BOUNCE AND BOUNCE.
AND AQUINAS GOING TO DOWN IT AT THE 42-YARD LINE LESS.
32 YARD KICK BY HANKINSON, THEIR WEDNESDAY NIGHTS ON, GPB ARE JAM-PACKED WITH A FULL SERVING OF SCIENCE AND NATURE SHOWS THIS WEDNESDAY.
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IT'S ALL ON WHY WEDNESDAY STARTING AT 7.
BACK TO THE ACTION.
AND TREVOR GEAR GOES RIGHT TO WORK RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE GEAR ON THE GIVE RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE FROM HAMMOND.
WHISTLE, I WANT TO MEASURE, THEY GET THE FIRST DOWN.
HE'S CLOSE.
HE'S REAL CLOSE TO THAT FIRST DOWN.
MAYBE A LITTLE SHY OF THE BALL ABOUT OF ALL SHY.
I WOULD THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A BALL, SHALLOW THINGS, THE FOOTBALL SHOT.
YOU DON'T THINK?
NO.
I THINK IT'S TIGHTER THAN THAT.
TOMMY.
I THINK IT'S A FOOTBALL SHINE.
WHAT I SAY, CLOSE HALF A FOOT.
SHOT TAP A FOOTBALL SHOW.
IS THAT.
OKAY?
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT.
ALRIGHT, EAGLES LANDING WITH 41 SECONDS LEFT IN THE HALF AND THE LEAD 6:50 HAMMOND.
ARE THEY GOING TO CALL TIMEOUT?
YES, LEONARD'S COACH, LEONARD'S GOING TO TALK THINGS OVER WITH HIS DEFENSE AND COACH GAS WITH HIS OFFENSE.
WE'VE HAD A GOOD FIRST HALF HERE, EVEN THOUGH THE SCORES JUST 6:50.
IT'S BEEN FULL OF ACTION.
WE HAVE A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.
THING, REALLY HAVE.
WE HAD SOME GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAYS AND HARD.
IT'S, I HAD THE EXCITEMENT TO START THE GAME.
YOU CAN'T TOP THE WAY THIS GAME STARTED WITH AN OPENING KICKOFF, ALL THE WAY AROUND RETURN, FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
YOU GET THINGS STARTED THIS TREMENDOUS FOOTBALL GAME SO FAR AND WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
IF WE GOT 41 SECONDS, EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN THAT OFFENSIVE LINE HAS WORKED.
SO VERY HARD.
THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
CAN THEY GET THEM TO THE END ZONE?
WILL SEE.
ALL RIGHT.
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NOW, DIRECT SNAP TO HAMMOND, GONNA GET THE GEAR GONNA BREAK A TACKLE OR TWO, AND A FIVE FOOT AT ALL.
EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN HOLDS ONTO IT.
I THOUGHT DOUGLAS HAD IT DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF THAT PANEL WAS THE ROOM THAT THE RUNNER WAS DOWN THERE IN SURE.
THEY MAY SAY THAT THE RUNNER WAS DOWN BEFORE THE BALL CAME OUT GEAR.
I THINK THE BALL CAME OUT.
I THINK HE MAY HAVE.
YES, SMITH PULLED IT OUT OF THERE.
YEAH.
HAMMOND ROLLING.
THE THROW A 22 SECONDS LEFT DEEP.
HE'S GOT A MAN OUT THERE.
JUST OVERTHROWN.
THAT'LL BE A LITTLE TOO LONG FOR CAM MERIT.
HE WAS THERE AND JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG FOR CAME ACROSS FROM THE LEFT SIDE.
DEEP HAMMOND, ROLLING, ROLLING ROLLING, LOOKING NICE, THROW JUST OUT OF THE REACH.
JIM MERRITT, WHO RUNS MORE YARDAGE THAN ANY OTHER EAGLES LANDING PLAYER DONE.
HE DOES.
HE'S IN MOTION.
HE'S THE WHITE ATHLETE AND CONCEALING BETTER.
IT'S ALWAYS MOVING.
18 SECONDS LEFT, A MAN BRINGS THEM UP FOUR MAN, FRONT FOR AQUINAS.
GOING TO GET A BOND TO DRAW.
GOT A BLOCK TO THE CORNER.
GETTING HELP AND FINALLY CLOSING DOWN.
VARENNES.
OH, HOLMES MADE THE STOP.
HE GRABS OUTAGES HOLES UP TO AND HE SAID, HE'LL JOSH, MAYS SOMEBODY SOMEBODY COMING UP.
HE'S GOT NINE SECONDS.
EITHER GONNA TRY TO LINE UP FOR A FIELD GOAL, ATTEMPT.
OKAY, HERE WE GO.
US RE 48-YARDER.
IT'S GOOD TO YOU.
THAT'S THE LONGEST HE'S EVER KICKED, BUT YOU WANT TO BED.
WHAT ATTEND THE HABIT?
NOT A TIME TO HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO IT.
LISTEN, WE STARTED AND WE LEFT THEM ON A HIGH AS OPEN, KICKOFF RETURN.
AND NOW A 48-YARD FIELD GOAL TO END THE FIRST HALF.
FOLKS, WE'VE DONE OUR WORK HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.
WHAT A GAME.
WE'VE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME 48-YARDER, MAN, ALIVE.
UH, SORRY.
JUST DRILLED IT.
WE'VE GIVEN YOU A 99 YARD KICKOFF RETURN BY YOUNG.
BUT RENZO HOMES, AND NOW OF HALF ENDING KICK.
LET'S GO DOWN TO NICKI NOTO ON THE SIDELINES.
IF YOU COACH A 48-YARD FIELD GOAL, CLOSE.
HAS TO HAVE.
HOW WAS THAT FOR YOU?
ALL RIGHT, GIVES US MOMENTUM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AGGRAVATED MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES OFFENSIVELY THAT MAN, WE NEED TO GIVE BACK AND DEFENSE HAS PLAYED GREAT.
SEVEN POINTS IS ALL SPECIAL TEAM.
SO WE GOT TO COME BACK AND WIN THE SECOND HALF.
JUST LIKE, WE WON THE FIRST HALF.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ARE THE BIGGEST ADJUSTMENTS THAT WILL NEED TO MAKE AT THE HALF.
I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAID, DEFENSE HAS FORCED FIVE PUNTS COMING INTO THIS GAME.
YOU WANTED TO ESTABLISH THE RUN GAME MORE.
SO WHAT KIND ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
WELL, WE DEFINITELY GOT TO GET THAT RUN GAME BACK, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO WEAR THEM DOWN, YOU KNOW, WE TURN THE BALL OVER AND WE DROPPED THE BALL.
SO WE MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES.
WE WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING, WHICH ONE KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING WITHOUT THE MISTAKES.
ALRIGHT, THANKS COACH.
GOOD LUCK.
AND THANK YOU GUYS.
JACKIE MARK.
IF WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS HAD TO MAKE A 48-YARD AROUND?
PUTTING IT ON, JACKIE?
HA, GOOD ONE.
I LIKE THAT.
THAT'S A SMART MOVE.
HE HAS BETTER LEGS THAN I DO.
I WILL SAY THAT I COULD MAKE THAT COMING UP.
WE ARE AT HALFTIME OF THE CLASS.
A PRIVATE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL HEAR FROM BOTH MARCHING BANDS AND BOTH PRINCIPALS.
THEY TALK ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT GOING ON AT THEIR SCHOOLS WILL ALSO HEAR FROM SOME PROUD PARENTS AS THEY BOAST ABOUT THEIR CHAMPION AT HALFTIME.
AND THEN WE'LL CHECK IN TO SEE WHAT FANS ARE SAYING, ONLINE IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A WINNER FOR CHEWY UNLEASHED THAT AND MORE COMING UP ON THE GPB HALFTIME SHOW.
STAY WITH US.
THIS PROGRAM ON GPB IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY SUPPORTERS OF THE GEORGIA, HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING.
THIS ISN'T JUST ANY TEAM.
THIS IS YOUR HOME TEAM.
OKAY, IT'S NOT ABOUT A TEAM OR B TEAM.
IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR BOSS, TELLING YOU TO BE A TEAM PLAYER OR TO TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM.
NO HOME TEAM IS ABOUT PRIDE.
IT'S ABOUT STANDING STRONG PULLING TOGETHER AND GOING CRAZY ABOUT A BAD CALL, YOU KNOW, IS RIGHT.
BUT BECAUSE IT WAS AGAINST YOUR HOME TEAM.
IT MUST BE WRONG.
LOOK, SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T GET IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THERE.
T. BUT FARM BUREAU INSURANCE, DOES BECAUSE EVERYONE NEEDS A HOME TEAM FOR INSURANCE.
AND WE ARE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ANTICIPATION IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW AND IT'S A GREAT NIGHT FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ALL OVER THE GHSA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
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WE ARE AT HALFTIME WITH THE SINGLE, A PRIVATE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HERE AT THE GEORGIA DOME.
THE FIRST OF FOUR, BIG GAMES WILL BE BRINGING YOU ON THE SECOND DAY OF GHSA CHAMPIONSHIPS RIGHT NOW, THE SCORE AT THE HALF EAGLE'S LANDING.
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY CHARGERS LEAD SHIP 6:47 OVER THE FIGHTING IRISH OF AQUINAS ARE ONLY JUST BEGINNING A FULL DAY AHEAD.
IN THE ONLINE HAS BEEN CRAZY.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FANS TWEETING US.
SO KEEP THAT CONVERSATION GOING.
FIND US AT FACEBOOK AND TWITTER @GPBSPORTS AND YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE DOING IT TODAY OF ALL DAYS BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST DAY, YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN AN IPAD MINI.
YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS CONTEST.
AND WE HAVE A WINNER FOR OUR CHEWY UNLEASHED CONTEST, BRENT WILD CORRECTLY, DETERMINE THAT, CHUY WAS VISITING SAKURA, AND GIZA EGYPT.
WHY WAS HE THERE?
WELL, YOU HAVE TO DO A LITTLE DIGGING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
QUITE LITERALLY, HE WAS GUESS, HE WAS VISITING THE DOG CATACOMBS OF ANUBIS, WHICH ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND A FEW YEARS AGO THAT THERE WERE OVER 8 MILLION MUMMIES DOG.
MOMMY'S AT THIS SACRED SITE, PROOF THAT AGENT.
EGYPTIANS DIDN'T JUST WORSHIP CATS.
SO THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING FACT, YOU CAN TAKE AWAY FOR THE DAY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS.
BRENT, YOU WIN?
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, CHUY HANGING OUT WITH HIS FRIENDS IN EGYPT.
SO THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO WIN AN IPAD COURTESY OF THE GEORGIA VOCATIONAL, AGRICULTURE, TEACHERS ASSOCIATION PART OF 127 CAREER PATHWAYS AVAILABLE TO GEORGIA, HIGH SCHOOL, STUDENTS SCHOOL COUNSELORS HAVE ALL OF THE DETAILS AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT AT GA DIO, E DOT O-- R-- G--, SO BE SURE YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH US ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIAS.
HAVE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN THAT.
ALSO, IF YOU SEND US AS YOU WILL WIN A FREE SELFIE STICK.
SO WE HAVE A FEW PHOTOS HERE OF GOT SCOTT.
WE HAVE FAN SAYING, WE CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE DOME.
AT LEAST WE CAN WATCH IT FROM HOME.
GO AQUINAS.
HASHTAG DOME WARS, MAKE SURE YOUR HASHTAGGING DOME WARS AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAD THIS FAN, THEY WERE HERE AT THE GAME YESTERDAY AND THEY FOUND THEMSELVES ON TV.
SO THEY SEND US TO THAT.
THAT WAS PRETTY GREAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE FOOTBALL IS FOR DOGS AS WELL.
THIS IS HARLEY.
HE'S HANGING OUT.
WATCHING GPB SPORTS WITH HIS CHRISTMAS HAT.
GETTING IN THE SPIRIT.
ALSO, DON'T FORGET THAT WE HAVE A POLL AND THIS IS WHERE WE STAND.
SO FAR, WHO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE GAME HERE TODAY VERSUS ELKA AND THE FIGHTING IRISH AND SO FAR, YOU CAN SEE 64% OF THE VOTE THINK THAT ELKA IS GOING TO TAKE IT.
SO, TELL US WHO YOU'RE ROOTING FOR A, TELL US WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING FROM.
USE THE HASHTAG DOME WARS AND YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN AN IPAD MINI, AND ALSO SOME SELFIE STICKS LATER ON IN THE SHOW.
TIME NOW, TO CHECK IN WITH JOHN NELSON.
HE IS WHERE WE OFTEN FIND THEM IN TROUBLE.
IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.
HE'S CHECKING IN WITH THE EAGLE'S.
LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
PRINCIPAL RICHARD ALLEN JOHNSON.
YES, IT IS, THAT TIME TO CATCH UP WITH AN OLD FRIEND.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LAND OF THE LIGHTNING BOLT.
THESE DAYS.
I HAVE A GREAT WEEK THIS WEEK, JOHN WE IN PREPARATION FOR THIS, A BIG CHARGE OF WALK YESTERDAY.
IT SCHOOL-WIDE CHARGER WALK, EXCITED EVERYBODY.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT EXAMS COMING UP NEXT WEEK, GETTING READY FOR OUR BIG WORLD IMPACT MISSION TRIPS NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL GO.
FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
PROBABLY 3/4 OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT.
SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SOME GREAT THINGS GOING ON THERE.
GOOD DEAL.
IT IS.
TIME TO PLAY THE GAME.
BROUGHT IN BE A LIGHTSABER THIS WEEKEND.
HERE'S THE QUESTION.
THE FESTIVAL OF KWANZAA IS DERIVED FROM THE SWAHILI TERM.
MUKUNDA.
YEAH, KWANZAA.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IS IT A WINTER SOLSTICE BE FIRST FRUITS OR SEE LIGHT AND PEACE?
WOW, I SHOULD KNOW THIS S*** AND I I GUESS SEE IT IS BE FIRST FRUITS.
BY THE WAY, KWANZAA IS NOT A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY, BUT A CULTURAL ONE WITH AN INHERIT SPIRITUAL QUALITY.
SORRY, IT'S ALL GOOD.
GOD, MY BEST.
THAT'S ALL GOOD.
THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US AND GOOD LUCK.
THE SECOND ANTICS, JOHN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD TO SEE A ONE ROUND OF.
ARE YOU SMARTER DONE BACK TO THE BRIDGE?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOHN TIME NOW TO CHECK IN WITH THE MARCHING BAND FROM EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK.
GREAT JOB BY THE EAGLES, LANDING MARCHING BAND.
THE ACADEMY THERE BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGIONS BANK TIME.
NOW, TO PLAY A LITTLE GAME OF RENT, CHECK WHERE WE CHECK IN WITH THE PARENTS AND JACKIE IS DOWN WITH SOME VERY PROUD PARENTS RIGHT NOW.
THANKS MARK.
I'M HERE WITH DENNIS AND MARY BETH WELSH.
THEY HAVE TWO SONS WHO PLAYED FOR AQUINAS.
LIAM IS THE QUARTERBACK AND GEORGIA'S THE WIDE RECEIVER.
BUT TODAY WE'RE ONLY GOING TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT LIAM WILL KEEP IT PRETTY SIMPLE FOR YOU.
YOU EXCITED.
OH MY GOSH, CRAZY.
EXCITED AND BETTER WORD, EMOTIONAL, TOO.
LET'S GET IT GOING.
IF LIAM COULD PLAY ANY SPORT BESIDES FOOTBALL.
WHAT WOULD IT BE?
BASEBALL, SAYS, BASEBALL?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THAT'S A BASEBALL?
HE SAID I'M PLANNING ON GOING FOR GOLF AND THE SPRING.
OKAY.
WELL, THERE'S NEWS TO YOU.
OKAY, IT'S FAVORITE PREGAME MEAL WOULD BE PROBABLY PORK CHOPS.
THAT'S A PORK CHOP GRILLED CHICKEN SANDWICHES.
OKAY, IT'S ALRIGHT.
WE'LL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS HERE.
OKAY, AND HE CAN HANG OUT WITH ANY CELEBRITY FOR A DAY.
WHO WOULD IT BE?
CELEBRITY, YOU KNOW WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT?
LIAM.
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, MATT.
DAMON ACTUALLY.
OKAY.
FAVORITE MOVIE.
FAVORITE MOVIE WOULD HAVE TO BE.
WHAT'S THAT HUNGER GAMES?
THE FED?
THAT'S MY FAVORITE MOVIE.
FUNNY.
IT'S SHUTTER ISLAND GUYS.
OKAY, THEY'RE OVER FOR THE ROPE BEFORE BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME GPB SWAG AND A SELFIE STICK.
SO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE PICTURES HERE AND SEND US YOUR PHOTOS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
MARGO.
SEND IT BACK UPSTAIRS TO YOU.
ALRIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JACKIE.
THERE'S MUCH MORE TO COME ON GPB'S CHAMPIONSHIP HALFTIME SHOW.
WE'LL HEAR FROM THE MARCHING BAND AND THEIR DRUM CORPS WILL ALSO PLAY ANOTHER ROUND OF ARE YOU SMARTER AND JOHN'S GEORGIA HITS THE TRAIL?
HE'LL HAVE THE STORY OF A SEA OF THE SINGLE, A PRIVATE MATCH UP BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE NEVER PLAYED BEFORE.
HE'S GOT BOTH COACHES TALKING ABOUT THAT.
ALL THAT, AND MUCH MORE IS THE GPB HALFTIME SHOW CONTINUES ON, GHSA CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND.
WE ARE AT THE HALF.
IT IS ELKA TAKEN ON AQUINAS AND THE CHARGERS.
LEAD THE FIGHTING IRISH.
6:47 QUESTIONS.
CAN'T WAIT UNTIL MORNING.
SO I'M ONE OF MANY NURSES AT CIGNA WITH THE ANSWERS, ANYTIME DAY OR NIGHT.
I'M LAUREN AND I'VE GOT YOUR BACK NOTHING PREPARES YOU BETTER FOR A GREAT CAREER THAN THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA.
TCSG COLLEGES PRODUCE GRADUATES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING.
TODAY'S TOP EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR WITH CAMPUSES ACROSS.
GEORGIA STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES AND OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTORS WITH REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE.
IT'S THE KIND OF AFFORDABLE COLLEGE EDUCATION.
IT WILL FAST-TRACK YOU INTO A REWARDING CAREER.
WE'RE BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE FOR YOU CONTACT.
THE TCSG COLLEGE IN YOUR AREA TODAY OR GO TO TCSG.EDU.
ACROSS 91 COUNTIES GEORGIA'S COTTON INDUSTRY, EMPLOYS OVER 15,000 PEOPLE WITH MORE THAN 3,000 GEORGIA, FARMERS, THAT BRING COTTON INTO OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
WHEN LIFE TURNS UP THE HEAT AND THE PRESSURE MAKES YOU SWEAT.
THERE'S ONE SURE WAY TO COOL DOWN FOR THOSE GLORY MOMENT ON AND OFF.
THE COURT COTTON IS WITH YOU FOR THE WIN COTTON THE NATURAL CHOICE FOR GEORGIA.
THAT'S A FANTASTIC, THE GHSA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, CONTINUE ALL DAY, RIGHT HERE.
ONLY ON GPB DURING THIS PERFORMANCE.
ONE STUDENT WILL DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
BE THERE FOR YOUR BIG FINISH GAME DAY.
BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN ALL OF US.
AND REGIONS EVERYDAY IS GAME DAY.
I'M NOT FAT.
I'M NOT SICK.
SHE'S PERFECTLY HEALTHY.
CIGNA COVERS PREVENTIVE CARE.
THAT'S HAVING YOUR BACK.
WELCOME BACK TO THE 2015.
GHSA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS HALFTIME SHOW.
WE'RE LIVE AT THE GEORGIA DOME LIVE ON GPB.
WE ARE AT THE HALF OF THE VERY FIRST GAME OF THE DAY.
AND IT'S THE CHARGERS OF EAGLE'S, LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY LEADING, THE FIGHTING IRISH OF AQUINAS OUT OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, BY A SCORE OF 13 TO 7.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IN WITH JOHN NELSON AND MAUREEN LEWIS.
THE PRINCIPLE OF AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF THE SHOW.
THAT'S TAKEN THE COUNTRY BY STORM.
IT'S TIME FOR.
ARE YOU SMARTER?
ALL RIGHT, IT IS THAT TIME TO PLAY.
ARE YOU SMARTER, BUT FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT AQUINAS THESE DAYS.
GOSH, SO MUCH.
WE'RE GOING INTO EXAM WEEK.
NOW, IN JANUARY, WE HAVE MARCH FOR LIFE, SENDING KIDS TO D.C. FOR THAT.
DISNEY TRIP FOR SENIORS AND SCHOOL-WIDE DAY OF SERVICE, BUT MORE IMMEDIATELY.
WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS FOOTBALL GAME IN THE SECOND HALF.
THERE YOU GO.
WE LIKE THAT OPTIMISM TIME TO BRING IN THE QUESTION VIA LIGHTSABER.
AND HERE WE GO.
IT IS ON THIS SIDE OF THE POND.
I GUESS THAT MEANS HERE IN THE STATES, THE MOST THAT MISBEHAVING CHILDREN.
LAUREN HAVE TO FEAR IS A LUMP OF COAL IN THEIR CHRISTMAS STOCKING, BUT IN CERTAIN ALPINE REGIONS, THERE'S AN ANCIENT LEGEND OF SAINT.
NICK'S EVIL SIDEKICK, WHO DOLES OUT PUNISHMENT.
IT'S EVEN THE SUBJECT OF A NEW MOVIE.
IS IT THE LEGEND OF A, THE KRAMPUS, BE THE KRAVITZ, OR SEE THE GRUMPUS?
THE KRAMPUS KRAMPUS, ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S HOW IT'S PRONOUNCED.
THEY'RE EVEN USED TO BE KRAMPUS CARDS.
I GUESS INTENDED TO SCARE THE WITS OUT OF NAUGHTY TOTS, HOLLYWOOD HAS JUMPED ON THE KRAMPUS BANDWAGON BECAUSE CLEARLY THE HOLIDAYS ARE STRESSFUL ENOUGH ALREADY.
THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.
THANK YOU.
GO, IRISH.
THERE YOU GO.
SEND IT BACK UP TO THE BRIDGE IN JACKIE.
THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, TIME TO STRIKE UP.
ANOTHER GREAT BAND.
IT'S TIME TO LISTEN IN TO THE AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL DRUNK OR PRESENTED BY REGIONS BANK.
SO, TODAY FOR STATE CHAMPIONS WILL BE CROWNED HERE BY THE GHS.
A GREAT JOB THERE BY THE AQUINAS DRUM CORPS.
RIGHT NOW.
LET'S CATCH UP WHERE WE ARE.
WE'RE AT HALFTIME OF THESE SINGLE, A PRIVATE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
WHERE ELKA IS CURRENTLY LEADING AQUINAS 6:47.
AND AND THEN COMING UP AROUND, 1:00 P.M. TODAY.
YOU'VE GOT PACE ACADEMY.
THE NIGHTS ARE TAKING ON THE FITZGERALD, PURPLE PURPLE, HURRICANE AT 4:30.
IT'S THE FOR A ACTION BETWEEN 14 AND 0, UNDEFEATED TOP-RANKED CARTERSVILLE TAKING ON THE DEFENDING, CHAMPIONS THE BUFORD WOLVES.
AND AT 8 P.M.
THE SIX, A SHOWDOWN TWO UNBEATEN TEAMS COLQUITT COUNTY DEFENDING CHAMPS, AND 6A TAKING ON THE ROSWELL HORNETS.
AND NOW WE INTRODUCE YOU TO ANNA NEEDS.
NO INTRODUCTION.
JOHN.
NOW, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IT ANYWAY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THE AUTHOR OF FIVE BOOKS, TWO ON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN THE GREAT STATE OF GEORGIA SEGMENT.
WE CALL JON'S GEORGIA BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEORGIA, EMC.
AND THESE TWO TEAMS WHILE THEY BOTH WON A RECENT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THEY HAVE NEVER PLAYED EACH OTHER BEFORE.
AND THIS IS THE FUN PART OF THIS TIME OF YEAR WHERE YOU GET THESE MATCHUPS.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF FIRST -TIMERS LAST TIME IN FRIDAY, NIGHT'S MATCHUP.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME IN DIVERSE POWER, FLINT ENERGIES AND SNAPPING SHOALS.
EMC TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT, THESE TWO COACHES FEEL ABOUT PLAYING EACH OTHER.
WE'RE VERY WELL COACHED, COACHED DOES A GREAT JOB OF THOSE GUYS.
VERY DISCIPLINED.
THEIR OFFENSE IS ON REAL DEFENSIVELY.
THEY GET AFTER YOU, BUT I WOULD SAY THEIR SPEED, THEIR SCARY, FAST AQUINAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY EVER SINCE, YOU KNOW, I CAN REMEMBER US BECOMING A CONTENDER AND SINGLE A FOOTBALL.
I REMEMBER AQUINAS BEING A CONTENDER IN A SINGLE A FOOTBALL AND THERE WAS ALWAYS SITUATIONS WHERE WE COULD END UP PLAYING EACH OTHER, BUT WE NEVER DID.
AND SO WE'VE NEVER PLAYED EACH OTHER.
AS DOMINANT HAS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN AND AS GOOD AS WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE NEVER.
WE'VE NEVER HAD TO CROSS OUR PATHS AND SO REALLY, WE'RE PLAYING EACH OTHER.
WE'RE VERY UNFAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER.
NEVER, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY NEVER EVEN SEEN WATCHED A WHOLE GAME OF THEM PLAY BECAUSE EVEN TEAMS THAT WE PLAY HAVE NEVER PLAYED AQUINAS UNLESS IT WAS WAY IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING AND THINK BOTH TEAMS ARE LED BY REALLY GREAT QUARTERBACKS BOTH, YOU KNOW SCHOLARSHIP TYPE QUARTERBACKS AND DEFINITELY THE LEADERS OF THEIR TEAM.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY INTRIGUING MATCHUP THERE AS WELL.
AND COACH GUESS HE AIN'T LYING RIGHT NOW.
HE'S UP SIX, BUT WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE KIND OF GAME.
WE WERE GOING TO GET FOR THIS TITLE GAME.
ALL RIGHT, JON'S GEORGIA BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEORGIA EMC, THERE YOU HAVE IT.
IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE FIRST.
IT'S TIME FOR OUR CAREER, PLAY OF THE GAME PRESENTED BY THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA.
LOVE WORKING ON COMPUTERS.
LET THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA.
HELP YOU QUALIFY FOR ONE OF THOUSANDS OF JOB OPENINGS IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY.
TCSG OFFERS, YOU FREE TUITION FOR HIGH-DEMAND.
CAREERS, LIKE WEB DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN IT COMPUTER REPAIR AND MUCH MORE CHANGE.
YOUR LIFE KICK.
START YOUR CAREER WITH A FREE EDUCATION IN TEN HOT HIRING FIELDS AND ROLL TODAY TCSG.EDU THAT CHEWY, HE GETS AROUND.
HE DOES.
I WISH I COULD TRAVEL LIKE THAT, MAN.
HE'S GOT ALL THESE PLACES.
I'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE THAT.
I'D LOVE TO LOVE TO BE A PART OF.
SO YEAH, MAKE SURE YOU'RE AROUND IN THE TAILGATE PARTY TO SEE HOW YOU CAN WIN AN IPAD MINI.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND THEN COME BACK FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THIS BIG GAME.
TOMMY PALMER AND SAM CRENSHAW WILL HAVE THE SECOND HALF OF THE EAGLE'S.
LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY AQUINAS GAME, WILL SEE YOU AGAIN, WHEN WE HAND OUT THE TROPHIES DID ENJOY THE SECOND HALF.
PROVIDING SAFE, AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE.
ELECTRICITY REQUIRES MORE THAN BUCKET, TRUCKS, AND UTILITY POLES.
THESE ARE THE FACES BEHIND YOUR POWER FOR MORE THAN 75 YEARS.
GEORGIA'S, NONPROFIT MEMBER -OWNED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES HAVE BEEN ON A MISSION TO BRIGHTEN THE LIVES OF MORE THAN FOUR AND A HALF MILLION GEORGIANS.
WE ARE GEORGE'S.
EMC'S PROUDLY SERVING OUR MEMBERS LIGHTING THE WAY.
ALL THIS GOING ON AND ON ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT WE ALL ARE.
HERE'S AN IDEA.
LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE ALL SAYING.
HOW WE LIVE?
HOW HE LOVED THE YOUNG, THE OLD, THE WAY WE WEAR OUR HEART ON OUR SLEEP, THE WAY WE GET UP MY FRIENDS.
AND THE WAY WE GET DOWN FROM OUR BACK ROADS, ALL THE WAY TO OUR TREE LINED STREETS.
IT IS ON SUNDAY THAT WE ARE ALL THE SAME BECAUSE ON.
WE ARE ALL ABOUT.
THIS PROGRAM ON GPB IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY SUPPORTERS OF THE GEORGIA, HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING.
THIS ISN'T JUST ANY TEAM.
THIS IS YOUR HOME TEAM.
OKAY, IT'S NOT ABOUT A TEAM OR B TEAM.
IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR BOSS, TELLING YOU TO BE A TEAM PLAYER OR TO TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM.
NO HOME TEAM IS ABOUT PRIDE.
IT'S ABOUT STANDING STRONG PULLING TOGETHER AND GOING CRAZY ABOUT A BAD CALL, YOU KNOW, IS RIGHT.
BUT BECAUSE IT WAS AGAINST YOUR HOME TEAM.
IT MUST BE WRONG.
LOOK, SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T GET IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THEIR TEAM, BUT FARM BUREAU INSURANCE DOES BECAUSE EVERYONE NEEDS A HOME TEAM FOR INSURANCE.
AND WE ARE THAT WELCOME BACK TO THE SINGLE A PRIVATE CHAMPIONSHIP HERE AT THE GEORGIA DOME BETWEEN EAGLES LANDING AND AQUINAS STANDING WITH YOU.
RIGHT HERE AS COACH LEONARD FROM AQUINAS COACH.
THE ONLY POINTS ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW COME FROM THAT OPENING KICKOFF RETURN.
HOW DO YOU GENERATE MORE OFFENSE IN THE SECOND HALF?
WE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB.
CATCHING THE BALL, YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME ROUNDS THAT ARE OPEN.
WE FEEL LIKE WE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB THROWING AND CATCHING HER OFFENSIVE LINE.
WE NEED TO TWEAK A COUPLE THINGS HOW WE'RE BLOCKING, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE THEIR COACH.
I SAW YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION OVER THERE WITH YOUR QUARTERBACK.
LIAM WELCH, WHAT'D YOU TELL HIM?
MY LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, CALM DOWN.
WE'RE GONNA BE FINE.
THEY'RE GETTING US A DIFFERENT LOOK THAN WE THOUGHT.
SO EVERYBODY'S A LITTLE RATTLE RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST TO CALM DOWN AND GO BACK TO WHAT WE DO.
WHAT'S THE PLAN AND CONTAINING EAGLES LANDING RUN GAME?
OH, I THINK OUR DEFENSE IS PLAYING GREAT, YOU KNOW, COACH RILEY, THE DEFENSIVE STAFF ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB.
WE JUST GOT A REALLY PUT OUR NOSES DOWN AND PLAY HARD.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS COACH FOR YOUR TIME.
GOOD LUCK.
THANK YOU.
TOMMY SAM, IT'S ALL YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICKI.
GOOD WORK DOWN THERE WITH COACH LETTER.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S BEEN A GREAT FIRST HALF AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE SCORING PLAYS AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE.
MY GOODNESS.
WHAT A START TIME.
YOU CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER START FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
FOOTBALL, GAME BY RENZO HOMES.
WOKE US UP THIS MORNING.
IF YOU WANT TO WAKE AFTER THIS PLAY, YOU WERE WIDE AWAKE TOUCHDOWN.
THEY'RE GOING TO QUITE US ON THE BOARD FIRST.
ELECTRIFYING THE PLACE.
OF COURSE, THE KICKS BE COMING FROM ALEX USSERY THAT WHEN THE 48 YARD OF THE IN THE FIRST HALF AND YOU'RE THE NUMBERS.
LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE DONE RUSHING GOODNESS, 169 TO 3628 2:15, TOTAL YARDAGE AQUINAS WAY BEHIND AND OF COURSE THAT JUST TELLS YOU THE TIME OF POSSESSION IS PRETTY EQUAL.
THERE YOU GO BUDDY.
GO PASSING YARDS DESCRIBED BY THE PASSING YARDS WITH THE SEE THAT CHANGE HERE IN THE SECOND HALF TIME.
YEAH, HANKINSON IS GOING TO KICK IT OFF AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF ACTION IN THIS PRIVATE CHAMPIONSHIP, LITTLE ONSIDE KICK, TO SHAKE, THINGS UP, TO BEGIN WITH, AND IT'S DOWN AT THE 30-YARD LINE.
NO HARM DONE ON THAT ONE.
JUST MIXED IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
HANKINSON OBVIOUSLY AS WATCH SOME FILM AND DOESN'T FEEL SAFE KICKING IT DEEP AND OF COURSE AFTER HIS TEAMMATE RENT AT OPENING KICKOFF BY YEAH HOMES.
THAT WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME THING CAN HAPPEN TO ME EAGLE'S.
LANDING CHRISTIAN HAMMOND GONNA RUN AND HE KNOCKED DOWN AT THE 40 YARD LINE EAGLE'S.
LANDING CHRISTIAN HAS BEEN ON OFFENSE, THEY DON'T HUDDLE, BUT THEY DON'T, THEY PAY.
SO GREAT TEMPO.
WATCH THIS TO THE LEFT.
NOTHING THERE.
AND THEN GOOD DEFENSE OUT THERE BY AQUINAS.
I STOPPED PER KG WITH THE STOP ON THAT GRAY.
AND I'M GONNA RUN FOR THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 50-YARD LINE STUDENT BODY, RIGHT?
HAS WORKED ALMOST EVERY TIME THEY'VE RUN THAT PARTICULAR SPEED SWEEP OUT THERE.
THEY REALLY HAD TO TAKE.
WHAT'S GIVEN TO YOU.
YOU FIND THAT THAT'S WORKING.
THERE'S A BLOCK THERE, GREAT RUN AND GETS IT UP AND GET THE FIRST DOWN.
THE STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS.
JUST BEFORE TJ SMITH COMES UP, THAT ARE RUNNING ABOUT.
GOT A LITTLE CLOSER THOUGH.
WELL HAPPENS ON THAT PLAY.
NOT THE OFFENSIVE TACKLE ON HIS BACK WHEN HE TURNS WILL EVANS, HAS BROUGHT HIS LUNCH PAIL THIS MORNING.
FOLKS, THAT KID HAS REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB AT DEFENSIVE END HOLDING ON THE OFFENSE.
TEN-YARD PENALTY FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL.
WE PLACED SECOND DOWN SECOND DOWN AND A BUNDLE.
THIS OFFENSIVE TACKLE IN THE LEFT DEFENSIVE END EVANS AND THE RIGHT OFFENSIVE TACKLE OF CHANDLER.
REEVES.
THEY ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH EACH OTHER.
PUSHING AND SHOVING HOME.
THERE'S A PASS COMPLETE UP TO THE 32-YARD LINE CAN MERIT ON THE RECEPTION?
NICE SOLO.
STOP BY A RAMBLE ON TARGET ON TARGET, JUST UNDERWAY.
IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US YOU HAVE MISSED A DANDY THUS FAR.
BRENDA DO PHONES.
THE CORNER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE SPLIT LEFT.
SPLIT RIDE MAN IN MOTION.
A LOT OF MOVEMENT.
EMPTY BACKFIELD HAMMOND FLUSHED OUT OF THEY'RE GONNA RUN GOING TO STOP GOING TO THROW.
NO GOOD.
VANITY.
WOW.
DID YOU SEE THE LICK HOLMES?
PUT ON HIM?
EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T CATCH IT, JOSH HOMES AT THE BALL HIT OFF.
HIS HANDS.
GO STRAIGHT UP INTO THE AIR.
YOU BETTER PUT THE BIG HIT ON HIM.
JUST IN CASE YOU LET HIM UP, DIDN'T HEAR?
IT IS WATCH THIS.
HERE'S THE REPLAY.
HAMMOND'S A LOSER, THE FINISH THINGS ABOUT RUNNING.
THAT'S ALSO THAT GOT A MAN HERE.
GROWS IT TO HIM.
I WAS A LITTLE BOY, LOOK AT THE SHOT.
HE TAKES I TOLD YOU.
HE LIT HIM UP.
WHOOP.
THANK YOU.
HELLO.
GOOD MORNING.
CAN I BRING YOU A CUP OF COFFEE?
IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT?
LIQUID LEAST, HOLD ON, HOLD ON TO THE BALL.
EXACTLY.
OH MY GOODNESS.
WHAT A GIG, ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE, HOW OUR SHOTS, I TELL YOU WHAT, THIS KID CAN GET IT DONE.
HE'S BEEN 49, 41:47.
HE'S BEEN IN THE 40S.
I TELL YOU WHAT, IT LOOKS LIKE A HOWITZER SHOT WHEN HE WHEN HE KICKS.
IT'S UP.
IT DOES.
HE KICKED, SAYS, THE COACHES, SAY KICKS A PRETTY BALL.
PRETTY MUCH PRETTY BALL, PRETTY BALL.
THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT IT IS.
YEAH, LIAM WELCH.
THIS GUY WAS HERE, TWO YEARS AGO, AS A SOPHOMORE AND HAD A GREAT GAME.
LET'S SEE WHAT HE IN DURHAM AND THE GANG CAN DO FOR THE GUYS IN GREEN AND GOLD.
I'M SURE THEY'RE READY SABRI WIDES TO THE LEFT, ONE TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION APP, GET THE DURHAM, NOT A LOT THERE.
BROKE IT OUTSIDE DOOR, GOT A STEP, GOT ANOTHER ONE AND KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS DOWN AT THE 34.
ALL HE WANTED THAT TOUCHDOWN.
HE COULDN'T BEAT THE SAFETY TO THE CORNER.
43 YARD RUN.
THAT'S ALMOST AS MUCH YARDAGE.
THEY HAD IN THE FIRST HALF.
THEY HAD 51.
HERE'S DURHAM.
WATCHING THE GUY WHO CARES THAT BALL THERE.
NICE AND TIGHT ABOUT THE SIDELINE.
AND FINALLY SHOVE HIM OUT OF BOUNDS.
GREAT, RUN THERE, ANGELO DURHAM.
HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT IT BOUNCES OUTSIDE.
HE'S GOT THE SIDELINES AND BE ABLE TO PUSH HIM OUT OF BOUNDS THERE.
WHEN YOU GOT TO RUN GAME.
YOU GOT A THROWING GAME.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO THROW IT WELCH, GONNA RUN THE OPTION PURIM AGAIN, DOWN TO THE 26, YARD LINE.
THOSE LINEBACKERS CAME OVER THERE AND PUT A STOP TO ALL OF THAT.
DURHAM NEEDS TO GET WARMED UP.
SO LET'S JUST GIVE IT TO HIM THREE OR FOUR TIMES HERE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
WE'RE DOING HERE TO START THE SECOND HALF, JUST LET HIM TOUCH IT AND TURNED UP THE FIELD SCHOOLS HAPPEN.
THAT'S 33 CHASE FOR THAT COMING IN TO PUT THE STOP ON IT.
YOU'RE KIDDING.
IT'S BEEN AN ON.
EVERY DEFENSIVE PLAY IN THE GAME IS ALL OVER THE FIELD.
HE IS DURHAM 10 CARRIES 88 YARDS SO FAR.
EIGHT POINT EIGHT.
FOUR.
FAKE GOING TO THROW DOWN AT THE 8-YARD LINE 17 -YARD PICKUP.
JOSEPH KNEEL ON THE RECEPTION, GOOD TARGET BY WELCH.
I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU MAY GET TIRED OF HEARING IT.
BUT I THINK WELL, IT'S IS ONE OF THE FINEST QUARTERBACKS I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME, AS FAR AS HIS POSTURE IN THE WAY HE DELIVERS THE BALL AND WE WANTED SOME THINGS TO GO BETTER IN THE FIRST HALF YOU HERE BUT COACH THEN IT'S A IT COMING OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM.
HE SPENT SOME TIME WITH HIM, TALKED TO HIM TAKE CALM DOWN AND JUST PLAY YOUR GAME.
WELL TAKES THE SNAP, GIVES IT TO DURHAM, NOT A LOT.
WITH THOSE THREE BACKERS JUMPING UP IN YOUR FACE.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE MUCH THERE.
TELL YOU WHAT EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN BROUGHT THREE OR FOUR OF THE FINEST LINEBACKERS.
YOU CAN SEE.
WATCH A LOOK AT THE THREE.
THERE.
HE IS.
RIGHT?
UP IN THE MIDDLE OF CHASE BURDETTE.
YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT HIM.
HE'S RIGHT THERE.
MAKING THE STOP.
BUT TAKE SOME CONVINCING FOR ME TO RUN UP IN THERE WITH MR.
BUT A, THAT'S TELL YOU THAT'S WHY WE TALKED ABOUT HIM FROM THE TOP OF THE TOP OF THE TELECAST.
WELL GONNA RUN.
NOT A LOT.
THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO GET DOWN INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE YARDS TO GETTING HARD TO COME BY DOWN HERE TOMMY.
YEAH, THE SPACE GETS A LITTLE THIN DOWN HERE, A WHOLE LOT OF ROOM THERE.
YOU GOT TO FIGHT FOR WHATEVER YOU GET.
THAT DURHAM GOT KNOCKED BACK OR LINEBACKER, NOT DURHAM BACK.
YOU DON'T THAT STOP DALTON HARD HAVE BEEN 50.
ALSO IN ON THAT ALONG WITH BURDETTE.
ALL RIGHT, THREE WIVES TO THE LEFT, ONE TO ARRIVE.
WELL, LOOKING OVER A 353 IN A ROUND GONNA THROW JOSEPH, NEIL KNOCKED DOWN AT THE 5 YARD LINE.
AS I SAID, MAZE COMING IN FOR THE STOP THAT, GIVE HIM A BUMP.
THAT BRINGS UP FOURTH DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA ALLOW THE YOUNG KICKER TO TRY A FIELD GOAL HERE.
COOK'S LEONARD SAID HE FELT CONFIDENT WITH HIM.
HE'S A GOOD HUNTER BUT HE'S YOUNG.
SO I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR THE ALL THE MARBLES HERE ON FOURTH AND GOAL FROM JUST OUTSIDE THE FIVE WELCH BARKING, HIS SIGNALS GONNA THROW UP.
THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT GUY WHO COULD HAVE BEEN A SHORT TOUCHDOWN EARLY IN THIS GAME.
DROP SOME OVERPASSES.
HE'S HAD PROBLEMS TODAY.
BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN YOU CALL THIS NUMBER HERE, HE HAULS IT IN CALLED THE TOUGHEST CATCH OF THE DAY AND A CRAP OFF OF IT.
THE MOST DIFFICULT BALL HAS BEEN THROWN TO HIM ALL DAY LONG AND HE PULLS IT IN.
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA REPLAY.
WATCH GIBBS HERE UP AND OVER AND THIS GREAT, BUT RIGHT OVER TRADE.
DOUGLAS WAS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT DEFENDER BECAUSE THEN THE CHRISTIAN HALFWAY ARE BARELY 1/4 OF THE WAY THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER.
THE QANTAS REGAINS THE LEAD IT'S A CLIENT HAS 14 EAGLES LANDING HERE, BEAUTY IS A LOT MORE THAN SKIN DEEP FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS.
WE HAVE FOCUSED ON CREATING INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS STORIES.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PROFESSORS ARE MENTORS.
COMPETITION IS CHEERED, COLLABORATION, COUNTS EXPERIENCE IS HANDS-ON AND CONNECTIONS ARE LIFELONG.
VSU OVER 100 MAJORS CHAMPIONSHIP, ATHLETICS FOCUSED ON YOUR SUCCESS.
JUSTIN GIBBS WITH A DAMN TO CATCH IN THE CORNER OF THE END ZONE.
HE HAD TO DO GOOD FOOTWORK DOWN THERE TOO, GREAT FOOTWORK AND GREAT CONCENTRATION TO PULL THAT WITHIN.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE FIRST HALF AND BEN HAVE BEEN KIND OF CRUEL TO HIM.
THEY HAD A NUMBER OF DROPS AND LOOK AT THIS, THE CONCENTRATION TO REACH OUT OVER THAT DEFENDER AND PULL IT IN.
THIS IS MINE.
YOU'RE NOT TAKING THIS WITH ME.
GOOD FOOTWORK DOWN THERE TO JUMP BALL.
PULL IT IN.
IN NICE DOWN.
YEAH, LET'S GO NICKI NOTO ON THE SIDELINES, WHO GOT A GOOD.
LOOK AT IT AS WELL.
I GOT A GOOD.
LOOK AT IT.
TOMMY AND SAM, BUT HEY, LOOK AT THE HALF WHEN I TALKED TO COACH LEONARD ASKED HIM TO THINGS ONE.
HOW DO YOU GENERATE MORE OFFICE?
AND TO I SAW HIM TALKING TO HIS QUARTERBACK WHILE HE WAS WARMING UP.
THESE ARE THE TWO THINGS.
HE TOLD ME.
WE'VE GOT TO CONNECT ON THE PASS AND HE TOLD US QUARTERBACK.
I LOVE YOU BROTHER.
GO OUT THERE AND PLAY YOUR GAME.
OBVIOUSLY THAT CONVERSATION.
IT EXECUTED BEAUTIFULLY.
HOPEFULLY, RIGHT THERE IN THE END ZONE.
FINDING JUSTIN GIBBS.
HE IS THERE BETWEEN THE QUARTERBACK AND JUSTIN GIBBS.
THERE THAT ONE-TWO PUNCH THE COACH, LET HER TALK TO US.
ALL FAMILIAR THIS WEEK, LIAM WELCH.
THAT'S HIS GO-TO TARGET CRIMMINS HANKINSON ON THE KICK.
CALUM HOOD ON THE RETURN.
NEW BUSINESS FOR EAGLE'S LANDING.
CHRISTIAN, THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT DRIVE BY AQUINAS.
IT REALLY WAS EXCELLENT DRIVE FOR THEM.
GREAT GREAT FOR DO WITH THEIR FIRST POSSESSION OF THE SECOND HALF AND NOW THEY HAVE THE LEAD.
IT'S FUN TO PLAY FROM IN FRONT.
FIRST AND TEN FROM THE 30 HAMMOND, MAN, AND MOTION GONNA GIVE TO GIVE NOTHING THERE.
LOOK AT THAT, UPON US DEFENSE.
GO TO WORK THERE.
GOOD WORK BY THAT DEFENSE.
NOTHING EVER.
TREVOR GEAR THAT YOU SEE OUR TEST BANKS?
NUMBER EIGHT, DEEDS AND TJ SMITH.
NUMBER 9, NOTHING DOING AND DOUGLAS YOUNG, DOUGLAS THE SOPHOMORE.
YOU DON'T USUALLY SEE A SOPHOMORE LINEBACKER RIGHT IN THERE HAMMOND OUTSIDE TOUGH TO BRING DOWN FINALLY WRESTLED DOWN UP AT ABOUT THE 37 OR 38 YARD LINE AND GEORGE WILSON'S.
TUSSLE WITH A MEETS.
HE'S TRYING TO TAKE THE BALL AWAY FROM HIM AND LET HIM HAVE IT.
GEORGE WELCH FROM THE SECONDARY IS, LIAM WELCH, HAS YOUNGER BROTHER REACHING IN THERE TRYING TO GRAB GIVING IT TO ME.
HE GOT THE BALL.
GOT OUT OF THAT.
THERE'S MR. SMITH, YOUR LINEBACKER.
LET'S WATCH THESE BACKERS WORK HERE ON THIRD DOWN AND THREE POWER TO THE RIGHT GOES DOWN, MARK ON THE BALL.
WAS THAT DOUGLAS?
I THINK IT WAS DOUG LAUDED FOR HIS DOUGLAS HAMMOND.
YEAH, THERE IT IS.
THERE.
IT IS.
DOUGLAS CAME OUT OF THERE WITH IT.
JOSEPH DOUGLAS RECOVERY.
LOOK AT THAT HIT THOUGH.
WYATT LANGE.
THIS AND THAT PUTS THE CUATES OFFENSE BACK ON THE FIELD.
LET'S SEE WHAT THEY GOT.
JUGULAR VEIN RIGHT HERE.
HERE WE GO.
ALL THE MARBLES RIGHT HERE.
LITTLE TOO HARD WITHOUT A BOUNCE OUT OF BOUNDS.
I NEVER WAS AN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE.
WOULDN'T YOU?
YEP, YOU DID.
YOU GET A TURNOVER?
YOU GOT TO GO FOR SOMETHING BIG.
YOU COULD GO FOR SOMETHING BIG.
WELL, IT'S GONNA COME OUT FOR A MOMENT.
LIAM WELCH, THE OLDER BROTHER THE SENIOR.
SECOND DOWN AND TEN 626 LEFT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
AQUINAS WITH THE LEAD TO THE SECOND TIME TODAY.
DURHAM ON THE CARRY.
NOTHING.
THERE TO 45 ARE THE 4036 GRIFFIN ALEXANDER'S, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S DONE A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH.
HE'S STILL DOWN FOR A MINUTE.
THAT'S DOUGLAS.
THAT'S DOUGLAS.
WAS THAT NOT DURHAM IN THERE CARRYING KNOW THAT WAS DOUGLAS.
WELL, THAT'S GOT TO HURT THEIR.
NOW, ONE OF THOSE LINEBACKERS.
YOU DON'T NEED GOING OUT.
YEAH, FROM CARRYING THE BALL.
HE MAKES IT TO THE SIDELINE.
LET'S SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
3RD DOWN AND 9.
IT'S A LONG 92.
DURHAM IN IT.
THE TAILBACK WELCH.
IT'S OVER THREE MAN FRONT.
GOING TO STUNT UP FRONT.
LOOKING GOT HIM OUT THERE, AND GET IT TO ME.
ROSE OUT THERE.
LOOK AT THAT FORM.
I'M TELLING YOU NOW THAT ALL THE WAY IN MAKING A GREAT CATCH.
AND SIGNALING FIRST DOWN AT THE END OF IT AS WELL.
11-YARD GAIN.
WATCH THIS.
NO NEED TO HELP THE OFFICIAL.
YEAH, HE'S HAVING A GOOD TIME NOW.
LITTLE DUMP OFF PASS.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS BATTED DOWN OR SOMEBODY BACKED INTO SOMEBODY LIKE.
THAT WAS DEFLECTED.
YEAH.
WELCH JUST TURNED AROUND AND SHOUTED AT SOMEBODY AND IT WASN'T KIND.
I BELIEVE SOMEBODY BACKED INTO HIM AS HE WAS THROWING THE BALL.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN MIGHT HAVE BEEN DURHAM THE RUNNING BACK.
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF FAST.
HE THROWS SECOND DOWN AND NO IT'S NOT, NOT AT ALL.
DURHAM NOTHING THERE.
TELL YOU WHAT?
FOR A THREE-MAN FRONT.
THEY DO WORK UP THERE.
DON'T?
THEY DO MONTERO BOYD AND HARRISON TAYLOR DALTON, HARDIMAN.
YES, SIR.
YOU LOOK AT THEM RIGHT THERE.
YEAH, THESE GUYS WERE THEIR HANDS ON THE GROUND ON DEFENSE FOLKS.
IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US.
YOU NEED TO ENJOY WATCHING THESE GUYS PLAY, THEY GET AFTER IT.
GOOD.
LOOK AT THAT HELMET.
YES, SIR.
WELL, WE ROLLING UNDER PRESSURE TUCKS.
IT KNOCKED DOWN HARD AT THE 25-YARD LINE.
DALTON HARDIMAN.
ONE OF THOSE GUYS UP FRONT.
ONE OF THOSE THREE BIG UNS UPFRONT.
YEP.
THEY ARE HEALTHY, AREN'T THEY ARE HEALTHY FELLOWS?
YES, THEY ARE.
50 53 AND 45.
WE GOT FOURTH DOWN.
AND A BUNDLE MAN.
THIS IS A LONG LONG WAY ON FOURTH DOWN.
IT'S A GOOD CALL BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THEIR TERRITORY, DEEP IN THEIR TERRITORY.
AND YOU GOT THE LEAD THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST OF CALLS AT THAT TIME.
I THINK SOMEBODY MISSED THE SIGNAL SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY BECAUSE DURHAM DID NOT TAKE THE BALL, AND I'M NOT SURE WELL TO SUPPOSED TO DO THAT, BUT IT KIND OF COLLAPSED ALL AT AREN'T THERE YET, BUT IT GOT BLOWN UP BY THE DEFENSE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM THAT HELPED AS WELL.
YES, IT DID.
BERTA ANOTHER PLEASE PICK THE SEAL FORTH AND FOURTH AND SEVEN AND THEN ONE BUT THE BALL GOES OVER.
YEAH, HAMMOND.
GONNA SEND MERIT AND MOTION RUN IT UP TO THE 33 YARD LINE BEFORE HE'S BROUGHT DOWN.
THAT WAS GEAR HERE ON A KERRY.
HE'S HAD A GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE.
YES.
THEN OUR BUDDY MERRITT HAS RUN SOME YARDS IN MOTION.
AGAIN.
HE GOES, GIVE IT AGAIN GEAR.
NOTHING BEAR.
VERY LITTLE THERE.
KNOCK DOWN OVER THERE BY OUR FRIENDS, OUR TEST BANKS AND TJ SMITH.
THOSE BACKERS ARE GOOD.
YEP.
SEEN GOOD LINEBACKER PLAY YOU HAVE, WE HAVE BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.
BOTH OF THESE TEAMS, ONCE MORE GEAR, GOING TO GO FOR IT.
AND I THINK HE'S GOT THE FIRST DOWN.
WYATT, BLACK NURSES.
DOING A GOOD JOB ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL FOR AQUINAS AS WELL DEFENSIVELY.
DIRECT SNAP.
AND I RUN THE SCREEN GOT A BLOCK AND GONNA BE KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS.
LOOK WHO'S OUT THERE TO RUNNING DOWN.
YEP, TJ SMITH, TJ SMITH, 10 YARD, GAIN JOSH WHOLE HAMMOND, THE WHOLE, GIVES IT A MINUTE FOR THE BLOCKS OF DEVELOPMENT, AND HE GETS AROUND THE BLOCK, GOING TO GIVE THAT EXTRA STEP WITH BEFORE THEY GET THAT EXTRA STEP IN GOOD.
TJ SMITH.
THEY COME IN TO MAKE THE STOP.
FIRST DOWN IN MOTION, ONCE MORE GOT A BLOCK AND A WHOLE LOT MORE TREVOR GEAR, RIGHT UP THE GUT.
ANOTHER FIRST DOWN AND THAT TIME, TJ SMITH.
HE DOESN'T MAKE THAT STOCK GEAR STILL RUNNING.
YES.
HE'S THE LAST MAN LEFT.
LOOK AT HIM GET THROUGH HERE.
BREAK A TACKLE.
SNIFF CAME FROM BEHIND TO KNOCK HIM DOWN.
THESE LINEBACKERS FROM BOTH TEAMS TACKLE.
WELL, HAMMOND GONNA RUN TO THE RIGHT EVANS.
DID YOU SEE WELCH AND EVANS OUT THERE.
LOOK AT THAT.
65 WILL EVANS.
HE IS.
HE IS A GREAT DEFENSIVE END.
HE'S WORKING.
HE'S WORKING OUT THERE TODAY.
YES, HE IS.
A TOWN DOWN ACROSS THE 38 -YARD LINE.
JOSH MAYS ON THE CARRY AND EVANS IS SIGNALING TO THE SIDELINES.
LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH SOME OF HIS EQUIPMENT.
MAY'S GEHEN CAUGHT AND THROWN THOSE BACKERS KNOCKING DOWN AS HE GETS DOWN TO NEAR THE 32-YARD LINE.
HE WAS LOOKING WHICH WAY TO GET SOME EXTRA YARDS AND HE WENT ONE WAY TO RAN RIGHT RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF JACOB.
LUKE HERE.
HE IS.
AND LOOKS THROWING A BLOCK FOR HIM OUT THERE.
JUST RIGHT.
WHOOPS ON PARAGUAY AND THEIR THE BACKERS COMING UP TO CLEAN EVERYTHING UP, BURKE AG HELPING OUT THEIR STRONG SIDE.
NOW MOVES TO THE LEFT AND THE GIFT AMAZED BROKE A TACKLE.
AND ANOTHER AND NOW GETS CAUGHT AND THROWN THE 27 YARD LINE.
THIRD DOWN.
WELL, IT'S FIRST DOWN.
THEY GIVE IT TO HIM.
GEORGE WALKS IS JUST GETTING UP OFF THE TURF.
HE'S OKAY.
HE'S THE ONE THAT MADE THE STOP ON THAT PLAY.
YES, HE DID.
THERE, HE IS.
WELL TO SOPHOMORE.
HE'S THE SAFETY COMING UP TO MAKE A LOT OF STOPS TODAY.
HAMMOND, GONNA SEND HOLT INTO MOTION STOPS.
NOW, GOING TO GIVE ON THE DIVE GEAR, HE TURNS AROUND AND RUNS.
BIG TROUBLE BACK AT THE 28 -YARD LINE, MAN.
LOOK, WHO'S BACK IN THERE.
WE JUST SAW HIM LIMP OFF.
A FEW MOMENTS AGO, IS RIGHT BACK.
THERE.
HE IS.
WHITENESS WAS ONE WAY AND TURN THEM AROUND WITH.
IT IS HEAVENS.
TURNS HIM BACK THE OTHER WAY.
YES, HE DID IT JOSEPH DOUGLAS.
IS THERE PUT THIS TOP ON IT?
DOUGLAS?
YES.
WHY AM I WEARING?
THIS IS 46.
DOUGLAS IS 44.
THOSE BACKERS.
ARTEST AND SMITH AND ALL THAT GANG OVER THERE.
THEY'RE PUTTING ON THE HITS.
YES.
THEY ARE DOUGLAS GONNA RUN IT.
GOING TO RUN OVER OUR FRIEND AT LEFT HAND OVER THERE.
WE'LL EVANS WHO DIDN'T HORSE COLOURING GAIN OF ABOUT FOUR ON THE PLAY AND IT'S THE QUARTERBACK CAM AND KEEPING THAT TIME, GET SOME YARDS.
HAMMOND'S DONE A GREAT JOB, TOO.
CUT BACK BECAUSE RYLAND, YES, DIVE PLAY, RIGHT?
AT THE MIDDLE DOWN TO THE 18, YARD LINE, TREVOR GEAR ON THE CARRY, FOURTH AND ONE, DO YOU GO FOR IT HERE, OR DO YOU KICK THE FIELD GOAL?
THEY'VE GOT THE KICKER THEY DO.
WE'VE SEEN THAT.
WE'LL SORT IT ALL OUT WHEN WE RETURN.
IT'S A DANDY AQUINAS.
14 EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN KNOCKIN ON THE DOOR WILL BE OPEN AND WHEN WE RETURN WILMINGTON OF THIS PROGRAM ON GPB IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY SUPPORTERS OF THE GEORGIA, HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING.
THIS ISN'T JUST ANY TEAM.
THIS IS YOUR HOME TEAM.
OKAY.
IT'S NOT ABOUT A TEAM OR B TEAM.
IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR BOSS, TELLING YOU TO BE A TEAM PLAYER OR TO TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM.
NO HOME TEAM.
ABOUT PRIDE.
IT'S ABOUT STANDING STRONG PULLING TOGETHER AND GOING CRAZY ABOUT A BAD CALL, YOU KNOW, IS RIGHT.
BUT BECAUSE IT WAS AGAINST YOUR HOME TEAM.
IT MUST BE WRONG.
LOOK, SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T GET IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THEIR TEAM, BUT FARM BUREAU INSURANCE DOES BECAUSE EVERYONE NEEDS A HOME TEAM FOR INSURANCE.
AND WE ARE THAT HEY GREAT PARTY.
OH, THANKS.
HERE YOU GO.
ONE, HAMBURGER MEDIUM.
WELL, THIS IS WELL DONE.
NO, NO, THAT'S MEDIUM.
WELL, WHAT ARE YOU CALLING ME?
A LIAR?
THIS THING IS PRACTICALLY BURNED.
THAT'S IT.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA COME TO MY HOUSE AND TELL ME HOW TO COOK A HAMBURGER.
YOU WOULDN'T DO IT THERE GRAZIE.
SO DON'T DO IT HERE SPORTSMANSHIP.
IT'S UP TO YOU.
A LOT OF ANTICIPATION IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS A LIBRARY THAT BOTH TEAMS WANT TO WIN.
GHSA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
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LET'S GO DOWN TO THE SIDELINES, NICKI NOTO NICKY.
TOMMY.
IT IS A DOUGLAS FAMILY AFFAIR HERE ON THE AQUINAS.
EYELINE.
I'VE GOT KEVIN THE YOUNGEST BROTHER OF THE DOUGLAS FAMILY.
HE IS THE BALL, BOY.
THIS IS THIS IS THE LONGEST.
HE HAS BEEN STILLED THE ENTIRE GAME, HIS BROTHER JOE WAS NUMBER 44 FOR AQUINAS.
THERE ARE THREE OTHER BROTHERS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH AND PLAYED FOR AQUINAS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR.
THEY'RE ALL VERY CLOSE.
COACH LEONARD EVEN TOLD ME THAT KEVIN DOWN HERE.
HE'S THE NEXT IN LINE THAT HOPEFULLY IS GOING TO COME THROUGH.
AND PLAY, THEN HE'S EVEN HIS MINI-ME USUALLY MOCKING.
EXACTLY WHAT COACH LEARNERS WE'RE ON GAME DAYS.
TOMMY, FOURTH AND SHORT HAMMOND, BROKE A TACKLE HAMMOND TOUCHDOWN.
THEY OPENED THE DOOR.
WHAT SECOND EFFORT AND THE BALLAST TO STAY UP AND GET INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN 18-YARD TOUCHDOWN, RUN GOOD WORK, UPFRONT, TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA INSTANT REPLAY.
TAKE A LOOK AT IT THE RIGHT BEHIND THE BIG GUYS.
RAN OVER HOMES DOUBTED ABOUT 210.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EAGLES LANDING LINE AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING THE GUYS.
ON THAT SIDE, ALL BREAK AND JAKE TOWNSEND, BIG 78, CHANDLER REEVES.
THEY'RE THE GUYS THAT HELPED MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WE'VE GOT US A DANNY HERE.
TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA.
INSTANT.
REPLAY EAGLES, LANDING 19, AQUINAS 14, I WOULD ASSUME THEY'RE GOING FOR TO HEAR THREE WIVES TO THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT HAMMOND.
HOLD EMOTION, LOOKING LOOKING CHASED.
HE'S GOING TO GOT THERE.
TWO POINT CONVERSION IS GOOD, 21:14 STARTED, RIGHT?
EVERYBODY WENT IN THAT DIRECTION AND I LOOKED UP.
THAT'S IT.
THEN IS WIDE OPEN.
IF HE GOES BACK THE OTHER WAY.
IT IS NOBODY HOME.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MANY TIMES OUT OF HIM.
BUT ON THE LAST TWO PLAYS HAMMOND HAS ANOTHER GEAR, WATCH ANOTHER GEAR.
WHEN HE IT'S BACK THIS WAY.
AND THERE'S NOBODY IS GOING TO BE QUICK ENOUGH TO GET TO HIM.
NO, GREAT EFFORT.
THE LAST TWO PLAYS.
THIS GUY'S DONE HAS JUST BEEN OUTSTANDING.
THIS IS ALMOST SOLO WORK OTHER THAN THE BUNCH THAT UPFRONT THAT GOT HIM, THE BREAK.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THE JOB TALKING ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE FOR THE CHARGES.
AND THE OTHER GEAR IS THE GEAR THAT RUNS NUMBER FOR TREVOR GEAR, AND HE'S HAD A GREAT DAY SO FAR TO TCSG SCORING DRIVE, 13 PLAYS, 73 YARDS TIME OF POSSESSION LONG, FOUR AND THIRTY THREE, FOUR MINUTES 33 SECONDS.
THAT'S THEIR LONGEST DRIVE OF THE DAY GROUND IN THAT CLOCK.
THEY RUN CLOCK, FOLKS.
THEY UNPLUG.
THIS HAMMONDS NUMBERS FOR THE DAY.
GOOD LOOK AT HIM.
HE'S HAD A GOOD DAY.
US RE GOING TO KICK IT OFF.
AND III RECEIVE OVER ENZO HOMES.
LET'S SEE IF THEY GIVE HIM ANOTHER TOUCH.
THIS TIME, STANDING BACK AT THE 5.
HIGH DRIVE AND KICK.
WE HE DIDN'T CATCH IT.
HE LET IT BOUNCE IT IN THE END ZONE.
OH, I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO CATCH THAT.
I THOUGHT HE MAY BE UNDER ESTIMATED THAT IT THOUGHT.
IT WAS GOING TO BE FAR INTO THE ENDZONE.
BUT INSTEAD OF BOUNCING JUST SHORTLY WENT OVER THE LINE.
YEAH.
SURE.
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WELL, GOODNESS, GRACIOUS.
NUMBER 99 CAME IN WITH A VENGEANCE, ARIES.
BLACK, BLACK, A SOPHOMORE, DEFENSIVE LINEMAN WHO WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT BUT JOB, THERE'S A LOT OF HIM TO SEE YA.
GOOD LUCK KIND OF EASY.
HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH OF HIM AS A LOT OF HIM TO SEE.
YES.
LOOK AT IT.
LOOK AT THIS GUY.
WOW.
MMM, FIRST TIME WE CALL HIS NAME TODAY.
WRITE THAT NAME DOWN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
YEAH.
GIVE ME BACK MY BABY BACK HERE.
NEXT TO THIS GUY.
HE'S A SOPHOMORE.
AND THE GIRL DIDN'T SAY YOU WAS DOWN THERE, GOING TO CALL HIM DOWN, CALL HIM DOWN, BIG.
FELLA, GOT QUICKS, TYRESE BLACK, LOOK FELLA, MOVE, KIND OF QUICK THERE, TOMMY.
YES, HE DID PLUCKING.
I'LL TELL YOU.
HOW BIG IS HE?
CAN GO BEAR HUNTING LITTLE SWITCH WITH A LITTLE THING.
HE IS, THIS GUY IS BIG AND THEY'RE PUTTING HIM AT KNOWS.
I BELIEVE, ISN'T IT?
YEAH.
PUT HIM AT NOSE TACKLE.
YEAH, BUT LOOK THAT BALL COMES LOOSE ME THOSE WHAT TO DO.
YEAH.
HE IS A LOAD.
LOOK AT HIM.
WELL, BATTED DOWN AT THE LINE, SOMEBODY TOUCHED IT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE INTENDED FOR GEORGE'S BROTHER.
GEORGE WELCH INCOMPLETE.
FOURTH DOWN.
THERE YOU GO.
NOW, OR WOULD YOU KICK IT AWAY?
YEAH.
THE KICK.
IT AWAY HERE TO KICK IT FROM HERE.
WAS IT?
YES, IT WAS IT DEFLECTED.
LET ME GUESS 99.
AND YES, IT WAS.
LOOK AT HIM.
WHERE HAS HE BEEN ALL DAY LONG.
I KNOW.
HE'S COMING.
HE'S JUST TAKING OVER.
HE'S PROBABLY THE FRESHEST PLAYER ON THE FIELD.
THAT'S THE REASON.
LOOK AT THIS GUY.
GOOD KICK, BEAUTIFUL.
KICK.
GONNA GO OUT OF BOUNDS AT ABOUT THE 33-YARD LINE.
WE HAVE PLAYED THREE, QUARTERS PLUS EAGLE'S, LANDING CHRISTIAN.
WE WILL BE BACK AFTER THIS TIMEOUT, EAGLE'S LANDING, CHRISTIAN WITH A LATE TOUCHDOWN.
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THE MAGIC QUESTION, WE NEED TO ASK IS WHERE HAS 99 BEEN AND WHY?
I DON'T KNOW WE FIRST.
DID THEY NOT MAKE THE TEAM BUS THIS MORNING?
AND JUST SHOWED UP GOODNESS GRACIOUS.
WHAT AN IMPACT THOUGH.
YEAH, MAKE AN IMPACT, OR WHAT?
HE'S BLACK.
HAMMOND JUMPS ON SIDE AND DRAWERS HAMMOND.
COACH ENCROACHMENT.
YES, DEFENSE NUMBER EIGHT HORSE DOWN.
YEAH.
TEST BANK ON ITS BANKS.
YEAH, I'M A LITTLE ANXIOUS.
FIRST AND FIVE, A LOT OF PLAYS IN YOUR PLAY BOOK FOR FIRST AND FIVE HAMMOND.
LOOKS OVER A FIVE-MAN FRONT HOLDING MOTION, GOING TO GET THE GEAR.
HE'S GOING TO COME UP SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN AT ABOUT 38 YARD LINE.
THERE'S OUR GUY WILL EVANS.
YES, ONCE MORE TALK ABOUT THE GAME.
HE'S PLAYED, YOU KNOW, I'VE WONDERED I CALLED HIM THE LEFT DEFENSIVE END THAT HE PLAYS ANYWHERE.
HE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO PLAY OBVIOUSLY CONDOM AND A STUNT.
AND RIP THEM PRETTY GOOD ON THAT BROADSIDE.
YEAH, THAT HAPPENED.
YEAH, THEY WERE SWITCHING SIDES.
DIDN'T GET THERE IN TIME.
FIRST DOWN AS GEAR.
PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
FIRST DOWN, 10 NOW FOR EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN.
10 MINUTES LEFT ON A GAME.
BUT WHEN YOU GOT SEVEN POINT LEAD IN YOUR RUNNING CLOCK, IT COULD GET DANGEROUS HERE DOWN.
THE STRETCH, CAN GETTING PERSONNEL ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
THEN AROUND THE SCREEN, GOT A BLOCK OUT THERE, BROKE A TACKLE.
CAM MERRITT ON THE CATCH, TJ SMITH ON THE TACKLE.
ARTEST AND SMITH IS A REASON THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THE LEADING TACKLER.
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE FIELD.
THERE'S WELCH THERE, SMITH CLEANING IT UP.
HAMMOND AND TO GEAR WHO KNOCKS IT DOWN TO THE 43 YARD LINE.
GAIN OF THREE SECOND AND SEVEN.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE SIDELINE AND GET A BREATHER.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN HAS BEEN METHODICAL REALLY ALL DAY LONG.
BUT THE WAY THEY RUN THEIR POSSESSIONS, THEY RUN A LOT OF CLOCK BEFORE THIS COURT, THE LAST TOUCHDOWN OVER FOUR MINUTES AND SOMETHING THAT OUR CLIENTS DIDN'T WANT TO HAPPEN.
YEAH, JOSH MAYS IN THE BACKFIELD.
NOW HERE GOES HAMLIN, GOT A BLOCK AND FIRST DOWN DOWN AT THE 33 YARD LINE.
OVER TO MAKE THE STOP DJ JACKSON.
ONE OF THE FIRST ONES HAMMONDS JUST GETTING LUBRICATED UP.
ISN'T HE REALLY IS?
AND GOES AROUND THAT LEFT SIDE.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF BLOCKERS RIGHT THERE.
EVEN OUT IN FRONT, THROWING THE BLOCK FOR ME.
JOSH, MAYS HELP YOU GET HIM EVEN MORE YARDS.
GOOD BLOCKING OUT FRONT BY MADE AND LOOKING OVER A THREE-MAN FRONT.
NOW, THEY'RE ROAD, ANOTHER BACKER UP.
GOING TO SEND A MAN IN MOTION GONNA RUN INSIDE.
MR.
TACKLE INSIDE AS MAIZE GOES DOWN AFTER A GAIN OF A COUPLE RAN, A STUNT THAT TIME WITH TJ SMITH WHO JOSEPH DOUGLAS WAS THE FIRST ONE THERE.
HE STOPPED DOING RIGHT, RIGHT.
RIGHT AT THE LINE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE LINE, BUT HE COULDN'T.
HANG ON TO HIM, COULDN'T WRAP UP ON HIM, SMITH WAS THERE.
CLEAN UP.
EVERYTHING GAME WAS TO SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT.
825 LEFT IN THE GAME.
EAGLES LANDING WITH A BALL IN THE LEAD.
WILL COUNTER UP THE MIDDLE LOW CROSS BLOCKING UP FRONT.
AND MAISON CARRÉE.
HERE.
IT IS AGAIN.
SEE THE GUARDS PULLED THEIR THAT.
LOOK AT THAT, OPEN IT UP.
WELL, WE'RE FOR THOSE LINEBACKERS.
TELL YOU WHAT?
THOSE GUARDS OUT, FRONT FOR EAGLES.
LANDING ARE GETTING IT DONE TO WHOOP.
SOMEBODY JUMPED FLAG.
YEAH.
THE LEFT TACKLE.
HE JUST FLINCHED A LITTLE BIT.
MMM.
POP IT IS AUSTIN, BIRD.
A LITTLE BIT OVER THERE.
THE LEFT GUARD.
YEAH, TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE AQUINAS LINEBACKERS AND YOU THINK THEY'RE ABOUT THE STUNT.
THERE'S A REASON TO FLINT.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT WITH YOUR HAND.
THOSE GUYS BE BUSINESS.
YES.
I DO.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, HE'S BOTH OF THESE FOOTBALL TEAMS HAVE BEEN FIRST CLASS TODAY.
THEY HAVE BOTH PLAYED WELL, STRONG ROCK FORMATION HAMMOND, GOING TO SEND HOLD IN THE MOTION AGAIN DIRECT SNAP.
AND HAMMOND WAS GOING TO CRUISE IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN OUTRUNS EVERYBODY.
32 LIKE HE HAD THAT FAKE, THE HANDOFF THE RIGHT SIDE AND THERE WAS NOTHING BUT GREEN GRASS IN FRONT OF HIM.
TOMMY.
HE JUST HE HAS ANOTHER GEAR WHEN HE GETS TO THE CORNER.
YEP.
AND HERE'S THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA.
TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
SAM SAYS IT RIGHT THERE.
FAKES THE HANDOFF GETS TO THE OUTSIDE AND THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THAT HAS ONE.
DEFENDER IS A LITTLE STEP ON HIM AND GOES ON.
FOR THE TOUCHDOWN OF MICHAEL BROWN, WHO IS A SOPHOMORE RIGHT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE STUTTER STEP JUST FOR A SECOND.
MAKE HIM THINK HE MIGHT CUT BACK NOW.
HE'S GOING ALL THE WAY FOR THE SCORE.
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EIGHT PLAYS 69 YARDS TWO TOUCHDOWN LEAD.
NOW EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN 28, MINUS 14 MORE AFTER THIS GHSA CHAMPIONSHIP IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART.
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69 YARDS.
EIGHT PLAYS 315 TIMES POSSESSION.
US REALLY KICKED IT ALL THE WAY INTO THE END ZONE.
AND YEAH, HOMES JUST CAUGHT THAT WHEN YOU COULDN'T RETURN, IT GLAD TO SEE HIM CATCH IT.
WE'RE, WE WERE HOPING HE CALLED IT THE FIRST TIME.
DID THEY GOT A STARTED?
LOOK AT THE GOOD DJ HAM FOR TODAY AND WHAT HE'S DONE.
THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SECOND HALF WITH HIM AND HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THIS FOOTBALL TO WRITE THREE CARRIES, 27 YARDS IN THE FIRST HALF, EIGHT CARRIES AND A BUNDLE IN THE SECOND HAMMOND HAS 107 YARDS GEAR.
95, MAY IS 81, BEFORE THIS IS OVER WITH, WE COULD HAVE THREE 100 YARD RUSHERS IN THIS GAME.
FOR EAGLES, LANDED GOES DOWN HARD AT THE 20.
HE STEPPED UP BECAUSE 99 BEARING DOWN ON HIM.
YOU SEE JUST MISSED HIM.
WHERE HAS 99 TOWN HALL DECK IS BACK OUT THERE FOLKS, AND I'M TELLING YOU HE WAS COMING.
WHO'S PUTTING ON SOME PRESSURE?
BUT WELL, SHE WAS ABLE TO STEP UP IN A GARDEN.
HE'S MAKING THAT PASS ON ATTACK.
MISERABLE BACK THERE FOR A QANTAS AT THE MINUTE.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE GET GOING HERE.
LIAM WELCH HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE.
LAST TWO OR THREE MINUTES BACK THERE.
DROPPING LOOKING TO THROW GOT GEORGE A FIRST DOWN AT THE 37.
38 YARD LINE.
GEORGE WELCH IS SOPHOMORE BROTHER.
YOU COULD TELL THEY PLAYED CATCH IN THE YARD 17-YARD, GAIN ON THAT ONE.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING.
THE COACH JAMES LEONARD WANTS TO SEE HIM, DO TO GET HIM, SELL DOWN, SETTLE DOWN.
AND TRY TO GET THIS TEAM UP.
FEEL YOU GOT APPROACHING LITTLE UNDER SEVEN MINUTES TO GO IN THIS GAME.
NICE COMPLETION RIGHT THERE.
GOT THE YARDS WITH IT.
LET'S SEE IF THEY GET SOME THINGS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THIS IS QUITE AS OFFENSE, WEALTH, BRINGS THEM UP.
LOOKS OVER A THREE-MAN FRONT.
HERE COMES THE STUN ROLLING AND SOMEBODY FLINCHED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE UP THERE.
THEY GOT A TIMEOUT CALL ME.
CHRISTIAN WAS THE COACHES WAS HEARING UP THE SIDELINE, TO GET A TIMEOUT CALL.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A QANTAS AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR RESUME.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD PROGRAM AND IT'S REALLY BEEN GOOD.
THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2013.
18:14 AND 0 ON A YEAR.
TWENTY SIX GAME.
WINNING STREAK WAS STOPPED IN THE SEMI-FINALS.
THREE STRAIGHT REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS.
FIVE STRAIGHT PLAYOFF, APPEARANCES, 1957 TO 2012.
NO 10-WIN SEASONS.
AND THE REASON THEY'RE PLAYING IN NOW REGION 7.
8 INCLUDES MAY BE A FAMILIAR NAME TO OUR GEORGIA FOOTBALL FANS, LINCOLN COUNTY RED DEVILS LINCOLN COUNTY, BECAUSE THEN IT SAYS THAT WAS ONE OF THE WINS THAT.
HERE'S THE WAY THEY WANTED HERE AS WELL.
JUST A SOPHOMORE.
LOOK AT THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THEY WERE VERY GOOD AND THE CROWD WAS EXCITED WITH GOOD REASON.
THERE'S A GOD, MARS.
LOOK AT THAT.
TELL YOU WHAT AQUINAS IS NO.
STRANGER TO THE DOME.
HERE'S WELL TO SASS MOUTH FOR.
SOMEBODY WAS HAPPY WITH BET.
THAT WAS GEORGE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A UNIFORM ON GEORGE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE EIGHTH GRADE.
YEAH.
OKAY.
HERE'S LIAM, LOVES DROPPING, THE THROW LOOKING COMPLETE AND KNOCK DOWN AT THE 41 YARD LINE.
JOSEPH MEAL ON THE CATCH.
YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THEY'RE TALLER BIGGER FASTER QUARTERBACKS IN THE STATE, BUT THE POSTURE, THIS YOUNG MAN USES WHEN HE THROWS THE FOOTBALL WITH HIS RELEASE AT THE TOP OF THE CYCLE UP, THERE IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.
THERE YOU GO AND HE DROPPED IT.
GEORGE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT ONE TOMORROW.
YOU WILL COME ON IN THE BIG GAME TO.
YOU.
GOT TO HAUL, IT WENT FROM YOUR BROTHER.
GOOD THROW THOUGH, LIAM AND GEORGE.
ELSE.
THAT'S A SPECIAL THING.
YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE WATCH THIS.
LIAM GOOD THROW PERFECT.
GOT KNOCKED OUT OF HIS HANDS.
YEAH, THAT'S DEFENSIVE BACK.
GOOD PLAY DEFENSIVE BACK AND OUT OF BOUNDS.
THIRD AND SIX.
GIVE IT TO THE PIG BACK AND LET HIM RUN UP IN THERE AND DO SOME DAMAGE AND THERE'S 99 DORAMA.
TYRESE BLACK, TYRESE BLACK AS BEEN, THE DEAL HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER HAD NIKKI'S COME OUT AND MADE HIS PRESENCE FELT.
YES.
HE HAS FOURTH DOWN AND FOUR.
THIS IS THE KEY PLAY IN THE BALLGAME RIGHT HERE.
525.
WE HAD TO HAVE THIS ONE TOMMY.
YES, YOU DO.
WELL, THREE WIVES, RIGHT?
ONE TO THE LEFT, SNAP.
WE GOT A WHISTLE WHISTLE AND QANTAS GOING TO CALL TIMEOUT.
OBVIOUSLY, COACH LEONARD.
WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF DEFENSE.
HE'S GOING TO PUT UP AGAINST THAT.
LOOK WITH THE THREE WIVES TO THE RIGHT.
BUT AQUINAS HAS HAD A GOOD BALANCE OF WHAT THEY TRY TO DO.
AND IT'S JUST BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR DURHAM TO GET TO GET THROUGH.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A QANTAS IS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GLENN HILLS.
AND, UH, CLASSIFICATION FROM THEM PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, THEY'RE ONLY LOST OUR LADY OF MERCY, STRATFORD.
THEY BEAT THEM TWICE MOUNT, THE SALES HANCOCK CENTRAL, LINCOLN COUNTY.
THAT WAS THE KEY GAME THAT ONE THE REGION FOR THEM.
AND THEY WENT THAT ONE 2:36.
THEY BEAT STRATFORD 4828 IN A REGION GAME AND A CROSSOVER GAME.
AND THEN OF THE PLAYOFFS, BABY BROOKSTONE OUT OF COLUMBUS AND CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND STRATFORD ACADEMY, A STRATFORD ACADEMY ONCE AGAIN AT SMART FOR REBUS.
TEAM IN THE MIDSTATE DOWN THERE.
FOR TELL YOU WHAT THEY'VE GOT IT GOING DOWN THERE TO DO TO THE GHSA THE SECOND YEAR AND I TELL YOU WHAT, AQUINAS DID SOME REALLY GOOD WORK THIS YEAR.
I STILL GOT MORE WORK TO DO 5:16 TO GO.
KEEP PLAYING THE GAME FOURTH AND FOUR.
WELL, LOOKING GOT IT TO HIS BROTHER FIRST DOWN DOWN TO THE 44, YARD LINE.
EXCELLENT CATCH.
IF WE SIT ON ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT, I DON'T LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT JUST THE WAY THAT LOOKED THE PASS COMING OUT OF HIS HAND DOWN TO GEORGE.
IT WAS A POCKET WHERE HE FOUND IT OUT THERE IN THE ZONE.
DEFENSE WELCH, DROPPING THE THROW WHISTLE.
WHAT?
LET'S TAKE, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE.
FALSE START ON THE OFFENSE FIVE YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS POCKET, WHERE IT OPEN UP AND WATCH WELCH, TEST.
PUT THE THING IN THERE, ZIPPITY DOO-DAH.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
THEN WHAT THE WAY YOU DO IT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DO THAT ALL DAY LONG.
THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE OPEN ALL DAY LONG UNTIL THEY COME RUNNING UP, AND THEN YOU THROW THE LONG BOMB ON YOU DO.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
THAT'S WHAT THEY GIVEN YOU IN GEORGE, GETS THAT THERE AND GET SOME THAT LITTLE FINDS THAT LITTLE CREASE GETS COMFORTABLE RIGHT THERE.
THE CONNECTS WITH THEM AND THEY GET THAT FIRST DOWN.
WELCH WITH DURHAM BEHIND HIM FIRST AND 15 AT MIDFIELD.
GOOD SNAP LOW.
SNAP.
LOOKING COMPLETE.
DID HE GET OUT OF BOUNDS WILL BE?
WAS HE OUT OF BOUNDS?
THEY CALL IT THE CATCH.
YES.
HE DID GOT ONE FOOT DOWN.
LIAM WELCH.
WILL THEN?
EXCELLENT TOUCH.
HERE WE GO.
20 YARD COMPLETION.
SLOWLY, BUT SURELY.
YEAH, HERE COME THE FIGHTING IRISH BACK.
WELL, LOOKS OVER A THREE-MAN FRONT NOW FOR GIVES IT TO DURHAM.
NOPE.
THAT'S DOUGLAS.
I'VE BEEN THERE.
DOUGLAS ON THE CARRY.
NOPE.
THAT'S WHY - NOPE.
THAT'S DOUGLAS.
THAT'S NOT GOOD.
AT WRITING A MINUTE.
THAT'S DOUGLAS.
DOUGLAS WELCH.
LOOKING LOOKING GOT TIME.
THROW IT BEAUTIFUL THROWS WITH ROUGHLY GET HUNG UP THERE JUST A LITTLE BIT LONG AND LONG ENOUGH FOR THE DEFENDER TO MAKE THE PLAY ON THAT BALL.
BUT TELL YOU WHAT, AS GOOD AS LIAM IS THROWING IT WELCH, IS THAT GOOD OF RECEIVER?
HE IS A FINE-LOOKING SOPHOMORE RECEIVER WITH WATCH FOR NUMBER FIVE, JOSH, MAYS IN THIS PLAY IS LIKE THE BALL.
HANGS UP THAT LONG ENOUGH FOR HIM TO COME BACK OVER.
MAKE THE PLAY, GRABS THE ARM, GRAB THE ARM AND THE BALL COMES OUT.
PERFECT.
THROW WELCH.
BRINGS HIM UP.
HAD TO REACH FOR THE THERE.
IT IS.
INTERCEPTED OVERTHROW OVERTHROW HIM THAT TIME.
CALEB HOOD ON THE INTERCEPTION DOWN THERE.
18.
THAT WAS BIG.
HE HAD A RECEIVER OUT THERE, JUST CLEARLY OVERTHREW AN 18-YARD RETURN.
AND CALEB HOOD WAS JUST BACK THERE WAITING ON.
HE WAS THE LAST MAN BACK, RIGHT?
AT THE GOAL LINE, ALL THE INTERCEPTION.
HERE'S A LITTLE LOOK AT IT, TOMMY.
LIKE I SAID, A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THAT SNAP CALLING IT IN THE THROWS IT OVER BADLY.
OVERTHROWS HIS MAN.
THEY'RE DOWN THERE, LOOKING FOR BRADLEY WIECK, AND IT WAS OVERTHROWN LOOKING AT IT AGAIN.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER THROWN.
I THINK THE SNAP MAY HAVE MESSED UP THE RHYTHM OF THAT PLAY A LITTLE BIT.
AND TO GIVE UP THE MIDDLE IT'S GEARED YEAR AGAIN.
SO NOW YOU GOT EAGLE'S.
LANDING CHRISTIAN BACK WITH THE BALL.
THEY HAVE THE LEAD AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK TO RUN THAT CLOCK.
YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO RUN CLOCK HERE.
345 LEFT IN THE GAME.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE GOT THIS ONE SALTED AWAY.
JUST MAKE A FEW FIRST DOWNS AND WE'RE DONE HERE.
THAT'S THE MELEE.
MAKE IT SOUND SO EASY.
IT'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THERE.
I NEVER DID, RIGHT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TWO TOUCHDOWNS UP WITH, 345 TO GO NOW 325 TO GO AND YOU'VE GOT THE BALL MASE.
NOPE.
GEAR TREVOR GEAR AND THE TIMEOUT TO STOP THE CLOCK.
YEP.
AQUINAS CALLING TIME OUT THERE.
AND THEY'VE GOT A COUPLE LEFT.
GOOD.
DO IT WORKING.
WE SAW A GAME HERE LAST NIGHT WITH WHAT WESTMINSTER AND WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO COME BACK IN THE GAME, THE FORCE OF THE OVERTIME AND GET THE WIN OVER BLESSED TRINITY AND AND THE CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
GEAR HAS NOW 99 YARDS, ONE MORE YARD.
HE GOES OVER THE 100-YARD, MARK AND JOINS HIS TEAMMATE.
DJ HAMMER.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ELKA'S.
ROAD TO HERE, NORTH FLORIDA, CHRISTIAN STOCKBRIDGE, GREATER ATLANTA, CHRISTIAN MOUNT PISGAH WHITEWATER, WOODWARD ACADEMY.
I TELL YOU WHAT.
WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING WOULD BIRD AND GREATER ATLANTA, CHRISTIAN AND STOCKBRIDGE.
YOU GOT YOUR HANDS FULL.
THOSE ARE TEST.
THOSE ARE TEST, VERY DEFINITELY BUT IN THE PLAYOFFS, THEY JUST REALLY ROLL PAST PEOPLE.
THEY ROLL INTO THIS DOME.
I TELL YOU WHAT, THIS IS A GOOD FOOTBALL.
VERY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM.
YEAH, THEY CAME IN HERE LAST YEAR AT MOUNT PARAN IF YOU REMEMBER AMBUSH THEM AND THEY CAME BACK WITH A PURPOSE THIS YEAR.
OKAY, SECOND DOWN OR RATHER THIRD DOWN NOW AND ABOUT 606 WHO CALLED THAT TIMEOUT.
NOW, I MUST HAVE BEEN AQUINAS NOW, HE'S AN EMAIL LANDING, YOUNG.
BOTH.
I'LL NOW HAVE ONE TIMEOUT LEFT.
YOU WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN OF WHAT YOU'RE IN HERE, WE SAW A GAME YESTERDAY.
WESTMINSTER AND BLESSED TRINITY.
BLESSED, TRINITY.
WE SAW ONE THAT WE THOUGHT WAS OVER WASN'T OVER.
WAS IT?
WHAT A FINISH?
YEAH, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST GAMES EVER BEEN PLAYED IN THE.
DON'T I KNOW IT.
THE CROWD WAS ELECTRIC.
WHAT?
INCREDIBLE?
GRAB FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
WONDERFUL ON THIRD DOWN.
CONVERSIONS EAGLES LANDING IS 84 14.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE.
YEAH.
THIRD DOWN AND SIX 315 LEFT EAGLE'S LANDING.
CHRISTIAN WITH A BALL AND A KEY POSSESSION.
DOWN SOMEBODY JUMPED OVER THERE.
PROCEDURE OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, FIVE YARDS, LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN THIRD NIGHT AND THIRD AND 13.
YEAH.
OH, YEAH.
YARDS DIFFERENT.
YEAH, BUT THAT'S THAT'S TOUGH.
AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME.
SO IT'S THIRD DOWN AND 11 NOW.
AND OF COURSE WELCH WANTED TO GET BACK IN THERE AND GET ANOTHER SHOT AT IT.
IF YOU CAN.
LET'S SEE IF HIS DEFENSE CAN GET THEM A CHANCE.
THERE'S HAMMOND.
NOTHING THERE.
HE FIGHTS.
HIS WAY FORWARD UPPER ABOUT THE 23 YARD LINE.
MANY.
MANY AQUINAS PLAYERS ON THAT ONE.
THERE'S WANGUS.
ONE OF THOSE GETTING UP FROM THERE, AND THEN, OF COURSE, TJ SMITH ARE TEST BANKS.
FOURTH DOWN, NINE YARDS TO GO, YOU REMINDING, YOU SPECIAL TEAM RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN, MAKE SURE CLEAN SNAP.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING AND WATCH FOR THE BLOCK.
YEAH.
HERE THEY COME, END-OVER-END KICK GOING TO BOUNCE AND BOUNCE AND BOUNCE AND GET AWAY FROM IT BACK AT THE 29-YARD LINE.
WOW, GIBBS ALMOST MADE A BAD MISTAKE THERE.
WELL, HE WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M SURE HE'S NEAR HIS SIDELINE AND I'M SURE THE COACHES WERE PROBABLY TELLING HIM STAY AWAY FROM THAT THING, JUMP, GET OUT OF THE WAY.
SO LIAM WELCH WAS HOPING FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK ON THE FIELD.
HE'S BACK ON NOW, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CLOCK TO WORK WITH IT.
ALMOST HIT HIM.
LOOK AT THERE WATCHING JUMP.
WHOA, WHOA.
HELLO.
WELL, DROPPING LOOKING TO THROW.
GOT A MAN OUT THERE, GET OUT OF BOUNDS.
216 LEFT.
HE'S AT A MUCH BETTER SECOND HALF IN FIRST HALF, HE REALLY HAS AND TELL YOU WHAT BOTH OF THESE WIDE RECEIVERS ARE THE DEAL GIVES AND THE YOUNG BROTHER WELCH ARE BOTH VERY GOOD.
GIVES US A LITTLE UNLUCKY THERE IN THE FIRST HALF AND SEE WHY IT WAS WELL WITH DURHAM BEHIND HIM AND NOW BLOCKING THROWING COMPLETE YET AGAIN, TO GIBBS AT ABOUT THE 47 YARD LINE.
ISAIAH MAYS HAS HAD A GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE OUT THERE TOO.
HE HAS BEEN WORKING.
HE'S DEFENDING ON THE PLAY.
YES, HE IS PASS OUT HERE.
GIVES HAS A BIG MAZE, RIGHT?
THEY'RE NOT GIVING HIM ANY ROOM, MAKING SURE HE GETS OUT OF BOUNDS.
WELL, IT'S DROPPING.
THE THROW LITTLE PRESSURE OUT OF THE POCKET.
NOW GOING TO THROW, GOT A MAN THERE OUT OF BOUNDS.
WOW, WHAT THROW THREADED, THE NEEDLE, YOUR TARGET GEORGE.
WELL, WE THREW THAT THING ON THE LINE.
LOOK AT THIS.
RIGHT THERE.
YEAH, GEORGE WELCH IN BOUNDS JUST INBOUNDS WELCH.
DROPPING THE THROW LOOKING, GOT IT WELCH DOWN AT THE 12, BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE THE STAY ON HIS FEET, THERE FOR A MOMENT, BUT END UP GOING DOWN, 136 LEFT.
THE WELCH BROTHERS HAVE COME TO PLAY AN EFFECT, WATCH THIS.
YOU LIKE CATCH, GREAT CATCH, GREAT FOR THE ROAD WELCH.
DROPPING TO THROW LOOKING NOW, GONNA RUN.
IT GOT ROOM WELCH DOWN INSIDE THE 5, DOWN TO THE THREE YARD LINE.
118 LEFT.
EVERYBODY.
BACK UP TO THE LINE.
GOT THE PLAY CALLED.
NOW THEY'RE GOING TO CALL IT AGAIN.
NOW HE'S GOING TO TAKE IT.
WHOA.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO SPIKE IT LOOK LIKE THAT.
WAS THE PLAN AND FOR HIM TO GET TACKLED THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, THE CLOCKS GOING TO KEEP RUNNING.
YEAH, LOOK LIKE HE WAS LOOKING AND THEN WAS GOING TO TRY TO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT AND HE GOES DOWN HARD BACK AT THE TEN YEARS WELCH IN A HURRY, LOOKING PRESSURE.
NOW GOING TO BREAK FREE COULD STAY.
WELL, TOUCH DOWN.
WHOA.
WHOA, WE GOT A FLAG BACK AT THE 15.
LIKE BACK OF THE 15.
WHAT ABOUT, FOR WHAT?
AN INDIVIDUAL EFFORT?
THAT TIME?
WE HAD HOLDING.
I'M LIAM WELCH.
I THINK WE DID THINK WE HAD HOLDING BOY, WHAT AN EFFORT BY.
WELL, THAT REMARKABLE EFFORT.
38 SECONDS LEFT, HOLDING THE FS TR PENALTY.
REPEAT THIRD DOWN, THIRD DOWN, AQUINAS DOWN THERE.
LISTEN, YOU NEVER KNOW ANYMORE.
THEY SCORE HERE ON SIDEKICK.
YOU DON'T KNOW.
YOU REALLY DON'T SAY IT'S OVER.
THAT'S WHY THEY PLAY THE FULL 48 MINUTES.
LOOK AT THIS EFFORT BY WELCH TO GET IN THE END ZONE.
RUNNING AWAY FROM TROUBLE DIVING OVER TROUBLE IN THE END ZONE.
THAT'S JUST A LOT OF WHEEL AND DETERMINATION RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S A DETERMINATION SCORE THERE.
WELL, STANDING AT THE 29.
LOOKING THROWING BATTED DOWN THAT LINEBACKER IN THE MIDDLE, WHO HAS BEEN A GIANT PRESENCE CHASE BURDETTE KNOCKED THAT ONE DOWN THIS REACH, THOSE BITS OF THEIR KNOCKED IT AWAY.
THAT IS SPECIAL, ED KNEE.
IS SHOWING YOU CAN DROP BACK IN COVERAGE IF YOU NEEDS TO AND ALEXANDER ALSO, VERY GOOD.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME TALENT ON THIS FIELD TODAY.
FOURTH.
AND A BUNDLE 24, THIS IS THE BALLGAME FOR AQUINAS ZIP.
QANTAS DIRECTING TRAFFIC.
GOOD SNAP, LOOKING THROWING INTERCEPTED GOING TO BE RUN OUT OF THERE.
FLAG DOWN.
AND HERE GOES EGO, LANDING COULD COULD WITH 100 YARD RETURN FOR EAGLE'S.
LANDING CHRISTIAN.
MY GOODNESS.
THERE IS A FLAG ON THE FIELD.
BACK BEFORE THE PASS WAS THROWN.
LET'S DO THIS.
FLAG IS AGAINST, LET'S SEE, 100 YARD RETURN MUSIC.
ALL ILLEGAL FORMATION ON THE OFFENSE AT PENALTY, WILL BE DECLINED DECLINED.
SO THE TOUCHDOWN TOUCHDOWN 100-YARD INTERCEPTION RETURN, CALEB HOOD.
HE'S AT A DAY ANY OTHER DAY.
HE'S HAD A GOOD TIME.
HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.
WELL, JUST THROWING HOOD HE WAS THROWING FOR DOUGLAS COULD STEPPED IN FRONT?
THE ESCAPES DANGEROUS BLOOD RIGHT THERE.
YEAH, ALL THE WAY BACK TO SECOND INTERCEPTION OF THIS GAME.
INTERESTING POINT.
IT'S 100-YARD INTERCEPTION RETURN.
AS WE SEE THE EXTRA POINT COME HERE FROM USSERY.
IT WOULD BE 102 YARDS BECAUSE HE CAUGHT IT TO YARDS DEEP IN THE END ZONE, BUT THEY'RE JUST COUNT.
THE 100 YARD RETURN, KICK IS UP AND IT IS GOOD EAGLES LANDING.
35 AQUINAS 14 IN THE GAME, MUCH CLOSER THAN THE SCORE INDICATES IN THE NFL, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 102 YARD INTERCEPTION RETURN.
FOR THE ONLY GETS 100 ONLY GETS CREDIT FOR 100, BUT HE CAN GO IN THE RECORD BOOKS WITH SEVERAL KIDS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL RANKS WHO HAVE DONE THE VERY SAME THING.
WELL, HE'S WELL HIS IS A SPECIAL BECAUSE HE WOULD THAT RUN.
HE SEALS THE VICTORY FOR HIS TEAM TODAY.
THE SECOND INTERCEPTION AND AND BRINGS IT ALL THE WAY BACK FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
AND IT 3514 ONLY 12 SECONDS TO GO.
ELKA'S, LAST FIVE, PLAYOFF, APPEARANCES 49, 27, LAST YEAR, CALVARY DAY 35 434 AND OVER TIME CHAMPIONS IN TWO THOUSAND, TWELVE THIRTY THREE TO NOTHING OVER PRINCE AVENUE.
IN THE SEMIS.
THEY LOST THE LANDMARK 6:46, LOST CLENCHED IN THE QUARTERS IN 2010.
34 TO 27.
TELL YOU WHAT.
YEAH, SAD FACES ON THAT SIDELINE.
NOTHING TO BE SAD ABOUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCORE.
IT CERTAINLY IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
3514 EAGLE'S LANDING.
CHRISTIAN GOT THAT LONG DRIVE OUT FOR MINUTE AND 14 S DRIVE WHICH TOOK A LOT OF TIME OFF THE CLOCK AND PUT THEM UP 28-14 WHERE DJ HAMMOND JUST REALLY RAN PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE WAY DOWN THE FIELD.
HE JUST LOADED IT UP AND WENT STUDENT BODY RIGHTS, DUDE.
BODY LEFT AND GOT HIM INTO THE ENDZONE DRIVING KICK, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PICKED UP AT THE 5-YARD LINE AND HERE'S A STRIPPER.
SO, ONE MORE TIME, HOLMES GOING TO TRY TO RUN IT BACK, AND WE'VE GOT ONE PLAY LEFT IN THIS WEEK.
BARRING A PENALTY.
AND THE CROWD BELOW US VERY PROUD OF THEIR YOUNG MEN'S WORK.
YOU CAN HEAR THE AQUINAS CROWD RIGHT BELOW US.
YEAH.
YEAH, THEY APPLAUSE FOR A GREAT SEASON.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT SEASON.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO MISS THIS GUY.
SENIOR QUARTERBACK, LIAM WELCH.
HE SPECIAL.
HE IS SPECIAL.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S GOING TO PLAY, BUT HE WILL PLAY AT THE NEXT LEVEL.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
IF HE DOESN'T, IT WILL BE A GRAVE MISS JUSTICE.
THIS YOUNG MAN IS THE DEAL.
HAMMOND, THE RUNNER WELCH, A GREAT THROWER LOOKING LOOKING GONNA THROW DEEP AND OUT OF BOUNDS, FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EAGLE'S, LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
THEY'RE THE WINNERS OVER AQUINAS.
3514 A VERY GOOD, HIGH SCHOOL, FOOTBALL GAME AND A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF.
ONE OF THE GREATEST WEEKENDS AT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL DATES HERE IN THE DUMP DAY, TO THE GHSA.
YEAH, STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND, AND WE KICKED IT OFF WITH A GREATER STARTED OFF WITH A BANG, 100 YARD KICKOFF.
RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
AND THIS GAME HAD EXCITEMENT WRITTEN ALL OVER TOMMY, DEFINITELY DID.
AND IT HAS BEEN A FUN, TWO DAYS FOR YOU.
AND I'M SURE THE GUYS COMING UP NEXT ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THEIR GAMES AS WELL THAT YOU SEE THE PLAYERS THERE.
I YEAH, IT'S A CUSTOM.
THEY FOUGHT HARD, BOTH TEAMS FOUGHT HARD IN THE END.
DO YOU SHOW THAT SPORTSMANSHIP?
YOU TIP YOUR CAP TO THEM?
YES, AND THEY DID.
YES, GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP.
SHIP HEAVY-HITTING, LOT OF WORK, HEAVY WORK, AND YOU HAVE TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE WAY.
BOTH TEAMS PLAYED SAM, YOU REALLY DO.
IT'S TRUE BECAUSE THEY SURELY PLAYED WELL.
COACHES, EXCHANGING.
GREETINGS.
NEITHER TEAM ANYTHING TO BE SAD ABOUT THAT AT ALL.
NOT AT ALL.
NOT AT ALL.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GAME.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A TURNING POINT.
BOTH TEAMS HAD OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT?
BOTH TEAMS HAD GOOD EFFORTS.
IT WAS JUST DJ HAM AND I THINK TOOK IT TOOK THE GAME OVER FIRST PART OF THE FOURTH FOURTH QUARTER SAM.
IT WAS THERE IN THE SECOND HALF.
HE SEEMS THAT HIS TO STEP FORWARD.
YOU SAW THE NUMBERS.
HE HAD A VERY DIFFERENT SECOND HALF FROM FIRST HALF.
YOU REALLY JUST INSERTED HIMSELF WHEN THEY'RE AND OPPORTUNITY TO TURN TO SOME GREAT RUNS.
PLUS THE WORK UP FRONT.
BUT, THE ELCA OFFENSIVE LINE, THOSE GUYS ARE WORKING HARD ALL DAY LONG.
AND THE DEFENSIVE LINE.
YOU CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT NUMBER 99, WHO CAME IN THE GAME LATE, AND JUST REALLY DOMINATED EVERY SINGLE ACT.
LIKE WHERE DID HE COME FROM?
I DON'T KNOW THE BIG GUY, BUT THE THREE GUYS WHO WERE THERE BEFORE HE GOT THERE.
YEAH.
IT REALLY DID.
YEOMAN WORK.
AND THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS.
GET HIM.
JUST A, JUST A SOPHOMORE.
I GOT A FEELING.
WE MIGHT SEE HIM BACK IN HIS DOME AGAIN.
I WOULD THINK SO.
THAT'S A SHARP-LOOKING GUY.
YES, HE IS.
AS MY BUDDY SAM BARS, WHO WORKED WITH ME FOR MANY YEARS WITH SAY HE SURE DOES PASS THE LOOK TEST THAT THAT HE DOES.
BUT HE DOES HE REALLY DOES INDEED.
WHATEVER YOU A LITTLE CELEBRATING OUT IN HENRY COUNTY TONIGHT DEFINITELY AND JUSTIFIABLY SO AND THE PEOPLE AT AUGUSTA ARE GOING TO BE A BIT SAD ON THE WAY BACK, BUT WHEN THEY THINK BACK AND THINK ABOUT THIS FOOTBALL GAME, IT WAS NOT OVER UNTIL IT WAS OVER THAT 100 YARD RECEPTION RETURN.
OUR INTERCEPTION RETURN.
THAT WAS A DAGGER.
WHAT IT REALLY WAS.
AND THERE YOU SEE THE MEMBERS OF THE QANTAS TEAM?
THEIR COACH MINUTE DOESN'T TREMENDOUS JOB TO GET THIS TEAM BACK HERE TO ATLANTA AND I'M SURE THAT'S NOT THE WHAT THEY WOULD HOPE.
THE OUTCOME WOULD BE.
BUT STILL, WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT IT, WHEN THEY GET BACK TO AUGUSTA, A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS SEASON AND GETTING BACK HERE TO THE GEORGIA DOME IN PLAYING FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE ONLY TWO TEAMS GET HERE.
THEY ARE TWO QUALITY TEAMS.
WE SAW TWO QUALITY TEAMS HERE TODAY.
EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN.
RIGHT?
ON THE HUNT.
EVERY YEAR, AQUINAS IN THE HUNT.
AND BOTH OF THEM HAD GREAT YEARS.
ONE IS THE STATE CHAMPION IN THE OTHER IS THE RUNNER-UP AND THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS.
NO TIES INTO DON'T KNOW, TIRES, ANYWHERE ANY MILITARY MORE?
NOTHING DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY.
SAM.
IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH YOU.
IT WILL BE BECAUSE YOU, AS ALWAYS.
THANKS BUDDY.
ENJOY IT.
LET'S GO DOWN TO MARK HARMON ON THE AWARD CEREMONY TIME.
NOW, TO HAND OUT THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY OF DAY 2 OF GHSA CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND HERE ON GPB.
AND FOR THAT, I TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GHSA, GARY PHILIP.
THANK YOU, MARC COACH ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE GEORGIA, HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
ALL OUR SCHOOLS.
ALL OUR TEAMS.
ALL OUR SUPPORTERS WILL OFFER YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR YOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2015.
CONGRATULATIONS, MAN.
OH, BEHALF OF GEORGIA FARM BUREAU.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR VICTORY.
GASPS, YOU HAVE THE HARDWARE THERE.
TALK A LITTLE ABOUT WINNING THIS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR EAGLE'S.
LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
WELL, IT'S I THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE WE REPRESENT OUR FOOTBALL TEAM REPRESENTS A GREAT SCHOOL AND EAGLE'S LANDING, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
AND ULTIMATELY, WE ALL REPRESENT, JESUS CHRIST AND WE PRAISE HIM.
WHEN WE LOSE GOT WHIPLASH HERE, HERE.
WE PRAISE HIM WHEN WE WIN.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S TALK TO CHASE.
BURDETTE BACK HERE.
HARD-HITTING GAME YOU GUYS TRAIL GOING INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER 1413.
YOU DUG DOWN DEEP AND GOT IT DONE.
I MEAN, WE JUST KIND OF WHEN THE NEXT PLAY THAT'S OUR PHILOSOPHY OF HERE.
WHEN THE DAY WHEN THE NEXT PLANE, THAT'S WHAT WE DID DJ HAM AND YOU HAD A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS OUT THERE.
THE TWO EXTRA POINT YOU'RE HOLDING IT, TALK ABOUT GOING OUT YOUR SENIOR YEAR.
IT'S A SMOOTH GREAT.
I FEEL GREAT TO GO OUT WITH THESE GROUP OF GUYS WHO ARE WORKING SINCE JANUARY.
I JUST LOVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM BOYS.
LIKE IT MEANS A LOT TO WIN THIS, AND GO OUT WITH A BANG CHANDLER, YVES.
YOU DID A LOT OF THE HEAVY HITTING OUT THERE TALK ABOUT WINNING.
THIS ONE FOR EAGLE'S, LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
IT'S AN AMAZING VICTORY FOR THE SCHOOL.
AND FOR THE TEAM.
I LOVE THIS TEAM AND THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD OUT THERE WITH EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN, THE GREATEST COACHING STAFF AND IT'S BEEN A BLESSING TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND BE ABLE TO GET THIS PICTURE TODAY.
DON'T YOU GUYS 11 IN 2012?
I KNOW YOUR FANS ARE VERY FIRED UP.
YOU GOT THE REST OF YOUR TEAM HERE.
TALK ABOUT HOW PROUD YOU ARE.
NO, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF OUR FOOTBALL PLAYERS EXTREMELY PROUD OF OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR AND TO WIN ANOTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS.
I MEAN, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE, FEELING COACH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
YES, SIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, THEY WIN ONE IN 2012.
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED ONE MORE TIME IN 2015 AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE GPB TAILGATE PARTY.
THE FIRST GAME OF DAY TWO IS IN THE BOOKS THAT SINGLE A PRIVATE SCHOOL CHAMPION HAS BEEN CROWNED.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY CHARGERS, IN CASE YOU MISSED ANY OF THIS WEEKEND'S CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE ON DEMAND AT GPB.ORG SPORTS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, BUT WE STILL WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
EVEN THOUGH FOOTBALL SEASON MAY BE COMING TO A CLOSE, HE WANT YOU TO INTERACT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, FIND US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AT GPB SPORTS BECAUSE ALL DAY LONG, WE ARE GIVING AWAY PRIZES.
AND THERE ARE SOME AWESOME CONTEST THAT YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO BE A PART OF.
ALL RIGHT.
SO IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF CHEWY UNLEASHED AS OUR FURRY SIDEKICK ZIPS ACROSS THE GALAXY.
HE IS IN THE MILLENNIUM FALCON AND WE ARE TRACKING HIS CONTROL PANEL.
SO WE HAVE THE COORDINATES.
NOW.
WE NEED YOU TO DECODE THESE COORDINATES AND TELL US WHERE YOU THINK HE HAS HEADED NEXT.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE ALL WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW IS 90 DEGREES NORTH.
IS THAT IT THAT RIGHT?
THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S ALL THAT.
THE DROID IS COUGHING UP.
SO 90 DEGREES NORTH.
CAN YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT IS?
TELL US WHERE CHEWY IS HEADED.
IF YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON TO TWEET US WITH THE CORRECT ANSWER AT GPB SPORTS USING THE HASHTAG CHEWY, UNLEASHED.
THEN YOU WILL WIN A FREE IPAD MINI, COURTESY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCE, TEACHER TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION, PART OF 127 CAREER, PATHWAYS AVAILABLE TO GEORGIA, HIGH SCHOOL, STUDENTS SCHOOL COUNSELORS HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT GA DOT DOT, O--, R-- G--.
BUT YOU MUST USE THE HASHTAG CHEWY UNLEASHED, IF YOU WANT YOUR ANSWER TO BE COUNTED, TO MAKE SURE YOU LOOK UP, THOSE COORDINATES DECODED.
DECODE THEM.
TELL US WHERE YOU THINK HE IS HEADED NEXT.
AND THEN ALSO, WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME FUN WITH THE POLLS ON TWITTER.
SO THIS WAS FROM EARLIER.
WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THIS GAME?
AS YOU CAN SEE, 66% SAID THAT THE ELCA CHARGERS WOULD WIN IT AND SO THEY DID.
SO BE SURE AND FIND US ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, AS WE CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY NOW.
ALSO, FOR MANY OF THE PLAYERS OUT THERE ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
IT IS THEIR DREAM TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT THE NEXT LEVEL AND FOR GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE SET FOR PLAYERS TO THE NFL AND COULD FORMER RED.
DESHAUN WATSON BE NEXT, HE'S ONLY A SOPHOMORE AT CLEMSON, BUT SO FAR HE'S ON A ROLL AND FOR THAT, HE'S OUR PICK IN THIS SEGMENT OF.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
WHO RECOGNIZES THIS GUY?
THIS IS DESHAUN WATSON, THE PRIDE AND JOY OF GAINESVILLE HIGHS RED ELEPHANT IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WAS A FOUR-YEAR STARTER AND SET SCHOOL RECORDS ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT HE DIDN'T STOP THERE.
HE SENT STATE RECORDS IN GEORGIA TO IN PASSING TOUCHDOWNS AND TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS.
HE LEFT GAINESVILLE WITH OVER 13,000, PASSING YARDS AND 155 TOUCHDOWNS.
BUT THAT'S JUST IN THE AIR.
HE ALSO DID SOME DAMAGE ON THE GROUND AND RUSHED FOR OVER 4,000 YARDS AND SIXTY THREE.
HERE COMES WATSON LOOKING FIND SOME OPEN AREA.
BAA BAA.
QUACKS BARELY INTO HIS COLLEGE CAREER.
HE WON THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AS QUARTERBACK FOR THE CLEMSON.
TIGERS LAST WEEKEND.
HE'S ONLY A SOPHOMORE BUT HAS BEEN MAKING QUITE A SCENE IN THE WORLD OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
HE'S A TOP THREE FINALISTS FOR ONE OF THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONORS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
THE HEISMAN TROPHY VERY FEW SOPHOMORES HAVE EVER WON.
THE ACCOLADE WATSON IS MAKING A STRONG CASE AS TO WHY HE SHOULD BE THIS YEAR'S WINNER.
AND THAT'S YOUR LOOK.
CAT.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
FOR DESHAUN WATSON?
AND HE'S GOT A CHANCE TO WIN THE HEISMAN TROPHY TONIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY.
WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THIS.
GREAT DOUBLE A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN PACE ACADEMY AND THE PURPLE HURRICANE AND FITZGERALD.
THE PACE ACADEMY KNIGHTS.
GOT HOT AT THE RIGHT TIME.
THEY WON THEIR LAST SIX GAMES OF THE SEASON.
THEY'RE PLAYING VERY WELL RIGHT NOW.
CLICKING ON ALL CYLINDERS AND I GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEIR HEAD COACH, CHRIS SLADE, A FORMER PRO BOWLER WITH THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS.
HE PLAYED NINE YEARS IN THE NFL AND HE'S GOING FOR HIS FIRST-EVER GHSA CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT'S ABOUT TEAM.
DEFINITELY BEEN, YOU KNOW, OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP THOSE GUYS HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AND STEPPING UP.
I'VE BEEN AROUND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE GUYS SAYS THEY WERE FRESHMEN.
SO WE KIND OF CAME IN TOGETHER.
MY FIRST YEAR WAS THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR.
AND SO THEY'VE KIND OF REALLY TAKEN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE TEAM LEADERSHIP ROLE IN IT.
DONE.
A LOT OF REALLY GOOD JOB FOR US.
TALK ABOUT THE MATCHUP WITH FITZGERALD FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE PLAYED THEM TWO YEARS AGO IN THE ELITE EIGHT AND I WALKED AWAY SAYING, I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE BEST TEAM IN THE STATE, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T WIN IT, BUT I THOUGHT JUST THEIR PHYSICAL, THEY RUN THE FOOTBALL, EXTREMELY.
WELL, THEY A LOT OF BIG PLAY MAKERS.
AND IN THIS YEAR, GOING INTO THE BEGINNING SEASON, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WAS KEPT TALKING ABOUT SOME OTHER TEAMS AND I, UH, I THOUGHT ALL YEAR FITZGERALD WAS THE BEST TEAM NOW, YOUR TEAM IS ON A ROLL RIGHT NOW, TALK ABOUT YOU'RE PLAYING YOUR BEST FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW, AND YOU'VE BEEN ON A GREAT ROLL THROUGH THE PLAYOFFS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE THING.
YOU GOT A PEEK AT THE RIGHT TIME.
YOU KNOW, THOSE SAYING, GO IS NOT HOW YOU HOW YOU START.
IT'S HOW YOU FINISH.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST KIND OF CAUGHT FIRE EARLY ON.
WE ALSO COUPLE GAMES BACK TO BACK EARLY IN THE SEASON GAC AND INTO WESLEYAN AND THEN YOU GUYS JUST KIND OF MADE THEM ON US.
WE'RE GOING TO GET WE ARE ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSIVELY.
WE'VE BEEN PRETTY PRETTY GOOD.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN AFTER PRETTY WELL AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO YOU?
YOUR COACHING STAFF, YOUR PLAYERS INTO THE STUDENT BODY THERE TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, TO BE AWESOME.
JUST FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OF PACE, YOU KNOW, WE THE PROGRAM DIDN'T START UNTIL 2008.
SO WE'RE FAIRLY RELATIVELY NEW PROGRAM, BUT IT IS BE GREAT.
ALL RIGHT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOVE ABOUT COVERING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS THE SPIRIT THAT THE BAND BRINGS AND YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON THE PET BANDS TO BRING THAT EXCITEMENT TO JOINING ME.
NOW IS SAMMY TANENBLATT, DRUM MAJOR, HERE FOR PACE ACADEMY AND WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN DOING SO FAR THIS YEAR?
WE'VE BEEN GOING ALL OVER, YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY PLAY A MESS, THE HOME GAMES, BUT THIS PLAYOFFS, YOU'VE BEEN GOING ALL AROUND.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A REAL BUSY FALL.
CAN'T WAIT TO BE HERE.
YOU SOUND THE SOUND SPEECHLESS AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.
YEAH, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GONNA BE PLAYING FOR US?
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIGHT SONG FOR YOU GUYS.
ALL RIGHT.
TAKE IT AWAY, GUYS.
ALL RIGHT, GREAT STUFF WILL LOOK.
TO HEARING MORE FROM THE ENTIRE BAND AT HALFTIME, BUT MORE TO COME.
AS WE CONTINUE, THE GPB TAILGATE SHOW.
GREAT JOB BY THE PACE ACADEMY PEP BAND COMING UP OUR BROADCAST TEAM OF LARRY SMITH AND TUCKER HIGH SCHOOL COACH.
BRYAN LAMAR WILL BREAK DOWN THE FINER POINTS OF THIS UPCOMING GAME IN OUR EXTRA POINT.
SEGMENT.
PLUS, WE'LL TALK TO COACH JASON, STRICKLAND FROM THE PURPLE HURRICANE OF FITZGERALD.
IT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT, AS WE GET READY FOR THIS BIG DOUBLE A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN PACE ACADEMY AND FITZGERALD.
WE'RE BACK AFTER THIS TIMEOUT.
INDUSTRY IS A RELATIONSHIP BUSINESS.
I TRY TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN, WE'RE LOCAL AGENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
I LOVE DOING BUSINESS IN THE TOWN THAT I LIVE IN.
MY CLIENTS ARE MY FRIENDS.
THEY CAN JUST STEP IN MY OFFICE AND SAY HELLO.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
WE WANT THE AVAILABLE TO THEM IN CASE THEY NEED IS YOU GET A LOT OF REWARD PERSONALLY GOING HOME AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT YOU'VE TAKEN CARE OF FOLKS.
NOTHING PREPARES YOU BETTER FOR A GREAT CAREER THAN THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA.
TCSG COLLEGES PRODUCE GRADUATES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING.
TODAY'S TOP EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR BUT CAMPUSES ACROSS GEORGIA STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES AND OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTORS WITH REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE.
IT'S THE KIND OF AFFORDABLE COLLEGE EDUCATION THAT WILL FAST-TRACK YOU INTO A REWARDING CAREER.
WE'RE BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE FOR YOU, CONTACT THE TCSG COLLEGE.
IN YOUR AREA TODAY OR GO TO TCSG.EDU UP TO UNIVERSITY.
WE CAN DEVISE WAYS TO WORK WITH PEOPLE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IF YOU CAN GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE STATE THAT THEY LIVE IN AND CONNECT THAT WITH THE NUMBER OF STEPS.
THEY TAKE THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THAT THEY CAN GAUGE IN WITH GARDENING WALKING DOING HOUSEWORK REALLY CONCENTRATING ON IMPROVING.
THE AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES THAT YOU GET.
DURING THIS PERFORMANCE, ONE STUDENT WILL DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL BE THERE FOR YOUR BIG FINISH.
WELCOME BACK.
WE'RE LIVE FROM THE GEORGIA DOME LIVE AT THE GHSA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS LIVE ON GPB.
WE HAVE JUST CROWNED ONE STATE CHAMPION.
THE EAGLE'S LANDING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, CHARTERS WINNING THE CLASS, 1A, PRIVATE SCHOOL TITLE.
WE CONGRATULATE THEM.
AND THEN COMING UP.
WE'VE GOT A DOUBLE A GAME, WHICH SHOULD BE A GREAT MATCHUP.
YOU'VE GOT PACE ACADEMY COMING INTO THIS ONE WITH A 12 AND 2, RECORD GOING UP AGAINST THE PURPLE, HURRICANE AND FITZGERALD, WHO ARE THREE IN ONE A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
YEAH.
FOR DO THERE.
ALRIGHT.
FIRST, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.
SO FAR.
THE FIRST GAME KICKED OFF BRIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING ON GPB.
THE SINGLE A PRIVATE SCHOOL TITLE GAME.
ELKA.
TOOK IT HOME 35 TO 14 OVER AQUINAS AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE DOUBLE A BATTLE.
TO BEGIN BETWEEN PACE ACADEMY, THE KNIGHTS, AND THE PURPLE HURRICANE OF FITZGERALD AND OUR SECOND TWO GAMES TODAY ARE GOING TO BE JUST TERRIFIC AROUND 4:30.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
THE UNDEFEATED PURPLE HURRICANES OF CARTERSVILLE WILL TAKE ON THE 13 AND ONE AND DEFENDING.
CHAMP.
BUFORD WOLVES THAT KICK IS ABOUT 4:30 AND WE'LL CAP THINGS OFF WITH THE 6A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, A BATTLE OF UNBEATENS.
THE DEFENDING CHAMPION COLQUITT COUNTY.
PACKERS WILL TAKE ON THE EQUALLY UNBEATEN HORNETS OF ROSWELL.
AND WHAT SHOULD BE JUST A TERRIFIC WRAP UP TO THIS YEAR'S SEASON.
AND FIRST AND FIRST WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IN REALLY QUICK WITH THE TWO GUYS WHO ARE GOING TO CALL THIS GAME LARRY SMITH AND THE HEAD COACH OF THE TUCKER.
TIGERS, BRIAN LAMAR FOR A LITTLE X'S AND O'S A LITTLE CHALK.
TALK A LITTLE SEGMENT THAT WE LIKE TO CALL EXTRA POINT.
GUYS.
THAT'S YEAH, THANKS.
JACKIE.
GOT EXTRA POINT HERE WITH COACH LAMAR AND YOU'RE RIGHT, 13 AND ONE.
FITZGERALD 12.
AND TO PACE ACADEMY IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER OUTSTANDING GAME, WORTHY OF A CHAMPIONSHIP IN COACH.
THESE EXTRA POINTS HAD TO GIVE TO THE UPRISING.
WE CAN, LET'S TALK FIRST ABOUT.
WELL, THE ONE PLAYER WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THAT'S JD KING.
JD KING IS A PHENOMENAL FOOTBALL PLAYER.
HE RUNS THE BALL WITH RECKLESS, ABANDON.
I MEAN, HE'S FAST, HE'S PHYSICAL.
HE'S A GREAT PLAYER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE KEYS TO THE GAME.
HE GOT TO STOP HIM AT YOUR PACE.
MEANWHILE, HOLD ON TO THE BALL IF YOUR FITZGERALD.
YEAH.
FITZGERALD'S GOT TO HOLD ON TO THE BALL.
THEY'RE GOING.
I RUN IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO THROW IT A TON BUT THEY GOT A PROTECTED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND PACE IS GOOD AT TAKING THE BALL AWAY AND SEIZE THE MOMENT FOR BOTH THESE TWO SCHOOLS.
YEAH, THEY GOT TO SEIZE THE MOMENT AND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
GOT TO LET THE NERVES DIE DOWN EARLY AND GUYS GOT TO GO OUT AND PLAY FOOTBALL.
YOU GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
YEAH, FITZGERALD.
NO SENIORS ON THEIR STARTING OFFENSIVE UNIT PACE.
MEANWHILE HAS NEVER BEEN TO THE TITLE GAME BEFORE.
SO WHAT A GAME WE'VE GOT CAUGHT ME FOR A FEW MOMENTS FITZGERALD AND PACE ACADEMY COMING UP HERE THE CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
LET'S GO BACK DOWN TO YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GAME.
NOW.
ALL, SEE ALL GAME LONG.
WE'VE BEEN HONORING, THE STARS OF THE SEASON.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND WE HAVE FOR SPECIAL INTERNS AT GPB.
THIS YEAR.
THEY ARE NINTH AND TENTH GRADERS FROM THE CRISTO REY SCHOOL, A SCHOOL OF GIVES A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION TO ATLANTA'S NEEDIEST FAMILIES.
THE VIDEO YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE WAS WRITTEN PRODUCED SHOT AND EDITED BY THESE FOUR YOUNGSTERS.
SO, LET'S CHECK OUT THEIR WORK.
IT'S BRYCE LAWSON TO CAR HIM ALONE.
JALEN GREEN, AND MARITZA BENITEZ.
CRISTO REY, ELANA, JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL THAT WORKS IN THE HEART OF ATLANTA.
STUDENTS WHO COME HERE ARE FROM MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES AND RELIGIONS, BUT EVERY STUDENT COMES HERE TO ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL.
WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT CRISTO REY ARE REALLY TWO THINGS.
FIRST IS WE ONLY ACCEPT LOW -INCOME STUDENTS.
THE SECOND THING THAT'S UNIQUE IS THAT EACH ONE OF OUR STUDENTS SPENDS FIVE DAYS A MONTH WORKING.
IN A CORPORATE SETTING.
I CHOSE COSTA, ATLANTA JESUIT, HIGH SCHOOL WHERE PUBLIC SCHOOL BECAUSE CRYSTAL EYELINER PROVIDES ME WITH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
I WANTED TO COME HERE TO JUST WITH CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD OFFER ME MANY THINGS.
I'VE LEARNED THAT IF YOU PUT YOUR MIND IN YOUR HEART TO YOUR WORK, THEN YOU CAN GET IT.
DONE.
WHAT I ENJOY ABOUT.
MY WORKPLACE IS THE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE THERE AND HOW EVERYBODY WORKS TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
CRISTO REY, HIGH SCHOOL IS UNIQUE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA IN THAT IT PROVIDES THE STUDENTS NOT ONLY A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC CURRICULUM, BUT PROVIDES THEM.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WORK ONE DAY A WEEK.
WE HAVE 72 PARTNERS AROUND ATLANTA INCLUDING COCA-COLA COMPANY, DELTA AIRLINES AND THE HOME DEPOT.
MY GROUP WORKS AT GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING WHERE WE LEARNED HOW TO BE PRODUCTION ASSISTANT.
I DO ENJOY EDITING TAKES A LOT OF PATIENCE, BUT IT'S REALLY FUN.
WHAT I ENJOY ABOUT GPB IS THE MAKE ME FEEL PART OF THE FAMILY, AND THEY TEACH ME HOW TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND BE PRODUCTIVE, AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OUR INTERNS HERE, THE KAURI AND MARITZA TALK A LITTLE BIT OF THAT TOGETHER AND WHAT WILL WENT INTO THAT.
WELL, I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.
I GOT TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT EDITING WHILE DOING IT AND I THINK THAT WAS THE MOST AMAZING THING.
I'VE DONE THE CAR.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AND BEING AN INTERN AT GPB ALL THIS SEASON?
WELL, MY FAVORITE PART IS THIS ACTUALLY BEING ON TV.
YEAH.
PUTTING TOGETHER THE VIDEO WAS IT WAS KIND OF HARD GETTING ALL THE CLIPS RECORDING HAVING TO MAKE THEM LIKE REALLY GOOD.
SO YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE JUST FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES AND YOU REALLY PUT TOGETHER A VERY COMPELLING PIECE OF VERY NICE PIECE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE LEARNED DURING YOUR INTERNSHIP HERE?
WHAT I'VE LEARNED HERE SO FAR IS HOW TO BE A PRODUCTION ASSISTANT AND AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY FUN AND I ENJOY THE CAR.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
IN THE FUTURE.
DO YOU WANT TO GET INTO THIS?
KIND OF A BUSINESS EDITING RIDING PRODUCING?
IT WOULD BE PRETTY FUN.
NO, I LIKE RECORDING.
NOW.
I HAVE TO THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE THE ENVY OF EVERYBODY.
THE CRISTO REY SCHOOL, BECAUSE YOU GOT TO BE INTERNS AT GPB.
IT WAS THAT TRUE.
YES, A LOT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK AT LAW FIRMS, AND THEY ALWAYS TELL US THAT WE HAVE THE CODE COMPANY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT BEING HERE AT THE GHSA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES DAKAR AND SEEING HOW IT ALL KIND OF COMES TOGETHER?
WHETHER IN THE REAL WORLD OF TELEVISION, YEAH, IT'S IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN I THOUGHT WENT ON.
IT'S PRETTY FUN.
GETTING TO GIVE TOURS AND WATCH THE GAME.
OKAY, WE'LL LISTEN.
TELL JALEN AND BRYCE.
WE APPRECIATE THEM.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
YOU'VE DONE THIS SEMESTER FORCE.
AND I TELL YOU WHAT, THE GREAT SMILES AT YOU.
TWO, GUYS.
HAVE YOU GOT A BIG CAREER IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE WORLD OF TV BROADCASTING, IF YOU WANT TO PURSUE THAT?
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU TO OUR CRISTO REY INTERNS AND NOW LET'S SEND IT OVER TO JACKIE, WHO PUT A LITTLE PEP IN HER STEP WITH THE PEP BAND, THAT'S RIGHT OF HANGING OUT, THE FITZGERALD PET BAND LED BY JONATHAN KELLY, THE BAND DIRECTOR HERE IN.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I LOVE YOUR PANTS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WHERE'D YOU GET THOSE LOUDMOUTH?
OKAY, AND THEY COME IN MY SIZE.
YES.
OKAY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN UP TO SO FAR THIS YEAR.
WE ATTENDED TO MARCHING BAND COMPETITIONS AND EXPERIENCED.
A LOT OF SUCCESS, GOT A GREAT AUXILIARY GROUP THAT WON BEST IN CLASS BOTH PLACES.
WE WENT, WE HAD A CHRISTMAS CONCERT THURSDAY NIGHT AND WE ARE ABOUT TO START PREPARING FOR A CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL.
YOU GUYS ONLY BUSY.
ARE YOU READY FOR AN EXCITING MATCHUP?
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT THE PURPLE HURRICANE.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE PLAYING FOR US WORK?
OUR HALFTIME SHOW IS A RAY CHARLES TRIBUTE, WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF HIS IS HITS AND WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE WITH GEORGIA ON MY MIND, WHICH IS A CROWD FAVORITE.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HEAR IN JUST A FEW MINUTES?
A CADENCE THAT WE'VE WRITTEN CALLED WOODROW, WHICH ROW FITZGERALD TAKE IT AWAY?
ALRIGHT GUYS, THAT WAS FANTASTIC, MARK.
I THINK I'M GONNA HANG OUT DOWN HERE AND DANCE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
I KNOW ONE THING, JACKIE, I SAW YOU WEARING A PAIR OF THOSE PANTS AT WORK LAST WEEK.
SO YOU'VE GOT THOSE.
I WAS WAITING FOR MY WHIP AND MY NENE FROM JACKIE DOWN THERE, WITH THE FITZGERALD BAND.
WE WELCOME IN JOHN, NELSON.
HE LAWS A LOT OF MILES EVERY YEAR, MINING NUGGETS OF GRIDIRON GOLF COURSE.
AND YOU HIT THE ROAD TO MANCHESTER.
THERE'S A FATHER-SON COMBO.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN BACK ROADS AND BACK FIELDS SPONSORED BY GEORGIA FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TRADING IN BOWDEN, RED FOR MANCHESTER BLUE, THERE'S ONLY ONE FAMILY THAT'S DONE IT SO FAR.
ONE OF THEM IS AT THE TOP OF THE LADDER WHEN IT COMES TO ALL-TIME WINS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
AND HE'S BRINGING HIS SON RIGHT ALONG AS A HEAD COACH.
LET'S ADMIT THIS UP FRONT.
IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD TO SEE DWIGHT HOCHSTETLER WEARING MANCHESTER BLUE INSTEAD OF BOWDEN RED, BUT AFTER 37 YEARS AS A HEAD COACH, HIS LAST 27, IN WEST GEORGIA, HE HUNG UP HIS WHISTLE AFTER 345 CAREER WINS AT THE END OF LAST SEASON, BUT THEN HIS OC GETS A HEAD COACHING GIG IN MANCHESTER SO MUCH FOR BEING RETIRED.
OH, YEAH THAT NEW HEAD COACH HIS SON.
EVAN.
I LIKE IT A LOT.
ESPECIALLY SINCE NUMBER ONCE MY SON AND I YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GOT THIS JOB AND I WAS FIRST WHEN HE ASKED TO COME WITH HIM AND YOU KNOW, I WAS I JUST RETIRED AND I MIGHT HAVE BEEN RETIRED WEEK AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE ASKED ME SO NO ONLY GOT TO COACH WITH HIM THREE YEARS ON THE SIDELINES.
SO I THOUGHT IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB HERE AND IT'S A, THE VIBE IS DIFFERENT.
YOU BET IT IS.
I MEAN, HE'LL GET ONTO YOU AND HE'S THE LOUDEST ONE OUT THERE.
MOST OF THE TIME, LIKE IF WE, IF ONE OF THE GUYS, THEY WILL NOT MAKE A BLOG WE KNOW RIGHT THEN AND THERE HE'LL LET US KNOW WHEN HE'LL SOMETIMES.
WE PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE.
SO YOU NEED TO GO GET THIS GUY.
TURN YOUR SHOULDERS.
TURN YOUR BODY AND ALL THAT.
I MEAN, I LIKE HIM A LOT BAD.
LIKE THE MOMENTUM WENT FROM LIKE JUST HIM KIDS LITTLE, LIKE THE WHOLE TEAM.
IT JUST SHIFTED FROM LOW TO HIGH.
SO THE SUN IS NOW RUNNING THE SHOW WITH SOME OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED HELP YOU CAN GET, AND THEY WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING.
I DON'T SEE TOO MUCH OF ME IN HIM.
OBVIOUSLY.
HE IS VERY SUSPICIOUS.
SUCCESSFUL BEFOREHAND, BUT RIGHT NOW TOGETHER, WE'RE JUST MAKING MEMORIES THAT YOU DON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT MANY MEMORIES WITH HER FATHER AT THE WORKPLACE AND IT'S A SPECIAL BOND.
I KNOW A LOT OF SONS DO NOT GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HER FATHER.
BUT WE, EVERY MINUTE WE SPEND ON THE PRACTICE FIELD WATCHING FILM IN THE GAME.
WE'RE MAKING MEMORIES RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT FOOTBALL FRIDAYS ARE ALL ABOUT.
MANCHESTER MADE IT INTO THE PLAYOFFS HOCHSTETLER, BACK, ROADS AND BACK FIELDS, BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEORGIA FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.
ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL HEAR FROM JASON STRICKLAND.
THE HEAD COACH OF THE PURPLE HURRICANES.
YOU'RE WATCHING THE GHSA CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND RIGHT HERE, LIVE ON GPB.
WE'RE BACK AFTER THIS TIME.
BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN ALL OF US.
AND REGIONS EVERYDAY IS GAME DAY.
YOU EXERCISE, YOU CHOOSE THE SOUND OCCASIONALLY A STAINED.
WELL, PHYSICALLY FINANCIALLY EMOTIONALLY, IT'S HARD ON YOUR OWN.
SO SIGNALS GOT YOUR BACK AND YOUR KNEES, 24/7, SIGMA Z TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT WHEN YOU NEED SOME COACH SICKNESS, AND IN HEALTH SICKNESS THERE, HELPING YOU TO GET WELL AND STAY.
WELL, THAT'S HAVING A PARTNER WHO'S WITH YOU ALL THE WAY SING.
STAY CONNECTED TO YOUR TEAM, LIKE, NEVER BEFORE WITH THE GPB SPORTS FOOTBALL, LAP, GET THE LATEST NEWS WATCH FEATURE GAMES LIVE, WHEREVER YOU ARE, RELEVANT, INFO ON SCHOOLS AND TAKE INTERACTIVE 3D TOURS OF STADIUMS AROUND THE STATE.
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ALL FRIDAY NIGHT.
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NOW.
NOW.
THAT'S A FANTASTIC FINISH.
THE GHSA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
CONTINUE ALL DAY RIGHT HERE, ONLY ON GPB.
WELCOME BACK TO THE GEORGIA DOME.
WE ARE ALIVE.
THE GHSA CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND.
THE GPB TAILGATE PARTY RIGHT HERE AND GETTING READY FOR THE BIG DOUBLE A GAME.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE PACE ACADEMY PURPLE, HURRICANE PACE ACADEMY, TAKING ON THE PURPLE HURRICANES OF FITZGERALD.
AND FANS ARE REALLY STARTING TO DUKE IT OUT IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD, SO WE'LL GET TO THAT.
A LITTLE BIT LATER.
WE NOW WELCOME IN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GHSA GARY PHILLIPS AND GARY.
SO FAR.
WE HAD THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS YESTERDAY, A FOURTH ONE TODAY.
SO, WE'RE JUST PAST THE HALFWAY POINT.
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE SO FAR AND HOW THINGS HAVE GONE?
WELL, IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY WELL DONE.
THE TEAMS ARE UP AND READY TO PLAY, AND, AND I SPENT FAIRLY EXCITING, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THIS ONE KIND OF GOT TO GO IN A LITTLE BIT RIGHT AT THE VERY END, BUT THEN THE LONG-RANGE INTERSECTION KIND OF JUICE THE CROWD TO.
SO, SO WE'RE ENJOYING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND NEXT YEAR WE GET AN EIGHTH CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
YEAH, THAT'LL BE INTERESTING.
WE WERE WE WERE TALKING JUST AT THE END OF THE OTHER OTHER GAME AS TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT BY THE TIME ELEMENT AND ADDING THAT 88 GAME.
AND SO WE'RE ALREADY TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
IT'S A BIG BIG WEEKEND FOR THE GHSA.
AND ALSO ONE YOU PINPOINT YOUR YEAR TO IT.
ISN'T.
IT'S OUR FOCAL POINT.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY CENTRAL.
HUB OF THE STATE AT THIS TIME, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
WELL, LISTEN, WE'RE GRATEFUL AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE A PARTNER AND WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU GUYS ALWAYS DO WELL FOR US.
LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT THREE GAMES.
YEAH.
IT SHOULD BE VERY INTERESTING AS TIME GOES ON AND BUILD UP.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU CAN BUILD UP THE THANK YOU DIRECTOR OF THE GHSA.
AND NOW, LET'S CHECK IN WITH JACKIE WITH A LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA AND MAYBE WE'RE TOO, HE IS THANK YOU MARC.
YEAH, WE'RE TALKING TO SOME FANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE WANT YOU TO SEND US YOUR BEST PHOTOS.
THE ONES THAT MAKE IT ON THE AIR WILL WIN A THESE STICKS AND MAKE SURE YOU SEND YOUR PHOTOS TWEET US @GPBSPORTS.
WE ALREADY HAVE A FEW, THIS ONE, SARAH WATCHING THE IRISH.
PLAY FROM SOME SOME AWESOME FOOTBALL.
AND THEN WE HAVE JOSEPH SAYING HEADED TO THE DOME TO CHEER ON OUR FITZGERALD.
PURPLE HURRICANES.
HASHTAG DOME WARS.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT JALEN BROWN.
THANKS TO DRAKE.
WE'RE READY TO WATCH THE CANES.
AND YOU SEE THEIR SIGN THERE.
WE'VE GOT A REALLY BIG TEAM AND THEY NEED SOME REALLY BIG RINGS.
ALSO, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED A PULSE AND MAKE SURE YOU FIND US ON TWITTER TO CAST YOUR VOTE AND WHO YOU THINK WILL WIN THIS NEXT MATCHUP AND ALSO, DON'T FORGET ABOUT CHEWY FIND HIS COORDINATES.
HE IS HEADED, 90 DEGREES.
NORTH MARK, 90 DEGREES, NORTH.
I WONDER WHERE THAT IS.
BUT LISTEN, WE'VE GOT THE FITZGERALD, COACH, JASON, STRICKLAND.
HE IS GETTING HIS TEAM READY TO PLAY PACE ACADEMY IS GETTING READY TO PLAY, BUT THE FITZGERALD PURPLE HURRICANE, HAVE NOT WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1948 AND THEY WANT TO GET ONE THIS YEAR SINCE WHICH DARYL'S BEEN ABLE TO HOST UP THAT TROPHY AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
OPPORTUNITY NOW, SO YOU KIND OF GOT INTO IT A LITTLE BIT BUT WHAT'S THE VIBE BEEN?
LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE TALK TO YOU ABOUT 48 AND ALL THAT?
WELL, THEY NOT JUST 48 BUT THEY LET ME KNOW ABOUT THE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE THEN ALSO BUT TOWNS ON FIRE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY HAVE BEEN SINCE LAST AUGUST AND WE HAD A FANTASTIC SEASON LAST YEAR, CAME UP JUST A LITTLE BIT SHORT RIGHT THERE AT THE END AND MISS AN OPPORTUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY'RE EXCITED.
THE THE ENDING RESULT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, THE COMMUNITY JUST WENT CRAZY AND AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY ALL WEEKEND AND YOU'RE DOING IT WITH A TREMENDOUS TALENT AT THE TAIL.
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT JAY DIESEL.
WHAT'S IT LIKE HAVING JD BACK THERE?
WELL, NUMBER ONE.
HE'S HE'S OUR HARDEST WORKER, WHICH, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN BETTER, BUT HE'S A HUMBLE.
A GUYS I'VE EVER BEEN AROUND.
WE'VE GOT TREMENDOUS, WORK HORSES UP FRONT WITH A GROUP OF OFFENSIVE LINEMEN THAT WE'VE GOT.
FILL SOME HOLES.
WE LOST FOR STARTERS UP THERE LAST YEAR AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GOING TO BE LIKE, BUT THIS GROUP IS REALLY GELLED TOGETHER AND THEY PICK THE PLAYOFFS TO KIND OF START PLAYING THEIR BEST FOOTBALL COACH.
STRICKLAND.
SOUNDS LIKE A FOOTBALL COACH.
YOU GETTING ME FIRED UP AND READY TO GO.
NO, I'M FIRED UP.
WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE COUNTING DOWN TO KICKOFF.
IT IS THE KNIGHTS OF PACE ACADEMY.
IT'S THE PURPLE HURRICANE OF FITZGERALD.
IT IS GAME TIME HERE FOR THE TO A GHSA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
LIVE ON GPB.
BEBE.
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