hi again everyone and welcome to the ghsa championship weekend on georgia public broadcasting you're looking live at the georgia dome as we get ready for this two-day football fiesta of tackles touchdowns and trophy presentations at the beginning of the year more than 400 teams dreamed of winning a state championship this weekend 16 remain eight will be crowned state champions and four will host the title trophy high today hi again everybody i'm mark harmon and i'm jackie britton we're here to give you a 50-yard line view all day long and tomorrow so make sure that you're part of the conversation and have fun with us because we'll be talking about a lot of different things on social media this of course is the super bowl this is as big as it gets in high school football a lot of great games to get to so you can join the conversation by finding us on facebook and twitter at gpp sports also we're on snapchat join the other hundreds of fans and get all of the up close touchdowns tackles 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we talk about everything else as well so make sure that you're part of the conversation in gtv sports today we kick things off with a battle of unbeatens on the georgia's emc scoreboard and class a private it's going to be a great one the paladins a fellowship christian at 13-0 will take on the 13-0 chargers of eagles landing christian academy then the 3a game pits the 13-1 spartans of greater atlanta christian with their outstanding quarterback davis mills taking on the saints of cedar grove a team with not one but two offensive linemen heading to play next year for the georgia bulldogs and then at 4 30 it's the 5a state championship game between the 12 and 2 rome wolves looking for the first title in school history taking on the buford wolves the battle of the wolves a team with 11 championship trophies already sitting in their trophy case so it's safe to say the wolves will win that matchup then in prime time it's the 6a game between the two-time state champion tucker tigers and the valdosta wildcats with 24 state titles the winningest program in ghsa history so we've got a lot going on a lot of great teams going to take the field out there today and tomorrow at 10 o'clock we've got four more games and four more state champs will be decided starting at 10 a.m it's the biggest weekend of the high school football year it's the ghsa championship weekend live on georgia public broadcasting 16 teams remain eight will be crowned in the next two days we're gonna be here all day long but you know what it's time to light this candle and get things going so buckle up for a great ride up first it's the single a private school championship game it is the paladins of fellowship christian and it's the chargers of eagles landing christian academy so mark what time is it if the time is brought to you by the atlanta braves and suntrust bank with affordable ticket plans available watching your braves with the ones you love at suntrust park will be time well spent learn more at braves.com value get ready for the game we'll see you at halftime [Music] [Music] hello everybody and welcome it's early morning but it's time for a class a private school championship game between eagles landing christian academy and fellowship christian school it's going to be a great one both teams come in 13-0 and my partner and i sam crenshaw we're excited about this game sam you ready ready we start things off this is the first game of a big big weekend for these teams well we have great teams 13-0 one team five and five last year 13-0 this year elca they were here that last year we got to see them we get to see them again and they've got great players both teams great players let's get started talking about this eagles landing christian team they've been here before and we get started with a guy who runs runs the football for them trevor gear does a great job for them he's been uh he's over a thousand yard rusher for them and also on the list of several schools they're recruiting old dominion and navy on the list of schools that are looking for him on the defensive side for them you have a guy in harrison taylor he's a defensive end does great job over 60 tackles 24 tackles for loss and this guy's going to look to make a big impact on the defensive side of the ball for elcr today well fellowship christian can also counter with some pretty good football players too they've got two really really good football players a quarterback and a defensive end i know you want to highlight a quarterback that's kind of the version of a gym rat he's the guy that bugs his coach to death just ask some questions all the time coach why do we do this coach why do we do this and we're talking about jack hardin outstanding quarterback this guy gets it done both ways he's accounted for 24 touchdowns through the air 14 touchdowns on the ground so you want to watch out for number number 11 today coming out there for fellowship on the defensive side the best athlete on the team perhaps is billy mccurry the defensive end over 80 tackles and eight sacks he'll be very active today on the defensive front for fellowship it's early but both teams have been here quite a while they've walked through the dome and it's it's fun time it is we have a chance to go out and visit with both coaches and we've done that and now let's go down and visit with the prettiest thing in the building right now the girl on the sideline nikki knows that thanks tommy and sam happy to be reunited with you guys for this year but hey when i talked to coach morrell this week he said that his team is fully aware of the eagles landing story line that look they've been here before we haven't he said the biggest challenge for his team this week is being sure that they're not caught like deer in headlights and when we spoke pregame he said i think they got it out of their system when they walked in this morning but lucky for him they have a relaxed and focused group he said he saw that during the week this week watching his team get up a little bit earlier than usual this week maybe about 15 30 minutes here and there to prepare for this 10 a.m kick he says they are ready to go as long as they play their football tommy thank you nikki i tell you what if if you're 13 and oh which both teams are yes you'll play anytime anywhere you don't you you'll do it but this equals language christian time eagles landing christian team is used to playing this time of day they played this game a number of years in the past right and so it's kind of old hat for them it's the fellowship team that's here for the first time school history yeah and and i don't care what anybody says you are going to be a little bit nervous and even coach al morrell indicated to us he was a little nervous a little nervous we said he slept good last night we asked we asked her coach how did you sleep last night said he slept good so he's ready to go ready to go and and go after this it's really big for the school and he is really fired up coach is excited about this game let's take a look at jonathan guess who we went down and shook hands with and uh you know he's he's ready for this too he is he is but he's all about business you know that's the thing he wants to make sure that his players are focused and know what comes next we watch them doing the pre-game warm-up and like you said before they're a team that's been here before their expectations and and he reminds them of that what he expects from them and what they should expect from each other and playing in this game well fellowship has uh either deferred or lost the toss they're going to kick off and sometimes when you're here for the first time it's better to play defense better to get things started defensively see if that defense can go out and set the tone for you as you said we're looking at number four we mentioned a gear earlier you see them right there uh you you want to go out and see if the defense can set the tone for you maybe get your three and out uh get your team off and you'll get your team off to a good start then your offense gets the ball there's coach guest there he is and uh you know in in reality he has to be a little bit nervous too because any time you're 13-0 there are a lot of different reasons to be nervous you know somebody's got to lose this game and it's something that no one's done all season exactly no teams no knows the feeling no one knows what that feels like with this particular team they've only known victory for those of you who have just joined us eagles landing christian wearing the solid blue and the paladins of fellowship christian school out of roswell wearing solid white uh it's it's a festive atmosphere sam i'm so happy to be working with you again in this final high school weekend at the georgia dome and uh here we come the preliminaries yeah i'll talk about wide eyed huh first time ever in school history playing inside the georgia dome and these guys from up the road at roswell and we talked with coach about just roswell and and the caliber of high school football that community has seen in the last couple of years the roswell hornets will be here tomorrow night to play last year blessed trinity came to the georgia dome so in that area that corner of north fulton county has been some great high school football last year in that north fulton area up there some really good athletes and we've got some of those here today and of course down at mcdonald's not too bad down there not too bad down there they they've been quite a tradition for themselves uh indeed and during the course of their schedule uh just methodically going about business right as as as is expected for eagle's landing christians and here they are fellowship won the toss and deferred so obviously they feel a little better about going on defense first and uh we will just see how they do that's that's the interesting part about it and on the right in why and we're off and running here eagles landing on your left and on your right good kick at the three look at this return and much more up to the 35 watch for a block in the back back up i'll tell you what that first one's always a little scary didn't we have one last year that was returned on the opening kickoff on the receiving team 10-yard penalty first down holding on the receiving team first down 10 we are at the 21 yard line and that's something coach guest doesn't want to see already they have a penalty even on the opening kickoff braden rush had a good year 58 of 102 over a thousand yards rushes the ball as well 77 carries gonna run the speed go left try to get to the corner and gonna be knocked down at the 25 yard line taking a look at those regions bank starting lineups gavin george zack yarbrough martin yates jose aurora and zach jones pretty good size up front a lot of quickness on this eagles landing christian academy team in the backfield queen and gear those are the two principles back there gonna run the speed to the right and go up to about the 28 yard line on the other side of the ball on the four-man front mccurry keep your eye on him zach murray ted aycock and ethan minkert are your fellows with their hands on the ground four linebackers robinson curry morton and isaac got a whistle got a flag here okay and in the secondary ryan reed jack harden and mayor tagler we are at third and fourth i think we got another flag down on the field false start that's not something coach guest wants to see that's two penalties already and they're running it wide early with the speed student body left student body right try to swing them out dryden bush brings him up throwing too high flag again up around the 30. and tommy you gotta be concerned coming out of the locker room uh with flags i know this team is 13-0 and they didn't get here by having this happen yeah sean queen the intended receiver we have an illegal shift on the offense that penalty is declined i'll bring out fourth downs there was a man in the slot that didn't come set before that play was before that place started right sometimes when you don't go on offense if you remember this is what happens and and of course fellowship you know they want the toss and deferred maybe they wanted to play defense first talk about the kicking game alex usher has been a good one for a long time for eagles landing he's a senior and he's back in punt formation he's a really good one five nine 155 senior he's been here a few times high driving kick man back at the 28-29 fair catch called for there 47-yard kick that's a good weapon that's 47 yards up in the air too jack harden he's had a good year 88 out of 150 and carried it 122 times this is the gym rat that we talked about absolutely drove the coaches crazy as a freshman he said he asked why to every question known to man and he said but you know what it paid off i answered all the questions and he said this kid gets it done three wides right are you gonna toss sweet hit for the corner got a block on the corner and six or seven yards up there across the 35 to the 38 yard line now let's take a look at fellowship christians starting lineup mason russell davis shaw charlie thompson ted aycock and jason kerkemeyer he is the real deal six six about 310 just a biscuit over 300. right right there watch the right side they love to go right double wing man in motion gonna run on the speed sweep got the first down and more up across the 40 45 yard line let's take a look at elca's defense they run a three front you've got caleb dallas tyrese black and he is an enforcer harrison taylor the other defensive end your five backers are hudgins langston youngblood shockley and maze in the secondary you've got douglas underwood and moats to look to the sideline after the first down hardin looks over a three-man front dropping to throw got a man out there complete and out of bounds up at the 48-yard line let's complete the 27 cameron giel we'll get another look at it this guy gets it out there good gill with a nice reception out of bounds i tell you this fellowship christian team they're just being kind of methodical harden's going to run the speed sweep again not a lot of blocking out there going to turn it up inside across midfield down to the 48-yard line goes andrew johnson you got ryan reed and drew johnson let's take another look at it got a block on a corner made a good cut right there and you often wonder how turf's going to affect somebody for the first time they play on it here wayne man in motion now he's going to stop turn around and go back almost canadian football there double wing offset to the left sweep nothing there look at the guy making that stop they got it that the charger made the first contact was 49 harrison taylor harrison taylor came in and blew that thing up and trey douglas came on the finish watch for number 49 flips through those blockers and he makes the first contact that was a full contact at the point of attack once again harrison taylor's the guy that makes it happen trey douglas comes in to clean it up for eagles landing christian there's a reason he has his helmet covered in decals fourth and about seven gonna kick it away caught at the 23. fake and good coverage 29 yard point by fellowship christian we've just broken bread at this breakfast brunch buffet we'll be back with more scalpel i have no idea what i'm doing i'm just a tv doctor i never went to college [Music] i don't do blood but now thanks to cigna i can do more than just look the part is that a foot we are the tv doctors of america and we're partnering with cigna to help save lives by getting you to a real doctor for an annual checkup so go no and take control of your health doctor poses cigna together all the way back at the georgia dome we've played four minutes and there's eight minutes left in the first quarter let's take a look at the resume of the respective teams here for elca three-time state champions 2015 12 and 96 it's their fifth finals appearance in the last six years in 2014 ironically they started 0-6 1-7 straight to make it to the finals and their record since 2010 79 and 15. fellowship christian school their first appearance in the state finals most wins ever 13 second region championship first since 2007 and they've never had back-to-back winning seasons which is very unusual it really is important to make it to this point but this season perfect 13-0 and there you see coach morrell watching his defense go back to work four-man front eagles landing running the spread option up to about the 30. gear on the carry he was 1400 yards plus he has averaged it it's almost finite because he averaged 100 yards 0.6 i think per game that's just amazing when you have a running back that can produce for you like that yeah wing back reverse now coming speed right side and a nice tackle gonna be knocked down over there at the 32 yard line take another look at it great pursuit there and look at look at who's in on the tackle just missed right there number 11. that's the quarterback jack harden yeah what's he doing out there he plays he has he's a middle down backer he's a free safety he's had 60 tackles this season the quarterback [Applause] gonna run gear once more up across the 40 and got a first down and much that's just more great look but by that offensive line and here just was right through the middle of that defense here's another look at it on the left side of the ball you can watch it geared the the elca line of scrimmage is not big but they are hiccup quick if you will watch them they are just literally quick gonna give it to gear once more not a lot there and fellowship's not real big defensively either if you'll take a look at them they match up pretty well they do match up very well that was matt curion on the stop number 50 he's down at the bottom just got gear wrapped his arms around the legs and wouldn't let him go robinson curry morton and isaacs are your backers and up front mccurry watch him on a defensive end he's really active whistle again another flag this is not what coach guest wanted to happen with his football team this is what four now four four pin at three three penalties we were talking with coach morrell and you know what's the thing tommy the further along you get into the season the more and more the fundamental things become important and that's cutting down your turnovers and restricting the number of penalties you have unusual to have that's four penalties now in the first period this eagle's landing this eagle's landing christian team i promise you that's not the way they got here three penalties 20 yards already against eagle's landing christian gear has three carries for 15 yards thus far [Applause] throwing incomplete goodness that was not even close not close at all and he had plenty of time to throw as well queen the intended receiver [Music] bush or rush rather i tell you the interesting thing about him he's sophomore this is a young eagles landing christian team very rolling rolling rush looking now throwing got a man out there defense what a terrible accepted what a play or batted down did he intercept it ryan reed reed with the interception he turned into a center fielder there tommy we get another look at his backpedal back pedal and right at the warning track he hauled it in it almost looks like he dropped it at the end watch this got it he hung on there it is yeah okay six 185 pounds senior quarterback ryan reed that's the way you play it sam yep here we go jack harden gonna bring him up still in the wing but now gonna use the direct snap man in motion harden's gonna run it up to about the 25 not a lot there [Music] didn't find very much on that play it was nighttime on that side of the line that time not much over there and he's going to the sidelines is he okay well that's one player you don't want to get hurt no [Applause] brooks bryant is coming into the game and he's a quarterback taking a snap 10th grader yeah [Music] gonna hand it off up the middle across the 25-26 the up back in that offense there andrew minkert on the carry is he going off too hard has come back and minkert's going off all right third down now seven yards to go fellowship christian school out of roswell if you've just joined us in white eagles landing christian in blue completion knocked down at the 30. watch caleb hudgens who doesn't allow any extra yards after that catch [Music] number 22 is right there to make the stop eagles landing christian brings up fourth down fourth down and two gonna kick it away again get the line unbalanced to the right side driving kick gonna be caught and taken at the 36. got a block on the corner missed the tackle and down jalen pearson excellent return here excellent here's another look at him 32-yard kick and a 25-yard return alluded that tackle here's another look at him they set up the return nicely for him [Applause] very careful not to have any blocks in the back or anything they have to call back really i know braden rush brings them up gear the setback [Applause] giving it to gear got a block at the right side up to the 40-yard line down to the 40. when he got there and met by a host of white jerseys and who is there to help him with the quarterback jack harding jack harden there he is playing on defense [Music] he's he's a special player no doubt second down and six gain of four i think both teams have kind of settled in now what do you think we'll see man in motion fake to gear rush is going to run it down to the 30-yard line and enough for a first down down there braden rush sophomore 5-10-185 excellent call by him here he is a nice block there usually got to make the stop on it once again we got the quarterback working hard jack harden yeah making the stop on rush [Music] see his numbers there threw for 12 touchdowns ran for 11 this year well we got a thumbs up now from rush all right yes we did and gear gonna be knocked down at the 25 falls to the 21 but that was uh that was a little misdirection watch how it happens tommy you're right miss direction gets a great block here number 21 grabs him right there makes a stop that's carter isaacs he didn't make that stop he may have been taking it the rest of the way five for 26 now trevor gear gonna get a breath on the sidelines over there second and three there you go down through the 20. that's the punt returner there jalen pearson pearson yeah pearson down for a first down inside the 21 yard line all right the nose of the ball is is at the 20.

[Applause] two wives in motion to give to gear got a block here close to the touchdown touchdown 21 yards gear goes right side for the touchdown yeah i got a nose for the goal line wasn't going to be denied that time they changed the blocking scheme on the right side seemingly sent him in motion and stopped it a little bit right in mid motion and then gear goes the last 21 yards let's read the kick to the point after kick is up and kick is good eagles landing christian seven to nothing here's the technical college system of georgia instant replay yep he's in there yep he's in there simply wouldn't be denied there you see the blocking he cuts it up good right there behind sean queen good blocking by the wideout sean queen there and there's a good look at trevor gear being recruited for nine offers a senior old dominion in navy teams uh report to be at the top of his list possibly gear six carries 47 yards his first td of the day five plays 43 yards time of possession 207. gear has three carries 32 yards so we're seeing eagles landing christian get on the board first in spite of some some penalties some things that had them losing yardage in this early stages of this football game they're still able to get down the field and draw first blood that offense executing that line executing so well now you want to see how fellowship christian is going to be able to come out and respond let's read a kick going to drive it down there and it's going to be picked up at the 12-yard line here comes fellowship right up the middle got a block up to the 33 yard line now our fellowship christian's going to take over that was ryan reed on the return nice return and a different kind of ball once again you can talk about a veteran kicker nursery who gave you a little something to work with a different type of football different kind of ball on the kickoff you're gonna bounce you don't always know what kind of bounce you're gonna get with it ryan reed handled it very well did here's harvin jack hardin h-a-r-d-i-n go got a man out there complete and up across the 40-yard line ryan reed on the reception let's take a look at it sam yep there's reed brother nice route right here try to get some more yardage just short of the first down there really nice pickup nice nice first down play harden with minkert right behind him double wing formation man in motion gives to maker across the line of scrimmage up across the 40. still shy of a first down though linkard's one of these spark plug kind of guys he's he's kind of short stocky [Applause] and can catch the ball i'm told harden's going to run the quarterback sneak and i'm not sure he got it did he get it he may have gotten it but boy did they pulled him back [Music] let's see yeah he gets the first down yeah they gave it to him [Music] this is this is the type game that fellowship's going to have to play here yep he got up there yeah he did [Music] harden manages the game well and and even coach guess when you look at this football team you know nothing really jumps out at you they're just very methodical they just play hard menkert on the counter breaking tackles up across the 45-yard line that was a texan standoff out there yes it was we have played one here at the georgia dome eagles landing christian overcoming some early penalties and mr gear goes in 21 yards for a touchdown eagles landing seven fellowship christian nothing every tv doctor knows when preparing for surgery use an over-pronounced washing technique for dramatic effect [Music] they also know you need to get your annual checkup now prepare for your checkup with one touch using the mysigna app where you can find a doctor in your plan's network to save money manage your health and more need to be thorough cigna together all the way at 60 miles per hour you go the length of a football field in five seconds but would you do it blindfolded when you text and drive that's what happens heads up georgia texting and driving is against the law [Music] good morning it's eight o'clock wherever you are in georgia we're glad you're listening we're hearing from people all over the state right now supporting their public radio station thank you for 88.5 with a great new station at last thoughtful and intelligent information and discussions during the day our reporting is more reflective of the community around us gpb is here for you every time you need us we want to be a part of the community that is georgia thank you thank you thank you thank you for your support [Music] [Music] feels good feels right [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] welcome back to the georgia dome for our single a private state championship between fellowship and eagles landing now look we talked earlier in the broadcast about eagles landing they are quite familiar with being here at the state championship five out of the last six years they've been here so naturally i had to ask coach guests this week hey look does your team just expect to be here and do they experience complacency he said actually we preach about complacency all the time and especially during the playoffs he said whether it's fellowship or another team a team can come in and beat us now obviously they're 13-0 and this is a battle of unbeatens tommy sam we've got three more quarters to see who actually comes out as the victor in this state championship tommy thank you nikki and of course it's been a good one so far so far jockeying for position and of course eagles landing christian had a good drive there to win the first quarter hardin from the spread looking got a man out there complete up at the 48 yard line [Applause] trevor lewis on the reception take another look at it sam strong enough to throw this ball out there makes the catch a nice stop 27 cameron guillermo put the catch there from the depth chart there he is sophomore 511 good look at him 180 [Music] wing set in motion gonna run to counter got a block and uh 20 10 5 out of bounds at about the three wow andrew johnson we didn't see that coming 46-yard run excellent call well look at that line look at that work and he picks his way right up through the middle there and the guy that missed him was harrison taylor we talked about him earlier 49 he was right there in the middle johnson got right past it hardin quarterback snake touchdown hardin just went right behind the left the left guard there so we had the 46-yard counter and now the two-yard touchdown there's coach morrell look at it hey he's happy he's not nervous now great way for this team to respond tommy you're coming in their first time playing here eagles landing christian scores first and they come right back down the field excellent drive kick is up and the kick is good let's take a look at the technical college system of georgia instant replay you just get that push kind of good offensive line push seven plays 68 yards two minutes and 18 seconds jack harden takes it the rest of the way and there's a look at jack they give him a cool drink there yeah he's earned it remember down a couple of plays he may be back out on defense well he's one of the leading tacklers today too that's exactly right that is exactly right sam he's a senior it's your last game you know can you play too many plays in your last game tommy no no you can't and uh this you know as i have told everybody when you play that last game you always remember it it may be 30 years from now but you remember that last game and you don't want to leave anything out there and especially if you get a chance to make it to the state championship for your last game hamilton pride better believe it crews made their way down highway 400 and they're here they got it going on well we were asking how they were going to respond and guess what they did they definitely responded right away here's the kick going to bounce out of bounds it's going to come out uh let's see where they're gonna put it sam they're marking that right around about the 13 in the market on the 13-yard line then we got a we got a procedure called on fellowship yeah and they're gonna have to kick it again well the paladins have responded eagles landing christian you've been here before you know this is something you look forward to doing this is our first time but to come back and respond and put six points on the board very important for this team that is definitely what they had to do so john console is going to get a do-over here back at the 35 this time i think he just kind of missed the ball the first time didn't get it firmly he's a senior as well yes indeed [Music] [Applause] near the sideline at the 10. good return got a block look out here we go 90 yard touchdown return [Applause] justin menard wow [Music] justin menard on the return kicked it near the sideline and he tipped over there got the ball and got a block started back to the center technical college system of georgia here's another look at it coming to the middle that he sees something a gaping hole in the coverage kicker falls down yep extra point is up and good [Music] what a response what a way to respond huh yeah i'm telling you fellowship comes down the field long drive and this is the way eagle's landing krishna responds justin menard another look starts to the left comes back right wow that was a block on the kicker that one had the sting nice return by menard what a return yeah and now he gets a breather yes i'm tired are you here he turned and looked in gear gear probably said you're tired you're tired yeah i'm tired that's not gear that's something that's that's the way that's the moment you don't forget huh yeah that's cool you come to the dome you're playing the state championship hey think about it tommy these guys are all watching they know they're on the same field last saturday georgia alabama and florida played here last sunday the falcons and the chiefs play here exactly today is their day today is their time exactly and and that's the the kind of thing you you really you know you can't you can't mimic that no there's no way you could you you know you can dream it and now it's happening let's see what fellowship does here buster's going to kick it off [Applause] higher driving kick this will not be returned he's going to play at the next level as a kicker i'm sure he can he can nail again he whacks it pretty doggone good that's where he's a good kicker you know we've called his name a few times haven't we we have well he has been excellent in his time at eagle's landing christian all right here comes hardin brings them up the paladins like to be a little more low-key they're not explosive a little to this and a little to that though they did have a 46 yard touchdown i'm at a yeah touchdown just moments ago arden they're going to run the same thing the other way and it didn't work not this time not this time out there on the stop 44 jonathan youngblood and also harrison taylor watch it outside nothing there there they are 49 and 44 combining for the hit to take down young blood is six foot 215. harden man in motion rolling looking to throw got a man out there first down running up at about the 30 through a 34 yard line ryan reed is one of his favorite targets 58 receptions during the season over a thousand yards and 16 touchdowns nice catch right here 14 yard completion and the first down and a first down hardin looking over a three-man front gonna fake roll look in trouble gonna turn it up break a tackle or two he looked like a linebacker then didn't he did you see him lower the head it's like no problem look at this sam there he is and the reason is he's got you know he was landing christian has got good coverage so he has to take it and duck it under he's able to pick up a couple yards make the best of it you know the thing that a good quarterback does is manage the game and this is what harden just does he he manages the game well man in motion double reverse at the corner a little not much but that that'll keep you honest i'll guarantee you trey douglas wasn't fooled by he's out there making this play was number five josh mays right josh mays wasn't fooled by that double reverse got him going one way needed one more block on the corner yeah by eight trey douglas sought after quarterback at about 16 offers really it's like ohio state penn state louisville looking at this guy yeah good-looking junior third down and about six harden looking got the first down up at about the 44-yard line number four is merritt hagler he's splits out he's in the slot makes the catch 6-2-170 wide receiver first down at the 44-yard line josh mays in on the stop on that play for eagles landing christian three-man front is really active they're doing what they need to do overloaded to the right now with five linebackers and three in the secondary hardin's checking off at the line of scrimmage i don't know what he sees but he's checking off at the line of scrimmage dropping looking to throw that's what he sees harden that's what he sees brian reed wide open how about that that's what he sees 28-yard completion it is again this is something yeah he checked off at the line of scrimmage i think he saw single coverage on the right hand side he saw somebody cheating in yep and so that his favorite receiver was going to be open and he gets it to him very good hardin from the spread man in motion gonna fake gonna run it harden gonna knock his blocker down what about that did you see that how about that yeah get out of the way we have business to take care of here this guy runs like that watch this he goes up in there come on hey he hits manker fullback who's trying to block for him here's hardin got a whistle here you got to talk about eagles landing out on the field i'll tell you what we got ourselves a ball game we double ball game we do have a ball game it's a great one folks strap in strap in it's going to be a dandy 7 29 left and a half eagles landing christian leeds 14-7 we'll be back after this time out [Music] every year across the united states teen drivers get into car accidents because they are texting and driving by taking their eyes off of the road they are putting everyone in danger life is a precious thing that can change in a matter of seconds safe driving saves lives who is really being a great game manager right now for his team he just made a successful throw to ryan reed who ultimately had a touchdown earlier now look when we talked to coach morrell this week he said this guy is a coach's dream he said he is our iron man he said he hasn't missed a workout since last january and is the guy that excels in every category possible when he's in the weight room he said he's driving me crazier now than when he was a freshman because he's always asking why he said it used to drive me crazy and now i just love him for it tommy thank you nikki i like the thing i like about him is watching he directs traffic he tells him he he uses the thumb leave the field move over he's he's always in he seemed in motion harvin harden tall sweet nothing there nothing there nothing there excellent defense by eagles landing christian boy i tell you what they're john taylor and josh mays they they are active there he is fights through that block and makes that tackle that's what you want to see from that defensive end tommy nowhere to run there and there's josh mays tell you what they're pretty sporty on defense maze shockley youngblood langston and hudgins three-man front five backers gonna send the man in motion is harden gonna run the quick trap to menkert nothing there at the 25.

[Music] might need to think about lining up in that wide out again and see if he can isolate him one-on-one let's take a look not much there for menkert not this time they stack him up yeah let them blue jerseys i'll tell you what he's fourth down he's not easy to tackle harden looking at the sideline [Music] fourth down and seven harden dropping to throw rolling looking got his man reed out there batted down at the last moment excellent coverage by the defense out there that's trey douglas once again we talked about this got their offers and got people like ohio state and penn state looking at him today he shows you why there he is watch the coverage first incomplete pass for hardin and right there he was right there and douglas is just a junior 6-1-190 another look at him [Applause] four interceptions this season also 40 tackles the great defensive play there and the chargers take over yes they do braden rush strong eye to the left gonna run gear in there and he's gonna break and tackle up at about the 29 yard line you can tell gear's been tackled a lot look at his numbers look at the number on his jersey how much has been worn off yep and a lot of that from behind people grabbing after him after he's gone by gain of four seconds look at it wow he's had some work it's had some work [Applause] direct snap to the wing knocked down at the 29-yard line excellent defense matt curry matt curry on making that stop 5 10 180. there's a look at matt third down and five [Music] eagles landing comes up in the shotgun looks like a wildcat formation throwing intercepted intercepted up at the 45.

[Applause] trey robinson the outside linebacker doing what a linebacker is supposed to do you cover that back out of the backfield and there he is reaching up there and pulling it in he had 73 tackles this year and three interceptions rush with his second interception of the [Applause] day hardin rolling to throw in trouble back to midfield only [Applause] a lot of pressure there the guys up front you talked about how active there was 43 caleb dallas in to finish up and wrap things up and take harden down [Music] that pressure comes through right there terese black misses him but caleb dallas did not and he makes the stop tyrese black and his brother marquis black are both loads 6-2 270 and 6-0 255 if you play a three-man front you're pretty good harden gonna run from his quarterback position up to midfield and just beyond not a lot there not much that time george stockley there to make the stop yeah 195 stockley those five linebackers are active he gets him he just hangs on and brings them down yeah all right third and a bundle third and 14. just inside the eagles landing 50-yard line down to the 49 hardin looks over a three-man front five backers throwing got a man out there and he got it got it complete complete heart is that man again it's that man again third 14. oh we need 16. okay not a problem no problem not a problem 16-yard pass completion between two defenders he picks this guy out and he hauls it in that's a nice throw an excellent catch on the other end by ryan reed and no there is no upon further review no it was called by the official right there first down i think everybody in the building has kind of gotten the opinion that we have sam counter inside tackle missed and then brought down a lot of blue jerseys fellowship christians not going away they're not they're not let's take a let's take a look at that pass one more time sam what do you think was he in bounds or out of bounds looking from this side i thought he was in here's another look at it see where it comes down now he's being forced he gets a foot down where's that foot laying after the contact is made he gets the kick to ryan reed shifty ryan reid out there gets his helmet knocked off now see he's got to go out for a play he'll go out for one get a quick gulp and hurry back because that is jack harden's partner in crime right now to say they've done this before this is not their first rodeo harden he's got a call timeout here watch him he's directing traffic he's always moving folks if you want to find harden on your picture screen look at the guy always moving in the middle pardon rolling looking to throw good protection breaks down now looking throwing oh just overthrown down at the 15-yard line wow nice throw down there nice throw looking for carter isaacs he scrambled and just missed him he took a hit after he threw it but he had his man right there did you see him throw across his body yeah yeah we see this little shade of aaron rodgers here you got that extending the play a little bit just long enough for us got to get open just when they would make the completion harden directing traffic once more fourth down looking looking pursued intercepted intercepted by eagles landing christian down at the 21 yard line caleb hodges on the interception he had a lot of heat trying to force it in there tried to force it in and had a lot of pressure on him that time once again caleb dallas was bringing the heat that's a turnover but at this point it's fourth down it's just as good as a punt you can't punt you're too close eagles landing got a block on the corner gear gonna go across the 35 up to the 38 and get that first down 15-yard run nice run by gear and now you watch the clock tell me because you have less than two minutes to go and now view eagles landing christian if you can get on the scoreboard right now they need to get on the scoreboard now because fellowship deferred they get the second half kickoff that's what they're going to do see how well they manage the clock here let's see what they do direct snap and gear goes down 36-yard line good defense up there [Applause] haven't seen billy mccurry the defensive inn a lot he's been close to the ball but uh we haven't called his name very much that was matt morton on that stop there he is we talk about [Applause] there's gear and gonna go down good defense up there [Music] take another look at it ethan minke on the stop [Applause] nice tackle there yeah [Applause] here we go gear 10 carry 78 yards rush throwing incomplete he's not had a good half no he's at least not not for him not for him he's had two interceptions he's over five with two interceptions and it's fourth down now and the ball will go over and we've got 35 seconds left and it's been a speedy first half great play there by fellowship christian to to stop that scoring threat yep [Music] they head for the locker room here in 35 seconds [Applause] esri to kick it away another howitzer shot taken at the 18. i didn't see him call for a few was not my favorite fair catch call carter isaac's got that [Music] you know what if i'm standing back there i'm waving both hands i'm telling you and we don't have the return on no yes sir just be back there why did you raise both hands coach i surrender oh gosh at the 19. yeah they're going to say hey look folks we're here our first time in this place against a team that's been here many times before the clock is going to run out on the first half and we're only down by a touchdown we've shown these guys we're in the game we've shown these guys we can play with them we're going to go to the locker room group and come out and see what i have for them in the second half i like what this fellowship christian has done it's been a great first half as far as i'm concerned sin let's go down to nikki on the sidelines coach in the passing game your quarterback's over five two picks in the second half what can we expect offensively hi uh we need to be able to run the football um we're not we're not running the way i want to be able to run we have one driver we did so we need to get back to that and not worry i mean we're not going to worry about passing too much we need to run the football defensively you're causing commotion we saw two picks that were incredible got the momentum back um how do you feel like your defense is handling their tasks the defense is playing great offense isn't putting them in a good situation uh we need to hold the ball we need to get first downs we need to wear them down however defense is playing great we gave up one touchdown right there just a missed assignment but really proud how our defense is playing right now all right coach good luck thank you mark let's send it over to you for our tailgate party show nikki thanks so very much we are at halftime with a single a private school championship game coming up we'll hear from the eagles landing christian academy a marching band will also head to the principal's office 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dome welcome back to the ghsa championship weekend here on gpb we are at halftime and right now eagles landing christian academy leads fellowship christian by a score of 14 to 7 right now by a touchdown it's been a pretty exciting game we've had a long run we've had a kickoff return it's only 10 45 11 o'clock in the morning we have plenty of action offensive touchdowns defensive touchdowns however you can get them but a good game so far and we knew that would kind of be the case you know and almorell had said the biggest challenge for them in this game would be matching eagles landing christian academy's speed and athleticism on both sides of the ball their offense revolves around trevor gear but they're just so athletic so having the staying power and the conditioning to last with them but they've got one half down only down by a touchdown and one half left to go so a good game that's shaken out to be here we want to make sure that you are involved and part of the conversation so make sure you join us on facebook and twitter and also on snapchat at gpb sports let us know who you're rooting for not only in this matchup but like i said we're here all day long and of course all day tomorrow so if you go on twitter find us at gpb sports and cast your vote in our poll uh which matchup you are looking forward to the most 55 say they're looking forward to the rome versus buford game and then also let us know where you're watching from so far our furthest viewer is from orlando cheering on the paladin so you can watch from our app go to the app store type in gpb sports it's free we also have macintosh academy arriving they are on the road heading to the georgia dome sending us a nice little photo there and then we have another fan trent green chiming in saying just got off and i'm ready for some football he likes elka gac beauford a whole bunch of them we've got a lot going on that's for sure we have rodney short chiming in i live for this each year i take a day each year to watch some great high school football that's awesome and then of course just keep the conversation going find us on facebook twitter and snapchat at gpb sports mark thanks very much jackie coming up part of the pageantry is always listening into the marching bands let's check out the eagles landing christian macketti marching band right now brought to you by regions bank [Music] so [Music] great job by the mighty marching charger marching band of eagles landing christian mckenna brought to you by eagles landing and or by marching uh regions bank that's it early in the morning but you know the great thing about this whole thing not only do you have great football games you have great bands playing we'll have it all day today and all day tomorrow right and a lot of great story lines you know eagles lane and christian academy trying to snag their second straight and i asked coach guess about you know his team have they been pushed at all this season because they've had a lot of really great leads this year and uh he said you know what this group of juniors is actually really special because this they were freshmen when eagles landed crash academy went zero and six and then they won all the regional games made the championship team so they've been battle tested and uh they're they're getting ready for a good battle here second half it's a great way to kick off this entire weekend because it's a battle of unbeatens both teams 13-0 both teams you know looking for that state championship i know and you know al morrell was just saying they're just thrilled to be here and they're just excited to be part of this game but you can't let that take over all of your emotions you still gotta go out there fear your opponent not not be afraid to win the game but have respect for them but not be so overcome by the lights and being at the georgia dome all right there's more to come on gbb championship weekend on our halftime show we'll have the scores and the schedule for the rest 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thoughtful and intelligent information and discussions during the day our reporting is more reflective of the community around us gpb is here for you every time you need us we want to be a part of the community that is georgia thank you thank you thank you thank you for your support [Music] [Applause] me [Music] feels good feels right [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Music] ghsa football championship halftime show we're live on gpb and live from the georgia dome right now at halftime the very first game of this championship weekend and we've got eagles landing christopher academy leading it by a touchdown 14-7 over fellowship christian a great game ahead for sure but first it's time for everybody's favorite game it makes us a little bit smarter it's a little quirky but we like to have fun with it right absolutely we want to walk welcome into the program the head of school from fellowship christian school uh kathy tessa thanks for coming on and tell us a little bit about what life has been like this week at school you guys have never been to a state championship game before how excited is everybody it is so exciting our i think our whole school is here uh we're a k-12 school and we have families i think we had 25 families who came down and spent the night here in atlanta for our elementary and so this is a big thing for our school we're so thankful to be here i know there's a lot of enthusiasm it's time now to play that game are you smarter so i have the question right here have you ever watched the 1964 classic rudolph the red-nosed reindeer i think i probably have i'm old enough to have i think i saw it when those first came out but anyway we all know that rudolph ends up at the island of misfit toys because he has a certain nose issue but what about herme the l he lost his gig making toys in santa's workshop because of a he was allergic to paint b he wanted to be a dentist or c he ate too many candy canes uh i'm gonna guess c but i don't know that that's right is that right no it's gonna be b hermie wanted to be a dentist i'm so sorry and you know that skill came in darn handy when the abominable snowman showed up well this is true but i'm with you i'm more with the older ones from 1964 i think kathy thanks so much for coming on with us and good luck the rest of the way in the second half you guys have an excellent team thank you we do we're very thankful and we give god the glory for it so thank you thanks very much all right time now to check out the scores from the georgia emc scoreboard and our schedule so far we have eight championships going on this weekend four today right now it is uh the single a private school and elka leads fellowship christian by a score of 14 to seven then coming up at one o'clock today it's the 3a title game we've got greater atlanta christian taking on cedar grove at 4 30 5a battle of wolves the rome wolves taking on the buford wolves and in prime time tonight at six o'clock around eight o'clock tonight it is the tucker tigers taking on the valdosta wildcats and then tomorrow we're kicking it off at 10 a.m with the single a public school game between macon county the bulldogs and the mcintosh county academy buccaneers our double-a game starts around 1pm with the undefeated benedictine cadets and the 13-1 purple hurricane of fitzgerald and their outstanding running back in j.d king around 4 30 it's 4a action between cartersville and thompson and then tomorrow at 8 pm it's the 7a showdown between the undefeated roswell hornets last year's runner-up and in the top-ranked 13-1 grayson rams so much football we needed two days to cover it so a lot going on here but first before we get to any more of the x's and o's in the second half of the game we're gonna play are you smarter again because like we said it's everybody's favorite game so it's time now for you to welcome in the principle of eagles landing christian academy the head of school chuck gill i'm chuck thank you for joining us today i know you're excited about this game everyone is great we've had the opportunity to be here before but it is awesome every time right yeah does it ever get boring never we have a great team but this is a great team we're up against so it's been a wonderful game so far for the fans so looking forward to how it ends up okay well are you ready to play are you smarter probably not okay well it's fun just have fun with it and bear with me here okay i'm sure you're excited um about this but i want you to finish the line from a midnight clear okay finish this line for me of angels bending near the earth is the next line to tell the story of old or is it be the shepherds in the cold or c to touch their harps of gold what do you think the answer is correct ding ding ding it's sea those angels were bending near to the earth to touch their hearts of gold and now you're ready to go caroling awesome so good good job thank you very much for joining us and good luck in the second half thank you all right the ru smarters are over and i think we're a little bit smarter hopefully we couldn't be any less smart that's what at that point we're gonna welcome in john nelson the author of five books two on high school football the great state of georgia segment week called johns georgia brought to you by george zmc and you know this year has been a very strange and very difficult year for a lot of schools yeah particularly those along the coast the hurricane really impacted it was airmean and it was matt you were going to spend some time in the coastal georgia cooperative for this particular story and a team that as jackie showed you is already on their way up mcintosh county academy in region 3 single a it's been a long road to get to the dome in more than one way shotgun 18 jeremiah l out we can play football if you come and watch it you'll be amazed how we know how we're playing i thought we can't hear it just you know we can't play and people are oh that's how deaf people playing like yeah it's cool you know it's kind of cool some people can you know they're gonna get the experience of how we play when you come frontiers watch you don't understand how you play as a deaf person what we want to do is we want to show a lot of excitement a lot of heart and we'll leave our hearts on the field joel and hearing people are wrong and prove to them that that def can do we can't we beg us to sign we as we sign back it up kate instead of can't down it's can't we take it away it's fun it's an enjoyment to watch them you know sometimes even the the little things you know i've had i had a kid this year make a make one a really good tackle one time that's probably the best tackle he's made all year but he got up like i tackled the guy yeah that's what you're supposed to be doing all year but yeah great tackle he said we were we learned a lot of it by by watching colleges and watching other high schools play and and different competitions and and showing that we can play alberto slot man right shotgun 18. double flag both of you that's lucky pass blocker first you guys got pass blocking as soon as you make the fake because ain't none of these guys blocking they're going to give a chicken lock shot and go you got to get defensive in if your person comes up tells me i can't he says come on out and i'll show you what i can do and that's a look at another single a school the georgia school for the deaf we got to spend time in carroll and north georgia emc for that one so mark by far that was one of the coolest stories we got to do in single a by far this year on johns georgia all right brought to you by georgia's emc all right we're heading back up to the booth for the second half of the single a private school championship game to tommy and sam and we'll see you after the game the trophy presentation will be happening in the gpb tailgate party but first it's time for the tcsg career play of the game information technology information technology is a 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it's on all right we're gonna be doing the blindfolded run across the street challenge guys there you're pretty secure bro it's going to be great it's going to be really good i'm really not oh bro bro it's only going to take like two or three seconds put the blindfold okay there's no cars right now ready three two one go it should be one way of a football game tonight this program on gpb is made possible in part by supporters of the georgia high school association including the following support for gpb comes from georgia farm bureau mutual insurance from front porches to back roads down the street or around the block georgia farm bureau is there with the protection families need whether it's home auto or life insurance or something more georgia farm bureau is dedicated to providing the right coverage to all the friends families and neighbors who make this state home more at gfbinsurance.com georgia farm bureau always the home team all right this is adam take two mark i guess [Music] i go like this [Music] the best part about playing football in texas has to be the reaction from the community i want to encourage others to play volleyball or choir because you get to experience new things and do stuff that you've never done before my reason why is passion my reason why is pride [Music] [Applause] [Applause] it's been a great first half 14-7 both teams have asserted themselves in certain areas and you have to be proud of the way fellow fellowship christian has played their first time in the dome against the perennial power who has been here many times indeed been here many many times and you're going to see we got the second half of football we've gone to the locker room and let's see what what the paladin's come out with start the second half time all righty fellowship christian will receive but we are going to go down to nikki noto on the sidelines nikki okay okay nick you'll be with us momentarily sam your thoughts of the first half now you see coach guess and uh of course like you said they started this team to start this game off uh eagles landing christian with some with some with some penalties they were able to overcome that score first on the run by trevor give the 21 yard run by trevor gear but back came fellowship christian just really showed a lot of character show what that team is made of you know coach morrow says the thing he loves about this team is they play for each other they love to play for each other they're real superstars you know big highly recruited guys on this team uh they just go out and they enjoy playing and competing and of course they follow the lead of their quarterback jack harden he scored that touchdown to tie it at seven but then justin menard just it was a lightning bolt they are the chargers after all a lightning bolt into this building with that kickoff return and that's how we stand right now we get ready to resume hostilities here in the second half i like what coach morrell was doing on the sideline there talking to his his offensive coordinator he was obviously saying he needed it to be a little wider and i would imagine he's talking about spacing of his offensive [Applause] line where did they get things start in the second half time for the heads-up georgia kickoff there you go esri will kick it off 3-d for fellowship christian [Music] [Applause] esri will kick it off [Applause] and drive it into the end zone and they'll take over at the 20-yard line all right nikki noto now on the sidelines nikki hey there tommy well i had a chance to catch up with fellowship's coach morrell at the half he said look offensively we're sustaining drives they're tough and physical up front so we consider that a win he said defensively defensively sorry they're holding a speedy team to just one offensive touchdown now that other al that other touchdown came from a 90-yard kickoff return he said with special teams we can't do that if we expect to win this game tommy all right nikki and sam here to be sure we're going to see something a little different from fellowship christian there's a reason they deferred and now we're seeing it immediately look at this right got some blocks on the corner and that gives you angle blocking and that's why you're seeing them split out a little bit obviously that was the spacing that coach murrell was talking about just spread your offensive line out a little bit good angle blocking that time and it's second down and four gain of six on the play that's how you use a running back like andrew johnson rush for over a thousand yards this season and 12 touchdowns that's a good first down play brings you up for second and four johnson 510 180. now the true double wing gonna run menkert up the middle nothing there at the 25. flag down on the play who's there to make the stop with harrison taylor very active we talked about him at the top of the broadcast probably procedure would you say looks like it initially no okay they're discussing it how well do we read lips here i'm trying to figure out what he's saying here's the call whenever legal shift on the offense yeah five yard penalty yeah you need to shift what did i do what did i do talk about the penalties only one penalty for five yards in the first half against fellowship and uh eagles landed christian three penalties for a total of 20 yards and that was early on yeah yeah we have a legal shift on the offense penalties decline okay that's surprising third and four one wide to the right harden quarterback jump to no flag harden looking got a man out there first down nice completion to merrick hegler yeah six foot 165 or 6-2 170. you're jack harton and you're rolling out here you don't see the receiver you want your first choice you roll out your second choice right there that's just the smarts of a senior got burned once earlier through interception this time he knew some coverage was there didn't want to do that so it looks to his second choice 12 yard completion true wing gonna run up to the 40-yard line knocked down hard andrew johnson on the carry again caleb dallas 43 that defensive front making a stop gain of two second down and eight now at the 40. wide receiver left man in motion johnson goes in motion whistle and a foul timeout eagles landing christian academy are they doing something different sam you think they are and eagles landing christians is trying to adapt to it and uh you know they came out of the locker room just like you said you saw the offensive coordinators saying they're going to do something different and they've done it and now they're doing some things to try to combat that well we've sparred for a couple of minutes here we're back underway 14-7 eagles landing leads fellowship christian 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 non-profit member-owned electric cooperatives have been on a mission to brighten the lives of more than four and a half million georgians we are georgia's emcs proudly serving our members so much more than electricity still playing with dolls do you have any idea of what is at stake here i know that i'm young but i know my duty i am ready for the great responsibility that lies before me you are the queen of the greatest nation on earth i wish to be called victoria [Music] and it's 14 to 7. here's a look at how we got to 14 to 7 today take a look at this starting out there's the run from trevor gear 21 yards touchdown from gear all right here's another one johnson the long run for fellowship got him out of bounds right around the two and here here's the deal breaker there's harden pardon yeah got that push all right here's the deal breaker right here yep here's the one that stings justin menard wow and great speed great speed hagler didn't have a chance nope nope nope that's how it happened yep all right second down and eight man in motion hardin dropping look oh my goodness wide open look at there johnson wide open johnson down to the 32. did he run the wheel route out of that motion is that what that was it looked like the wheel route out of the motion 26 yard completion there it is there's nobody out there and then swinging a missed by eric montz he may be able to pick up more yards after the catch wow boy he came from nowhere didn't he he just showed up the wheel around wing hardened rolling throwing complete yet again i'm telling you this is a dangerous football team you hear me sam chase cochran making the catch that time number 12. yep this is a dangerous football team they are not intimidated in any way shape or form would you say not at all they're coming in they're very confident right now [Applause] man in motion almost to the yard marker hagler got the handoff that time and everybody's getting a shot at it today hagler comes in motion the other wing got a good block on the corner and look at the second effort when you got three tacklers wailing on you watch watch his second effort when we get a chance to look back at it you got a third and one here you gotta get this first down yep i'm thinking quarterback sneak right in there right in there tell me you know what you know what's happening here the fact that they're able to come out and get this ball into this part of the field it opens up that playbook to everything exactly the limits off and that's what we see generally the teams when you're playing a close game sam the teams that makes the good halftime adjustments are the teams that end up winning the game you got to make those great adjustments and obviously fellowship christian here has made some great adjustments now the wing johnson nowhere to go 23-yard line excellent defense over there 19 eric motz nice solo nice solo stopped by him see the just the speed sweep yep and the chargers get out there and coverage and 19 is out there nice solo stopped by him you're going to run that you better have a guard that can fly in front of you because you got some mean people coming up on the outside and fast i've never seen a gentle cornerback have you it won't make them no toss sweep back pass no he's not he's gonna run it oh my goodness down inside the 20-yard line like we said the playbook is open tommy it really is assistant it is definitely cameron gill thought about it he was supposed to throw the ball wouldn't he he was yeah he saw something he didn't like and it was being smart he was smart third down and six from the 19. hardin wing set man in motion hardin gonna run it harden at the corner breaks a tackle harden pardon touchdown oh my are you kidding me yes yes yes yes wow folks you're watching a football player go you jack harden you oh man look at this guy oh he is something special huh yes sir he brought his he brought his pail to work today didn't he oh i'm telling you extra point upcoming i'll tell you what that's good football right there kick is up and the kick is good we've got us a new one technical college system of georgia with a dandy replay watch this one folks at home this will get you excited outside and it gets that block out there on the edge stepped onto pylon that was nice yes sir mr hardin has been a dandy player today folks not being partial but when you play middle linebacker and let's give a shout out to number six right there james mulholland uh he's a junior and why not he's in on the play and he really gets that last little block that gives him the room to get to the pylon what i like about it is mulholland if we can get that stands up and signals touchdown before he crosses the goal line if we've got that replay let's look at it again if we've got it i hate that you know you know you know you're in this game like i said this is the game you dream of there's a game yeah you're like first time this school has been there and everybody wants to do something they're going to remember right you know he may even score a touchdown in this game but what a memory with a great block and a great signal for touchdown i thought that was pretty cool oh but hardin listen he's the deal we had heard that and even jonathan guest the coach from eagles landing christian said this guy's a football player we're all tied to 14 folks yeah and it uh in the ninth grade he kept asking his coach why to everything drove him crazy all right down at the two [Applause] got a block and then nothing all right here's the touchdown watch the signal touchdown by number six if we can pick that up here's hardin watch this here's a little block right there all right on the side view touchdown see his hands there he is that's my guy i got him there there he is thank you guys in the truck we appreciate that yeah when you see them do that signal for a touchdown after they've thrown a block it's like that's the deal good job they got us a game folks all right eagles landing christians got to go to work braden rush 19-yard touchdown run 11 plays 80 yards 4 minutes 19 seconds those are wing t kind of numbers that's a nice way to start the second half yes it is here's mr it's hard to bring down mr gear can get in gear he's a game changer as you well know sand yeah in this much gear here got a good block up front and that is what what coach gets towed nicki on the way to the locker room we got to come out in the second half we got to run the football this is not a large line of scrimmage rush nice solo stop there matt curry who called that number a few times number 50. wasn't fooled on the play watch for him sheds the blocker makes a nice solo stop nice solo stop somebody's mouthpiece came out too it wasn't 50s his gear there's gear breaking tackles fumble recovered by fellowship gear trying to break free from a tackle and the ball pops out oh my the folks across the way at fellowship are excited ethan made sure he got on it here's another look here's gear watch him stretch he's trying to get free and he tore it out of there and there's fellowship on top of the ball he's doing what he does he's trying to get that extra yard fighting for that extra yard yep and you're taught to do that that's what you're supposed to do keep those legs churning there you go but ryan reed we've seen make so many great plays receiving the football and making an interception is there to knock it loose 13-yard gain then a fumble paladin's back to work here paladin back to work found the seam off the right side [Applause] i'll tell you what those little wing backs will drive you crazy merrick hegler down the line of scrimmage and found a hole at right tackle gain of five peg loser juniors had a good season yeah rushed for 255 yards and five touchdowns making the most of his opportunities even in this game today and we're halfway through the third quarter and eagles landing has had the ball a minute and a half they're keeping the ball away from them with that methodical four-minute plus drive and i think coach morrell wants to talk about it a little bit with his team right now yep i'll tell you what he is uh he is coaching on the sidelines over there offensive coordinators giving instructions and over on the other side defensive instructions and i believe these are solid instructions as i see people being talked to here well the thing of it we're in a tight football game and there's a look at trevor gear nobody feels worse than he does but of course you got to have a short term memory when you play like that in on a game like this you can't sit there and think about it anymore because when you get back out on the field you got to go out and do what you just did you got going for that extra yard it's still a football game it's 14-14 it's not the end of the world you know [Applause] but the way this one is going tommy is 14 14 if it stays his way through the end of the quarter then it becomes a possession game and each possession becomes crucial and that's what we're looking at this game and i see this game kind of headed in that direction i do too and you know fellowship christian's going to try to keep the ball away from eagles landing eagles landings a little more of a quick strike team and they've got more weapons overall at the skill positions but let me tell you something what we're watching in wyatt is a football team playing with a lot of heart today with a lot of heart wing in motion got a block at the corner and gashed him pretty good down to the 41-yard line somebody's gone to work up front and i think that that point was to the line of scrimmage watch this line of scrimmage go to work here ten pins falling people ten pins falling there you go the nice run there by andrew johnson 10-yard run first down fellowship 43-yard line tight end's going to shift to the strong side of the field the open side of the field hegler again at the corner headler breaking tackle tagler down to the 34-yard line my goodness how does that happen he had two defenders on him and he's able to shake free and get a couple more yards these running backs and the quarterback are just running through people i mean it's not like they're not getting hit and tackled what's right here and these are good tacklers and hagler just breaks the tackle by young blood who was able to catch him on the second time he missed him the first second and three right up the middle minkert well that was harden it was minkert pardon with the keeper hardened with a keeper close to a first down he's about a half a yard shy i'm telling you something he's not afraid to take a hit look at that right side of the line they're a little right-handed folks if you're watching so they go to the left and get the first down you know me [Laughter] they're right-handed but you know they are when they run but when when harden almost exclusively runs behind that left guard on that quarterback snake yarch yardsticks move again clock is not your friend it is four minutes and 15 seconds left in the third quarter man in motion that's his first bat throw of the real i was thinking the same thing and had him open and he just bounced that one he says come on yeah and ryan reach it throw it pick it up pick it up i've shown you today if you get it out there to me i'm gonna haul it in yeah second down and ten harden is 12 out of 16 for 137. left got a block breaking tackles breaking tackles and still going down to the 21 or the 22-yard line tough running by andrew jones smart running by by andrew johnson wow john look at their wing back johnson what's this cuts it up look it left three defenders right there you know as the old saying goes might not be ball stripping time it might be tackling time offset wing dandy moved down to the 20 and another first down [Applause] that's mulholland that's our guy that threw the block from the touchdown run hey he deserves a chicken [Applause] listen touchdown running the wing back reverse let's get him in there and get him a touchdown there you go all right he deserves a wing formation tight inside of the field to the left strong side left side going to run the power and be knocked down somebody missed a block up front and shockley came right through nice solo stop for him didn't take him long to get there and watch shockley 32. hello he's one of their big performers on defense 105 tackles this year well the tight end blocked down and missed him he didn't see him didn't see him he's right there yeah nine blocked down and didn't see all right loss of three second down thirteen hardin gives up the middle a little yardage up there down to the 17 or 18 yard line gang tackle by eagles landing christian andrew johnson he's been busy today as well a very busy day you know they move him around a good bit he'll play a wing and play a tailback and you know who we haven't seen his mickert i know we haven't seen him in a while 44. usually in it full back yep placed on the defensive side today too yeah double reverse got a block not enough and we got a flag here think this might be holding her something close to it or a reasonable facsimile thereof as they say you got holding on number four i think it's what he said we have a holding on the offense the penalty is declined to be fourth down fourth down is it field old time here i don't know i don't know if we have a guy that can do one there he does the extra point i don't think zombies i think his long for the season is right around 33 and we're not close enough for him to to do that quite yet right on the borderline for his range yeah and but fellowship's zero for two you mentioned he's back he's in the backfield right here 44 he's back okay harden rolling to throw man very close to a first down let's see if we got it right that's a little bit of mark screen to get it i think i think he got it i think he did look this little little screen coming across here right there right right there to read nice block by johnson yeah he's i think he's got it yeah he does first down first and ten just enough what a call gutsy very gutsy but when you got your senior quarterback rolling away is rolling today tight end switches right side now man in motion main curtain goodness gracious nothing there oh he has disappeared when he got in he was oh he was enveloped yeah tyrese black 99. i promise you i was going to say engulf this he just disappears where'd he go where did he go [Music] you got making the play there 14th play of this drive upcoming that's a bundle for high school gonna go left nothing there josh mays leading the charge with the eagles landing christian defensive unit he's the first one there [Music] all right third and goal and i believe eagles landing is going to call timeout here or that's the end of the quarter boy time does fly doesn't it let's get that four up tommy it for the fourth quarter man we've got a new game yes 14-14 fellowship christian down there knocking on the door eagles landing not opening this program on gpb is made possible in part by supporters of the georgia high school 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to do you have to keep the ball away from eagles landing christian how you slow down trevor gear you keep them on the sideline drinking gatorade there you go there you do it there you go that's how you do it 14-14 15th play of the drive harden looking at the sideline two wides to the right one to the left get some blocking protection on the right side from johnson hardin's gonna run it down to about the seven yard line he's going to be short let's see what they do here now got a good block initially but good pursuit by eagles landing christian and the young kicker comes in john consley good snap kick is up and it's good how about wow that's not constantly that's another kicker [Music] 25 yard field goal character pete garrett dupree de pew with the the uh with the field goal there and here's hardening what he's done oh he's had a day he has really had a nice day at the office hardin just has really wanted out throwing the ball he went on defense remember early in the game he's making some big tackles wow and then the touchdown on the quarterback sneak behind the guard 16 plays 50 yards seven minutes and seven seconds on that drive fantastic here he is again here's his second tv td and this listen folks this is the kind you want to keep forever that's a highlight you want to keep he just directed a drive that produced more points thirteen yep we're in the fourth quarter yep we are definitely in the fourth quarter long long kick gonna go into the end zone thank you very much i think he did he could have caught the ball but it was a low kind of line drive but it was a deep kick which hits it up at about the one or the two coach gas on the sidelines and i i can almost tell you what he's thinking okay people we need to go to work here rush gives to the wing got a block at the corner man there is some kind of speed out there jalen pierce for number nine yeah he's hurt and he's injured there coming something is wrong he got pulled with a jersey and then hit on the knee at the same time and not good they're taking a look at him right now yeah definitely here we go that's mr gear up to the 35 yard line [Applause] he just keeps it moving as they work on piercing there it's been a big return man for them and getting a chance to get some carries in as well rush and gear in the backfield little confusion out there gear the long setback got a man in motion to give to gear nothing there knocked down hard guess who yep that would be uh billy mccurry mccurry that would be the defensive end we had not heard much from what a time for him to show up right yeah there's gear and what he's done today 12 carries 95 yards one touchdown he is in a fumble yeah and a fumble a fumble in the last quarter which actually set up the last scoring drive gear in motion rush gonna throw and gonna be first down yardage up to about the 44 yard line good oh well executed [Music] display brushes out there and that's number eight that's trey douglas a lot on defense here he is on offense with a nice catch and getting first down yardage we're in the fourth quarter that's russia's first completion of the game that's something yeah gear breaking tackles down to the 50. that's why it's mage yep five mays josh mays junior eagles landing christians got a lot of sophomores and juniors on this football team and that's a good looking one right there maze he got 624 yards rushing the season and 13 touchdowns himself and he's running behind gear yeah and there's rush number three rush handing off to mays rush is a sophomore maze is a junior wow another first down and their running clock 8 54. there's maze picking picking his way gear gets in there a little quicker but maze has got the little stutter steps and there's the wide receiver reverse headed for a touchdown and got it just follow your block 45-yard touchdown jump yeah that score you got escorts out in front of you you just ride behind it's kind of easy to do when you get that kind of escort isn't it technical college system of georgia replay and watch and off right here to number nine jaylen pearson and just follow the blocks there's a block right here they're going back the other way and he's walking to the end zone so we see him back on the field we saw that young man come off the field so much for the concern about him being hurt he motored pretty well there didn't he that's free with the follow-up extra point and it's 21-17 we got us a ball game and we still have eight minutes plus to play it's gonna be fun folks don't go anywhere 21 17.

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fellowship sideline i mean obviously on that defensive drive they were trying to rally the troops and ultimately when elca got into uh the end zone um you heard a few of the assistants go over there they were like man that is just pathetic that is awful and then of course once the p-a-t went through they started rallying the troops again saying let's go warriors we've got this we got to keep playing our football we've been hanging in there up to this point we got to keep hanging and playing our ball tommy pearson 4k is 60 yards and a td 7 plays 80 yards 245 and a 45 yard touchdown run so what we have here folks is a football game you do concur sir absolutely another 8 38 to go here and we don't have a a clear-cut winner like i said we're going to get down to the point where each possession is going to be crucial because you have fewer and fewer possessions to go left in this game you got to make them count high driving kick will be taken he stepped into the end zone but let him come out of there that was amazing did you see him step in there i thought he had one foot in yeah but the official was right there looking at him he came right out that was ryan reed well the ball is at the same place it would have been if it's at the 20 anyway so i guess it's academic you know there we go hardin 13 of 17 for a 144 he's rushed 12 times 43 yards and only scored two touchdowns just another day at the office he's still got more work to do he's got work to do and he's got eight minutes and 32 seconds to get it done got a block at the corner up to the 25 yard line andrew johnson on the carry toss sweep got a good block there i like the way they move their tight end from side to side strong side weak side johnson [Applause] fine fine running back no doubt about it and there's his numbers for the day he's up to 91 yards yeah he's had a good day work yep definitely got a whistle here we have a timeout on the field timeout i think it's gonna be let's take a timeout here 7 51 to play 21-17 eagles landing christian academy with a four-point lead we'll be right back this program on gpb is made possible in part by supporters of the georgia high school association including the following support for gpb comes from georgia farm bureau mutual insurance from front porches to back roads down the street or around the block georgia farm bureau is there with the protection families need whether it's home auto or life insurance or something more georgia farm bureau is dedicated to providing the right coverage to all the friends families and neighbors who make this state home more at gfbinsurance.com georgia farm bureau always the home team all right this is adam take two mark i guess [Music] i go like this [Music] the best part about playing football in texas has to be the reaction from the community i want to encourage others to play volleyball or choir because you get to experience new things and do stuff that you've never done before my reason why is passion my reason why is pride [Music] me [Music] feels good it should be one way of a football game tonight 21-17 we've got a dandy and 7 51 left to play 21-17 and after our game coming up next you've got greater atlanta christian school spartans and the cedar grove saints it's the triple a finals next at one o'clock a couple of outstanding quarterbacks going to be on display in that one but we're seeing a pretty impressive quarterback in this in this game and jack harden he has been just sensational for this team and there he is bringing his team back out again second and six would i be correct in saying that eagles landing is a little more offensive oriented toward today's offenses and and fellowship christian a little more old school wouldn't you say i would say so okay [Applause] certainly not in a derogatory sense oh no definitely johnson left side not a lot there except the eagles landing christian defense a lot there you're talking about offensive schemes and the thing of it is you know are you executing are you executing it and they're doing it very well today definitely big third down play here yep big third down they do know how to run clock don't they harden rolling pressure looking throwing almost intercepted but almost caught by johnson it was a nice throw this guy throws across his body he's out there throwing he's trying to connect with his tight end we got a flag back flag down number nine is trevor lewis late hit watch him throw across his body lewis is right there he almost hauls it in [Applause] [Music] i'm thinking where the flag was had to be unnecessary roughness or a late hit on the quarterback that's that's just my thought coach guess can't believe it you can tell he's agonizing over that call it was a long one here it is there it is there's your 15-yard penalty right there shoved down by caleb hudgins and uh can't do that harden throwing forced out of bounds pass intended for ryan reed down at the 45 yard line that's his favorite target on that last play though he was going for it to connect with with his tight end yeah um it would have been good to see trevor lewis was coming across wasn't able to make the connection with him but through the penalty they get another first down and as you said clock that's more times that they keep the ball away from the offense from eagles landing christian wide receiver left wing set and pull down at the 46-yard line flag goes down that was jonathan youngblood in pursuit there doing what he could to slow down andrew johnson unfortunately brings down a penalty watch for 44 in a dark jersey just reaches out there and grabs it yeah definitely definitely he's just trying to slow him down do what he can first down it's that or grab air and look at the penalty yards that they're giving up here wow they're now in the eagles landing christian territory deep in the territory they get real dangerous down here when they get to going downhill once again we talk about that playbook is wide open tommy it is anything you want to call is what we see in the second half that's right almost the forefront from eagles landing they're moving folks up linebackers and kind of overloading one side or the other not a lot there quarterback on the keep he tickles me he's always moving look at his hand have you noticed that he's directing people he's directing traffic that's what he does he directs traffic and he just told johnson something i don't know that it's a great secret [Music] i know what he told him block 32 yard line goes harden led by johnson in there and there's that number 44 again jonathan young [Music] 44 in the dark jersey there he is right there making that stop yep eagles andy christian got to stop hurt themselves two penalties for 30 yards in this drive alone third down and five harden sending a man in motion harden first down and more wow down at the 24 yard line what is this guy doing here today i'm telling you he is putting on a quarterback clinic today here he is takes the snap but look at that hole open up for him i'll tell you what it's on that defender we have to give proper credit to those guys with the hands on the ground up front those big guys up there are getting it done [Music] russell shaw thompson haycock kirkomeier and trevor lewis the tight end they're doing heavy duty work up there folks got a block broke a tackle down to the 15 still going it's a pinball mary the human pinball take another look he's getting bounced around up there but the feet keep going watch this cuts it up he's getting hit still on my feet go forward again watch the people up front though they don't stop blocking until the whistle blows a lot of pushing and shoving out there but it's not fighting they're just blocking meanwhile we're inside five minutes we're inside approaching the four-minute mark in this game tight end strong side of the field left the open side give to thompson who slips as he cuts and goes down to about the 13. johnson on the carry watch his feet come out from under him he's closing in on the 100 mark for the 100 yard mark for this game too yeah is that a good game right at four minutes to go here tommy well i think they're i think in between plays i think they're timing the plays to be honest with you i think they're they're just saying you know no need to hurry here look at what we're lining up in now yeah i see it tarden down to the five this guy is having a day everybody go that way i'll go this way you know even his opposing coach jonathan guest warned us in our conference call he said this guy is special did he not say that absolutely yup and there's coach guest looking on eggler now higgler hegler down inside the five barely caleb hudgins in on the stop there 22 yep here we go takes the inside hand off sweeping up a couple of yards there you can't ask running backs to run any harder than these running backs from both teams have run third down two harden harden close to the goal line he got the two you see what he's even telling the chains to move look at that you see that come on come on watch it he's always in motion what he's close [Applause] first and goal let's watch these guys up front a little bit here okay let's watch what they do kirkemeyer 6-6 a biscuit over 300.

[Music] lose this tight end tied in strong side touchdown [Music] [Applause] one yard run and the time that they took this drive long methodical drive by the paladins two minutes and eight seconds left [Applause] i have to tell you this has been impressive sam both teams have been so impressive kick is up and the kick is good [Applause] well well well technical college system of georgia touchdown replay you're running you're running by hand jackson kraken there you go you run behind the big guy look at him there he is there he is you follow the man he takes you right where you want to go there you go he's down on his back with his hands up watch the big fella at the end he's flat on his back he said man get in there yeah i tell you what i like it when linemen and people who don't score signal touchdowns absolutely absolutely absolutely no doubt huh you know that's the reward that's part of the reward it is getting the work done it is there he is right there sitting right right behind [Applause] with a touchdown and i gave uh hagler mill holland's uh credit on the last carry before the touchdown so i apologize to the milholland family okay there's the crew here we go bishop christian 208 left hang on folks [Applause] all right at the one down at the 22 yard line and there's a dangerous return man definitely he's seen the promised land once today they did very active all right here we go folks two minutes to play 24-21 fellowship christian school over eagles landing christian speed sweep at the 24 yard line who's there making a stop on that play is that number 11 i think it is that would be the quarterback slash middle linebacker he's at it again folks watch number 11. watch this about there makes a stop [Applause] clocks running a minute and a half rush looking to throw rolling in trouble looking deep incomplete almost intercepted wow almost intercepted oh my have you ever good this gracious james well holland is there he's watching he's watching rush he's right there borders right in the hands yep third down and long 18 to go third and eight what do you what do you call here it's four down territory it doesn't matter i mean you guys wanted to run the ball but they can't run the ball here now can they no they got to put it up got a throw the long throw too far it's fourth and eighth for eagles landing christian and the fellowship crowd across the way are coming out of their seats they are simply euphoric over there look at this crowd i'm telling you they're having a great have they enjoyed this game today first time ever in the state championship game your first time in the dome you're facing a team that's here almost every year yep all right fourth down 111 left fourth and eight we got a whistle we had a player come on the sideline at the last minute for eagles lightning christian and getting formation fellowship call timeout mason stewart just stepped off the sideline and lined up out there and he was even on the field and he ends up lining up and right about that time the paladins call for the timeout with a minute and 11 to go fourth down and eight and sometimes sam in situations like this eight yards is an eternity it seems like it it does it seems like you can't see the first down you're dying down on this end of your field you're looking on your goal post is over your shoulder and you're looking at the clock he's only got a minute 11 to go whatever you do here you gotta you know you gotta execute and things haven't gone well for the last three or four minutes it's fourth we're down to cases folks braden rush 510 185 complete up at about the 38-yard line had to have it had to have it great call train douglas trey douglas we've heard about a lot on defense but on offense he's made a couple of crucial catches excellent throw stepped out of bounds 104 left first down gonna run the speed sweep again trying to repeat that touchdown run from earlier if you remember they scored on that the last time that's justin menard of course he ran the kickoff back for the touchdown and that 45 yard touchdown didn't it was it bernard no they ran the same play with another wing back okay well ethan minker making the stop 25 senior 58 seconds left are we having a good time yeah this is a great time because this is this is a lot of fun this is fun first game of the day first game of the weekend no pressure you guys are playing in the other games to come after this i trust you're going to thank us out there for this breakfast buffet we've served up we've served a great breakfast today oh i'm telling you 58 seconds left eagles landing christian down by three with the ball second and six up at the 42 yard line braden rush sophomore quarterback rolling looking to throw complete out of bounds up at the 49 of fellowship christian there's menard again did he hang on to it it looked like he juggled it for a moment but he came down with it yep and that clock is now just 50 seconds not a lot of time here tommy didn't use up but eight seconds on that play brush brings him up going to run it and be knocked down back at the 49 yard line loss on the play mr mcmurray fake the handoff to gear he got hit yep that's billy mcmurray again watch this oh he is right there he's right there big stop do you think somebody missed the handoff there i don't it looked like something was a missed on i mean it didn't flow well did it 41 seconds left do you have a play in your playbook for this situation i'm sure they do they do let's see if they execute it there you go four-man front same play to the sideline knocked out of bounds yet again short of the first down however 36 seconds left once again to trey douglas here he is with the catch and the push out of bounds that stops the clock got 36 seconds to go now right third and one or third and two rush dropping to throw yet again going to run the screen got another one down to the 13-yard line i'll tell you what this does 25 seconds ready to get in the end zone but also remember field goal and you got one of the best in the state great blocks there great execution rush you can't do that you have to throw it straight down take another look at it it looked real strange if you're going to down it you took it a throw like a pass yeah but see that's intentional grounding you can't do that you have i've never seen anybody do that before you have to throw it straight down i don't know what he was thinking but this is this is loss of down two which is key down here yeah it backs your field goal kicker up as well [Applause] and we don't have a lot of time folks we've got 19 seconds left it's not like you know you've got a series of plays you can call here you don't want to go in if you don't go any further in reverse right all right rush and i'm sure that's gear right next to him there it is again that has been a very comfortable play coming down he's had a little cushion to work with there and they're giving him that they want to keep him in front of him don't want him to get behind the defender and so they give up that short pass out to trey douglas douglas he's probably had four or five catches on this on this particular drive four four catches and they've all been the same pattern i'm looking on the sideline at number 16. alex usher he's there rush throwing in the end zone no ten seconds left seconds left was fourth down to 14 and here comes let's go here comes number 16 on to the field usher we may be looking at free football here tommy wait man nothing wrong with that extended breakfast he's a good one folks yes indeed 34 yarder good snap kick is up and the kick is good we've got three footballs [Applause] we've got free football what a game folks what a game oh my god i don't know if you're headed down to the georgia dome from wherever you may be around the state to see a game that's taking place later today uh but let's put some pressure on you your games have got to go a long way to the top what we've seen in this very first time i am telling you [Music] there's there's just going back out for the kickoff yep six seconds left hit this one who knows what's going to happen the way this one's gone i like overtime in high school it's it's fair to both teams it really is 11 plays 50 yards a minute and 54 seconds and boy they were methodical using that clock with the down and out to douglas trey douglas over and over and over definitely that's he's taking what they were giving him but you still got to execute it you got to throw it he's got to catch it and remember no passing yards for russia right at halftime of this game he just completed passes here in the fourth quarter that's free will kick it off [Music] still much excitement to come folks don't go anywhere 24-24 pound driving kick end zone that's the same thing you did before and you let him run it out he did the same thing he let him run it out of there somebody must have said this is high school oh goodness all right i tell you what both of these teams deserve a standing ovation they really do they really do tremendous no matter what happens in the overtimes uh they they both deserve kudos harden's gonna bring them up and probably gonna take a knee here i would think yes here we go there you go all right we're going to overtime ah the extra frame ah the extra frame the 10th inning oh goodness what a great game fellowship christian fellowship christian school out of roswell 24 eagles landing christian academy 24. yeah out of mcdonald's something hidden this something this we we we kind of enjoy these games don't worry we talk about jack harding and just just enter the seniors you don't want your season to end and now the season's not good they're going to play some more hey we've got free football folks don't go anywhere 24-24 at the end of regulation this program on gpb is made possible in part by supporters of the georgia high school association including the following support for gpb comes from georgia farm bureau mutual insurance from front porches to back roads down the street or around the block georgia farm bureau is there with the protection families need whether it's home auto or life insurance or something more georgia farm bureau is dedicated to providing the right coverage to all the friends families and neighbors who make this state home more at gfbinsurance.com georgia farm bureau always the home team all right this is adam take two mark i guess [Music] i go like this [Music] the best part about playing football in texas has to be the reaction from the community i want to encourage others to play volleyball or choir because you get to experience new things and do stuff that you've never done before my reason why is passion my reason why is pride [Music] [Music] feels um feels right it should be one way of a football game tonight we are headed for overtime which is really quite interesting coin toss coming let's see who called it eagle's landing is being asked okay now i would assume they're asking mr hardin which goal he wants to defend [Applause] yeah they want to defend that goal eagles landing one toss and we'll they'll get the ball first heading this way which is to the left to our left okay excuse me fellowship fellowship wins the toss and jack harden's giving directions once again he's pointing like he's always pointing at us yeah we're going this way yeah he's defending the right goal but he wants to go this way let's go down to nikki noto nikki hey there tommy well i was listening to coach guess as he was talking to his team just before the coin toss and he said that he hoped that fellowship would be receiving the ball first he also told him hey look the message for overtime it's clear and simple dominate and win it and they've done it before tommy they definitely have but i tell you what both teams have just performed so well today sam they really have they really left nothing you know on the field and that's what you're supposed to do in the championship game not supposed to leave anything you supposed to put it all out there and play especially these seniors uh you see all the eagles landing guys giving each other a nice embrace a hug before they go out and play we saw them do that in pregame when they're warming up there's something that they do as as teammates as part of the culture with that football program uh now you see coach morrell and you see his staff uh together and and send you guys go back here and let's do it one more time there you go you can go out in this it's overtime period that guy number eleven he's ready you better believe it yes indeed he has really put on a show today and i tell you trey douglas as a receiver has put on a show today yeah and uh mr rush did come from a terrible start for him and really do some damage on that last drive okay fellowship [Music] on offense tight inside of the field to the right going to send the man in motion hardens rolling looking to throw in trouble throwing out of bounds throws it away best thing to do down here a little pirouette he did there yeah a minute he just went just trying to just trying to extend the play trying to give a receiver a time this guy's supporting cast is pretty sporty as well wing formation harden tight inside of the field to the right again man in motion [Applause] gonna try to get him a little yardage he gains only a couple that's yeah much 44 is there out there helping to make the stop right jonathan youngblood he's had a busy morning here we go third down and eight [Applause] hardin brings him up three-man front for eagles landing hardin dropping to throw gonna win a screen not much there it's gonna be fourth down excellent pursuit by eagles landing christian on defense yep shockley there making the solo stop great defensive play on ryan reed it's harden's favorite favorite receiver tell you what that group of linebackers and corners from eagles landing 30-yard field goal attempt here he's garage of course one more time kick is up and it is good you wormed it through there yeah the way it looked though he didn't get a lot of break on it but the but the view we had of it all right let's take a look at this one sam [Music] hello wow look at this body english there body english yeah everybody was leaning the other way watch everybody lean to the right don't move the bus lean right he gets it through there oh i'm telling you all right now fellowship christian gonna go on defense 27 24. if you've just joined us where have you been what a great start wow to ghsa championship weekend here at the georgia dome we are in overtime eagles landing christian now coach guest let's go let's go these crowds are excited they have enjoyed this football game speed option knocked down no gain it's that man again that is the first time that has not worked today it has worked to a certain degree uh oh he's hurt again about the feeling this is billy mccurry yeah making the stop we talked about him at the early part of the game jalen pearson pearson again downfield again with the ninja [Applause] second and long i'm gonna run it the other way knocked down very little gain [Applause] another look again justin menard got the handoff looks like he has a block there looks like he runs into the back of gear and and it's spun him around and knocked him down yep menard okay third and 11. rush looking throwing strain knocked down fourth down coming up i would assume they're going to run us three out there wouldn't you think i think they would and i see him coming off coming off the sidelines young mr ussry who can kick it out of the building here we've seen him do it yes we have but there is a three-pronged animal to it this maneuver which is coming up here snap hold and kick they all have to work 27-yard field goal attempt here in overtime and kick is good oh yeah oh yeah right down peachtree he can do it now another overtime look at alex usually there he's been a part of this program and been around some championships and playing in championship games and it's been so reliable well he and gear have been here i i can remember their names from what we did last year and then the year before the year before yeah when they lost yeah yeah landmark right uh no no no matt mount perry parents yeah and that was one of those just zippity-doo dogs oh my goodness remember that game i remember that wow well yeah that mount parent team was amazing that day yep they were primed and ready needless to say weren't they and then last year with aquinas eagles landing christian did pretty much the same thing 35-14 a year ago [Applause] second at a time here we go [Music] that would be josh mayes mays yep he's also done well when he's been called on [Applause] knocked down down at the one actually wow that one was up high looked like he was gonna make it in but gonna stop right there at the last second right first down now boom oh our our slash middle linebacker quarterback there he is with the stop who holds him out of the end zone but the quarterback again yep first and goal from here rush brings him up touchdown one-yard run touchdown josh mays josh mays touchdown eagles landing christian goes up 33-27 extra point upcoming technical college system of georgia replay touchdown [Music] you could drive a mack truck through that one couldn't he made it looked pretty easy for him sure did those three will try the point from placement low snap got it up and got it through 34-27 fellowship christian school now has to respond [Music] what do you do from here sammy well you're going to go obviously with number 11. you know he's your guy's been doing great things for you go back out and execute he's the guy that's played with so much heart and so much passion um you know all season long but especially today okay on the third overtime you go for two right here's what they do are you going to go ahead and go for the win that's a good decision that's good that's good you know what if the if they score the touchdown that discussion's got to come up on the sidelines let's go ahead absolutely yeah wouldn't you think so yeah but they got you got to get the end zone first well that's the point yeah that's going yeah would have could have been if right no field goal this time the kick no it didn't that won't help you harden man in motion harden driving forward inside to 15 down to the 13. yes sir harrison harrison taylor good defense seemed like the eagles landing christian defense is saying somebody else may beat us but it won't be number 11. we've had enough from you today tell you what this has been special we'll remember this one a long time sam yes we will harden again down to near the 11 yard line [Music] they are they are putting it on his back they really are they saying you the guy that brought us and see if you got it can take us on to win it first down inside the five so they're six yards away [Music] directing traffic still [Music] [Applause] knocked down hard as he gets to there do what nothing happened there either not a lot there and the big guys up front yep didn't get a good push watch for 43 missed his tackle caleb dallas yeah just a little bit 76 you got ran around a little bit all right that's fourth down now we're down to the plate this is it this is it for fellowship christian school it is fourth and five down at the 10. gotta get inside the five for a first down yeah you can't still get a first down you need a few you're not looking touched down here you're looking first down here and if if touchdown shows up you're happy to see it right but you're actually you're actually first thinking first would you have waited until the fourth down to do this though i was looking for something different on third down knowing how many yards she got to cover just to get another first down that's true and it seems like this eagle's landing like i said this eagle's landing christian defense has said somebody else is going to have to beat us we're not going to let number 11 do it and they've done it so far in this possession of overtime and all they have to do now is hang on one more play yeah they're hawking him on the other side they're just reading him wherever he goes somebody goes dare he throw it he can he's got some guys that do it yup i think i would have tried that no on third down yeah and we got a whistle jonathan guest saw that saw that line up and said you know what give me a timeout we need to discuss this just talk about this true all right let's see what he tries to say here let's lip read a little bit if we can he's done okay all right guys bring it in yep bring it in listen and he's allowing his defensive coordinator to tell him what to do sometimes the head coach you know at this point we'll say okay great great i had a i had a veteran coach tell me one time i said do you call in every play he said no my offense the coordinator calls every play he said then my defensive coordinator calls every play but every play goes through my headset and i can say yes or i can say no always have the right to do that always have the right to say yes or no or no there you go so i think that probably pretty well works everywhere that way don't you you say the coach has a headset at least he wants to know what's coming there you go all right we got one play here folks this could be ball game couldn't be ball game fourth down five fellowship christian just has fought tooth and nail against eagles landing christian academy who has fought tooth and nail we're in the second overtime it's fourth and five pardon rolling the throw looking looking incomplete eagles landing christian is going to win the state class a private championship and that guy right there has played an incredible ball game today he has he that he has jack harden and veggie sleeping eagles landing christian one of their big players harrison taylor what a game those guys play today oh man we have enjoyed a this has football a great one eagles landing christian your class a private school champions i mean two teams coming into this game neither having a loss both teams undefeated coming in one team coming here for the very first time ever in the history of the school yeah and coming in and showing yes we belong here 30 years we could play here you know goodness correct and the guy who's going to lead them as they come down to shake hands of the winners once again their leader right out front number 11. yeah and it has to be tough for him this is a bitter setback for him it's your senior you're a senior it's your last game you're going to play yeah every high school career they have got to feel great about the way they have played this football game sam though i tell you this has been a great one the eagles landing christian the the two-time state champions now they've got to be happy with the way they played in the latter parts of the game and and during other parts of the game and fellowship christian schooled out of out of roswell what a great effort they gave today i don't think anybody could ask any more out of either team than we've seen here when you start at 10 o'clock in the morning it's a little different it is a little different a little different these players came out and they approached it just like we approached any other game they prepared all week for this to come in yeah and for a lot of these players there's a chance of a lifetime but they got to come here and perform today great great great first game of championship weekend definitely down to nikki noto on the sidelines nikki coach double overtime game 10 a.m kickoff fellowship gave you a hard time this whole game i mean what can you say about your team's performance ultimately coming out with a win yeah man i love how my boys fight they fought and things didn't go right there in the fourth quarter for us but i obviously want to praise fellowship christian for what a great job that they've done their coach man i said it all week long they're just a bunch of winners they don't die they don't quit and so i'm super proud of them awesome well coach you're the winner this morning i guess i can say morning right now still pretty early congratulations to you go enjoy it with your team thank you thank you nikki happy people happy people down on the sidelines i'm sure final score eagles landing christian 34 and fellowship christian school 27 in the second overtimes two overtime sam two overtimes and we got a chance to get some free football in this in this breakfast edition let me get you started and we'll be back here tomorrow morning we'll be back here tomorrow morning we got a dandy for you i think we got a really good one two teams great stories yeah i i think in the game we're going to see tomorrow mackin county bulldogs yeah buccaneers boy the team that uh weathered the storm literally literally two of them yes yes um i think that's a part of the back story for this game coming up tomorrow what the teams went through just to get here and play for state championships so if you enjoyed this game today class a private the class a public there's a couple of a couple of schools with great back stories but still they're thrilled to be coming to play in the georgia dome these two teams who played today are from the metro atlanta are you talking two teams tomorrow i think one coach said he had four players that ever been to the georgia dome and the other coach said he had four players and a couple of players never been to atlanta before it's going to be a treat folk that's what makes this weekend so special tommy yeah it really it really does yeah and uh you know someone has to win it someone has to lose it and coming off the platform now with the runner-up trophy as a fellowship christian and um shortly we're going to get that championship trophy presented to eagles landing christian great crowd you're very correct science enthusiastic crowd all right we stay tuned mark harmon is getting in position now uh for the trophy presentation that's right coach coach guest and some of the chargers are making their way to the platform right and this is the moment that you start working for it not in august you start working with this in april yeah you start working with this you start working with this in april these days [Music] [Applause] all right let's go down to mark harmon on the podium take her away mark thank you tommy palmer what an outstanding way to kick off the final championship weekend in the georgia dome what a terrific overtime battle to present the class a private championship trophy i turn it over to the executive director of the ghsa gary phillips coach we want to take the opportunity to congratulate you on a championship season thank you this is not your first one i'm sure it's just as good as any of the others we have our friends from georgia farm bureau to make the official presentation on behalf of georgia farm bureau congratulations appreciate it grab it trevor thank you thank you okay mark thank you congratulations coach you got your number one fan in your arms you got the trophy right here talk about winning back-to-back championships here in the georgia dome definitely well first and foremost uh i want to thank our lord and savior jesus christ for you know he's the ultimate victor i know that fellowship christian and eagles landing christian have the same mission and the second thing i want to do is congratulate fellowship christian for our awesome year that they had tremendous players tremendous fight i don't know if anybody deserved to lose this football game uh but i you know obviously with my guys i'm super proud of their fight their determination they don't give up they don't quit um and and that's all i can say trevor gear you found the end zone today you've got the championship trophy in football talk about what this means to you as a senior yes sir it means a lot i love these group of boys we have a great team we have the best fan base and i just love everything about the team i love our coaches we got the best coaches i just love our school and we give all the glory to god we won the day talk about this double overtime win it was a nail biter what was it like out there on the field it was crazy man if it wasn't for god we couldn't have done this well coach we want to thank you once again great double back-to-back championships your young son here is pretty fired up too yeah i just said you can go score a touchdown if you want and he wants to go score one but we appreciate it thank everyone all right back to back state championships for the chargers of eagles landing christian academy congratulations the first champs of the day and now over to jackie britton and our gpb tailgate party