Football Fridays in Georgia
GHSA Playoff Round 1: Creekside vs. Coffee
Season 2021 Episode 10 | 2h 59m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
GHSA Playoff Round 1: Creekside vs. Coffee - Nov. 12, 2021
Nyqua Lett’s 64-yard touchdown strike to Derrick White three minutes into the game gave Creekside an early lead and the Indians held on to beat Coffee 28-18 in the first round of the state playoffs. Lett passed for 186 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 95 yards and a score for a Creekside team that would eventually make it to the state semi-finals.
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Football Fridays in Georgia
GHSA Playoff Round 1: Creekside vs. Coffee
Season 2021 Episode 10 | 2h 59m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
Nyqua Lett’s 64-yard touchdown strike to Derrick White three minutes into the game gave Creekside an early lead and the Indians held on to beat Coffee 28-18 in the first round of the state playoffs. Lett passed for 186 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 95 yards and a score for a Creekside team that would eventually make it to the state semi-finals.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> THIS IS FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
AS WE WELCOME YOU TO ARROWHEAD STADIUM IN FAIRBURN, GEORGIA, FOR THE FIRST.
NUMBER A TROJANS TRAVELED NORTH FROM DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, TO TAKE ON NUMBER SIX CREEKSIDE I'M MATT STEWART JOINED BY AUBURN TIGERS ALL AMERICAN, 15 YEAR PRO WAYNE GATY.
DISADVANTAGED TO PLAY ON THE ROAD IN THE PLAYOFFS BUT AMAZINGLY, THIS IS THE 15th CONSECUTIVE PLAYOFF ROAD GAME FOR COFFEY, DOESN'T SEEM TO BOTHER THE TROJANS.
>> DEFENSE, DEFENSE.
YOU CAN PUT IT IN A BAG, ON THE HIGHWAY AND GO TO WIN FOOTBALL GAMES.
THEY EXPECT IF THEY'RE NOT IN THAT ONE POSITION, THEY'LL TRAVEL.
THEY DO IT WELL AND THEY COME TO WIN.
>> BAD NEWS FOR THE TROJANS, OFF THE BAT, THEIR STAR PLAYER MAURICE TURNER, WHO'S COMMITTED TO LOUISVILLE IN STREET CLOTHES WILL NOT PLAY TONIGHT.
EVEN BIGGER BURDEN FOR THEIR QUARTERBACK, JUSTIN.
>> MISSING TOP TARGET IN TURNER BUT TONIGHT, JUSTIN, HIS COACH TALKED ABOUT HIM USING HIS FEET MORE.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT TONIGHT.
NOT A LOT WITH HIS ARM BUT JUST DEFENSE AT CREEKSIDE, HE'LL HAVE TO CONVERT SOME THIRD DOWNS.
>> TROJANS BEEN GETTING IT DONE, LED BY THE HIGH BROTHERS.
>> BIG HIGH, LITTLE HIGH.
IMPACTFUL.
FIVE SACKS.
ONE FROM THE OTHER.
ALWAYS IN THE BACKFIELD.
THIS DEFENSE PLAYS ON PASSION AND THEY'RE TO BRING IT.
>> COFFEY HAS THE X FACTOR IN THIS GAME AND KICKER DAVID VAUGHN COMMITTED TO ARMY.
>> MR. TOUCHBACK RARELY ABLE TO BRING THE BALL ON KICKOFF OUT OF THE END ZONE.
YARD, HE'S CONSISTENT.
11 OF 15 AND ASKING ANY LEVEL OF FOOTBALL, EVERYBODY LOOKING FOR A GREAT KICKER.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CREEK SIDE SEMINOLES.
8-2 ON THE SEASON.
STARTED THE SEASON WITH A BANG BEATING THE SEVEN-DAY.
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, GRAYSON AND KNOCKED OFF WESTLAKE.
IN THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
LED BY THEIR DUAL THREAT QUARTERBACK, RECRUITING INTEREST FROM SOUTH ALABAMA.
A&M AND NORTH CAROLINA A&D.
1400 YARDS PASSING, AROUND 531 RUNNING AND HE'S GOING TO BE THAT TRUE DUAL THREAT TONIGHT AND LEAD THIS OFFENSE DOWN THE FIELD.
CUT OUT THE TURNOVERS.
>> SEMINOLES GETTING IT DONE ON DEFENSE TOO.
WHATEVER LEVEL, CARLTON WILLIAMS, DA'QUAN WHITE.
LINE BACKERS, SECONDARY, THEY GET IT DONE.
>> A LOT OF TALENT, A LOT OF COLLEGE PROSPECTS ON THAT SIDE OF THE BALL.
58 TOTAL SACKS.
58.
>> TEN INTERCEPTIONS, UNREAL DEFENSE THAT ONLY GIVES UP NINE POINTS A GAME.
>> THEY'VE BEEN THE BEST SECONDARY I'VE SEEN ALL YEAR.
THIRD MEMBER OF THE TEAM, WILKINS, SHE'S STANDING BY WHAT THEY CALL THE SWAMP.
>> THANKS, MATT.
TONIGHT'S MATCH-UP FEATURES TWO OF THE TOP DEFENSIVE TEAMS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
CREEK SIDE HIGH SCHOOL COMING OFF THE BEST IN SEVEN YEARS WHILE COFFEY HIGH SCHOOL FINISHED TEN STRAIGHT SEASONS WITH ABOVE 500 RECORD.
BOTH TEAMS HAVE TWO LOSSES ON THE SEASON, COMING OFF A LOSS TO A TOP TEN TEAM AND GET THIS, COFFEY UNDEFEATED ON THE ROAD WHILE CREEKSIDE DEFEATED AT HOME.
ONE TEAM'S UNDEFEATED STREAK WILL DEFINITELY END TONIGHT.
JOHN?
>> THANK YOU.
WE KNOW YOU'LL HAVE THINGS UNDER CONTROL THERE ON THE SIDELINES IN FAIRBURN.
I GOT MY BRACKETS READY.
LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR UPPER LEFT SECTION.
THREE OF THE TEAMS IN THE TOP TEN, DEPENDING WHICH YOU LOOK AT ARE IN THIS QUADRANT.
ONE OF THOSE TEAMS GETS KNOCKED OUT TONIGHT.
ST. PIUS AND WHITEWATER.
>> YOU'RE SO CLOSE I CAN HEAR YOU.
I'LL HOLD DOWN THIS PORTION, FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA PRESENTED BY REGENTS BANK.
SCAN THE QR CODE WITH WHATEVER DEVICE YOU HAVE HANDY, TAKE US WHERE YOU GO, KEEP UP WITH SCORES, ALL OF THE THINGS.
IF YOU'RE AT A GAME TONIGHT, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SEND US SOME UPDATES, FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT GBP SPORTS AND HELP US OUT BIG TIME AS WE GET TO HALFTIME AND TALK ABOUT THE SCORES, BRACKETS, HAVE FUN WITH JOHN NELSON.
I KNOW THAT WAYNE AND MATT AND TABITHA ARE ABOUT TO HAVE FUN ON THE CALLS, GUYS, I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
>> WE'RE READY TO GO.
WE ARE FIVE WEEKS AWAY FROM THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
AND IT ALL STARTS HERE TONIGHT IN FAIRBURN, GEORGIA.
AND WHAT A MATCH-UP WE HAVE.
TWO TEAMS VERY SIMILAR IN STYLE.
STATISTICALLY IN JUST ABOUT EVERY WAY, THEY WIN WITH DEFENSE, THEY WIN WITH SPECIAL TEAMS.
BUT WHOSE WILL GET IT DONE TONIGHT?
BUCKLE UP GEORGIA, SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES.
EDWIN MARTINEZ HAS IT TEED UP AND READY TO GO.
TYREEK EDWARDS, STANDING DEEP FOR THE TROJANS AND THE KICK IS GOING TO BE TAKEN AT THE 16 YARD LINE.
AND THE RETURN UP CLOSE TO THE 30 AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL SEE COFFEY GOING ON OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT AFTER A 14 YARD RETURN AND HERE IS THEIR 6'3", 180 POUND SENIOR QUARTERBACK BUT WAYNE, A FIRST YEAR QUARTERBACK BECAUSE OF INJURIES, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR HE'S BEEN THE VARSITY STARTER.
>> HE HAD SOME LEARNING THIS SEASON, SENIOR YEAR.
WHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL, THOSE ACHES AND PAINS.
ESPECIALLY WITH TURNER BEING OUT AND PLAYING BIG AS A SENIOR LEADER FOR HIS TEAM.
>> FRED BROWN, THE SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACK, LINES UP NEXT TO HIM.
AND THE GAME WILL START WITH A HANDOFF TO FRED BROWN AND VERY LITTLE GAIN ON THE PLAY.
GET USED TO THAT WITH THIS SEMINOLES DEFENSE, TACKLE MADE BY VINCENT HILL AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINE-UPS BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGENTS BANK, BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK.
WITH THE TROJANS.
ADAMS AND REED.
EDWARDS, BROWN, TURNER'S OUT AND SIMPSON.
>> GOES TO BROWN AGAIN.
LOSS.
GREAT PENETRATION.
>> BIG TIME UP THE FIELD.
INTO YOUR SCREEN.
MAKE THE PLAY.
WHAT A SOPHOMORE.
BIG TIME TALENT.
BIG FUTURE FOR McQUEARY RIGHT THERE.
>> PICKED UP AN OFFER FROM LIBERTY TODAY.
UAB LAST WEEK.
TEN TOTAL OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA, PIT AND MARYLAND.
ROLLING THROUGH THE RIGHT AND THROWS AND IT IS INCOMPLETE AND IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
BRADY SKIPPER, HIS INTENDED TARGET WITH A THREE AND OUT FOR COFFEE TO START THIS GAME.
LIVE UP THE FIELD PRESSURE AND PENETRATION, NOWHERE TO RUN CREATING THIRD AND LONG.
>> AT THE 11 YARD LINE DRIVE TO KICK WITH A TROJAN WITH THE 33 AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE SEMINOLES INTO THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT.
NOT ARTISTIC KICK BUT EFFECTIVE KICK NONETHELESS.
6'2" SENIOR.
22 TOUCHDOWNS THIS SEASON.
16 PASSING AND SIX ON THE GROUND.
>> AS HE GOES TO THIS OFFENSE, THEY COUNT ON HIM AS THEY TALK ABOUT IN THE OPEN.
SEE RIGHT THERE, SIX RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS AND THOSE ARE THE KIND OF PLAYS AGAINST A GREAT DEFENSE WITH COFFEE HE'S GOING TO MAKE.
>> GAIN CLOSE UP BY THE SEMINOLES TO GET THINGS STARTED AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINE-UPS PRESENTED BY REGENTS BANK.
GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK.
IT STARTS WITH KALEB HOLMES.
THE NUMBER THREE RATED INTERIOR OFFENSE IN THE CLASS OF 2024.
AND THE BACKS AND THE RECEIVERS, EDWARDS MORROW, DAVIS WHITE AND DAVIS AGAIN.
EMPTY BACKFIELD AND CAMERON BIRCH GETS THE HANDOFF AND BIRCH IS GOING TO TAKE A LOSS.
>> SLOW DEVELOPING PLAY THERE FOR BIRCH.
WE TALK ABOUT RUNNING BACK BEING PATIENT RIGHT HERE.
JUST TOO MUCH PATIENCE, TRYING TO LET THE O LINE MAKE THE BLOCK RIGHT THERE.
GOT TO PRESSURE COMING OFF THE EDGE IN MARION GRAHAM TO MAKE THAT TACKLE, BUT JUST TOO SLOW OF A DEVELOPING PLAY IN THAT SITUATION.
>> NOW THIRD DOWN AND 2.
CHANCE FOR THE COFFEE DEFENSE FOR THE BIG THIRD DOWN.
AND FLAGS COME OUT.
>> PRIOR TO THE SNAP.
FALSE START.
5 YARD PENALTY.
THIRD DOWN.
>> THERE YOU TAKE A LOOK AT MARK STATON.
REFEREE FOR TONIGHT'S PLAYOFF GAME WITH THE CREW AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN AND 7.
A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER SITUATION NOW FOR THE SEMINOLES OFFENSE.
YOU SEE HEAD COACH MAURICE DIXON.
AND THE OFFENSE LED BY HIM.
MAKES THE PLAY CALLS ON OFFENSE.
SCORING 35.7 POINTS PER GAME WHICH IS NUMBER 8 IN 5A.
LEFT WITH THE POCKET AND GOING FOR THE HOME RUN.
THE MAN OUT THERE, TOUCHDOWN SEMINOLES.
DEREK WHITE PULLS IT IN.
64 YARDS AND CREEKSIDE ON TOP.
6-0.
>> JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE NYEQUA.
PLAY ACTION ROLLOUT AND THEN LEADING.
WHAT A DIME RIGHT THERE TO DEREK WHITE.
SEEMS LIKE WHEN HE'S CATCHING THE BALL, MOST OF THE TIME GOING TO THE END ZONE.
SEVEN TOUCHDOWNS THIS YEAR FOR MR. WHITE.
>> DEREK WHITE ON HIS 22nd RECEPTION AND EDWIN MARTINEZ HOOKS IT UP AND IN.
>> SO CREEKSIDE ON TOP FIRST.
>> 58 YARDS, 64 OF THOSE 68 YARDS COMING ON THIS BOMB TO DR.
TROY.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
THIS DONATION, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ON GPB TONIGHT AND APPRECIATE THE DONATION.
>> THANKS AGAIN, DR.
TROY.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO CREEKSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THE KNOWLES ARE GOING.
SCORED ON THE OPENING POSSESSION, 64 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM NYQUA TO DERRICK WHITE AND NOW COFFEE HAS TO REBOUND FROM THAT.
THEY WENT 3 AND OUT ON THEIR OPENING POSSESSION.
>> GREAT PLAY ACTION FAKE LED IN THAT OFFENSIVE LINE.
GIVING WHITE TIME TO GET DOWN THE FIELD.
THE VERTICAL THREAT THAT COACH DIXON TALKED ABOUT.
THE KIND OF GUY THAT HAS THE SNACK OF BEATING COVERAGE.
>> HERE IS THE CAKE KICKOFF BY MARTINEZ.
TAKEN AT THE 10 YARD LINE.
LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THE GAME PRESENTED BY PEST MANAGEMENT AND WHEN COFFEE HAS THE BALL.
>> GET SOME CHUNK PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD.
CREEKSIDE WITH THE BIG PLAY.
YOU CAN'T PLAY A TOPNOTCH DEFENSE.
FOR THE KREK SIDE.
THE DOMINATING FORCING THIRD AND LONG AS WE TALKED IN THE OPEN, 58 SACKS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO GET YOU, IN SECOND AND THIRD AND LONG.
THESE LINE BACKERS RUSH TO QUARTERBACK.
>> MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF GPB HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
SO FIRST AND 10 AND BY THE QUARTERBACK, OR IF THEY DIDN'T SEE HIM OR TAKES OFF TO THE 45 YARD LINE.
GREAT READ BY JUSTIN, EVERYBODY WENT AFTER BRADY SKIPPER IN THE FAKE HANDOFF.
>> DURING THE WEEK, TALKED ABOUT HE NEEDED JUSTIN TO MAKE SOME SPEED WITH THAT LONG STRIDE AT 6-4, TO GET DOWN THE FIELD, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A COUPLE MORE OF THOSE TONIGHT.
THE AGGRESSIVE DEFENSIVE LINE.
>> THAT WAS A 23 YARD GAME AND SKIPPER GETS FIVE ON THE PLAY.
SKIPPER, THEIR SENIOR RUNNING BACK ALSO A STARTING SAFETY FOR THE TROJANS, 5'9", 165 AND COACH ROBBIE IN THE BUSINESS, GOING BACK TO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN FLORIDA HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING TO RUN THE BALL MORE.
>> MOVES TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT CREEKSIDE ON DEFENSE WE REGENTS BANK.
GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BACK.
BOLTON AND WILLIAMS UP FRONT IN THE LINE BACKING SCORE.
THE SECOND LEVEL, THE NICKEL AND THEN McQUEARY, COWARD AND WHITE.
FIRST AND 10.
A COUPLE OF YARDS THIS TIME.
>> BIG OFFENSIVE LINE UP FRONT AND AS YOU CAN SEE, GOING TO BE TOUGH WITH BIG SAFETY.
THE RUNNING BACK, HAD A LOT OF INJURIES AT THAT POSITION AND BRADY SKIPPER GET DOWN.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THINGS YOU WANT TO DO OFFENSIVELY WITH PLAYS BUT ALSO CHANGE THE FIELD POSITION.
GOT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF FIRST DOWNS AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS WITH THE LONG ROAD FOR THE END ZONE.
>> STILL ABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT, TAKE UP THE FIRST DOWN.
TURNS INTO A FIRST DOWN.
>> RIGHT THERE GOING THE WRONG WAY.
NICE JOB, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, AS YOU LOOK ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU ARE TALL AND LONG.
DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TURNOVER SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE NOT RUNNING FAST BUT GOOD SPEED TO GET TO THE EDGE AND THAT FIRST DOWN.
>> LOOKS LIKE COMES OUT OF THE GAME.
SO FIRST AND 10 WITH THE BALL AT THE 34 YARD LINE.
>> LINING UP.
LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL GO DIRECT SNAP TO SKIPPER RIGHT HERE.
>> TOO MANY MEN IN THE HUDDLE AT ONE TIME.
I WOULD IMAGINE.
>> ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION ON THE OFFENSE.
FIVE YARD PENALTY.
FIRST DOWN.
>> WE'LL SEE IF THEY STICK WITH IT.
ROBBIE PRUITT IN HIS TENTH SEASON AS THE TROJANS HEAD COACH.
83-37 SINCE TAKING OVER IN 2012 WITH THE 2017 STATE FINAL.
THAT WAS PART OF THIS STREAK OF 15 CONSECUTIVE PLAYOFF ROAD GAMES.
REALLY AMAZING WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.
THEY MADE IT TO THE QUARTERFINALS OR BETTER IN EACH OF THOSE LAST FIVE SEASONS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS ROAD PLAYOFF STREAK SO ANOTHER FLAG SIDELINE WARNING WILL BE THE CALL NOW.
>> WARNING, NO FIRST DOWN.
>> GO THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT THE ONE THING, THE INJURY.
HAD A LOT OF POSITIONS ROTATING WITH THAT LINE AND THE RUNNING BACKS.
RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO GET THE RIGHT PERSONNEL OUT ON THE FIELD.
>> AGAINST THE HANDOFF AGAIN.
SKIPPER.
ABLE TO GET BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND KNOW MORE.
YOU MENTIONED THE INJURIES.
MAURICE TURNER, THREE STAR WIDE RECEIVER AND ALSO PLAYS RUNNING BACK WITH THE TROJANS.
OUT COMMITTED TO LOUISVILLE.
THEIR OTHER TOP PROSPECTS ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.
LINEBACKER ANTHONY, NOT SURE IF HE'S ABLE TO GO.
HE'S TRYING TO COME BACK FROM A DISLOCATED SHOULDER.
>> LONG OPERATION HERE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, TRYING TO SHIFT IN AND OUT, NOT REALLY SURE THEY'RE IN THE GAME.
>> SECOND DOWN, SCHWARTZ TO THE AIR AND OVERSHOOTS HIS TARGET.
TYREEK EDWARDS HAD HIM OPEN.
A LITTLE BIT TOO HARD OUT THERE.
>> TYREEK EVANS, EDWARDS, EXCUSE ME, HAS BEEN THE TOP TARGET OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
HE HAD RIGHT THERE, THREW IT BEHIND AND WENT THROUGH THE HANDS OF EDWARDS.
HUCKLY ON THAT PLAY, THAT MILLER CORNERED TO SEE THE BALL.
>> LOOK AT MILLER THERE, THREE STAR CORNER BACK WITH 25 AUBURNS INCLUDING GEORGIA, GEORGIA TECH, ALABAMA, MICHIGAN STATE.
A REALLY GOOD ONE.
THIRD DOWN AND 14 RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, SKIPPER AND THEN HE TUMBLES AND CREEKSIDE IS ON TOP OF IT.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS MALIK, THE DEFENSIVE END WHO WAS TRAILING ON THE PLAY WHO FELL ON THE FUMBLE.
>> NICE JOB OF OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR JEFF HAMMOND.
THIRD AND 14 EXPECTING PASS, HITS WITH THE DRAW.
GOOD HARD RUNNING THERE BY SKIPPER.
COUGHING UP THE BALL.
>> COUGH IT UP BECAUSE ROBERT McQUEARY SEPARATED IT FROM THE BALL.
>> SOPHOMORE, TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF PLAYS AGO.
BIG TALENT, ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
KNOCKING THAT BALL OUT.
GETTING THE RECOVERY AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CREEKSIDE DEFENSE AND INTERCEPTION GETS THE EIGHTH SACK, TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR AGGRESSIVENESS, JUST TURNING THE BALL OVER.
>> THEY WERE PUTTING TOGETHER A GOOD DRIVE.
EIGHTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE RIGHT THERE.
CAMERON BURCH PICKS UP ABOUT FIVE ON THE OPENING SNAP OF THE SERIES.
BURCH IS KIND OF THEIR DO-EVERYTHING BACK.
98 CARRIES FOR 524.
35 RECEPTIONS FOR 320 YARDS.
HE'S KIND OF WHAT MAURICE TURNER IS TO COFFEE.
>> OFFENSIVE LINE UP FRONT IN FRONT OF HIM.
ABOUT 290 ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO EXPECT HIM TO TRY TO LEAN ON SOME PEOPLE EARLY WITH THE RUN GAME.
>> BURCH, NOTHING NEW THIS TIME AS HE'S GOING TO BE THROWN.
AT THE VERY LEAST, A ZERO GAME.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINE-UP FOR COFFEE ON DEFENSE.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGENTS BANK.
GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK.
HIGH WEARING AND ALBA UP FRONT AND THE LINE BACKING COURT AND DANIELS AND IN THE SECONDARY,ED ADAMS AND ROLAX.
12 POINTS FOR GAME.
THE STORY DEFENSE IN 5A.
>> PRIOR TO THE SNAP, FALSE START.
OFFENSE.
5 YARD PENALTY.
THIRD DOWN.
>> SO THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, THEY POPPED A BOMB.
>> HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE PLAYS WITH HIS ARM AND THESE SITUATIONS, THESE TROJANS, GOT TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON HIM, SPOT HIM RUNNING THE BALL.
>> COULD BE A HOLE.
DOWN TO THE 34 YARD LINE, TRACK DOWN TO THE OPENING FIELD AND THEN A FLAG COMES OUT AFTER THE TACKLE.
>> A PERSONAL FOUL THERE ON BRANDON COMING IN WITH THE SHOULDER TO LEFT HELMET RIGHT THERE AT THE END OF THAT PLAY.
THE OFFICIAL WILL SORT THROUGH THE TWO PENALTIES.
THERE WAS ONE LIKELY A HOLD BACK IN THE OFFENSIVE BACKFIELD AND THEN THERE'S ONE AT THE END OF THE PLAY LIKE YOU POINTED OUT HIGH COULD HAVE A PERSONAL FOUL.
>> FOULS ON BOTH TEAMS.
PERSONAL FOUL, ILLEGAL CONTACT ON THE DEFENSE.
PENALTIES OFF OF THAT.
WE'LL REPLAY THIRD DOWN.
>> COFFEE GETS A BIG BREAK RIGHT THERE BECAUSE TYPICALLY THAT'S GOING TO BE A 15 YARD PENALTY AND A FIRST DOWN.
AND RIGHT NOW, CREEKSIDE WHEN THEY STRUGGLE OFFENSIVELY, IT STEMS FROM PENALTIES AND TURNOVERS.
THEY HAVE BECOME THEIR OWN WORST ENEMY SO FAR EARLY ON IN THIS GAME.
BIG PLAYS AND AS YOU JUST SAID, A BIG PENALTY THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM YARDS ON BRENDAN HIGH.
>> CHASED BY HIGH HE LED A NUMBER THROUGH THE TRACKS.
>> KIND OF SURPRISED HIMSELF GETTING OUT OF THIS BAG.
NICE JOB SHOWING YOU THE SPEED, KEEPING HIS HEAD UP.
I LIKE AT THE END RIGHT THERE, HOW HE GOT DOWN.
NYQUA LETT, THE DUAL THREAT QUARTERBACK.
>> ISAIAH DAVIS ON THE JET SWEEP WILL PICK UP ABOUT 7 OR 8.
THIS CREEKSIDE OFFENSE THAT GOT OFF TO A SLUGGISH START IN LAST WEEK'S LOSS TO WOODWARD ACADEMY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS CLICKING A LITTLE BIT BETTER HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> GETTING THE BALL TO THE THREE STAR RECEIVER ISAIAH DAVIS.
VERTICAL, ISAIAH DAVIS IS THEIR HORIZONTAL THREAT.
HE HAS THE SPEED AS YOU CAN SEE.
GET UP FIELD.
>> LISTED AS A SAFETY, RECRUITING-WISE, BUT USUALLY MORE ON OFFENSE.
ON THE CARRY.
A LITTLE BIT SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.
WE CLICK DOWN CLOSE TO THREE MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
COFFEE AND A LITTLE BIT OF A DANGEROUS SPOT RIGHT HERE BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE MOMENTUM, OFFENSIVE MOMENTUM, KIND OF ON CREEKSIDE'S SIDE RIGHT NOW.
MORROW TRYING TO BOUNCE.
NOT ABLE TO.
CAMERON HIGH JUMPS IN FOR THE TFL OR WAS THAT ALBA?
MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALBA.
>> NUMBER 82.
ALEX ALBA.
CALEB HOLMES PUSHING INTO THE BACKFIELD.
THAT'S JUST KEY.
BIG OFFENSIVE LINE.
SHOULDER, SQUARE, USE YOUR HANDS.
USE YOUR SPEED FOR THE SIDE.
>> FOURTH AND THREE.
LINE.
PASS COMPLETION TO LORENZO YORK.
22 YARDS TO NUMBER 22.
>> ONCE AGAIN, ROLLING OUT TO HIS RIGHT.
NICE JOB RIGHT THERE OF LETT REALLY SELLING HE WAS GOING TO RUN THAT BALL, GIVING YORK TIME.
THAT WAS A LONG ROUTE COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD FOR THAT BIG PLAY.
>> SO A BIG FOURTH DOWN PLAY.
MORROW WITH THE SNAP ON FIRST DOWN AND WE HAVE A FLAG OUT.
>> ILLEGAL.
ON THE OFFENSE.
5 YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.
REPLAYING FIRST DOWN.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THE GAME.
WHILE CREEKSIDE IS ON OFFENSE.
>> NOT BEEN ABLE TO LIVE UP TO PLAYING CLEAN FOOTBALL.
WE TALK ABOUT THE PRE-SNAP PENALTIES AND THE TURNOVERS WHEN THE OFFENSE STRUGGLES AND FOR THE COFFEE DEFENSE, THEY HAVE TO GET TO THIRD AND LONG AND GET OFF THE FIELD TRYING TO CREATE A SHORT FIELD FOR THEIR OFFENSE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING SO FAR THIS YEAR.
>> MORROW KEYS TO THE GAME BROUGHT TO YOU BY MANAGEMENT, OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF GPB HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
>> NICE JOB BY THE RIGHT GUARD AND RIGHT TACKLE, WILLIAMS AND STEVENS, JUST CLEARING OUT THAT RIGHT SIDE.
LETTING MOMORROW, ONE TACKLE AWAY.
TRYING TO GET TO THE END ZONE.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 8.
GUNS IT AND INCOMPLETE.
A BULLET ON THE CROSSING ROUTE GOES BEHIND THE WIDE RECEIVER.
>> NICE ROUTE THERE BY DERRICK WHITE AND YOU CAN SEE NYQUA LETT.
HE HAD HIM ON THE QUICK SLANT.
JUST MISSED HIM, THROWING THE BALL A LITTLE HIGH.
NICE JOB OF WHITE GETTING INSIDE OF THE CORNERBACK.
NOT ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HIM RIGHT THERE.
NYQUA LETT.
>> TWO OF THREE.
TEN PLAYS AT THE DRIVE.
RIGHT HERE.
>> THIS SITUATION, WATCH LETT.
WATCHING QUARTERBACK DRAW, EXTENDING THIS PLAY.
DON'T LET HIM GET OUTSIDE THE POCKET.
>> DAVIS.
NOT GOING TO GET THERE.
FOURTH DOWN.
THAT WAS BRANDON, OR CAMERON HIGH, PARDON ME.
THE BIG HIGH, NOT THE LITTLE HIGH.
THE LITTLE HIGH AIN'T THAT LITTLE, BY THE WAY.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
>> FOURTH DOWN.
>> THAT PLAY ON THIRD DOWN MADE ME FEEL LIKE COACH MORRIS DIXON WAS GOING TO GO FORWARD.
THAT PLAY, REALLY TRY THE FIELD GOAL THIS YEAR.
THIRD TRYING TO PIC UP A COUPLE OF YARDS TO MAKE THIS AN EASIER FOURTH DOWN.
>> A TIME-OUT ON THE FIELD WITH 35 SECONDS TO PLAY HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND A BIG FOURTH DOWN COMING UP.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
A QUICK LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE STATE.
TOUCHDOWN BY GUNNER STOCKTON.
WALTON IN 7A LEADING EARLY AT THE HOG PEN.
LEADING 7-0 AND MONROE OVER NORTH MURRAY.
14-0 AND ON THE BOARD IN THIS MINI BRACKET, ST. PIUS BY 7-3 AND TEN MINUTES OF POSSESSION, BUT NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.
UPSET ALERT OF THE NIGHT COMES FROM WATKINSVILLE.
DOWN 15-0.
FIVE MINUTES TO GO, FIRST QUARTER, MATT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JOHN.
FIRST DOWN AND 7 HERE.
5.5 MINUTES ON THE DRIVE FOR CREEKSIDE THAT STARTED AT THEIR OWN 29.
CAUGHT FIRST DOWN OF THE 11 YARD LINE, COMPLETION TO TREY EDWARDS AND ONCE AGAIN, SECOND TIME ON THIS DRIVEWAY, THEY CONVERT A FOURTH DOWN.
>> NICE PLAY ACTION.
STAY RIGHT THERE.
THIS TIME, ABLE TO FIND HIS RECEIVER.
JUST A LITTLE STOP ROUTE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD INTO THE STICKS THERE.
EDWARDS.
SENIOR.
TOUCHBACK INSIDE AND INSTEAD OF CUTTING OUTSIDE ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE QUARTERBACK.
>> NICE JOB ON THAT LEFT SIDE.
JUST MISSING RIGHT THERE.
CAMERON KEEPING IT TO THE OUTSIDE.
>> 12 MINUTES IN THE BOOKS AND FAIRBURN, GEORGIA, CREEKSIDE LEADING 7-0 AND THREATENING TO DOUBLE UP THE LEAD WHEN WE GET >>> START OF THE SECOND QUARTER.
CREEKSIDE LEADING COFFEE 7-0 BUT KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AGAIN AS WE BEGIN THE SECOND PERIOD.
MATT STEWART WITH WAYNE GANDY.
TURNER WILKINS, JOHN NELSON AND PALMER.
NYQUA LED A VERY OUTSTANDING FIRST QUARTER, 98 YARDS OF TOUCHDOWN, TWICE CONVERTED, FOURTH DOWN PASSES TO KEEP THIS DRIVE ALIVE.
BURCH GETS STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS, AND THAT WAS CAMERON HIGH AGAIN COMING UP WITH THE BIG TACKLE RIGHT THERE AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> NICE JOB THERE BY HIGH, GETTING ON THE BLOCK OF THE RIGHT GUARD.
WILLIAMS KEEPING HIS SHOULDERS, HIS FEET MOVING.
13 TACKLE FOR A LOSS ON THE SEASON.
HE'S HAD AN OUTSTANDING YEAR.
TALK ABOUT A GUY INSIDE THAT WITH FIVE SACKS.
HIGH MOTOR, AIN'T THAT SOMETHING.
>> I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.
THIRD DOWN AND GOAL FROM THE 6 YARD LINE.
SECOND TOUCHDOWN PASS OF THE NIGHT FOR LETT.
CREEKSIDE.
13-0.
>> PLAY ACTION FAKE ROLLING OUT TO HIS RIGHT.
NICE JOB OF THE DEFENSE CHASING UNDERNEATH.
AT THE ROUTE COMING ACROSS THE FIELD AND THEN LORENZO YORK.
NICE JOB OF READING THE DEFENSE BY NYQUA LETT.
CREEKSIDE WITH THE 14-0 LEAD IN THE FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF GAME.
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WELL, A GREAT START HERE FOR CREEKSIDE TONIGHT.
THAT WAS A 14 PLAY.
71 YARD DRIVE.
NEARLY 7 MINUTES, WAYNE.
>> VERY DIALLED IN TO THIS OFFENSE TAKING COFFEE OVER THEIR SEASON AVERAGE OF 12 POINTS, 14 POINTS ON THE BOARD AND THINKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WATCH THEM, DIALLED IN.
RECOVERED BY CREEKSIDE.
THE FAR SIDE OF THE FIELD AND MILLER RECOVERS THE LIVE BALL.
>> ALMOST STOPPED HERE.
THE BALL GOES UP AND NO ONE GETS THE BALL IN THAT SITUATION.
ALMOST AS THOUGH IT WAS A PUNT, UNDERSTANDING THE LIVE BALL THERE, NOT GOING UP TO COVER THE BALL.
YOU CAN SEE THEY HAD SOMEBODY ON THE SPOT.
>> COFFEE LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE SHELL SHOCKED RIGHT THERE.
GEORGIA, GEORGIA TECH, ALABAMA, MICHIGAN STATE, ALL THE BIG SHOTS.
AND PLAY GETS BLOWN DEAD.
>> PRIOR TO THE SNAP.
FALSE START.
OFFENSE.
5 YARD PENALTY.
REPLAY, FIRST DOWN.
>> ANOTHER PENALTY ON CREEKSIDE BUT PENALTIES HAVE NOT HURT THEM YET.
ABLE TO RECOVER WITH THE BIG PLAY TO MAKE UP FOR THE PENALTIES.
>> WE TALK ABOUT THEM COMING TO PLAY CLEAN FOOTBALL, TRY TO WIN THIS GAME.
MAKING THEIR WORK HARDER, ABLE TO UNCOVER THEM.
PLAYING TOPNOTCH DEFENSE, CAN'T GIVE THEM FIVE YARDS.
>> RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, THERE GOES CAMERON BURCH.
20-0.
>> CAMERON BURCH, THEIR MOST EXPLOSIVE OFFENSIVE WEAPON.
GOING UNTOUCHED.
COMING RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN.
BIG TIME BLOCKING.
NICE JOB BY ASHTON MITCHELL.
THE FULLBACK LEADING THE WAY AND RIGHT DOWN THE HEART OF THE TROJAN DEFENSE.
SHOWING YOU THE SPEED AS CAMERON BURCH, LEADING RUNNING BACK AND RECEIVER AND RIGHT NOW, THIS CREEKSIDE OFFENSE HAS COFFEE IN A BIND.
>> 21-0 LEAD AND MAURICE DIXON'S TEAM IS READY TO PLAY.
HE SAID LAST WEEK AGAINST WOODWARD ACADEMY, DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE DIALLED IN, DIDN'T PUT ENOUGH IMPORTANCE ON THE GAME.
THEY'RE DIALLED IN TONIGHT.
>> BIG TIME RUN RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.
UNTOUCHED.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WATCH THE OTHER ONES.
HE WAS IN PRACTICE, HANDING OFF THE BALL.
GOOD BLOCKING THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
THE BIG CENTER AND NICE JOB, AS I SAID, BY MITCHELL, 33 LEADING THE WAY, ALLOWING BURCH TO RUN UNTOUCHED TO THE END ZONE.
>> 38 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY CAMERON BURCH IN A THREE TOUCHDOWN LEAD FOR CREEKSIDE IN THE OPENING 13 MINUTES OF THIS GAME.
COFFEE WITH A HUGE HOLE TO CLIMB OUT OF IN THE FIRST PLAYOFF.
SAW MAURICE DIXON GO OUT OF BOUNDS THIS TIME AND TO THE 35 YARD LINE AND MAURICE DIXON, ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED COACHES IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
WE'LL STOP AND LISTEN TO OUR OFFICIAL RIGHT HERE.
MARK STATON.
WELL, MAYBE WE WON'T.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, MAURICE DIXON ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED COACHES IN THE STATE.
HE TOOK OVER THIS PROGRAM IN 2017.
GOT THE JOB BASICALLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE FALL PRACTICE STARTED.
THEY WENT 0-10 THAT YEAR.
THEY HAVE GONE 30-14 SINCE THAT 27 TEAM SEASON.
>> COOL DEMEANOR AND MAURICE DIXON TAKING OVER THE OFFENSE.
THE GAME OFFENSIVELY AND RIGHT NOW, HE HAS COFFEE'S NUMBER.
JUST LOOKS LIKE A FOOTBALL COACH.
DOESN'T HE HAVE THAT BURLY?
>> HE PLAYED THERE ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
PLAYED FOR AMOS, WHO'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THIS CREEKSIDE.
COACH DIXON CHATTING IT UP WITH THE OFFICIALS.
THE OFFICIALS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE THIS PENALTY OUT.
>> OFFSIDE OR -- KICK THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS BUT I'M NOT SURE.
>> HERE'S A LOOK AT THE CREEKSIDE SEMINOLES RESUME.
STATE CHAMPIONS IN 2013, 15-0 UNDER DOWNS.
NINE RECENT CHAMPIONS.
MOST RECENTLY LAST YEAR, THEY'VE MADE THE PLAYOFFS.
THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AFTER WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE 0-10 SEASON IN 2017.
AND OF COURSE, ERIC BERRY, JOSHUA HALSI.
2010'S ALL DECADE TEAM.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROYALTY RIGHT THERE.
>> WHAT A PLAYER HE WAS IN THAT CHIEFS UNIFORM.
A GUY WITH THE MAGNET TO HIS HAND.
HE COULD COME UP AND HIT BIGGER THAN HE WAS.
SMALL, MORE OF A CORNERBACK SIZE BUT HIT WITH THE BIG SAFETY HIT WHEN HE CAME UP WITH THE FOOTBALL IQ OFF THE CHARTS.
>> SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A PENALTY CALLED ON COFFEE BECAUSE THEY SPOT THE BALL AT THE 50 YARD LINE.
THAT'S GOING TO NEGATE THE OUT OF BOUNDS KICK IT APPEARS AND THEY'LL KICK FROM THE 50 HERE.
PATRICK McCALL IN DESPERATE NEED FOR SOMETHING GOOD TO HAPPEN AND THIS IS NOT PART OF THAT.
GOING TO ANGLE AND STILL KICK IT OUT OF BOUNDS AND SO COFFEE WILL GET THE BALL TO 35.
>> FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FOOT.
>> THEY'LL MAKE THEM REKICK?
I THOUGHT THEY HAD THE OPTION OF TAKING THE BALL TO THE 35.
>> NOW THEY MOVE THE BALL.
>> WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE EXECUTING THIS.
FOLLOWING THE CREEKSIDE TOUCHDOWN IS TAKING ABOUT TEN MINUTES TO EXECUTE.
>> MIND YOU, ON THE LAST KICKOFF, FULL OF TWO KICKOFFS AGO.
GOT THE RECOVERY, MILLER.
KEEP IT IN BOUNCE.
OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> KICK OUT OF BOUNDS ON THE KICKING TEAM.
5 YARD PENALTY.
>> I'LL CONFESS, I'M NOT FULLY VERSED ON THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS SEASON IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS, WE'VE SEEN THEM SPOT THE BALL AT THE 35, SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S DIFFERENT.
I'M SURE THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF.
BUT TYPICALLY, WHEN THEY KICK THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS, THE OFFENSE TAKES OVER AT THE 35.
NOW THIS IS THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE TIME WE'VE SEEN THEM REKICK.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE OTHER SITUATIONS THAT I'VE SEEN THIS YEAR.
>> IT SEEMS THAT HE'S INTENTIONALLY ABLE TO ANGLE KICK TO THAT PARTICULAR SIDE, NOT HAVING SUCCESS KEEPING THE BALL IN AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF THIS TIME, HE DOESN'T KICK THE BALL DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AS FAR AS HE CAN.
>> IT WAS CAUGHT, NO, IT WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> I THINK BRADY SKIPPER CAUGHT THIS.
>> PENALTY, REKICK.
>> I THINK BRADY SKIPPER WAS HOPING MAYBE IF HE CAUGHT THE BALL AND IT TOOK HIM OUT OF BOUNDS, THEY WOULD GIVE HIM THE BALL.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WOULD BOTHER TO TRY TO CATCH IT.
>> SAVING UP KICKERS HERE.
SO THE 15 YARD PERSONAL FOUL PENALTY THAT THEY ORIGINALLY PICKED UP ON THE FIRST KICK WHICH WAS ABOUT AN HOUR AGO HAS NOW BEEN NEGATED.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE NEW KICKER HERE.
AMIR HIGHTOWER, A FRESHMAN, IS GOING TO KICK.
IN THIS ONE, ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 16 YARD LINE AND THIS WILL BE RETURNED.
AND McCALL UP TO THE 40 YARD LINE.
SO THAT'S WHERE COFFEE FINALLY GOES BACK ON OFFENSE AFTER VERY TRYING EXPERIENCE.
TRYING TO KICK THE BALL OFF HERE.
FOUR PENALTIES ON THE KICKOFF WHICH I CAN HONESTLY SAY IN MY 24 YEARS OF CALLING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ON TELEVISION, PLUS ANOTHER, I DON'T KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
>> I DON'T THINK COACH DIXON HAS EITHER, GET A LITTLE CHUCKLE OUT OF HIM.
I'M WILLING TO GO ON RECORD OUR GREAT JOHN NELSON HAS NEVER SEEN.
>> PICK UP THE RULE TO FIND OUT WHY.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
WHY IT WAS A RE-KICK AND THE BALL DIDN'T COME TO THE 35 YARD LINE WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON EVERY OTHER KICK OUT OF BOUNDS THIS SEASON.
THAT WAS McDUFFY GETTING HIS FIRST CARRY OF THE GAME RIGHT HERE.
>> TREMENDOUS PRESSURE.
WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE OPEN D LINE DOMINANCE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE PLAYING ON THE COFFEE SIDE OF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND COFFEE IS NOT EVEN ABLE TO GET THE BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE WITH THE KIND OF PENETRATION THEY'RE DEALING ON THAT DEFENSIVE LINE.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 10 FROM THE 40.
>> McDUFFY ABLE TO MUSCLE FORWARD TO PICK UP A COUPLE YARDS.
>> THIS IS THE CHALLENGE WHEN YOU TAKE ON THE SEMINOLE DEFENSE.
THEY LOVE TO PLAY MAN TO MAN.
THEY HAVE THE CORNER AND SAFETIES THAT ARE CONFIDENT AND THEY CAN DO IT.
THEY WILL SACK THE BOX.
YOU ADD SACKING THE BOX WITH THE PENETRATION, THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF ROOM INSIDE TO RUN THAT BALL.
SEE IF JUSTIN AND THIS OFFENSE TRIES TO GET THE RUN OUT ON THE EDGE.
THEY'RE NOT HAVING SUCCESS AGAINST THIS DEFENSIVE LINE.
>> THIRD DOWN AND 8.
DEFENSIVE LINE, LINEBACKER.
SECONDARY.
NO WEAKNESSES IN THIS CREEKSIDE DEFENSE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THIS SEASON.
>> AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO, CALLED OUT BY COFFEE.
WE'LL STEP ASIDE WHILE THEY FIGURE THINGS OUT.
>> WELCOME BACK TO FOOTBALL FRIDAY.
CREEKSIDE LEADING 21-0 AND WE ARE UNDERSTANDING THERE IS THE OPTION, MATT WAYNE, OF REKICKING.
THIS IS UP TO ROBBY PRUITT TO MAKE THE DECISION FOR CREEKSIDE TO CONTINUE TO REKICK IN ORDER TO TRY AND GET BETTER FIELD POSITION.
A COUPLE OF SCORING UPDATES AND FOLKS WINNING BIG RIGHT NOW.
COUNTY WINNING BIG.
SURPRISE DOWN SOUTH.
WALTON BY THE SCORE OF 13-0 HERE, SECOND QUARTER.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE CASE, I JUST NEVER ASKED ROBBY PRUITT IF THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED TO DO BUT PERHAPS, ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IN ADVANCE.
>> ROLLING TO THE RIGHT AND THROWING AND IT'S CAUGHT AT THE 40 YARD LINE AND THAT IS A FIRST DOWN.
MATTHEW ADAMS WITH THE CATCH.
>> NICE JOB THERE.
GETTING OUTSIDE THE POCKET.
GETTING AWAY FROM THE PRESSURE, AS WE KNOW, 58 EXACT, THE SEASON FOR CREEKSIDE.
A LITTLE PLAY ACTION ROLLOUT.
TO GET OUTSIDE.
BUYING TIME, LETTING THIS RECEIVER CROSS THE FIELD AND ADAMS, WHEN YOU ARE FACING THE MAN TO MAN DECEMBER, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
RUN CROSSING ROUTES AND LET THEM USE THEIR SPEED TO BEAT THE DEFENDER.
>> 18 YARD PICK-UP PRIOR TO THAT PLAY.
THE TROJANS HAD ONLY 54 YARDS OF OFFENSE AND THAT'S THE FULLBACK ON THE RUN.
INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE AND THEN HE FUMBLES AND COFFEE ABLE TO GET ON TOP OF IT AT THE 3 YARD LINE.
DRESHON TAYLOR.
>> THEY SPOT THE BALL AT THE 3 YARD LINE.
THE SECOND TIME THOUGH, WAYNE, ON A BIG RUN THAT THE COFFEE RUNNERS HAVE BEEN STRIPPED FROM BEHIND.
SO THEY DID NOT SPOT THE BALL AT THE THREE.
THE BALL COMES BACK TO THE STRIP AND FUMBLE.
THAT'S WHY THE BALL WAS SPOTTED AT THE 8 YARD LINE.
THAT WAS SKIPPER ON THE CARRY.
SECOND DOWN AND GOAL.
>> WILDCAT OFFENSE THERE.
MAPPING DIRECTLY.
IN THIS SITUATION, I THINK COACH PRUITT WILL MAKE AN UGLY GAME OF IT TO THE END ZONE DOWN THERE, USE HIS BEST ASSET.
THIS OFFENSIVE LINE WITH A LOT OF SIGNS UP FRONT, AND THEIR PHYSICAL RUNNING BACK WITH SKIPPER.
>> A DIRECT SNAP AND FOLLOWS TAYLOR, HIS BLOCKER, TRYING TO GET TO THE EDGE AND NOT GOING TO GET THERE AND SAQUON WHITE OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> WHAT A GREAT JOB BY WHITE, NUMBER FOUR.
GETTING INTO THE END ZONE.
WHAT A BRIGHT FUTURE.
WHITE OUT ON THE EDGE.
>> THREE STAR CORNER WITH 15 OFFERS INCLUDING GEORGIA TECH, OLE MISS AND ARKANSAS.
IT'S THIRD DOWN AND GOAL.
>> DIRECT SNAP TO SKIPPER.
INTERESTING.
>> PRIOR TO SNAP, FALSE START.
5 YARD LINE.
THIRD DOWN.
>> INTERESTING CHOICE BY THEIR OC TO TAKE SCHWARTZ OUT OF THE GAME IN THE SITUATION AND SCREAMS, WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE BALL.
>> ESPECIALLY, ABOUT AS WE'VE SEEN, SCHWARTZ ABLE TO MAKE A COUPLE AND IF WE CAN GET IN TROUBLE, SHOWING YOU THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE BALL ON THE RUN.
JUST MAKING YOUR OFFENSE ONE DIMENSIONAL AGAINST A GREAT DEFENSIVE FRONT AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, SCHWARTZ BACK INTO THE GAME IN THIS THIRD AND LONG, THIRD AND GOAL.
>> THIRD AND GOAL, JUST OUTSIDE THE 10 AND THROW BACK TO SET UP AND IT'S INCOMPLETE.
>> UP ONCE AGAIN.
GREAT PLAY DESIGN.
HAMMOND, THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, SETTING UP THE BACK SCREEN.
A LITTLE ROAD TO THE RIGHT.
SCREEN IS SET UP PERFECTLY, NICE JOB, THROWING THE DEFENSE.
JUST DROPPING THE BALL THERE.
JUST A BAD BREAK THERE FOR ROBINSON, DROPPING THIS.
NOT SURE IF HE GOT IN THERE.
DaQUAN WHITE FOR THE SPEED.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE UP AND IT IS GOOD.
A 29 YARD FIELD GOAL BY DAVID VAUGHN.
HIS 12th FIELD GOAL OF THE SEASON.
AND THAT GETS COFFEE ON THE BOARD, BUT CERTAINLY, THEY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE THE TOUCHDOWN RIGHT THERE.
>> LOOK AT THIS CREEKSIDE OFFENSE AND THE WAY IT'S FUNCTIONING.
IF YOU'RE COFFEE AND ROBBY PRUITT, NO SITUATIONS FROM THIS POINT FORWARD IN THE GAME, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO JUST TAKE THAT AND GO FORWARD ON FOURTH DOWN.
THIS OFFENSE IS DIALLED IN, AT LEAST IN THE FIRST HALF AND END UP WITH THREE POINTS.
ONE WAS A SUCCESSFUL DRIVE UNTIL YOU GOT DOWN ON THE 6 YARD LINE.
WENT DOWN TO THE WILDCAT OFFENSE.
COULDN'T GET YARDAGE AND THEN DROP ON THE SCREEN BY ROBINSON.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE COFFEE TROJANS RESUME.
SEMIFINALISTS IN 2020 UNTIL LOSING AT CARTERSVILLE 24 TO 17.
FINALS IN 2017.
ONLY TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY, LOST TO LEAD COUNTY.
EIGHTH STRAIGHT IN THE PLAYOFFS AND CHEETAH AMONG THEIR NOTABLE ALUMNI.
TYREKE HILL.
BRAVE KICK RETURN AND WIDE RECEIVER WITH THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS.
>> OFFENSE.
VERY EFFECTIVE IN THIS FIRST HALF.
RUN OR PASS.
OFFENSIVE LINE.
ON THE LAST TRY.
BIG HOLD UP THE MIDDLE.
CAMERON BURCH.
EFFICIENT.
MOST OF HIS SUCCESS IS GETTING OUTSIDE OF THE POCKET.
DELIVERING THE BALL.
HIS OFFENSE IS ROLLING.
THIS IS A BIG DRIVE FOR THE TROJAN DEFENSE.
>> FIRST AND 10 FOR THE SEMINOLES FROM THE 20.
MORE THAN HALF OF THE QUARTER TO PLAY HERE IN THE SECOND PERIOD.
CAMERON BURCH IS GOING TO GET ABOUT FOUR ON THE PLAY.
>> ONE THING YOU SEE DIFFERENT FOR COFFEE'S DEFENSIVE FRONT.
YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF PENETRATION.
YOU DON'T SEE THIS LINE OF HIGH AND WEARING WEB, THEY'RE NOT PLAYING ON CREEKSIDE'S SIDE OF THE BALL.
THEY'RE GOING TO SHUT DOWN THIS OFFENSE.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START STANDING THESE GUARDS AND TACKLES UP TO GET MORE PENETRATION.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 6.
STOPPED IN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
ACTUALLY, LOST YARDAGE ON THAT PLAY.
AS THE COFFEE DEFENSE RISES UP.
>> NICE JOB THERE BY KAMERON HIGH, COMING BACK ON THE TACKLE FOR THE LOSS.
>> THIRD DOWN.
>> PRESSURE DOWN FIELD.
INCOMPLETE.
OUR FIRST PUNTING SITUATION FOR CREEKSIDE IN THIS GAME.
>> NICE POCKET TO THROW FROM FOR LETT, JUST NOT ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE RECEIVER.
AS THEY TALKED, IT SEEMS AT LEAST IN THE FIRST HALF, HAVE BETTER SUCCESS ROLLING HIM OUT.
LETTING HIM WORK ON THE MOVE.
>> A LOT OF QUARTERBACKS ARE LIKE THAT.
KIND OF LIKE THE THREE POINT SHOOTERS WHO LIKES TO BE SHOOTING IN RHYTHM.
NOT STANDING STILL AND SHOOTING BUT CATCHING THE BALL IN MOTION AND FIRING THE THREE.
STAY ON THE PUTT.
BACK AT 9 YARD LINE.
106 PASSING AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
BOTTLES IT.
HE'S IN TROUBLE AND COFFEE WILL TAKE OVER INSIDE THE 15 YARD LINE.
HUGE BREAK FOR THE TROJANS.
THEY HELP CREATED THE LOW SNAP ADDED TO IT AND NOW COFFEE HAS A CHANCE TO GET A TOUCHDOWN HERE.
>> NEVER REALLY GETTING UP, HITTING THE GROUND BEFORE IT MADE IT TO LETT.
TRYING TO RECOVER.
TAKE HIS EYE OFF THE BALL AND UNFORTUNATE THAT COFFEE DIDN'T PICK THAT IN THE END ZONE.
NICE STOP BY THE DEFENSE.
THEY TALKED ABOUT CREATING SHORT FIELD FOR THE OFFENSE AND THEY'VE DONE IT IN THIS SIGNIFICANT.
>> FIRST AND 10, OF THE 12 YARD LINE.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT HERE FOR COFFEE TO GET BACK IN THIS GAME.
AND OFF SKIPPER.
PUSHED SIDEWAYS AND THEN RIGHT INTO THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN.
GAIN OF MAYBE TWO ON THE PLAY.
VINCENT HILL LEADING THE TACKLING TO THE SEMINOLES.
>> OUTSTANDING SEASON, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT MILLER 26 A LOT IN THIS GAME.
21 TACKLES FOR THE LOSS ON THE SEASON.
RIGHT NOW, THIS COFFEE OFFENSE AS YOU'VE SEEN THESE LAST COUPLE OF RUNS, MISDIRECTION.
PLAYING A LITTLE SMOKE AND MIRROR TRYING TO THROW THIS DEFENSE OFF AND THE BALL IN ODD RUNS TO HAVE SUCCESS.
>> THE DEFENSE, NOTHING TO IT AND HAVE TO BE THIRD DOWN AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THIS COFFEE OFFENSE HAS FACED THIS YEAR.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN GREAT IN THE RED ZONE, AND COACH ROBBY PRUITT SAID THANK GOODNESS WE'VE GOT A GREAT KICKER.
POINTS ON THAT, SO OFTEN BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT EXECUTED IN THE RED ZONE.
THEY'VE HAD TO SETTLE FOR FIELD GOALS RATHER THAN TOUCHDOWNS.
>> IN THIS SITUATION, 21-3, MIGHT START PULLING OUT THE IDEA THAT THIS IS FOUR DOWN TERRITORY.
INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.
>> THIRD DOWN AND 5 FROM THE 8.
THE LINE TO GAIN.
THERE TO 2.
RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, SKIPPER AND A TOUCHDOWN FOR COFFEE.
>> BRADY SKIPPER TAKES IT IN FROM 8 YARDS OUT AND IT IS 21-9.
>> RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER, THE LEFT GUARD, GOOD PUSH BEHIND ME, ABLE TO BREAK THAT LOOSE AND WILDCAT FORMATION, BRADY SKIPPER.
IN THIS GAME, THINKING WE WERE GOING TO SEE MAURICE TURNER.
BRADY SKIPPER SO FAR.
>> AND VAUGHN WITH THE P.A.T.
THEY CASH IN QUICKLY AFTER THE FUMBLED PUCKS AND HE'S BACK IN THE GAME.
>> BEAUTIFUL BLOCKING RIGHT THERE.
COMING FROM THE RIGHT GUARD TO KICKOUT.
THE LEFT SIDE.
PUSHING DOWN.
GOOD EXECUTION FOR THAT TOUCHDOWN.
MUCH NEEDED TOUCHDOWN.
YOU FEEL IN THIS GAME.
ALL THE MOMENTUM HEADED TO CREEKSIDE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHN NELSON.
>> LET'S LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SCORES THAT WE'VE GOT AT THE BREAK.
LATE IN THE FIRST HALF.
WENT TO THE HALF IN TRENTON.
20-13.
THE TOUCHDOWN.
7A BY 20-16.
HALFTIME, EAST SIDE LEADING AND 24-14 IN THE BACK AND FORTH WITH NEW HAMPSHIRE, NOW 13-12.
LEADING 35-0 OVER THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL AND 30-0 IN THE SECOND HALF.
>> TOUCHDOWN.
BRING IT OUT TO THE 20 YARD LINE.
COFFEE WITH LIFE HERE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
THE TAIL END OF THE DRIVE AND THEN GOT A GIFT ON THE FUMBLE.
CASH IN THREE PLAYS LATER AND 21-10 HERE THIS PLAYOFF MATCH-UP.
>> WAITING UNTIL THE LAST DRIVE.
SEMINOLES OFFENSE.
PUSHED IN THE THIRD AND LONG AND TURNOVER ON THE PUNT.
LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN SHOW THAT, OVERCOMING PENALTIES.
352 LEFT IN THIS HALF.
GETTING POINTS.
>> CREEKSIDE PLAYED FOUR GAMES THIS SEASON DECIDED BY A TOUCHDOWN OR LESS.
THE TWO THEY WON, WESTLAKE AND THE TWO THEY LOST, CARTERSVILLE AND WOODWARD ACADEMY.
THE DIFFERENCE IN BOTH WAS IN THE LOSSES, TURNOVERS AND NOT PREVENTING THE BIG PLAY.
THE TURNOVER COMES BACK AND HAUNTS THEM.
COSTS THEM A TOUCHDOWN HERE AGAINST COFFEE.
ON THE RUN, FLING IT OUT BACKWARDS AND LET'S SEE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO RULE THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS A BACKWARD PASS.
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FUMBLE OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 30 YARD LINE.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL SPOT IT.
>> DEFINITELY BREAKING THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
KEPT THE BALL AND RAN UP FIELD.
TRYING TO GET THE BIG PLAY OUT ON THE EDGE.
IT'S LETT.
THE SITUATION.
GET THIS FIRST DOWN HERE.
YOU CAN SEE PULLING THE BALL, RPO.
HE HAS THE FIRST DOWN RIGHT THERE ON THE 30.
TRYING TO GET THE BALL OUT.
ISIAH DAVIS.
>> THIS RUN RIGHT HERE BY BURCH.
FIRST AND 10.
>> CAMERON BURCH'S HELMET RIGHT THERE.
JUST HARD WORK.
HOPEFULLY THAT'S BEEN ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND NOT HIM AT HOME JUST RUBBING HIS HELMET ON THE GROUND.
THE WAY HE GETS DOWNHILL, I IMAGINE THAT'S OPPONENT.
>> GOING FOR THE HOME RUN AND INCOMPLETE TRYING TO CONNECT WITH WHITE.
GREAT COVERAGE OUT THERE BY THE COFFEE SECONDARY.
YOUNG SOPHOMORE.
WHITE WITH THE DEEP PASS AND HE WAS CHASING.
NOT GETTING BEHIND ANYMORE MR. WHITE.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 10 COMING UP.
21-10.
CREEKSIDE LEADING.
WINNER OF THE BALL GAME.
ADVANCES TO THE SECOND ROUND TO PLAY EITHER CASS OR ST. PIUS.
BALL COMES OUT AND I BELIEVE A RULE HE WAS ALREADY DOWN BY CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.
AND THEN THE LINEBACKER TREY LANDERS.
>> MAKING BURCH GO BACK INSIDE AND HE'S MOVING A LOT OF PAIN.
LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT SHOULDER.
FORCING BURCH INSIDE.
YOU CAN SEE BURCH'S KNEE ON THE GROUND.
>> AND THEN LANDERS WHO TRIED TO SCOOP AND RUN.
GETS HURT ON THE TACKLE.
>> THEY CONTINUE TO TREY LANDERS.
COFFEE ALREADY DOWN.
TWO OF THEIR STAR PLAYERS TONIGHT.
MAURICE TURNER AND LOEWS.
NOT SEEN ANTHONY GAST KIN TONIGHT.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH NIKKI PALMER.
>> I AM HANGING HERE IN THE STUDIO GETTING READY FOR OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGENTS BANK.
THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU COMING IN A LITTLE.
BRACKET BANTER WITH OUR FRIEND NELLY.
HE LOVES A GOOD UPSET.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE AT THE HALF.
MEET ME RIGHT HERE, MORE FOOTBALL TO TALK ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU, NIKKI.
NOW THIRD DOWN AND 5.
LINE TO GAIN IS THE 43.
SAW THEM DOMINATE THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
USING HIS FEET.
>> ACROSS THE 50 YARD LINE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 45.
>> THIS IS A COUNTER QUARTERBACK DRAW.
FULL COUNTER DRAW, STEVENS, WILLIAMS PULLING FROM THE RIGHT TACKLE, RIGHT GUARD POSITION.
FOLLOWING THEM UPFIELD AND HE HAS THAT KIND OF ABILITY.
HE IS A TRUE DUAL THREAT AND QUARTERBACK.
DON'T REALLY GET THAT FEEL LIKE HE'LL RUN THE BALL A LOT.
SHOWS A LOT OF SPEED WHEN HE GETS OUT IN OPEN FIELD.
>> JET SWEEP.
TREY EDWARDS CLOSE FOR ABOUT 9 OR 10 ON THAT.
>> TREY EDWARDS.
JET SWEEP.
SQUEEZE THOSE SHOULDERS.
NICE JOB OF HIM PICKING UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> THAT COUNTS AS A FORWARD PASS.
10 YARD GAIN.
BURCH.
GETS ABOUT THREE ON THE PLAY.
>> A VISION THERE BY BURCH.
GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE.
DEFENSIVE END.
NOT LETTING HIM GET OUT THERE.
PUT HIS FOOT IN THE GROUND AND THREE OR FOUR TOUGH YARDS UP THE FIELD.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 6.
THREE TIME-OUTS REMAINING FOR BOTH TEAMS AS WE GET CLOSE TO 90 SECONDS LEFT HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> TALKED ABOUT THIS BEING A BIG DRIVE FOR COFFEE RIGHT NOW ON CREEKSIDE, GETTING BACK TO WINNING.
WE SAW THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> LED IN A BROKEN FIELD.
TAKES OFF INSIDE THE 10.
TOUCHDOWN CREEKSIDE.
BUT THERE IS A FLAG OUT.
SEE IF THE TOUCHDOWN RUN BY NYQUA LETT STANDS.
>> WE'LL HAVE HOLDING WITH THAT 3 YARD LINE AT LETT.
>> STILL GOING TO BE A FIRST DOWN.
>> LETT GOING INTO THIS END ZONE.
>> HOLDING.
ON THE OFFENSE.
10 YARD PENALTY FROM THE FOUL.
YOU CAN SEE WHY HE GETS RECRUITING NUMBERS.
THE BALL THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD BUT I THINK SURPRISING THIS TROJAN DEFENSE WITH THE KIND OF SPEED HE SHOWED.
HE HAS THIS COOL DEMEANOR.
HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF SPEED, BUT HE WAS MOVING ON THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE.
>> ENDS UP BEING AN 18 YARD GAIN AFTER YOU MARK OFF THE PENALTY.
AND A TIME-OUT CALLED BY COFFEE AND NO DOUBT NYQUA SHOWING ELITE SPEED HERE TONIGHT.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROGRAMS WATCHING AROUND THE NATION TONIGHT.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT NYQUA LETT IS OPENING SOME EYES.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHN NELSON.
>> CONTINUE OUR TOUR AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE STATE AT THE HALF.
FITZGERALD LEADING DODGE COUNTY BY THE SCORE OF 7-0.
ONE OF THE PESKY 2-3 MATCH-UPS AND IN COMPLETE CONTROL AND THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL.
38-0 AT THE BREAK.
TWO TOUCHDOWN PASSES EARLY IN THAT GAME FOR THE CADET, GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT IT LOOKS LIKE AND THE YELLOW JACKETS.
ALSO ON THE BOARD, LOOKING AT WARNER ROBINS AT 1.
21-7 AND TRAILING IN THEIR GAME AGAINST NORTH OCONEE.
UP IN THE SECOND HALF AS WE LOOK AT THINGS IN QUAD A, THEY MIGHT BE THE OPPONENT FOR SPALDING WHO WON LAST NIGHT IN THE FIRST GAME ON THE BOARD WITH A FINAL SCORE.
BACK TO YOU, MATT.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
LETT WITH 116 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.
50 RUSHING, 116 PASS.
COUNTED FOR TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
BURCH GETS STOPPED IN THE HOLE.
THE LINEBACKER MAKING THE HIT.
MAKING >> NYQUA LETT, THEY HAVE TO KEEP THEIR EYE ON HIM.
>> LETT, THE BALL ENDS UP BEING INCOMPLETE.
>> BIG TIME PRESSURE THERE BY BRANDON HIGH.
GOING BACKWARDS WITH THE ARM STRENGTH HE HAS.
YOU WANT TO DRAW THE DEFENSE IN.
LET THAT SCREEN DEVELOP.
>> SIDELINE WARNING.
NEARLY HAD THE INTERCEPTION SO NOW IT'S GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN AND 8.
REMEMBER CREEKSIDE HAD NOT ATTEMPTED A FIELD GOAL THE ENTIRE SEASON.
>> THIRD AND 8, TWO TIME-OUTS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE PART OF THE FIELD, FOUR DOWN TERRITORY.
GET THROUGH THE DEFENSE AND DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND NOW GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
CLOCK STILL RUNNING.
STOPS NOW AT 36 SECONDS.
>> NICE JOB OF LETT PRESSURE UP THE FIELD BY GRAHAM.
NOT LETTING THEM GET TO THE OUTSIDE AND ONCE AGAIN, REALLY SHOWING YOU THE ASPECT OF HIS ABILITY TO SCRAMBLE AND THEY PLAYED WITH HIS FEET AS THEY TALKED ABOUT 6'2".
TRYING TO SLIDE GET UP FIELD IN THE THREE OR FOUR YARDS.
>> SO 36 SECONDS.
AND LET'S SEE.
THE SCOREBOARD CLOCK IS SHOWING THEY PICKED UP A FIRST DOWN.
BUT DO NOT BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IT'S FOURTH DOWN.
IT IS FOURTH DOWN.
THIS IS A HUGE PLAY FOR BOTH BUT ESPECIALLY FOR COFFEE.
>> FOURTH AND GOAL FROM THE 3.
>> THEY'RE GOING FOR IT.
2-2 ON THE FOURTH DOWNS.
LETT THROWING AND INCOMPLETE.
BROKEN UP IN THE END ZONE.
TIPPED.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SKIPPER WHO FLASHED IN FRONT OF THE RECEIVER AT THE LAST MOMENT FOR A HUGE PBU TO GET THE BALL BACK FOR COFFEE.
>> THIS COFFEE DEFENSE.
NYQUA LETT GETTING OUTSIDE OF THE PRESSURE.
NOT SURE IF HE WAS TRYING TO GET THAT ISIAH DAVIS BUT NICE JOB OF GETTING OUTSIDE OF THE PRESSURE.
I THINK HE WAS LOOKING FOR DAVIS RIGHT THERE TO CONTINUE ON THAT ROUTE AND HE KIND OF PULLED UP.
NICE BREAK ON THE BALL BY SKIPPER.
STOP THE TOUCHDOWN.
HAVING A BIG FIRST HALF.
>> SO COFFEE GOES BACK ON OFFENSE.
THEY GO INTO A KIND OF A VICTORY FORMATION OR A GET TO THE LOCKER ROOM FORMATION RIGHT HERE.
>> GOT 12.
LEGAL SUBSTITUTION FROM THE DEFENSE.
5 YARD PENALTY.
FIRST DOWN.
>> THAT WILL GIVE A LITTLE MORE ROOM BUT THE WAY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER UNFOLDED, IT TURNED OUT BETTER FOR COFFEE THAN THE PREVIOUS FIRST 18 MINUTES OF THE GAME, THEY GOT THE FIELD GOAL, THE TOUCHDOWN AFTER THE FUMBLE AND BIG FOURTH DOWN STOP WITH THE 5 YARD LINE.
THEY'RE IN THE GAME, IF THEY GO THEY'RE STILL IN THE GAME.
>> THIS WAS THE DRIVE THAT SAVED THEIR GAME.
THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE IS WHAT SAVED THE GAME.
YOU LET CREEKSIDE SCORE UP 28-10, THE WAY THE OFFENSE PLAYED FOR THEM TONIGHT, COFFEE PROBABLY COULDN'T GET BACK IN THIS GAME.
THE DEFENSE FINALLY MAKING A STAND AND GIVING THEIR TEAM A CHANCE DOWN AT HALFTIME.
>> THE GAME HAS A BIT OF AN ODD FIELD FOR IT AS WE GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM.
MOST OF THE GAME, IT'S BEEN ABOUT CREEKSIDE BUT COFFEE DID JUST ENOUGH THERE IN THAT SECOND QUARTER THAT KEEP THEMSELVES IN THE GAME.
SO GOOD FOR THEM AS THEY HEAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM AND THEY'VE GOT THINGS TO WORK ON HERE.
THEY'RE DOWN A COUPLE OF THEIR STARS.
IN PARTICULAR, MAURICE TURNER.
THEY'VE MISSED HIS EXPLOSIVENESS ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL BUT THEY BIG DEFENSIVE STOP AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER.
>> A LOT OF CONCENTRATION AND FOCUS ON HOW TO STOP NYQUA LETT AND HIS ABILITY TO SCRAMBLE.
DOING IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
THE TACKLING FOR THE TROJAN DEFENSE.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION, NYQUA LETT HAS BEEN THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS BALL GAME.
HE'S HAD A FANTASTIC FIRST QUARTER.
DOWN TO TABITHA.
STANDING BY WITH COACH DIXON.
>> COACH, LAST WEEK, YOU SAID YOUR GUYS GOT OFF TO A SLOW START.
21-10 LEAD.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING?
>> WE CAME OUT AND PERFORM ON THE FIELD.
>> DEFENSIVELY, YOUR GUYS WERE PLAYING THE SHUTOUT QUARTER.
SECOND QUARTER LET UP.
HOW DO YOU GET THAT MOMENTUM BACK DEFENSIVELY?
>> THAT SNAP RIGHT THERE SET UP FOR A SCORE.
WE'VE GOT THE DRIVE DOWN THE FIELD.
VERY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM.
GIVE THEM A SHORT FIELD, THEY'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
DO A BETTER JOB ON SPECIAL TEAMS.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD LUCK IN THE SECOND HALF.
NIKKI, IN THE STUDIO.
>> THANK YOU, TABITHA.
LOVE HAVING YOU TONIGHT AND THE HOME TEAM LOOKS GOOD.
COMING UP, OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGENTS BANK.
TEAMS AROUND THE STATE BATTLE IT OUT TO MAKE IT INTO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT ALL COMING UP NEXT AFTER THE BREAK.
>> WELCOME IN TO THE FOOTBALL GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW.
WE'RE HOLDING DOWN THE STUDIOS RIGHT HERE IN ATLANTA AND IT IS HALFTIME RIGHT NOW AND COFFEE AT CREEKSIDE AND A LITTLE PLACE CALLED THE SWAMP.
CREEKSIDE LOOKING GOOD.
HOLDING THE LEAD AT THE HALF.
21-10 BUT TONIGHT, IT IS THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS AND TEAMS ARE MAKING MOVES.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO WASTE ANY TIME.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CHECK OUT OUR GEORGIA EMC SCOREBOARD.
IN COBB COUNTY, THE RAIDERS AND THE PACKERS ON TOP 20-3 AND OUT OF THE BIG ORANGE JUNGLE PARK, HOLDING ON TO PEBBLEBROOK, NOTHING BUT BENEDICT 38-0 AND OUT OF JEFFERSON, THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THE LEAD 7-0 AT THE HALF AND THEN WE HEAD DOWN TO WAYNESBORO, 27-7.
AND THEN IN THE 3A MATCH-UP, THIS HAS BEEN CALLED A TOSS-UP.
10-6.
HOLDING ON RIGHT NOW AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE 2A MATCH-UP.
PLAYING A BEAUTIFUL BLUERIDGE TONIGHT IN THE WINNER OF THIS GAME PLAYING THE GAME JUST BELOW DODGE COUNTY AND FITZGERALD.
FITZGERALD, THE PURPLE HURRICANES LEADING DODGE COUNTY 7-0 AND THEN JEFF DAVIS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, LEADING 26-0 AT THE HALF AND THEN FOR ANOTHER 2A GAME, WE'VE GOT WACO AND THOMASVILLE.
THOMASVILLE LEADING 21-0.
JOHN, CHRISTMAS HAS COME EARLY.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING TONIGHT WITH ALL OF THESE SCORES?
ARE YOU SLEEPING WITH YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN OR WHAT?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> I COULD SHOW YOU ALL THE PAPER PRODUCTS THAT I WILL BE BURNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.
HERE'S THE LEFT HAND VERSION AND THE RIGHT HAND VERSION.
I'LL TRY TO MAKE SURE NOTHING SPILLS.
SO THIS IS EVERYTHING I'M GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU WANTED TO FOCUS ON ONE ASPECT OF TONIGHT IN PARTICULAR WHERE THE HIGHER ARE TAKING CARE OF THE LOWER SEEDS RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS ON YOUR MIND, WASN'T IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
HONESTLY, JOHN, I FEEL SO OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW WITH EXCITEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.
SO LET'S START WHEREVER YOU WANT TO AND I KNOW EVENTUALLY, WE'LL GET TO THAT BRACKET BANNER WITH THE UPSET ALERT.
>> LET'S GO STRAIGHT TO THE UPSET ALERT.
EVERYBODY PAYING ATTENTION TO IT.
DOWN THERE WITH THE SIREN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, A COUPLE OF GAMES WE'VE HAD UPSET ALERTS.
WE'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT.
WE CAN ADD TO THAT.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OCONEE COUNTY.
22-7.
COME BACK AT 22 A PIECE.
THERE'S A SECOND ONE WE'VE HAD ON THE BOARD BUT COLUMBUS, THIS ONE 7-6 AT THE HALF.
STOPPED AT THE 1 YARD LINE HEADING IN FOR A POSSIBLE LEADING SCORE.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT WE HAVE WITH THE SIREN, WITHOUT THE SIREN RIGHT NOW, WE'LL GIVE YOU TWO MORE.
DECATUR LEADING CALHOUN AT THE READ, SECOND QUARTER 12-7 AND ONE MORE BEFORE WE GO, WHAT WAS THE FOURTH ONE?
I'M COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY CONFUSED.
EARLY COUNTY, 16-0 THIRD QUARTER.
NOW WITH JORDAN.
>> MORE SCORES COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.
I'LL ALLOW YOU TO GET WATER AND WATER ONLY.
WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT BACK HERE FOR MORE FOOTBALL FRIDAY HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGENTS BANK.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW.
WE ALREADY HAVE A WINNER IN A QUAD A GAME THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.
10-3 WIN FOR SPAULDING AND JOHN HAS THE HEAD COACH ON THE LINE.
>> WELCOME CARL CARNEY.
IT'S JOHN AND NIKKI.
A GOOD SOLID HURRY UP OFFENSE HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING IT TO THE SECOND ROUND.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
>> HOW MUCH OF A DOWNPOUR OR A CHALLENGE WAS IT FOR YOU IN THIS GAME TO GET OUT OF THE TOUGH TROOP TEAM?
>> IT RAINED PRETTY TOUGH, BUT HERE'S THE DEAL.
OUR KIDS, OUR COACHING STAFF, THEY WERE RELENTLESS.
WE JUST FOUND A WAY TO JUST STICK TO THE PATH AND FIND A WAY TO COME OUT WITH A WIN.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR MATCH-UP, HOW MUCH SCOUTING HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TONIGHT WITH NORTH OCONEE IN CONTROL RIGHT NOW, 35-7, EARLY THIRD QUARTER?
HOW MUCH STUDYING HAVE YOU BEEN DOING WITH THIS MATCH-UP TODAY AND TONIGHT?
>> WE'RE DOING JUST ENOUGH.
WE HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE EARLY ON TO GET A GOOD FEEL FOR THEM.
I HAVE A FEW COACHES OUT AND WE TRY TO FIND A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, GET A WIN.
>> AND YOU'LL BE DOING THAT IN THE SECOND ROUND AS YOU'RE CHASING THE WINNER OF MILLER GROVE AND NORTH OCONEE.
THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT WITH US FOR THE HURRY UP OFFENSE.
CONGRATS, WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE SECOND ROUND.
LOOKS LIKE NORTH OCONEE.
THANKS FOR HANGING OUT ON HALFTIME.
>> NO DOUBT, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> THAT'S THE FIRST COACH WHO WON A GAME AND IS NOW HEADING INTO THE SECOND ROUND.
GREAT TO CATCH UP WITH HIM.
DIALLED UP EARLY.
HE WAS DIALLED IN AND DIALLED IN IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TO HANG OUT WITH US HERE AT HALFTIME.
>> HE LOOKED SO SHARP IN HIS BLAZER.
DRESSED UP FOR HIS, JOHN.
>> TREMENDOUS, THAT'S GREAT.
ABSOLUTELY, STYLISH.
>> WE LOVE HEARING FROM ONE COACH, NOW MANY MORE TO GO.
MORE SCORES FROM AROUND THE STATE.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
WE'LL HAVE MUCH OF OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY REGENTS.
STICK WITH US.
>>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR FOOTBALL FRIDAY GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW.
NOT OVER YET.
A LOT MORE FOOTBALL TO PLAY AND GEORGIA POSTGAME SHOW PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
THAT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE GAME.
WE'LL HAVE FINAL SCORES, MORE UPDATES WITH JOHN AND THE BEST PART, WE'LL BE HEARING FROM OUR WINNING COACH COMING RIGHT OFF THE FIELD OR SAFELY PULLED OVER IN THE CAR ON THE ROAD.
IT IS ALWAYS SUCH A BLAST.
IT COULD BE YOUR TEAM.
KEEP US UPDATED WITH THE SCORES.
GPB SPORTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE'LL YOU RIGHT HERE AFTER THE GAME.
MATT, WAYNE, TABITHA, ENJOY THE LAST MINUTES OF THE FOOTBALL GAME.
24 MINUTES TO GO.
>> CIGNA IS A PROUD PARTNER OF FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.
MISSION TO IMPROVE WELL BEING AND PEACE OF MIND OF THOSE WE SERVE.
LEARN MORE AT CIGNA.COM/TAKECONTROL TO LEARN HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
IT IS HALFTIME HERE IN FAIRBURN, GEORGIA.
CREEKSIDE LEADING THE COFFEE TROJANS AS WE GET READY TO START THE THIRD QUARTER WITH THE PLAYOFF GAME.
MATT STEWART WITH WAYNE GANDY.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FIRST HALF.
IT WAS ALL CREEKSIDE THERE FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 18 MINUTES BUT THE LAST 6 MINUTES, COFFEE STARTED TO NIBBLE AWAY AT MOMENTUM.
>> YOU LOOK AT THIS CREEKSIDE TEAM, THEY REALLY WERE THEIR WORST ENEMY.
CONTROLLING EVERYTHING.
OFFENSIVELY, ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE RUN, THROWING THE BALL DOWNFIELD.
LET COFFEE BACK IN IT WITH THE TURNOVER ON DOWNS AND THEN THE MISCOMMUNICATION THERE ON THE FOURTH AND GOAL.
DIDN'T GET INTO THE END ZONE BUT RIGHT NOW, IF THEY JUST CLEAN UP THEIR GAME OFFENSIVELY, COFFEE HAS REALLY NOT SHOWN THE ABILITY TO STOP THEM.
>> LET'S LOOK AT THE FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS, CREEKSIDE OPENING POSSESSION AND THE BIG TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM LETT TO WHITE.
>> BIG THIRD DOWN PLAY RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD.
GETTING TO THE VERTICAL THREAT.
>> KICK COVERED ON THE FAR SIDE.
>> THE SPEED TO GET IN THE END ZONE.
>> AFTER THE FIELD GOAL AND A FUMBLE ON THE PUNT SNAP BY CREEKSIDE, THE TOUCHDOWN RUN BY SKIPPER, 8 YARDS AND 21-10 IS WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GAME AND PENALTIES FOR 60.
HURTING THEM AND THEIR EXECUTION AND THE PASSING SIDE, JUSTIN IS GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE FOR COFFEE TO WIN THIS GAME.
HAVE TO DO MORE THAN 20 YARDS PASSING.
>> YOU CAN REALLY SEE IN THE STATS RIGHT THERE HOW MAURICE TURNER, NOT ONLY THE TOP RUNNING BACK BUT THE TOP WIDE RECEIVER.
THE THREE STAR WHO'S COMMITTED TO LOUISVILLE IN STREET CLOTHES, COACH PRUITT TOLD US DURING THE WEEK HE WAS BANGED UP.
HE WAS REHABBING, WAS HOPING TO PLAY.
JUST NOT ABLE TO GO TONIGHT.
>> HIS ABILITY TO SCRAMBLE AND MAKE PLAYS IS BIG IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> SCHWARTZ WARMING UP GETTING READY FOR THE START OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> NOT ABLE TO RUN THE BALL AND THIS KIND OF PASS RUSH.
>> SEND IT TO TABITHA, STANDING BY WITH COACH PRUITT.
>> COACH PRUITT, DEFENSIVELY GIVING UP 12 POINTS ON AVERAGE.
YOU ALLOWED THEM TO PASS THAT.
DEFENSIVELY, WHAT ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE IN THE SECOND HALF?
>> DEFENSIVELY, MAKE THE GREAT PLAYS AND REALLY GOOD.
TOLD KIDS WE'VE GOT TO BE MORE DISCIPLINED.
GOT TO USE, TRUST OUR EYES AND USE OUR EYES MORE AND PLAY BETTER.
>> OFFENSIVELY, YOU'RE ABLE TO GET ON THE BOARD.
A FIELD GOAL AND A TOUCHDOWN.
WHAT WENT WELL FOR YOUR TEAM AND HOW YOU CLOSED THE GAP?
>> THEY'RE SO BIG AND STRONG, WE HAD TO GROW UNDER CENTER AND DO MORE WING STUFF TO UTILIZE MISDIRECTION QUICK.
SO BIG AND PHYSICAL UP FRONT, AND THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF SOFTENING SO WE TRY TO GO WITH ANOTHER PACKAGE AND IT WORKED FOR US FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
THE BIG TWO TURNOVERS.
THE FUMBLE WE'VE GOT A DRIVE ON THE SECOND, THE VERY NEXT TIME WHERE THEY KICKED OFF.
THEY HURT US.
>> GOOD LUCK IN THE SECOND HALF.
MATT, BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> COACH PRUITT AND THE TRJANS WITH WORK TO DO.
THE FOURTH STOP IN THE FINAL MINUTE WILL SEE HOW BIG THAT IS FOR THEM GOING FORWARD.
YOU ALREADY SAID IF THEY COME BACK AND WIN THIS GAME, IT WAS THE FOURTH DOWN STOP THAT OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE COMEBACK.
>> STOPPING THE GAME WITH 24-10 ESPECIALLY THE WAY THE CREEKSIDE HAS BEEN ABLE TO RUN THE BALL, AND IN EFFECT, ABLE TO GET THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
JUST COULDN'T COVER THAT KIND OF MARGIN.
11 POINTS, AND 18 AT THAT POINT, NOT.
>> SECOND HALF KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
BUCKLE UP GEORGIA'S SEAT BELT.
SAVE LIVES.
SO DAVID VAUGHN WHO HAS HAD ONLY SIX KICKS RETURNED OUT OF 51 ATTEMPTS THE ENTIRE SEASON AS IT'S TEED UP AND READY TO GO.
ONCE AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BOOT IT TO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE 55 ON FIELD GOAL AND A WEAPON IN THE SECOND HALF.
ROBBIE PRUITT, MOVING THINGS AROUND GOING THIS DEFENSE.
IN BETWEEN LETT AND THE HALF.
AND TO THE QUARTERBACK RUN IT AND DROPPED IMMEDIATELY THERE.
JUST A GAME AND CAMERON HIGH WITH TEAM LEADING.
31 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN LATE IN THAT SECOND QUARTER, THAT GOT NEGATED BY PENALTY AND COFFEE ENDED UPCOMING UP WITH THE FOURTH DOWN STOP.
IN BETWEEN THE TACKLES.
IN THE SITUATION WHERE THEY CAME THE BALL OUT ON THE EDGE.
>> THIRD DOWN AND 1.
CAMERON BURCH WILL PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.
BIG SECOND QUARTER AND 64 YARDS FOR THE TOTAL OF 14 CARRIES IN THE FIRST HALF OF PLAY.
INCLUDING A 38 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.
>> COULD STOP THE RUN FOR COFFEE.
>> BURCH RUNS RIGHT INTO DANIELS.
>> NICE JOB OF LARRY DANIELS.
UNDERSIDE IN THE MIDDLE THERE.
190 POUNDS.
NICE JOB OF SHEDDING THAT OF BRIAN WILLIAMS.
THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE OVER THERE AT RIGHT GUARD.
MAKING THAT TACKLE.
>> HE'S A GUY MAKING THAT PLAY ALL OVER THE PLACE.
LEFT ON THE QUARTERBACK RUN.
DIVES FORWARD.
HE'S CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 43.
>> ABLE TO PULL THAT SNAP IN.
THREW THE TIMING OFF ON THE RPO LETT AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FIRST HALF.
MUCH MORE QUICK AND SPEED THAN ANTICIPATED IN THE GAME.
LETT WILL RUN IT AGAIN AND THEY'LL HAVE TO CHECK THE SPOT ON THAT WHETHER HE GOT IT OR NOT.
>> DID GET THE FIRST DOWN.
>> ON THE SPOT RIGHT THERE.
>> TALL AND LONG WILLING TO RUN IN BETWEEN THE TACKLES.
>> KEEPING THIS DRIVE ALIVE.
>> SUCH A LAID BACK DEMEANOR.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S ALL TUCKERED OUT.
CAN BARELY WALK BACK TO THE HUDDLE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE.
PICKS UP A COUPLE OF YARDS ON THE PLAY.
THAT'S BEEN AN EFFECTIVE PLAY FOR THEM TONIGHT USING THE TOSS OR JET SWEEP TO ISAIAH DAVIS, ONE OF THEIR WIDE RECEIVERS.
>> GET THE BALL INTO THE THREE STAR HAND.
OUT ON THE EDGE.
SO DYNAMIC.
YOU START THE STRENGTH TO GET OUT OF THE TACKLE OF LARRY DANIELS TO PICK UP THE TWO OR THREE YARDS.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 7.
THE LINE AT 46.
SWALLOWED UP AT THE 49 YARD LINE.
ON THE TACKLE.
NOW GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN.
>> WE'VE SEEN HIS PACE PICK UP.
HE'S WILLING TO RUN THE QUARTERBACK DRAW, PICKING UP FOUR YARDS.
KEEPING THIS DRIVE, AND ONCE AGAIN, HE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS PERSON FOR CREEKSIDE IN THIS SITUATION.
>> EIGHT CARRIES.
66 YARDS.
A FABULOUS NIGHT.
>> NOT GOING TO GET THERE.
WEARING ON THE DEFENSE.
BACK-TO-BACK TACKLES FOR THE BIG FELLA.
WHERE WAS THE PENETRATION COMING?
YOU WANTED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE RUN GAME, GOT TO GET THE DEFENSIVE LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL.
NICE JOB THERE.
WITH THE PENETRATION BY WEARING AND BRINGING DOWN BURCH.
>> I GET THE IMPRESSION, WAYNE, WE'RE IN FOUR DOWN TERRITORY FOR CREEKSIDE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
>> NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE, THEY'RE GETTING ON THEIR SIDE OF THE FIELD, DEFINITELY WILLING TO TAKE THAT RISK AND WHY NOT WHEN YOU HAVE A PLAYER LIKE LETT IN A GROOVE TONIGHT.
>> ROLLING TO THE RIGHT.
GOING TO RUN FOR THE THIRD DOWN.
HIS SPEED IS JUST TOO MUCH FOR THE DEFENSE WHEN THEY CAN SPREAD THE FIELD AND BREAK THE FIELD.
GOING TO FIND AN OPEN LANE.
>> THE PLAY ACTION FAKE.
THEY TOOK THE PASS UNDERNEATH AND SMART SENIOR QUARTERBACK GOING TO GET IT UP FIELD, AVOIDING THE TACKLE THERE.
BRANDON FOR THE FIRST DOWN AND KEEP THIS DRIVE ALIVE.
THIS IS WHAT CREEKSIDE WANTS TO DO IN THIS SECOND HALF UP 11 POINTS, CONTINUE TO PUT DRIVES FOR THE FIRST DOWN TOGETHER AND THE CLOCK.
>> FIRST DOWN CARRY.
GAIN OF TWO OF THREE ON THE PLAY.
THAT WAS BURCH ON THE RUN.
196 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE FOR LETT TONIGHT.
HE HAS BEEN THE DIFFERENCE IN THE BALL GAME.
>> VERY POISED AS YOU TALKED ABOUT ALMOST LIKE HE'S IN CRUISE CONTROL AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT BURCH COMES OUT AND HE UNDERSTANDS IS HIS ABILITY TO RUN THE BALL.
>> RIGHT INTO THE MOUTH OF THAT DEFENSE.
AND THEY'RE CONTENT WITH THAT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T JOKING WHEN THEY SAID THEY'RE IN FOURTH DOWN TERRITORY.
>> NICE JOB WITH SUCCESS FOR TROJAN DEFENSE.
THIS TIME, PARKER ABLE TO PENETRATE AND PUSH BACK.
YOU DO IT EXACTLY RIGHT.
IN FOURTH DOWN TERRITORY, WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME AND GO TWO OR THREE YARD PACE.
WE HAVE THE QUARTERBACK TO MAKE IT UP.
>> LETT.
GOING TO BE STOPPED.
SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH AND 3.
THEY'LL GO FOR IT HERE AT THE 36 YARD LINE.
THEY HAVE GOBBLED UP BY THE TIME THEY SNAP THE BALL AGAIN NEARLY 7 MINUTES IN THIS THIRD QUARTER.
>> DRIVE WITH POINTS AND SOME DRIVE BEAR FRUIT WITH JUST MILKING THE CLOCK.
RIGHT NOW, FOR CREEKSIDE, THIS IS STARTING TO BECOME A BIG SITUATION FOR COFFEE THAT CONTINUES TO LET THEM JUST MILK THIS CLOCK AND TAKE ANOTHER THREE MINUTES IF THEY DON'T STOP THEM HERE ON FOURTH AND 3.
>> LETT SCRAMBLING AND THEY'VE GOT HIM AND A BIG QUARTERBACK SACK FOR COFFEE.
AND THERE'S THAT BIG FOURTH DOWN STOP.
BRANDON HIGH, THE SENIOR LINEBACKER ALONG WITH JACQUES.
>> THIS PROGRAM MADE POSSIBLE BY SUPPORTERS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING.
>>> 4:55 TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
CREEKSIDE STILL ON TOP.
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CREEKSIDE AS YOU MENTIONED, NOT ALL DRIVES PRODUCE POINTS.
SOME OF THEM KILL THE CLOCK.
14 PLAYS.
ONLY 40 YARDS BUT THEY BURNED 7 MINUTES AND 5 SECONDS OFF THE CLOCK HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON JUSTIN, THE OFFENSE AND REALLY HASN'T PRODUCED TONIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, SEVEN OF THEM CAME FROM A SHORT FUMBLE WHERE THEY GOT IN THE END ZONE AND ONCE AGAIN, BIG TIME PRESSURE IN THE MIDDLE.
NOWHERE TO GO.
THESE GUYS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DEFENSE ARE DOMINATING THIS OFFENSIVE LINE AND JUST LETTING NO RUN HAPPEN.
SHOOTING THE GAP IS WILLIAMS.
THE COACH TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE GUYS THAT SEEMS TO DOMINATE THEIR MAN IN THE MIDDLE.
6'1".
260.
>> THIRD DOWN AND 9.
BALL AT THE 41.
COFFEE GETS SOMETHING GOING ON OFFENSE.
STANDS IN THE POCKET.
GUNS IT OUT.
THERE, COMPLETE TO SIMPSON AND THE 45 YARD LINE.
SIMPSON WITH THE CATCH AND A 14 YARD GAIN.
>> NICE JOB THERE BY SIMPSON.
GOOD FIND AS WELL AND BLOCKING NO PRESSURE IN THE FACE OF SUAREZ.
ABLE TO STEP INTO THIS THROW AND STOP WITH THE BIG TACKLE COMING UP THERE BY MILLER.
PLAY MAN TO MAN.
NO ONE BEHIND YOU.
THE OTHER TEAM STARTS RUNNING TOWARD THE END ZONE.
THAT'S A FIRST DOWN RUN FOR SUAREZ.
>> HE'S SURPRISED ME WITH HIS DUAL THREAT ABILITY.
HE'S BEEN PRETTY GOOD WITH HIS LEGS HERE TONIGHT.
THAT'S NOW THREE RUSHES FOR OVER 43 YARDS.
>> COACH PRUITT, HE HAS THE GREEN LIGHT.
IF HE FEELS LIKE HE'S IN TROUBLE, HE SAID HE HAS MUCH MORE SPEED SIMILAR TO THE OTHER SIDE WITH LETT.
THEY'RE TALL AND LONG, SEEMS LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF ACCELERATION OR BIG RUN BY HIM AGAIN TO KEEP THIS DRIVE ALIVE.
>> NEEDS SOME MORE OF THAT.
THAT'S SKIPPER ON THE CARRY DOWN TO THE 31 YARD LINE NOW.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN FRED BROWN SINCE THE OPENING SERIES OF THE GAME.
HE WAS THEIR NUMBER ONE RUNNING BACK AND OF COURSE, MAURICE TURNER OUT, DO NOT KNOW WHETHER FRED BROWN HAS BEEN INJURED OR NOT.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO GET SOME WORD ON THAT.
BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN HIM SINCE THAT OPENING DRIVE FOR THE TROJANS.
>> DOUBLE DUTY HEAVY IN THE RUN GAME TONIGHT AND HAVING TO PLAY SAFETY.
HIS BUSINESS RIGHT NOW BEING AFFECTED.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 7.
THAT'S THE FULLBACK.
THEY WERE EFFECTIVE ON THE PLAY IN THE FULLBACK WITH THE RUN ON DRESHAWN TAYLOR.
THIS COULD BE THIRD DOWN.
>> ROGER McQUERY.
ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
START PUTTING HIM ON.
>> HE'S A BIG TIME TALENT.
MAKING TACKLES AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
HE'S DOING WHAT THE MARTYR SAFETY DOES.
THE CORNERBACK FEEL TO HIM.
>> 87 TACKLES ON THE SEASON ALREADY COMING IN.
BEING CHASED OUT OF THE POCKET.
THROWING ON THE RUN AND COMPLETE AT THE 25 YARD LINE AND THEN HE COULD NOT HOLD ON TO IT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE INCOMPLETE AND FOURTH DOWN.
>> NICE HIT THERE BY MILLER.
BREAKING THAT UP.
BUYING TIME WITH HIS FEED.
GETTING OUTSIDE OF TREMENDOUS PRESSURE, TRY TO SET UP THE SCREEN FOR THIS DEFENSE STIFFED IT OUT.
BOUGHT SOME TIME.
GOT TO THE OUTSIDE.
THE RECEIVER IS NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE BALL.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO TRY A LONG FIELD GOAL HERE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE CLOSE TO 50s.
48.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
THIS IS WITHIN HIS RANGE.
THE 48 YARD KICK IS UP AND THE KICK IS NO GOOD.
MUST HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT SHORT ON THE 48 YARD ATTEMPT.
IT WAS ON THE MARK BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT SHORT AND THE SCORE REMAINS 21-10.
WE'LL STEP ASIDE AS CREEKSIDE GOES BACK ON OFFENSE AS THE BALL GOES OVER ON DOWNS.
>>> 21-10.
JUST HOW CLOSE WAS DAVID VAUGHN ON THIS FIELD GOAL?
>> LINED IT UP PERFECTLY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A YARD FROM DROPPING IN, HALF A YARD FROM PUTTING 3 POINTS ON THE BOARD.
WHAT A BIG TIME PLAYER HE IS AND EVEN TO AND ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
EVEN HAVE THE IDEA TO GO FOR IT.
>> DOWN FIELD AND DROPPED AT THE 43.
DEREK WHITE WHO HAD A 64 YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH TO START THE SCORING TO THIS GAME.
CAN'T HOLD ON TO THAT ONE.
>> A LITTLE ROLLOUT OF THE BEST HAS BEEN ONCE YOU GET HIM OUT OF THE POCKET.
A FLICK OF THE WRIST.
MORE CHASING AND THE BALL DROPPING THROUGH.
NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT MANY TIMES.
THAT'S WHY A BIG PLAY.
COMING UP WITH THE CATCH.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 10.
BURCH.
NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
DRIVEN BACK.
DANIELS ON THE NEXT TACKLE.
CAMERON HIGH WHO HAD A BIG GAME, DEFENSIVE END FOR THE TROJANS TONIGHT.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE PREVIEW DRIVE.
A LONG DRIVE LIKE THAT.
THIRD AND 8.
EVEN IF YOU COME UP SHORT.
THE OFFENSE ONE CHANCE TO GET ON THE BOARD IN THE QUARTER.
ATE UP THE QUARTER THEY HAVE TO GET THE BALL.
>> A SITUATION THEY MIGHT HAVE TO PUNT BUT WELL SHORT OF THE LINE TO GAIN.
NOWHERE CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN SO CREEKSIDE HAS TO PUNT FOR THE SECOND TIME.
DIDN'T TURN OUT SO WELL.
TALKING TO THE REF.
>> I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO LET THE CLOCK RUN OUT AS YOU POINTED OUT THERE.
THEY'LL PUNT ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.
A LITTLE KEEPAWAY RIGHT NOW.
A STRATEGY BY CREEKSIDE HERE IN THE SECOND HALF.
WE'LL HEAD TO THE FOURTH QUARTER.
5A.
STATE PLAYOFFS.
WINNER ADVANCES, LOSER, DONE FOR THE YEAR.
21-10 CREEKSIDE.
>>> GETTING READY FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER.
CREEKSIDE WITH THE WIN.
FINALS TRICKLING IN, ADVANCING.
SOUTH ATLANTA.
CEDAR GROWTH AND MILTON IN 7A.
GEORGIA, WE SEND IT BACK TO MATT AND WAYNE.
18 TO GO.
16-6 START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.
WAYNE GANDY.
>> FINAL 12 MINUTES OF REGULATION.
CREEKSIDE ON TOP.
21-10 IN THE SEMINOLES.
STARTING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
SNAPPER, ETHAN WALKER.
TROUBLE WITH THE SNAP.
PREVIOUS PUNT IN THIS GAME.
THIS TIME ON THE MONEY.
AND LETT, KICK AT THE 45 AND TAKE AT LEAST A 10 YARD BOUNCE FOR THE SEMINOLES.
THAT'S WHERE THE TROJANS START ON OFFENSE AS WE BEGIN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
AND MISSING THAT FIELD GOAL IN THE THIRD QUARTER WAS BIG FOR THE TROJANS.
TWO SCORES HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
>> AGAINST THE DEFENSE.
THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT.
A COUPLE OF SUCCESSFUL PLAYS WHEN HE MAKES PLAYS WITH HIS FEET.
THEY CAN'T SEEM TO GET THE RUN GAME GOING.
HOW GREAT THIS DEFENSE IS IN HAN TO MAN COVERAGE.
>> BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THEM ALL SEASON LONG.
COACH PRUITT SAID THE OFFENSE JUST HASN'T BEEN VERY GOOD RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, HOWEVER, THAT'S A GOOD PLAY TO START THE FOURTH QUARTER.
SKIPPER WITH THE BIG RUN UP TO THE 49 YARD LINE.
>> THIS IS THAT MISDIRECTION KIND OF RUN GAME THAT COACH PRUITT STARTED TO HAVE A SUCCESS THERE YOU CAN SEE LIKE AN OPTION FEEL WITHOUT THE QUARTERBACK GOING DOWN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
CATCHING THIS DEFENSE BY SURPRISE.
>> FIRST AND 10 AT THE 49 YARD LINE.
PLAY ACTION.
GOING TO LET IT FLY.
OUT THERE AND IS IT CAUGHT?
OR INTERCEPTED?
WHICH ONE IS IT?
NO SIGNAL FROM THE OFFICIAL JUST YET.
NOW THE OFFICIALS KIND OF STEP IN.
STILL NO SIGNAL FOR THE OFFICIALS AS TO WHETHER COFFEE CAUGHT IT OR CREEKSIDE INTERCEPTED IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL GET POSSESSION TO MATTHEW ADAMS AND COFFEE.
>> GOOD PROTECTION.
NICE JOB USING HIS FEET TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY TO DELIVER THIS BALL.
AND THAT IS A CATCH OVER THE SHOULDER OF DA'QUAN WHITE.
GREAT CONCENTRATION THERE BY MATTHEW ADAMS.
WHAT A HUGE PLAY FOR MATTHEW ADAMS TO MAKE SURE HE HAD POSSESSION AND DID NOT SURRENDER POSSESSION.
>> THE LINEBACKER, 227.
NOT JOB OF MEETING SKIPPER AND PUSHING HIM BACK AND THIS OFFENSIVE LINE HAVE TO MEET THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW AND GETTING THIS BALL IN THE END ZONE IN THE WILDCAT FORMATION.
>> SECOND DOWN AND GOAL FROM THE 2 YARD LINE.
HANDOFF GOES TO THE FULLBACK AND DRESHAWN TAYLOR GETS STOPPED INSIDE THE 1 YARD LINE.
>> BIGGER BACK RUNNING OFF THE COUNTERMOVEMENT.
YOU LIKE TO SEE HIM, SHOULDERS KIND OF RUNNING A LITTLE HIGH THERE.
ONCE AGAIN, ABLE TO WRESTLE HIM DOWN, ABOUT THE HALF FOOT LINE AND HOW BIG IS THAT FOR COFFEE.
>> COFFEE, THE ROAD WARRIORS.
10-4 ON THE ROAD.
14 CONSECUTIVE ROAD PLAY OFF GAMES TONIGHT.
DATING BACK TO THE 2016 SEASON.
>> FROM OUR CAMERA ANGLE RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN SEE HELMETS OVER THE BALL OFFSIDES BY CREEKSIDE.
>> ENCROACHMENT ON THE DEFENSE.
THIRD DOWN.
>> HERE'S WHAT WAYNE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
>> TRYING TO GET EVERY, THE HELMETS ARE COMPLETELY OVER THE BALL.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, REALLY DOESN'T COST YOU BUT ABOUT 2 INCHES.
>> GET AWAY WITH IT, RIGHT?
>> A LIGHTWEIGHT PENALTY.
>> SO THIRD DOWN AND GOAL.
WE HAVE ABOUT A FOOT OR LESS FOR TOUCHDOWN FOR THE TROJANS.
SKIPPER AGAIN.
AND SKIPPER.
TOUCHDOWN.
ABLE TO GET THE BALL ACROSS THE GOAL LINE.
HE WAS ABLE TO REACH THE BALL ACROSS, BREAK THE PLAIN AND IT'S 21-16.
>> VERY CLOSE, HAVING HIS KNEE DOWN HERE.
TRYING TO GET UP FIELD ON THE OUTSIDE.
DOES HE?
QUICKLY.
>> HIS BODY DIDN'T GET ACROSS BUT HE GOT THE BALL ACROSS.
>> THE BALL IS OVER, GETTING IN THE END ZONE AND MAYBE THEY'RE GOING FOR 2.
>> MAKE IT A FIELD GOAL GAME.
ROLLING INTO THE RIGHT.
THE 2 POINT CONVERSION.
CAUGHT BY MATTHEW ADAMS AND PARTNER, WE'VE GOT A PLAYOFF GAME.
21-18.
COFFEE HAS COME ALL THE WAY BACK FROM A 21-0 DEFICIT.
>> MATTHEW ADAMS.
>> BRADY SKIPPER RUNS IT IN FROM OUT AND THEN THE TROJANS GET THE 2.
21-18 IN FAIRBURN.
>>> 21-18 CREEKSIDE.
A FIELD GOAL LEAD.
SCAN THIS CODE RIGHT NOW AND A LOT OF PLAYOFF ACTION GOING ON IN THE FIRST ROUND.
WATCH TONIGHT'S GAME ON THE GO.
CHECK OUT THE BRACKET'S FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF ACTION AND IT'S GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE AT THE SWAMP IN FAIRBURN, GEORGIA, TONIGHT.
AND VAUGHN WITH THE KICKOFF.
THIS ONE IS GOING TO GO OUT OF BOUNDS AND WITH THE 25 YARD MARKOFF FROM THE KICK.
CREEKSIDE CAN TAKE YOU AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL DO.
>> THIS COFFEE DEFENSE, CAN THEY RISE TO THE CHALLENGE?
THEY CANNOT LET CREEKSIDE OUT ON THE FIELD AND LOOKS LIKE THEY MAKE THEM REKICK IT.
MARKING IT OFF.
A GAME OF CHESS GOING ON.
>> CREEKSIDE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE BALL AT THE 35 BECAUSE AS WE LEARNED FROM JOHN NELSON EARLIER, IT'S A 25 YARD MARKOFF FROM THE KICK.
NOT AUTOMATICALLY BUT 25 FROM THE POINT OF THE KICK AND WHEN THEY WERE KICKING FROM THE 50, MEANT IT WAS GOING TO BE 25, NOT THE 35.
THAT'S WHY THEY KEPT MAKING THEM REKICK BUT PASSING THEM UP THE BALL AT THE 35 WHEN THIS YOUNG MAN HAS THE ABILITY TO KICK IT INTO THE END ZONE AT THE 20.
INTERESTING CHOICE HERE BY CREEKSIDE TO MAKE THEM PICK AGAIN.
HE'S GOING TO KICK IT INTO THE END ZONE SO THEY COULD HAVE HAD IT AT THE 35 AND INSTEAD NOW THEY TAKE IT AT THE 20.
BACKFIRED ON HIM.
>> NOT SURE WHY COACH DIXON DECIDED TO MAKE THAT CHOICE WITH THE KIND OF WEAPON WE KNOW KICKING THE BALL OFF.
CAN YOU IMAGINE AFTER HEAD COACH PRUITT TRIED THE LITTLE POOCH KICK, ANGLE KICK AND YOU ACTUALLY WON BY GETTING THE PENALTY, GIVING UP 15 YARDS OR 10 YARDS IN THIS SITUATION.
>> WE'LL SEE IF THAT'S A DECISION THEY COME TO REGRET.
>> THE BALL AT THE 20 YARD LINE AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE 15 YARD LINE.
>> THE FIRST SNAP, FALSE START, OFFENSE, 5 YARD PENALTY.
FIRST DOWN.
>> WE SAW THIS EARLIER IN THE GAME AND CREEKSIDE HAD DIFFICULTY.
THINGS LIKE THIS.
CRUCIAL MOMENTS NOW.
THREE POINT GAME.
ESPECIALLY AGAINST A FIELD GOAL KICKER.
GOT TO GO OUT AND EXECUTE TRY TO CHANGE THE FIELD GOAL POSITION, A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THEM.
>> GETS WALLOWED UP AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND NOW THIS COFFEE DEFENSE IS FIRED UP.
>> A GOOD GAME UP FRONT.
ONE OF THE FEW TIMES ONCE AGAIN WITH THE PENETRATION BUT I TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE CREEKSIDE OFFENSE BUT THEY WERE KEEPING THE BOX TIGHT.
EVER SINCE THEY'VE BEEN TO THIS WIDESPREAD TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, THEY HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS OUTSIDE OF RUNNING THE BALL.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 15.
HEAVY RUSH.
TRYING TO CHANGE DIRECTION.
AND MAKING UP A LOT OF GROUND OUT ACROSS THE 30.
AND LETT FINALLY CORRALLED AT THE 44.
WHAT A BIG TIME PLAY BY NYE KWA LETT.
29 YARD GAME WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE HE MIGHT BE QUARTERBACK SACKED INSIDE THE 5.
>> WHAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THIS PLAY OUTSIDE OF LETT IS WATCH WHERE PLAYERS LIKE JAHMARI DID NOT NEGATE THE PLAY.
RUNNING THE BALL RIGHT THERE.
THE SAME THING KIND OF GOT IN THE WAY.
ADJUSTED TO THE NEW RULE.
CAN'T TAKE GUYS OUT.
NICE JOB OF THEM JUST GETTING IN THE WAY.
AND NOT TRYING TO BE HEAD HUNTERS.
WE DO HAVE A PLAYER DOWN IN THIS SITUATION.
>> CAMERON HIGH WITH SUCH TONIGHT, SHAKEN UP AFTER NYQUA LETT.
HE IS A TOUGH DUDE.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S SAYING, CAN I JUST STAY OUT HERE?
>> IF COACH DID CALL A TIME-OUT, I CAN GO BACK IN THE GAME.
>> NO, THERE WAS NO TIME-OUT CALLED.
>> 223 YARDS OF OFFENSE AND NOW TIGHTENED THE BOX AGAIN.
>> IF THIS IS A PENALTY ON CREEKSIDE.
>> IF YOU'RE COACH DIXON, I'M QUIET SURE YOU GET A COUPLE MORE GRAY HAIRS IN YOUR BEARD.
IN THIS GAME FOR THE PRE-SNAP PENALTY, YOU WOULD THINK CREEKSIDE WAS ON THE ROPES.
YOU ARE AT HOME IN FRONT OF YOUR CROWD AND THAT HAS TO BE ABOUT THE SEVENTH PRE-SNAP PENALTY YOU'VE HAD JUST FOR FALSE STARTS.
>> 12 TOTAL PENALTIES FOR 71 YARDS.
THE EFFORT TO CAMERON BURCH.
I JUST LOVE HOW THE PAINT IS HANGING OFF THE DECALS AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, CAMERON.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE'S BEEN IN SOME COLLISIONS.
SECOND DOWN AND 10.
MILKING THE CLOCK.
HOLDING ON TO THE 3 POINT LEAD.
121-0.
COFFEE HAS BEEN ABLE TO COME BACK.
MISSED BY INCHES OF 48 YARD FIELD GOAL IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> DELAY OF GAME.
ON THE OFFENSE.
5 YARD PENALTY.
STILL SECOND DOWN.
>> A LOT OF CONVERSATION BEFORE THIS PLAY.
RUNNING BACKS TALKING TO THEIR OWN LINE.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION FOR THIS LATE IN THE GAME.
I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TEAM THAT YOU WOULD IMAGINE THAT THIS POINT, YOU HAVE YOUR PLAY BOOK, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE RUNNING IN THESE SITUATIONS AND AS I TALKED ABOUT, WHEN THEY WERE IN THE TIGHT BOX AND KEEPING THIS DEFENSE INSIDE, THEY HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS RUNNING THE BALL.
>> LESS LOOKING.
RUNNING, GOING ON THE RUN.
IT'S COMPLETE.
ACROSS THE 15 TO FIRST DOWN TO THE 44 AS TREY EDWARDS IS ABLE TO GET OUT TO PICK UP A FIRST DOWN.
>> TREY EDWARDS, INITIALLY COMING ACROSS THE FORMATION ON THE LITTLE ROLLOUT.
TRYING TO GET THE BALL IN HIS HANDS.
BUYING TIME WITH HIS FEET, LETT RIGHT HERE.
NOT ABLE TO GET TO HIM EARLY, GET TO HIM LATE.
UP THE FIELD.
NICE JOB OF SECURING THE BALL.
EDWARDS, THE SENIOR AND GETTING UPFIELD.
>> I AM A BIG FAN OF NYQUA LETT.
WHAT HE'S SHOWN US TONIGHT WITH HIS ARMS AND WITH HIS LEGS.
COOL, CALM DEMEANOR.
HE'S RECEIVING RECRUITING INTEREST FROM SOUTH ALABAMA, FLORIDA A&M, AT&T.
YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO OFFER HERE SHORTLY.
>> NICE JOB OF WEARING 98 IN THE MIDDLE OF 300 POUNDER.
ONLY A SOPHOMORE.
JUST WON'T BE MOVED INSIDE.
WHEN THEY'VE HAD SUCCESS STOPPING THE RUN, TYPICALLY ONE OF THOSE TWO WITH THE PENETRATION.
>> SECOND DOWN AND 10.
IN THE BACKFIELD.
GREAT PENETRATION BY THAT COFFEE DEFENSE.
THEY'RE STARTING TO SHOW US WHAT WE HAD COME TO HEAR ABOUT THEM AND THEY PLAYED TOUGH HERE SINCE FALLING BEHIND EARLY.
THAT WAS TRAVIS ADAMS ON THE TACKLE.
>> COMING OFF THE SLIDE WITH THE PRESSURE.
ABLE TO GET THERE WITH ADAMS.
ONLY ALLOWING A YARD GAIN THERE BY BURCH.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON LETT.
THESE SITUATIONS WITH HIS ABILITY TO SCRAMBLE AND GET OUT OF TROUBLE.
PRESSURE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL.
>> THIRD DOWN AND 9.
WITHOUT A DOUBT, CREEKSIDE IN FOURTH DOWN TERRITORY.
THEY WON'T BE KICKING IF THEY DON'T PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN HERE.
LETT GUNS IT IN THE MIDDLE AND STUMBLING FORWARD AND DOWN AT THE 7 YARD LINE.
ANOTHER BIG CATCH BY LORENZO YORK.
JUST AN ABSOLUTE BULLET OUT OF THE ARM OF NYQUA LETT.
>> 5'9", 170, JUNIOR.
ROLL OUT TO THE LEFT.
LETT, HIS FEET.
DELIVERING THE STRIKE TO LORENZO YORK.
NOT ABLE TO KEEP HIS FEET OR HE'D BE IN THE END ZONE AT THAT TIME.
>> THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE A RACE, APPARENTLY, AN ELIGIBLE MAN DOWN FIELD FOR CREEKSIDE.
THE BIG 34 YARD RECEPTION AND INSTEAD OF FIRST AND GOAL TO GO, INSIDE THE 10, NOW IT'S GOING TO BE THIRD AND LONG FROM BACK AT THE 47.
WHAT A HUGE PENALTY ON A NIGHT WHERE PENALTIES HAVE BEEN CREEKSIDE'S BIGGEST OPPONENT.
THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH SELF-INFLICTED DAMAGE TONIGHT.
CAN THEY SURVIVE IT?
CAN COFFEE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND WIN THIS GAME?
THIRD AND 14.
LETT AGAIN.
ANOTHER BULLET RIGHT ON THE MONEY AND THE 35 YARD LINE, TREY EDWARDS.
NYQUA LETT, MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.
>> NICE JOB.
KIND OF FLIPPED THE BALL OUT.
JUST A LITTLE FLICKER OF THE WRIST, BUT IT COMES OFF WITH SOME HEAT WHEN HE LEAVES HIS HAND, CREATING THIS FOURTH AND 2 AND COACH DIXON, ALL SEASON LONG IN THESE SITUATIONS, TRUSTED HIS OFFENSE TO GO FORWARD, SHOULDN'T BE ANY DIFFERENT IN THIS SITUATION.
>> CAN COFFEE COME UP WITH A BIG-TIME PLAY?
CREEKSIDE AT THREE OF FIVE ON FOURTH DOWN ATTEMPTS IN THIS GAME.
>> LET THE LITTLE CLOCK RUN AND MAYBE CALL THE TIME-OUT.
EVERYBODY ON THE RIGHT PAGE OF THE BIG FOURTH DOWN.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DOES.
WE'LL STEP ASIDE AND COME BACK FOR THIS BIG FOURTH AND 2 IN JUST A MOMENT.
>> FOURTH DOWN AND 2.
FROM A DEFENSIVE STANDPOINT, THEY'RE STILL OKAY IN THAT REGARD.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE ON FOURTH AND 2?
>> COMING WITH PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE.
IT'S ABOUT EFFORT AND TACKLING RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU'RE COFFEE COUNTY AND BRINGING NYQUA LETT DOWN.
>> LETT GOING TO RUN IT.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE FIRST DOWN.
COFFEE BELIEVES THEY STOP.
NYQUA LETT BELIEVES THEY'VE GOT IT AND IT IS A FIRST DOWN.
>> A BIG PUSH THERE BY NUMBER NINE.
CARRYING MORROW RIGHT AT THE EDGE WITH THE STICK.
QUARTERBACK RUN ALL THE WAY.
YOU CAN SEE HE'S DEDICATED TO GO GET THE FIRST DOWN.
LARRY DANIELS COULDN'T BRING HIM DOWN.
GOOD PUSH THERE BY MORROW TO HELP HIM WITH THE FIRST DOWN.
>> 100 YARDS RUSHING FOR LETT.
AND A TIME-OUT CALL.
WHO CALLED THE TIME-OUT?
SO COFFEE CALLED THE TIME-OUT.
SO THEY'LL HAVE TWO REMAINING.
SO WE'RE ALMOST IN THE PLACE WHERE THE TIME-OUTS ARE STARTING TO BE BURNED ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.
CREEKSIDE'S MAYBE TWO FIRST DOWNS AWAY FROM ENDING THIS GAME.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHN.
GET SOME SCORE UPDATES ON THE FIRST NIGHTS OF THE PLAYOFFS.
>> I'LL USE THE R WORD GUYS, REGULATION, HOLD IT AGAINST ME LATER.
THE WINNER OF THIS ONE GETS ST. PIUS, DOMINANT IN THE WIN.
THE FINAL SCORE, 42-9.
ST. PIUS ADVANCES TO THE SECOND ROUND.
WE GET A BUNCH OF FINALS TRICKLING IN.
WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE POSTGAME.
>> ON THE ROAD WITH ST. PIUS IN THE SECOND ROUND.
TIME-OUT HERE DANIELS GETTING PENETRATION AND AGAIN, TIME-OUT USED BY COFFEE.
STOPPING THE CLOCK WITH 3:13.
THAT LEAVES THEM WITH ONE TIME-OUT REMAINING.
>> FIRST JOB OF THIS OFFENSE RIGHT NOW IS TO MAKE SURE THAT COFFEE BURNS THESE TWO TIME-OUTS SO YOU CAN EXPECT TWO RUNS IN THIS SITUATION AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT ON THIRD DOWN.
KEEP IT GOING.
I IMAGINE THREE RUNS IN A ROW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WAY THAT LETT.
BUT HE HAS SHOWN ABILITY WITH ROLLOUT AND DELIVER OF THE BALL.
RIGHT NOW, IN THIS SECOND DOWN, EXPECT THE RUN AND TRY TO MAKE COFFEE COUNTY CALL THEIR LAST TIME-OUT.
>> I THINK THIS MIGHT BE IT RIGHT HERE.
I MEAN, ONE MORE FIRST DOWN.
BECAUSE THE TIME-OUTS ARE BEING BURNED RIGHT NOW, SO IF THEY DON'T STOP THEM HERE FROM GETTING THE FIRST DOWN, CREEKSIDE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO KILL THE GAME.
>> LETT.
AND GRAHAM WAS THERE TO PULL HIM BACK.
>> SURPRISED THAT THE RUNNING BACK DIDN'T COME TO TAKE THE BALL.
I DON'T THINK HE MEANT TO PULL THIS BALL.
HE HAD NO OPTIONS.
>> COFFEE JUST USED THE LAST TIME-OUT.
>> YOU CAN SEE, MARLBORO, RUNNING A QUARTERBACK DRAW AS SOON AS LETT GOT UP.
HE LOOKED AT HIM, LIKE, NO, I WASN'T LOOKING TO CARRY THIS ONE THIS TIME.
WE'VE SEEN MOST OF THE GAME CAMERON BURCH BE IN THERE IN THIS SITUATION.
SEEMED LIKE A MISCOMMUNICATION.
A NICE JOB OF LETT GETTING BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> NOW IT'S THIRD DOWN AND 10.
CREEKSIDE 379 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE TONIGHT.
223 ON THE GROUND.
156 IN THE AIR.
CAN COFFEE COME UP WITH THE BIG STAR AND GET THE BALL BACK?
NO MORE ABILITY TO GET, THEY BURNED ALL THEIR TIME-OUTS.
LETT.
WANTS TO THROW IT AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.
FOURTH AND ABOUT 8.
>> FELT THE PRESSURE.
GETTING UP THE FIELD.
THIS TEAM BASICALLY A FOUR DOWN TEAM.
ESPECIALLY ON THEIR SIDE OF THE FIELD.
ONCE AGAIN.
COACH DIXON.
A LITTLE CLOCK.
MAKE A DECISION ON THIS FOURTH AND 8.
NO SURPRISE IF HE DECIDES TO GO FOR IT IN THIS SITUATION.
>> THEY MIGHT RUN THIS ALL THE WAY DOWN AND USE THE TIME-OUT THEMSELVES.
LOOKS LIKE THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL DO BECAUSE THEY ARE IN NO RUSH RIGHT NOW.
THEY'LL RUN THIS ALL THE WAY DOWN AND BURN A TIME-OUT.
THERE IT IS.
STOPPING THE CLOCK.
2:16.
SO THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE PLAY AS TO WHETHER CREEKSIDE'S WON IT OR HAS A CHANCE.
>> FINALS TRICKLING IN AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND RUN UPSET ALERT WITH ONE IN PARTICULAR.
A LOT OF SPOT IN QUAD A.
THE JEFFERSON WAS GOING TO BE MAKING IT TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR.
THEY DON'T MAKE IT OUT OF ROUND ONE.
CHARTER, THE WIN SCORING LIKE THEY WERE DOWN 10-6.
WINS BY THE SCORE OF 12-10.
THEY PLAY COLUMBUS TRAILING EARLY TO WIN 22-7.
AS YOU'RE FILLING THINGS OUT, GOING TO MEMORIAL NEXT WEEK TO TAKE ON COLUMBUS.
THE FIRST BIG UPSET MAT ON THE BOARD.
>> BIG START TO THE 5 BULLDOG.
>> IN THESE SITUATIONS.
>> IF YOU CAN SAY THAT AT THIS POINT IN THIS CAREER, BUT SEEMS TO BE A WHOLE OTHER DIMENSION TO HIS GAMES.
EXTENDING THE PLAY.
WANTED TO ROLL OUT.
TAKEN IN THE DEFENSE.
COULDN'T GET TO THE OUTSIDE THERE.
WOULDN'T ALLOW IT.
WENT UNDERNEATH HIM AND ONCE AGAIN, IN THAT SITUATION, FINDING TREY EDWARDS.
NO ONE EVEN IN THE VICINITY TO BRING EDWARDS DOWN.
>> THERE IS SO MUCH RIGHT ABOUT THAT PLAY, NOW THE FLAG IS AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN, I BELIEVE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT PENALTY THAT'S GOING TO BE MARKED OFF FOR THE KICKOFF.
BUT LETT HAS BEEN SPECTACULAR TONIGHT AND LOOKS LIKE HE'S FINALLY GOING TO GET CREEKSIDE THE WIN.
28-16 AS MARTINEZ PUTS IT THROUGH.
NOW WATCH THIS PLAY.
THE PUMP FAKE TO GET HIS MAN OF THE YEAR.
THAT OPENS THINGS UP.
LOPS IT OVER THE TOP OF THE DEFENSE AS HE SPOTS TREY EDWARDS OPEN BY HIMSELF.
30 YARD TOUCHDOWN.
>> SO MUCH POISE, SO MUCH CONFIDENCE.
>> WE HAVE OUR MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER CANDIDATE FOR THE NEXT RECRUITING 2021 SHOW.
NYQUA LETT TONIGHT DOES NOT HAVE AN OFFER YET.
INTEREST FROM SOUTH ALABAMA AND FLORIDA A&M.
NORTH CAROLINA, AMT.
HOPEFULLY BEFORE HE WAKES UP IN THE MORNING, HE'LL HAVE AN OFFER.
>> I THINK THE ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT.
HE HAD SOME NATURAL RAW INSTINCTS TO HIS GAME TONIGHT.
GIVE THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN TONIGHT.
>> THE GAME'S NOT OVER YET.
I FELL INTO THAT TRAP IN THE CAMBRIDGE JOHNS CREEK WHEN IT WAS A 10 POINT GAME WITH TWO MINUTES TO GO AND CAMBRIDGE CAME BACK TO WIN IN OVERTIME.
GAME'S NOT OVER YET.
BUT COFFEE HAS GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
THEY HAVE NO TIME-OUTS REMAINING AND TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PLAY OF THE GAME PRESENTED BY BESTIES.
SHARE WITH YOUR BESTIE AND WE GO BACK TO THEIR OPENING SERIES AND THE 64 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS TO DERRICK WHITE.
>> THE FLICK OF THE WRIST.
LETT OPENED THIS GAME UP EARLY TO WIPE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
DROP IN ON A DIME.
GREAT HAND OFF TO THE RACES AND THE SCOREBOARD.
>> SO COFFEE ON OFFENSE TO THE 48 OF CREEKSIDE.
RUN A REVERSE AND A THROWBACK PASS TO SCORE AND THEY CANNOT CONNECT.
>> GOOD JOB OF JA'VEON, MILNER, STAYING HOME LINEBACKER.
NOT BEING FOOD.
NOT LETTING THE PLAY DEVELOP.
COULDN'T GET AROUND TO COMPLETE THAT DOUBLE PASS.
MAINLY BECAUSE MILLER CAME UPFIELD, STAYED HOME AND DID NOT ALLOW THE RECEIVER ANY ROOM TO THROW BALL.
>> WE SAW THE EXACT PLAY LAST WEEK.
BUFORD RAN IT FOR A 40 YARD TOUCHDOWN.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOT THAT PLAY IN THEIR PLAYBOOK.
QUARTERBACK'S BACK AND THAT WAS BIG, CARLTON WILLIAMS WITH THE QBS.
>> PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE OF THIS DEFENSE.
JUST NOWHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL.
SEMINOLE DEFENSE.
>> STEP UP IN THE POCKET.
AND IT IS CAUGHT.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A FIRST DOWN.
SIMPSON, PARDON ME, KEEPS THINGS GOING FOR THE TROJANS AS HE RUNS IT DOWN TO THE 32.
>> NO TIME-OUTS FOR COFFEE.
GET TO THE LINE.
MAKE A QUICK DECISION.
>> GOING TO SPIKE IT RIGHT THERE TO STOP THE CLOCK.
THE CLOCK MORE IMPORTANT THAN DOWNS AT THIS POINT.
SECOND DOWN AND 10 AND 107 LEFT IN REGULATION.
AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU REMEMBER THEY HAVE DAVID VAUGHN, THE GREAT KICKER WHO'S COMMITTED TO ARMY.
THEY GET A TOUCHDOWN.
AN ONSIDE KICK, THEY GET IT ON THAT SIDE OF THE 50.
THEY AT LEAST HAVE A SHOT AT A LONG FIELD GOAL.
BUT GOT TO GET THE TOUCHDOWN FIRST.
UP FOR GRABS AND INCOMPLETE.
NOBODY IN THE AREA CODE ON THAT PASS ROUTE.
>> A LOT OF PRESSURE AND THE TEAM, SAW VIDEO-LIKE NUMBERS COMING INTO THE GAME WITH 58 SACKS.
THEY KNOW HOW TO PUT AND APPLY PRESSURE ON TO THE QUARTERBACK.
NICE JOB OF GETTING THE BALL OUT THERE.
>> BOBBY PRUITT WON SEVEN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS EARLY IN HIS CAREER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THEY'LL GO FOR THE LONG FIELD GOAL RIGHT HERE.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A 49-YARDER.
AND THE KICK IS UP AND THE KICK IS OFF THE CROSS BAR.
AND THAT SHOULD DO IT.
THAT WAS THE LAST CHANCE TO GET THE FIELD GOAL THERE AND MAKE IT A SEVEN POINT GAME AND THEN TRY TO GET AN ONSIDE KICK.
AND THAT WILL DO IT.
THE BALL GOES OVER TO CREEKSIDE AND COFFEE, NO CHANCE TO STOP THE CLOCK FROM HERE ON OUT.
>> ONCE AGAIN, VAUGHN LINED IT UP.
GOOD KICK, GOOD STRIKE OF THE LEG.
ONCE AGAIN, COMING JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES SHORT OF HITTING A BIG TIME FIELD GOAL FOR HIS TEAM.
>> HE'LL BE KICKING AT WEST POINT FROM HERE ON OUT.
AND CREEKSIDE IS GOING TO ADVANCE.
THEY WILL BE AT ST. PIUS IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
AND FROM HERE ON OUT AND CERTAINLY NOT CROWNING THEM A VICTORY OR ANYTHING, BUT IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE RANKINGS, THEY'RE THE HIGHEST RANKED TEAM ON THEIR SIDE OF THE BRACKET.
ST. PIUS, A TOP TEN TEAM.
THAT WILL BE A GREAT MATCH-UP AS WELL.
AND THE GOLDEN LIONS AND THEIR FIRST SEASON SINCE PAUL STANDARD MOVED ON, HAD A GREAT YEAR.
THEY WON TONIGHT.
THAT WILL BE THE NEXT OPPONENT FOR THE CREEKSIDE SEMINOLES.
THE GOAL, MAURICE DIXON TOLD US THIS YEAR.
GET BEYOND THE SECOND ROUND, LAST THREE YEARS, THEY'VE BEEN STOPPED FROM THE SECOND ROUND, WAYNE.
THEY'RE BACK IN THE SECOND ROUND IN 2021 NEXT WEEK.
>> A GREAT CHANCE.
PLAYING POSSUM ALL YEARLONG, BUT THE PLAYER IN THAT SEVEN JERSEY TONIGHT WAS A STAR FOR HIS TEAM.
AND HE CAN DUPLICATE THAT IN THE NEXT ROUND.
I THINK COACH DIXON MIGHT GET HIS WISH AND GET OUT OF THE SECOND ROUND.
>> CLOSE TO 300 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE FOR NYQUA LETT TONIGHT.
HE WAS 10 OF 17 PASSING FOR 186.
15 RUSHES FOR 95 YARDS THROUGH THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES.
WHAT A SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCE BY NYQUA LETT AS CREEKSIDE IMPROVES TO 9-2 ON THE SEASON.
THEY ADVANCE COFFEE.
THEIR SEASON ENDS AT 8-3 AND YOU JUST HATE IT FOR THE TROJANS.
THEY CAME IN HERE.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THEIR BEST PLAYERS AVAILABLE.
GASKIN, THE LINEBACKER WAS OUT.
WE DID NOT SEE FRED BROWN AFTER THAT FIRST SERIES, DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE GOT HURT OR NOT.
SO COFFEE GOES BACK TO DOUGLAS AND THEY'LL GET READY FOR NEXT SEASON IN TOUGH REGION 15A.
>> VERY TOUGH-MINDED TEAM REGARDLESS OF ADVERSITY OR WHO NEEDED TO STEP IN.
THEY CONTINUED TO PLAY KIND OF IN THAT FIRST QUARTER AND A HALF.
GOT PUNCHED REALLY EARLY.
COULDN'T WAKE UP.
STARTED GETTING A COUPLE OF BREAKS AND GOT ENERGY TO MAKE THE GAME.
>> MORE SCORE UPDATES AHEAD OF THE ALREADY FAMOUS POST-GAME SHOW.
>> STICK WITH 5A.
DOMINANT WIN TONIGHT.
THEY KNOCK OFF WITH THE SCORE OF 51-0.
ALSO, YOU CAN ADVANCE IN YOUR BRACKET.
UNION GROVE AS WELL TONIGHT.
SO YOU CAN PUT CARTERSVILLE IN LINE TOO AS YOU'RE FILLING OUT YOUR BRACKET.
LET'S GO TO 7A WITH SOME OF THE WINNERS THERE.
14-5 WINNER.
ALPHARETTA.
29-15 WIN OVER SOUTH FORSYTH AND DOMINANT TONIGHT OVER CHIP WALKER AND THE 56-7.
WALTON HAS BEEN WINNING ALL NIGHT LONG AT THE HOG PIN AND THEY'VE BEEN DISTANCING THEMSELVES FROM THE PACKERS.
SO WALTON ON THE VERGE OF AN UPSET IN SOME CIRCLES.
JUST THE SEATING WOULD GIVE AN UPSET.
DOWN IN SOUTH GEORGIA.
WINNER OF THAT ONE GETS NORTH GWINNETT.
AND THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND SECTION IN 7A, DENMARK, KNOCKED OFF MOUNTAINVIEW TONIGHT.
ADVANCES TO THE SECOND LINE AS WELL.
THEY KNOCKED OFF CAMDEN COUNTY BY THE SCORE OF 44-6.
LOW RIGHT AS YOU'RE LOOKING.
MADE IT TO THE SECOND LINE.
LOOK IN COLLINS HILL.
BY THE SCORE OF 56-13.
ONCE AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING TO PICK A NUMBER.
I'M JUST GOING TO PICK A SHEET HERE.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
IN THE GRAB BAG SECTION.
TRIPLE A, UPPER LEFT IS COMPLETE.
WE CAN GET INTO IT MORE DETAIL LATER ON.
SOUTHEAST BULLET WINS OVER LONG TOWN.
CINDERELLA SEASON MAKING PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
HEAD COACH WITH THE 26 POINT LOSS IN BROOKLYN.
SO THEY'LL PLAY CEDAR GROVE.
PUTS 79 POINTS ON THE BOARD TONIGHT.
COME TO ATLANTA.
DOMINANT TONIGHT.
41-0.
UPPER LEFT.
SOUTHEAST BULLET GOES TO CEDAR GROVE.
OCONEE COUNTY GOES TO CHRIS.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
WE'VE GOT JACKSON AND THOMPSON AS OUTLYING PRECINCT.
BEAT JOHNSON.
ONE OF THE BEST NICKNAMES IN THE STATE.
42-8.
THEY WIN TONIGHT AND THEY'LL COME TO NORTH ATLANTA.
THEY'LL COME TO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS TO TAKE ON CHEROKEE BLUFFS.
38-17.
ONE OF THE BEST GAMES OF THE NIGHT AND BACK AND FORTH, THEY'RE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
THEY HOLD ON 30-21 OVER HART COUNTY.
THEY'LL TRAVEL TO THOMPSON OR HOST JACKSON NEXT WEEK.
THAT'S THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IN TRIPLE A. RIGHT-HAND SIDE IN TRIPLE A. BURKE COUNTY, THE BIRD DOG CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
TABITHA WITH THE WINNING COACH.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANKS A LOT, JOHN.
COACH DIXON.
I MEAN, I'M TIRED JUST FROM WATCHING THAT GAME SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW YOU'RE COACHING IT.
THIS GAME CAME DOWN TO STRATEGY BETWEEN TWO REALLY GOOD COACHES.
WHAT GOT YOU GUYS OVER THE TOP?
>> WITH THE THINGS IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER.
I KNEW WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO CRUNCH TIME, I COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
I MAKE A BAD CALL SOMETIMES.
>> DOMINATE AND PRIDE IN YOUR HUDDLE.
WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR TEAM, HOW PROUD OF YOU ARE YOU FOR YOUR GUYS?
>> IT'S ABOUT TAKING THIS GAME.
WE'VE GOT A LOT BETTER.
THIRD TIME THIS YEAR AND COMING OUT WITH A VICTORY.
FIGHT FOR ADVERSITY AND CHALLENGE THEM AND WIN.
>> YOU WENT 0-10 AFTER THAT.
34-17.
FOR YOUR SENIORS, WHAT DOES THIS WIN MEAN TO THEM FOR A TELEVISED GAME GOING INTO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS?
>> IT VALIDATES THE HARD WORK WE PUT IN.
WE DON'T HAVE THE BEST PLAYERS BUT DO A GOOD JOB WITH FOUR YEARS, BUILDING UP WITH A REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
>> THIS COMING UP HERE WITH THE JORDAN COMMISSION, STEP RIGHT UP.
I KNOW YOU'RE SUPER PROUD OF THIS GUY.
NO OFFERS AS OF YET.
DO YOU THINK HE'LL HAVE SOME BY THE TIME YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
>> LIKE I TELL EVERYBODY, A QUARTERBACK IN THE STATE OF 5A.
THEY GOT OFFERED BUT IF YOU CAN WATCH THIS GAME AND HOW HE PLAYS AND THINK HE'S BETTER THAN HIM, GOT DOUBLE VISION.
>> THAT'S A GOOD VIEW, COACH.
NYQUA, YOUR JERSEY ON THE BACK.
TURN AROUND.
WHAT DOES IT SAY?
COMMIT, RIGHT?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
>> COMMIT EVERY DAY.
ON THE FIELD, COMMIT.
>> NYQUA, GEORGIA COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.
I HAVE TO GIVE YOU THIS TOWEL.
LET ME DRAPE IT ON YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
AS A SENIOR, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DO THIS HARD WORK?
YOU BUST YOUR BUTT TO BECOME A QUARTERBACK TO EARN YOUR SPOT AS A SENIOR.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU TONIGHT?
>> IT FEELS GOOD.
IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
ESPECIALLY BEING TELEVISED, RECRUITING.
THE DEFENSE, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
>> FOR YOU, COACH PRUITT, COFFEE TOLD US YOUR ARM SCARES HIM.
I THINK THE RUNNING GAME TOO.
A LITTLE BIT EXTRA IN THE TANK TONIGHT CONSIDERING THE TV GAME AND YOU'RE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS?
>> OH, YEAH.
LIKE, REALLY.
MORE IN THE RUNNING BUT A LITTLE BIT.
I HAD NO OTHER STORIES.
>> PREPARING FOR NEXT WEEK, YOU GUYS TAKE ON ST. PIUS, HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR NEXT WEEK?
>> THE SAME.
ANOTHER BIG GAME.
THAT'S WHAT WE THINK.
>> GREAT GAME TONIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS.
GOOD GAME.
MATT IN THE STUDIO, BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> THANK YOU, TABITHA.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO NYQUA LETT AND THE CREEKSIDE SEMINOLES.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY HIM TONIGHT.
THIS IS A CREEKSIDE TEAM, WAYNE, THAT HAS RUN THE GAUNTLET.
THEY'VE BEATEN THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS IN 7A.
THEY BEAT WESTLAKE, ONE OF THE TOP TEAMS IN 6A.
THEY PLAY TOUGH TIGHT GAMES AGAINST CARTERSVILLE, NUMBER ONE IN 5A.
LOST TO WOODWARD ACADEMY TONIGHT.
THEY GET COFFEE, A TEAM THEY KNOW IS SO GOOD ON THE ROAD AND THEY WITHSTAND THAT CHALLENGE.
I THINK THESE CREEKSIDE TEAMS GOT LASTING POWER.
A DEEP RUN INTO THE PLAYOFFS FOR THEM.
>> A BIG OFFENSIVE LINE.
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN THE BALL AND PLAY DEFENSE.
NYQUA LETT AND THE WAY HE CAN EXTEND THE PLAY AND WHAT HE SHOWED YOU WITH HIS FEET BEING ABLE TO RUN THE BALL AND GIVE HIM HIS 100 YARDS.
DON'T TAKE THAT LAST PLAY AGAINST THEM AND REDUCE THEM TO 95.
GIVE THEM HIS YARD.
BUT WHAT A PERFORMANCE HE SHOWED AND THE POISE AND HOW HE KEPT HIS HEAD DOWN THE FIELD TO DELIVER THE BALL FOR THOSE TOUCHDOWNS.
>> SUPER PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY AROUND.
HE SAID IT TOO.
BETTER THAN I CAN SAY IT.
GIVE CREDIT TO THE CREEKSIDE DEFENSE AS WELL.
JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TOMORROW.
BE FOLLOWING US.
THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AND, BOY, DO WE HAVE SOME GAMES TO CHOOSE FROM.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE WHEREVER WE END UP GOING.
AND NOW FOR WAYNE GANDY, JOHN NELSON, TABITHA TURNER WILKINS, NIKKI PALMER AND OUR ENTIRE GPB.
SO LONG FROM FAIRBURN CREEKSIDE WINS, THE FAMOUS POSTGAME SHOW IS NEXT.
>>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA IS PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY REMINDING YOU TO BE SAFE ON EVERY TRIP.
BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY REGENTS BANK.
BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGENTS BANK.
GEORGIA DMC.
SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
CIGNA, ALL THE WAY.
STAY IN THE GAME AND LIVE DRUG-FREE.
AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.
>>> WELCOME IN TO OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA POSTGAME SHOW PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, WE JUST WITNESSED A GREAT GAME OF COFFEE AT CREEKSIDE.
CREEKSIDE TAKING THE WIN AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT GAMES GOING ON TONIGHT.
I'M NIKKI PALMER IN THE GPB STUDIOS IN ATLANTA AND WE'VE GOT A LOT COMING YOUR WAY.
SO GET COMFORTABLE.
GET IN YOUR FAVORITE SEAT IN THE HOUSE OR WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING US FROM.
GRAB YOUR SNACK AND WE'VE GOT A LOT COMING YOUR WAY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING IN OUR PAL TO BANTER THE BRACKETS WITH ME.
JOHN NELSON, WELCOME IN.
ARE YOU READY TO DO THIS THING?
ROUND ONE OF THE PLAYOFFS AND WE'VE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND A LOT OF PAPER TO GO THROUGH.
>> A LOT OF PAPER TONIGHT TO GO THROUGH.
EVEN MORE PAPER TOMORROW TO GO THROUGH AND THAT'S WHERE WHEN WE BRING IN OUR FIRST GUEST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THE OTHER PAPERS WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THIS DISCUSSION WHEN WE BRING IN COACHES WHO ARE PLAYING TOMORROW.
REMEMBER, NOT EVERYONE PLAYED TONIGHT.
NOT EVERYONE IS PLAYING TOMORROW BECAUSE OF BUYS AND SINGLE A ET CETERA, 6A, THEY PLAY TOMORROW.
THE DECISION AT THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION PLAYED TO HAVE THE TOP OFFICIATING CREWS FOR ALL OF THE HOME GAMES THIS FIRST ROUND.
AFTER THE FIRST ROUND, THEN EVERYBODY GOES BACK TO FRIDAY.
SO NEXT FRIDAY IS WHEN JONATHAN GOETZ OF EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN WILL STEP TO THE FLOOR AND INITIALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE HERITAGE AS HIS FIRST ROUND MATCH-UP BUT YOU, SIR, WILL BE WAITING LIKE THE REST OF US TO FIGURE OUT THE WINNER OF ATHENS ACADEMY.
THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US ON THE POSTGAME SHOW.
>> THANK YOU GUYS.
WE HAD A NICE FRIDAY NIGHT OFF.
NICE WEEKEND OFF.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN, I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT THAT WIN/LOSS RECORD OF THE CHARGERS AND SAY THERE'S A BIGGER NUMBER TO THE RIGHT OF THE DASH THAN THE LEFT OF THE DASH BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF TWO FACTORS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO KIND OF WORK WITH ON THE FLY.
FACT YOU'RE TRULY A MINI REGION AND YOU GUYS ARE HAVING TO SCHEDULE TEAMS FROM OUT OF STATE TO FILL IN THAT TEN GAME GRID, HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO BE EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN RIGHT NOW?
>> IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.
YOU'VE GOT TO FIND EIGHT GAMES.
YOU'VE GOT TWO GAMES IN YOUR REGION AND THEN YOU HAVE TO FIND EIGHT GAMES.
SO WE FOUND OURSELVES PLAYING WOODWARD, BLESSED TRINITY.
I FELT LIKE I WENT THROUGH THE 5A STATE PLAYOFFS ALREADY.
BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
YOU KIND OF JUST ROLL WITH IT AND HOPEFULLY, YOU CAN WIN YOUR REGION AND THEN GET ROLLING IN THE PLAYOFFS.
>> COACH, YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE MANY A TIME.
WHAT MAKES THIS YEAR DIFFERENT FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM?
>> I DON'T KNOW, IF IT'S ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE HAD RECORDS OF BEING 4-6 BEFORE AND WE MADE IT TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST, THE TOUGH PARTS KEEPING YOUR TEAMS TOGETHER.
HEY, WE'RE NOT A BAD TEAM.
WE LOST TO WOODWARD BY THREE.
BLESSED TRINITY BY THREE.
WE'RE VERY COMPETITIVE AND HOPEFULLY, THE GOAL FOR EVERYBODY THAT YOU'RE PLAYING YOUR BEST FOOTBALL IN PLAYOFF TIME IN NOVEMBER, IN DECEMBER AND THAT'S HOPEFULLY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> WHEN YOU'RE IN A SITUATION THAT IS CHALLENGING AS YOU ARE, HOW CHALLENGING IS IT FOR YOU AND THE COACHING STAFF KNOWING THE EXPECTATION LEVEL YOU HAVE ON YOURSELVES AND HAVING TO DO ALL OF THESE OTHER EXTERNAL THINGS TO CHASE A CHAMPIONSHIP EVERY SINGLE YEAR?
>> YEAH, IT'S REALLY HARD.
YOU KNOW, AS COACHES, WE HAVE THE PATH THAT SHOWS, OKAY, WE CAN LOSE GAMES AND STILL MAKE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS, STILL MAKE IT TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BUT YOU HAVE A NEW GROUP OF PARENTS AND KIDS EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT MAYBE HAVE NOT BEEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME ENCOURAGING AND MOTIVATING AND JUST TRYING TO HOLD IT ALL TOGETHER AND CREATING BELIEF, BUT I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE THIS GROUP I HAVE, I DO FEEL LIKE THEY'VE HELD IT TOGETHER AND I DO THINK WE'RE PLAYING OUR BEST FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW.
>> LOVE IT, COACH.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THAT BEST FOOTBALL FOR EAGLES LANDING NEXT WEEK.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
HOPEFULLY WE TALK TO YOU NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
>> TAKE IT EASY, COACH.
SO JOHN, WE'RE HAVING A TICKER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
IF YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT SCORES OR UPDATING YOUR BRACKET AT HOME, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TICKER AND UPDATE AWAY.
JOHN, YOU WERE REFERENCING THAT THERE'S A FEW TEAMS NOT PLAYING THAT WOULD BE THE SINGLE "A," PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.
WE HEARD FROM COACH JONATHAN GOETZ FROM EAGLES LANDING.
ANY OTHER MATCH-UPS WE SHOULD BE CIRCLING AND PAY ATTENTION TO NEXT WEEK?
>> SINCE WE LOVE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN EQUALLY HERE AT GPB, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MATCH-UPS AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THE BRACKETS AT THE END OF THE SHOW AS WELL TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE LAY OF THE LAND.
A COUPLE OF KEY MATCH-UPS THAT ARE TWO THREES, STRATFORD ACADEMY.
THAT'S ONE WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT AS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY, FROM JONATHAN'S PERSPECTIVE, WHO'S HE GOING TO BE PLAYING?
ATHENS ACADEMY WHO'S HOSTING?
THAT'S A GAME A LOT OF FOLKS WILL HAVE ON THEIR SPOT.
SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN GOING TO SQUARE, ONE TO KEEP AN EYE ON LOW LEFT.
YOU LOOK AT ATHENS CHRISTIAN AND ST. FRANCIS, THE WINNER OF THAT ONE.
A FIRST ROUND BYE.
THEY WAIT FOR THAT MATCH-UP AND EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN IN THE SEMIFINALS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
A COLLISION COURSE FOR FOLKS AS THEY FILL OUT THEIR BRACKET ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, A COUPLE OF OTHER TEAMS GIVE YOU A MINI BRACKET IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND PART WHEN IT COMES TO SINGLE A PRIVATE.
CAVALRY, BUT THE OTHER SECTION, WE DEAL WITH WESLEYAN AND UPPER RIGHT TO YOU HAVE THREE TOP TEN TEAMS, CAVALRY.
ALL IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND SECTION.
THE CURSORY CLASS A PRIVATE.
>> SO, JOHN, ON THE LINE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NONE OTHER THAN PRINCE AVENUE'S GREG, A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF OUR SHOW.
THEY TECHNICALLY WON BY FORFEIT, COACH.
YOU GUYS ARE 10-1.
WOLVERINES LOOKING GOOD HEADING INTO THIS NEXT WEEK, COACH.
HOW'S IT LOOKING?
>> RESTED, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK.
>> AND SO, OF COURSE, SINCE COACH VANDER GRIP WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT A RUNDOWN AND FORMAT, HE KNEW THAT WE WERE LEAVING OUT HIS BRACKET GETTING INTO THIS CONVERSATION, SO HE GETS TO KEEP EVERYBODY HEALTHY FOR ONE MORE WEEK AND THEN HOW MUCH SCOUTING WERE YOU ABLE TO DO TONIGHT, YOU AND YOUR STAFF WITH BROOKSTONE AND WHAT WAS THE SCOUTING PROCESS LIKE WITH THAT RIGHT THERE WITH YOU KNOWING THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE NEXT WEEK?
WHAT'S THE SCOUTING PROCESS LIKE ON AN OFF WEEK WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING NEXT WEEK?
>> YOU CAN GET A LOT OF VIDEO, SO WE HAVE VIDEO OF BROOKSTONE AND WHITFIELD.
SO WE SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS SCHEMING EACH ONE OF THEM.
BROOKSTONE RUNS, SO A COUPLE OF DAYS LOOKING AND THEN WHITFIELD RUNS THE SPREAD.
THOSE GUYS PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT.
OUR WHOLE STAFF WATCHING THE GAME.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT THE REST OF YOUR PARTICULAR BRACKET, DOWN BELOW YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING AT FPD, MOUNT VERNON AND AQUINAS AND A LOT OF FOLKS, IF THEY LOOK AT THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE BRACKET AND LOOKING ABOVE YOU AS WELL AND LOOKING AT THOSE THREE RANKED TEAMS THAT YOU COULD BE FACING IF YOU MAKE YOUR WAY INTO GAME 14 OR THAT SEMIFINAL ROUND.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR HALF OF THE BRACKET, WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE CHALLENGES THAT COULD BE FACING AND ALL THAT OTHER COMPETITION THERE WITH YOU ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE?
>> WELL, I THINK OUR SCHEDULES SETS UP WELL FOR US.
WE PLAY FIVE TOP TEN TEAMS THIS YEAR.
SO YOU PLAY THOSE GAMES TO HELP PREPARE YOU FOR WEEK 13 AND 14, SO WHEN YOUR KIDS FACE PRESSURE, YOU'VE ALREADY HOPEFULLY DONE THAT AND PREPARED FOR IT.
AS WE LOOK FORWARD, IF THINGS GO AS THEY SHOULD, WE THINK WE PROBABLY GET FTD, THE THIRD ROUND AND THEN A REMATCH THIS SEASON.
>> COACH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME SO MUCH.
THANKS FOR JUST TAKING THE TIME TO CALL IN.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING YOU FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON AND BEST OF LUCK.
>> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS DO FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
>> OF COURSE, COACH.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DISRUPTION, IF YOU WILL.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW DISRUPTIVE GAMES TODAY.
A FEW UPSETS, IF YOU WILL.
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH SOME THAT TOOK YOU BY SURPRISE?
>> JEFFERSON, REALLY.
THAT ONE IS THE ONE THAT LEAKS OUT TO YOU.
AND WITH THAT ONE, YOU KNOW THAT CHARTER AND WINSTON GORDON, THEY WANT TO, DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS ARE, SLOW THINGS DOWN AND TRY TO TURN THINGS INTO WHAT WE SAW WITH CREEKSIDE HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR GAME WITH COFFEE THAT WAS JUST ON THE AIR WITH US AT GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING WHERE THEY WANT TO SLOW THINGS DOWN, MILK THE CLOCK AND KEEP WITH THE JEFFERSON OFFENSE AND TURNED INTO A DEFENSIVE GAME.
LATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
GETS THE LATE SCORE AND THEY DON'T GET THE 2 POINT CONVERSION BUT THEY HOLD ON TO WIN AND A LOT OF FOLKS, I MEAN, A LOT OF FOLKS SITTING THERE THINKING, OKAY, COMING OUT OF ONE SIDE, JEFFERSON IS AN ANGRY TWO SEED COMING OUT OF THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
HAZEL CHARTER WITH ONE OF THE SIGNATURE WINS FOR ME TONIGHT WITH THE FINALS TRICKLING IN.
>> GOOD STUFF.
TOLD FROM CLARK CENTRAL IS ON THE LINE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN.
HOW DID YOUR TEAM GET IT DONE TONIGHT?
>> JUST A FAST START?
KIDS PLAYED WELL AND KIND OF SET THE TEMPO FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT.
>> WHEN YOU'RE IN A REGION LIKE THE ONE YOU'RE IN, THIS SEASON WHERE YOU GUYS WERE HITTING FULL SONG AND REGION PLAY AND THEN THE REST OF IT WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTE, I MEAN, IT WAS A JUMBLE HEADING INTO THE LAST WEEK OF THE REGENTS SCHEDULE.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE THE TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIGHTING TO BE THE TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO SEE THE ACTION BEHIND YOU SINCE YOU HAD CLINCHED REGENTS SO QUICKLY?
>> IT WASN'T EASY.
WE HAD TEAM ROAD WINS.
AND THAT, WE WERE IN GOOD SHAPE.
BUT IT WAS COMPETITIVE REGION AND A LOT OF GOOD TEAMS, THEY GOT BEAT.
SO THAT WAS SURPRISING AND I DON'T KNOW THE OTHER SCORES.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT JACKSON DID, BUT THERE WERE SOME GOOD FOOTBALL TEAMS IN OUR REGION AND IT WAS PRETTY BALANCED.
WE WERE FORTUNATE AND GOT OFF TO A GOOD START AND HAVE PLAYED REALLY WELL ON THE ROAD.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE MATCH-UP AND WHAT CAN COW SAY IN ORDER TO PULL OUT A WIN FOR THEM?
>> THEY LIKE TO RUN THE BALL.
WE HAVE A LITTLE ON THEM, OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL GET SOME MORE BUT THEY'VE BEEN IN THIS SECOND, THIRD ROUND.
THEY KNOW HOW TO THIS TIME OF YEAR AND FORTUNATELY FOR US, WE'RE AT HOME.
SO I THINK WE'LL BE READY.
I THINK A COUPLE OF GUYS DINGED UP TONIGHT.
REALLY PLAYING WELL AND HOPEFULLY, WE CAN KEEP MOVING DOWN THAT PATH.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST ON YOUR NEXT GAME AND WE'LL TALK TO YOU SOON.
>>.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
>> YEAH.
HEY, JOHN, LET'S CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER 2A TEAMS.
WHAT WE HAVE IN QUAD.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THAT QUADRANT?
>> LET ME FIND THAT SHEET OF PAPER.
>> IT WAS AN INTERESTING NIGHT.
ONE OF THE TESTY TWO THREES.
FANNAH AND BREEMAN AND THE COUNTY REBELS PUT IT DOWN SECOND HALF, THEY GO ON TO WIN.
SO THEY GET THEIR REMATCH, THIS ONE IN THE MOUNTAINS NEXT WEEK.
GOING TO BE BIG WITH THE UP TOP AND LOVE IT IN COMPLETE CONTROL TONIGHT OVER UNION COUNTY.
THEY PUT UP THE BIG NUMBERS THERE.
TO THE SECOND ROUND AND PUTNAM WITH THEIR CONTINUED SEASON KNOCKING OFF EAST WARRENS AND WILL HAVE TO GO ON THE ROAD TO EATONTON AND ADDING TO THE RIGHT OF THE DASH.
FANTASTIC SEASON FOR PUTNAM COUNTY BUT I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS LOOK AT FITZGERALD AND FANNING COUNTY IN THE MOUNTAIN THERE.
>> SPEAKING OF FITZGERALD, WE ACTUALLY HAVE COACH PRUITT ON THE LINE, COACH, 15-6.
YOU GUYS WON THIS REGULAR SEASON MATCH-UP AND YOU CAME OUT VICTORIOUS AGAIN.
WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE THIS GAME?
>> WELL, IT WAS A HARD FOUGHT GAME.
YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THE FIRST GAME WE BEAT 15-6 AND THEY COME BACK TO GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO PLAY AND 15-6 AND KIND OF TIT FOR TAT AND ABLE TO SCORE IN THE SECOND HALF AND GO UP 15-0.
A LATE TOUCHDOWN, MAKE IT 15-6 AND WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD ON.
THEY'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD TEAM, A REALLY STRONG DEFENSE AND THEY GAVE US ALL WE WANTED AND A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE.
>> AND YOU'RE DOING IT, COACH, IN ONE OF THE TOUGHEST REGIONS IN THE STATE.
I THINK REGARDLESS OF CLASSIFICATION, I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE DRAWN TO YOU AND THEY'RE DRAWN TO THOMASVILLE THERE IN REGION ONE.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE TWO OF YOU.
YOU'VE HAD TO DO THINGS IN A VERY HARD-FOUGHT REGION TO GET THAT HOME GAME THERE AT JC STADIUM IN ROUND ONE.
>> OUR REGION WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT.
REGION SCHEDULE DIFFICULT.
TESTED FOR SURE.
RIDING THE BOOK OF UGLY WINGS RIGHT NOW BUT AT THIS POINT IT WILL TAKE YOU AND A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT BUT GO BACK TO WORK.
SO REALLY PROUD OF OUR KIDS AND IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE YOU SURVIVE IN ADVANCE AND FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT TONIGHT.
>> COACH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WIN.
GOOD LUCK AGAINST FANA NEXT WEEK, WE'LL BE WATCHING AND HOPEFULLY TALK TO YOU SOON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK Y'ALL.
>> JOHN, LET'S GO AHEAD.
GOT YOUR QUADS READY?
SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER ONE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO 3A, IF YOU WILL.
TOP LEFT.
THAT ONE IS COMPLETE.
>> I'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
>> WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAKE IT AWAY?
>> SOUTHEAST BULLOCK GETS THE WIN IN BROOKLYN.
MIKE AND THE BLUE TIDE WITH THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY THAT THEY GO TO BROOKLYN.
THE 29-22 AT HOME IN WATKINSVILLE.
OCONEE COUNTY, THE PACK A LUNCH AND A DINNER TRIP FOR THEM AS OCONEE COUNTY TAKES ON CHRIS, A MASSIVE SECOND ROUND MATCH-UP IN TRIPLE A.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE COUGARS LOOK FANTASTIC IN THE SHUTOUT TO 8-3.
JOHN, HANG TIGHT.
DO NOT GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THE BRACKET BANTER, IF YOU WILL, COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.
STICK TO OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA POST-GAME SHOW PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> SCORES ALL AROUND THE STATE, IN ROUND ONE OF THE PLAYOFFS.
ROUND TWO GEARING UP AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A TICKER AT THE BOTTOM PORTION OF YOUR SCREEN.
ALL THE UPDATED SCORES BUT NOW WITH JOHN NELSON.
LET'S GO THROUGH SOME OF THE BRACKETS.
WE COVERED A FEW OF THEM ALREADY BUT LET'S LOOK AT 7A.
A FEW GAMES THAT ENDED EARLY.
AS WE'RE FILLING OUT THAT 7A BRACKET IN THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER.
WHAT YOU GOT FOR ME?
>> DOUBLE UP TIP TONIGHT.
FIRST SEASON AS HEAD COACH OF THE BLUE DEVILS ENDS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS AS MARIETTA GETS TO DO THEIR BIG WIN BY MILTON.
45-14.
FIRST TIME IN THE PLAYOFFS IN QUITE SOME TIME SINCE THE MID '90s.
SO NEXT WEEK, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MARIETTA TRAVEL TO MILTON IN ROUND TWO AS THEY ADVANCE TO THE SECOND LINE.
BELOW THEM, WEST FORSYTH, MILCREEK PUTS 49 ON THE BOARD.
IT TOOK TWO OVERTIMES TO BEAT SOUTH GWINNETT.
THE FINAL SCORE THERE WAS 34-28 IN DOUBLE OVERTIMES.
SO IN YOUR UPPER LEFT SECTION OF THE BRACKET, MAIR YET THAT TRAVELS TO MILTON AND MILCREEK HAS TO TRAVEL.
MILL CREEK IS YOUR TWO.
THEY TRAVEL TO CATCH UP WITH FRANKLIN STEVENS AND THAT APPARENTLY UPPER BRACKET WAS BROUGHT BY THE LETTER.
PUBLIC BROADCASTING.
>> THAT GAME WAS APPARENTLY WILD FOLLOWING IT ON TWITTER WHILE WATCHING OUR GAME.
DOUBLE OVERTIME.
INSANE.
>> ONCE AGAIN.
NOT THE ONLY GAME THAT'S GONE TO FREE FOOTBALL TONIGHT BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOU GET INTO THIS SEASON AND YOU'RE GETTING THESE WILD RESULTS THAT ARE COMING HERE IN THIS FIRST ROUND AND SEEING WHO'S ADVANCING TO THE SECOND LINE ON THE DASH AS WE ALL FILL OUT OUR BRACKETS.
IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING EVENING SO FAR.
>> IT'S GOING TO KEEP GETTING INTERESTING.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND BRACKET.
A MATCH-UP THAT'S CIRCLED.
>> RIGHT THERE.
>> SO EXCITING WITH WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
>> THE FIRST ONE RIGHT THERE ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
AND THE PACKERS SEASON IS DONE LOSING 41-17.
WALTON HAD A BIG LEAD IN THIS ONE AND THEY KEPT THEIR DISTANCE.
SO THE WALTON RAIDERS.
THEY ARE THE ROAD WARRIORS SO FAR.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN THIS WEEK.
ARCHER PUT 46 ON THE BOARD.
THEY BEAT ALPHARETTA.
46-7.
WALTON AND ARCHER ADVANCING TO LINE NUMBER TWO.
ALSO IN THAT MINI BRACKET DOWN LOW, NORTH GWINNETT BASICALLY DOUBLES UP SOUTH FORSYTH BY THE SCORE OF 15.
THEY, HOWEVER, GO TO BROOKWOOD NEXT WEEK.
52 ON NEWNAN TONIGHT.
THEIR 3 SEED GOING TO ARCHER TO TAKE ON ANDY DIER AND THEN TAKE ON PHILIP JONES AND THE BROOKWOOD BRONCOS.
WALTON AT ARCHER.
NORTH GWINNETT AND THEN LINE NUMBER TWO.
>> GOOD STUFF.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS TRAIN ROLLING.
LET'S LOOK AT 7A TOP RIGHT.
TOP LEFT, BOTTOM RIGHT.
>> IT'S ALL GOOD.
DISTANCED HIMSELF EARLY.
THEY HAD THE GAME IN CONTROL.
SO GRAYSON ADVANCES AS WELL TO THE SECOND ROUND.
THEY'LL HAVE TO GO TO DENMARK.
NORTH OF ATLANTA AND THEY'LL PLAY THE DANES.
PUT UP A BIG NUMBER TONIGHT ON MOUNTAINVIEW, GRAYSON AT DENMARK IN ROUND NUMBER TWO.
ROSWELL BEATS MEADOW CREEK.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS 52-0 AT THE BREAK AND SO ROSWELL IS YOUR 2 SEED.
THEY WIN, BUT NOW THEY GET TO GO TO NORTH COBB AND EMORY, NORTH COBB BEATS CAMDEN COUNTY.
44-6 TO UPPER RIGHT.
GRAYSON AT DENMARK IN ROUND TWO.
ROSWELL, WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA HERE IN 2021.
TRAVELS TO NORTH COBB TO TAKE ON THE WARRIORS.
BIG MATCH-UP THERE WITH ROSWELL AND NORTH COBB, UPPER RIGHT IN THE SECOND ROUND.
>> I'LL GIVE YOU ONE GUESS WHERE I'M GOING NEXT.
I'M GOING TO GO BOTTOM RIGHT.
SO 7A.
BOTTOM RIGHT.
WHILE YOU TAKE US THROUGH THAT QUADRANT, I WANT YOU TO BE THINKING THROUGH WHO HAS THE EASIEST PATH AND WHO MIGHT HAVE THE MOST CHALLENGING PATH TO COME OUT VICTORIOUS IN THIS 7A CLASSIFICATION.
>> BACK AND FORTH GAMES.
THE FIRST ONE, PEBBLE BROOK AND PARK VIEW.
PEBBLE BROOK REBOUNDS AFTER LOSING THEIR LAST GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON TO GO TO 8-1-1.
NOW 9-1-1.
56 TONIGHT ON LAMBERT.
ROUND NUMBER TWO.
NORCROSS, NO REAL SURPRISE WE SEE.
MAKING IT OUT OF ROUND NUMBER ONE BUT THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE CONCRETE PALACE.
HARRISON AND 8:00 KICK.
BUT HAS BEEN IN CONTROL.
NORCROSS.
WE SEND THEM TO PLAY EACH OTHER BUT A LITTLE LATER ON ROUND NUMBER TWO.
PEBBLE BROOK AND NORCROSS, WE KNOW WHAT NORCROSS WANTS TO DO BUT THEY HAVE TO DO IT ON THE ROAD AS A 2 SEED.
THAT'S PRETTY STRONG DOWN THERE, LOW RIGHT.
>> OKAY.
I LOVE IT.
JOHN, WE ARE GOING TO CRISSCROSS BACK TO TRIPLE A.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 41-0 SHUTOUT.
COUGARS MOVE TO 8-3 AND I'M BEING TOLD THAT WE HAVE COACH MIGUEL PATRICK ON THE LINE.
COACH, CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HOW YOU FEELING?
>> AS ALWAYS, GREAT TO WIN A PLAYOFF AND SURVIVING TO NEXT WEEK.
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A TALL, TALL TASK COMING OUR WAY, BUT WE'LL BE UP FOR IT.
>> COACH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS WHERE YOU PUT 41 ON THE BOARD IN A WIN, WHAT CAN YOU TAKE AWAY FROM A GAME WHERE YOU ARE AS DOMINANT AS YOU WERE GETTING PREPARED FOR A GAME THAT A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE ALREADY CIRCLED FOR THEIR ROUND TWO MARQUEE MATCH-UP?
FOLKS LOOKING AT OCONEE COUNTY AND GO, I WANT TO WATCH THIS GAME.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF TONIGHT THAT YOU CAN TAKE GOING FORWARD?
>> WELL, WE LEARNED THAT WE STILL GOT SO MUCH BETTER THAT WE CAN BE.
WE PUT 41 POINTS ON THE BOARD.
WE STILL HAD A LOT OF MISTAKES AND TURNED THE BALL OVER A FEW TIMES.
SO 41 POINTS IS NOWHERE NEAR WHERE WE COULD HAVE DONE TONIGHT AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT OURSELVES.
WE CAN BE SO MUCH BETTER AND WE'RE JUST A YOUNG FOOTBALL TEAM.
WE'VE GOT SO MUCH BETTER, SO MUCH MORE TO IMPROVE ON.
>> YEAH, MAYBE MAKE IT 48-0 NEXT WEEK, COACH.
>> NICK, DON'T TELL THE FOLKS IN WATKINSVILLE THAT NOW, COME ON.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, COACH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD LUCK FOR ROUND TWO.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, COACH.
>> WOW.
>> I WAS MOTIVATING HIM, JOHN.
>> I KNOW YOU WERE.
AND REALLY, SERIOUSLY, YOU LOOK AT OCONEE COUNTY, AND I REFER TO THESE TWO SEEDS THAT WERE CHALLENGING FOR REGENTS TITLE AND LOSE IN THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
OCONEE IS ANGRY 2 SEED BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE TO DO IT ON THE ROAD.
MIGUEL PATRICK HAVING TAKEN CEDAR GROVE TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR.
KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE THESE KIND OF RUNS.
GOES TO KORDEAL.
FOR THOSE WHO GET TO COVER IT AND WATCH IT, IT'S A FUN ONE.
FOR THE FANS IN CHRIS AND OCONEE AND THOSE OF THE COACHING STAFF, THEY'LL BE PULLING THEIR HAIR OUT ALL WEEK.
A GREAT GAME ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
>> GOOD STUFF.
IT'S ONLY GETTING BETTER.
WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED HERE AND WE'VE GOT NONE OTHER THAN OUR FRIEND COACH ELENI GREGORY ON THE LINE.
BIG, BIG DOMINANT WIN TONIGHT.
COACH, YOU ARE IN FAMILIAR TERRITORY RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLAYOFFS.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING THOUGH AFTER THIS ONE, WHAT MAKES IT SO SIGNIFICANT?
>> I THINK, YOU KNOW, TOLD THE KIDS ALL WEEK, I THINK THE FIRST PLAYOFF GAME, GETTING THAT WIN IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE TO MAKE A RUN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY A ONE SEED, PLAYING A FOUR SEED AND GET YOUR KIDS DIALLED IN AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE NOT LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD.
JUST A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THERE TO BE A LETDOWN ISSUE AND I'M JUST REAL PROUD OF OUR KIDS AND STAFF FOR BEING LOCKED IN AND DOING WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND GOING 1-0.
>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE IDENTITY OF YOUR TEAM RIGHT NOW?
I MEAN, YOU JUST CONTINUE TO DOMINATE WEEK AFTER WEEK.
>> WE JUST GOT TO REALLY CLOSE GROUP AND VERY COMMITTED KIDS AND JUST FUN TO COACH.
GOT TALENT WHICH HELPS AND GREAT COACHING STAFF AND JUST A REALLY COMPLETE FOOTBALL TEAM AND JUST GOT TO STAY HEALTHY AND STAY FOCUSED AND JUST KEEP THE TRAIN ON THE TRACKS RIGHT NOW.
WHERE IT'S NOT JUST ATTENTION FROM FOLKS LIKE US BUT THE STUDENT ATHLETES, HOW DIFFICULT IS IT WEEK BY WEEK BY WEEK TO TRY AND GO 1-0?
.
>> WE TRY TO TELL OUR KIDS, DON'T BLOCK IT OUT.
OUR KIDS ARE GOOD ABOUT WANTING TO GET BETTER AND GET COACHED AND CLEANING UP MISTAKES AND THEN WEEK OF PREPARATION.
WHAT YOU DO, WHAT YOU DO MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY ON FRIDAY.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FILM STUDY DURING THE WEEK AND WE TELL OUR KIDS, EVERY WEEK WE PLAY THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION AND WE PLAY TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS EVERY WEEK.
SO THAT'S HOW WE APPROACH EACH WEEK.
IS IT EASY?
NO.
15 TO 18-YEAR-OLD KIDS AND YOU'VE GOT TO GET THEM AND JUST ALL THE DISTRACTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE, TO RERACK ONE MORE WEEK AND THAT'S EVERYBODY'S CHALLENGE AND THE TEAM THAT DOES IT, AND CAN DO THAT IS THE TEAM THAT'S GOING TO WIN IT.
>> YOU DO IT AND YOU WIN IT, COACH.
SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE COACH OF A NATIONALLY RANKED TEAM.
CONGRATS ON YOUR WIN.
GOOD LUCK AGAINST PEBBLE BROOK AND WE'LL TALK TO YOU SOON.
JOHN, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OVER NOW TO OUR QUAD A.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR BRAIN WORKING TOP RIGHT.
>> I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
GOT IT.
>> OKAY.
>> SO TAKE ME THROUGH THAT BRACKET.
WE SAW AN ABSOLUTE SHUTDOWN GAME BENEDICT.
WERE THERE ANY OTHERS IN THIS QUADRANT THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO YOU?
>> LET'S TAKE A PEEK.
WINS 49-7 OVER CEDAR AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET LEGRANGE.
GREAT STORY HERE.
FOR THOSE THAT KNOW THE HEAD COACH AT LOUISIANA, THEY'RE RELATED, THEY'RE BROTHERS.
THE COACHING FAMILY OF THE NAPERS, NOW TAKEN LEGRANGE AS A 3 SEED, TRADITIONALLY TOUGH TEAM IN THE PLAYOFFS, THEY'RE NOW GOING TO GET SPAULDING NEXT WEEK.
GREAT WIN FOR THE GRANGERS AND HERITAGE, THIS ONE IS TIGHT ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND GIVE THE CREDIT FOR BEING THE 2 SEED AND THEY NOW HAVE TO PACK A LUNCH AND A DINNER AND MAYBE A MIDNIGHT SNACK BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO FROM THE SOUTHERN CRESCENT AND GO DOWN TO THE COACH BENEDICT AND IN CONTROL EARLY IN THIS ONE, A BIG GAME, 59-0 OVER THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL.
SO I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT MARIST AND BENEDICT AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S LOOKING.
>> WELL, BENEDICT AND YOU MENTIONED A 59-0 ABSOLUTE SHUTOUT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING IN THE HEAD COACH FOR BENEDICT, COACH DANNY.
WELCOME IN TO THE SHOW.
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU GUYS HAVE GOT IT DONE TONIGHT.
HOW'S IT FEEL?
>> WE CAN BE A VERY EXPLOSIVE FOOTBALL TEAM WITH THE ATTITUDE PLAY RIGHT NOW.
>> WITH HOLDEN AND QUARTERBACK FOR YOU AND THE CADETS.
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SEE THE GAME GROW OVER THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS TO WHERE IT IS NOW AS YOU GUYS ARE CHASING THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE CLASSIFICATION?
>> HE HAS AN ARM AND CAN PUT BALLS IN PLACES THAT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
>> SEE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT WILL BE.
PRETTY TOUGH TO STOP.
>> COACH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
CONGRATS ON AN ABSOLUTE DOMINANT WIN THIS EVENING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING YOU REST OF THE SEASON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, COACH.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE A, AREN'T WE?
>> I THINK WE ARE.
YES.
WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE A AND WE ARE GOING TO CHECK OUT THE TOP RIGHT.
SIT SWIFTER?
>> RIGHT FOOT RED, BLUE.
>> THIS IS BRACKETOLOGY TWISTER.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M FEELING.
CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH THIS BRACKET?
ANY SURPRISES?
>> I GOT SOME STORY LINES IN HERE.
SOUTH ATLANTA, CONGRATS TO THEM.
THEY WERE IN CONTROL TONIGHT.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO WIN BEFORE THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE MINI BRACKET, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO JOHN, AFTER 41 SEASONS OF CALLING INDIAN SPORT HANGING UP HIS MICROPHONE TONIGHT WITH A LOSS IN THE GAME AGAINST WEST SIDE AUGUSTA IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, AND DOES NOT ADVANCE.
PEPPERELL AND CALLAWAY, TRYING TO GET TO THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR.
THEY DID IT AT HOME AGAINST THE TOUGH TEAM SO THEY ADVANCE.
IN THIS MINI BRACKET UPPER RIGHT HAS THE TOUGHEST RUN TONIGHT I WOULD SAY.
UPSET ALERT FOR MOST OF THE EVENING.
THEY HAD THE SIRENS ON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN FOR US HERE AT GPB FOR THE LONGEST TIME DOWN 16-6 COME BACK 20-16.
GUT CHECK FOR VAUGHN AND THE ROYALS TONIGHT.
AND THEY'LL HOST CALLAWAY ANOTHER GREAT SECOND ROUND GAME NEXT SEASON.
AND BLAKELY, NIKKI, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE UPPER RIGHT HAND SIDE WITH YOUR BRACKET IN DOUBLE A.
>> COACH VAUGHN LASSITER ON THE LINE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, THE PLAYOFF BEARD, NICELY DONE, COACH.
>> YOU COULDN'T GROW THAT IF YOU TRIED.
>> THAT WOULD TAKE ME, COACH, YOU KNOW ME.
IT WOULD TAKE ME ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO GROW SOMETHING THAT IS A PLAYOFF BEARD THAT'S THAT RICH.
I AM ASSUMING THAT'S DOING TO STAY THAT WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE SEASON.
THAT'S HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK WITH THE PLAYOFF BEARD.
>> THAT WOULD TAKE ME SEVEN YEARS TO GROW.
BUT HOW MUCH OF A GUT CHECK WAS IT TONIGHT FOR MOST OF THE GAME, HOW MUCH OF A GUT CHECK WAS IT?
>> BIG TIME BUT KNEW THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS GOING TO BE.
GOOD AS THEY ARE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
GOOD AS THE THINGS WE PLAY.
THEY WERE PHYSICAL, A LOT OF TEAMS SPEED, THEY TACKLED WELL.
THEY JUST PLAYED REALLY WELL TONIGHT.
PRETTY MUCH DOMINATED THE WHOLE GAME UNTIL THE END AND I JUST AM SO PROUD OF OUR GUYS AND HOW THEY PUSH AND KEPT WORKING.
KEPT FINDING WAYS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND MADE A COUPLE OF PLAYS AT THE END TO HELP US AND IT WAS A FUN GAME TO WIN.
>> COACH, YOUR TEAM REMAINS UNDEFEATED 10-0 WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE AT THIS POINT IN THE SEASON.
HOW DOES YOUR TEAM CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND MOREOVER, HOW DO YOU HELP THEM AVOID COMPLACENCY IN KNOWING YOU'RE NOT DONE YET?
>> IT'S TOUGH.
WE'RE 11-0 TONIGHT.
THE FIRST REGION CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE BLAKELY COUNTY BECAME ITS OWN SCHOOL AND THOSE ARE THINGS THE GUYS ARE JUST HEARING OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE STREETS AND HOW GOOD THEY ARE.
TIMES THEY DESERVE THE WIN AND PLAYED REALLY WELL AND PLAY GREAT AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ROUND IT IS.
THEY DID THAT.
THEY LEARNED TO FIND WAYS TO WIN.
AND REALLY, GOT SOME YOUNG GUYS.
WE'RE JUNIOR HEAVY.
IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING, NOT JUST THE REST OF THIS YEAR BUT NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
>> SPECIAL SEASON FOR THEM INDEED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
GOOD LUCK AGAINST CALLAWAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING YOU.
>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING ME ON.
>> THANK YOU, COACH.
>> ALL RIGHT, DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE BRACKET UPDATES FOR YOU AND FINAL SCORES COMING IN FROM AROUND THE STATE.
WE'RE IN ROUND ONE OF THE PLAYOFFS AND THIS IS THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN GEORGIA POSTGAME SHOW PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
BUCKLE UP GEORGIA, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> WELCOME BACK IN FOR THE FOOTBALL FRIDAY POSTGAME SHOW.
OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
WE ALREADY HAD A PACKED POSTGAME SHOW TALKING TO COACHING ALL AROUND THE STATE RIGHT OFF OF THEIR WIN OFF THE FIELD.
WE HAD A LOT OF FUN BUT SOME MORE CLASSIFICATIONS TO GO THROUGH.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING IN MY PAL, NELLY.
WHY DON'T YOU COME IN.
LET'S HAVE A LITTLE BANTER OF THE BRACKETS, IF YOU WILL.
START WITH 5A AND WHY DON'T YOU JUST GIVE ME A BROAD STROKE, IF YOU WILL, OF THE CLASSIFICATION.
WHO WASN'T EXPECTED TO D HERE AND WHO MIGHT HAVE THE EASIEST TASK?
>> MATCH-UPS AS WE KNOW EVERYBODY'S ADVANCING.
YOU SAW THAT HERE ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.
INTERESTING TEST FOR CREEKSIDE.
THEY'RE GOING TO ST. PIUS.
THAT MIGHT TAKE AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES, BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE.
WHITEWATER, NUMBER ONE TEAM AND THEY WOULD GET THE WIN.
BOTTOM LEFT AND SHOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
I THINK THAT WOULD DICTATE WHO'S GOING TO END UP IN THE SEMIFINAL ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
GOING DOWN LOW LEFT AND TAKE A PEEK THERE.
THE CARTERSVILLE BRACKET.
THE MATCH-UP RIGHT THERE.
WARNER ROBINS WITH THE WIN TONIGHT.
CARTERSVILLE WITH THE WIN.
REMATCH OF A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
EXCLAMATE.
TIMES NEW ROMAN.
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO USE, THAT'S THE MATCH-UP RIGHT THERE.
JONES COUNTY.
HARRIS OVER DUCH COUNTY.
A BIG WIN FOR TIM BEAREN AND THE BIG WIN FOR THEM AS THEY KNOCK OFF JACKSON COUNTY.
THE PANTHERS AND HEAD COACH RICH.
BLESSED TRINITY, SOUTHWEST, WOODWARD IN CONTROL EARLY BEATING VETERANS IN A 1-4.
BLESSED TRINITY, WOODWARD.
PEOPLE LOOKING AT THAT ONE.
QUALITY TEAMS MAKING IT LINE NUMBER TWO.
SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
STARS MILL WITH THE WIN OVER UNION GROVE.
PARK CENTRAL.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING MATCH-UP THERE.
CALHOUN AND WEAR COUNTY.
THAT'S THE NUMBER TWO MATCH-UP IN 5A.
BOTTOM RIGHT.
VETERANS MEMORIAL STADIUM.
BEATS DECATUR.
7:45, DOESN'T MATTER, CALHOUN GOT THE WIN.
IN CONTROL EARLY.
CALHOUN AND WEAR IS A SNEAKY NUMBER TWO MATCH-UP.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT WARNER ROBINS, CARTERSVILLE, CALHOUN AND WEAR.
THOSE ARE THE TWO MARQUEE MATCH-UPS IN 5A, NIKKI.
>> ALL RIGHT.
DO YOU THINK THE STATE CHAMPION WILL COME FROM ONE OF THOSE TWO GAMES, JOHN?
>> I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS LOOK AT WEAR COUNTY COMING OUT OF THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
AND A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT THE WINNER OF THIS, THE ONE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE WITH ROBINSON AND CARTERSVILLE AS THE ONE THAT GETS THE ADVANCED TRACK THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WOULD GET THE WAY THINGS WOULD COME OUT OF THE LEFT.
>> COMING OUT OF THE LEFT, THE RIGHT, LOVE IT.
LET'S GO TO QUAD A REAL QUICK IF YOU WILL.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE ME THROUGH THAT CLASSIFICATION.
>> BIG WIN FOR DOHERTY TONIGHT OVER JENKINS.
44-17.
RIVERDALE OVER CENTRAL CAROL.
THIS IS ONCE AGAIN THE UPSET OF THE NIGHT SO FAR.
WINNING AT JEFFERSON.
12-10.
GOING TO MEMORIAL NOW TO TAKE ON CARVER COLUMBUS.
HOW DOES HAZEL CHARTER RESPOND?
DOWN THROUGH THREE QUARTERS, CAME ON TWO QUICK SCORES TO BEAT WEST LAWRENCE.
LET'S GO LOW LEFT AND SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.
CAROL WITH THE WIN IN THE BACK, NOW TRAVEL TO CEDAR TOWN, 55 ON HAMPTON.
KNOCKING OFF HARDAWAY.
KEEP ON EYE ON PERRY AND CEDAR TOWN.
TOP IN THE QUAD A RANKS.
UPPER RIGHT, SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
ONCE AGAIN, LEGRANGE GETS THE WIN OVER BALDWIN.
BIG WIN FOR MATT NAPIER AND THEN INTERESTING TEST WITH LEGRANGE.
A WIN WITH A TIE GAME LATE.
ADVANCES TO TAKE ON BENEDICT AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT THAT ONE, THE QUARTERFINAL ON THANKSGIVING WEEKEND TOP RIGHT.
LET'S GO LOW RIGHT.
SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SPAULDING WITH THE TRIP ON THURSDAY.
HALFTIME TONIGHT.
SPAULDING, AND NORTH OCONEE IN CONTROL.
INTERESTING THERE AS THEY GET SPAULDING ON THE ROAD.
ONE OF THE MORE UNDERRATED OFFENSES IN THE STATE.
BUT THEY HAVE TO GO TO BAINBRIDGE, 42 ON THE BOARD.
SHUTOUT ISLAND.
JEFF LITTLETON, ABLE TO CLAMP DOWN BAINBRIDGE, A LOT OF FOLKS WITH THAT ONE LOOKING AT THE QUARTERFINAL ON THANKSGIVING WEEKEND.
LOW RIGHT.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE TO TAKE A BREATH.
NELLY.
>> HE DOES NOW.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO ANOTHER BRACKET TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.
>> REAL QUICK OUT OF QUAD A, WHO DO YOU THINK HAS THE EASIEST TASK TO COME OUT ON TOP?
>> EASIEST PATH, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF CHALLENGES THEMES HERE.
AN INTERESTING QUARTERFINAL WITH BENEDICT.
IF THAT FOLLOWS THROUGH, BAINBRIDGE, AND NORTH OCONEE, SUSTAINED LATE IN THE YEAR OFF JEFFERSON FOR THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
I THINK ROEBL 16 QUALITY TEAMS HERE.
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW ROUND TWO POPS UP.
>> OKAY.
MULTIHEADED MONSTER, I GET IT.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO TO TRIPLE A.
FINISH OUT WITH TRIPLE A, SHALL WE?
>> ONCE AGAIN, REVIEWING WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.
SOUTHEAST BULLOCK WITH THE WIN, BROOKLYN OVER LONG COUNTY.
GREAT SEASON FOR THE BLUE TIDE.
CEDAR GROVE, 79 ON THE BOARD TONIGHT AS THEY HOSTED WHITE COUNTY.
COMES TO ATLANTA.
OCONEE COUNTY AND THE ONE YOU CIRCLE IN TRIPLE A.
THEY HAVE TO GO TO CATCH UP WITH MIGUEL PATRICK.
THAT'S ONE TO PUT A CIRCLE ON IN TOP LEFT.
LOW LEFT AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE'VE GOT THERE.
THE WIN OVER JOHNSON AND SAVANNAH.
CHEROKEE BLUFF.
GREAT STORY.
HAS TO TRAVEL TO SEE WHAT COACH JONES HAS BUILT AT CHEROKEE BLUFF KNOCKING OFF GAC TONIGHT.
THE BACK AND FORTH, GREAT SEASON SO FAR WITH COACH AND THEY PLAY THOMPSON, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE YARD.
THAT ONE IS INTERESTING, BOTTOM LEFT.
UPPER RIGHT, SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
BURKE COUNTY, KNOCKED OFF.
48-21.
THEY WILL TAKE ON STEVENS COUNTY WITH THE UPSET IS OVER ROCK MARK.
ANOTHER BIG ONE.
THEY TALKED WITH PARSON LAST WEEK.
THEY COME IN AS A 4 SEED TO KNOCK OFF WITH STEVENS AT WAYNE, IN WAYNESBORO.
AND LIBERTY COUNTY BEATS BRANTLEY COUNTY 32.
THAT ONE OPENS UP A LOT WITH STEVENS COUNTY KNOCKING OFF.
LOW RIGHT.
SHOW YOU WHAT WE KNOW HERE.
PEACH COUNTY BEATING MORGAN COUNTY WITH 42-3.
MONROE AREA.
PUT 58 ON NORTH MURRAY.
THAT'S ONE YOU CIRCLE NEXT WEEK.
DAWSON COUNTY.
WINDSOR FOREST.
INTERESTING HERE.
PEACH, MONROE AREA, PIERCE COUNTY, THAT LOW RIGHT BRACKET, NICK, THAT ONE IS A STOUT ONE TOO IN TRIPLE A.
>> WHEW.
CAN YOU BREATHE NOW?
>> I WILL WHEN THE RED LIGHT GOES OFF AND WE'RE HEADING HOME.
>> LIKE MY UNDER 5 SOCCER TEAM, GET THE WIGGLES OUT.
>> EXACTLY.
>> JOHN, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NOT ONLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE BUT YOUR PASSION FOR THE GAME AND FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FANS EVERYWHERE.
YOU, SIR, ARE LEGENDARY IN YOUR OWN RIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US OUT.
>> TOMORROW, ALL DAY.
GET YOUR BRACKETS OUT.
>> WE'LL HAVE THEM OUT.
I'LL SLEEP WITH THESE PAPERS.
UNDER MY PILLOW FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW?
>> AS IT SHOULD.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR OUR FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA POSTGAME SHOW PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO NOT ONLY THE TEAMS, THE COACHES THAT CALLED IN ALL OF OUR CREW HERE AT GPB.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF THE TEAMS AND FANS AND THE PLAYOFFS.
JOIN US AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
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