FOOTBALL FRIDAYS , PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ORGANIZATION.

WE WELCOME YOU TO HENDERSON STADIUM THIS IS THE FIRST ROUND OF THE STATE AS THE HOUSTON COUNTY BEARS HAVE COME UP TO TAKE ON THE NORTH ATLANTA WARRIORS.

GOOD EVENING, I AM MATT STEWART, JOINED BY 15-YEAR ROW WAYNE GANDY.

WE START OUR MARCH TO THE GAME , NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE.

CALLED .

>> USED DREARY.

>> LET'S START WITH HOUSTON COUNTY, THEY ARE ROAD WARRIORS.

THEY HAVE NOT HAD A PLAYOFF GAME SINCE 2015.

THEY ARE LED BY ONE OF THE TOP QUARTERBACKS IN THE NATION, COMMITTED TO PLAY FOR COACH PRIME AND THE COLORADO BUFFALOES.

>>'S CODE SAYS THAT HE NEVER TIRES.

HE IS PREPARING FOR THE GAME, OFFENSE TO CONTINUE.

>> HE HAS A STABLE OF WIDE RECEIVERS TO THROW THE BALL TO.

WE WERE TALK ABOUT RICKY JOHNSON, WHO COMMITTED TO THE CARDINAL.

>> HE WANTS TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.

HE CAN DO EVERYTHING WITH THE BALL.

THE LEADING RECEIVER FOR THIS TEAM, IT SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME FOR HIM.

>> NOW, THE STORY ON NORTH ATLANTA, MAIN-1, THEIR BEST REGULAR-SEASON RECORD IN THE 30 YEAR HISTORY, THEY COME IN, 41- 31 IN THE SECOND ROUND, AND THEY HAVE DEMEITRUS BARNES .

THEY WILL FEED HIM THE ROCK.

>> HE KEEPS THIS OFFENSE BALANCED.

HE HAD A BREAKOUT SENIOR YEAR.

WHAT AN EXCITING PLAYER.

>> ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE, THEY HAVE A BUDDING SUPERSTAR, WITH CHASE LINTON.

>> HE CAN GET AFTER THE PASTOR , THAT IS GOING TO BE THE KEY.

>> IT IS NORTH ATLANTA AND HOUSTON COUNTY.

LET'S TOSS IT OVER TO NICKY.

>> THANKS, MATT .

HOUSTON COUNTY , THEY DROVE OVER ON 111 TO GET TO MIDTOWN.

YOU CAN ALSO LOOK UP HIGHWAY 96.

I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THIS ALL OVER THE SIDELINE.

I TALKED TO COACH 83 ABOUT THIS.

THE FANS REALLY RALLIED AROUND SPECIFIC SWAG.

THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL THE BEAR AND THEY ARE EATING IT UP.

IN FACT, SINGLETARY, HE MAKES ALL OF THE GRAPHICS FOR THE BEARS.

THE COACHES LIKE IT, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE TUNING IN TO THE BROADCAST RIGHT NOW.

IT IS PRETTY AWESOME.

WE HAVE HAD BLOGS SENT TO US, MAYBE THEY CAN SEND YOU SOME.

>> THANK YOU, JOHN AND I ARE BACK IN STUDIO, IN ATLANTA.

WE WERE BECOMING DO YOU LIVE FOR THE HALFTIME AND THE POSTGAME SHOW.

>> WHO IS ON UPSET ALERT?

WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.

>> DO NOT FORGET TO DOWNLOAD THAT GPB SPORT APP AND YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE POLL , WHO IS GOING TO WIN THIS GAME, NORTH ATLANTA OR HOUSTON COUNTY ?

VOTE RIGHT NOW.

>> LET'S SEND IT BACK TO GET THESE PLAYOFFS STARTED WITH MATT AND WAYNE.

>> HOUSTON COUNTY WON THE OPENING TOSS, BUT THEY HAVE DEFERRED UNTIL THE SECOND HALF.

WE SEE THE WARRIORS ON OFFENSE FIRST, YOU HAVE SEEN DARIUS MALCOLM AND BENSON FOR THE WARRIORS.

YOUR OPENING KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA , SEATBELTS SAVE LIVES.

YOU CAN SEE THE UNUSUAL FORMATION ON THE KICK RETURN COVERAGE, THEY ARE PERHAPS EXPECTING A POOCH KICK, COMING FROM THE SOPHOMORE , WHO WILL HANDLE KICKOFF FOR THE HOUSTON COUNTY BEARS TONIGHT.

SO, THE FIRST ROUND OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS IS UNDERWAY, IT WILL BE TAKEN AT THE 18 YARD LINE.

BOUNDS RIGHT AWAY, A VERY SHORT RETURN FOR THE WARRIORS.

THEY WILL START RIGHT ON THE 22, 21 YARD LINE.

HERE IS A LOOK AT REYNOLDS, RECEIVING INTEREST FROM WAKE FOREST.

1500 YARDS PASSING, 13 TOUCHDOWNS, EIGHT INTERCEPTIONS.

>> HE DOES NOT HAVE TO DO A LOT, WITH DEMEITRUS BARNES AND THE WAY HE CAN RUN THE BALL.

BUT THIS MAN COULD HAVE A BREAKOUT MOMENT AT ANY MOMENT.

>> REYNOLDS WILL GO TO THE AIR ON THE VERY FIRST ROW.

HERE IS THE SNAP.

IT WAS INTERCEPTED , AT THE 28 YARD LINE INTERCEPTED BY JORDAN SMITH, THE FREE SAFETY.

HE GETS IT ON THE VERY FIRST PLAY.

AND THE WARRIORS HAVE TURNED IT OVER.

I WAS A VERY BIG PROBLEM FOR THEM IN THEIR 10-POINT LOST TO SECOND ROUND.

>> WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS ALL NIGHT LONG.

HE MAY END UP HAVING TO PLAY LINEBACKER.

BUT WHAT A TALENTED PLAYER, NICE DRIVE ON THAT SLANT ROUTE.

>> AND NOW, THE HOUSTON COUNTY BEARS TAKE OVER ON OFFENSE.

AND THERE IS OUT THE TWO, 26 TOUCHDOWN PASSES.

THE FIRST HANDOFF, AND HE IS BACK AT THE 32 YARD LINE.

>> 85, IN THE BACKFIELD, THIS IS A NAME THAT THE STEAM HAS COUNTED ON.

COMING UNDERNEATH, WHAT A TALENT.

AND KIND OF UNDERRATED.

>> BALL AT THE 30 YARD LINE.

27 YARDS.

TOUCHDOWN PASS GOES TO RICKY JOHNSON .

IT DOES NOT TAKE LONG FOR HILL AND JOHNSON, JUST LIKE THAT, HOUSTON COUNTY HAS TAKEN THE 6-0 LEAD.

>> OUT THERE ON THAT ROUTE WITH MALCOLM.

HE EXPECTS TO DO SOMETHING BIG TONIGHT BETWEEN THOSE TWO.

THAT IS A ROUTE OUT ON THE EDGE THAT YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.

NICE PRO BY THE QUARTERBACK.

>> MALCOLM IS ON FOR THE P.A.T., LIFTED UP AND IN.

HOUSTON COUNTY HAS TAKEN A 7-0 LEAD.

IT DOES NOT TAKE THEM LONG AT ALL, LESS THAN ONE MINUTE TO TURN THE TURNOVER INTO POINTS.

>> THEY HAVE GREAT RECEIVING CORPS.

NICE JOB WITH THIS, BEAUTIFUL BALL RIGHT THERE TO RICKY JOHNSON.

HE'LL, THIS QUARTERBACK IS A COLORADO COMMIT.

YOU CAN SEE , HE HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL GROWTH, ALREADY ABOUT SIX FOOT FIVE , 220 , PUTTING THE HOUSTON COUNTY BEARS ON THE BOARD ALREADY.

>> NOT ONLY DO NORTH ATLANTA THROW THE INTERCEPTION ON THEIR VERY FIRST PASS, THEY GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN.

>> THIS TEAM CANNOT BE HOUSTON COUNTY , TURNING THE BALL OVER.

>> A MORE TRADITIONAL KICK RETURN LINEUP FOR THE WARRIORS.

BENSON, TAKING IT AT THE 19 YARD LINE.

BENSON, A VERY SHORT RETURN , LIMITED TO ABOUT EIGHT YARDS OF KICK RETURNS, BY ANGLING THE KICK TO THE FAR SIDE.

>> THE BALL WAS HANGING PERFECTLY BY THE COVERAGE TEAM TO GET GOING, THAT TIME TRYING TO GO ACROSS THE FIELD.

>> REYNOLDS WILL TRY TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER THROWING A PICK , HIS NINTH PICK ON THE SEASON.

FIRST AND 10 FOR THE WARRIORS, AT THE 25 YARD LINE.

THE HANDOFF GOES TO BARNES.

UP TO THE 30 YARD LINE, GETS ABOUT FIVE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT NORTH ATLANTA ON OFFENSE, BROUGHT TO YOU BY REGENTS BANK.

A LEGIT POWER CONFERENCE, HE IS AND THEN YOU SEE XADEN BENSON, LINING UP , AND REYNOLDS WILL RUN AND PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 41 YARD LINE.

THAT IS THE OTHER THING THAT REYNOLDS CAN DO, HE IS A DEFECTIVE --EFFECTIVE .

>> GETTING UPFIELD, TAKING A BIG HIT AT THE END.

YOU CAN SEE HE GOT A LITTLE RATTLED.

NICE JOB READING THE DEFENSE .

YOU HAVE TO PULL THAT BALL AND PICK UP THAT FIRST DOWN.

>> THAT HIT BY JACKSON STUNG HIM A LITTLE BIT.

BARNES GETS UP TO THE 45 YARD LINE.

AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOUSTON COUNTY DEFENSE.

JACKSON JUST MADE THAT PLAY, HE HAS HAD OFFERS BY SAVANNA STATE.

COMMITTED TO ARNIE, AND JAQUARI BROWN , THE SECONDARY BACK THERE, COMMITTED TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN.

THERE IS A CATCH AND A FIRST DOWN, DOWN TO THE 40 YARD LINE.

12 YARD PICKUP.

>> THAT IT'S A NICE ROUTE.

GOOD PROTECTION, GOOD ARM STRENGTH SHOWN BY REYNOLDS TO GET THAT BALL OUT ON TIME.

>> FIRST AND 10 FOR THE WARRIORS, THEY HAVE THE BALL AT THE 41 YARD LINE.

TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AFTER THE EARLY TURNOVER PUT THEM IN A TOUCHDOWN DEFICIT.

BARNES, ON THE CARRY, HE HAS NINE YARDS , DOWN TO ABOUT THE 34 YARD LINE.

NICE CARRIED BY DEMEITRUS BARNES.

>> BACK IN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

DEMEITRUS BARNES, WE TALKED ABOUT HIM BACK IN THE OPEN.

HE IS A KEY TO THESE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS.

>> BARNES WILL KEEP IT AND THAT IS A FIRST DOWN AND MORE.

BARNES , ON A CUTBACK, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 11 YARD LINE.

BIG CARRY BY DEMEITRUS BARNES, THAT IS A 22 YARD PICKUP.

>> JUST BRINGING DOWN THE FIELD, AT 5'9" , 160 , YOU WOULD EXPECT HIM TO SHY AWAY FROM CONTACT.

BUT HE IS A PHYSICAL RUNNER.

>> THREE YEARS IN THE PROGRAM.

THIS TIME HE TAKES A BIG LOSS, AS JADEN JACKSON MAKES HIS PRESENCE FELT.

>> RIGHT HERE, AT THE END, REYNOLDS, YOU NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PATIENT.

YOU HAVE TO PULL THAT BALL AND RUN OFF OF THE EDGE.

YOU CANNOT LET JADEN JACKSON COME OFF THE EDGE, CRUSH DOWN AND GET YOUR RUNNING BACK.

>> REYNOLDS , THROUGH THE AIR, NICELY DONE.

GOES TO BENSON, DOWN TO THE 6 YARD LINE.

>> AS YOU CAN SEE, FROM THE OFFENSE, OUT ON THE FIELD, WHEN YOU PLAY A TEAM LIKE THE BEARS, YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT SOME POINTS UP.

YOU MAY NOT SEE A LOT OF FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED HERE BY NORTH ATLANTA.

>> FOUR MINUTES INTO THE GAME, WITH NORTH ATLANTA DOWN BY A TOUCHDOWN.

REYNOLDS, HE WILL KEEP IT, HE IS IN TROUBLE.

HE IS GOING TO GO DOWN, BIG TACKLE BY THE SAFETY, JORDAN >> NICE JOB BY 45, PUSHING THIS PLAY BACK .

THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE , JORDAN SMITH.

>> A LONG OF 37, THIS WILL BE A 25-YARD KICK ATTEMPT FOR ENGLAND , FROM THE RIGHT HASH.

REYNOLDS IS THE HOLDER.

EASILY FLOWN , THE LONG SNAPPER.

THE KICK IS UP AND THE KICK IS GOOD.

25-YARD FIELD GOAL BY LUCAS ENGLAND.

THE OPENING 4:30 IN MIDTOWN, IT IS HOUSTON COUNTY , UP BY THREE.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS ON GPB, PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.

>> BACK IN MIDTOWN ATLANTA, THE NINTH -RANKED HOUSTON COUNTY BEARS, LEAVING THE NORTH ATLANTA WARRIORS, 7 -3.

BUT THE WARRIORS WERE ABLE TO GET A FIELD GOAL.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE HEAD COACH OF THE BEARS, JEREMY EDWARDS.

HE CAME OVER FROM THE WARNER ROBINS DEMONS.

AND JAMIE AULL, SPEAKING OF DOING A GREAT JOB, HIS FOURTH SEASON AS THE WARRIORS ' HEAD COACH, LEADING THEM TO THE BEST RECORD THEY HAVE EVER HAD IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

>> A GREAT ANSWER BY NORTH ATLANTA.

I KNOW IT IS ONLY A FIELD GOAL.

WHEN A TEAM STRIKES AGAINST YOU SO FAST, AS HOUSTON COUNTY DID, YOU NEED TO GET SOME POINTS, GET SOME CONFIDENCE FOR YOUR TEAM.

NICE JOB BY IAN REYNOLDS .

>> ENGLAND , READY TO KICK OFF, STANDING DEEP FOR THE BEARS , BACK AROUND THE 10 YARD LINE, RECORDO TARVER AND THE KICK OFF FROM ENGLAND, COMES DOWN AROUND THE 13, THAT IS WHERE RECORDO TARVER WILL RECOVER IT, UP TO THE 37 YARD LINE.

RECORDO TARVER, THE WIDE RECEIVER COMMIT TO THE GEORGIA PANTHERS, A 25 -YARD RETURN.

>> THIS RECEIVING CORPS , WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT RICKY JOHNSON , AND AJ HILL , A NICE JOB ON THAT RETURN.

6'1" , 185 .

>> COMMITTED ON OCTOBER 20th TO COLORADO.

THERE WERE 25 OTHER OFFERS, INCLUDING NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA.

FIRST AND 10, THEY HAVE THE BALL SPOTTED DOWN AT THE 32.

THAT WILL BE THOMAS ON THE .

ACROSS MIDFIELD, THERE IS A FLAG DOWN ON THE FIELD.

>> THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A FACEMASK ON THIS PLAY AS RYAN TALEB , YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HIM PAUSE , SOMEONE GRABBED HIS SHOULDER.

YOU CAN SEE HIS HEAD GET JERKED RIGHT THERE.

>> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, FACEMASK.

>> THERE WILL BE A 15- YARD MARK OFF, ON TOP OF THE 16-YARD RUN BY THOMAS.

>> SMALL, EXPLOSIVE, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, HIS HEAD WENT BACK.

YOU THOUGHT MAYBE THEY GRAB A SHOULDER PASS --PAD.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN AJ HILL AND AMIR THOMAS.

THE PASS IS THROWN TO JOHNSON, AND IT GETS BROKEN UP, NICE PLAY ON THE DEFENSE BY DARIUS MALCOLM.

A LOOK AT THE BEARS ON HOUSTON COUNTY, COMMITTED TO PLAY FOR THE STANDARD -- STANFORD CARDINAL.

>> WHAT A PROSPECT HE IS >> WOODBURN, THE WIDE RECEIVER, COMMITTED TO CINCINNATI, SINCE APRIL.

ONE OF THREE DIVISION I WIDE RECEIVER COMMITS IN THIS OFFENSE FOR THE BEARS.

SECOND DOWN AND 10.

HE GOES TO JOHNSON ON THE SCREEN PASS, OR RATHER, THE SLANT ROUTE, I SHOULD SAY.

PROBABLY AN ILLEGAL BLOCK COMING UP ON THIS.

>> BLOCKING EARLY BEFORE THE BALL GOT IN THE HANDS OF RICKY JOHNSON.

YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE IT WAS NOT MUCH .

IT WAS ENOUGH TO KEEP MALCOLM FROM GETTING INTO THE PLAY.

THEY WERE DISCUSSING WHERE THE BALL WAS , BUT THAT ONE SHOULD BE COMING BACK.

>> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, OFFENSE, 15-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

REPEAT SECOND DOWN.

>> SO, THE PENALTY GOES AGAINST HOUSTON COUNTY, A VERY COSTLY AND 10 AT 12, THEY WILL BE WAY BACK AT THE 32.

IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN AND 25.

LOW SNAP , HAND OFF GOES TO AMIR THOMAS , AGAIN.

THOMAS, DOWN TO ABOUT THE 35 YARD LINE.

>> BLOCKING INSIDE, JACKSON, GOOD BLOCKING ONCE AGAIN.

YOU CAN SEE HOW HARD IT IS TO GET THOMAS DOWN.

THEY ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME .

>> HE GETS IN THERE AMONG THE MONSTERS OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE, YOU CAN SEE HOUSE , RIGHT THERE AT RIGHT TACKLE, THEY PLAYED HIM INSIDE, THEY RECENTLY MOVED HIM OUT TO RIGHT TACKLE.

INTERIOR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, NEXT LEVEL.

THIRD DOWN, AND HE'LL IS GOING TAKE OFF AND RUN.

HE WILL LOWER THE SHOULDER AND GO BACK TO THE 24, THAT IS GOING TO BRING UP FOURTH DOWN, PROBABLY GOING FOR IT IN THIS SITUATION.

>> NICE JOB I HILL , GIVING YOURSELF A CHANCE, IT IS FOURTH IN ABOUT EIGHT, A NICE SMART SUGGESTION, NOWHERE TO GO WITH THE BALL, MAKE IT FOURTH AND MANAGEABLE, WHICH HE WAS ABLE TO DO.

>> BOARD AND SEVEN, THEY REVERSE, GO BACK THE OTHER WAY.

THEY OVERTHROW THE WIDE RECEIVER INSIDE THE 5 YARD LINE.

THERE IS A FLAG OUT, THAT WAS JORDAN, THE NUMBER TWO TIGHT END ON THE DEPTH CHART.

WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE PENALTY CALL RIGHT HERE.

>> HOUSTON COUNTY, GOING WITH A LITTLE JEDI TRICK, TRYING TO DRAW THE DEFENSE.

TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE TIGHT END, JASE JORDAN.

AND ANTWANN HILL MISSED HIM ON THE PASS, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO GET A BREAK HERE WITH THE PENALTY.

>> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS , DEFENSE.

HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL.

THE RESULT IS THE FIRST DOWN.

>> THAT IS A HUGE CALL, IT GIVES HOUSTON COUNTY FIRST DOWN AT THE 20 YARD LINE.

IT WOULD HAVE GONE OUT WITH THE INCOMPLETION.

THAT IS BIG.

FIRST AND 10 FOR THE BEARS, LOOKING FOR THEIR SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME.

AND HILL, AT THE 3 YARD LINE , PICKS UP ABOUT NINE ON THE PLAY.

>> GOOD PULL BY THE LEFT GUARD.

HILL, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 6'4" , MAYBE ABOUT 220, CORNERBACK, PICKING UP ABOUT NINE ON THAT DRAW.

>> RYAN TALEB, BATTLING FOR YARDAGE.

HE IS GOING TO GET THE FIRST DOWN IT WOULD APPEAR.

>> ONE THING ABOUT HOUSTON COUNTY, AS YOU HAVE ALLUDED TO, THEY HAVE A BIG MEDRANO STRUCK LAW --OFFENSIVE LAW, AND IT IS WINNING THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF DEPTH.

AS THE GAME GOES ON, THIS IS WHAT HoCo WAS ABLE TO DO IN THE SECOND HALF.

THROW .

THEY WILL BRING IT UP , AND THE INITIAL LOOK , IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS SHORT ONCE THEY STRETCH IT OUT.

AND IT IS GOING TO BE SHORT BY A LITTLE BIT.

AND THAT MIGHT BE ABOUT THE SECOND OR THIRD MEASUREMENT THAT WE HAVE SEEN THE ENTIRE YEAR, YOU JUST DO NOT SEE THEM ANYMORE.

>> TYPICALLY THE CHAINS ARE BROKEN, WE HAVE NOT SEEN A LOT OF MEASUREMENTS IN GAMES.

>> NOW, IT IS GOING TO BE SECOND DOWN AND ABOUT A FOOT.

THAT WILL BE ABOUT TWO YARDS, MAYBE A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT.

SEVEN PLAY OF THE DRIVE COMING UP FOR THE BEARS.

HE'LL BE RANKED AS HIGH AS THE NUMBER TWO QUARTERBACK IN THE COUNTRY, HILL, BITE YOU IN.

THIRD DOWN AND ONE FOOT.

AND IN THERE AT RUNNING BACK, RYAN TALEB, IN THERE WITH JASE JORDAN AND WATERS.

AND A DELAY OF GAME PENALTY , COMING UP HERE.

>> Referee: RESET THE PLAY CLOCK.

THAT IS ON US.

DO YOU WANT TO RESET THE PLAY CLOCK?

>> NO PENALTY.

A REDO, IF YOU WILL.

THIRD DOWN , COMING UP.

THEY GET 25 BACK ON THE PLAY CLOCK AND IT IS ROLLING AGAIN.

AND NOW, THE TIME-OUT IS GOING TO BE CALLED BY HOUSTON COUNTY.

>> VERY INTERESTING.

>> HOUSTON COUNTY CALLS TIME- OUT AND WE WILL TAKE IT WITH THE BEARS ARE UP, 7-3.

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GET BACK IN THE GAME, WITH REGENTS BANK.

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BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT, THE OFFICIAL PEST CONTROL OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

>> TIME TO CHECK IN WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM NORTH ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL.

THANKS TO 1500 GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM OUR FRIENDS AT CIGNA, THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR GPB FAMILY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.

>> THANK YOU, NICKY.

THIRD DOWN AND ABOUT A FOOT TO GO FOR THE FIRST DOWN.

THE BEARS YOU SEE TO THE LEFT IN THE BACKFIELD.

TOUCHDOWN!

>> THE TOUCHDOWN IS BY THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK, RUNNING THEIR VERSION OF THE WILDCAT.

THE DEFENSIVE LINE , BIG WAVE OF BODIES, YOU CAN SEE MOVING UP AND OFF THE BALL.

UNTOUCHED RIGHT THERE, WITH THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> 82-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN, 13-3 LEAD.

BEFORE THEY CAN KICK THE P.A.T., THE WHISTLE BLOWS.

KICKING TEAM, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

>> HOUSTON COUNTY HAS HAD THE BALL TWICE AND THEY HAVE SCORED TWICE.

AND THE KICK IS UP AND GOOD.

14 -3 LEAD FOR HOUSTON COUNTY.

A GREAT START TO THIS GAME FOR THE BEARS.

>> NICE JOB BY HOUSTON COUNTY, OVERCOMING A COUPLE OF BIG PENALTIES THAT PUSHED THEM BACK.

THEY MADE A COUPLE OF BIG PLAYS BY AJ HILL, FOURTH AND POSSIBLE.

AND THEN THEY GOT THE PENALTY AS CHRISTIAN STOKES ENTERED THE END ZONE.

THEY ARE STARTING TO TAKE OVER, RUNNING THE BALL.

>> BENSON, STANDING DEEP FOR THE WARRIORS.

THEY HAVE THEIR WORK TO DO.

THEY ARE DOWN 11 POINTS ALREADY AND WE STILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

HOUSTON COUNTY, SCORING QUICKLY, TWO PLAYS AFTER AN INTERCEPTION.

THAT WAS SEVEN PLAYS , 58 YARDS FOR THEIR SECOND SCORE.

BENSON WILL TAKE IT AT THE 15.

BENSON FALLS FORWARD TO THE 27.

THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB ON THE KICK COVERAGE, ELIMINATING ANY KIND OF RETURN BY USING A HIGH ANGLE KICK TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT KEYS TO THE GAME.

>> THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH THE KEEP A BALANCED OFFENSE, REYNOLDS ON SECOND AND THIRD AND MAKEABLE.

HOUSTON COUNTY, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL, THEY REALLY WANT REYNOLDS TO HAVE TO BEAT THEM FROM THE POCKET.

THE MAIN KEY IS TO TRY TO TAKE DEMEITRUS BARNES OUT OF THE GAME.

>> BARNES, TRYING TO CUT BACK.

HE TAKES A LOSS ON THE PLAY OF ABOUT A YARD.

THAT WAS XAVIER RYAN, THE ARMY COMMIT.

>> THAT WAS BRANDON WEEDEN , NOT LETTING THE SPEED OF BARNES GET TO THE EDGE.

AND E.J.

NOBLES WAS IN THE LINEBACKER POSITION.

>> REYNOLDS, ACROSS THE MIDDLE.

THAT IS CAUGHT, FOR FIRST DOWN AND 22.

17-YARD PICKUP.

FLAG, DOWN ON THE FIELD.

LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO COME BACK.

>> LATE FLAG ON THE FIELD , AFTER THE COMPLETION.

GOOD PROTECTION FOR REYNOLDS , SOMETHING THAT HIS OFFENSIVE LINE HAS DONE BETTER THIS SEASON.

>> YOU CAN HEAR JAMIE AULL SAYING, HE WAS NOT COVERED UP.

>> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, OFFENSE .

HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL.

REPEAT SECOND DOWN.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE MORE-THAN- ANGRY LOOK, THE ANGRY DEMONSTRATION BY JAMIE AULL.

HE DID NOT LIKE THE CALL AND THE CROWD AT HENDERSON STADIUM DID NOT LIKE THE CALL EITHER.

>> HE IS REALLY FEELING LIKE A TAKEN AWAY FROM THIS TEAM.

WHICH IT DID.

HIS TEAM, TRYING TO STAY ON SCHEDULE.

HAVING POSITIVE FIRST DOWN YARDAGE.

>> THREE PENALTIES NOW ON THE WARRIORS, 41 TOTAL YARDS.

SO, I THINK THE OFFICIALS ON THE SIDELINE, AND JAMIE AULL , HAD A FEW MORE WORDS TO EXCHANGE.

AND THEY GAVE HIM A WARNING.

THEY GAVE HIM THE THUMBS UP, YOU CAN SEE, HE WAS QUITE ANGRY WITH THE CALL.

SECOND DOWN AND 24.

AND IT IS A PITCH FORWARD TO THE 19 YARD LINE, ON THE FORWARD PASS GOING TO JOSH McCULLOUGH.

>> SHOVEL PASS RIGHT THERE.

THEY CAME DOWN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, EXCUSE ME, TO GOING WITH THE SHOVEL PASS TO JOSH McCULLOUGH.

NICE PLAY BY NORTH ATLANTA.

>> THEY HAVE GOT TO GET THE BALL TO THE 36, TO PICK UP .

THE 31st.

THROWING ON THE RUN, IT IS CAUGHT AT THE 49 YARD LINE, THAT IS A BIG TIME CATCH BY XADEN BENSON, PICKED UP A BIG FIRST DOWN ON THIRD AND 18.

ANOTHER FLAG IS DOWN.

>> THEY ARE MAKING A PLAY FOR HIS QUARTERBACK.

GOING UP, TAKING THE HIT BY BROWN, THE CORNER.

ANOTHER LONG DISCUSSION ON THIS.

NORTH ATLANTA, MAKING PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD.

>> Referee: RESULT OF THE PLAY, FIRST DOWN.

SIDELINE WARNING, OFFENSE.

>> THAT IS A 36-YARD PICKUP , THAT IS AT THE HoCo 46 YARD LINE.

>> NICE JOB OF REYNOLDS, GETTING OUTSIDE THE POCKET.

KEEPING HIS HEAD UP, AND BENSON , STOPPING.

SOMETIMES, YOU NEED TO HAVE THE SECURITY OF GOING BACK, CATCHING THE BALL, TAKING THE HIT, AND COMING UP BIG FOR YOUR TEAM.

>> FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 46 YARD LINE.

AND NOW, THE KEEPER, REYNOLDS, HE WILL STEP OUT OF BOUNDS, HE PICKED UP THREE ON THE PLAY.

>> AT THE ANNE, HE CRASHES DOWN.

WE TALK ABOUT KEEPING HIM HONEST.

ONLY TWO, THREE YARDS ON THE PLAY, YOU NEED TO PULL THAT BALL, SO THAT END DOES NOT FEEL LIKE HE CAN COME DOWN THE LINE.

>> SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN, BALL AT THE 44.

BARNES, LOOKING FOR A LANE TO RUN IN.

HE WILL NOT FIND ONE, AS HE GETS DROPPED AT THE 43.

AND NOW, THAT WAS BRANDON WELDON , IN ON THE TACKLE.

>> NICE JOB BY BRANDON WALDEN, ONE OF THOSE GUYS WITH AN UNBELIEVABLE MOTOR, FAST, PHYSICAL, MAKING PLAYS ON THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE.

>> LINE TO GAIN, THE 36.

SO, THEY WILL NEED TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.

REYNOLDS TO THE AIR, CAUGHT AT THE 32.

THAT IS GOING TO BE FIRST DOWN.

THAT IS A FIRST DOWN FOR THE WARRIORS.

>> NICE JOB OF GOING DOWN TO GRAB THIS BALL, GOOD JOB BY THE YOUNG JUNIOR , HENRY DEBARDELEBEN.

>> FIRST AND 10 FOR THE WARRIORS AT THE 33.

REYNOLDS, UP THE MIDDLE, NEARLY INTERCEPTED.

IT WAS DEFLECTED BY THE LINEBACKER, AND NEARLY INTERCEPTED BY BRANDON WALDEN.

>> COACH JEREMY EDWARDS SAYS HE HAS A NICE FUTURE.

THEY TRIED TO GET ON IT, BREAK IT UP, AND ALMOST GET THE INTERCEPTION.

>> ONE COSTLY INTERCEPTION, NEARLY THROUGH ANOTHER ONE RIGHT THERE, TRYING TO SQUEEZE IT INTO A TIGHT SPOT.

THAT IS DARIUS MALCOLM, GETTING RUN OUT OF BOUNDS.

A NICE PICK UP ON THE PLAY.

THIS WILL BRING UP THIRD DOWN AND A MANAGEABLE SITUATION AS WE HAVE GONE UNDER ONE MINUTE TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

>> ABLE TO OUTRUN E.J.

NOBLES , MAKING SOME POSITIVE YARDS.

THE SPEEDSTER, KNOWN FOR HIS QUARTERBACK STEALS , HE HAS THAT DIMENSION OF BIG-TIME DRIVE.

>> NINTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.

INTERCEPTED BY DARIUS PATTERSON.

HOW ABOUT THAT, DARIUS PATTERSON JUMPS THE ROUTE AND GETS THE SECOND PICK FOR THIS HoCo DEFENSE IN THIS FIRST QUARTER.

>> THIS IS ALL ABOUT CONFIDENCE, JUMPING THE ROUTE, UNDERCUTTING FOR THIS INTERCEPTION.

YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THE 160 -POUND SENIOR, COMING UP WITH HIS THIRD INTERCEPTION ON THE >> THAT WAS A HUGE PICK BY DARIUS PATTERSON.

HE IS THE GUY WHO GETS THROWN OUT MORE THAN BROWN, WHO HAS COMMITTED TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN .

HE GETS PICKED ON BUT HE HAS GREAT BALL SKILLS.

HE COMES UP WITH A VERY BIG PICK FOR THE BEARS, AS THEY GO BACK ON OFFENSE.

RUNNING ON THE EDGE , NOT MUCH GAIN ON THE PLAY, AS THE BALL GOES TO WOODBURN.

THE FIRST TIME THE BALL HAS GONE TO HIM.

>> THE CINCINNATI COMMIT.

5'9", 155, IS KALE WOODBURN.

>> IT MIGHT BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE QUARTER, THEY HAVE RYAN TALEB AT THE 28.

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE END OF THE PERIOD.

A GREAT START, GREAT FIRST QUARTER FOR HOUSTON COUNTY.

THEIR DEFENSE HAS FORCED TWO TURNOVERS .

A TOUCHDOWN PASS , AND CHRISTIAN STOKES RAN FOR THE OTHER.

14-3 LEAD FOR THE BEARS, AFTER ONE.

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>> BUCKLE UP GEORGIA, AS WE HEAD TO THE SECOND QUARTER IN THE PLAYOFFS.

AS WE START THE SECOND.

YOU, WAYNE, YOUR BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT KEYS TO THE GAME?

>> THEY NEED TO PLAY WITH TEMPO.

YOU NEED POSITIVE PLAYS ON THE FIRST DOWN.

RIGHT NOW, NORTH ATLANTA, THEY ARE LOSING THE BATTLE OF COVERAGE, THE WAY THAT HILL HAS BEEN DELIVERING THE BALL.

THEY COME INTO THE GAME WITH 11 INTERCEPTIONS , 21 TURNOVERS.

THEY NEED TO BUILD ON THAT TONIGHT.

RIGHT NOW, AJ HILL, SPECTACULAR, THROWING THE BALL.

>> THERE WAS A 29-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS TO JOHNSON, SECOND SNAP OF THE GAME.

>> Referee: OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, IT REMAINS THIRD DOWN.

>> THAT WILL TURN THIRD AND MANAGEABLE TO START THE QUARTER, INTO A THIRD AND ABOUT NINE.

>> CHANGING PERSONNEL, DUE TO TAKING JASE JORDAN, THE BACKUP TIGHT END , OUT.

>> YOU CAN SEE STOKES , HE IS ON THE WILDCAT FORMATION.

THEY ARE GOING TO THROW THE BALL TO HIM, HE CATCHES IT AT THE 38.

OR, THE 28, I SHOULD SAY.

IT WILL NOT BE FIRST DOWN.

THEY WILL PICK UP THE FOURTH DOWN.

>> YOU HAVE GOT TO DRIVE THAT ROUTE BACK EVEN FURTHER FOR YOUR QUARTERBACK.

HE CAN MAKE THAT FIRST DOWN, BUT COMING UP SHORT.

CHRISTIAN STOKES, NEEDING A BETTER ROUTE SO THAT HILL CAN DELIVER THE BOWEL --BALL.

>> AND NOW, XADEN BENSON, STANDING DEEP FOR THE WARRIORS .

FAIR CATCH CALLED FOR , OUTSTANDING CENTER FIELDER IN BOTH BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL IN COVERAGE AND HE HANDLED THAT CATCH WITH NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

AND WARRIORS, THEY HAVE HAD GOOD FIELD POSSESSION.

BUT THE TWO INTERCEPTIONS HAVE KILLED THEM.

>> KILLED THEIR DRIVE, KILLED THEIR MOMENTUM.

REYNOLDS, DELIVERING THE BALL, AND THE RECEIVERS HAVE COME UP WITH SOME UNBELIEVABLE CATCHES.

NOW THEY ARE SPREAD OUT INTO THE BACKFIELD TO START THIS DRIVE.

>> JUNIOR QUARTERBACK, A LOT OF SNAPS AS A SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK , BEGINNING THE SEASON OF LAST YEAR, WHEN THEY BEAT NORTH FORSYTH.

THAT VICTORY, COMING IN THE CLASSIC.

BUT REYNOLDS WOULD LOSE HIS STARTING JOB IN THAT JOB, BASICALLY TO THE VETERAN QUARTERBACK , TREY LINDEN.

BUT REYNOLDS DID END UP GETTING HE HAS HAD TWO COSTLY MISTAKES SO FAR.

TWO PICS , ALSO THREE CARRIES, 11 YARDS, AND REYNOLDS, GOOD READ, HE GETS STOPPED RIGHT THERE AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> BIG HIT BY NOBLES , COMING UP FIELD, TO TAKE AWAY MALCOLM, NICE JOB RALLYING TO THE BALL.

BROWN, THE BIG BODIED, 5'10" , 300, MAKING THE PLAY.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 15, ALL FROM THE 39.

WITH MALCOLM, TRYING TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE.

HE DOES, TAKES A BIG WHACK FROM SMITH, WHO KNOCKS HIM SIDEWAYS, IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN.

>> WATCH JAY T. SMITH, NUMBER 7, CLEANING UP RIGHT THERE, WITH THE BIG HIT.

>> HE WILL BE BIG-TIME, THEY EXPECT HIM TO BE A BIG-TIME PROSPECT IN THE CLASS OF 2026.

ALREADY THREE TACKLES AND AN INTERCEPTION TONIGHT.

THE BALL, HE OVERTHROWS THOMPSON.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST DOWN, HAD THEY CONNECTED.

>> NOT ABLE TO BRING THE BALL DOWN, IT IS THOMPSON, THE JUNIOR.

A LITTLE HIGH ON THAT THROW.

AND THAT THROW , YOU START WITH THE PENALTY.

THAT EXEMPLIFIES WHAT THIS TEAM HAS DONE TONIGHT.

THEY HAVE BEEN SHOOTING THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT WITH PENALTIES AND TURNOVERS, YOU JUST CANNOT DO THAT AND BE A GREAT HOUSTON COUNTY TEAM.

>> AT THE 33 YARD LINE, HIGH KICK, PULLS IT DOWN, AND A HIGH- ARCING KICK, IT WILL BOUNCE SIDEWAYS AND OUT OF BOUNDS.

NO RETURN, BUT NOT BAD FIELD POSITION FOR THE BEARS.

THEY GO ON OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE SECOND QUARTER, WHEN WE GET BACK.

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>> WELCOME BACK TO MIDTOWN ATLANTA.

WE ARE WATCHING NORTH ATLANTA AND HOUSTON COUNTY.

SPEAKING OF HoCo, COACH JEREMY EDWARDS OPENED UP ABOUT HIS TEAM.

HE TOLD US ABOUT RICKY JOHNSON.

YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THAT NAME, BECAUSE HE SCORED A TOUCHDOWN IN THE SECOND SNAP OF THE GAME.

HIS PARENTS MOVED LAST YEAR, SO HE ENDED UP AT HOUSTON COUNTY.

THE COACH SAID HE SAW HIM IN PE CLASS AND CHECK THEM OUT AND ASKED HIM ABOUT IT.

HERE HE IS NOW.

THE COOL THING IS, YOU GUYS HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT HOW HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO STANFORD.

IT CAME EARLIER THIS WEEK.

HE WILL HOPEFULLY BE AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.

THE COACH SAID THAT WILL CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF HIS FUTURE, AND HE SAID THAT RICKY JOHNSON HAS THE BEST HANDS AND THE BEST ROUTE.

>> HE HAS BEEN THEIR MOST PRODUCTIVE WIDE RECEIVER, STATISTICALLY.

GOING TO RICKY JOHNSON, CANNOT CONNECT RIGHT THERE.

THAT WILL BE THIRD DOWN.

ON THE SLAB.

HILL , AT 6'5", HE CAN SEE EVERYTHING WHEN HE THROWS HIS BALL.

HE HAS TO BRING THE BALL DOWN RIGHT, THEY ARE JUST OVERTHROWING THE RECEIVER, ON THAT SLANT ROUTE, JOHNSON.

>> YOU CAN SEE HOW HE CAN SEE THE WHOLE FIELD, HE IS SO MUCH TALLER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.

PUMP FAKE , GOES ONE WAY.

THERE IS THOMAS, ACROSS THE 50.

THOMAS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 32 YARD LINE.

AMIR THOMAS, A LITTLE STICK OF DYNAMITE, GOING FOR 36 YARDS.

>> GREAT PLAY DESIGNED BY THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR.

GOING OUT .

GOOD BLOCKING BY RECORDO TARVER.

GETTING THOSE HANDS UP AT THE RIGHT TIME.

WHAT A GREAT RUN.

>> UP THE MIDDLE, AMIR THOMAS, AGAIN.

BACK , ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 5 YARD LINE.

>> THIS RUSHING ATTACK IS SMALL IN SIZE, BUT VERY PRODUCTIVE FOR HOUSTON COUNTY.

HARD TO FIND , HARD TO GRAB.

THAT IS A SMALL 5'5" FRAME, 155, COMPAQ.

>> AND HE RAMS INTO THE END ZONE.

THE THOMAS DRIVE, FIVE YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN AND HoCo HAS A 20- 3 LEAD.

>> RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, GREAT VISION.

LOOK AT THE PHYSICALITY OF THE MAN ON THE GOAL LINE, TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.

CHALLENGING THE LINEBACKER , DALYN CALDWELL , FOR THE SCORE.

>> AN HoCo AND THEY ARE ABOUT TO GO UP 18 POINTS, IF MALCOLM CAN CONVERT , WHICH HE DOES.

A 21 -3 LEAD FOR HoCo, EARLY IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

HOW ABOUT AMIR THOMAS.

>> THE PHYSICALITY.

LOOK AT THAT YOUNG MAN, RUNNING OVER THE LINEBACKER.

AFTER TWO GOOD PLACE TO SET UP THE TOUCHDOWN, HE RAN OVER THE LINEBACKER TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.

>> FIVE PLAYS, THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING DRIVE.

AND THOMAS COVERED 55 YARDS ON THAT TOUCHDOWN DRIVE.

>> HIS NUMBER IS CALLED.

>> AND LONGTIME GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FANS MAY REMEMBER IAN PEMBERTON .

BACK WHEN THEY WERE FIRST STARTING TO GET THAT ROLLING, BACK WHEN NICKY COHEN WAS THE HEAD COACH.

PEMBERTON WAS JUST LIKE AMIR THOMAS, A LITTLE POWERFUL PUNCH.

THOMAS HAS BEEN CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BIGGER STORIES IN THIS BALL GAME.

AS HoCo HAS BOLTED TO A 21-3 LEAD.

DARE WE SAY THE WARRIORS ARE IN TROUBLE ON THEIR HOME FIELD.

NOW, THE KICK , COMING DOWN AT THE 16 YARD LINE.

BENSON , FIRST TIME THEY HAVE HAD A CHANCE AT A BIG RETURN.

AND XADEN BENSON IS ABLE TO MAKE IT PAY OFF.

AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NORTH ATLANTA RESUME, BROUGHT TO YOU BY DBHDD.

4-1 IN THE REGION, BEST EVER RECORD IN THE PLAYOFFS , JUST ONE PLAYOFF WIN IN THEIR HISTORY, THAT WAS AGAINST LOVEJOY.

WAY BACK BEFORE THEY BECAME NORTH ATLANTA, THEY WERE NORTHSIDE AND NORTH FULTON, AND BOTH TEAMS WON STATE TITLES, WE ARE TALKING '66 .

IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.

REALLY, THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR SCHOOL HISTORY, AS BARNES GETS ABOUT THREE ON THE PLAY, FIRST TIME IN THEIR SCHOOL HISTORY THEY HAVE HAD ANY SUSTAINED RUN OF SUCCESS IN THEIR PROGRAM.

>> THEY ARE STILL HUNGRY, GOT A PLAYOFF WIN LAST YEAR.

THEY ARE STILL IN THIS GAME, BUT THEY HAVE TO STOP BEATING THEMSELVES.

IT HAS BEEN THE HOUSTON COUNTY DEFENSE, TWO TURNOVERS, UNTIMELY PENALTIES, THEY NEED TO PUT THE SCORE ON THIS DRIVE.

>> THEY THROW A TUNNEL SCREEN , THEY ACTUALLY LOST YARDAGE ON GREAT PURSUIT BY THE DEFENSE.

AND THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER, XAVIER RYAN, HE COMMITTED TO ARMY AFTER AN OFFER FROM NAVY.

HE WAS THERE TO BLOW UP THAT PLAY.

>> THIS BEARS DEFENSE IS BEND, DON'T BREAK.

THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE ANYBODY WHO JUMPS OFF THE PAGE.

EVERY PLAYER, JUST DOING THEIR JOB.

>> Referee: OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

>> 37 SENIORS ON THIS HoCo TEAM .

16 IN THE STARTING 22 , IT IS A SENIOR-LED PROGRAM.

SCREEN PASS AND IT IS TAUGHT.

ANOTHER FLAG IS DOWN ON THE FIELD.

>> A LITTLE SHORT BY REYNOLDS.

NOT SURE IF THEY ARE PICKING UP THE FLAG, POSSIBLE ILLEGAL MAN DOWN ON THAT PLAY.

>> Referee: ILLEGAL SHIFT .

FOURTH DOWN.

>> FOURTH DOWN , AND A PUNTING SITUATION FOR THE WARRIORS.

>> GOOD JOB BY THE OFFENSE.

HOUSTON COUNTY, FORCING THE PUNT BY REYNOLDS, ONCE AGAIN, THIS EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE.

AJ HILL AND COMPANY, READY FOR THE BALL AGAIN.

>> RYAN TALEB , RUNNING OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 35 YARD LINE.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT , BIG PRODUCTION GAME FOR AMIR THOMAS 10 , MORE JOHNSON THAN ANYTHING ELSE TONIGHT.

>> THOMAS HAS BEEN EXPLODING .

THERE IS TALENT , VERY CAPABLE, GREAT HANDS OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.

A LITTLE SHIFTY BETWEEN THE TACKLE RUNNERS.

>> RYAN TALEB, THREE CARRIES, THOMAS, A 36-YARD PASS RECEPTION, AS WELL.

FIRST AND 10, AND RYAN TALEB, STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS .

AND THE SECOND PFL FOR CHASE.

>> GETTING OFF THE BLOCK.

THAT IS THE QUICKNESS , THE ATHLETICISM .

>> SECOND DOWN AND 12.

HE'LL, STAR LINEMAN , AND NOW IN THE THIRD SEASON , WITH THE CINCINNATI BENGALS, LOOKING FOR RECORDO TARVER THAT TIME.

>> HILL, YOU KNOW THAT HE WANTS THAT ONE BACK.

GETTING TWO STEPS ON DARIUS MALCOLM, UP THERE AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.

THAT ONE-ON-ONE MATCH, UNABLE TO DELIVER THE BALL DOWNFIELD, BUT HE SHOWS GREAT ARM STRENGTH BY THE YOUNG JUNIOR AREA >> THIRD DOWN AND 12.

HILL TOOK A VISIT OUT TO COLORADO FOR A GAME DAY, BACK WHEN HoCo HAD A WEEK OFF.

THE WHOLE CROWD STARTED CHANTING HIS NAME, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH WHAT SEALED THE DEAL AND HE WAS PRETTY MUCH READY TO COMMIT.

COMPLETE, WOODBURN BREAKS TACKLE.

WOODBURN STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> GOOD JOB BY WOODBURN, ROUTE.

COMING BACK, DELIVERING THE BALL BY HILL.

BUT THIS IS ABOUT WOODBURN, COMING BACK TO THE BALL, SECURING THE CATCH, AND MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN AFTER.

>> THAT WAS A 36-YARD PICKUP AND A TIME-OUT HAS BEEN CALLED BY THE BEARS.

WE WILL STEP ASIDE WITH 5:45 TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF.

821-3 LEAD FOR THE BEARS, AND THEY ARE DRIVING AGAIN.

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>> IT IS THE SECOND QUARTER OF HOUSTON COUNTY VERSUS NORTH ATLANTA.

COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES ON THE REGIONS BANK HALFTIME SHOW, WE WILL HAVE THE MAKE THAT KID AN UPPER SEGMENT.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND WE WILL BREAK DOWN ALL THE FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF MATCHUPS.

DO NOT FORGET TO STICK AROUND AFTER THE GAME FOR THE POSTGAME SHOW.

MATT AND WAYNE, BACK TO YOU.

>> LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, HANNAH.

APPRECIATE THAT.

LOOKING FOR HIS 19th WIN AS A HEAD COACH, HE WAS AN ASSISTANT ALL OVER, MAKING THE PLUNGE TO BECOME A HEAD COACH HAS BEEN A GREAT MOVE FOR HIM.

NOW, PICKING UP THE FIRST AND HILL WILL JUST TROT OUT OF BOUNDS.

A BIG FIRST DOWN AND A BIG GAIN.

>> HE HAD THE ENTIRE DEFENSE CONFUSED.

HE DECIDED TO RUN.

WE DO HAVE A PENALTY ON THE FIELD.

CONFUSED , THE ENTIRE DEFENSE.

NO ONE REALIZED HE STILL HAD THE BALL IN HIS HANDS.

>> BIG PARK OF JEREMY EDWARDS , WHEN HE WAS AT WESTBROOK, THEY WENT TO THE FINALS ALL THREE YEARS .

BIG PARK OF THE EQUATION WAS BRINGING SINGLETARY TO BE HIS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.

>> YOU DO NOT HAVE TO START THEIR WITH NEW NAMES AND NEW FACES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHO IS THE COORDINATOR.

YOU KNOW HE BRINGS HIS OWN MINDSET TO THE GAME.

>> THAT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO DO.

THIS IS NOT LIKE COLLEGE OR THE NFL, WHERE YOU JUST BRING YOUR STAFF WITH YOU.

IT IS HIGH SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOL, THESE GUYS ARE ALSO TEACHERS, YOU CANNOT MOVE THEM OUT OF POSITION, OUT OF JOBS EASILY.

THERE NEEDS TO BE COOPERATION.

WHEN A HEAD COACH TAKES OVER, HE INHERITS THE STAFF FROM THE PREVIOUS HEAD COACH.

>> EVEN IF IT IS NOT THE SAME PHILOSOPHY BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY JUST HAVE TO DO IT.

A LONG DISCUSSION HERE, I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

OUT ON THE EDGE.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WAS DOWN THE FIELD.

>> THIS IS A TRULY BATTLE-TESTED HoCo TEAM, THEY HAVE PLAYED FOUR OF THEIR OPPONENTS RANKED IN THE TOP 10.

THEY WENT 2-2 AGAINST THOSE FOUR OPPONENTS.

AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU TALK ABOUT ROAD WARRIORS, THEY ARE THE DEFINITION OF THAT.

THEY HAVE NOT HAD A HOME PLAYOFF GAME SINCE 2015, IN LARGE PART, BECAUSE THEY PLAY IN A DIFFICULT REGION.

>> Referee: INADVERTENT WHISTLE.

WE HAVE DEFENSIVE HOLDING ON THE PLAY.

15-YARD PENALTY.

>> SO, THEY ARE GOING TO TACK ON THE HOLDING PENALTY.

I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT BEFORE, BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY WILL DO RIGHT HERE.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY JUST GIVE THEM THE 10 YARDS.

BECAUSE AJ HILL WENT OUT TO THE 15, THE 14 .

TACK IT ONTO THE END OF THE RUN.

I DON'T THINK THAT IS SOMETHING YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO FOR A HOLDING CALL, SO MAYBE THERE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSION.

SO, THAT IS WHERE, THAT IS WHERE HoCo WILL TAKE THE BALL, 25.

FIRST AND 10.

RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, RYAN TALEB, THAT IS CONNOR HUGHES, THE LINEBACKER, GETTING HIM ON THE GROUND.

SHORT GAIN.

>> NICE JOB BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE, MAKING A LITTLE ROOM, THESE GUYS, DOING A GREAT JOB RUNNING BETWEEN THE TACKLES.

>> AJ HILL.

HE IS GOING TO REACH THE 20, BEFORE THEY BLOW THE WHISTLE.

THAT WILL BRING UP THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.

>> A NEW WRINKLE INTO THE PLAYOFFS.

HE DID NOT RUN THE BALL THAT MUCH AT ALL.

THAT IS THE QUARTERBACK DRAW.

>> THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.

PUMP FAKE, THEN A SHOVEL, HILL WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS.

AND RYAN TALEB WAS THERE.

THEY WILL PROBABLY GO FOR IT HERE.

>> PLENTY OF ROOM FOR RYAN TALEB, JUST PRESSURE , THAT WAS THE JUNIOR , CHASE , GOOD PRESSURE, NOT REALLY ALLOWING HILL ANY ABILITY TO DELIVER THE BALL.

>> THEY ARE GOING TO BRING BENJI MALCOM ON TO TRY A FIELD GOAL.

THIS WILL BE A 38 -YARD KICK.

AND THE THAILAND IS THE SNAPPER.

THE KICK IS ON ITS WAY AND THE KICK IS GOING TO BE NO GOOD.

INSTEAD OF GOING FOR IT ON FOURTH AND FOUR, THEY TRIED THE 38-YARD FIELD GOAL AND THEY COME UP EMPTY, ONE OF THE FEW GOOD THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED FOR NORTH ATLANTA IN THIS FIRST HALF.

>> UNUSUAL CALL FOR COACH EDWARDS.

THIS TIME, TRYING IT RIGHT AT HIS RANGE, THAT 38, 35-YARD RANGE.

>> COACH EDWARDS WAS A KICKER WHEN HE PLAYED IN HIGH SCHOOL.

LET'S CHECK IN WITH NICKY.

>> GUYS, I HAVE A SPECIAL FRIEND.

THIS IS THE GRAMMY -NOMINATED ARTIST, A LOCAL TALENT, AND HE IS OUT HERE, SUPPORTING HIS OWN WITH AJ HILL, WHY ARE YOU HERE ?

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU LIKE AND WHAT YOU DID NOT LIKE.

>> WE ARE JUST OUT HERE, YOU KNOW , SUPPORTING .

>> I LOVE IT.

WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HIS PLAY.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE A LITTLE MORE OF OUT OF THE QUARTERBACK?

>> I AM JUST WAITING IN THE AREA.

>> YOU STAY OUT OF ALL OF THE SIDELINES.

>> I LEAVE IT TO THE RAFTS.

>> THE STUDENTS LOVE IT.

WE WILL LET YOU GET BACK TO THE GAME.

>> NOT BAD WHEN QUAVO IS ON THE SIDELINE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE QUAVO PLAY QUARTERBACK.

>> I MISSED THAT.

WHEN HE WAS WITH THE PATRIOTS.

SECOND DOWN AND 10.

AND REYNOLDS TAKES A HUGE LOSS ON THE PLAY.

AS JACKSON EATS HIM UP.

>> BIG PRESSURE BY JAYDEN JACKSON, WE HAVE SEEN HIM MAKE A BUNCH OF PLAYS IN THE RUN GAME.

HE IS FREAKY FAST.

THIS IS A GUY WHO HAS REALLY BEEN UNDER RECRUITED AND HE PLAYS WITH HIGH TEMPO.

>> REYNOLDS , FLUSHED OUT OF THE POCKET.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIRST DOWN.

AND NOW, HE IS SLOW TO GET UP.

>> REYNOLDS , WORKING HIS WAY OUTSIDE THE POCKET, COMING UP SHORT.

NO PRESSURE, GOOD JOB BY THE LINE, ONLY THE THREE -MAN RUSH.

>> Referee: HOLDING, OFFENSE.

DECLINED, FOURTH DOWN.

>> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FOURTH DOWN, THAT IS A BIG MISS , USUALLY A VERY SHORTHANDED WIDE RECEIVER IS BENSON.

REYNOLDS WILL HAVE TO PUNT AGAIN, AS HE STANDS AT HIS 20.

I DID NOT SEE QUAVO PLAY QUARTERBACK AT BERKMAR.

GAME I EVER CALLED HERE, A FRESHMAN NAMED ADAM JONES, PAC-MAN JONES, HE WAS PLAYING.

>> THAT WAS A DELIGHT , TO SEE HIM , ALL THE WAY TO THE NFL.

>> THE BALL IS DOWN, AND NOW, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOUSTON COUNTY RESUME, BROUGHT TO YOU BY DBHDD.

THE PLAYOFF , AND CONSECUTIVE PLAYOFF ROPE GAME.

THEY HAD ONE SEMI-FINAL FINISH , MOST RECENTLY, THEY REACHED THE QUARTERFINALS LAST YEAR WHEN THEY FELL TO GAINESVILLE.

BACK ON OFFENSE, THE BEARS.

NOT MUCH RUNNING ROOM THAT TIME FOR AMIR THOMAS.

>> GRANT THOMPSON, ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO STARTS BOTH WAYS, OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, COMING UP WITH A BIG HIT ON THOMAS.

YOU KNOW, HE HAS TAKEN A HARD HIT BY THE DEFENSE.

>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX.

21-3 LEAD FOR HoCo, WITH 2:30 TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> THEY HAVE KIND OF SLOWED DOWN, THE OFFENSE.

>> RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, THERE IS A FLAG OUT ON THE PLAY.

>> THAT AREA OF THE HOLDING PERIOD RIGHT THERE, IN THE CENTER .

PRETTY GOOD WITHOUT PENALTIES TONIGHT, OFFENSIVELY.

>> YOU SEE THAT OFFENSIVE LINE FOR HoCo, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT KAHLIL HOUSE.

AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LEFT TACKLE, JEREMY, COMMITTED TO AIR FORCE.

>> 6'3", 235, THE SENIOR.

HE HAS LONG ARMS AND ATHLETIC ABILITY.

GOT TO GET A LITTLE WEIGHT ON THEM.

BUT VERY TALENTED, AND THREE STARTERS COMING BACK THIS YEAR.

VERY DOMINANT UPFRONT.

>> NUMBER 68 , COACH EDWARDS, FEELS LIKE HE IS GOING TO GET SOME OF OFFERS ONCE ALL OF THE RECRUITING IS SETTLED.

AND HILL, RUSHED IN THE POCKET, HE WILL THROW IT AWAY.

>> THROWING THE BALL ALL THE WAY .

RIGHT UP TO THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.

OPEN, HAD TO EAT THAT PLAY, DID NOT TAKE THE SACK , GOT OUTSIDE, THREW THE BALL AWAY.

>> NORTH ATLANTA STILL HAS ALL THREE TIME-OUTS REMAINING, IF THEY CAN GET A STOP RIGHT HERE, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE BALL BACK IN PRETTY GOOD FIELD POSITION.

>> STRONG PRESSURE, COMING OFF THE EDGE, SHOWING A LITTLE PRESSURE BY FIELDS.

FOR NORTH ATLANTA.

>> THOMAS, TAKING GREAT PRESSURE BY THE LINEBACKER, QUENTIN FIELDS.

AND NORTH ATLANTA IS GOING TO BURN THEIR FIRST TIME-OUT.

>> HE SAW THE HAND OFF .

BIG BLOW TO THOMAS, HE HAD TO GET DOWN IN THAT AREA RIGHT THERE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

NICE JOB .

>> YOU HAVE THE GET DOWN LOW, SO YOU CAN SEE HIM.

NOT LETTING HIM SLIP THROUGH ONE OF THE CRACKS.

A BIG-TIME PLAY BY QUENTIN FIELDS.

THE TIME-OUT IS CALLED IMMEDIATELY.

TWO REMAINING, NORTH ATLANTA SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THIS THING WITH PRETTY GOOD FIELD POSITION AND A CHANCE TO MAYBE GET POINTS ON THE BOARD AND GET SOMETHING POSITIVE, BEFORE THEY HEAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM.

>> DELIVERING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.

THROWING THE BALL DEEP, A COUPLE OF DROPS, THE RECEIVER CORE IN THAT FIRST DRIVE, EXCELLENT.

IN THE SECOND QUARTER, IT WAS THE UNTIMELY PENALTIES THAT CONTINUE TO PUT THEM BEHIND THE STAKES AND MAKE IT TOUGH FOR THE OFFENSE.

>> THOMAS, 97 YARDS RUSHING IN THE FIRST HALF, 75 OF THOSE 97, COMING IN THIS SECOND QUARTER, INCLUDING 61 ON THAT 70 -YARD TOUCHDOWN DRIVE, THE SCORE THE THIRD TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT.

SO, TALEB WILL BE HERE AND HERE TO PUNT.

THEY DO THAT SOMETIMES WHEN THEY WANT THE RUGBY-STYLE KICK.

DALLAS WILL KICK IT, STRAIGHT AWAY.

THEIR CATCH, CALLED FOR.

AND NOW, BENSON NEARLY LET THAT HIT THE GROUND, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER.

27-YARD PUNT.

SO, LIKE WE SAID, HoCo WILL COME OUT OF THIS THING WITH REALLY GOOD FIELD POSITION.

>> BRINGING IT BACK IN, THAT IS A GREAT FIELD POSITION, STARTING HIS DRIVE ON THE 36 YARD LINE.

TWO TIME-OUTS TO WORK WITH.

>> GREAT CHANCE FOR THE WARRIORS.

THEY REALLY NEED A SCORE, REYNOLDS GETS IT OUT.

INCOMPLETE , TRYING TO GET IT TO BENSON, HE GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> BENSON, WITH THE STEP ON PATTERSON, NOT ABLE TO DELIVER THE BALL.

PRESSURE BY REYNOLDS.

GREAT JOB THERE , BY BENSON.

BEING ABLE TO KEEP ROOM TO DELIVER THE BALL, BUT NOT ABLE TO DROP IT IN THAT BUCKET FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> AND IT WAS OUT OF BOUNDS, TOO.

SECOND DOWN AND 10, BARNES GETS THE HANDOFF.

IMMEDIATELY, BARNES IS GOING TO FALL FORWARD, MAYBE THREE AND IT IS GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN.

>> THIS NORTH ATLANTA OFFENSE , THEY ARE IN A FOURTH DOWN MENTALITY, BEING DOWN, 21-3.

>> NO DOUBT, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

LINE TO AGAIN, THE 26.

REYNOLDS FIRES , THAT IS A FIRST DOWN CATCH.

NOW, TOUCHDOWN, NORTH ATLANTA !

>> BRENT THOMPSON, THE JUNIOR , FINDING SPACE.

THE DEFENSE, IN THE BACK END , IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ALMOST GAVE UP ON THE PLAY.

NICE JOB, MAKING HIMSELF BIG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

THE DEFENDERS KIND OF FELL ASLEEP TAKEN ADVANTAGE, GRANT THOMPSON, GREAT PROTECTION, ONLY A THREE-MAN PRESSURE.

FINISHING THE PLAY RIGHT THERE, THOMPSON.

>> THAT LOOK LIKE TWO DEFENDERS HAD AN EASY SHOT.

AND THEY LET HIM RUN BY HIM.

P.A.T., UP AND GOOD.

AND IT IS NOW 21-10 , AS ENGLAND PUTS IT THROUGH.

JORDAN SMITH, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE WITHIN ARMS LENGTH OF TACKLING HIM, BUT THEY LET HIM JUST RUN RIGHT BY.

>> THEY WERE CONFUSED ABOUT WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE TACKLE.

TAKING ADVANTAGE ON THE RESPONSE, GIVING THEM THAT SHORT FIELD, WITH THE NORTH ATLANTA TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.

THEY REALLY HAVE HAD NO MOMENTUM, 59 SECONDS LEFT IN THE QUARTER, GETTING THE TEAM TO CUT BACK THE ADVANTAGE TO 11.

>> THE GOVERNOR'S CAMPAIGN RED RIBBON SCORING DRIVE, IT DID NOT TAKE LONG, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF HELP ON LACKADAISICAL DEFENSE BY HoCo.

THAT WAS JUST A BIG MISTAKE TO ALLOW NORTH ATLANTA TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.

21-10, IF YOU ARE NORTH ATLANTA, IF NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS, YOU GO INTO THE LOCKER ROOM FEELING OKAY.

YOU FEEL, WE STILL HAVE A SHOT AT THE GAME.

ENGLAND, WITH THE KICKOFF.

THAT WILL TAKE THEM ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 1.

FUMBLED IN THE END ZONE.

TALEB, THAT IS NONRETURNABLE, THEY WILL BRING IT BACK OUT TO THE 20.

>> TWO TIME-OUTS, NORTH ATLANTA.

IF YOU ARE HOUSTON COUNTY, YOU ARE IN THE MINDSET, AT LEAST MAYBE, YOU HAVE GOT TO HIT THE FIELD AND MAYBE GET A FIRST DOWN.

YOU CANNOT GO OUT AND HAVE A DEAD BALL, AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE BACK ONCE AGAIN, SHORT FIELD.

>> NORTH ATLANTA, TWO TIME-OUT REMAINING, IF THEY THROW A SHORT PASS, TWO TIME-OUTS, YOU CAN GET ANOTHER STOP AND MAYBE EVEN GET THE BALL BACK.

LET'S SEE HOW THE BALLS PLAY IT HERE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE SLUGGISH SINCE THEY GOT THAT 21-3 LEAD.

QUICK PASS, SETTING UP THE SCREEN OUT THERE.

NOTHING DOING.

BENSON , COMING UP TO MAKE THE TACKLE, AFTER THE CATCH WAS MADE BY RICKY JOHNSON.

>> OUTSIDE OF THAT BIG TOUCHDOWN, JOHNSON HAS NOT EVEN BEEN EFFECTIVE.

NICE JOB COMING UP, MAKING THAT PLAY.

NO YARDAGE BY THE DEFENSE.

>> XADEN BENSON, THAT IS WHO YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF, IF YOU ARE AJ HILL, HE HAS FIVE INTERCEPTIONS AND FOUR PICK SIXES THIS SEASON.

HANDOFF, AND THE TACKLE IS MADE ON TALEB, THE TIME-OUT IS CALLED BY NORTH ATLANTA.

NOW, YOU ARE DOWN TO 16 SECONDS, PROBABLY NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT YOU CAN DO.

THEY CALL THE TIME-OUT.

NOW, THEY HAVE STARTED THE CLOCK AGAIN.

I AM NOT SURE WHY THEY STOPPED THE CLOCK TO BEGIN WITH, BUT THEY ARE GOING AGAIN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE HoCo WILL BE CONTENT TO TAKE IT INTO THE LOCKER ROOM.

MAYBE THEY WILL RUN ONE MORE PLAY RIGHT HERE.

LABS IT OUTSIDE TO RICKY JOHNSON, AND THAT IS THE END OF THE HALF, AS MALCOLM GETS HIM ON THE GROUND, AND, 21-10 , THE LEAD FOR HoCo AS BOTH TEAMS HEAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM.

>> HoCo, STATISTICALLY, UP BIG.

THEY COOLED OFF, NORTH ATLANTA, GIVING THEMSELVES THE MOMENTUM, SCORING BEFORE THE HALF.

NOW YOU CAN RESHUFFLE THE DECK AND COME BACK OUT.

YOU ARE AT HOME, IT'S THE PLAYOFFS, HAVE YOURSELF A CHANCE TO GET BACK INTO THE GAME RIGHT AT THE HALF.

>> THE HALFTIME COACH'S INTERVIEW, BROUGHT TO YOU BY JOHNNY'S NEW YORK STYLE PIZZA, YOUR ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZERIA.

>> ON FRIDAY, IT IS ALL ABOUT COMPETITION, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE COMPETITION AND THE PACE OF PLAY WITH YOUR TEAM?

>> WE DID A GOOD JOB IN THE FIRST HALF.

OBVIOUSLY, WE PUT OUR DEFENSE IN A BAD SPOT, AT THE END OF THE HALF.

BUT AT HALFTIME WE WILL GET THINGS STRAIGHTENED OUT AND WE WILL COME OUT READY TO ROLL.

>> WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE FOR THE DEFENSE AND HOW TO GET BACK OUT AND CLOSE THIS THING OUT?

>> THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

WE NEED TO KEEP PLAYING GREAT THE CALL ON OFFENSE.

>> THANKS, COACH.

HANNAH, JOHN, BACK TO THE STUDIO, HAPPY HALFTIME.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPB IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY DBHDD AND THE GOVERNOR 'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN , LIVE DRUG-FREE, BE KIND TO YOUR MIND.

THE KIND TO YOUR MIND, LIVE DRUG-FREE.

LEARN MORE ABOUT HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES AND LIVING A DRUG- FREE LIFESTYLE AT RED RIBBON GA.ORG .

NOVEMBER IS DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH.

DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN HAVE DIABETES AND NOT REALIZE IT?

HERE IS THE CIGNA HEALTHCARE MANAGER FOR GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.

WHAT CAN VIEWERS DO ABOUT DIABETES?

>> IN GEORGIA ALONE, THERE ARE ONE MILLION PEOPLE WITH DIABETES.

200,000 OF THEM DO NOT EVEN KNOW THAT THEY HAVE DIABETES.

TEEN DIABETES IS ON THE RISE.

>> HOW ARE SO MANY PEOPLE LIVING WITH DIABETES WITHOUT KNOWING IT?

>> THERE IS JUVENILE, WHICH YOU ARE BORN WITH.

TYPE II IS REALLY BASED ON LIFESTYLE CHOICES, LOW PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, POOR NUTRITION, NO EXERCISE .

WHAT YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR IS BEING HUNGRY ALL THE TIME, LOSING WEIGHT , BUT YOU ARE STILL EATING.

LETHARGIC.

THESE ARE ALL SYMPTOMS OF BEING DIABETIC.

ONE SIMPLE BLOOD TEST CAN HELP IDENTIFY THAT.

>> HOW CAN YOU AVOID DIABETES?

>> EAT FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, PROTEIN.

GET PLENTY OF SLEEP AND EXERCISE.

LIVE A HEALTHY LIFE.

>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DIABETES PREVENTION, PLEASE VISIT CIGNA.COM.

>> WELCOME TO THE FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA, GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK.

I AM NOT HANNAH GOODWIN, WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE GPB SPORTS STUDIOS.

IT IS HOUSTON COUNTY AGAINST NORTH ATLANTA.

21-10.

IT HAS BEEN THEM THE WHOLE GAME.

>> TWO BIG INTERCEPTIONS , THEY HAVE REALLY PUT NORTH ATLANTA IN THE TRAILING POSITION.

THEY GOT SOME POINT LATE, MAKING IT 21-10.

THE CONVERSATIONS AT HALFTIME ARE GOING TO BE TRIM THE PENALTIES.

IT IS TAKING A WHILE FOR NORTH ATLANTA TO GET ADJUSTED.

WE WILL SEE WHAT THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE AT THE HALF.

THEY WERE BECOMING UP, GETTING READY FOR THE SECOND HALF.

AND WE CAUGHT UP WITH QUAVO, INTERVIEW OF THE YEAR.

>> IF YOU MISSED IT, I AM SURE IT WILL BE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> THEY ALREADY HAVE.

>> WHAT ABOUT PLAYERS WHO ARE OVERLOOKED WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITING?

HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER, PRESENTED BY GEORGIA FARM BUREAU, ALWAYS THE HOME TEAM.

>> WE START WITH THE SENIOR RUNNING BACK MASON SKULL AND, THIS ACCOMPLISHED ATHLETE HAS RECEIVED AWARDS FOR THE 2022 AND 2023 SEASON, AVERAGING OVER SEVEN YARDS PER CARRY, SO, HE THROWS AROUND HIS WEIGHT AND THE WEIGHT ROOM, HE CAN SQUAT 540.

SOMEBODY, MAKE THIS KID AN OFFER.

NEXT UP, JADEN GEORGE, FIVE TOUCHDOWNS, 500 YARDS ON THE GROUND, AVERAGING 500 YARDS PER CARRY, HE IS A MEMBER OF THE SOCCER TEAM AND HE MAINTAINS A 3.8 GPA.

FINALLY, HE SIGHED DEFENSIVE END COREY JACKSON NEEDS AN OFFER.

HE RECEIVED ALL-REGION ACCOLADES THIS SEASON.

WHAT DO THEY SAY, JOHN ?

>> MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER.

>> YOU HAVE TO DO THE BUILD UP AND PUSH IT THROUGH.

>> OKAY, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE REST OF THE STATE BECAUSE PLAYOFF ACTION IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.

SO, THIS IS THE GEORGIA EMC SCOREBOARD, GEORGIA EMC, SO MUCH MORE THAN ENERGY.

ARE YOU SURPRISED ?

>> CLOSE EARLY, AND THE HOG PEN WAS UP BY 24.

IT LOOKS LIKE PARKVIEW HAS WORK TO DO.

DALTON, LEADING JC, 24-7.

JONES COUNTY, AGAINST COLUMBUS, WHO HAS MADE THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.

A LOT OF GRADUATION, NICHOLAS LOPEZ HAS DONE WELL TO GET THEM TO THE POSTSEASON.

MAREK, UP AGAINST NORTHSIDE WARNER ROBINS , AND DAVIESS COUNTY, UP ON CARVER, SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN, SHUTTING OUT PEACH COUNTY.

RUNNING GAME, RUNNING TEAMS IN SINGLE-A, EARLY THIRD QUARTER.

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS PUTTING UP A BIG NUMBER AGAINST TAYLOR COUNTY, AND THE BRANDON BYRUM SQUAD, THAT IS A BIG NUMBER FOR BOUTIN DID WE WILL HAVE MORE SCORES LATER ON.

>> LEWIS HAS BEEN PUTTING ON A SHOW.

>> 7 OF THE 9, 315 YARDS , WITH FIVE MINUTES TO GO IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

>> COMING UP NEXT, IS THE YOU SAVE IT GEORGIA PHARMACY SPOTLIGHT.

YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS IT.

>> THE IMPORTANCE OF JOSHUA'S WALL IS THAT WE GIVE OUR YOUNG DRIVERS IN GEORGIA INSTRUCTION TO STRESS TO THEM HOW DANGEROUS DRIVING CAN BE AND HOW IMPORTANT DRIVING IS TO OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.

WE HAVE TO DO IT, BUT WE DO IT SAFELY.

LOOK AT THE CORNER OF THE SPOT YOU ARE GOING TO STOP.

WE NEVER WANT TO AFFECT OTHER DRIVERS.

AT A STOP SIGN, I TELL THEM, DO NOT PULL OUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO AFFECT THAT OF THE PERSON.

>> MAKE SURE WE ARE GOOD, LEFT AND RIGHT, THEN CONTINUE ON.

>> IF I ASKED MYSELF THAT QUESTION, EVERY TIME I DRIVE, EVERYBODY IS SAFE AND EVERYBODY GETS TO WHERE THEY ARE GOING SAFELY.

WE NEED TO KNOW THE SPEED LIMIT.

WHAT IS IT?

>> 45.

>> 45, GOOD JOB.

>> THE IMPORTANCE OF COMING THROUGH A DRIVERS EDUCATION PROGRAM IS INVALUABLE.

IN MY OPINION, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE PARENT GETS OUT AND WORKS WITH THAT CHILD.

THAT ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING, GETTING THEM THAT EXPERIENCE.

HOW TO DRIVE.

I WOULD LIKE TO EXPERIENCE THAT WITH MY CHILD SO THAT I CAN COACH THEM THROUGH IT.

THEY RELY ON ME AS A FATHER AND AS AN INSTRUCTOR.

GREAT JOB, GREAT JOB.

>> WELCOME BACK.

IT IS TIME FOR THE GEORGIA PLAYER SPOTLIGHT, BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOU SAVE IT PHARMACY.

JACQUELINE JACKSON, SHE IS ALREADY A LEVEL 10 GYMNAST.

HERE IS HER STORY.

>> SHE IS A BALL OF ENERGY SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT KID WHO WANTED TO PROVE THAT SHE CAN DO ANYTHING.

GETTING LEVEL 10, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO GET THERE.

A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS.

>> THESE GIRLS SPEND 20 TO 30 HOURS PER WEEK, JUST PRACTICING.

>> THEY HAVE HER FOR THREE MORE YEARS AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT SHE ACCOMPLISHES.

AND WE TALKED TO THE PRINCIPAL OF NORTH ATLANTA NEXT ON GPB.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPB, BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY GEORGIA EMC.

SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.

>> JACKSON , AND OTHER COOPERATIVES, CONGRATULATE THE SPIRIT SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.

EXEMPLARY SPORTSMANSHIP DURING COMPETITIVE EVENTS.

ONLY ONE SCHOOL IN EACH REGION AND CLASSIFICATION IS CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THIS ANNUAL AWARD.

THIS MAKES THE AWARD A TRIBUTE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

>> WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT THE COOPERATIVE SPIRIT SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD, THE STUDENT ATHLETES, COACHES, AND FANS HAVE DEMONSTRATED INTEGRITY, RESPECT, COMPETITION, IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE CLASSROOM.

WE LOVE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE AND WORK.

>> INTRODUCED IN 2006, THE AWARD REINFORCES THE PHILOSOPHY THAT EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SHOULD REFLECT THE VALUES IT REPRESENTS.

>> WE WANT TO CELEBRATE SUCCESS ON THE FIELD, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE DO THAT AT THE EXPENSE OF THINGS OFF THE FIELD, IT IS NOT WORTH IT.

WE WANT OUR ATHLETES TO LEAVE FIRST AND FOREMOST, COMPETITIVE.

MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE ARE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW ?

WE WANT TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO RAISE EACH OTHER UP.

THAT IS KIND OF HOW WE DO IT.

>> THE 34 DISSIPATING GEORGIA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP COOPERATIVES ARE PROUD TO SPIRIT --PRESENT THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE HALFTIME SHOW, IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, IT IS HALFTIME, HOUSTON COUNTY VERSUS NORTH ATLANTA, WITH THE BEARS ON TOP, 21-10.

LET'S SEND IT TO HENDERSON STADIUM, WHERE NICKY IS STANDING BY WITH THE PRINCIPAL.

>> THANKS, HANNAH.

I AM HANGING OUT WITH MY NEW FRIEND, CURTIS DOUGLAS, THE PRINCIPLE OF NORTH ATLANTA.

I NEED TO ASK YOU A FOOTBALL QUESTION , RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.

YOU HAVE WITNESSED THE TRANSFORMATION OF THIS PROGRAM.

HOW PROUD IS THAT FOR YOU TO WITNESS ?

>> VERY PROUD.

EXTREMELY PROUD MOMENT.

WE TRANSFERRED FROM A PROGRAM THAT WAS STRUGGLING TO A PROGRAM THAT WENT 9-1 THIS YEAR.

IT IS A GREAT FEELING.

>> YOU WERE THERE WHEN THEY WENT 0-10.

YOUR OTHER SPORTS ARE EXCELLING , REGIONAL CHAMPS IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE OTHER ATHLETIC PROGRAMS?

>> GIRLS TENNIS, STATE TITLE, AND CROSS COUNTRY AS WELL, THAT WAS A PROUD MOMENT, OUR FIRST STATE CHAMPION TOO.

WE HAVE HAD TWO IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BOYS AND GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY GIRL'S TENNIS.

THAT WAS A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> LOVETT, ACROSS THE BOARD.

PRINCIPAL DOUGLAS, WE WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU AS THE SEASON GOES ON, HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK.

I LOVE IT.

BACK TO YOU, HANNAH.

>> THANK YOU, NICKY.

GREAT TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.

OKAY, THE WINNER OF OUR GAME, WOODWARD ACADEMY, THE WINNER OF, NEXT FRIDAY, IN THE SECOND ROUND.

WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING IN 6 A?

>> LEE COUNTY, PUTTING UP A NUMBER RIGHT NOW ON DONE WITTY , THEY WERE UP BY 22, NET MARGIN HAS BEEN EXPANDING, DOUGLAS COUNTY, LEADING CENTRAL, THAT IS SECOND QUARTER, NOW, LET'S GO DOWN, ABINGTON , WOODWARD ACADEMY, AND WOODWARD ACADEMY , IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL BE ADVANCING TO TAKE ON THE WINNER.

GAME FOUR, THEY HAVE PULLED AHEAD BY 13, 26-13, THAT ONE IS IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

AND WE HAD MERRICK TAKING CONTROL OF NORTH SIDE WARNER- ROBBINS , THIS ONE WAS TIED AT SEVEN.

THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL, WINNING AGAINST ST. PIUS , THAT IS JUST AN EARLY PICTURE OF WHAT WE SEE IN CLASS 6 DOMINIC A.

>> STICK AROUND FOR THE POSTGAME SHOW, AND WE WILL CATCH UP WITH COACHES LIVE, ALL OVER THE STATE, TO BREAK DOWN THESE BRACKETS.

THE ROAD TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP HAS OFFICIALLY BEGAN, FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, GPB SPORTS.

FOR JOHN, I AM HANNAH.

MORE WITH MATT, WAYNE, AND NICKY, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPB, BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY REGIONS BANK.

GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK.

>> IN MIDTOWN ATLANTA.

HOUSTON COUNTY LEADING NORTH ATLANTA, 21-10.

AND THE HALFTIME COACH'S INTERVIEW, BROUGHT TO YOU BY JOHNNY'S PIZZA, YOUR ORIGINAL PIZZERIA.

>> COACH, IN THE FIRST HALF, YOUR TEAM WAS PLAGUED BY PENALTIES.

>> I LET THEM KNOW, WE PUT OURSELVES IN THE POSITION WE ARE IN.

HOUSTON COUNTY IS A REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM.

>> HOUSTON COUNTY HAS NOT MADE MANY MISTAKES, BUT YOU CAPITALIZED ON ONE JUST BEFORE THE HALF.

HOW DO YOU CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM?

>> DEFENSE NEEDS TO GET A QUICK STOP.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUNCH IT IN AND MAKE IT A ONE-SCORE GAME.

>> THANKS, COACH.

MATT AND WAYNE, SECOND HALF.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS, THE VERY THE INTERCEPTION BY SMITH SET UP HOUSTON COUNTY.

>> OFFENSE, ON THE FIELD WEEKLY, WITH HILL AND RICKY JOHNSON, 29-YARD TOUCHDOWN.

>> FIELD GOAL BY NORTH ATLANTA, TWO-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN BY CHRISTIAN STOKES.

>> THEN , OUR MAN AMIR THOMAS, DECIDED TO GET INTO ACTION, LONG SCREEN PASS DOWN THE FIELD, MAKING PEOPLE MISS.

SETTING UP HIS OWN TOUCHDOWN.

DRIVING HIMSELF INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE THIRD SCORE OF THE GAME FOR HOUSTON COUNTY.

>> HE HAD 61 OF THE 70 YARDS, RIGHT BEFORE THE END OF THE HALF, NORTH ATLANTA, BACK IN THE GAME.

REYNOLDS DELIVERED THE 33-YARD TOUCHDOWN STRIKE .

>> TOTES JAMIE AULL TALKED ABOUT STAYING OUT OF THAT PENALTY BOX, AND STOP SHOOTING THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT HALFTIME STATS.

>> UNTIMELY, IT KEPT THEM OFF SCHEDULE DOWN THE FIELD, AND THEN, AS WE THOUGHT THEY COULD, COMING INTO THIS GAME, THEY WERE RUSHING THE BALL , AND THEY WERE MOVING THE BALL DOWNFIELD.

>> REYNOLDS HAS THROWN FOR 111 YARDS, HE HAD THE TOUCHDOWN, RIGHT BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST HALF, BUT ALSO TWO CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS THAT HE THREW IN THE FIRST HALF, OPENING POINTS FOR THE BEARS.

>> BOTH TEAMS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES.

AND NOW, CAN THIS HOUSTON COUNTY, OFFENSIVELY, FIND THAT ENERGY THAT THEY PLAYED FOR THE FIRST QUARTER AND A HALF, TO START OFF?

THEY WERE IN RHYTHM, IT DID NOT SEEM LIKE NORTH ATLANTA WAS EVER GOING TO STOP THEM FOR A WHILE.

THEY HAVE THE BALL THE START THE SECOND HALF.

>> THE WINNER OF THIS GAME WILL ADVANCE TO THE SECOND ROUND, THEY WILL PLAY THE WINNER OF THE WOODWARD COUNTY GAME, AND THEY DO HAVE A BIG LEAD ON EVANS.

IT LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT NOW, THE WINNER OF THIS BALL GAME WILL BE PLAYING AT COLLEGE PARK NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS AGAINST THE WOODWARD ACADEMY ROYALS.

THE THIRD QUARTER KICKOFF, BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.

SEATBELTS SAVE LIVES.

HoCo, GETTING THE BALL HERE TO START THE SECOND HALF.

LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN GET BACK TO THAT RHYTHM THAT THEY WERE IN, OFFENSIVELY.

THEY KIND OF GOT SLUGGISH AFTER THEY SCORED THAT THIRD TOUCHDOWN.

THE BALL, COMING DOWN AT THE 8.

AND ON THE RETURN, RECORDO TARVER, TO THE FAR SIDE, HE WILL GET TRIPPED UP BY JOSH McCULLOUGH.

GOOD KICK COVERAGE FOR THE WARRIORS, AND THAT IS WHERE THE BEARS WILL START.

I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, THEY NAME ALL OF THEIR SPECIAL TEAMS AFTER KIND OF A UNIT IN THE MILITARY.

AND THE KICK COVERAGE TEAM.

IDENTITY, GIVING THEM A FIELD, A MOTIVATION TO PLAY HARDER.

THE COACH WILL FIND THAT >> THEY HAVE STEELS, THEY HAVE RECON, SO, THE MARINES MADE THE KICK COVERAGE.

FIRST AND 10 AT THE 21 YARD LINE.

AND THERE IS TALEB PICKING UP THE FIRST DOWN, AND THAT IS A FIRST DOWN TO START THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> MOST OF THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN BETWEEN THE OUTSIDE, MAKING YARDAGE FOR THE TEAM.

>> FIRST AND 10, QUIET FIRST HALF FOR TALEB.

THOMAS WAS GETTING ALL OF THE HEADLINES IN THE FIRST HALF.

LOBS IT IN THERE, AND THAT IS JOHNSON, IT IS INCOMPLETE, HE COULD NOT HOLD ONTO IT.

HE ALMOST MADE A GREAT CATCH IN TRAFFIC.

>> RICKY JOHNSON HERE, A LITTLE SKINNY POST.

TRYING TO HOLD IT.

BUT A NICE JOB, BY DARIUS MALCOLM, PULLING IT OUT AT THE END.

UNABLE TO CONTROL THE BALL, WAS JOHNSON.

>> THEIR BEST COVER GUY, DARIUS MALCOLM.

JAMIE AULL SAYS HE IS SO FAST, HE SOMETIMES BAITS THE QUARTERBACK INTO MAKING A BAD THROW, JUST SO HE CAN MAKE A PLAY ON IT.

THAT WAS NOT THE CASE RIGHT THERE.

HE MADE A GREAT PLAY, ONCE HE GOT TO RICKY JOHNSON.

HAND UP --HANDOFF, UP THE MIDDLE, THAT WILL BRING UP THIRD DOWN AND MEDIUM.

>> PHYSICAL BLOCKING, THEY ARE ELEVATING, DRIVING THE DEFENSIVE LINE OFF THE BALL.

>> THE NORTH ATLANTA PLAYERS, THEY THINK THE PENALTY IS ON >> FLAG AT THE END OF THAT PLAY.

POSSIBLE PERSONAL FOUL.

>> Referee: AFTER THE PLAY, PERSONAL FOUL.

15-YARD PENALTY , THIRD DOWN.

>> THAT WILL REALLY PUSH THEM BACK, BEHIND THE STICKS.

>> THEY ARE SAYING IT WAS AFTER THE PLAY, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS SECOND AND FOREVER, CREATING SECOND AND 20.

>> IT SHOULD BE THIRD DOWN.

THE YARDAGE MARKER HAS NOT CHANGED YET.

THE OFFICIAL SAID THAT IT COUNTS.

THAT WAS THE THIRD DOWN, WE HAD THE INCOMPLETION AND THE THIRD DOWN.

THIRD AND 21.

THOMAS , GETS SOME OF IT BACK, BUT NOT ENOUGH, IT IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN.

>> I AM NOT SURE THAT HOUSTON COUNTY KNEW THAT BEAT DOWN WAS MARKED AT THIRD, WHEN THEY RAN THE PLAY.

THE OFFENSE WAS STILL ON THE FIELD, THINKING THAT IT WAS THIRD DOWN, NOW IT IS FOURTH DOWN, FOURTH AND 15.

>> THE YARDAGE MARKER WAS LATE, UNTIL THEY FLIPPED IT OVER TO THE THREE.

HoCo SCORED ON THREE OF THEIR FIRST FOUR POSSESSIONS, BUT THEY HAVE FAILED TO SCORE IN FOUR OF THEIR LAST FOUR.

THAT IS A NICE PICK, THAT POPS UP AND DOWN, AND IT IS FINALLY DEAD.

NORTH ATLANTIC COMES AROUND IN PRETTY GOOD FIELD POSITION.

IT DID NOT GET THE BOUNCE, THAT PERHAPS BENJI MALCOM WAS ANTICIPATED >> GOOD JOB BY NORTH ATLANTA, PICKING UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF, AND OFFENSIVELY, HOUSTON COUNTY, STILL MOVING IN SLOW MOTION, NOT A LOT OF ENERGY ON THAT DRIVE.

GOOD FIELD POSITION, STARTING SECOND HALF.

>> HILL, 65 YARDS, HE DOES HAVE FOUR CARRIES AND 39 YARDS, THAT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE RIGHT THERE.

HE HAS BEEN MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE RUNNING GAME THEN WE THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS HE MIGHT BE.

NOTHING DOING, AND BARNES GET STOPPED, RIGHT THERE.

THAT WAS JORDAN, THE JUNIOR DEFENSIVE END.

THEY LOST JORDAN DAVIS TO THE ACL INJURY.

THEY ARE COUNTING ON TOBY JORDAN TO STEP UP BIG.

>> NICE JOB, FOLLOWING HIM DOWN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, AND MAKING THAT PLAY, IN THE BACKFIELD.

>> SECOND DOWN, AND 10.

REYNOLDS, ROSE OUT TO HENRY DEBARDELEBEN.

HE LOST HIS FOOTING, JUST A ONE-YARD GAIN, IF THAT.

>> GOOD PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE BY JAYDEN JACKSON.

HOW MANY TIMES DID WE CALL HIS NAME ?

IN THE FIRST HALF?

THROWING RIGHT ON THE EDGE.

>> JACKSON, HE HAD TWO TFL, IN THAT FIRST HALF, MAKING A VERY STRONG PRESENCE.

THIRD DOWN AND 10.

REYNOLDS , IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

THAT IS A FIRST DOWN CATCH FOR XADEN BENSON.

FOUND A SPOT TURNED AROUND AND MADE THE CATCH.

>> RIGHT IN FRONT OF DARIUS PATTERSON.

IAN REYNOLDS, IN THE POCKET.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT AJ HILL, BEING 6'4", 6'5", ABLE TO DELIVER THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.

>> BENSON IS THEIR TOP WIDE RECEIVER.

NOW, BENSON STOPS, WAITS FOR IT, NEARLY INTERCEPTED, AS REYNOLDS NEARLY HAD THE BALL PICKED.

>> DOUBLE COVERAGE ON THE EDGE.

AND REYNOLDS , YOU FEEL LIKE, IN A ONE-ON-ONE MATCHUP, JUST DID NOT SEE JORDAN SMITH GET OVER TO THE PLAY EDGE.

THIS BALL SHOULD EASILY BE INTERCEPTED BY SMITH, THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE.

>> SMITH HAD AN INTERCEPTION TO SET UP THEIR FIRST TOUCHDOWN.

NOW, SECOND DOWN AND 10.

BALL, AT THE 46.

THE HANDOFF GOES TO MALCOLM.

ONE OF THE FEW CARRIES HE HAS HAD, HE GETS DROPPED BY XAVIER RYAN.

>> FORCING THAT , BACK INSIDE.

AND ALSO, A GOOD JOB BY WESTEN ARD.

YOU DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE THE TACKLE, SOMETIMES IT IS ABOUT BEING AT THE RIGHT POINT OF ATTACK.

>> MALCOLM HAS 14 YARDS.

UP THE MIDDLE.

REYNOLDS RUNS AWAY , AND THROWS IT TO THE SIDELINE.

AND HENRY DEBARDELEBEN, WAS HE INBOUNDS?

THEY ARE GOING TO ROLL HIM OUT.

>> GREAT EFFORT BY HENRY REYNOLDS.

DOES HE GET THAT?

THAT LEFT STEP, GREAT EFFORT BY HIM, TRYING TO BRING THAT BALL IN.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE , FOURTH DOWN .

THEY KEEP THE OFFENSE ON THE FIELD, A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED.

DEFENSE IS DOING A GOOD JOB.

>> TAKE THAT MOMENTUM, WAKE THEM UP.

>> PASS, THROWN IN THE MIDDLE, AND THOMPSON GETS THE FIRST DOWN, HOW ABOUT GRANT THOMPSON ?

I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE STOPPED SHORT OF THE 6.

GETS THE FIRST DOWN.

>> THAT IS DELIVERED , NOT THE TALLEST OF RECEIVERS.

HE IS VERY PHYSICAL.

AND NOW, CAUGHT THE BALL.

FIRST DOWN.

>> FIRST AND 10 , STARTING TO FEEL THE MOMENTUM SHIFT THEIR WAY , AND THE HANDOFF GOES TO BARNES, INSIDE THE 20 VERY CLOSE TO THE 15, WITH PATTERSON, MAKING THE TACKLE.

THERE IS MOMENTUM FOR THE WARRIORS RIGHT NOW.

>> ON THAT LEFT SIDE, NICE JOB, GOOD READ TO BOUNCE THAT TO THE OUTSIDE, AND NOW, TRYING TO MAKE THAT TACKLE.

POSITIVE YARDS , ONCE AGAIN .

>> COMING UP RIGHT HERE.

AND IT BARNES , WITH THE BLOCK.

NORTH ATLANTA.

>> DEMEITRUS BARNES RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, WATCH THEM GET TO THE OUTSIDE.

NO CHANCE , MAKING THE PLAY ON THE YOUNG MAN.

>> WE WILL SEE IF THEY GO FOR TWO.

THEY LINE UP FOR THE SINGLE POINT.

I AM A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED THEY DO NOT GO FOR TWO IN THIS SITUATION.

ENGLAND , HE SPENDS IT THROUGH.

IT IS 21-17.

NORTH ATLANTA COMES TO LIFE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

BARNES, WITH THE 16-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN, AND THE WARRIORS ARE NOW BACK IN THE GAME.

GEORGIA ON GPB IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY CIGNA HEALTHCARE.

>> WELCOME BACK , THIS CROWD , RIGHT NOW.

BETA 70 WAS RIGHT.

THESE GUYS BEHIND ME , THEY NEVER STOP.

THIS IS MY NEW FRIEND JEREMY.

HE IS A SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT.

AND COACH JAMIE AULL TOLD HIM THAT HE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE A LOT OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE STANDS.

BUT HE WILL BE ON THE THEY ARE LOVING THIS GAME.

>> THEY ARE BACK IN IT.

THEY WERE DOWN EARLY.

THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING CATCH-UP THE ENTIRE NIGHT, NOW IT IS 41 --21-17.

THE RETURN , UP TO THE 31.

A LITTLE SCUFFLING GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD WITH THE FLAG THROWN.

I THINK IT IS JUST THE WHISTLE BLOWN, AND ALL IS GOOD.

NORTH ATLANTIC, FOR THE FIRST TIME THE ENTIRE NIGHT, WAYNE, PLAYING WITH MOMENTUM.

>> ATTACKING THIS HOUSTON COUNTY TEAM ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.

THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO SEE IN THIS SECOND DRIVE.

THIS OFFENSE, SINCE THE FIRST QUARTER, THEY HAVE PLAYED WITH NO ENERGY.

THE QUARTERBACK POSITION, THE RECEIVING CORPS , THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT FROM BUT THEY NEED TO GET BACK IN A GROUP, IN THIS GAME.

>> THOMAS GIVES THEM A REAL JOINT --JOLT OF ENERGY.

HE HAS BEEN A BIG SPARK.

OUTSIDE OF HITTING, JOHNSON, ON THE SECOND PLAY, THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, THE SMALLEST GUY ON THE FIELD, HE HAS HAD THE BIGGEST PUNT.

>> HILL, AND THIS RECEIVING CORPS, THEY SEEM TO BE IN SECOND GEAR.

BUT THE LINE CANNOT TAKE OVER.

THE PLAYS ARE COMING IN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN WHAT WE SAW IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

IT IS TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME NOW FOR THAT OFFENSE TO GET RESET.

>> AND NOW, JOHNSON, OPEN.

THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN FOR HoCo.

50/50 BALL OUT ON THE EDGE, RICKY JOHNSON, ONCE AGAIN MATCHED UP WITH DARIUS MALCOLM.

BEAUTIFUL BALL , STILL , GETTING A STEP.

THIS IS BASICALLY, MY ATHLETE IS BETTER THAN YOURS.

TOTAL CONFIDENCE, DELIVERING THAT BALL OUT TO JOHNSON.

NO CHANCE FOR MALCOLM TO GET BACK INTO THE PLAY.

RIGHT THERE, THAT IS WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE STOPPED TO DO A CELEBRATION.

>> Referee: RESULT OF THE PLAY IS A TOUCHDOWN.

AFTER THE PLAY, UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT, OFFENSE.

PENALTY WILL BE ENFORCED ON THE KICKOFF.

>> IT WAS COMICAL BECAUSE HE DID IT RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE OFFICIAL.

YOU COULD SEE THE OFFICIAL MOUTHING THE WORD DON'T.

DON'T DO IT.

THEY DROPPED IT ON HIM ANYWAY.

>> HALFWAY, WAS RICKY JOHNSON.

>> 62-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS , AND IT IS BACK TO A 10-POINT LEAD.

OFFSIDES HERE, OR MOVEMENT, ONE OR THE OTHER.

>> OFFSIDE, NORTH ATLANTA.

>> THE OFFICIAL IS CONFUSED ABOUT WHICH SIDE HE SHOULD BE TALKING TO.

HE JUST ASKED JAMIE AULL IF HE WANTS TO GO HALF THE DISTANCE TO GOAL.

BOTH TEAMS ARE BLACK AND SILVER.

IT CAN BE A LITTLE CONFUSING.

>> Referee: DEFENSE WILL HAVE A TRY.

>> THE KICK IS UP AND GOOD.

28-17 LEAD, HoCo STRIKES RIGHT BACK AND BUILDS UP THAT 11- POINT ADVANTAGE AGAIN.

>> JOHNSON, GETTING A STEP ON MALCOLM FOR THE BIG TOUCHDOWN.

AJ HILL AND JOHNSON STARTED THE GAME WITH A TOUCHDOWN.

GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE MOMENTUM DOWNFIELD.

>> THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN SCORING DRIVE.

HILL FROZE THE BALL TO JOHNSON.

RICKY JOHNSON, TWO TOUCHDOWNS TONIGHT.

>> YOU CAN SEE , NOT A LOT OF JUBILATION .

THEY ARE SITTING.

THEY UNDERSTAND, THEY ARE PUTTING UP A GAME.

THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE MAKING PLAYS LIKE THAT, DOWNFIELD.

>> RICKY JOHNSON , HE WILL BE PLAYING IN THE AFC, TOO.

>> THAT IS NOT EVEN SOUNDING RIGHT.

>> WHAT KIND OF WORLD ARE WE LIVING IN, THAT IS THE WORLD OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL AS WE STEP INTO 2024 NEXT SEASON.

GOOD ACADEMICS.

MAYBE NOT GEOGRAPHICALLY, BUT ACADEMICALLY, IT IS A GOOD THING.

BENSON GOES DOWN , ACTUALLY, THAT WILL BE MALCOLM, HE HIT THE GROUND, THE PLAY IS DEAD , THAT WILL BE AROUND THE 43, IT WOULD APPEAR.

NORTH ATLANTIC GOES BACK ON OFFENSE.

THE FOUR-POINT DEFICIT WAS VERY SHORT-LIVED.

>> CONTINUE TO PRESS DOWNFIELD, IF YOU ARE REYNOLDS, SHOWING SOME MOMENTUM.

IT NEEDS TO BE A SCORING GAME IN YOUR MIND.

EVERY TIME YOU GET THE BALL, YOU HAVE GOT TO GET DOWN AND GET SEVEN.

>> FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 33.

BARNES GETS THE HANDOFF.

NICE DEFENSIVE PLAY BY JD SMITH, ONE OF THE TWO SMITH'S BACK THERE PLAYING DEFENSE FOR HoCo.

>> THAT WAS A BIG HIT RIGHT THERE ARE 91, JAYDEN JACKSON, TO CLEAN UP THAT PLAY.

YOU DO NOT WANT JACKSON TO BE COMING DOWN THE LINE.

>> BARNES HAS 95 YARDS RUSHING ON 14 CARRIES.

SECOND DOWN AND 10.

AND TRYING TO RUN RIGHT INTO THE ARMS OF JORDAN.

THAT DOES NOT WORK OUT SO WELL.

>> COBY JORDAN , BROWN, THAT WIDE-BODY, HARD TO MOVE.

FIVE FOOT 10, 300 POUNDS, THE JUNIOR.

>> THIRD DOWN, AND NINE .

APPROACHING FIVE MINUTES REMAINING IN THIS THIRD QUARTER.

>> TAKING A LITTLE TIME, FOR NORTH ATLANTA TO GET THE PLAY IN.

DRAGGING THE OFFENSE, GETTING THE PLAY IN NOW.

>> UP FOR GRABS, NEARLY INTERCEPTED.

HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY JORDAN SMITH IS OKAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A COLLISION WITH A LINEBACKER, BRANDON WALDEN.

REYNOLDS WAS HIT , THE BALL WAS JUST UP FOR GRABS.

>> ONCE AGAIN, JAYDEN JACKSON, IN THAT DEFENSIVE LINE.

ONCE AGAIN, YOU JUST CAN SEE HIM FALLING ON THE LEG , BRANDON WALDEN.

>> FOR THE DOWN AND NINE, REYNOLDS , STAYS IN THE PUNT.

AND NOW, IT IS AT THE 35.

IT WILL TAKE A NORTH ATLANTA BOUNCE, AND IT ROLLS DEAD AT THE 24, AND THAT IS WHERE HoCo WILL GO BACK ON OFFENSE.

WE ARE IN MIDTOWN , WITH HoCo, UP BY 11 IN THE THIRD.

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>> BUCKLE UP JORDAN, 4:35 LEFT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

AND, HOUSTON COUNTY, LEADING NORTH ATLANTA, 28-17, IN MIDTOWN ATLANTA, ANNA GOODEN AND JOHN NELSON, BACK IN THE STUDIO, THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR THE POSTGAME SHOW.

THEY HAVE IT COOKING IN THE OVEN.

ALL THE SCORES AND BRACKETS, COMING UP AFTER THIS GAME.

ANTOINE, HILL , A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS GOING TO RICKY JOHNSON, 29 YARDS, AND THE OTHER 62 YARDS.

THAT EXPLODED OVER THERE.

>> DANGEROUS TASK, TRYING TO GET THE BALL RIGHT ON THE EDGE TO WOODBURN , ON THAT LITTLE SCREEN.

VERY EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN INTERCEPTED.

WHEN YOU THROW THE BALL FROM ONE HASH TO THE OTHER, FORTUNATE BREAK FOR HOUSTON COUNTY.

>> AND THE NO-GAIN RUN BY HOUSTON COUNTY, THOMAS , A VERY SHORT GAIN, I SHOULD SAY.

AS GRANT THOMPSON MAKES THE TACKLE, IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT.

>> WHEN YOU WATCH THIS HOUSTON COUNTY OFFENSE, THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY, THERE IS NO POP THERE AND THEY NEED TO GET THOMAS, TRIED TO GET SOME ENERGY.

>> SELF-DESCRIBED UP-TEMPO OFFENSE.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN UP-TEMPO TONIGHT.

THOMAS, TRYING TO GET TO THE FIRST DOWN YARDAGE.

AND HE WILL.

A GREAT EFFORT BY AMIR THOMAS.

>> AMIR THOMAS, AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE SITUATIONS, AS YOU ARE RUNNING ANOTHER SCREEN , NICE JOB GETTING UPFIELD RIGHT HERE, YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE LOSING THE LEVERAGE GAME IN THAT SITUATION WITH THAT KIND OF HEIGHT.

>> THIS ONE IS DRAGGED DOWN FROM BEHIND BY QUENTIN FIELDS.

THAT WILL BRING UP SECOND DOWN AND 10, APPROACHING THREE MINUTES LEFT , HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> THAT WILL TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO GET THESE PLAYS IN FROM THE LOOKING TO THE SIDELINES, FEELING CONFUSED.

>> TIME-OUT, CALLED BY HoCo.

>> Referee: FIRST TIME-OUT OF THE HALF.

>> WE WILL STAY RIGHT HERE, AS THEY TALK THINGS OVER ON THAT SECOND DOWN AND 10.

IT IS A LITTLE BAFFLING, GAME 11, THEY ARE HAVING THESE KINDS OF ISSUES.

>> THAT OFFENSE , SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO LET SOMEBODY GET TO THE SIDELINE.

BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, MATT, TO BE THIS FAR IN THE SEASON, YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CALL A TIME- OUT ON A PLAY WHERE YOU HAD A NEGATIVE RUN.

AND YOU HAVE TO CALL A TIME- OUT, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET THE NEXT PLAY DONE.

>> OUT OF THE TIME-OUT.

WE ARE IN THE SECOND HALF, AND SECOND ROUND, MOST LIKELY, WOODWARD ACADEMY AT COLLEGE PARK, NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE, WOODBURN GETS KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS HARD.

HE GOT FIVE ON THE PLAY.

>> WORKING DOWN, WORKING DOWN THE LINE, WATCH NUMBER 7.

TRYING TO FINISH OFF THAT PLAY WITH THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER, CONNOR HUGHES.

>> 53 TACKLES ON THE SEASON.

THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.

HEAVY RUSH , SIDESTEPPING, THROWS ON THE RUN, RIGHT THROUGH THE HANDS OF RECORDO TARVER AT THE 32.

HE HAD TO REACH BACK A LITTLE BIT.

BUT CERTAINLY, ATTACHABLE BALL.

>> PLENTY OF GREEN GRASS IN FRONT OF YOU, ONCE YOU GET OUTSIDE OF THE POCKET, RIGHT THERE, YOU HAVE GOT TO GO BACK THERE AND TRY TO GET IT , THAT WOULD BE A SMART PLAY BY THE YOUNG QUARTERBACK.

GO AND GET THE FIVE YARDS.

>> THEY BRING BENJI MALCOM BACK ON TO JORDAN SMITH AGAIN.

HE HAS PUNTED ALL BUT ONE TIME, AS DALLAS DID THAT ONE TIME FOR THEM.

IT IS KICKED AWAY, THAT IS A HUGE KICK DOWNFIELD, THAT IS A HUGE BOUNCE, ROLLING ALL THE WAY DEAD INSIDE THE 13.

MALCOLM DID HIS JOB RIGHT THERE.

GETS A PAT ON THE HELMET.

GOOD JOB , MALCOLM.

THAT PUTS NORTH ATLANTA WAY BACK AT THE 13 YARD LINE.

>> NORTH ATLANTA, NOW, THE OFFENSE WILL HAVE TO STAY IN HIGH GEAR, YOU HAVE TO APPROACH EACH AND EVERY DRIVE.

>> LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN GET SOMETHING GOING.

GETTING AROUND THE EDGE.

HE TOOK A BIG HIT FROM RYAN , AND HE PICKS UP ABOUT SEVEN ON THE PLAY.

>> KIND OF SLOWING DOWN IT FELT LIKE HE HAD THE BALL, GETTING TO THE EDGE BUT THEN HE TURNED ON THE JETS AND PICKS UP SEVEN YARDS.

>> TWO MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE QUARTER.

AND , DID NOT GET THE FIRST DOWN RIGHT THERE.

THAT IS GOING TO BRING UP THIRD DOWN.

>> NICE JOB STEPPING IN, XAVIER RYAN.

PHYSICAL, 6'1" , 2 110 , FORCING THAT PLAY, TRYING TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE, AND MAKING THE PLAY FROM THE 45.

>> THIRD DOWN, QUICK PASS.

IT IS CAUGHT .

THAT IS JOSH McCULLOUGH WITH THE GRAB.

14 YARDS FOR McCULLOUGH.

>> HE KNEW RIGHT THERE, FROM THE BEGINNING, WHERE HE WANTED TO GO.

RUNNING DOWN, AND HITTING McCULLOUGH IN STRIDE .

>> FIRST AND 10, FROM THE 34.

NOW, THAT IS A GRAB , PLAYED THROUGH TRAFFIC, FIRST DOWN, AFTER JAY T. SMITH IS UP TO MAKE THE TACKLE.

>> GETTING OUT WITH BRANDON WALDEN, RIGHT OUT ON THE EDGE.

MAKING PEOPLE MISS.

>> THEY HAVE MOVED FROM THE 13 TO THE 45, NOW UNDER ONE MINUTE TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

AND BARNES, ON THE HANDOUT, HE GOT WRAPPED UP PRETTY QUICK BITE JAYDEN BROWN, NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

>> FORCING THAT BALL TO BE HANDED UP THE FIELD, JACKSON, DOWN IN THERE, THE WIDE BODIED >> THIS MIGHT EVEN BE THE FINAL PLAY OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

SETTING UP THE SCREEN.

BARNES TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE BALL.

HE HAD WESTEN ARD RIGHT THERE.

BUT HE TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE BALL.

>> BIG PLAY SET UP, GOOD BLOCKING OUT AT THE LINE.

ANDERSON, IN FRONT OF HIM, AND DROPPED THE BALL.

>> SEVENTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.

NOW, REYNOLDS RUNS BY IT AND IT GETS TO THE 42, FIRST DOWN, HEAVY PLAY BY REYNOLDS, TO PICK UP THAT FIRST DOWN ON THE RUN.

>> MOSTLY WORKING FROM THE POCKET, MIDDLE OF THE FIELD OPENS UP.

OVER 300 YARDS RUSHING, NICE JOB , GOING TO GET THE FIRST DOWN.

>> A NICE LITTLE DRIVE BEING PUT TOGETHER.

GOING FOR THE RUN.

AND IT IS CAUGHT.

>> GREAT CATCH BY REYNOLDS , DOWN TO DOUBLE COVERAGE.

>> WHAT A PLAY TO END THE QUARTER.

THE 40-YARD CATCH , AS REYNOLDS DROPS IT OVER HIS SHOULDER.

PERFECT THROW , PERFECT TAX.

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>> THE START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER IN MIDTOWN ATLANTA.

NORTH ATLANTA, DOWN 11.

THEY HAVE IT.

FIRST AND GOAL AT THE 3 YARD LINE.

WAYNE, THEY MOVE FROM 14 TO 3.

>> THEY NEED TO KEEP PACE.

HOUSTON COUNTY CAN STRIKE QUICKLY.

BEAUTIFUL PASS TO GET DOWN TO BENSON.

>> REYNOLDS, FIRST AND GOAL TO GO.

BARNES FINDS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

SECOND TOUCHDOWN RUN OF THE NIGHT FOR DEMEITRUS BARNES.

NOW, YOU GO FOR TWO.

>> GREAT JOB, NOTHING REALLY OUT ON THE EDGE, RIGHT BEHIND.

HE SHOWS THAT FIGHT THAT YOU WANT TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.

>> NORTH ATLANTA WILL GO FOR THE TWO HERE.

AND REYNOLDS THROWS THE BALL.

AND CONVERTS.

REYNOLDS , ON THE TWO-POINT CONVERSION PASS TO GRANT THOMPSON.

NORTH ATLANTA HAS MADE IT ALMOST ALL THE WAY BACK, TRAILING SINCE THE SECOND PLAY THEY ARE NOUN -- NOW DOWN, 28- 25.

HOW ABOUT REYNOLDS?

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>> WELCOME BACK TO NORTH ATLANTA , THEY ARE NOW ONLY TRAILING THREE, RIGHT NOW, IT IS 28-25.

WHEN WE TALKED TO BETA 70, HE SAID THIS IS THE WINNINGEST TEACHING TEAM IN HISTORY.

HE SAID, WE GOT TO APPOINT WHERE THEY JUST EXPECT TO WIN, THEY ARE ABLE TO DO MORE.

AND THEY WANT TO BE PRACTICING ON THANKSGIVING WEEK.

HE WAS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT THAT.

>> WHAT THEY LEARNED FROM THE PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE AGAINST LOVEJOY, BUT LOSING IN THE SECOND ROUND, THEY ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH A PLAYOFF WIN.

THEY WANT TO BE PRACTICING ON THANKSGIVING.

TALEB GETS RUN DOWN AT THE 25 YARD LINE BY THE KICK COVERAGE AND THE FLAG IS DOWN ON THE FIELD AS WELL.

WE WILL CHECK THE CALL.

>> THIS HAS, TO BE EXCITING IN THE SECOND HALF.

AND NOW, BOTH SIDES, EVERYTHING IS SLOW AND METHODICAL, NORTH ATLANTA, PLAYING WITH A LOT OF ENERGY.

AND COACH JAMIE AULL SAID THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE KEYS TO THE GAME.

THEY HAVE BEEN SCRATCHING AND CLAWING .

>> HE PLAYED AT MOUNT ZION.

HE PLAYED FOR MOUNT ZION IN JONESBORO, AND GOT TO THE STATE FINALS IN 1999.

JEB ERIN WAS THE HEAD COACH AT THAT TIME.

THEY PLAYED IN THE OLD GEORGE'S ZONE, NINE YEARS AFTER HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY WAS NOT READY TO DO THE JOB.

HE LASTED THREE YEARS AT OUR LADY OF MERCY , LANDING AS THE OC FOR THAT NORTH ATLANTA DEFENSE IS FIRED UP.

>> BIG PRESSURE UP THE FIELD , IT IS ALL ABOUT ENERGY AND EFFORT WITH 11:32 LEFT ON THE CLOCK, NORTH ATLANTA, PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL.

THIS OFFENSE FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, THE WAY THEY STARTED , YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE AN AVALANCHE.

VERY LITTLE ACTION OUTSIDE OF THOMAS.

>> TIME-OUT , CALLED BY HOUSTON COUNTY.

HOUSTON COUNTY SAYS THEIR MOTTO HAS BEEN CHOPPING WOOD.

SLOWLY CHOPPING AWAY , TIME-OUT ON THE FIELD.

AND THE LEAD FOR HoCo IS DOWN TO THREE.

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SECOND DOWN AND 12, OUT OF THE TIME-OUT.

BEHIND WOODBURN, IT IS GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN.

>> THIS ROUTE, NOT A GOOD ENOUGH ZIP ON THE PASS.

>> OUTSIDE OF HOUSTON COUNTY 'S 62-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS , 35, MAKE THAT 33 YARDS OF OFFENSE IN THEIR LAST FIVE POSSESSIONS.

GOING FOR THE RUN AGAIN, HE GOT BEHIND THE DEFENSE.

AND THERE HE GOES!

>> LOADING THE GUN, HILL, THROWING INTO DOUBLE COVERAGE.

WOODBURN, TRUSTING HIS RECEIVER, THE CINCINNATI COMMIT.

WATCH AJ HILL LOAD THE GUN ON THE DOUBLE PUNT.

CATCHING IT ON THE DOUBLE CLUTCH, BY KALE WOODBURN, HAVING TO BRING IT IN WITH NO ONE IN THE BACKEND TO STOP HIM.

GOING WITH THE PUMP, LEADING THE RECEIVER.

SHOWING YOU THE BIG ARM, A LITTLE WOBBLY, GREAT CONCENTRATION BY WOODBURN.

>> INCREDIBLE CATCH BY WOODBURN.

IT WAS ABOUT ONE CENTIMETER AWAY, AND HE WAS ABLE TO HOLD ONTO IT.

91 YARDS ON THE TOUCHDOWN PASS , P.A.T.

IS GOOD.

AND HoCo PUSHES AWAY.

EVERY TIME NORTH ATLANTA GETS A LITTLE CLOSER, HOUSTON COUNTY GIVES THEM THE STIFF ARM AND PUSHES THEM BACK.

>> EXPLOSIVE BIG PLAYS DOWN THE GOING VERTICAL, THAT IS WHAT THEY DID, TWO PLAYS IN A ROW, HE MISSED ON THE FIRST, AND THAT TIME, HE DELIVERED THE CATCH THERE TO PULL IN THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE EAVESDROPPING, THEY WONDERED WHY HoCo HAD NOT GONE VERTICAL MORE THAN THEY HAD, QUITE FRANKLY, NORTH ATLANTA HAS NOT SHOWN THEY CAN COVER THE VERTICAL.

>> THAT WAS THE BIG CONCERN COMING INTO THE GAME WITH THOSE THREE RECEIVERS.

WE HAVE SEEN THEM GO UP TO JOHNSON TWICE FOR TOUCHDOWNS, THIS TIME FOR ALBION 11.

>> ONCE AGAIN, NORTH ATLANTA FINDS THEMSELVES DOWN BY DOUBLE DIGITS.

WE STILL HAVE 11:03 LEFT IN THE GAME.

DROP DOWN .

THEY WILL GET IT OUT OF BOUNDS .

WE ARE GUESSING THAT THE NORTH ATLANTA OFFENSE IS ON-FIELD.

REYNOLDS IS BACK OUT THERE.

>> THEY HAVE PUT ON THE GAS DOWNFIELD.

>> Referee: OUT OF BOUNDS , AT THE 35 YARD LINE.

FIRST DOWN.

>> THEY HAVE GOT TO CONTINUE THE MINDSET STRIKING IS FAST THAT THEY CAN, THEY WANT TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CLOSE IN ON THE LEAD.

>> ILLEGAL PROCEDURE.

>> OFFSIDES, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, >> THEY CLEANED UP IN THAT THIRD QUARTER.

ABLE TO SCORE THE BALL .

YOU CANNOT HAVE MISCUES WHEN YOU ARE DOWN BY 10.

CLEAN FOOTBALL THAT YOU PLAYED IN THE THIRD QUARTER, TRYING TO KEEP PACE WITH HoCo AND THAT OFFENSE.

>> FIRST AND 15, WITH THE BALL AT THE 30.

THOMPSON, SETTLING IN BEHIND THE BIG WIDE RECEIVER.

THE BALL COMES OUT HERE, TAKES A BIG SHOT.

AND NOW, FIFTH CATCH OF THE GAME.

UP TO THE ORIGINAL LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> HE IS THE GUY , HE IS NOT GOING TO LET THE MAN BRING THEM DOWN, TAKING THE BIG HIT FROM BROWN, THE CORNER, ABLE TO GET FOUR OR FIVE YARDS AFTER THE CATCH.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 10.

HANDOFF GOES TO BARNES.

BARNES, TRYING TO GET OUTSIDE, AND HE DOES, HE TAKES IT TO THE EDGE AND HE PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.

>> NICE JOB ONCE AGAIN BY BARNES.

JD SMITH , COMING IN UNDER SEVEN.

GOOD TAUGHT TO MAKE SMITH MISS UNDERNEATH.

>> HE IS HOBBLING OFF THE FIELD.

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIM OVER THERE ON THE SIDELINE.

MAYBE JUST A CRAMP.

YEAH, I THINK IT IS A CRAMP.

NOT HIS ANKLE, JUST A CRAMP.

FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 49 YARD LINE.

REYNOLDS .

HE RUNS RIGHT INTO WESTEN ARD.

HE LOST A YARD ON THE PLAY.

>> AND JACKSON, WITH XAVIER RYAN, THOSE TWO ARE LEADING THE TEAM IN SACKS.

UP INTO THE POCKET, INTO THE ARMS OF WESTEN ARD.

BETTER PLAY.

PRESSURING , JAYDEN JACKSON HAS BEEN PROVIDING THAT FOR HIS TEAM.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 11.

PASS GOES TO THOMPSON, THOMPSON TAKES A BIG HIT AS HE CROSSES THE 50, DOWN TO THE 47.

AND E.J.

NOBLES, MAKING THE TACKLE.

>> E.J.

NOBLES, HE IS ONLY FIVE FOOT EIGHT , BUT HE IS A FAN FAVORITE.

A TERRIFIC HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER, TOUGH-MINDED, PHYSICAL, ALWAYS AROUND THE BALL.

>> THE 41.

AND THE PASS IS CAUGHT BY HENRY DEBARDELEBEN.

NOW IT IS GOING TO BE FOURTH DOWN AND TWO.

>> NO QUESTION THEY ARE GOING FOR IT, EACH AND EVERY POSSESSION.

YOU HAVE TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO SCORE.

IF YOU ARE HOUSTON COUNTY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SCRAMBLE.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU CORRAL HIM IN THE POCKET.

DO NOT LET HIM GET THE PASS ON THE OUTSIDE.

>> BIG FOURTH DOWN PLAY, REYNOLDS FIRES, INCOMPLETE.

AND A FLAG COMES OUT, LATE.

TRYING TO GET THE BALL TO DALLAS FORD AND THE BALL COMES OUT, WITH CONTACT ON THE PLAY.

>> JD SMITH, NUMBER 7, GETTING THERE TOO EARLY.

YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT THERE, SMITH, HAVING HIS HANDS ON HIS BACK.

>> Referee: DEFENSE, 15-YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN.

>> IT WAS NOT A LOT, BUT HE WAS ALREADY PUSHING IN THE BACK, AS THE BALL WAS BEING DELIVERED.

>> THEY CONVERT ON THE FOURTH DOWN PENALTY.

IT WILL BE FIRST AND 10 AT THE 29.

PLENTY OF TIME .

IMPRESSED WITH REYNOLDS.

MAKING TWO BIG MISTAKES EARLY IN THE GAME, HE HAS BOUNCED BACK STRONG FROM THAT.

MALCOLM.

MALCOLM.

DOWN TO THE 25.

HE GETS FOUR ON THE PLAY.

NOW, HE MIGHT BE HURT.

>> ONCE AGAIN, JAYDEN JACKSON, WORKING DOWN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, THE BIG MAN, IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS GRABBING HIS ANGLE --ANKLE ON THAT TACKLE BY JD SMITH AND JACKSON, GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE.

FORCING IT BACK , FALLING ON HIS ANKLE.

AND YOU SEE JACKSON.

>> JAYDEN JACKSON RECENTLY PICKED UP AN OFFER FROM ATLANTA STATE.

HE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT, FOR A GUY AS BIG AS HE IS, KIND OF FREAKISH IN THAT REGARD.

YOU DO NOT NORMALLY SEE THAT WITH GUYS AT THIS LEVEL.

AND NOW, MALCOLM GOES TO THE SIDELINE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, YOU SAW BARNES HOPPING RIGHT BACK UP ABOVE THE BED.

BARNES, RIGHT BACK IN THERE, THE SEVENTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE, COMING RIGHT UP.

AND IT TO McCULLOUGH, IT WAS OVER HIS HEAD.

IT'S BEEN A GOOD COVERAGE BY JORDAN SMITH, THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE.

THE PLAY NEVER REALLY DEVELOPED, COVERING McCULLOUGH , STEP FOR STEP, THE YOUNG MAN WHO HAS SHOWN A LOT IN THIS GAME, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HIM, SPECIAL TALENT, 6'2" , ALREADY AT 180.

>> IN THE 2026 CLASS, A BIG PROSPECT.

AND HERE IS THE INTERCEPTION.

THROUGH TRAFFIC, DOWN TO THE 20, THAT WILL BRING UP FOURTH DOWN AND SHORT AGAIN.

>> VERY TOUGH FROM REYNOLDS.

TAKING THE HIT FROM THE POCKET, ALSO PULLING THE BALL.

THE SECOND LEADING RUSHER COMING IN .

AND LONG.

THEY NEED TO GET TO THE 19, IT IS PROBABLY MORE LIKE TWO, WITH THE BALL ON THE 21.

YOU REALLY NEED TWO YARDS TO KEEP THIS BALL ALIVE AND MAYBE KEEP YOUR HOPES ALIVE, FOR WINNING THE GAME.

REYNOLDS, OPEN LANE, INSIDE THE 10, THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN!

>> I WILL GIVE IAN REYNOLDS CREDIT ON THIS TOUCHDOWN, HE READ THE FLOW OF THE DEFENSE.

I AM NOT SURE THAT IT WAS A QUARTERBACK DRAW FROM THE SIDELINE .

BUT HE READ THE PRESSURE.

WATCH HOW FAST .

HE DID NOT LIKE IT, HE DECIDED TO PULL THE BALL.

NO ONE ON THAT SIDE OF THE FIELD WHO COULD STOP HIM, OVERLOADED TO HIS RIGHT, AND SHOWING YOU THE ATHLETIC SPEED TO GET INTO THE END ZONE.

>> YOU CAN SEE WHY HE IS DRAWING INTEREST FROM DUKE, WAKE , AND GEORGIA TECH.

HE IS JUST A JUNIOR.

HE SHOWS A LOT OF MOXIE.

HE IS SMART ABOUT RUNNING THE BALL.

I DO NOT KNOW THAT HE IS EXTREMELY FAST, BUT HE IS VERY SMART ABOUT WHEN TO RUN.

>> MAKING THE DEFENSE PAY.

READING THE DEFENSE, AS THEY TURN THEIR BACKS TO THEM.

HE IS MAKING THEM PAY.

TRYING TO DRAW THE TEAM CLOSER.

>> DECLINING THE PENALTY, THEY WANT TO GET THE SINGLE POINT.

THE KICK IS UP AND GOOD , AND AGAIN, 35 -32.

THIS GAME HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A GOOD ONE.

AT ONE POINT, AT ONE POINT, IT LOOKED LIKE NORTH ATLANTA WAS ABOUT TO FALL BEHIND 28-3, THEY DID NOT GO FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN.

OR RATHER, THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON SCORING DRIVE, THE TOUCHDOWN RUN BY IAN REYNOLDS ON FOURTH AND TWO .

THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD ALL THE MOMENTUM.

>> THEY GET THE STOP , AND EVER SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE BEEN MOVING THE BALL.

IT HAS BEEN JUST AN INTERESTING GAME WITH NORTH ATLANTA DOING IT WITH THE DRIVE.

HOUSTON COUNTY DOING IT WITH GOOD PLAYS, THUS FAR.

TIGHT GAME RIGHT HERE.

AND HOUSTON COUNTY , IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BIG PLAYS.

THEY NEED TO SUSTAIN THE DRIVE AND TRIED TO SHORTEN THE GAME.

>> OFFSIDES KICK, IT IS BOUNCING.

WHO GOT IT?

NORTH ATLANTA SAYS THEY HAVE IT.

LOOKING FOR A SIGNAL FROM THE OFFICIALS.

AND NORTH ATLANTA HAS IT!

HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A CALL?

>> COACH JAMIE AULL SAID HE WANTS A TURKEY DINNER .

HE IS GOING FORWARD, GOOD BOUNCE.

THAT BOUNCE RIGHT BUT IT IS WHAT CREATED THAT.

WITH THE ONSIDES KICK, WHEN THE BALL HITS THE AIR, WE DO HAVE AN INJURED PLAYER DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

GREAT EXECUTION BY THE KICKER.

>> AND NUMBER 13, BRYCE FORD, ENDED UP RECOVERING THE BALL.

I NEED TO SAY SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THAT KICK RIGHT THERE.

BY ENGLAND , I MEAN, YOU WILL NEVER FIND A BETTER ONSIDES KICK THAN THAT RIGHT THERE.

HE BOUNCED THAT UP, AND THIS TAKES A MAGICAL KICK.

IT TAKES A VERY HUGE BOUNCE RIGHT THERE.

>> THEY ARE USUALLY TRYING TO GET ONE RIGHT THERE.

THAT IS A NICE JOB.

THAT IS THE BALANCE ON THE BALL.

HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS DONE SOMETHING SPECIAL.

>> ONE HECKUVA KICK BY LUCAS ENGLAND.

AND NOW, NORTH ATLANTA , WITH THE BALL, AT THE 36, TRYING TO GRAB THE LEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT, BARNES, BIG, STRONG RUN.

HE TOOK A BIG HIT TO THE SHOULDERS.

I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT WAS HELMET TO HELMET, OR SHOULDER TO HELMET, HE TOOK A BIG HIT TO THE HEAD.

>> GREAT PATIENTS ON THIS LONG COMING UP WITH THE BIG HIT.

SMITH, NUMBER 21.

>> THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A PENALTY.

>> A LITTLE EARLIER , WE SOUGHT IN THIS.

THE LINEBACKER, CONNOR HUGHES .

>> HE IS GOING TO STAY IN AND BLOCK.

AND IT IS INTERCEPTED.

JORDAN SMITH, WITH HIS SECOND PICK OF THE GAME, THAT BRINGS IT BACK TO THE 48.

JORDAN SMITH, THE SOPHOMORE, HAS SHOWN OUT TONIGHT.

>> SECOND INTERCEPTION, THIS TIME READING REYNOLDS , JUMPING INTO THE ROUTE, WHAT A GREAT JOB, THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE WITH >> THE SOPHOMORE SAFETY JORDAN SMITH HAS TWO INTERCEPTIONS TONIGHT.

AT LEAST FIVE TACKLES IN THE GAME.

THE BIG, OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, ANDERSON, A BIG PROSPECT IN THE 2026 CLASS, HELPING HIM UP OFF THE FIELD.

WHAT A NIGHT FOR JORDAN SMITH, COMING UP WITH A BIG PICK WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE NORTH ATLANTA MIGHT BE POISED TO GRAB THEIR FIRST LEAD OF THE GAME.

>> I KNOW THAT COACH EDWARDS, I THINK HE SAID THAT THE FUTURE MIGHT BE TODAY.

HE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING ON DEFENSE.

>> I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.

FIRST AND 10, BALL AT THE 46.

COMING OFF OF THE EDGE.

THAT WAS AMIR THOMAS, HE HAS HAD THE YEOMANS SHARE OF THE RHYMES.

IT HAS BEEN ALL AMIR THOMAS.

HE CAME IN WITH 491 YARDS RUSHING, AVERAGING ABOUT 11 YARDS PER CARRY.

THE THROW IS INCOMPLETE.

NO FLAG.

KIND OF SURPRISING.

CARVER THOUGHT THERE SHOULD'VE BEEN ONE, HE MAY HAVE A LEGITIMATE BEEF.

>> WORKING OUT OF THE SLOT, COMING IN WITH THAT SLANT, UNDERNEATH.

I DO THINK THAT RECORDO TARVER HAS APPOINTMENT THERE.

WAIST, BEFORE THAT BALL GOT TO HIM.

>> THAT IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO LOOK WITH THESE SHIFTY DEFENSIVE BACKS, THEY ARE ALWAYS HUGGING YOU AROUND THE WAIST.

THEY HAVE THAT OTHER ARM WRAPPED UP AROUND YOUR WAIST.

THEY LEARN HOW TO DO THAT PRETTY QUICKLY.

WHEN THEY PLAY THAT POSITION.

THIRD DOWN AND SIX, NOT GOING TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.

LET'S SEE WHAT HoCo DOES HERE, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD PUNT THEM DEEP.

YOU WOULD THINK.

>> INTERESTING CALL BY THE OFFENSE.

THEY ARE BRINGING OUT THE PUNTING UNIT.

YOU WOULD DEFINITELY THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE GONE A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THAT THIRD DOWN PLAY.

BUT THIS IS THE SMART MOVE, BY COACH EDWARDS.

PIN THEM DEEP, FORCE THEM TO COME OFF THE GOAL LINE.

>> MALCOLM, ON THE PUNT.

A LITTLE RUSH, GOING TO SET UP A RETURN.

THE SHORTER KICK, AT THE 20, STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, THAT IS WHERE IT WILL BE DOWN, 20, 21 YARD LINE.

WITH 4:56 LEFT IN REGULATION, NORTH ATLANTA IS BACK ON OFFENSE, DOWN THREE.

>> THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN IS ALL ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION.

BE KIND TO YOUR MIND, LEARN MORE ABOUT HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES AND LIVING A DRUG FREE LIFESTYLE.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE GPB STUDIOS IN ATLANTA.

THIS IS THE FIRST -ROUND PLAYOFF MATCHUP BETWEEN HOUSTON COUNTY AND NORTH ATLANTA.

AFTER THE GAME, THE POSTGAME SHOW IS BACK.

>> WE WILL SEE WHO SURVIVED DAY NUMBER ONE, WE WILL GET YOU READY FOR DAY TWO OF ROUND NUMBER ONE.

ALL OF THE ANSWERS ARE COMING UP IN SHORT ORDER.

FOR NOW, BACK TO THE REST OF THE GAME IN NORTH ATLANTA.

>> ALL PROFESSIONAL.

MR. NELLIE, LET'S JUST CALL HIM MR. NATALIE NOW.

WILL BE WATCHING, STICKING AROUND FOR THE SCORES AND THE BRACKET, WITH HANNAH, COMING UP IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE GAME.

YOU KNOW HOW THEY DO IT.

PERFECT FOR THE BUS RIDE BACK HOME.

MALCOLM , HE GETS THE BIG FIRST DOWN RUN.

THEY HAVE ALTERNATED RUNNING BACKS WITH INJURIES.

BARNES, HE IS STILL UNDER THE 10.

>> MALCOLM LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT STILL BE LIMPING A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT A GREAT FEED TO GET THAT FIRST DOWN.

>> BALL IS AT THE 33.

WITH THE GAME GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE.

SETTING UP A SCREEN.

AND IT GOES TO MALCOLM.

LET'S CHECK IN WITH NICKY FOR THE UPDATE ON BARNES.

>> YES, DEMEITRUS BARNES IS UNDER THE ATHLETIC TENT.

THEY PUT HIM THROUGH CONCUSSION PROTOCOL.

HE IS VISIBLY , INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED.

HE HAS CLEARLY HAD A PRODUCTIVE DAY BUT HE WAS RATTLED ON THAT KICK.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 10.

HEAVY RUSH.

REYNOLDS JUMPS UP , TRIES TO GET OUT OF IT.

HE WOULD GET OUTSIDE, AND HE STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS, THAT WILL KEEP THE CLOCK GOING.

HE STOPPED BEFORE HE GOT OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> JACKSON, IN THE BACKFIELD, ABLE TO DO THE SMART THING, CREATING THIRD AND SHORT FOR YOUR TEAM.

>> THIRD DOWN AND FOUR WITH THE BALL AT THE 39.

WE ARE APPROACHING FOUR MINUTES LEFT IN REGULATION.

REYNOLDS, DOWNFIELD, OVERSHOOTS HIS TARGET.

HE WAS LOOKING FOR THOMPSON, NOW HE COMES UP HOBBLING.

>> TRAFFIC, BOTH WAYS, MAKING PLAYS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.

LEGS, TIRED.

THAT IS A CRAMP RIGHT THERE.

>> NOT THE END OF THE GAME BY ANY MEANS, NORTH ATLANTA HAS THREE TIME-OUTS IN THEIR BACK POCKET.

BUT THEY WILL REALLY NEED TO CONVERT HERE.

>> BACKFIELD.

DANGEROUS , REYNOLDS IS RUNNING THE BALL.

>> THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE.

HE TRIED TO GO TO FORD COULD NOT CONNECT.

AND THE BALL GOES OVER TO HoCo.

>> THE THREE-STAR CORNER, COMMITTED TO GEORGIA SEVEN, ON THE COVERAGE, PLAYING WITH THAT HURT HAND AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS WRAPPED UP.

TRYING TO RUN THAT UNDERNEATH.

UNABLE TO COME UP WITH THE BALL.

DALLAS FORD.

>> 3:02 LEFT IN REGULATION, AND NORTH ATLANTA WILL HAVE TO START USING THOSE TIME-OUTS ON DEFENSE.

AND HOUSTON COUNTY, IF YOU CAN FORCE NORTH ATLANTA TO BURN ALL OF THE TIME-OUTS, YOU PICK UP FIRST DOWN, GAME OVER!

>> TOO TIGHT OF A GAME, FOR HOUSTON COUNTY.

>> HAND OFF.

THAT IS A GOOD STOP.

THEY CONVERT .

AND THE TIME-OUT HAS ALREADY BEEN USED.

ONLY NINE SECONDS COME OFF THE CLOCK THERE.

>> IF YOU ARE HOUSTON COUNTY, IN THIS SITUATION, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE NUMBER ONE KEY THING ON A DRIVE LIKE THIS IS TO MAKE THE OPPOSITION BURN THOSE TIME-OUTS.

IT IS OKAY TO RUN THE BALL THREE TIMES IN A ROW, REGARDLESS OF GETTING ANY YARDAGE.

IF THEY HAVE TO BURN THOSE THREE TIME-OUTS, AND THEN PIN THEM DOWN THE FIELD.

GET THOSE TIME-OUTS OUT OF THE NORTH ATLANTA BACK POCKET.

>> THEY HAVE GOTTEN ONE OUT OF THE WAY.

NORTH ATLANTA , SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE MET IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS, HoCo, 41-30 VICTORY.

FRIDAY NIGHT , THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

NORTH ATLANTA FELL INTO A DEEP HOLE , THEY HAVE BATTLED BACK, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CLEAR THE DEFICIT, THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING FROM BEHIND HER THE ENTIRE NIGHT, SECOND DOWN AND 13.

HILL, STOPPED AT THE 38 YARD LINE AND ANOTHER TIME-OUT IS BURNED.

>> Referee: SECOND TIME-OUT OF THE HALF.

>> GETTING DOWN THERE, READING THE DEFENSE, A GOOD JOB OF COVERING THE BALL AT THE END.

>> ANOTHER NINE SECONDS OFF THE CLOCK.

NORTH ATLANTA HAS USED TWO TIME- OUTS, AND 18 SECONDS, OFF THE CLOCK SINCE THE START OF THIS POSSESSION.

>> NOW, TALKING ABOUT COVERING THE BALL UP.

THAT LAST TIME-OUT FOR NORTH ATLANTA.

>> HILL, 262 YARDS, FIVE CARRIES , AND THAT 9 FOR 21 REALLY TELLS THE STORY, THE RECEIVERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET BEHIND THE DB.

NOT A SPECTACULAR GAME FOR AJ HILL BY ANY MEANS.

>> YOU CAN COME UP WITH GREAT CATCHES.

SO GOOD IN THAT INTERMEDIATE GAME, DELIVERING THE BALL FROM SOME OF THOSE SLANTS.

>> THEY WILL GO UP TOP.

IT IS TAUGHT, TOUCHDOWN!

RICKY JOHNSON, WITH THE TOUCHDOWN CATCH, JUST RUNNING RIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT BLOB .

>> THEY KIND OF GAVE UP ON THE PLAY, THE NORTH ATLANTA FLAG BEING THROWN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY JUST THOUGHT THAT THE PLAY WAS OVER, THE PLAY WAS ALREADY IN MOTION HERE, GOING OUT TO THOMAS, AND JUST GETTING BACK BEHIND THE DEFENSE ONCE AGAIN, IT IS RICKY JOHNSON.

>> THIRD TOUCHDOWN CATCH FOR RICKY JOHNSON.

>> Referee: TOUCHDOWN, HOLDING , DEFENSE, 10-YARD PENALTY.

>> I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT.

>> IT IS THE PENALTY OF THE PLAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> BIG-TIME PLAY, WITH JOHNSON, TRYING FOR THAT TOUCHDOWN.

>> THE P.A.T.

IS GOOD, THAT MIGHT BE THE SCORE THAT FINALLY PUTS THIS ONE OUT OF REACH.

AND LOOK AT THIS.

41-31 LAST YEAR, 42 -32 THIS YEAR.

>> WHAT I CALL BY KELLY CHASTAIN , GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN IN THAT SITUATION.

TRYING TO EAT UP THAT LAST TIME- OUT, BUT THEY TRIED TO GO DEEP, JUST KIND OF DRIFTING , CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, RICKY JOHNSON AND SURPRISINGLY CAUGHT THAT TOUCHDOWN, GOOD PICKUP ON THE BLITZ.

>> Referee: AFTER THE PLAY, PERSONAL FOUL.

DEFENSE.

THE PENALTY WILL BE ENFORCED ON THE KICKOFF.

>> VERY SMOOTH PLAY AND I LOVE WHAT I AM SAYING OUT OF JOHNSON.

NOTHING BUT LIKE FOR WHAT I HAVE SEEN OUT OF RICKY JOHNSON.

YOU HEARD NICKY TELL YOU THE STORY EARLIER, HE MOVED , HE MOVED FROM THE ATLANTA AREA.

WARNER-ROBBINS, TO BE WITH HIS MOTHER.

HE WAS PLAYING JUNIOR VARSITY, OUTSIDE LINEBACKER.

IN THE SOUTH BURNETT PROGRAM.

HE GOT DOWN THERE, DID NOT IMMEDIATELY GO TO THE FOOTBALL OFFICE A, I WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL, THEY SAW HIM HANGING OUT AND PLAYING AT THE GYM.

COACH EDWARD SAID, HEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL?

AND THEY PUT HIM OUT THERE, THEY DID NOT REALLY KNOW WHERE TO PUT HIM, THEY PUT HIM AT WIDE RECEIVER.

HE SAID FROM THE VERY FIRST >> OUTSIDE LINEBACKER , TO THE NUMBERS THAT HE PUT UP.

>> HE MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MISCAST AS AN OUTSIDE LINEBACKER.

THEY FOUND THE RIGHT SPOT, I THINK.

>> FROM WHERE THEY CAME FROM, THEY HAD HIM IN THE WRONG POSITION.

BUT WITH THE TALENT HE HAS SHOWN ON THIS FIELD, AND ALL YEAR LONG FOR HIS TEAM.

>> WITH ALL OF THE PENALTIES THEY GOT PACKED ON, THE KICKOFF IS COMING FROM THE 35.

>> I AM NOT REALLY SURE IN THIS SITUATION , I WOULD EXPECT HE WOULD GET A KICK ON THIS?

>> INSTEAD, THEY JUST KICKED IT AS FAR AS THEY CAN.

BUT TO ME YOU WANT TO SPLIT KICK, YOU HAVE THAT 10-POINT LEAD, WITH 237 TO GO, YOU HAVE NOT PUT THE GAME TO BED YET, NOT TOTALLY.

BUT YOU ALMOST HAVE.

YOU WANT TO SPLIT KICK AND HAVE IT BOUNCE AROUND THE 10 YARD LINE.

>> SHORTER FIELD, YOU DEFINITELY , YOU DO NOT WANT TO GET THE BALL OUT AT THE 20.

>> IT DOES LOOK GOOD, HE GETS THE TOUCHBACK.

SO, REYNOLDS, GETTING HIS OFFENSE BACK OUT THERE.

NOW, IT MIGHT BE TOO TALL AT THIS POINT.

AND NOW, THE TIME AND THE DEFICIT , TOO BIG, TOO SHORT.

REYNOLDS FIRES TO THE OUTSIDE.

THAT IS GARDNER WITH HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME, COLTON GARDNER, THE SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER, LIKELY PLAYING IN HIS >> POSITIVE YARDS , YOU ARE ALWAYS SETTING THE TONE FOR THE DRIVE.

>> FIRST AND 10, REYNOLDS , IT GOES DEEP.

INTERCEPTED AGAIN, PATTERSON, WITH THE INTERCEPTION.

AND THAT WILL DO IT.

FOURTH INTERCEPTION OF THE NIGHT FOR THIS HoCo DEFENSE.

PATTERSON GOT TOO AND JORDAN SMITH GOT TWO.

>> PLAYING HIS TECHNIQUE.

STEP FOR STEP WITH BENSON, HAD HIM AROUND THE WHOLE TIME.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO, GETTING DOWN THE FIELD, DEEP.

BENSON, THEIR MAIN TARGET.

THEY HAVE TRIED TO DO THAT.

AND HE IS JUST RUNNING AROUND.

NICE JOB, BRINGING THE BALL DOWN.

THAT RECEIVER, CATCHING THE BALL.

>> SO, THEY ARE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO ONE OR-ROBBINS.

ASSUMING THAT WOODWARD ACADEMY WENT ON TO WIN THAT SECOND -ROUND, OR, FIRST-ROUND MATCHUP, SETTING UP THE SECOND- ROUND MATCHUP.

WOODWARD ACADEMY BEAT EVANS, THAT MEANS THAT WOODWARD ACADEMY IS GOING TO BE HOSTING THE WINNER OF THIS GAME, WHICH NOW APPEARS TO BE HOUSTON COUNTY, IN 1:45.

ANOTHER ROAD TRIP, IT WILL BE THEIR 11th CONSECUTIVE ROAD GAME IN THE PLAYOFFS.

I DON'T KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

>> THE GOOD THING IS, THEY DON'T NEED TO UNPACK.

THEY HAVE WHATEVER IS DIRTY, YOU WASH IT REAL QUICK, PUT IT BACK IN THE BAG, AND REPEAT, EACH AND EVERY WEEK.

>> THEY WERE BE PLAYING IN COLLEGE PARK, BY THE ATLANTA AIRPORT.

AT THE HISTORIC HOUSTON COUNTY FANS MIGHT WANT TO MAKE THE TRIP TO WATCH THAT GAME.

THAT IS GOING TO BE A VERY FUN ENVIRONMENT.

A BEAUTIFUL STADIUM ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ATLANTA.

WON SOME CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES IN THAT STADIUM.

AND THAT IS WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE HoCo WILL BE HEADING NEXT, TO TAKE ON WOODWARD ACADEMY IN THE SECOND ROUND.

>> LOOK AT HILL, HE MADE BIG PLAYS BUT HE WAS NOT CONSISTENT AND ABLE TO RALLY BEHIND THE DEFENSE , AND SECONDARY, GETTING INTERCEPTIONS IN THE GAME.

BAILING THEM OUT ON SOME DRIVES.

>> VICTORY FORMATION, THE CLOCK IS GOING TO WIND DOWN.

AND HOUSTON COUNTY WILL PICK UP THEIR NINTH WINNER OF THE YEAR AND IMPROVED TO 9-2.

THEY HAVE BEATEN NORTH ATLANTA BY NEARLY THE IDENTICAL SCORE THAT THEY BEAT THEM LAST YEAR.

>> ABLE TO WEATHER THE STORM IN THOSE MIDDLE QUARTERS.

AND THEY WENT ARIAL AGAIN, MAKING THOSE BIG PLAYS, THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE CAPABLE OF HAVING THOSE KINDS OF GAMES.

>> THEIR HISTORIC SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE AT 9-2.

THEY HAVE NEVER GONE 9-1 IN THE REGULAR SEASON, BUT THEY FALL TONIGHT.

9-2, THEY FINISH UP.

STICK AROUND, THEY ARE GETTING READY TO GRAB COACH EDWARDS AND OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME.

AND THEN IT WILL BE THE WORLD- FAMOUS GPB POSTGAME SHOW , WITH JOHN AND HANNAH.

DO NOT PICK UP THAT REMOTE.

42-32, THE FINAL, AS THE BEARS WIN TONIGHT.

AND OUR POSTGAME INTERVIEW WITH COACH JEREMY EDWARDS, BROUGHT TO YOU BY JOHNNY'S NEW YORK- STYLE PIZZA, YOUR ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZERIA.

>> COACH, YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO GO 1-0, THERE WILL BE A CELEBRATION ON HIGHWAY 96.

>> I AM SO PROUD.

THESE KIDS PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK, THEY IN AND DAY OUT.

THIS WAS A GREAT NIGHT FOR THE SENIORS TO END AND I AM SO PROUD OF THIS TEAM.

>> THE SENIORS, OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME, RICKY JOHNSON.

HOW PRODUCTIVE WAS HE FOR YOUR OFFENSE ?

>> HE IS A GREAT KID, EVERYTHING HE GETS, HE DESERVES, I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF HIM.

HE SHOWCASED TONIGHT WHY HE IS THE VERY BEST RECEIVER IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR QUICK THOUGHTS?

>> I WILL NOT LOOK AT WOODWARD UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

WE WANT TO ENJOY THIS.

>> LET'S BRING IN OUR GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME, RICKY JOHNSON, HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW?

1-0 AGAIN.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP.

COACH EDWARDS SAID YOU HELD IT DOWN, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT THE PAST FEW YEARS.

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A SENIOR ON THIS TEAM?

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF UNDERCLASSMEN WHO LOOK UP TO US.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS ON THE TEAM.

>> CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE QUARTERBACKS BUT YOU HAD FOUR 128 YARDS.

>> A FEW DAYS AGO, WE WERE GETTING ALONG GOOD.

YOU KNOW, WE GOOD.

>> QUAVO WAS ON THE SIDELINE.

MAYBE WE SHOULD HIT HIM UP AND SEE WHAT HE THINKS YOU SHOULD IMPROVE ON.

>> HE IS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT AJ.

>> GOOD LUCK WITH WOODWARD.

WHAT ARE YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS?

>> WE HAVE TO GO TO PRACTICE.

GO HARD ON EVERY REP .

AND MY FAULT, MY FAULT, GET OUT.

OPPORTUNITY, GOING TO BE GOOD.

>> 1-0, THAT IS WHAT COACH EDWARDS HAS BEEN SAYING.

HANNAH AND JOHN, TAKE IT OVER.

JUST KIDDING, WE WILL GO TO MATT REALLY QUICK.

>> NICKY, WE NEED TO GIVE OUR FINAL THOUGHTS THEN WE WILL GO TO JOHN AND HANNAH.

RICKY JOHNSON, THEY COULD NOT COVER HIM.

AND HOUSTON COUNTY, JUMPING OUT TO A BIG LEAD AND ABLE TO HOLD ONTO IT.

>> ALMOST 30 YARDS PER CATCH.

AJ, NOT HIS BEST NIGHT, BUT ABLE TO THROW THE DEEP BALL.

>> BE SURE TO JOIN US NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE SECOND ROUND AND GAME SELECTION WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THESE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TOMORROW.

THE PLAYOFFS, SECOND ROUND, NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, RIGHT HERE ON GPB.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE GAME AGAIN, CATCH A FULL REPLAY AFTER OUR POSTGAME SHOW OR IN THE COMING WEEKS, AT GPB.ORG/SPORTS.

ONCE AGAIN, HoCo ADVANCES WITH THE 42-32 WIN.

NOW FOR HANNAH GOODWIN, JOHN NELSON, GAME PRODUCERS , AND OUR DIRECTOR, I AM MATT STEWART.

WE ARE SAYING GOOD NIGHT FROM EDDIE HENDERSON STADIUM IN MIDTOWN ATLANTA.

STAY TUNED FOR THE POST GAME SHOW WITH ALL SCORES AND UPDATED BRACKETS.

HoCo , THEY WIN AGAIN AND THEY ADVANCE.

THIS HAS BEEN A PRESENTATION OF GPB SPORTS.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPB, PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU TO BE SAFE ON EVERY TRIP.

BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPB, BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY REGIONS BANK.

GET BACK IN THE GAME BY REGIONS BANK.

>> WELCOME TO THE POSTGAME SHOW, PRESENTED BY OUR FRIENDS AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF SAFETY, REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.

WE ARE COMING TO YOU FROM THE GPB STUDIOS IN ATLANTA.

WE JUST WRAPPED UP THE FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF GAME ON OUR AIR IT WAS HOUSTON COUNTY VERSUS NORTH ATLANTA.

THE BEARS PULLED IT OUT, 42- 32.

BUT I THOUGHT THE WARRIORS MIGHT HAVE HAD IT IN THE FOURTH.

>> THAT WAS A GREAT FIGHT FROM NORTH ATLANTA, THEY WERE DOWN EARLY, THEY WERE COMING BACK WITHIN A COUPLE OF POINTS, THE ONSIDE KICK, TURNOVERS, THEY WERE THE ABSOLUTE KILLER TONIGHT FOR NORTH ATLANTA.

IN THE WIN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY.

TWO INTERCEPTIONS IN THE FIRST HALF THAT MARGIN, NORTH ATLANTA HAD TO QUARREL .

IT ENDS UP BEING HOUSTON COUNTY'S NIGHT, HIGHWAY 96 COMES TO THE 75-85 CONNECTOR, THEY ADVANCE TO NUMBER TWO.

>> AGAINST WOODWARD, IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE POSTGAME SHOW, THIS IS THE FUN PART.

WE GET TO BRING IN COACHES FROM ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

WE HAVE OUR FIRST COACH, WAITING FOR US TO HEAR FROM HIM.

JOHNNY WHITE, HEY, COACH, YOUR TEAM WON 28-14.

TELL ME ABOUT THE GAME, CONGRATULATIONS ABOUT ADVANCING.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE ARE VERY HAPPY.

WE HAVE WORKED TO DO.

WE CAME OUT, PRETTY HEALTHY, WE HAVE THE DRAWING BOARD ON MONDAY.

THE BIG THING IS THE DEFENSE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER THIS SEASON.

I KNOW IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIDE FOR YOU, WHEN YOU TAKE ABOUT THE DEFENSE AT DOUGLAS COUNTY.

WHAT IS IT LIKE, ONCE AGAIN, IN THE FIRST ROUND, ONLY GETTING UP NINE POINTS, TALK ABOUT THE DEFENSE FOR ME A LITTLE BIT.

>> WE PLAYED VERY WELL.

THE THING I WAS VERY PROUD OF, WE WERE READY TONIGHT.

AND WE HAD A PICK SIX AND WE ALSO RETURNED THE FUMBLE TO 80 YARDS.

SO, I THINK I'LL OFFENSE WAS PUTTING UP POINTS.

AND I THINK WE ARE A HARD TEAM TO BEAT.

WHAT MAKES US SO GREAT, OUR DEFENSIVE LINE, WE ARE ROTATING EIGHT GUYS.

AND WE REALLY HAVE GUYS ON THE SECONDARY.

OUR DEPTH IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE LONG HAUL, THE KEY GUYS THEY KEEP PLAYING HARD.

BECAUSE WE ARE PLAYING HARD, OUR STARTERS ARE PLAYING, THEY CAN GO LONG OUT ON THE LINE TO KEEP PLAYING.

I AM VERY PROUD OF OUR DEFENSE.

>> YOU ALSO HAVE ANOTHER HOME GAME AGAINST SEQUOIA , 33 IVA 9, IN THE SECOND ROUND, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SEQUOIA , AND WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET PAST THEM?

>> I KNOW THEY ARE A GREAT PROGRAM.

LIKE I SAY, I TOLD MY TEAM ALL THE TIME, YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO WIN THE WHOLE THING.

SO, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO ON MONDAY.

I TOLD THE STAFF , WE NEED TO KEEP WORKING.

>> COACH WHITE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

GOOD LUCK.

>> JOHN, LET'S BREAK DOWN THE BRACKET.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK .

WE CAN FILL IN ALL OF THE SPACES.

63, ON THE BOARD, BIDDING CENTRAL.

SEQUOIA, AND LEE COUNTY OVER DINWIDDIE , AND NOW, LEESBURG.

HOUSTON COUNTY, WE KNOW THEY WILL PLAY WOODWARD ACADEMY, THEY WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL NORTH OF THE AIRPORT NEXT WEEK.

BT WARNER, OVER CREEK, 46 -27, OVER SOUTH SPALDING.

WE CAN ADVANCE, SO , CITY PARK, YOU END UP HAVING TO GET THEM NEXT WEEK.

WE CAN FILL IN EVERYBODY OVER HERE, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, LANIER GETS THE WIN.

BRASWELL, OVER RIVER RIDGE.

BRUNSWICK, DEREK BRADY AND THE PIRATES, AND THEY GET TO TRAVEL NEXT WEEK TO SPALDING STADIUM TO TAKE ON MERIT.

DOWN HERE, WE CAN FILL OUT THIS SECTION AS WELL, NORTH FORSYTH AND HUGHES , THIS ONE WAS TIGHT EARLY.

THEY PUT UP BIG NUMBERS, AND JONESBORO BEADS GLENN ACADEMY BY ONE.

AND THAT LEADS US TO OUR NEXT GUEST.

JONESBORO GETS TO TRAVEL TO TAKE ON THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL , AND MAYBE ST. PINES , THEY BEAT THEM, AND , HANNAH, THAT LEADS US TO GUEST NUMBER TWO.

>> LET'S BRING IN JUSTIN ROGERS.

>> YOU HAVE THE PLAYOFF BEARD GOING.

>> WE LOVE SEEING THAT.

COACH, WHAT IS WORKING SO WELL THIS SEASON?

>> IT IS A COMBINATION OF A LOT OF THINGS.

WE HAVE KIDS WHO LOVE EACH OTHER.

AND THEY HAVE WORKED SO HARD, THERE IS A COMMUNITY THAT JUST SUPPORTS THEM.

IT IS JUST AMAZING .

IT HAS BECOME ELECTRIC EVERY WEEK.

THERE ARE A LOT OF POSITIVES.

>> COACH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT YEAR.

I KNOW THAT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE OFFENSE.

IT IS THE SAME QUESTION I ASKED JOHNNY WHITE FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY.

THE DEFENSE HAS BEEN REALLY STOUT, HELPING YOU PUT UP THE BIG NUMBERS.

SHORT FIELD, CLINICAL, PUTTING UP A LOT OF NUMBERS.

>> WE HAVE ONE OF THE BETTER DEFENSES OUT THERE PLAYING.

OUR DEFENSIVE FRONT, REALLY LOADED.

AND KIM BROOKS, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE DEFENSE HAS BEEN A STRONG AND CONSISTENT FORCE ALL YEAR.

>> LOOKED AT THE MAP , YOU ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER HOME GAME, BREAK DOWN WHAT HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE MEANS FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS NEVER BEEN THERE.

>> YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR THE TRAIN COMING.

THE HORNS ARE LOUD.

AND THEN THE FANS BRING HORNS.

IT WILL BE RICH.

WE WILL BE FIGHTING, OUR FANS ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS.

THEY DO NOT SIT IDLY WATCHING.

>> I LOVE TO SEE YOUR SUCCESS.

GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> GO, DATA.

>> BRING HIM UP.

>> THERE HE IS.

>> THAT IS SO CUTE.

>> BE SAFE MY FRIEND.

>> I LOVE THAT.

ALL RIGHT , GUYS.

WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THE REST, NEXT.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA ON GPB, PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY, REMINDING YOU TO BE SAFE ON EVERY TRIP, BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.

>> LET'S BRING ON THE HEAD COACH.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BIG WIN AND DANCING.

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>> HE IS ON NEW.

HE WILL FIGURE IT OUT.

>> BUFORD GOES TO NORTHCROSS THE NEXT WEEK.

AND A WINNER TONIGHT, THEY GET GRAYSON.

GRACE MENG THE RICHMOND HILL, THEY WILL HOST NORTH SPALDING.

HERE IS YOUR UPSET OF THE NIGHT, COLLEGE HILL, WINNERS .

>> WE ARE BEING ALARMED.

>> COLLINSVILLE ADVANCES.

MILTON , 53-0.

WEST LAKE, IN CONTROL OVER MARIETTA , 34-15.

51-25.

BUFORD AT NORCROSS , AND THEN THEY TRAVEL TO MILTON, AND THEY GO FURTHER , TO TAKE ON THE COUNTY, THAT IS 7 , A.

THEY WILL LET US KNOW HIM A LET'S GO TO 5A.

THEY ARE REPORTING, AND THIS IS WHEELER COUNTY OVER DECATUR, BY A FINAL OF 49 .

THEY ADVANCE , THEY WILL TAKE ON ONE OR- ROBBINS NEXT WEEK.

AND DALTON, NO PROBLEM, SO, THEY ADVANCE LIKELY SIDE.

THAT IS YOUR BRACKET, AND UPPER LEFT, WARNER-ROBBINS, DALTON, STATESBORO LEADS TUCKER, THEY PARIS COUNTY, THEY GET THE WIN.

PARIS COUNTY GETS A HOME GAME, AND THEY ARE WINNERS OVER CAMBRIDGE, NO PROBLEMS WITH JACKSON.

AND SO, ADVANCE STATESBORO, HARRIS COUNTY, ADVANCE JEFFERSON.

RIGHT HAND SIDE, EAST SIDE, OVER CHAPEL HILL, BY 24.

HUNTERSVILLE , WINNING BY 40.

DUTCH DOWN BEATS NORTHGATE, AND THE UPSET, JENKINS , SAVANNAH, BEATING ARABIA MOUNTAIN , JENKINS COMES INTO THE PLAYOFFS AT 3-7, THEY BEAT ARABIA MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CHAMPS, THEY WILL GO TO DUTCH TOWN NEXT WEEK.

AND JONES WILL PLAY NEXT WEEKEND, 5 A.

GREAT STORY IN AAA, WE HEAD TO THE MOUNTAINS AND WE CATCH UP WITH KEITH WEBB.

BECAUSE -- >> FIRST -EVER REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST-EVER PLAYOFF WIN.

>> 52-6 , LET'S GO!

LET'S GO AND FIND OUT WHAT THE STORY IS .

CONGRATULATIONS , BIG WINNERS.

COACH , CONGRATULATIONS, HOW DOES IT FEEL?

>> I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

AS WE CAN SEE, I AM HANGING OUT IN THE SQUARE.

MY STAFF AND I ARE ENJOYING A POST GAME MEAL.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> WE STEPPED OUTSIDE AND THIS COMMUNITY IS FIRED UP .

WE ARE HAPPY TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING.

>> YOUR TEAM WAS 0-10 FOUR YEARS AGO.

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DO TURNING THIS PROGRAM AROUND?

WHAT IS THE SECRET SAUCE?

>> THAT IS A DEEP QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT.

YOU KNOW?

YOU MENTIONED THAT GROUP OF SENIORS, THEY WERE 0- 10, NOW 11- 0.

THAT GROUP OF YOUNG MEN, THAT WAS THE CATALYST, WE HAD A PRETTY DECENT YEAR LAST YEAR IN A THREE , OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN AWESOME, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE A TREMENDOUS STAFF .

THE COMBINATION AMONGST A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS HAS LED KIND OF DO THIS TURNAROUND AND I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING.

>> YOU AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER THIS SEASON ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT LUMPKIN COUNTY WOULD GET MENTIONED ON A STATEWIDE PLATFORM.

YOU HAVE GONE TO DOUBLE-DIGIT WINS.

RIDE BEEN LIKE SO FAR?

>> WE HAVE HAD A BLAST, WHEN YOU ARE 11-0, THAT MEANS YOU ARE HAVING FUN.

BUT, IT IS FUN, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, WE ARE SURROUNDED BY A GREAT GROUP OF YOUNG MEN, A GREAT GROUP OF COACHES.

EVERYTHING JUST CLICKS.

AND THAT MAKES IT FUN.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

EAT YOUR FOOD AND CELEBRATE WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT SUNDAY.

>> KEITH WEBB, HEAD COACH OF LUMPKIN COUNTY.

>> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE AAA BRACKET, WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT TODAY.

>> WE WILL RUN THROUGH IT QUICK, MARY PARSONS ADVANCES OVER THE BLUE TIDE OF LONG COUNTY BY 16.

YOU CAN MOVE BREMEN OVER, YOU CAN MOVE CEDAR GROVE OVER.

BREMEN WILL TRAVEL TO CEDAR GROVE.

LOWER LEFT, THOMASVILLE, YOU CAN ADVANCE THE BULLDOGS , AS THE THREE SEED.

CALVARY DAY, NO PROBLEMS WITH MARCUS STROUD.

WESLEYAN WINS BY 21.

NO PROBLEM WITH CARVER ATLANTA.

YOU CAN ADVANCE STEPHENS COUNTY INDIANS, WESLEYAN GHOST TO TACOMA .

AND NOW, TONY COUNTY TRAVELS NEXT WEEK, IN FOUR OVERTIMES, SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN HANGS ON TO BEAT PEACH COUNTY.

SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN HAD THE LEAD, THEY GO TO OVERTIME AND THEY WIN.

THEN THEY WILL GO TO THE MONROE AREA, THE THIRD TIME THAT THE FIELD GOAL WAS TAKEN, THEY WILL ADVANCE TO PLAY THE FOUR SEED.

AND HUDSON, THEY BEAT SAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY, MOVE CARTER COLUMBUS, AAA IS OFFICIALLY CRAZY AND WE ARE CALLING IN NIGHT NUMBER ONE.

>> THEY PLAY TOMORROW, WE HAVE MORE BRACKETS.

AND MORE COACHES TO HEAR FROM.

STICK WITH US , ONE MORE QUICK BREAK.

>> WELCOME BACK.

OUR GAME TONIGHT , IT WAS THE FIRST IVAN RABB VALVE MATCH BETWEEN HOUSTON COUNTY AND NORTH ATLANTA.

THE BEARS PULLED IT OFF.

THEY ADVANCE THE PLAY WOODWARD.

WE HAVE JOHN HUNT TO TELL US ABOUT HIS GAME.

YOU BEAT EVANS TONIGHT.

RECAP THE GAME, WHAT WAS WORKING SO WELL?

>> OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE CHALLENGED .

THEY HAVE A BIG OLD TACKLE.

WE WERE CHALLENGED .

OUR DEFENSE REALLY ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE.

THEY ALL DO A WONDERFUL JOB .

WILLIAM AND MARY PLAYED A GREAT GAME, AND MARIO.

AND THESE GUYS CAME READY TO PLAY AND REALLY SET THE TONE EARLY.

OFFENSIVELY , WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE BIG PLAYS EARLY.

THAT WAS GOOD.

WE HAVE HAD GUYS WHO ARE A GREAT RECEIVING FORCE FOR US ALL YEAR.

WE HAD THAT BIG 70 OR 80-YARDER EARLY.

YOU KNOW ?

YOU KNOW , WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THE WIN.

>> SEVEN DOUBLE-DIGIT WINS IN YOUR TENURE AT WOODWARD ACADEMY.

WHAT IS THE SECRET SAUCE IN WOODWARD, WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ALL OF THESE PLAYOFF RUNS?

>> TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF GREAT ASSISTANT COACHES AND I HAVE HAD GREAT CONTINUITY WITH THESE ASSISTANT COACHES.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THIS COACHING MENTALITY GOING.

AND I AM OF COURSE BLESSED WITH WONDERFUL KIDS AND GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE ACADEMY AND GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE FAMILIES.

EVERYTHING LIKE THAT .

THE CONSISTENCY THAT WE HAVE HAD.

>> COACH HUNT , CONGRATULATIONS, INC. YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAINST HOUSTON COUNTY NEXT WEEK.

>> THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT WITH US ON THE POSTGAME SHOW.

>> WE HAVE GONE THROUGH EVERY SINGLE BRACKET EXCEPT FOR SINGLE-A .

>> BE ONE.

>> PRODUCER LORI TOLD US WHERE TO GO.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT D -1.

OWING COUNTY AND BLAKELY COUNTY.

IN CONFERENCE.

OWING COUNTY WINNING BY 24.

BLAKELY COUNTY .56 ON THE BOARD.

THE AC ADVANCED , AFTER THE CHRISTIAN AND FORFEIT.

THEY ARE IN BOGART.

HELEN WINS AFTER TRAILING BRIAN COUNTY , FIRST -EVER PLAYOFF WIN IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

TWO BIG OFFENSES LEFT-HAND SIDE.

ALBERT COUNTY WINS, AND SWAINSBORO , BIG SECOND HALF FOR THE TIGERS.

THE RAVENS BEAT SOCIAL CIRCLE BY 35, AND DUBLIN, IN THEIR RUNNING GAME.

DUBLIN AND BROOKS, ROUND TWO, IN DIVISION I, LOWER RIGHT.

LET'S GO TO DIVISION II AND SHOW YOU WHAT IS GOING ON THERE, WE CAN FILL IN ALL OF THESE.

SEMINOLE, THE TWO SEED, BEATING THE WILCOX COUNTY SIDE, A BIT OF AN UPSET THAT MANCHESTER WILL GO TO WRIGHTSVILLE , BUT, THE PORTAL PANTHERS, THE REGIONAL CHAMPS, A BIG WIN.

>> THE RIGHT-SIDED DIVISION II HAVE OUR LAST COACH ON.

KURT PRUITT, YOU WON TO ADVANCE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR GAME TONIGHT.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING ME ON.

WE STARTED A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROUD OF OUR KIDS, AND I TOLD HIM IN THE LOCKER ROOM, YOU CAN NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT A WIN, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE HAVE THINGS TO WORK ON FOR NEXT WEEK, AND REALLY PUSH FORWARD UNTIL WE TRY TO MAKE A RUN FOR THAT 15 DAY.

WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF OUR KIDS AND COACHES ARE HANGING IN THERE.

AND WE HAD TO APPLY A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT TONIGHT.

>> YOUR OFFENSIVE NUMBERS THIS SEASON HAVE BEEN STAGGERING.

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THESE NUMBERS ON THE BOARD AND TO HAVE AN OFFENSE THIS PROLIFIC?

>> I WISH I COULD TAKE CREDIT FOR IT.

STAFF AND OUR PLAYERS ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB, THEY EXECUTE AT A HIGH LEVEL.

IT IS FUN TO WATCH.

SOMETIMES, I AM SITTING THERE WITH THE DEFENSIVE MINDSET , THINKING IT MUST BE MISERABLE TO PLAY WITH SOME OF THE VETERANS WE HAVE.

BUT, YOU KNOW WE START WITH THE QUARTERBACK AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE, WE WERE HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS.

THOSE GUYS , HAVING SOME SUCCESS, AND REALLY PUTTING SOME GOOD NUMBERS AND GOOD THINGS ON TAPE.

>> COACH PRUITT , THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING IN AND FOR YOUR TIME.

WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO NEXT FRIDAY.

IT WILL BE A FUN ONE.

>> APPRECIATE IT.

>> JOHN, WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE RIGHT-SIDED DIVISION II.

TAKE IT AWAY.

>> THEY ARE GOING TO HOST GREENE, JENKINS COUNTY, BIG WIN, THEY WILL GO TO EASTMAN TO TAKE ON DOOLEY COUNTY.

LINCOLN COUNTY, BYE WEEK.

EARLY , FILLING IN SOME HOLES.

AND 7 A, VALDOSTA GOES TO CARROLLTON NEXT WEEK.

SO, I THINK, AS I SIT HERE LOOKING AT ALL MY BRACKETS, I THINK WE HAVE GOT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY LOCKED UP.

AA AND QUAD A , THEY PLAYED TOMORROW, I THINK WE HAVE EVERYBODY.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN ANNOUNCE AS OUR GAME.

AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THE GREEN LIGHT.

>> WE DO NOT GET THE OKEY-DOKE .

>> A SHOUT OUT , HIGHWAY 96.

>> HIGHWAY 96.

>> WHITE >> HOODIES.

THAT IS A HOOD ON THE BACK, HIGHWAY 96.

THOSE ARE HOODED SWEATSHIRTS , MY DEAR.

>> THAT IS THE SHOW.

>> THAT IS THE SHOW.

GO TO THE WEBSITE AT GPB.ORG , THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN READ MY HANDWRITING .

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ALL OF THE TEAMS ARE PLAYING NEXT.

IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN ON DAY ONE.

AND WE WOULD GET TO DAY TWO OF ROUND ONE.

>> THE SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM, WE GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THEY DO.

PLEASE FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, GPB SPORTS.

JOHN AND I HAVE FALLEN OFF THE RAILS.

>> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, THANK YOU , EVERYBODY AT HENDERSON STADIUM.

WHEN WE KNOW NEXT WEEK , WE WILL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT NEXT WEEK.

FOR EVERYBODY HERE, PLAY IT ENJOY ROUND ONE.

>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS ON GPB , PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY , REMINDING YOU TO BE SAFE EVERY TRIP.

BUCKLE UP, GEORGIA.