[Music] stand welcome to grayson community stadium for another football friday in georgia tonight it's the number two rank mill creek hawks the champions of region six taking on the top rank and region eight champion grayson rams mill creek as we take a look at the bracket winners over newton cherokee and then last week a 31-28 victory over mkhitaryan to advance to the semifinals grayson winners in the playoffs against mountain view woodstock and last week a 49-21 victory in moultrie to knock out the two-time defending state champion caulkwood county packers grayson rams trying to make it to the state championship game for the second time in school history they won it all in 2011. three times they've had their season ended in the semifinals including last year when they were beaten by roswell 30-26 on a hail mary pass for the second straight year the mill creek hawks are 13-0 and in the state semifinals last year they were knocked out by the defending state champion caulkwood county packers by a final score of 52-31 and good evening i'm matt stewart joined by larry smith and larry let's start with these grayson rams they've won 25 of their last 27 ball games a d1 caliber offensive line led by will taylor who's committed to duke going to try to do something tonight that no team's been able to do against mill creek this season yeah this great offensive line is outstanding last week 375 yards on the ground but they'll be tested tonight mill creek all season long on the ground they've allowed 301 yards what a test yeah grayson defense led by breon dixon he's the number eight outside linebacker in the country and their big challenge tonight is to keep mill creek from putting together long drives yeah and they've done that all season long eight minute nine minute drives that with the defense it's been tough so again can this defense with all those studs on it make it stop no big offense and that mill creek offense is averaging over 40 points per game most explosive player is their halfback edwin graham and they've got to be able to get vertical on this grayson team tonight yeah they really do again make sure you get side to side and don't stand in one place make that defense move and come get you and use all your weapons and on defense they've got to have a lot of movement on that defensive line yeah they do bottom line don't let them be like a tackling dummy you gotta really move around again on that defensive line make some things happen and they're mike linebacker jake stewart the son of defensive coordinator bill stewart has been playing his best football over the last couple of weeks grayson and mill creek were just about set for the opening kickoff first let's send it down to our man patrolling the sidelines tonight john nelson nelly thank you very much matt good evening to you good evening to larry good evening however you're accessing us whether it's gpbtv gpb.org or the gpb sports app everybody knows what happened here in the state midweek and it still actually had an effect on the turf here at grayson community stadium as far as today in some of the spots so in times like this you got to call the artillery in you call a bridge manufacturing firm and they bring in two helicopters and this is at about 3 40 this afternoon and they were buzzing the field in the two trouble spots so something to pay attention to action on the far sideline as you're watching on camera from about the 30 to the 45 yard line on your right and on the near side at about the 30-yard line working your way toward the end zone on the left walk the field before the game and it looks like when you come past the crown the helicopters have done their work so when you see all of those bodies in the trenches matt and larry it'll be interesting to see with all those bodies in that 10 yard area how chewed up this turf is going to be they overseeded and the overseeding has taken but it'll be interesting to see what footing will be earlier on we're going to show you what else is going on around the state we're going to kick it all night long and let you see who is going to the georgia dome also the other part of the 7a bracket on the left-hand side those of you following along it is roswell and westlake they are underway at lakewood stadium remember this is a venue change because neither side had capacity so they're playing at lakewood tonight we'll let you know what else is going on there and are the other matchups because matt and larry we are only one week away from the georgia dome so go ahead matt and light a very special semifinal candle all right thank you nelly the crowd is jumping here at grayson community stadium as one of these teams is just 48 minutes away from advancing to the state championship game grayson 12-1 on the season they went 5-0 in region eight it was their third straight region title their sixth in seven years seventh in nine years and eighth overall mill creek 13-0 back-to-back 10-0 regular seasons and double-digit victory seasons both of which are the first two in program history they were the champions of region six at 6-0 grayson has outscored their first three playoff opponents by a score of 164 to 49 larry that's a winning an average score of 54 to 16. you know we've seen some great offenses all year long and uh you look at both of these and what they have done coach jarvis right there has been the situation before i look at his numbers there in 13 seasons um they've just been offensive juggernaut here in these playoffs yeah shannon jarvis 86 and 59 the only coach the hawks have ever had in their 13-year program history they went 8 and 22 their first three seasons but have not had a losing season since in fact the hawks in their last 10 seasons 78 and 37 since shannon jarvis's first senior class in 2007 and they're the rams 2011 state champions when they went undefeated that season 15-0 thought they were going to get there last year they were seconds away until roswell beat them on a hail mary pass and knocked them out jeff haron a year ago had his team in the semifinals but the team he had in the semifinals was prince avenue his first season as the grayson head coach after mickey khan left for a job at clemson overall 27 seasons as the head coach jeff herron has won 285 games replaced mickey khan who went 137 and 48 in his 16 seasons as a head coach when you take a look at jeff harren he is kind of like the larry brown of georgia high school football you see what he's done prince avenue at camden county he won three state titles at oconee county he won a state title and he comes from the jimmy dorsey coaching tree he started his career with dorsey at paulding county and then was with him at the kitchen before getting his first head coaching job at walton man that's a great comparison he just like larry brown he just goes and and wins and wins and everywhere he goes he's had great success and what a year he's had here in his first year in grayson so the grayson rams in their green won the opening toss they have deferred until the second half so mill creek will receive the opening kickoff this is just the second all-time meeting between these two teams even though they're separated by only 22 miles and they both are in gwinnett county they played in the 2014 state playoffs and grayson was a 24-6 winner over mill creek that year in the first round before losing themselves in the second the opening kickoff is brought to you by heads up georgia don't text and drive distracted distracted drivers take lives edmund graham and jamar hall are deep for the hawks and hall will take it at the one yard line and jamara hall will get to the 17 and no more and that's where the mill creek hawks will start on offense for the first time tonight they are led by their quarterback cameron turley who's a star baseball player number 16. he's a catcher who's committed to play baseball for georgia tech for the season he's committed uh completed 55 of his passes for 2309 yards 30 touchdowns and seven interceptions [Applause] that's plumber in motion behind the line they're going to throw it on the very first play to edmond graham and graham is gonna be driven out of bounds at the 22-yard line by d'angelo gibbs as we take a look at mill creek on offense led by their center tyler fannin he's the number nine rated center in the country and he's committed to virginia and among the banks and wide receivers number 12 ace williams a school record 11 touchdown catches this season [Applause] second down and six turley to the air again and knocked down nearly intercepted by owen papo the linebacker as we take a look at grayson on defense ellison hubbard espn three star he's got 17 offers breon dixon the outside linebacker espn four star number eight rated outside linebacker in the country and in the secondary two of the best players in the entire nation d'angelo gibbs number two rated athlete in the nation he's a five-star jamias williams a four-star corner committed to south carolina third down turley back to pass and goes to the far sideline incomplete ace williams his intended target demetrius murray on the coverage and mill creek with the three and out yeah matt great job right there by the brace and the defensive front on that blitz right there made him hurry to throw and get it out of there this is what we talked about in the pre-game in the uh in the extra point segment uh that again grace and defense wanting to keep the ball out of mill creek's offenses hands and avoid those long drives and here they are a quick three and out to start the game evan sturgel standing deep to receive the kick for grayson matt campbell is the punter and the kick was blocked goes straight up in the air i don't know whether they touched it or not but they got heavy pressure and that ends up being an eight-yard punt great pressure by the punt coverage team for the grayson rams and matt campbell's kid goes straight up into the air yeah watch it here uh get that bad snap there a little bit of fumble collects it finally and yeah it was touched right there uh he did get a hand on it couldn't quite get the number uh but what a big turn of events here in the opening minute for the grayson rams so mill creek goes on offense with the ball at the 31-yard line and there's their four-star quarterback chase bryce he is committed to clemson number 13 rated pocket passer quarterback in the nation toss goes to jamis williams and williams still on his feet inside the 20-yard line and finally dropped inside the 20s shaka hayward was the one who made the tackle oh watch this play right here the quick flip right there and williams one of the fastest players you're gonna see anywhere this guy's had such a great career and feels like he's been in high school ball for six years he's just been just a thorn in opponent sides big play in the first play from scrimmage here for grayson star from archer he's one of the big eight transfers into the grayson program this season there you'll see him line up at the top of your screen in the slot first and ten from the 17-yard line and a time-out called by grayson so chase bryce sees something that he doesn't like and they burn a timeout early here's a look at the grayson rams on offense they have three big d1 prospects tony gray the number 12 rated offensive tackle in the country we mentioned will taylor number 11 rated center in the country even though he plays right guard for the rams and jalen jackson is an espn three-star offensive guard himself and among the wide receivers and the backs choose your poison folks kurt taylor the running backs committed to michigan evan sturgels their top wide receiver jamis williams committed to south carolina and we mentioned deangelo gibbs who's the number two rated athlete in the entire country so many weapons on both sides here matt so the early time out by grayson as they got a deflected punt that went eight yards and took over at the 31-yard line on their first play they go 14 yards and now they have it first and ten from the 17. on that block pun i think it might have been uh ellison hubbard number 58 got a hand on that great play so first and ten from the 17. ball is deflected up into the air by david milan the defensive end they were trying to get the ball on a screen to sturgill as we take a look at mill creek on defense iola ogun seymour 10 offers including cincinnati jake stewart their mike linebacker team leading 85 tackles on the season victor hayward is committed to georgia state and all four of those guys will end up playing college ball jonathan gibson has offers from auburn west virginia and maryland trying to connect right there and get the ball to kirk taylor and now after a 14-yard gain on their very first play from scrimmage the last two passes from bryce have either been deflected or off the mark okay i just missed his mark right there the first play great play by the defense see what he's got here in third down third and long now gonna make this make the stand up for something bryce goes for the end zone touchdown the tight end elijah barnes with his fourth touchdown catch of the season and 92 seconds into this game the rams have taken a six nothing lead well what a nice touch right there by your senior chase bryce just an outstanding play put the right where he had to put it great job right there by the senior leader bryce bryce with his 27th touchdown pass of the season and so the rams are able to cash in after that blocked punt and take a quick six-nothing lead four plays later [Applause] will van pamela is on to try the p-a-t for the rams [Applause] [Music] van pamela 71 out of 74 on his pats this year evan sturgel is the holder john taylor the snapper [Applause] [Music] and his kick is no good just the fourth time all season van pamela has missed a p-a-t and grayson's lead is six-nothing let's send it down to nelly and kick it brought to us by our friends at georgia farm bureau early surprise from weinman stadium mary persons up seven to nothing over cartersville they recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff they have just scored again p-a-t is up in the air and good mary persons on the board 14 nothing at wineman stadium same score fitzgerald leading hate bill charter guys and here's your tcsg touchdown replay yeah nice touch right here to his big tight end to elijah barnes and take a look at it as well chase bryce again off off the touch on his uh the first couple of passes the one was deflected but right there again just a perfectly drawn up playing one more look at it fakes the run right there nice job by the line given plenty of time barnes runs behind the defense good speed for a tight end and the early 160 lead for the rams chase bryce as we mentioned committed to clemson coach jeff herron says reminds him a little bit of another four-star quarterback he coached when he was at camden county bryce ramsey who went on to the university of georgia short kick going to be taken at the 10 yard line [Applause] and the return by ace williams up to the 30 and that's where the mill creek hawks will go on offense jeremiah smith making the tackle on the special teams for the rams so cameron turley back out there with his offense they averaged 40 points per game through their first 13. they have not scored less than 30 points in a game this season they've scored 41 plus in six games this year but they went three and out on their opening possession [Music] nothing doing on the handoff to joe thomas as he picks up about a yard on the play matthew greenway the pony the hybrid linebacker safety making the stop one more look at it right here again this look at this grayson defensive front right here look at the pursuit from coming up from behind right there number six doing a great job matthew greenway as you mentioned and they same thing again and now you've got a third and long all of a sudden you know grayson always has had that outstanding defense maybe we'll come out to play here in the opening minutes owen papo making the stop right there number seven owen papo is a sophomore with 33 offers already georgia bama tennessee auburn considered his leader the sophomore 61 tackles on the season for papo six tackles for loss five sacks it's third down and nine mill creek has gone nowhere on their first five snaps from scrimmage and turley is running for his life throwing out of bounds another three and out for mill three wow they have not been able to move the ball whatsoever against the grayson rams on their first two possessions yeah they sure haven't we talked again about how they've been known as you mentioned for these long drives and controlling the tempo of the game uh and six plays and two punts to the second point here coming uh so far for the hawks this has been very uncharacteristic great job with the grayson defense matt campbell will punt again again a heavy rush this time he gets it away to jamias williams at the 30-yard line and jamias williams up to the 37 and that's where the rams will go on offense for the second time tonight already leading by a score of six nothing all right all right here's your look at buford buford was trailing kell three nothing anthony grant up the middle 15 yards buford now leading 7-3 over the kell longhorns at tom ryden stadium stockbridge also up 7-0 and they fended off a fake punt by rome in the first quarter so stockbridge on the board on a long touchdown pass as well guys all right nelly first and ten for the rams at their own 37. bryce back to pass and that is going to complete the ride just saw they're going to rule that incomplete nice defensive play out on the edge by matthew winston who was their player of the game last week in their 31-28 victory against mckeecher yeah just a big play right here watch the uh reading the quarterback's eyes again that's a tough play that takes a long time to develop such a long throw across the field and a good call right there by the official he was all over the ball no fumble he never had control of it good call second intent second down and ten chase bryce only six of nine passing from 90 yards last week in their trouncing of caulkwood county toss goes to jamias williams nothing doing for jamis williams right there david milan making the tackle we talked about again just this rushing offense and uh at first and then first play might have been a pitch actually a forward pass that might be their first run i believe in the game here grayson yep all right and then and they go nowhere so nice job that first time they tried to run they were up against this uh amazing middle creek defense uh here to start yeah mill creek's defense has allowed an average of just 23 yards rushing per game 301 yards rushing total in 13 games this season play action bryce fires great catch by sturgel across midfield and down to the 43-yard line sturgel has been their top wide receiver the last two years that's his 33rd catch of the season right there well we talked to coach jeff herron again and watched chase bryce and he had high praise when we talked to him this week that's the kind of ball that you see in division one quarterback throw watch this right on the money threads the needle puts it right where it has to be it's not into the incomplete or it's caught it's not gonna be picked off great play on both ends right there and grayson's on the move again stargel sturgel pardon me 410 yards receiving this season bryce looks one way and then the other and now runs it he's going to go down at the 42-yard line no running room right there victor hayward who's committed to georgia state making the open field tackle for the hawks i do like the way bryce has really matured here uh and you know multiple years as a starter for the rams that was a smart move right there he saw again that the uh the defensive back had jumped into coverage right there didn't like what he had tucked and run and what was kind of a busted play he winds up getting four yards out second down and six ball on the 39 they got to get to the 33. playcock at four and the play got blown dead on the handoff to kurt taylor [Applause] a little confusion there against grayson and yeah [Applause] eddie smith is our referee tonight that'll be a five yard mark off against the rams [Applause] so second down and 11 from the 44. bryce was 6756 yards passing in his career and under a heavy rush gonna fire deep across the middle and incomplete sturgill the target and a flag is out yeah that's gonna be defensive uh holding there's no question about it but what a great job by bryce to chase price good strength back there at quarterback to avoid uh the the blitz could have been sacked for a big loss instead he gets out of that throws a big play and raising could take advantage here of the penalty [Music] [Applause] jonathan gibson the junior who has seven offers including auburn west virginia and maryland got flagged for that penalty yeah look at bryce with a great arm strength there to avoid that tackle and uh just right before that uh there's no question he grabbed on it with both hands past interference and it was right in front of the referee there's nobody else around it's kind of easy call to make grayson take advantage of the first down moving to six so first and ten now ball at the 29.

6 43 to play in the opening quarter grayson already with a six-nothing lead cashing in after partially blocking a punt williams goes in motion behind the line they look his way they fire right to him and williams going to be dropped at the 29 right at the line of scrimmage victor hayward another nice open field tackle for the hawks pretty similar to the play that uh our friend chuck smith showed up there at the beginning get your athletes in motion out there in the flat and blockers in front of him good job though by mill creek to stuff it out and hold him to a minimal game hayward with 63 tackles on the season six tackles for loss and eight sacks they expected big things from him this season he was the only returning linebacker out of there two deep from last year's 13-1 season second down curt taylor rumbles to the 25-yard line jack griffith in on that tackle along with demetrius rheas grayson finding a little bit of success here's the play right here we talked about again the play right there at the middle the chuck was showing us earlier he's got options but he's handing it to his uh back put your offensive line do the rest it's a nice five-yard game kurt taylor is committed to michigan he's been committed to the wolverines for over a year espn three star with 885 yards rushing on the season bryce fires trying to get it to d'angelo gibbs fourth down and five first time they've failed on a third down conversion so far tonight they'll bring in will pamelan will van pamela to try a field goal here he missed the p-a-t earlier in this quarter and this will be a 41-yard attempt he's made 15 field goals this season kicking from the left hash for the left-footed kicker and that kick is going to be [Music] good [Applause] 41-yard field goal for will van pamela his 16th three-pointer of the season and on their opening two possessions the grayson rams have taken a 9-0 lead on the mill creek hawks in this 7-a semi-final [Music] football fridays on gpb is made possible in 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7-0 roswell there in the first other scores second quarter stockridge leading seven nothing catnill square an early surprise in single a private they're leading seven nothing cedar grove leading at crisp county in aaa 18 nothing gac leading second quarter against speech back upstairs to matt and larry yeah nelly interesting dynamic there remember malik willis senior quarterback for roswell transferred from westlake so going against his former teammates tonight in the semifinals here's another look at that 41-yard field goal by will van pamelam capping a nine-play 38-yard drive it starts it looks like it starts way left works its way back in hooked back in and he had some late hook on that thing to get it inside the upright joe thomas on the return and not much no actually ace williams on the return and he gets cut down at the 19-yard line herbert winbourne on the special teams tackle for the grayson rams and let's see if mill creek can get anything generated on offense we spent a lot of time in the pre-game show larry talking about this mill creek defense but what about the grayson defense they have held mill creek to two consecutive three announced to start this game and now the hawks are down nine points yeah i tell you what i think if you ask anybody here in the stadium if they would have gone three and out their first two drives they would have said there's no way graham gonna take the jet sweep and edmond graham in trouble jamias williams gonna drive him out of bounds oh that's just great pursuit by this grayson defense showing their athletic ability to really stretch that out and never let him get to the corner again you want to kind of move around keep the ball moving go side to side but you've got that great speed on the corners on the edges it makes it difficult yeah shannon jarvis said no dancing no going sideways against this grayson defense you can't beat him sideways you got to get vertical and graham had no chance to go vertical on him right there pass thrown complete the ground edmund graham looking for a block doesn't get it plumber couldn't get his man and he gets dropped back there by jalen alexander well now you got another third and long here i mean you lost two two yards and that's uh that first play again trying to get them all out of his face but look at the great pursuit by the defense love what they're trying to do right here number 13. uh connor wilson doing a great job i'm sorry aaron brawley there number 13. so third down and 12. turley fires and complete ace williams big gainer for the hawks across the 50 and down to the 44-yard line ace williams with a huge play and jamis williams might have been injured on that tackle yeah let's see what happens he is still down on the ground as we launch the replay right here great job here get brawley out into space williams with a nice job right here and watch the great move here to avoid the tackle and then here's williams and williams is still down looked like he might have been grabbing his left leg wow that is horrible news right there for grayson and jamias williams as he is reaching for his left knee and he immediately upon falling reached for it and did not move so hoping here that jamis williams has not been injured seriously but he looks like he's in a great amount of pain right now and he's such an electric player mat as you know on both sides of the ball uh here's the tackle one more time to see if we can see what happens here number one williams right there on your screen tomas williams he's already down yeah look at him if whatever the injury is it happened before he grabbed on to uh ace williams and made the tackle they've got him up and walking right now but you can see how he's clutching [Applause] [Music] the hands of the trainers right there maybe not his knee it looks like he's kind of grabbing towards his hamstring and not his knee [Applause] we'll keep an eye on that he's a big part of this grazing team as you mentioned big part of the archer program before this year i feel like he's been around forever yeah well he was a 1500 yard rusher for archer last year he's had a smaller roll on offense here with the grayson rams this year primarily because they just have so many weapons and he comes off the field we'll see who takes his spot over there on that corner position looks like it's going to be clinton thanes [Applause] we'll try to get an update on jamis williams as soon as we can but first and ten now for the hogs at the 44 yard line after the big gainer by ace williams made his 30th catch of the year turley heavy rush stands in there fires complete to ace williams again they go right at thames the guy who replaced jamias williams in henon who has been a starter this year and ace williams moves the sticks again for the middle creek hawks yeah i think they see something on that side man watch this again go through his progressions nice job williams the veteran a great play right here that's back-to-back big plays for him and suddenly this honks off and starting to move a little bit first and ten joe thomas right up the middle thomas gets about five yards on the play now that they've completed a few passes able to get the running game going a little bit thomas they're leading rusher 583 yards this season and off to thomas again not much doing greenway making the tackle for the rams and it's gonna bring up third down in about three so mill creek after consecutive three and outs to start the game finally moving the ball here on offense on their third possession of the first quarter and they need it they're already down two scorers cram in motion the handoff to joe thomas first down joe thomas thomas across the 20-yard line moves the sticks [Applause] matt that offensive line if we get a chance to see a replay on this watch the big hole right then the right side of your screen just come right into your living room a big number 84 is right there to block as well that's tight end coming in with a great job mitchell mcenany oh that was just a great job by the line to open up that space and get the first down first and ten ball of the 19 for mill creed jet sweep graham around the corner will score the touchdown [Applause] edmund graham takes it in from 19 yards out mill creek back in the game as they cut the grayson lead to 9-6 well that's exactly what the hawks needed as you mentioned after back to back three announcements to have a drive and simply it's not the long drives that we're used to a very short drive but it doesn't matter bottom line great job of mixing the passing run maybe taking advantage of the absence of jameis williams down there to get into the end zone brenton king who's 64 of 65 on his pats this year [Applause] lined up for the p-a-t we have an off-sides call against grayson edmund graham with his 11th touchdown of the season third rushing and they really missed him a year ago he was injured and did not get to play in their semifinal loss against talkwood county last year nine to seven here's your tcsg touchdown replay yeah take a look right here at edmund graham this is like you said just the jet sweep right here sees a seam inside again great blocking here mill creek the offensive line doing a much better job of opening the holes here on the ground on this uh play and coming right into your uh living room screen right here great job good strength to avoid the arm tackle and graham turns on the jets hawks one more time an offense here that scored almost 43 points per game during the playoffs finally getting on the board here late in the first quarter let's kick it nelly all right how about some old school dalton and valdosta they are scoreless and they're going to go at it they're going to chew up the turf this is going to be one of those great games but remember guys dalton is without two offensive starters including their top receiver for an incident that happened tuesday night matlan said they were not going to play those two players so right now dalton's offense a little hampered they are scoreless in the second quarter also macon county leading eci by the score of 7-6 stockbridge and roamer tied and then rome equalizes there's your equalizer right there at barron stadium stockbridge and rome they are tied at seven that's kicking it this round back upstairs jamias williams is back deep so apparently the injury that he suffered just a few moments ago not severe enough to keep him off the field he will not get a chance to return this one as brenton king kicks it through the back of the end zone another touch back for him a career record 162 touchbacks for brenton king in his career and so grayson will start at the 20-yard line let's see if jameis williams stays in on offense here he gave the thumbs up he's getting the offensive huddle right here i watched him on the sidelines matt he went over and sat down for a moment they worked on it for a minute and then he went to slowly was just riding on the stationary bike uh i wonder if that series had gone any longer uh if he would have been back on for the grace and defense uh it turns out mill creek scored and he's back in right now out there uh split wide left for uh the grayson offense and uh chase price handoff goes to kurt taylor nothing doing for taylor as they try to run against the stingy mill creek defense jake stewart with the tackle for the hawks nelly what you got well when they took jamias williams off the field the training staff looked at the outside ligament of the left knee did some simple massage and then that was where larry picked him up had him work the bike and go from there so let's see how sturdy that left knee is going to be flag on the field offsides mill creek you know nelly uh thanks for that update uh watching a little bit he's still favoring it just a little bit uh really in communication with the coaching staff obviously with the plays as well but they're watching to see how he recovers here as you can see may not be full speed let's keep an eye on it second down and five following the penalty against mill creek the offsides as nellie told you they'll give the ball to jamias williams and williams man he took a shot at the 29-yard line jamar hall tried to knock him in the next week wow that was quite a stick uh williams uh he looked healthy on that run until he got right over by the train that was third down and one night comes out of the game isil right here in jamaica swings watch this good speed until [Applause] that's right yeah wow and jamaicas williams comes out after that play third down and one kurt taylor first down carry for taylor [Music] well nice job by grayson and this offensive line we talked about how stingy milkweek is on the ground but watch taylor right here as you mentioned headed to ann arbor next year great blocking but the good speed right here and good strength as well to make sure he gets around that corner and get the first down taylor had 204 yards rushing last week against colquitt county he'll get the rock again trying to get outside not this time ball is out and let's see if grayson got back on top of it i think they did amazing now they're gonna say he's down before the fumble [Music] it took a big loss back at the 34-yard line let's take a look right here again right side of your screen holding that ball kind of loosely but a nice job by the defense uh hard to tell from that angle they're gonna say he was down uh no replay in high school football so it's second and long right now for grace and a nice job at the mill creek defense third tackle of the ball game already for the sam linebacker victor hayward of the hawks might be the final play of the quarter play action bryce across the middle and d'angelo gibbs tried to make an odell beckham type catch at the 47 and came up empty and now it's going to be third down well it gives looking around maybe a little interference but uh the official back there thought it was just incidental contact nice throw it's nice play actually and good job by the to disrupt his momentum jeff herron says out of all the players affected by mickey khan going to clemson and jeff herron coming in and taking over as the head coach nobody was affected more than chase bryce of course mickey chases uncle said he's handled it like a pro ball is complete sturgeon across the 50. great move by sturgel and finally on the ground at the 44-yard line well you know we talked about uh coach aaron talking about sturgel he said that just what he's meant to this offense how he's really giving it a left you see there the great athletic move and that's one thing to talk about the skill players of grayson year in year out as always great athleticism just great football iq watch this great catch and then the presence of mind to duck under the tackle a stop on a dime and avoid another and keep the play alive and that is the end of the first quarter [Applause] a georgia high school 7a semifinal battle for 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that score let's show you some others time to kick it around the state of georgia brought to us by our friends at georgia farm bureau insurance and that classic we were telling you about a muff punt by dalton creates a turnover valdosta the two quarterback system working well for the catamounts ends up with a 20-yard touchdown pass to maxwell converted 7-0 right there with valdosta leading up at bill chapelfield to start the second quarter upstairs matt larry all right thank you nelly jeff herron on the left one of four coaches to lead four different teams to the state semifinals as you take a look at the first quarter drive chart mill creek went three and out on their first two possessions in an 81 yard touchdown drive grayson a touchdown on a short 31-yard march following the partially blocked punt a field goal and now on the seventh play of a drive that started at their own 20-yard line we begin the quarter first and ten ball at the 44. bryce four of nine 63 yards and a touchdown in the first quarter and goes to the air again going for the home run and it's caught inside the five yard line jaquavious lane down to the two yard line well that was one right there bryce knew as soon as uh they broke the line where he wanted to go great patience but just as importantly a great blocking by the offensive line watch how much time he's got back here look at this he never looks anywhere else looking looking wait for him to break away perfect throw down field let's tell you what these guys he's got a great touchdown field knows where his receivers are going to be and that second tips two plays he is put right on the money for a big play downfield and now they're down first and goal grayson has been thrashing teams with that post pattern all season long and seems like every time they run it it's a different guy this time it's to quavius lane with his 14th catch of the season and now first and goal for the rams at the two and a half yard line it's a 42-yard catch [Applause] and the ball is stripped and picked up and mill creek still has a shot at it jamar hall gets on top of it at the three and a half yard line what a play by this mill creek defense right there and that was all done by the the front the defensive front of the hawks matt as we watch the replay here they were all in the backfield by the time that ball was put into the hands of the other receiver watch this right here oh we already saw it ball's already on the ground he could never get it back jalen fleming a nice pickup right there by hunter hall one more look at it big play by the hawks jamar hall comes up with the fumble recovery at the three yard line committed to furman over seven other offers and that's a huge play for the hawks as they were about to go down by a couple of scorers again turley he goes up top and nearly intercepted by jamias williams who dropped it he'd love to have that one back oh that was right there charlie let that one soar could have been get away from him and uh boy and boyd's lucky to avoid catastrophe there yeah absolutely [Applause] was wide open look at this our producer steve graham on that one preston norwood the intended target turley three of eight 51 yards so far in the game second down and ten anthony presto gets stopped in the backfield nothing doing for anthony presto well now what a big play here for the grayson defense is you've got you forced uh the hawks into a third and long here at their own three one more look at it watch the swarming defense coming right into your living room look at that green wall he's facing nowhere to go cornelius the initial stop right there jordan cornelius who injured his knee in the mckitron game back tonight and a big tackle by jordan cornelius hawks are two of four on third down turley gonna throw out of his own end zone and again nearly intercepted triple coverage on plummer and again jamias williams was the closest guy to the football yeah not a good sequence right there for the mill creek uh hawks they can't take advantage of that fumble recovery they're inside the five forced to punt and so for grayson now you flip the field uh you didn't score last time but you should get some pretty good field position out of this so matt campbell on the punt again this will be his third punt of the game averaged 40.2 yards per puck this season a net of just under 40. williams and sturgeon will run around the 40. of mill creek to receive this punt but all things considered it's been a win for mill creeks thus far because they've recovered a fumble of the three and kept them out of the end zone campbell another punt that goes straight up into the air not a good one let's see where they're gonna spot it they're gonna spot it at the 25 yard line that ends up being a 22-yard kick and so great field position for grayson here less than two minutes into the second quarter before we look at it the first one that somebody got a hand on let's see if we can see any kind of uh this one was clean no he just didn't get it shot it straight up into the air got no distance on it yeah so the mill creek defense with their backs against the wall again a short field grayson 25 yards away from the end zone they run the screen complete the sturgeon sturgeon he fumbled the ball got stripped by victor hayward hayward reached in there they yanked the ball out of his hands but fortunately for the rams it rolled out of bounds [Music] one more look at it right here good active hands by this hawks defense nice job and fortunate that ball rolled out of bounds five yard pickup for the rams on the play second down and five high snap taylor gets it kurt taylor dragon rios for the first down inside the 15. big pickup right there grayson finding some a little bit of running success here tonight against mill creed jeff herron believes if they were running straight wing t like he has done for most of his career like he did so successfully at camden county that taylor would have had a 1500 yard rushing season as it was just under 900 yards rushing for the season coming into tonight's game it's jamis williams in motion will take the handoff and williams slips out of one tackle by hayward and still picks up about four on the play down to the 10. jack griffith in on that tackle for the hawks william just a special player nice job looks like no ill effects of that injury uh earlier in the game as the season has gone on they've incorporated him more into the offense when we saw them early on against img saw them against archer he was still more defense than offense but he's been out there pretty much on every snap except for just a few second down and six [Applause] [Music] hand off to cameron thompson first carry of the night for thompson actually that's ronald thompkins and not cameron thompson tompkins with his first carry and he picks up about a yard on the blood so grayson despite the fumble moving the ball well chipping away here on the ground you know and i think that at the the more success they can have on the ground the mortar opens up this run it's a passing game and uh bryce and uh he's got a nice uh set of receivers here see look at the passer in third and six they throw the ball to taylor he's got blockers jalen jackson clears the way for the touchdown there it is big old number 72 jalen jackson the espn three-star offensive guard with 17 offers through the finishing block and grayson gets on the board with another touchdown to make it 15 to 7. we just talked about again looking for a run right here nice job quick out you see the linebackers are coming on the blitz taylor using his blockers well and coast untouched into the end zone and another rams touchdown kirk taylor with his 18th touchdown of the season his fourth receiving van pamelon won for the p-a-t and grayson has a 16-7 lead kurt taylor teams up with chase bryce and jalen jackson shoves the man out of the way clearing the pass for the rams second touchdown of the night at 60 miles per hour 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upstairs to matt larry all right thank you nelly and roswell has taken a 14 to nothing lead on westlake with two minutes left in the first half in that ball game of course the winner of this ball game will take on the winner of that ball game in the 7a championship next saturday night at the georgia dome a grayson drive of five plays 26 yards took less than two minutes after that short punt by campbell a 10 yard touchdown pass by bryce to taylor bryce's second touchdown pass of the night and now a nine-point lead again for grayson nice answer for that grayson offense take advantage of the lost fumble on the touchdown that they thought they were going to have and came up short get the fumble kick will be taken at the two-yard line trey turner gonna be stopped at the 21 on the play not much running room right there special teams tackle made by darius martin and so mill creek has spent most of the game bottled up in their own end they did have the 181 yard touchdown drive when they finally got things clicking on their third possession of the game but by and large they have been stuck in their own end most of the night yeah three punts here out of their first four uh offensive series man [Applause] joe thomas papo making the tackle at the 29 yard line nice burst right there taking advantage of the hole as line creates for him thomas look at it right here coming right at you right side of your screen good seal block right there number 75 radley kobadowski [Applause] second and three ball is fumbled and turley finally gets on top of it they're trying the the rpo the zone reed and turley and thomas let it fall between them on the ground fortunately for the hogs to really get on top of it but they lose yards on the play that was uh almost disastrous the way this grayson offense has moved the ball tonight to give them the ball inside the 30 again right there it's very fortunate to fall on that third down and five hawks are two of five on their thirds tonight plumber in motion behind the line they'll throw towards plumbers batted up into the air i think that was breon dixon one of the other blasted that play backwards they're gonna try to run a tunnel stream the plumber who'd gone in motion and papo exploded on it now if you didn't know who owen papa was before you know who he is after tonight only a sophomore did you mention 30 offers already you can see why um he's got two more years to go imagine the growth and maturity he's about to experience campbell punk's going to be taken at the 30-yard line but jamias williams will be dropped for a four-yard loss by shaka hayward great job right there special teams for mill creek [Applause] you know when let's let's give the punter also credit after uh struggling on his punts tonight that was he launched that one so campbell gets one out of there to kind of flip the field a little bit here for the hawks they needed that and so the rams will start first and ten at their own 29-yard line leading by nine [Applause] bryce seven of 12 for 121 and a couple of touchdowns already in this game now with 28 touchdown passes this season and only two interceptions kirk taylor gets the handoff and taylor gets maybe one yard on the blood good spirited battle here on both ends of the chess match two great great coaches trying to find out what's gonna work no great defense that run defense doing a nice job second down in eight taylor six carries for 20 yards he also has a 10 yard reception for a touchdown under six and a half minutes to play in the first half bryce fires and complete and that's elijah shaw going backwards they're going to mark him out of bounds at the 32 yard line ended up picking up just about a yard and a half on the point yeah nice job to force a third and long now for for grayson young his milkweed defense needs to make a stop and force a punch here grayson has pretty much had its way in most of the game here on offense big play here for the hawks jeff herron joining mike hodges t mcferrin and charlie winslet as the only four coaches in high school history here in georgia lead four different teams into the state semifinals play action bryce wide open sturgeon sturgeon down to the 40-yard line jamar hall making the tackle and they tackle him again for good measure i don't know why he never hit the he's got a few more yards on the play yeah you mentioned here's this pulse pattern again it works so well for them it's always somebody different just as you said watch this he landed on top of jamar hall so they had to finish off the play ends up getting a couple more yards on the play 26 total for sturgel [Music] good job on both sides never heard a whistle and so sergio jumped up kept moving and the defense stayed with him as well first and ten on the 36-yard line sturgel's been their star receiver tonight jamis williams they faked the handoff to him might have been a busted play bryce going to run and slides down at the 25-yard line we've talked about again there's no creek rush defense and gracie the busted play here this is twice that uh price has been in trouble and has made positive yards first quarter he did the same thing scrambled for a four-yard gain he could have had a ticket sacks for a loss and then right here picks up enough for the first down first and ten ball at the 25-yard line [Applause] [Music] bryce hit as he throws ball is short enough no not a flag down i thought the edge of the pylon there might have been a flag deangelo give the intended target bryce ended up taking a low shot maybe hurt his foot or ankle a little bit [Music] yeah bryce throwing this off his back leg trying to get rid of it watch this again so we can see where uh he got hit good job of getting rid of it there under pressure if that was ryan cox the defensive tackle got the late hit not a late hit as in penalty but the hit right before he got rid of it gibbs flag out on the plays gibbs makes the grab rius making the tackle first time they've been able to successfully get the ball to deangelo gibbs and that was on that screenplay that chuck smith was telling you about earlier in our free game show that's the diagram for it right there two blockers out in front and gibbs makes the grab and runs behind him didn't work that time maybe against grayson we'll see [Music] this five-yard mark off against the rams might flank him out so quick usually when it does it's against the offense [Music] call it a false start [Music] second down and call it 15 now ball back at the 30 and a half [Music] [Applause] shaw in motion behind the line kurt taylor gets the handoff runs over jake stewart the linebacker stewart hangs on for dear life and tackles him at the 24.5 yard line he picks up about five and a half six yards on the play [Music] i think we're checking that last penalty and uh our producers saying it's a legal formation for that last grayson penalty third down and ten now [Applause] rams five of seven on third downs they throw back there's the screen pass to sturgill sturgeon's gonna get to the end zone wow [Applause] [Music] how about chase bryce touchdown pass number three for the grayson rams and how about four catches for 82 yards in the first half 22-7 grayson [Music] van pamelon for the b.a.t 23-7 let's see look at our tcsg touchdown replay here matt grayson third touchdown of the game third pass for bryce and ended up in a score watch this the fate to the right and then sturgill there's so many shirts there you almost kind of lose them behind the wall of bloggers that they had there we talked about again the players who line up three guys two guys blocking and you see him right there the two block and the third receive and takes all the way in for the touchdown sturgeon will adjust his second touchdown catch of the season even though he's their top receiver by catches he missed about a month of the season with the concussion late in september early october and now 23-7 grayson out on top of the undefeated mill three hawks by 16 points we still have 418 to play in the quarter yeah if you're the hawks this drive suddenly becomes crucial because because remember uh grayson deferred the opening kickoff so they're going to get the ball first in the second half it's a really important offensive series coming up right here for mill creek they need to get something on the board and fast bryce is now 10 of 16 for 174 and three touchdowns and we're still in the second quarter van pamelon's kickoff is gonna be taken at the nine yard line by edmund graham and graham martin gonna run him out of bounds along with others at the 33-yard line and mill creek does they need to put together some kind of a drive they need to get points obviously they also need to chew up some clock and not give the ball back to grayson in this half if they can avoid it that's right you know one of the keys we talked about earlier was grayson's defense keeping them off the field and preventing those long drives a plus to that they've done exactly that tonight first and ten ball at the 34-yard line [Applause] been a tough first half we we're told that would be uh quarter you know it would be running back by committee for mill creek tonight bill stewart the defensive coordinator in the dark pull over there for the mill creek hawks the ball is dropped by joe thomas and a flag is out as well [Music] [Music] it's against grayson let's get the call here [Applause] so a defensive holding call against the rams in an automatic first down for the hawks at the 43-yard line it's about a 10-yard pickup man on that penalty yeah it's a five yard from the spot of the foul paul and turley goes to the air plumber gets leveled and the ball is down and scooped up fly ball grayson going to score quinton james with the scoop and the score and grayson has a 29-7 lead well how about this grayson defense right there just what a stick that was all james right there who did that this is exactly what the hawks did not need your tcsg touchdown replay and watch this receiver right here it's number five jack plumber gets hit immediately and thane just takes the ball away from him yeah he took it right out of his hands as plummer was going down he was losing possession yeah and thames snatched it right out of his hands 44 yards on the steal and score [Music] and grayson has a 30-7 lead and mill creek is in a lot of trouble right now this is what they did not need watch this again quentin thames number 23 low angle here field level coming right at you great job he's got the ball in his hands right there if you're thinking well maybe you know he was already on the ground it was kind of shared possession already at that point there's a wider angle look from up high this side of the field he's got the ball right there [Applause] yeah i think maybe an interception which is handy it's not a fumble yeah it goes as an interception that's what it will be [Music] second interception of the season for quentin thames i think is how they will officially score it either way it's great news for grayson and really lousy news for mill creek as they're down 23 points yeah and this is uh you know now if you're gonna force this offense we talked about is scoring more than 42 points per game during the playoffs um but demand is just the one touchdown of just only a handful of first downs and that offensive juggernaut we've talked about the sustains the long drives and holds on to the ball we've only seen one drive so far several punts in the game here's the interception uh four punts in the game it's it's it's been a tough first half and uh big adjustments can be made and fast and now not only that you've got to score some offense now you've got to come to your defense let's make some stops as well a feeding frenzy for grayson three touchdowns here in the second quarter to open up a big lead short kick taken at the 23-yard line that's a fair catch made by mill creek brock skinner with that fair catch [Music] and mill creek in a lot of trouble offensively even more so than we said it just a few moments ago really needs to put a drive together to score points here and need some time off the clock [Music] yeah see us thought they were a minute ago out but only another touchdown more in the hole and now on flag breon dixon slams joe thomas to the ground at the line of scrimmage flag out on the play it's on the offensive [Music] out of control right now for the hawks see if we can see it here on the replay and there it is number 75 right there going down looks like that was it swerved through the flag [Applause] yeah 75 was the one engaged low chop block means that a defender is engaged by a blocker below the waist and above the waist [Music] first and long now joe thomas not going anywhere well and now making the tackle i'm sorry matami cut you off and now the grace and defense they're just pinning their ears back right now when you've got the advantage of a big lead um you can be more aggressive and not that they weren't aggressive before even more aggressive now on defense and really coming at him um you know you need milk creek right now to try to uh you know get something going um you know vertically down the field just to open this up a little bit second down and 22. turley heavy rush has to get rid of it before being killed joe thomas couldn't get to it turley running for his life right now third down and 22.

[Applause] big first half for jeff herron trying to get a third team into the state championship game he did it with oconee county he did it three times with camden county and won it he's won four state championships in his career in a 30-7 lead here on mill creek in the semifinals big run up the middle for joe thomas and thomas will be tackled at the 30-yard line still short of the first down by four yards and so mill creek's gonna have to put it away yeah great call uh surprise in that little trap block right there 16-yard pickup but needed 22.

18-yard pickup so this high-powered grace and offense gonna get the ball back again and with two timeouts remaining in the half matt campbell on the punt again he's had one good punt and a couple of really bad ones and a timeout called by grayson trying to save some of this clock i thought they would have called that earlier i'm surprised he let it run down to the play cox at 11 seconds quite a few seconds run off before they call that timeout man grayson rams 20 11 state champions led by robert kimdichi the number one prospect in the country at the time went on to play for ole miss and now with the arizona cardinals they've won region championships seven of the last nine years won 10 games or more nine of the last 10 years their record since 2007 109 and 21 and until this season when jeff herron took over mickey khan had been the head coach for the first 16 years of program history with a record of 137 and 48. he's now on dabo swinney staff at clemson as the tigers get ready to play virginia tech for the acc championship tomorrow and this season they dedicated the field house to mickey khan so they had him come back and he spoke to the team and the players something that he really never even got a chance to do and jeff harris says it was good for mickey it was good for the players because mickey got the job at clemson and then three days later he was gone and there's the mickey khan field house named in honor of the first head coach and the state championship head coach the rams have had here [Music] ball's going to hit at the 35 and roll dead and so that's where grayson's going to have it with one timeout remaining and 218 to play here in the first half well and you know we've seen uh their kicker also um and pamela uh he's had a field goal earlier from 41 yards so you know you don't have to have a touchdown here they can get a you know two or three first downs maybe try to get a field goal if the drive stalls just to add to this lead he's got the leg for it chase bryce with three touchdown passes in the first half to lead grayson to a big lead i'm guessing they're going for more here pass throw and complete the sturgeon fifth catch of the half for sturgill matthew winston drives him out of bounds tugging at the football as he did it matthew winston great story 32 on his a.c.t has been offered by air force in every ivy league school in fact harvard and yale both at practice on monday to watch him his dad works with the atlanta falcons his dad kevin winston the senior director of player affairs but great story this year really hadn't played that much until this year and now he's got college offers all over the place second down and one bryce they're going for the home run out there caught by shaw and ball is out incomplete couldn't hold on to it shaka hayward separated shaw from the ball when that was almost another spectacular play once again chase bryce just a great touch in the ball watch this throws it down field right on the money as you said a little bit under thrown and that gives the defender time to come in and knock that ball away and prevent the big game third down and one from the 44. shaw the senior wide receiver came into the night 17 catchers he's been offered by clemson and a first down carry right there for kurt taylor as he's able to get his body across the 35 and up to the uh pardon me up across the 45 to the 46. so first and ten one timeout remaining for the rams still plenty of time for this deep strike quick strike offense of chase bryce and grayson and movement on the line that was shaw who moved up there in the slot that'll be a five-yard penalty against the rams you know a big challenge and a big concern for jeff herron and the grayson rams when he took over was the style of offense for the last two years they've been a spread team up until then mickey khan was a winged tea guy but they went spread when they had chase bryce at quarterback but jeff herron has always been a wing t guy so he had to kind of put that off on the shelf and run this offense these players have been running for the last two years they do integrate some concepts of the wing team but by and large they are pretty much a spread team first and 15 now at the 41. sitting down in a hole jamias williams with the catch first down and more jamias williams found a little spot in the zone defense made the grab and ran to the sideline well to illustrate your point he's got to get the three white house same side of the field there and we've seen this so many times the thing is they changed it at this time it was two other receivers out and blocked and the guy stays in the closest guy is williams and watch him here he doesn't turn our field instead he knows he's got good speed he's got some blockers he goes around the edge then turns it up field gets a very nice gain and again just a 121 still to go already at the 42 of mill creek they've had a chance to get six more they stay at it still plenty of time here for the rams [Applause] toss goes to williams beats one man to the backfield another around the edge look at zamayus williams he's gone touchdown shaka hayward had a chance to try to wrap him up instead he tried to push him out of bounds but jamias williams too strong [Music] hit a little knee in that injury there the first half be careful of that what a first half for grayson 42 yard touchdown pass since that was a forward pass and it's 36-7 how about bryce four touchdown passes wow grayson had outscored their opponents 54-16 on average in their first three playoff games and it looks like they're in route to doing that here against a previously undefeated 13-0 mill creek team and talk about turning it on matt in the last three minutes and seven seconds three grayson touchdowns the two chase prize passes and the interception return for a score as well all in just about three minutes this game has turned so quickly here at grayson while grayson went down to moultrie last week and put a running clock on caulkwood county the two-time defending state champions and they're enroute to putting a running clock on mill creek here in this game tonight and we're still just in the second quarter we're going for two that's bryce in the game yeah it looks like the rams gonna go for two here they did miss a p-a-t earlier cameron thompson gets the two-point conversion it is 38-7 [Music] 42-yard touchdown pass from bryce to williams on our tcsg touchdown replay yeah we saw they run this play the very first play of the game and look at that it's a quick snap it's a good timing at play right there where the receiver is already in motion he just kind of flips the ball in front of him and that was a play right there hayward had a chance to wrap him up instead just tried to shove him out of bounds with a frustration right there i'm going to look at it right here here's jamias williams great speed great blocking out front again you know grayson's receivers block as well down field as anybody and that creates so many many more opportunities downfield for the rams one more look at it ground level coming right at you here's williams look how close he is to the sideline right here you got to wrap him up you can't try to force him out he's way too strong and grayson is rolling here toward halftime they have totally dismantled a previously undefeated mill creek team and i say previously they're still undefeated at 13-0 but they're down 31 points and we're not yet at halftime a five play 65 yard drive capped by the 42 yard little shovel pass to jamaius williams returned by ace williams up to the 35-yard line mill creek does have all three timeouts remaining larry would you try to get to the locker room here and regroup or would you take your uh shots downfield with three timeouts and 65 seconds left i think you got to try to get something um because again like as you said grayson gets the ball first in the second half you only have so many possessions left in this game your defense hasn't stopped grayson so i think you've got to try to find a way to to get eight or nine yards at least uh every play here trying to get something on the board before halftime i agree with you totally turley play action got time looking downfield man wide open it's caught at the 29-yard line by plummer who had the ball stolen from him on the last pass to him this time he holds on to it first and ten for the hawks of the 24. now here's the thing to mill creek that's maybe the first time it had the time or even tried to look downfield nice job by turley gets a nice time nice uh touch on the ball right here good job by palmer to hold on to it and mill creek let's get a touchdown here before halftime that's a great point by you jamis williams put a big strong whack on him and plumber held on to it might have been shaken up a little bit on the play yeah plumber to the air to the tight end and that's a catch down to the one yard line ball out of bounds at the two tied in adrian jackson with the big catch he nearly fumbled it out of the end zone though which would have been a touchback fortunately for them it goes out at the two well it would have been fitting way this half has gone for the hawks but a great job here first great hands right here uh with the defender all in his face and then the presence of mine to keep going nice defense to pop it out that's a great play back to back bang bang plays by the hawks and they're down uh inside the the five yard line now with a chance to put it in you know where was this vertical offense all along adrian jackson with the seventh catch of the season for him and it's a big one it gives mill creek a first and goal to go at the two yard line they just use their first timeout so they have two remaining with 32 seconds left in the half and you were right on the money i mean you got to start doing the math they couldn't afford just to take a knee because you're down 31 points which means you're down five scores yeah yeah and i mean are you gonna get five scores right in the are you gonna get five possessions in the second half to score on each possession right and you because your defense has not been able to shut down grayson right you may need seven or eight possessions right uh the way it's gone so yeah so let's kick it with nelly it was 14-10 at the half buford and kell going back and forth and we got flags on the field right now so that game is now third quarter once again beaufort leading 14-10 so we're seeing right now in 5a that beaufort on the right-hand side of your bracket they're up by four stockbridge and rome tied at 14 back upstairs first and goal to go here for the hogs at the two yard line got their jump bone package in there gonna throw the ball instead and try to get the ball to the tight end magnani and threw it behind him interesting they lined up mcnainy in the backfield the tight end like an extra h-back blocker and then ran a route for him yeah i like the play call matt to try to get something in quickly you have two timeouts you're gonna get four shots at it here just do it behind him only lost three seconds on the play second down and goal [Applause] turley off the hands of mcaney again mac and manny had it again and this time it's off his hands i don't know if that was deflected or not and that was tough to see first one is just a mess throw and see if you see any of any uh grayson defender put a hand on it no just off his hands yeah [Applause] grayson faithful both stands packed tonight great atmosphere georgia high school football always one of the best in the country [Applause] third down and goal do they throw it again movement this time and now it's going to be third and goal from the seven wow mill creek shooting themselves in the foot down here yeah when they get a timeout first [Applause] grayson called a timeout before the movement so that's a break for mill creek i thought for sure they had movement before the snap yep so they catch a break right there so now it's going to remain third down and goal from the two as grayson used their final timeout of the half so larry they've twice gone to the tight end mackinanny instead of running the ball on first and goal from the two second and goal from the two now it's third and goal from the two what would you do uh i i try to run it in this time try to put it in if you don't make it i try again i'm not sure if field goal helped at this point you're this close yeah you gotta go for it they've just had they've had very little success running the ball in tight quarters against grayson i mean they've had they've hit a couple of big plays in the running game but typically after they've thrown some completion they have i would roll turley out he seems to do well he's got you know more space um again make make these grace and athletes chase after you you know uh take the hand off run the other way try to create some space and and create some misdirection so you can find somebody across the back of the end zone wide open thomas in the backfield he's the only one too split to the top on third and goal graham in motion they'll fake a handoff to him throw to the end zone touchdown adrian jackson the other tight end that was four straight pass attempts to tight ends jackson with the big catch down to the two went to mcenany twice and then they go back to jackson to get the touchdown and make it 38-13 big play there as we talked about that's exactly what mill creek needed to stay in this game right here and to stop the run would have been 29 consecutive points scored by the rams brenton king for the p-a-t d'angelo gibbs jumps up there and tries to block it can't and it's 38-14 with 20 seconds to play in the half as we take a look at our tcsg touchdown replay yeah one more look right here and boy the blitz was coming too turley did had no time to spare the nice touch right there is tied in leaking out back behind the linebackers and for the score great angle right here from uh high above the end zone nice camera work there by our guys turley once again off the back foot this time he's on the money and mill creek staying alive in this game had to have that score and they got it and quickly 45 seconds six play 65-yard drive two big catches on that play turley to plummer turley to jackson and then on third down and goal from the two turley went back to jackson for two yards in the touchdown and it's a 24 point game with 20 seconds to play in the half and you made the point already and it's well taken grayson gets the ball first so that made scoring a touchdown right there even more important right right as grayson will get the second half kickoff [Applause] [Music] kick will not be returned so grayson will have it at the 20-yard line no timeouts remaining for the ram so we'll see if they just take a knee and get to the locker room up with a big 24 point lead we'll kick it one more time here in the first half as we check in on dalton and valdosta with john nelson and dalton valdosta it's more points on the board for the wildcats making that 300 plus mile drive 14 to nothing short field created for valdosta alan rodemaker in his first year were for what for valdosta is a little less than two quarters of getting the wildcats back to a championship game leading 14-nothing against dalton back upstairs all right no pressure in that job so first and ten for the rams and they will hand off right up the middle to curt taylor and that looks like that will be the final play [Applause] making the tackle and the time will tick off here in the first half by and large it's been an explosive first half for the grayson rams they scored offensively they scored defensively they scored 29 points in the second quarter and have a 38-14 lead as we send it down to john nelson thank you very much matt here with the coach i know that before we got to about a minute left or up by 31 everything was going right and i know that you're thinking about that sixth place 65-yard drive to end it that's frustrating we just relaxed uh we gave up two pass plays and you know i'm i'm very upset i'm not happy camber with our defense because they relaxed and you can't relax at this point in the season against the team of that quality they're not going to quit and so that will be the talk when we go in there at halftime but you know we all got a little giddy things are going great and we just go out there and we let them drive down the field score on us and that's not us somehow how happy a camper are you about your offense and how they were humming in the first half well you know we did some good things we made some mistakes too we turned the ball over or dropped it more than i've seen us do probably all year long we'll address that at halftime too thanks for your time jeff thank you jeff herron he's up he'd like to be up a lot more the halftime show starts right now you know jeff herron's team is up 38-14 you think the score would be reversed listen to dr john there yeah he's 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these fan sections mill creek and the grayson rams so mill creek started off earlier this week saying hey rams riot we're going to need more space than this to sit in this friday night the rams responded you all need any more room just come on over to our side sit with us we'll be up at 50. we'll be up by 50 at the halftime not quite 50 but almost there then mill creek responds back it's getting a little chippy out there it's getting pretty intense saying you guys could come over to our side though you certainly don't mind changing schools that's a little awkward so the trash talking is only beginning on the world wide web of social media make sure you join the conversation with us all night long we're going to go to the marching band they're taking the field right now mark [Music] yeah a big part of the pageantry of high school football is listening into the marching band so let's listen in to the mill creek marching band brought to you by regions bank and we are taping the entire band performance the entire performance if you'd like to see it just go to our facebook live page now and on demand at facebook.com gpb sports let's listen in to the mill creek marching band [Music] she's [Music] my [Music] great job there by the mill creek marching band brought to you by regions bank now though it's time to check in with john nelson for the game show that everyone loves it's quirky it's fun and it makes us all a little bit smarter it's time for are you smarter john take it away thank you jackie reminder you can catch the performance on facebook and facebook live of the mile creek band as well here with jason lane what's going on in mill creek these days it's been a great year so far john we're just doing a lot of great things our kids are doing lots of service projects and our fine arts program is really booming outside of our athletics and having a great year so far sweet time to play the game a question that neither of us have seen thank you very much lisa clark 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it's time for another round of our favorite game show yep are you smarter so we go to john nelson with brian deberry the athletic director at grayson high school john yep it's time for round two of are you smarter but first let's find out what's going on at grayson these days uh here at grayson and gwinnett county public schools we talk about the promise of gwinnett and here at grayson we're carrying on that under the vision the leadership of our principal mr dana pew and the hard work of our teachers and our students um our data you know and our test scores are showing that we're following that promise grayson's a great city and you know we feel like we're doing our part of uh you know excellent schools make excellent communities and excellent communities make excellent schools so grace is a great place to be all right time to play the game a question neither of us have seen thank you very much lisa clark here we go here's the question well-known film director martin scorsese is used to rubbing elbows with a-listers this week he made news for a going deep sea fishing with joe pesci going ice skating with lindsay lohan or going to the vatican to meet pope francis i have no idea i have no idea either i i'm going to go with a going deep sea fishing with joe pesky he act oh we see a private audience for marty and his family was in that part of the world to promote a new movie silence about jesuit priests in 17th century japan so he went to the vatican to go hang out with pope francis i had no idea i didn't either exactly right that's what we're here that's what we're doing here at ru smart i'll send it back over to the set thank you very much john nelson time now to check in scores from all around the state from this ghsa semi final round and we've got some shockers some upsets and some blowouts to talk about right off the bat we got roswell blanking westlake 14 to sip tucker closeman with north side warner robins 9-7 in the third quarter valdosta leads undefeated dalton 21-0 in the third it is stockbridge in rome tied up 14-14 in the third buford leads kell 14-10 that game at halftime cartersville undefeated top ranked in 4a leading mary persons 21-17 mary person's led that game 14-0 early on thompson is undefeated they lead jefferson 20-3 in the third quarter elsewhere around the state semi-final action gac leading peach county 10 to nothing it is cedar grove over criss county big 41 nothing at the half benedictine top ranked in double a leading callaway 27-3 it is fitzgerald over hateful charter 35-6 at the half eagles landing christian academy leads tatino square 14-7 both those teams unbeaten as are these two fellowship christian and prince avenue right now fellowship christian leading it 25-7 in the third quarter and it's hard to believe that this is our last outdoor football friday night game before the ghs stage football championships next weekend inside the georgia domes let's get to the schedule brought to you by the georgia emcs for that weekend on friday the schedule looks like this at 10 a.m it's a single a private school championships followed by the aaa title game the 5a championship game and the 6a title matchup then on saturday four more ghsa championship games at 10 a.m it's the single a public school title game followed by the double a title game 4a is next and then at 8pm the 7a championship game so don't forget gpb is your exclusive home for the ghsa championships next week at the georgia dome i can't believe that it's already here and i believe that the grayson band is taking the field now and so we're going to listen in to them as they take the band here brought to you by regions bank [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] great job by the grayson high school marching band brought to you by regions bank plenty of enthusiasm and excitement there and mr enthusiasm and mr excitement right here john nelson joins us for another edition of back roads and back wheels brought to you by the georgia cotton commission the natural choice for georgia and this week you hit the road to stockbridge to take a look at an undefeated tiger team and there was a team that had had a lot of long years before the current coaching staff showed up and when i got there i was reminded that that coaching staff and the head coach have a link to my past as well before kevin whitley and his staff showed up in stockbridge in 2009 the most wins in the season was seven picked up three times 1968 1982 and 1993. frankly the team had more ties eight than most ever wins in a season and the tigers had only been to the playoffs once since the school opened in 1964. but with this staff the team has had double-digit wins the last five years and have been to the quarters each time winning 12 last year and winning 13 this time around the difference i think when parents see that you care about their kids they're more inclined to help you so i think that was the biggest thing just being a trust factor the first group of seniors that i had i probably was their fourth coach in four years so when the kid when the coaches won and done one and done one and done kind of lose faith in the system so i had to let them know without planning on being here for a while and i've been here eight years now so things worked out well the tigers consistently score in the 30s and have had four shutouts into the semifinal round for this group of seniors they've been a part of the tiger's success from their eighth grade year we were a team that had a lot of guys look up to i want to say that we're supposed to be followers back then i don't want to say it's a bad thing but it's a good thing to have upcoming seniors leading you to show you the right way we knew since january 1st when we've been putting in work we knew that we were going to have a test and we lost a lot of boys so we knew us as seniors we had to step up and play and our main focus the last three or four years we were coming too close and now we want to finish the mission and stop coming close the guys who play at tiger stadium feel that they've been surrounded by doubt and doubters they're changing that especially when they remind you on the field when their helmet meets your number jones county game i hit hit the running back blew him up hit the quarterback and my helmet popped out and i just went crazy andy kelton's point the defense has really been doing some popping tonight they're now tied at 21 in the third quarter and mark i went back into my old yearbook right here this is valhalla lakeside high school kevin whitley graduated two years behind me at the school and i went looking and trey hardnet his assistant right there trey harding right there that's trey hardin the assistant coach for kevin whitley and under no circumstance mark harmon will you be seeing my picture from this particular yearbook some updates also with what's going on in single a into the third clinch leading mca eight seven and also you have the macon county score making county in the third leading eci 28 to 12. there's your updates all right back roads and backfields brought to you by the georgia cotton commission the natural choice for never showing you my sophomore picture from lakeside high school well maybe someday lake city get back in the playoffs hey now coach kam's doing great work calm down there sir just check all right let's check in with jackie time for another edition of rent check where we check in with the parants jackie thank you mark i'm joined now by jenny and billy bryce their son is chase price one of the top quarterbacks in the state they're getting a little nostalgic this is his last home game of his high school career but are you guys ready to dominate and run check we are so excited all right let's get going here who is chase's favorite quarterback um his favorite quarterback well uh peyton manning but he grew up a georgia fan um matthew stafford okay he got it that was a little long time there but that's all right his least favorite chore mom you've got to know this one definitely cleaning out the garage correct ding ding ding and if he wasn't playing football what would he be doing probably probably baseball that we'll go with that playing golf getting ready for baseball okay and then dad would make him get a job he also says that okay favorite career moment his favorite career moment [Music] hopefully tonight beating archer three years in a row that's an interesting one mark we'll send it back over to you you guys get some gpb swag and mark we'll let you take it away thank you guys dad might be right with four touchdown passes in the first half tonight might be his favorite we'll see well time now to send it back up to the booth the matt and larry for the call the second half of this mill creek racing game but first we check out the tcsg career play of the game [Music] i was able to find class times for my welding and joining classes that worked for me and my tuition was free i get to train with 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and play fast and we preach this every week the scoreboard don't matter in regard to our style of play and how we play whether you're up you're down or whatever it's still every place so that's what we're about to do this second half thanks shan thank you john all right send it back upstairs for highlight stats and more stuff guys all right thank you nelly grayson out to a 38-14 lead here as we take a look at the first half highlights that started on mill creek's very first possession got a piece of that first punt and that's the start of things right there man again that ball went about eight yards in ink and then oh grayson coming right back down nice touch here bryce to barnes the kick was no good six nothing lead and then after a field goal by van pamela 19 yard touchdown run by edmond graham made it 9-7 but from then it was all grace in the swing pass to taylor made it 16-7 and then bryce was able to team up with his top wide receiver in the first half evan sturgel yeah a great play here again they run that you know triple with a threat on there on the left side two guys blocking one takes the ball all the way in and then this play unbelievable great job right here by thames just taped up all the way the interception and the return for the touchdown one of 29 straight points scored by grayson 42-yard shovel pass touchdown to jamaius williams fourth touchdown pass to the half for price and his shortest right there it went about two feet 38-7 mill creek got on the board with 20 seconds to play in the half on the pass to jackson to make it 38-14 and you take a look at 305 yards of offense for grayson in the first half alone look at those passing yards matt 258 passing yards again some of those short and then a lot of yards after the catch we talked about the rushing yards of grace and milk creek allowing only 301 rushing yards the entire game not even a factor 47 yards it's more than milk creek gives up on the average again this been just a total domination twice many first downs um it's just been all grayson tonight you know we talked about uh you know we've talked about the the possessions and mill creek facing limited possessions and down five scores actually down four scores now would you onside kick here or is that too obvious i i i wouldn't this to start but i think if you can get something on the board um with your first possession you no i would not i'd gonna kick it deep and and and tell your defense listen you've got to stop him you got i'm not sure that the grayson punted the ball in the first half they did not yeah you've got it you've got to get make your defense to stop somebody and here's the thing as it is right now the mill creek defense has yet to stop grayson so if you on sidekick they're just gonna just gonna take it on down and score a touchdown here's the drive chart of what they did all the way through you can see that um they scored every time except the fumble there inside the five yard line they scored on every uh drive they had grayson did third quarter kickoff is brought to you by heads up georgia don't text and drive distracted drivers take lives and this will not be returned as deangelo gibbs actually that was jaquavious lane pardon me a yard deep in the end zone so the rams will get it at the 20. so we'll see if milk creek can force a three and out here or at the very least slow him down a little bit chase bryce 14 of 21 for 258 and four touchdowns and here's the story about this grayson they can beat you so many ways last week he was only six of nine passing they ran 375 yards against colquitt this week they decided to kill you through the air because that's what the mill creek defense is giving you jamis williams goes in motion and he'll get the first handoff spin barry sanders and he picks up 17 on the first snap of the second half well if they get a running game going uh just it's good it's good night because that's the one thing that milk creek has actually been been able to limit them somewhat one more look at it right here great angle watch the move right here and watch the vision by williams that whole when he first makes this move that hole isn't even open yet he sees the defender the spin moves he wants to get the first down and more such a talented player and if we get a chance to see that again the great block by the pulling guard luke sealed on the play i mean that was textbook [Applause] ronald hopkins on the carry right there nothing doing watch number 51 the cooling guard luke sealed on this play yeah left side guard watch this textbook there and williams squeezes through the hole he creates to game of inches great job right there again every man doing his job big things can happen second down and 11.

[Applause] bryce under pressure gonna take a sack back at the 30-yard line well that's big for mill creek i wouldn't flex just yet you got a long way to go but what a great job there by the defense because again we've saw him twice in the first half where the hawks defense had him behind the line of scrimmage and he managed to make positive yards out of it great job right here didn't account for the linebacker coming in just disrupt some things and then a lot of white shirts around and make the big play david mylon with the quarterback sack it's his fifth of the season big shoes to fill for mill creek this year as tyler vernon and payton wore their two outstanding defensive ends from a year ago now at georgia tech and georgia state respectively aiola ogun seymour making the tackle nothing doing right there on the carry by taylor so this is exactly what mill creek needed uh for the first time a defensive stop uh in this game and get the ball back to your offense and see if they can find that vertical game that they suddenly discovered in the final a couple of minutes their final minute uh of the first half that's just the second time on eight or make it second time on ten third down attempts that they failed they had been eight they're now eight for ten on third downs tonight line drive kick plumber has it hit in front of him at 37 and he can't field it [Music] and so mill creek's first possession here in the second half will start at their own 26 26s we kick it with john nelson first time we kick it broadfish by our friends of georgia farm bureau north side warner robins and tucker you see tobias oliver here the pitch the problem the scoop and the score going the other way tucker gets the six there it was 15-7 they scored again so now it's in the 20s big lead late for tucker over north side denman graham on the carry that time ishmael abdul the pony making the tackle for the rams as graham picks up about three on the play looks like brian lamarr might get his tucker tigers into the state championship game and it looks like they would be playing the valdosta wildcats that would be the last game on friday night a week from tonight at the georgia dome the 6a final final championships in the dome yep yeah turley 7 of 18 118 a touchdown an interception that's a completion out on the edge to the 33-yard line plumber making the grab plumber came into the game 28 catches from 294 and a couple of touchdowns this season had a big catch late in the second quarter that set up their second touchdown third down and three hawks really need to convert this one yeah [Music] handoff joe thomas first down papo making the tackle along with jamias williams that's a big carry right there to move the sticks it's awfully big we talked in the pregame though matt about you know mill creek and again scoring in the playoffs more than 42 points per game nice replay here and joe thomas again quick burst of speed to get uh past that first wave and get some big positive yards we talked about the pregame about how they they're known to hold onto the ball in these long prolonged drives of eight nine minutes they can't do that with this they've got to make sure they score and score quickly because they need a lot of touchdowns jamar hall now lines up in the backfield they throw complete the graham out on the edge and graham up to the 49-yard line papo making the tackle along with d'angelo gibbs they pick up about four on the play that's a play that's been successful for mill creek all season but just the speed of this secondary of grayson makes it very hard to turn that into a big game because they do pursue so well out there in the flat second down and five jamar hall with his first carry of the night and shannon jarvis told us that they would be using jamar hall and jonathan gibson at running back they'd use anybody they needed to to try to win the game hauls their starting safety [Applause] there's no tomorrow if you can't get this one so here's the positive they're actually moving the ball after not having much success for most of the first half back-to-back drives here uh but they have got an end to grace in territory and jamar hall has committed to furman he picked up only one on that play right there abdul who came into the ball game their leading tackler with 71 stops on the season i'd love to see them go downfield here second down and nine start taking some shots downfield if you can they kind of get a bigger chunk of yards and move this this ball a little faster gotta have at least four scores yep [Music] turley ball tipped into the air [Applause] breon dixon breaks up the pass waiting to call his name several stars on this rams defense one more look at it right here you know the green shirts around him great job there by dixon knocked that ball away and a flag on the play didn't see that's a replay dixon espn four star we have a holding call defensive holding against grayson so a first down for mill creek [Applause] [Music] so at first and ten now for the hawks at the 33-yard line big break for mill creek but you're right this this drive is taking some time so they've really absolutely got to get points out of this yeah wildcat turley's on the sideline here in first down matt yeah graham is going to take the direct snap and he's going to be tackled at the 31-yard line by stephen banks three-yard pickup for edmund graham i appreciate coach jarvis as you mentioned he talked about we were talking to him this week and you know we'll use anybody we have to make things happen but again like we said you you need scores and three yard running plays are not going to get you a victory and get you to the dome next friday night not at this point second down and seven yeah the length of this drive mandates that they get a touchdown on this yeah they swing it out here and the tight end jackson gets blown up on the play see i mean it's a completion and yeah it's a success but you've got to go vertical um you you're going to burn 30 seconds to get two yards right here darius martin the linebacker was right there to dropping [Music] along with abdul now it's third down and seven [Music] turley going down the sideline ace williams broken up great defensive play down field i believe that was demetrius murray number 10 who broke it up yeah great play this one i'm talking about though take it down field he's got the one-on-one coverage he wants right here look at williams why it was close to interference that was thames thames bro you might have been there early uh but no call brings up fourth and seven but you you had to do that and you gotta go for it here they've burned four and a half minutes on this drive turley going downfield looked like there was holding in a flag as that was yeah jamaius williams was clearly holding ace williams on that route that'll be another first down for mill creek and you know i mean that's a good penalty by jameis williams smart penalty because if he doesn't hold he gets beaten at the touchdown so better to give up a first down and a touchdown actually a smart play [Applause] and it keeps the milk creek drive alive that was a fourth down and seven play so it's an automatic first down on this see where they spot it [Applause] get down to the 21-yard line so first and ten from there from mill creek but again as we talked about matt you know the math doesn't work if it takes you six minutes to score every touchdown you're not going to win this game first and ten ball at the 21-yard line after the holding call handoff jay thomas right up the middle joe thomas still on his feet drives into the end zone and new life for mill [Applause] [Music] a great job here suddenly the hawks have scored back-to-back touchdowns around halftime the tchc touchdown replay joel thomas great blocking in the middle huge hole wants the power here and the presence of mind to to take the hit stay on his feet and still power his way and carry a defender the final eight yards into the endzone that is a power move right there by thomas and he keeps milk creek here in the game uh they get the gig they can convert here we've got a ball game or something they're gonna go for two i'm in it i wonder why they're going for two i know why they're going for two here i'll explain it in a moment let's see if they get the conversion turley to the air fires incomplete you know i don't know that i agree with going for the two there i know what they were trying to do they're trying to cut it to a 16 point game so that two touchdowns is right but that is such a long stretch it's so hard yeah i think it would have been smarter to go for the one there and be down 17. now they are down 18. but they do get the touchdown on the 21-yard run by joe thomas camping a 74-yard drive [Music] here we believe when you study hard you need to play even harder bring your a game rock the weekend climb your way to the top and find your inner champion world-class faculty and coaches plus access to over 100 majors continue our winning traditions at vsu you get off the bench and in the game to succeed discover valdosta state university a hidden gem in higher education at 60 miles per hour you go the length of a football field in five seconds but would you do it blindfolded when you text and drive that's what happens heads up georgia texting and driving is against the law [Music] back grayson community stadium 440 for the third mill creek misses the two-point conversion so it's 18 now at 38 to 20. let's kick it around georgia brought to us by our friends at georgia farm bureau td roof hands off christian turner two minutes to go regulation buford leading kell 28 to 16. the first team that we can advance technically is cartersville trailing early to marry persons they go on to win so cartersville the first team through to the georgia dome matt and larry led by the number one junior quarterback in the nation trevor lawrence the purple hurricanes have now won 29 straight games a seven-play 74-yard drive and it's a 38-20 game i thought they chased the two points a little too early there yeah i think they did too i mean we were talking before i guess maybe coach jarvis was thinking well if we had three touchdowns with kicks that's 21 points field goal ties thing is now uh you're down 18 now you need three more touchdowns brenton king will kick off unless like you said you can get two touchdowns two two extra points at 16 and then a field goal wins it but yeah that's the thing the probability of converting on three two-point conversions in a game like this against grayson is probably pretty low yeah but i mean you got to do what you feel like you got to do so they're down 18 now there's a there's still a long way to go before that's even a point of discussion yeah they still got a long way to go here starting with trying to stop gracie yeah and here's the thing they've done what we need to do they need to do so far stop bracing force them to punt and take it down now they've got back-to-back scores momentum's on their side now but they got to keep it up handoff tobias williams watch out across the 40. jamis williams a 27-yard run we see a replay of that he literally ran right by the defender i don't think he knew he had the ball watch this right side of your screen look at that he didn't even know number 23 uh demetrius i don't think he realized williams had the ball jamis williams such a spectacular running back a cornerback at the next level committed to south carolina he is reportedly going to take an official visit to oklahoma tomorrow for bedlam pass complete elijah looks like he tripped or maybe he was tackled big gain to the tight end elijah barnes wow watching that quiet uh start the rams offense heating up here in the third quarter great look there price to barnes and it makes so easy you know just tripped he wasn't tackled yeah first and ten ball of the 20. they can strike so quickly and chase bryce just carves you up like one of those chefs at the japanese restaurant taking care of the stake in the shrimp [Applause] tobias williams four-yard pickup well again the challenger for mill creek that's what we talked about you need all these possessions got to score every possession you also to stop grayson on every possession so far so time for the defense to blow up a little bit [Applause] second down and seven kurt taylor maria stops him right there in the line of scrimmage big play coming up here for the hawks on defense yep now it's third now just joining us grayson 29 unanswered points in the second quarter it was a 9-7 game at the end of the first period and then they just went on a run bryce the quarterback right there number two four touchdown passes three of them there in that second quarter but they've been quiet since then but they have it at the 15 yard line third down and six high snap jamaica williams ends up getting it and he's going to take a loss at the 17-yard line big break here for mill creek so they're sitting on them we'll see if they're going to sit on their field goal unit here on fourth down high snap here and williams right place right time and almost a huge loss right there but williams still shifty and hard to bring down and they are going to kick man pamela who hit a 41-yard field goal back in the first quarter we'll try a 34-yard field goal right here and he'll be kicking from the right hash this time his 41 yarder for the left footer was from the left hash this is from the right half [Music] and he knuckled it through 34-yard field goal for will van pamela in his second three-pointer of the night and grayson up 21. and it looks like we know they're going to be playing one of these teams in the finals as we kick it with john nelson you see the fake on the dive and the little outlet malik willis touchdown pass roswell up 28 to nothing now wesley had missed a field goal at the 21 nothing markers so for those of you filling out your left hand side roswell is seven minutes or so away from beating westlake you can now also advance rome 28-21 winners against stockbridge they will play the winner of buford and kell sixth play 63 yards on the drive there nelly as grayson back up now by three scores and there was some talk at halftime as to why grayson when they were up 36-7 went for two to make it 38-7 at the time it was for this reason to try to get on this track where you're on a touchdown plus field goal kind of lead if you'll remember that made it a 24 made it a 31 point lead at the time and people thought maybe they're running it up a little bit but really they probably just following the book that says in that situation you go for two you know when i credit you know coach jarvis said come out at halftime that his hawks hey you know what we don't care what the score is we're gonna keep playing the same way they have been much more aggressive here in the second half gibson picks it up at the 10-yard line after having it fall at his feet and gibson's going to be tackled at the 18-yard line i think they'll spot it more like the 17. so once again not great field position for mill creek and now the clock is their enemy they're down three scores are they going to get three more possessions in this game well they've gotta again score faster they can't take it was almost five minutes on that last touchdown drive and they scored a touchdown that's great but again you got to score faster and on top of that you said by not stopping grayson's offense you're also not flipping the field so still an uphill climb here for mill [Applause] creek blitz is coming they pick it up downfield for ace williams looked like there was some contact downfield but no flag this time clinton thames on the coverage yeah but i like that call again that they you've got to go vertical i believe we have an illegal shift too here against mill creep in the five yard penalty so the penalty is going to be declined and make it second down and 10. a good call your defense has played well most of this half make him stop him on two plays like him a third extra play to try to get a first down [Music] handoff joe thomas nothing doing breon dixon is there driving him backwards aaron brawley in on that tackle as well now it's gonna be third down another must-have here for mill creek and what's been a series of them all night tonight can't afford any empty possessions rest of the way third down and eight turley crossing route complete the plumber first down ball is out they're going to rule him down however at the 34. good call that's the right call grayson does just such a good job of ripping and stripping as they're making the tackle a man down for mill creek too [Music] look at this third down play here turley good patience here waits for him to clear plumber hold on that ball tomius williams ripping as he makes the tackle meantime an offensive lineman down john harris their fine right tackle a junior who's already been offered by virginia tech north carolina and rutgers congratulations to brian lamarr and tucker they have defeated north side one of robins so the tucker tigers have advanced to the state championship game looks like they'll be playing valdosta in the 6a final this time next friday night [Applause] john harris being held to the sideline all five of the offensive linemen for the mill creek hogs have been offered by somebody it's impressive look at the rosters of these two teams and to see the number of players already committed to or being offered by major colleges around the country first and ten turley to the air ace williams back shoulder throw makes the grab and the first down at the 48 yard line yeah need more of that ball out of bounds stops the clock [Applause] one more look at it right here good patience to make sure he's clear in the clear ace williams nice catch first down ace williams a great story he's had a phenomenal senior season hardly played at all last year as a junior has really come on and gotten better as we said earlier 11 touchdown catches this year for a new program record edmond graham can't get to the sticks and a face mask perhaps here on ishmael abdul who made the tackle penalties uh really hurting and there's another flag second flag just right there by the mill creek sideline i'm not sure that may be on the hawks sideline let's see as they sort this out definitely a face mask though against grayson on the tackle shannon jarvis what a job he's done with that mill creek program and sportsmanlike on grayson as well both flags on grayson jeff herron stepped into a controversy with the transfers and all that when he took the job back in the spring said this team from where it's come in their opening loss against img on national television to where they are here today probably the biggest transformation he's ever had with any of his teams in a single season said the players didn't know each other in a lot of cases they didn't like each other the parents were bickering the coaches were new they didn't know each other but what a job he's done to navigate some difficult circumstances here tonight big mark off here against grayson with the double penalty the face mask and the unsportsmanlike so two 15-yard penalties tacked on stacked on top of each other and mill free has it at the 23-yard line with 41 seconds to play in the third quarter on what a turn of events it would be if mill creek can get this in here before the end of the quarter and go down only two touchdowns handoff joe thomas and darius martin you see again trying to rip and strip that was papo reaching in there and trying to take away the ball [Music] a lot of times what can happen on those rip and strip tackles and you see a man down for grayson that is ellison hubbard the espn three-star defensive tackle he's got 17 offers he's shaken up on the play i hope he's okay but this stoppage and play really helps mill creek that clock was winding down to the end of the uh the quarter but this gives him a chance to go to the sidelines and regroup and try to find it maybe is there a quick strike play that'll work to get him in the end zone again you see wake forest boston college iowa state minnesota rutgers all reportedly among his leaders team leading 24 quarterback pressures on the season for the 6-2 260-pound senior defensive tackle but what i was going to say a few moments ago is on that ripping strip one of the things one of the problems with the ripping strip is sometimes if you get too caught up in trying to rip and strip you don't make the tack right right and it turns into a big play for the offense and it looks like hubbard is going to make it off the field in their zone power that's good news [Applause] mill creek back-to-back region champions the first two region championships in their program history 26-1 the last two years their only loss out of those 27 games in the semifinals against caulkwood county last year second down and five with the ball at the 18-yard line turley lots of time a man out there blocking for him too throws to the end zone got a man open and incomplete trying to get the ball to edmond graham and i don't know it might have been deflected as it got there and that is the end of the third quarter a little live from the mill creek parks in the third quarter but grayson's still in command with a 41-20 lead as we head to the fourth [Music] what is by moonlight an empty field is by the magic of electricity sacred ground as the official energy provider of the ghsa georgia's electric membership cooperatives proudly support our student athletes we're there illuminating the glory moments fans just have to see capturing the hustle elevating champions sharing the win georgia's emcs so much more than electricity whether you plan to attend a two-year college four-year university or go straight into the world of work the georgia career technical and agricultural education programs teach students essential career skills 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is pride welcome back grayson community stadium getting ready for the final 12 minutes of this particular 7a semi-final and the winner of this one faces the winner of the left-hand side of the bracket that's gonna be roswell and west lake will face the winner of grayson and mill creek so it's time to kick it and show you what's going on here hugs all around by the folks in white means one thing it's going to be roswell roswell up 28 to nothing they've been in the victory formation and just pretty much milking the clock at lakewood stadium dominating effort shutting out westlake tonight great run for the lions getting this deep into the playoffs but it looked like roswell shutting out westlake 14 ticks left there 12 minutes left here and grayson with a 21 point lead we can advance some folks in like in 6a let's advance valdosta to the last game of the year matt and larry all right nelly third down and five here for mill creek at the 18 yard line as we start the fourth quarter heavy rush and a big completion to jackson again short of the first down yeah he's gonna be short of the first down but how about adrian jackson tonight he had six catches the entire year he's got four tonight and we have a penalty on grayson looks like roughing the passer so a personal foul is going to be a first down here for mill creek when they stopped him on third down first and goal looks like maybe from the nine let's get the call so a roughing the passer call on jeff herron's team and first and goal to go now for the hawks inside the 10. when the rush was on turley gets the ball away but let's see here who caused the infraction and there it is yeah throws him down yeah he got there and then after the ball was out he continued to try to wrestle him to the ground that was papo the sophomore who's had a big game with six tackles and a pass broken up [Applause] stops edmond graham in his tracks solomon egbe a couple of tackles tonight 58 tackles on the season for him eight tackles for lost four sacks for the juniors second down and goal from the seven yard line nice job by thomas on the edge to pick up the blitz from papo but they can't connect with graham in the corner of the end zone now it's third and goal one good thing is that incomplete pass tops the clock the clock is running [Music] drive right now almost at the three minute mark need to score and score quickly [Applause] [Music] third downing goal from the seven plumber in motion heavy rush pass off of plumber's hands at the two-yard line again joe thomas did a great job picking up papo on the blitz but plummer could not come up with the reception inside the 5. fellowship christian has defeated prince avenue and they advance to the state championship game look at the job there by thomas papo plumber just couldn't come up with the rifle shot inside the five yard line fourth down and goal from the seven here and mill creek going to go for it [Applause] they have no choice field goals means nothing at this point charlie gonna run to the pylon and get there touchdown cameron turley with the seven yard touchdown run it's his first touchdown run of his senior season and it's 41-26 tcsc touchdown replay watch the great patience here by turley nothing going nothing going sees a lot of green shirts and sees a lot of green grass when he turns and looks left nobody anywhere near him seven yard score right there he runs in for the touchdown the hawks trying to stay in this football game this is to make it a 14-point game [Applause] and no good i think it was blocked they had some trouble getting the ball down on the tee on the snap of skelly and it never was right from the get-go and it's 41-26 but cameron turley the all-star catcher who's committed to play baseball for georgia tech runs it in from seven yards out to keep his team in the ball game here in the semifinals every tv doctor knows when preparing for surgery use an overpronounced washing technique for dramatic effect they also know you need to get your annual checkup [Music] now prepare for your checkup with one touch using the my cigna app where you can find a doctor in your plan's network to save money manage your health and more need to be thorough cigna together all the way at 60 miles per hour you go the length of a football field in five seconds but would you do it blindfolded when you text and drive that's what happens heads up georgia texting and driving is against the law 10 48 to play grayson on top of mill creek 41-26 now here's the p-a-t scalia the snap got back there and i just think i don't know did they ever get it on the kicking block did he miss the kicking block when he put it down the kick was just low coming out of there yeah he never got up under it i mean just very strange coming off his foot so that could end up being a big play here because instead of being 14 down 15 down an eight play 83 yard drive so instead of two touchdowns and two extra points you're now two touchdowns an extra point and you've got to get a two-point conversion in there too right 15-30 156 now grayson believing that they're going to try an on-side kick here and i think they might try one here too [Music] or you're trying to kick it in that no mirror no man's land between the 10 and the 40-yard line where nobody's standing instead they just booted away it is going to be taken at the five yard line by jacobius lane and he gets stopped at the 25.

[Music] so nothing unusual about that kick i thought they might try to drop it in that 30-yard space where nobody was standing but instead they kick it to lane who returns it to the 26 and that's where the rams will go on offense 10 41 and mill creek really needs to get a three and out here [Applause] [Music] bryce quiet here in the second half but what a game he's had trying to finish it off here in the fourth quarter [Applause] now they line up in that wing t formation they fake the handoff to tomas williams and throw it the lane and gibson's there to stop him immediately great job by the mill creek defense to sniff that one out and work around those blockers again those grayson receivers blocked very well downfield but they're able to negate them and make the tackle now if you look at the formation we talked about it being spread but this was a wing t formation with the two wing backs jamias williams and kurt taylor they threw out of the wing t here but look at this they're lining up in a this is traditional wing t right here [Applause] well this is not so they line up kurt taylor here they go back to more of a spread that's tompkins who goes in motion to block for taylor and the play doesn't generate a whole heck of a lot still going brings up third down and long time the defense step up again [Music] great job of holding grace into only a field goal here in the second half it's third down and about eight balls at the 29 they need to get to the it's really more like seven need to get to the 36.

[Applause] jamias williams instead the inside handoff goes to kurt taylor gets stonewalled mylon is there and that's the three and out that the hawks were needing [Applause] ayola ogun seymour in on that tackle as well [Applause] one more look at it right here nice call in her misdirection but a great job right there no one fooled so fourth down and ten and van pamela going to punt for the first time tonight standing at his 11 yard line line drive kick end over in bounces backwards and mill creek for the first time the entire night will start a possession with great field position at the 50-yard line and it comes at a most opportune time for them as they're trying to climb back in this ball game they have outscored grayson 12-3 here in the second half after falling behind 38-14 at halftime and they got the final touchdown of the final score of the first half so really you count that 19-3 they've outscored grayson since the three-minute mark in the second quarter turley time breaks down rolls to his left now gonna run scrambles forward and picks up three yards on the play as dixon comes up to make the stop [Music] both teams have all three timeouts remaining click under eight minutes to play mill creek has really battled shannon jarvis promised john nelson at the second half they weren't going to quit at the half they would not quit in the second half and they haven't turley fires downfield in jackson another huge catch for adrian jackson who's having himself a career night he had six catches in their first 13 games he's got five tonight he's wide open right there again they're most effective their offense when turley rolls out like this and gives himself some space allows the players to develop sees where guys are nice nifty uh tight spiral right there to jackson and he does the rest five catches for 55 yards for number 43 adrian jackson tonight where did he come from a timeout called by grayson adrian jackson having himself a ball game here in the semifinals he has been a steady target and remember late in the half when they were down there and they failed twice going to mitch mcinanny they went to jackson on the third down and goal and got the touchdown so 41-26 mill creek that looked almost as good as dead at halftime has really come to life here their defense has had some stops turley's got it going and mill creek trying to battle back and make a run here late in the ball game you see last year knocked down in the semifinals by caulkwood county year before in the first round by grayson this is the first time in program history they've had three straight playoff appearances lost in the quarters in 2010 and 2012.

[Music] this is the 13th year of football for mill creek high school they've been in the playoffs six times trying to get to the state championship game for the first time ever clay turner goes in motion heavy rush turley steps up goes for the end zone and plumber and throws it out of the back of the end zone mark harmon needed to come out of the tip [Applause] little heater down there they got fires no but they do have plenty of caffeine down there i see a heater oh rub it in john thanks mark has them both second down and ten ball at the 25-yard line turley fires out here for joe thomas man to be [Applause] and ishmael abdul finally shoves him towards the sideline and everybody comes up to clean up the tackle that stops the clock with 7 19 to play [Applause] we'll look at it here get it gotta get the ball downfield you know thomas does some really nice things in this game touchdown here in the third quarter that's a big hit there by thames rushing in laying down the hammer thomas to the sideline third down and seven [Music] they swing it out here for edmund graham got a man to beat can't beat two men though papo comes up right to the rescue and now it's fourth down yeah matt that plays just too long developing and grace's defenders are just way too fast for that this is not going to be effective another fourth law and long now to keep this alive as we said you can't have any empty possessions down 38-7 at one point they've really come back to get back into this game huge play right here on fourth and seventh turley guns it caught at the 15-yard line or was it they're gonna rule that a catch and it's close to a first down as preston norwood makes his first catch of the ball game look at it right here watch him come across your screen half a yard short and they're going to be short that's the chair you hear as you watch the replay right here let's check the spot here yeah he was shy of the 15 yards even if it had been spotted closer to the 15 it still would have been short 15 was the line the game yep he came up short of the 15-yard line oh so close and the ball goes over and down to grayson and that's a really really tough play a tough break for mill creek needed this touchdown to close within one score now can the defense do something they forced a fumble in the first half and then the big play here first and ten from the 15 and a half complete the sturgill first catch of the half for sturgel shaka hayward drops him for his fourth tackle of the ball game but the clock keeps running you know grace is going to take burn as much as they can between plays and here at grayson community stadium they do have play clocks in both end zones not all football stadiums have that but that's a great tool for the quarterback to be able to use shaw goes in motion very little on the running play to kurt taylor but they can burn another 30 seconds here at what point if you're milk creek matt if you start using timeouts soon you're one down away from getting the ball back here yeah third down and seven [Music] clock down to eight grayson oh for three on their third downs here in the second half after going eight for nine in the first half and the play clock all the way down to one and then called timeout yeah grayson calls timeout to avoid the penalty running it all the way down as far as they can 5 15 to play grayson football fridays on gpb is made possible in part by regions bank it's time to expect more georgia's electric membership corporations so much more than electricity technical college system of georgia learn more earn more cigna together all the way and viewers like you thank you [Music] more important than doing business is being in the business of doing georgia's electric membership cooperatives care about more than providing a utility by partnering with local organizations we allocate tools that improve the quality of life in our communities so that every bright idea is displayed every heart kept ticking and every young mind educated meeting needs creating possibilities making a difference georgia's emcs so much more than electricity nothing prepares you better for a great career than the technical college system of georgia tcsg colleges produce graduates with the knowledge and training today's top employers are looking for with campuses across georgia state of the art facilities and outstanding instructors with real world experience it's the kind of affordable college education that will fast track you into a rewarding career we're building a better future for you contact the tcsg college in your area today or go to tcsg.edu [Music] jeff herron's team 15 point lead and 5 15 to play one of four coaches in georgia high school history to take four different teams to the semifinals and trying to get another team into the state championship game this was his first state championship nelly way back in 1999 when oconee county beat mount zion jonesboro and there's a browning kid running the football because we had larry munson calling the game with jeff van note it was a great night in watkinsville and you see what it meant to watkinsville for oconee county to get that title it was a stifling defense that oconee county had against jackie green and mount zion jonesboro that night look at jeff herron who just graduated high school i know there's no gray hair there at all he was a senior at oconee county and the head coach at the same time third down and seven first one to you mr stewart [Music] pump fake bryce going across the middle and broken up at the 42-yard line shaw had it shaka hayward remember that name that kid's going to be a big time star next year just a junior a 6-3 200 pound strong safety in high school and it's fourth down and mill creek going to get the ball back do they have enough time with the vertical passing game that they've shown the last couple of weeks with cameron and ace that's probably what they're going to have to do is load it up yeah remember ace williams last week had a big 64-yard touchdown reception against uh against mckitchen and a flag out a booming kick by the procedure and that's going to back him up another five yards cameron turley is going to get a chance to try to lead his team back and what if he doesn't win will be his final high school football game he's a standout catcher committed to play baseball for georgia tech next year the hawks career leader in touchdown passes and passing yards gonna get another chance on offense here with five minutes to play van pamela not as good a punt right here plummer makes an over the head catch oh boy at the 46 yard line and that's where the hawks go in play on the ram side of the 50. now matt you know if he didn't that ball probably was going to bounce another 10 maybe 15 yards downfield he waves a fair catch and watch this a little too close [Music] not exactly the way they diagram it and van pamlen actually took an extra step you're used to seeing the two-step punters van gamlin made sure he got the ball and took a third step before he pondered let's see if curly can bring him back heavy rush not like that quarterback sag for eugene mappa maybe a hold on the milk creek offensive line which if it is they'll decline does stop the clock at the moment [Music] [Applause] [Music] here it is great push right here by the rams see we can see the hold a lot of green shirts in there i don't know man they did joe thomas have had tremendous battles papo blitzing and joe thomas and pass protection and thomas has won some of those battles right there he was holding they declined it though second down turley nice catch by norwood ball out after the hit by jordan cornelius they're going to rule that a catch you see jeff herron signaling incomplete you make the call now preston norwood here boy he just gets stuck right in his ribs turns around yeah that's a catch he wants to stay in the game he's waving the training staff off yeah that's a catch he's he's to the ground with the ball before it pops out yeah and he's got extra padding there too imagine if he didn't have that third down and incomplete of the 35 flag interference ace williams with a target quentin thames broke it up [Applause] the thinking is i guess that thames climbed his back before the ball got there we'll look at it right here yeah he had his arm warning the crowd's not gonna like it but he did he had his arm on his back as the ball was in the air i don't know if we can see it better from this angle well referee almost kind of blocks it right there but he's right there on it so you can see him great camera of him throwing the flag he was right on it so third down and one from the 37. oh edmund graham can't hold on to the first down catch and now it's fourth down he turned around too soon heard footsteps so mill creek down to a fourth down and one again so what do you do here the quick out to get the yard or do you try to plow it we haven't we haven't seen a rushing uh attempt from thomas since nelly my answer is whatever play works best plus two fourth and one right here thomas in the backfield plumber in motion they're going to throw it broken up d'angelo stepped right in front of the pass intended for plumber and batted it down number two rated athlete in the country he reportedly will be visiting oklahoma tomorrow look at it right here good rush outstanding play no question and so the ball goes over on downs to grayson and that might have been the final call for mill creek they line up in the wing tee price under center for once [Music] handoff goes to cameron thompson and not much doing for thompson as rius makes his sixth tackle of the night mill creek calls a timeout right away no surprise there pull out of this clock if you can that'll leave them with two but they may have run out of time there i mean they actually had some opportunities here with the ball on the grayson side of the 50 twice and twice they give the ball up on down yeah yeah grayson they were here a year ago in the semifinals they were beaten by roswell on a hail mary looks like they'll get a chance to revenge that or at least get the revenge matchup next week in the georgia dome in the state championship game champions in 2011 when they beat walton 24 to nothing to complete their one and only 15-0 season back in 2007 when jeff herron was the head coach at camden county he defeated grayson 22-7 [Music] small world now heron the head coach at grayson [Music] very close to a trip downtown and if he wins tonight if my math is right it's win 286 so that puts him 14 from very rare air in the state of georgia he's never had a losing season in 27 seasons as a head coach and he's been to the playoffs 20 straight seasons dating back to 1996. that's incredible and not just one place i mean it's one thing to do with 20 straight seasons at one place that's accomplishment enough but he's done it every year since 1996 at oconee county camden county prince avenue and now grayson i was gonna say and it's that's not just a one or two schools that is stepping into a new situation every time and then taking that team to the playoffs in year one every time he changes schools and what he's been able to do is take that tubby raymond delaware wing t and that's what he was the disciple of and use it to the athletes that he's been given it's not something where he's been a coach and tries to stick an offense in regardless of what the athlete is he always looked at his athletes and then got the offense and the defense to work to it so you've seen five defensive backs at camden county you've seen the the wide tackle rushing seven or dropping seven with that kind of stuff and wing t bass and you're seeing him having to adjust as a coach now here at grayson because of the high-powered offense that they have and you still see the wingt elements but there's also the spread there that's been there all that success well they got one more game it looks like this year and that's going to be next saturday night at the georgia dome against roswell in the 7a state championship game next year they might be more wing team but chase bryce moving on to clemson and sophomores corey jones and josh stinson battling for the quarterback job they might be back more to the wing team next year who knows but right here and right now they're about to be 13-1 [Applause] and blame for their second ever state championship [Applause] [Music] stewart comes up with it well ronald thompkins kept on going [Applause] to his own detriment because he stayed up long enough for about seven guys to hop on his back and finally strip him of the ball yeah great run but right here they're trying to strip it right here at this point just go down because all you need is just you need to hold the ball to keep running clock he's keep gaining gaining yards yep but the the longer he's up and he's active the more hands are stripping at him and finally they take the ball away so mill creek back on offense again is match you've got to go down field we haven't seen the downfield really this entire half oh there's going to have to be a lot of things that have him in the next 3 27 to change the outcome of this one [Applause] going for the home run got a man streaking out there cannot connect with ace williams that was jamis williams [Music] you know they scored quickly and after after doing almost nothing in the first half they did get that touchdown they did it by going downfield uh back-to-back plays uh to get him down inside the tent barring some kind of miracle this will be the second straight season that mill three will have their season finish in the semi-finals at 13-1 ace williams makes the grab at the 34. no [ __ ] complaints if he dropped it so now it's third down [Applause] racing players on the sidelines encouraging the fans get on their feet and make some noise and they're obliging from the 25 heavy rush curly unloads and incomplete plumber the target wow what was the flag for what was it for d'angelo gibbs i think is the one protesting this one was the receiver that was held up on the far side of the field gibbs versus jack plummer on what would be the top of the screen as you're looking at it and they were jousting and deangelo is asking what's going on [Applause] the pass was nowhere close to being completed that's what they're calling pass interference on grayson i'd have to see it again i didn't see it in live time so you can catch it here it's me at the top right hand corner of your screen here [Applause] gibbs number eight there was a push right there on jordan kadelius on the inside receiver not on plumber right there at the 42 you saw jordan cornelius push preston norwood i don't know that it had any bearing on whether that ball would have been caught or not but it was a pass interference so a first and ten for mill freak at the 40. heavy rush curly takes a sack at the 34. breon dixon with his ninth sack of the [Applause] [Music] season yeah dixon just flew right off the edge by the split tackle jack franklin who's committed to coastal carolina norwood doesn't make the grab at the 39.

[Applause] once again third and 15 coming up pass was too low time running out right now for mill creek i tell you what though man they have they have stood in this battle they sure have they're like a fighter who faces beaten and swollen and keeps coming out like rocky trying to talk to the russians oh boy norwood can't hold on to it fourth down so now fourth and 15. this is tough right here a little bit behind him i know but that's catchable you gotta catch that how many of those have we seen tonight been a number of them [Applause] turley guns it incomplete ball goes over to grayson and probably for the last time [Applause] great run by mill creek looks like it's going to end here tonight 22 miles from home at grayson community stadium and matt what does it say about gwinnett county football on the whole well we know that grayson therefore is the best team in gwinnett county we find out next week if they're the best team in the state because they'll play roswell and you go back to the youth leagues the gfl one of the most competitive youth leagues in the state and all the development that's gone on with all of these sides in gwinnett county and how they've elevated each other two teams here tonight playing ranked top 15 in the country so first and ten for grayson as they take over at the mill creek 35. kurt taylor do you think they told him on the sideline hey you know what don't battle 20 extra yards leave yourself both hands on the football absolutely no matter what hold on to the ball hey look we appreciate the fact you're running tough you're running hard hard to tackle but protect the football let's finish this game out start game planning for roswell no creek uh burns its final timeout here at 222. look ahead now to that roswell grayson match up what a game that's going to be huh god kid both these just the two defenses alone look at the roswell quarterback how he's developed this year roswell shut out westlake tonight 28 to nothing to win that seven a semifinal disney a virginia tech commit roswell kill leak willis yeah yeah we've seen him early in the season we're really impressed then and we we thought then they may have what it takes to get to the dome and they they've proved this right he had a huge game last week against north cobb and we've played it all out now we're down to the final two teams in two minutes and 22 seconds and it's gonna be grayson matched up against roswell in the state championship game grayson having dispatched of mountain view 56-7 woodstock 59-21 colkwood county on the road and now mill creek here tonight at home roswell beat pebble brook peachtree ridge north cobb last week and at the neutral site lakewood stadium defeated and shut out west lake tonight [Music] ronald to the edge icing on the cake perhaps jamar hall finally gets him out of bounds but he ran out of bounds yeah at that point you you just get down slide yeah yeah go down in bounds that's right that's what that's what bryce is telling them now a great run but try to stay in bounds like man thompkins is just a sophomore yeah he'll be one of the leading contenders to be the the ball carrier next year he and cameron thompson five carries 51 yards tonight for tompkins kurt taylor stopped inside the 10. roswell in the state championship game the 5a final will be tucker and valdosta the 4a final i'm sorry that's the 6a final the 5a final remember your a's matt i know it's they've made too many of them and i never made that many in school roman beaumont 5a final cartersville and thompson in the 4a final gac and cedar grove all atlanta aaa final benedictine and fitzgerald in the double a final eagles landing christian and fellowship christian in cinderella yeah they're in the private single a final and you get eagles landing christian for the championship game yeah you know the machine that jonathan guest has put together for the chargers the last couple years but the the paladins of fellowship christian they're in the state championship game next week so congratulations to them [Applause] and there there are some pleasant sights in there some folks we haven't seen cedar grove who went down to cordeal tonight put a big number on crisp county some watery eyes over there on that mill creek sideline [Applause] a lot of credit this year for once again that turning point that happened back in 2014 and they've been amazing ever since williams out of bounds at the three and that'll bring up fourth down in goal talk about that coach jarvis mentioning they got beat by north gwinnett give up 51 points and that was said just a bit the big hurdle and now he said since then 26 and two back-to-back undefeated seasons back-to-back losses in the semifinals what a job they've done with this program is williams is down again and jamias williams now this time he's grabbing the other leg in the first half it was his left leg and this one's his right leg i think this is just a cramp yeah easy for me to say just a cramp sure yeah that he's he's 20 yards away from where he went out of bounds he was just walking back to the huddle should we see it here yeah leg's just going to cramp up on him right here there it goes that hurt get him some fluids good news is he was not hurt badly in the first half came back and played almost right away and what a player he has been here in the metro atlanta area archer for three years and he was he was a contributor in his freshman year and then transferred here to grayson this year along with brianne dixon d'angelo gibbs tony gray jaquavious lane [Music] elijah shaw trent thompson trent thompson you're right [Applause] and let's face it grayson didn't make a lot of friends this year but you know it wasn't jeff aaron that all that happened before he even got here he stepped into the hornet's nest and you know you got to give him credit because you got all those all-star players together doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to be a cohesive unit and be able to win and he was able to piece the thing together they pretty darn good here man pamela juan for a field goal and he pumps it through and it's 44-26 and roswell will get their shot at him next saturday night just think of all the college coaches and scouts that will be there at that kid oh boy so 44-26 how about grayson's offense 56 points 59 points 49 points and now 44 points in their four playoff games and normally in the playoffs the playbook kind of gets a little shorter right and they're still putting up these big numbers they did it tonight against the mill creek team that was giving up less than 12 points per game this season and what a job you know we give credit to mill creek and what they did here in the second half to fight back down 38-7 late touchdown before halftime a couple of touchdowns here in the second half but what a job also by grace and moving the ball didn't necessarily score but held onto the ball and their defense really again uh stopping at mill creek you know forcing uh turnover on downs twice [Music] and keeping milk creek offense and again had scored more than 42 points per game during the playoffs and holding them in check and just 26 points here jamar hall on the return he's the senior he's committed to furman he'll be joining the paladins next year [Music] just the second loss for mill creek in the last two seasons and both of them have come on the 14th weekend of the year that's tough that is tough also such great talent up here and john we're talking about final 34 seconds turley guns it to the outside to ace williams [Music] and ace williams will get to the 14 and go again [Applause] [Music] the chains i think they'll spike in here [Music] i got to give it to mill creek i mean they you know obviously they have no chance of winning at this point they want to they want to finish the season strong they want to play it to the last second and that's the personality of their coach you know and that's what you see a lot of squads adapting the personality of their coach and shannon jarvis has put this into them and this entire mill creek coaching squad has done that to these guys learn from one of the best team mcferrin and a sack for turley back at the 50-yard line by breon dixon and that will do it [Applause] well grayson started the season in a hot bed of controversy but they are one of the final two teams standing in 7a as they will meet the roswell hornets for the state championship next saturday night here on gpb at the georgia dome a 44-26 semi-final victory handy mill creek their only loss of the season what a what a great season here by mill creek what a great night for grayson and really impressed again with the athletes that got here can't wait to see them go up against roswell next week i think to be one of the one of the best games we'll see the entire weekend and maybe even the entire season two teams that match up very well on both sides of the ball grayson now 13-1 on the season they've won 13 in a row and come a long way since that opening national television loss against img academy back in august led by their four-star quarterback and clemson commit chase bryce they blew this game open in the second quarter four touchdowns for bryce in the first half grayson beach mill creek 44-26 it's grayson and roswell for the 7a state championship next saturday night and we'll be live early on friday at 10 a.m for the first of four games on friday eight games total next weekend for larry smith i'm matt stewart sending it down to you nelly i'll see you next week in the big building thank you very much brother here with the coach and i'll ask okay go ahead and personify this evening [Music] i know it's about survive in advance and you did exactly that we did but you know i'm not pleased i we we did not play well in the second half we didn't handle being ahead well and you know i talked to the kids all week about being mentally and physically tough and i just didn't think we were mentally tough enough tonight but a lot of that is because mill creek did a great job their kids didn't quit and and i knew they wouldn't unfortunately i'm not sure our kids knew that but coach jarvis his staff have a great football team it's well coached a lot of character and they weren't going to give up and uh they made us earn it you know i mean you saw it unbelievable and a great effort on their part so it was a good football game two very evenly matched teams we kind of won the first half and they won the second half you got roswell now i didn't know that but thank you well you know we played grayson played them last year roswell's had a great team i've seen him a couple times on tv and you know i'm sure we'll have our hands full but you know we get to we get to go again so congratulations we'll see in a little while thanks a lot john all right we're going to track down chase bryce and hopefully have him and this massive humanity is developing in just a sec let's send it over the set [Applause] [Music] it's time for the gpb post game show number one versus number two not at a bad game a lot of offense yeah a lot of great plays to get to as well all right let's check out the highlights early on and early on it was grayson going to work it's chase bryce finding elijah barnes touchdown time six nothing they missed the extra point mill creek right back edmund graham scores on a 15-yard run to make it 9-7 grayson on top second quarter grayson takes control chase bryce to kurt taylor kurt taylor takes it to the rack 16-7 grayson rams on top then it's chase bryce to evan sturgell he scores 23-7 your score right there after another touchdown made it 30-70 it is chase price again he gave it to jamaice williams who had to make 38-7 and then cameron turley and there's the touchdown right there in the final score 44-26 your final as grayson advances to the championship game now we're going to check in with john nelson who's standing alongside chase bryce the man of the night john yeah someone very familiar with you in the arms race all season long all right you got roswell how does it feel uh it feels great we're ready for another rematch okay i'm gonna give you a follow-up real quick just to shorten the answer what was it like out there tonight uh it was intense um that's all i gotta say it was intense game all right so go celebrate we're good player of the game jason price a lot of short words but he's got one more game to play back over to the set thank you john let's check out the georgia's emc scoreboard right now and set up the championship you've got roswell beating westlake 28 to zip tucker over north side warner robins 22-7 they will play valdosta who defeated dalton 27-6 and 5a rome beat stockbridge at spuford over kale they will meet in the 5a championship battle of unbeatens in 4a cartersville beats mary person thompson's beat jefferson both those two winners undefeated gac ranked number one beats peach crowney it's crisp county losing to cedar grove 55-0 benedictine undefeated in double-a the winner they'll play fitzgerald and in single a private elk beats tactile square 42-21 and prince have loses the fellowship christian those two teams also are undefeated that wraps up tonight's semi-final matchup between mill creek and grayson and now it's on the georgia dome and the state championships we certainly hope that you've enjoyed tonight's broadcast yeah we'll see you next weekend we will be on the air all day long starting at 10 a.m on friday and saturday taking you through out the entire days so for all of us here at gbb sports thanks for watching us all season long now it's time for the championship game in the georgia dome it all begins at 10 o'clock friday we'll all be there you all be there and we'll see you live at the georgia dome next friday and saturday only on the great gdp there's your script [Music] [Music] you