Football Fridays in Georgia
Langston Hughes at South Paulding
Season 2022 Episode 31 | 3h 21m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA.
REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
IN DOUGLASVILLE, THE RECENT 56 A CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE.
AS THE NUMBER ONE RANKING UNBEATEN LANGSTON HUGHES PANTHERS HAVE COME TO TOWN TO TAKE ON SOUTH PAULDING SPARTANS.
SOUTH PAULDING HAS NEVER WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
GOOD EVENING.
I MET STUART.
WAYNE, THE BIG NEWS IN HIGH SCHOOL THIS WEEK.
THE TRANCE FOR --ELLIS YOU COMMIT, HE HAS NOT BEEN RULED ELIGIBLE BY THE GS HA.
NOT THAT IT WILL MATTERS TO THE PANTHERS TEAM.
THEY ARE A GREAT TEAM.
SOUTH PAULDING IS A REALLY GOOD TEAM.
>> WAYNE:.
WE LOOK AT THIS TEAM.
TREMENDOUS DEFENSE.
THE SPARTAN TEAM HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO TONIGHT.
>> Matt: IS TALK ABOUT THE PANTHERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN RANKED NUMBER ONE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
THEY ARE LED BY THEIR JUNIOR QUARTERBACK, NOLAN.
HE'S A FOUR STAR 27 OFFERS, WEST VIRGINIA, MIAMI AND VANDERBILT AS WELL.
>> Matt: HE IS HAVING A BRILLIANT YEAR.
28 TOUCHDOWNS.
THREE RUSHING.
THEY ARE ONE TO NEED THAT TONIGHT IN THIS GAME.
>> Matt: 23 YARDS AWAY FROM 6000 TO HIS CAREER ALREADY.
ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TARGETS, FOUR-STAR TIGHT END.
ESPN HAS HIM RANKED AS THE NUMBER ONE TIE AND IN THE COUNTRY.
THURMAN HAS COMMITTED TO OHIO STATE.
>> Matt: HANDS OF THE WIDE RECEIVERS.
DEFENSIVE LINE FOR LANGSTON HUGHES.
THREE-STAR.
JOSH HORTON.
BIG JOSH IN THE MIDDLE.
STOPPING THE RUN.
HE IS STRONG, HE IS QUICK.
HIS DOMINANT DEFENSE OF FRAUD HAS ALLOWED THIS DEFENSE, 10 INTERCEPTIONS, ONLY SEVEN POINTS A GAME.
>> Matt: LET'S TALK ABOUT SOUTH PAULDING.
THERE 6-2 THIS SEASON.
THEY WON FIVE IN A ROW.
STARTING THE SEASON 1-2.
THAT COINCIDED WITH AN INJURY.
HE IS BACK IN PLAINVILLE.
IN WEEK TWO OF THE SEASON.
HE IS A THREE STAR QUARTERBACK.
HE IS COMMITTING TO KANSAS.
>> Matt: HIS NUMBERS ARE DOWN RIGHT NOW.
HE IS A DIG TIME TALENT.
HE CAN SPREAD THE BALL.
HE MAKES ALL THE THROWS.
HE IS GOING TO KEEP THIS BOX CLEAN.
GAME TIME APPEAL.
A THREE STAR RUNNING BACK.
26 OFFERS.
>> Wayne: THEY CALL THEM THREE- STAR.
100 GAMES ALREADY ON THE SEASON.
213 YARDS AVERAGE.
HE IS FAST, HE'S QUICK, HE'S MEAN.
HIS PRODUCTION, DETERMINES THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME.
>> Matt: THE SPARTANS DEFENSIVE LINE, THE PANTHERS, THEIR DEFENSE, HAS OFFERED SOME COASTAL CAROLINA.
>> Wayne: ONE OF THOSE HYBRIDS.
PART DEFENSE.
LEADS THE TEAM IN SACKS.
THAT IS KEY FOR THEM TONIGHT.
THEIR DEFENSE OF FRAUD.
GETS THAT CONSISTENT PRESSURE.
HAVE THE TWO HIGHEST RATED WERE TO DO A DEEPER DIVE ON THOSE GUYS.
LET'S GET INTO THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR TEAM.
HE IS STANDING BY.
GOOD EVENING TO ALL OF YOU.
HOWEVER, YOU ARE ACCESSING A LIVE DEVICE.
THE HEAD COACHES, NORMALLY THEIR FIRST NAMES ARE DANIEL AND ERIC.
WE KNOW THEM AS COACH BOONE WILLIAMS AND ROBINSON.
THEY GO WAY BACK.
COACHING FRATERNITY IS TRADITIONALLY REALLY WAY BACK.
YOU WANT REALLY, REALLY WAY BACK.
HUGS BEFORE THE GAME.
THEY ARE PART OF THE CREEKSIDE COACHING TREE.
GET THIS, THEY LIVE IN THE SAME SUBDIVISION GROWING UP.
IT WAS GAMES IN THE BASEMENT.
IT WAS VIDEO GAMES ALL THE TIME.
AND GET THIS, SUMO EVEN TOLD ME THAT HE GOT TO WRITE IN THE 1998 SILVER CHEVY CORSICA.
OF BOONE WILLIAMS, TO GO TO SCHOOL.
THAT IS HOW TIGHT THESE TWO GUYS ARE.
THAT IS HOW TIGHT THESE TWO STAFFS ARE PRETTY OF SUMO, HE LOOKS THE LANGSTON HUGHES STAFF AND SAID, WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HIM, COACH WITH HIM, COACH WITH HIM.
WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HIM.
THAT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE STORY HERE TONIGHT.
HANNAH, WHAT IS GOING ON AT 264?
>> THINK YOU.
CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH AND GO HEAD- TO-HEAD.
HAPPY SENIOR NIGHT TO THE SPARTANS AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN WEEKEND, EVERYONE.
WE HAVE A REGION GAME ON THE LINE.
OUR WEB GAME, HAS THE SAME.
IT WILL BE ANOTHER GREAT ONE.
IT IS A REGIONAL AA SHOWDOWN.
COULD CLINCH TONIGHT.
YOU CAN WATCH IT ONLINE , DOWNLOAD THE GPB SPORTS APP.
DON'T FORGET TO STICK AROUND AFTER THE GAME FOR THE POST GAME SHOW.
I WILL ALSO SEE YOU GUYS AT HALFTIME.
TAKE AWAY, THAT PEER >> Matt: THANK YOU, HANNAH.
SCANNING THE QR CODE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
AND PICK THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S GAME.
NOW, OUR HEARTS ARE SADDENED WITH THE PASSING OF LEGENDARY GEORGIA BULLDOGS COACH VINCE, HE DIED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE AGE OF 90.
OF COURSE, MONUMENTAL FIGURE IN FOOTBALL IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS.
AS THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS HEAD COACH LED THEM TO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
RECRUITED SOME OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS IN GEORGIA FOOTBALL HISTORY.
INCLUDING HERSCHEL WALKER.
PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 90.
SOUTH PAULDING GOING WITH THE ALL BLACK UNIFORMS.
IT WOULD NOT BE AN OVERSTATEMENT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAMES IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
>> Wayne: HE IS TRYING TO MAKE HIS MARK IN THE REGION.
THEY COME WITH A LOT OF ENERGY.
THERE COACH LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE THE MIND-SET AND GET THEM A WIN TONIGHT.
I GUESS THE SECRET IS OUT.
THIS WILL BE THE FIFTH ALL-TIME MEETING BETWEEN THESE TWO PROGRAMS.
LANGSTON HUGHES WON THE FIRST OF THREE.
THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS.
IT WAS IN 2019 WHEN SOUTH PAULDING BEAT THE PANTHERS.
43-28.
AND ALL THE SENIORS AT THE LANGSTON HUGHES ROSTER, THEY WERE FRESHMAN COACH BOONE WILLIAMS.
THEY HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THAT GAME.
DEEP RECEIVING CORPS.
IN EVERY POSITION.
8-0 ON THE SEASON.
HEAD COACH, DANIEL BOONE WILLIAMS.
34-12.
TAKING OVER IN 2019.
THE 11th SEASON IN THE PROGRAM.
UNDER HEAD COACH WILLIE CANNON.
WHO IS NOW THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR THERE.
AND YOU HEARD NELLY TALK ABOUT SUMO ROBINSON IN HIS SECOND SEASON.
AS THE SPARTANS HAD COACH.
13-4.
11-1 IN REGION PLAY.
SINCE HE TOOK OVER AFTER THE SECOND GAME.
SHOULD BE A FUN ONE, KIND OF A NEIGHBORHOOD BATTLE HERE TONIGHT.
THE OPENING KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
THE ELSE SAVE LIVES.
SOLANO KICKS IT OFF FOR THE PANTHERS.
COMING DOWN AT THE 19 YARD LINE.
AND A SHORT RETURN .
TO ABOUT THE 22 YARD LINE.
THAT'S WHEN THE SPARTANS ARE GOING TO GO ON OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT.
THEIR QUARTERBACK REISMAN.
WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
A NON-THROWING SHOULDER IN THE SECOND GAME OF THE SEASON.
THEY ROLLED THE UPSET.
UNDEFEATED CARROLLTON.
AND THEN WAS BANGED UP THE NEXT WEEK.
HE HAS LED THEM TO A FIVE-GAME WINNING STREAK.
FIVE INTERCEPTIONS THROUGH THE YEAR.
SO, FROM THE 22.
THE SPARTANS STAR ON OFFENSE.
GOT TWO LOOK AND TACKLES.
NUMBER 71, THE NUMBER TWO RATED TACKLE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
HE IS A FOUR STAR COMMITTED TO LOUISVILLE.
AND OFF GOES, WILCOX ABOUT SEVEN ON THE PLAY.
THAT'S TO THE 29 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: NUMBER ONE WITH THE BALL IN HIS HAND.
PHYSICAL.
BREAKING TACKLES ON HIS WAY THROUGH SEVEN AND EIGHT YARDS DOWN.
EATING BEHIND THIS BIG OFFENSIVE LINE AND RUN THE BALL.
>> Matt: DOWN IN THREE.
IT WAS NOT A GOOD NIGHT FOR THE SPARTANS.
WILCOX WAS THE GUY, DESPITE THE BIG LOSS, REALLY STOOD OUT.
>> Wayne: AND HE IS ONE OF THE GUYS THAT AS THE GAME GOES, YOU JUST SEE THE IMPACT ON THE OFFENSE.
HE IS GOING TO BATTLE CLOSE TO THE MARKER.
HE MIGHT HAVE IT.
DEPENDING UPON THE SPOT, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SOUTH PAULDING START.
THERE IS MADDEN SANKER.
6'5", 300 POUNDS.
THEN YOU HAVE KELLER YOUNG.
WILCOX IS THE BACK.
HARRIS, REESE, BOBBITT, AND JACKSON.
THE RECEIVERS.
SO, DID GET THE FIRST DOWN.
THEY PICK UP A FIRST DOWN.
BALL AT THE 32.
WILCOX WAS -- HE GETS ABOUT 11 AND 12 ON THE PLAY.
ANOTHER FIRST DOWN IS MARTIN WILCOX HAS GOT THE BALL IN THE FIRST THREE SNAPS OF THE GAME.
>> Wayne: IS A FORMER OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, IT EXCITES YOU.
A LITTLE PENETRATION RIGHT THERE.
PUSHING THE POCKET.
ONE ASPECT OF WILCOX THE SEASON, HE GETS GREAT CUTS.
HE IS DOING A THAT IS GOING TO BE THE NOSE TACKLE.
>> Matt: JUMPED OFFSIDES.
LED BY GREG NORTON.
>> Wayne: THIS DEFENSE OF FROM.
THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A BIG CHALLENGE TONIGHT.
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET ON THE BALL.
PUSHING THE POCKET.
TRYING TO STOP IT.
FIRST AND FIVE.
WILCOX.
CARRIES 22 YARDS TO START THE GAME.
WILCOX, FOURTH CONSECUTIVE CARRY.
THE FLAK COMES OUT.
AND THAT WAS, I BELIEVE FURMAN.
DEFENSIVE END, MAKING THE TACKLE.
>> ILLEGAL FORMATION ON THE OFFENSE.
THAT PENALTY IS FIVE YARDS.
THE PREVIOUS SPOT.
FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: THEY WILL PUSH IT BACK AND MAKE IT FIRST AND 10 AGAIN .
WILCOX, RATED THE NUMBER 27 RUNNING BACK IN THE COUNTRY.
30+ OFFERS.
INCLUDING KENTUCKY.
MAKING ITS OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
HE WENT OUT TO KANSAS.
WITH HIS BUDDY, QUARTERBACK CASE AND IS COMMITTED TO THE JAYHAWKS.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 41 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: GREAT JOB.
LANGSTON HUGHES WITH THE PENETRATION.
WILCOX.
>> Matt: HERE IS A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINEUP.
HOWARD, GORDON, GLENN AND OLIVER IN THE FRONT.
THOMPSON, WEATHERSBY, AND JONES.
IN THE SECONDARY, MARTIN, MIDDLEBROOK, ARNOLD.
HE IS COMMITTED TO THE AUBURN TIGERS.
FIRST AND 10.
BALL IS 41 YARDS.
WILCOX, AGAIN.
JORDAN THOMPSON MAKING THE TACKLE.
>> Wayne: THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE THERE.
HE IS NOT DISAPPOINTING.
HE IS ALREADY 195.
STRONG IN THE LEG.
GREAT BALANCE.
IT THEY HAD ANY CHANCE OF WINNING THIS GAME.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THEIR WEAPONS.
KIND OF CHEW UP SOME CLOCK.
KEEPING IT ON THE SIDELINES.
AN EASY DECISION.
THE FIRST FIVE STEPS.
COMPLETE AT THE 25 YARD LINE.
THEIR TOP WIDE RECEIVER.
>> Wayne: GREAT JOB OF GETTING OUT OF THE POCKET.
FRESH ON THE BACKSIDE.
DELIVERING THE BALL.
SOMETIMES, THIS TEAM GETS CAUGHT UP.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
THERE IS A KANSAS JAYHAWKS QUARTERBACK IN THE BACKFIELD.
VERY CAPABLE, NICE JOB FROM HIM.
KEEPING HIS HEAD UP.
AND NOW, YOU LOOK AT THE KANSAS THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS.
WILCOX ON THE RUN FOR THE FAR SIDE.
SPINS THE OTHER WAY.
WHAT A RUN BY WILCOX.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER 26 IS DOING.
BEAUTIFUL JOB NOT TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE OUTSIDE.
THINK WE HAVE A PENALTY HERE.
>> YELLOW TYPE.
>> Matt: THAT WAS ABOUT A FINE OF FIVE YARDS YOU WILL EVER SEE.
>> Wayne: THEY KNOW THEIR IDENTITY.
THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
MOVING THE BALL.
SPARTANS ONLY 2-2.
AT HOME.
AS WE MENTIONED, THEY HAD A LEAD.
LOST TO THEM.
HERE COMES JET.
GOING TO JACKSON.
MIDDLEBROOK.
TO SAFETY.
HAS NINE OFFERS.
MAKING THE TACKLE.
THIS GAME IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MANAGEMENT .
OFFICIAL PEST CONTROL OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
>> Wayne: SOUTH PAULDING, THIS EARLY DRIVE ON THE BALL.
THEY WANT TO ATTACK YOU IN BETWEEN THE TACKLES WITH A BIG LINE.
AND WILCOX.
FOR THIS LANGSTON HUGHES DEFENSE.
THEY HAVE TO ATTACK.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR ASSIGNMENT.
GET UP THE FIELD.
MAKE THE TACKLE.
CONTINUE THE ATTACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
DOMINATING WITH THE RUN.
WILCOX GETS IT AGAIN.
TAKES THE TACKLE.
GETS DOWN TO THE 13 YARD LINE.
HIT BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
TAKES A FACE MASK.
STILL CREATED THREE OR FOUR YARDS ON THE PLAY.
>> Matt: HER DOWN AND EIGHT.
AVERAGING 200 13 YARDS.
RUSHING PER GAME.
THAT'S SOMETHING USUALLY DON'T SEE THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS AT THE HIGHER LEVELS AT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
MAYBE AT THE LOWER LEVELS.
THEY WILL RUN DOMINATED.
USUALLY DON'T SEE THAT.
THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT.
WILCOX IN MOTION.
THE END ZONE.
13 YARD TOUCHDOWN.
HAS THE EARLY LEAD.
IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.
DOESN'T WANT TO ALLOW THEM TO COME OVER.
ALL THIS PROTECTION, ALL THIS TIME TO DELIVER THE BALL.
GREAT IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.
WHAT A IMPRESSIVE WAY TO START THE GAME.
>> Matt: VERY IMPRESSIVE DRIVE.
HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER.
THEY HAVE JUST NOT RELINQUISHED THE FOOTBALL.
THE GIVE IT UP WITH A 7-0 LEAD.
THEY PLAY WAS 78 YARDS.
WELCOME BACK TO SOUTH PAULDING.
IT'S TIME TO CATCH UP WITH HER SPARTAN FRIENDS.
CATCHING UP WITH US.
THANKS FOR BEING A GREAT FRIEND TO US.
THANKS FOR BEING A GREAT FRIEND TO FOOTBALL FRIDAYS ALL WEEK LONG.
>> WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR BEING OUT HERE WITH US.
GREAT GAME, GREAT ATMOSPHERE.
SOUTH PAULDING IS A GREAT PLACE, GREAT ENVIRONMENT.
WE THINK CIGNA FOR THE DENOTE --THANK YOU TO GPB SPORTS AND ALL THAT YOU DO.
>> Matt: OUR FRIENDS FROM CIGNA TO OUR FRIENDS SOUTH PAULDING.
WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO MATT AND WAYNE.
>> Matt: THANK YOU.
EXCITED TO BE HERE AT THIS BIG GAME.
CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
13 YARD TOUCHDOWN.
THEY RUN THE BALL ALL THE WAY DOWN THE FIELD.
THEN CONVERT ON A BIG DOWN.
>> Wayne: A SEA OF WHITE JERSEYS.
FIVE JERSEYS AROUND HIM AT THAT POINT IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.
A TIGHT WINDOW.
HE WAS ABLE TO FIND IT BACK.
78 YARDS.
TOOK NEARLY SIX MINUTES OFF THE CLOCK.
RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.
WE CAME IN.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE PUTTING UP AROUND WARTY ONE POINTS A GAME.
AN IMPRESSIVE DRIVE TO GET ON THE BOARD.
BARNES, STANDING DEEP.
A NICE TURN UP THROUGH THE 7 YARD LINE.
FLAGS ARE OUT.
13 YARD RETURN.
BY McGEE.
NEARING THE RETURN.
>> HOLDING.
THE SIDE OF THE FOUL.
FIRST DOWN.
AVOID THE PENALTY.
A FABULOUS TEAM.
LOADED ATHLETICALLY.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROSPECT, TALENT.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY A KEEN GAME THEY CANNOT GIFT SOUTH PAULDING ANY OPPORTUNITIES.
HAVE TO PLAY OFF TO THE STANDARDS.
UNDEFEATED.
YOUR DOMINATING.
AS YOU SAID.
YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP YOUR FOCUS.
PLAY UP TO YOUR LEVEL.
YOUR EXPECTATION.
PASSING THIS SEASON ALONE.
JUST THREE INTERCEPTIONS.
HE IS A FABULOUS TALENT.
MIDDLEBROOK GETS 10 OR 11 RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.
FOR THE FIRST DOWN FOR THE PANTHERS.
12 YARD PICKUP.
DON'T BLOCK.
BEAUTIFUL LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
CLEAN TO THE OUTSIDE.
GOOD BLOCKING BY THE RECEIVER.
A PHYSICAL FINISH TO THE RUN.
>> Matt: OFFERS, NINE OF THEM WESTERN, KENTUCKY, TRYING TO GET IT AGAIN.
MIDDLEBROOK.
ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 31.
THE EXPLOSIVE MIDDLEBROOK.
RUNS THEM QUICKLY INTO SPARTAN TERRITORY.
A 37 YARD JOB.
>> Wayne: GOOD HOLD ON THAT MIDDLE SIDE.
HUGUELY , JUST OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD.
PUT YOUR SEAT BELT ON.
WE ARE IN FOR A LOT OF POINTS TONIGHT.
>> Matt: YOU MENTIONED HUGUELY, HE IS THE NUMBER ONE RATED OFFENSIVE LINEMAN .
HE COMMITTED TO THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS AND HAS BEEN FOR OVER 13 MONTHS.
GOING TO THE CORNER.
NEARLY INTERCEPTED AT THE 12 TAKE A LOOK AT THE OFFENSE FOR THE LANGSTON HUGHES PAN THUMBS.
GLOVER, A SOPHOMORE, SIX FOOT THREE INCHES.
NASTIEST, MEANEST GUYS ON THE TEAM ACCORDING TO COACH WILLIAMS.
THE BACK IS SAVAGE, ALTHOUGH WE SEE MIDDLEBROOK START.
LOCKHART, THURMAN, WILLOUGHBY IS THE WIDE RECEIVERS.
JACKSON STATE.
>> Wayne: A LITTLE ANTSY ON THE INS SIDE.
ALL-AMERICAN LEFT TACKLE.
PLAYING A LITTLE DEFENSE.
BOTH DEFENSE FROM.
WANT TO GET ON THE BALL.
>> ON THE DEFENSE.
PENALTY IS FIVE YARDS.
>> Matt: THAT WILL MAKE IT SECOND DOWN AND FIVE, COMING UP.
CONSENSUS NUMBER NINE OFFENSIVE TACKLER OF THE COUNTRY.
ON FRAME.
>> Wayne: LONG FRAME, LONG ARMS.
YOU CAN SEE, ALMOST TOO TALL.
WENT DOWN AND FIVE.
MIDDLEBROOK TO CARRY.
THIRD CARRY OF THE GAME.
HE LUNGES FORWARD FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
HE HAS CLOSE TO 60 YARDS ALREADY ON THREE.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT REGIONS BANK STARTING LINEUP .
WILLIAMS AND McCOY.
THAT SECOND LINE.
ON THE BACK LINE.
HARRIS, SIX FOOT TWO INCHES.
190 CORNERBACK.
>> PRIOR TO THE SNAP, I'LL START.
THAT PENALTY IS FIVE YARDS.
THIRD DOWN.
THEY GIVE THE FIVE BACK.
>> Wayne: AS YOU MENTIONED.
A GOOD CORNER.
TYPICALLY THAT IS THE SIZE THAT IS REALLY A SAFETY.
NEXT LEVEL, DEFINITELY FOLLOWING.
HIS CHALLENGE TONIGHT IS TAKING ON THE BIG TALL RECEIVERS.
THAT THE PANTHERS PUT ON THE FIELD.
>> Matt: MIDDLEBROOK HAS A FIRST DOWN.
MIDDLEBROOK INSIDE THE FIVE.
STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE FIVE YARD LINE.
THAT IS OUT OF THE FOUR.
>> Wayne: GREAT JOB BY PRENTISS AIR NOLAND.
NICE JOB BY MIDDLEBROOK.
ADJUSTING TO CATCH THIS BALL.
HE HAS COME IN THIS GAME WITHOUT MINING APPROACH.
THAT'S HOW THE COACH KIND OF FRAME HIS RUNNING BACKS UP.
I THINK MIDDLEBROOK HAS DECIDED HE IS GOING TO PLAY OVERALL.
HE IS GOING TO BE THE THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING.
LOOK AT HIM FINISH THIS RUN.
JUST HIS 35th START.
MIDDLEBROOK WANT TO BE RUN DOWN FROM BEHIND.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THE OPEN.
FLAGGED DOWN IN THE FIELD AS WELL.
>> Wayne: YOU CAN SEE HIM LEAVING THE GAME.
ONE OF THE FEW BODIES.
>> THAT PENALTY IS 10 YARDS.
FIRST DOWN.
RIGHT SIDE.
WILLOUGHBY , NICE PASSION.
HOLDING.
YOU CAN SEE BY THE RECEIVER.
>> Wayne: PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE -- I WAS SIX FOOT FIVE INCHES WHEN I GOT DRAFTED.
>> Matt: GOT NOLAND .
MIDDLEBROOK IN THERE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
15 YARD RUN.
MIDDLEBROOK, DOING WHAT WILCOX DID WHEN SOUTH PAULDING HAD THE BALL.
CROWDED TO THAT LEFT SIDE.
GETTING TO THE BACKSIDE.
LOCKING BY THE RECEIVER.
WILLOUGHBY.
NUMBER TWO.
SPRING IN LOOSE TO GET TO THE END ZONE.
GREAT TRY BY MIDDLEBROOK.
MINUS THE PENALTIES.
HOW CLOSE THEY CAN BE.
SOLANO IS ON.
MIDDLEBROOK IS THE HOLDER.
THEY GET IT DOWN AND THEN THEY GET IT UP AND IN.
IMPRESSIVE DRIVE LOVE IT.
THAT IS A SEVEN PLAY, 82 YARD DRIVE.
THEY HAD A 78 YARD TOUCHDOWN DRIVE.
WE'RE OFF TO A GREAT START TONIGHT.
IN DOUGLASVILLE.
TIED AT SEVEN.
WELCOME BACK TO NOLAND THIRD 39.
WE ARE ALL MOUNTED UP AT SEVEN.
MULTISCREEN EXPERIENCE TAKES US TO A PLACE WE'VE NEVER BEEN.
REGION ONE AA ON THE LINE.
COOK AND THE PURPLE HURRICANE.
IT IS THE BACK-AND-FORTH GAME THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.
7-0 LEAD.
A TWO-POINT CONVERSION.
FAST-MOVING GAME.
IT'S GERALD.
8-7.
LATE FIRST QUARTER.
FITZGERALD IS ON TOP.
WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO MATT.
>> Matt: A LITTLE SOUTH GEORGIA SECOND STRING EXPERIENCED TONIGHT.
LANGSTON HUGHES.
SEVEN PLACE.
82 YARDS.
JUST ABOUT HALF AS LONG OF SOUTH PAULDING TO GET DOWN THE FIELD.
THAT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.
7-7.
JUST OVER 3 1/2 MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE OPENING QUARTER.
REGION FIVE.
A NUMBER ONE SEED.
STATE PLAYOFFS ON THE LINE TONIGHT.
DEPENDING UPON WHAT HAPPENS TO DOUGLAS COUNTY.
LANGSTON HUGHES CAN WIN OUTRIGHT.
NOLAND WOULD HAVE TO GET A LITTLE HELP.
THEY WILL GET A CHANCE TO DO IT THEMSELVES NEXT WEEK WHEN A PLANT DOUGLAS COUNTY.
>> Wayne: ALREADY IN THESE FIRST TWO DRIVES.
BY LANGSTON HUGHES AND SOUTH PAULDING.
THEY HAVE HAD FOR PLEASE OVER 15 YARDS PER LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE FEAST OR FAMINE KIND OF NIGHT.
BOTH RUNNING BACKS RUNNING HARD.
ALREADY SHAPING UP TO BE A GREAT GAME.
>> Matt: WISEMAN, OPENING DRIVE.
THREE FOR THREE.
INCLUDING THAT 13 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS.
FIRST AND 10.
WILCOX GOING TO RUN IT AGAIN.
WILCOX, ANOTHER SOLID RUN.
NEVER DID GET HIM ON THE GROUND.
HE GETS ON HIS EIGHTH CARRY OF THE GAME.
FLAG OUT.
>> Wayne: GREAT JOB.
MADDEN SANKER.
SHOWING HIS ATHLETIC ABILITY.
SIX FOOT FIVE INCHES.
LETTING WILCOX GET OUTSIDE.
>> AFTER THE PLAY.
PERSONAL FOUL.
LATE HIT.
ON THE DEFENSE.
THAT PENALTY IS 15 YARDS.
END OF THE RUN.
FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: THAT WILL BE A 15 YARD >> Wayne: CUT IN AND OUT.
YOU CAN SEE, JUST RIGHT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE, A GRAY HIT.
IT WAS NOT A BAD HIT.
IT WAS NOT PHYSICAL, THAT LITTLE SHOP.
WILCOX, WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.
A LATE CALL.
GIVING UP RIGHT THERE.
BY THE PANTHERS.
>> Matt: THE JUNIOR NICKLEBACK, LITTLE EXTRACURRICULAR.
COST THEM 15 YARDS.
BALL NOW AT THE 44.
WILCOX, AGAIN.
WILCOX GETS SIX ON THE PLAY THAT TIME.
THAT IS HIS NINTH CARRY.
THE BALL ENDS UP IN THE HANDS OF THE PANTHERS.
GOING BACK THE OTHER WAY.
CALMED DOWN AT THE 21.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
THE PANTHERS BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE BALL.
WILCOX IS STILL DOWN ON THE GROUND.
BACK ON THE OTHER END.
THE MOTION HAD STOPPED.
YOU HAVE TO PLAY --THE BALL CAME OUT.
A GREAT TOUCH.
GETTING UPFIELD.
THE BALL RIGHT ABOUT HERE.
THINKING OF THE BALL A BIG TURNOVER FOR THE PANTHERS.
JOSH HORTON WITH THE BIG SCOOP AND RETURN IT 29 YARD RETURN.
IT'S A BREAK.
AS HE FELT HIS BODY GOING BACK.
THE BALL CAME OUT.
THAT IS A TOUGH THING.
GOING BACK THE OTHER WAY WITH THE SCREEN PASS.
INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.
JUST THE SCREEN.
HIS OFFENSIVE LINE.
A NICE BALANCE.
OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD.
THE DYNAMIC INABILITY OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD.
DID NOT PLAY LAST YEAR.
SUFFERED AN ACL IN THE SPRING BALL.
THIS JUNIOR SEASON, HAD A BIG SOPHOMORE SEASON.
COME BACK STRONG THIS YEAR.
IN MOTION RIGHT NOW.
TOUCHDOWN.
PANTHERS.
TOUCHDOWN CATCH BY BARNES.
>> Wayne: ONCE AGAIN.
NICE PROTECTION OUT FRONT.
COMING FROM THAT BACKSIDE.
QUARTERBACK NOLAN.
THE CORNER.
CROSSING ROUTE.
LETTING THE RECEIVER JUST USED ITS SPEED.
NICE FIND THERE BY NOLAN.
13-7.
LANGSTON HUGHES.
SOLANO ON.
LANGSTON HUGHES SAME APPLIES FOR SOUTH PAULDING.
PERHAPS EVEN MORE SO.
YOU CAN GIVE THEM ANYTHING.
THEY TURN THAT FUMBLE INTO ALMOST AN IMMEDIATE CATCH.
THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE SPEED OF BARNES, COMING FROM THAT BACKSIDE.
USED TO PLAY FOR THE CHIEFS.
THEY RUN THAT ROW A LOT.
JUST OUTRUN.
A GOOD PASS BY THE QUARTERBACK.
NICE FIND THERE.
YOU REFERRING -- COFFEE HIGH SCHOOL.
GREAT JOB BY LANGSTON HUGHES.
THAT'S HOW YOU COME IN THE GAME.
HAVE TO TAKE IT AND GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT.
GREAT SCORING ABILITY.
FOR THIS PANTHERS OFFENSE.
LANDS AND IT SCOOTS UP.
THAT WAS A LIVE BALL.
IT WAS SCOOPED UP.
IT APPEARED TO BE A TOUCHDOWN.
>> Matt: THE BALL LANDED IN KIND OF NO MAN'S LAND.
IT TAKES A WEIRD HOT.
TAKEN ON THE HOP.
TAKEN INTO THE END ZONE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE LANGSTON HUGHES THE BALL.
AT THE 16 YARD LINE.
AND AGAIN WE WILL HAVE TO CHECK THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULEBOOK.
I BELIEVE IN COLLEGE AND FOOTBALL, THAT IS A LIVE BALL.
>> Wayne: IT IS A LIVE BALL.
FIRST AND 10 HERE.
GREAT SCORING POSITION.
FIELD POSITION FOR NOLAND.
COMING FROM BEHIND TO MAKE THE TACKLE.
>> Matt: IT'S DIFFERENCE IN THE COLLEGE AND THE NFL.
MIDDLE WAS RUNNING HARD DOWN AT THE SEVEN YARD LINE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THE GAME.
>> Wayne: LANGSTON HUGHES WANT TO STAY BALANCED ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE.
SO FAR SO GOOD WITH THE ABILITY TO RUN THE BALL.
KEEPS THE FIELD CLEAN.
TAKING ADVANTAGE WHATEVER WAS SHOWN BY SOUTH PAULDING.
DEFENSIVELY, TACKLING.
GUYS LIKE MIDDLEBROOK.
RIGHT BEHIND THE PASS.
HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TACKLE THE BALL.
SPINE DEFENSE BRING THEM DOWN.
>> A FLAG ON THE PLAY.
>> HOLDING ON THAT OFFENSE.
>> Matt: JUST LIKE THAT.
THEY HAVE BEEN THUNDERSTRUCK.
STRIKE SO QUICKLY.
THEY TAKE A FUMBLE BACK.
SET UP A QUICK TOUCHDOWN.
THEY JUST ARE SO EXPLOSIVE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE ARE AVERAGING 51 POINTS PER GAME.
AND WINNING BY AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY 45 POINTS PER GAME.
>> Matt: ONE OF THOSE THINGS OFFENSIVELY.
>> Wayne: EACH AND EVERY PLAYER HAS TO TOUCH THE BALL.
IT'S JUST A PROP OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT THE BIG TIGHT END.
JUST SO EXPLOSIVE ALL AROUND.
>> Matt: FIRST AND 10.
THE OFFICIAL, WE ARE GOING TO GET THE INTERPRETATION.
JUST A MOMENT.
>> Matt: NOLAND.
INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.
THAT WAS McGEE, CLOSE DOWN TO THE FIVE.
>> THE NATIONAL FEDERATION ROLLS, YOU CAN RECOVER A FREE KIT YOU CANNOT ADVANCE IT.
BOTTOM LINE.
THAT'S IT.
>> Matt: WE FOUND OUT A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
COLLEGE AND NFL.
THEY HAVE GOT BOAT THAT'S MY CAN'T HURT THE DEFENDER.
THEY FOUND THAT ALSO, THE RULE IS DIFFERENT.
TIME-OUT CALLED BY SOUTH PAULDING.
17 SECOND.
ALSO FOUND OUT THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
THE HORSE COLLAR RULE IS DIFFERENT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SUCH A GRAFT TO THE PLAYER.
ON THE BACK OF THE SHOULDER PATCH.
WHICH IS THE DEFINITION OF THE RULE OF COLLEGE AND NFL.
YOU JUST HAVE TO GRAB HIM ON THE BACK OF THE JERSEY.
I THOUGHT KICKOFFS WERE THE SAME REGARDLESS.
AND IN THAT CASE.
MAYBE THE BALL DIES WHEN HITS THE GROUND.
AS IT TURNS OUT LANGSTON HUGHES DOES HAVE THAT BALL.
OPEN FREE KICK.
TAKE OVER THE 15 YARD LINE.
THE QUARTERBACKS.
EVERYONE IS IN TUNE.
MIDDLEBROOK.
LET'S CHECK THE SPOT.
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY HE GOT IT.
FOURTH AND ONE.
>> Wayne: BLOCKING OVER ON THAT RIGHT SIDE.
THOUGH SHOULDERS SQUARE.
NICE JOB OF COMING DOWN THE LINE BY THE DEFENSE OF FROM.
THAT IS THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
EXPLOSIVE FIRST QUARTER.
THREE TOUCHDOWN SCORED.
AND HE WAS THREATENING TO SCORE ANOTHER.
WHEN WE COME BACK TO START THE SECOND QUARTER.
SPARTANS TRAILED THE PANTHERS BY A TOUCHDOWN.
START OF THE SECOND QUARTER.
LANGSTON HUGHES ON TOP.
14-7.
HUGHES HASN'T INSIDE THE FIVE YARD LINE.
THREATENING TO SCORE AGAIN.
WHAT A GREAT FIRST QUARTER.
THEY CANNOT BE ADVANCED.
HAVE THEY TOUCHED IT, HOW THEY HAD POSSESSION.
AS THE TOUCHDOWN IS TAKEN BY IN HIS 27, SIX YARD RUN.
BLOCKING HIM ON THAT RIGHT SIDE.
BIG TIGHT END.
JUST A WALK IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
OUTSTANDING GAME SO FAR.
SECOND TOUCHDOWN.
FRONT OF THE NINE, READY FOR HIM.
MIDDLEBROOK.
BEING RECRUITED BY A RUNNING BACK.
WILLIAM SAID IT'S KIND OF 50-50.
HE HAS GOT INCREDIBLE ACCELERATION.
JUST JUMPED UP THE BLOCK.
OFFENSIVE LINE.
THE BIG TIGHT END.
RUNNING TO THE BYLINE.
A 16 YARD DRIVE.
OPENING SCORE.
IN 21-15 YARDS.
AFTER MISTAKES MADE BY SOUTH PAULDING.
THEY HAVE A LOOK.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE TEAM RESUME.
LANGSTON HUGHES.
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THEY CAME UP FROM UPSETTING ONLY LOSS IN THE LAST 22 GAMES.
QUARTERFINALS WAS SOME 2020, GOING TO THE FOURTH REGION TITLE.
IN THEIR 14th YEAR OF FOOTBALL.
THE KICK GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.
LET'S SEE IF SOUTH PAULDING CAN GET BACK AND GET THE BALL TO WILCOX.
>> Wayne: THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE SIDELINE ALONG TIME.
THEY ARE IN TIGHT GEAR.
RUNNING THE BALL.
WILCOX, THE FUMBLE.
IT HAS BEEN ALL LANGSTON HUGHES.
>> WE HAVE A FREE KICK INFRACTION.
ON THE KICKING TEAM.
AT THIS PLAY, WE HAVE A RECEIVING TEAM.
FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: OKAY, WHERE'S THE FIRST DOWN ONE TO BE.
MARKOFF, BALL GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.
TAKING IT AT THE 35.
FOR THE KICKING TEAM.
WITH THE DISCUSSION HERE COACH ROBINSON.
AGAIN, I'M DISTRACTED HOW QUICKLY LANGSTON HUGHES CAN TURN THIS GAME.
>> AFTER THE PLAY, WE HAVE A DEBT BALL PERSONAL FOUL ON THE RECEIVING TEAM.
15 YARDS FROM THE 35.
THAT IS GOING TO BACK IT UP TO THE 20 YARD LINE.
THEY DID A GOOD JOB HERE TONIGHT.
NORTH CAROLINA, HAD A 29 YARD FUMBLE RETURN.
SET UP THEIR SECOND TOUCHDOWN.
BIG BODY.
SPALDING, JUST ONE OF THOSE GUYS AS A FRESHMAN, DOMINATING.
UP THE MIDDLE.
WILCOX BACK AT IT AGAIN.
WILCOX PICKS UP 18 ON THE PLAY.
LIKE HE WAS MORE HOBBLED.
STRAIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
WILCOX.
WHOEVER LANDS THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE TO LAND A MAJOR TALENT.
>> Matt: HE WAS UNDER THE RADAR GUY.
83 YARDS COME ALREADY TONIGHT.
ON NINE CARRIES.
MAKE THAT 10 CARRIES.
FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 39.
VERY STRONG AND POWERFUL.
YOUR MIND TO THE KIND OF RUNNING BACK THAT CAN BE TOUCHED.
GETTING IN THERE.
JUST ABOUT THREE ON IT.
>> Wayne: THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT HIM.
HAS THAT MENTALITY.
QUICK AND AGILE AS HE IS.
ONE OF THOSE MAKING A CUT.
JUST THE RUNNING BACK THAT YOU LOVE TO SEE.
WE DECIDED TO GO THIS GAME.
>> Matt: SOUTH PAULDING, THEY ARE GOING TO BE AN UNDERDOG IN THIS GAME.
AGAINST LANGSTON HUGHES.
THERE ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE STATE IF NOT THE BEST TEAM IN THE STATE.
I KNEW THAT WILCOX WOULD MATCH THE INTENSITY OF THE LANGSTON HUGHES TEAM.
SECOND DOWN.
QUICK PASS OUT ON THE EDGE.
UP TO THE 46 YARD LINE.
ON THE CATCH AND RUN.
NICE JOB ON THIS DEFENSE.
RUNNING TO THE BALL.
THEY SEEM TO BE HUNGRY.
EACH AND EVERY POSITION.
NOT JUST TALENTED, PLAYING HARD.
PLAYING WITH A CERTAIN PASSION.
TO GET THIS WIN.
FIND THEMSELVES BACK.
THAT WAS THE THIRD CATCH OF THE GAME.
A METEORIC RISE.
FOR THIS LANGSTON HUGHES TEAM.
THEY HAVE GONE 32-4 THE LAST THREE SEASONS.
FOUR YEARS AGO, THEY WERE 2-8.
WILCOX.
GOING TO GET DROPPED.
AFTER THEY BLOW IT DEAD --THEY TAKE IT TO THE GROUND.
NUMBER 16.
RIGHT HERE STAYING HOME.
USING HIS HANDS.
GETTING OFF THE BLOCK.
HOLDING HIS TEAMMATE RALLIED NOT ABLE TO BRING HIM DOWN COMPLETELY.
ABLE TO HOLD HIM.
ALL THE WHITE JERSEYS GOING TO THE BALL.
>> Matt: IT LOOKS LIKE WILCOX IS A LITTLE CAN BE AFTER THAT TACKLE.
FOURTH DOWN PUNTING SITUATION FOR THE SPARTANS.
McGEE IS STANDING DEEP FOR HUGHES.
THAT IS WHERE THE PANTHERS WILL GO BACK ON OFFENSE.
IF YOU PLUS MINUTES INTO THE SECOND QUARTER.
LANGSTON HUGHES.
21-7 GAME.
SOUTH PAULDING.
NEXT WEEK, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE FINAL GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON.
WON'T BE ABLE TO PLAY OFF TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT.
VIEWS, 8-0, 5-0.
MIDDLEBROOK ON THE RUN.
ANOTHER SPIN MOVE.
FINALLY, OUT OF BOUNDS.
WHAT A RUN.
HE IS AT 132.
A NICE ZONE BLOCKING IT.
WE'VE SEEN THIS SO FAR THE GAME.
DOMINANT PERFORMANCE.
SNEAKY SPEED.
GREAT PATIENTS.
RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG- TIME TALENTED RUNNING BACK.
BALL CAUGHT BY LOCKHART.
FIRST DOWN FOR CJ LOCKOUT.
JUST MAKES THIS TEAM SO DOMINANT.
>> Wayne: JUST HAVING A KNACK OF BREAKING TACKLES.
JUST DUMPING THE BALL.
SPEED ALL AROUND.
LOCKHART.
FIRST AND 10.
NOLAND IS THE ABILITY AND SPEECH MAKE MORE PLAYS HAPPEN.
6'3".
ALMOST 200 POUNDS.
MAKING GREAT DECISIONS.
RIGHT THERE, A QUARTERBACK PROTECTING HIMSELF.
>> Matt: NEXT UP FOR HIM IS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
A SOPHOMORE.
NOW HE JUST HAS TO WIN IT.
I WOULD SAY, THEY WOULD BE THE ODDS-ON FAVORITES TO DO THAT AT SIX A.
BALL IN THE AIR.
NEARLY CAUGHT FALLING DOWN.
THURMAN.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB BY STERLING.
THE CORNER.
WE KNEW IT SOME POINT THEY WERE GOING TO GET THURMAN.
YOU WANT TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE AIR.
LEAVING THEM A LITTLE TIRED.
NICE JOB THERE BY STERLING.
TIGHT COVERAGE.
KNOCKING THAT BALL AWAY.
FIRST TIME THE SPARTANS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP.
>> Wayne: THIS IS A BIG GAME.
NICE JOB FOR RYAN.
COMING ACROSS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
MIDDLEBROOK.
THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TO DO.
>> Matt: THIRD DOWN AND 12.
JUST INSIDE THE THREE.
POCKET FOR NOLAND, UP TOP .
GREAT CONCENTRATION BY THE YOUNG SOPHOMORE.
>> Wayne: IT MAY LOOK LIKE HE IS TRYING TO THROW THIS BALL AWAY.
JUST LOST THE BALL UP.
WATCH THIS YOUNG MAN CONCENTRATE.
>> Matt: THEY ARE SOME KIND OF SHOW, AREN'T THEY?
>> Matt: THE PLAYS GOING TO BE NO GOOD .
SOLANO, HOOKS THIS ONE.
27-7.
LOOK AT THE BODY CONTROL BY McGEE.
WAITS FOR THE BALL TO ARRIVE.
BACK ON THE END ZONE.
MAKES THE CATCH.
GREAT BALL.
BEAUTIFUL DRIVE.
McGEE, LOCKHART.
WILLOUGHBY.
LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH NELLY.
>> A FULL TWO FOOT TOUCHDOWN.
LET'S GO TO OUR WEB GAME.
>> 22-14.
IT WAS 7-0.
IT WAS 8-7.
NOW, IT IS 22 POINTS ON THE BOARD FOR FITZGERALD.
THEY ARE THERE RIGHT THERE, HALFWAY HOME.
LEADING RIGHT NOW IN THAT GAME.
OTHER GAMES ON THE BOARD, LEADING RIGHT NOW.
>> Matt: THANK YOU.
PILLEY --THEY HAVE TO GET TO THE DAIRY QUEEN BEFORE IT CLOSES.
NOT LETTING IT HIT THE GROUND.
27-7.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP THIS GAME CLOSE ENOUGH.
SO THEY CAN USE THEIR BIG WEAPONS.
BIG OFFENSIVE WEAPON.
THE LANGSTON HUGHES SIDE.
DELIVERS DOWN FILLED.
CAN COME UP WITH THE CATS.
WILCOX OPEN.
HAVE TO BRING THE BALL DOWN.
TRYING TO GO BACK ON THE DOWNSIDE.
WOULD'VE BEEN A BIG GAINER.
COMMITTED TO KANSAS OVER THE SUMMER.
LIBERTY IN CALIFORNIA.
RECRUITING.
SECOND AND 10.
THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER.
FOR PANTHERS, MAKING THE TACKLE.
WILCOX.
>> Wayne: SO PHYSICAL.
>> Matt: THAT OLD SCHOOL RUNNING BACK.
WILCOX, 13 CARRIES.
92 YARDS.
MIDDLEBROOK HAS OVER 130 ALREADY.
STOPPED SHORT.
HAS TO COME OFF THE FIELD.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB AGAIN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER FOUR.
NICE JOB OF HIM.
GREAT JOB OF ATTACKING THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
IT IS HARD TO GO FOR.
KIND OF GET THE FEELING THAT THEY HAVE IT.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS BALL, YOU HAVE TO GET IT UP.
HAVE TO CALL A TIME EIGHT .
THEY DON'T.
THEY DON'T CALL A TIME-OUT.
KASEN WEISMAN GOING TO RUN FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
NICELY DONE.
GETTING THAT FIRST DOWN.
YOU REALLY FELT LIKE, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STILL NOT EVEN THE MIDWAY POINT OF THE SECOND QUARTER.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE BALL UP.
KEEPING IT ALL THE WAY.
SECURING THE EDGE.
ALBERT McCOY.
THE SOPHOMORE.
BEEN THERE MORNING BACK.
FIRST DOWN.
14 YOUR PICKUP.
BIG-TIME PROTECTION.
>> Wayne: SURVEY , LOOK AT ALL YOUR OPTIONS.
>> Matt: FIRST AND 10 ON THE 38.
THEY INJURED THEMSELVES.
KASEN WEISMAN BEING CHASED FROM BEHIND.
>> Wayne: NOTHING DOWN THE FIELD.
TRYING TO THROW THE BALL AWAY.
HIS FIRST READ.
HOPING IT COMES OPEN AND THROW THE BALL AWAY.
>> Wayne: THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A PRODUCT.
>> Matt: IN THE NFL, THAT IS THE LOOK OF THE BATTLE.
SECOND DOWN AND 10.
BREAKING DOWN.
GOING TO KEEP IT AND PICK UP A COUPLE OF YARDS.
>> Wayne: GETTING A LITTLE WINDED.
HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING GOING.
HE HAD THE BALL IN HIS HANDS.
THEY'RE GOING TO CALL A TIME- OUT HERE FACING THIRD AND SEVEN.
ALL PAINTED UP LIKE THAT.
SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS MENTALITY.
27-7.
LANGSTON HUGHES ON TOP.
TIME-OUT.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE TWO HIGHEST RATED OFFENSIVE LINEMAN IN THE SENIOR FLAGS ON THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
ON THE LEFT, HE COMMITTED TO THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS.
NUMBER NINE OFFENSIVE TACKLE IN THE COUNTRY.
A GUARD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.
HE IS FOUR-STAR.
WHAT YOU SEE FROM THESE TWO GUYS TONIGHT?
>> Wayne: I'VE SEEN ATHLETIC ABILITY THAT IS RARE IN GUYS THAT SIZE.
A KIND OF BASKETBALL MENTALITY.
WE HAVE SEEN BOTH OF THEM IN THIS GAME.
BE ABLE TO POOL AND SECURE BLOCKS.
YOU FIND TALENT BOTH OF THESE GUYS.
37 COMING OUT OF THE TIME-OUT.
HE BEAT THEM ALL.
PICKED UP THE FIRST DOWN.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE.
OUT ON THE SCREEN.
BEING ABLE TO RUN.
GETTING OUTSIDE.
SECURING THE BLOCK.
THEY WILL HAVE THE RANKINGS OF SOME OF THE OTHER RUNNING BACKS.
SUMO ROBINSON SAYS HE HAS A HE HAS THAT BIG A REPUTATION.
>> Matt: TOUCHDOWN!
24 YARDS.
>> Wayne: HARD TALENT ON THIS THROW.
NICE JOB OF BRINGING THEM DOWN.
GOOD DRIVE.
IT IS 27-14.
KASEN WEISMAN.
24 YARDS STRIKE TO JACKSON.
INSIDE THAT POST ROUTE.
NICE JOB.
THAT WAS A NINE PLAY.
TOOK LESS THAN THREE MINUTES.
AS YOU TOOK A LOOK AT THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON.
HE SHOWED US A LOT.
NOT JUST WITH HIS ARM.
PICKING UP THAT FOURTH AND ONE.
ALSO KEEPING SOME PLAYS ALIVE.
GETTING RID OF THE BALL.
THAT COMPETITIVE EDGE THAT THEY BRING TO THIS OFFENSE.
JUST FELT LIKE THIS TEAM NEEDED TO GET ON THE BOARD AND TRY TO KEEP THIS GAME CLOSE.
FOUR CATCHES, 51 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN.
A BIG SCORE LIKE SOUTH PAULDING.
NOW THEY HAVE TO GET A STOP ON DEFENSE.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT SOUTH PAULDING TEAM.
KICKOFF IS GOING TO SCREW INTO THE END ZONE.
THE PANTHERS MADE IT TO THE 20s.
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10-2.
THE STAR RUNNING BACK.
QUARTERBACK.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PLAYER THAT HAS EVER COME OUT OF THE PROGRAM SO FAR.
THEY MADE THE PLAYOFFS FIVE TIMES.
THEY HAVE NEVER WON A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
THEY WILL HAVE TO WIN TONIGHT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THEY MIGHT NOT MAKE IT HAPPEN TONIGHT EVEN IF THEY WIN TONIGHT.
DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY DO AT NOON.
STEP UP.
THEY REALLY HAVE NOT HAD MUCH SUCCESS STOPPING PRENTISS AIR NOLAND, OFFENSIVELY.
>> Matt: THE 35 YARD LINE.
JARED BARNES.
80 YARD TOUCHDOWN.
ON THE ARM OF PRENTISS AIR NOLAND.
>> Wayne: A LITTLE REVERSE ACTION.
LEADING THE RECEIVER.
JADEN BARNES.
JUST LIKE THAT THEY GET THE TOUCHDOWN RIGHT AWAY.
THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME.
SOLANO.
SAME RESULTS.
LANGSTON HUGHES WITH A COMFORTABLE 19 POINT LEAD.
BILL FREEZE, THE LINEBACKERS.
HAVING THEIR WAY ON THE BALL.
AND NOW, JUST INTO THE FOOT RACE.
AT THE QUARTERBACK THERE.
TOO MUCH SPEED FOR YOU TO CATCH.
HARD TO DEFEND WHEN YOU HAVE TALENT FROM EACH AND EVERY POSITION.
OFFERED BY WESTERN KENTUCKY.
IT WAS A ONE PLAY DRIVE.
TOOK 15 SECONDS.
>> Wayne: WHAT THAT POINT DOES.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE BODY BLOWS.
MAYBE WE ARE BACK INTO THIS AND THEN ONE PLAY LATER, THEY ARE IN THE END ZONE.
THEY STARTED IT.
IT WAS A GOOD TEAM.
DOING THERE BOX --A WORLD OF TALENT.
POP UP KICK.
COMING DOWN.
THEY KNOW HOW TO RETURN IT.
UP TO 32.
IT WAS ON THAT REVERSE.
WILCOX ON THE RETURN.
THAT'S WHERE THE SPARTANS GO BACK.
FINDING WAYS TO GET HIS BALL -- A LOT OF WORK IN THAT LAST DRIVE.
MAKING SOME PLAYS.
KEEPING THINGS ALIVE.
THAT SAME KIND OF ENERGY.
KEEP PUNCHING.
KEEP PUSHING.
GIVING THEMSELVES A CHANCE.
MAYBE ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN AS WELL.
THEY HAVE TO KEEP CHOPPING WOOD.
THEY HAVE TO STAND THIS FIGHT AS LONG AS YOU CAN.
THEY HAVE TO BE THERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.
GOOD CATCH OF THE GAME BY HAYDEN JACKSON.
HAD A TOUCHDOWN CATCH.
HAYDEN JACKSON.
ONE OF THOSE GUYS YOU WANT TO GIVE THE BALL OUT OF COVERAGE.
OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD.
THEY ARE THAT.
THEY COME AT YOU HARD.
WILCOX ON THE SHORT GAME RIGHT THERE.
IT IS NOT AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
YOU CAN TELL THE SIZE DIFFERENCE.
ON TELEVISION.
THIRD DOWN AND SIX.
SHE IS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
GIVING KASEN WEISMAN SPACE TO THROW.
WILCOX, SPACE TO RUN.
PLAY ACTION.
NOW THEY'RE GOING TO RUN AND SLIDE.
THE DECISION ONCE AGAIN.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO GO FOR.
MAYBE IN THAT SITUATION.
FEEL LIKE THE WAY THAT LANGSTON HUGHES CAN SCORE.
IT'S OKAY TO GO FORWARD.
VERY UNDERSTANDABLE.
WHILE YOU'RE ROLLING THE DICE.
>> Matt: I THINK YOU HAVE TO GO FOR.
THEY DON'T DO IT.
GIVEN THE SITUATION.
I THINK YOU DO HAVE TO ROLL THE DICE.
ONLY CHANCE TO STAY IN THE GAME.
THE LAST TIME OUT.
SO, THEY'RE GOING TO THROW THE TIME-OUT HERE.
THINK ABOUT IT.
CHECKING WITH HANNAH.
26 REGION WILL BE CLENCHED TONIGHT.
IN ATLANTA FOR THE --THE BEER GOWNS --PLAYING FOR THE REGIONS SEVEN THREE A TITLE.
MUCH MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
>> Matt: IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR.
THEY WILL BE IN THE MIDST NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
THEY WILL HAVE IT ALL FOR YOU.
DURING THE COURSE OF THE GAME.
AFTER THE GAME IN THE POST GAME SHOW AS WELL.
BIG DECISION TIME.
BEATING WEST LAKE , LANGSTON HUGHES.
LEADING BY 19 POINTS.
STILL ON THE SIDELINE.
ONE TO PUNT.
GETS IT OUT OF THERE.
AND IT IS GOING TO HIT AND BOUNCE UP AND DOWN.
THAT'S WERE LANGSTON HUGHES GOES LONG.
337 LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF.
THAT WAS A 36 YARD KICK.
>> Wayne: THREE TIME-OUTS.
TO COME UP WITH A TURNOVER.
>> Matt: THERE'VE BEEN TWO TURNOVERS.
BOTH OF THEM, EXTREMELY CROSS.
MIDDLEBROOK.
OVER 160 YARDS RUSHING.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BO HUGUELY.
INSIDE, WALK-INS, OFFENSIVE LINEMAN.
THEY ARE BLOCKERS.
NOT ABLE TO GET OFF.
11 CARRIES.
140 YARDS.
A LONG THROW TO McGEE.
AT THE FIRST DOWN.
MIDFIELD AT THE 48.
16 YARD PICKUP.
ALL THE WAY OUT.
JACKSON GIVING HIM A LOT OF ROOM.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE , WHEN HE COMMITS.
HE STILL JUST A JUNIOR.
MIDDLEBROOK, RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.
ANOTHER DASH AND RUN.
MIDDLEBROOK.
A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE BETWEEN THE GUARD.
IN THE MIDST RIGHT THERE.
JUST THE SPEED.
OUT IN THE OPEN.
IMPRESSIVE AS HE HAS BEEN, AND HIS FIRST HALF.
THAT IS WHAT YOU DO.
YOU HOLD THE EXTRA POINT.
12 CARRIES.
188 YARDS IN THE FIRST HALF.
THIS TIME, THE KICK IS THROUGH.
IT IS 40-14.
THE WEIRD THING ABOUT THIS, YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT.
GOOD BLOCKING OUT ON THE EDGE.
FOUR-STAR SAFETY.
BLOCKING DOWN THE FIELD.
HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN MUCH.
RIGHT NOW, MATT, LET'S TAKE A BREAK.
>> CARROLLTON HI, WE SAW THEM LAST WEEK.
SECOND HALF.
LEADING CAMEL WITH A SCORE OF 45-7.
ALSO DOWN AND ABOUT, PUTTING DOWN A BIG NUMBER.
REGION 178.
THEY ARE TIED AT THREE.
TAKEN OVER THAT ONE.
BACK TO YOU TO 64.
>> Matt: THE FROM THE 22.
FLAG DOWN ON THE FIELD, AS WELL.
PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL.
RIGHT NOW, CANNOT KEEP IT.
HOLDING, ON THE RECEIVING TEAM.
YOU JUST WONDER, WHO CAN BEAT LANGSTON HUGHES.
THEY HAVE NOT HAD A CLOSE GAME.
SINCE THE STATE FINAL LAST DECEMBER.
MAKING THEIR LOST BY ONE POINT.
UPSETTING THE WOLVES THAT NIGHT.
HAD A FIELD GOAL LOCKED.
NOT EVEN COMING DOWN TO A FIELD GOAL.
JUST WON THE GAME.
THEY HAVE WON EVERY GAME.
FLYING AT LEAST 26 POINTS.
THAT WAS AGAINST McGEE.
ABLE TO SCORE LIKE THEY DID.
THEY HAVE THE DEFENSE OF FIRST.
14, 17 POINTS.
BACKING UP.
THROWING IT IN.
CANNOT CONNECT WITH JACKSON AT 42.
COACH WILLIAMS TOLD US THAT LANGSTON HUGHES FELT LIKE THEY HAD A SCORE TO SETTLE.
SPARTANS BEAT THEM BACK IN 2019.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY WERE 2- 8 THAT YEAR.
FRESHMEN ON THAT TEAM.
ALL THE MOTIVATIONAL GET THIS HIGH LEVEL.
ON THE BACKFILL NUMBER EIGHT.
>> Matt: THEY GOT FOUR-STAR STONE.
TIME-OUT.
THEY CALL A TIME-OUT.
YOU FIGURE, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE BALL BACK IN AGAIN.
WHAT WAS THAT, ONE OF YOUR KEYS TO THE GAME.
THEY ARE FULFILLING THAT KEY.
>> Wayne: RIGHT BEFORE THIS DRIVE.
COMING OFF THE BALL.
GETTING THE BACK FIELD.
THEY HAVE HAD SOME PRESSURE.
IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS.
>> Wayne: GETTING TO THE QUARTERBACK.
WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THE THREE STAR.
THE 56.
15 INSIDE.
THE SECOND HIGHEST RATED PLAYER ON THE TEAM.
TRYING TO MAKE AN ACROBATIC CATCH.
THE OVERALL PART OF THIS GAME.
YOU SEE THEM PLAYING ON THE DEFENSIVE END RIGHT NOW.
FIRST DOWN, CATCH AND RUN.
OUT BEYOND THE SIX.
NOW THIS DEFENSIVE LINE.
>> 10 YARDS.
PART OF THE FOUL.
TRENT WANT TO GO BACK AND TELL THE STORY OF THURMAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET THE OPPORTUNITY.
HE IS THE SON OF THE FORMER GEORGIA BULLDOG.
THE SEMIFINALIST.
SECOND ROUND NFL DRAFT PICK.
THE BASKETBALL TEAM.
PLAYED IN THE WNBA.
HE HAS GOT THE GENETICS.
THIRD DOWN AND 20.
AND TIME-OUT CALLED BY LANGSTON HUGHES.
THEY ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE ATTACK.
THEY WANT TO GET THE BALL BACK.
>> TIME-OUT, HUGHES.
TAKE A LOOK AT LANGSTON HUGHES.
THESE ARE THE TOP FIVE RATED PROSPECTS.
BY NO MEANS, ALL OF THE PROSPECT.
JUST THE TOP FIVE.
OFFENSIVE TACKLE.
GOING TO GEORGIA.
NUMBER ONE RATED TIGHT END.
GOING TO OHIO STATE.
27 OFFERS.
NUMBER NINE SAFETY.
FOUR-STAR, WIDE RECEIVER.
COMMITTED TO JACKSON STATE.
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT ALL PLAYS OUT.
THAT IS NEXT WEEK.
AT HOME.
BEING EXPECTED TO WIN.
IN THE PLAYOFFS START.
BY HIMSELF, SOUTH PAULDING, COLLECTIVELY.
SCORED A TOUCHDOWN.
HE IS BEING AGGRESSIVE ON THE ATTACK.
SPARTAN DOWN, FINALLY, DOWN AT THE 46.
THE PANTHER STILL HAVE 60 SECONDS TO WORK WITH.
WE'VE SEEN THEM SCORE FROM 80 YARDS AWAY TO 15 SECONDS.
BEING ABLE TO WORK THE FIELD.
THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THIS TEAM, THEY SEEM TO BE A UNIT.
TRYING TO INTERPRET.
THERE IS THURMAN.
6'6".
230.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS COACH WILLIAMS TOLD THEM.
THE PLAYERS BUYING IN.
THE GUY HAS TO BUY IN.
THEY WANT A BUNCH OF GUYS DOING THINGS ON THEIR OWN.
BY THE SCORE, MIDDLEBROOK, ANOTHER BIG RUN.
APPROACHING 200 YARDS RUSHING.
MIDDLEBROOK HERE.
IN THE BACKFIELD.
WHAT A HALF THIS YOUNG MAN PUT UP .
NO KIND OF RUN.
CONSISTENTLY.
COMING OUT OF THE HELMET.
DOING THE KIND OF WORK YOU WOULD IMAGINE.
GASPING FOR AIR.
NOLAND, FARSIGHTED ROW.
THAT WAS THE BREAK THE SPARTANS WERE LOOKING FOR.
THIS IS A LONG THROW.
GETTING THIS BALL TO GIBSON.
NICE JOB OF PUNTING THE BALL.
PUNCHING THAT BALL OUT.
TIME-OUT CALLED.
NO TIME-OUTS REMAINING FOR EITHER TEAM.
AS THE PANTHERS USE THEIR LAST ONE.
LANGSTON HUGHES COMING INTO TONIGHT.
THEY PUT TWO TOUCHDOWNS ON THE BOARD.
ONLY ONE TOUCHDOWN A LOT OF THE LAST FIVE GAMES.
>> Wayne: VERY DOMINANT ON BOTH SIDES.
TRYING TO TACKLE ON SOME MORE POINTS FOR HALFTIME.
AS HOT AS IT IS TO TAKE.
THAT PENALTY IS FIVE YARDS.
JUST A SECOND TOP 10 OPPONENT.
LANGSTON HUGHES HAS PLAYED THIS SEASON.
BEAT THEM 47.
SO, SECOND AND 13.
BALL OF THE 46.
ONLY THE SECOND TARGET.
SHOWING YOU THE SPEED.
>> Wayne: THE PROTECTION LINE THAT HE GETS.
ALLOWS THESE LONG ROUTES TO DEVELOP.
HE WAS A REALLY SAVVY FORWARD.
THE SHORT THROW.
THE CLOCK IS STILL RUNNING.
THE OFFICIALS ARE BLOWING THE WHISTLE.
ONE OF THE OFFICIALS, TOOK A HIT.
WAS RUNNING DOWN THE PROUD LINE.
HIT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.
THE CLOCK IS GOING TO BE AT 39 SECONDS.
WORD IS, HE MIGHT HAVE RUN OUT ON THE SIDELINE.
SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.
AS HE DELIVERS AN OUT OF BOUNDS.
THIS TIME THE SPARTANS ABLE TO PUT A BODY ON NOLAND.
GETTING SOME PRESSURE ON NOLAND.
HIS INABILITY TO STEP INTO THE THROW.
HE USUALLY DOESN'T ENDURE ANY CONTACT.
THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.
24 SECONDS LEFT IN THE HALF.
FOUGHT BY THURMAN.
CLOCK WILL STOP TO GET IT SET.
CLOCK IS MOVING AGAIN.
PUTS IT IN FOR THE SCORE.
FOR THE AFTER TOUCHDOWN.
>> Wayne: HERE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
BIG OFFENSIVE LINE.
PUSHING NOLAND INTO THE ZONE.
ALL THAT SET UP.
OFFICIALS MIGHT HAVE THROWN A CELEBRATION FLAG.
THEY DIDN'T APPRECIATE THE ARTISTRY OF THE CHOREOGRAPHY.
>> AFTER THE PLAY.
ONCE HORSEMEN LIKE CONDUCT.
SO, THE PENALTY RIGHT HERE.
GOT A GOOD SHOT.
>> Wayne: SOMETHING TELLS ME THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING A LOT OF NFL GAMES.
SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
WHAT A DRIVE.
BIG THROW THERE.
TOTAL CONTROL.
THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES.
GETTING THE BALL BACK.
THEY BACKED ABOUT 15 YARDS.
THE PLAY GETS BLOWN DEAD.
AND EXTRA POINT RECEDED.
>> ON THE OFFENSE.
FIVE YARDS.
STILL DOWN.
THIS WOULD BE A GOOD SPOT TO WORK ON YOUR KICKING GAME.
REMEMBER, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.
COMING IN THIS FIRST HALF.
95 YARDS.
THE ONLY REALLY NEGATIVE THEY HAVE HAD IN THIS GAME.
>> Matt: IT IS 46-14.
PERHAPS A PROTEST.
IT IS 46-14 IS THEY GO FOR THAT 23 YARD, TWO POINT CONVERSION.
THE AIR AND THERE ARE THE FEW POINTS RIGHT THERE.
THEY DROPPED IT AND OVER THE SHOULDER.
ON THE PASTOR WILL BE.
48-14.
BETTER THROW.
DROPPING THE BALL AND DEFLECTED.
>> Wayne: THE TOUCH ON THIS BALL, EXCELLENT.
DROPPING IT RIGHT IN THERE.
WILLOW B.
STEPPING INTO THE THROW.
DROPPING IT INTO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.
CANNOT GET BETTER THAN THAT.
THE LONGEST TWO-POINT TRY.
THEY USE THEIR TIME-OUTS JUDICIOUSLY TO GET ONE MORE SHOT.
RIDE THAT WAVE.
>> Matt: IF HE MITCH -- IF HE MISSED HIS INTERVIEW.
DON'T FRET .
WE WILL HAVE IT FOR YOU AND REPLAY THAT SHOW AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS GAME , LIVE.
OF COURSE, WE ALSO SHOW THIS GAME AGAIN LATER IN THE NIGHT.
>> FREE KICK INFRACTION.
PENALTY.
FIVE YARDS.
WHAT WAS IT?
11 PENALTIES?
LANGSTON HUGHES , LEADING.
>> Wayne: IMPRESSIVE TEAM.
>> Matt: THEORETICALLY, IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT IT WOULD COME AT SOME POINT THIS SEASON.
NOT QUITE SURE WHO THAT MIGHT BE.
BIG ANKLE THERE ON THE KICKOFF.
FOR SOME REASON, THE CLOCK NEVER STARTED.
THAT SHOULD BE THE END OF THE HALF RIGHT THERE.
DIMITRI WELLS.
A BACKUP DEFENSIVE BACK.
SPECIAL TEAMS.
FOR SOME REASON.
>> Wayne: HE'S LOOKING LIKE THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN THE HALF.
THEY DEFINITELY TAKE MORE THAN FOUR SECONDS.
LOOKS LIKE A LAPSE IN CONCENTRATION GOING ON.
SO, THEY GET A FREE PLAY HERE.
AND THEY ARE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT.
FINAL SECONDS OF THIS FIRST HALF.
NUMBER ONE, LANGSTON HUGHES.
WELL ON THEIR WAY FOR THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
IN THEIR 14 YEAR PROGRAM HISTORY.
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY AS DOMINANT AS EVER.
>> Wayne: THE ABILITY TO THROW THE BALL.
THAT IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
YOU COULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT, THAT IS THE BEST TEAM THEY ARE GOING TO FACE IN THE REGULAR SEASON.
THAT IS WHAT LANGSTON HUGHES HAS DONE.
DOMINANT FIRST HALF.
MIDDLEBROOK HAS RUSHED FOR OVER 200 YARDS IN THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS.
LET'S SEND IT TO JOHN MELTON.
>> WE HAVE FANS GOING BEHIND US.
WE WILL MAKE THIS KIND OF QUICK.
7-0.
YOU PUT THE PETALS DOWN.
>> WE HAD TO DO WHAT WE DO OFFENSIVELY ALL YEAR.
OFFENSE WAS MOVING.
WE ARE BLOCKING WELL IN FRONT.
>> THE PENALTIES WERE DRIVING GREAT.
TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO FIX.
NOT SMART PENALTIES.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT MEANS WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Matt: BOONE WILLIAMS GETTING READY FOR THE SECOND HALF.
LET'S SEND IT BACK.
THE HALFTIME SHOW STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
OFFENSE IS MOVING IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
WE WILL HEAR FROM LANGSTON HUGHES, SENIOR OFFENSIVE TACKLE.
UPDATE YOU ON REGION WINNERS.
WE WILL NAME OUR TICK-TOCK CHALLENGE WINNER.
IT IS UP NEXT.
GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH THE REGIONS BANK.
WE ARE LIVE FROM THE SPORTS STUDIO.
LANGSTON HUGHES VERSUS SOUTH PAULDING AT SPARTAN STADIUM IN DOUGLASVILLE.
THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE REGION.
HAVING TO GET TO DOUGLAS COUNTY NEXT WEEK TO WIN IT BIT THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST HOUSE PLAYERS IN THE EVENING IS BO HUGHLEY.
HE COMMITTED TO GEORGIA OVER THE SUMMER BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE HOME AND HE LOVES IT.
FOUR STAR PROSPECT THIS WEEK AND ASKED HIM WHAT HIS FAVORITE MEMORY IS.
>> WHAT MAY THAT PLAY SPECIAL IS FAMILY.
THEY TREAT EVERYONE WHO COMES FROM THOSE DOORS LIKE FAMILY.
THEY HAD LIKE, THINGS FOR US TO DO.
HE STILL BEING RECRUITED HEAVILY BY OTHER PROGRAMS.
HE IS ALL DOG.
ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE OF RECRUITING 2022.
YOU CAN WATCH IT IT GPB.ORG.
STAY WITH US, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE REST OF THE STATE CHECK IN WITH JOHN AT SPARTAN STADIUM.
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP GAMES.
SO MUCH MORE THAN ELECTRICITY.
IT'S A FOUR-WAY TIE.
THE WINNER OF DECATUR CHAMBLEE LEADING 24-14.
THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2007 UNDER NEW COACH JUSTIN ROGERS.
THE ONLY REGION 68 TEAM.
THEY ARE TIED 17-17.
THEY MET THREE TIMES.
THIS IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST SCHEME.
THEY LEAD 10-3.
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IT'S A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN COOK AND FITZGERALD.
THE HURRICANES ARE THE ONLY REMAINING UNBEATEN TEAM IN THE REGION.
WHAT IS ON THE LINE TONIGHT.
>> Matt: A LOT WHEN YOU COME TO TRADITIONAL RIVALRIES.
AFTER THE BACK-AND-FORTH START TO RENEW THAT WAS GOING TO BE THERE, COURTESY OF THEIR FRIENDS.
THE OFFICIAL PEST CONTROL OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
THE FOURTH QUARTER, FITZGERALD NOW LEADING 36-14.
REMEMBER, THAT WAS 14-8.
FITZGERALD HAS PUT THE PEDAL DOWN.
IT LOOK LIKE FITZGERALD WAS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.
GETTING THAT REGION AA TITLE.
A LOT OF GAMES MAY BE GOING THROUGH THE STADIUM WHEN IT COMES TO LIFE IN AA.
THIS WAS BEEN HEAVY.
>> IT HAS BEEN SHOCKING AT POINTS WHERE YOU SIT THERE, YOU JUST SEE HOW EASY IT CAN BE FOR LANGSTON HUGHES TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU.
OFFENSIVELY.
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
ASKING HIM WHAT HE WAS TELLING HIS TEAM.
THEY GOT THE 7-0 LEAD.
WE WERE TALKING TO WILLIAMS ABOUT IT.
THEN, IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE PLAYING KEEP AWAY.
LANGSTON HUGHES.
THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED IN ANY ROOM FOR SUMO AND SOUTH SPALDING TO BREATHE.
WHEN YOU HAVE A RUNNING GAME -- RUNNING THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
YOU RUN THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE.
IT HAS BEEN NUTS WITH HIS NUMBERS.
IT HAS BEEN A DOMINANT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.
NOT ABLE TO BREATHE AT ALL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BALL.
WE WILL SHOW YOU OUR PLAY OF THE HALF.
WHEN WE COME BACK.
IF YOU'RE JUST NOW JOINING US, THE PANTHERS ARE WINNING 48-14.
HERE IS THE PLAY OF THE FIRST HALF.
LATE SECOND QUARTER, ONE PLAY, IDIOTS, 15 SECONDS.
QUARTERBACK, GOES LONG.
THE 35 YARD LINE.
POINT AND SCORED.
THAT IS HOW WE GET TO OUR SCORE OF 48 -14.
TIME NOT TO ANNOUNCE OUR WINNERS OF THE GPB TICK-TOCK CHALLENGE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
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AS THEY STEP OFF THE FIELD OUR HEAD HOME ON THE BUS.
THAT'S IT FOR THE HALFTIME SHOW.
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AS WE GET CLOSER TO PLAY OFF.
ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY.
MORE FROM MATT , WAYNE, AND JOHN.
AT SPARTAN STADIUM.
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> Matt: IN DISCUSSION WITH THE OFFICIAL, THANKS FOR COMING OUT ON THE HOP.
HE TOOK SOME TIME WITH YOUR STAFF, BEFORE YOU WENT TO TALK TO THE PLAYERS OF THE HALF.
WHAT DID YOU DISCUSS BEFORE YOU WENT INSIDE?
>> WE HAVE TO TACKLE, WE HAVE TO RUN OUR FEET.
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GAME.
JUST COVERING IT ON THE BACKEND.
IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS.
WE HAVE TO DO THE LITTLE THINGS.
YOU JUMPED ON THEM EARLY.
YOU HAVE A SEVEN ON THE BOARD.
IN A PLAY KEEP AWAY.
YOU COULD NOT KEEP IT BACK.
WE HAD TO DO THINGS TO DO OVER.
FUNDAMENTALLY, GETTING THE ATHLETICISM --THEY HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
READY FOR THE SECOND HALF.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> Matt: THANK YOU.
SUMO, ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS.
THEY HAVEN'T DIFFICULT TASK IN FRONT OF THEM.
NUMBER ONE, THEY STILL WANT TO TRY TO WIN THE TEAM.
MAKE IT RESPECTABLE AT THIS POINT.
>> Wayne: IT STARTED OFF WITH SOUTH PAULDING, THE TITLE WITH HAPPEN WITH THE OFFENSE AND THE EXPLOSION FOR THIS PANTHERS TEAM.
IT IS JUST GOING TO BE HARD TO GET BACK INTO A GAME.
WITH THIS KIND OF OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION.
>> Matt: IMPRESSIVE OPENING DRIVE.
75 YARDS.
78 YARDS TO BE PRECISE.
EIGHT PLAYS.
KASEN WEISMAN WITH THE TOUCHDOWN PASS.
EXPLOSION HAPPENED HERE.
MIDDLEBROOK, BECAME A SAME STORY.
GETTING IT INTO THE END ZONE TO GET LANGSTON HUGHES ON THE BOARD.
>> Matt: BIG MOMENTUM SHIFT.
WILCOX RUN IN .
LOOKS LIKE MAYBE MOMENTUM STOPPED.
ENDED UP COUGHING UP THE BALL.
LOOK AT HIM CARRY THAT BALL WITH ONE HAND.
OVER, ABOVE HIS HEAD.
29 YARD RETURN.
THAT TURNED INTO THIS TOUCHDOWN RUN BY MIDDLEBROOK.
RUSHED FOR OVER 200 YARDS IN THE GAME.
>> Wayne: A BIG PLAY DOWN THE FIELD, ONCE AGAIN.
McGEE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
THIS WAS THE 80 YARD PLAY.
TOUCHDOWN PASS TO BARNES.
AND JUST MAGNIFIES THE GREAT SKILL AND SPEED THEY HAD THE WIDE RECEIVER POSITION.
HALFTIME STATS.
400 36 YARDS.
FOR LANGSTON HUGHES.
205 FOR SOUTH PAULDING.
A DECENT FIRST HALF NUMBER.
THEY HAVE BEEN OVERCOME BY THIS TIDAL WAVE OF TALENT FROM THE PANTHERS.
AND THE TWO TURNOVERS FOR THE SPARTANS.
DEFINITELY, TURNED INTO A QUICK, EASY TOUCHDOWN FOR THE PANTHERS.
BEING ABLE TO RUSH THE BALL AND THROW.
YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM.
BIG PLAYS FOR THEM.
THEY PUT TOUCHDOWNS ON THE BOARD.
48-14 AS WE GET READY TO START THE THIRD QUARTER.
AND THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION, AMONGST THE GPB SPORTS STAFF.
WHO CAN BEAT THESE GUYS?
WE JOKED ABOUT IT ON THE PHONE WITH COACH DANIEL BOONE WILLIAMS.
THIS WEEK, AS WE HELD A CONFERENCE AND ZOOM CALL WITH HIM.
WE JOKED ABOUT GETTING THAT REMATCH WITH BUFORD.
IT IS NOT ON THE SCHEDULE.
WON'T HAPPEN ON THE PLAYOFFS.
IF INDEED, THEY WIN 78, AND THE HUGHES WHEN SIX A.
>> Wayne: TALENT WISE, BUFORD IS THE ONLY TEAM THAT I'VE SEEN THIS SEASON, THAT IS ACROSS THE BOARD, BOTH SIDES MATCH UP WITH HIS LANGSTON HUGHES TEAM.
BY THE WAY THAT THEY ARE PLAYING, THEY'RE PLAYING AS THOUGH THEY ARE NOT AS TALENTED.
THEY WERE PLAYING WITH HUNGER, UNITY, REALLY IT'S THE ONLY NEGATIVE THEY HAD IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> Wayne: I THINK THAT'S THE BIG KEY.
DANIEL BOONE WILLIAMS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
YOU THINK WITH THE TEAM THAT TALENTED MIGHT BE ENTITLED TO PLAY LIKE THEY WERE ENTITLED.
THEY CERTAINLY DO NOT DO THAT.
THE SECOND HALF KICKOFF IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
AND SO, THE KID COMES ROLLING ALONG THE 11 YARD LINE.
UP TO THE 50 YARD LINE.
THAT IS BARNES.
HE WOULD JUST SAW THE 80 YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH HIGHLIGHT.
THE BIG RETURN AND GREAT FIELD POSITION.
JUST THE DYNAMIC RECEIVING FOR LOCKHART AND BARNES.
ONCE THEY GET THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS.
THEY PLAY WITH SO MUCH CONFIDENCE.
THEY CAN SCORE FROM ANYPLACE ON THE FIELD.
14 PASSING.
GOING TO PICK UP ABOUT EIGHT ON THAT CATCH.
LOOSE SCREEN ON THE BACKSIDE .
NICE JOB.
GETTING OUT THERE.
SECURING THE BLOCK.
YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT THERE.
JUST THE SPEED AND TALENT.
ANOTHER SPEEDY RECEIVER.
GETTING THE BALL IN HIS HAND.
SAYS HE IS THE MEANEST GUY ON THE TEAM.
>> Wayne: ONLY A SOPHOMORE 6'3".
290.
ATHLETIC A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THAT YOUNG MAN.
UP GOES THE MIDDLEBROOK.
HE HAS GOT THE FIRST DOWN.
200 AND --THREE TOUCHDOWNS IN THE FIRST HALF.
OUTSIDE, INSIDE.
PHYSICAL RUN.
COMING AROUND.
KICK OUT BLOCK.
AS WE SAW IN THAT FIRST HALF -- INDIVIDUALLY.
HAD MORE YARDS.
>> Matt: 208 .
MIDDLEBROOK.
BRINGING IT BACK THE OTHER WAY.
LOCKHART OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Wayne: THE MISS TACKLE.
THOSE WERE THE KEY FOR THE DEFENSE.
25 EXTRA YARDS GAIN.
>> Matt: MIDDLEBROOK .
INSIDE THE 20.
MIDDLEBROOK.
PUTTING A SHOW HERE TONIGHT.
HE'S BEEN UPSTAGED BY MIDDLEBROOK.
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
15 CARRIES.
200 31 YARDS.
WILL BE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
SEVEN YARDS , JUST SIGH WILL BE.
54-14.
>> Wayne: SWISS ARMY KNIFE WITH THIS RECEIVING CORPS.
LINING UP ANYWHERE.
JUST A LITTLE KEEPER HERE.
ROLL OUT.
DELIVER THE BALL.
RUNNING INTO THE END ZONE.
TOUCHDOWN.
>> Matt: SOLANO ON FOR THE TEAM.
TIGHT SNAP.
THEY GET IT UP 55-14.
FOUR DIFFERENT PANTHERS HAVE SCORED TOUCHDOWNS HERE TONIGHT.
AND WILLOUGHBY GETS HIS FIRST.
>> Matt: WILLOUGHBY.
6'2" SENIOR.
WIDE RECEIVER.
WE'VE MENTIONED SO MANY TIMES TONIGHT.
SO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR NOLAND TO SPREAD IT AROUND.
HE HAS DONE THAT TONIGHT.
KICKED OFF IT'S GOING TO LAND THERE IN NO MAN'S LAND.
YOU CAN DO IT AT THE 11 YARD LINE.
REESE COMING THIS WAY.
>> Wayne: SOUTH PAULDING OFFENSIVELY, THEY HAVE PUT SOME DRIVES TOGETHER.
>> Matt: 95 YARDS, TWO TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN THE FIRST HALF.
17 CARRIES.
JACKSON, FIVE CATCHES.
THEY CANNOT STOP LANGSTON HUGHES.
BOUNDS RIGHT THERE.
CHECK THE PENALTY FLAG.
>> SILANE INTERFERENCE.
>> Matt: THE PENALTY GOES AGAINST SOUTH PAULDING.
CREEPING TO CLOSE UP TO THE FIELD.
MAYBE A CAMERAMAN.
DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ON HIGH ALERT.
ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS BACK BEHIND THE LINE.
THE SILENT PENALTY IS ON LANGSTON HUGHES.
THEY HAD THE OLD GET BACK COACH SOMEWHERE ON THE SIDELINE.
THE SIDELINE WARNING WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD.
ACTUALLY AWAY FROM THE ACTION.
>> Matt: TRYING TO SWIPE THE BALL.
A LOT OF FIGHT.
A MEAN-SPIRITED WAY.
NICE BALL THERE.
MAKING THAT PLAY.
ROBINSON KNOWS VERY WELL.
18 CARRIES.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR SOUTH PAULDING.
BALL UP IN THE AIR.
THAT WAS JAKARTA MARTIN.
THE QUARTERBACK, NUMBER FIVE.
HE HAS HIS HANDS ON IT.
NOW THERE IS A FLAG ON IT AS WELL.
HE ENDED UP TAKING A HIT AT THE END.
DEFENSIVE END.
>> Wayne: NICE COVERAGE BY MARTIN.
HAVE YOU HAD TO SAY HIS NAME A LOT TONIGHT.
>> AFTER THE PLAY.
CONDUCT.
15 YARDS.
THE END OF THE RUN.
YOU SEE JAKARTA MARTIN RIGHT THERE.
HE HAS BEEN OFFERED BY MIDDLETON.
165.
HE HAS BEEN A GREAT COVER GUY.
WHEN HE DOES, HE PUT A HAND IN THERE.
VERY FEW BALLS HIS COT AGAINST MARTIN.
THE DIVERSITY AND OFFERS COMMON AS WELL.
YOU HAVE HARVARD, IVY LEAGUE.
SECOND AND 23.
FOLLOWING THE PENALTY AGAINST THE SPARTANS.
>> Wayne: YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE BODY MOVEMENT SOUTH PAULDING.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF SCREEN IN THEIR STEP.
IT IS A BIG TASK BEING DOWN 55- 14.
EARLY IN THE GAME, NOT RUNNING TO REALLY ESTABLISH ANYTHING AGAINST THIS DEFENSE.
>> Matt: I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE HOLDUP IS.
>> Matt: HE DELIVERS DOWNFIELD.
TRYING TO MAKE THE GRAB.
THAT WAS BROKEN UP BY PK BROWN.
>> Wayne: A LOT OF PRESSURE ON WEISMAN.
HARD TO THROW THIS BALL.
GAVE THE RECEIVER THE CHANCE RIGHT THERE.
PLAYING IT DOWN THE FIELD.
BROWN PUT HIS HAND AND KNOCKED IT AWAY.
>> Matt: THAT WAS ASHLEY TERRENCE BROWN.
THEY HAVE A PK AND THEY HAVE A TERRENCE BROWN.
WEISMAN COMES OFF THE FIELD.
STANDS BACK AT THE TWO.
IT KICK, IT WAS TOUCHED BY THE SPARTAN AT THE 43 YARD LINE.
HE MUST'VE THOUGHT THAT THE HAYDEN JACKSON WAS THE ONE THAT GRABBED IT AT THE 43 YARD LINE.
SUMO ROBINSON, HE BELIEVES THE PANTHERS TOUCHED IT TO.
LET'S SEE IF THEY DID.
YEAH, I THINK IT DID.
NOT ABLE TO GET POSSESSION OF THE BALL.
THEY NEVER GOT POSSESSION -- >> Matt: IT HIT OFF TORI ARNOLD'S ARM.
YOU ARE RIGHT, HE FELL OUT OF BOUNDS BUT DID NOT HAVE POSSESSION ON IT WHEN HE GOT ON TOP OF IT.
THE PANTHERS TAKE OVER AFTER 43 YARD LINE.
PRENTISS AIR NOLAND STILL OUT THERE.
13 OF 17.
FOUR TOUCHDOWNS.
RUNNING A JET.
OH MY GOODNESS.
THE 41 YARD LINE.
ON THE RUN BY GIBSON.
EVERYBODY COOLED OUT ON THE EDGE.
TRYING TO GET TO THE EDGE.
FINALLY GET SOME SPACE.
A BIG CORNER RIGHT THERE.
COMES IN, 6'1" , 200 POUNDS.
POWER FORWARD ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM.
HE THINKS HE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE.
A MOVE BY MIDDLEBROOK .
HE GETS A LOT OF THE FLAG.
THREE YARDS SHY.
>> Wayne: STRONG.
FAST.
MIDDLEBROOK.
JUST PUTTING ON A SHOW.
THE ABILITY TO ESCAPE TACKLES.
GET UP FIELD.
WHAT A NIGHT THIS YOUNG MAN HAS HAD.
THIRD DOWN INTO.
BALL IS AT THE 49.
MIDDLEBROOK, AGAIN.
FIRST DOWN.
SO IMPRESSED WITH THE YARDAGE AT THE CONTACT.
YOU SEE HERE, THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
STILL CARING.
ANOTHER THREE, FOUR YARDS.
>> Matt: I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND THE NUMBER OF THREE YARD RUSHING GAMES I HAVE SEEN IN MY LIFE.
YOU'VE GOT TO 50 HERE TONIGHT.
IF YOU KEEP HIM IN THE GAME LONG ENOUGH -- >> Matt: RATHER THAN RISK IT.
>> Wayne: HE WAS UNDERSTANDING.
>> Matt: LOOK AT HOW BIG THAT IS.
15 YARDS IN THE PREVIOUS SPOT.
>> Matt: PERSONAL FOUL COMING AT THE END OF THE PLAY.
>> Matt: WHENEVER THE SCORE 15 YARD MARK OFF.
LOOKS LIKE THE PENALTY WENT AGAINST LANGSTON HUGHES.
BACKING UP AT THE 46 YARD LINE.
THAT WAS COMPLETE, HARD TO TELL FROM THE ANGLE.
THE SECOND DOWN COMING UP.
>> Wayne: YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD START TRYING TO ESTABLISH A RUN HERE.
THE POSSIBILITY OF RUNNING THE CLOCK.
YOU GOT GREAT RUNNING BACK 25 YARDS AWAY FROM 300 YARDS.
ONE OF THE PILLARS OF YOUR FOOTBALL PHILOSOPHY.
MIDDLEBROOK.
RAN RIGHT THERE.
GOING FORWARD.
>> Wayne: NICE JOB THERE.
THE RPO COMING DOWN THE LINE.
ONE OF THE FEW TIMES WE HAVE SEEN.
MIDDLEBROOK HIT BY THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
HASN'T HAD A LOT OF ZEROS.
THIRD AND 24.
NOLAND.
LONG THROWS COMPLETE.
AND GIBSON PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN ON THIRD AND 24.
THEY PICK UP THE FIRST TIME WITH THE LONG THROW.
27 YARD PICKUP.
>> Wayne: DOUBLE CLUTCHING ON THE THROW.
THE YOUNG JR. GIBSON.
NICE CATCH.
IT'S WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT THIS RECEIVER.
WHEN PICKED UP ANOTHER FOUR YARDS.
>> Matt: FIRST AND 10.
GOING FOR THE END ZONE.
A JUMP BALL.
INCOMPLETE.
HE ACTUALLY CAME DOWN WITH IT.
SPECTACULAR NON-CATCH.
OUTSIDE.
>> Wayne: HE DID NOT CATCH THE BALL THERE.
>> Matt: NICE PLAY OF THE DRIVE.
COMING UP .
>> Matt: HE DROWNS IT.
THE LINEBACKER HAS JUMPED IN FRONT OF HIM.
NOLAND JUST GROUNDED IT INTO THEM.
SECOND-YEAR STARTER FOR THE SPARTANS.
NICE JOB.
SCREEN OUT TO THE LEFT.
>> Matt: THIRD AND 10.
INCOMPLETE.
TRYING TO COME BACK AND GET THAT PASS.
SAFETY.
PLAYER IS DOWN.
FOURTH AND 10.
WALK-INS.
IN THE MIDDLE.
DEFINITELY AT THIS POINT OF THE GAME.
THIS OFFENSIVE LINE.
THE PANTHERS WILL ONCE AGAIN COULD BE GOING INTO THE PLAYOFFS.
THE NUMBER ONE SEED.
RAN OVER ALL THEIR OPPOSITION ON THE WAY TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WALK-INS.
SIX FOOT TWO INCHES.
FOURTH AND 10.
NOLAND, STILL OUT ON THE FIELD.
>> Matt: MONDAY NIGHT, DON'T YOU MIX IT?
FOURTH AND 10.
THAT WILL BE THE FIRST OUT OF THE THREE.
>> Wayne: LOCKHART.
HAD TO DOUBLE CATCH THE BALL.
CATCHING THE BALL.
>> Matt: I'M SURE THAT WAS A DOUBLE CATCH.
FIRST AND GOAL TO GO.
THAT IS NEARLY INTERCEPTED.
>> Wayne: COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE.
HAVING TO STEP BACK.
LAID OUT THERE.
GIBSON.
SECOND DOWN AND GOAL.
HANDOFF GOES TO MIDDLEBROOK.
FOURTH TOUCHDOWN.
61-14.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS HIS STRENGTH.
GOOD BLOCKING IN THE HOLE.
NOT ABLE TO BRING HIM DOWN.
TRYING TO PULL HIM DOWN.
HE HOLDS.
MULTIFACETED ATHLETE.
THE TOUCHDOWN, GETS DOWN.
THIS IS LOOKING GOOD.
62-14.
LANGSTON HUGHES, BIG LEAD.
THEY WILL BE THE REGION CHAMPIONS AFTER THE NEXT ORDER OF PLAY.
MIDDLEBROOK.
48 POINT DIFFERENCE.
WE HAVE A RUNNING CLOCK IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
GIVE YOU SOME UP DATES AS TO WHERE THINGS AND.
SOME FINAL SCORES.
WE WILL CATCH UP WITH COACHES AND THE COACHES SHOW.
CARROLLTON ROUNDTABLE THIS SEASON.
4-0 --CAMPBELL GOES.
THE REGULAR SEASON.
KNOCKED OFF EAST CAL.
WEST LAKE IT 2-1.
PEBBLE BROOK HAD THE WEEK OFF.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THOSE FOUR.
SOME WATER AFTER NEXT WEEK.
MARIETTA IMPROVES A 3-0 IN REGION PLAY.
HARRISON.
REGULAR SEASON IS OVER.
SENDING IT BACK.
WE WILL HAVE MORE SCORES FOURTH QUARTER.
NORTHSIDE COLUMBUS GETS ITS FIRST EVER.
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST RUNS OF THE STATE.
A GREAT STORY.
YOU MENTIONED CARROLLTON.
RANKED NUMBER THREE.
THAT WAS A TEAM THAT SOUTH PAULDING NEARLY UPSET THE SECOND WEEK OF THE SEASON.
HAD A BIG LEAD ON THEM.
THEY GOT HER IN THAT GAME.
CARROLLTON CAME BACK AND BEAT THEM 28-21.
SOUTH PAULDING, 62-14.
I THINK THIS IS MORE ABOUT LANGSTON HUGHES THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
WEISMAN.
THE COMMITMENT TO THE GAME.
LONG TIME TO THROW.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE TOP PROSPECTS.
JUST THE TOP.
MADDEN SANKER, FOUR-STAR.
COMMITTED TO LOUISVILLE.
HAD A BIG FIRST HALF.
THREE STARS.
26 OFFERS.
RESTART.
HE COMMITTED TO KANSAS.
THAT'S THE GUY THAT IS INTERESTED IN INTERESTING.
WE HAVE SEEN IN PLAY, COUPLE OF SEASONS.
HE HAS GOT THOSE THREE OFFERS.
INCLUDING KENTUCKY.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND LIBERTY.
BACK IN JUNE.
AN INTRIGUING PROSPECT.
PLAYING CORNERBACK.
PROBABLY NOT THE POSITION HE WILL BE PLAYING NEXT MONTH.
>> Wayne: PHYSICALLY GIFTED.
YOU TALK ABOUT THAT KIND OF SIZE.
JUST LEARNING THE GAME.
THE ATHLETIC ABILITY.
A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR HIM.
WE WILL HAVE TO THE FOURTH QUARTER.
LANGSTON HUGHES ON TOP.
62-14.
IN DOUGLASVILLE.
NUMBER ONE AND WILL BE 9-0 IN THE SEASON AND THE REGION CHAMPS.
IN A MATTER OF EDITS.
START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.
AS WE HEAD TO THE FINAL 12.
LANGSTON HUGHES ON TOP.
JOHN NELSON.
ALL-STAR STAFFS.
DANIEL BOONE WILLIAMS PUT TOGETHER AS WELL.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HIM.
STAR QUARTERBACK IN RIVERDALE.
PLAYED THREE SEASONS IN ARENA FOOTBALL.
ON THE STAFF AS WELL.
OFFENSIVE LINE COACH.
WITH THE RAMS AND THE CHIEFS.
AUBURN TIGER, ALSO HE IS THE DB COACH.
FOR THE LANGSTON HUGHES TEAM AS WELL.
ALL-STAR COLLEGE TALENT.
YOU SEE MORE AND MORE GUYS.
NFL COLLEGE GUYS.
GOING BACK TO COACHING ON THE SIDELINES.
YOU GET COMPLETE STAFF.
THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
SHOWING IN THE WAY THAT THIS TEAM HAS PLAYED.
VERY TECHNICAL.
NOT JUST TALENTED.
THIRD DOWN AND NINE COMING UP.
WILCOX, 18 CARRIES.
103.
HE HAD NEARLY 100.
KIND OF GOT AWAY FROM THE RUNNING GAME.
WILCOX GOING TO CARRY IT AGAIN.
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE.
ACTUALLY, THAT WAS THE SOPHOMORE.
MADE THAT TACKLE.
NICE JOB THERE.
NOT LETTING WILCOX GET TO THE OUTSIDE.
OHIO STATE COACHING STAFF.
KEEPING IT JUST ON THE OFFENSE SIDE.
HE CAN REALLY PLAY EITHER POSITION.
LOOK AT HOW BIG HE IS.
RIGHT THERE.
GREAT COACH AT OHIO STATE.
JUST WAITING TO GET A HOLD OF THAT.
>> Wayne: RIGHT INTO THAT NEW HIGHBRED.
DOMINATING.
GETTING IT OUT OF THERE.
THAT IS WHERE THE PANTHERS WILL GO.
FIRST TIME HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AFTER WE GET BACK FROM THIS RATE.
WELCOME BACK TO SOUTH PAULDING.
9:35 TO GO.
THOMAS COUNTY CENTER WITH A WIN TONIGHT.
THEY ARE NOW 4-0.
DROPS TO 2-2.
GETS A BIG WIN .
THERE ARE 3-1.
HOUSTON COUNTY BLOWS OUT.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS LOOKING LIKE THE FOUR.
NORTHSIDE.
THEY WIN NEXT WEEK AGAINST COUNTY.
2-2.
ALSO ON THE BOARD, WOODWARD ACADEMY UNBEATEN.
11-10.
THAT IS NOT A MISPRINT.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> Matt: HE HAS NOT BEEN REGION.
DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS BEATEN NEWMAN.
IN THIS REGION.
REGION FIVE.
THEY WILL BE PLAYING FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD TEAMS.
OBVIOUSLY THE SECOND SEED.
YOU CAN ROCK THAT UP.
IT ENDED UP IN A THREE-WAY TIE.
SUBBED OUT.
ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
X QUARTERBACK.
A BIG RUN RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.
NICE JOB ON THE INSIDE.
HIS OWN BLOCKING.
>> Wayne: LETTING THE CLOCK RUN DOWN.
>> Matt: WILL BE GOING TO RUN IT.
WILLOUGHBY.
23 YARD TOUCHDOWN.
CONCENTRATION ON THE FUMBLE.
OUT RUNNING THE DEFENSE.
>> Wayne: THAT SWISS ARMY KNIFE WE TALKED ABOUT.
I THINK THE BIG CHALLENGE NOW FOR SOUTH PAULDING, LOOKING AHEAD.
WIPE THIS OFF.
A BIG GAME NEXT WEEK.
WILLOUGHBY.
HAD ONE RECEIVING.
WE HAVE ACTION.
ONE FOOTBALL FIELD CAN CONTAIN 95 TERMITE COLONIES.
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED PEST MANAGEMENT TO DEFEND YOUR HOME.
THE OFFICIAL PEST CONTROL OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
FOOTBALL FRIDAYS.
IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELL- BEING AND PEACE OF MIND OF THOSE WE SERVE.
WELCOME BACK IT'S FOURTH CORDY LANGSTON HUGHES VERSUS SOUTH PAULDING.
WE ARE HOPING TO TALK TO LOTS OF HEAD COACHES ON THE POST GAME SHOW AS THEY STOP OFF THE FIELD OR GET ON THE BOX .
SOME COACHES WE ARE HOPING TO TALK TO.
CALHOUN WINS REGION FIVE.
SLIGH TAKES THE REGION SIX, SINGLE A DIVISION TWO TITLE.
OVER MARION COUNTY.
DIALING UP COACHES AS WE SPEAK.
THEY WILL BE THE REGION, 568 CHAMPION.
THEY WILL TAKE THAT NUMBER ONE SPOT.
THAT MEANS YOU GET AT LEAST THE FIRST TWO PLAYOFF GAMES AT HOME.
POSSIBLY, ALL YOUR PLAYOFF GAMES AT HOME.
A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE.
THAT POSSIBILITY EXISTS.
IF YOU LOCK UP A NUMBER ONE TEAM.
LANGSTON HUGHES HAS CERTAINLY DONE THAT TONIGHT.
IN CONVINCING FASHION.
A 68-14 LEAD.
THE BIGGER ISSUE FOR SOUTH PAULDING, PLAYING ANOTHER BIG GAME NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
GIVING THE FIRST HOME ADVANTAGE.
IF YOU'RE COACH ROBINSON, YOU DON'T EVEN WATCH THIS.
YOU JUST MOVE ON.
IT'S NOT EVEN ONE OF THOSE GAMES.
JUST LET IT GO.
FRESHMAN IS IN THERE.
THE FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK.
NICE THROW OUT THERE TO REESE.
ONLY LISTED AT FIVE FOOT EIGHT.
BOTH COACHES, GETTING THE RESERVES IN THERE.
THE FINAL SIX MINUTES OF THIS GAME.
TONIGHT, SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK.
CROWN HERE ON GPB.
WE WILL DO IT AGAIN NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL.
WRAP UP THE REGULAR SEASON.
SOMEBODY'S HELMET WENT FLYING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
IT WENT FLYING AROUND 10 YARDS IN THE AIR.
LANDED UP THE SIDELINE.
MAYBE THEY THROUGH THE HELMET.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
>> PERSONAL FOUL.
FACE MASK.
FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: ANOTHER STUNNER.
HOW ABOUT SEVEN A.
WINNING THE BATTLE RIGHT NOW.
THE BRONCOS LEAD THE PANTHERS 34-26 OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.
STARTING THE OFFENSIVE LINE OUT HERE.
HAD TO GET THE DOWN MARKER CORRECT.
WHIPS IT OUT HERE.
THE BALL COMES OUT.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PANTHERS.
ANOTHER TURNOVER.
THIRD OF THE NIGHT.
AGAINST THE HUGHES PANTHER.
IT WAS BRODY WELLS.
NUMBER 42 WHO ENDED UP ON TOP OF THAT.
HOT POTATO ACTION.
THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE HERE.
EVERYONE WAS TRY TO SCOOP AND SCORE THIS THING.
THEY ARE TRYING TO GET ON TOP OF IT.
>> Matt: FOR SOME REASON THE PLAYER IS DOWN IN HER.
THAT'S POSSIBLY WHAT IS GOING ON.
YES, WE HAVE A PLAYER THAT IS HER ON THE FIELD.
>> Matt: ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, THEY WILL GIVE LANGSTON HUGHES THE BALL INSIDE THE 20 YARD LINE.
>> Wayne: IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLAY.
THEY SCOOP THE BALL.
INITIALLY PULLING THE BALL OUT.
IT LOOKS LIKE ANTONIO IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO WALK OFF THE FIELD.
MAYBE NOT.
HE STARTED TO.
THEY ARE WANT TO HAVE TO GIVE HIM SOME ASSISTANCE HERE.
>> Matt: THE PANTHERS WILL TAKE OVER THE 15 YARD LINE.
33 OF THEM HAVE, IN THE LAST WEEK.
>> Wayne: WE TALKED TO HIM DURING THE WEEK .
HE UNDERSTANDS THE HE HAS THEM IN THAT RIGHT MIND-SET.
EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT HAPPENED THIS SEASON.
THE CLOCK >> Matt: THEY ARE GOING TO THROW A PASS.
BROKEN UP.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS 29 AND NOT 28.
IN THIS CASE, >> Wayne: WILLOUGHBY HAD A THROW OR TWO.
AT SOME POINT, I'M OF THE MIND, WHEN YOU PLAY THE FULL GOAL GAME.
THEIR JOB, IT IS TO TRY AND STOP YOU.
YOU STILL HAVE A JOB TO DO.
NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THAT PLAY.
>> Wayne: THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK.
RUNS INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
>> Wayne: IMPRESSIVE JOB TONIGHT BY THIS OFFENSIVE LINEUP.
VERY DOMINANT INSIDE.
EARLY IN THIS GAME.
>> Matt: CLOCK CLOSE TO 90 SECONDS LEFT.
SECOND CONSECUTIVE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
IN THEIR FOURTH IN THE 14 YEAR HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM.
PK BROWN GETS INSIDE.
PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Wayne: NICE VISION THERE.
ON THE OUTSIDE TO PICK UP THAT FIRST DOWN.
>> Matt: STICK AROUND ARE GOING TO WEAR.
THE POST GAME SHOW IS COMING UP.
THAT IS COMING UP.
THE POST GAME SHOW.
MOMENTS AWAY.
>> Wayne: JUST GOING TO TAKE THE TIME OFF THE CLOCK.
THEY ARE GOING TO RUN A PLAY.
LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE.
68-14.
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE FINAL.
WE KNEW THE SPARTANS WOULD HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL.
WITH THE PANTHERS TONIGHT.
I THINK EVEN YOU AND I, WILL WALK AWAY FROM THIS GAME STUNNED AT THE TALENT THAT WE SAW FROM LANGSTON HUGHES TONIGHT.
WE WILL SEE THE STRENGTH, THE WHOLE THING.
JUST OVERWHELMING.
>> Wayne: IT'S LIKE A, NINE PLAY DRIVE.
SCORING THE TOUCHDOWN.
FIRST HALF OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
ENERGIZED ON BOTH SIDES.
THE TALENT LEVEL OF THE PANTHERS.
CONSISTENTLY ON OFFENSE.
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR NUMBER CALLED.
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF MILLER.
NO DOUBT, STICK AROUND.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE HER COMMISSION PLAYER OF THE GAME COMING UP.
WE WILL HEAR FROM COACH DANIEL BOONE WILLIAMS AS WELL.
>> Matt: LANGSTON HUGHES THE REGION CHAMPION.
SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
568 CHAMPIONS.
NOW 9-0 ON THE SEASON.
33-4 OVER THE LAST THREE SEASONS.
THEIR ONLY LOSS THE LAST 23 GAMES.
CAME IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
A GAME THAT THEY HAD A CHANCE TO WIN.
THEY ARE GOING TO GET ANOTHER GAME.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY IN THE STATE.
96 A.
THAT STANDS IN THE WAY OF LANGSTON HUGHES AND CAN BEAT THEM.
YOU CAN JUST PLAY IT BAD GAME AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE GOOD TEAMS IN THE STATE.
BUT IF THEY PLAY A BAD GAME, THEY CAN GET ME.
LANGSTON HUGHES.
IMPRESSIVE AS ANY TEAM WE HAVE SEEN THIS SEASON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TIME TO CATCH UP ON THE PLAYER OF THE GAME.
THE GEORGIA CON COMMISSION.
NATURAL CHOICE.
WHAT WAS STUDY HALL LIKE GETTING READY FOR THE SKIN, KNOWING HOW BIG IT WAS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT NUMBERS LIKE THAT ONE OF THE SCOREBOARD, DO YOU BLOW YOURSELVES AWAY WITH WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO?
WE COME TO THE GAME.
EVERY GAME.
TIME TO BRAG ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
AND WHAT'S NICE TO RUN TO THE RIGHT.
HE IS OKAY.
WHAT'S IT LIKE HAVING AN OFFENSIVE LINE.
WE HAVE SCORED.
>> ANOTHER REGION TITLE.
CONSIDERING THE LAST TIME YOU GUYS PLAYED, THE SENIORS WERE FRESHMEN.
IT WENT THE OTHER WAY.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
THE LAST GAME WAS NOT TOO PRETTY.
NOW, IT IS OBVIOUS.
WE CAME OUT STRONG.
LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.
THANKS FOR HANGING OUT.
WHAT'S IT LIKE KNOWING THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE TRYING TO GIVE THEIR BEST AGAINST YOU KNOWING THAT YOUR RING TOP 20 NATIONALLY.
WHAT'S THAT PRESSURE LIKE?
>> WOULD GET READY EVERY GAME.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
PLAYER OF THE GAME.
COME ON IN.
TIME FOR BOONE TO COME IN.
THE HAT MATCHES THE JERSEY.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
YOU SEE A NUMBER LIKE THAT ON THE BOARD.
I ASKED, DOES IT EVEN SURPRISE YOU SOMETIMES THE NUMBERS THAT YOU GUYS PUT UP?
DOES IT SURPRISE YOU WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO DO?
>> SOME DAYS.
SOME DAYS, WE KIND OF CONNECT A LOT.
OTHER DAYS, IT'S LIKE MAN I DIDN'T EVEN THINK THE NUMBER WOULD BE THIS HIGH.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A TEAM LIKE THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU WIN THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE ONE TODAY.
WHAT DO YOU LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF ?
>> WE LEARNED AS A TEAM, FIRST HALF, WE HAD A LOT OF PENALTIES.
IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE -- REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER, STILL GOING TO BE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND COACH AND GET BETTER.
>> I KNOW THAT WE WERE KIND OF DOING A LOT OF SCOREBOARD WATCHING.
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF THAT REGION.
A LOT OF FOLKS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WERE LOOKING AT YOU, LOOKING AT LEE COUNTY.
NOW, THOMAS COUNTY IS PART OF IT.
NOW THAT YOU HAVE ANOTHER REGION TITLE.
HOW MUCH SCOREBOARD WATCHING AND PLOTTING AND PLANNING ARE YOU GOING TO BE DOING?
WHEN WE GET TO THE PLAYOFFS.
WHATEVER THEY START.
WE GET THERE.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS.
>> BOONE WILLIAMS.
HEAD COACH.
LANGSTON HUGHES.
BIG WIN FOR THEM TONIGHT.
POST GAME SHOW AROUND THE CORNER.
WELCOME TO FOOTBALL PHOTOS -- FRIDAYS FOR THE POST GAME SHOW.
WAS LANGSTON HUGHES AGAINST SOUTH PAULDING.
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY QUARTERBACK NOLAND.
A PLAYER OF THE GAME.
WE WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THIS IS MY PARTNER JOHN NELSON LATER IN THE SHOW.
25 OTHER REGIONS.
WE HAVE GOT A HUGE RIVALRY GAME TO TALK ABOUT.
COUNTY VERSUS CHARLESTON COUNTY.
HEAD COACH MURRAY.
THEY WON 33-28.
THE RIVALRY WAS TIED 30 TO 31.
>> IT FEELS GREAT.
IT FEELS WONDERFUL.
FOR SURE.
>> LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
FOR SOMEONE WHO NORTH OF THAT LINE.
HAD NEVER SEEN SWAMP WAR.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THIS RIVALRY TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS GAME IN PERSON?
>> YOU GET ALL 24,000 PEOPLE, EITHER HERE THE GAME ARE TIED.
WE HAVE THE INTERNET.
I RESPECT THE HECK OUT OF THE COACH.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL.
WE'VE BEEN KIND OF DOWN AND OUT THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SNEAK UP ON THEM.
THIS GAME, IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW YOU PLAY.
YOU GO AND READY TO GO.
THERE'S NO WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.
IT IS SOMETHING ELSE FOR SURE.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF BIG PLAYS FOR SURE.
MY PHILOSOPHY IS WIN THE DAY.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, WE HAVE TO WIN THE PLAY.
COACH WILLIAMS OVER THERE.
THEY SAVE THE BALL.
OUR TEAM KNOWS, THEY HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN THE REGION.
I WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE THOUGHT THREE YEARS AGO WE WOULD BE AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I'M SO TICKLED TO DEATH THAT THESE TEAMS --THEY WORK EXTREMELY HARD TO GET HERE.
TRYING TO CLENCH THAT REGION.
>> JOHN, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, EXPLAIN HOW BIG OF A RIVALRY THIS IS.
>> THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT IS THIS WAY.
TAKE YOUR RIVALRY, WHATEVER YOUR HIGH SCHOOL IS.
TAKE YOUR WHITE RIVALRY -- TOTAL UP ABOUT 20,000 FOLKS.
IT MIGHT SEAT FIVE OR 6000S.
DEPENDING ON THE FIRE MARSHAL.
YOU ARE TAKING 24,000 , JAMMING IT INTO A SPACE THAT IS ONE QUARTER OF THAT.
IN THIS SERIES, YES, THERE IS SOME DEBATE AS TO WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ACTUALLY ARE.
THE NUMBERS THAT YOU TOOK, I IMAGINE ARE FROM THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
IT IS TREMENDOUS SINGLE A FOOTBALL WITH CLENCH COUNTY WITH THEIR TITLES THAT THEY HAVE HAD.
JIM DICKERSON, THE PEDIGREE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN FROM CHARLTON COUNTY.
RUSS MURRAY.
THE LONGTIME ASSISTANT HAVING TAKEN OVER.
IT IS BACK-AND-FORTH AND IT IS ABOUT AS EVEN AS IT GETS.
JUST SHOVED INTO A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF SPACE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE ANOTHER REASON.
CLAY STEVENSON.
HEAD COACH OF CALHOUN.
GOT A 30-16 WIN OVER REGION SEVEN.
FIVE A.
7-3-4-1.
THIS ONE WAS AT HOME.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR GAME.
>> IT FEELS GREAT.
I AM SUPER PROUD OF OUR KIDS AND OUR COACHES.
THE SCHOOL, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT THIS YEAR.
COMING BACK TO WIN THE LAST TWO.
FEELS REALLY GOOD.
YOU HAD MENTIONED ALL THOSE GAMES.
THAT FRONTLOADED THE SCHEDULE.
TO TEST YOU IN YOUR NON-REGION PLAY.
OBVIOUSLY TO BE ABLE TO CLENCH IT AT A PLACE --INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE QUESTION THAT WE HAD BEEN DEALING.
IT IS A VERY, VERY TIGHT ENVIRONMENT.
IS ONE OF THE BEST HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IS, I THINK, NOT JUST IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
BREAKDOWN TO WHAT IT MEANS IN THE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.
>> WE LEARNED A LOT.
WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT OUR TEAM ON THOSE ROAD GAMES.
WE HAD SOME REALLY TOUGH WINS.
WE WERE DOWN.
A COUPLE SCORES TWICE ON THE ROAD.
CAME BACK AND WON IT.
WE JUST KEPT BUILDING.
FINALLY, LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE, WE HAD HER LAST TWO HOME GAMES.
WE HAD TO WALK OUT OF THE FIELDHOUSE.
IT WAS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE.
TO ME, IT HELPED THESE LAST TWO GAMES.
FOR THE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.
HELPED US GET A WIN.
>> COACH, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING THIS.
YOUR SEASON IS OVER.
LOOKING BACK ON YOUR REGULAR SEASON.
YOUR REGULAR SEASON IS OVER.
LOOKING BACK ON THIS ONE.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT?
>> YOU SCARED ME FOR A MINUTE.
>> I'M SORRY!
REGULAR-SEASON!
>> AS A TOTAL, IT FEELS LIKE IT GOES BY FAST.
EACH WEEK, IT FEELS LIKE IT DRAGS BY.
SUPER PROUD OF OUR KIDS.
I LOVE WHERE WE ARE AS A TEAM.
WHEN WE COME TOGETHER.
LIKE I SAID, WE BATTLED A LOT THIS YEAR.
I LEVEL WE ARE.
NOW WE HAVE A WEEK OFF TO REST AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT KIND OF RUN WE CAN MAKE IN THE PLAYOFFS.
>> NOT TRYING TO GIVE YOU GRAY HAIRS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
WE HOPE TO CATCH UP WITH YOU LATER ON IN THE PLAYOFFS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THIS?
>> GIVEN THE MAN GRAY HAIRS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> SORRY, REGULAR SEASON IS OVER.
JOHN, -- >> CALHOUN FINISHES THE REGULAR SEASON 7-3.
ONE OF THE GAMES OF THE YEAR ON FOOTBALL FRIDAYS EARLY THE SEASON.
CARTERSVILLE GOT THE WIN TONIGHT.
OVER DALTON.
THEY FINISH UP AT 4-1 AND 9-1 AS WELL.
THIS IS THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON FOR THAT REGION.
AND RIGHT NOW, WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH.
THOSE TEAMS WERE MAKING THE PLAYOFFS.
YOU ARE GOING TO WANT THIS WEEK RIGHT NOW.
CARTERSVILLE GETS THE TWO.
REGULAR SEASON AT 5-5.
CHASING AFTER THE THREE OF THE FOUR.
THREE GAIT --GREAT TOWNS.
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
MORE REGIONS --MORE COACHES CALLING IN.
WILL BE BACK WITH YOU IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
WELCOME BACK IS THE POST GAME SHOW.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.
REMINDING YOU TO BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
68-14.
25 OTHER GAMES, DECIDED REGION TITLE SPIRITLESS TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE STATES ON GEORGE'S ENC SCOREBOARD.
TWO OF THOSE TEAMS PLAYED TONIGHT.
AT NORTH TO CAP STADIUM.
CHAMBLEE CLENCH THE REGION SPOT.
A 40-38 WIN .
OVER DECATUR.
THAT WAS A WILD LAST-MINUTE GAME.
IT IS NOW 9-0.
THE ONLY REGION 16 A TEAM WITHOUT A LOSS.
THE YELLOW JACKETS BEAT LEE COUNTY 29-20.
AND IF THE BURIAL GROUNDS, THESE MOUND SCHOOLS HAVE MET 43 TIMES.
IT IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST GAMES.
CLENCHING THE REGION SEVEN THREE A TITLE.
AND WE HAVE A COACH CALLING IN.
DARREN.
CLINCHES THE REGION SIX SINGLE A DIVISION.
TWO WITH A WIN OVER MARION COUNTY.
COACH, THIS WAS AT HOME.
YOU GO 7-2.
66 -0.
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DEFENSE.
>> THEY PLAYED GREAT TONIGHT.
HE DOES AN AWESOME JOB EVERY WEEK.
I AM PROUD OF WHAT WE DID TONIGHT.
THE KIDS PLAYED HARD THE ENTIRE NIGHT FROM THE START OF THE GAME TO THE FINISH.
I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A COUPLE OF YARDS PAST.
I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE.
>> COACH, IT IS JOHN.
WHAT FLY COUNTY HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THE LAST HANDFUL OF SEASONS.
WITH YOU --MAKING ROUNDS OF THE PLAYOFFS.
WINNING SECOND RUN GAMES.
WHAT HAS THIS BEEN LIKE FOR YOU AND THE STAFF AND FOR THE TOWN OF ELLAVILLE.
TO WHERE IT IS WINNING REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS.
>> WE ARE REALLY EXCITED.
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF REALLY GOOD KIDS.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB BOTH SIDES OF THE FOOTBALL.
THEY TEACH THE KIDS, THEY LOVE THE KIDS.
WE TRY TO PUT THE KIDS FIRST.
WE HAVE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.
THE KIDS ARE WILLING TO WORK AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
ANYTHING WE ASK, THEY ARE THERE.
WILLING TO PROVIDE.
IT IS DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT.
ALL OF US TOGETHER ARE EXCITED, TRYING TO GET TO THAT NEXT LEVEL.
LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
WANTING TO GO TO THE SECOND THIRD ROUND.
>> COACH, ONE MORE GAME LEFT IN THE REGULAR SEASON VERSUS GREENVILLE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO PREPARE FOR PLAYOFFS, >> THEY HAVE A LOT OF TALENT.
A LOT OF TALENT BOTH SIDES OF THE FOOTBALL.
ANYTIME YOU PLAY SOMEONE LIKE THAT --ALWAYS PUTS PRESSURE ON YOU TO PLAY YOUR SIDE WELL.
MAKE SURE WE TACKLE WELL.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT AS A REGION GAME.
WE HAVE WON THE REGION BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT THERE.
WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE STEPS BACKWARDS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP GETTING BETTER.
THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STRADDLED OUTSIDE OF THE FOOTBALL.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET BETTER AT EVERY BASE OF THE GAME.
>> COACH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
GOOD LUCK DOWN THE STRETCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HAVE A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS ON MY OWN SCOREBOARD.
DECATUR ACTUALLY BEAT CHAMBLEE 40-38.
AND THOMAS COUNTY BEAT LEE 39 MINUS 30.
MY BAD TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE SCORES.
>> LET'S SEE, LET'S SEE IF I CAN FAN OUT MY PAGES.
WHAT I MAY DO, I MAY JUST PUT THEM.
THAT IS ONE OF THE PAGES.
I'M ONE TO TURN TO PAGE FOUR.
PAGE FOUR, IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST MARKINGS ON IT.
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING ALL NIGHT.
IT LITERALLY IS LIKE A DATING WINS AND LOSSES.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS DOING WHAT.
BY THE WAY, THIS WAS THE REGION 186 A PAGE THAT YOU ARE GETTING IT TO.
THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL, 4-0.
IT WAS A RIVALRY GAME TONIGHT.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS NOT EVEN 25 YEARS OLD.
THEY ARE ADVANCING THE WAY THAT THEY ARE.
THEY USED TO BE PART OF WHAT WAS CALLED TRI-COUNTY HIGH.
FLY, MARION, WEBSTER.
THEY ALL COMBINED BECAUSE THEIR ENROLLMENTS WERE SMALL.
THEY COMBINED IN TRI-COUNTY.
THEY WERE THE SMALLEST SCHOOL IN SINGLE-A.
ONE OF THE STORIES THAT WE DID AT GPB AT THE TIME.
THEY HAVE GONE FROM THAT.
THEY GREW UP THERE AND ELLAVILLE.
MADE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> JOHN ADAMS, CEDAR GROVE WAS OFF THIS WEEK.
BUT THEY ARE 6-2.
2-0, LEADING THE REGION.
COACH, YOU HAVE SO MUCH TALENT ON YOUR TEAM.
SO MANY OTHER PLAYERS ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE.
HOW TO KEEP THE TEAM GOING?
>> HEY GUYS.
HEY HANNAH.
WE HAD TO COMPETE AND SET PRACTICE UP.
GUYS GOING AFTER EACH OTHER.
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
>> COACH, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
WHEN IT COMES TO WATCHING EVERYONE ELSE PLAY --WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR A COACH ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.
ARE YOU SCOREBOARD WATCHING?
TRYING TO TUNE IT OUT FOR A WEEK?
KNOWING THAT THE EXPERT TATIAN AT CEDAR GROVE WAS ALWAYS VERY HIGH?
IS THIS A DECOMPRESSED WEEK FOR YOU?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON A WEEK LIKE THIS?
>> TO BE HONEST, EAGLES LANDING GAME.
MY DAUGHTER ACTUALLY HAD HER FIRST BAND EXPERIENCE.
I WENT OUT THERE AND WATCH THEM.
GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A FAN FOR ONE NIGHT.
>> COACH, YOU DID NOT EVEN PLAY TONIGHT --WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN DOING TO PREPARE AND WHERE ARE YOU CALLING IN FROM?
>> I'M AT HOME NOW.
LIKE I SAID, I WAS JUST WITH MY DAUGHTER.
WE ACTUALLY PRACTICE A LITTLE BIT THIS WEEK.
TRYING TO GET BETTER.
FOR CHAMPIONS , SEVEN YEARS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SUCCESS.
GOOD LUCK NEXT FRIDAY.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
>> THANK YOU COACH.
>> JOHN, VERY CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PRACTICING THIS WEEK.
>> YES.
OR WAS HE A BAND.
HIS DAUGHTERS BAN.
>> REGION 538.
TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> CEDAR GROVE RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE AT 1-1.
7- 2, 6-2.
AND SO, THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE STARING AT WITH THIS MANY REGION --NEXT WEEK IS GOING TO DETERMINE YOUR ONE, YOUR TWO, OR THREE, AND YOUR FOUR.
THERE MIGHT BE MATH INVOLVED.
THIS ONE IS ONE OF THOSE THAT IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE WIRE NEXT WEEK.
>> SO MANY TEAMS TO NAME.
GIVE US A QUICK RUNDOWN OF REGION WINNERS TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE NOT MENTIONED SO FAR.
>> NORTHSIDE COLUMBUS.
LET ME START THERE.
FIRST TIME EVER, IN REGION 358.
NORTHSIDE COLUMBUS WITH THE RUNNING GAME THAT THEY HAD.
GOT THE WIN TONIGHT AGAINST MACINTOSH.
4-0 IN THE REGION.
GOT THE WIN TONIGHT AGAINST COMMERCE.
COACH DAVIS IN HIS FIRST YEAR.
THE TO THE THREE IN FOR THAT ONE.
GOT THE WIN TONIGHT.
SPECIFICALLY THE FOLKS LET US COME DOWN THERE AND HAD THE WEB GAME TONIGHT.
IT WAS A BACK-AND-FORTH GAME EARLY ON.
FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN THE GEORGIA PODCAST.
IT WAS 7-0.
THEN FROM THERE, FITZGERALD PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR.
THEY GOT THE WIN.
REGION ONE AA GOES TO 5-0.
3-2, 6-3.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS FIVE CHASING FOR SPOTS.
>> EVEN MORE REGION WINNERS.
WE HAVE A FEW MORE TRYING TO CALL IN.
WE ARE GOING TO STEP ASIDE HANG OUT WITH US.
COMING UP NEXT.
WELCOME BACK.
PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU FOR FINDING IT.
CLENCHED TONIGHT.
ONE REGION .
TOUGHEST ALL YEAR.
WANT TO BRING IN MY PARTNER IN CRIME.
TALKING ABOUT THAT REGION.
JOHN, TELL US WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT.
>> KOK WOOD COUNTY IN THE DRIVERS SEAT.
3-0 THEY DROPPED TO 2-2 IN REGION.
THEY ARE DONE.
THEY ARE IN --ALSO ON THE BOARD.
RICHMOND HILL.
THEY GET THEIR FIRST REGION WIN OF THE SEASON.
THEY GO 1-2.
THEY ARE NOW 5-4 ON THE SEASON.
EVERYTHING, ONCE AGAIN IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE LAST WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON.
BUT, COLQUITT COUNTY WITH THE WIN.
IN THE DRIVER SEAT.
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE ANOTHER COACH JOINING US.
HEAD COACH OF DUTCH TOWN.
EAGLES LANDING.
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR GAME.
WHAT WAS ON THE LINE.
>> THE KIDS KNEW THE ASSIGNMENT.
WE CAME OUT OF THERE.
AND DID EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.
>> COACH, IT IS JOHN.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
WHAT DID IT MEAN FOR THIS TEAM, AFTER THE LOSS TO JONES COUNTY TO REBOUND THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE.
NOW THAT YOU ARE 4-1 AND 8-1 RIGHT NOW THE TOP OF REGION TWO.
A VERY CROWDED REGION.
WITH MORE WINS THAN LOSSES.
>> I THINK WE ARE LOSING YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING IN.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS REGION.
THEY ALSO WON AGAINST GROVE.
BOTH OF THESE TEAMS.
4-1.
THEY PLAY EACH OTHER FOR THE REGION TITLE.
COMING UP.
>> YOU ALSO HAVE THE WARNER ROBINS JONES COUNTY GAME.
TRYING TO SCRAMBLE.
THEY HAD A 14 POINT LEAD --30- 34.
IT'S LOOKING LIKE EIGHT MINUTES TO GO --WARNER ROBINS WAS DISTANCING ITSELF FROM JONES DUTCH TOWN JONES COUNTY.
ALL IT 3-1.
DUTCH TOWN GOT THE FOURTH WIN.
IT 2-3 RECORD.
THEY WERE GOING TO BE IN THE BARN.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE ORDER RIGHT NOW.
>> THANKS JOHN.
WE HAVE MORE GAMES COMING UP NEXT FRIDAY.
TWO BIG ONES ON THE LINE.
WE HAVE REGION FOUR.
SEVEN A.
THE LAST GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON.
NEXT FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4th.
WE ALSO HAVE A REGION SEVEN SEVEN A .
NORCROSS GOT THE WIN.
COMING UP, DON'T FORGET, WE HAVE OUR FLAG FOOTBALL STREAMING COVERAGE.
NEXT THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3rd.
THIS IS STREAMING.
YOU CAN WATCH IT ON GPB.ORG/SPORTS OR DOWNLOAD GPB SPORTS APP.
I HAVE A LOT TO TALK TO BELL.
ONE OF MY SURPRISES TONIGHT IS PARK VIEW VERSUS ROOKWOOD.
WAS THAT A SURPRISE FOR YOU?
>> THIS ONE --BEING THE RIVALRY GAME THAT IT IS.
IT IS THE RESULT OF THE CLOSENESS OF IT.
NOT NECESSARILY SURPRISE.
THE FACT THAT THEY GET THE WIN AT THE BIG ORANGE JUNGLE MEANS THIS.
GRAYSON, 4-0.
IN THE OVERALL.
PARK VIEW GOES TO 2-2.
NOW, THE QUESTION FOR BROOKWOOD --FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW AND UPPING THE SPOILER?
THAT TO ME IS THE QUESTION IN LINE HERE.
PARK VIEW IS GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING GRAYSON BACK.
THE MID SEATS.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE WITH THE TO COME THE THREE OF THE FOUR.
NOW IN THE DRIVER SEAT.
>> ALSO?.
THAT IS REGION SEVEN.
HEAD COACH BILL STEWART TO TALK ABOUT THE WIN TONIGHT.
THEY BEAT THEM 45-8.
5-0 ON THE YEAR.
COACH, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR GAME.
WE DID A GREAT JOB.
ARE, GO TO GUY.
IT WAS JUST A GOOD OVERALL GAME.
I FELT GREAT ABOUT THE WAY OUR KIDS EXECUTED.
I THINK EVERY TIME WE GOT THE BALL.
WE DID SCORE.
DOWN THE ROAD.
WE WERE ABLE TO PLAY A LOT OF GUYS TONIGHT.
THAT MADE UP FOR A GREAT SENIOR NIGHT.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO THE TEAM.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOUR YOUNGER PLAYERS.
BECAUSE, YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF UNDERCLASSMEN THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YOU THIS SEASON.
THEY HAVE MATURED AS WELL.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOUR UNDERCLASSMEN.
WHAT HAPPENS, YOU GET SOPHOMORES PLAYING.
THEY GO THROUGH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
WHEN YOU GO ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, YOU ALWAYS FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES, THEY JUST HAVEN'T SEEN THINGS.
YOU TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED WHEN YOU HAVE A SENIOR PLAYING.
THEY HAVE GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER.
THEY ARE RESILIENT.
THE MORE THEY SEE, THE BETTER THEY GET.
CASE.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME OF THE GUYS THAT ARE PLAYING .
THE SOPHOMORES ARE GOING TO BE DIVISION I PLAYERS DOWN THE ROAD.
AND SO, THEY WILL HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE UNDER THE BELT WHEN THEY GET TO THE SENIOR YEAR.
>> COACH, YOU HAD A HOME GAME.
LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY HOME.
>> I'M IN MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE KIND OF BE EYEING EACH OTHER.
IT IS GAME 10.
IT IS US AGAINST THEM.
WE ARE NOW BACK IN THE REGION AGAIN.
EVEN BEFORE I GOT THERE.
THE NORCROSS, BATTLE HAS BEEN GOING ON.
EVEN BACK IN THE DAY.
10 YEARS AGO FROM NOW.
IT IS A NEAT THING TO BE PLAYING A REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
DEFINITELY PLAYING NORCROSS.
>> GOOD LUCK NEXT FRIDAY.
THANKS FOR CALLING IN.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS GOING TO BE SUCH A GOOD GAME.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> YOU ARE SPOT ON.
IT LITERALLY IS 5-4 IN THIS.
WITH AN OUTSIDE CHANCE COMING IN.
IT'S LIKE TWO SEPARATE GROUPS.
THE ONE AND THE TWO.
DISCOVERY.
RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT ONE WITH THE THREE AND THE FOUR OF THE FIVE.
AS PART OF YOUR MATH IS INVOLVED.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT REGION SEVEN.
HEADING INTO THE LAST WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON.
>> IT WAS A BATTLE BETWEEN WOODWARD.
THIS IS A REGION 368 MATCHUP.
FINAL SCORE, 11 TO 10.
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE SCORE THAT YOU WOULD'VE LIKED.
>> IT WAS WAY TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.
THAT IS FOR SURE.
>> OBVIOUSLY GOING INTO THE GAME, THE ADAPTATIONS OF IT.
THEY ARE A MUCH IMPROVED TEAM.
THEY'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB THERE.
YOU KNOW, DEFENSIVELY, WE WERE STELLAR.
GETTING A TWO POINT CONVERSION.
A SAFETY.
MAKING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME.
THAT'S HOW BIG THE DEFENSE WAS.
OFFENSIVELY, THAT WAS DISAPPOINTING.
WE WERE CERTAINLY HAPPY.
OF COURSE, THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> COACH, LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUICKLY.
WHEN IT COMES TO BEING PERPETUALLY TOP 10 RANKED TEAM , KNOWING EVERYONE IS COMING AT YOU.
HOW MUCH OF A CHALLENGE IS THE SEASON BEEN FOR YOU?
TO GET TO THIS POINT TO WHERE YOU ARE A REGION CHAMP?
>> EARLY ON, IT IS NOT THE STRONGEST.
SOME REALLY DIFFICULT GAMES.
HOPEFULLY, GET THERE EARLY AND THEN FROM THERE, JUST KIND OF WORK ON OURS.
TRYING TO EXECUTE AND DOING ALL OF THE LITTLE THINGS.
AND TRY TO GROW AND PROGRESS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO ESSENTIALLY FOCUS ON.
THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO DEDICATE WHAT WE ARE DOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING IN AND GOOD LUCK.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR THANK YOU ANOTHER AWESOME NIGHT OF FOOTBALL.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON TO GO.
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
SOME TEAMS ARE ALREADY DONE WITH THEIR SEASON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON THE POST GAME SHOW.
HERE, TONIGHT.
WE HAVE AN AWESOME ONE.
IF YOU MISSED IT, IT WAS LANGSTON HUGHES VERSUS SOUTH PAULDING.
68-14.
THE PANTHERS TAKE IT.
IT IS ABOUT TO REPLAY, RIGHT NOW.
ON THE 2022 REPLAY OF HER GAME.
AND REPLAY OF THE POST GAME SHOW.
HOPING EVERYONE GETS HOME SAFE.
DO NOT FORGET, BUCKLE UP GEORGIA.
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