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Monday, August 26, 2024
Class A-Div. 1 Blog: Week 2 Takeaways, Dodge County earns key Region 2 win
Region 2 got started this week and highlighted the Week 2 slate with five region openers. ACE Charter not only opened its region schedule, but also opened its season with a 38-6 win over Central-Macon. Host ACE Charter celebrated the win in the newly named Perkins Field that was named after ACE co-founder and former principal Laura Perkins. ACE took a 35-6 lead late in the second quarter before tacking on a field goal to force a running clock in the fourth
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Friday, August 23, 2024
Class A Div. I Blog: Week 2 Primer, Region 2 action kicks off
Last week’s blogs covered the first week of games in Class A Division I and highlighted which of its non-public teams will be within the Class A-3A private schools classification this season. Today, this blog will go region by region and also highlight the biggest matchups to watch this week. In total, there about 50 games to watch involving Class A Division I’s 76 teams this week, including a total of five region openers for the 10-team Region 2. These re
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Class A Div. 1 Blog: Week 1 takeaways and biggest winners
The three results out of Class A Division I this past week that were most notable were the victories by Thomasville, Athens Academy and Dublin. Thomasville and Dublin will be public schools competing for this year’s Class A Division I title, while Athens Academy will be classed into the A-3A Private division. In the Bulldogs’ 35-12 win over Brooks County, Cam Hill iced the game with a 52-yard touchdown run with 2:44 left and the Bulldogs celebrated their f
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
Predictions: Gwinnett, Cobb to send one team each to AAAAA semifinals
Gwinnett County has seen its eight Class AAAAA playoff teams cut to two over the first two weeks of the postseason, and the four teams from Region 1-AAAAA have been whittled to one. Mathematics would tell you that that's about right, but it's not the kind of results they've come to expect in those two parts of the state.
Gwinnett County teams have won five state championships in AAAAA since the classification was created in 2000. Only two Gwinnett teams still have a shot this year after North Gwinnett and defending state champion Brookwood were eliminated last week. That leaves Dacula and Grayson to fight on for the county (besides Buford, which is the heavy favorite in AA).
Region 1-AAAAA has claimed three championships since 2000. All three were won by Lowndes, which was knocked off by Grayson last week, leaving only Colquitt County to represent the region.
Expect Gwinnett's numbers to get cut in half again this week. Grayson will advance to the semifinals with a
Sunday, November 27, 2011
AAAA blog: Look for Tucker, Flowery Branch to light up scoreboard
Here's a look at the four matchups that will determine the Class AAAA semifinalists:
*The potential shootout: Tucker and Flowery Branch bring the two highest-scoring offenses in Class AAAA into their matchup on Friday at Adams Stadium. Tucker comes into the game averaging 47.6 points and has scored 37 or more points in 10 consecutive games. The Tigers scored 200 points in a three-game stretch early in the season (77-33 vs. Carver-Atlanta, 63-6 vs. Chamblee and 60-8 vs. Douglass). Flowery Branch averages 45.8 points and has scored 51 points or more five times this season. The Falcons even had 35 points in their loss, 38-35 against Clarke Central in the regular-season finale.
*The defensive battle: Expect a low-scoring game when Ware County takes on Region 4-AAAA champion Lovejoy at Twelve Oaks Stadium. Lovejoy has the top-ranked defense in Class AAAA, allowing an average of 3.8 points per game, and scored the game-winning points on a 39-yard fumble return by Eugene Fuller in
Sunday, November 27, 2011
ML King QB Jonquel Dawson moves up in state record book for TD passes
ML King QB Jonquel Dawson (No. 5) with coach Mike Carson and UGA-bound WR Blake Tibbs (AJC)
ML King quarterback Jonquel Dawson will try to move into second place all-time in career touchdown passes when the Lions (12-0) play Lassiter (9-3) at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Class AAAAA quarterfinals.
The playoff game will be broadcast live on WSB-TV's digital channel 2.2, several cable channels (Comcast channel 248 and Charter channel 126), and on www.wsbtv.com.
The 5-foot-10, 185-pound King is currently tied for second place with 92 career touchdown passes with two others Charlton Countys Jeremy Privett and Amercus Cedric Johnson. The leader is Nick Marshall of Wilcox County with 103. Dawson has the most career touchdown passes ever for a player in the highest classification.
“Jonquel is a super talent,” ML King coach Mike Carson said. “He may be a little undersized to some college scouts, but he has a big-time arm. The kid continues to make plays. He made some great
