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Sunday, November 27, 2011
AA Blog: Appling endures for 4OT victory
Appling County faces the longest odds when it comes to winning the Class AA championship. It will have to survive a trip to No. 2-ranked Calhoun for the semifinals and then defeat either No. 4 Carver or No. 1 Buford in the championship game.
But none of that really matters today, as the Pirates can take a deep breath and enjoy a little time in front of the television. They played perhaps their guttiest game of the year just to reach the semifinals for the first time since 1999. Appling endured four overtime periods before coach J.T. Pollock's club was finally able to put away Region 4 champion Lamar County 35-33. It was the second consecutive road victory for Appling County (12-1), the only unranked team remaining in the AA playoffs.
The Appling County-Lamar County game will go down as a classic, as more than 3,000 fans packed Trojan Field in Barnesville, many of them driving in from Baxley for the quarterfinal game.
The teams fought to a 7-7 draw after four quarters.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Third-round scores, semifinal schedule
Class AAAAA
Friday's quarterfinals
Colquitt Co. 32, Camden Co. 31
Grayson 33, West Forsyth 7
Lassiter 24, M.L. King 14
Walton 21, Dacula 13
Next weekend's semifinals
Colquitt Co. (11-2) vs. Grayson (13-0)*
Lassiter (10-3) at Walton (13-0)
Championship
8 p.m. Dec. 10 (Georgia Dome)
Class AAAA
Friday's quarterfinals
Warner Robins 20, East Paulding 10
Lovejoy 14, Ware Co. 0
Tucker 42, Flowery Branch 34
Northside-Warner Robins 36, Tri-Cities 8
Next weekend's semifinals
Warner Robins (11-2) at Lovejoy (13-0)
Tucker (13-0) vs. Northside-Warner Robins (13-0)*
Championship
8 p.m. Dec. 9 (Georgia Dome)
Class AAA
Friday's quarterfinals
Burke Co. 32, Allatoona 28
Gainesville 35,Sandy Creek 21
Peach Co. 19, Carrollton 15
Cairo 21, St. Pius 0
Next weekend's semifinals
Burke Co. (12-1) vs. Gainesville (12-1)*
Peach Co. (12-1) vs. Cairo (11-2)*
Championship
4 p.m. Dec. 10 (Georgia Dome)
Class AA
Friday's quarterfinals
Calhoun 42, Dublin 7
Appling Co. 35, Lamar Co. 33
Sunday, November 27, 2011
AAAAA blog: We've got an all-East Cobb semifinal, a Grayson-Colquitt rematch
I dont have the details of every quarterfinal from Friday, but here are some thoughts on what we do know
Colquitt County 32, Camden County 31 In the past three seasons under Rush Propst, Colquitt has won at North Gwinnett, at Hallford Stadium twice (against Stephenson, M.L. King), at Lassiter (against Hutson Mason), at Grayson and now at Camden County, all in the playoffs. Propst is the first coach to win eight playoff games in three seasons in the highest class, probably in any class. Pretty remarkable. Hes 8-1 in road playoff games at Colquitt. (Should I point out that Propst is 0-2 in McConnell-Talbert Stadium, or do I let ENR do that? Ill wait for ENR.)
Grayson 33, West Forsyth 7 Grayson is in the semifinals for the third time in five seasons. Grayson has done no worse than reach the quarterfinals for five straight seasons. Grayson and Colquitt now meet in a rematch of last seasons semifinal, which Colquitt won 31-24. It will be at Grayson, again.
Lassiter 24,
Sunday, November 13, 2011
AA blog: Road teams pull surprises
The first round of the state playoffs is not typically kind to the road teams. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds are stuck traveling in a bus and are usually matched against teams with better records and better talent. But five teams in Class AA bucked the trend by going on the road and responding with a victory.
The biggest upset was provided by Cook, the No. 4 seed from Region 1-AA. The Hornets traveled to Blackshear and knocked off Pierce County, which was still emotionally spent from last week's region-winning performance against Appling County. Cook's 43-22 win sends coach Ken Cofer's team into the second round against Elbert County at the Granite Bowl in Elberton.
That's because No. 6-ranked Elbert was one of five No. 3 seeds to respond with a road victory. The Blue Devils scored an impressive 33-20 road win at Pepperell and reached the second round for the first time since 2002.
Other No.3 seeds that won on Friday were Westminster, Adairsville and Jefferson County.
Westminster
