We continue with our 2020 GHSA football playoff previews. First up is the Class 7A second round. This will be a two-part series. This preview features games between North Cobb – Lowndes, Milton – Archer, Collins Hill – Denmark and East Coweta – Parkview.
Best of luck to all of the teams competing on Friday night. As always, thanks for reading. Please feel free to comment and share.
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The Skinny
The North Cob Warriors are back in the second round for the first time since 2016. The Warriors will get a visit from South Georgia power, Lowndes on Friday night. It’s the first meeting between the two teams. It will be interesting to see if North Cobb QB Malachi Singleton can outduel Lowndes QB Jacurri Brown. Whatever was ailing Lowndes in the three previous weeks seems to have been cured this past Friday. We like the Vikings on the road this week by 10.
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Milton has advanced to the second round for the fourth consecutive season. This week, they will host the Archer Tigers who are in the second round for the seventh time in eight years. Archer’s strength has been their secondary. It should be fun to watch them match up against Milton Quarterback Devin Farrell and wide receivers Adam Freas and Debron Gattling. Nevertheless, we believe the x-factor for Milton on offense is Jordan McDonald. If Archer can keep him in check, we like their chances. That’s easier said than done. We like Milton by two touchdowns.
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Collins Hill left little doubt on Friday night that they are in playoff form. The Eagles advanced to the second round for the first time since 2015. Their opponent this week is the Denmark Danes, who won their first playoff game in the school’s brief three-year history. This game features two of the top quarterbacks in the state in Sam Horn for Collins Hill and Aaron McLaughlin for Denmark. Collins Hill also has Travis Hunter, one of the top wide receivers and defensive backs in the country. It could be a long night for Denmark if they can’t keep Hunter under wraps. We like Collins Hill by 16.
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East Coweta survived a scare from Marietta on Friday night and advanced to the second round for the third consecutive year. They will get a visit this Friday night from the Parkview Panthers who survived their own scare from visiting Camden County last week. All eyes should be on the running backs in this game. East Coweta’s Trey Bowles and Jayden Bolton and Parkview’s Cody Brown and Ty Curtis should put on a great show this Friday night. We expect this game to go down to the wire, but like East Coweta by a field goal, perhaps in overtime.