Conversations with Coaches – Episode 3 – Tanner Glisson – Troup County Tigers

Head Coach Tanner Glisson joins us today from LaGrange, Georgia. Coach Glisson has turned the Troup program around in his three seasons, but this season presents some new challenges for the Tigers. Tune in to get Coach Glisson’s take on the 2018 season.

This definitely is a team on the rise in region 5-4A. They’ll have to get past a tough region schedule that includes perennial power, Cartersville. The Tigers return enough players on both sides of the ball tho really make things interesting.

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Conversations with Coaches – Episode 2 – Damien Postell – Grovetown Warriors

Last year, the Grovetown Warriors advanced to the 2nd round of the playoffs before eventually losing to state champion, Lee County. Coach Damien Postell looks to have the Warriors ready to challenge for a region title.

The Warriors will need to replace offensive standouts such as D’Angelo Durham and Braxton Wharton from last year’s team, but Coach Postell believes that he has some players that are ready to step up for Grovetown.

Grovetown is certainly a team to watch in the CSRA (Central Savannah River Region). This might very well be a sleeper team out of region 3-6A. We certainly don’t believe that they will be a sleeper for long.

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Conversations with Coaches – Long County Blue Tide -J.T. Pollock

The 2018 GHSA football season is rapidly approaching. On our first episode of Conversations with Coaches, we sit down and talk to the Long County Blue Tide head coach J.T. Pollock. Coach Pollock is in his second year at Long County and is in the process of rebuilding the program. Last season the Blue Tide went win-less, but Coach Pollock has a plan in place to change the Tide.

Long County plays in GHSA’s Region 2-3A.

Tune in to hear Coach Pollock’s assessment of the upcoming season and also learn about a place to get a pre-game meal down in Ludowici.

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Coming Soon

Check back in late July for our pre-season previews for each region in each classification.

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Cherokee County Football Previews

As a resident of Cherokee County, the local football scene has a special place in my heart.

To start the season, we will preview each team and provide an outlook for the season.

Each week, we will preview all county high school teams in action that week. We will provide analysis and insight on the upcoming games.

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Weekly Top 10 Poll

Each week, we will provide a top 10 ranking for each classification. The polls will be updated weekly through the regular season. New polls will be released on Sunday evenings.

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TFR – GHSA Class A-Public Finals Preview

Clinch County and Irwin County will face off for the 43rd time on Saturday morning. This  meeting will be for the state title. Clinch County won the state title in 2015 and has won 6 titles overall. Irwin County has been in the state title game seven times but has won only once, when they went undefeated in 1975.

Irwin County bested Clinch 21-7 earlier this season. If the Indians are to win again, they will need a solid performance from QB Will Stephens and RB DJ Lundy.

For Clinch County, it’s not just a matter of slowing down Lundy and Stephens, as Irwin has several playmakers on offense. Clinch has a playmaker of their own in QB Charles McClelland. Look for him to match the performance of Will Stephens this week.

We expect a closer game than the last time, but does the result change…

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Clinch-Irwin

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TFR – GHSA Class 2-A Final Preview

This game might be the best state title game of the weekend. Both teams are in search of their first state title. Both Rabun County and Hapeville Charter could be competitive in all but the highest classification in the state of Georgia.

Defense has been the calling card for the Hapeville Hornets this season. They have posted five shutouts this season and are surrendering an average of 7.2 points per game.

Meanwhile offense has been the name of the game for Rabun County. The Wildcats are averaging 44 points per game and their closest margin of victory was their 11 point semifinal victory over Brooks County.

So somethings got to give here. We believe Rabun Will score more than  a touchdown, but can Hapeville prevent them from scoring four touchdowns, that should be the key to this game.

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TFR – GHSA Class 3-A Final Preview

It will be a battle between North Georgia perennial power Calhoun against a Middle Georgia power in Peach County. Both teams are in search of their fourth state title in school history. Calhoun won the state title 3 short years ago. While Peach County in search of it’s first title since 2009.

Peach County has been without star WR Kearis Jackson who suffered a season ending injury two weeks ago. He will certainly be missed this week against Calhoun. Will Peach have enough weapons to offset that loss? They proved they did last week against GAC. Qb Antonio Gilbert had a big week last week and will need a repeat performance.

Meanwhile, Calhoun has been grinding away quietly this season. They have been led by Brain Barton at QB and will need him to clean up a few mistakes from last week as they face another talented defense.

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TFR – GHSA Class 4-A Final Preview

Marist won this game in the with a late TD and two point conversion to edge Blessed Trinity. These teams have met twice before, in which the margin of victory for both contests combined was three points. Marist intercepted QB Jake Smith three times in the first game. If BT is going to exact revenge, he will need to be more accurate.

This should be an exciting game that comes down to the wire. Marist is the more run oriented offense, while BT can beat you on the ground or through the air.

Blessed Trinity is in search of their first state title, while Marist is looking to hoist the trophy for the first time since 2003.

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