TFR 2018 GHSA-3-A Week 2 Playoff Preview 2 of 2

The Liberty County Panthers have reached the second round of the playoffs for the 4^th consecutive year. On the season, Liberty County is averaging 24.1 points per game, while their defense is allowing 14.7 points per game. The Panthers Kris Coleman has rushed for 1,651 yards and 21-TDs on the season. The Peach County Trojans will certainly need to key in on Coleman and the Liberty County run game. Peach County does not have the star power from last season, but the Trojans keep on trucking. Their offense is averaging 39 points per game this season and their defense has been rock solid, allowing 14.1 points per game. Their only losses this season came at the hands of Class 4-A power, Mary Persons and 6-A power Lee County. While we believe Peach is a little down this year, we think they have enough to get past Liberty County this week. We like the Trojans by a touchdown.

Westminster and Greater Atlanta Christian will have a chance at a rematch of a game that Westminster won by one point in week 1. Since the opening week defeat, the Greater Atlanta Christian Spartans have gone 8-1, their only other loss was to out-of-state Prestonwood Christian out of Plano, Texas. On the season, the Spartans are averaging 32.5 points per game. Josh Rose has passed for 1,444 yards and rushed for 585 while accounting for 22 total TDs. Greater Atlanta Christian has an imposing offensive line, which features brothers Chris and Myles Hinton. (Currently, Chris is a University of Michigan commit.) The Spartans defense is allowing 13.4 points per game. Choe-Bryant Strother is having a breakout season for Greater Atlanta Christian. He has recorded 65 total tackles this year. Meanwhile, since their week-one victory over GACs, Westminster has gone 5-4. The Wildcats are averaging 29.4 points per game while the defense is allowing 19.2 points per game. Generally speaking, we think that rematches are tough to win. We know that both coaches will make the necessary adjustments, but we like the Spartans by a field goal in the rematch.

The Pike County Pirates upset Crisp County last week in overtime. This week, they will travel to Savannah to take on the Jenkins Warriors. The Pirates are averaging 25.6 points per game on offense, while their defense is allowing 14.7 points per game. Jenkins will look to exploit the Pike County defense by way of their rushing attack. The Warriors are averaging 25.3 points per game on offense. Most of their damage has been done on the ground as Jeremy Smith leads the way with 1,004 yards on the season. We think both teams are evenly matched, but we will take the home team Warriors by  a field goal this week.

The Calhoun Yellow Jackets have won 22 consecutive games dating back to last season. They will play host to the Lovett Lions on Friday. Calhoun has been dominant during the regular season and did not show any signs of slowing down last week. The Yellow Jackets are averaging 48.7 points per game on the season. Quarterback Gavin Gray has been a steady leader for the Jackets. On defense, Calhoun is allowing 7.2 points per game. The Lovett Lions will attempt to be the first team to knock of Calhoun this season. Lovett is averaging 29.1 points per game on offense, while their defense is giving up 22.4 points per game. Blaine McAllister has passed for 1,489 yards while, K.J. Wallace has rushed for 510 yards and 8-TDs for Lovett. With all that said, we can’t deny that Calhoun really looks primed for another deep run. We like the Jackets to win this one by 20.