Only three Cherokee County Football teams are in action this week, but all three games have playoff implications. In Region 4-7A, both the Woodstock Wolverines and Lassiter Trojans come into the game needing a win to keep slim playoff hopes alive. Lassiter has struggled to get consistency on offense…Can the Wolverines capitalize this week for their first region win? In Region 6-6A, the Sequoyah Chiefs will host the Sprayberry Yellow Jackets for homecoming. Sprayberry has not beaten the Chiefs in 9 tries. Is the 10th time a charm? Meanwhile, just up East Cherokee Drive, the Creekview Grizzlies will host the South Cobb Eagles. The Grizzlies certainly shouldn’t be looking past South Cobb this week. The Grizzlies can ill-afford a slip up this late in the season. Please make sure to get out and support these young men on Friday night. As always, thanks for reading. Comments and discussion are always welcome!
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TFR – Turd Ferguson Report
NR – Not Ranked
The Skinny
Both Woodstock and Lassiter come into this week’s game in search of their first region win. A loss by either team would for all intents and purposes, eliminate them from the post-season. Woodstock has been close to big upsets over the last two weeks with one score losses to county rivals Etowah and Cherokee. The Wolverines have struggled to punch the ball into the end zone in some games and are averaging just over 14 points per game.
Their opponent, the Lassiter Trojans have had even more trouble scoring points. Coach Thom is just beginning his rebuilding process, so we knew there would be growing pains coming into the season for the Trojans. Quarterbacks Mitch Storm and Brayden Lind have taken most of the snaps for the Trojans. The duo has combined for 764 yards through the air. Shai Valencia leads the Trojans in rushing with 281 yards. We don’t believe that Lassiter can score enough points to outlast Woodstock this week. We like the Wolverines by 13.
The Skinny
The Sequoyah Chiefs and Sprayberry Yellow Jackets enter Friday’s game both needing a win to keep their post-season hopes alive. The Chiefs got a win against South Cobb last week to stay in contention. Jaden Mitchell has been the workhorse on offense with 494 yards on the ground and 4 rushing TDs, while Miles McGee leads the Chiefs in receiving with 18 catches for 301 yards. Sequoyah’s defense has been respectable, allowing only 15.1 points per game. Sequoyah has not lost to Sprayberry since November of 2009, which spans 9 games.
But this Sprayberry team is coming off of one of the best team defensive performances all season, as they shut down Dalton’s all-world running back, Jahmyr Gibbs, holding him to 93 rushing yards and no TDs. (Gibbs entered the game last week averaging just above 260 yards per game.) Perhaps that blue print for containing Gibbs will work for slowing down the Chiefs rushing attack. While Sprayberry’s defense was stout last week, they are still allowing 24.5 points per game. This week should let us know if Sprayberry is a contender or a pretender. We think the Jackets are riding high, and if the win out the remainder of the season, they’ll secure the 3rd seed. Look for the jackets to spoil homecoming for the Chiefs this week. Jackets by 7.
The Skinny
It’s homecoming week on Owens Store Road and the Creekview Grizzlies host the South Cobb Eagles. Things got interesting in the region standings with Sprayberry’s win over Dalton, but we know that Coach Williams has the Grizzlies focused on the task at hand this week. Everything is in front of Creekview and if they win out, they will be headed back to the post-season. The Grizz got all they wanted last week from a gutsy River Ridge team, edging their county foe on a goal-line stand. Creekview is averaging 25.1 points per game while the defense is allowing 20.4.
Meanwhile, South Cobb has been eliminated from post-season play, but could play the role of spoiler. But before they can think about an upset, the defense will have to find a way to stop Creekview’s Ethan Dirrim and Brody Rhodes. South Cobb is allowing 46.5 points per game. That’s a number that does not bode well for them coming into this game. They will need to force turnovers to keep this game close. We just don’t believe that’s in the cards. We think Creekview will be refocused this week. We like them to roll this week. Grizzlies by 25.