Part II of our Week-12 Cherokee County Football previews has been published. As we mentioned in Part I, this is the last week of the season. There are still two county teams still in contention in Region 6-6A. First up, the Sequoyah Chiefs host the Allatoona Buccaneers. The Chiefs can qualify for the playoffs with a win and a Creekview loss. Next up, the River Ridge Knights travel to face the Sprayberry Yellow Jackets. The Knights are out of playoff contention but can really muddy the playoff picture if they can upset the Yellow Jackets. Finally, Creekview travels to Harrison to face the Hoyas. Harrison has already wrapped up the Region title. Creekview needs a win and a Sprayberry loss to qualify for the postseason. 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!
Key:
TFR – Turd Ferguson Report
NR – Not Ranked
The Skinny
The Sequoyah Chiefs will host the only in game played in county this Friday as they host the Allatoona Buccaneers. The Chiefs need some help to qualify for the post-season, but first they must help themselves. The Chiefs come into the game average 21 points, while the defense is allowing 18 points per game. For the Chiefs, they’ll need to establish the run game against a stingy Allatoona defense. Myles McGee and the secondary will also need to contact Bucs receiver Asante Das.
Meanwhile, the Allatoona Buccaneers enter this game averaging 29.6 points per game and allowing 13.7 points per game. Alex Wilson leads the way for the Bucs on the ground with 729 yards and 6-TDs. Quarterback Dante Marshall has passed for 1,367 yards and 16-TDs. The aforementioned Asante Das leads the team in receiving with 26 receptions for 855 yards and 11-TDs. The edge in special teams goes to the Bucs as senior kicker Jude Kelley is averaging over 47 yards per punt and has been perfect on PAT attempts and is 13 of 15 in field goals, with a long of 54 yards. We believe the Chiefs will certainly put up a fight on senior night, but we think Allatoona’s defense is second to only Harrison in the region. We like the Bucs by 13 this week.
The Skinny
The Sprayberry Yellow Jackets have a chance to get back to the post season for the first time since 2011 when the host the River Ridge Knights on Friday. The Yellow Jackets got a big win against Creekview last week. Damarion Owens led the way on the ground with 180 yards rushing. Interestingly enough, the Jackets are averaging 24.6 points per game, but are also allowing the same number of points.
The River Ridge Knights improved to 3-6 as they beat South Cobb last week 28-21. While the Knights have been eliminated from playoff contention, they can certainly play the role of spoiler as they close out their season at Sprayberry. Amehre Morrison continues to lead the county in rushing this season. The Knights will need to find a way to get him going on offense. We are sure he will get plenty of opportunities. If the Knights can’t get him going against a talented defensive front from Sprayberry, it could be a long game. We believe Sprayberry has a few more weapons on offense and that will be the difference this week. Jackets by 21.
The Skinny
The Harrison Hoyas have clinched the No. 1 seed in Region 6-6A, even with a loss this week against Creekview. The Hoyas are outscoring their opponents 360-82 this season. Last week, David Roberts had a big game for the Hoyas rushing for over 180 yards. Harrison has scored over 35 points in all but one game this season.
Meanwhile the Creekview Grizzlies need a win and then some help, (mainly a Sprayberry loss), to get into the post season. Creekview is averaging 26.1 points per game while the defense is allowing 18.8 points per game. The Grizzlies will have to have one of their best defensive performances of the season if they are going to pull the upset. They certainly have the weapons on offense to put some points on the board. Even then, we like Harrison this week as they just have too much firepower on offense. Hoyas by 17.