#1 Byrnes (SC) Survives First Half Scare From North Gwinnett

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle


At halftime of the Progressive Football Challenge, it looked like North Gwinnett was going to prove that the Byrnes Rebels were not worthy of the #1 ranking that bestowed upon the team by USA Today. However, like all good teams with proven leadership, the Rebels put up four second half touchdowns that brought the team back from a 14-9 halftime deficit to defeat last year's Georgia Class AAAAA runner-up 36-21.

For a game story from the AJC, click here.

Georgia High School Football Scoreboard - Week 2

Georgia High School Football Scores
Friday, August 29, 2008

USA Today Super 25

#13 Lowndes 63 Woodland-Stockbridge 0
#22 Northside-Warner Robins 34 Perry 19

Around Georgia

Appling County 12, Wayne County 0
Armuchee 14, Trion 13
Baldwin 21, Glenn Hills 0
Bremen 41, Alexander 31
Brooks County 63, Fellowship Christian School 0
Brookstone 34, Landmark Christian 14
Burke County 16, Effingham County 14
Cartersville 25, Cass 20
Cedar Shoals 23, Habersham Central 14
Cedartown 21, Rockmart 12
Centennial 35, Northview 9
Charlton County 28, Clinch County 7
Chattooga 30, Darlington 0
Coffee County 24, Ware County 0
Coosa 19, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 12
Crisp County 28, Dooly County 6
Dalton 30, Calhoun 7
Dawson County 26, Lumpkin County 23, 2OT
Dublin 13, Screven County 3
Dunwoody 41, Griffin 34
East Paulding 10, Rome 7
Emmanuel County Institute 28, Savannah Country Day 13
Fitzgerald 45, Irwin County 0
Forest Park 24, Mundy's Mill 17
Fyffe, Ala. 33, Dade County 14
Gainesville 35, Chestatee 0
Georgia Military School 28, Webster County 8
Gordon Central 22, Model 0
Harrison 13, Peachtree Ridge 3
Hawkinsville 14, Jenkins County 6
Henry County 39, Eagle's Landing Christian 12
Hillgrove 39, Haralson County 0
Houston County 41, Groves 0
Jackson County 16, Our Lady of Mercy 10
Jeff Davis 20, Bacon County 14
Jefferson 35, Commerce 14
Johnson County 46, Howard 7
Jones County 16, Mitchell County 7
Kell 13, Woodstock 10
LaFayette 50, North Paulding 15
Lassiter 42, Sprayberry 28
Lincoln County 14, Greene County 0
Lithonia 33, Avondale 14
Mainland, Fla. 34, Central Gwinnett 14
Marion County 34, Pelham 7
Mary Persons 20, Morgan County 14
Mill Creek 23, Dacula 15
Milton 51, Chattahoochee 49
Monroe 42, Kendrick 0
Newnan 31, LaGrange 10
North Hall 28, Johnson-Gainsville 6
North Oconee 28, Prince Avenue Christian 20
Northside-Warner Robins 34, Perry 19
Northwest Whitfield 53, Southeast Whitfield 0
Pace Academy 30, Mount Paran Christian 13
Pebblebrook 34, Osborne 7
Pepperell 32, Paulding County 0
Putnam County 43, Hancock Central 6
Ridgeland 10, Gordon Lee 6
Riverdside Military Academy 21, Elbert County 20
Sandy Creek 24, East Coweta 17, OT
Sequoyah 24, Cherokee 7
Sonoraville 42, Catoosa Heritage 0
South Cobb 24, Campbell 19
South Effingham 21, West Laurens 0
South Paulding 51, Allatoona 0
Southeast Bulloch 25, Dodge County 20
Spalding 42, Lamar County 15
Stephens County 28, Flowery Branch 25
Towns County 20, Rabun County 0
Troup County 15, Callaway 7
Union County 35, Hayesville, N.C. 13
Valdosta 48, Jenkins 7
Villa Rica 34, Central-Carrollton 0
Warner Robins 28, Wheeler 0
Wesleyan 35, Clarkston 0
West Hall 28, East Jackson 27
Westminster 24, Carrollton 7
Whitefield Academy 44, Walker 22
Wilcox County 41, Seminole County 0
Woodland Cartersville 41, Adairsville 14

Georgia High School Football Scoreboard - Week 2

Georgia High School Football Scores
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Benedictine 22 Windsor Forest 18
Eastside 28 Harris County 0
Hardaway 51 Columbus 6
Southwest-Macon 7 Rutland 0

Georgia To Realign Schools Every Four Years

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle


The Georgia High School Association voted Monday to realign schools throughout the state every four years instead of two. The new plan will take effect in 2010.

Click here for more on the story from the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Georgia High School Football Scoreboard - Week 1

Georgia High School Football Scores
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Corky Kell Classic at Georgia Dome

Camden County 21 Norcross 6
Etowah 42 Starr's Mill 24
Grayson 31 McEachern 21
Walton 14 Brookwood 9

Other Games

Murray County 17 East Hall 13

Tonight's scheduled game between Cairo (#1 AAA) and Bainbridge (#8 AAAA) has been postponed until Monday night at 7:30 PM at Bainbridge because of Tropical Storm Fay.

Click here for Walton/Brookwood game story.
Click here for Grayson/McEachern game story.
Click here for Etwoah/Starr's Mill game story.
Click here for Camden County/Norcross game story.
Click here for Murray County/East Hall game story

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Georgia High School Football Scoreboard - Week 1

Georgia High School Football Scores
Friday, August 22, 2008

Aiken (SC) 28 Berkmark 20

Click here for Aiken/Berkmar game story.

Georgia High School Football Schedule

Georgia High School Football Schedule

Friday, August 22nd

Aiken, SC at Berkmar

Saturday, August 23rd

Etowah vs. Starr's Mill at Georgia Dome
Walton vs. Brookwood at Georgia Dome
Norcross vs. Camden County at Georgia Dome
East Hall at Murray County
Cairo at Bainbridge
North Cobb Christian at Mt. Pisgah Christian
Grayson vs. McEachern at Georgia Dome

AJC Pre-Season High School Football Rankings

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle


The AJC Pre-Season rankings are out and Lowndes, a team that is getting notice from several national high school football polls, is the #1 team in Class AAAAA. Lowndes will be going for its fourth title (2003, 2004, 2007) in six years. The Vikings have 16 starters back from last year's championship team.

Making the class extremely interesting is the fact that Northside-Warner Robins is moving up from Class AAAA after two straight titles while going 30-0. Lowndes and and Northside will play in Region 1-AAAAA and face each other on October 3rd in Valdosta.

Here's all of the rankings....

Class AAAAA
1. Lowndes
2. Northside-Warner Robins
3. Camden County
4. M.L. King
5. Newnan
6. Grayson
7. Norcross
8. North Gwinnett
9. Valdosta
10. Harrison

Class AAAA
1. Ware County
2. Tucker
3. Westside-Macon
4. Thomas County Central
5. Rome
6. Griffin
7. Chamblee
8. Bainbridge
9. Habersham Central
10. Marist

Class AAA
1. Cairo
2. Carver-Columbus
3. Baldwin
4. LaGrange
5. Shaw
6. St. Pius X
7. Perry
8. Dunwoody
9. Carrollton
10. Flowery Branch

Class AA
1. Buford
2. Charlton County
3. Thomasville
4. Henry County
5. Westminster
6. Fitzgerald
7. Lovett
8. Dublin
9. Cook
10. Greater Atlanta Christian

Class A
1. ECI
2. Clinch County
3. Wilcox County
4. Lincoln County
5. Athens Academy
6. Savannah Christian
7. Bremen
8. Twiggs County
9. Brookstone
10. Wesleyan

Corky Kell Classic

Thanks to the Alabama-Clemson game at the Georgia Dome, the 17th Annual Corky Kell Classic will be played a week earlier. The four games will be played on August 23rd instead of the 30th.

Here's a look at the schedule...

11:45AM - Starr's Mill vs. Etowah
2:30PM - Brookwood vs. Walton
5:30PM - Camden County vs. Norcross
8:30PM - McEachern vs. Grayson

First Day of Practice in Georgia

Hot and humid weather welcomed teams to the practice fields around Georgia this morning for the first day of practice. After living two years in Atlanta, I know that football reigns supreme, and the fans love and want a winner!

That's why a story on head coaching changes in the Atlanta Journal Constitution caught my eye. There are 95 new head coaches this year, which equates to a 25-percent turnover rate.

To read the rest of the stats and the story, click here.