Atlanta Filmmaker Documents Greenville High Head Football Coach Jeremy Williams' Battle with ALS

by Jeff Fisher
Georgia High School Football Huddle

The inspirational story of Greenville High School head football coach Jeremy Williams, who is battling ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease is being captured by Atlanta filmmaker Rick Cohen.

Below is the trailer to the documentary that is titled Season of a Lifetime.

Georgia High School Football Scores - Corky Kell Classic

by Jeff Fisher
Georgia High School Football Huddle

Peachtree Ridge's best play Saturday at the Corky Classic was a timeout.

The Lions called a time-out just before McEachern booted a 47-yard field goal with seven seconds left that would have tied the game at 24 and sent the game into overtime.  Thanks to the timeout, McEachern kicker Nicholas St. Germaine had to try the kick again, and this time he missed to give Peachtree Ridge a season opening win.

To read the complete game story from the AJC, click here.

Georgia High School Football Scores
Saturday, August 21, 2010

Corky Kell Classic @ Georgia Dome

Brookwood  27  Walton  10   Game story
Kell  13  Grayson  10
North Gwinnett  34  Lassiter  14   Game story
Peachtree Ridge  24  McEachern  21

Georgia Pastor Doesn't Like Nickname Demons for Warner Robins High School

by Jeff Fisher
Georgia High School Football Huddle

We're one week into the Georgia high school football season and the biggest story in newspapers across the state was a Warner Robins pastor being upset that the nickname of the Warner Robins football team is the Demons.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution's Rhonda Cook takes a look at why Pastor Donald Crosby wants the four-time state champs to have a different mascot.

One day after Crosby announced he was circulating a petition to get rid of the Demons moniker, supporters released their own petition to "Save Our Mascot".  As of today, 3,628 people had signed the petition.  No word on how many signatures Crosby has gotten.

An unofficial count shows that 32 schools in America carry the Demons nickname; there are six Blue Demons; one Golden Demons and one Lady Demons.

Georgia Pre-Season High School Football Practice Begins August 1st

by Jeff Fisher

Georgia High School Football Huddle

Welcome to our new look for the 2010 Georgia high school football season!

With the first day of practice beginning August 1st, I wanted to take the time to thank all of my readers, who have made this blog successful over the past three years.  I have bigger-and-better things planned this year with more original content.

Also, don't forget to check-out High School Football America for great high school football stories from around the country.  If you have story ideas that I should know about, please feel free to email me.

Here's a look at important dates for the 2010 season...

First Practice - August 1st

Regular Season Begins - August 27th

Playoffs Begin - November 12th

Championships - December 10th & 11th

Jeff Fisher is Founder/Editor-in-Chief of High School Football America

Spring Football Practice in Georgia

by Jeff Fisher
Georgia High School Football Huddle


Having lived in Atlanta for two years, there's no doubt in my mind that Georgia has some of the rabid high school football fans in the country.

The biggest thing that I learned about football in the south is that spring practice is a big deal.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution is also one of the best newspapers in the country to quench high school football fans' thirst for high school football knowledge during the off-season.

This spring, the AJC has put together a series called 30 in 30, which looks at some of the top teams in the state.  Click on the links below to learn about things such as whether Camden County can win its third straight AAAAA title after losing 19 of 22 starters; whether Buford capture a fourth straight AA crown and is Columbus-Carver's Isaiah Crowell the best high school running back in country.

Team (2009 Record)
Banneker Trojans (7-4)
Blessed Triniy Titans (5-5)
Brookwood Broncos (6-6)
Buford Wolves (14-1)
Camden County Wildcats (13-2)
Campbell Spartans (2-8)
Carver-Columbus Tigers (11-2)
Central Gwinnett Black Knights (2-8)
Creekside Seminoles (6-4)
Druid Hills Red Devils (2-8)
Greenville Patriots (11-1)
Kell Longhorns (6-5)
Lakeside Vikings (4-6)
Lovejoy Wildcats (4-6)
Marist War Eagles (9-3)
Mill Creek Hawks (5-5)
Norcross Blue Devils (5-5)
North Gwinnett Bulldogs (12-1)
Peachtree Ridge Lions (10-2)
Pebblebrook Falcons (6-4)
Riverwood Raiders (2-8)
Rockdale County Bulldogs (10-4)
Sandy Creek Fighting Patriots (14-1)
South Gwinnet Comets (10-2)
Stone Mountain Pirates (1-9)
Walton Raiders (6-4)
Wesleyan Wolves (12-1)

Chamblee Names Soza as New Head Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Georgia High School Football Huddle

After a very successful five year stint as an assistant coach at Atlanta-Carver, James Soza has his first head coaching job at the age of 28.

Soza was named Chamblee High School's new head coach earlier this week.  The Dunwoody Crier looks at the job ahead for  Soza, who will be trying to lead the Bulldogs to their fourth straight post-season berth.

Dalton Down to Two Finalists for New Head Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Georgia High School Football Huddle

The Dalton Daily Citizen is reporting that former players Matt Land and Preston Poag are the finalists for the vacant Dalton Catamount head coaching position.

School officials hope to select a new coach by the end of April.  The job opened-up in February when former head coach Adam Winegarden resigned.