CENTRAL GEORGIA’S BEST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COVERAGE

This week
* The GHSA and GIAA football playoffs are here, and almost here. Breaking things down, it's complicated
* Monday Morning Quarterback: Notes, reviews, Loughdmouthings
* Macon Touchdown Club players of the week

Last week
* Roundup, Houston County battles TCC; Perry bows up again; Northeast, Woodford pop Dodge County; Baldwin O sharp; Mary Persons stuns No. 1; FPD wins region in OT thriller
* Scouting Reports: This week’s GHSA and GIAA games
* Maxwell Predictions
* Who’s going to win this week’s games?
* Central Georgia state composite rankings
* Central Georgia’s rankings
* Macon Touchdown Club players of the week
* Monday Morning QB: A really good - not epic - win in Austin, with silliness; weekly CFB playoff sermon; Loughdmouthings: Dumb Ho orn (this week) fans, really good HS slate, Falcons are fine, but …
* The schedule

Two weeks ago
* Roundup: Perry gets the ‘upset’, HoCo blanked, Baldwin wins on the road; big nights for Upson-Lee, West Laurens, Dublin, Northeast, Stratford, Brentwood; Jasper County gets 3-OT W
* Scouting Reports: This week’s GHSA and GIAA games, coming Friday
* Maxwell Predictions
* Who’s going to win this week’s games
* Central Georgia state composite rankings
* A breakdown of the playoff pictures, the power ratings for A-AAA and others
* Central Georgia rankings
* Monday Morning Quarterback: Which Nation is the most absurd this week?; HS stat stuff, playoffs sermon; Loughdmouthings galore: stats, QB shoving, tackling, Falcons,and Jerry’s happy-for-us birthday
* Macon Touchdown Club players of the week

By Michael A. Lough

The Sports Report

centralgasports@gmail.com

 

Division I (5A, 4A, 3A) 12 teams

5. Jones County

          The Greyhounds aren’t overlooking anybody or anything, with three straight 40-plus games and their first shutout since 2022.

4. Peach County

          Whether the Trojans really are the top team in AAA is debatable – opponents are 38-51 – but they beat an undefeated team by 19 and 6-2 by 31, and are closing very, very well.

3. Warner Robins

          The Demons have a shot to end the regular-season on a 1-3 slide, a mark that hasn’t happened since a 1-4 start to the 2022 season, which ended in the 5A state championship game.

2. Houston County

          The first two-game losing streak since 2021 is likely to become the first three-game losing streak since, uh, that two-game losing streak, when the Bears went from 4-3 to 4-7.

1. Perry

          In the back of their minds, Panthers think back to Aug. 30, and wish there was a way to get another crack at Houston County. Sure would be nice, because it’d be another outstanding game.

 

Division II (2A, A, GIAA) 33 teams

Top 10

10. Tattnall

          Which Tattnall team opens the playoffs? The one that led FPD 20-0 at one point or the one that was scored on by FPD on three straight possessions and lost in OT? A week to get healthy may give the answer.

9. Westfield

          The Hornets know how to win close games, and are about two plays away from being undefeated.

8. Westside

          The Seminoles don’t really have any notable quality wins, but are taking care of business and may carry some momentum into the playoffs, but the Jackson game is a big one.

7. ACE Charter

          Gutting out an overtime road win over a team better than its record is another program win, with the chance for another one coming this week.

6. Jasper County

          The program that in 2021 went 0-10 and scored only 88 points is about four plays from being undefeated. Hard to imagine.

5 FPD

          One of the poster children for consistency, for fundamentals, for adjustments would give BSF teams – bigger, stronger, faster – teams much more of a tussle than expected because of those nice, rare traits.

3 (tie). Lamar County, Dodge County

          Both teams are a little hard to figure out. The Trojans don’t pack the same punch as usual lately, and the Indians seemed a little flat in getting flattened by Northeast.

2. Northeast

          You’d never know this was one of the area’s top teams with a few of the area’s top players based on the home stands for home games with great weather. The Raiders have to clean things up if they want to make a run, because the other tools are there.

1. Dublin

          The Irish sure would’ve liked Dodge County to have won last week rather than get popped, which can lead to a major refocusing, something Dublin is traditionally good at. But Dublin is still the clear king of the Division II mountain.