Fuller new No. 1 in rushing yards |
Wayne County’s Matthew Fuller is the GHSA’s new leading rusher, and five other running backs took the lead in their classifications after strong performances last week.
Fuller ran for 272 yards against New Hampstead and sits at 1,560 for the season.
Providence Christian’s Quinton Slaughter took the Class 2A lead with a 389-yard rushing game against Union County. The 389 yards are the most for a player in a game this season. Slaughter has 1,392 yards rushing for the season.
Others that went to the top of their classes were Mary Persons’ Duke Watson in 3A (with 150 yards vs. Peach County), Northgate’s Evan Garrett in 5A (with 248 vs. Northside of Columbus), Trion’s Toby Maddux in A Division I (with 309 vs. Chattooga) and Newton’s Zion Johnson in 7A (with 198 vs. Brookwood).
The GHSA's leading passer (Brody Hannah) and receiver (Ahmed Souare), both of Loganville, maintained their leads despite an off week.
Rushing
1,560 - Matthew Fuller, Wayne County [4A leader]
1,392 - Quinton Slaughter, Providence Christian [2A leader]
1,355 - Devin Ingram, Stephenson
1,311 - Duke Watson, Mary Persons [3A leader]
1,302 - Mason Sullens, Lumpkin County
1,285 - Kyler McGrinn, Bowdon [A Division II leader]
1,285 - Evan Garrett, Northgate [5A leader]
1,244 - Corey Watkins Jr., Clarke Central
1,237 - Jordan McCoy, Tucker
1,205 - Jeanarion Kamga, Westside (Augusta)
1,127 - Fred Brown, Coffee
1,124 - Javin Gordon, Stephens County
1,111 - Toby Maddux, Trion [A Division I leader]
1,085 - Zion Johnson, Newton [7A leader]
1,073 - Keenan Phillips, Bainbridge
1,064 - Ousmane Kromah, Lee County [6A leader]
1,061 - Ja'Quan Brantley, Upson-Lee
1,060 - Jaiden Daniels, Commerce
1,059 - Austin Clemons, Bryan County
1,053 - David Eziomume, North Cobb
1,043 - Cam Robinson, Mill Creek
1,032 - Ahmad Gordon, Perry
1,025 - Sammy Brown, Jefferson
1,015 - Aaron Bryant, Clinch County
1,009 - Jacari Barnett, Elbert County
1,005 - Darrion Manuel, Monroe Area
1,002 - Jonaz Walton, Central (Carrollton)
1,002 - Tysean Wiggins, Commerce
997 - C.J. Givers, Fellowship Christian
993 - Roderick McCrary, Creekside
990 - Jaydon Dorsey, Morgan County
988 - Telly Johnson, Hephzibah
985 - Amari Latimer, Sandy Creek
983 - Ta'Jon Corbitt, Miller Grove
967 - Adriel Hernandez, Dalton
964 - Conner Hulsey, Cherokee Buff
951 - Nick Woodford, Northeast
948 - Nykahi Davenport, Roswell
948 - Ty Cummings, West Laurens
943 - Jayden “Duke” Scott, Stockbridge
940 - Camden Smith, Madison County
936 - Tripp Morris, East Forsyth
935 - Jadan Baugh, Columbia
930 - Ken Williams, Pelham
929 - Skyler Williams, North Murray
923 - Lawson Sullivan, Fannin County
913 - Caden Williams, Calhoun
911 - Austin Guest, Creekview
908 - Elijiah Hayes, West Hall
899 - Tycavion Stovall, Early County
897 - Tyler Rogers, Pepperell
885 - Zehmerius Shiflet, Madison County
885 - Jessie Bell, Westside (Macon)
872 - Kaden Chester, Worth County
867 - Gavin Hall, Gainesville
867 - M.J. Spurlin, Jackson County
864 - Devin Henderson, Cass
861 - Jamari Welch, Athens Academy
861 - Khalas Finley, LaFayette
840 - Ryan Fowler, White County
835 - Robtravius Coney, Jenkins County
832 - C.J. Gray, Temple
830 - Gianlucca Tiberia, Greater Atlanta Christian
828 - Curt Clark, Spalding
824 - Jordan Beasley, Bowdon
824 - Devon Caldwell, Hebron Christian
816 - Kaden Hamilton, Hiram
815 - Walker Warshaw, Mount Vernon
809 - Josiah Allen, Wheeler
803 - Phoenix Moss, Trinity Christian
801 - Carson Callihan, Fannin County
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Passing
2,264 - Brody Hannah, Loganville [5A leader]
2,180 - Aaron Philo, Prince Avenue Christian [A Division I leader]
2,109 - Rashawn Truell, New Hampstead [4A leader]
2,050 - Carlton Brannon, Turner County [A Division II leader]
1,966 - D.J. Bordeaux, Alpharetta [6A leader]
1,934 - Julian Lewis, Carrollton [7A leader]
1,928 - Ben Brown, Wesleyan [3A leader]
1,894 - Ethan Long, Dalton
1,873 - Elliott Sturbaum, McIntosh
1,844 - Josh Oliver, Flowery Branch
1,822 - Skyler Williams, North Murray [2A leader]
1,814 - Antwann Hill Jr., Houston County
1,797 - Gavin Nuckolls, Northwest Whitfield
1,787 - Sire Hardaway, Douglas County
1,777 - Hampton Johnson, Athens Academy
1,775 - Amonte Harden, Miller Grove
1,763 - Jeremy Hecklinski, Walton
1,750 - Tyler Niehr, North Paulding
1,722 - Trey Townsend, Calhoun
1,703 - Christopher Garrett, Bradwell Institute
1,700 - Caiden Tanner, Union County
1,663 - Devin Edmonds, Jones County
1,655 - Neko Fann, Colquitt County
1,634 - Jeff Davis, Grayson
1,603 - Dylan Raiola, Buford
1,591 - Preston Ratliff, Lanier
1,577 - Lyndon Worthy, Worth County
1,569 - Ethan Evangelista, Harlem
1,566 - Darnell Kelly, Peachtree Ridge
1,530 - Colter Ginn, Perry
1,519 - Ty Truelove, Rabun County
1,512 - Jay Kanazawa, Schley County
1,509 - Chase Dupree, Southwest
1,485 - Jack Stanton, Greater Atlanta Christian
1,483 - Ben Klassen, Providence Christian
1,473 - Luke Nickel, Milton
1,471 - Sam Nazarian, Mount Vernon
1,451 - Luke Priester, Chattahoochee
1,443 - Tanner Marsh, North Hall
1,434 - Reece Fountain, Rome
1,433 - E.J. Colson, Cedar Grove
1,432 - T.J. Stanley, Toombs County
1,404 - Jake Merklinger, Calvary Day
1,402 - Jim Franklin, Aquinas
1,391 - Cohen Peeples, East Coweta
1,380 - Luke Kromenhoek, Benedictine
1,378 - Judd Anderson, Warner Robins
1,374 - Jackson Davis, Riverwood
1,369 - Ryan Hall, North Gwinnett
1,364 - Teddy Jarrard, North Cobb Christian
1,359 - Brodie McWhorter, Cass
1,356 - Jaxon Pate, Sonoraville
1,355 - Peyton Lynch, Woodstock
1,354 - K.J. Smith, Roswell
1,296 - Jake Maxwell, Veterans
1,285 - Ronnie Frere, Trinity Christian
1,270 - Braydon Scarborough, Elbert County
1,262 - Luke Hooks, Ware County
1,256 - Air Noland, Hughes
1,247 - Drew Richardson, East Jackson
1,241 - Chase McCravy, Marietta
1,233 - Cam Hill, Thomasville
1,215 - Ian Reynolds, North Atlanta
1,206 - Sam Streicher, Pickens
1,203 - Tripp Nix, White County
1,193 - Gary Gaither, Spencer
1,189 - Kai Robinson, Druid Hills
1,180 - Jordan Do, Archer
1,173 - Darian Keefe, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe
1,158 - Chase Ward, Coahulla Creek
1,158 - Mysonne Pickens, Pebblebrook
1,158 - Cade Aycock, South Forsyth
1,155 - Barton Mixon, Savannah Country Day
1,152 - Austin Guest, Creekview
1,152 - Marshall Coleman, Lambert
1,148 - Baxter Wright, Gainesville
1,148 - Cameron Beasley, Washington County
1,144 - John Wilson, Douglass
1,136 - Vinson Berry, Creekside
1,132 - Ethan Spector, River Ridge
1,124 - Caden Clay, Northside (Columbus)
1,123 - Corey Randle, Monroe
1,122 - Jamarcus Harrison, East Hall
1,113 - Shane Throgmartin, Mill Creek
1,108 - Curt Clark, Spalding
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Receiving
1,115 - Ahmed Souare, Loganville [5A leader]
1,018 - Sacovie White, Cass
1,018 - Judson Petty, North Murray [2A leader]
915 - Jeremiah Ware, Flowery Branch
835 - Ricky Johnson, Houston County [6A leader]
804 - Jaylen Hampton, New Hampstead [4A leader]
795 - Isiah Canion, Warner Robins
794 - Tyler Stewart, Jones County
789 - Ny Carr, Colquitt County [7A leader]
769 - Chase Jameson, Lanier
754 - Willie Goodwyn, Rabun County [A Division I leader]
754 - Cameran Loyd, Walton
751 - Tyon Jones, Bradwell Institute
750 - Landon Dolhancyk, McIntosh
735 - Emaree Winston, Calhoun
724 - D.J. Avery, Chattahoochee
722 - Antavious Murphy, Bainbridge
714 - Javarius George, North Paulding
710 - Ethan Barbour, Alpharetta
696 - D'ontae Fulton, Worth County
687 - Bryson Campbell, Athens Christian
677 - Ka'Monta Durden, Washington County
672 - Gus Anderson, Newnan
667 - Kenny London, Dalton
662 - Dakarai Anderson, Perry
642 - Lee Niles, Brookwood
639 - B.J. Gibson, Wilcox County [A Division II leader]
637 - Hudson Hulett, North Murray
635 - Sean Wilson, Alpharetta
627 - John Stuetzer, Pope
627 - Caleb Lee, Providence Christian
626 - Ke'arrin Dawsey, Turner County
625 - Zach Stair, Riverwood
624 - Kaiden Prothro, Bowdon
619 - Jensen Goble, Union County
609 - Deshun Horsley, East Coweta
602 - Dom LeBlanc, Dawson County
595 - Jalewis Solomon, Schley County
586 - Jonathan Stafford, Archer
584 - Xavier Daisy, Greater Atlanta Christian
581 - Montez Redding, Jonesboro
580 - Ryals Puryear, North Hall
578 - Cameron Shelly, East Paulding
577 - Malachi Lonnon, New Hampstead
572 - Seth Larson, Flowery Branch
569 - Chasen Jones, East Hall
569 - Kee Williams, Harlem [3A leader]
560 - Preston Bird, Veterans
555 - Keshawn Weathers, Miller Grove
552 - Coker Ormsby, North Cobb Christian
552 - Cedric Evans, Spalding
550 - Max Owens, Heritage (Ringgold)
546 - Matthew Miller, Providence Christian
545 - Keyon Standifer, Athens Academy
544 - Chase Colina, Woodstock
542 - Seth Gritton, East Coweta
539 - Samual Turner, Southwest DeKalb
538 - Brady Klaus, Harrison
535 - Jaydan Hibbert, Jackson County
533 - Demarcus Horne, Spencer
528 - Hudson Gray, Northwest Whitfield
527 - Ran Ogletree, Harris County
526 - Devin Carter, Cedar Grove
520 - Tristian Sizemore, Chamblee
514 - Elijah Evangelista, Harlem
514 - D.K. Daniel, Rome
511 - Hudson Hill, Prince Avenue Christian
507 - Ali Dragan, Miller Grove
507 - Walter Willis Jr., Pebblebrook
502 - J.T. Terry, Turner County
500 - Kyle Vaka, Kell
| | | Sam Nazarian, Mount Vernon |
Sam Nazarian, a 5-foot-10, 175-pound quarterback at Mount Vernon, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Nazarian has a 4.3 GPA and scored a 33 on the ACT. He has passed for about 1,471 yards and has 25 combined passing and rushing touchdowns this season for the 5-2 Mustangs. “Sam is an incredible young man,” Mount Vernon coach Wayne Dabbs said. “He is a leader on the field, in the hallways and in the community. He has a tremendous work ethic. He is goal-oriented. He is an exceptional athlete. He makes everyone around him better. He is a young man of true character and integrity. He is a great role model for our younger players. It has been a true honor to coach Sam the last several years, and I look forward to seeing how he continues to lead this team the rest of the season.”
GHSF Daily, in conjunction with scoutSMART, will be announcing a football student-athlete of the week each Friday this season. The ideal candidate will be outstanding on the field and in the classroom. Please click here to send nominations to Diane Bloodworth.
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Here is where Georgia teams stand in several national polls. The numbers on the left are this week's rankings; the numbers in parentheses are last week's rankings.
CalPreps
(Top 100)
9. (17) Mill Creek
18. (19) Walton
21. (11) Buford
22. (25) Colquitt County
25. (31) Newton
34. (38) Thomas County Central
40. (48) Westlake
44. (45) Carrollton
51. (68) Douglas County
55. (52) Gainesville
73. (77) Lee County
75. (91) Hughes
83. (95) Grayson
91. (86) Norcross
95. (99) North Cobb
USA Today
(Top 25)
11. (14) Mill Creek
15. (16) Colquitt County
16. (6) Buford
24. (24) Walton
MaxPreps
(Top 100)
9. (25) Mill Creek
12. (13) Colquitt County
14. (15) Walton
17. (5) Buford
18. (17) Carrollton
41. (41) Gainesville
47. (48) Newton
60. (60) Grayson
75. (78) Westlake
90. (91) Rome
93. (NR) Lee County
96. (96) Benedictine
100. (100) Creekside
Massey Ratings
(Top 100)
8. (9) Mill Creek
13. (14) Walton
15. (37) Colquitt County
16. (12) Buford
30. (33) Carrollton
34. (34) Newton
38. (31) Thomas County Central
41. (38) Westlake
48. (45) Benedictine
68. (65) Lee County
70. (70) Gainesville
71. (68) Hughes
74. (82) Grayson
82. (80) Roswell
85. (92) North Cobb
92. (96) Coffee
95. (87) Douglas County
High School Football America
(Top 100)
10. (18) Mill Creek
12. (8) Buford
13. (12) Colquitt County
20. (21) Walton
44. (43) Carrollton
58. (59) Gainesville
84. (85) Benedictine
93. (93) Hughes
SBLive/Sports Illustrated
(Top 25)
9. (12) Mill Creek
11. (13) Colquitt County
12. (4) Buford
21. (22) Walton
NationalHSFB.com
(Top 25)
10. (12) Colquitt County
14. (22) Mill Creek
20. (18) Walton
Blue Star Media
(Top 25)
7. (14) Mill Creek
11. (7) Buford
14. (13) Colquitt County
15. (15) Walton
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On the Web
NFHS Network
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On TV
Today
*Benedictine at Wayne County, 7:30 p.m., WSAV-CW (Savannah)
*Bradley Central, Tenn., at Cleveland, Tenn., 7:30 p.m., WFLI-TV (Chattanooga)
*Dawson County at Gilmer, 7:30 p.m., ETC TV3 (Ellijay)
*Parkview at Newton, 7:30 p.m., GPB
*Silver Bluff, S.C., at Strom Thurmond, S.C., 7:30 p.m., WJBF MeTV 6.2 (Augusta)
*Greater Atlanta Christian at Kell, 8 p.m., Peachtree Sports Network
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Alone at the top
John Milledge Academy has the nation’s longest winning streak at 56 games. The Trojans, a GIAA school in Milledgeville, had gone back and forth for the title with Andale of Kansas, but Andale lost last week, ending its 57-game streak. Below are teams from MaxPreps’ preseason top 20 winning streaks nationally that still have their streaks going. John Milledge plays at First Presbyterian in Macon tonight in what might be the Trojans’ toughest game. The Maxwell Ratings actually have First Presbyterian as a slight favorite.
56 - John Milledge Academy
41 - Marion Local (Ohio)
39 - Franklin (Texas)
38 - Indianapolis Lutheran
37 - Quince Orchard (Md.)
36 - Garden City (N.Y.)
35 - San Juan (Utah)
35 - Pelham (N.H.)
35 - Caldwell (N.J.)
34 - Tioga (N.Y.)
34 - Bennington (Neb.)
33 - Belleville (Mich.)
31 - Dunbar (Md.)
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Today's Four Questions interviewee is Quincy Carter, who played professional baseball out of high school. Who is the only other former AJC all-classification state player of the year to choose baseball first out of high school? (Answer Monday)
Answer to Thursday’s question: Sandy Creek is the school among five listed (Clinch County, Coffee, Walton and Valdosta were the others) that has not won a region title since 2014. The other four have won one each.
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GHSA
Thursday's games
Adairsville 40, Gordon Lee 7
Bleckley Co. 42, East Laurens 13
Cartersville 43, Woodland, Cartersville 0
Carver, Columbus 28, Monroe 17
Central, Carrollton 61, SE Whitfield 0
Central, Talbotton 19, SW Ga. STEM 18
Creekview 35, Woodstock 3
Darlington 49, Armuchee 7
Eastside 14, Clarke Central 7
Howard 28, Griffin 21
Johnson Co. 21, Wilkinson Co. 12
Johnson, Savannah 52, Groves 8
LaFayette 34, Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe 21
Marist 16, North Atlanta 3
Milton 45, West Forsyth 14
Pierce Co. 44, Windsor Forest 0
Roswell 49, Sprayberry 7
Shaw 30, Hardaway 0
South Atlanta 28, B.E.S.T. Academy 14
South Forsyth 34, Forsyth Central 7
Southwest 36, Kendrick 8
Troup 56, Fayette Co. 0
Tucker 40, M.L. King 0
Today's games
Alcovy at Forest Park (T)
Alexander at South Paulding
Appling Co. at Vidalia
Aquinas at Washington-Wilkes
Arabia Mountain at Chamblee (ND)
Archer at South Gwinnett
Asheville Christ., N.C. at Christ. Heritage
Athens Academy at Banks Co.
Baconton at Terrell Co.
Banneker at Chapel Hill
Benedictine at Wayne Co.
Bleckley Co. at East Laurens
Brantley Co. at Tattnall Co.
Brooks Co. at Irwin Co.
Buford at Dacula
Butler at Washington Co.
Cairo at Westover (M)
Calhoun at Dalton
Callaway at Eagle's Landing Christ.
Calvary Day at Savannah Country Day
Camden Co. at Valdosta
Campbell at Pebblebrook
Carver, Atlanta at Douglass (L)
Cass at Hiram
Cedar Shoals at Chestatee
Central Gwinnett at Mountain View
Chattooga at Dade Co.
Clarkston at Midtown (HA)
Claxton at Metter
Clinch Co. at Atkinson Co.
Coahulla Creek at Bremen
Colquitt Co. at Lowndes
Commerce at Elbert Co.
Cook at Dodge Co.
Creekview at Woodstock
Crisp Co. at Columbus (OS)
Cross Keys at Seckinger
Dawson Co. at Gilmer
Discovery at Peachtree Ridge
Dooly Co. at Wilcox Co.
Dougherty at Thomasville
Drew at Northside, Columbus (K)
Dublin at Jefferson Co.
Duluth at Berkmar
Dunwoody at South Cobb
Dutchtown at Locust Grove
East Hall at Cherokee Bluff
East Paulding at Douglas Co.
Etowah at Allatoona
Franklin Co. at Hebron Christian
Glenn Hills at Thomson
Glynn Academy at Evans
GMC Prep at Glascock Co.
Grayson at Brookwood
Greater Atl. Christian at Kell
Grovetown at Lakeside, Evans
Hampton at McDonough
Hancock Central at Twiggs Co.
Harrison at Hillgrove
Hawkinsville at Treutlen
Hughes at Newnan
Islands at New Hampstead (P)
Jackson Co. at Lanier
Jasper Co. at Social Circle
Jeff Davis at Worth Co.
Jefferson at Loganville
Jenkins at Coffee
Jenkins Co. at Montgomery Co.
Johns Creek at Alpharetta
Johnson, Gaines. at Druid Hills (AV)
Kennesaw Mountain at North Cobb
Lambert at Denmark
Lanier Christian at King's Ridge
Lanier Co. at Turner Co.
Lee Co. at Northside, W.R. (MT)
Lincoln Co. at Greene Co.
Lithonia at Decatur
Long Co. at Liberty Co.
Lovejoy at Morrow
Luella at Pace Academy
Macon Co. at Chattahoochee Co.
Manchester at Schley Co.
Marion Co. at Taylor Co.
McEachern at North Paulding
McIntosh Co. Acad. at Emanuel Co. Inst.
Mill Creek at Collins Hill
Mitchell Co. at Miller Co.
Model at North Murray
Monroe Area at Oconee Co.
Mt. Pisgah Christian at Mount Vernon
Mt. Zion, Carroll at Heard Co.
Mt. Zion, Jonesboro at Lovett
Murray Co. at Fannin Co.
Norcross at Meadowcreek
North Clayton at Whitewater
North Cobb Christian at Mt. Paran Christ.
North Forsyth at Habersham Central
North Springs at Centennial
Northgate at Harris Co.
Northview at Cambridge
Northwest Whitfield at Heritage, Ringgold
Parkview at Newton (SH)
Pataula Charter at Cottondale, Fla.
Paulding Co. at New Manchester
Peach Co. at Upson-Lee
Pelham at Bacon Co.
Pepperell at Trion
Pike Co. at Jackson
Pope at Lassiter
Prince Ave. Christian at Oglethorpe Co.
Providence Christ. at Fellowship Christ.
Rabun Co. at Athens Christian
Randolph-Clay at Seminole Co.
Redan at Columbia (GO)
Ridgeland at Ringgold
River Ridge at Rome
Riverdale at Starr's Mill
Rockdale Co. at Mundy's Mill (TO)
Rockmart at Gordon Central
Rutland at ACE Charter
Sandy Creek at Cedar Grove (HS)
Savannah at Screven Co.
Savannah Christian at Beach (SV)
Shiloh at Gainesville
Sonoraville at Cedartown
South Effingham at Brunswick (GL)
Spalding at Westside, Macon (ED)
Spencer at Northeast (TH)
St. Pius at Riverwood
Statesboro at Bradwell Institute
Stephens Co. at Hart Co.
Stockbridge at Woodland, Stockbridge
Stone Mountain at Lakeside, Atlanta (A)
Sumter Co. at Fitzgerald
Telfair Co. at Wheeler Co.
Thomson at Putnam Co.
Tift Co. at Veterans (FF)
Towers at Landmark Christian
Towns Co. at Warren Co.
Tri-Cities at Mays (L)
Trinity Christian at LaGrange (C)
Union Co. at East Jackson
Union Grove at Ola
Villa Rica at Creekside
Walker at Cherokee Christian
Walnut Grove at North Oconee
Walton at Cherokee
Ware Co. at Greenbrier
Warner Robins at Eagle's Landing
Washington at KIPP Atlanta (L)
West Hall at Pickens
West Laurens at Baldwin
Westlake at Carrollton
Wheeler at Osborne
White Co. at Lumpkin Co.
Whitefield Academy at St. Francis
Wilkinson Co. at Johnson Co.
Winder-Barrow at Heritage, Conyers
Woodward Academy at Jonesboro (SC)
Saturday's games
Central, Macon at Jordan (OS)
Josey at Therrell (L)
Thomas Co. Central at Houston Co. (FF)
Westside, Augusta at Laney
GIAA/GAPPS
Thursday’s games
Bulloch Academy 35, Frederica Acad. 21
Memorial Day 18, Thomas Jefferson 0
Today's games
Bethlehem Christian at Loganville Christ.
Briarwood Academy at Augusta Prep
Brookwood School at Tiftarea Academy
Creekside Christian at Skipstone Acad.
Central Fellowship at Terrell Academy
Edmund Burke at Gatewood
Fullington Academy at Flint River Acad.
Grace Christian at Georgia Christian
Heritage, Newnan at Strong Rock Christ.
John Milledge at First Presbyterian
King’s Academy at Pinecrest Academy
Lakeview Academy at Riverside Military
Lanier Christian at King’s Ridge
Piedmont Academy at Brentwood
Pinewood Christian at St. Andrew’s
Southland Academy at Valwood
Stratford Academy at Mount de Sales
Walker at Cherokee Christian
Westfield at Brookstone
Stadium abbreviations: (A) Adams; (AV) Avondale; (C) Callaway; (ED) Ed Defore; (FF) Freedom Field; (GL) Glynn County; (GO) Godfrey; (HA) Henderson, Atlanta; (HS) Hallford; (IH) Islands High School; (K) Kinnett; (L) Lakewood; (M) Mills; (MT) McConnell-Talbert; (ND) North DeKalb; (OS) Odis Spencer; (P) Pooler; (SC) Southern Crescent; (SH) Sharp; (SM) Savannah Memorial; (SV) Savannah High School; (T) Tara; (TH) Thompson; (TO) Twelve Oaks
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GHSA schools play numerous games against out-of-state competition. GHSF Daily will track the scores of those games each week to see how Georgia fares against the rest of the nation.
Vs. Alabama**********4-2
Vs. California*******0-1
Vs. Florida*********19-9
Vs. Maryland*********2-0
Vs. New Jersey*******1-0
Vs. Ohio*************0-1
Vs. North Carolina***5-3
Vs. South Carolina**13-9
Vs. Tennessee********3-5
Total***************47-30
Last week’s scores
Cottondale, Fla. 48, Baconton 8
Lowndes, 31, Dunbar, Fla. 7
This week’s games
Asheville Christ., N.C. at Christ. Heritage
Pataula Charter at Cottondale, Fla.
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Today’s interviewee is Quincy Carter, who will be inducted into the Georgia High School Hall of Fame on Saturday. As quarterback, Carter led Southwest DeKalb to the 1995 championship in Class 4A, the GHSA's highest class at the time, and was the AJC’s all-classification player of the year. After three seasons of minor league baseball, he chose to play football at Georgia, became an immediate starter and left as the second-leading passer in Bulldogs history. He played four seasons in the NFL, most memorably with the Dallas Cowboys. Carter is now a private quarterbacks coach locally and joined Southwest DeKalb’s coaching staff this season.
Quincy Carter,
Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame inductee
1. Could you take us through your experience as a football player at Southwest DeKalb and how the state championship impacted you? “It really impacted me greatly, but when I really think about those times, the football field actually comes secondary to what our community meant to us. And that’s from the band, cheerleaders, Coach [Buck] Godfrey, Steve Davenport, Coach [Napoleon] Cobb, just all of the coaches that influenced us to be great young men, to love their community, support our school, teaching what it meant to be a Panther and singing that Panther pride chant that we had. That was first and foremost. What that did for us is when we got on the field we were brothers. We loved each other and would do anything for each other, from winning a game to picking each other up off our feet. When we won that state championship, we did it for all the classes from the first class that Coach Godfrey coached in 1983. As brothers, we were going to go to war for each other at all costs and try to win.” [Carter also was asked the best lesson he learned from Coach Godfrey, who retired after the 2012 season with a DeKalb County Schools record 274 victories. Said Carter, “The confidence that he embedded in us, that you could accomplish anything you wanted but you had to work your butt off for it. It’s always been embedded in me. And we believed we could win a state championship. And I believed that I could go and win the starting job and beat out five other quarterbacks at the University of Georgia. I had that confidence that I could do it, but the only way was through hard work.”]
2. You’re coaching high school football. How is the game different now, and were there adjustments you had to make going from the mindset of player to coach? “Yes, there is a difference. But we’re dealing with a different athlete. We’re dealing with an athlete with more distractions. They have the internet and coaches outside of us who are training them. So it’s more challenging to get their full attention and to understand what we’re trying to accomplish as a team, let alone what type of young man we’re trying to build. Back when I was playing, you weren’t dealing with an athlete that could go on social media and try to get as many likes as he wanted just to feel good about himself and earn self-accolades. We as players had our coaches and mentors feeding that into us, and we weren’t trying to get that from social media and everywhere outside of the program. I think that’s a big difference.
[Carter went on to describe the core principles that he tries to teach to youth.] “The three that stand out for me are, one, hard work because if you’re not working harder than anything, you’re not trying to accomplish anything. Two, discipline to work hard. It takes discipline to wake up in the morning from even going to school and trying to be the best student first and everything that comes along with being a student-athlete like working out, putting the right fluids in your body and being on time to class and training. Three, the big ‘C’ word, consistency. Being consistent with your discipline and your hard work. And it all ties in together.”
3. Though you were the state football player of the year, you chose baseball out of high school. What influenced that decision? “Baseball was my first love. It was the first sport I played at Gresham Park. And then I went on to play travel ball at East Cobb with Ron Landy. We were one of the original East Cobb teams. I started playing around 100 games of summer ball and really loved baseball. However, I knew playing baseball and trying to be a college quarterback would be a little difficult. So with the opportunity of getting drafted in the second round by my hometown team, the Chicago Cubs, I took it and ran with it. I always had in mind, though, that if things didn’t work out with the Cubs and I wanted to play football then I could get out of my contract and go play football. So that was my mindset going in, and to be honest with you, that $450,000 wasn’t too bad to see either at 18 years old. So that was my mindset, but my love for football never left me. When August hit during baseball season, my body started to itch and feel football. So after that first full season in 1997, that’s when I started going to Georgia games with Jonas Jennings, one of my great teammates at Georgia, and I really started to look at the Georgia program harder. I signed with Georgia Tech out of high school, but Joe Hamilton [Tech’s quarterback from 1996 to 1999] pretty much established himself down there. Georgia was always a top choice of mine coming out.”
4. While playing in the NFL, you had some issues regarding drug and alcohol addiction. Can you talk about your battling that as a pro athlete and how you’ve used that to mentor and coach youth today? “Yes, I started a habit at 16 years old that I regret, but also I’m also a poster child for what happens when you allow things into your life to distract you from God’s plan. I started that habit at 16. It really picked up steam when I went off to play baseball before coming back to the University of Georgia to play football. I would put it down here and there at Georgia, but what I developed was a sense that when things get hard and when adversity hits, I can go duck off, smoke some marijuana, drink and try to take that pain way, try to take that anxiety away, try to take anything away from knocking that door down and dealing with life on life’s terms. Consequently that habit followed me to Dallas. I was told by the Dallas Cowboys that if I ever got close to getting into the [NFL] drug program they were going to cut me. That warning did not even scare me a little bit. I had developed an addiction, and I didn’t know how to deal with it. And so consequently I got cut by the Cowboys, and that rocked my world, and my addiction took full flight. I battled and struggled for 12, 13 years in and out of rehab, trying to get my life back together, start coaching.
"I actually tried to get back into the NFL, but I couldn’t stop what I was doing because the only way to really tackle this thing of addiction is to put two feet into the program and the 12 Steps, and that’s immersing myself in it, and that’s what I wasn’t willing to do because I wasn’t willing to admit that I had an addiction. So, I battled 12, 13 years from that ’06 season that I didn’t play up until 2019, and that was 13 years going in and out of rehab but not wanting to put two feet into recovery. Until I did that, I didn’t get any results.
"What I like to tell young men is to watch what you do because you never know what habits you may start. I was dealing with a monster of addiction, but now we’re dealing with an even greater monster, and that's fentanyl. And these people are putting fentanyl in weed, they’re putting it in cocaine and drinks at parties. So you really have to watch it.
“I like to tell all young men do not start anything that will distract you from God’s plans and dreams. I took my whole dreams away from myself by starting that habit. And what I thought was fun at 16 followed me all the way to Dallas, took my job away from me, and I still didn’t realize the ramifications I put myself in because I developed an addiction. And with that comes another set of problems, and there’s a proper way to handle that, and if you’re not willing to handle it the proper way, that thing will continue to jump on your back.
“I grew up in the church. I’ve seen God’s love and spirit. I’ve seen miraculous things around me. God was always with me, and I took my eyes off God. I didn’t let God handle and tackle the things I was dealing with. It started with marijuana, and it picked up from that to something harder like cocaine and heavy drinking. So I didn't allow God to be God, and I took my eyes off God. I’ve got to add that. His love endures forever, and I’m a walking testimony of that.”
Carter also wanted to add his thoughts on the events of this Saturday: “Personally, when I look back and get the Hall of Fame induction, I look back at my mom [Sherry Carter-Embree]. I moved down here from Chicago at 3 years old. Growing up on Custard Avenue in Mountain Park, a low-income area, my mom provided everything that I needed. Coming up through Gresham Park and then getting the opportunity to play for Southwest DeKalb, and everything she did for me along with the confidence she embedded in me as well just propelled me to be the man I am today, getting back on my feet and going through adversity. My mom is the real MVP.”
- Interview by GHSF Daily intern Micahya Costen
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