Travis Absher of VIdalia wins in Week 1
Travis Absher of Vidalia won GHSF Daily’s season-opening Predict the Winner contest, beating out 993 other contestants. His prize is an ASQB-LITE tailgate game provided by All-Star QB. Absher, the head of school at Robert Toombs Christian Academy, was one of 38 contestants who missed only one of the nine games. [The Mill Creek-Parkview game, which was canceled Tuesday, was thrown out.] In the first tiebreaker, Absher correctly predicted the game with the largest margin of victory – Calhoun’s 41-14 win over Dalton – which cut the field to nine. Absher and Hiram Rodriguez of Box Springs were the only remaining forecasters who also predicted the closest game – Valdosta’s 28-25 win over Warner Robins. The final tiebreaker - used for the first time in contest history - was the contestant who entered the contest the earliest. Other finalists were Roone Gable of Trion, Greg Gaines of Hartwell, Joseph Livingston of Baxley, David Robertson of Commerce, Kelly Scruggs of Dalton, Ty Sellers of Dalton, William Smith of Commerce and Wilcox County head coach Rob Stowe of Rochelle.