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Class 7A
1. (1) Buford (2-0)
Last week: Beat Mallard Creek, N.C. 10-7. Buford trailed 7-0 at halftime and let star quarterback Dylan Raiola (13-of-25 passing, 174 yards) take four sacks, but the Wolves got a 42-yard TD pass from Raiola to K.J. Bolden in the third quarter and a 41-yard field goal from Mario Ventura in the fourth to prevail. Mallard Creek scored on an 80-yard screen pass for the only touchdown Buford has allowed in two games against prominent out-of-state opponents. Next: Friday at North Cobb (0-1)
2. (2) Colquitt County (2-0)
Last week: Beat Stockbridge 47-27. Neko Fann was 18-of-31 passing for 228 yards and four touchdowns, all to AJC Super 11 WR Ny Carr, who had 11 receptions for 152 yards. Colquitt County led 31-14 at halftime. Next: Friday at Tift County (0-2)
3. (3) Mill Creek (2-0)
Last week: Beat Norcross 27-13. Cam Robinson rushed for 201 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries, and Daniel Smith rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries. Smith’s 60-yard TD run in the fourth quarter gave Mill Creek a 27-7 lead. Next: Friday vs. Archer (1-1)
4. (4) Walton (2-0)
Last week: Beat Brookwood 63-15. Walton set a school record for points scored and opened the season with two wins over top-10 opponents for the first time in history. Walton beat Grayson 49-27 last week. Walton scored touchdowns on six of its first seven possessions. Jeremy Hecklinski was 22-of-27 passing for 266 yards and three touchdowns. Next: Sept. 8 at Pope (0-1)
5. (5) Carrollton (1-1)
Last week: Beat South Paulding 49-0. Ju Ju Lewis was 11-of-17 passing for 241 yards and three touchdowns, two to Caleb Odom. Kimauri Farmer rushed for 96 yards and three touchdowns. Landon Wolf had two tackles for losses and an interception. Next: Friday at Rome (2-0)
6. (7) Parkview (2-0)
Last week: Beat Shiloh 60-0. Mike Matthews returned the opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown, and Parkview led 39-0 at halftime. Sean Ferguson returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown. Mysean Nesbitt returned a fumbled punt snap 32 yards for a touchdown. Brian Stokes rushed for 76 yards and two touchdowns on four carries. Next: Sept. 8 vs. North Gwinnett (1-1)
7. (8) Westlake (2-0)
Last week: Beat Crisp County 50-12. Westlake had four defensive touchdowns on interceptions by Raemon Mosby (66 yards), Sebastian Wimbush (78 yards) and Christian Peterson (20 yards) and a fumble return by Bryson Oliver (15 yards). Naeem Odeniyi rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns. Next: Friday vs. Cedar Grove (1-1)
8. (6) Milton (1-1)
Last week: Lost to Western, Fla. 14-10. Milton had a 19-yard TD run called back for holding midway in the fourth quarter and ended up turning the ball over on downs. Milton led 271-170 in total yards. Luke Nickel was 19-of-30 passing for 188 yards. Western is ranked No. 9 by MaxPreps in Florida’s highest metro classification. Next: Sept. 8 at Roswell (2-0)
9. (9) Norcross (1-1)
Last week: Lost to Mill Creek 27-13. Norcross trailed 20-0 in the third quarter before scoring two late touchdowns. Dillon Mohammed was 12-of-19 passing for 124 yards and a touchdown. A.J. Watkins had 51 yards passing and 48 receiving. Next: Sept. 8 at Archer (1-1)
10. (NR) Grayson (1-1)
Last week: Beat Eagle's Landing 83-0. Grayson led 59-0 at halftime, and John Cineas returned the second-half kickoff for a touchdown. J.D. Davis threw four of Grayson’s six TD passes. The 83 points and the margin of victory are the most in school history, surpassing a 74-0 victory over International School of Florida in 2017. Next: Friday vs. Fort Dorchester, S.C. (1-0)
Out: No. 10 Brookwood (1-1)

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Class 6A
1. (1) Hughes (2-0)
Last week: Beat McEachern 40-9. Dorian Page rushed for 125 yards on nine carries, and Justus Savage ran for 102 on 10. Page returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown. Air Noland was 8-of-13 passing for 163 yards. Next: Saturday vs. Butler, N.C. (1-1)
2. (2) Gainesville (2-0)
Last week: Beat Mountain View 34-21. Gavin Hall rushed for 170 yards and on 22 carries and scored on runs of 54 and 46 yards. Baxter Wright passed for 139 yards. Zion Ferguson returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown. Next: Friday vs. Coconut Creek, Fla. (1-0)
3. (4) Houston County (2-0)
Last week: Beat Perry 42-35. With Houston County trailing 35-34, A.J. Hill threw a 19-yard TD pass to Ricky Johnson with 40 seconds left. Hill was 26-of-40 passing for 363 yards and five touchdowns. Johnson had 12 receptions for 218 yards and three touchdowns. Next: Friday vs. West Laurens (0-1)
4. (5) Lee County (2-0)
Last week: Beat Hapeville Charter 51-14. Ousmane Kromah rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns on five carries and caught a TD pass. Devin Collier rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns. Cory McDowell intercepted two passes. Lee County led 42-0 at halftime. Next: Friday vs. Lithia Springs (0-2)
5. (6) Roswell (2-0)
Last week: Beat Centennial 71-7. K.J. Smith was 13-of-17 passing for 233 yards and a school-record seven touchdowns, three each to Dylan Williams and Synkwan Smith. Next: Friday vs. Marietta (1-1)
6. (3) Woodward Academy (1-1)
Last week: Lost to McCallie, Tenn. 41-21. Ben Grice had four receptions for 133 yards and a touchdown, but Woodward struggled otherwise in the passing game, missing on 21 of 36 throws. Woodward trailed 34-7 in the third quarter against MaxPreps’ No. 2 team in Tennessee. Next: Sept. 8 at Marist (1-1)
7. (7) Rome (2-0)
Last week: Beat Lithonia 56-8. Joe Wilkinson returned an interception 88 yards for a touchdown, and Tinerious Stallings scored on a 46-yard pass and a 45-yard punt return. B.J. Jackson scored on passes of 42 and 32 yards. Reece Fountain was 5-of-10 passing for 125 yards and two touchdowns. Next: Friday vs. Carrollton (1-1)
8. (8) Thomas County Central (2-0)
Last week: Beat Thomasville 45-7. Jaylen Johnson was 13-of-21 passing for 294 yards and two touchdowns, and Trey Benton rushed for 142 yards and three touchdowns on 16 carries. Tre’von Pringle had five receptions for 161 yards and two touchdowns. Central evened the series in the crosstown rivalry 28-28. Next: Friday at Bainbridge (1-1)
9. (9) Northside-Warner Robins (2-0)
Last week: Beat Peach County 28-17. Northside trailed 7-0 in the second quarter, but Malik Spaulding’s 14-yard interception return and Damion Dee’s 76-yard TD pass to Keron Milton in a three-minute span swung the game to Northside, which went up 21-7 at halftime. Milton had four receptions for 115 yards and three touchdowns. Next: Friday at Warner Robins (0-1)
10. (10) Marist (1-1)
Last week: Beat Pike Road, Ala. 42-14. Jackson Hughes rushed for 90 yards on 15 carries, and Marist attempted only one pass, an 8-yarder from Ian White to Ripp Perez for a touchdown. Casey Comerford returned an interception 65 yards for a touchdown, and Noah Gerrick returned a fumble 25 yards for a 29-7 lead in the third quarter. Next: Friday vs. Savannah Christian (2-0)

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[Old_e]

Where's the love for Creekside. 

[Sportsnut]

14 hours ago, Old_e said:

Where's the love for Creekside. 

Creekside does not fit their criteria for " relevance". 

I hope they beat Mater. That would shake up all these prognosticators brains to the point of explosion.

[JCGIII]

18 hours ago, Old_e said:

Where's the love for Creekside. 

No love, but definitely some respect. Their coach and by extension, their team have the balls to challenge the best. Something that can't be said for Georgia’s premier programs. Buford being an outlier and thus excluded

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23 minutes ago, JCGIII said:

No love, but definitely some respect. Their coach and by extension, their team have the balls to challenge the best. Something that can't be said for Georgia’s premier programs. Buford being an outlier and thus excluded

I'd add Grayson, Milton and Cedar Grove to your short list. 

[Old_e]

4 hours ago, GardenStateBaller said:

I'd add Grayson, Milton and Cedar Grove to your short list. 

GSB, Milton did fly west and played JSerra. Not the best in SoCal but hey, they came down.

[GardenStateBaller]

3 minutes ago, Old_e said:

GSB, Milton did fly west and played JSerra. Not the best in SoCal but hey, they came down.

Yup, Milton also beat SJP in Philly! Much respect for Mpire. 

[Nolebull813]

Milton is 3-4 in OOS games and on a current 3 game losing streak. 

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NationalHSFB.com
(Top 25)
10. (8) Buford
12. (11) Colquitt County
14. (14) Hughes
23. (24) Carrollton

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Class 7A

1. (1) Buford (3-0)
Last week: Beat North Cobb 45-28. Justin Baker’s 4-yard run with 5:30 left in the first half gave Buford the lead for good at 24-21. Baker rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns. Dylan Raiola was 12-of-15 passing for 294 yards and three touchdowns. Jordan Allen had six receptions for 121 yards. Eddrick Houston had two tackles for losses and blocked a kick. Next: Sept. 15 vs. Carver-Atlanta (1-1)
2. (2) Colquitt County (3-0)
Last week: Beat Tift County 40-2. Neko Fann was 15-of-24 passing for 269 yards and five touchdowns and threw the 71st TD pass of his career, a school record. Zay Williams had 110 yards receiving, and Ny Carr had 88. Next: Friday vs. Lee County (3-0)
3. (3) Mill Creek (3-0)
Last week: Beat Archer 42-7. Shane Throgmartin was 26-of-29 passing for 274 yards and four touchdowns. Trajen Greco had eight receptions for 101 yards and two touchdowns. Mill Creek led 35-7 at halftime. Next: Sept. 15 vs. Cedar Grove (1-2)
4. (4) Walton (2-0)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday at Pope (0-2)
5. (5) Carrollton (2-1)
Last week: Beat Rome 33-13. Ju Ju Lewis was 17-of-24 passing for 179 yards and four touchdowns, three in the first 14 minutes, staking Carrollton to a 19-0 lead. Caleb Odom had seven receptions for 104 yards and two touchdowns. Kimauri Farmer rushed for 194 yards on 30 carries and had two short TD receptions. Christian Kelley had two sacks for 18 lost yards and forced a fumble. Next: Friday vs. Villa Rica (1-1)
6. (6) Parkview (2-0)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday vs. North Gwinnett (2-1)
7. (7) Westlake (3-0)
Last week: Beat Cedar Grove 46-41. Westlake scored the winning touchdown on a 24-yard pass from Sean Smith to Travis Smith with 36 seconds left. Cedar Grove threw incomplete from the Westlake 9 on the game's final play. Smith was 12-of-21 passing for 141 yards and three touchdowns. Tomir Bransford rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns. Westlake lost to Cedar Grove 30-20 last season.Next: Friday vs. Southwest DeKalb (1-2)
8. (8) Milton (1-1)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday at Roswell (3-0)
9. (9) Norcross (1-1)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday at Archer (1-2)
10. (10) Grayson (2-1)
Last week: Beat Fort Dorchester, S.C., 41-0. J.D. Davis threw four TD passes, two each to John Cineas and Alex Sanchez, and scored two touchdowns. Fort Dorchester is the No. 7 team in South Carolina’s highest classification, per MaxPreps. Next: Friday at Spartanburg, S.C. (2-1)

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[Nolebull813]

3 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said:

Mill Creek and Walton behind Hughes? This ranking is trash. Print it out, wipe your ass with it, and flush it. 

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Lee County at Colquitt County
 
When, where: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Tom White Field at Mack Tharpe Stadium, Moultrie
Records, rankings: Lee County is 3-0 and No. 4 in Class 6A; Colquitt County is 3-0 and No. 2 in 7A.
Last meeting: Colquitt County won 48-27 in 2022.
Watch the game: Online at NFHS Network.
Things to know: Lee County has been in GHSF Daily’s rankings for 100 consecutive weeks, and Colquitt County has been in 95 straight weeks. Those are the longest steaks for any two teams that play each other this season. In the 2022 game, Colquitt finished with 569 total yards and scored 27 consecutive points after Lee pulled within 21-20 midway in the third quarter. Neko Fann was 16-of-23 passing for 236 yards. Landen Thomas had five receptions for 148 yards. Both players are back, as is Ny Carr, a five-star wide receiver committed to Georgia. Lee County’s Ousmane Kromah rushed for 202 yards and had 46 receiving yards in the 2022 game. He’s back too. The blue-chip running back has run for 321 yards on 32 carries this season. Devin Collier, who has committed to Georgia Southern, has rushed for 176 and returned a kickoff for a touchdown. The only close game that either team has played was Lee’s 26-19 victory over Warner Robins, which Lee trailed 16-7 at halftime. Kromah rushed for 168 yards. Colquitt County is 11-0 all-time against Lee County, but they’ve played only the one time since Lee’s rankings streak began in 2016.

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[Nolebull813]

9 hours ago, GardenStateBaller said:

 

Both Lee and Colquitt play bad OOS teams coming up. Why are the South GA powers incapable of playing quality OOS opponents? 

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NationalHSFB.com

(Top 25)

10. (10) Buford

11. (12) Colquitt County

24. (NR) Walton

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Today’s interviewee is Colquitt County coach Sean Calhoun, whose team plays at home tonight against Lee County in a game between ranked teams. Calhoun became Colquitt County’s coach last season and led the Packers to the Class 7A semifinals and a 13-1 record. Colquitt County is 3-0 this season.

 

Sean Calhoun, Colquitt Co. head coach

1. How would you compare last year’s Packers team that fell just short of the title game to this one? “The returning starters definitely got a taste of the semifinals when we played in it last year. The moment was a little too big for some of us. Some don’t like to admit that, but it was. It took us a little bit to get going, and we didn’t play well enough to win. There’s no excuses. That’s been our driving force leading up to the season. It’s not so much that game or score [Colquitt County lost to Carrollton 35-27], but just how it ended. Offensively this year, that’s the side we return the majority of our starters. We return seven or eight, which is a lot. When you’ve got 9 [wide receiver Ny Carr], the quarterback [Neko Fann] and the tight end [Landen Thomas] – those are three college football players – you have a good shot. We’re returning some really good firepower. What we’re doing so far is what we expect of the offense [averaging 45 points per game]. Defensively, we replaced eight of 11, so that’s a work in progress. So this team is a mixture of kids that were there last year who remember the semifinals and actually played and a handful of starters who have never been asked to be starters before. They’re not young. They’re juniors and seniors. But they’re young in game experience, and there’s only one way to get it.”

 

2. Ny Carr is one of your best-known players since he’s committed to Georgia, and he’s off to a great start [23 receptions, 376 yards, eight touchdowns]. What does he do that causes defenses so much trouble? “Elite, that’s for sure. Speed, quickness, strength, catching ability and catching radius. He’s not a 6-3 or 6-4 receiver, but he makes up for it with his arm length. He’s a really good route runner, and he’s got a big knowledge for the game. He works hard at practice. When you don’t have a backup pushing to take his job, that’s an issue you have in high school sports, but he’s a really good practice player. When you put all that together, you’ve got something really special, something that I may never coach again, honestly.”

 

3. Your quarterback, Neko, is off to a great start too, and he’s had a productive career (5,501 passing yards, school-record 72 touchdowns]. He seems underrated in a state full of great quarterbacks. What would you want to say about him? “It’s what you said. He’s very underrated. He doesn’t get talked about enough. He’s a kid who’s played every down for us as a sophomore and junior. This past week, he broke the career touchdown passes record, and we still have over half the season to go. He’s exactly what you want in a quarterback when it comes down to decision-making, leadership and poise. The other night he threw five touchdown passes. When he threw his fifth, you’d think it was a 5-yard completion. If he overthrows one, he treats it the same. He’s a phenomenal student with a 3.9 GPA. He’s a terrific baseball player. He’s everything to us. When you’re dealing with the spread offense, if you don’t have that guy, either A, you have no chance, or B, you better change offenses. We have a chance every Friday night because of him.”

 

4. What do you expect out of Lee County tonight? “The running back is unbelievable [Ousmane Kromah]. They’re physical, and they don’t hide it. They have a big, physical offensive line and maybe the best running back in Georgia, one of the best in the country, and that’s what they want to do. On defense, they play a 3-3, and they blitz and stunt from everywhere and want to create havoc and negative plays and put you in second- and third-and-long. It can be very confusing if you’re not locked in. They’re a very good football program that knows how to win. We’ve got to find ways to take the win from them because they won’t give it to us.”

[GardenStateBaller]

1 hour ago, Nolebull813 said:

Both Lee and Colquitt play bad OOS teams coming up. Why are the South GA powers incapable of playing quality OOS opponents? 

They've played SFA, AHP and Dutch Fork of late. Getting there...

[Sportsnut]

38 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said:

They've played SFA, AHP and Dutch Fork of late. Getting there...

They will never get there. They are public schools. In Georgia, we are about to return to 6 classes. There will be a minimum of 60 schools per class, in some cases maybe more.

The largest class will be adding approximately 15-20 teams. Scheduling will only allow for so many OOS games and we know playing only one or two games will not garner enough consideration, unless you play and beat top 5 teams.