Monday, November 21, 2011

What we learned from the 2nd Round-Metro!

Cobb’s title chances may have taken a huge hit with McEachern, Marietta, South Cobb and Hillgrove all being shown the door, but Lassiter and Walton are two big bullets left in the gun. The Trojans pulled off their second straight upset on the road to earn the right to face ML King in the next round. Lassiter actually has the secondary to contain the ML King receivers so this should be an intense match-up. ...

Meanwhile Walton just keeps rounding the rock with Tyren Jones, who had give more scores in a blowout win over South Cobb. The Raiders defense can also boast the Blaylock twins to shut down future opponents. ...

And don’t forget Allatoona in AAA. The Bucs defense gave up just one score, and the offense, led by Miles Jones’ two scores, found just enough points to win. Ohio State did the same thing back in 2002-03. ...

It was not a good weekend in AAAAA for Gwinnett County. Brookwood lost in overtime and North Gwinnett fell at home to Colquitt County on GPB TV. Grayson did thump Lowndes thanks in large part to Robert Nkemdiche to give the county its last, best shot at a title in AAAAA, though Dacula could continue its special run. ...

What more can you say about West Forsyth? The defense held all-state back Kenyan Drake to under 40 yards rushing. The running game offered a pair of 100-yard rushers. The quarterback picked his spots for success. ...

Lovejoy is making its case for best defense in AAAA. After posting seven shutouts through its first 11 games, Lovejoy’s defense rescued it against Kell by returning a turnover for a score and forcing another fumble late in the game to seal a victory. East Paulding and Tucker may feel they have superior defenses but Lovejoy’s is driving deeper into the playoffs.

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