I can everyone and welcome to the GHSA Championship weekend here on Georgia public broadcasting.
You're looking at the Georgia Dome, as we get ready for a two-day football, Fiesta of tackles touchdowns and trophy, presentations at the beginning of the year, over 400 teams dreamed of winning a state championship here in the dumb this weekend.
14 teams.
Remain 7 will be crowned state.
Champs three of them will host the title trophy.
Hi today.
I can everybody I'm Mark Harmon and I'm Raven tirado.
We're here to bring you the Best seat in the house on the 50 yard line where you can see every single Play Take on here at the Georgia, high school state championships.
This is the Super Bowl for all these teams.
We have five teams will be looking for their first ever State title for these teams will be looking for their second State title.
And one of these teams will be looking for their eleventh state championship in Georgia school history.
And we'll go to keep you guys connected.
So, we bring in the one and only Miss Grace Olson.
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We're not bringing you the The best, we're not only bringing you the best views of the game.
All weekend long.
We're also bringing you the best views of social media.
We know all of these teams have been tweeting for all football season excited about the football season.
And now we're there to the state finals.
So they're obviously more fired up than they've been all season long and we're going to bring all that stuff to you.
Twitter, Facebook and Instagram on this large screen, we've got and Hawkins, bill in Irwin County, have been ready to go all day long.
So I'm going to share some tweets that they've shared with us and some Facebook posts.
Here, we've got Hawkins bill at the Dome, some of the players getting ready for kickoff, GHSA tweeted this and then the Georgia assembly tweeted back.
Once they saw that photo, they said, I'm getting really old those Hawkinsville players look like middle school kids.
That was kind of funny there.
And then also, we've got an Instagram post right here.
These guys say ready to cheer on my Irwin County Indians today, along with the rest of the county.
So they are all filling up outside of the dome in there.
So excited, like Raven said, this is the Super Bowl in high.
The football and then our last photo for now is Hawkinsville, at Irwin County.
Hashtag GPB Sports Go, Big Red, that's a flag outside.
Someone's car on their way to the Georgia Dome.
So, these guys are so excited.
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I'm ready to check out all seven games.
But only three of them be play today.
Let's show you what's going.
Go on single a public school championship game between Hawkinsville with Irwin County will kick off momentarily.
Then it's the three a game between the Battle of unbeatens, 14 and a Washington County, and their outstanding quarterback, AJ gray, and the 14 and 0 yellow, jackets of Calhoun.
Then in prime time.
It's the 5A game.
The mays Raiders taking on the Eagles of Northside Warner Robins.
And folks, if you think that today's busy tomorrow, we've got four games lined up, and it all kicks off bright and early at 10 a.m.
Starting with a single, a private Championship matchup, the Eagles Landing.
In Christian Academy Chargers with eagles of Mount Paran.
Christian, and a rematch from earlier this game that game was won by Mount Paran and at 1:00, the double a title game.
The Benedictine Cadets taking on the Spartans of Greater Atlanta Christian school then in for a it's the Buford wolves looking on looking on for their eleventh title, taking on the golden Lions of st. Pius, a team that has only one championship trophy in their case though.
We can upset that streak for the wolves.
And finally, in 68.
It's the Archer.
Tigers is full that began playing football only in 2009, Mark and it's First title game, but it's taken on a team that's been there before the undefeated and top-ranked Colquitt County.
Packers.
It is the biggest weekend of high school football in his championship weekend here on GPB 14 teams remain and 7 will be crowned King and it all kicks off a next with a single a public school championship game here on GPB.
And then there were 14 the top of the top.
The creme de La Creme.
The last team still standing since the 2014 high school football, season started, 113 days ago.
It's been a punishing Journey to the Georgia, Dome for each one of these teams from blistering summer, afternoons, to the frosty nights of fall.
And every temper tantrum nature could dream up along the way man.
Where did this wind come from teams at this level?
Don't even notice.
The weather.
You'll never find quit in their dictionary.
They've been up before Daybreak busting it.
Well past dark hitting the same hundred yards over and over and over.
And for what a few Shining Moments of Friday night.
Corey, not Hardy, these teams are in it to win it, the whole thing.
And this is their ultimate chance.
When we say the stakes, couldn't be higher.
We mean it.
This is The Final Countdown.
Hope you're ready to find out who has what it takes to earn the title.
Champion.
It's the Hawkinsville Red Devils and the Irwin County Indians next.
Hello everybody and welcome.
Tommy Palmer Along With Sam Crenshaw, from the Georgia Dome downtown Atlanta.
We've got a Dandy to kick off all the weekend festivities here on GPB Sam.
We've got a great one from South Georgia.
We've got the Irwin County, Indians 11 1 and 1, and the Hawkinsville Red Devils 12.
And one on the Year from the Midstate.
It is got to be one of those great football games today.
Folks.
You like the slug about knock them down, pick them up football games.
You're going to love this one.
This one's gonna be a great one.
Say I'm looking forward to it, going to be a fantastic game.
Be waiting for this one all week long.
Two teams that run the wing, and they know it each other's going to do.
They're going to line up, man.
Oh man.
Oh, and see who executes best.
What does either team have to do to win the ball?
Minimum minimize turnovers basic, you know, really.
When you get to this stage, you don't change anything.
Matter of fact, the fundamentals become even more important.
It could be the team.
That makes that one mistake.
It makes a difference in the A ship today.
There are a couple of guys that make these teams go and we need to talk about both of those guys.
Number.
One for Irwin County is that is jakara Young their outstanding running back over 1,500 yards.
He's rushed for the season, 25 touchdowns.
He has scored and there is the way of the he's the black guy.
They love to travel by to watching for him today on this game.
One thing that people back home, will notice the quarterback Dakota Sloan from Hawkinsville.
Where's jersey?
Number?
87, tell us the story behind that.
There's a reason they played a scrimmage against Fitzgerald.
Early before the season started.
His number 10.
Jersey was ripped up.
So he said, hey coach.
Let me try something different.
He gave him number 87, start the season with a big win streak.
He's wearing 87 today in the Georgia Dome.
Okay, Sam never seen a quarterback, were 87, other than Michigan's quarterback last year with the Thom Hartmann presentation.
That's the first time it's going to be a lot of fun.
If you like football, if you like blocking tackling, very simple football, very aggressive football, but it's a fun time of year.
It's Like a festival it's like like the county fair without the cotton candy.
You know, we stick with is that's what this is like this when you get to this stage of the season, I love that line and you are absolutely right.
When you look at Hawkinsville.
The thing that makes them.
So impressive is on their defense.
They've got nine seniors who have played together as sophomores.
If you're going to line up and run which Irwin County plans to do, you have really got your work cut out for you.
Got some experience.
You have some guys with started for all three years, freaks this along with that along with Dakota Sloan.
Also starts on defense.
He's one of their leading tackler that he's got three interceptions for them this year.
So yeah, very very, very bare-bones have veteran Squad.
Well, here's the Hawkinsville resume five state championships.
2004 359, 5453 13th region, title 2013, semi-finalists as well, coach Bobbie Gentry 2003, ninety six and ten.
He coached from 48 to 76 and the famous alumni, Charles Johnson University of Georgia, and in the NFL with Carolina.
Taking a look at the Irwin County resume its impressive as well.
1975 state champions 10th region title in their third.
In the last 39 years.
They were essentially a finalist in 2013 ending the year at 10 2 and 1.
It's their third finals appearance in 97 75.
And now, back again this year.
Let's take a look at the Hawkinsville coach.
What a nice man, David Daniel.
Both of these coaches are so user-friendly.
As we say, we have a chance to visit with them.
All what we talked with them, obviously during the course of the week, but we visited with both of them on the field before the game.
And both seem remarkably calm for what they're about to do a state championship game and the pride, not only of their communities and schools, all riding.
Because so many fans have come with these two schools down to be a part of this.
Then, of course, there's buddy do Buddy, Nobles to do a comedy stand-up act.
He s hilariously funny during the course of today's games.
We've got a, we got a probably share some stories and some of the antidotes we got from Europe during the course of this week, very colorful character, but no one on that sideline.
And I mean, no one is more excited about being here in the Georgia Dome.
It could be set to play for a state championship.
They coach, buddy, Nobles.
He is so excited about this.
I am excited for both of these gentlemen, and they seemed genuinely so pleased to be here, if it is not Not easy to get here.
Irwin County leads the series 726 in their last meeting was in 2009.
Hawkinsville one that one 11 :39.
Is that an omen?
That could be, could be?
We'll see what happens with look at that face.
By the way.
Both teams red white silver black.
You got all the color coordinated and it's gonna be great.
It's going to be a great time.
Irwin County will kick it off.
We are ready for kickoff.
Irwin County, red, jerseys, Hawkinsville and Hawaii.
Short cute kick down to 22 and up across the 30 where they're knocked down.
Your gobuildgeorgia.com kickoff.
There comes a 87.
Unusual looked at, it'll take some getting used to set up 87, Dakota, Sloan, 47, a 91 on the season.
He's a good one, Hawkinsville and Irwin run the wing t. They come up and run to speed.
Sweet ride away across the 35.
Let's take a look at those offensive starters now for Hawkinsville Corley.
Like lollies Dominic Allen, Colby folds Jonathan McDaniel Nathan wheeler with their hands on the ground up front.
Reggie, McDonald Hilliard, right?
Malik Holman hardt Simmons and cow George in the backfield and the Ben's on the wide receivers.
Second down and eight.
So much for the winky.
Now.
We got a timeout out of timeout now.
Irwin County now is wearing the silver pants.
Red jersey, silver helmets Hawkinsville in all white with red when you think about a traditional Wing T and you got to break this down for me.
You don't think about the wing T being run from the spread formation, but it can be done, but it can be done in.
You're going to see a bit of that today with with, with the, with the Hawkins real team.
They do get of doing with it.
And when you see it for early County, they have their version of it.
They like to run some things that they like to do with it as well.
So, Going to see something that you're familiar with, but you may see some different little wagons along the way today.
What are some of the, some of the Tendencies you're looking for early on?
I'm looking to see just what the Grilli defensively.
I'm looking on the other side of the ball because it's up front with both of these teams is going to be real.
It to me to determine how this game goes.
The four-man front, the Irwin County how they deal with the right now.
They got some extending guys up front, there.
You see how how they work, is they stack it in right there in that 425 that they like to run.
Cut a Sloan, barks are sick.
No trolling looking the throw, got a man out there.
Completely 38, had him wide, open taking a look at the Irwin County defense.
Zion Ross, Dominic Ross, Robert, Wilcox, Gerald, John's the for with their hands on the ground.
The backers are mikkel.
Collier DJ Pollard, Nathan Tucker and Leroy Stewart in the secondary.
You've got g'kar annyeong.
Keep your eye on number one.
Shh via Hardy and tie Hogan.
We've gotten you up to speed on everybody down on the field early on here.
Just underweight third down.
And eight, Hawkinsville.
Good defense by Irwin County.
Good Pursuit there.
To Spring that one out.
We got in on the stop is number 32.
DJ Pollard.
Isn't the leading tackler this season watch for him.
Gets out there and he's in on it on that play.
Also there shall be kehaar D with a stop.
Also, one of the big tackle has over.
Thirty six tackles this year for this team, fourth down and six Char or eight yards to go back at the 23-yard line to kick it away.
And Dakota Sloan kicks it away with fair.
Catch taken at the 33-yard line.
Shafiq a Hardy with the K 32 yard punt.
And Irwin County takes over first down at the 32 yard line.
Some look at the numbers for Zach Toler, Iraq.
Tell her is your quarterback.
And, no, he will not check off at the line of scrimmage.
We'll get to that story to that later Double Wing formation, running a little short pass up to the 39 yard line, complete to Bernard pits.
Let's take another.
Look at this and something.
We didn't expect to see very much of, you know, from this team in here to come out and throw the ball on their very first play from scrimmage.
Image.
Excellent tackled on the other side of the ball over there by Hawkinsville number.
50 number 50, Matthew money.
He was money.
Yes, he was.
Wrap up the middle across Midfield down to the 46 yard line.
And that's Robert Moore.
The other guy in the back field.
We hear so much about to Quran young, this guy.
No slouch.
He had over 1300 over 1,300 yards and 12 touchdowns this season 15 yard run.
First down, Irwin County Indians, on the March down at the Hawkinsville 46.
Basic sweep to the left side down to the 41.
Let's take a look at Irwin County's offensive starters here.
Chandler Taylor, Tyler doorman, cam Morgan, Rusty doorman, Ethan, Etheridge up front, Bernard pits.
Curly Jones, Robert more, Tha Hogan to Chiron, young.
That's your Region's Bank.
Starting lineup, basic Wing set up, lock at the corner down to the 32 yard line.
Let's take a look at the Hawkinsville defense.
It's now it's a 3 4 rows Owens, Devon atoms and Keyshawn right with their hands on the ground.
The backers are Tyrone, right?
The war and Singletary, Junior, Matthew money and Dakota Sloan your quarterback.
So we're at 87.
All right, Sycuan Lawson Tyrus Davis.
Phillip Thompson and Kel George.
Are you other starters in the secondary down to the 31 yard?
I'd line goes Irwin County.
And basically what we're seeing with Irwin County, the Indians, they Lana toe -to-toe on the offensive line of scrimmage.
They're going to come right at you.
Nothing fancy.
So Tyrone right in on the stuck, on the stop, their number 28 for Hawkins wheel.
Making the stop the previous two stops.
We were made by Devon Adams player.
The coach Daniel really likes is very active as nose guard.
Watch Remember 51 on defense today.
Robert Moore around the carry.
Now, they run, the double reverse, got a block at the corner.
And if not, Fell apart at the corner down at the 29 yard line, where the tackle was made there, Tyrus Davis in them in stock.
Just the old double hand off out of the wing.
Set, basic, basic football, Sensa.
Click ball with basic tackling, great, solo.
Stop there.
By Davis had 30, tackles the season, and had three interceptions.
If you want to throw the ball, his way, you watch out the number two for hockey's go third and six Tolar brings them up.
Gives that all to nothing there at the 32.
Look at that Hawkinsville defense upfront.
Singletary, one of the first ones and Right.
Also in there.
Those three down linemen are really good.
Owens Adams, and right.
Sounds like a law firm doesn't remember.
Coach Daniel was saying earlier in the season, the ends probably work the playing it as well as thought they could.
The guy, the middle always has but as the season progressed those guys all got on the same page and now it's what you saying.
Yep to propel them to get to the state championship game.
Oh and atoms and the right watch those three guys with their hands on the ground.
They are Good.
Quarterback dropping the throw and I believe that was a good sign quarterback.
Draw.
It was, it was Toller.
Let's take a look.
I've got a flag down on the play Zach told our your quarterback on a quarterback draw.
I believe we're going to have a hole here, not just guessing, but I it looks probably like as what you're going to do.
Here are your officials today.
Greg Howe go, Jerry, Bush, Philip Haynes.
Benny Hickman, go gold ring.
We've got holding on the offense.
10-yard shows for the foul replay forecast, Adam Kazi.
And another on our team there.
I wanted to let the official let's take a look.
Soul our back wheel area just a little bit of holding their just a bit, just a bit.
That's a pretty good takedown though.
And it was that was not bad.
Brings up fourth down and long long.
Highest now, it's partially blocked or either the ball goes straight up in the air and bounces got a good bounce out of that.
With that one could have been deadly.
Let's go to break glass at a public school championship.
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We're halfway through the first quarter.
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6:02, left no score in the game.
It's basically what we thought it was going to be Sam.
It was one of those things where we thought both offenses would run at each other to see if they could find some holes in there.
Nothing yet.
You know what?
Whether it's surprise me though, in each possession.
We saw a past.
It's all pass, attempt.
What?
Yeah, let's let's listen to what the Hawkinsville coach David Daniel had to say to the red apples before the game started today.
I don't have to tell you anything about next week.
There is no next week men.
You've done what you needed to do to get where we wanted to be at the beginning of the year.
This is what we set out way back in June.
You've done something to be proud of.
We going to do what we always do.
We're not changing the thing.
I love the way he said that we're not changing.
The thing.
We're going to go with what got us here.
We're going to do what we do.
And then what about those one player number 21, Matt Simmons of wish he had another chance at that ball.
That he hit him.
It would right through his arms.
I mean everyone in the building I think was shocked and surprised as was said was to see the ball coming to seems like it.
I felt block block.
Did you feel that coming to ya?
And it was gonna be a black Hawkinsville takes over.
However, I had the 26-yard line, we're playing field position now, I think I think we're just kind of feeling each other out and see what what the deal is here.
Sloan they'll run it not much there gain of about a yard.
77 Robert Wilcox in on the stack, step one of the defensive tackles and the guys who have been really really active all season long and part of the success of the defensive unit that you see in big number 77 this defensive front for Irwin County as kind of special to their, they passed the Look test.
Don't they?
They really do.
They got some size and watch out for number 74.
Zirin, Ross.
I had seven sacks.
You guys want to watch for him and of course of the game today, once these four guys work from Irwin County Hawkinsville is very talented.
Did on defense.
But watch the guys up front to see it very quick, very active.
Eleven chebika Hardy with a stop on that play, right?
Stop by that one.
Stewart also in there as well.
Third down and long.
We're running clock pretty fast here.
Sam this.
Maybe maybe a short gay.
We figure this game was going to move pretty fast because of the offenses and sure enough.
This is happening.
Pretty much what we thought it would.
That the two passes early did surprise us that have been there.
Yeah.
Third down now and long.
Wrapping around, Sloan throws complete Taco broken up to the 36 yard line.
Then entire plate for some reason.
Like it was slow, developing something happened to it, and it was not very good at the time.
Let's take a look at that.
Again.
Sloan.
We have some moving on the line.
It seems like but no flag.
Holloman would the reception and you get the first down out of it.
They did, I think Irwin was running a stunt on the defensive line and that kind of threw Hawkinsville.
But hey, whatever works, you're not going to give it back.
No first down Hawkinsville up to the 36.
At the corner of one 42 yard line.
Matt, Matt Simmons on the carry.
Nope, that was Malik.
Holloman column also in that stop number, 34, Pedro, goolsbee are make that Petrucelli goons beat the second.
There you go.
That's him.
Second down and four down at the 22 yard line Miguel Collier on top of the ball.
Batted away right away.
Call your gave it a little push there and picked it up.
He was thinking about a headline Coke, say it just fall on it.
There.
It is 77, got his hand in there and knock that thing away, Robert Wilcox.
Second down 10 now for Irwin County.
At the 25-yard line, the chyron right on the carry.
Warren Singletary.
Coming up on the stop 24 along with 51, Devon Adams Young and the backfill behind till our basic ring set up to the app pack.
Robert Moore.
The pullback on the carry Excellent blocking up front.
If you'll notice the Irwin County Line, they get Toto next to each other.
They don't have splits in their offensive line and they get an incredible push.
Third down and five.
Double time out time out, Tolar calls, timeout, buddy.
Nobles also gave his team a pep.
Talk before the game.
Let's take a look at white Coach Nobles said to the Urban County, Indians able valuable valuable special tea, hot tea, make sure you block.
Your man.
Now, punt return, is that the defense is on the field?
Yes.
Move in chebika back today, that's correct, because you don't feel comfortable with it, Let It Go baby.
But here's the thing that is said to me, we're going to be done.
my only aim, To finish the race.
Let me tell you something, guys.
Let's get after the city speech of what simple it is a straight forward.
But what he planned to do for his team to get them, acclimated.
He got them here?
Extra early to look guys for 30 minutes, just go out on the field, take it all in.
If you want to lie down and the middle of 50 yard line and look up at the ceiling of the Georgia Dome, get all that out your system.
So when you come back out, Here, it's time to play ball.
Your focus is on the game.
There you go.
Tell her brings them up, gives two more breaks a tackle down to the 15 yard line, good defense, but one of the defensive guys is going to have to go off lost his headgear for Irwin for Hawkinsville.
Warren Singletary.
Jr. Lost his head gear after the tackle and he's off the field for a player to listen to, you know, we talk a lot about your car on young, but Robert Moore so far is showing what he can do.
When he gets his touches.
More has had four carries for 25 yard.
Tolar.
He's not checking off.
He's just giving instructions.
Trust me.
Hard by that Hawkinsville, right on the stop.
He stunned it up in there.
Looking for the mark.
We got the first challenges, they did get it.
Let's take a look at this in.
Oh, man, that's form tackle.
It doesn't get any better than that.
That is, that is Young, right?
Is excited.
When you think Tyrone, right?
Tolar?
Gives too young and cotton thrown down at the 13 of those active guys up front day are active for Hawkins filled.
Thank you, Sean, right knee bent over in on that one.
The right cousins.
Not the Wright brothers.
Yeah.
They're they're not the brothers.
We were told they were cousins, right?
There's three of them on the team and they're all cousins.
So that's a good thing.
Second down and nine now, From the 14, told our road looking fresher intended for more couldn't bring it in very unhappy young man.
Not the quarterback.
The guy who's trying to catch it number 51 was coming after him big Devin Adams.
The nose guard was one of the ones bringing some of the heat.
Zach tell our that they've thrown the ball a little bit more than I expected them to.
Call Sweet.
13-yard touchdown run.
Just you talking about getting that bush - future that I've been so blind he knows where to go.
When you get down inside the Red Zone, got a feeling.
He's done this a few times and see here's the technical college system of Georgia.
Touchdown replay got a block, went through to Tang Cutters, man.
What a nice run.
And yes, he runs a 465 40, but he's got football steam.
Someone kick is blocked.
What I think it was number one, Phillip Thompson.
Lucky came in and made that play.
Yes, it was Thompson.
Seven plays, 25 yards, 242 the time of the drive, good snap a little, my little pause right there that got it.
That's enough.
That's enough.
That's all I only need is a little pause and that is not the pause that refreshes to a coach.
No, especially not in the game, like, not any time, but especially not in the game like this.
This is important.
Every point is important.
And I tell you what to Karen, young just he is A good looking back.
Getting me really is take another look at the touchdown.
Takes that toss and he knows exactly where to go Square.
The shoulders up.
Let's go down to Gabrielle.
We're on the sidelines Gabrielle.
All right, guys, we're looking at two small town teams that are really just pumped to be in the dome earlier today.
They were in here, taking pictures.
One of the coaches actually had to tell them.
Hey, you have 30 minutes, get it all out of your system.
And then we're focusing on football and it looks like that's what we're doing right now is off to a great start.
Don't get it.
And a nice return up to about the 37 or 38, good field position for Hopkinsville.
So fuel consumption.
14.
Yacht return as 12 done tavius.
Davenport on the return.
Young has six carries 25 yards and a touchdown.
I love to watch David Daniel.
He's such a nice, man.
Of course, buddy.
Nobles.
We have enjoyed these two coaches this week.
Immensely said, we really have, we really have to all two wonderful.
Men, two, great leaders and both have tremendous stories to tell them the meeting, a couple of teams that have gotten it done each and every week, and here, they are playing for the championship Hawkins.
Go back on offense, Dakota Sloan.
Up, man, my gun up near the 39, yard line.
Excellent.
Spin off that left side over there.
And of course good defense over there by Irwin County Tristan, Billingsley on the stop.
Gain, was three second down and seven.
Now time flies, when you're having a good time.
We're less than 10 seconds in the first quarter.
Let's see if they get this playoff.
Man in Motion long trip to the up, man.
Nothing there, pick Robert Wilcox, 77, stop again.
That's the end of the first quarter here at the Georgia Dome, Hawkinsville in possession.
Let's take a break here.
Irwin County with the early lead, six.
Nothing over the Hopkinsville Red Devils.
It's a good one.
Will be back with a second quarter.
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Third down now and eight.
Punkins Ville.
Six carries.
Six, total yard fourth quarter.
Irwin County, defense, throwing misses his receiver up near Midfield.
Good coverage in the secondary, bacterial by Irwin County.
So Hawkinsville going to kick it away.
It'll be interesting to see.
What kind of push Irwin County gets here?
Irwin County.
Got a fumble recovery down around the 25-yard line.
Punched it in Miss the extra point.
If you've just joined us six to nothing.
Good snap, and the kick is away down around the 28 yard line.
So Hawkinsville will take over there.
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Irwin County first down?
Not much there.
Tell her hand.
It off to more, right up the middle.
So it's going to be second down and about.
Well about nine and a half.
Not much there.
Very little breathing room up front.
No from you.
Got a guy like Royce Owens going to work their number number 90 in on the stop there right there, to greet the runner.
There's good.
Look at it.
Once these three guys down on the ground with a hand on the ground Roy.
So and David Adams kushan, right?
The give is to young deep in the backfield nothing there.
And just, as I said, watch these guys go to work a little slant there, Sam to work.
Let's take a look at that one Sam.
Watch, tackling the Gaza lid on it.
Jebin Adams got from UPS truck up front.
The nose guard.
Also, Matthew money and his helmet came off.
He has to go to the sideline.
These are in on the stop is when that's not g'kar annyeong at tailback on that particular caring.
Third and 11.
Wing formation.
That's the power line up across the 30.
Where he's knocked down there.
It's more.
Is that more?
Yes, that's more.
Yes, to money.
That's more.
And I assume they put him in the slide out there that I think they move young around all over the place, to be honest with you.
But more has really been the workmen here.
He really has, he probably runs the ball more than I thought it was gonna run it.
It's going to be kicked away from the 15, good snap this time and a good kick.
I'm the are going to bounce and go across the 40.
Bob and Out of Bounds at the 42, more has seven carries for 29 yards, very little offense in this football game.
Thus far both of these defenses, that was 27-yard punt by the way.
Both these defenses have really come with their much fails for them today.
Sam and Tommy, we do it.
We start with the guys up front for both teams, the other defensive lineman up for the guys who really set the table for the rest of the defensive unit.
And that's what we're seeing.
You going to run these guys online.
Uh, pants and move us.
Who wants you to could move us?
And that's what both defensive unit seem to be saying to start this game.
Sloan brings them up.
Diamond and Gilead.
McDonald on the carry, nice motion that time, and who's going to stop at number 12.
Kind of who play is defense and offense.
It's one thing.
I like about class A schools.
You have about 13 or 14 starters.
Who play both sides of the ball.
You really do?
You guys are active and we got a flag.
Got a filter here.
I'm thinking holding.
What are you thinking?
No, that's also on that right side, sweep attack.
Oh, what's kind of high?
I don't know.
We'll see.
All right.
We got one flag on the play.
It's face mask personal foul on the office.
On the offense, which is very unusual.
Let's take a look and see if we can see it Sam.
Replay.
There is right there.
Right there was still somebody grab the mask and couple of mass, get his hands on, maybe on your car and y'all may be held on to his mask as he was taken to the taken to the Ground, God desire and my Ross in their early on and then the got him.
Another one on the way to the side lat.
I think it you can touch, but as long as you know, you're not touching, it seems like if you grab him if that's the stiff arm, but it seems like he's maybe grab it and held onto it when we do.
First, and 20, from a little different formation.
Not much there gain of about 3 to the left side.
Somebody slow getting up.
Let's take a look at this different formation.
This time, watch 474.
Zirin Ross.
There he is.
That's Dakota Sloan on the carry.
It's hard to get used to 87 at quarterback and not for him.
But for us, I'm sure my for the Hawkinsville fans.
They've seen it all.
So sure.
I got on the winning streak.
He said he wasn't going to take it off then they lost to Marion County and he said, it's okay, 87 Stein.
They didn't go.
Wow, got a whistle, got a whistle second down and long.
It's like second and 17.
It's like procedure.
Prior to the snap false, start on the offense.
These are the things you don't want to see you coach, you know, you don't want to see these things right now, you know, you still early in the game.
Nobody want to see your offense going in the positive direction.
You move it earlier.
You had a fumble in the other team.
Gets a touchdown.
If you want to see some progress recession and we're going backwards now because of some primitive, I don't care how good you are as a team.
Not many teams have a play in their playbook for second and 22.
Run around the quarterback, draw right up, the middle across the 35.
Excellent movement up there.
Le Roy Stewart made the stop, third and long.
Now you got two decisions that we can look down the played in your under you ever clean your book for this.
It's not what you normally do.
You like to try to avoid these kind of situation.
He's calling it David Daniels.
Got the play call.
And I don't know that.
Now he wants a timeout.
Call timeout.
You never 87 want to talk it over.
I don't think Sloane was was comfortable.
I don't think he's really heard what he said.
We'll let you know when we come back, Irwin County leads, Hawkinsville, third down and a bundle.
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Nothing 803 left before, half-time third, and a bundle, third down and 18, buddy, Nobles and David Daniel doing what they do.
Coaching those kids on that.
Sideline.
These are two nice men.
They really are.
You heard their pregame speeches, both of them appealing to their players to do what we do.
Let's go out and do what we do.
What got us here, but we've done so successfully all season long, can't change it.
Now, you know this game, this will get you here, go out and execute.
Now, do a little lip reading when I look at coaches on the sidelines.
And I think coach Daniel was saying, just do what you can do.
It's third and 18.
Come on, fellas, you know, and that's what you do.
Do you just get them you're playing field position here.
You want to make a first down but you're playing field position.
You don't want to do anything to hurt yourself here, slow up to around 40.
I have to ask myself.
I wonder if this is the same play that he was trying to call on the sidelines or after the timeout.
They could let me add something else.
What do you think?
Maybe, maybe, so, maybe so, I mean, that, it's that the try to throw at as they had a couple received was up to the left side.
Not the usual alignment for them on offense.
So it looked like they were going to do the past feeling complete.
It's going to be short enough yards for the first down, slow.
The kick young to return and does my goodness picks it up down at the 25 and runs it back up current.
He really is not ashamed to pick that thing up is a little risky, didn't it?
Yes, it did 41.
Yard kick by does.
Kota Sloan and Irwin County will take over at the 29-yard line.
Was that young or was that party?
I've been Hardy those hardy hardy number 11.
Yes.
That was Hardy not afraid.
You're welcome or not much there not much there at all.
There's very little they're saying Tyrone right?
Number 28 with a nice stop.
These three guys, Owens Adams.
And right, we've talked about them all day long, but that front three and you've got five on three here.
Now, you've actually got ya Mike Bobo from the University of Georgia and yep.
Coach Bobo his dad and the background.
Wing T formation.
Not much.
They're not down at the 25 yard line.
Excellent, excellent.
The defensive move by Singletary.
Junior there that stretch them out, singletary's in their, their own rights, their the go to Sloan's there and Hogan on the carrot.
Third down 11.
On the draw.
Again, the give to Hogan quickness up to the 35 yard line Hogan on the carry.
Good-looking play, but short of the first down, patience, waits for it.
There.
You see the opening and Owens makes the stop.
Owens and Singletary, make the stop fourth down and about for an hour halfway through.
The second quarter Irwin County leads, six to nothing to Karen Young on a touchdown, run early, after a Hawkinsville turnover, pick it up and kick it blocked, Hawkinsville recovers.
And Hawkinsville is now in business.
Inside the five.
Can Shawn Wright comes up with that ball for Shawn Wright, recovers the fumble?
Let's see who?
Got a hand on it.
Who blocked it?
Let's see.
Wow, that was a high snap.
Here's Hawkinsville.
I think everybody in the dome said, boo, on that one.
Wow.
That was something take a look at it.
DJ Pollard.
Boom.
Yep, 32 not the biggest guy out there for, he brings it Holloman on the carry.
Wow.
Stop there Dominic crossan how it comes in to finish it up.
T formation two times.
They've been full back.
Slipping and sliding his way across the left tackle.
You did.
When's the last time you saw a T formation in the game?
Wow, Warren Singletary.
I'm Dario to Cairo.
That will be third down and four third and goal from the 4.
Hawkinsville needs to come away with something here.
Both teams have have really a lot of trouble.
Moving the ball.
They have.
T formation yet again to tights.
Tom sweet to the full-back.
San Mateo goes down with that man.
Again, Mama, 32 DJ Pollard.
Mr. Pollard, you've got some stats on him.
He's been very active on defense.
He's got ninety five and a half tackles this season.
He had he's not the biggest guy out there.
But look at what he does.
He is wait and he could get into the backfield.
Some he has seven tackles for loss this season.
Number 32, fourth and goal.
From the three.
You go for it all here T formation yet again the whistle.
Got a timeout timeout.
I think Irwin County called the timeout.
I'm going to go through, this is nose-to-nose, have belly button, the belly button down there.
That's what we thought about.
When we came on the air, we talked about these two teams in the way.
They're going to line up.
You're going to line up and, you know, mano-a-mano and see how things go.
And that's what it's gonna be your office that they run.
Here's how they did in the playoffs.
Let's see you got Marion County lost to Marion County, 42 7, Charlton, County, ECI.
That's Hawkinsville now.
Dublin my goodness.
Two thousand three and four Champions and Irwin County lost in 2013.
To Charleston County who played here last year, 34 33 and the first round each time and eliminated in 04, 07, 09 and 012.
So here they are.
There any dust finally made it?
We made it to the big game and that tells you when you've got that many appearances in the playoffs.
Good football programs in those communities.
Fourth and goal from the 3 Singletary.
Good blocking on that left side.
Three yard touchdown run by Singletary from Hawkinsville.
Wow, they called almost the same identical play three straight times.
Yep.
Yep, not today in 2014, get sold for the touchdown and we've got a new game.
Extra point.
Kick coming up.
It is no good.
No good.
I think somebody got a hand on it.
Pretty sure somebody got a hand on that one and knocked it off to the right.
So we got a new poke in the thrall 66.
Let's take a look at the gig here.
Let's take a look at the bad snap over the punters head.
Wow, all the way back to the eighth, then the block.
Here's the touchdown from Singletary.
Jazz forced his way in another look from the ground level.
Excellent, blocking up front.
And now, the extra point, let's take a look at that.
See if somebody got a hand up.
Yes, got a hand up hand up and do with the number one.
It's a coward.
We got us a good.
But here we do.
We, we figured it would be and what a way to start off championship week at a game like this.
When they get things started to Big days of high school football here at the Georgia Dome.
This is it, this is, it started and those hot sweltering days.
June Late July, early August.
You worked hard to get here, every team in the state.
Even the coaches who may not have the talent still says, well, maybe just maybe.
And if this happens, and if this happens, maybe we possibly can get, you know, coaching.
If you're coaching says, is, maybe at my chance, you're in the wrong line of work.
So, Tyler Brown kicks It Off.
That was a little more than a 465, the football Street.
That's football speed.
Isn't it?
47 yard kickoff.
Return so much for playing field position.
Look at this block at the point here, right?
Lily fell down.
I thought it was a block from there.
Give him.
Space, he knows what to do.
He is deadly in open, spaces and key.
Wing T formation.
That's been here.
That's a new number in there.
Running the ball number 18 car, Tavian vineyard with his two.
Biggest memory coach says, big bigger than Big Ben here and little bigger.
But that was, was that little benyard.
It's a big Ben you that's Big Ben you okay?
Big Vineyard 27th is little danger.
Yeah, Terry hunt a ride second down and eight now seven with 254 left and a half.
I tell you what.
When you can start pulling people on this offensive on this defensive line, you're going to get yourself in a world of trouble.
It's a wonder.
They didn't fumble.
That one, right?
We got turned around and that one got off to a bad start.
Take a little look right, kind of blew that one up right away.
Tell you what Adams?
And right.
Hello.
Yeah, I blew them up right away.
And Adams that was little Benny 27 and space left the tosses that over there.
Excellent.
Throw that time by our Young quarterback, Zach Toler, Bernard hinault the catch.
Yes, seven.
Receptions.
He's the leading receiver for the team this season.
Fourth down and three now down at the 26 yard line.
Let's see what Zach's got called.
He will not check it off at the line of scrimmage and we'll talk about that in the second half, right?
Going right here.
Very nice.
It helps with the 47 yard, kick return sure does 209 left and a half tied at six to six.
You want to.
Let's talk a little bit about that.
If we have time here about the why Zach does not check off at the line of scrimmage poof, talking to you asking, you know, coach who calls the plays, you know, if he calls his offense.
Yeah, I call my offense, you know, he's gonna make the call.
The place is what if you quarterback goes up to the line and Check off.
Any told us that that's not gonna happen.
He said that's not going to happen.
He has a girlfriend and he's taking advanced classes.
He's got enough to think about you said, if this ship goes down, I'll be steering buddy.
Nobles could do a stand-up act, you really could.
It really gives a humorous man.
Yeah, very entertaining.
Lot of fun.
A lot of fun.
We've had a good time with you and David.
Daniel this week.
They have been a joy to test talk to, they really They are funny.
People David's a little more dry with it.
But all right, Zach, tosses incomplete on fourth down down near the 13 yard line.
So the ball is going to go over Hawkinsville is going to get another shot at it here when trying to connect with Ty Hoke and Kenneth richest threw it behind him and couldn't bring it in.
Good call though.
Good call.
Great idea.
Just getting and execute a lot of teams, don't you too?
As the whole feel.
But obviously, when you use the whole field, that's there for a purpose, it's there.
205 to go until halftime.
Hawkinsville ball back at the 26.
The first half, generally, for the first game of the day.
They got to get comfortable good solid hit up at the 31 yard line headgear to headgear Holloman on the caring.
I do not know who made that stop.
There was a series of two or three in the location there.
I know jakara & Young was their number one.
He was there as one of those contributing.
I think - all right, 30 30.
We're Pedro.
Go skate.
Pedro.
What's his room Petrucelli?
Goosby the second?
There You Go.
Properly introduced that young.
You got second down and four block at the corner up to the 39.
Yard line goes Hilliard, right?
Up to the 38.
It's numbered number 52, Nathan Tucker.
Just grab them and hung on until they could get him down to the ground on that play linebacker.
Urban County Hawkinsville, kind of lines up and a spread formation, but they're not in a big hurry.
Nope.
Nope.
Just got a minute to go in the half.
This is the pistol formation up to the 41, 42 yard line.
Very little there, Holloman on the caring.
77, Robert Wilcox been very active in the first half and he's in on yet.
Another stop number speak.
Number 77, the three down linemen on the Hawkinsville defense and the four down linemen on the Irwin County defense have controlled this first half.
They truly have, they truly have?
They're very active in that just as the coaches told us.
They would be.
That's one of the things that got into this game is their play and they really set the table, you know, for the rest of the defensive unit.
They've been at it.
Sloan on a quick trap right up the middle.
Gives it off to Thompson up at the 45 yard line and goes down and that may well be the last play of the first half Jarrett.
John's it on the stop 48 there.
Wait, until we knew it was going to be this kind of game, but we didn't think it's going to go quite this quickly.
Did we, to miscues made the difference in this game kicking game kicking game as well.
That's those are the things.
When you get down to a championship game or any type of kids are the postseason, it can be your friend or be your enemy.
That's it.
And it's been one for each team today.
Yep.
Yep.
Yep, you know, it's been even-handed so far.
Don't know if that's going to continue in the second half.
I would like to hear the conversation.
In at halftime from both dressing rooms.
Wouldn't you really would be fun?
That would be fun?
Gabrielle, we're with Coach, buddy.
Nobles, from Irwin County.
Thanks guys.
Yes, we're seeing we saw some fumble recoveries.
Just some good old-fashioned football.
How are you feeling about overcoming?
The tie and coming out on top for next quarter.
Well, I feel like our kids were playing hard on defense.
We're going to make a couple adjustments to do some things on offense, but he's got to give you hats off to Hawkinsville how good they are on defense, but our kids are resilient.
They played well in the second half.
We're going to go talk to him.
See what we can do.
All right, tell me what's working for you.
So far.
One on the touchdown.
That's about it.
Thank y'all.
Thank you.
All right, buddy, Noble.
He's got his game face on six six at the half and he's going to go in there and tell his kids.
Hey, we gotta do this.
This and this if you want to be state champs, see what happens.
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Welcome back to the 2014.
GHSA football championships halftime show live on GPB.
We are live in the Georgia Dome.
We are live at halftime of the very first game of Championship weekend.
The single a public school game between Hawkinsville and Irwin County right.
Now.
This game all tied up.
Both teams scored a touchdown.
Both teams missed an extra point.
So it is 66 at the half.
It's an exciting game.
Can see who comes out on top now.
Let's check it out.
John Nelson in their own County principle.
Thank you very much Raven.
Time to catch up with what's going on in Irwin County.
So, what is going on in Irwin County these days?
That's a lot of great things going on.
In Irwin County.
Our vocational departments are doing a great job.
We have a lot of kids that compete nationally and during the summer for our app from FFA to FBLA FCCLA.
TSA.
All of those kids do a great job as well as our teachers and we're very proud of the fact that we produce our own grits.
We got the best grits in Georgia.
Wow, man.
I have to take him up on That it's time to play.
Are You Smarter?
If you would please Nicole, I'm gonna let you go ahead and tear the envelope on that edge.
There we go.
Go ahead, open it up and let's get to the question.
Question.
Number two, Nicole.
If you would please hang on to that, here we go.
Question is what holiday is celebrated the day after Christmas is at a boxing day, be kick boxing day.
See Karate day or D World.
Peace day.
I'ma go Addy world, peace day.
It is boxing day.
I believe a lot of folks like to do extra shopping but his back Someday the day after Christmas.
Good to see you.
Thanks for hanging out, being a good sport.
Thanks for having us.
We appreciate it.
Send it back over to the set.
I'm not sure that has a new with boxing is into re-gifting or what?
Not true.
And oh, I like where you went there?
Mark.
I got that.
Yeah, I guess so.
So let's take a look at where we are.
So far.
The first battle is underway, and it's all tied up.
And you said there was some missed field goals by going out on the field for Hawkinsville.
Nurlan County.
And then later on today.
We have three, a Washington County and Calhoun taking on each other at 4:30 p.m. And then in five a maze versus Northside Warner Robins at 8 p.m. And of course, We've got four big games.
We start bright and early at 10:00 with a single, a private school game, and that will be Eagle's Landing Christian Academy taking on Mount.
Paran those two teams met earlier in the year a and wanted earlier near but it's the one that wins tomorrow that's going to count to a game Benedict in the Greater Atlanta Christian Greater Atlanta.
Christian is undefeated so far.
Buford goes for its eleventh championship in school history, they take on st. Pius and then in the 68 game, The nightcap about 8:00 at night.
It's going to be the Archer Tigers taking on.
The Packers of Colquitt County.
So now it's time to check in with the Irwin County band presented by Regions Bank.
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All right.
And over the course of the Season, you visited the toughest region in single egg.
You've got, Irwin County.
Part of it or when County.
They're here tonight, buddy, Nobles in his first year, at Orange County did a great job, but he had to go through a very tough region, to get to gain 15.
Let's start with the team that got the closest Richmond.
Quarters, Charlton County.
Indians made it to the final last year in single a public before a loss.
To Marion County.
They have four titles and her chasing a fifth.
A lot of folks think clinch County.
The five-time champ will be chasing them and be chased themselves this year.
A statement head coach.
Jim Dickerson doesn't dispute.
You know, we like to say it's like the SEC of class a football cause every every Friday night anybody's capable beat me Lanier's up -and-coming program and you know, from The bottom Wilcox, you know, the tradition of athletes that Wilcox has had and anybody in this region, can beat anybody.
The 2009 champ, Wilcox county is always their homegrown player and head coach Mark, Ledford knows.
Every week is tough and makes all eight region teams, ready for the 16-team postseason.
We will have as much distance as those guys have, but we know we've made a good run here in the past few years and turn and counties and the tail fairs and all those guys are just keep getting better and better.
So yeah.
It's a strong region and I think You know, anyone that would like to come out and see a football game on Friday night, any of our teams in the region to get there's a good chance.
You're going to see a good football game, a good football team.
And then there's the new guy for Fitzgerald coach buddy.
Nobles has moved, eight miles down the road to Ocilla, and Irwin County, one of two other teams to have a title that currently play in the region.
He seen it from the other side line and knows what he's getting into to me.
It's all relative.
Everybody talks about region 16a, but, you know, we just don't have 140 kids.
We've got 60 kids, Charlton County, how 60 kids?
You know, Wilcox will have 60 or 55, whatever, all the schools will be the same.
There, just won't be 5,000 people at the game there, maybe 2,000 people at the game.
So it's all relative.
It's just High School football still, the same field as they play on it, the bigger level.
So you saw buddy, Nobles are talking about 2,500 people.
The entire town of Ocilla was here.
Before 11:00 for the gates open.
They were ready for today and, you know, one a6a the passion is still there and it's awesome to see every week.
Alright Raven.
Now, let's check in with a Grace Olson for another Edition.
Of rent, check Raven, we like to check in with the parents who know their own huge part of everything that makes football having and high schoolers life and see how well they know their son right now.
I've got rust and DD doorman, the parents of Rusty, dormant of Irwin County.
We're going to do some trivia, but before we get to that, let's show you guys a couple photos of Rusty when he was a little boy.
You told me some of the first words.
He spoke were related to football.
Yeah.
Hey when one of us first little things was to get down and say touchdown You know, our get down and do hot.
So his whole life has been all about football.
Now.
We only have time for one question.
So let's make this a good one.
I want to know what his favorite football tradition is, is that I would say is probably one that ate that just started in the last year to wear their football kids.
They every Thursday night.
They go and eat Chinese with the coaches and the players and they really look forward to that.
That's exactly Right, he told me that something he'll never forget.
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Sam.
It's been about what we talked about all week long, defensive struggle.
Both teams really loaded with Talent up front, especially on defense, the four down linemen on one side of the ball for Irwin County and the three down lineman for Hawkinsville.
Those guys brought their lunch pails today.
Those seven kids have really been the stars of the first half but we do have some highlights.
Yes, and some turnover.
Some miscues are some things that really resulted in.
One on the board.
Let's take a look at it.
All right.
Here's the first play, the hand off.
The ball comes out.
Robert Wilcox gets a hand on it and urban counties in business.
And this is where they brought it down, the field, Robert Moore, but look at the defense.
It was being played by Hawkinsville, those three guys up front and then the toss sweep that your towering young breaking tackles.
I like the way this guy squares, his shoulders up.
Yep.
Absolutely is another mystery behind snap.
The blog front and now Hawkins bills in business and I get in the T formation.
This is the fourth straight.
Time to the left side Warren.
What a great effort, Warren Singletary, Junior for the touchdown there.
Let's take a look at the first half stats, the Rushing, look at their 35 yards, Hawkinsville, Irwin County 6, passing yardage 7 and 12 total yards 7840 to.
We told you this was going to be a defensive struggle.
Go, and it has been just that Sam.
One thing.
We noticed early Hawkinsville did have those penalties that setback, one of their possessions with, look, what went, once they get into the Red Zone.
They know how to finish it.
Let's go down to the third member of our team, Gabrielle.
We're Gabrielle.
Thanks guys.
Alright, so Hopkinsville is known for having really strong defense.
Is that going to be the key to overcoming the tie and coming out on top?
Yeah.
We got to continue to play solid.
Defense defense has been good except for a couple of plays.
You know, I'll finish put him in a bad situation a couple times.
We got to be able to move the football though.
We're not moving the football right now.
We're not staying with our boss.
We got to do that.
Thanks guys.
It is a defensive struggle.
This is exactly what we expected Sam.
This is what we've gotten.
We have been expecting this though.
We did think we get a little more offensive movement on both sides of the ball from Hawkinsville and Irwin County.
Tell you what I've have seen was surprised to see a few more passing attempts than I thought we would see in the first half of this game and one in particular could have been a big, big Gainer early in the game except Matt Simmons was surprised as he don't know, he was looking up into the ceiling.
Georgia Dome got to him and what that ball with right through his arms, but let's see what happens coming out here to start the second half.
I think the coach is probably of able to stick with their script of what they would hope to do coming into the second half.
Because the game is even at 66, if you don't want it to come down now, to that, that missed the extra point, the high snap.
I can't remember.
I can't remember the last time I saw a game where both teams were less than 100 yards, total offense on both sides.
I mean, either team, usually, you got one that's got this in the other that doesn't.
But the both of these are way under the 100-yard Mark, and you can't do much offensively with less than 100 yards.
Do not have, but just like you said, we came back from the break.
The guys up front on the defensive front, for both teams.
They're having a big impact on this game.
And that's going to continue in the second half.
Go build, Georgia kickoff upcoming now, Hawkinsville will kick it off yet again here.
As we take a look at Tyler Brown?
Who's going to kick it off these kick.
Love these fluorescent shoes, but they felt that I'm telling you it almost becomes something that they almost have to have them.
It's almost like you're not a kicker.
If you don't wear the fluorescent shoes.
You'd all right.
Here comes the kick riding.
Kick.
Bounce is touched now, going back to the 3 and picked up Danger.
Not what you want to see the start ahead.
But that's a break.
That's what happens.
When you have those kinds of situations car, Tavian Vineyard.
Number 18.
There had to go back to Norfolk, come back for the ball and allowed himself to get over the goal line.
He touches it first and hit his hands and he goes back to get it.
And then there's nowhere to run.
Thompson's there.
Wow, it is hand.
If he doesn't touch it, it goes into the end zone to shine, right?
Number 52 is there.
He's in on that, stop as well.
Number 50 meth.
You body?
Great.
Great Pursuit ticket says, hey, yeah, my gosh, that'll that will get it going for you.
Right there.
Those are the kind of things that really, really will turn a ballgame around Vineyard on the Run into the end zone.
I think he was.
What if he ran into the end zone?
No, never mind.
Don't forget that.
I even thought about it.
I don't, but he could come back out.
I would assume, right?
I mean, he's here because he didn't feel the ball there.
You know, your eyeball.
He was in the field of right.
He runs back into the end zone.
Now.
He's trying to get enough space to come back out.
Didn't they?
Let it back out.
There you go.
So Urban County now, we'll kick it off from the 20 and Hawkinsville will have great field position and a two-point lead to start the second half.
Strange, things happen in football, guys.
Okay, that would either coach plan for coming out of the locker room.
I tell you what is probably funny as when they walked up here to the place.
Kicker here, for Irwin County and Austin Pettis and said, we need you to kick.
He said I thought they were kicking to us.
You know, what happened in the Very definite.
Your own the game.
The game changed in a hurry Pettis is kick.
Good.
Kick.
Go to be taken at the 38 -yard line.
Excellent up to Midfield.
Number 12, Dontae Pious Davenport The Return Man.
Number 12 to the 12 yard, run back.
Good work there.
First down 10 yards to go from Midfield, 826 Hawkinsville lead, that's good field position in this particular football game.
William County.
Now been a three-man front and going to have it knocks down after a gain of about five.
Good blocking up front, by Hawkinsville.
Number nine.
That's Reggie to McDonald and he's another guy.
You let him touch it.
A few times.
He's run for sit over, 600 yards and seven touchdowns this season.
62 210 on a senior.
Big kid hard to bring down backing his way in there.
Yep.
You don't see a lot of that today.
Don't put that but they got back stood.
The big ones can do it.
Yeah, you do it second down and five quick handoff to the jetpack.
Very close to the first down and there you have your guy Reginald McDonald again.
At the offensive Push by Hawkinsville.
Look at this driving.
Great push, great drive.
Just shy of the first down, third one, Double Wing.
Wow, this is very close to a first down.
You're won't come out Urban signaling.
Fumble recovery.
Robert Wilcox, Robert Wilcox, got on top of that one.
There.
It is.
It did come out, watch Wilcox.
No, it's not Wilcox.
The 12 tiles.
Entire Hogan.
On top of that one.
First down 10.
Wow, you talking about a break going for Irwin County?
That's a good one there.
Consider the way the second half started for them.
Irwin County running a little speed sweep to the left side.
Tolar give me to number 20, Robert Moore.
We've been impressed with him.
Of course, everything we talked about was to Care on young.
Robert Moore has made the most of his touches in this game.
He has literally had Yeoman Duty more has been the Workhorse.
Of course, young got the touchdown, but more has been getting the carries here up at the 45.
There's young then.
That back and not much there.
Young out there.
Leading him on the outside series.
52 kishan right in on the stop.
These are down linemen big play guy fifty six tackles during the season, 40 solo stops will for number 52.
Keyshawn right Hawkinsville defense out of those 11 9 or seniors and they played together as a unit.
Since the 10th grade, wow, the hand and the give ahead more really knocked it down.
Take a look.
He had a collision with Matthew money, right?
From the start.
He hits him right here, bounces, right off.
And there you go.
The Irwin County backs in this is not to say anything negative toward Hawkinsville defense, but the Urban County backs, do a great job of squaring shoulders.
They don't come sliding in there.
Sideways.
They Square it up.
Quarterback option.
Left side goes taller.
Let's take a look at that.
I don't think he called Batman himself.
I think that was called from the bench.
I'll never forget that it's going to be second down and nine a gain of 1.
He's not called on to run a lot.
But he can and he did on that particular play.
Of course, we've got running backs, like young and you got more behind you, you know, hey, no need for him to carry go.
One to set right up the middle goes more down inside the 40 to the 41 yard line.
I believe the quarterback Dakota from Hawkinsville to go to slum was one of the ones up there with a tackle and gets in on it.
He said linebacker.
He is a backer in, he's a big guy.
You remember, one thing the coach said he was originally fullback.
He was a fullback.
That's what they moved.
He would look.
What about, right?
Double Wing.
Quarterback draw, nothing doing there, Devin Adams.
You could do it at all game long.
He wasn't fooled.
That all these guys are Relentless up front.
You've got, you've got five on three.
Watch.
What Happens right here?
He wasn't fooled stayed home, made the stop.
They got an excellent push.
Excellent push fourth down and nine.
Now, heroin County moved a little and then nothing Hawkinsville, bows up another high snap, yet another high snap.
Go up to the 22 or the 23 -yard line, Cal George dipping, Chase and making the stop Nathan Tucker had nowhere to go after the ball, went over his head - 20 yards on that one.
Snap, go sailing over his head and there goes number 8, Cal George making the stop.
Well, he's not talk to run the ball goes back and picks it up and actually does the best he can with what he's got to work with there.
First down, Hopkinsville knocked down, hard inside the 25-yard line.
Holloman on the carry.
So 35.
Jacobean Bivens among those in on the stop.
So we're counting on that play.
Second down and eight.
Both of these teams have had their shares of mistakes in this game, but their defense has saved their bacon.
Many times.
Let's see, what can happen here?
Sloan rolling looking gonna tuck it in.
And be knocked out of bounds.
Sloan knocked out of bounds coming across over there.
67 on the stop.
He's another one.
That's been very active up front, for Irwin County.
This is a big guy, too.
There you go.
Big in their active time.
I'm telling you.
These guys are big and they can run.
Third down Hawkinsville going to run the counter, up the middle up to the 18 yard line.
Very little there had a little trouble with the exchange their time.
You can take another look at it McDonald on the carry big number.
77 on the tackle Robert Wilcox for Irwin County and a group of friends greeted him.
Yes.
They were all there at the 17-yard line fourth down.
Got to get some.
We got a timeout, you know, I think right now.
Both teams are thinking we don't need the punt.
We don't need the place kick anything.
Wouldn't you say forth and forth and it just going to go and see if they can get these four yards and continue.
There You Go, no field goal attempt here, which is probably within range.
Long throw.
I was down at the pool hall.
Nice pass right on the reception down at, at the 2-yard line stepped out at the one Sloan throwing.
Stepped out of bounds right there.
Good coverage by Irwin down there.
Just didn't get his hand on it and write that was jamika.
Hardy.
That was right there, but Tyrone white beats him.
And now we're first, and go first, and goal at the one touchdown.
Warren Singletary, yeah, Singletary, one-yard.
Run.
Second touchdown today.
He's the one that gave it to three straight times.
Down on the other end technical college system of Georgia touchdown replay.
Singletary, the fullback in the T formation.
And bounces his way in extra point attempt coming up now.
By Hawkinsville.
Let's see.
Good hold.
I heard a hand hit the ball, but he went through, it went through Tyler Brown with the extra point.
It's punkins, Bill 15, Irwin County, 65 20 left in the third quarter, more action when we return to the Georgia Dome, this moment.
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Mistakes in the kicking game have really been problems for Irwin County.
Let's take a look at them.
They have been in this game.
And here you see the snap and blocked, I snapping this game in the first time.
We saw that And then this miscue, that results in a safety car, Tavian, bennion crossing the goal line, and then another bad snap, and I'm for and for conversion.
You got a whole new ballgame.
Now at 5:45, and I'm sure the man on the sidelines were looking at right now buddy.
Nobles is not happy about this at all that happy at all.
He wants to see his team, get some things turned around and Andre.
Group didn't get something positive going sustaining drive.
If possible.
The next time they get their hands on the ball, 15 unanswered points for Hawkinsville.
If it's a fine play, 23, yard drive, and those are tough to defense against exam.
Come in and have some things, go their way and have some breaks, and they Vanishing.
You're capitalizing on about grapes.
When you get to a game, this stage of the season.
The thing that's amazing to me.
Is that for all practical purposes?
The extra point was blocked, but it's got our had enough to get it through there.
Did Karen Brown came through and got a hand on it.
But not enough to deflected and tan or brown?
Got it through some way.
It's 5:45.
So you've got a two -possession game for Irwin County.
They've got to make up here.
5:20 remaining in that third quarter.
Tyler Brown too, going to kick.
Let's see if he Pooch kicks here.
The car in young takes it, got a block and another and knockdown up at the 45 yard line, Chiron, young.
He has excellent speed, 30 yard return on that particular kick and see what the kicker tried to kick it.
To 18 car Tavian Binion, who had the problems before and to Karen Young comes over and says, okay.
I'm going to take it and here comes up the field and has him in good position to get started here.
First, you Jack?
I think he would have touched it.
Aaron probably said, I'll take it.
Here we go.
We Reformation more to the left side.
Got a block in a fumble, who's got it Hawkins bills recovered.
I believe they're pointing that way.
Let's see.
Dakota.
Sloan is pointing that way there.
And the big guy up front cushion, right?
Is on top of the ball, buddy, Nobles, facial expression.
Kind of tells it all.
This is more this you guys been doing so well for youth, football gets hit in the comes out, comes loose.
And he missed it when he tried to fall on it.
That was Ross Owens number.
91 of the big guys have been so active.
He gets that Paul in there, knocks it out.
And then lost the Scramble for the ball hole.
There he is.
Yep.
Yep.
Make it happen, making it happen and often McDonald right up.
The middle gain is for Up to the 47 yard line.
I think about this offense for Hawkinsville.
They have a number of backs who got a good number of yards throughout the season.
No, really one particular guy.
And right now they're just gone more at number 9 McDonald's, they do spread it around and they're going with the big guy who's about 62, 210 and no ball carrier on Hawkinsville has more than 16 yards of total.
Holliman has 16 yards, which is unheard of eylem has Get some right carrots, that some single tearing Singletary carrots at some and and and the second half we can sing awful lot of number nine.
Regiment dump.
Man in Motion, aw, sweet Singletary.
Close to a first down, flag flies in there.
I think we may have some molding or either, whatever them Kelly, just the ball care about what county has recovered the ball.
That was number nine, McDonald on the carry.
McDonald fumbles.
Irwin County recovers.
Wow, take another look.
McDonald.
That's a helmet.
Hit right there and Excellence as the ball.
Call your caused, the fumble.
And I believe tiger got the ball.
Yes, it's 32.
Then you'll have to ponder that DJ Pauly D Day Pollard.
They got to be seen so active on defense.
Yeah calling some new numbers calling some guys over from defense 14-yard carry pick up Thompson down on the side for Hawkinsville.
Pollard.
Obviously, no.
Stranger to carrying the ball.
Nope.
Nope.
He has his share of carries.
He's he's over 500 yards in the country during the course of the Season.
He gets his share of touches as well.
Here.
Come the Indians now.
Moving left to right on your screen Hawkinsville in the white, Urban County and silver and red double hand off.
Duke's and goes down to 48, yard line down, goes young.
Let's go to Gabrielle.
We're on the sidelines.
Hello.
Tommy.
Hey guys, thanks over here on the Urban County Council Sidelines.
We were having some, some talk about just just Spirits or kind of Dipping down a little bit lower for a moment, but then when the ball is recovered again, People started getting a little bit more excited.
We have, they still feel like they're in the game.
Both teams are kind of feeling feeling pretty good about it.
But that's what's going on over here.
Back to you guys.
Thanks intercepted by Hawkinsville overthrown by Irwin County, Tolar overthrows and a 33 yard return.
That's Cal George with the picking nice run back.
Going for the tide end behind.
The Hawkinsville secondary.
We're playing.
Let's be friends, aren't we?
We sitting back and forth and see coach Nobles.
Got a tattoo that he's not enjoyed it at all when he's not having a good time.
Pistol set absolute defense.
Number 8, William Lewis.
Sloan hands at all.
Boom, backside Louis quick in the backfield has three and a half sacks this season.
So this guy gets into the backfield.
There has been, I think the offense is pretty much shot each defense in the foot.
Have they not they have the defense keeps showing up regardless.
He's got to playing it.
Cannot do it.
No gain on.
The play are very little game.
On the play, across the right side.
Hanuman again.
And there's our guy.
On defense.
Wow, these guys get after the pretty good, they have to have all game long and we closed again.
We're less than two minutes to go here in the third.
Irwin County.
This not one Hawkins will to get on the board again here.
Pistol formation yet.
Again, honks bleep out of that.
Good yardage up inside the 40 down to about the 38-yard line.
Nice running by Reggie McDonald again and Young.
On that one of the guys helping out on the tackle.
Good blocking up front here.
Colour is Young.
There's Hogan.
Yeah, we've seen those numbers a few times today.
Haven't we?
All combining to bring down McDonald fourth down now?
No surprise here.
They scored on fourth down the last time.
Double Wing Sloan looks over three, man, front, and going to call timeout.
Potential.
It's a big play because they want to continue to keep the schedule when I don't want to try to keep the drive going, if we can, but Irwin County wants to turn them back.
Obviously fourth down, and three, fourth down.
And three.
Here's how they got here.
Hawkinsville.
Beat blakley Wilcox, Taylor Brookstone, Central, Town button, Greenville Dooley, Marion County, a loss there.
And they Beach.
The sly county seat and pacelli, then they beat Jenkins County Charleston County and Marion County on a last-second.
Field goal.
And Irwin County tied with early County are rather Irwin County tied with early beat Berry and Fitzgerald.
Clinch Telfair, Charlton, linear, Wilcox Atkinson and Turner.
And then, of course, in the playoffs three wins, their Atkinson Dooley and commerce.
It's been a good year for both of them.
And they've decided to kick it away.
And the kick is going to go out of bounds.
They mark it at the to I thought it went out of bounds look like it had their marketing at the to Obviously with it, let's see.
Here comes the ball.
Inbounds 38-yard, kick.
The shadow of that goal.
Post is no fun back there.
Now.
You got to drive it 98 to get within one score, right?
Up the middle up to 24 hours, Hawkinsville has recovered.
Davis with the fumble recovery.
We got a let's see who fumbled.
That would be Pollard, wouldn't it?
Well, that's the ball about.
It was more at first, but I think that was Pollard.
Yeah, Paul Ehrlich Pollard on the carry Singletary, ripped it out of there.
One in that Singletary.
Yeah.
Thanks.
Wow.
They say it all.
Well, what does it take?
There's coach Nobles.
Yeah.
He just shaking his head.
Now, your defense is back on the field, but their backs are to the goal line.
Wow.
At the seven.
And you know, they're going to pound it in first and goal from the seven.
That's a lot of you defensive unit today.
T formation costly caught and thrown.
Wow, good defensive play that time.
Excellent defense by power.
Well, you know, he fumbled, he's going to take, he's going to take care of business here.
Excellent defense by Pollard.
Singletary on to carry second and goal from the 13 which is not easy to accomplish.
We have played three at the Georgia Dome in the class a public school championship.
Hopkinsville leads it.
5:45.
We've had turnovers blocked, punts bad, missed extra point, bad snap.
We've seen a little of it all, but hey, we've got 12 more minutes of it to go.
Who knows what's going to happen.
We'll let you know soon.
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Welcome back to the Georgia Dome Hawkinsville leading Irwin County 5:45 heading into the fourth quarter and see some excited fans right there.
Those Red Devils looking at to add a sixth state championship trophy to their case.
We asked you earlier in the game, how many years elapsed between Hawkins Bill's, third and fourth state championship wins?
The answer is 44 years.
The years were 1959.
To 2003 that they had to wait for that fourth State title and our trivia winner is just an Evans.
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Heading into the final 12 minutes of play, Hopkinsville.
Mom and Throne is mr. Singletary yet again back at the 16 boiler when county has just voted up Heavenly.
Yes, Zion Ross.
The one of those guys up front for the number 74.
Getting into the backfield for the big stop.
Was that McDonald or was that McDonald's make?
I thought it was Singletary yet again.
McDonald there.
They were from that T formation.
I've never seen the teen.
I haven't seen the T formation in years.
Well, I like to think that the wishbone was a cheated T. It was is an inverted T. Don't you agree was very much.
We got a timeout here, Hawkinsville wants to talk about things a little bit.
Well, they should because it is now.
Third.
And what 17?
Yep.
And that they got to get to 17 now and I don't think you want to end.
This is no reflection on your kicker, but I don't really think based on the way things have gone.
You don't want to try fail.
Go here.
Yeah, they had problems in the first half.
Everybody had problems.
Let's take a look at it.
There you go there.
That's the way they did it in the first hand.
So, let's see what happens.
And then I'm then just done no play.
And here we go again.
It's called is what he called, annuity caught, he said 21.
And of course, that's the left, half back through the one hole Ryan said, that's the way it is the number, then the deformation, but I guess he wants to talk it over with number 87.
And when you think about, you think about Sloan is a guy who started, you know, he started three years.
Yeah, three years of three games.
You told us.
Yeah, he's looking over the couch like you want to call what you want to call while f****** coach.
Daniel.
Key play right here.
Nothing doing down at the 1777 in all that.
Stop little slow getting up.
Robert Wilcox.
He has been working hard.
All game long for Irwin County right on the carry.
There.
He is.
Tell you what you have to give Irwin County a lot of credit here in the second half.
They have been in on defense the entire second half and it has not been an easy situations.
They've had their back against the wall, too.
Tired time.
So now it's 4017.
We know we're not going to kick here.
Nope, in a normal situation.
This would be a 36, 37-yard field goal.
This is not a normal situation going to run de R. All right, up the middle down to the 13.
Nothing there.
And that was not Sloan it will slow.
That was Sloan.
That was low.
Okay, that was Sloan.
You are absolutely right, coach?
Daniel is not a happy man, not happy about that at all.
And Irwin County has maintained the hold on.
Yes.
He is.
You are good on that again.
He's ready to work that trying to get that cleaned up.
If you can't let me show you how to block that.
That's what he was showing them.
All right, here comes Urban County.
Not much there.
Hawkinsville defense Rises up yet again up to about the 13 or the 14-yard line, tie Hogan on the carry their time, Hogan on the carry.
And number 28, Tyrone right on the stop, making to stop and that clock keeps moving 10 minutes left in the game.
Wing T formation gift to the full-back, right at the middle.
Think that's either more or Pollard.
That's more on the carry up to the 22 yard line.
There is some anxious now now we're going to see a little bit of hurry up across sweet handsome gentleman, jakara block on the corner couldn't get him hemmed up out there the wide receiver at the 22.
Yard line, fourth down.
And one first time, we seen any type of hurry-up offense by either team in this game.
Both of these defenses have been Relentless.
They really have Sam fourth and one and you really have to go for it here.
You're at the 9-minute, Mark, you're down by two two scores to win Pockets.
Good jumps outside like 51 debit Adams.
Yes, it was Adams, jumped offside.
He changed the snap count.
I'll guarantee you have chickens.
Listen at Camp, right?
That's it.
That's how you do it.
That's your first down.
Hard count watching.
Yeah, you can tell he did it good.
Move that time.
Good call.
Quarterback, got that one done.
You got some aggressive, guys up front, get him to make a mistake.
First down here.
Right?
Tell her hands inside breaking tackles.
Is that young?
Yes, it is all the way across the 40 up to the 45 yard line before he's knocked down.
Let's take a look at it.
You Karan young.
Wow.
Look at that balance.
It's up a nice pickup.
All he needs is a little seam.
Headed the other way left side up to the 42 yard line, Hogan on the carry on the carry before.
Young 17 yards on the carry.
Hurry things up again here second and eight at the 45 give is to the fullback.
That's more on the carry up to the 46 yard line.
Hurry up yet.
Again.
The give is to g'kar and y'all got a seam and a block on the corner to the 42 goes to car and Young.
He's really asserting himself right now.
Quit right side and just as patient patient waiting for the Oakland they come and build up against the first round draft continues inside, counter not going to happen with those three people up front.
They almost beat the handoff back there.
Hogan on the carry watch the guy in the middle.
Thank you for running that one.
He there was a take down there.
Sam.
Did you see that one?
Yep, but it worked to the advantage.
Nobody called it 52k shot.
Right?
Making the stop.
Like you said, the guys up front setting the tone on defense.
Second and 11.
Low, snap quarterback up to the 40 yard line.
Tolar.
Let's let's take a look, buddy, Nobles.
Pull the Steve Spurrier.
I hear through his head said on the sidelines Hawkins will crowd.
Get you out and I would not change the play.
If I were you rolling, looking gonna throw.
No, got to tuck it in run.
Its toll are down to the 30 yard line for the first down.
And we got to Hawkinsville plays slow getting up.
Look at coach Nobles.
They got the first down first down.
Tolar knocked out of bounds.
It's almost like he was investigating.
You have to look on the left hand side over there.
Buddy, Nobles has got the call.
Nobody else is on that sideline and to give his to the full backup in there and not much there.
Down at the 30, clock becomes the enemy.
Now, for Irwin County six minutes is not long.
And this kind of offense, especially, when the Hawkinsville defense has been giving up yardage very begrudgingly.
We left our salute.
To the left side, got a block of the corner, young down to the 21.
You know, what, we may get to say.
He it see here if Irwin County scores, we may get to see an onside kick.
That's so 2011.
17 years.
We just make we've seen everything else in the kicking game, though.
Haven't we good and bad?
That's what I mean.
We've seen it all the eggs.
Kick down to the two on the front.
Here we go again.
Pull back.
All another fumble.
Hawkinsville has it?
Got a big honkin?
Have to accept a little unsportsmanlike going on.
Yeah, it's a it's a little frustration coming through.
Yeah, take a look at it.
Never really had possession of the ball.
Just came flying out more.
It just came flying out and one of those big linemen up there.
For Hawkinsville defensive lineman.
Got the ball.
That's Singletary.
That's not one of that's one of those linebackers that got it.
And more has been a, he's been a Workhorse.
Yes, or course he has.
All right, after the play.
We got a dead ball.
Foul.
Unsportsmanlike over here.
We also have a dead ball.
Foul unsportsmanlike on red.
Has anybody been injected?
That's what I was waiting so good.
Look at more, that listen.
This is not what he dreamed of in the dumb.
He's at that kind of day where he said, a lot of great runs.
Yep, but there have been a couple of fumbles and he knew what this time meant for his team.
He knew they were driving and you they needed to get into the into the end zone, less than six minutes to go.
There's his offensive lineman big number 76.
What?
A nice gesture to go over to him.
This is Center.
Cam Morgan.
5:31 to go still sometime.
You never know.
What's going to happen in this game.
Hey Anything Can Happen.
The things that we've seen take place in this game.
I've been doing this a while Sam.
This has been an unusual game for me at the 30, run off the left side.
McDonald on the carry gain of 4 or 5.
Block the enemy of Irwin County at 5:10 and rolling.
They do have some timeouts left.
They've got three left second down and six.
World.
Wow.
Hello.
Nice, nice move inside that times.
66 Jared John John's with the tackle.
Look at that.
Wow, all over McDonald.
Irwin County calls timeout.
Hawkinsville, 15 Irwin County 6450 to left will be back with the final less than five minutes after this.
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Irwin County, timeout, 452 left in the ball game.
They've got two remaining.
Now it listen, you know, as good as as I do when there's time on the clock and within with your within nine points, anything can still happen.
It's not over yet.
No, it is not over Sam.
It's not over but there is a great sense of urgency for Coach Nobles in Irwin County right now because they had a drive going.
It was like they were headed to have a possibility of putting some points on the board.
The ball comes out and just a heartbreak for the young man, that was running the ball and he's done so much great things for him today.
And right now Hawkinsville has the ball back, there have been so many turnovers and mistakes in the kicking game.
These two coaches are really loud really tight right now and to get the McDonald the up near a first down at the 35 yard line.
He was collecting tacklers as he was going there.
I mean, I like the way he turns up as well.
Look at the way.
He makes the turn, got the tall, sweet breaks, a tackle breaks a tackle, yet another and leans got good body lengths and these big guys 62 210 nice-sized forth and less than a yard.
Wow.
They did, and I'm not here to make it.
They get it.
I'm not sure.
He made it like it.
They're saying they made it.
Yes.
They did.
First down first down.
Wow, they just made, just enough.
And let me tell you something.
Just know, I couldn't believe it, but it was fourth and less than a yard.
Look at this.
Dakota Sloan, and he got hit right away.
Wow, which himself up in there?
Just enough to get the first down and hand off to the left side and not much.
There are absolutely nothing there.
Both teams have really impressed us defensively.
We really have.
Are they really done some outstanding things to guys up front?
Like we said, when we started the broadcast, they were going to make the difference today and indeed they have throughout this game that you see the big guys up, front for Urban County.
They have worked.
This going a lot of I'm on the field in the second half.
McDonald on the carry.
No gain.
Second down 10:00 322.
Slow and rolling cotton, Throne is that man again?
Are you that man again?
Wow, he's had a good game hasn't Robert Wilcox has been outstanding all game long 3:13.
Still relating Hawkinsville.
Got the ball.
Irwin County, needs it 5:45 when we return.
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We'll see one more time out called.
I'm sure this is third down and about 15 or 16.
So I'm sure Irwin's going to burn every time out.
You can't take them home on the bus.
Sweaty, why would you not call?
We gotta use them?
They're there for a reason?
Yeah.
More 61 yards.
Today.
It's been a bad day for the young, man, and you really feel sorry for the bad things that happen.
But hey, this too shall pass.
It took.
That's true.
That's true.
Fourth down.
I believe, Irwin's going to call one final timeout.
5:45 and it's going to take a miracle for Irwin County here.
Daniel signaling is deemed to the sideline over, come on over.
Hey, you never know.
It's been an adventure.
Every time somebody's backed up to punt.
Its fourth and seventh.
We're going to see what happens.
You're right because those have been adventurous today.
Over is fun attempts.
Hawkinsville going to get that sixth.
A championship.
They won in 04.
03.
59 5453 coach Bobbie Gentry 2003.
Ninety six.
And ten, of course, Charles Johnson is one of the famous alumni from Hawkinsville.
They call their football field.
The Ghent, which I think is real.
Real cool for Coach Gentry.
They called it the Gent.
So that's where Hawkinsville plays High School football.
Beautiful little community in the middle of the state.
Great intense football fans.
There.
I'm seeing the way they've made this them.
Look in the probably looking across the way from our vantage point.
We're looking at the Hawkins County fans and they showed up in.
Good number today, really proud of what this team has done and looking to see if they can get that six state championship.
They are 306 awake and they play in that tough region for a snow day in the beach, or at the beach in that one.
Good snap.
Good kicks long.
Long kicks, it away to car and going to let it hit and rolled it around the 12 hitting that.
Hey he waits until the last kick.
Yep, to just let it go 50 yard bomb earlier kick by throwing some get kind of risky on a punt return.
Yeah.
But anyway, right, you know, but not this time.
At the 12 with 251 left.
And you as I, well know, it's going to take a miracle here for Irwin County but it's not out of the question.
You never know anymore.
Well, now, you look not in what we've seen.
Look at this alignment.
You go out of what you naturally do, right?
Snap to the up man, up to the 13 or 14 defensive front of Hawkinsville, gonna knock them down there, Owens.
The big guy on the right hand side, Gonna Knock him down, Pollard on the carry direct snap gain of only one and the clock rolling.
No timeouts, left for Irwin County direct snap again, dropped and going to be thrown and Out of Bounds at about the up flag, going to come in.
Our and young got pushed out of bounds and I think they thought that was a little too much at this point in the Ballgame.
He gave him a little shove, their the ended Tyrone, right.
And they going to tack on a penalty for that little too much encouragement there.
That's it.
That's it.
Encouraging him to step out of bounds.
Or a little farther than I had a panel before.
The not about 15 yards coming from the Run results in first at first down.
Black together, Charlotte coach Daniel after that 15-yard penalty.
Oh my goodness.
Happy about that, you know, even though the way with the lead and the clock on his side direct snap and I break through the middle up to Midfield.
Pollard.
This is some kind of football player, 16 yard run, DJ Pollard.
It's one of those guys.
You love to see a high school football team with so much heart and doesn't matter.
What coach asked him to do.
He's going to go out and do his very best.
He's played both sides of the ball with that, intensity today.
Folk.
Quarterback draw and a whistle.
I think we've got motion.
I know, we have motion false, start on the offense, five yard penalty, still playing first down.
Zack Toller.
The quarterback on the quarterback, draw, five-yard penalty back to the 45.
We're at the 2005, Mark Hawkinsville about to capture their six State title.
At the 40 total are throws again Out of Bounds at the 49 hits with the catch coach Nobles.
Signaling downfield, downfield.
Now, we're less than two minutes to go in the game, 151 showing on the clock.
Toma in trouble.
Now, out of trouble, in trouble.
Again, those three down linemen, all three of them.
Had a shot at him.
It did, they did they got it.
Finally brings him down.
Matthew muddy number 50, the guy that brings it down.
I tell you those three guys up front have been the deal today for Hawkinsville in spite of all the problems that have gone on 51 52 and 90.
Have had a field day and out of bounds across Midfield.
Coach Nobles, going to call it.
Again.
Zach toll are standing on the sidelines.
Got a new guy coming in good, throw their and out of ants, he was out of bounds when we go to the ball of the foot just to get out of bounds.
This time not in the officiating business.
No, don't get it changed and I don't have a dog in this hunt.
We're not wearing those striped shirts.
Are you got one?
Not today?
Let's go anymore.
Then around the reverse.
Got a block at the corner and knocked down.
Tara and the Hawkinsville fans can feel it.
Seek wine Lawson with the stop solo.
Stop here.
He wasn't fooled at all.
Makes the nice.
Stop magic Iraq, John Lawson.
Yeah.
And Hawkinsville gonna substitute.
Now, some new numbers.
I think Lawson on the stop.
The ball goes over here.
The ball goes over minute 16 to go and Coach Nobles is going to take the headset off and he realizes exactly what has happened here and he's going to put some other people in there as well.
Some of the younger players sand.
Yep, you make you come this far, obviously you come to win the game, but it's also about the experience, you know, think of all the teams that started this season out across this.
The goal just to get here just in class A.
That's it.
Yes, you've gotten here, you manage to get here and you won't these guys, especially the guys were returning to get a taste of it.
Yeah, sure.
Coach Daniels, told us what it would mean to the community.
So much for me.
As much as you know, I've been doing this for a long time.
And so I have never been in a state championship game.
I've been to semi-finals a couple times, but I think it means more to the community.
Unity and through these kids and these families and everything.
Then it would to me that they're great people honk if it's a great town to live in.
And so this gives them an identity.
And so I'm excited for them coach Daniel.
Of course, and assistant coach to the legendary Robert Davis at Warner Robins and West Side making for many years and has that philosophy.
And now he can put his name out.
I'll part of the Legacy at Hopkinsville three state titles by Bobbie Gentry to, by Lee Campbell and now David, Daniel, get to put his name on the record book that Hawkinsville as have been coached, a state championship team.
And for our friend, buddy Nobles.
It's wait till next year.
We're doing next year, been a good year for Irwin County but a very good gift for her leak.
Out of nothing to be ashamed.
Of just couldn't get enough breaks to go his way today.
You don't.
Nobody want it.
No one was more excited about coming to Atlanta and that, man.
Yeah, he'll end up 11 2 and 1 on the year and it's been a great year for them.
Irwin County has has really, really had a good year coach Nobles.
One of the most humorous, individual individuals that I've ever met.
Just very nice, very laid, back, kind of guy, and this one's painful.
It hurts him.
We know that sense.
It really does.
It really does?
Because no one on that side, but no one on the field.
There's more excited about being here today and Coach buddy, Noble, that's true.
And to Irwin County and their fans and supporters.
We salute you for a great season and for Hawkinsville, yet another state championship for the Red Devils, but they didn't win their region.
Marion County the defending state champions won the region championship.
And look at the celebration.
It was the kind of game.
We thought it was going to be.
It was a defensive game, Hawkinsville, its defensive front.
Three really played.
Well, Irwin County front for played.
Well, Pollard played.
Well, it's just the unfortunate thing of turnovers in it.
That's what happens to you in key football games.
Turnovers will do that Sam.
They will do that.
You get the fumbles.
You, you have the, the high snaps on the point.
After you have the high snaps on the punch, all those Things had an impact on the game today, but like you said, we expect to see a close game.
We expect to see a lot of running.
We thought the defensive lineman, on both sides on both teams would really do a lot to set the tone of the game today, but those miscues eventually to make him out to be the difference.
Neither team really threw the ball that much, they were intent on running it greatly.
But actually, one of the biggest plays for Hawkinsville was the fourth down, conversion on Fourth, and four, when the kid stepped out of Bounds at the one, that was probably the biggest, that's what turned it around for them.
They're able to go on fourth down fourth and four and didn't convert and then get it into the end zone.
That was very big for the Hawkinsville football team, because the defense did a good job on your car.
On young, we talk so much about him coming into the game and what he would do, obviously Irwin County was as count on him all season long.
He got some yards, Robert Moore probably did more damage, but then he's the one that was on that, final possession for Irwin County loses the handle, on the ball and then Hawkins girl gets it that you really feel for him because he had a good day had 61 yards.
And that was a lot in this type of game.
Obviously, you had a great day.
Unfortunately, that's the memory.
He's going to take away from the judges.
Yeah.
It really is Hawkinsville wins the state championship Irwin County the runner-up.
And as you can see, some tears are being shed down on the field, which is only normal.
And there's celebration on one side of the field and their sadness on the other side of the field, but that's the way it is.
When you come to the Dome, there no more ties anymore, and there's no as know next week.
No, there's nothing to look forward to next week.
If you pack it all away, after this particular game, you pack it away with a bit of a smile to be.
Come Away with a victory.
I will say this both teams left it on the field.
That's it.
As it should be in the final game.
That's right.
Sam joy to work with you.
Let's go down to the Oh, the runners-up are getting their trophy will go down to the field here in just a moment buddy.
Nobles along with a couple of those wonderful lineman from Irwin County getting their trophy and there you see coach Noble, you know, hey, he gets that trophy smiling a bit now, but you know, he wanted the other one really bad.
5:45 your final score here.
Hawkinsville wins their sixth state championships am a joy to work with you.
Let's do it again tomorrow.
Why don't worry about 10:00 tomorrow morning will Here, but hey, there's much more to come.
We've got two more games today for more tomorrow.
It's a great weekend at the Georgia Dome.
Let's go down to Mark, Harmon on the field.
Mark.
Congratulations to Hawkinsville six-time, GHSA Champions.
I now turn Turn the microphone over to the executive director of the GHSA.
Mr. Gary, Philip coach on behalf of the entire sociation and all of our schools, and our Representatives want to congratulate you, on a great season and a great game today.
Congratulations to our new state champions.
Okay, Mark.
Coach talked a little bit about what this means to you and ear program.
It's just unbelievable.
These kids have worked so hard from day.
One that you know, we've praise God, the whole way and we practiced hard and we just did what we?
Well they asked me to do.
I just got, you know, nothing but High, Praise for these kids because I just worked so hard.
The, let's talk to Dakota back here.
The quarterback of the football team, talk about what it means to is a senior to win this thing for you your community or school.
And your classmates.
It's just a big accomplishment, is something that all of us, you know, we've been playing together since since PONY league, and we've been talking about playing here.
And now that we're finally here.
We brought one more home for Hawkinsville and it's just a great accomplishment to accomplish something that we wanted to do all our lives and it's great.
It's great.
I think we have worn over here.
Two touchdowns today.
Talk about getting the team off to a good start.
Well, you know, I'm just a great team effort, you know, I couldn't do it without my brother.
Talk a little about what it means to you to win this one.
I mean, it's just a one in a lifetime thing, you know, if it weren't for my brother.
I don't think it would have happened.
Coach, you're giving him brace here.
I know at 24, Red Devil Drive.
There's going to be a big celebration red-tailed Nations.
Awesome, baby.
How about winning this thing?
And see it looking out, seeing your teammates, in your fans, and all that sea of red, feels great it first off.
I want to give all the glory to God.
If it wasn't for him.
We wouldn't coach Conor.
You did a hell of a job, coach.
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