2015 Gwinnett Prep Football

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coaches weigh in on hot topics in

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Poll offers chance to get to know coaches“Off the record” is a

term we journalists hear constantly, and it’s no dif-ferent for our writers as we cover high school football.

Coaches regularly use the term with us when giving some information or background for an issue or story, providing details they feel we should know about but they don’t neces-sarily want to see in the newspaper.

It’s a sign of trust between the Daily Post and our contacts, but more importantly it tells a lot about the relationships be-tween our writers and the coaches. We’ve provided excellent high school foot-ball coverage for decades and built up that trust over the years. In my case with some coaches, it’s close to 20 years of trust.

Because of that relation-ship, we hear plenty that

the average fan doesn’t. Coaches are more open with us than writers they don’t know well, and we respect when they want to go “off the record.”

The centerpiece of this year’s tab — our confi-dential coaches poll — gives our readers some insight into those Gwin-nett County head football coaches, the men who shape thousands of young lives every year.

We polled the head coaches on a variety of

football topics, including plenty of questions they wouldn’t answer normally if their name was attached. But answering them anonymously hopefully gave them the freedom to answer more honestly, and without worry about how their responses would be viewed publicly. It’s not “off the record,” but it hopefully gives our readers a more in-depth glimpse into the Gwinnett coaches and where they stand on certain issues.

The toughest questions were those involving their peers, such as:

• The best head coach in Gwinnett County

• The most underrated head coach in Gwinnett County

• The best offensive coach in Gwinnett County

• The best defensive coach in Gwinnett County

One head coach par-ticipated in our survey, but abstained from the four questions involving his colleagues.

Even without those four questions, the poll delivers some interesting informa-tion, from a local level (their picks for Gwinnett’s best players) to a college level (what college coach they would want their son playing for) to more wide-spread issues (like what age they would let their own son play full-contact football).

We hope you enjoy it.

Will Hammock can be reached via email at [email protected]. His regular column appears on Thursdays. For archived columns, go to www.gwin-nettdailypost.com/willham-mock.

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Inside• Archer .............................................. 6-7• Berkmar ........................................... 8-9• Brookwood ...................................10-11• Buford .......................................... 12-13• Central Gwinnett .......................... 14-15• Collins Hill .................................... 16-17• Dacula ......................................... 18-19• Duluth .......................................... 20-21• Greater Atlanta Christian ............. 22-23• Grayson ....................................... 24-25• Hebron Christian ......................... 26-27• Lanier .......................................... 30-31• Meadowcreek .............................. 32-33• Mill Creek .................................... 34-35• Mountain View ............................. 36-37• Norcross ...................................... 38-39• North Gwinnett ............................ 40-41• Parkview ...................................... 42-43• Peachtree Ridge .......................... 44-45• Providence Christian ................... 46-47• Shiloh .......................................... 48-49• South Gwinnett ............................ 50-51• Wesleyan ..................................... 52-53

ALSO• County composite 2015 schedule ....... 4• Gwinnett coaches’ poll results ..... 28-29• Preseason all-county team ............... 54• 247Sports.com recruiting rankings for Georgia ...................................................55

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2015 ScheduleAUG. 21 AUG. 28 SEPT. 4 SEPT. 11 SEPT. 18 SEPT. 25 OCT. 2 OCT. 9 OCT. 16 OCT. 23 OCT. 30 NOV. 6N. Paulding^ P’tree Ridge$ BYE at Grayson BYE Parkview at Berkmar South at Shiloh Central at Dacula Brookwood

Newton at Buford BYE at Dacula Brookwood at Grayson Archer at Parkview BYE South at Shiloh Central

Mill Creek* Norcross BYE Parkview at Berkmar South at Shiloh Central at Dacula BYE Grayson at Archer

E. Christian Berkmar at McEachern BYE at White Co. BYE Chestatee at North Hall Monroe Area N. Oconee at Madison Co. Stephens Co.

BYE Collins Hill at Mundy’s Mill South at Shiloh BYE Dacula at Brookwood Grayson Archer Parkview at Berkmar

Dacula at Central South BYE North Mnt. View at Duluth BYE Mill Creek at P’tree Ridge at Norcross

at Collins Hill BYE Mill Creek Berkmar at South Shiloh at Central BYE Brookwood at Grayson Archer at Parkview

at Wheeler Northview at Lakeside-D BYE at Mill Creek Norcross at P’tree Ridge Collins Hill BYE at North Mnt. View Meadowcreek

at Benedictine at N. Oconee ELCA BYE at Hapeville BEST Acad. at KIPP Atlanta Pace BYE at Holy Inno.% Lovett Wesleyan

BYE at Gainesville Langston H. Archer at Parkview Berkmar at South Shiloh at Central Dacula at Brookwood BYE

E. Jackson at Mt. Vernon$ Commerce BYE Towns Co. at Prince Ave. Lakeview at Providence BYE at Ge. Walton at Athens Aca. Athens Chr.

Lambert BYE Clarke Cent. at Flowery Br. at Ce. Shoals Loganville BYE at Gainesville Heritage at Salem at Winder-Barr. Apalachee

BYE Newton$ Rockdale at Clarkston at P’tree Ridge Collins Hill at Mill Creek Norcross BYE at Mt. View North at Duluth

Brookwood* W. Forsyth at Dacula BYE Duluth at North Meadowcreek at Mnt. View BYE at Collins Hill Norcross P’tree Ridge

at S. Forsyth Parkview at Kennesaw BYE at Norcross P’tree Ridge at Collins Hill Mill Creek BYE Meadowcreek at Duluth North

Valdosta* at Brookwood Milton BYE Mnt. View at Duluth North BYE P’tree Ridge at Mill Creek Collins Hill

Colquitt Co.* at North Cobb Hillgrove BYE at Collins Hill Mill Creek at Norcross P’tree Ridge BYE Duluth at Mnt. View

McCallie# at Mnt. View BYE at Brookwood Grayson at Archer BYE Berkmar at South Shiloh at Central Dacula

Christ Presby.# at Archer$ BYE McEachern Meadowcreek at Mnt. View Duluth at North BYE at Norcross Collins Hill at Mill Creek

BYE St. Francis Whitfield Acad. BYE at Ge. Walton Lakeview at Athens Chr. Hebron at Commerce Athens Acad. at Towns Co. Prince Ave.

BYE at Hillgrove Westlake BYE Central at Dacula Brookwood at Grayson Archer at Parkview Berkmar at South

Walton BYE at Collins Hill at Central Dacula at Brookwood Grayson at Archer Parkview at Berkmar BYE Shiloh

Walker at East Hall Stratford Ac. BYE KIPP Atlanta Pace at Hapeville BEST Acad. BYE at Lovett Holy. Innoc. at GAC

Archer

Berkmar

Grayson

Collins Hill

Mill Creek

Peachtree Ridge

Buford

Lanier

Duluth

Norcross

South Gwinnett

Brookwood

Hebron

Dacula

Mountain View

Shiloh

Providence

Central Gwinnett

Meadowcreek

Parkview

GAC

North Gwinnett

Wesleyan

^at McEachern; *at Georgia Dome on Aug. 22; $on Aug. 29; #at Peachtree Ridge on Aug. 22; %on Oct. 24

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Archer TigersHead coach: Andy Dyer (36-25 at Archer, 36-25 overall) Region: 8-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseArcher has a lot to re-

place on the offensive side of the ball. The Tigers lose four starters on the line, quarterback Gabe Til-ler (who threw for 3,043 yards last season), tight end Connor Redmond and leading rusher Randy Nails.

Along the line, senior Taylor Stein returns at center, while Central Gwinnett transfer E.J. Price will be a tremendous help at tackle.

At the skill positions the Tigers do have plethora of playmakers returning. Leading the way is senior receiver Kyle Davis, who had 67 catches last season. The running back du-ties will be split amongst blue-chip prospects Dyan Singleton, Jamyest Wil-liams (pictured) and Isa-iah Pryor among others.

All three also start on defense in the secondary as well.

“We roll those guys out at a lot of different spots,” head coach Andy Dyer said. “You never know with this game and injuries. We’re trying to just give them the best chance to get on the field, and we’re trying to give ourselves the best chance

to win. We take pride in making sure our guys work in different spots. How the ball is going to be distributed, I haven’t got a clue.”

At quarterback it will be senior Will Bearden, who finally gets his chance to start. Dyer said the 6-foot-2, 196-pound signal caller is one of the team’s best workers and is ready for his chance to play.

“Will’s done a tremen-dous job,” Dyer said. “He’s worked his fingers

to the bone for four years. I’m just ecstatic that he gets a chance to take all that work that he’s put in and now go out under the lights. We’re looking for Will to have a great year leading the football team.”

DefenseArcher returns 10

defenders with starting experience, including Sin-gleton who was the Daily Post’s defensive player of the year after he recorded 142 tackles at safety.

Kentucky commit Kobe Smith is back at nose tackle and junior line-backer Quinn Miller also returns. The front-seven gets a boost in the form of linebacker Donta Evans, an Ole Miss commit and transfer from South Carolina.

Singleton and Pryor are back at safety, while Wil-liams, Jeremiah Nails and Aramis Bryant will work at corner.

“Our box, our front with our defensive line and

our linebackers, (is) very experienced,” Dyer said. “They’ve worked ex-tremely hard in the weight room in the offseason again. They flow well, run to the football extremely well. We’ve got a couple questions. We’re going to have to continue as we grow to build depth in the secondary to help some of those two-way guys, to be able to spell them and be able to get in there and

do our jobs. It’ll be a fun process.”

Etc.Archer finished the

season 11-4 and lost 28-24 to Colquitt County in the AAAAAA state champi-onship game.

The goal for the Tigers is to return to the Georgia Dome this season, and perhaps take that one final step as a program.

“Right now our team goals stay the same every year,” Dyer said. “That’s state playoffs, region championship and a state championship. The first one is very hard to reach in itself. They want to throw rankings and all that kind of stuff around — the top four teams in our re-gion go to the playoffs and we’ve got to prove that we’re one of those four. Nothing else matters.”

Archer’s schedule starts off tough and doesn’t let up. The Tigers open with North Paulding in Week 1, then face Peachtree Ridge before getting a bye ahead of its region opener at Grayson.

“Very tough schedule, but that’s fine,” Dyer said. “That’s the way we want it.”

— Paul Thomas

2015 scheduleAug. 21 North Paulding*Aug. 29 Peachtree RidgeSept. 11 at GraysonSept. 25 ParkviewOct. 2 at BerkmarOct. 9 South GwinnettOct. 16 at ShilohOct. 23 Central GwinnettOct. 30 at DaculaNov. 6 Brookwood

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2014 results (11-4)Sandy Creek L 21-13Peachtree Ridge L 14-10Grayson L 14-10Parkview W 42-7Berkmar W 42-3South Gwinnett W 24-7Shiloh W 52-7Central Gwinnett W 35-14Dacula W 24-10Brookwood W 49-31Norcross W 38-22Lee County W 56-13Hillgrove W 56-13Etoway W 52-7Colquitt County L 28-24

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Archer rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Jamyest Williams 11 DB/RB2 Jeremiah Nails 12 DB/WR3 Dylan Singleton 12 RB/DB5 Donta Evans 12 LB/TE6 Nick Blakely 12 LB/RB7 Juwan Powell 12 LB/RB8 Dalen Ray 12 Spur/LB9 Daquan Smith 12 LB/RB10 Will Bearden 12 QB11 Kyle Davis 12 WR/DB12 Taiyon Palmer 10 DB/WR13 Isaiah Pryor 11 DB/RB14 Micah Meyers 12 WR15 Dillon Waye 10 QB15 Miguel Howell 10 DB/RB16 Frank Finch 12 LB/RB16 Michael Johnson 10 K17 Jon Bluse 11 QB/WR17 Christian Lattore 10 WR18 Michael Kouassi 12 LB/TE18 Malik McLaurin 10 WR19 Augusta Cheek 11 DB/WR19 Justin Alderson 10 WR20 Andy Gaddis 11 WR/DB21 Aramis Bryant 12 DB/RB22 Kyri Phillips 11 DB/RB23 Tyrone Buwee 12 WR/DB24 Desmond Robinson 12 WR/DB25 Vaughn Robinson 12 LB26 Austin Thomas 10 TE/DL27 Keegan Strickland 10 RB/SP28 Tyler Ranel 11 WR/DB29 Darren Vaughn 11 RB30 Tristan Larosilere 11 DB31 Wyatt Hutchins 11 LB

32 Jalyn Valrie 10 DB33 Whitney Robinson 10 DB/WR34 Sam Brown 11 DB/WR35 Alex Tiet 12 LB36 Patrick Gassant 10 DB/WR37 Quinn Miller 11 LB/RB38 Daniel Robinson 10 DB/RB39 Jordan Roman 10 LB40 Chase Degrenier 10 LB41 Andre Parmer 11 WR/DB42 Michael Crewey 11 WR/DB43 Brandon Dugger 12 LB/DL44 Ryan Morrell 12 LB45 Andrew Leftwich 10 LB/RB46 Collin Stein 10 LB47 Khyan Moore 10 LB/RB

48 Karmoni Williams 12 LB49 Mason Pyles 11 LB/SP50 Dylan Alexander 10 LB51 Sam Wright 11 DL52 Connor Sims 12 OL/DL53 Clifford Amazan 12 DL/OL54 Will Choloh 10 DL/OL55 Taylor Stein 12 OL57 Jacob Valego 11 OL/DL58 Chandler Evans 11 OL/DL59 Rahim Winston 12 DL60 Adam Brown 11 OL/DL61 Mason Hardin 11 OL/DL62 Amori Allen 11 OL/DL63 Dylan Rowe 11 OL/DL64 Matt Allen 10 OL/DL

65 Malir Blackwood 10 OL/DL66 Eduardo Garcia 10 OL/DL67 Cole Craven 12 OL68 Hugo Cuevas 11 OL/DL69 Christian Franklin 10 OL/DL70 Josh Ezevdu 10 OL/DL71 Paul Godfrey 11 OL/DL72 Andrew Dodd 10 OL/DL73 J.D. Boone 12 OL75 Andrew Reynolds 11 OL/DL76 Darryl Fussell 10 OL/DL77 E.J. Price 12 OL/DL78 Casey Jividen 10 OL/DL79 Dakota Shaw 10 DL80 Curtis Hill 10 TE/LB81 De’Michael Walker 12 WR82 Eric Walker 10 WR/DB83 Marlin Jones 10 WR/DB84 Zion Doyle 10 WR/DB85 Christian Vinson 10 DB/WR86 Chris Gordon 10 DB/WR87 Mason Tolbert 10 LB/TE88 Brandon Shellnut 10 TE/DL89 Robby Wallace 10 TE/DL90 Matthew Fritts 12 K91 Jacob Hurtado 11 WR92 Logan Aderhold 11 K93 Marquis Carter 11 DB/WR94 Corey Sirmans 12 K95 Kobe Smith 12 DL96 Christian Whitley 10 WR/DB97 Taylor Dolph 10 WR98 Chad Miller 10 K99 Jay Beck 11 K/P

PROBABLE STARTERS (returners in bold)OFFENSE

QB Will Bearden (6-1, 190, Sr.)WR Kyle Davis (6-3, 220, Sr.)WR Aramis Bryant (5-10, 175, Sr.)RB Jamyest Williams (5-9, 165, Jr.)RB Dylan Singelton (5-11, 180, Sr.)TE Michael Kouassi (6-4, 210, Sr.)OT J.D. Boone (6-3, 290, Sr.)OG E.J. Price (6-6, 320, Sr.)C Taylor Stein (5-11, 245, Sr.)OG Cole Craven (5-10, 215, Sr.)OT Adam Brown (6-3, 225, Jr.)K Matthew Fritts (5-9, 160, Sr.)

DEFENSEDE Sam Wright (6-0, 215, Jr.)DT Kobe Smith (6-4, 305, Sr.)DE Will Choloh (5-11, 240, Soph.)LB Frank Finch (5-10, 190, Sr.)LB Quinn Miller (6-1, 220, Jr.)LB Donta Evans (6-1, 210, Sr.)CB Aramis Bryant 5-10, 175, Sr.)CB Jamyest Williams (5-9, 165, Jr.)DB Isaiah Pryor (6-2, 190, Jr.)S Dylan Singleton (5-11, 180, Sr.)DB Daquan Smith (6-0, 180, Sr.)P Matthew Fritts (5-9, 160, Sr.)

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Berkmar PatriotsHead coach: Kenan Dever (0-0 at Berkmar, 0-0 overall) Region: 8-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2005

OffenseFor the third straight

season, the Patriots will break in a new starting quarterback, though this one comes with plenty of potential.

Sophomore Jeremiah Scott appears to have the skills to help first-year coach Kenan Dever’s main objective — for the offense to pick up the pace — though he knows that having a sophomore first-year starter under center may require some patience.

“We plan on being a no-huddle type team and to play as fast as we can,” Dever said. “But we’ll try to keep it as simple as possible.”

The fact that two starters return among Berkmar’s four-receiver set in seniors Chaquan Bacote and Rey Orocio (pictured) should help Scott’s learning curve somewhat.

By contrast, only one starter from last year re-turns on the line in senior tackle Walbert Duran (6-4, 260), though what the Patriots lack in experience up front they make up for in size, with three other starters weighing 250 pounds or more.

DefenseThe defense shares a

few features with the of-fense, most notably, the fact there will be a lot of new faces in the starting lineup this season.

Many of those new faces will be quite young looking, with no fewer than six starters being underclassmen, including several sophomores, and

even a freshman.And like the offense,

picking up the pace of play is going to be a big key for the Patriots this fall.

“It fits our scheme,” Dever said of the up-tempo approach he hopes to bring to the Berkmar defense. “We don’t have a lot of big bodies. We have to be fast-paced defen-

sively. We have to be able to run to the ball all night long.

“We’ve got a couple of kids who moved in (to the Berkmar area) who can helps us on defense, but we’ll be young. We’ve got a lot of sophomores, and we’ll be inexperienced.”

One of the few areas of the defense that will be fairly well-seasoned is in

the secondary, where Ba-cote returns at free safety and fellow senior Negash Desta is back to man one of the corners.

Senior George Wortham, who will pull double duty by starting at center on offense, is one of the few returning start-ers along the front seven, where the Patriots will rely on several key new starters like senior defen-sive end Brendon Jenrette and sophomore linebacker Khalil Moon.

To compensate, Dever plans to give the Patriots a different look with how

they line up.“We’ve gone from a

three-man front to a four-man front so that we can be more aggressive,” Dever said. “It’s taking time.”

Etc.Trends are sometimes

tricky things to figure out in high school football, but there is one trend the Patriots would love to put an end to this fall after enduring just the third winless season in program history last year.

Combined with seven straight losses following a 3-0 start to the 2013 sea-son, Berkmar is currently trying to snap a 17-game losing streak, the longest in program history.

If one believes in trends, however, there is a glimmer of hope based on the the program’s next longest losing streak of 16 straight games, which stretches from 2002 to the 2003 seasons.

After enduring an 0-10 campaign in Wendell Early’s inaugural season as head coach, the Patriots bounced back to win its first three games in 2004 en route to a 6-5 season that included a berth in the state playoffs.

— David Friedlander

2015 scheduleAug. 21 NewtonAug. 28 at BufordSept. 11 at DaculaSept. 18 BrookwoodSept. 25 at GraysonOct. 2 ArcherOct. 9 at ParkviewOct. 23 South GwinnettOct. 30 at ShilohNov. 6 Central Gwinnett

2014 results (0-10)at Newton L 42-14at Buford L 56-0Dacula L 21-0at Brookwood L 35-7Grayson L 36-12at Archer L 42-3Parkview L 42-3at South L 32-0Shiloh L 34-28at Central L 32-17


Berkmar rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Negash Desta RB/DB 122 Ty Todd WR/DB 103 Josh Miller WR/DB 114 Jeremiah Scott QB 105 Noah Hassen RB 116 Dahrien Beasley RB/LB 117 Chaquan Bacote WR/DB 128 Khalil Moon LB 1011 Brandon Castaneda LB 1212 Rey Orocio WR/LB 1216 Jalen Brown QB 917 Steven Thai WR 1218 David Mundo QB 1121 Kennedy Carroll CB 1223 Miles Bryant WR/DB 9

24 Isiah Sink RB 1126 Zaned Blount DB 930 Alvin Duncan LB 9

31 Eddie Kittrell RB 934 Lester Ortiz WR 950 Rodney Warner OL/DL 9

51 Spencer Brown OL/DL 1153 Michael Benjamine OL/DL 1254 Brendon Jenrette OL/DL 1255 George Wortham OL/DL 1256 Khalil Raymond OL/DL 1258 Anthony Ferrell OL 960 Eri Radilla OL 962 Walbert Duran OL/DL 1265 Ron Lewis OL/DL 1277 Jakarae Williams DL 1081 Maceo Burt WR/DB 982 Miguel Lopez WR/DB 1183 Kellen McGee WR 1085 Jamarie Shird DB 991 Sharif Hachem DB 9


QB Jeremiah Scott (6-2, 170, Soph.)RB Dahrien Beasley (6-1, 160, Jr.)WR Chaquan Bacote (6-1, 180, Sr.)WR Rey Orocio (6-0, 170, Sr.)WR Josh Miller (6-0, 170, Jr.)WR Brandon Castaneda (6-0, 185, Sr.)RG Ron Lewis (6-1, 280, Sr.)RT Walbert Duran (6-4, 260, Sr.)C George Wortham (5-9, 210, Sr.)LT Spencer Brown (6-3, 250, Jr.)LG Khalil Raymond (6-1, 270, Sr.)K TBA

DEFENSEDE George Wortham (5-9, 210, Sr.)DT Spencer Brown (6-3, 250, Jr.)NG Walbert Duran (6-4, 260, Sr.)DE Brendon Jenrette (6-4, 220, Sr.)SLB Dahrien Beasley (6-1, 160, Jr.)LB Khalil Moon (6-2, 200, Soph.)WLB Noah Hassen (6-0, 185, Jr.)CB Negash Desta (5-9, 180, Sr.)CB Miles Bryant (5-9, 160, Fr.)FS Chaquan Bacote (6-1, 180, Sr.)SS Ty Todd (5-11, 160, Soph.)P TBA

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Brookwood BroncosHead coach: Philip Jones (0-0 at Brookwood, 10-11 overall) Region: 8-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2013

OffenseThe long-standing

Brookwood offense, methodical and heavily run-based, is a thing of the past.

That switch was one of the most noteworthy changes made by new head coach Philip Jones, a standout lineman on the Broncos’ 1996 state cham-pionship team who played college football at South Carolina. He brought in another Brookwood grad, Chad Pickett, as offensive coordinator. Pickett had been running the pistol spread in his previous job with last year’s state runner-up, Archer, and brings the same up-tempo attack to Brookwood.

“We’re excited about what we’re doing of-fensively,” Jones said. “Scheme-wise, we’re able to accentuate our most talented kids’ abilities and do what they do best. We’re real excited about our receiving corps. We’ve got some good athletes.”

That said, don’t expect the Broncos to throw it 50 times. Not with Jesse Brown (pictured) back at running back. The North-western recruit has rushed for nearly 2,300 yards the past two seasons, but he

will get some help from a more balanced offense.

Returning playmakers Dorian Miles and Myles Scott are back at wide re-ceiver, a position bolstered even more when baseball player Spencer Lewis re-turned to football and for-mer Bronco Matthew Hill moved back from Prince Avenue, where he starred last season. The team also got a recent move-in from Miami, 6-foot-4 wideout Keith Coffee.

“(The players) are jacked,” Jones said. “They love (the new offense). It was an easy sell when you’ve got Archer who averages 53 points a game in the playoffs and plays for the state champion-ship and we bring Chad over and say, ‘Here’s what

we’re doing guys.’ Some guys were itching for a change anyway and we wanted to spread things out and get the ball to guys in space.”

One of the areas of concern offensively is a completely new line, which will protect a new starting quarterback, either junior Tanner Winskie or sophomore Angelo DiSpigna.

DefenseBrookwood’s offensive

changes were the most noteworthy to some fans, but the defense will be dif-ferent, too. New coordina-tor John Poitevint, coming off a successful tenure running Central Gwin-nett’s defense, will run a 3-4 instead of the Bron-

cos’ longtime 4-3.The unit also will be

more aggressive, and less read and react.

“We look pretty salty on defense right now,” Jones said. “We’re undersized on the defensive line. We’re kind of having to go with speed and quickness over size at this point. Our D-linemen are a little on the smaller side. Coach Poitevint really does an excellent job on defense, the job he’s done at Cen-tral, especially last year. I think we’re really excited about how much progress

they’ve made since the spring, the installation we’ve made and execution of assignments. They’re athletic in the secondary.

“We think (the defense) fits our kids well. Right now we just don’t have the kind of size we’ve always had and the 3-4 gets more of your athletes on the field and I think it al-lows you to disguise what you’re doing a little more than the other scheme. It’s much more dynamic, much more attacking.”

Noseguard Shane DeFreitas anchors the undersized front, while the linebackers should be a strength with returning starters Frank Robinson, Leonard Warner (who has offers from every major Southern school) and Guillermo Luna. Both safeties, Tyler Montgom-ery and Semaj Hayden, also have starting expe-rience, though Hayden started at fullback as a junior.

Misc.Another noteworthy

change is to the Broncos’ uniforms, with newly de-signed Nike digs replacing the longtime preference of Russell. The players also will wear gold pants,

a staple during the Hunter era that faded out over the last decade. “We wanted them to feel good about what they were play-ing in and we wanted to sort of refresh the image, refresh the brand of the football program,” Jones said. “That’s one way to do it.” … Brookwood also will have players wear-ing single-digit numbers for the first time since the late 1980s, when Hunter eliminated Nos. 1-9 from use. Hunter also didn’t use numbers in the 90s, but those were added when Crews took over. Now all numbers are fair game. “I believe there were fights on our team for single digits,” Jones said. “I had to limit it to seniors only, guys who have been to the most workouts. But it was almost by necessity. Some-thing we’ve also never done is brought up sopho-mores and included them as part of the varsity. Right now we’re at 120 kids. If I excluded single digits, we’d have a lot of double numbers.” … The Brook-wood football program also works out of a new fieldhouse — the play-ers and coaches moved in completely in early June.

— Will Hammock

2015 scheduleAug. 22 Mill Creek*Aug. 28 NorcrossSept. 11 ParkviewSept. 18 at BerkmarSept. 25 South GwinnettOct. 2 at ShilohOct. 9 Central GwinnettOct. 16 at DaculaOct. 30 GraysonNov. 6 at Archer

*at Georgia Dome

2014 results (2-8)Valdosta L 31-0at Norcross L 21-10at Parkview L 37-24Berkmar W 35-7at South L 44-14Shiloh W 31-21at Central L 32-0Dacula L 35-29at Grayson L 38-3Archer L 49-31


Brookwood rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

2 Dorian Miles WR 123 Keith Coffee WR 124 Brandon Demeritte WR/CB 125 C.J. Dye S 126 Myles Scott WR 127 Bryan Oliver WR/CB 128 Matthew Corn WR 129 Nate Blackmon CB 1210 Angelo DiSpigna QB 1010 Jonathan Jordan LB 1011 Frank Robinson LB 1211 Jake Medders WR 1012 Cantorian Weems WR/CB 1113 Matthew Hill WR/CB 1014 Jaidon Turner WR 1015 Tyler Montgomery S 1215 Conner Chavis QB 916 Spencer Lewis WR 1117 Kendall Williamson WR/CB 1018 Tanner Winskie QB 1118 Nathan Pickett WR 1019 Will Banfield S/P 1019 Zion Tercero QB 1020 Mick Hutchins LB 1220 Jabril Muhammad LB 1021 Terry Newell RB 1121 Kris Jones DB 1022 Semaj Hayden RB/S 1223 Jaiah Momoh S 1224 Kevin O’Reilly RB 1124 Caleb Riley CB 1025 Lucas Bennett S 1125 Zayne Freshley WR 1026 Jacory Griffin CB 1226 Jeremiah Williams WR 1027 Rosny Wilson LB 1128 Guillermo Luna RB/LB 1129 Deundre Head RB 1129 Donovan Garner CB 1030 Jonathan Andrews S 1131 Shane DeFreitas DL 12

32 Kernard Lee LB 1132 Marshawn Lewis WR 1033 Timmy Martin RB 1033 Aeron Mulic K 1034 Brandon Foster LB 1135 Leonard Warner LB 1136 Jesse Brown RB 1237 Chris Peele DL 1138 Franciscus Turner CB 1139 Blake Chavis DL 1140 D.J. Horne LB 1041 Isaiah Jordan S 1142 Amir Berry LB 1043 Luis Dunn CB/P 1144 Max Booth LB 1144 Eli Garcia RB 1045 Joseph Schurek LB/LS 12

45 Ty King Richards RB 1046 Shane Adams K 1047 Connor Artime LB 1148 Chris Fay CB 1248 Jimmy Zelano LB 1049 Maliq Sabir WR 1249 Max Schurek LB 1050 Carlos Luna DL 1251 Nick Eubanks OL 1152 Charlie Call OL 1253 Adrian Sims DL 1155 Miles Simmons DL 1056 Proctor Owens DL 1257 Ben Coletta OL 1058 Matt Barfield OL 1259 Anthony Johnson DL 1160 William Spottsville OL/DL 10

61 Mekhi Forde OL 1062 D’Lani Brathwaite OL/DL 1063 Matthew Brasfield OL 1064 Deion Johnson OL 1165 Donovan Landers OL 1066 Davion Quinn OL 1067 Blake Bridges OL 1068 Jonathan Ijebuonwu OL 1069 Cole Byrd OL 1070 Brendan Colon OL 1171 Matthew Mitchell DL 1271 A.J. Blankenship OL 1072 Harley Pratt OL 1173 Mike Akuffo OL 1074 Jacob Smith DL 1175 Jonathan Bell OL 1276 Kaid Cantrell OL 1177 Casey Holman OL 1078 Jeff Whigham OL 1079 Eli Saliba OL 1280 Tung Nguyen WR 1281 Kojo Amoo WR 1281 Jeremiah Montgomery WR 1082 Jordan Pullins WR 1282 Evan Fleming LB 1084 Brandon Turner WR 1185 R.J. Watkins WR 1186 Cameron Barrington WR 1087 Max Damaschke DL 1188 Dawson Hilliard WR/LS 1189 Avery Baker WR 1290 Jarret Wright DL 1291 Tony Monti DL 1192 Hasan Mondesir WR 1193 Chris Downs CB 1294 Miles Archie WR 1195 Matthew Aaron CB 1196 Danial Alam WR 1197 Antonio Irizarry DL 1098 Isaiah Efojie DL 1299 Brent Carter DL 12


QB Tanner Winskie (6-5, 195, Jr.)or Angelo DiSpigna 6-4, 175, Soph.)TB Jesse Brown (5-11, 190, Sr.)WR Dorian Miles (6-2, 190, Sr.)WR Myles Scott (5-9, 160, Sr.)WR Keith Coffee (6-4, 180, Sr.)WR Brandon Demeritte (5-7, 180, Sr.)or Spencer Lewis (5-8, 170, Jr.)LT Casey Holman (6-5, 265, Soph.)LG Kaid Cantrell (6-3, 290, Jr.)C Nick Eubanks (6-0, 240, Jr.)RG Charlie Call (5-11, 200, Sr.)RT Elias Saliba (6-2, 265, Sr.)

PK TBADEFENSE

DE Blake Chavis (6-1, 210, Jr.)NG Shane DeFreitas (6-0, 240, Sr.)DE Jarrett Wright (5-11, 230, Sr.)LB Frank Robinson (6-1, 190, Sr.)LB Leonard Warner (6-4, 220, Jr.)LB Guillermo Luna (5-10, 180, Jr.)LB Connor Artime (6-1, 190, Jr.)CB Cantorian Weems (6-0, 160, Jr.)CB Matthew Hill (6-2, 175, Soph.)SS Semaj Hayden (5-7, 170, Sr.)FS Tyler Montgomery (6-0, 175, Sr.)P Will Banfield (6-0, 170, Soph.)


Buford WolvesHead coach: Jess Simpson (138-8 at Buford, 138-18 overall) Region: 8-AAAA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseTo simply look at the

roster and see only four returning starters, one would get a deceptive view of just how much experience the Buford of-fense will have this fall.

That experience starts with rising junior quar-terback Mic Roof, who was primarily the under-study to Luke Humphrey, but saw action in sev-eral games, including the Wolves’ impressive win over AAAAAA semifinal-ist McEachern.

“He’s probably the most improved player in our program,” Buford coach Jess Simpson said. “He’s made tremendous strides over a year. When Luke went out (with an injury) against McEachern, he executed the offense well, and he’s just grown and gotten better.”

As improved as Roof has been, Buford’s bread and butter over the years has been its ground game, and the Wolves should have plenty of weapons to utilize once again.

Georgia Tech-commit-ted Xavier Gantt did start last season, but like Roof, Martin Mangram did not. Still, also did his share of damage, combining with Gantt for 1,061 yards and

16 touchdowns on 122 carries.

While having just two returning starters on the offensive line might be a concern for a lot of teams, once again, the Wolves should still be in good shape.

Both seniors Innis Claud and Cooper Simp-son bring plenty of experi-ence, and Jess Simpson is pleased with the battle going on to join them in the trenches.

Losing a talent like big-time college prospect Isaac Nauta, who moved with his family to Florida after last season and will play at IMG Academy in Bradenton, might normal-ly be a devastating blow.

But once again, Buford

appears to be prepared, with seniors Caleb Auer and Brett Shepherd both figur-ing to see time this season.

DefenseLike the offense, the

Wolves’ defense doesn’t have a whole lot of return-ing starters, but does have game experience coming back.

And like the offense, that experience seems to be spread throughout each of the unit’s components.

“There might be one guy at each spot in sec-ondary or at linebacker or one guy up front,” Simp-son said. “We were hit pretty heavy by gradua-tion, but you go in cycles, certainly with the senior class a year ago, when you

have that many guys play at high level.

“(But) we like our younger players. They don’t have the experience or notches on their belts yet. They’ve got to get in there and figure it out.”

Among those that the Wolves will rely on to help the younger players figure it out are linebackers Mat-thew Parker, a senior, and T.D. Roof, a junior.

Likewise, the Wolves have a stalwart up front in the massive form of senior Shug Frazier (pictured), one of the nation’s most sought after college pros-pects on the defensive line.

As is the case on of-fense, Shepherd and Auer should help shore things up at defensive end with the departure of Nauta.

The Wolves should also have good cornerstones to build around in the sec-ondary, as well, with Gantt and Mangram back to man the corner spots.

Overall, the defense is still trying to find its iden-tity, though Simpson is confident that it shouldn’t take too long to do so, provided the experienced players display the right amount of leadership.

“We’re still trying to figure out who we are,” Simpson said. “It’s impor-

tant those guys who have been in those battles and played that many snaps, that you can count on them to lead the way for the younger kids.”

Etc.It’s kind of snuck up on

Simpson and his staff and players, but Buford has a chance at history this season.

With Buford having won 40 straight games — the streak would have been at 43 if not for three

forfeit losses during the 2012 season — they have a real shot at matching, and perhaps even break-ing, the Georgia state record of 47 consecutive wins that the Wolves set from 2001-04.

It won’t be easy, with a non-region schedule that includes Maryland pow-erhouse Eastern Christian Academy and a rematch with McEachern in Weeks 1 and 3.

And Simpson said his team’s focus will be on those particular oppo-nents, rather than any chance at history further down the road.

“To be honest with you, I haven’t heard a player or coach say anything about that,” Simpson said. “I didn’t even know about it until (being told). For us, we don’t get too worried about that. You know what? It’s just not why I coach.

“Maybe one day when all is said and done, I’ll look back and say that was neat. … For fans and people to watch, it’s fun. But for people involved in football, it’s about watch-ing in October and No-vember and seeing who’s improved and how much you can go. It’lll be a huge challenge.”


2015 scheduleAug. 21 E. Christian (Md.)Aug. 28 BerkmarSept. 4 at McEachernSept. 18 at White CountyOct. 2 ChestateeOct. 9 at North HallOct. 16 Monroe AreaOct. 23 North OconeeOct. 30 at Madison CountyNov. 6 Stephens County

2014 results (15-0)Trinity Christian W 17-0Berkmar W 56-0McEachern W 27-20White County W 42-10at Chestatee W 54-7North Hall W 56-0at Monroe Area W 51-12at North Oconee W 58-3Madison Co. W 44-0at Stephens Co. W 56-0SE Whitfield W 63-0Mary Persons W 35-14Marist W 30-6at Cartersville W 27-3St. Pius W 55-10

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Buford rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 T.D. Roof LB/FB 113 R.J. Walker WR/DB 124 Brandon Marsh WR/DB 125 Christian Turner TB/LB 106 Bryson Richardson WR/DB 108 Caleb Auer TE/DE 129 Joshua Blackwell TB/DB 1110 Da’Mario Lott LB/FB 1211 Mic Roof QB 1112 Alan Bussoletti WR/DB 1213 Will Westmoreland QB 1016 Tyler Klein QB 1117 Jake Simpson FB/LB 1119 A.J. Wansley TB/DB 1120 Jacob Martin WR/DB 1121 Xavier Gantt TB/DB 1222 Reid Parks FB/LB 1223 Martin Mangram TB/DB 1224 Tanner Alexander WR/DB 1125 Dillon Vann TE/LB 1226 Anthony Grant TB/LB 1027 K.J. Anderson WR/DB 1128 Matthew Parker WR/LB 1229 Chee Anyanwu WR/DB 1130 Lunden Bailey FB/LB 1031 Kellen Neal WR/DB 1032 A.J. Hendricks FB/LB 1033 Demontre Bennett WR/DB 1034 Mack Legrant FB/LB 12

35 Mikey McMorris WR/DB 1036 Zack Waters FB/LB 1137 Garrison Price TB/DB 1038 Preston Hagan TB/LB 1039 Griffin Price WR/DB 1040 Corey Burnett FB/LB 1141 Mick Reese TE/DL 1042 Jack Ness WR/DB 1144 Isaiah Shepard FB/LB 1045 Hunter Akins OL/DL 1046 Jaylan Strickland TE/DE 10

47 Cole Wroble FB/LB 1048 Dale Craig FB/LB 1249 Tyreque Legrant FB/DL 1052 Clay Castleman OL/DL 1054 Logan Orr OL/DL 1055 Garrett Scoggins OL/DL 1156 Cooper Simpson OL/DL 1259 Connor Mills OL/DL 1160 Asa Jones OL/DL 1061 Preston Brown OL/DL 1162 Dean Powell OL/DL 11

63 Adam Pugh OL/DL 1064 Alan Frazier OL/DL 1265 Cole Tarleton OL/DL 1167 Mark Castillo OL/DL 1070 Tyler Thurmond OL/DL 1171 Austin Blake OL/DL 1072 Bailey Crews OL/DL 1073 Jesse Duncan OL/DL 1075 David Andrade OL/DL 1276 Hank White OLDL 1177 Will Graddick OL/DL 1278 Innis Claud OL/DL 1280 Jalen Anderson OL/DL 1081 Nolan Weber TE/DE 1082 Brent Parker TE/DE 1083 Matthew Walton WR/DB 1084 Juan Morales WR/DB 1285 Logan Strain WR/DB 1086 Griffin Russo WR/DB 1087 Jacob Cardiello TE/DE 1289 Daniel Garcia K 1190 Edgar Bravo OL/DL 1191 Shug Frazier TE/DL 1292 Aquaveun Johnson LB/TE 1093 D.J. Pinkard OL/DL 1194 Jarrett Burgos K/P 1295 Bryson Enoch TE/DL 1096 Carson Guy K/P 1099 Nick Chmielowicz K/P 11


QB Mic Roof (6-2, 165, Jr.)TB Xavier Gantt (5-10. 170, Sr.)FB Martin Mangram (5-11, 180, Sr.)WR Alan Bussoletti (6-4, 190, Sr.)WR Jacob Martin (6-1, 183, Sr.)TE Caleb Auer (6-3, 240, Sr.)RT Tyler Thurmond (6-6, 265, Jr.)RG Dean Powell (6-0, 275, Jr.)C Cooper Simpson (6-1, 260, Sr.)LG Will Graddick (6-2, 260, Sr.)LT Innis Claud (6-2, 280 Sr.)K Nick Chmielowicz (5-9, 145, Jr.)

DEFENSEDE Caleb Auer (6-3, 240, Sr.)DT Shug Frazier (6-3, 310, Sr.)DE Alan Bussoletti (6-4, 190, Sr.)LB Matthew Parker (6-2, 205, Sr.)LB Reid Parks (6-0, 210, Sr.)LB T.D. Roof (5-11, 202, Jr.)LB Jake Simpson (6-1, 205, Jr.)CB Martin Mangram (5-11, 180, Sr.)CB Xavier Gantt (5-10, 170, Sr.)FS R.J. Walker (6-1, 170, Sr.)SS Jacob Martin (6-1, 183, Sr.)P Nick Chmielowicz (5-9, 145, Jr.)

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Central Gwinnett Black KnightsHead coach: Todd Wofford (23-29 at Central Gwinnett, 23-29 overall) Region: 8-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseFrom at least one stand-

point, there won’t be much change in the Central of-fense from a year ago.

Several important per-sonnel members are back, including junior Nick Part-low, who took over at quar-terback when Eric Forrest went down with a season-ending injury late in the regular season, and county receiving leader Major Bellamy (pictured).

However, head coach Todd Wofford says that the Black Knights will sport quite a different look this fall.

For one thing, despite his experience, Partlow isn’t guaranteed to be the starter under center, with both senior Micah Maxey and sophomore D.J. Irons also vying for the job.

“It’s not cut and dry (that Partlow) is going to be starter,” Wofford said. “Micah is a senior. He’s been in the system four years and he’s got a lot of leadership qualities that go along with the position that has stood out since spring practice. He would’ve been more in the mix (to start) last year, but we moved him to linebacker when Eric Forrest took over. D.J.’s a combination of

both (Partlow and Maxey). He’s athletic. He’s not as fast as Nick, but he’s just as athletic. And he’s got an arm like Maxey.”

But the biggest differ-ence may be that instead of the quick-hitting pass-ing attack that has been the trademark throughout Wofford’s tenure, the Black Knights will take a more pedestrian approach.

The presence of power-ful runners like Nigel Ad-ams, Jeff Days and South Gwinnett transfer Trey

Vallery means Central will run the ball much more this season.

And despite the transfer of E.J. Price to Archer, those backs should have a strong line to run behind, anchored by major college prospect Tony Gray.

“We actually have three backs who do a lot of things for us and give us more of a running game that we’ve had,” Wofford said. “Everybody thinks we’ll throw it 40 times a game, but when you’ve

got backs like that, you can do a lot of things. You have to respect their size. … We haven’t had that kind of running game since we had George Mor-ris.”

DefenseDespite having to

replace playmakers like Adonis Thomas and Deshawn Oliver, who combined for 225 stops off a unit that was fifth in the county in points al-lowed a year ago, Wofford

says there’s a lot to like about the Black Knights’ defense this fall.

That’s especially true for a linebacking corps that re-turns Tim Gary (97 tackles, 9 sacks) and Adams and adds Apalachee transfer Jamal Stewart (95 tackles).

“This group of lineback-ers, I think, could be a much better than the group we had last year, and that’s even including Adonis,” Wofford said. “We have about six guys who are all about 215 pounds-plus that can run, and they swarm

(to the ball).”While Wofford also

expects improvement from the defensive line, he says the key to this year’s defense might be in the secondary.

And based on the prog-ress of players like Vern Bellamy and Elliott Cum-mings this summer, he’s liked what he’s seen so far.

“The position to replace most in is secondary,” Wofford said. “That was my big question. We had guys who got a lot of experience in back-up roles last year. They’ve looked good this summer. They’ve really stepped up to the challenge.”

Etc.Coming off the pro-

gram’s first postseason appearance since 2006, Wofford says there’s a dif-ferent atmosphere around the Black Knights during preseason camp this year.

“I don’t want to say it’s cockiness, but you can tell during practices this sum-mer that the kids know what it takes to get back (to the postseason),” Wof-ford said. “You can feel it with them that they’re excited. The expectations have risen with that.”


2015 scheduleAug. 28 Collins HillSept. 4 at Mundy’s MillSept. 11 South GwinnettSept. 18 at ShilohOct. 2 DaculaOct. 9 at BrookwoodOct. 16 GraysonOct. 23 at ArcherOct. 30 ParkviewNov. 6 at Berkmar

2014 results (7-5)at Collins Hill L 20-9Mundy’s Mill W 21-8at South W 30-25Shiloh W 44-0at Dacula L 20-10Brookwood W 32-0at Grayson L 28-0Archer L 35-14at Parkview W 24-21Berkmar W 32-17at North W 12-9at Newton L 15-14


Central Gwinnett rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Nigel Adams RB/LB 122 Major Bellamy WR 124 Vern Bellamy DB 115 Jarius Jones RB/WR 116 Tim Gary LB 127 Azaviar Kufour WR 128 Micah Maxey QB 129 Jamal Stewart LB 1210 Erron Price WR 1211 A.J. McCain DB 1212 Nick Partlow QB 1113 Trey Vallery RB 1214 D.J. Irons QB 1015 Jeff Days RB 1116 Derrick Lawrence RB 1017 Sidney Willis DE 1218 Elliot Cummings DB 1119 Jordan Smith WR 1120 Kendal Gray DB 1121 Antonio Oliver DB 1222 Tamontra Carter DB 1023 Dominique Atkins RB 1124 Kaseem Bagley DB 12

28 Aaron Allen RB 1129 Darvon Smith DB 1230 Jaiwann Brown RB 931 Adonis Elliott-Thigpen DB 933 Paul Brewer DL 1037 Chakai Simmons LB 1039 Ruben Jimenez DB 12

46 Ivan Sledge DE 1147 Shelton Coombs LB 1148 Elijah Robertson LB 1249 Daniel Edibiokpo DL 1050 Bella Sinanta DL 1252 Tyrell Earl DL/OL 1053 Farook Ogunfuyi LB 12

54 Tim Wilkins OL 1155 Devin Billhimer DL 1156 Brandon Jones DL 1258 Joel Lineras DE 1059 Jordan Allen DL 1160 Ian Sainville OL 1161 Dominique Zarazua OL 1062 Jakob Lindblad OL 1163 Chimico Dumas DL 1064 Carlos Corona OL 1265 Bryant Jones OL 1069 Esdras Thelemaque DL 1171 Abraham Salazar OL 1074 Tony Gray OL 1175 Elijah Hutson OL 1277 Jalen King OL 1078 Traquan Anderson DL 1181 Andrew Taylor WR 984 Adnan Antonio WR 1285 Quenton Meheau WR 1188 Jallah Zeze WR 1093 Jakir Jackson DL 10


QB Micah Maxey (6-3, 190, Sr.)or Nick Partlow (6-1, 180, Jr.)or D.J. Irons (6-1, 150, Soph.)RB Jeff Days (5-8, 195, Jr.)or Nigel Adams (6-0, 234, Sr.)SL Derrick Lawrence (5-8, 145, Soph.)or Jarius Jones (6-2, 185, Jr.)WR Major Bellamy (5-8, 155, Sr.)WR Erron Price (6-1, 175, Sr.)WR Azaviar Kufour (5-11, 200, Sr.)OT Tony Gray (6-5, 285, Jr.)OG Brandon Jones (5-11, 295, Sr.)C Elijah Hutson (6-2, 240, Sr.)OG Devin Billhimer (5-8, 270, Jr.)OT Tim Wilkins (6-2, 245, Jr.)

DEFENSEDL Tyrell Earl (6-3, 250, Soph.)DL Paul Brewer (5-9, 225, Jr.)DL Sidney Willis (6-0, 238, Sr.)LB Nigel Adams (6-0, 234, Sr.)LB Tim Gary (5-10, 215, Sr.)LB Jamal Stewart (6-1, 230, Sr.)LB Elijah Robertson (5-10, 190, Sr.)DB Vern Bellamy (5-10, 155, Jr.)DB Kaseem Bagley (5-7, 145, Jr.)DB A.J. McClain (6-0, 175, Sr.)DB/LB Elliot Cummings (6-0, 185, Jr.)

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Collins Hill EaglesHead coach: Kevin Reach (37-22 at Collins Hill, 37-22 overall) Region: 7-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2013

OffenseCollins Hill’s spread

offense has had some ex-plosive seasons in the past, and with eight returners for 2015, this year’s offense could rival that of some of those previous teams.

Anchoring that of-fense is the front line, led by left tackle Michael Faulkner, who started all 10 games last year. Senior Jonathan Husbands and Nate Wellington comprise the guards, while Aaron Sonkesak holds down the middle at center.

Right tackle is the only position open up front, but Reach has three quality players in Jason Adicks, Caleb Hudson and Justin Rivers each battling for playing time.

Collins Hill also has a good 1-2 punch at run-ning back in Jeremy Lewis and Jonathan Postell with Lewis being more of the speed runner and Postell going in between the tackles. Tracy Fusilier also lines up in the backfield at fullback.

While needing produc-tion in the running game, the spread offense needs receivers, and 2015 has an excellent group, led by Des Howard. Canyon Slade and Codi Rus-sell bring experience to

the slot positions, while 6-foot-5 wideout Justin Macauley lines up on the outside at receiver.

Another returner is quarterback Monty Horn, who started all 10 games in 2014 as a sophomore. However, head coach Kevin Reach picked up a transfer from Greater Atlanta Christian in junior Drew Dinsmore, who is battling for the starting position.

“Both have been doing very well,” said Reach, who will wait until after the scrimmage to name his opening game starter. “Dinsmore has great arm strength and Horn knows the system very well. We’ll just have to wait and see how things work out.”

DefenseLike the offense,

Reach’s defense will be

much more experienced than it was a year ago. Running a 3-4 scheme that allowed 23 points per game last year, this year’s group looks to be more formidable.

The defensive line is led by end Tomon Fox, who will be starting for his third year. Fox, who has 23 career sacks, mulled over 50 collegiate offers before verbally commit-ting to North Carolina late in the summer.

Helping Fox will be Steven Harwell, who can play at nose and end, while Mitch Davis, Malik Blakely and K.J. Dorsey bring depth in the rotation.

The linebackers look to be the strength of the defense, led by Robert Snyder on the inside. Sny-der, who will be starting for his third year, currently holds offers from Virginia

and Virginia Tech among others. Also playing on the inside will be Khalil Blakely.

Two more college-bound players hold down the outside in Emmanuel Belmar (Virginia Tech) and Jordan Bertand (Miami-Ohio, pictured), each of who will be three-year starters.

In the secondary, junior Mark Flores returns at safety, while Reggie White will start for his second year at cornerback. Reach also expects Jonathan Pierre, Kymere Faucette and Peyton Woulard to rotate in at safety, while Askri Smith and Darius Penton are getting looks at corner.

The Eagles return the county’s leading punter in Snyder, while Horn brings experienced in the often overlooked position of holder.

Sam Glenn is the favor-ite to be the kicker.

More experienceThis time last season,

Reach had no idea what to expect.

With just three starters returning on the defensive side and none on offense, he knew the 2014 Eagles would have to grow up fast if they were to

compete for a playoff spot in the ultra competitive Region 7-AAAAAA.

The Eagles did show signs of maturity, finishing the season at 5-5, but an overtime loss to Norcross in the regular season finale left Collins Hill home the following week when the playoffs started.

Unlike last year, Reach has a much better feel for what this season will bring as 11 starters return.

“This year we have a lot more leadership and kids that have game experi-ence,” Reach said. “We were in most games last

year and lost a couple of close ones and that experi-ence should help us this year.”

Etc.One thing Reach is

happy with is the continu-ity of his coaching staff, which didn’t lose any members from last year. In fact, he was down a coach last season, and filled that opening in the off season with Jason Conner. Con-ner, who was the head coach at Duluth for the past two seasons, stepped down from that position and was quickly snatched up by Reach. “I still have everybody from last year but was able to hire Con-ner as our quarterbacks coach,” Reach said. “As a former head coach, I’ve been able to assign him some duties and he’s known exactly what to do with them.” Conner’s contributions have already helped, especially in the ongoing battle for start-ing quarterback. … The Eagles added a new piece to their field to go along with their Eagle Walk entrance to games. At the bottom of what they call “The Hill,” the Eagle players will walk under a newly constructed arch.

— Scott Smith

2015 scheduleAug. 21 DaculaAug. 28 at Central GwinnettSept. 4 South GwinnettSept. 18 North GwinnettSept. 25 at MeadowcreekOct. 2 Mountain ViewOct. 9 at DuluthOct. 23 Mill CreekOct. 30 at Peachtree RidgeNov. 6 at Norcross

2014 results (5-5)at Dacula L 34-14Central W 20-9at South W 27-20at North L 42-24Meadocreek W 49-7at Mountain View W 16-12Duluth W 34-0at Mill Creek L 51-7P’tree Ridge L 38-3Norcross L 20-17*

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Collins Hill rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Jordan Bertrand LB 122 Jeremy Lewis RB 123 Justin Macauley WR 124 Codi Russell WR 125 Canyon Slade WR 126 Mitch Davis DL 127 Bobby Sheehan LB 128 Tomon Fox DL 129 Emmanuel Belmar LB 1211 Robert Snyder LB 1212 Drew Dinsmore QB 1113 A.J. Carter RB 1214 Des Howard WR 1115 Brendan Koerner QB 1016 Monty Horn QB 1117 Reggie White DB 1118 Marc Riley WR 1119 Jon-Michael Findlay QB 1020 Khalil Blakely LB 1221 Askri Smith DB 1122 Chris Evans RB 1223 Angelo Crockett DB 1124 Jalen Werts DB 1225 Devin Bradley WR 1126 Jared Clear DB 1127 Peyton Woulard DB 1028 Elijah Jappah DB 1229 David Beasley WR 11

30 Malik Blakely LB 1231 Darius Penton DB 1032 Mark Flores DB 1133 Evan Anderson RB 1034 Jonathan Postell RB 1135 Devon Ringi DB 1136 Naji Germana RB 1037 Arham Younus RB 1238 Chandler Black DB 1039 Tracy Fusilier RB 11

40 Jonathan Pierre DB 1141 Kymere Faucette DB 1142 Nathan Jones LB 1143 Mamady Diarra DB 1144 Jomier Augustine LB 1046 Brandon Johnson LB 1148 T.C. Harrison LB 1049 Kenneth Lowry LB 1051 Tra Dagbe LB 1153 Jack Robertson DL 11

54 Andrew Brand DL 1055 Steven Harwell DL 1256 Austin Bullock OL 1257 Jonathan Husbands OL 1258 Timothy Vo LB 1163 Cameron Jackson DL 1164 Daniel Nieto OL 1265 Chris Martin OL 1166 A.J. Accetta OL 1067 Jon Padilla OL 1168 Caleb Hutson OL 1070 Jason Adicks OL 1172 Aaron Sonkesak OL 1173 Bradley Burge OL 1074 Justin Rivers OL 1175 Michael Faulkner OL 1277 Kevin Lasso OL 1179 Nathaniel Wellington OL 1184 Braxton Curry WR 1187 Abraham Nunez K 1288 Lamont Griffin WR 1190 K.J. Dorsey DL 1091 Tristen Alvarado DL 1192 Chandler Frye DL 1194 C.J. Riggsbee DL 1196 Sam Glenn K 1299 George Bonsu K 11


QB Monty Horn (6-1, 180, Jr.)or Drew Dinsmore (6-4 190, Jr.)RB Jeremy Lewis (5-11, 175, Sr.)FB Tracy Fusilier (5-10, 210, Jr.)WR Justin Macauley (6-5, 190, Sr.)WR Des Howard (6-0, 170, Jr.)WR Canyon Slade (5-9, 160, Sr.)WR Codi Russell (5-8, 160, Sr.)LT Michael Faulkner (6-4, 260, Sr.)LG Nathaniel Wellington (6-2, 290, Jr.)C Aaron Sonkesak (6-0, 250, Jr.)RG Jonathan Husbands (6-1, 240, Sr.)RT Jason Adicks (6-2, 270, Jr.)K Sam Glenn (5-11, 160, Sr.)

DEFENSEDE Tomon Fox (6-4, 240, Sr.)NG Malik Blakely (5-11, 210, Sr.)DE Stephen Harwell (6-2, 225, Sr.)OLB Emmanual Belmar (6-2, 230, Sr.)OLB Jordan Bertrand (6-1, 195, Sr.)or Bobby Sheehan (6-1, 185, Sr.)ILB Robert Snyder (6-3, 225, Sr.)ILB Khalil Blakely (5-11, 205, Sr.)CB Askri Smith (5-9, 160, Jr.)or Kymere Faucette (6-1, 180, Jr.)CB Reggie White (6-1, 180, Jr.)FS Peyton Woulard (6-0, 170, Soph.)SS Jonathan Pierre (5-9, 170, Jr.)P Robert Snyder (6-3, 225, Sr.)

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Dacula FalconsHead coach: Tommy Jones (18-7 at Dacula, 45-50 overall) Region: 8-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseThe Falcons rushed

for over 3,400 yards and averaged 26 points last year in coach Tommy Jones’ multiple-I offense. Despite heavy losses from graduation, the 2015 of-fense looks to be on solid ground, thanks in large to four returning linemen.

Leading that group are a pair of seniors in center Matt Agnew and guard Ethan Stokes. Junior Tyler Brown also has experience at guard, while Johnathan Grant gives Jones some versatility at tight end.

The biggest needs for Jones is to fill are the tackle positions. If that unit can come together, the Falcons should once again be able to put some points on the board.

Running behind that line is a young but tal-ented group of backs, led by senior Jakob Brashear (pictured). Brashear, entering his third year as a starting linebacker, will see his offensive role expand greatly.

He won’t be alone, though, as Ty Harris and Ty’Quan Garrett are ex-pected to play major roles, along with fullback Malik Carrasco.

Distributing the ball

will be quarterback Wesley Whitehead, who was thrust into action last year for five starts in place of injured quarterback Giovanni Lugo. Jones also has been pleased with what he’s seen in sopho-more Shayne Bucking-ham, who could see action at receiver while providing Whitehead with a solid backup.

The receivers will be led by senior Keion Scott and junior Shemar Esson, while junior Chase Isler and senior Austin Berlin will be in the rotation.

“We realize that we will need to be able to throw the ball more effectively this year to take some pressure off of our running game,” Jones said.

DefenseDacula surrendered an

average of just over 16 points per game last year with two shutouts. Achiev-ing those figures again in 2015 will be a challenge as the Falcons will field a young and largely inexpe-rienced group this fall.

While the offense has some experience to work with, it’s hard to find on the defensive side of the ball as only two starters return.

Both of those are line-backers, led by Brashear and Cory Ames. Brashear, a Georgia Tech commit-ment, is an outside line-backer in Jones’ base-50 scheme, while Ames sets up in the middle.

The secondary will fea-ture four new starters, as

will the defensive line.“I feel we have a

talented, young group,” Jones said. “It depends on how quickly they learn the system and gain confi-dence. It’s a great group of kids with a great attitude and they work very hard.”

Jones expects Harris to step in and help at outside linebacker, while Allen Daniels will provide some strength up front on the line. The coaching staff also has been pleased with the development of Jaylon Jones, who looks to contribute in the defensive backfield.

Finding the right combi-nation on special teams will also be key for the Falcons. The place kicker favorite is junior Phillip Hoke, while T.K. Chime-dza is the punter. Senior Chase Francis is set to be the long snapper.

300 in sightDacula’s tradition

goes back as far as any in Gwinnett County with some great names at-tached to it in the likes of Terry Harvey and the Irons brothers (Kenny and David) to name a few.

All that talent and tradi-tion have placed the Fal-cons in position to achieve

a milestone with the 300th win in school history.

According the Georgia High School Football Historians Association, the Falcons will be sitting at 297-254-6 when the season kicks off.

While Jones makes no guarantees that it will hap-pen this year, the achieve-ment of reaching 300 wins is not lost on him.

“Dacula is a very proud community that has rallied around its football for years,” Jones said. “I’m not sure when it will happen,

but winning 300 games as a program is special. There aren’t a lot of programs in the country or state that can claim that. There are so many coaches and players that have been a part of the Dacula legacy. It’s an unbe-lievably special place.”

Graduation tollThe results of Jones’

first two seasons at Dacula have been excellent, each year bringing a postsea-son berth with trips to the Class AAAAAA quarter-finals and second round in respective years.

A return to the play-offs in 2015 is again a strong possibility, but it won’t be easy as Region 8-AAAAAA has what coach Jones calls the most parity he’s seen in one region.

In addition, this year’s group will have to over-come the loss of 16 start-ers from last year, leaving him with an eager but young group for 2015.

“Unfortunately, we lost 16 starters from last year, and that was a group that felt confident in close games we had last year,” Jones said. “I hope that these younger guys learned from their example.”

— Scott Smith

2015 scheduleAug. 21 at Collins HillSept. 4 Mill CreekSept. 11 BerkmarSept. 18 at South GwinnettSept. 25 ShilohOct. 2 at Central GwinnettOct. 16 BrookwoodOct. 23 at GraysonOct. 30 ArcherNov. 6 at Parkview

2014 results (10-2)Collins Hill W 34-14at Mill Creek W 28-21at Berkmar W 21-0South W 27-13at Shiloh W 28-6Central W 20-10at Brookwood W 35-29Grayson W 27-17at Archer L 24-10Parkview W 35-0P’tree Ridge W 17-14at Colquitt Co. L 51-30

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Dacula rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

2 Ty’Quan Garrett RB/OLB 123 Kenny Rainey RB/DB 125 Keion Scott WR/DB 126 Logan Layson WR/DB 127 Shamar Esson WR/DB 118 Malik Carrasco RB/DL 119 Kenneth Holder WR/OLB 1110 Wesley Whitehead QB 1211 T.K. Chimedza TE/DL 1012 Austin Berlin WR/DB 1213 Shayne Buckingham QB/WR 1015 Demarco McInnis WR/DB 1216 Cooper Morgan WR/DB 1217 Jalen Perry QB/WR/DB 918 Nash Henderson QB/DB 1119 DeAndre Price WR/OLB 1120 Jakob Brashear RB/OLB 1221 Jaylon Jones WR/DB 1122 Chanz Wallace WR/DB 1223 Isaiah Davis TE/DL 1124 Verkarry Pickens WR/DB 1225 Ty Harris RB/OLB 1126 Zach Bullock WR/DB 1227 Michael Burrell WR/DB 1028 Chase Isler WR/DB 1129 Teddy Olson WR/OLB 1230 Antonio Yin K 1231 Jamie Arroyo RB/LB 1232 Malik Addison WR/DB 1133 Babila Fomuteh TE/OLB 11

34 Trey Pratt WR/DB 1135 Drew Allen RB/LB 1136 Nathanel Louis WR/DB 1137 Maliek Mona WR/DB 1038 Caleb Keith RB/DB 1039 Cameron Carroll RB/DB 1041 Will Stovall RB/DB 1042 Landen Berlin RB/LB 1043 Tre McMillian RB/LB 1044 Shaah Cooper RB/OLB 10

45 Johnathan Grant TE/LB 1246 Austin Manning TE/DL 1147 Elie Francois RB/LB 1048 Garrett Hughes TE/LB 1249 Allen Daniels OL/DL 1150 Adam Gilmore OL/LB 1051 Brandon Jones OL/DL 1152 Samuel Vilceus OL/DL 1053 Tyler Jones OL/DL 1054 Corey Ames OL/LB 12

55 Brenon Mims OL/LB 1156 Tyler Dubreeze RB/LB 1157 Ethan Stokes OL/DL 1258 Chase Fancis OL/SN 1259 Victor Micah OL/OLB 1060 Ben Morgan OL/DL 1061 Eteka Okon OL/LB 1062 Daniel John OL/DL 1263 Tyler Cummings WR/DB 1164 Godwin Deroseney OL/DL 1166 Dez Ikpa OL/DL 1167 Cameron Powell OL/LB 1068 Samuel Mzezewa OL/DL 1070 Sebastian Cardenas WR/DB 1272 Nicolas Dewitt OL/DL 1073 Jake DuBose OL/DL 1074 Tyler Brown OL/DL 1176 James Helton WR/DB 1177 Kevin Nowell OL/DL 1078 Matthew Agnew OL/DL 1279 Daniel Agbonze OL/DL 1280 Justin Donellan WR/DB 1181 Sabrina Seibel K 1282 Phillip Hoke K 1183 Kenny Severe WR/DB 1084 Alec Jimenez WR/DB 1085 Tyrell Martin WR/DB 1086 Daniel Mollica WR/DB 1087 John Kotto WR/DB 1088 Scotty Thompson WR/DB 10


QB Wesley Whitehead (6-2, 170, Sr.)RB Jakob Brashear (6-1, 215, Sr.)FB Malik Carrasco (5-10, 245, Jr.)WR Chase Isler (5-9, 165, Jr.)WR Keion Scott (5-10, 190, Sr.)WR Shamar Esson (5-8, 155, Jr.)TE Johnathan Grant (6-3, 210, Sr.)OT Dez Ikpa (6-2, 285, Jr.)OG Tyler Brown (6-0, 275, Jr.)C Matthew Agnew (6-0, 260, Sr.)OG Ethan Stokes (6-3, 250, Sr.)OT Daniel John (6-1, 250, Sr.)K Phillip Hoke (5-9, 160, Jr.)

DEFENSEDE Allen Daniels (6-3, 280, Jr.)DE T.K. Chimedza (6-3, 250, Soph.)NG Malik Carrasco (5-10, 245, Jr.)LB Jakob Brashear (6-1, 215, Sr.)LB Ty Harris (6-1, 215, Jr.)LB Corey Ames (5-11, 225, Sr.)LB Jamie Arroyo (5-8, 200, Sr.)FS Austin Berlin (5-9, 160, Sr.)SS Jaylon Jones (5-10, 170, Jr.)CB Chase Isler (5-9, 165, Jr.)CB DeMarco McInnis (5-9, 170, Sr.)P T.K. Chimedza (6-3, 250, Soph.)

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Duluth WildcatsHead coach: Bob Swank (0-0 at Duluth, 8-22 overall) Region: 7-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 1994

OffenseWhile Bob Swank has

been on Duluth’s coaching staff the past two sea-sons, there will be a fairly noticeable change in the offense as he takes over the head coaching reins this fall.

“We won’t be like anything we’ve been in (recent) past,” Swank said. “We’ll be a much more balanced team — more of a 50-50 (run-pass). That’s our hope.”

Much of the reason-ing for the shift from the Wildcats’ pass-happy attack to a more propor-tional approach has to do with personnel.

Both quarterbacks who saw action last year — Thad Bell and Marcel-los Sparks — are gone, leaving newcomers Jalil El-Amin and Isaiah Grim to battle it out for the starting job.

While Swank is con-fident about the arm strength and ability of both to get the ball to re-ceivers like Bryant Loftin, William Huzee or Khiree Seabrook, he also adds that the ground game will still play a much stronger role this fall.

Junior tailback Cordell Creighton will be a main

focus in that ground game, though the real catalyst will be a large, veteran of-fensive line, with sopho-more Sterling Singletary bolstering returning seniors William Hunter, Frank Viloria, Darius McCray, Troy Price and Donald Boone.

“That’s what we’re building around, the of-fensive line,” Swank said. “That’s the only experi-ence we’ve got. Hopefully, we can make the transition easier for the new quarter-backs. Really all our skill positions are new players,

and all young guys.“Those guys (on the

line) are experienced guys and good-sized kids,” Swank said. “We think we can move (the chains). If we have to go three yards and a cloud of dust for a while, that’s what we’re going to do.”

DefenseHaving worked with the

defense as its coordina-tor the past two seasons, Swank has an even better grasp on where the unit stands.

And like the offense,

there are some serious gaps in terms of experi-ence, though not necessar-ily talent, based on what he’s seen.

“It’s just a matter of experience,” Swank said. “We feel like we’ve got some good athletes. They’re just not tested yet.”

Two of the few start-ers returning are linemen Darian McCray and Aaron Black, while junior Cam-eren Carter (pictured) will move back either to one of the linebacker spots or perhaps even to safety.

In fact, there will be quite

a bit of shifting around in the back of the defense, in part due to the influx of athletes from other sports coming out for football to lend the Wildcats a hand, including lacrosse player Benjamin Bryant and tall, athletic basketball player Javis Diaz.

It’s all part of Swank’s plan to be a more aggres-sive unit that can get to the football quickly no matter where it is.

“Benjamin Bryant played lacrosse and hasn’t played football in three years,” Swank said. “We’re expecting big things from

him. He’s a sophomore, and will be a starter at outside linebacker. Then, we’ve got a senior off the basketball team starting at safety in Javis Diaz.

“(The plan is) really just playing relentless pursuit football. We’ve got to be tough and run to the football.”

Back in the saddleIt’s been eight years

since Swank was last a head coach, when he fin-ished a three-season stint at Cobb County’s Pope High School.

Despite the experience of posting an 8-22 record with the Greyhounds from 2005-07 and a col-lege coaching career that included being offensive graduate assistant at the University of Toledo and head coach at Buffalo State College, he said this job has a much different feel for him.

“I’ve definitely changed over the years,” Swank said. “I’ve got a lot more experience. Pope was 10 years ago. I think I’ve got a better handle on things. And my principal (An-thony Smith) has given me the opportunity to bring in good coaching staff.”


2015 scheduleAug. 21 at WheelerAug. 28 NorthviewSept. 4 at Lakeside-DeKalbSept. 18 at Mill CreekSept. 25 NorcrossOct. 2 at Peachtree RidgeOct. 9 Collins HillOct. 23 at North GwinnettOct. 30 Mountain ViewNov. 6 Meadowcreek

2014 results (2-8)Wheeler L 24-6at Northview L 42-7Lakeside W 41-20Mill Creek L 42-0at Norcross L 38-0P’tree Ridge L 49-6at Collins Hill L 34-0North L 71-24at Mnt. View L 28-20at Meadowcreek W 41-26

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Duluth rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

2 Khiree Seabrook WR 103 Hunter Seabrook WR 104 Cameren Carter DB 115 Cordell Creighton RB 116 Marcus Webster DB 107 Isaiah Grim QB 118 William Huzzie WR 1010 Javis Diaz DB 1211 Benajmin Bryant LB 1212 Jalil El-Amin QB 1013 Elijah McDade DB 1114 Brandon Loftin WR 1017 Tyler Velasquez DB 1218 Christopher Pennamon QB 1021 Dominic Thomas DB 1222 Raymont Avant RB 1123 Jelani Stoddart RB 1024 Christian Porterfield RB 1025 Robin Merrill DB 1226 Travion Hampton DB 10

27 Coleman McDonald DB 1228 Bailey Romanchuk DB 1130 Sean Nguyen RB 1032 Ethan Johnsaint WR/DB 1036 Bilal Muhammad-Davis RB 1037 Karlos Hickman DB 1142 Eric Crockett TE/LB 1245 Michael Ridley WR/DB 10

47 Brandon Lawrence TE/LB 1048 Kevon Rouse RB/LB 1050 Jason Morris TE/LB 1051 Aaron Black OL/DL 1252 Troy Price OL/DL 1253 Frankie Viloria OL/DL 1254 William Hunter OL/DL 1255 Brennan Haley OL/DL 12

56 Darius McCray OL/DL 1257 Bernard Coleman OL/DL 1060 Christopher Munroe OL/DL 1068 Yan Delices OL/DL 1170 Gehovanni Perez OL 1271 Shelby Beverly OL/DL 1072 Jael Bahamundi OL/DL 1073 Kendrick Anderson OL/DL 1075 Luis Quiroz OL/DL 1076 Sterling Singletary OL/DL 1078 Donald Boone OL/DL 1279 Matthew Peck OL/DL 1080 Roland Black WR 1081 John Bielicki WR 1084 Jaylen Johnson TE/DL 1085 Bandon Dickerson WR/DB 1086 Dominique West WR 1094 Afnin Hailemariam TE/DL 1198 Dominique Zahou TE/DL 10


QB Isaiah Grim (6-2, 200, Jr.)or Jalil El-Amin (6-2, 185, Soph.)TB Cordell Creighton (5-9, 185, Jr.)FB Raymont Avant, (5-10, 190, Jr.)WR Khiree Seabrook (5-10, 180, Soph.)WR William Huzzie (6-2, 180, Soph.)WR Brandon Loftin (6-1, 190, Jr.)LT Donald Boone (6-4, 265, Sr.)LG William Hunter (6-0, 280, Sr.)C Troy Price (6-2, 245, Sr.)RG Frankie Viloria (5-10, 220, Sr.)RT Sterling Singletary (6-4, 285, Soph.)K TBA

DEFENSEDE Eric Crockett (5-10, 200, Sr.)DT Andre Cross (6-3, 290, Fr.)NG Brendan Haley (5-11, 200, Sr.)DE Aaron Black (5-10, 200, Sr.)OLB Cameren Carter (6-2, 205, Jr.)MLB Benjamin Bryant (6-2, 215, Sr.)OLB Marcus Webster (5-10, 180, Soph.)CB Travion Hampton (5-10, 175, Soph.)CB Dominic Thomas (5-10, 180, Sr.)FS Javis Diaz (6-2, 190, Sr.)SS Brandon Loftin (6-1, 190, Jr.)P TBA


Greater Atlanta Christian SpartansHead coach: Tim Hardy (34-7 at GAC, 43-22 overall) Region: 6-AA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseGAC’s offense took a

major production hit from graduation.

Running back Micah Abernathy, now at Tennes-see, rushed for a county-best 1,533 yards and 20 touchdowns for last year’s Class AA runner-up team. Wide receiver Darius Slayton, an Auburn signee, and Case Western Reserve (Ohio) signee Justin Phan combined for 101 catches for 1,694 yards and 21 TDs.

To replace those num-bers, GAC will turn to a number of running backs and wide receivers with a by-committee approach. Marcus Young and Alex Rowe are the leading contenders to replace Aber-nathy, while Malcolm Cun-ningham, Liam Sullivan and Harrison Sloan are part of the receiver rotation.

“We think we’re actu-ally pretty deep at the offensive skill positions,” GAC head coach Tim Hardy said. “We have a number of guys who can carry it and a number of guys who can catch it.”

They definitely have a guy who can throw it.

Davis Mills is back after throwing for 2,267 yards and 26 TDs with a 67 per-cent completion rate last

season. He ranks among the nation’s top quarter-back recruits in the 2016 class, with offers from the likes of Stanford, UCLA, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina and North Carolina State.

“I look at us as a team on offense and we have good offensive linemen coming back with Ford Higgins (Navy commit), Devin Cochran (Vander-bilt) and Ben Masters, three good senior of-fensive linemen,” Hardy said. “And we have a good quarterback. We lost a high-profile running back and a high-profile receiver, but our triggerman is good and we’re solid up front.”

DefenseAbernathy and Slay-

ton also were excep-tional defensive players in GAC’s secondary, but they weren’t the only gradua-tion losses. Star lineback-ers Paul Carothers and Tyler Cooksey signed with Navy and Georgia Tech, respectively.

GAC does have five starters returning to the defense, and they will build around those play-ers, including proven defensive linemen Bran-don Washington and Ben Masters (pictured), and linebacker Josh Pickens. Berkley Boglin and Rowe are returning starters in the secondary.

“As a unit we play well, we run well at all posi-tions and we have a lot of depth in the secondary,” Hardy said. “We’ll run nine or 10 deep with guys

that can play (at defensive back). We have a number of guys who are really good at rushing the passer, whether they’re D-line or linebackers, and we’re excited to be active on defense. We want to get hats to the ball and we’ve got guys that can run and play.”

Just shortGreater Atlanta Chris-

tian fell tantalizingly short of a state championship last season, falling to

Benedictine in the state fi-nals at the Georgia Dome.

Hardy and his players were disappointed, but they also want to use the experience in the future.

“The thing about a year like last year, you see what it takes to get there and also you see what it takes to get it done,” Hardy said. “You look back at last year, build off that experience. We have a lot of guys back who played significant min-utes on offense, defense, special teams, so they’ve been there. Our goal is to be the best team in the state of Georgia. It’s not this dream, this abstract idea that no one can relate to. We can taste it.”

The 14-1 season was Hardy’s third, double-digit victory season in three years at GAC. His first team went 10-4 and made the state semifinals, while his 2013 team went 10-2. While GAC doesn’t have as many big names or experience of the last two seasons, the potential is still there for another big season.

“This is a team that can get a lot better as the season goes along,” Hardy said. “We’ll start off well, but I think we can really get better as the season

goes along.”

Misc.The week of GAC’s first

home game — Sept. 4 vs. Eagle’s Landing Christian — the Spartans should be ready to move in fully to their posh, new fieldhouse. The 20,000-square foot, two-story facility includes the typical offices, locker rooms, training room and equipment room, as well as college-style meet-ing rooms with plenty of breakout rooms for meet-ings. A large video score-board adorns the top. “It’s phenomenal,” Hardy said. “We visited probably two or three good high school fieldhouses and probably a half dozen college facilities and piece mealed something together, kind of took the best from what we saw. It was very well thought out. Our folks here did a great job.” … After back-to-back big signing classes, GAC expects another big class of college football recruits in this senior class. “We prob-ably have six to nine who will have the opportunity (to play in college),” Hardy said. … The Spartans are on the road three times in their first four games, with trips to Benedictine, North Oconee and Hapeville.

— Will Hammock

2015 scheduleAug. 21 at BenedictineAug. 28 at North OconeeSept. 4 ELCASept. 18 at HapevilleSept. 25 BEST AcademyOct. 2 at KIPP AtlantaOct. 9 Pace AcademyOct. 24 at Holy Innocents’Oct. 30 LovettNov. 6 Wesleyan

2014 results (14-1)Benedictine W 24-21North Oconee W 28-10at ELCA W 23-16Hapeville W 41-0at BEST Acad. W 58-28KIPP Atlanta W 52-0at Pace W 37-7Holy Innocents W 38-0at Lovett W 14-7at Wesleyan W 41-0Chatt. County W 41-13Lamar County W 48-20Vidalia W 34-22at Fitzgerald W 44-41Benedictine L 45-21

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Greater Atlanta Christian rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

2 Alex Rowe RB/DB 123 Davis Markham WR/DB 114 Marcus Young RB/DB 125 Berkley Boglin WR/DB 126 Devin Thomas WR/LB 117 Trent Fowler WR/DB 118 Liam Sullivan WR/DB 1110 Josh Pickens RB/LB 1211 Joshua Irvin WR/DB 1113 Brooks Buce K/P 1114 Jonathan Waters QB/DB 1215 Connor Markham WR/LB 1216 Davis Mills QB/DB 1117 Harrison Sloan WR/DB 1118 Jonathan Rose WR/DB 1119 Malcolm Cunningham WR/DB 1220 Huey Rowe-Anderson RB/DB 1021 Alex Boglin RB/DB 1023 Trey Morrison WR/DB 1026 Derek Coffman WR/DB 12

28 Cameron Brasher WR/DB 1030 Jonathan Moore WR/DB 1032 Brandon Washington FB/DL 1233 Mallom Liggon TE/LB 1135 Robbie Fowler RB/LB 1037 Jay Kim K/P 10

41 Brice Gamble RB/LB 1142 Alan Galloway RB/LB 1044 Lunden Wright RB/LB 1145 Jonathan Stuckey RB/LB 1050 Aidan Jarrett OL/LB 1251 Alex Kim OL/DL 12

55 Ford Higgins OL/DL 1257 Devin Cochran OL/DL 1258 Justin Ellard OL/LB 1159 Charlie Edwards OL/LB 1162 Kial Darst OL/DL 1064 Chris Hood OL/DL 1067 Nate Richey OL/DL 1070 Robbie Chandler OL/DL 1171 Ford Roberts OL/DL 1072 Cam Osley OL/DL 1174 John Jefferson OL/DL 1275 Carson Costas OL/DL 1177 Ben Masters OL/DL 1280 Carson Hoover WR/DB 1081 Max Burke WR/DB 1083 Scott Thomas TE/LB 1084 Correggio Peagler WR/DB 1085 Tony Wyche TE/LB 1087 Ryan Milovich WR/DB 1088 Sean Henderson K/P 10


QB Davis Mills (6-3, 190, Jr.)RB Marcus Young (5-9, 175, Sr.)or Alex Rowe (6-0, 185, Sr.)FB Brandon Washington (5-10, 235, Sr.)WR Malcolm Cunningham (6-1, 175, Sr.)WR Harrison Sloan (5-11, 170, Jr.)WR Liam Sullivan (6-2, 185, Jr.)OL Devin Cochran (6-7, 305, Sr.)OL Ford Higgins (6-1, 245, Sr.)OL Ben Masters (6-3, 230, Sr.)OL John Jefferson (6-1, 275, Sr.)OL Nate Richey (6-2, 240, Soph.)PK Brooks Buce (5-11 175, Jr.)or Sean Henderson (5-11 170, Soph.)

DEFENSE DL Brandon Washington (5-10 235, Sr.)DL Ben Masters (6-3, 230, Sr.)DL Ford Higgins (6-1, 245, Sr.)LB Aiden Jarrett (6-1, 220, Sr.)LB Devin Thomas (6-1, 205, Jr.)LB Josh Pickens (6-1, 210, Sr.)LB Connor Markham (5-11, 190, Sr.)DB Berkley Boglin (5-11, 170, Sr.)DB Trent Fowler (5-11, 180, Jr.)DB Alex Rowe (6-0, 185, Sr.)DB Liam Sullivan (6-2, 185, Jr.)P Brooks Buce (5-11, 175, Jr.)or Jonathan Waters (6-0 170, Sr.)

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Grayson RamsHead coach: Mickey Conn (124-47 at Grayson, 124-47 overall) Region: 8-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseFor the second straight

season Grayson enters the season with no question about who its quarterback is. Junior Chase Brice (pictured) returns after throwing for 20 touch-downs last season.

Head coach Mickey Conn said that Brice has been a better leader and is more confident enter-ing his third season as the varsity starter.

“I think confidence more than anything else,” Conn said of where Brice has improved. “He’s always had the ability. Just the confidence that he has displayed up to this point, through the spring and the summer, and the camp right now, he’s just really matured and grown and feels confident. I think he’s shown more leader-ship with the team. I think he feels more comfort-able with these guys since he’s not real young. He’s played with most of these guys his whole life, as op-posed to being the young guy and all that.”

Brice also returns a handful of his top targets from a season ago. At receiver, the speedy Austin Nash and Evan Strugill are back, as is UNC-Charlotte

commit Ryan Carriere at tight end. Grayson adds Demetrius Mason as an outside receiver, after the senior transferred from George Walton.

At running back, senior Cameryn Brent returns. The 5-foot-9 Valdosta State commit finished sec-ond in the county last year with 1,194 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns.

“I don’t think he gets the credit that he deserves,” Conn said. “I mean he is something. He’s over a 1,000-yard rusher the last two years, in this county, as a sophomore and a junior. So, I’m expecting really big things out of him.”

Along the offensive line, several players with experi-ence return including junior

tackles Jalen Jackson and Will Taylor, who started as a sophomores. Taylor may actually line up at center this season as Grayson mixes and matches to find the best five guys. Senior Chris Martin, who will play defensive tackle for Geor-gia Tech next year, returns at guard.

DefenseThe Rams lost four

players on defense, who are now at Power 5 schools. Defensive end Justin Young is now at Georgia, line-backer Daniel Fennell is at South Carolina, linebacker Mohamed Barry is at Nebraska and safety Jordan Hayes is at Duke.

But, as per usual, the Rams reload on the defen-

sive side of the ball. Conn said that seniors Martin, and linebacker Denzel Wright were leaders on defense last year and have fully taken control of the locker room.

“Denzel Wright and Chris Martin are just such great leaders and great players,” he said. “They were last year, the most productive players that we had. Justin Young was on the sacks, he was incredible there but overall run-stopping and that sort of thing — Denzel and

Chris have been unbeliev-able … those two guys were leaders last year and they’re staying with that same role.”

Grayson also returns starting cornerback Ad-esola Abisoye and Ernest Tiller, who will also play offense. Replacing Hayes and Germell Jenkins at safety is still a work in progress for the team.

Along the defensive line, Martin will line up at nose guard, while junior Ellison Hubbard has worked his way into the starting lineup to start the year. On the other side, the talented pair of seniors Bryce Morais and MyKelle McDaniel will rotate.

Morais is committed to Boston College, while McDaniel holds offers from most major programs including Georgia, Florida and Alabama among others.

“Both of them have multiple offers, and both of them bring a lot of po-tential to the table,” Conn said. “Depending on how hard they want to work and how bad they want it, they can be as good as they want to be.”

Coaching changesGrayson defensive co-

ordinator Lenny Gregory

was named the head coach at Centennial in Febru-rary, setting off a slew of changes to the Rams staff.

Conn has brought in former Berkmar head coach Jonathan Sanks to coach linebackers, former Lowndes County assistant Christian Hun-nicutt to work with the offensive line and former Habersham Central head coach Mike Pollock as an offensive coach.

Dante Williams is coach-ing quarterbacks, former UAB staffer Taylor Burges is now on staff and former Boston College receiver Kenyatta Watson is serving as a community coach.

“It’s always tough to lose coaches, but the ones I’ve hired it’s been unbe-lievable,” Conn said. “Just off the top of my head, three of those guys are former head coaches.”

Former Grayson line-backer Rob Patton was promoted to defensive coordinator after working with defensive backs the last few years.

“Nobody knows it bet-ter than he does,” Conn said. “He’s played in it, coached in it, so he’s do-ing really well. I’m really proud of him.”

— Paul Thomas

2015 scheduleAug. 28 at GainesvilleSept. 4 HughesSept. 11 ArcherSept. 18 at ParkviewSept. 25 BerkmarOct. 2 at South GwinnettOct. 9 ShilohOct. 16 at Central GwinnettOct. 23 DaculaOct. 30 at Brookwood

2014 results (10-2)Gainesville W 39-0Langston Hughes W 26-16Archer W 14-10Parkview W 13-7Berkmar W 36-12South Gwinnett W 42-0Shiloh W 42-6Central Gwinnett W 42-6Dacula L 27-17Brookwood W 38-3Mill Creek W 24-6Tucker L 26-23

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Grayson rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Cameryn Brent RB 122 Chase Brice QB 113 Evan Sturgill WR 114 Adesola Abisoye DB 125 Ernest Tiller DB/RB 126 Austin Nash WR 127 Garland Peters LB 128 Zik Okoye LB 129 Demetrius Mason WR 1210 Bryce Smith LB 1211 Schnyder Boucard LB 1212 Ismail Abdul LB 1213 Nick Prince RB 1014 Josh Gillespie DB 1015 Jake Killian DB 1116 Omari DeBose DB 1117 J’Kori Jones QB 918 TreVon Barbout WR 1219 Drew Hopkins DB 1120 Elijah Barnes LB 1121 Emmanuel Coulter DB 1122 Matthew Greenway DB 1123 Quinton Thames RB/DB 1124 Jordan Cornelius DB/RB 1125 Chandler Harris DB 1126 Abisha Devonish DB 1227 Will VanPamelen P/K 1028 Bayron Velasque DB 1129 Tryice Lane DB 1230 Justin Lester LB 1231 Andrew Bridges LB 1132 Isiah Walo LB 1133 Cameron Thompson LB 10

34 J.T. Ferebee WR 1035 Dylan Whitt DB 1036 Kumi Sarpong DB 1037 Davion Broach DB 1238 Aaron Brawley LB 1139 Michael Ellison DB 1040 Hunter Cole DB/QB 1041 Owen Pappoe LB 942 Darius Martin LB 1043 Chris Cotter LB 1044 Denzel Wright LB 1246 Mason McMichael LB 1047 Micah Maxie LB 1048 Jerryd Burton LB 1049 Hunter Lloyd LB 10

50 Isa Washington OL/DL 1051 Luke Seal OL 1152 Herbert Winborne LB 1053 Manny Perez DL 1254 Payton Shaddix OL 1255 Chris Martin DL/OL 1256 Steven Banks DL 1157 Ethan Painter OL 1058 Ellison Hubbard DL 1159 Soloman Egbe LB 1060 C.J. Royal DL 1161 Marcel Alfred DL 1162 Miguel Solis OL 1163 Fred Raynes OL 1065 Clark Hubbard OL/DL 11

66 Sam Mitchell OL/DL 1267 Adrian Thomas DB 1068 Michael Sharp OL 1269 Tiger McIntosh OL 1070 Keenan Hogan OL 1072 Jalen Jackson OL 1173 Joshua Fryer OL/DL 1174 John Taylor OL 1175 Brayden House OL 1076 Darius Stevens DL/OL 1277 Will Taylor OL 1178 Evan Drake OL 1079 Ryan Taylor DL 1080 Nick Rowe DB/WR 1081 Myron Woods WR 1182 Sam Salman WR 1283 Jaylen Rivers WR 1084 Mahari Stribling WR 1085 Kaleb Pierce WR 1086 Jeffery Tubbs WR 1087 Ryan Carriere TE/LB 1288 Alex Russell TE 1289 Blake May DB 1090 Bryce Morais DE/OL 1291 Mykelle McDaniel DE 1293 Justin Scola LB 1094 John Mafah DL 1095 Alon McCall LB 1096 Jordan Thorpe DB 1097 Jacob Joris K 1298 Eli Schieffelin TE 1099 Danny Conlin K 12


QB Chase Brice (6-3, 200, Jr.)RB Cameryn Brent (5-9, 200, Sr.)WR Austin Nash (5-10, 176, Sr.)WR Demetrius Mason (6-1, 185, Sr.)WR Evan Sturgill (5-11, 175)TE Ryan Carrier (6-4, 235, Sr.)LT Jaylen Jackson (6-4, 285, Sr.)LG Chris Martin (6-2, 265, Sr.)C Will Taylor (6-4, 280, Jr.)RG Payton Shaddix (5-11, 200, Sr.)RT Clark Hubbard (6-3, 245, Jr.)P/K Will VanPamelin (5-11, 185, So.)

DEFENSEDE Ellison Hubbard (6-2, 265, Jr.)NG Chris Martin (6-2, 265, Sr.)DE Bryce Morais (6-5, 260, Sr.) ORDE Mykelle McDaniel (6-4, 265, Sr.)LB Denzel Wright (6-1, 240, Sr.)LB Bryce Smith (6-0, 190, So.)LB Snyder Boucard (6-1, 190, Sr.)LB Garland Peters (5-10, 180, Sr.)S Matthew Greenway (5-11, 185, Jr.)S Quinton Thames (5-11, 180, Jr.)CB Adesola Abisoye (5-11, 180, Sr.)CB Earnest Tiller (5-9, 170, Sr.)


Hebron Christian LionsHead coach: Kevin Shaffer (7-13 at Hebron, 7-13 overall) Region: 8-A Last playoff appearance: N/A

OffenseThe Lions figure to take

on a dramatically differ-ent look from a year ago, mainly due to an offseason shoulder injury to last year’s starting quarterback Connor Holliday that will leave him unavailable for his senior season.

Head coach Kevin Shaf-fer has plenty of confi-dence in his heir apparent, Chris McGee, though the senior brings a demonstra-tively different set of skills to the offense.

“He actually led the team in rushing last year at quarterback, so he’s kind of a triple threat,” Shaffer said of McGee. “Chris is our starter. He did well 7-on-7 camps with passing routes this summer.

“We’ll still be lining up out of the spread, but we’ll be doing a lot of option type runs, quarterback runs. We plan to be very run heavy, but we can still throw it outside the box.”

The latter will be aided by the return of senior Chandler Schultheis (pictured), as well as the athleticism of Mc-Gee, who will rotate with sophomore receiver Troy Allen in certain sets.

But make no mistake, the Lions’ success will

depend a lot on how well the ground game, led by the Thunder and Light-ning approach of bruising Parkview transfer Steve DuBose and speedy Bryce Riley, runs behind a line anchored by bookend tackles John Dussling and Evan Barnes and center Mike Sullivan.

DefenseIt wasn’t that long ago

that Shaffer had plenty of concerns in terms of a de-fense for the 2015 season.

But after a summer of

steady improvement, he is becoming more at ease with the unit as a whole.

“We started the sum-mer not knowing what we had,” Shaffer said. “But every time we would compete at 7-on-7 (tour-naments and camps), I started feellng a little bet-ter each time out. I really do feel good about the season, even though we’ll be very young.”

The Lions’ defense will be most experienced up front, where the return of Dussling will be bolstered

by the addition of Duluth transfer Kedarius Davis.

And with McGee and DuBose pulling double duty at linebackers, joined by promising freshman Michael Moyers, Shaffer figures the Lions to be a handful in the trenches.

“Kedarius Davis is a big defensive end, … and I think he’s going to be one of pair of bookends at defensive end with Dussling,” Shaffer said. “We’re still running a 3-5, … and I think we have a good front three.

Really, I feel good about the front eight, but some of our linebackers will be young.”

Young LionsSometimes coaches can

exaggerate when they talk about how young their teams will be.

But Shaffer does not speak in hyperbole when he talks about Hebron’s youth for 2015.

“We’re very heavily weighted on the young side,” Shaffer said. “We’re talking about half the team being freshmen. We have

16 of them, and we only have between 32 to 35 guys (on varsity).

“We lost 13 seniors last year; and our sophomore class is also pretty big. We only have six seniors, and about three or four juniors. Everyone else is sopho-mores, freshmen.” … Those youngsters, how-ever, should get plenty of good instruction, not only from Shaffer, but from an important addition to the Lions’ coaching staff.

Jeff Saturday, who played 14 seasons in the NFL with the India-napolis Colts and Green Bay Packers, has joined the staff as a community coach, where he will help out assistant coach Brian Pettigrew in coaching the offensive linemen.

“He played 13 or 14 years in the NFL as Pey-ton Manning’s center with Indianapolis,” Shaffer said of Saturday. “He’s a com-munity coach for us. He got certified by the GHSA, and he’s very motivation-al. He’s able to push the kids and talk to the kids in a positive manner. He’s a great blessing for us. His knowledge is great, and he works well with Brian Pettigrew.”


2015 scheduleAug. 21 East JacksonAug. 29 at Mt. VernonSept. 4 CommerceSept. 18 Towns CountySept. 25 at Prince AvenueOct. 2 LakeviewOct. 9 at ProvidenceOct. 23 at George WaltonOct. 30 at Athens AcademyNov. 6 Athens Christian

2014 results (5-5)at East Jackson W 35-15Mt. Vernon Pres. W 49-14at Commerce L 36-14at Towns Co. W 49-7Prince Avenue L 23-20at Lakview L 29-27Providence W 61-27George Walton L 21-17Athens Acad. W 35-28*at Athens Chr. L 46-7

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Hebron Christian rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Steve Dubose RB/LB 123 Zach Reed WR/DB 124 Bryce Riley RB/DB 105 Troy Allen QB/WR/DB 106 Chris McGee QB/DB 127 Chandler Lewis WR/DB 98 Cody Burroughs QB/LB 99 Will Warbington WR/DB 910 Ryan Holliday WR/DB 911 Gordon Keadle WR/DB 912 Connor Dunahoo WR/S 913 Jacob Edwards WR/DB 1016 Chandler Schultheis WR/DB 1221 Jeff Saturday WR/DB 9

24 Genesis McWillis RB/LB 925 Ryver Morrow OL/DL 10

26 Tommy Wandrum WR/DB 928 Jacob Rorke WR/DB 10

35 Micah Hardin RB/LB 941 Michael Moyers TE/DL 944 Thomas Beveridge TE/DL 950 Kendarius Davis OL/DL 1152 Promise Williams OL/DL 954 Aaron May OL/DL 1056 Seth Holland OL/DL 1058 Michael Sullivan OL/LB 1160 Carson Foraker OL/DL 1064 Jackson Rhodes OL/DL 968 Luke Sutton OL/DL 972 Evan Barnes OL/DL 1275 John Dussling OL/DL 1278 Spencer Trenary OL/DL 9


QB Chris McGee (5-10 180, Sr.)TB Steve Dubose (5-10, 210, Sr.)SB Bryce Riley (5-5, 140, Soph.)WR Chandler Schultheis (6-0, 150, Sr.)WR Troy Allen (5-11, 160, Soph.)TE Ryver Morrow (5-10, 165, Soph.)LT John Dussling (6-3, 240, Sr.)LG Carson Foraker (5-10, 170, Soph.)C Michael Sullivan (5-10, 220, Jr.)RG Promise Williams (5-9, 210, Fr.)RT Evan Barnes (6-3, 230, Sr.)K TBA

DEFENSEDE John Dussling (6-3, 240, Sr.)NT Evan Barnes (6-3, 230, Sr.)DE Michael Sullivan (5-10, 220, Jr.)KLB Jacob Rorke (5-10, 160, Soph.)WLB Michael Moyers (5-11, 180, Fr.)MLB Micah Hardin (5-10, 180, Fr.)SLB Steve Dubose (5-10, 210, Sr.)CB Bryce Riley (5-5, 140, Soph.)CB Chandler Schultheis (6-0, 150, Sr.)FS Troy Allen (5-11, 160, Soph.)SS Chris McGee (5-10, 180, Sr.)P TBA



Other: Chad Pickett, Brookwood; Rex Robinson, Meadowcreek

BOB SPHIRE 73% N. GWINNETT

The best offensive coach in Gwinnett County is:

Other: Jess Simpson, Buford; Nick Bach, Mountain View; Shannon Jarvis, Mill Creek

TOMMY JONES 33%DACULA

JOHN SMALL 14% S. GWINNETT

KEVIN REACH 20% COLLINS HILL

The most underrated head coach in Gwinnett County is:

TODD WOFFORD 14%CENTRAL

Other: Joel Bridges, Archer; Andy Dyer, Archer; Larry Massey, Collins Hill; John Poitevint, Brookwood; Jess Simpson, Buford

CLINT JENKINS 23%DACULA

The best defensive coach in Gwinnett County is:

MICKEY CONN 15% GRAYSON

PAT STANDARD 15% NORCROSS

TED ROOF, GEORGIA TECH 20%

KIRBY SMART, ALABAMA 13 %

What college football coach has done the best job recruiting your school?

Other: Scott Sloan, Appalachian State; Tony Elliott, Clemson; Tommy Spangler, Presbyterian; G.A. Mangus, South Carolina;

Willie Martinez, Tennessee; Maurice Linguist, Iowa State; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Brian Bohannon, Kennesaw State;

Bobby Wilder, Old Dominion

Other: Andy Dyer, Archer; Tim Hardy, GAC

BOB SPHIRE 44%N. GWINNETT

TOMMY JONES 12.5%DACULA

KEITH MALOOF 19%NORCROSS

JESS SIMPSON 12.5%BUFORD

The best head coach in Gwinnett County

THE COACHES Other: Chase Brice, Grayson; Jack Chambers, Parkview; Jamyest Williams, Archer

KYLE DAVIS 38% ARCHER

JOSH IMATORBHEBHE 33.3%DACULA

MAJOR BELLAMY 13%CENTRAL

The best offensive player in Gwinnett County is:

Other: Jakob Brashear, Dacula; Derrick Brown, Lani-er; Deangelo Gibbs, Peachtree Ridge; Malik Robin-son, South Gwinnett

DYLAN SINGLETON 29 %ARCHER

JAMYEST WILLIAMS 14%ARCHER

TOMON FOX 14%COLLINS HILL

The best defensive player in Gwinnett County is:

Other: Major Bellamy, Central Gwinnett; Deangelo Gibbs, Peachtree Ridge; E.J. Price, Archer


KYLE DAVIS 13%ARCHER

DERRICK BROWN 13%LANIER

The best overall football player in Gwinnett County is:


9 OR YOUNGER 43.8 %

10-11 37.3 %

What age would you let your kids start playing full contact football?

12 OR OLDER 18.8 %

GOOD 87.5 %

Are summer 7-on-7 games good or bad for high school football?

Other: Neither, both good and bad

THE PLAYERS

REAL GRASS 58.8 %

TURF 41.2%

Do you prefer real grass or artificial turf on your game field?

YES 93.3%

NO 6.7%

Should the head football coach job be a full-time job without teaching duties?

WEIGHT TRAINING/PE 64.7%

IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION 17.6%

What do you teach?

Other: Math, accounting, political systems, special education, economics, world geography/social studies

NO 58.8 %

Do you Tweet personally?

YES 41.2%

MORE THAN 100 HOURS 43.7%

80 TO 90 HOURS 12.5 %

90 TO 100 HOURS 18.8%

How many hours per week during the season do you spend on head coaching duties (figures include

hours at teaching job)?

70 OR BELOW 25%

THE JOB

YES 88.2%

NO 11.8%

Are transfers a problem in high school football?

GOOD 87.5 %

Are TV and web broadcasts good or bad for high school football?

BAD 12.5%

YES 88.2 %

Is there too much media attention on high school football recruiting?

NO 11.8%

REPUBLICAN 71.4%

Which way do you tend to vote?

DEMOCRAT 7.2%

THE ISSUES

COACHES’ CONFIDENTIALThe Daily Post staff polled Gwinnett County head football coaches in the preseason on a variety of topics, most relating to high school football.

GREAT FOR THE

PROGRAM. TAKES

AWAY FROM THE GATE

AND CONCESSIONS BUT GOOD TO GET THE NOTORIETY.”

“

AT LEAST IN

GWINNETT COUNTY WITH THE

FUNDRAISING ASPECT THAT GOES ALONG

WITH IT ”

“

Good when it is your team

involved. The All-Star teams are

very bad. It promotes being an individual and a

I’m-better-than-my- teammates mentality.”

“SHANNON JARVIS 14% MILL CREEK

JESS SIMPSON 15% BUFORD

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Other: Chad Pickett, Brookwood; Rex Robinson, Meadowcreek

BOB SPHIRE 73% N. GWINNETT

The best offensive coach in Gwinnett County is:

Other: Jess Simpson, Buford; Nick Bach, Mountain View; Shannon Jarvis, Mill Creek

TOMMY JONES 33%DACULA

JOHN SMALL 14% S. GWINNETT

KEVIN REACH 20% COLLINS HILL

The most underrated head coach in Gwinnett County is:

TODD WOFFORD 14%CENTRAL

Other: Joel Bridges, Archer; Andy Dyer, Archer; Larry Massey, Collins Hill; John Poitevint, Brookwood; Jess Simpson, Buford

CLINT JENKINS 23%DACULA

The best defensive coach in Gwinnett County is:

MICKEY CONN 15% GRAYSON

PAT STANDARD 15% NORCROSS

TED ROOF, GEORGIA TECH 20%

KIRBY SMART, ALABAMA 13 %

What college football coach has done the best job recruiting your school?

Other: Scott Sloan, Appalachian State; Tony Elliott, Clemson; Tommy Spangler, Presbyterian; G.A. Mangus, South Carolina;

Willie Martinez, Tennessee; Maurice Linguist, Iowa State; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Brian Bohannon, Kennesaw State;

Bobby Wilder, Old Dominion

Other: Andy Dyer, Archer; Tim Hardy, GAC

BOB SPHIRE 44%N. GWINNETT

TOMMY JONES 12.5%DACULA

KEITH MALOOF 19%NORCROSS

JESS SIMPSON 12.5%BUFORD

The best head coach in Gwinnett County

THE COACHES Other: Chase Brice, Grayson; Jack Chambers, Parkview; Jamyest Williams, Archer

KYLE DAVIS 38% ARCHER

JOSH IMATORBHEBHE 33.3%DACULA

MAJOR BELLAMY 13%CENTRAL

The best offensive player in Gwinnett County is:

Other: Jakob Brashear, Dacula; Derrick Brown, Lani-er; Deangelo Gibbs, Peachtree Ridge; Malik Robin-son, South Gwinnett



TOMON FOX 14%COLLINS HILL

The best defensive player in Gwinnett County is:

Other: Major Bellamy, Central Gwinnett; Deangelo Gibbs, Peachtree Ridge; E.J. Price, Archer


KYLE DAVIS 13%ARCHER

DERRICK BROWN 13%LANIER

The best overall football player in Gwinnett County is:


9 OR YOUNGER 43.8 %

10-11 37.3 %

What age would you let your kids start playing full contact football?

12 OR OLDER 18.8 %

GOOD 87.5 %

Are summer 7-on-7 games good or bad for high school football?

Other: Neither, both good and bad

THE PLAYERS

REAL GRASS 58.8 %

TURF 41.2%

Do you prefer real grass or artificial turf on your game field?

YES 93.3%

NO 6.7%

Should the head football coach job be a full-time job without teaching duties?

WEIGHT TRAINING/PE 64.7%

IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION 17.6%

What do you teach?

Other: Math, accounting, political systems, special education, economics, world geography/social studies

NO 58.8 %

Do you Tweet personally?

YES 41.2%

MORE THAN 100 HOURS 43.7%

80 TO 90 HOURS 12.5 %

90 TO 100 HOURS 18.8%

How many hours per week during the season do you spend on head coaching duties (figures include

hours at teaching job)?

70 OR BELOW 25%

THE JOB

YES 88.2%

NO 11.8%

Are transfers a problem in high school football?

GOOD 87.5 %

Are TV and web broadcasts good or bad for high school football?

BAD 12.5%

YES 88.2 %

Is there too much media attention on high school football recruiting?

NO 11.8%

REPUBLICAN 71.4%

Which way do you tend to vote?

DEMOCRAT 7.2%

THE ISSUES

COACHES’ CONFIDENTIALThe Daily Post staff polled Gwinnett County head football coaches in the preseason on a variety of topics, most relating to high school football.

GREAT FOR THE

PROGRAM. TAKES

AWAY FROM THE GATE

AND CONCESSIONS BUT GOOD TO GET THE NOTORIETY.”

“

AT LEAST IN

GWINNETT COUNTY WITH THE

FUNDRAISING ASPECT THAT GOES ALONG

WITH IT ”

“

Good when it is your team

involved. The All-Star teams are

very bad. It promotes being an individual and a

I’m-better-than-my- teammates mentality.”

“SHANNON JARVIS 14% MILL CREEK

JESS SIMPSON 15% BUFORD

28 SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 •


Lanier LonghornsHead coach: Korey Mobbs (10-1 at Lanier, 10-1 overall) Region: 8-AAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseEven though a few tal-

ented playmakers gradu-ated off last year’s team, the Longhorns will be fine at the skill positions again.

Running back Ashton Barnes is the top tailback after sharing duties last season, primarily with Purdue signee Tario Fuller. Barnes, who rushed for 640 yards on just 77 carries, has offers from all three service academies, all the Ivy League schools and several others.

He also caught 16 passes and will rotate between the running back and slot receiver positions with a pair of playmak-ers, brothers Marcella and Marcko Baity.

Quarterback Tahj Tolbert (pictured), who also has Division I offers, returns after throwing for 1,570 yards and 19 touch-downs in his first year as a starter.

“Any time you’re in your first year as starting quar-terback, there are some growing pains,” said Lanier head coach Korey Mobbs, who is handing over his offensive coordinator du-ties to Shawn Cahill. “But (Tolbert) had a great year last year. There also is no substitute for experience,

especially at that position, with how fast things go. We’ve put in a lot more with him this year and he’s very football smart.”

The skill players will operate behind an un-proven offensive line — senior Juan Marin is the lone returning starter. He will line up alongside four

underclassmen.

DefenseLanier has a lot of spots

to fill on defense, but the three returning starters are good ones. One of them is among the nation’s best.

Big defensive lineman Derrick Brown, whose favorites include Georgia

and Auburn, had 17.5 sacks last season. Behind the 6-foot-4, 310-pounder are three Division I prospects at linebacker, senior Devin Miller and juniors Juwuan Jones and Tyler Taylor, as well as another solid line-backer, Shaun Hunter. The line must replace defensive end Derriyon Shaw (11 sacks last season), who moved to Nevada, and top prospect Michael Allen (6-5, 225) is the favorite to step in there.

The secondary of defensive coordinator David Willingham will be

completely revamped.“We’ll start four new

guys there,” Mobbs said. “Three of them are juniors, one is a senior who played a lot last year and one of the juniors played a lot too when Kymani Brown went down (with an injury). Those guys are inexpe-rienced but we feel good about where they’re at. You hope as a program you get to a point where you just plug the next guy in instead of rebuilding, so hopefully we’re reloading.”

Breakout seasonLanier made the playoffs

in 2013 and advanced to the second round, but the 2014 season brought the success to another level.

Despite an upset loss in the playoffs, the Long-horns went 10-0 in the regular season for the first time and claimed the pro-gram’s first region cham-pionship. They defeated perennial powers Gaines-ville and Flowery Branch along the way.

“I think there was some newness with us in the re-gion,” Mobbs said. “Most of the guys in the region had played each other before and had not played us. I don’t think people knew what to expect,

especially early. I think our region does a heck of a job and I think it’s wide open this year. We’re young. Even though we did have success last year, we’re unproven in a lot of spots. And there are a lot of squads returning a signifi-cant part of their teams.”

Misc.Class AAAAA con-

tinues to be a good fit for the still young Lanier program. “We’ve got 130 kids in the program. That’s probably small compared to the big dogs in AAAAAA, but we feel really good about where we are compared to the teams that are in our re-gion. We’ve got 55 ninth-graders and we’re excited about that group of kids.” … Lanier added three new coaches to the staff, in-cluding Buford grad (and former Furman player) David Hendrix at wide receiver. Hendrix coached previously at Alpharetta. Former Mill Creek coach Chris Williams is the new outside linebackers coach while former NFL player Tanard Davis, who won a Super Bowl ring with the Indianapolis Colts, will work with the secondary.

— Will Hammock

2015 scheduleAug. 21 LambertSept. 4 Clarke CentralSept. 11 at Flowery BranchSept. 18 at Cedar ShoalsSept. 25 LoganvilleOct. 9 at GainesvilleOct. 16 HeritageOct. 23 at SalemOct. 30 at Winder-BarrowNov. 6 Apalachee

2014 results (10-1)at Lambert W 27-14at Clarke Cent. W 35-20Flowery Branch W 27-12Cedar Shoals W 21-7at Loganville W 28-14Gainesville W 26-23at Heritage W 49-20Salem W 42-35Winder-Barrow W 21-10at Apalachee W 55-17Sequoyah L 24-21

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Lanier rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Marcella Baity RB/WR 122 Noah Fritz QB/WR 113 Erick Turner LB 104 Isaiah Dozier DB 126 Shaun Hunter LB 127 C.J. Burress DB 118 Tyler Taylor LB 119 Devin Miller LB 1210 Tahj Tolbert QB 1211 Michael Allen DE 1112 Marcus Whitaker WR 1013 Rogellio Jaramillo DB 1114 Alex Wyant WR 1115 Amari Rouzan DB 1116 Emmanuel Moses DB 1217 Cole Paschall WR 1218 Hunter Barfield QB 1019 Josh Stroud WR 1120 Ashton Barnes RB 1221 Darius Ruffin LB 1222 Jordan Moore WR 1023 Morgen Kent DB 1124 Justin Bobb DB 1225 Juwuan Jones LB 11

26 Tywon Reaves RB 1027 Marcko Baity RB 1128 Ethan Wilson DB 1129 Aaron Vaz DB 1230 Trenton Palmore WR 1231 Chris Settambrino LB 1132 Will Bryan LB 1233 Oliver Wise DB 1034 Kameron Brown LB 9

35 Troy Lopes DB 1037 Coby Orr DL 1138 A.J. Paschall DB 1039 Noah Thomas K/P 1240 Josh Sands DB 1144 Colt Ready LB 1248 Ryan Persinger LB 1150 Colin Foster OL 1051 Malik Johnson DL 10

52 Christian Barfield DL 1253 Chase McLeod LB 1154 Devon Martin DL 1055 Logan Pitts OL 1256 Sebastian Andersen LB 1057 Mikey Magda OL 1058 John Borella OL 1162 Zack Ecker OL 1165 Harrison Beumer OL 1067 Nick Swackard OL 1268 Giovanni Diaz OL 1170 Peyton Bergman DL 1072 Nate Stiltner OL 1073 Juan Marin OL 1275 Terran Grant DL 1076 Drew Allen OL 1177 Aaron Loo OL 1078 Hunter Beasley OL 1180 Tanner Dumphy WR 1182 Jake Ojeda WR 1290 Derrick Brown DL 1291 Ian Macaulay K/P 1199 David Armstrong K/P 10


QB Tahj Tolbert (6-5, 215, Sr.)RB Ashton Barnes (5-10, 185, Sr.)WR Marcella Baity (5-8, 185, Sr.)WR Marcko Baity (5-11, 185, Jr.)WR Cole Paschall (6-0, 170, Sr.)WR Noah Fritz (6-0, 180, Jr.)OR Alex Wyant (6-0, 175, Jr.)LT Juan Marin (6-1, 265, Sr.)LG Drew Allen (6-1, 255, Jr.)C Nate Stiltner (6-2, 275, Soph.)RG Hunter Beasley (6-0, 270, Jr.)RT Colin Foster (6-3, 255, Soph.)PK Noah Thomas (5-8, 165, Sr.)

DEFENSEDE Derrick Brown (6-4, 310, Sr.)NG Peyton Bergman (5-11, 260, Soph.)DE Michael Allen (6-5, 225, Jr.)OLB Devin Miller (6-0, 205, Jr.)ILB Juwuan Jones (6-3, 230, Jr.)ILB Tyler Taylor (6-3, 220, Jr.)OLB Shaun Hunter (5-10, 180, Sr.)CB Isaiah Dozier (5-10, 170, Sr.)CB Amari Rouzan (5-10, 165, Jr.)FS Ethan Wilson (5-11, 175, Jr.)SS C.J. Burress (5-11, 180, Jr.)P Noah Thomas (5-8, 165, Sr.)

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Meadowcreek MustangsHead coach: Jason Carrera (0-0 at Meadowcreek, 15-8 overall) Region: 8-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 1988

OffenseWhen head coach Jason Car-

rera accepted the job at Mead-owcreek in the spring, he had a good feeling about what the Mustangs had coming back at the quarterback position.

Senior Darion Hammons flashed on film to both Car-rera and offensive coordinator Rex Robertson. After a full spring, and a summer with some success on the 7-on-7 circuit, Meadowcreek feels even better about its signal caller.

“He’s progressed tremen-dously throughout the summer,” Carrera said. “He’s become more in control of the offense, getting people in the right spot, doing the things he’s supposed to do from that standpoint. Better command of what we’re trying to do. He had a real suc-cessful summer with 7-on-7. All-in-all he did a pretty good job. He’s definitely progressed since spring practice.”

The Mustangs will run what Carrera calls a modified spread with some quarterback runs, short passes and toss sweeps from under center as well.

Seniors Terrence Newborn and Shadiah Toppin have emerged as top targets for Ham-mons. The ground game will be handled by the trio of Kyree Rogers, Qu’Vella Calhoun (pictured) and Jai’Sean Payton.

“We know in this league it’s going to take three or four of

them,” Carerra said.Along the line the hope is that

Meadowcreek will be able to avoid playing most guys both ways, with the exception of senior Keanan Cason. Xaviean Henry will handle the duties at center.

DefenseMeadowcreek will line up

in a 4-3 base with senior Airon

Buick playing middle lineback-er. Buick will also play some offense at either slot receiver or tight tend, but on defense he’ll be the team’s leader.

“He’s got a good nose for the football,” Carrera said. “He understands, he’s probably one of my better football IQ guys. He’s a quiet guy. He’s not a rah-rah guy, but he just kind of leads

by example. He’s a hard worker. Just kind of leads by example. Did a great job picking up what we’re trying to do.”

Defensive lineman Lamarcus Bailey also will be a big part of coordinator Mike Rozier’s scheme.

‘Winners every day’Carrera and his staff know

they face an uphill battle at Meadowcreek, but they’re en-couraged with the progress the program has made in the short time they’ve been on campus.

The players have bought in to the new coaching staff’s confi-dence.

“They’ve done a great job,”

Carrera said. “It just shows in their attendance and it shows in their work ethic. Obviously it’s a work in progress. It’s every day… They’ve done a good job. They’re getting a lot of teaching. I’ve got a great coaching staff.”

Carrera said that if the program turnaround was being measured in percentages, that he and his staff are just a little over the halfway mark with a long way to go.

Regardless of how his team performs on the field during his first year, the biggest thing Car-rea wants to instill in his players is the belief that they can be successful. A summer with some success in 7-on-7 and attending team camps has given the locker room a bit of confidence boost.

“Simple things like coming back from the defensive camp and having a couple of guys say, ‘Hey coach I don’t think we’re going to be too bad this year,’” Carrera said. “To see that confidence in them and then to understand that they’re going to have some success, and that they can have some success. We tell them every day they’re winners. They face a lot.

“We’ve got kids that walk a long way to get (to the school) every day, find a way to get a ride, find a way to get food. They’re winners every day, just with some of the things they have to overcome.”

— Paul Thomas

2015 scheduleAug. 29 at NewtonSept. 4 RockdaleSept. 11 at ClarkstonSept. 18 at P’tree RidgeSept. 25 Collins HillOct. 2 at Mill CreekOct. 9 NorcrossOct. 23 at Mountain ViewOct. 30 North GwinnettNov. 6 at Duluth

2014 results (1-9)Newton L 63-0Rockdale County L 58-0Clarkston W 14-7Peachtree Ridge L 70-0Collins Hill L 49-7Mill Creek L 63-7Norcross L 49-0Mountain View L 42-0North Gwinnett L 50-6Duluth L 41-26


Meadowcreek rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Darion Hammons QB/DB 122 Shadiah Toppin WR/DB 123 Jaylion Adams WR/DB 104 Qu’Vella Calhoun RB/LB 105 Dontez Hammons WR/DB 116 Terrence Newborn Jr. WR/DB 127 David Wing WR/DB 118 Triston Harris RB/DB 109 Ky’Jarius Nelson QB/DB 910 Qadir Allah WR/DB 1011 Travon Redditt WR/DB 1212 Bradshaw Shamir WR/DB 1013 Kaleb Cook QB/DB 1014 Corey Wilkins WR/DB 1215 Amari Jones WR/DB 917 Tracy Meadows RB/DB 919 Noah Singleton WR/DB 1020 JaiSean Payton RB/LB 1221 Jamarious Craft WR/DB 1222 Kyree Rogers RB/DB 12

23 Taseandre Jones WR/DB 1224 Brailen Jackson WR/DB 1025 David Flores RB/LB 1026 William Thompson WR/DB 1127 Raymond Gartman WR/DB 1228 Kentrelle Harris WR/DB 1130 Furious Cockfield WR/LB 12

30 Jordan Jones RB/DB 931 Demetrius Barnfield RB/DB 1133 Airon Buick WR/LB 1134 Giron Will RB/LB 1235 Duane Straughter RB/LB 1036 Thomas Rymer WR/DB 1037 Jeremiah Caldwell WR/DB 10

48 Zaire Madison OL/DL 1149 Ja’Quan Jenerette RB/LB 1250 Keanan Cason OL/DL 1252 Zavion Henry OL/DL 1153 Eittione Stuckey OL/DL 1254 Diri Ibeawuchi OL/DL 1263 Marcus Bailey OL/DL 1266 Ahmonte Barr OL/DL 1075 Kaleb Wheeler OL/DL 977 Mark Haynes OL/DL 1079 James King OL/DL 980 Gerard Skillings WR/DB 1081 Jerimiah Lee WR/DB 982 Demoni Pennymon WR/DB 983 Tajon Johnson WR/DB 1084 Daenon Sanders WR/DB 1085 Rayvon Walker WR/DB 1088 Malik Bashale OL/DL 1099 Micah Anderson OL/DL 11


QB Darion Hammons (6-0, 205, Sr.)RB Kyree Rogers (6-0, 205, Sr.)WR Airon Buick (6-2, 235, Jr.)WR Jasean Payton (6-0, 205, Sr.)WR Terrence Newborn Jr. (5-11, 170, Sr.)WR David Wing (6-1, 175, Jr.)OT Mark Haynes (6-5, 340, Soph.)OG Ettitone Stucky (5-11, 250, Sr.)C Zavion Henry (6-0, 230, Jr.)OG Keanan Cason (5-11, 250, Sr.)OT Diri Ibeawuchi (6-2, 265, Sr.)K Qu’Vella Calhoun (5-9, 185, Soph.)

DEFENSENG Keenan Cason (5-11, 250, Sr.)DT Ettitone Stucky (5-11, 250, Sr.)DE Marcus Bailey (6-3, 275, Sr.)DE Zaire Madison (6-2, 200, Jr.)LB Jaquan Jenerette (5-10, 190, Sr.)LB Qu’Vella Calhoun (5-9, 185, Soph.)LB Will Giron (5-8, 190, Sr.)LB Airon Buick (6-2, 235, Jr.)CB Terrence Newborn Jr. (5-11, 170, Sr.)CB Jamarious Craft (5-11, 165, Sr.)FS Shadiah Toppin (6-4, 195, Sr.)SS Raymond Gartman (5-10, 180, Sr.)P Terrence Newborn Jr. (5-11, 170, Sr.)

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Mill Creek HawksHead coach: Shannon Jarvis (60-58 at Mill Creek, 60-58 overall) Region: 7-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseGraduation gutted an

offense that averaged 41.6 points last season.

The Hawks lost a three-year starting quarterback in Appalachian State sign-ee Daniel David, Buffalo recruit Johnathan Hawkins (the Gwinnett Touchdown Club running back of the year) and nearly the entire offensive line, which included Auburn signee Kaleb Kim and Middle Tennessee signee Josh Fannin.

“We’re expecting our offense to perform at the level it has in the past, we’ve just got to get some talented players some experience,” Mill Creek head coach Shannon Jarvis said. “The biggest thing we’re losing offen-sively is production, the yardage, passing, rushing, touchdowns. We just don’t have the experience. But we do feel good about the skill kids across the board. They are kids who have been successful in ninth grade and 10th grade and in 7-on-7, but they still have to gain that Friday night experience. They’ll get better as the season goes along.”

The offensive line will be restocked well thanks

to two returning players with experience, Louis-ville recruit Robbie Bell and Jack Franklin. Fan-nin’s brother Tyler steps in for his brother at center.

Miles Riley is the most experienced player at wide receiver, but a group of players has looked good at that position in spring and summer workouts. Daniel Leconte leads the way at running back, while Cameron Turley steps in at quarterback.

“Cameron’s a little dif-ferent from Daniel,” Jarvis said. “Daniel was a dual threat, Cameron is a more prototypical passing quar-terback. He made great

decisions in 7-on-7. He’s a very intelligent young man.”

DefenseThe Mill Creek defense

enters the season as the team strength, and the coaches need the unit to play well early while a young offense grows up.

The last five opponents in region play last season scored a touchdown or less against the Hawks, including a shutout of Norcross and wins over Collins Hill and Peachtree Ridge that clinched a play-off berth. They allowed just a touchdown in the Collins Hill and Peachtree

Ridge games, one of the scores coming when the offense fumbled at its own 3-yard line.

“Those guys played very well late last season,” Jarvis said.

A pair of pass-rushing threats return at defensive end with Tyler Vernon (14 sacks in 2014) and Peyton Moore. Sidney Otiwu (pictured, center) and Aaron Anderson are back at outside linebacker with 85 and 90 tackles, respectively. Micah Bull, a fullback last season, steps in at middle linebacker for the graduated Tyler Voyles, a Furman signee.

Jamar Hall and Chase Turner lead the secondary, which gets a boost with the return of Kishawn Miller from injury.

“Peyton and Tyler are tremendous pass rush-ers at defensive end and we’re hoping to be able to get pressure in the pass-ing game without having to blitz and get coverage behind it,” Jarvis said.

Dome debutMill Creek got its first

invitation to the presti-gious Corky Kell Classic last season, but an Atlanta Falcons and NFL schedul-ing conflict bumped the

games from the Georgia Dome to McEachern. A year later, the Hawks finally will get to play in the Dome for the first time.

It won’t be in the state championship game, played yearly in the Dome, but it’s a start.

“I’m not going to down-play that at all,” Jarvis said. “We’re excited about it. Last year when we got word we weren’t going to play in the Dome I think our kids were disap-pointed. I think everybody was excited about playing

in that game, getting to the Dome for the first time for our program. Getting to do it this year, it is a big deal to us. We’re not going to shy away from that. It’s an honor, but also a responsi-bility.”

Misc.Mill Creek earned a No.

2 seed and a home playoff game last season, but the finish was disappointing, a first-round loss to Gray-son. “We talk about (last season) a good bit, the fin-ish. You want to advance in the playoffs. And there were a couple of games in the season where we didn’t play well that were points of emphasis as well. That’s something this entire off-season we’ve talked about. We’ll always have lofty goals like everybody in the region and when you don’t attain them, you get back to work on self-evaluation, the changes you may need to make to take the next step.” … Last year’s state playoff appearance was Mill Creek’s fourth in program history, but the Hawks have never made the postseason in back-to-back seasons, something they can accomplish this season.

— Will Hammock

2015 scheduleAug. 22 BrookwoodAug. 28 West ForsythSept. 4 at DaculaSept. 18 DuluthSept. 25 at North GwinnettOct. 2 MeadowcreekOct. 9 at Mountain ViewOct. 23 at Collins HillOct. 30 NorcrossNov. 6 Peachtree Ridge

2014 results (7-4)Colquitt County L 31-14at West Forsyth W 65-27Dacula L 28-21at Duluth W 40-0North Gwinnett L 51-41at Meadowcreek W 63-7Mountain View W 55-7Collins Hill W 51-7at Norcross W 30-0at P’tree Ridge W 34-7Grayson L 24-6

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Mill Creek rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Tre Alston WR 122 Preston Norwood WR/QB 113 Edmond Graham WR 114 Kishawn Miller DB 125 Aaron Anderson LB 126 Jamar Hall DB/RB 117 Chase Turner DB/WR 128 Riley Snyder TE 129 Matthew Winston DB 1110 Reed Adair DB 1111 Julian Mitchell WR 1212 Miles Riley WR 1213 Bailey Skelley QB 1114 Jack Plummer WR/DB 1115 Joe Thomas RB 1116 Cameron Turley QB 1117 Braxton Richburg WR 1218 Omari Sanders DB 1219 Bryce Hall DB 1220 Phillip Green DL/FB 1121 Nick Rice WR 1122 Stanley Otiwu DB 1223 Demetrias Rias LB 1124 Anthony Presto RB 1125 Harrison Wright DB 1126 Victor Heyward LB 1127 Brandon Warwick DB 1228 Daniel Leconte RB 12

29 Peyton Moore DE/TE 1230 Jordan Clark RB 1131 Anthony Imbordino LB 1232 Matt Enser TE 1233 Nygee Mitchell DB 1234 Sam Mason LB 1235 Sidney Otiwu LB 1236 Jonathan Gipson DB/RB 1037 Brenton King K 1138 E’mir Alleyne DB 1139 Daniel Lohman K 1240 Liam Sexstone RB 11

41 Jack Luker LB 1242 David Milon DL/FB 1143 Micah Bull LB/FB 1244 Ryan Cox DE 1145 Jordan King DB 1247 Tyson Morgan RB 1148 Blake Pullen FB 1249 Drew Rhodes K 1150 Moe Oladele-Samagbeyi OL 1252 Adrian Jackson SN 1053 Collin Janowski OL 1154 Jordan Bull DE 11

55 Trey Traylor DL 1157 John Harris OL 1058 Joash Dudley DL 1163 Dylan Artman OL 1165 Robbie Bell OL 1267 Nick Campbell OL 1168 Cole Ragon OL/SN 1270 Trevor Middleton OL 1273 Tyler Fannin OL 1174 Jack Franklin OL 1175 Bradley Kopydlowski OL 1078 Draven Green DL 1180 Christian Cangelosi WR 1282 Cambridge Jones WR 1183 Deshown Critten DB 1284 Peter Rezk WR 1185 Moses Allen DE 1186 Ace Williams WR 1187 Tyler Vernon DE 1288 Ayoola Ogun-Seymore DL 1189 Taylor Burnette DL 1190 Matt Campbell P 1092 John Hunt DL 1293 Sam Wekesa WR 1194 Kameron Banks DL 1295 Mike Johnson DL 1297 William Itoka DL 12


QB Cameron Turley (6-3, 185, Jr.)HB Edmond Graham (5-9, 157, Jr.)FB Daniel Leconte (5-10, 190, Sr.)WR Braxton Richburg (5-11, 175, Sr.)WR Miles Riley (6-0, 175, Sr.)TE Riley Snyder (6-2, 200, Sr.)QT Jack Franklin (6-4, 310, Jr.)QG Collin Janowski (6-1, 260, Jr.)C Tyler Fannin (6-3, 290, Jr.)SG Nick Campbell (6-2, 270, Jr.)ST Robbie Bell (6-5, 270, Sr.)K Brenton King (5-11, 160, Jr.)

DEFENSEDE Peyton Moore (6-3, 230, Sr.)DT Ayoola Ogun-Seymore (6-5, 220, Jr.)DT John Hunt (6-1, 275, Sr.)DE Tyler Vernon (6-4, 230, Sr.)OLB Sidney Otiwu (6-0, 210, Sr.)MLB Micah Bull (5-11, 215, Sr.)OLB Aaron Anderson (6-0, 200, Sr.)SS Jamar Hall (6-2, 190, Jr.)FS Chase Turner (5-8, 185, Sr.)CB Kishawn Miller (5-10, 160, Sr.)CB Edmond Graham (5-9, 157, Jr.)P Micah Bull (5-11, 215, Sr.)

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Mountain View BearsHead coach: Nick Bach (0-0 at Mountain View, 0-0 overall) Region: 7-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: N/A

OffenseNew offensive coor-

dinator Rob Kellogg, previously at Gilmer, has installed a multiple of-fense that first-year head coach Nick Bach feels is a good fit for the talent at Mountain View.

“We’re very excited about it,” Bach said. “I think the kids have got a really good hold of it now. I think it will be somewhat different from years past, so we have something teams will have to prepare for a little differently and I think it works to our strengths. There’s some variability in it so we can do different things from week to week, so we can attack different defenses differently week to week.”

The offense shouldn’t lack for playmakers.

Nick Harris, one Gwin-nett’s top running backs, rushed for 852 yards and 12 touchdowns last season. Track star Jalen Virgil and two-way player Kaiden Smith are both game-breaking wide re-ceivers. They will join an experienced quarterback in Alex Scott (pictured).

“We like the players we have,” Bach said. “We have a lot of confidence in

the offense right now.”Four offensive line start-

ers from last season also return — K’Maron Patter-son, Cameron Rice, Drake Durden and Jared Gee.

DefenseBach, a former defen-

sive player in college at Buffalo State, takes a lot of pride in the defensive unit he coordinated the past two seasons, and he thinks this could be one of the program’s best groups.

Patterson anchors the defensive line, while Austin Brown is among the leaders at linebacker. Smith, an Appalachian State commitment, heads up a talented secondary.

“If you look at us on defense, I feel like we’re very solid, probably the best group we’ve ever had to be honest with you,” Bach said. “We have really good starters and a couple good backups. We don’t have 100 guys that can do it for you but those guys we have can do enough. They’re highly trained . We’ve been train-ing these guys specifically for their position since May and they’re very technically sound. We probably have the best-looking linebacker corps, the best-looking second-ary we’ve had since I’ve been here.”

The most important

progression on the defense is just getting older. The young players who took their lumps the past few seasons are growing up.

“A lot of guys with us did play as sophomores and juniors and they’re now seniors and they re-ally look the part now,” Bach said.

Ready to break throughMountain View has

made steady improve-ment in recent seasons, but hasn’t cracked into the top of tough Region 7-AAAAAA, where

mainstays Norcross, North Gwinnett, Collins Hill, Mill Creek and Peachtree Ridge typically vie for the four playoff spots.

The Bears hope to crack into that upper echelon this year.

“Not only do I feel like that, I think our whole team does,” Bach said of chasing a playoff spot. “I don’t know that we’ve had the urgency to make the playoffs but I think this team now feels like that is the expectation. It’s not a goal, it’s the expecta-tion. … We feel like we’re good enough to beat some teams this year. Maybe we have (felt like that) in the past, but for whatever rea-son it didn’t happen. We should beat some people this year. We should. If we don’t, we’ll die trying. We’ll give everything we’ve got.”

Some close losses have kept Mountain View from better records in the past — it’s won two or three games every season since 2010 — so success early in non-region play will be important.

“I think it’s definitely necessary (to get some wins early),” Bach said. “We’ve got to start fast this

season. That first game is critical to us just like it was last year. South Forsyth is a good, tough team. They’re not going to lay down, that’s for sure. They play hard-nosed football and it’s going to be a challenge physically. If our guys can step up and beat them again, we know we’ll have a good team because they have a good team.”

Misc.Bach, a Bears assistant

the past two seasons under Doug Giacone, took the Dunwoody head coach-ing job earlier this year but stayed for just two weeks. An offer came from Mountain View to replace Giacone and he couldn’t turn it down. “It’s wonder-ful here,” Bach said. “This is where I always wanted to be. I took a roundabout path to make it happen but it all really worked out in the end. I’m happy and I believe the players, the families and everybody in the school is happy. I think it worked out for the best for everybody really.” … Giacone, who was looking to relocate to the south side of Atlanta, took an assistant coaching job at Newnan.

— Will Hammock

2015 scheduleAug. 21 at South ForsythAug. 28 ParkviewSept. 4 at Kennesaw Mnt.Sept. 18 at NorcrossSept. 25 Peachtree RidgeOct. 2 at Collins HillOct. 9 Mill CreekOct. 23 MeadowcreekOct. 30 at DuluthNov. 6 North Gwinnett

2014 results (4-7)South Forsyth W 38-31at Parkview L 45-21Kennesaw Mnt. L 29-26Norcross L 19-7at P’tree Ridge L 49-6Collins Hill L 16-12at Mill Creek L 55-7at Meadowcreek W 42-0Duluth W 28-20at North Gwinnett L 35-14

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Mountain View rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Ryan Barber WR 122 Marquel Broughton DB 103 Jonathan Thompson DB 124 Alex Scott QB 125 Richie Ramos LB 126 Blake Carroll LB/RB 107 DiJon Joseph DB 128 Austin Brown LB/RB 129 Devin Robinson WR 1210 Malik Baseemah WR 1211 Jalen Virgil WR 1212 Jackson Harkness DB 1113 Kaiden Smith DB 1214 Cameron Dudley WR 1215 Malachi Carter WR 1016 Michael Sobczyk WR 1117 Dylan Hill WR 1118 Ty Booker K 1219 Matthew Edwards QB 1020 Zac Montrief P 1121 Andrew Pettit DB/WR 1222 Gerald Moore DB 1223 Tony Abbatiello LB 12

24 Amari Hathcock WR 1025 Garbentz Josue LB/WR 1126 Jeremial Noble LB 1127 Emanuel Cantrell RB 1228 Bounsavath Phanmanee WR 1029 Denver Venn RB 1030 Daniel Catapano LB 1131 Jamel Nicholas DB 1032 Nick Harris RB 12

33 Erick Montalvo LB 1234 Ethan Nagel LB 1136 Garrett McGuire K 1037 Jacob Frazier DB 1040 Kenneth Herron LB 1041 Tre Verrett LB 1143 Jake Adams LB 1244 Alex Childers LB 1145 Trace Conway LB 10

48 Hunter Davis LB 1050 Drake Durden DL/OL 1251 Berechiah Austin LB 1052 Nickolas Hamby DL 1053 K’maron Patterson DL/OL 1254 Cameron Rice DL/OL 1255 Alex Davis DL/OL 1057 Channin Williams DL 1058 Bryan Alvarenga DL/OL 1159 Justin Jackson OL 1263 Aidan Higgins OL 966 Jaelin Humphries OL 967 Jared Gee OL 1272 Ivan Vivaldo OL 1073 Alex Gubanich OL 1274 Matthew Lucia OL 1075 Gabriel Boyd OL 1078 Jonathan Stewart OL 1181 Terrance Gragg WR 1085 Jordan Arbuckle WR 1190 Keashaun Hill DL 1291 Derrion Mitchner DL 1095 Cole Birkbeck DL 10


QB Alex Scott (5-10, 205, Sr.)RB Nick Harris (5-10, 190, Sr.)RB Devin Robinson (5-8, 165, Sr.)HB Tony Abbatiello (5-10, 210, Sr.)WR Jalen Virgil (6-2, 205, Sr.)WR Malachi Carter (6-2, 185, Soph.)OR Dylan Hill (5-10, 165, Jr.)OL Drake Durden (6-2, 255, Sr.)OL Jonathan Stewart (6-7, 290, Jr.)OL Jared Gee (6-1, 245, Sr.)OL Cameron Rice (6-2, 235, Sr.)OL Jaelin Humphries (6-4, 275, Fr.)PK Ty Booker (5-11, 170, Sr.)

DEFENSEDL K’maron Patterson (6-1, 285, Sr.)DL Keashaun Hill (6-0, 225, Sr.)DL Alex Davis (6-0, 195, Soph.)DL Austin Brown (6-0, 205, Sr.)LB Ethan Nagel (6-1, 210, Jr.)LB Erick Montalvo (5-10, 195, Sr.)LB Richie Ramos (5-9, 190, Sr.)LB Blake Carroll (6-2, 190, Soph.)DB Kaiden Smith (6-2, 185, Sr.)DB Andrew Pettit (6-3, 205, Sr.)DB DiJon Joseph (5-9, 175, Sr.)P Zac Montrief (6-1, 195, Jr.)


Norcross Blue DevilsHead coach: Keith Maloof (128-54 at Norcross, 150-65 overall) Region: 7-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseThe view of the Nor-

cross offense might de-pend on whether one has a glass half full or glass half empty point of view.

The pessimist might point towards the fact that graduation losses, plus the loss of senior receiver Jared Simpkins to a season-ending injury over the summer, leaves the Blue Devils with only one returning starter among the skill positions — senior tailback Jamir Billings (pictured).

However, the athletic talent among the newcom-ers is such that head coach Keith Maloof has a far less gloomy perspective.

For one thing, the ongoing battle at quar-terback between juniors Baron Radcliff and Max Tracey leaves open the possibility that like last year with co-starters Jacob Gassert and Griffin Barker, Norcross could have interchangeable parts under center.

“They’re both very talented,” Maloof said. “They’ve both got strong arms and can run really well and do all the stuff we need them to do.

“We’ll see who will take the lead. These guys

are a little closer than what we had (last year) with Griffin and Gassert. Gassert was more of a runner and Griffin was a better thrower. These guys can do both.”

Likewise, expect to see many moving parts among the other skill positions.

Billings, last year’s leading rusher with 731 yards and eight touch-downs, should share time with junior Necholas Sermons and sophomore Omar Sinclair in the backfield, while Maloof says the receiver situation

will be “by committee,” though a few individuals like junior Ricky Reed have stepped up during practice.

But the most important good news for the Blue Devils is that there should be plenty of protection for the skill players while they sort themselves out thanks to the return of last year’s entire starting line, includ-ing seniors Phillip Davis, Kyle Jones, Josh Madden and Devin Bennett. Jones will move to tight end this fall.

“Oh, yeah, when you’ve

got (experienced) guys up front to block, it’s a good thing,” Maloof said. “You can have an experienced line and young skill guys or experienced skill guys and a young line. Either way is fine, but you can’t be inexperienced in both areas.”

DefenseMaloof is equally excit-

ed about the talent level on the defensive side, despite losing several key starters from last year’s squad.

“Defensively, we’re probably a little bit ahead than we are on offense because early in camp, the defense usually starts out ahead,” Maloof said. “We’ve been physical and really flying around to the ball.”

One of the few com-ponents of the defense that returns almost fully intact is in the secondary, where recent Georgia Tech commit Jarrett Cole and Kendrec Grady are both back at safety, while Ken-drew Wynn and Da’Meon Williams return to man the corners.

The Blue Devils will also get a boost at line-backer with both Chris Al-len and Monty Montgom-ery each having gotten

valuable reps a year ago.But Maloof may be

most excited about the po-tential along the defensive line, which, like the re-ceiver position, may take a committee approach.

And as far as Maloof is concerned, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

“The defensive line will be young. We’ve just got to see what we can do,” Maloof said. “At defen-sive end, we’ve got junior Robert Beal, who’s kind of Lorenzo Carter type.

The defensive tackles will be by committee. We’ll play about six defensive tackles, and we’ve got to because of the (region) we play in. We have guys like (junior) Jalen Pinkney. The jury’s out on him, but he could be good. The same with (senior) Luke D’Agostino.”

EtcWhile many teams just

played their preseason scrimmages this past Friday, the Blue Devils got their dress rehearsal, a scrimmage at Lowndes, out of the way early by playing back on Aug. 7.

That was by design.“We play (the season

opener against Valdosta in the Corky Kell Classic at the Georgia Dome) on (August) 22nd,” Maloof said. “(The early scrim-mage) gives us a good two weeks to get ready for the first game.

“I think there’s a few teams playing scrimmages (early).”

Norcross will unveil its new scoreboard/video board, the largest in the nation, with a pep rally and unveiling at Norcross Community Stadium on Wednesday night.


2015 scheduleAug. 22 Valdosta*Aug. 28 at BrookwoodSept. 4 MiltonSept. 18 Mountain ViewSept. 25 at DuluthOct. 2 North GwinnettOct. 9 at MeadowcreekOct. 23 Peachtree RidgeOct. 30 at Mill CreekNov. 6 Collins Hill

*at Georgia Dome

2014 results (7-4)Tucker W 32-29*Brookwood W 21-10at Milton L 26-0at Mountain View W 19-7Duluth W 38-0at North W 17-10Meadowcreek W 49-0at P’tree Ridge L 35-2Mill Creek L 30-0at Collins Hill W 20-17*at Archer L 38-22

*overtime


Norcross rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Jared Simpkins WR 112 Baron Radcliff QB 113 Necholas Sermons RB 114 Daryel Monson DB 125 Max Tracey QB 116 Kendrec Grady DB 127 Chris Allen LB 128 Da’Meon Williams DB 119 Maliak Cole WR 1210 Ricky Reed WR 1111 Jacobe Burell WR 1112 Jaquez McWilliams QB 1013 Jordan Palmer WR 1214 Devin Wallace WR 1215 Michael Cole WR 1116 Ricky Holloman Jr. WR 1017 Kendrew Wynn DB 1218 Clay Harris WR 1019 Omar Sinclair RB 1020 Monty Montgomery LB 1121 Keon Carter DB 1122 Jamir Billings RB 1223 Tyrese Montgomery DB 1124 Jarrett Cole DB 1225 Bryce Bowen DB 1126 Jalen Peddrew FB 1127 Dominic Bradford DB 1228 Eddie Appiah RB 1229 Deante McCoy FB 1230 Mykhi Thomas LB 1231 Terrion Dangerfield LB 1032 Malik McClain LB 1233 Greg Wyatt DB 1134 Bryce Callender DB 1135 Rasheed Higgs LB 12

36 Justin Gardner DB 1137 Rambo Rambus RB 1038 Manuel Moreia RB 1239 Malik Mayes DB 1040 Garrett Kleinhen FB 1141 Ben Dickerson WR 1242 Darral Porter LB 1143 Jaelin Madison DB 1044 Jalen Pinkney DE 1145 Eric Farrell FB 1246 Sean Burson WR 1247 Kyle Jones TE 1248 Joe Anthony Obboye TE 1149 Luke D’Agostino DE 12

50 Jonathan Osagie OL 1251 Carlos Velazquez DE 1252 Tommy Hixon DT 1253 Alec Strout LB 1054 Bradley Nguyen LB 1255 Dareus Barnhill DE 1056 Alston Gibbs LB 1057 Nick Bray OL 1258 Robert Franklin LB 1159 Nikolas Brown DE 1160 Isaiah Brown OL 1261 Cy Crawford DE 1062 Josh Fajardo DE 1264 MIchael Mullininx DT 12

65 Joshua Mouzon OL 1066 Justin Siech OL 1167 Luis Sanchez DT 1268 Eric Ruiz DT 1269 Peter Hasson OL 1270 Josh Madden OL 1271 Philip Davis OL 1272 A.J. Johnson OL 1073 Andrew Stoudemire OL 1174 Devin Bennett OL 1176 Andre’ Harding OL 1177 Sam Dingle OL 1178 Philip Hatcher OL 1079 Austin Bishop DT 1180 Robert Sims WR 1181 Tony Hickey TE 1282 Jack Epila WR 1283 Isaiah McKoy WR 1084 Pierce Brennan TE 1185 Tamir Jones WR 1186 Andres Rosero TE 1287 Romello Branton WR 1288 Melvin Russell WR 1289 Grant Johnson WR 1090 Robert Beal DE 1191 Devin Stevenson DT 1192 Matthew Fajardo DE 1293 Trevell Grissom DT 1294 Chad Ranzy DT 1195 C.J. Murdock DT 1196 Lamech Wilder DE 1097 Nazir Sy DT 1098 Jake Camarda K 1099 Cole Hanna K 10


QB Baron Radcliff (6-4, 215, Jr.)or Max Tracey (5-11, 163, Jr.)RB Omar Sinclair (5-5, 162, Soph.)FB Jalen Peddrew (5-9, 190, Jr.)WR Ricky Reed (6-0, 160, Jr.)WR Jordan Palmer (5-11, 162, Sr.)TE Kyle Jones (5-10, 182, Sr.)QT Nick Bray (5-11, 275, Sr.)QG Philip Davis (5-10, 210, Sr.)C Sam Dingle (5-11, 261, Jr.)SG Josh Madden (5-8, 248, Sr.)ST Devin Bennett (6-1, 340, Sr.)K Cole Hanna (5-6, 146, Soph.)

DEFENSEDE Robert Beal (6-4, 221, Jr.)DT Nazir Sy (6-1, 270, Soph.)DT C.J. Murdock (5-10, 281, Jr.)DE Jalen Pinkney (6-2, 201, Jr.)WLB Darral Porter (5-7, 178, Jr.)MLB Chris Allen (6-0, 210, Sr.)SLB Monty Montgomery (5-10, 186, Jr.)CB Da’Meon Williams (5-10, 159, Jr.)CB Kendrew Wynn (6-0, 176, Sr.)SS Jarett Cole (5-10, 183, Sr.)FS Kendrec Gray (6-2, 201, Sr.)P Kendrew Wynn (6-0, 176, Sr.)


North Gwinnett BulldogsHead coach: Bob Sphire (99-18 at North Gwinnett, 245-73 overall) Region: 7-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseLast season North

Gwinnett averaged 38.9 points per game with John Urzua under center. Many of those same offensive weapons return for the Bulldogs this year, but Urzua will be a freshman at Middle Tennessee State.

Taking the reigns will be sophomore Cade Fortin.

“I’m really pleased with where he is at this stage in his career and his develop-ment,” head coach Bob Sphire said. “At the same time he’s going to learn a lot. The speed of the game against Colquitt, going to North Cobb the next week with the athletes they always have, Hillgrove coming in here and then we get into our region. His learning curve is going to be steep, really steep. But, I’m real pleased with where he is and I think the upside on him, and the future for him, is really, really bright.”

The biggest advantage Fortin will have is that he has a plethora of weapons to help him adjust to the speed of the varsity game. Southern California com-mit Josh Imatorbhebhe (pictured) will lead the way, with Miami (Ohio)

commit K.J. Hancock as another solid option at receiver.

Senior running back Jordan Frye will see time in the slot as well, after recording the fewest drops all summer for the Bulldogs. Another Miami (Ohio) commit Kameron Pickett will handle the bulk of the carries out of the backfield.

Sphire said Pickett, a se-nior, has really impressed him this offseason.

“Kam has really evolved, really worked to try to make himself a complete running back,” Sphire said. “He’s vastly

improved in the passing game from when he first started getting on the field for us. He had a great off-season, he’s gotten strong, physical. He’s got some of those characteristics that C.J. Leggett had for us a couple years ago.”

North’s biggest question will be along the offensive line. Senior Alex Mol-lette, a Marshall commit, moves to center to anchor the unit.

Juniors Chris Sibillia and Sean Maginn will take over as the starting tackles. Sophomore War-ren Ericson also figures to play a significant role.

DefenseThe Bulldogs have even

less returning experience on the defensive side of the ball. They’ll be extremely young in the secondary.

At linebacker only Mat-thew Andryusky returns.

“He’s probably our bell cow on defense,” Sphire said. “Kind of as we go, he goes. He’s tremendous. He’s got tremendous tenacity and game-speed and really football-smart. Just plays with a passion. He’s kind of what epito-mizes North Gwinnett. The guy that looks like he’s maybe undersized,

this, that or whatever and just finds a way to make plays. Reminds me a lot of Carter Cross, when Carter was our will linebacker, was our leading tackler and you wouldn’t pick him out of a lineup. Matt kind of fits that same mold, that North Gwinnett guy that just somehow, someway just plays way beyond what he looks like. He’s really good.”

North will have some experience along the defensive line. Senior nose tackle Michael Germano

and junior defensive end Dixon Yellott both return.

Junior Drew Jordan will start at defensive end op-posite of Yellott. Last season Jordan moved around a bit, before the coaches settled on defensive end as his spot.

“He had been a receiver, and then a strong safety and we put his hand down and he’s really explosive,” Sphire said. “But, he’s not had very many reps at that position.”

Tough startWith such an inexpe-

rienced roster there will be some growing pains early in the year for North. The Bulldogs open with defending AAAAAA state champ Colquitt in the Georgia Dome for the Corky Kell Classic, and then travel to face North Cobb the next weekend.

“We need that,” Sphire said. “We need to play the best. We need to learn some hard lessons if we’re not ready, and grow up fast. And if we are ready, then let’s just build off of it. I don’t think our kids are ever intimidated about going out and competing, but they also know what they’re go-ing to be up against in that opening game.”

— Paul Thomas

2015 scheduleAug. 22 Colquitt County*Aug. 28 at North CobbSept. 4 HillgroveSept. 18 at Collins HillSept. 25 Mill CreekOct. 2 at NorcrossOct. 9 Peachtree RidgeOct. 23 DuluthOct. 30 at MeadowcreekNov. 6 at Mountain View

*at Georgia Dome

2014 results (8-3)McEachern W 52-49North Cobb L 36-29Hillgrove W 28-21Collins Hill W 42-24Mill Creek W 51-41Norcross L 17-10Peachtree Ridge W 51-24Duluth W 71-24Meadowcreek W 50-6Mountain View W 35-14Central Gwinnett L 12-9

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North Gwinnett rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Daniel Tamburo WR 102 Alozie Igbokew DB 102 Jordan Frye RB 123 Carter Thomason DB 103 Horace Buckley WR 124 Jae Sulton WR 124 D’Armani Ridley DB 105 Kameron Pickett RB 126 Cade Fortin QB 106 Zach Ward DB 107 Josh Imatorbhebhe WR 128 Ricci Nuckles WR/DB 129 Brandon Ogene DB 1210 Andrew Bond WR 1010 Chase Young DB 1211 K.J. Hancock WR 1212 Matthew Andryusky Rover 1212 William Goldring QB 913 Bryce Bogart S 1013 Josh Horn WR 1114 Connor Kwasigroh DB 1014 Trevor Deyton QB 1115 Torron Murray DB 1216 Jimmy Urzua QB 1017 Colby Jenkins DB 1218 Cameron Butler RB 1019 Grayson Fowler P/K 1220 John Favero DB 1020 TraiChean Moore DB 1221 Ryan Lovelace RB 1122 L.J. Fisher WR 1022 Noel Spencer DB 1223 Brennan Small WR 1224 Dante Black DB/RB 1025 Brian Eberhardt LB 1125 Chris Northrup WR 1026 Cade Cash DB 1227 Justin Lewis Rover 11

28 Delon Smith DB 1229 Keison Forte S 1131 Ryan Favre WR 1032 Carlos Wade DB 1233 Jordan Redmond S 1133 Javonni Cunningham WR 934 Turner Cho LB 1035 Nick Lyman LB 1036 Bryce Castro DB 1237 Walker House LB 1138 Cole Williams LB 1139 Ejay Madden LB 1140 James Saint-Amour DL 1142 Alejandro Taveras LB 1142 Garrison Manor WR 943 Major Carlberg LB 9

44 Conner Owens LB 1245 Myles Webster LB 1046 Lane Blackburn S 1047 Dixon Yellott DL 1148 Mitchell Gladstein LB 1249 Ahsan Brown DB 1250 Troy Fortin OL 1151 Matthew Young LB 1051 Robert Hirschmann OL 1252 Johan Tobar OL 1253 Caleb McCoy LB 1054 Dutch Fink LB 1155 Alex Mollette OL 1256 Sam Strickland OL 1157 Harrison Place LB 1058 Chandler Hood OL 11

59 Michael Germano DL 1260 Warren Ericson OL 1061 Josh Greenwood OL 1062 Brandon Botts OL 1163 Alex Morris OL 1164 Rylan Dodson OL 1165 Trey Sheppard OL 1266 Kyle Wilcox OL 1267 Patrick Keats OL 1068 Alex Contreras DL 969 Andrew Suh DL 1170 Chris Sibilia OL 1171 Knox Denning DL 1072 Sean Maginn OL 1173 Dominic Broglio OL 1074 Jake Adams OL 1275 Parker Cannon OL 1076 Josh Aldamuy OL 1077 Taemin Song DL 1178 Jorge Bacaro OL 1079 Deion Gilmore DL 1080 Dylan Pulgarin WR 1082 Cooper Colson WR 1284 Amir Rogers WR 1085 Ross McDaniel WR 1086 Sam Gasta WR 1287 Ryan Smith WR 1188 Cameron Cobb WR 1089 Drew Jordan DE 1190 Jude Uwagerikpe DL 1291 Omezu Onyiri DL 1091 Will Reichert K 1092 Seth Bradford LB 1093 Nick Moring K 1194 Nick Williams DL 1097 Payne Walker DL 1098 Manuel Herrera K 1199 Chris Varela LS 12


QB Cade Fortin (6-2, 200, Soph.)RB Kam Pickett (5-10, 211, Sr.)WR K.J. Hancock (6-2,195, Sr.)WR Josh Imatorbhebhe (6-2, 205, Sr.)WR Horace Buckley (5-10, 185, Sr.)WR Ricci Nuckles (5-9, 160, Sr.)OT Sean Maginn (6-3, 250, Jr.)OG Chandler Hood (5-11, 242, Jr.)C Alex Mollette (6-3, 290, Sr.)OG Warren Ericson (6-3, 285, Soph.)OT Chris Sibilia (6-6, 285, Jr.)PK Manuel Herrera (6-0, 160, Jr.)

DEFENSEDL Dixon Yellot (6-2, 230, Jr.)DL Michael Germano (6-0, 245, Sr.)DL Drew Jordan (6-3, 235, Jr.)LB Connor Owens (5-11, 215, Sr.)LB Brian Eberhardt (6-1, 200, Jr.)LB Cole Williams (5-10, 200, Jr.)DB/LB Matthew Andryusky (5-10, 195, Sr.)DB/LB Carlos Wade (5-9, 183, Sr.)DB Delon Smith (6-0, 180, Sr.)DB Dante Black (5-10, 183, Soph.)DB Terron Murray (6-2, 190, Sr.)P Grayson Fowler (6-2, 170, Sr.)


Parkview PanthersHead coach: Eric Godfree (4-6 at Parkview, 57-56 overall) Region: 8-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2012

OffenseStarting quarterback Jack

Chambers returns after account-ing for 25 total touchdowns last season.

The senior is dual-threat from under center but head coach Eric Godfree said he’s really done a good job improving as a passer in the offseason.

“He can run the ball,” God-free said. “He’s great when he runs the ball. He’s very decep-tive and pulls away from people it’s fun to watch him run. Where he’s gotten better in throwing the ball is consistency. At times last year he would have good feet, would throw a great ball. Would have bad feet, would not throw a great ball. Whereas this year, all summer in our passing tournaments we’ve been to he’s been phenomenal. His footwork is so much better. His balls are so much more accurate, his arm has gotten stronger. He’s worked hard to get better at that skill set and he really has improved a good bit there.”

The Panthers return plenty of weapons at the skill positions, including leading receiver and Miami (Ohio) commit Tyler Fleetwood. Johnathan Boyd, who holds several Division I of-fers and averaged 19.9 yards per catch last season, is back as well.

Garrett Fowler and Blake Bilz also figure to contribute heavily to the passing attack.

On the line, Parkview has

to replace three senior starters. Godfree said the lineup is a work in progress but he likes what the unit has shown him through the first few practices.

“We feel good about the kids we have, but we do need to be a little more physical and a little

more mean up front,” he said. “Just being honest, it’s a posi-tion you’ve got to be nasty at. It just takes time and experience, and full pads.”

DefenseParkview does return expe-

rienced defenders at multiple positions. The unit will be led by a pair of senior linebackers.

“Our leaders on defense are Austin Wagner and Stephen Moye,” Godfree said. “Both of them return. Both of them are good football players. Both of them have started as sophomores and now are seniors. We’re rely-ing a lot on those guys.”

Godfree said he expects the Panthers to be much better in the secondary than they were last year, with cornerback Cameron Khalil leading the way.

“Our secondary has improved tremendously,” he said. “Cam-eron Khalil has had a great

summer for us at corner. He has really improved a lot. Our safety play has gotten better. Pick-ing up Derrion Warner, Malik Washington — who’s going to be a freshman, but he’s a player. Patrick Linton, Justin Harrison, Kyle Atwood (pictured) has gotten better. Johnathan Boyd is going to help on defense as well. Like I said it’s a big improve-ment. I feel like we’ve made the most improvement in the secondary versus anything.”

New yearIn his first season at Parkview,

Godfree’s team finished 4-6 on the year.

Entering Year 2, Godfree said that of course the players have a better understanding of the playbook, but that it’s still a new year and he and the coaching staff are always tweaking things.

“We coaches never make any-thing easy because we’re always going to look for the next best thing and how we can train even harder and how we can train here, and how we can be more specific here,” he said. “(How we can) reinvent something in order to make it better for the kids, because that’s ultimately what it is … So maybe not easier, but as far as knowing kids and know-ing attitudes, and knowing the kids the that are passionate about the game and great teammates, absolutely better, yes.”

— Paul Thomas

2015 scheduleAug. 22 vs. McCallie (Tenn.) at

Peachtree RidgeAug. 28 at Mountain ViewSept. 11 at BrookwoodSept. 18 GraysonSept. 25 at ArcherOct. 9 BerkmarOct. 16 at South GwinnettOct. 23 ShilohOct. 30 at Central GwinnettNov. 6 Dacula

2014 results (4-6)Mountain View W 45-21Peachtree Ridge L 41-24Brookwood W 37-24Grayson L 13-7Archer L 42-7Berkmar W 49-27South Gwinnett L 23-20Shiloh W 49-27Central Gwinnett L 24-21Dacula L 35-0


Parkview rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Justin Long WR/DB 102 Garrett Fowler WR 123 Cameron Khalil WR/DB 124 Jaylen Askew WR/DB 115 Derrion Warner RB/DB 126 Deion Slade RB 117 Tyler Fleetwood QB/DB 128 Jack Chambers QB/DB 129 Johnathan Boyd WR/DB 1210 Malik Washington WR/DB 911 Caleb Mitchell QB 1113 Blake Bilz WR 1214 Kyle Atwood DB 1215 Justin Harrison DB/WR 1216 Amir Harris RB 1117 Jameson Coats DB 1118 Patrick Linton WR 1219 Devin Orr TE/K 1220 Maurice McIntyre DB 1121 Stephen Moye LB 1222 Ben Markiewicz DB 1023 Miles Marshall WR 1024 Tommy Rogers DB 1025 Armon Williams WR/LB 1026 Daniel Chattman WR/DB 1127 Anthony Shuford RB 1128 Patrick Jones DB 1229 Demetrius West RB 1030 Eli Sherrill DB 1231 M.J. Hart LB 1232 Zack Palmer WR/DB 11

33 Noah McCalop LB 1134 Will Chandler K 1236 Nick Frank WR/DB 1137 Cameron Barnes WR 1138 Chancey Whitley DB 1139 Demarius Smith WR 1140 Gabe Walker LB 1241 Will Boyles DB/RB 1142 Kenneth Henry DB 1143 Miles Jones WR/DB 1044 Austin Wagner LB 1245 Jarrett Penn WR/DB 11

46 Jalen Gross WR 1147 Anthony McClellan DE 1148 Deontre Thomas DB 1149 Irfan Khan QB 1150 Jackie Phan DL 1251 Reed Parker OL/DL 1252 David Wempe OL/DL 1253 Joseph Mathew LB 1154 Noah Baughmann OL/DL 1255 Hanock Berhane OL/DL 1156 Noah Mills OL/DL 1257 Garrett Foster OL/DL 10

58 Jacobi Cline-Gates OL/DL 1059 P.J. Weltch OL/DL 1060 Hagan Green OL/DL 1261 Ashton Coleman OL/DL 1062 Luke Martin OL/DL 1063 Colin Scott OL/DL 1164 Brandon Jones OL/DL 1165 Sinan Virani OL/DL 1066 Gene Foster OL/DL 1068 Braelen Marshall OL/DL 1070 Robert Scott OL/DL 1071 Fred Sanchez OL/DL 1272 Johnny Moss OL/DL 1175 Colin Taliaferro OL/DL 1076 Brooks Britt OL/DL 1277 Jimmy Erwin OL/DL 1280 William Marshall WR 1081 Navid Syed WR 1182 David Fwamba WR 1183 Miles Finley DB 1084 Gerson Montano WR/K 1085 Colby Taggert RB/LB 1086 Aaron Cooper LB 1087 Jalen Henry DB 1088 Isaiah Salee DB 1089 E’shante Mclery DB 1094 Jacquez Hogan OL/DL 1297 Mulengo Lemon DL 1298 Kentavius Rhodes DL 1299 Jonathan Adams OL/DL 10


QB Jack Chambers (6-0, 160, Sr.)RB Deion Slade (5-9, 179, Jr.)WR Blake Bilz (5-10, 146, Sr.)WR Garrett Fowler (6-1, 160, Sr.)WR Tyler Fleetwood (6-3, 190, Sr.)WR Johnathan Boyd (6-1, 197, Sr.)LT Collin Taliaferro (6-0, 230, Soph.)LG Fred Sanchez (5-8, 240, Sr.)C Brooks Britt (6-2, 295, Sr.)RG Reed Parker (6-0, 245, Sr.)RT Jimmy Erwin (6-4, 285, Sr.)K Will Chandler (5-10, 172, Sr.)

DEFENSEDE Stephen Moye (6-2, 230, Sr.)DT Jacquez Hogan (5-9, 243, Sr.)DT Bralean Marshall (6-0, 240, Soph.)DE Anthony McClellan (6-1, 200, Jr.)LB Austin Wagner (5-7, 189, Sr.)LB Gabe Walker (5-8, 190, Sr.)DB Patrick Linton (5-10, 171, Sr.)CB Cameron Khalil (6-0, 160, Sr.)CB Kyle Atwood (6-0, 170, Sr.)SS Derrion Warner (5-8, 179, Sr.)FS Malik Washington (5-9, 180, Fr.)P Devin Orr (6-7, 198, Sr.)


Peachtree Ridge LionsHead coach: Mark Fleetwood (27-17 at Peachtree Ridge, 35-29 overall) Region: 7-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseMuch of how well the Lions

are able to move the ball and put points on the board will depend on how long it takes for Connor Heyward (pictured) to adjust to moving back to his natural position.

With the luxury of having a two-year starter at quarterback in Chance Thrasher, Heyward was able to get on the field last year at receiver, where he grabbed 32 catches for 521 yards and eight TDs.

Now with Thrasher graduated, the junior will be on the other end trying to make plays, a posi-tion he’s not entirely unfamiliar with after seeing a few snaps as a freshman two years ago. Head coach Mark Fleetwood says he will bring a much different dynamic to the offense from his predecessor.

“I don’t think he’s the same quarterback we had last year, but I think with his ability, he’s just a different style,” Fleetwood said. “He’s a kid who can oper-ate and move. Anytime there’s a new quarterback, there’s going to be a learning curve.

“I’m anxious to see him get going and see what he’s strong at in a game, and work as he goes.”

He’ll have plenty of talent to work with, especially with lead-ing receiver Christian Sutton (45-684, 4 TDs) returning, plus the presence of several other

potential playmakers at wideout like highly touted junior DeAn-gelo Gibbs and Georgia-bound two-way talent Chad Clay.

Like Heyward, much of the Lions’ offensive line will un-dergo a bit of a learning curve, with senior Maxwell Bell and junior Marc Lovely as the only two returning starters.

“We lost two offensive line-men on the tackle positions, so … what we want to do with those (new) guys has a lot to do with how things move,” Fleet-wood said. “We’ve got some skill kids if we can get them into some space.”

DefenseThere’s no question the Lions

will have plenty of speed, skill and athleticism on defense this year, particularly in the second-ary.

Returning corners Clay (Georgia) and Baylen Buchanan (Louisville) are both committed to power conference colleges, and fellow senior Nigel War-rior, who transferred in from Westlake, will join them at some point.

And Fleetwood is equally excited about his linebackers, including returning starters Breon Dixon and Kam Jones,

who combined for 111 tackles a year ago.

That kind of talent should allow the Lions’ line, led by returning starter Matt Bell at defensive end, more flexibility to take the fight to opposing offenses.

“Any time you can put those corners and outside linebackers on an island and play man(-to-man), you can add a lot of pres-sure up there in the box,” Fleet-wood said. “So that’s the neat thing. We’ve got some people who can cover and are athletic back there. That allows you go be a pressure-oriented (defense).”

Quick setAs talented as the Lions are,

perhaps the only concern will be how long it takes all that talent to jell together as team.

There will be 14 new start-ers this season. Included in that are a number of players in new positions (like Heyward and linebacker Zane Ashley), players getting essentially their introduction to varsity football (such as Gibbs, who was limited to just two games due to injury as a sophomore last year) and newcomers to the Peachtree Ridge program getting to know their teammates (like transfer Warrior).

But a strong non-region schedule that includes defending state runner-up Archer, McEach-ern and Tennessee powerhouse Christ Presbyterian doesn’t give the Lions much time to know each other.

“Just making sure we get everybody on one page and keep focused on what we’ve got to get done,” Fleetwood said about what the team’s early-season priorities are. “We’ve got play-makers, but we’ll find out early in preseason what we can and can’t do.

“We’ve got a new quarterback and some new other things, so that will be the big thing — just making sure we get these guys in the right places. … That’s preseason for us.”


2015 scheduleAug. 22 Christ Presbyterian Aug. 29 at ArcherSept. 11 McEachernSept. 18 MeadowcreekSept. 25 at Mountain ViewOct. 2 DuluthOct. 9 at North GwinnettOct. 23 at NorcrossOct. 30 Collins HillNov. 6 at Mill Creek

2014 results (7-4)Archer W 14-10at Parkview W 41-24at McEachern L 35-21at Meadowcreek W 70-0Mountain View W 49-6at Duluth W 49-6North Gwinnett L 51-24Norcross W 35-2at Collins Hill W 38-3Mill Creek L 34-7at Dacula L 17-14

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Peachtree Ridge rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Connor Heyward QB 112 Christian Sutton WR 123 Malik Murray WR 124 Breon Dixon LB 115 Baylen Buchanan DB 126 Nigel Warrior FS/WR 127 Zane Ashley LB/QB 118 DeAngelo Gibbs WR/DB 119 Fred Payton QB 1010 Harris Lackey WR 1011 Chris Canady QB 1012 Cam Brown WR 1214 Malik Robinson WR 1215 Kristian Collins WR 1116 Dondre Sanderson WR 1117 Bubba Hickson QB 1218 Avantae Ross FS 1119 David Parker DB 1120 Chris Dominguez LB 1021 Malik Staples RB 1222 Marquez Jackson RB 1223 Chad Clay DB/WR 1224 Kevin Lewis WR 1225 Daniel Lonergan LB 1026 Ryan Kyle RB 1127 Mario Simmons LB 1028 Zaniel Phillips K/P 1129 Stephon Bailey RB 1130 Jayden McDonald RB 1031 Alex Ferry FS 1032 Savin Wilson DB 1133 Cole Sammons LB 12

34 Ellison Lamont WR 1135 Dylan Ertter WR 1036 R.J. Lewis DB 1037 Ndinawe Murdock WR 1238 Elijah Fleury DB 1039 Bradley Carmen OLB 1040 Jaylen Johnson WR 1041 Payton Bowens LB 1041 Nicholas Lee WR 1042 Deandre Byrd LB 1143 Austin Williams WR 1044 Avery Tuck LB 1044 Tyrese Pete OLB 10

45 Brandon Hendricks LB 1246 Reeve Holley WR 1047 Dylan Munson LB 1048 Tyree Taylor DB 1149 Alex Toth LB 1150 Daniel Webster OL 1051 Dustin Nguyen K 1152 Kam Jones LB 1153 J.J. Stewart OL 1054 James Okivie OL 1055 Marc Lovely OL 1156 Tanner Adkins OLB 1157 James Bozelle OL 10

58 Joshua Johnson OL 1159 Tyrone Johnson LB 1060 Wilson Catoe OL 1062 Maxwell Bell OL 1265 Jordan Davis OL 1069 T.J. Laniyonu OL 1170 Tre Shaw OL 1071 Julian Uche OL 1171 Jordan Chung DL 1072 Braxton Brown OL 1075 Mikel Crump DL 1076 Bryce Jones OL 1077 Duke Holland OL 1180 Jake Bickford WR 1081 Raquan Holmon WR 1082 Demarco Dennison WR 1083 Titus Eshun WR 1084 Christian Carlson WR 1085 Bryce Brooks WR 1086 Jaylon Allen WR 1087 Myles Chukwura WR 1088 Brandon Appiah WR 1089 Isiah Butler WR 1090 Darnell Jefferies DL 1092 Eden Smith DE 1293 Kingsley Enagbare DE 1094 Brandon Jackson DL 1095 Michael Terry DL 1296 Brandon Demby DL 1098 Jimmy Park DL 1199 Matt Bell DL 12


QB Connor Heyward (6-1, 208, Jr.)RB Marquez Jackson (5-8, 160, Sr.)WR Christian Sutton (5-9, 157, Sr.)or Chad Clay (5-11, 185, Sr.)WR Malik Murray (5-11, 157, Sr.)WR DeAngelo Gibbs (6-2, 205, Jr.)WR Cam Brown (6-2, 204, Sr.)OT Duke Holland (6-5, 270, Jr.)OG Maxwell Bell (5-10, 260, Sr.)C Marc Lovely (6-0, 230, Jr.)OG Wilson Catoe (6-0, 210, Soph.)OT Bryce Jones (6-2, 265, Soph.)K Zaniel Phillips (5-11, 165, Jr.)

DEFENSEDE Darnell Jefferies (6-4, 265, Soph.)NG Michael Terry (5-11, 285, Sr.)DE Matt Bell (5-11, 255, Sr.)Dog Zane Ashley (5-11, 185, Jr.)WLB Breon Dixon (6-0, 215, Jr.)MLB Kam Jones (6-0, 220, Jr.)SLB Deandre Byrd (6-0, 215, Jr.)Rov Avantae Ross (5-10, 160, Jr.)CB Baylen Buchanan (6-0, 192, Sr.)CB Chad Clay (5-11, 185, Sr.)FS Nigel Warrior (6-1, 190, Sr.)P Zaniel Phillips (6-11, 165, Jr.)


Providence Christian StormHead coach: Ken Robinson (0-13 at Providence Christian, 5-29 overall) Region: 8-A Last playoff appearance: N/A

OffenseThe payoff for slugging

out most of its games with 14 players last season is that Providence comes into 2015 with nearly all returning starters.

“Our kids played a lot of snaps,” head coach Ken Robinson said with a wry chuckle. “They’re battle-tested. Just from that standpoint alone, I expect us to be better. When we did our close out meeting after 2014, I said, ‘Look, guys, nothing will shock you anymore.’

“Last year we only had two seniors on our 20-man roster. So really we’re looking at 10 return-ing starters. For me, I’m looking forward to seeing how much progress we’ve made.”

Two of the seniors on this year’s team — full-back Max Carter (pic-tured) and guard Ben Ellison — were with the program on its first day in 2011. There are four other seniors on the roster and three of those started with the Storm when they were freshmen.

“I think from a leader-ship standpoint, those kids will do a good job,” Robinson said.

Senior running back Jeremy Hardnett has been

with the program nearly as long and was all-region last year.

“He has the ability to make things happen,” Robinson said. “I look for Mitchell Miller, a sopho-more, to be another one of those kids that from a playmaking ability, he can make people miss.”

Providence also added some new talent, includ-ing lineman Carter Trump, who is expected to play a key role on the offensive and defensive fronts.

“I think what we’ll do offensively this year will help the linemen,” Robin-son said. “The teams we play, take a Prince Avenue or Commerce, from a physical standpoint, may-be there are some kids that they have one their front that our guys maybe aren’t

able to block one-on-one. What we’ll do offensively will help our kids against those type of players.”

DefenseLast year, Providence’s

first full varsity campaign, the Storm only held one team under 35 points. They get a chance to really see how far they’ve come with another shot at all those same teams this season.

Carter and Ellison, both inside linebackers, lead the defense, but the big-gest thing for Providence is added depth across the board.

“I’m excited to see what (Trump) will do on Friday nights,” Robinson said. “I like what I’ve seen going back to spring. He’s aggres-sive and a guy who wants to go get the football.”

To even be able to have discussions with his coaching staff about moving a player from one position to another doesn’t go unappreciated by Rob-inson.

Another change on the defensive side is that Robinson, who played at South Carolina and in the NFL, moved from coaching the linebackers (his former position) to defensive backs.

“I just felt like that is an area we needed to improve in and it’s the last line of defense,” he said. “If we don’t, it’s on me.”

He’s got two talented players at corner in Hard-nett and Miller.

“I like them against anybody that we’ll play,” Robinson said of the duo. “Then Kendall Adams is another kid — he was in seventh grade on that first team — will be a junior this year at a safety spot.

“We’ve also got some younger kids, three fresh-men, that are going to have to play and contrib-ute. We’re not going to lower the expectations just because they’re freshmen.”

Growing upThe cumulative effects

of Sam Hadaway’s work as director of sports per-

formance over the last five years are showing.

“Our kids look differ-ent,” Robinson said. “They look different just from last year. I think that will be the first thing people will notice.

“One of the things we started after our 2012 season was a champions challenge. We did that a few weeks ago. It’s the culmination of our sum-mer sports performance program. Coach Hadaway deserves a lot of credit for that. It’s kind of like strongman, but it’s a lot of endurance, a lot of lift-ing, pushing yourself to

the max.”

Practice what you preach

Robinson had to face his own fears and com-plete a high-ropes course during the team’s recent retreat.

“I was terrified,” Rob-inson said. “But my they give it back to me. ‘Coach, the best sermons are lived, they aren’t preached. Coach, courage is being scared to death and sad-dling up anyway.’

“Those are the things they hear from us over and over.”

Standing at the start of the course with Hadaway after the whole team had gone through, Robinson walked the walk.

“I march up and I get to the top,” Robinson said. “Half the kids are already through. They say, ‘Coach, you scared?’ Yes, I am terrified.

“The day before we left, we were working on punt block. I said, ‘Guys it takes courage to block that punt.’ So they’re giving it back to me. And I finished it.

“If we get 30, 35, 40 kids in our football pro-gram thinking that way, I like our chances.”

— Christine Troyke

2015 scheduleAug. 28 St. FrancisSept. 4 WhitefieldSept. 18 at George WaltonSept. 25 LakeviewOct. 2 at Athens ChristianOct. 9 HebronOct. 16 at CommerceOct. 23 Athens AcademyOct. 30 at Towns CountyNov. 6 Prince Avenue

2014 results (0-10)at St. Francis L 47-10at Whitefield Aca. L 49-0George Walton L 36-0at Lakeview Aca. L 38-3Athens Christian L 54-7at Hebron L 61-21Commerce L 49-10Athens Aca. L 60-0Towns County L 20-3at Prince Ave. L 54-10


Providence rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Jeremy Hardnett QB/DB 12

2 Nick Chung WR/DB 12

3 Roosevelt Trammel WR/DB 10

4 Henry Kim RB/DB 10

7 Joshua Jones QB/DB 9

8 Sam Clarke WR/DB 10

9 Jacob Hamric QB/DB 9

10 Mitchell Miller QB/DB 10

11 Kendall Adams WR/DB 11

17 Jackson Lewis WR/DB 9

22 Keegan Tranum WR/DB 9

30 Connor Mymudes TE/DL 9

32 Max Carter RB/LB 12

40 John Lyons TE/LB 11

44 Daniel Martin RB/LB 11

45 David Sloan TE/LB 10

46 Griffin Hendricks WR/LB 11

47 Hunter Graham WR/LB 9

52 Koop Koerper TE/LB 11

53 Nathan Rogers OL/LB 11

55 Ben Ellison OL/LB 12

58 Dominick Knowles OL/DL 10

60 Jack Smith OL/DL 11

62 Carter Trump OL/DL 11

64 Ben Estill OL/DL 9

65 Eric Schmidt OL/DL 12

67 J.T. Vaughn OL/DL 11

68 James Berry OL/DL 10

70 Patrick Pu OL/DL 10

72 Alex Jaeger OL/DL 10

74 Joshua Wright OL/DL 10

75 Will Ringold OL/DL 12


QB Mitchell Miller (5-8, 163, Soph.)WR Kendall Adams (5-11, 156, Jr.)WR Griffin Hendricks (5-11, 162, Jr.)TE John Lyons (5-10, 175, Jr.)RB Jeremy Hardnett (5-9, 166, Sr.)RB Max Carter (5-10, 165, Sr.)OL Ben Ellison (5-10, 185, Sr.)OL Eric Schmidt (6-3, 225, Sr.)OL Nathan Rogers (6-1, 181, Jr.)OL Carter Trump (5-8, 190, Jr.)OL Jack Smith (5-11, 219, Jr.)

DEFENSEDB Mitchell Miller (5-8, 163, Soph.)DB Joshua Jones (6-1, 155, Fr.)DB Kendall Adams (5-11, 156, Jr.)DB Jeremy Hardnett (5-9, 166, Sr.)LB Griffin Hendricks (5-11, 162, Jr.)LB Daniel Martin (5-9, 155, Jr.)LB Ben Ellison (5-10, 185, Sr.)LB Max Carter (5-10, 165, Sr.)DL Will Ringold (5-9, 190, Sr.)DL Carter Trump (5-8, 190, Jr.)DL Jack Smith (5-11, 219, Jr.)


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Shiloh GeneralsHead coach: Ryan Andrews (0-0 at Shiloh, 6-4 overall) Region: 8-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2003

OffenseThere’s not much experience

returning on either side of the ball for Shiloh this season, but particularly on the offensive side of the ball.

Senior offensive lineman Dominic Taylor is the lone player with significance varsity experience. He’ll have his work cut out for him as he pro-tects sophomore quarterback Jarren Williams (pictured).

Andrews said Williams has been “solid” in his maturation as a signal caller this summer.

New head coach Ryan Andrews said the attack will have a little bit of everything on offense.

“It sounds cliché, but it re-ally will be multiple,” he said. “We’ll have the ability to go four-wide, we’ll have the ability to go two-back. We’ll have the ability to go two tight ends and pound the ball. It just depends on what the defense gives us and how we attack them.”

Andrews praised junior run-ning backs Jalen Myers and Davonte Womack for the work they’ve put in this offseason. Donavan Grier will be an im-pact player at receiver.

Overall Andrews is happy with the strides that the skill position players have made in such a short time, learning a new offense.

“All those guys are starting to understand (the system),”

he said. “We’re not where I would like to be, but they’re starting to get the mindset that we need.”

DefenseShiloh’s secondary with be a

strength of the defense. Junior Julian McDuffie, brother of Duke freshman Jeremy, brings speed to spare to the unit.

Senior Tuwile Wilson has also stood out to Andrews.

“Tuwile Wilson is a guy that’s had a solid summer so far,” he said. “And Justin Brenton also, he’s a linebacker. Again, our roster is going to fool some people because

we have a lot seniors, but we don’t have a lot of experience. There’s going to be some on the job training.”

In addition to Brenton, Shi-loh does have Cameron Samle and Alex Fumbah returning at linebacker. Fumbah is coming off an injury and is still work-ing himself back into game shape.

Etc.Its been 12 years since Shi-

loh had a winning season. Troy Hobbs had the Generals back on the right track, finishing 5-5 in 2013 before sliding back to 3-7 last season.

Turning the program around will be a long process for Andrews and his staff. He’s hoping to build on some the momentum gained by Hobbs, including sending three play-ers to major college football programs this fall.

So far, so good for Andrews.“I’m definitely happy,” he

said. “It’s a culture thing, year-to-year. You’re not only working against three years of — and not saying anything against Coach (Troy) Hobbs, he had his way of doing things — but work-ing against 15 years of stuff. We haven’t been to the playoffs since 2003. It’s a deeply rooted culture change that’s taking place. But so far I’ve been pleased with the response.”

— Paul Thomas

2015 scheduleAug. 28 at HillgroveSept. 4 WestlakeSept. 18 Central GwinnettSept. 25 at DaculaOct. 2 BrookwoodOct. 9 at GraysonOct. 16 ArcherOct. 23 at ParkviewOct. 30 BerkmarNov. 6 at South Gwinnett

2014 results (3-7)Hillgrove L 14-6Westlake W 14-7Central Gwinnett L 44-0Dacula L 28-6Brookwood L 31-21Grayson L 42-6Archer L 52-7Parkview L 49-27Berkmar W 34-28South Gwinnett W 14-3

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Shiloh rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 DeCarlos Frazier WR 122 Jarren Williams QB 103 Julian McDuffie FS 114 Cameron Sample DE 115 Davonte Womack RB 116 Donavon Grier WR 117 Justyn Brinston LB 128 Kevin Hill WR 119 Jordan Williams CB 1110 Alex Fumbah LB 1211 Purvis Terrell WR 1112 Eric Clay LB 1113 Marcus Mays WR 1114 Jamarcus Hixson WR 1215 Dexter McNair QB 1116 Olando Merrick WR/TE 1117 Aaron O’Kelley WR 1118 Reese Preston QB 919 Alfago Shumake LB 1120 Tyler Reese SS 1121 Kaleem Minor LB/SS 1222 Jasir Shaw CB 1223 Michael Wright DE 1224 Tuwile Wilson CB 1225 Quincy Brooks FS 1126 Amari Cox RB 1227 Austin Butler LB 1228 Jared Taylor SS/LB 1229 Tahquan Flythe FS 1130 Nashim Johnson CB 1031 Noah McInnis FS 1132 Dontavious Womack CB/WR 933 Milton Jackson DE/LB 1034 Kingston Watkins CB 10

35 Demauri Bush FS 1136 Jalen Myers RB 1137 Anas Spain FS 1038 Jacmel Alphonse LB 1039 Justin Howell FS 940 Nyzjohn Harden LB 1141 Anthony Perry LB 1042 Jared Wilson LB 1143 Jalil Claxton LB 1044 Alec Archie FB/RB 1145 Kenya Lee CB 11

46 Anthony McClary RB 947 JaQuil Stevenson LB 1248 Mason King LB 1049 Miles Repress CB 950 Fiyinfoluwa Adeyeye OL/DL 1251 Warren Peeples WR 952 Antonio Cruz OL 1153 Cecilio Quero DL 1054 Collins Aboagye OL 1255 Brandon Hooker DL 1256 KyVante Echols OL 10

57 Leonardo Contreras OL/DL 1258 James Knight OL 1159 Glen Brown OL 1160 Isaiah Carter DL 1061 Malik Head OL/DL 962 Jaylen Miliner xx 964 Dominic Taylor OL/DL 1267 Dallas Walker xx 1168 Edgar Derricho OL 1270 Devonte Bell DL 1072 Gregory Jones DL 1174 Davon Gilbert DL 1175 Tyler Williams OL 1077 Leroy Watson OL/DL 1280 Sadiq Cort WR 1081 Jailan Lawton WR 1282 Timothy Blount WR/DB 1083 Kyle Hayes WR/DB 984 Telma Adeniyi DL 1085 Beau Alphonse LB 1086 Matthew Williams WR 1087 Keandre Hixson DB 988 Ramonte Allen WR 1189 Christian Smith WR 1090 Neimaan Jackson DL 1091 Tracy Tobias DL 1092 Zaillu Brady DL/OL 993 Tyler Miles DL 1094 Chris Rogers LB 994 Stefan Nettles DB 995 Hudson Anderson LB 997 Daniels Johnson Jr. DB 1098 Terrance Page DB 9


QB Jarren Williams (6-2, 190, Soph.)RB Davonte Womack (5-8, 170, Jr.)or Jalen Myers (5-8, 165 Jr.)WR DeCarlos Frazier (5-10, 160, Sr.)WR Donavon Grier (6-0, 160, Jr.)WR Kevin Hill (5-8, 160, Jr.)WR Purvis Terrell (5-9, 160, Jr.)or WR Aaron Okelly (5-10, 175, Jr.)OL Dominic Taylor (6-4, 285, Sr.)OL Edgar Derricho (5-10, 205, Sr.)OL Collins Aboagye (6-1, 230, Sr.)OL Fiyinfoluwa Adeyeye (6-0, 240, Sr.)OL Leonardo Contreras (6-0, 230, Sr.)or OL Leroy Watson (6-5, 240, Sr.)K Avery Harris (5-9, 160, Sr.)

DEFENSEDE Michael Wright (6-1, 185, Sr.)DT Neimaan Jackson (6-3, 305, Soph.)DT Brandon Hooker (6-0, 220, Sr.)DT Dominic Taylor (6-4, 285, Sr.)or DT Leroy Watson (6-5, 240, Sr.)DE Cameron Sample (6-2, 235, Jr.)LB Justyn Brinston (5-9, 210, Sr.)SS/LB Jared Taylor (5-8, 180, Sr.)CB Jasir Shaw (5-10, 165, Sr.)CB Tuwile Wilson (5-10, 175, Sr.)SS Tyler Reese (5-8, 170, Jr.)FS Julian McDuffie (5-10, 170, Jr.)P Avery Harris (5-9, 160, Sr.)

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South Gwinnett CometsHead coach: John Small 58-50 at South Gwinnett, 58-50 overall) Region: 8-AAAAAA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseSouth Gwinnett quarter-

back Josh Shim returns as a three-year starter. Shim threw for 1,216 yards in eight games last season before breaking his leg.

Once his leg healed, he spent his spring with the track team to get back into shape. Head coach John Small said the senior has put on close to 10 pounds and has worked tirelessly to be ready for his senior season.

Shim is dual-threat un-der center for the Comets.

“He can spin the foot-ball,” Small said. “He can throw it. I think one thing he brings to the table is he can run the football. He’s a physical kid, he kind of adds an element to the running game to where he can do a lot of stuff with the football. He can extend the play, if things break down he can extend it, but he’s also a threat to run it.”

Shim isn’t South’s only running threat. Sophomore Christian Malloy (pic-tured) was impressive last year as a freshman on var-sity before an ankle injury slowed him as well.

At receiver junior Elijah Shah leads a talented group that includes fellow

juniors B.J. Johnson and Jalen Flemming. Speedy sophomores Jalon Morrow and Terrell Smith with see time both at receiver and in the secondary.

Perhaps South’s biggest strength on offense will be its offensive line.

“We’ve got some guys that we feel really good about up front,” Small said.

Senior tackles Bruce Trigg and Jamal Reed

bookend the group. Soph-omore Robert Cooper will play both ways, including guard on offense. Senior Ruchell White will be at left guard, and senior Cameron Laurent will be at center.

DefenseAfter playing a ton of

young guys the last two seasons, South returns plenty of defenders with varsity experience.

“We return a lot of kids,” Small said. “I think we’ve got a lot depth because of the number of kids that have played. We went into it last year by the design of we’re going to play kids. It may be ugly at times but we’re go-ing to play kids. They’re going to get the playing experience, they’re going to be good players as they get bigger and stronger.”

The defense will be led by a talented defensive line.

Three-year starter and senior Mackay Phillips will anchor the unit at defensive end. Opposite of him is highly-touted sophomore prospect Justin Mascoll. In the middle will be Cooper.

“It starts up front on both sides of the ball,” Small said. “I think we’ve got some big bodies. We’ve got some kids that can run. We’ve got some athletic kids, strong kids. We’re able to get in a three-man front, four-man front. Can be multiple, but not to confuse ourselves. It all starts up front and we’re excited about that group up front. They play hard and have a little swagger about them.”

Linebacker Malik Rob-

inson brings even more talent to the front seven. Robinson and Mascoll will both also see time on offense.

The secondary will be led by senior safety Chris Skyers. Junior Emman-uel Hopkins be at corner along with Morrow and Smith.

Etc.South finished the year

4-6 last season, but had four losses by nine points or less.

Those losses were criti-cal lessons for a team that

featured three freshman starters and 15 sopho-mores. Now a year later, Small is hoping that the Comets are ready to take the next step.

“We’re young grade-wise, but they’ve played,” he said. “We played in some close ball games last year. Fell short at the end, it could have been a whole different deal. But it’s a tough league and we were right there in the mix with Archer and some really good teams. The first four games, we lost by three, by (seven) and by (five) in the final minute of the game. Our kids — they’re talented, they’re good players, they’re good kids, but they’ve got to get over that hump. We’ve got to win that hump game, and get that confidence going.

“You don’t want to go into it and go, ‘Oh, here we go again.’ They’ve got to experience some success. So that’s what we’re working towards. Trying to finish that minute and a half. That’s been our motto, ‘No excuses. Finish.’ We’re learning to finish and they know how close they were, but close doesn’t count unless you’re playing horseshoes.”

— Paul Thomas

2015 scheduleAug. 21 WaltonSept. 4 at Collins HillSept. 11 at Central G.Sept. 18 DaculaSept. 25 at BrookwoodOct. 2 GraysonOct. 9 at ArcherOct. 16 ParkviewOct. 23 at BerkmarNov. 6 Shiloh

2014 results (4-6)at Walton *W 16-13Collins Hill L 27-20Central L 30-25at Dacula L 27-13Brookwood W 44-14at Grayson L 42-0Archer L 24-7at Parkview W 23-20Berkmar W 32-0at Shiloh L 14-3

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South Gwinnett rosterNo. Name Year Pos.

1 Michael Adu 12 WR2 Josh Shim 12 QB3 Elijah Shah 11 WR4 Jaylen Fleming 11 WR/DB5 Malik Robinson 11 LB6 Seth Johnston 11 QB7 Chris Skyers 12 FS8 Tariq Jackson 12 WR9 Emmanuel Hopkins 11 DB10 Demetrius Murray 11 WR/DB11 Alpha Fofana 10 WR/DB12 Terrell Smith 10 WR/DB13 Justin Mascoll 10 DE14 D.J. Walker 11 QB/DB16 Marc Davis 10 QB17 B.J. Johnson 11 WR18 Jalon Morrow 10 WR/DB19 Bryce White 11 WR20 Tyler Mckine 10 WR/DB21 Michael Stephens 12 RB/OLB22 Kyree Falker 11 FS23 Darius Mckinney 10 WR/LB24 Christian Malloy 10 WR25 Brandon Woods 11 DB26 Chabarri Thomas 10 LB27 Bruce Heyward 12 WR28 Myles Barnum 10 RB/LB29 Josh Snodgrass 10 QB30 Trevor Ward 11 LB31 Carey Byrd 10 WR32 Amin Hall 10 WR/DB33 Osman Jalloh 10 LB34 Kenneth Fumbah 11 DB

35 Tevin Beauford 12 LB36 DeAndre Mckinley 12 LB37 Trevor Brotherton 12 LB38 Isaac Turner 10 WR/LB39 Ben Johnson 11 WR/TE41 Kareem Bessent 10 LB42 Miykel Blackburn 11 RB/LB43 C.J. Lyons 10 LB44 Gabriell Nieves 11 LB45 Jason Casignol 10 RB/LB46 Ky Bethea 10 WR/DB47 Kyle Hutton 10 LB48 Caleb Johnson 10 WR/LB49 Kyle Magee 10 QB

50 Justin Hyman 10 LB51 Chika Opora 10 OL/DL52 Daniel Miller 12 OL54 Paul Igali 10 OL/DL55 Keith Hernandez 11 OL/LB56 Ramon Granillo 12 OL57 Hunter Friend 10 OL/DL58 Devin Shell 10 OL/DL59 Leshawn Dunn 10 OL/DL60 Dawson Newman 10 K61 Emmanuel Amariw 10 OL/DL62 Thilenius Guthrie 10 DL63 Josh Barry 11 OL/DL64 Kurt Voglezon 11 OL

65 Jamal Reed 12 OL66 Ethan Spingola 10 OL/DL67 Devyn Rucker 11 DL68 Tashawn Wesley 12 DL69 Anthony Payne 10 OL/DL70 Cameron Laurent 11 OL71 Ruchell White 12 OL72 Deandre Smith 10 OL/DL73 Robert Cooper 10 OL/DL74 Troy Tappin 11 OL/DL75 Ahmad James 11 OL76 Leonard Jolly 10 OL77 Bruce Trigg 12 OL79 Mackay Phillips 12 DL80 Bradford Evans 12 WR81 Marvin Owens 10 WR/DB82 Keon Jones 10 WR/DB83 Jaspen Screws 11 WR85 Jeffrey Warren 10 WR/LB86 Brandon Gregory 10 WR/FS87 Kane Young 10 WR/DB88 Devantae Daniels 11 WR89 Torey Zanders 10 DL90 Siraye Tchatcha 10 WR/LB91 Eddie Tate 10 WR/FS92 Marcus Ricks 11 DL93 Scott Williams 11 LB94 Abi Okonji 10 DL95 Allesandro Skyers 10 WE/LB96 Elijah Pedro 10 WR/FS97 Jared Miller 11 SN98 Dequavious Campbell 12 DL99 Sean Nance 10 WR/DB


QB Josh Shim (6-0, 200, Sr.)RB Christian Malloy (5-10, 180, Soph.) or Jaylon Fleming (5-8, 175, Jr.)WR Elijah Shaw (5-8, 155, Jr.)WR Jalon Morrow (5-10, 180, Soph.)WR B.J. Johnson (6-3, 185 Jr.)WR Tariq Jackson (5-10, 140, Sr.)OT Bruce Trigg (6-4, 290, Sr.)OG Ruchell White (6-9, 268, Sr.)C Cameron Laurent (5-10, 296, Sr.)OG Robert Cooper (6-3, 330, Soph.)OT Jamal Reed (6-0, 260, Sr.)K Dawson Newman (5-10, 175, Soph.)

DEFENSEDE Mackay Phillips (6-2, 265, Sr.)NT Robert Cooper (6-3, 330, Soph.)DE Justin Mascoll (6-5, 235, So.)LB Brandon Woods (5-11, 175, Jr.)LB Malik Robinson (6-1, 225, Jr.)LB Keith Hernandez (5-8, 225, Jr.)LB Tevin Beauford (5-7, 175, Sr.)LB Kyree Falker (5-9, 135, Jr.)CB Emmanuel Hopkins (5-8, 150, Jr.)CB Jalon Morrow (5-10, 180, Soph.)S Chris Skyers (5-11, 160, Sr.)P Seth Johnson (6-1, 170, Jr.)

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Wesleyan WolvesHead coach: Franklin Pridgen (67-39 at Wesleyan, 67-39 overall) Region: 6-AA Last playoff appearance: 2014

OffenseWith eight returning

starters, including six seniors, back from last year’s state playoff team, it’s easy to see why opti-mism is high.

Yet, it is actually the youngest of those return-ing starters, sophomore quarterback Banks Ramsey, who will be the catalyst.

“You can’t put a price tag on the experience he got,” Wesleyan coach Franklin Pridgen said of Ramsey, who threw for 1,360 yards and 12 TDs as a freshman last year. “He’s already shown evidence he’s learned from that. He’s in command of the offense and his decision making. That’s very excit-ing. And he’s 6-(foot-)4, 205 pounds now. He’s put on some good weight, and he’s throwing the ball re-ally well.

“There’s still work to be done in his develop-ment, but the progress he made from 2014 to today is remarkable. And he’s probably got more weapons around him than we’ve had in four to five years.”

True, Ramsey will have last year’s leading receiver

Harrison Cook (52-520, 4 TDs), as well as speedy senior Cedric Lynch and Jordan Mack, to throw to.

Balanced by a ground game led by the tandem of Jordan Argilagos and Josh Garrard (pic-tured), and an all-senior offensive line and the Wolves have plenty of po-tential to roll up yardage and points.

DefenseLike the offense,

Wesleyan’s defense will have plenty of experience,

speed and athleticism, par-ticularly in the secondary.

And there’s no bigger focal point than senior safety and Virginia com-mit Mack, who combines with bookend corner Lynch and steady safety Cole Mannion to give the Wolves more freedom up front to apply pressure to opposing defenses.

“We run a 3-5 scheme,” Pridgen said. “So if you can lock down corners, you can be far more ag-gressive with your blitz packages. We’ll be very

aggressive. We’ve got some fast kids, none of them are super big, but you see kids that are smart, execute well and are always in the right place and are strong and quick off the ball. We think we’ve got potential to be a headache for most teams.”

The Wesleyan lineback-ing corps, which includes last year’s leading tack-ler Drew Aspinwall (99 tackles), could also give opposing offenses plenty of headaches.

Etc.Wesleyan’s special

teams will also be very ex-perienced this season with the return of kicker and punter Jordan Weaver. … Overall, Pridgen is excited about perhaps the most ex-perienced team he’s ever coached at Wesleyan, with 23 seniors.

“This is the largest se-nior class we’ve ever had,” Pridgen said. “Those guys will be a huge part of what we do in all phases of the game. Many of them played for us as ninth-

graders and as sopho-mores, and they took a lot of lumps that year. We knew we had to do that. We chose strategically to do that so they’d grow into players they are today.”

And while this year’s club isn’t exactly a carbon copy, he does see a lot that reminds him of another one of the great teams of his tenure, one that could help the Wolves chal-lenge perennial powers like GAC and Lovett for Region 6-AA supremacy.

“There are some sig-nificant differences from 2008,” Pridgen said in comparing the current Wolves with the Class A state championship team of seven years ago. “We were probably a lot bigger at the line of scrimmage than we are today. We had (Kyle) Karempelis in backfield then. I’m not going to put pressure on our tailbacks right now. That’s not fair. But I see a hunger, an ea-gerness to get started, a zeal for hard work and maturity.

“Most of similarities are intangible. We’ll see as season progresses if we’re as good on the offensive line or along the front seven on defense.”


2015 scheduleAug. 21 WalkerAug. 28 at East HallSept. 4 StratfordSept. 18 KIPP AtlantaSept. 25 Pace AcademyOct. 2 at HapevilleOct. 9 BEST AcademyOct. 23 at LovettOct. 30 Holy Innocents’Nov. 6 at GAC

2014 results (6-5)at Walker W 45-7East Hall L 20-13at Stratford Acad. W 27-14KIPP Atlanta W 24-0at Pace W 23-17Hapeville L 12-9at BEST Acad. W 17-0Lovett L 30-24at Holy Innoc. W 7-0GAC L 41-0at Heard Co. L 28-21


Wesleyan rosterNo. Name Pos. Year

1 Cedric Lynch QB/WR/DB 122 Garrett Hangartner WR/DB 103 Wylie West WR/DB 124 Jordan Mack WR/DB 125 Kevin Stipe WR/DB 126 Kyle Rappe TE/LB 127 Alex Thompson TE/DE 128 Banks Ramsey QB 109 Adam Moon WR/LB 1110 Clint Prettyman WR/DB 1211 Drew Aspinwall WR/LB 1212 Zach Peterson WR/DB 1013 Rawley Smith RB/DB 1014 J.D. Kavel QB/DB 915 Andrew Lore QB/DB 916 Isaac Boa-Kouassi WR/DB 1017 Landon Parks WR/DB 918 Harrison Cook WR/DB 1119 Jordan Argilagos WR/DB 1220 Spencer Sutlive WR/DB 1221 Cole Mannion WR/DB 1222 Grant Summers WR/DB 923 Tucker Cannon WR/DB 1224 Josh Garrard RB/DB 12

25 James Williams RB/DL 1226 Corey Berry WR/DB 1027 Willem Conley RB/LB 1028 Jason McCleskey WR/DB 1129 Bily Stepp RB/LB 1031 Mitchell Robinson RB/LB 1132 Josiah Emmelhainz RB/DB 1033 Donald Conley RB/LB 934 Connor Thompson RB/DB 935 Ryan Weed RB/LB 11

36 George Bielan RB/LB 1040 Cameron Binney WR/DB 942 Dawson Carr WR/DB 944 Glenn Hogan RB/LB 1245 Raymond Swanson TE/DE 1046 Drake Bursa TE/LB 1047 Josh Payne TE/DE 1050 Callen Davidson OL/DL 1152 Tripp Copenhaver OL/LB 1154 Davis Moreland OL/DL 10

55 Shelton Gottlich OL/DL 1256 Wyatt Stall OL/DL 1157 Daniel O’Sullivan OL/DE 1058 Ben Connor OL/LB 1060 Wood Reeves OL/DL 961 Conner Day OL/DL 1263 Brian Sinclair OL/DL 964 John Morris OL/LB 1165 Tanner Moore OL/DL 1266 Tyler Harper OL/DL 1268 John Smith OL/DL 970 Will Barnard OL/DE 1271 Michael Payne OL/DE 1173 Sam Gottlich OL/DL 1174 Andrew Pridgen OL/DL 975 Ryan Hughes OL/DL 1278 Stevie Crawford OL/DL 980 Brae Davidson WR/DB 1081 Grant Frerking WR/DB 1182 Stewart Stamper WR/DB 1083 Michael Nicklaus WR/DB 985 Jordan Weaver K/P/WR 1290 Sean McDonough WR/DB/K 1191 Mateo Rengifo WR/LB/K 10


QB Banks Ramsey (6-4, 205, Soph.)RB Jordan Argilagos (5-10, 185, Sr.)WR Harrison Cook (5-10, 165, Jr.)WR Tucker Cannon (5-10, 185, Sr.)WR Jordan Mack (6-3, 210, Sr.)WR Cedric Lynch (6-2, 185, Sr.)OL Will Barnard (6-3, 240, Sr.)OL Conner Day (5-10, 240, Sr.)OL Shelton Gottlich (5-11, 230, Sr.)OL Tyler Harper (5-11, 230, Sr.)OL Ryan Hughes (6-1, 215, Sr.)K Jordan Weaver (6-2, 185, Sr.)

DEFENSEDE Tyler Harper (5-11, 230, Sr.)NG Conner Day (5-10, 240, Sr.)DE Ryan Hughes (6-1, 215, Sr.)OLB Kevin Stipe (5-10, 190, Sr.)ILB Kyle Rappe (6-0, 180, Sr.)ILB John Morris (6-1, 210, Jr.)ILB Drew Aspinwall (5-10, 175, Sr.)OLB Josh Garrard (5-10, 185, Sr.)DB Jordan Mack (6-3, 210, Sr.)DB Cedric Lynch (6-2, 185, Sr.)DB Cole Mannion (6-2, 180, Sr.)P Jordan Weaver (6-2, 185, Sr.)

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DEFENSE

QB Davis Mills, GAC, Jr.

Completed 67 percent of his passes for 2,267 yards, 26 TDs for state runner-up

RB Cameryn Brent, Grayson, Sr.

Second in Gwinnett with 1,194 rushing yards, his second straight 1,000-yard season

RB Jesse Brown, Brookwood, Sr.

Northwestern recruit has rushed for nearly 2,300 yards the past two seasons

WR Kyle Davis, Archer, Sr.

Five-star wideout had 67 catches for 1,184 yards, 9 TDs last season

WR Deangelo Gibbs, Peachtree Ridge, Jr.

A favorite to be the nation’s No. 1 junior is healthy after injury-plagued season

WR Josh Imatorbhebhe, North Gwinnett, Sr.

USC commit had 59 catches for 1,072 yards and 15 TDs as a junior

OL Robbie Bell, Mill Creek, Sr.

Key to Hawks’ line has committed to Louisville

DL Derrick Brown, Lanier, Sr.

Had 17.5 sacks last season and is one of nation’s top linemen

DL Tomon Fox, Collins Hill, Sr.

UNC recruit has 20 sacks the past two seasons

DL Shug Frazier, Buford, Sr.

Huge lineman’s long offer list includes Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia

DL Chris Martin, Grayson, Sr.

Versatile lineman is headed to Georgia Tech

LB Jakob Brashear, Dacula, Sr.

Georgia Tech recruit also is a standout at running back

LB Breon Dixon, Peachtree Ridge, Jr.

Florida, Tennessee, Ala-bama among early offers for playmaker

OL Devin Cochran, GAC, Sr.

Big tackle has commit-ted to Vanderbilt

OL Tony Gray, Central Gwinnett, Jr.

Top junior’s offer list al-ready includes Georgia, Alabama, Auburn

OL Alex Mollette, North Gwinnett, Sr.

Marshall commit is leader of Bulldogs line

OL E.J. Price, Archer, Sr.

One of nation’s top tack-les lists Auburn, Tennes-see, UGA among leaders

PK Jordan Weaver, Wesleyan, Sr.

Second in county with seven made field goals as a junior

All-purpose Major Bellamy,

Central Gwinnett, Sr.County-best 77 catches for 1,220 yards, 8 TDs

Returner Xavier Gantt, Buford, Sr.

Ga. Tech commit had 2 KR TDs, 10 rushing TDs on 11.8 yards per carry

LB Leonard Warner, Brookwood, Jr.

Georgia, Alabama and most others have offered athletic linebacker

DB Isaiah Pryor, Archer, Jr.

Coveted prospect recently committed to Ohio State

DB Dylan Singleton, Archer, Sr.

Reigning Daily Post defen-sive player of the year is a top college prospect

DB Nigel Warrior, Peachtree Ridge, Sr.

Westlake transfer consid-ered one of nation’s best safety prospects

DB Jamyest Williams, Archer, Jr.

Top recruit also rushed for 8 TDs on offense

P Robert Snyder, Collins Hill, Sr.

Averaged 40.5 yards; also top recruit on defense


247SPORTS RECRUITING RANKINGSA look at 247sports.com’s top-ranked high school football seniors in the state of Georgia and where they have committed (Gwinnett County athletes in bold):

1. Derrick Brown, DT, Lanier2. Julian Rochester, DT, McEachern (Georgia)3. Mecole Hardman Jr., ATH, Elbert County4. Demetris Robertson, ATH, Savannah Chris-tian Prep5. Kyle Davis, WR, Archer6. Antwuan Jackson, DT, Cedar Grove7. E.J. Price, OT, Archer8. Ben Cleveland, OT, Stephens County9. Nigel Warrior, S, Peachtree Ridge10. Chauncey Manac, DE, Clinch County11. Marquez Callaway, ATH, Warner Robbins12. Antonneous Clayton, DE, Dooly County13. Charlie Woerner, WR, Rabun County (Georgia)14. Josh Imatorbhebhe, WR, North Gwinnett (Southern Cal)15. Michail Carter, DT, Jackson16. Tre Lamar, LB, Roswell (Clemson)17. Elijah Holyfield, RB, Woodward Academy18. Jawon Pass, QB, Carver (Louisville)19. Tyler Clark, DT, Americus Sumter County South (Georgia)20. Jaleel Laguins, LB Oconee County21. Charles Wiley, DE, Stockbridge22. Marlon Character, S, Grady (South Carolina)

23. Dylan Singleton, CB, Archer24. Chidi Okonya, DE, Riverdale (Tennessee)25. Jordan Smith, DE, Lithonia (South Carolina)26. Darion Anderson, WR, Houston County (Georgia)27. Brodarious Hamm, OT, Spalding (Auburn)28. Zerrick Cooper, QB, Jonesboro (Clemson)29. Shug Frazier, DT, Buford30. Logan Byrd, QB, Veterans (North Carolina)31. Chandler Tuitt, OG, Sandy Creek (Ole Miss)32. Chad Clay, CB, Peachtree Ridge (Georgia)33. Robert Kraeling, OT, Prince Avenue Chris-tian School (Duke)34. Elysee Mbem-Bosse, LB, Cedar Grove35. Landon Rice, TE, Calhoun (Auburn)36. Miller Forristall, TE, Cartersville (Alabama)37. JaQua Daniels, RB, Clarke Central38. Aaron Dowdell, OG Creekside (Georgia)39. Randrecous Davis, WR, Mays (Georgia)40. David Marshall, DE, Upson-Lee41. Tremayne Anchrum, OG, McEachern42. Tray Eafford, WR, Lee County43. Mykelle McDaniel, DE, Grayson44. Brittain Brown, RB, (Duke)45. Jordan Griffin, CB, Jonesboro (Kentucky)46. Tomon Fox, DE, Collins Hill (North Carolina)47. Tyler Simmons, WR, McEachern48. Emanuel Bridges, LB, Newnan49. Jamie Skalski, LB, Northgate (Clemson)50. Javon Jackson, CB, Sandy Creek51. Donta Evans, LB, Archer (Ole Miss)

52. Xavier Gantt, ATH, Buford (Georgia Tech)53. Kobe Smith, DT, Archer (Kentucky)54. Steve Dolphus, WR, Westside55. Jeremiah Littles, LB, Wayne County56. Dreshun Miller, CB, Sprayberry57. D.J. Owens, RB, North Paulding58. Monquavion Brinson, CB, Mays (Syracuse)59. Jarett Cole, S, Norcross (Georgia Tech)60. Chris Barnes, OT, Lee County (Georgia)61. Tyquan Statham, ATH, West Hall62. Luke Elder, OT Lagrange (North Carolina)63. Baylen Buchanan, CB Peachtree Ridge (Louisville)64. Andrew Lee, RB, Charlton County65. Andre James, WR, Laney66. Christian Roberson, TE, McEachern (Mis-sissippi State)67, Tyriq Hardimon, CB, Lassiter68. Tobias Little, LB, Mays69. Tyrique McGhee, CB, Peach County (Georgia)70. Ja’Quain Blakely, LB, Colquitt County (Ten-nessee)71. Jordan Mack, S, Wesleyan (Virginia )72. Dedrick Mills, RB, Ware County (Georgia Tech)73. Devin Cochran, OT, Greater Atlanta Christian School (Vanderbilt)74. Antone Williams, CB, Woodward Academy (Duke)75. Jack DeFoor, OT, Calhoun (Ole Miss)76. Korey Banks, CB, Sandy Creek (North

Carolina)77. Malik Walker, DE, Macon County78. Jacob Robertson, WR, Woodward Academy79. Tyrone Hopper, DE, Roswell (North Carolina)80. Essang Bassey, CB, Columbus (Wake Forest)81. Emmanuel Belmar, LB, Collins Hill (Vir-ginia Tech)82. Jailyn Ingram, WR, Morgan County83. David Moore, QB, Milton (SMU)84. Kiel Pollard, WR, Colquitt County85. Jair Anderson, WR, Northview86. Robert Tucker, LB, Best Academy87. Malick Mbodj, WR, Arabia Mountain (UCF)88. Chris Martin, DT, Grayson (Georgia Tech)89. Russell Halimon, CB, Allatoona (Arizona)90. Robbie Bell, OG, Mill Creek (Louisville)91. Jermany Hawkins, RB, Screven County (Georgia Southern)92. Ronnie Blackmon, ATH, Westlake (Colorado)93. Josh White, QB, Walton94. Chandler Reeves, OT, Eagle’s Landing Christian (Clemson)95. Sean Bailey, OT, Lambert (Cincinnati)96. Tristan Crowder, OT, Carrollton97. Allen Cater, DE, Mount Paran Christian School (Indiana)98. Davis Kelly, QB99. Maysoe Wiley, WR, Valwood School100. D.J. Render, WR, North Cobb

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