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Grayson Brookwood VS.
Kell
11:45 AM
VS.
Lassiter 2:30 PM
Grayson and Kell provided the most exciting game in The Broncos and Trojans will square off today in the last year’s Classic – a 13-10 Longhorn win – and the two first-ever meeting between the two schools. Brookwood looks teams will take another shot at each other today. to build on last year’s Class AAAAA state title while second “I don’t know that Grayson knew who Kell was last year Lassiter head coach Jep Irwin will try to lead the Trojans year, and maybe a lot of people didn’t,” said Kell head coach back to the postseason for the fourth straight year. Derek Cook. “We’re kind of a newer school and they’ve had “There’s always a level of excitement for the first game, some deeper playoff runs than we have. They’re a great but getting to play in the Georgia Dome in the Kell Classic football program and we’re trying to become that.” takes it up another two or three levels,” said Irwin. After the season-opening upset last year, Kell Last season’s victory over Walton jump-started Brookrattled off 11 more victories before losing to Statesboro wood’s state championship season, the first in head coach in the Class AAAA quarterfinals. The Longhorns bring Mark Crews’ career after two previous championship game apa 16-game regular season winning streak into today, pearances. The Broncos will have to replace quarterback Ben but have to replace some important pieces from last McLane (Georgia State), linebacker Cameron Lynch (Syracuse) year’s team if they want to duplicate that success. and offensive lineman Blake Fussell (Air Force), but return runGone is the dynamic backfield combination of running back Nick Tompkins (committed to Michigan State) and dening back Brian Randolph and quarterback Austin fensive back Zach Jackson (committed to Illinois). Petrik, and their production will be hard to replace. Cobb County power Lassiter will try to end Brookwood’s 12-game Despite losing the 2010 opener, Grayson adwinning streak. Junior Eddie Printz may be the best quarterback in the vanced further in the playoffs than Kell, losing to state, as he threw for over 2,100 yards and 21 touchdowns last year. Colquitt County in the semifinals. The Rams return Printz’s top target is Charlie Hegedus, a North Carolina State commitperhaps their most athletic player from last year’s ment who has been clocked at 4.4 in the 40-yard dash. Last season, team in defensive lineman Robert Nkemdiche. Hegedus had 675 yards receiving and caught nine touchdown passes. Still only a junior, Nkemdiche is projected to be “Charlie is a guy who can get down the field for us and make a lot one of the top recruits in the nation in 2013 afof plays,” said Irwin. “He and Eddie have a pretty good relationship ter recording 18 sacks as a sophomore. as far as developing on-field chemistry.”
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