Atlanta Falcons CSS High School Football Fridays - Dec. 6

ATLANTA FALCONS CSS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAYS NORCROSS BLUE DEVILS Head Coach Keith Maloof # NAME GR POS 1........... Maaseiah Francis..................12 ........... WR 2.......... Clinton Lynch.........................12 ........... WR 3.......... Kentavius Latham.................12 .............DB 4.......... Malcolm Galloway................12 .............DB 5.......... Myles Autry...........................12...............RB 6.......... AJ Bush...................................12..............QB 7.......... Ridwan Issahaku...................12..............DB 8.......... Lorenzo Carter.......................12.............. DE 9.......... Josh Boyd................................12...............RB 10........ Emmanuel Aka......................12.......TE/DE 11......... Jaquan Frazier........................12............... LB 12......... Jacob Gassert........................11...............QB 13......... Jordan Noil.............................12..............DB 14........ Jared Pinkney.........................12............ WR 15......... Nathan Strother....................12............ WR 16........ Griffin Barker.........................11...............QB 17......... LaMarcus Hardnett..............12............ WR 18........ Chaunce Hazelton................12..............DB 19........ Zack Walch............................10..............QB 20....... MarCelon Taylor..................12..............DB 21......... Jeremiah Murphy..................12..............DB 22........ KaDarius Garrett..................12...............RB 23........ Christopher Herndon...........12............ WR 24........ Jamir Billings..........................10............ WR 25........ Miles Hunter..........................12............... LB 26........ Noah Bradsher.......................11...............DB 27........ Brandon Garner.....................12..............DB 28........ Rashad Peddrew....................12..............DB

29........ Shayne Steele........................12............ WR 30........ Jermone Pledger...................11................LB 31......... James Keeling........................12...............FB 32........ Kendrec Grady.......................10..............DB 33........ Marcell Johnson....................12...............FB 34........ Warren McWilliams.............12...............LB 35........ Julius Charles.........................12...............LB 36........ Brandon Hull..........................12...............RB 37........ BJ Credell................................12..............DB 38........ Ferdinand Aka.......................11...............DB 39........ Damon Woodcock................11............... DE 40....... Austin Hicks...........................12...............FB 41........ Isaiah Gates...........................11...............DB 42........ Brandon Pearce.....................12..............DB 43........ Blake Bingham.......................11..................K 44....... Jean-Baptiste Kouassi..........11............... DE 45........ Dominick Sims.......................11...............DB 46....... Frederic Aka...........................11...............DB 47........ Devon Goodbeir....................11................LB 48....... Kevin Mouhon.......................12...............LB 49....... Joan Galindo..........................12...............LB 50....... Caleb Crum............................12.............. OL 51 ........ Anwar Anacius......................12..............DT 52........ Nathanael Thomas...............11................FB 53........ Zach Forte..............................12.............. OL 54........ Kwabena Okyere...................12.............. OL 55........ Blake Wood............................12.............. OL 56........ D’Andre Plantin.....................11....... OL/DT 57........ Devonte Goodbeir................11................LB 58........ Dorian Kithcart......................11...............DT 59........ DeQwan Avery......................12..............DT 60....... Cristian Calvillo.....................11............... OL 61 ........ Devonta Williams.................11................TE 62........ Jake Tracey.............................12.............. DE 63........ Andrew Bagwell....................11............... OL 64....... Luke D’Agostino....................11............... DE

65........ Horatio Walker......................12.............. OL 66........ Kyle Jones...............................10.............. OL 67........ Eric Farrell...............................10.............. OL 68........ Trenton Jenkins.....................12.............. OL 69........ Isaiah Brown..........................10.............. OL 70........ Ryan Northrup.......................12.............. OL 71 ........ Philip Davis............................10.............. OL 72........ Nahzee Rivera........................11...............DT 73........ Justin Hernandez..................12.............. OL 74........ Josh Madden.........................10..............DT 76........ Juan Aguila.............................12.............. OL 77........ Kenny Watson.......................10..............DT 78........ A.J. Touat................................12.............. OL 79........ Jonathan Osagie...................10.............. OL 80....... Kwaylon Crane......................11............. WR 81........ Darian Dennis........................12............ WR 82........ Nysir Allen..............................12............ WR 83........ Marques Solomon................12...............TE 84....... Xavier Triche..........................12............ WR 85........ Christian Williams................12..............DB 86........ Irenous Elangwe....................12..............DB 87........ Jordan Brown.........................11............. WR 88....... Micah Story............................12............ WR 89........ Edgar Abreu...........................12............ WR 90....... Khyree Lee..............................12..............DT 91........ Hijahi Portis............................11................FB 92........ Traivon Mackey.....................12..............DT 93........ Ta’Wuan Howell....................12..............DT 94....... Imani Maxwell.......................12.............. DE 95........ Daniel Poland.........................11..................K 96........ Jalen Broadnax......................11...............DT 97........ Nathan Swanson...................11............... DE 98........ Chandler Schaefer................12.................K 99........ John Nzale..............................12...............FB

COLQUITT CO. PACKERS Head Coach Rush Propst # NAME GR POS 1........... CJ Johnson.............................12............... LB 1........... OJ Guice..................................12............ WR 2.......... Kiel Pollard.............................10...............TE 3.......... Timothy Sanders...................12................. S 3.......... Kyle Ashley.............................11...............QB 4.......... Chase Parrish ........................10..............QB 5.......... Michael D Sutton.................12..............DB 7.......... O’Shay Williams....................12........... ATH 8.......... Bull Barge................................11................ LB 8.......... Isaiah Thomas.......................10............ WR 9.......... Brandon Key...........................12............... LB 10........ Daniel S Mobley....................12..............QB 11......... Quan Patillo ..........................12..............DB 12......... Taif Smith................................11...............DB 13......... Nathan Powell .......................10...............RB 14........ Brayan Castro .......................11...............DB 14........ Karston Spadley ...................10..............QB 15......... Brandon Robinson.................10............ WR 16........ D’Andre McMillian...............10............ WR 17......... Zamious Bonner....................11...............DB 18........ Chance Suber........................12..............QB 19........ Maleek Lewis.........................12...............RB 20....... Marquan Greene ..................11............ ATH 21......... Akivie Bailey..........................10............... LB 22........ Sihiem King ...........................11................RB 23........ Ty Lee......................................10...............RB 24........ Kiontae Green .......................10................. S

24........ Donta Jenkins........................10............ WR 25........ Robert Clark...........................10............ WR 26........ Latravious Thomas...............10..............DB 27........ Javonta Woods......................11................RB 28........ Akaari Ryce............................10..............DB 30........ Quan Singletary ...................10..............DB 31......... Quan Ballard..........................10..............DB 32........ Rafael Merritt........................10...............RB 33........ Tomarcio Reese.....................11................ LB 34........ Jose Vega ...............................12.................K 35........ Rakeem McCloud.................11............. WR 36........ Zay Lewis................................11...............DB 37........ Landon Scott..........................10............... LB 38........ Adam L Webb........................12............... LB 39........ Rakeem Hightower...............10................. S 40....... Di Slaughter...........................12...............RB 41........ Luis Martinez.........................10.................K 42........ Alex Price...............................11............... DE 43........ I-Key Pinkins..........................11............... DL 44....... Nathan Lang...........................10.............. DE 45........ Stoney Walker ......................10................ D 46....... Austin McCord .....................10............ WR 47........ Ashton Sutherland................10...............RB 48....... Ja’Quain Blakely ...................10............... LB 49....... John McCoy...........................10............ WR 50....... Will Matney...........................11............... OL 51......... Devon Day..............................11................TE 53........ Yovani Carranza ...................10.................K 54........ Gabe Mobley ........................12.............. OL 55........ Quintin Hampton..................11................ LB 56........ Eric Reese ..............................10.............. DL 58........ Daniel Brinson.......................10.............. OL 59........ Logan Moody ........................11............... OL 60....... Alfred Brown..........................11............... OL 61......... Trayvus Johnson....................10.............. OL

61......... Dakota Baker.........................10.............. DL 62........ Kyle Duke................................10.............. OL 63........ Brandon Cope .......................12.............. OL 64....... Cade Blackburn.....................11............... OL 65........ Keshon Jones.........................10.............. DL 66........ Caleb Paige............................10.............. OL 67........ Micah Edwards .....................11............... OL 68........ Til Blaylock.............................11............... OL 70........ Clay Hawkins.........................12.............. OL 71......... Quentin Moore......................10.............. DL 72........ Javarius Martin .....................10.............. OL 73........ Brandon Wynn ......................11............... DL 74........ Jerry Bozeman.......................11............... OL 75........ Xzavior Williams...................10.............. DL 76........ Tyrell Cheevers......................12.............. OL 77........ James Kinard.........................11............... OL 78........ Noah Moore...........................10.............. OL 79........ Jacob Garza............................10.............. OL 80....... Chris Bouie.............................10...............TE 81........ Taylor Walker .......................10...............TE 82........ Jacob Plymel..........................10............ WR 83........ Todd Boyd...............................12............ WR 85........ Cambrick Taylor....................12............ WR 86........ Damion Adams ....................11............. WR 87........ Kendrick Barton....................11............. WR 88....... Shaun Bonner........................10.............. OL 89........ Austin Hunnicutt..................12...............TE 90....... John Hall.................................11...............DB 92........ Alex Williams........................11............... DE 93........ Demetrius Walker ...............10.............. DE 94....... Mike Parrish ..........................12.............. DL 95........ Jamiyus Pittman ...................12.............. DL 96........ Ty Phillips................................10.............. DL 97........ Marion Bentley......................10.............. DE 98........ Ricky Dunbar.........................11............... DE

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DECEMBER 6, 2013 | NORCROSS VS. COLQUITT COUNTY NORCROSS VS. COLQUITT COUNTY

NORTH MEETS SOUTH IN GEORGIA SEMIFINALS REMATCH

BY CRAIG SAGER II | CSAGER@SCOREATL.COM

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here is a recurring gridiron rivalry between the southern and northern regions of Georgia that grows each season as more state titles are traded by the two football hotbeds. This rivalry exists across all seven of the state’s classifications, but nowhere is it deeper than Georgia’s highest classification with metro Atlanta’s Gwinnett County and the powerhouses of Region 1 in the southern part of the state. Since 1996, Gwinnett County has shared nine state titles while the southern heavyweights claimed the other eight. Brookwood (2010), Grayson (2011) and Norcross (2012) have won state titles in the last three years and earned Gwinnett County bragging rights - for now.

Both regions produce some of the nation’s top college prospects and both send their toughest and most prepared teams into the playoffs each season. Head coach Rush Propst, who is in his 25th season as a head coach, leads Colquitt County. Behind their leader, the Packers became the first team in history to reach the semifinals five straight times in Georgia’s highest class this year with a 42-17 win over Dacula in the quarterfinals.

The Packers surged to a 28-3 lead at halftime and had a 35-3 advantage heading into the fourth quarter before Dacula scored two late touchdowns with a running clock. Colquitt amassed 402 yards of total offense and quarterback Daniel Mobley passed for 250

yards and two touchdowns. Colquitt has won 13 road playoff games in the past five years under Propst, which is as many as any other school in the state has tallied over the past 25 years.

Norcross also cruised in the quarterfinals and dominated the Packers’ region opponent Lowndes, 28-7. Norcross quarterback A.J. Bush was 11-of-25 passing for 148 yards and two touchdowns and rushed 12 times for 56 yards and a 17-yard score. The Blue Devils’ defense, which is led by five-star defensive end Lorenzo Carter, forced five Lowndes turnovers.

Last season, Norcross topped the Packers, who were on their fourth trip to metro Atlanta in the postseason, by a 41-27 score in the state semifinals. Alabama-signee Alvin Kamara was the difference maker with a 65-yard receiving touchdown and second half touchdown run to pace Norcross.

Propst scheduled a preseason scrimmage at Norcross to start this season in order to prepare his team for its grueling schedule. As South Georgia’s last team standing in Class AAAAAA, The Packers’ are hoping to return to the podium for the first time since 1994.

Top photo courtesy of Norcross HS, bottom photo courtesy of Jon Barash.

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