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Week 11 of Locker Room Report: Schedules, scores, highlights & more
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — It’s Week 11 of high school football, and several south Georgia teams are taking the field Friday night!. This week is a special one, with three Games of the Week! The WALB Sports team will have all-day coverage of these matchups:. Valdosta @ Lowndes.
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WGXA names Northeast High standout Kortnie Williams this week’s Game Changer
MACON, Ga. (WGXA) — Kortnie Williams is making his presence felt on the football field at Northeast High School, but his impact extends beyond Friday nights. The Raiders standout is turning heads with his play in the secondary while also making an effort to give back to his school and community.
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THE BLITZ: No. 1 Stratford Academy (GIAA-4A) def. Tattnall Square Academy 54-13
MACON, Ga. (WGXA) — The Stratford Academy Eagles finish their regular season with a strong 8-2 record after the win against Tattnall Square Academy 54-13. It was a full team effort from Stratford, as nearly the whole roster made big plays. An exciting sequence took place at the end...
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Florida vs Georgia football: High school record-holders meet in SEC rivalry
When Georgia and Florida face off in the Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party on Saturday, the matchup will feature two Georgia high school football legends. Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton, a Rabun County graduate, holds the state's career passing touchdowns record with 177. Florida quarterback Aaron Philo, a Prince Avenue Christian graduate, owns the all-time passing yards record with 13,922. Philo was named the Gators starter Thursday, despite suffering a shoulder injury in the fourth quarter of Florida's loss to South Carolina. He missed the following week's game, when the Gators pulled off a 27-24 upset over Texas with Tramell Jones at signal-caller. Adding another layer to the matchup, the rivalry will take place in Georgia this year at Mercedes-Benz Stadium – the same place that Philo broke his state record. The game is traditionally played at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, but renovations have forced the rivalry to relocate until 2028. Although Philo and Stockton have shared the field three times since 2020, they have never faced each other directly. In 2020, Rabun County edged out Prince Avenue Christian 38-31 with Stockton at the helm. Philo was a freshman at the time, backing up former Georgia and Kentucky five-star quarterback Brock
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Mercer officially inaugurates Penny Elkins as new president in ceremony Thursday
Mercer University ushered in a new era of leadership Thursday as Penny L. Elkins was inaugurated as the university’s 19th president during a ceremony in Toney Auditorium. University leaders, students, faculty, staff, alumni and state and local officials gathered Oct. 29 to celebrate Elkins’ inauguration and her vision for the university’s future.
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Macon HS football playoffs are almost here. Who might make the postseason?
With the weather cooling down here in Macon as October wanes, you can feel it in the air — it’s almost time for high school football playoffs. Macon has plenty of teams in the hunt, too, making this part of the season all the more interesting. With only a few games left to go — there are some GIAA schools in Macon which have already completed their regular season schedules — here’s a refresher of how the postseason is set up for both the GHSA and GIAA. For Macon’s public schools, a new power rankings system was put in place this season. The GHSA now uses Post Season Rankings (PSR) determined with a formula to select its 32 playoff teams in each classification, doing away with the old “top four teams in the region” system. Teams do still get an automatic playoff home game if they win the region championship. But the second place spots and other region standings don’t impact seed in this new system, as the rest of the playoff field is arranged solely on PSR rankings. Northeast is the only GHSA team in Macon with a region championship in its sights. The Raiders remained perfect in region